Disclaimer: Kids other than Wyatt are mine. Anything that appears on the show is not mine.

Author's note: Well, I'm working on this fic again, but I don't know how long that's going to last. I'm just writing while I have ideas. Well, this is well and truly outdated by a few years, but hopefully I haven't lost you all, since it's by far my longest running fic and I actually want to FINISH one for a change. And everyone nagging me in reviews is about the only thing that reminds me of that

CHAPTER 8

Paige scowled at the map before her. It would appear that something was blocking her attempts to scry, as she hadn't been able to get a single whiff of Halliwell anywhere. She hated it when the demons were smart enough to think to block any attempts at scrying. It meant they had at least some degree of intelligence, or were working for someone who did. That always made it all the harder to defeat them.

Why couldn't these demons just be the run-of-the-mill dumb kind after glory for capturing the Charmed Ones? That sort was a lot easier to get rid of than the sort that actually thought. The demons that were only looking for glory were generally cocky once they had managed to capture what they were going after. That made it a lot easier to bring about their downfall.

"You having any luck with the sensing?" She asked Jordyn.

The young teenager shook her head, growling in frustration. "No! It's almost as if something's made them disappear!" she stopped, an utterly terrified look coming over her face, "You don't think…"

Paige cut her off before she could finish that sentence. "No!" She exclaimed firmly, "They are not dead Jordyn. We would know it if they were!"

"I hope you're right Ky," Jordyn said, sounding uncertain. "But you know, we've always been able to sense them before. It's just so weird not being able to reach any of them when I try."

Paige had never had that connection, but could figure what it would probably be like. To be cut off from something you took for granted, something that had been with you the entire time you had existed. It would be scary, and a very uncomfortable thing. To Jordyn it obviously felt like her entire family had just suddenly disappeared. Which, technically they had, but Paige suspected the fact that she could no longer sense them would be making this all the more scary for the teen, and be making her wonder what it was that could sever that connection. Paige wasn't alt all surprised at the conclusion the lack of connection had led Jordyn to. It seemed the most logical, if the most frightening. Paige could only hope that it wasn't the case.

"Since when am I ever wrong?" Paige asked with a smile.

Jordyn rolled her eyes. "Other than 75 of the time you mean?" she responded, smirking.

Paige did the first thing that came to mind and poked her tongue out. "I think you've got us mixed up, my friend," she retorted, "I believe I'm the one that's always right, and you would be the one that gets stuff wrong!"

Jordyn smiled at her twin. It was nice of her to try and lighten the mood. Even though she was fully aware of what Ky was doing, it was still comforting to be able to banter with her sister like this. It made things seem almost normal. She half expected someone to yell up the stairs at them- telling them to cut out the arguing.

Paige jumped. The crystal had suddenly thudded down on the map!

"Jordyn! I think I've got someone!" she exclaimed excitedly.

Jordyn rushed over to look at the map. "Are you sure you didn't just drop the crystal by accident?" she asked, not willing to bear the disappointment if that was all that had happened.

Paige stared at Jordyn, slightly offended. She had been scrying for years- of course she wasn't careless enough to just drop the crystal when she got distracted. But, then again, she had to remember that she was not in her own body at the moment, and for all she knew, Kyra was not all that adept in the art of scrying.

"I'm pretty sure," she responded, "But I guess we should double-check before we do anything, anyway."

Lifting the crystal again, she steadied her hand and started scrying again. There was a moment of worry when the crystal didn't seem to be going anywhere. But then, once again the crystal thudded down. Paige grinned in jubilation. Finally, they were getting somewhere!

"I'm sure now!" she yelled, "I can't have dropped it twice. I'm not that clumsy!"

She and Jordi grinned at each other. Finally, a lead in finding everyone else.

Paige smiled. Once they found her sisters and the kids, then she could get around to telling them what had happened, and hopefully make some work into getting her back into her own body. And finding out what had happened to Kyra's mind of course. Then, everything could get back to normal and Paige would know what the future could hold. And leave it like that. When she got back to her time, she was not going to try anything like this again!

Authors note: Okay, shortie chapter. But please review anyway I'm still here, just got a lot on my plate and I like to know what people think, before I continue fics.