Chapter 3: The Hospital

"Piper!" Leo yelled.

"I've been looking everywhere for you," the demon said. "It's time for you to go back."

"What's he talking about, Chris," Leo asked. Piper came into the room then. She tried to blow the demon up. He was pushed across the room, breaking a coffee table.

"I'll be back for you," the demon said to Chris. He shimmered away.

"What the hell was that all about?" Piper asked.

"The demon's after Chris," Leo said.

"Oh no," she started for the stairs.

"No, not that Chris." Piper's face turned from worried to annoyed.

"Leo, Chris is dead. If his ghost were here, we'd be able to see him. Witches can see ghosts." She walked towards the phone. "I think you need help. I'm calling a doctor for you."

"No!" he yelled. He tried to grab the phone from her, but she froze him.

"This is for your own good, Leo."

"How do you feel, Leo?" a man in a white coat asked. Leo was in a daze.

"What happened?" he asked.

"It will all come back to you soon," the doctor said. "In the meantime, I'm Dr. Greene. Now do you know why you're here?"

"No, I don't," Leo said.

"Your wife, Piper, told me that you have been hallucinating that your son Chris' ghost was haunting you. Is this true?"

"I need to talk to Piper. It's important."

"I'm sorry, but hospital policy says that no calls to the outside world can be made until you've been here for at least one day."

"But this is an emergency," Leo said.

"I'm sorry, but I can't allow you to talk to your wife." Leo got really angry.

"Let me talk to my wife now!"

"Nurse!" the doctor said. A nurse came in with an injection. He felt his muscles go numb and weak. He fell down in his chair. "We'll come in and check on him later," Dr. Green said leaving the room.

Everything was starting to come back to Leo. His memory was coming back. Doctors had come into his house. They had given him an injection that had weakened him, much like the one he just got. They had taken him into a van. They drove him away. After a few minutes he had fallen asleep. Leo felt himself getting really tired right now. He saw Chris' ghost standing over him.

"You're my last hope," he said to his dad. Leo shut his eyes and fell asleep.

"Wake up, Sweetie," Piper said. "Time for breakfast." Leo got up and walked down to the kitchen.

"Good morning, Leo," Phoebe said. "How are you today?"

"Hey, Leo," Paige said. "What's up?" Leo looked around the room. Chris was standing in the corner.

"Chris," he said. Chris bowed his head down and disappeared. He looked at Piper. "Did you see him?" She disappeared just as Chris had. "What's going on?" He looked at Paige and Phoebe. They both disappeared like Piper and Chris. In their places came doctors and nurses.

"Time for you medicine," Dr. Greene said. "Come on, wake up."

"Leo, wake up," Dr. Greene said, with a cup of water and two pills in his hand. Chris was standing in the corner of the room. "Did you have nice dreams?"

"Are you sure this is the right thing to do?" Phoebe asked Piper. "This doesn't feel right."

"Yeah, I know," Piper said. "But it's the best thing for him. Leo's human now, he needs help to deal with these things."

"Maybe he's telling the truth though," Paige said. "I wouldn't be surprised. Things like this happen all the time in this family ."

"Why would Chris' ghost be here? It's been over a year since he died."

"You never know," Phoebe said.

"Well, do you feel anything with your empathy?" Piper asked.

Phoebe looked down at the floor. "No," she said. "I don't feel him here."

"Ah-hah," Piper said. "I rest my case."

"That doesn't mean anything," Paige said.

"Paige, maybe Piper's right," Phoebe said, suddenly changing sides. "If my empathy doesn't feel him, and none of us can see him, than Leo must be imagining it."

"I don't think so," Paige said. "I'm going to go check the Book. There's gotta be something in it."

"Leo, in an hour, you'll have your first counseling session," Dr. Greene explained. "Tell the counselor everything that's in your mind. Tell him about your dreams. Tell him about Chris." Dr. Greene left the room. He locked the door behind him .

Chris stepped forward. "We've gotta get you out of here."

"There is not way. Go to the girls. You have to get them to notice you. Do whatever you can to get their attention."

"I'll do what I can," Chris said. Chris disappeared.

Paige was sitting in the attic. "This is no use," she said. "There is nothing in here."

"I tried telling you, honey," Piper said from the doorway. "Leo needs help."

"Piper, he's not crazy. Leo's the most sane person I know. If he says he sees Chris, then I believe him and you should too."

"Witches can see ghosts. Do you see ghosts anywhere?"

"And since when does magic always follow the rules?" Paige asked. Piper knew she had a point there.

"I'll talk to him," Piper finally said. She walked downstairs to the phone. Paige continued to look through the Book of Shadows.

"Can I talk to Dr. Greene?" Piper asked a receptionist. A few minutes later, Dr. Greene was on the phone. "Can I speak with Leo?" she asked him.

"Sorry," he replied. "As I told your husband, it's against our policy for patients to speak to others before their first day is up."

"Listen, I need to talk to my husband," Piper said, her voice starting to get stricter.

"I'm sorry…"

"That's it! I'll see you when I get there!" she said slamming the phone down. Phoebe heard her yelling and came into the room.

"What was that about?" she asked.

"I'm going to see Leo," she answered.

"I'll come with," Phoebe said, grabbing her coat.

Meanwhile, up in the attic. Chris was yelling as loud as he could to get Paige's attention. He walked over to her and laid his hand on her arm. She looked up for a moment, but shrugged her shoulders and looked back at the Book.

"PAIGE!" he yelled. The demon that had came earlier shimmered right behind her.

"There you are," he said. Paige turned around.

"Chair!" she yelled, orbing a chair into his head.

"Ouch!" he yelled. "You stupid witch, I'm not here for you."

"I don't see anyone else!" she said, orbing other miscellaneous objects into him. He shimmered away. "I wonder who he was," she said to herself. She looked through the Book to find him.