Okay, as you know, I pull out all the stops for finales and birth chapters, and I think I've did a pretty food job on this one! The start of it is just really fluffy stuff; the action kicks off eventually though!
Aniaka – Trust me, Phoebe is going to be PISSED! Lol, do you want a set of pink orbs? I hope you like this one! Emma orbs again! And we don't want Piper to lose her kids, so I think she'll need to cool off a bit
Princess Pinky – Lol, pretty big twists, eh? I know, Piper's never really had a wild side on the show, I think its good to show her naughty side! I'm glad you liked that line! I know you're a big fan of JL, so there's more in his chapter for you! I know, what are the writers smoking these days? Lol, the pink orbing seems to be popular!
Kendallpaigecharity – I know, I love twists! And I'm glad you thought the line was funny! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Phoebe turner – I don't know… I'm not really a big fan of Cole; he was sorta aimless in season 5
Prince Halliwell – It's not Shalimar, I can tell you that. And Emma wasn't brought back to be an emapth, the reason for her second chance will be made clear eventually. And of course I don't mind, it's only a colour, after all!
Andy20 – All your questions will be answered eventually! And welcome back! Is your comp virus free now?
Ravenix – Hmm… Phoebe isn't going to become a demon, put you're right about the anger effecting her; you'll need to wait and see!
Unique deflection – Yeah, I have names for the kids, but I'm going to let Paige ponder over what to call them for a while! And yes, there will be a sequel and I will let you know when I have a title.
Piperfairy – I know! Go and run them out of town! How dare they accuse Piper of being a bad parent!
Double, Double, Twins In Trouble!
The Wyatts stood on the sidewalk, Piper stood with her eldest son in her arms, pointing out all the things that could be seen in the street, things that only a five year old would find interesting. Leo stood next to his wife with Chris sitting on his shoulders, so he could see all the runners stretching and preparing at the starting line.
"Where's Auntie Emma?" Wyatt asked, confused as Emma had came with them but had disappeared soon after.
"There!" Chris suddenly blurted out, pointed into the crowed from his high perch on his father's shoulders.
"I wanna see!" The eldest child grinned. Leo smiled at his son and made sure Chris was holding on tight before he lifted up Wyatt to see past all the participants. Emma was doing a series of stretches, she put her foot on top of a fire hydrant and pushed her leg down before putting one arm across her chest and pushing it inwards.
"Hey!" A voice called out to them, Phoebe and Brennan walked over to the foursome, Connor sleeping soundly in the stroller, even with all the noise surrounding him.
"Hi," Piper smiled before grinning at her nephew in the stroller, "Hey baby!" She whispered, "He's so cute when he's sleeping!"
"Yeah, let's try and keep him what way…" Her brother in law advised with a smirk before his son awoke from his slumber, a gurgle escaping from his mouth, "Too late," But to his surprise, Connor stayed silent and spent the time being wide eyed and taking in his surroundings.
"Where are Jesse and Lexa?" Leo asked, they had all been introduced during the week.
"Getting food, and knowing Jesse, it'll be a lot!" Phoebe interjected before looking around with a frown, "Where's Paige?"
Piper cocked her head slightly, "She went back home to get some sunglasses… her eyes have been sensitive to everything lately,"
"Is she okay?" Phoebe asked as she lifted Connor from his chair and began to bounce him in her arms slightly.
"I don't think so; she would tell us if something was wrong though. If there was any chance of it hurting the kids, she wouldn't keep it a secret," Leo pointed out with a calm expression
"I hope so…" She responded, before noticing Emma jogging over to them, the psionic jogged on the spot even when she reached the two families.
"Guys…" She began, before looking upwards, as if she had heard something, "In a minute!" She yelled heavenwards, causing other spectators to stare. Piper and Phoebe smiled at people the before signaling to them politely to turn their heads back the street.
"What is it?" Leo asked as he lifted Chris off his shoulders to let his son go and see Emma.
"The Elders are telling me I need to go see one of my charges, right now!" She relayed urgently, before looking upwards and muttering something under her breath, "You guys know how long I've been training for this! I can't leave now!"
"I'll take care of it for you," Phoebe immediately offered, "I'm an empath too, after all," no one noticed Brennan shift uneasily on the spot as she said this.
The empath bit her lip, "I don't know… He's my charge, and-,"
"Leo can glamour me to look like you. C'mon Emma, you've been training like, four months for this! It shouldn't be ruined by the impeccable timing of the Elders," She rolled her eyes.
She sighed, "Okay… But you need to tell me everything that has been said afterwards!"
The middle sister nodded excitedly, she was quite taken with the thought of meeting one of Emma's charges…
A cloud of rose coloured orbs descended from the sky along with a smaller cloud of blue ones, Emma and Phoebe appeared from the pinkness while Leo appeared from the baby blue haze. The Charmed One smiled as they landed, turning to her friend.
"Wow… I love empath orbing! It's so pretty!" Phoebe looked at her sleeves, hoping to catch any remnants of the way they had traveled.
Emma grinned in response, "Me too, Paige hates me for it though. She keeps complaining every time I orb to her place, she's just jealous though!"
Leo cleared his throat to get their attention, "Emma, I thought you wanted to get back to the marathon?"
"Oh… right," She smiled nervously as she looked around the alleyway they were standing before seeing what she was looking for, "See that bookstore across the street? It's the clerk at the desk, life's been beating him up a bit lately, he really just needs someone to vent to,"
Phoebe looked across the street and saw a teenage boy, probably around Pamela's age, standing at the desk. He wore such a defeated expression on his face, not to mention his skin had been ravaged by acne. She looked at the boy with pity when she saw other kids laughing at him from outside.
"Can you handle it?" Emma asked.
"Sure, glamour me!" Phoebe turned to her brother in law, who prepared to wave his hand over her face, until a woman flamed in, who the middle Halliwell immediately recognized as Rebecca, the woman who had tried to kidnap Connor!
"What the hell are you doing here?" Phoebe questioned, her voice lined with hate.
"Killing the competition!" She answered, throwing out a fireball, which made the Charmed One confused. Fireballs weren't part of Rebecca's powers, how had she ended up with them? Phoebe quickly tried to use her telempathy to redirect the attack, her eyes widened when it didn't work. Determined to take her down, Phoebe narrowed her eyes and attempted to ignite a psionic blast, her heart skipped a beat, that power didn't work either!
Before she could use her telepathy to tap unto her opponent's powers and cancel out the fireball with her own fireball, it struck her chest, sending Phoebe into the side of a wire fence.
"Paige!" Emma called, "Bring someone to help!" She fired a psionic blast to keep the deflective mutant busy as Leo healed Phoebe, but she had to duck when her attack rebounded and came back at her. Paige appeared moments later with Piper,
"Okay, what is going-," She was cut off as a burst of orbs erupted as her stomach and shielded the two witches from another fireball, "Fireball!" The witchlighter yelled, taking the newly conjured fireball from Rebecca's hand in a swaddle of orbs and throwing it back at her. The mutant glowed as she activated her own power, making the attack bounce off her chest and come back at Paige, who was protected yet again by a shield of orbs. Piper quickly gestured at a nearby wall and the remains of bricks flew at Rebecca, blasting her to the ground and hitting her with a rain of concrete.
The youngest Charmed One stood there while her oldest sister went to check on Phoebe, she stared at the enemy as she pulled out a jar.
"See if you can handle this!" She smashed the jar on the ground a small insect flew out, zipping right to Paige and glowing as it entered her chest, making her lose her balance slightly and cough. The mutant smirked before flaming out of the battle.
Emma came over to her pregnant friend and rubbed her back, "Are you okay?"
Paige frowned in response, "I don't know…"
Rebecca flamed back into an old warehouse, pleased with the work she had done. She began to walk across the floor and towards the shadows, creating a fireball and bouncing it in her hand, "Thanks for the power share; I was able to survive against all three thanks to you,"
"And now it's time to give that power back," A woman's voice came out from the darkness. Rebecca began to glow as the power boost she had received was taken from her; she pouted and folded her arms.
"I have one question, you're supposed to be on their side, so what do you hope to gain by stopping the birth of those twins?"
The figure stepped out of the shadows, revealing that the woman was Danielle, the Fire Elemental! Her red hair looked dark, even with sun pouring in through the roof,
"I stop someone from receiving powers that they shouldn't receive," She replied coldly.
"What do you mean? If I am to help you, I think I have a right to know…" Rebecca smirked, but her smugness vanished when a fireball appeared in Danielle's hand,
"I don't need to tell you anything! Getting rid of these kids is in everyone's best interest, trust me!" She clenched her fist and snuffed the flames, "But if you must know… Elemental powers can only be given through the Earth Elemental, and in extreme cases when he is dead, the other three find a replacement. If these kids are born, they will receive Elemental powers, which undermine the very grand design, I can't have that!" She stated, the horns from her true Elemental form sprouting from her head, before she took a deep breath and calmed down.
"So what's the next step?"
"We wait for the parasite to take effect…' She smirked as she sat down, "She'll have no idea what hit her…"
Jesse smiled as took a hot dog of the vender on the sidewalk; everyone was getting ready to watch the runners begin the marathon. The others had returned, bar Phoebe as she had gone to help Emma's charge disguised as her. The molecular was about to hand over the money when Lexa came up behind him and gave the hot dog back to the vender, "He's had enough of that stuff. Don't want those love handles getting any bigger now, do we?" She smirked and kissed his the back of his neck, before cheekily squeezing his hips.
Jesse's face went completely red and he yanked the hot dog back and handed over ten dollars, not even waiting for the change as he wanted to get away from the sniggering vender as quickly as possible, "What that really needed?"
"Aw… C'mon, hot stuff. I was only joking… Your love handles are already too big!" She laughed at his awkwardness before walking along the sidewalk, "C'mon, you're not going to let a little girl like me walk along the street by herself, are you?"
He rolled his eyes and caught up to her; she took some of the food from his hand and took his free hand in hers, this surprised Jesse, "Public displays of affection? I guess anything really can happen in San Francisco!"
"Hey, I'm the one who cracks the jokes in this relationship," She warned mockingly, "And besides, am I not allowed to ridicule my boyfriend then comfort him with a little hand holding?"
"Well, I might as well enjoy it while it lasts, since we're keeping a secret from everyone else, we might want to break contact before we head back,"
"Good point," She began to walk away, but he pulled her back, pulling her into a passionate that everyone could see, a mother even went as far as covering her child's eyes. Lexa pulled away completely stunned, Jesse just smiled.
"You can crack the jokes, I'll do the passion," He growled huskily before smacking her ass and walking away with a smirk. Lexa took a bit of her hair and began to bite it like a nervous schoolgirl to hide her giddiness, she noticed all the people staring at her so sent them a warning glare and walked away, checking her lip gloss in a shop window on the way…
"Okay!" Jesse announced as he walked back to the group with food and drink, "Tortillas and a low fat dip to go with?"
"That's mine!" Piper spoke up, taking her food from the cardboard tray and tucking in.
"Hot dog with extra mustard?"
"I'll take that," Leo said with a grin before taking a bite.
Jesse looked at the next item, "Mint flavoured ice cream?"
Paige instantly reached over, "Mine!" Giggling like a little girl as she stuck her spoon into the light green mound.
"Where's the other stuff?" Brennan seeing that his friend had arrived without his chicken sub.
The molecular look behind him, "Um… Lexa has it, she just behind me, I wonder where she went,"
"She took a little detour to get some more stuff!" Lexa said as she walked over to them and pass the crowd, "Take your sub, Sparky," She held out the cardboard tray and Brennan grinned, taking the sandwich off, "Chicken salad for me!" Lexa said triumphantly, stuffing the plastic bowl with a lid under her arm. She glanced at Piper, who nodded and smiled. Lexa knelt down to Wyatt and Chris's eye level, "You don't think I'd forget about you two, did I?" She lowered the tray to reveal two ice cream cones with chocolate sprinkles sitting on it. The two kids grinned as they took their treats off the tray and licked the cold sweet.
Piper mouthed "Thank you," to her new friend before they all turned their attention to the starting line, where it was all about to begin.
And not just the marathon…
Leo turned another burger on he barbeque while Brennan and Jesse offered advice on making sure things not getting burnt. Lexa found it so strange that when it came to cooking in a kitchen, men thought a woman should do it, what made cooking on a grill and fire so manly. The woman weren't complaining though, as it gave them time to gossip.
"Paige, take those shades off, the sun is about to set. If you keep them on any longer you're verging on diva status," Lexa advised her new friend, they had become quite close in one week, what was it about Paige that made the Mutant X girls so easy to befriend?
"Very funny," She glared from behind her sunglasses, "And no, I'm more comfortable like this, my eyes have been feeling funny all day, I don't know what it is,"
"Emma's just got out of the shower so we can eat soon," Piper announced as she brought out a couple of bowls of cold dishes.
"She came one hundred and forty first out of about six hundred people, she better be proud of herself," Paige warned.
The witchlighter took a moment to look at her nephews, Chris was slowly climbing up the ladder of the slide so he could go back down again, while Wyatt pushed Connor in baby swing, he was under strict orders got to push too much. Paige smiled and shook her head, how could she have even thought of having an abortion? She would have missed out on moments like this she might have in a couple years time. But when she saw how Piper and Phoebe looked at their children, she didn't want her kids to grow up too fast, Connor was already six months old and Phoebe just couldn't believe how time flew by.
"Oh, here she is, the jewel of the San Francisco Marathon!" Piper grinned at Emma, who was coming out of the back door and into the garden to join them at the large garden table, "I know you've had a tiring day, but could you go get Phoebe?"
"No problem, orbing isn't exactly strenuous!" She wiggled her eyebrows before disappearing in a haze of rosy pink orbs. Paige scowled at the place her friend had sat,
"I wish that when you get the power to orb, they show you a colour chart and you can choose the colour you want,"
"They do," Leo chipped in, "But most whitelighters just go with the traditional blue,"
"Are you kidding me?" She gaped at her brother in law, "I could have been flying about in the style of pink orbs and nobody told me?" She folded her arms over her pregnant stomach and pouted.
"You couldn't actually," He pointed out to her, "Pink orbs are the trademark of empaths, whitelighters can't choose them,"
"Ugh… I won't dwell on it; I'll move on and accept." She took a deep breath, "Okay, I'm good!"
"That was quick," Lexa mused.
"I'm not one to waste time being sad…" Paige smirked, "Someone want to pass that glass, please?"
Piper went to pick it up, but before she could, water consumed the glass from the base and it disappeared, reappearing in Paige's hand in a tower of water.
"What the hell was that?" Piper pointed at the glass in Paige's hand.
"I… don't know," The witchlighter stared at her hand.
"Maybe it was one of the babies?" Piper suggested.
"You think it's a variation of my power?"
She shrugged "Makes sense. Telekinetic Splashing… looks like she takes after both of her parents," Piper seemed to frown a bit at the use of power, but she quickly forgot when two Emmas appeared in the lawn in pink orbs.
"Okay, change me back Leo," one of the Emmas said, the Elder laughed and waved his hand at her, making her turn back into Phoebe.
"Phew!" She smelled the food and rubbed her hands together, "Let's eat!"
Paige sat in the love seat at the window of the attic; she had the Book of Shadows balanced on the top of her stomach as she read. Emma came in, she seemed to be looking for something, as she was lifting every jar, cushion and table to find it, "Hey, have you seen my comlink?"
"Your what?" Paige looked confused.
The psionic sighed, "Uh… The silver ring with the little holes in it,"
"No, it'll probably be in your room. But I don't live here anymore so I don't where you your holy jewelry,"
"You're probably right," She walked over to see what her friend was looking at, "Demon parasites? Taking a sudden interest in bugs?" She smirked.
"No… that Rebecca bitch, sent one at me and I would like to be rid of it,"
"What? Why didn't you tell us?"
"Because I didn't want you to worry! Look, I've found the spell; I can say it and be flea free!"
Emma folded her arms, "No, I'll say it. Paige, you're pregnant! We're looking after you and making sure you don't worry, not the other way around,"
She rolled her eyes in response, "If one more person uses that as an excuse to keep me out the action, I will-," She stopped mid sentence and gripped her stomach, taking deep breaths.
"Are you okay?" Emma went to her and rubbed her back.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just… say the spell," Paige urged, moving the Book of Shadows so her friend could see it. Emma still wasn't convinced, it had seemed something more than nothing, but less than a demon, but she decided to shake it off for now and say the spell,
"I use this spell, to mend what's not right,
To rid this body, of its parasite"
There was a glow from pages stomach and a speck of black flew out, writhing in the air before exploding into tiny pieces. Emma rubbed Paige's back again, "Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah, much," Was the witchlighter's reply, "I think I'm just gonna head home now," And with that, she orbed out, letting the Book of Shadows fall to the chair…
Pamela's spirit sat in the hospital room, she had her legs crossed on the chair next to her real body and little drops if light were flowing from her spirit and into the corporeal form lying in the bed. A smile played on her lips as she realized it was working, that was, until a nurse came in to check on her and broke her concentration.
"Damn!" She glared at the nurse, even though she couldn't be seen by her, "Betty, I thought we talked about this? You stay out of my room, and I don't kick your ass when I wake up!"
Of course, the nurse just kept working, checking all the machines and grimacing at the state of Pamela's hair before leaving. Pamela wished she could use her powers and just break down the magical prison she was in, but she would need to keep up her efforts. It was like when you download a file off the internet, it takes ages, its likely to fail, and…
You're stupid enough to try again…
Piper came into the attic to find Emma still looking for her comlink. It may have been just a ring to everyone else, but to the mutant psionic, it was a lot more important, it was a symbol of where she had come from and how far she had come, "You haven't found that thing yet?"
Emma shot her a look, "It's not just a thing! Please say you haven't put the laundry in the washer yet, because that's where I was going to look next,"
"Uh… no, I-,"
"Found it!" The psionic shouted triumphantly, smiling at the silver ring and putting it on. Piper didn't notice a wave of light pass over it as it went on Emma's finger.
"Why is the book over there?" The eldest Halliwell pointed to the book that was sitting on the window ledge.
"Oh… Paige was looking at it," She answered absent mindedly
Piper narrowed her eyes at the page it was open at, "Demonic parasites? Did Paige want a flea bath?"
"No… Rebecca hit her with one when we fought her this afternoon. We got rid of it though,"
"This specific breed of parasite is used to speed up the aging process. It increases the growth rate of its victims metabolism and makes them age until they die," Piper read from the book, "It says that someone can age a month in two hours!"
Emma stopped looking at her comlink and went pale, "What did you say? The bit before the two months part,"
"That is speeds up the metabolism of the victim?"
"That would mean everyone in the body, wouldn't it?"
She scrunched up her nose, "I guess…" Piper answered uncertainly, not knowing where this was going.
"What time is it?" Emma looked at her wrist, realizing she didn't have a watch.
Piper looked down at her watch, "A little after ten. Emma, what's wrong?"
"The race started at three thirty… Paige… that stomach pain… oh my God!" She suddenly blurted out.
"What? What's the matter?"
"Get everyone together, I'll go get Paige," She began to orb out.
"Why?" Piper shouted
"Because the twins are coming now!"
Paige lay on her bed, screaming as another contraction hit her body, she couldn't do this alone, yet she couldn't reach the phone and for some reason she couldn't orb or call for Leo. Her spirits lifted slightly when she saw pink light appear in the room and take the form of Emma, "Oh my God! Honey, why didn't you orb out?"
"I… can't" She breathed out through the pain before another contraction hit her.
"That's right, and now, neither can you!" Emma turned around to see you had spoken, her fists immediately clenched when she saw Rebecca standing there with a smug look on her face.
"What is it with you and wanting to steal the kids of this family?" Emma spat, Paige smiled slightly at the word "family"
"Sorry, but I'm working for someone on this one. And for the record, I want Brennan; his kid was just a way to make him mine,"
"Take my hand," The psionic whispered to the witchlighter, she complied and Emma orbed them out of the way of a fireball. Rebecca looked astounded, suddenly doubting the power of the shield she had put around the apartment to safe everyone in. The reappeared behind her and Emma fired off a warning psionic blast, making Rebecca fall to the ground in pain instead of flying through the air and into wall, "We may not be able to leave the apartment, but we can still go around it! Catch us if you-," She didn't get to finish her cocky remark as a fireball pounded her back and sent her flying through the window, landing on the balcony unconscious. Paige took great effort to turn around and looked at Danielle in horror when she realized that she had been the one to throw the fireball.
"Why?" Paige breathed out before screaming in pain.
Rebecca got up, groaning while holding her head, "Psychic bitch…" She growled.
"Ignore her, go to the cave and act as the decoy, the demon are waiting for you," The Fire Elemental ordered, the mutant scowled before flaming out, leaving Paige with no one…
Orbs and a bright flash of light lit up the cave as Leo and Lexa transported everyone else. Lexa had Jesse and Brennan while Leo had Piper and Phoebe. The eldest Halliwell took immediate action, her face like thunder, Phoebe was amazed at how protective and close her big sister had become to Paige during her absence.
"I know you're here! Let Paige go NOW!" She boomed, activating her power and causing the room to shake. As she did that, five demons shimmered in to her left, Piper instantly shot out her hand, an orange shockwave flying from her palm and distorting gravity around the demons so it would pull them apart. They all screamed as their limbs flew off their torsos and they all blew up.
Phoebe just gaped at her sister's display of power, "What the hell was that?" Piper didn't answer, "Okay, how do you even know she's here?"
"When have you known our scrying to be off?"
"Well…"
"It was a rhetorical question!" She snapped, advancing into the cave.
"Aw… Crap, I think we need to split up," Phoebe suggested.
Leo nodded, "I agree, we need to widen our horizons, if we waste time, our only nieces could be in danger," His sister in law nodded in agreement.
"Um… Okay, I'll go with Pheebs and Sparky," Lexa began, "Piper seems to have no trouble handling herself and I think having a psionic might help our chances,"
"Yeah…" Phoebe replied, she wasn't even sure if her powers, once again no one noticed Brennan's uncomfortable shift.
"Okay then, I'll stay here, in case I need to take an energy ball for someone," Jesse chipped in. Everyone nodded at the plan and Phoebe went towards her husband and old teammate, flashing out instantly while Jesse and Leo followed Piper deeper into the cavern…
Paige's brow was swimming with sweat as she shook on the couch, wincing at the agony of another contraction. She refused to scream, she wasn't going to give Danielle the satisfaction, but she also wasn't going to let her get away with this either, "Why… are doing this?" She whispered to the elemental, who was pacing the room.
"Having the powers of an elemental isn't something you're born with; it's something that chooses you. It's not fair that your kids should be born with it, when the many others before them have worked hard to be worthy. You and your family have undermined the magical community for the last time,"
Paige gritted her teeth, "What the hell gives you the right?"
Danielle fished inside her blouse and pulled out a pendent made of red metal, a dragon engraving shone in the moonlight, "This gives me the right! A symbol of my power!"
The witchlighter glared at her, letting a small yelp as pain went through her body, "Skye is…. a born…. Elemental… why not… kill her?"
She smirked in response, "Who do you think is next on my list?"
Lexa went to open the door to Paige's building, but the door shone with an orange glow and blasted her back onto the sidewalk, landing hard on her ass, "Ow!" She yelped, getting back up and brushing off her black pants.
"It must be protected…" Brennan mused, looking to the top floor where Paige's apartment was.
"You think?" The light molecular replied sarcastically, "What are we gonna do?"
"Try blasting it," Phoebe offered as she looked around the street, "No one can see us right now,"
Her husband and charged up his hands with electricity, "You in?" He raised an eyebrow to Lexa, who smirked and emitted light from her fingertips. Both mutants blasted the door with their respective powers, they kept it up until their blasts fizzled out, the door remained intact.
"Well… It's definitely protected," Lexa took heavy breaths, that had taken a lot.
"You think?" Brennan mimicked her, he received a glare.
"Can I have a go?"
Phoebe turned around to see who had spoken. She almost jumped for joy when she saw Pamela standing at the street corner. Her arms were folded confidently and saw more a look on her face that verged on arrogance.
"Oh my God…" The aunt breathed.
Her niece grinned, but it was quickly snuffed when a piece of her long hair moved in front of her eyes, "Damn! I would have settled for someone taking a pair of scissors to it, but no, you couldn't even do that!"
"She's back…" Brennan murmured, knowing full well of his niece's rants.
"Although I have to admit, kudos to the person who left me clothes at the hospital, or I would be sitting here with a breeze up my hospital gown."
Phoebe rolled her eyes, "Pam, we don't have time! Paige has gone into labor!"
She looked stunned, "I haven't been out for that long, have I?"
"No. We don't have time to explain! Do you think you can break through this force field?"
Pamela snorted and cocked her head, "Have I ever ran from the cops after inflating a car's tires so much that they exploded?" They gave her a blank look, "The answer is yes," She moved in front of the doors and prepared.
"I like her wit," Lexa commented, "Very much like my own…" She mused.
"Sarcastic and bitchy?" Phoebe offered.
"Exactly."
The teen raised her arms at the door, releasing wave after wave of advanced telekinetic energy at it. The force field glowed angrily, as if challenging the witch as she pounded the door with energy. Phoebe gasped when she saw a crack in the glass, "Keep it up!"
At that moment, Piper, Leo and Jesse orbed in, Piper obviously fuming from the fact that they had been tricked, "It was a damn… Pam?" She finally noticed her niece. The glass smashed at that moment, taking the shield with it.
"Eureka! I've cracked it!" She turned around to see if anyone laughed, "Hey, gimme a break, I'm just out of a coma! I need to find some new material,"
"Pam…" Piper said in a warning tone.
"Some things never change…"
"It's almost time…" Danielle growled, moving over to Paige as she began the final steps of labor, giving birth. The witchlighter had tried everything, but her powers weren't working, probably from the shield that had been generated, and Danielle had made sure to remove any objects from Paige's reach.
"Please…" She reduced herself to begging, "Don't take them… take me instead…"
The elemental snorted, "You're not the one I'm after, it's your kids,"
Just as she was about to prepare herself, when the door was blasted off its hinges and the entire family stood there, all of them had faces like thunder as they realized who was behind the force field. Piper went to blast the elemental, but she flamed out wisely, even she knew that she wouldn't be able take on six witches, one elder, and, as they appeared from sand and wind, her two elemental comrades.
"What are you guys doing here?" Emma, who had finally awoke from being knocked out,said stiffly, she was angry at Grant for missing the marathon for work.
"Are you kidding me?" Skye gestured to where Danielle had stood, "She's gone off the deep end! We have to stop her!"
Everyone's attention was brought back to Paige when she screamed in agony, "I feel like I'm gonna explode!" She bellowed.
"Uh… Okay, me and Pam will go with those two and take down Danielle. Everyone else, make sure my goddaughters are brought into the world safely." Emma smiled at her best friend before taking Grant's hand and sanding out. Skye put a hand on the other teenager's shoulder and they left in a gust of wind…
The foursome reappeared with sand at their feet, Emma frowned at their location, it was a little island in the middle of the ocean, she could hear the trees rustling in the wind and waves lapping at the shore. Nothing but water could be seen for miles. "Are you sure this where you sensed her?"
"Yeah, definitely. She can't bounce her signal, we're connected by-," Skye's explanation was cut off by a blood curdling roar in the sky. They looked up and ducked when a large mass flew over their heads. Emma gasped when she recognized it instantly; this was Danielle's elemental form! The once serene ruby red dragon was now a raging monster, its scales burning with rage in the moonlight. It let out another roar, its mouth glowing as it filled with fire, it was going to shoot!
"Grant!" Skye screamed as the jet of flames shot the dragon's mouth.
Emma and Pamela shut their eyes and cringed, waiting for the flames to hit them. But something blocked the light coming from the fire and the two witches opened their eyes to see a giant stone figure standing in front of them, taking the attack in the chest. The creature was like giant lumbering man made of stone, his fists were huge, as where his feet, Emma watched in amazement as it picked the largest boulder on the beach and threw it with incredible speed and distance at the dragon, hitting it square in the scaly chest.
There was a squawk and they turned around to see a massive bird flying through the sky towards its opponent, its white wings catching the dim light and shimmering across the land. But the majestic creature soon turned into a ferocious bird and began to flap its wings furiously at the dragon, Emma felt a wind pick up and Pamela noticed clouds coming towards them at an amazing speed, it was creating a thunder storm!
"Someone tell me what is going on!" Pamela screamed over the now howled wind, cringing when a stone hand just skimmed her head to reach for another boulder throw.
"I would say the fight of the elements has begun!" Emma shouted back. It was true; all three had taken their true forms with every intention of killing one another. This truly going to be one big battle, "I think we should get out of here!"
"Why? What if they need us?" The teen responded, cursing loudly when her hair blew into her face.
"I'm not letting you go up against that thing!" Emma ordered, her voice stern.
The two of them shrieked as Skye flew over them, a stream of fire close behind as her as Danielle followed. Grant was now resorting to picking up piles of smaller rocks and throwing them together, as he had thrown all of the big boulders, some had made contact, and some hadn't. This time however, the rain of stones hit the dragon and she stopped, turning around to face her attacker. She hovered above the witches and the earth elemental, lowering herself so she could take them all out in one blast of fire. Emma and Pamela looked up to see the golem crouching down and leaning over the two of them, trying to protect them from the flames. Emma heard the dragon roar and knew that even though they were protected from the fire directly, the stone casing to their protector would act like an oven and cook them alive.
But it wasn't over yet.
A gargled roar came from an unknown source, and the light that was being caused by the fire preparation was snuffed. Instead, a shower of mist came down on the stone giant; something big had just hit the water. After Grant had stood up, Emma's jaw hit the ground when she saw what was wrestling with the dragon in the water. It was the leviathan, Aidan's elemental form!
The sea serpent whipped its tail around, smacking the flailing dragon, which wasn't used to fighting in the water, the fire elemental roared in pain while the water creature roared in triumph. Skye and Grant had taken back their human forms while Emma and Pamela stood mesmerized by the fight. The enormous blue snake hissed loudly as it backed away, before releasing a powerful roar that split the water it hit, the shockwave traveling all the way to the drowning monster that still hadn't taken off yet. The leviathan kept roaring, sending powerful waves of water pressure at its enemy and slowly crushing it, it wasn't long before the dragon began to glow and a powerful explosion consumed the monster, leaving only the winner behind.
Emma stared into the eyes of the creature remaining in the water, even in this form she could still read Aidan. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he didn't know about the twins, as Paige had not wanted him to know about them. The two shared a wordless thank you before he swam away…
Emma smiled as she held one of the twins in her arms, she had her fathers piercing green eyes and small wisps of blonde hair were already growing on her tiny head. But the rest was Paige, the porcelain perfect skin, the shape of her nose; this child was definitely a Halliwell, "She's beautiful…" Emma smiled as she passed the child back to her mother who was sitting with the identical sister of the baby in her arms.
Paige grinned stupidly, giddy from the happiness and the craziness of the day, "I know…" She stroked both of the sleeping forms that were in her arms.
Seeing that her sister was close to nodding off, Piper smiled gently as she took one of her nieces off Paige and began to walk to the room what the witchlighter had prepared. It was baby blue, as Paige didn't believe in sexually orientated colours, and it had two cribs, each of them a soft yellow. The entire room was easy on the eyes. After the two sleeping babies were put down in their beds, the two witches left, giving them a loving look before leaving.
"You go get some rest…" Piper whispered, Paige nodded and let her sister help her to her bedroom.
The silence was broken by a huge sigh from Pamela, "What a day, huh? I get off my ass, my two little cousins are born, and Aidan saved us from being buns in an oven!"
Emma's head whipped around from the couch with Piper and Leo's, "Pam!" She hissed.
"You saw Aidan?" Piper said in barely a whisper, nit wanting to take any chances of Paige finding out.
Grant nodded, "He saved us from Danielle,"
"Does he know about…?" Phoebe nodded towards the room where her nieces were sleeping.
Pamela shrugged, but Emma shook her head, "I scanned him before he swam away, he was only there because he sensed the fight,"
"Good," Leo whispered, "That's one less thing for Paige to worry about,"
"I don't think she'll be able to keep it a secret for long though," Brennan began, "The twins are special, the entire magical community will soon know about them,"
"And when that happens…" Phoebe began.
Emma finished, "Atlantis will want its new heirs…"
NEXT TIME: Paige isn't sure she wants a Wiccaning for her children, as she doesn't feel properly connected to the family; she also struggles with finding names for the twins. Phoebe tries desperately to find her powers. Piper summons Melinda Warren to convince Paige about the Wiccaning, the old ancestor then teams up with Emma to go on a demon killing spree, after numerous kidnap attempts are made for the twins and Pamela feels distant from the family after missing so much.
Chapter 16 "Title Unknown" will be up soon!