A/N: Okay I'm soo sorry this took me so long to update, but I do have a genuine reason, my mother banned me from updating until my exams were over, which yay they are, and guess what...my exams finished on Monday and I got hit with a huge case of writers block, typical. But I got here eventually and I hopefully should have the next chapter up by the end of the week, again I'm so sorry!
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Dark Fires (Thanks and yeah sorry I think I took even longer to update this time...sorry!)
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Feline-Feral (I agree it's fun when Leo kicks ass, and will I kill Chris? Well you'll just have to read the rest of my story to find out...I'm evil aren't I? lol, thanks for reviewing!)
Random insane person (Thanks so much, this chapter should answer a lot more of you questions too...well I hope so anyway!hehe!)
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Ok I would like to thank my darling sister for being my beta, and on with the story....hehe yes there is a chapter in here somewhere....
Chapter 11
Leo had gone to get coffee, actually to be more accurate Phoebe and Paige decided they had wanted coffee and had sent Leo to go get it.
Leo was walking back when he saw a familiar face lying on one of the beds in the same ward where Chris' room was.
It was the girl, the one who had saved Chris' life. Leo walked up to her remembering Piper had told him that she had fallen down the stairs, but as he got closer he noticed something that made him drop the two polystyrene cups, spilling hot coffee all down him.
Meanwhile in Chris' room...
"He looks so helpless...although I'm sure he'd kill me if he heard me saying that!" Paige said turning to Phoebe. "It's still kinda weird, Chris being our nephew. I mean cause he's not that much younger than me."
Phoebe smiled. "I know what you mean, although I don't know how we missed it, he's definitely his mother's son!"
"Yeah he looks so much like her."
"Not to mention he has her stubborn streak and temper, but I think he got his incessant need to do demon hunting 24/7 from Prue!" Phoebe giggled remembering some of the times Prue would go demon hunting because she was bored and had nothing else to do.
"Really was Prue as bad as Chris?" Paige asked, her curiosity peaked.
"Oh yeah..." Phoebe began but stopped mid-sentence when Leo came barrelling in through the door.
"What happened?" Paige asked as she saw Leo had coffee stained all down his shirt.
"Err...we have a problem!" Leo said.
"A problem? Leo we have many problems."
"You know that girl, Cassie or Casie..."
"Casie." Phoebe corrected.
"Yeah well she's in a coma." Leo said.
"What? How'd that happen?" Paige asked.
"Apparently she fell down the stairs..." Leo continued but was once again interrupted by Phoebe.
"This can't be a coincidence can it?"
"That's not the problem!" Leo insisted.
"What is then?" Phoebe asked, clearly confused.
"Well I was getting you guys coffee, and I saw her in one of the beds when I was walking back..."
"Leo get to the point." Paige snapped.
"Her soul is missing too."
"What?" Phoebe shrieked, as Paige looked at him in shock.
"Yeah, so now on top of finding Chris' soul, fixing Piper and healing the other me, you guys have an innocent to save."
"Could this day get any worse?" Phoebe asked, sinking further into her chair.
"Well we have to find out everything we can about this Casie girl. Leo did you get a second name?" Paige asked, as she slid into control mode.
"Yeah, it's Winters, Casie Winters."
"Ok then let's get to work!" Paige grabbed Phoebe's wrist and orbed them out.
Meanwhile in the underworld...
"Damnit! Those stupid witches managed to heal the elder!" Seth raged as he threw an energy ball at the wall, causing the whole cavern to shake and small pieces of rock to fall.
"Elder? You mean Leo? You're the one who made him sick?" Chris demanded as he glared at Seth, nobody hurt his family and got away with it.
"Of course it was me, I couldn't very well have him heal you or I would never have gotten your soul." Seth sneered.
"But why? What do you want with us?"
"You'll see, with the full moon tonight." Seth replied staring at the ceiling of the cavern as if he could see the moon through the dirt and earth that separated them from the sky. "If only I could get those witches off my back. I don't have anymore of that potion, so I'll have to use another one." Seth said quietly to himself, but the sound echoed on the cold stone walls making sure Chris and Casie heard every word.
"Potion? What potion?" Chris demanded, but Seth simply ignored him, which in turn only aggravated Chris further. "Talk to me you son of a bitch!"
"Chris..." Casie said weakly from her position behind Chris, it was almost like she was using him as a shield.
"What?" Chris snapped, turning round to her but then he saw her frightened expression. "Sorry."
"Emm...maybe insulting him isn't the best course of action." Casie said in a small voice. There was something about Seth that really scared her, she couldn't quite put her finger on it but his mere presence seemed to make her lose her confidence and bravery, all she wanted to do was hide in the corner.
"Smart girl, you might want to listen to her Chris." Seth replied, as he walked to the wall opposite and waving his hand over it a small wooden door appeared. Seth flung open the door to reveal shelves and shelves stacked full of potions.
Chris ignored Casie's warning. "What potion?" He asked again, but then something clicked. "Wait, it was you wasn't it? You made us disappear?"
"Us? I merely infected the witch, I didn't foresee it spreading to the child. A minor complication I can easily fix." Seth replied before turning back to the cupboard full of potions.
"But how...why?"
"How? That was easy, I merely spiked her drink with the potion when you were all at P3." Seth said as he searched the cupboard. "Well I thought it would have been obvious why I did it, I needed the eldest, the strongest distracted. As for the other two, they won't be a problem soon." He seemed to have found what he was looking for as he lifted two vials, closing the door and making the cupboard door vanish as if it had never been there.
"What are you going to do?" Chris yelled, ramming his fists on the glass wall of his prison.
"Now what would be the fun in telling you that?" Seth let out a manic laugh then disappeared in a puff of green smoke.
Meanwhile in Casie's house...
Phoebe had tried looking on the internet for a Casie Winters, but came up with nothing, no birth certificate, nothing, it was like she didn't exist.
So Paige suggested that since Casie lived next door they should check her place out.
Once Paige orbed them into the hallway, they were immediately shocked to find that the place was filled with boxes, not much had been unpacked.
"Didn't she move in a few months ago?" Phoebe inquired, staring at the unopened boxes piled high in the hallway.
"Yeah, how come she hasn't unpacked yet?" Paige asked as she walked into the living room.
There was a small two-seater sofa and a tv, but that was it. There weren't any photo frames, ornaments, magazines, the place felt so empty.
"I have no idea." Phoebe said as she touched the sofa, trying desperately to get a premonition, something that could help them find their innocent and their nephew.
The kitchen was much the same, empty. There was very little in her fridge, and they could only find one plate and one set of cutlery.
"I guessing she doesn't entertain a lot." Paige said sarcastically as the two sisters left the kitchen and headed up the stairs.
All the other rooms were empty except one, this room was obviously her bedroom and it was the only room in the house that looked lived in. There was an unmade bed, and lots of opened boxes with clothes all over the place. On the bedside table was one small photograph of a woman in an oak wood frame.
"What's that?" Paige asked as Phoebe rounded the bed and picked up the photo frame.
"I don't..." But before Phoebe could finish she was pulled into a premonition.
The same woman from the photograph lay on the ground, battered and bruised. A small girl, probably only three years old, came running into the room.
"Mommy?" The girl asked, then she saw the woman. "Mommy?" She cried as she ran over to the woman.
The woman smiled at the child as she pulled in another pained breath.
"Mommy what's wrong?"
"Casie honey, I love you. I want you to always remember that I love you so much."
"I love you too mommy." Casie replied as she started to cry.
"Always remember I love you." The woman whispered, then her body lay still.
"Mommy? Mommy wake up. Please wake up." Casie cried.
"Oh my god." Phoebe said as she sat on the bed, reeling from the after effects of her premonition.
"Pheebs what did you see?" Paige asked as she sat down beside her sister, looking at the photo of the woman still in Phoebe's hand.
"It was her mother." Phoebe replied quietly, indicating the women in the photograph. "She died when Casie was little...she saw her mother die."
"The poor girl." Paige said as she put her arm around Phoebe's shoulder, trying to console her sister, they both knew what it was like to lose a mother.
Phoebe smiled at Paige, thankful to have her sister with her, but she knew she had a job to do. Standing up she said, "We're still stuck at square one though, we know hardly anything about this girl, and no idea why her soul is missing too!"
Paige nodded in agreement and pushed herself to her feet beside Phoebe.
A small laugh broke the silence and made Phoebe jump, she dropped the frame, which landed with a thud on the floor cracking the glass. The sisters turned to face the intruder and came face to face with Seth.
"Who are..." Paige started but Phoebe cut across her.
"Wait I know you, you work at P3."
"Very good witch." Seth replied.
"What the hell are you?" Paige demanded.
"That's for me to know...and you not to know!" With that Seth threw the potion vials, one landing at Phoebe's feet, the other landing at Paige's feet.
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I sorry I can't help it, I have to leave a cliffhanger! I promise the next chapter won't take me as long! Please review and make my day....please!?!
lil-whitelighter111488 (Thanks, I always love it when people say they love it...did that make sense? Ah well anyway thanks for reviewing!)
Gryffindor620 (Thanks so much, sorry this one took me like forever to write!)
Dark Fires (Thanks and yeah sorry I think I took even longer to update this time...sorry!)
Jackie (Thanks a lot, hope this doesn't fail to disappoint!)
Gabwr (Thanks for reviewing!)
Feline-Feral (I agree it's fun when Leo kicks ass, and will I kill Chris? Well you'll just have to read the rest of my story to find out...I'm evil aren't I? lol, thanks for reviewing!)
Random insane person (Thanks so much, this chapter should answer a lot more of you questions too...well I hope so anyway!hehe!)
Buffspike (Your review totally made my day! You said when you read it time flies by, hehe that may be cos my chapters are kinda short, I'm trying to make them longer, but it's not really working very well! Anyway thanks so much, hope you like this one too!)
Buffy Fan (Thankyou and sorry this took me soo long!)
X3 (Thanks so much....oh 'evil Seth' as you put does divulge some of his evil plans....hope you like!)
deranged black kitten of doom ( Thanks so much, one question though how did you come up with a penname like that? It's cool!)
Ok I would like to thank my darling sister for being my beta, and on with the story....hehe yes there is a chapter in here somewhere....
Chapter 11
Leo had gone to get coffee, actually to be more accurate Phoebe and Paige decided they had wanted coffee and had sent Leo to go get it.
Leo was walking back when he saw a familiar face lying on one of the beds in the same ward where Chris' room was.
It was the girl, the one who had saved Chris' life. Leo walked up to her remembering Piper had told him that she had fallen down the stairs, but as he got closer he noticed something that made him drop the two polystyrene cups, spilling hot coffee all down him.
Meanwhile in Chris' room...
"He looks so helpless...although I'm sure he'd kill me if he heard me saying that!" Paige said turning to Phoebe. "It's still kinda weird, Chris being our nephew. I mean cause he's not that much younger than me."
Phoebe smiled. "I know what you mean, although I don't know how we missed it, he's definitely his mother's son!"
"Yeah he looks so much like her."
"Not to mention he has her stubborn streak and temper, but I think he got his incessant need to do demon hunting 24/7 from Prue!" Phoebe giggled remembering some of the times Prue would go demon hunting because she was bored and had nothing else to do.
"Really was Prue as bad as Chris?" Paige asked, her curiosity peaked.
"Oh yeah..." Phoebe began but stopped mid-sentence when Leo came barrelling in through the door.
"What happened?" Paige asked as she saw Leo had coffee stained all down his shirt.
"Err...we have a problem!" Leo said.
"A problem? Leo we have many problems."
"You know that girl, Cassie or Casie..."
"Casie." Phoebe corrected.
"Yeah well she's in a coma." Leo said.
"What? How'd that happen?" Paige asked.
"Apparently she fell down the stairs..." Leo continued but was once again interrupted by Phoebe.
"This can't be a coincidence can it?"
"That's not the problem!" Leo insisted.
"What is then?" Phoebe asked, clearly confused.
"Well I was getting you guys coffee, and I saw her in one of the beds when I was walking back..."
"Leo get to the point." Paige snapped.
"Her soul is missing too."
"What?" Phoebe shrieked, as Paige looked at him in shock.
"Yeah, so now on top of finding Chris' soul, fixing Piper and healing the other me, you guys have an innocent to save."
"Could this day get any worse?" Phoebe asked, sinking further into her chair.
"Well we have to find out everything we can about this Casie girl. Leo did you get a second name?" Paige asked, as she slid into control mode.
"Yeah, it's Winters, Casie Winters."
"Ok then let's get to work!" Paige grabbed Phoebe's wrist and orbed them out.
Meanwhile in the underworld...
"Damnit! Those stupid witches managed to heal the elder!" Seth raged as he threw an energy ball at the wall, causing the whole cavern to shake and small pieces of rock to fall.
"Elder? You mean Leo? You're the one who made him sick?" Chris demanded as he glared at Seth, nobody hurt his family and got away with it.
"Of course it was me, I couldn't very well have him heal you or I would never have gotten your soul." Seth sneered.
"But why? What do you want with us?"
"You'll see, with the full moon tonight." Seth replied staring at the ceiling of the cavern as if he could see the moon through the dirt and earth that separated them from the sky. "If only I could get those witches off my back. I don't have anymore of that potion, so I'll have to use another one." Seth said quietly to himself, but the sound echoed on the cold stone walls making sure Chris and Casie heard every word.
"Potion? What potion?" Chris demanded, but Seth simply ignored him, which in turn only aggravated Chris further. "Talk to me you son of a bitch!"
"Chris..." Casie said weakly from her position behind Chris, it was almost like she was using him as a shield.
"What?" Chris snapped, turning round to her but then he saw her frightened expression. "Sorry."
"Emm...maybe insulting him isn't the best course of action." Casie said in a small voice. There was something about Seth that really scared her, she couldn't quite put her finger on it but his mere presence seemed to make her lose her confidence and bravery, all she wanted to do was hide in the corner.
"Smart girl, you might want to listen to her Chris." Seth replied, as he walked to the wall opposite and waving his hand over it a small wooden door appeared. Seth flung open the door to reveal shelves and shelves stacked full of potions.
Chris ignored Casie's warning. "What potion?" He asked again, but then something clicked. "Wait, it was you wasn't it? You made us disappear?"
"Us? I merely infected the witch, I didn't foresee it spreading to the child. A minor complication I can easily fix." Seth replied before turning back to the cupboard full of potions.
"But how...why?"
"How? That was easy, I merely spiked her drink with the potion when you were all at P3." Seth said as he searched the cupboard. "Well I thought it would have been obvious why I did it, I needed the eldest, the strongest distracted. As for the other two, they won't be a problem soon." He seemed to have found what he was looking for as he lifted two vials, closing the door and making the cupboard door vanish as if it had never been there.
"What are you going to do?" Chris yelled, ramming his fists on the glass wall of his prison.
"Now what would be the fun in telling you that?" Seth let out a manic laugh then disappeared in a puff of green smoke.
Meanwhile in Casie's house...
Phoebe had tried looking on the internet for a Casie Winters, but came up with nothing, no birth certificate, nothing, it was like she didn't exist.
So Paige suggested that since Casie lived next door they should check her place out.
Once Paige orbed them into the hallway, they were immediately shocked to find that the place was filled with boxes, not much had been unpacked.
"Didn't she move in a few months ago?" Phoebe inquired, staring at the unopened boxes piled high in the hallway.
"Yeah, how come she hasn't unpacked yet?" Paige asked as she walked into the living room.
There was a small two-seater sofa and a tv, but that was it. There weren't any photo frames, ornaments, magazines, the place felt so empty.
"I have no idea." Phoebe said as she touched the sofa, trying desperately to get a premonition, something that could help them find their innocent and their nephew.
The kitchen was much the same, empty. There was very little in her fridge, and they could only find one plate and one set of cutlery.
"I guessing she doesn't entertain a lot." Paige said sarcastically as the two sisters left the kitchen and headed up the stairs.
All the other rooms were empty except one, this room was obviously her bedroom and it was the only room in the house that looked lived in. There was an unmade bed, and lots of opened boxes with clothes all over the place. On the bedside table was one small photograph of a woman in an oak wood frame.
"What's that?" Paige asked as Phoebe rounded the bed and picked up the photo frame.
"I don't..." But before Phoebe could finish she was pulled into a premonition.
The same woman from the photograph lay on the ground, battered and bruised. A small girl, probably only three years old, came running into the room.
"Mommy?" The girl asked, then she saw the woman. "Mommy?" She cried as she ran over to the woman.
The woman smiled at the child as she pulled in another pained breath.
"Mommy what's wrong?"
"Casie honey, I love you. I want you to always remember that I love you so much."
"I love you too mommy." Casie replied as she started to cry.
"Always remember I love you." The woman whispered, then her body lay still.
"Mommy? Mommy wake up. Please wake up." Casie cried.
"Oh my god." Phoebe said as she sat on the bed, reeling from the after effects of her premonition.
"Pheebs what did you see?" Paige asked as she sat down beside her sister, looking at the photo of the woman still in Phoebe's hand.
"It was her mother." Phoebe replied quietly, indicating the women in the photograph. "She died when Casie was little...she saw her mother die."
"The poor girl." Paige said as she put her arm around Phoebe's shoulder, trying to console her sister, they both knew what it was like to lose a mother.
Phoebe smiled at Paige, thankful to have her sister with her, but she knew she had a job to do. Standing up she said, "We're still stuck at square one though, we know hardly anything about this girl, and no idea why her soul is missing too!"
Paige nodded in agreement and pushed herself to her feet beside Phoebe.
A small laugh broke the silence and made Phoebe jump, she dropped the frame, which landed with a thud on the floor cracking the glass. The sisters turned to face the intruder and came face to face with Seth.
"Who are..." Paige started but Phoebe cut across her.
"Wait I know you, you work at P3."
"Very good witch." Seth replied.
"What the hell are you?" Paige demanded.
"That's for me to know...and you not to know!" With that Seth threw the potion vials, one landing at Phoebe's feet, the other landing at Paige's feet.
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I sorry I can't help it, I have to leave a cliffhanger! I promise the next chapter won't take me as long! Please review and make my day....please!?!