Disclaimer: Still don't own it or Harm and Mac would have got together and Leo and Piper would still be together.

Chapter 2: What's A Whiteligher For

THURSDAY MORNING

HALLIWELL MANOR 0730

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORINA

"Paige have you seen my car keys? A six months pregnant Phoebe Halliwell asked her younger half-sister Paige Matthews. "Try the kitchen table." Red headed Paige suggested looking up from the picture she

was painting.

"There not in here." Piper Halliwell, who was five months pregnant herself, called to her younger sisters from the kitchen where she was feeding Chris while Wyatt ate. "I found them." Leo called then appeared in front of Phoebe in a swirl of white lights. "You left them on the counter in the bathroom." Leo said with a grin. "You're an angel, Leo." Phoebe said as she hugged him. "Allise would kill me if I was late again." She added with a grin.

"What's a Whitelighter for, but saving witches in distress?" Leo asked as the phone rang. "Halliwell residence, Paige Matthews speaking, how may I help you?" Paige asked as Phoebe headed out the door.

"Hey couz, it's Holly. Have you and your man set a date to get married yet?" Holly asked. "Not yet." Paige answered with a smile.

"Let me know when you do, so I know when to come out there. Look I'd love to talk to you, but I need to talk to Piper." Holly explained as she talked on her cell phone, while driving to her apartment. "No problem. Piper it's the Navajo side of the family." Paige hollered, letting Piper know that their half-Navajo cousin was on the phone.

"Hey Holly, guess you got the message that I called." Piper said with a grin after coming from the kitchen into the living room to take the phone from her younger half-sister. "Sure did. Congratulations to you and Leo. You must be thrilled to finally be getting your little girl." Holly said as she turned into a parking space in the parking lot behind her apartment building.

"We are. Paige is as happy at the thought of two nieces, as me and Leo are at the thought of our own little girl." Piper said as she brushed her long dark brown hair out of her way.

"Glad to hear it." Holly said as she headed up the steps to her second floor apartment. "How's Phoebe doing by the way? I've been a little worried that she might be having some problems with this baby after what happened with the last one." She added, in reference to the fact that Phoebe had lost her first baby because of magic, as she unlocked her door and walked into her apartment.

"She's doing terrific and happens to be as thrilled as I am at the thought of Prue and Mel being able to grow up playing together like her, Prue and I did." Piper was telling Holly as Holly pulled out her duffle bag.

"That's great. So you've both picked names for your little girls now." Holly said as she packed.

"Yeah, Phoebe's chosen to name her baby after Prue." Piper said referring to her, Phoebe and Paige's older sister Prue who had died while fighting a demon. "She's picked the name Prudence Avay Halliwell for my little niece. It just seemed right to name my little girl Melinda Patricia Halliwell." Piper continued. "I can't say I'm surprised at your honoring them. I know how much you miss your mom and Melinda was the first in our family to have powers." Holly said referring to Piper's mom Patricia and their ancestor Melinda.

"Speaking of powers have you been using yours?" Piper asked causing Holly to almost drop the phone. "What?" Holly asked in surprise. "You heard me Holly Penelope Lighthorse." Piper answered. "Have you been using your power?" Piper asked her cousin again. "I know you inherited Aunt Patience's power to move the air, and Aunt Pat said once that she was trying to teach you to control it before she died. So did she teach you to control it and do you use it?" Piper asked her cousin.

"Yeah, she taught me to control it. I'll admit I do use it, but only in absolute emergencies." Holly admitted to her cousin. "Yeah, I know what you mean and how you feel and I know that Phoebe and Paige fell the same way. Only problem we have here is that absolute emergency's seem to happen everyday. Every time we turn around it seems there is another magical emergency. "Piper said referring to all the different magical things that happened to her and her sisters. Piper didn't have to tell Holly about her and her younger sisters powers,

because Holly knew what each of her cousins powers where. Holly knew that Piper could freeze time and blow things up, she knew Phoebe could see the future and levitate and that Paige could move things with her mind and orb. Holly also knew that while Prue was alive that she was move things with her mind and astro project.

"Since we're on the subject of magic, what do you know about vampires? It seems to me that you once told me that you guys encountered one. Problem is that with all the stories you've told me over the past few years added in with the ones mom told me while she was alive and the things I've lived thru myself I can't be sure if you did or not." Holly explained. "Yeah we've dealt with vampires. Why are you asking Holly?" Piper asked in a concerned voice.

"You don't have one running lose in Falls Church do you?" Piper asked. "No, not that I know of anyway." Holly answered quickly to reassure her cousin. "The reason I'm asking is because me, Gunny, Harm and Mac are heading gown to Texas on a case involving the death of a Petty Officer that the officials there believe was bitten by a vampire." Holly explained.

"Okay let me call Leo in here and I'll put you on speaker phone, that way Paige, Leo and I can tell you all we know. Phoebe's done taken off to go to work or she could give some advice too." Piper said then called for Leo, who orbed into the living her with his wife and sister-in-law, as she put Holly on speaker phone.

"Honey, Paige, Holly needs our help. She's just been assigned to a case that may involve a vampire and its new territory for her." Piper quickly told them. "She remembered me telling her about your close encounter with nearly becoming a vampire for good Paige. So she thought that we might be able to giver her some useful tips that could be helpful to her and those working with her." Piper added bringing Leo and Paige up to date.

"I think not getting bit would be a good start." Paige said with a good-natured grin. "No kidding couz! I never would have thought of that." Holly said rolling her eyes with a smile of her own. "Come on Paige we need to be serious and help Holly." Leo said in his gentle way, bringing the girls back to the serious nature of the call.

"I suggest you take a cross with you, if you have one." Leo suggested his voice still gentle, but serious none the less." That's good advice, some garlic couldn't hurt either." Paige added, this time as serious as Leo.

"Have you got any holy water? That works great too." Piper suggested. "I have a cross; Gunny gave me one for Christmas last year. Garlic would smell too much and I'd start getting questions if I took it. No I don't have any holy water. I wonder were I could get some with out getting arrested." Holly answered.

"Leo could get some for you." Paige suggested. "He got some for Paige and Phoebe when they were dealing with vampires and me." She added. "That is if he's willing of course." Paige said as an after thought.

"That's right and you or Paige could orb it to her." Piper said looking at her husband. "If you don't mind of course honey." She added with a twinkle in her brown eyes. "I don't mind." Leo said with a smile as he disappeared in a swirl of white lights.

"Got it." He said as he reappeared seconds later. "I'll take it to her." Paige said taking the bottles from Leo and orbing to her cousin's apartment in Falls Church, Virginia.