Oh my goodness, I'm so bored today it's not even funny. So what do you do when you're bored? You pleasure your readers with another chapter of your story, of course! I don't know why I didn't see it before… Don't mind me, I'm a tad bit wacky today. I'm the only one home and I'm bored out of my mind so the strange side of me tends to come out. Anyways…
The-Cheese-Fairy- Of course I'll save Andy, goodness. I couldn't kill them! Italian does rock. Oh, Percy is bound to be stubborn as ever. I just noticed something. That entire review had all exclamation marks. Every sentence ended with one. Just thought I'd let you know, lol.
fanmania- Thanks!
Fire Gazer- Your reviews crack me up. They're so short and made up of these half sentences and stuff. It's funny.
Who-will-change-the-world- Of course I remember you! I'm so glad you decided to read this story.
s.halliwell- I know, can you imagine Cole speaking Italian? That would be so hot!
Prince Halliwell- Awesome that you reviewed. You're a really well known author on this site, so it's cool to have you read this. All three on your favorites and I'm on your author alert? Sweet! I'm glad you like Frisco, he's one of my favorites too. Yes, we will be seeing more from the kids. They're a big part of this even though you can't tell right now. Of course I'll check out your stories! Thanks for the review.
"Cole!" Phoebe said, jumping up from the couch and hugging him tightly as soon as he shimmered in. "I'm so glad you're okay."
"Glad to see you care about something," Cole said coldly.
"Cole," she started.
"I don't want to hear it, Phoebe," Cole said.
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Hey, I think you need to calm down," Prue said, standing up. Cole looked at her.
"There's something that you guys may want to know. While we were down in the Underworld, your husbands all got captured. Some demon took them," he said.
"What?" Piper asked, jumping up.
"Why didn't you stop him?" Paige asked angrily.
"Because I wasn't there. I was saving the world since you guys wouldn't," Cole replied.
"We have to go get them," Prue said, knowing her husband wasn't going to be able to defend himself down there.
"What about the kids?" Phoebe asked.
"You two can watch them. We'll go get the guys," Paige said. She grabbed Prue and Piper and orbed out. Cole had a smug look on his face.
"About time you guys get up and do something," he said.
"That's not funny," Phoebe said.
"It wasn't intended to be," Cole said, picking up his son and playing with them.
Leo rolled over and groaned. He opened his eyes to find himself surrounded by a cage. He heard Andy and Frisco stirring on both sides of him.
"Oh, what the hell?" Frisco asked, taking in his surroundings.
"This is just perfect," Andy said sarcastically.
"I'm guessing this is orb proof," Leo mused.
"That's right," the demon said, coming up to them.
"Hi, I'm glad you were so interested in us, but we'd like to get back home to our wives and children," Frisco said.
"What were you three doing sneaking around?" the demon asked, ignoring Frisco's comment.
"Looking for someone," Leo said.
"Who?" the demon asked.
"None of your damn business!" Andy said. The others looked at him with raised eyebrows. "Sorry," he muttered.
"You should be. That comment will get you killed," the demon said angrily. Frisco, Leo, and Andy saw the girls orb in quietly behind him. Paige tapped him on the shoulder.
"That would be my husband and brother-in-laws you're holding hostage. Now I'll have to kick your ass," she said, throwing an orb ball at him. He disappeared in flames.
"Well, I'm glad to see you guys finally got your asses up off the couch. What's the occasion?" Frisco asked.
"Saving your smart ass," Paige replied, attempting to orb him through the cage.
"It's orb proof," Leo informed her.
"What about explosion proof?" Piper asked, flicking her wrists. She was knocked back by the force bouncing off of the bars.
"Apparently," Frisco said.
"How about this: Remove the barrier from these bars so that we may retrieve what is ours," Prue recited. She nodded at Paige, who orbed Frisco through the bars. She then moved to get Andy and Leo as well.
"Nice job," Andy said, giving Prue a kiss. She grinned.
"Okay, let's get home," Frisco said. Paige orbed her sisters and Leo orbed Andy, with Frisco going by himself.
When they returned to the manor, the sisters stood this time while the four guys sat on the couch, holding the kids.
"Okay, now that I'm thoroughly pissed off and ready to kill some demons, what's the scoop?" Piper asked.
"What does it matter if you guys aren't stopping the apocalypse?" Cole asked.
"Oh my god, do we have to spell it out? We'll stop the damn apocalypse if it will get you off of our asses and give us some peace!" Paige said. Frisco grinned.
"Okay, good. Basically, a group of demons called the Bringers della Morte are going to activate the... what was it," he asked.
"The 'Catena della Malvagità'," Cole said.
"The Bringers of Death are going to activate the 'Chain of Evil'?" Prue asked. Cole nodded.
"How did you know that?" Phoebe asked.
"I took four years of Italian," Prue replied.
"Not you, him," Phoebe said, pointing to Cole.
"I'm a demon, I can speak anylanguage I want.Anyways, this so called 'Chain of Evil' is a chain of Nexuses all across the world. Once activated at a certain time, the Nexuses will turn the whole earth so evil that the souls are ripped straight from the bodies," Cole said.
"What the hell does that mean?" Piper asked.
"It means that everyone and everything will die, including the Elders," Leo said.
"Until the earth itself is finally destroyed," Andy finished.
"That's crazy," Prue said.
"So are you," Frisco replied.
"You know, there's a reason why witch and bitch rhyme. Don't make me demonstrate," Paige warned. Frisco grinned. Percy yawned.
"I'm going to put her down for a nap," he said, standing up and going upstairs. Paige followed.
"God, I can only imagine what that kid is going to be like with those two as her parents," Prue said. Her sisters nodded in agreement.
"I think it's time to put our little Princess down for a nap too, isn't it?" Andy asked Patience. She nodded, rubbing her eyes sleepily.
"I seep wit Pewtsey?" she asked,
"Yeah sweetie, you can sleep with Percy," Prue replied.
"I wun go too," Parker said.
"Me too," Preston said. The parents all looked at each other and went to take their children upstairs. It was amazing how quickly they could stop arguing and band together to care for their children. It was one of the many perks of parenting and they would have many years to experience it… hopefully.
Yeah, as long as they stop this apocalypse. Sounds pretty troublesome to me. Anyways, I felt I needed to put something about the kids in there because we went from something that was all about the kids to something that barely had them in it. I need to balance it out a bit. That's what sucks about the first few chapters of a story, It's hard to balance it if ya know what I mean… Till next time…
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