A/N: Thanks for those who reviewed! Shame on you for those that didn't! (Just kidding!) I appreciate all the nice remarks.

Nevair- author speaking very innocently Chris had to lose his shirt… his was the one that was bloody. How else would the Charmed Ones believe a demon? Hehehehehe….. : )

embry & Altaira- Glad you like it. Tell your friends! LOL

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DEMON! DEMON IN THE MANOR! LOOK OUT! Piper jumped as she heard both her sons' voices in her head at the same time.

"Argh! Just for once I'd like a normal day." She grumbled as she ran upstairs to find her sisters. "DEMON!" she screamed, as she saw something start to flicker in to the hallway.

"Do not kill me. I have information for you." the demon spoke calmly.

Piper narrowed her eyes, and kept her hands up, ready to blast him if necessary. "PAIGE! PHOEBE!" She yelled, not taking her eyes off the demon.

"Piper, what is going…? Demon!" Paige held up her hand, palm outwards, ready to orb-explode him, as Phoebe started to levitate.

"No!" Piper called out quickly. "He says he only has information. Don't vanquish him yet."

"Ahh, common sense. It's so refreshing after dealing with your two stubborn sons. I have a message for you." The demon grinned a humorless smile. He pulled out a familiar blue t-shirt and dropped it at Piper's feet. "I am holding your boys for ransom. I want the Power of Three. You have three hours to either relinquish your powers over to me, or to watch as I send your sons lifeless bodies back to you." He held up his hand, stopping Piper as she started to blast him. "No, no… you don't want to do that. If you vanquish me, the cages that are currently holding your sons will implode on themselves, killing your boys in the process. If you kill me, you kill them as well. See you soon." The demon flickered out as silently as he had come in, leaving Chris' bloody shirt behind.

"No! God, no!" Piper whispered hoarsely, picking up Chris' shirt. She squeezed her eyes shut tightly. "Get Leo." she ordered quietly. Paige and Phoebe didn't move. "Damn it! I said get Leo!" she screamed after seeing them just stand there.

Paige wet her lips. "He's in a meeting with the elders. I can't just orb up there and make him come down. It was an emergency meeting about a new evil."

Piper narrowed her eyes at her sister. "There is no bigger emergency than my sons' lives! Go get him, RIGHT NOW, Paige! You're a white lighter. You know they'll let you in." Phoebe nodded to Paige in encouragement.

Whenever there was an emergency meeting of the elders, Leo's ability to sense the sisters was voided. They had an emergency white lighter for those times, but rarely ever used him. Instead if there was an emergency, Paige, Wyatt or Chris would just orb 'Up There' and pull Leo from the meeting. Paige glanced at Piper one more time and orbed away.

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"LEO!" Paige yelled before her orbs had fully disappeared in front of the hall where the elders met. "LEO!"

A young white lighter blocked her path. "You can't go in there. It is a closed meeting."

"Not to me, pal. Door!" She yelled and the door to the meeting room swung open. "LEO!"

Leo and the other elders stood around a large circular table. Inside the table there was a wavy substance much like the Seer's pool in the Underworld. This was the Elder's link to magic, and allowed them to see the dangers in the Universe. Leo looked up in surprise.

"Paige? What's wrong?" His heart sunk as he took in the look on her face. He didn't need to hear the words; he already knew that it was the worst possible news. "Is it Piper?"

"No, no, Piper's okay. We need you at home though, Leo. It's the boys. Chris and Wyatt- they've, well… they've been kidnapped."

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Leo and Paige orbed into the attic where the rest of the family had already gathered. Maya, Abby & Ryan were there also. Technically, they weren't Halliwells, but still considered family anyway.

"Did you hear anything else from the demon?" Leo asked immediately. "Are Chris & Wyatt okay?"

Piper looked at him with watery brown eyes. "I don't know. I heard them tell me a demon was coming, but I haven't heard anything from them since."

"Ok, well, Paige said that the demon wants the Power of Three, right? So he's not going to hurt the boys until he gets that, or the time limit runs out. It's too risky."

"I don't get it. How did this happen? How could the two most powerful witches in the world get kidnapped?" Paige asked aloud.

"They must have gotten taken by surprise. It's the only way." Phoebe answered solemnly.

"Yeah, and why now? Why would a demon kidnap them when they're 24 and 21 years old? Wouldn't it have been easier when they were babies? That is, if all he wanted was the Power of Three?" Patience broke in.

"They were too well protected before." Piper answered brokenly. "Wyatt…Wyatt was kidnapped when he was a baby by Gideon before we found him. He was only with him for about 15 minutes and he was fine, but it scared the hell out of all of us. We watched both of them and all of the rest of you so carefully until you were old enough to handle your powers on your own." Piper looked down at the shirt she was still holding. "Maybe we shouldn't have ever stopped."

Phyra stomped her feet. "STOP IT!" Everyone turned to look at her. "Quit acting like they're dead. We have to stop moping around and worrying about why they got taken. Instead, we have to figure out a way to get them back!" She sighed disgustedly. "Chris would be the first one to tell you guys to focus. So maybe that's what we need to do." Her voice was slightly snotty, as only a teenager's could be.

Dad? Dad…I don't know what this demon is. You need to check with the elders. I think it's a new evil. Whatever you guys do, don't vanquish him! We're trapped in magical cages. Every time that his magic gets stronger, the walls go wider. If it takes a hit, they start to close in.

Chris' voice clearly echoed through the Halliwells' minds. Piper sobbed, wishing for the first time that she could not only hear Chris telepathically, but answer him too.

Phyra closed her eyes and spoke aloud. "Chris, hold on. We're working on it. He wants the Power of Three. Instead he's going to feel their wrath. Keep us posted."

"Phy, you know he can't hear you. Why are you doing that? Let Leo answer him, he's the only one that can." Paige admonished huffily.

HOLY… PHY? Is that you? You're telepathic now? Chris and Wyatt's voices were loud and astonished in their families minds.

"WOOHOO! I got a new power! YEAH!"Phyra started to dance around a little.

PHY! Stop transmitting to us. We get it. Wyatt's voice answered her, annoyed.

Phyra stopped dancing. "Oops. I don't know how! I don't know how I even did it the first time!"

Chris' dry laughter echoed. Don't worry about it. Just keep working on getting us out of here. We'll help you with your power later. Hurry, you guys. He's looking pretty antsy.

"We will Chris. I promise" Phyra answered him.

Leo sent a message to Wyatt and Chris only. I'm going to go check 'Up There'. You two be careful, you hear? He orbed away at their agreement.

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"Ok, so there has to be something in the book, right?" Maya asked nervously. She wasn't family yet, and couldn't hear Chris & Wyatt's transmissions to the family. The connection was one of the reasons Chris and she would have two weddings, one a legal state ceremony and one a hand fast ritual. The hand fast automatically sealed them together as family, and allowed the Halliwell magic to include her.

"Not about the demon itself. If Chris doesn't know who this demon is, then he's not in the book." Patience stated confidently.

"So why are you still looking in it?" Maya questioned urgently. "Shouldn't we be mixing potions or writing spells or something?"

"Maya…relax, okay? We are doing all of that too. But there might be something in the book about the cages that Chris and Wyatt are in. If we can find a way to neutralize the cages, then we can vanquish the demon and save them." It was Phoebe who answered her this time.

Abby walked over to Maya, and hugged her quickly. "It's hard, huh? The waiting I mean? They'll be okay, we'd know if they were hurt or worse." She glanced around the attic, and pulled Maya into a quiet corner. "Listen, I know they're working to figure this out to keep Chris and Wyatt safe. But just in case, I want to promise you something. If we don't get our fiancée's back; and I mean whole and in good health; then we go on a demon killing spree that starts with the asshole who took them. Are you with me?"

"No, she is not! Abby, what are you thinking? You can't just go off on a demon hunt by yourselves! Especially not now while my sons-your fiancées- are missing!" Piper walked in, overhearing only the last part of Abby's question.

"Piper, we weren't talking about now. We're just making some future plans, that's all." Maya answered firmly.

"Future plans that include a random demon killing spree? Absolutely not, it's too dangerous. None of us even do that, and do you know why? Because demons are tricky, and you have to have the proper research and background in order to vanquish them, or they will vanquish you. Just going to the Underworld randomly is stupid, reckless and dangerous. Not to mention suicidal." Piper raged at the girls, completely unaware that Wyatt and Chris had done just what she was preaching against.

"You know what Piper? We might not be Halliwells. We may not have the Power of Three or be Twice or Thrice Blessed. We may not have Excalibur at our sides or an elder to reference at any time. But we are still damn good witches. We aren't afraid of what might happen to us. And furthermore, this plan…it's only going to happen if we fail in saving them. But mark my words, Piper. If they don't come back to us; if our men die, then the Underworld better look out. Because like the cliché says, 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.'" Abby stared Piper in the eyes, not flinching away at the flash of anger in her future mother in law's eyes.

Piper glared for a few seconds, and then finally her eyes softened a bit. "I guess we'll just have to work extra hard now then, huh? So that your men will be able to come home to the family that loves them." Piper put the same emphasis on the word 'your' that Abby had before. It was the first time she truly understood why Wyatt was so infatuated with the young witch. She'd always seemed pleasant enough, but this was the first time that Piper had ever seen the fire that lurked below Abby's cool exterior. She liked it.

Piper's thoughts were cut off by the sound of Leo's orbs entering the attic. "I know who has Chris and Wyatt, and we've got a big problem."

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A/N: Sorry for the lack of Chris & Wyatt in this chapter. I had some stuff I needed to get out of the way for future chapters. More of them in the next one, I promise!