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Two days later, Piper and the two healthy babies were back at home in the Halliwell mansion. The children were very interested in everything, especially their big brother. Wyatt didn't seem to mind very much. He'd adopted well into the big brother role.
As the three played quietly in the living room, Piper looked in on them as she worked in the kitchen. As she tested the two bottles for Chris and the girl's feeding time (they still hadn't thought of a name), Paige and Phoebe orbed in. "Incoming!" Paige yelled. They ran into the living room. A demon was crouching over the force field Wyatt had put up around the three children. He touched it and it shocked him. The girl child looked around and settled her sights on the demon before he exploded into flames and disappeared. Chris was crying and Wyatt removed the force field as Piper, Phoebe, and Paige ran over to them. Piper picked up the girl baby, Paige picked up Chris, and Phoebe picked up Wyatt. Paige bounced Chris until he hushed, then turned to Piper. "Nice shootin', Tex." Piper looked confused and worried. "I didn't do that."
At that moment, Leo orbed in. "Is everyone okay?" he asked. "Yeah." Piper handed the girl to her father. "But the demon just blew up on its own." Paige said, confusion edging her voice. Leo frowned. "On its own? Do you think that someone he was working for did it?" Phoebe shook her head. "Why would they? It doesn't make sense, I mean; he wasn't going to tell us anything. He was trying to steal the kids." The adults carried thebabies upstairs and put them down in their cribs. Chris and Baby Girl shared a crib, as they had yet to get one for her.
As they closed the door to the room, they headed up to the attic to check the Book of Shadows. After flipping through the book, they found the demon that had just blown up in their living room. "A Mercenary Demon." Piper read aloud. " Demon that will act as an assassin if the price is high enough." She looked up. "So, who is after them? It's gotta be someone big; the demon had to have been paid a high price."
Leo put an arm around her shoulder. "It'll be okay. We'll find them, and then you can vanquish them like you always do. I'll go ask the Elders if they know something." With that, he orbed out.
Phoebe's cell phone rang, calling her to work. She checked the caller ID, and sighed. "Okay, I have to go. Call me if anything important happens, okay?" Her sisters nodded, and Phoebe ran downstairs. Upstairs, they heard the door slam shut behind her.
" Let's go. I'm sure we'll find who did this." Paige said. "It's not like we haven't found some hidden demon faction before." Piper giggled, and Paige smiled. "There, that's better. Now, let's go get my niece and nephews. Why did we put them down? They're probably hungry." Piper got a disgruntled look on her face. "Go raise your own children." she said playfully, and both sisters walked to the babies' room to get them.
Unfortunately, they found another demon huddled over Chris and Baby Girl's crib. Wyatt had put up a force field again, but this demon seemed to be sawing through it with some kind of laser. As mother and aunt watched from the doorway, Baby Girl waved an arm as if to shoo away the demon. He exploded into a thousand wisps of smoke. Chris was crying loudly, and as Piper and Paige stood in shock, Baby Girl looked at the pacifier that had been knocked to the ground and then at her crying big brother. The pacifier disappeared in a twinkle of blue and white lights, then reappeared in Chris's mouth. He stopped crying immediately.
Piper and Paige rushed into the room and picked up the children for the second time in twenty minutes. Piper yelled the first thing that came to her mind. "LEO!"
There it is – chapter two. Hope you liked it. Well, they still have yet to name the baby girl, so as you've probably guessed, I'm going to refer to her as Baby Girl until they give her a name. It should happen very soon. And now, for the mailbag!
charmed1s-halliwells: Thank you so so much for the review, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter! The next one should be out very soon, depending on school and other stuff. Please continue to read and review!
Charmed In NYC: I thought twins was an interesting twist, too. I'm glad you liked it. Hope to see you here again soon! Thanks for the review!
Susan: Well, Chris is one of the babies, but Melinda isn't the other. Sorry. But you will find out her name soon enough, so keep reading! And thanks for the review!
phoebe turner: I'm glad you enjoyed it so much! Enthusiasm like yours encourages me to write more, so please review again, and enjoy this chapter!