"Here we go." Paige said softly and orbed them out of the Halliwell manor and a moment later arrived back into the cozy living room at Wentworth Towers.
"It's nice to meet you finally Piper and Phoebe. I have heard so much about the Charmed Ones in the past few years that I just knew that I had the right sisters to help rid my home from these nightly visitors." Charles jumped to his feet and walked over to shake hands with the very stunned older sisters of Paige.
Piper and Phoebe shook hands with this strange man that had come suddenly into their lives. They didn't know what to make of him, but they knew that Paige was right and Charles wasn't evil. But they didn't know if they trusted the man to play fair with them. They decided to hold off on their judgment until they heard what the man had to say.
"So you two little men must be Wyatt and Christopher." Charles said with a gentle smile as he bent forward to look at the two small Halliwell / Wyatt brothers who were in their father and uncle arms.
Leo held Chris more protectively against him. He was no way any how allowing this strange man to touch his youngest son. He saw Piper looking over at him with raised eye brows and he gently relaxed his hold on Chris. He knew that his wife thought he was holding their son too tightly. Perhaps he was, but he would be damn if he would lose Chris again.
"Hey baby." Henry said moving over to stand next to his wife and wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to him. He was so happy to touch his wife once more that he never wanted to let her go ever again. But he knew that was an insane thing to think of.
"Oh Paige, I have of course thrown the anti orbing position as you were orbing in. So you, Leo, Wyatt and Coop won't be able to orb." Charles said with a slight shrugged of his shoulders after he had stood straight once more. "Sorry to have to trap you folks here like this, but I'm desperate."
"You don't trust us!" Piper demanded in a hot voice as she lifted her hands to flick at Charles. She didn't know if she wanted to freeze him or blow him up. She would wait to see what would happen.
"Piper, put your hands down nice and slowly." Paige said sharply as she glared at her sister. She watched as Piper unwilling obeyed her. She sighed. "I figured you would Charles, it's no problem really."
"How do I get you to trust me?" Charles asked never taking his eyes off of Piper, he had saw Piper's movements from the corner of his right eye and he turned to look at her waiting to see what she do to him. He wasn't afraid to die. But he knew that if Piper had blown him up; it would be painful but extremely quick.
"You'll let Paige, Leo, Wyatt and Coop have full use of their orbing." Piper said as she brought her hands to rest in her back pockets. She raised her right eye brows.
"I'm sorry but I can't." Charles said with a sad shake of his head. "Your sons will be perfectly safe here while you help me solve the mystery, I give you my word."
"I don't trust your word." Piper quickly replied. She shook her head. "I'm sorry Mr. Wentworth but we the boys family have a hard enough time keeping them safe on a daily bases, what makes you a mere human being with no magic powers think you can do that we aren't doing all ready?"
"Why did you bring them here if you didn't think I could help keep them safe?" Charles pointed out.
"My dad is out of town and we couldn't bring him back in time to keep the boys with him." Piper said. "I don't trust the Elders to keep my boys safe, they would end up trying to take them from us. Than we would have some major ass fighting to do with them. And I'm way to tired to fight the Elders once again." She sighed. "If I get one hint that my boys aren't safe than I want to leave. Even if we aren't close to solving your problem."
Charles sighed deeply and than nodded. "That's fair."
"Good." Piper said bringing her hands back to her side and she walked over to Coop and took Wyatt from him. "Thanks Coop."
"Any time." Coop said with a smile as he moved over to stand next to the fire place where Phoebe had moved too while Piper and Charles had been talking. He bent down and kissed his wife's right cheek.
"So what's this all about Charles?" Phoebe asked.
"How about if I show you lovely people to the rooms that you will be in while you are staying with me." Charles said walking towards the door way that led out of the room and into the main area of the downstairs. "I'll tell you all about it after we have some dinner in us."
The Halliwell extended all looked at each other, well except Wyatt and Chris, and all shrugged their shoulders as they followed Charles from the room. They knew that they couldn't demanded to know the entire story right than and there, this after all was Charles's home. Each one of them had been raised to know the proper way to behavior while visiting someone else's homes were. Expect for Coop, Coop was Cupid after all and he was never a human being. He was born to be Cupid so he spent his whole life as a baby angel before he became a full grown Cupid. He was truly a magical being while the others had human blood in their DNA make up.
Charles led the way towards the stairs and pointed out the dinning room, library, downstairs parlor, the bathrooms, the door that led down to the cellar, and billiards room. "I'll of course give you a more tour of the downstairs later after I give you the tour of the upstairs." Charles said leading the way up the wide stair case.
"Well for the time being I'll just show you each your rooms and than after you have rested and the boys are down for their naps, I'll show you the rest of the house." Charles said with a wide smile and a twinkle in his eyes. He turned back to look ahead of him until he stopped to the first door that was closets to the stairs. "Phoebe, and Coop I hope you find this to your liking." He opened the door and stepped inside and waited for the newly weds to enter the room.
Phoebe's eyes widen and her breath caught in her thoart at the sight of the room that was made up for her and Coop. It was decorated in all her favorite colors. Red, every shade of red that she loved, also blue and green. "How did you know Charles?"
"I did a compete research on you and your sisters for years, I was waiting for the right moment to get you to come here and help me out. I knew that you had your hands for with the Underworld and knew until your destiny was fulfilled in San Fransisco that you wouldn't be able to help me out." Charles said. "Matter of fact the rooms that I have set up for you three are decorated with all your favorite colors, and favorite items. No expense spared."
"Why did you go to all this trouble." Leo frowned. He shifted Chris in his arms so his son was able to be next to his mother but still be in his father's arms.
"I live alone in the mansion. I have no family. No children, no nieces or nephews. I just live here with my servants." Charles said with a frown on his face. "I couldn't bare the thought of being a woman into this home. Now it's too late." He shook his head gently and said more brightly than before. "When I heard about the Charmed Ones, I knew that I had found the right magical force to help me solve this mystery and finally allow the six murder suspects to finally rest easy."
"It's never to late to find love, Charles." Coop said gently. "Your true love is out there, you just have to open your heart and put your fears aside and go out and find her."
"Thank you Cupid. After my home is ghost free than perhaps I'll finally allow myself the freedom to meet my soul mate." Charles said with a firm nod. "If the rest of you will follow me, than I'll show you to your rooms." He left the room ahead of the remaining room less two couples.
Piper and Paige shared a look as they left the room ahead of their husbands. They both knew that Charles was a lonely man and needed their help in more than making six restless ghost finally leave his home. He needed their help to live his life to the fullest.
"I have dedicated this room to Piper, Leo and the boys." Charles said stopping three doors down from Phoebe and Coop's room. He opened the door and stepped inside and waited for the now smaller group to follow.
"It's wonderful." Piper couldn't help but breath. Charles had set the room up like how she and Leo had their room set up back at the manor, expect the paint on the walls were of her favorite colors of blue and tan. She looked around the room quickly and saw that there was a entry way that led into a small area where a toddlers bed and a crib was set up. "You thought of everything."
"I was hoping that you would bring the boys with you, when Paige orbed back to the Halliwell manor to tell you about me. Even if you didn't, I was hoping that once you saw how I did up your room, you would have come back with the boys to visit me." Charles said as he folded his arms across his chest with a happy light on his face.
Leo didn't say anything he just walked into the little nursery and placed Chris into the crib and just lent over the crib and watched his son fall asleep. He knew that Wyatt was quite safe in Piper's arms. He just wanted to remain where he was and watch Christopher sleep. He had to protect his son. He wasn't going to leave his sons side until he could find someone whom he trusted to keep an eye on them.
"Paige and Henry if you will follow me, I'll show you to your rooms. Which is three doors down from Piper and Leo." Charles hadn't missed Leo's dis-regard of him. He didn't blame the former Elder and the Halliwell sisters current and perm ant white lighter one bit. He had heard everything that Leo went through when Gideon; the evil Elder had tried to kill Wyatt and succeeded in killing Adult Chris.
Paige and Henry nodded to Piper and the very tired Wyatt and followed Charles from the room and down the hallway to the room in which Charles had dedicated to them. They waited for Charles to open the door.
"Oh Charles it's simply wonderful. Thank you." Paige gasped as she the greens, blues, reds and yellows that the room was decorated in. What shocked and pleased her the most was the pictures of her family that were hanging on the fall wall. She just stared at the pictures of her mother and father. "How did you know that these pictures were my favorite of my family. Especially of my mother, grandmother and eldest sister whom I never had a change to know while they were alive."
"Like I said I did a complete back ground check on you." Charles said with a pleased smile on his face. He was especially pleased that Paige liked what he did with her and Henry's room. She was the sister that he wanted to impress the most. "I need you to summon your mother, grandmother and Victor to the manor, Paige."
Paige turned shocked eyes on Charles.
"To answer that question, I know that Leo and Piper wouldn't be leaving Wyatt and Chris's side to help me. Not without someone that they trust to keep a sharp and close eye on their sons. I know that they would trust Patty, Penny and Victor. So I would like you, Paige, to summon them here. I know that Victor isn't dead so he can't be summoned. But Patty could get him before coming here."
Paige walked over to the cabinet where a box of candles sat. She made a large circle to fit three full size human being.
"Hear these words,
Hear my cry,
Spirit from the other side.
Come to me, I summon thee
Cross now the great divide
I call upon two spirits,
one one live one.
Come to me, I summon thee"
Lights lit up around the candles and slowly formed into two spirits and one very surprised and slightly green Victor Bennett.
END CHAPTER FIVE