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CHAPTER V

OOO It's Time To Tell OOO

"Can you sense her?" The source asked, his patients long evaporated.

"Yes." Rassalas, who was struggling to get control over Piper, let out.

"What the hell is taking you so long then?"

"I can't… I can't get in. something is protecting her." Rassalas said, letting out a deep breath and opening his eyes.

"They must have taken her to their manor then."

"What do we do?" Rassalas asked.

"She shouldn't have run. You should have trained her better."

"Please, accept my apologies…"

"Shove it. I trusted you with one of the most important beings; an apology won't do. We need her back before Resurrection Day. That's in less then six days Rassalas… we need her back! We've been preparing to this for over two years. It won't work without her, you know it well."

"Yes sir, I know."

"Then why are you still standing here? Go! Go gather the strong ones. Alert them all. Tell them to be prepared for an attack on the Charmed Ones." He said, and with a nod Rassalas had flamed out.

That was when he heard a baby cry.

He wouldn't stop.

"Is anyone going to shut him up or what?!" The source exclaimed, turning around.

There, stood the 18 months old toddler, his eyes red with tears.

The demon that was watching over him ran into the room, alarmed.

"Sir, I'm sorry." She said, grabbing the boy to her arms.

"No; it's ok. Let him be. I want to have a talk with him. Privately."

She nodded, put the kid down, and stepped out of the room.

"Be quiet." The source demanded with his deep voice, and the boy soon was.

"You're mother is being a very bad girl you know." The source started, walking towards the boy, passing him by.

"If only we could perform the ceremony without her… But no. We'll need both of you for it to be perfect. After all, we can't very well change this world, not without a strong source of good on our side. If only you were a little older… maybe it would have worked then. But we need a charmed one. And we'll have her all right."

OOO

Leo leaned with his arm against the cold red metal of the Golden Gate Bridge tower.

His other hand he put over his chest, and squeezed his eyes shot.

It hurt. His heart. It hurt. It physically hurt.

He let out a wince, and let himself stumble to the floor.

His breaths were rapid… in and out… in… out…

Leo's slight physical pain seemed much stronger as he couldn't put difference between it and the inside hurt he felt. How could it be? He thought Piper was dead all these years… but he never even considered that his son was ever born, even thought he's had dreams about him almost as frequently as he dreamt about his mother.

He calmed down after a while.

That was when one of the elders, Genna, orbed next to him, and kneeled down with concern.

"Leo? What is it? We all felt your grieve…"

Leo closed his eyes, taking a deep breath in. How was he to explain? But wait… they probably knew.

"Did you know that she gave birth?" He asked, never looking up to Genna's eyes.

There was no answer for a few long seconds.

Leo looked up with his red eyes, and saw Genna's wide ones.

"Gave… Birth? To Whom?"

"To the baby she was expecting before she was taken. Did you know about it?" He asked, trying not to turn his sorrow into anger.

"No." She half whispered, looking away herself.

"He is with the source; Piper told me."

"What?" Genna said, louder now.

"What I just fucking told you Genna! The boy it with the source!" He exclaimed, feeling his chest hurt again with the words he himself pronounced.

She was a bit taken aback.

"We have to do something. There is no telling of what he could do with such a magical child… I mean; he must have powers… in not consciously, then subconsciously for sure… this is not good." Genna was panicking, crossing her arms in front of her with irritation.

"I can't do this anymore." Leo mumbled.

"What?" Genna said, as if being interrupted by Leo's nonsense.

"I will not do this anymore. I can't ignore that this is all personally directed to me. Not now, not now that… That P-Piper is back."

"Leo, I – we understand that this is all personal for you, but what you just said can't be ignored. We must immediately send someone to stop, or at the least find out, the source's plans with the child before it's too late. Do you have any idea how much damage he can do with a force of good with him?"

"He had Piper for all this time and you weren't worried."

"She is hardly good now Leo. Be thankful you seceded to get her into the house. The protecting field might reject her."

"No, Genna, not this time. This is my decision to make. Leave him alone, I'll take care of him".

"Leo, this touches all of us."

"This is my son we are talking about here!" Leo shouted getting up; sick of being the one who everyone was superior of.

"Leo, this is the future of us all! You need to get rid of your egoistic call and get with the program here. You know just as well as I do what this might mean. How much do you know about where he is… how long has he been there?"

"His entire short life. Piper said she never saw him much."

"Now; about Piper… did you figure out what to do?"

Leo couldn't take it, he came there for a time out, but he defiantly wasn't getting it.

Not caring anymore, he orbed away.

OOO

Piper waited for her sister to leave to another room before she stopped pretending to be asleep.

She didn't want to talk to anyone, as much as she'd missed them all. She couldn't stand the feeling of… being back. She didn't feel like she was back, not at all.

The look on Leo's eyes when she told them their… son was alive. It sliced her heart in two.

How dared he give her that look? She knew he was blaming her… and he was probably right. She didn't deserve it; she didn't deserve any of it.

Hesitating at first, Piper got up and took a few steps forward. But wait… where was she going? No where.

Piper then realized what was it that she really wanted. She wanted Leo to orb back to her and say how much he was sorry, and how much he still loved her…

But she knew all too well that he wouldn't.

And he didn't. He didn't.

OOO

"Phoebe, she is a demon!" Paige repeated.

"She is not a demon Paige; the good is still inside of her. We can bring light to it again."

"How the hell are we going to do that?" Paige asked, angry. She wasn't sure at what.

But Phoebe was even angrier.

"Paige, I swear, if you call her evil one more time…" She hissed.

Paige was taken aback. Phoebe has never talked to her in that way. Not unless she was under a spell… She wasn't this time.

"I'm sorry." Paige whispered.

"We will find a way."

"There is nothing in the book. And Leo is not answering our calls. What is your way?"

Paige might have been overwhelmed by Phoebe's reaction, but she wasn't the kind to get scared and shut up. Not Paige.

"First step, Paige, we will bring our sister back. Then a Charmed One."

"How?" Paige insisted.

"Let her open up. Tell us where the hell she has been these last two years. She will have to tell us, and we will tell her. And then we can move on."

OOO

Piper heard the conversation well. She was upstairs now, and could hear every word spoken in the attic. She didn't plan to eavesdrop, but things turned out that way.

"Tell us where the hell she was been these last two years…"

Well, they had their answer. She was in hell. That's even how they called those… fights; 'The Battles of Hell'.

"Yaahh!!! Oh! Look at that; she's angry today…" One of the animals (demons) was saying. About twenty others were saying the same, but Piper could only concentrate on one.

She forgot herself for a second, and paid for it when the lime-greenish demon whose name she failed to remember picked her up and through her at the metal of the cage the two were in.

Piper growled, and calls of 'boo' were heard from the 'audience'. They wanted her to win. Just so they could see her win again in the next battle.

The demon put his arms up in the air and let out a cry of satisfaction.

She hated seeing them satisfied. Ignoring the pain that was forming in her upper back, Piper stretched forward on the floor and swung her leg so that it hit his, so he stumbled to the floor. It was easy since the demon had already been badly hurt and tired. The 'booing' quickly turned into cheers. It was then that she had the chance to take out the piece of stake in her pocket and put it right into his forehead. The could only use it when the winner of the battle was clear.

He was dead right away. She'd learned that stabbing them in the chest wouldn't kill them; they didn't have a heart to kill. His blood was now all over her hands, and the crowd of demons were all on their feet, laughing hysterically.

Finally, she threw her hands out, and blew up the body. She couldn't do it while he was still alive, and freezing was a power that didn't work in the Cages of Hell.

She found herself lacking air. Breathing in some, she had to hold on to the wall to keep herself standing.

The sensation of disgust was soon gone, and Piper could relax again. That was when her sisters came downstairs.

"-and I'd want to believe that if we make the potion just right, it might…-" Phoebe stopped.

"Piper!" Paige exclaimed, walking closer.

"Everything ok? Are you still sleepy of do you want to do something?"

"Thanks, no."

Paige glanced at Phoebe, nodding.

"Piper, can we have a talk? Only if you're up to it."

Piper sighed. She didn't want to talk. But some things needed to be said, for the sake of everybody.

AN: So you got a little 'flashback' of one of Piper's battles in the underworld…

There must me a lot of questions you have… Like whet the hell did the source talk about? Hmmm………. Remember to stay open minded for this story. I, as a non-magic writer, am trying my best in this. The non-magic comes so much easier to me…

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