Chapter 4: Juklin

Piper's car stopped in front of the clinic. She and Phoebe got out of the car. They walked up the steps and into the office. Phoebe had to jog to keep up with Piper.

"Where's Dr. Greene?" Piper asked, with a stern tone of voice. The receptionist looked frightened for a moment.

"Dr. Greene," she said on an intercom. "You have visitors." A few minutes later, he unlocked a door, and came into the main lobby.

"Piper," he said. "I thought we discussed on the phone that no visitors for Leo for a while."

"I need to see him," Piper said. "It's really important that I speak with him."

"He's in counseling right now. No one will be permitted to…" Piper froze the lobby. She took his keys.

"Let's go, Phoebe." Phoebe followed her angry sister.

"Ah-hah!" Paige exclaimed, finding the demon who had attacked in the Book. "Juklin. A demon who's only power is to bring ghosts back for a short time." Paige's face went blank. "He was right," she said. "I knew it." She hurriedly went down the stairs, grabbed her coat and went out the door.
"Sorry to interrupt, but I need to talk to Leo," Piper said to a counselor who was with Leo.

"What are you doing here?" the counselor asked, reaching for a security button. She froze him.

"Finally, I have you alone. Well, besides Pheebs. What is the deal with Chris?"

"Now you want to listen to me?" he asked, suddenly turning angry. "You put me in a God damn hospital and you suddenly come to ask me about what I've been trying to tell you all day?"

"Leo, I'm sorry," she said apologetically. "Can you just tell me what you see."

"Chris, his ghost appeared to me last night. For some reason you guys can't see him. And there is some demon after him. I need to get to him."

"Where is he?" Phoebe asked.

"I sent him back to the manor to try to get your guys' attention."

"We'll keep an eye out for this demon and him," Piper said. "But I think you should stay here."

"Piper!" he exclaimed. "I'm not insane."

"Leo, please," she said trying to calm him down. "I'm only doing this to help you. I love you, and I need you in my life. Just please do this for me, for our family." He reluctantly agreed. An alarm suddenly started to go off.

"Oh no, Piper," Phoebe said. "Your freeze must have worn off." Paige orbed in behind them. She grabbed onto her sisters and orbed out to her car.

"We've gotta go," she said. They drove back to the manor. Piper didn't know it, but Chris was sitting in the seat next to her, watching her.

"Mom," he said. Piper looked over at the passenger seat. Some how she knew Chris was there. She couldn't see him, but she could feel him.

"Don't worry, Chris," she said to the air. "We'll fix this."

Once all three of the sisters arrived at the manor, Paige took them up to the Book. She showed them the page with Juklin.

"I think that Chris bargained to be brought back to our world," Paige said. "He's overstayed and now the demon's coming to take him back."

"It says here that he has no offensive powers though," Phoebe said. "Is there really a need to vanquish him?"

"We can't vanquish him," Piper said. "We need him to put Chris back. I don't know why Chris came back, but he needs to go be dead."

"I'll work on the summoning spell," Phoebe said.

Alarms were ringing throughout the hallways of the hospital. Security guards and doctors were running each and every way. Leo walked around. He saw Dr. Greene go into a room and shut the door behind him. He heard another man's voice talking.

"I need you to keep Leo here at all costs," the voice said. It was really deep and had an evil sound to it.

"But his wife is coming on to us," Dr. Greene said.

"She has no suspicions about me yet," the voice said. "Let's keep it that way. At least long enough for me to carry out my plans." Leo then heard the sounds of flames which he interpreted as the sounds of the demon exiting. He hid around the corner as Dr. Greene left the room.

I need to get out of here, Leo thought. He ran off to find a phone. He needed to get a hold of the sisters.

The Charmed Ones said the summoning spell and white lights started to appear. They swirled together to form a husky figure.

"What is this?" Juklin asked. "What do you want with me? Are you giving me him?" he asked pointing to the space behind them. He tried to walk forward but he soon found out that a crystal force field was around him. "Let me out of here! This is outrageous. If I'm not out of here soon, I'll call some hired help."

"First tell us something," Paige said. "What do you want with Chris?" The demon rolled his eyes.

"I need to put him back in the Spirit Realm. His ghost is trapped here without me."

"Why can Leo see him and we can't?" Piper asked.

"I wouldn't know," Juklin replied.

"Wrong answer," Paige said, causing the force field to bring him pain. The demon screamed in pain.

"I made it that way because I was ordered to."

"By Chris?" Phoebe asked.

"No," Juklin said. "Someone much more powerful. Now I need to put Chris back before he kills me."

"Why should we care if you die or not?" Piper asked.

"Because if I die, Chris can't ever rest in peace."