A/N. Thanks for the reviews. Due to the fact that I'm unbelievably bored (lol) I decided to give you two chapters. I hope you enjoy them.
Charmedbaby11, I can't tell you which demon took Piper, although I can say it is one I made up. As for the gender of the baby, you'll just have to read you and find out!
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Paige rested next to Ryan in his bed, propped up on a pillow, gazing down at him while he slept. It was a few hours after they had left the orchestra, and they had spent that time getting to know each other a little better, in a more intimate way. Paige couldn't believe she had found someone like him. Kind, considerate, funny, and best of all her understood her life-style. He even lived it. Paige was just waiting for something to go terribly wrong, as her life at the moment was far too perfect. As a Charmed One she had learnt that life was never good for too long.
Ryan began to stir and mumble something inaudible. If possible he looked even cuter asleep, with his hair tousled slightly. His warm hazel eyes lifted slowly, as if weighed down by exhaustion and he stretched his arms above his head to work out the kinks. Sensing someone's eyes on him, he rolled over to face Paige. He smiled up at her.
"How long have you been watching me?" Ryan asked sleepily.
"A little while. I couldn't sleep," Paige admitted.
Concern settled across Ryan's features and he wiggled free of the duvet and hauled himself up, so he too was sitting. "Why not?"
Paige shrugged uncertainly. " I just have a bad felling."
"About what?" Ryan's concerned frown deepened. This was not like Paige. She was usually so bright and cheery.
"Like something awful is going to happen."
Ryan slipped his arm around Paige's back and rubbed it comfortingly. "I'm sure everything will be fine."
As Ryan began kissing her neck, all uneasy thoughts melted away.
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Phoebe almost stopped breathing. Piper wasn't there. 'Calm down' she told herself. 'Piper could be in the bathroom.' Acting on this thought, Phoebe turned and raced for the bathroom. She burst into the room, but there was no Piper. After checking her and Paige's rooms and finding no trace of Piper, Phoebe decided to try the attic.
As she trudged up the stairs, Phoebe tried to fight the little ball of fear that was squashing against her lungs and making it hard to breathe. She was not winning the fight. With a shaking hand, she threw open the door, hoping against hope to find her oldest sister searching the Book Of Shadows or sorting through some old junk.
Terror fuelled tears sprung to Phoebe's eyes as she realised the room was empty.
"Leo!" she screamed towards the ceiling.
Instantly a shower of orbs rained from above and formed into the angelic whitelighter.
"What is it?" Leo didn't need powers to sense the panic that radiated from his oldest sister-in-law.
"Piper's missing."
"Have you checked every room?"
"Yes! Leo, she's gone." Tears flowed freely down Phoebe's cheek.
"Don't worry. We'll find her. You call Paige while I sense for Piper."
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Paige was settling into a peaceful half sleep, when the buzzing of her mobile phone jolted her to full waking mode. She sat up, reached for the phone and pressed 'talk'. The tiny screen flashed 'home'.
"Hello?"
"Paige, it's Phoebe. You have to get home!"
"Phoebe, calm down," Paige said. " What's happened." Panic coursed through Paige's veins. She knew something bad was going to happen. Why hadn't she gone straight home?
"Piper's missing. Just hurry."
Paige clicked the phone off, barely able to form proper thoughts. How could her oldest sister and unborn niece be missing?
"What is it?" By now Ryan was wide-awake and looking at Paige with worried eyes.
"It's Piper." Paige stumbled out of bed and started pulling on clothes.
"Is it the baby?"
"I've got to go." Paige ignored the question, pecked Ryan's cheek and orbed back to the Manor.
Ryan fell back in the bed, a shocked expression on his face.
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A/N. Straight on to the next chapter!