CHAPTER FIFTEEN

EVEN MORE BAD NEWS

Wyatt rested his head and placed two gentle hands on either side of his mother's chin. He couldn't reach her checks because his arms weren't that long yet. He was after all just fourteen months old. He moved his face closer to his mother's chin and placed little butterfly kisses; hoping that his mother would find comfort in his actions. He had forgiven his mother for her thoughtless attack on his Aunt Paige; the moment he learned that his beloved Aunt Paige was going through a mental breakdown. He knew whom to blame for this, it wasn't his mother. No it was that evil man Richard Montana.

Piper lowered her head and smiled into her son's open eyes; what she saw in them filled her with relief and joy. She saw forgiveness in them. "Thank you Wyatt." She kissed his forehead and pulled him against her once more for a comforting and loving snuggle that only a mother and child could experience.

Phoebe looked on her older sister and her first born nephew with tears in the corner of her eyes. She couldn't help but feel sad that she didn't have her and Cole's son in her arms at this moment; but the child was never meant to be. Phoebe knew this when the Seer had stolen him from her womb and into hers. She wasn't even feeling guilty when the Seer and the baby were vanquished by her and her sisters. But at moments like this watching Piper and her son; she regretted not being able to have her own son in her own arms. But she knew some day she would have a child of her own; a child that wasn't marked for evil.

There was a knock on the front door. Phoebe stood to her feet. "I'll get that." She walked to the door preparing for a fight. You never knew if there was a demon on the other side of the door. This was the Halliwell manor after all. She sighed deeply as she placed her hand on the door knob. Before she could open it; Phoebe was pulled into a premonition.

PREMONITION

Belthazor shimmers into the attic holding a two and half year old boy in his arms. He walks towards Phoebe holding out the boy and roars. "How can you turn away from Benjamin, Phoebe how can you turn from me?" Belthazor morph's into Cole.

END PREMONITION

Phoebe hand jerked away from the door and her breath caught in her throat as she realized that Cole was coming back and he was being her son back to her. She had to be ready to receive her precious son.

There was another knock on the door.

"Are you going to get that, Phoebe?" Piper walked into the hallway without Wyatt. "Phoebe, what is it?" She asked concerned as she took a look at her sister's face.

"He's coming. Cole is coming back. He's going to bring our son back with him." Phoebe said weakly as she backed away from the front door and Piper with eyes wide open.

"But we vanquished Cole. He can't come back honey." Piper gently said as she put her hand on her fearful sister's arm to stop her from moving backwards.

"But I just had a premonition." Phoebe said with a shake of her head.

"Not every premonition comes true." Piper said. "It has to be your wishful thinking, honey." Piper very well knew that Phoebe truly did miss Cole and her unborn stolen baby.

"My son is finally coming home to his mommy." Phoebe said with a slight catch in her voice and she laughed. "I have to get ready." With that she pulled away from Piper and rushed up to her bedroom.

Piper sighed. "Leo! Chris!" She called out.

OUT ON THE FRONT PORCH

Sam sighed deeply as he realized that Paige's family wasn't going to open the door to his knocking. He wanted to see Paige again and see if she has shape changed back into herself. He wanted answers to his many questions about magic …. He wanted to make sure that he hadn't dreamt that Paige Matthews was indeed a chimpanzee and that she was a bona fid witch.

Well Sam Crowen wasn't going to leave the Halliwell manor until he got his answers. So he decided to sit on the steps and wait till the door opened by one of the sisters.

INSIDE THE MANOR

Two sets of orb lights lit up in front of Piper and Leo and Chris both appeared solid at the same time.

"Yes Piper?" Leo sighed tiredly.

"Yes M …. Piper." Chris quickly covered up his almost mistake of calling Piper, mom. He just prayed that both his parents hadn't notice his almost slip.

No such luck.

"What were you going to call me?" Piper asked tilting her head.

"Uh, um," Chris tried thinking of an M name. He said the very first name that came to his head. "Miley."

"Who's Miley?" Piper asked with a slight smile.

"Just a friend of mine. Actually she's my best friend in my present." Chris said with a smile as he thought of Miley O'Brien.

"Does Piper look like this Miley girl?" Leo asked with a shrug.

"Kind of." Chris said. "But we aren't here to talk about me." He said to change the topic from his present and their future. He didn't want to give too much away. "Why did you call for us again, Piper?"

"It's Phoebe." Piper said with a worried frown.

"Don't tell me Wyatt has decided to shape change Phoebe into a chimpanzee also." Chris wisecracked.

"Worse." Piper said. "Phoebe had a premonition that Cole was going to come back and bring their son with him." She looked into Leo's eyes. "Can you go up to Elder Land and find out if there is any chance in hell that Cole can come back, again?"

"Of course." With that Leo orbed back to Elder land.

Piper turned back to face Chris. "You have all ready told us about Paige's break down in the future; and that she makes it through it."

Chris nodded his head and folded his arms tightly across his chest. He very well knew what his mother's next question would be. He just didn't know how to answer her.

"Does Cole come back and does he bring Phoebe's son with him?" Piper fired at him.

"Not at this time." Chris said. He shook his head. "I'm sorry Piper; all I can tell you is that you three are going to have to vanquish Cole and Benjamin again. It will be very difficult on Phoebe when she has to look her son in the eyes when she vanquishes him." He swallowed as he saw the pain in his mother's eyes. "I'm sorry." With that he orbed out to once again find demons to vanquish so they won't get near to Wyatt to be able to turn him into the Source of all evil that Wyatt was in his present time.

Paige, I need you darling. I need you by my side when Phoebe goes back into her dark place when she realizes that she has to vanquish not only Cole once again; but her own child. Piper knelt down and covered her face with her hands as she let out a moan of deep despair. Why do our major depressing problems always happen in doubles?

Piper sighed deeply and stood to her feet and walked to the front door. She just remembered that some one had knocked on the door just minutes ago. She had to make amends to the person; if they hadn't left all ready. She opened the door and smiled when she saw Sam Crowen sitting on her front steps. "Mr. Crowen come on in."

Sam stood to his feet and dusted off his butt quickly before he moved forward. "Call me Sam. Please." He said with a smile and a nod of his head as he passed Piper and into the manor. He waited till Piper closed the door behind her. "Is Paige herself again?"

Piper shook her head. "No my son still hasn't decided to shape change Paige back again."

"Can't you order him too?" Sam asked confused.

"Wyatt has a mind of his own; and right now he has decided that he wants to spend more time with Paige at the manor. She has been rushing off a lot lately."

"Since her break up with Richard?" Sam said knowing.

Before Piper could speak orb lights lit up and she waited for either Leo or Chris to appear. But it surprised her to see Paige standing in front of her with her paws crossed and a dark look on her face.

"What you super hearing now?" Piper couldn't help but crack a smile.

What's going on with Phoebe? She's in her room sobbing her heart out. Paige's eyes told Piper's.

Piper sighed. "Sam would you mind waiting in the living room with Wyatt?" She turned to Paige's boss and friend.

"Of course." With a nod and smile at Paige; Sam went into the living room.

Paige tilted her head to one side waiting for Piper to tell her what the hell was wrong with Phoebe.

"Phoebe had a premonition that Cole was coming back and bringing their son with him." Piper said softly so Sam wouldn't over hear. Sam had just learned about magic the day before and she knew that he was so not ready to learn about them vanquishing demons. And that a demon was actually married into the family and Phoebe's own child would have been the source of all evil and was vanquished while still in the seer's whom had stolen the baby from Phoebe's own womb. It was way too much information on some one who is still a newbie to the whole magic scene.

What! Fucking Cole. I'll kill him. Wait till I get my fucking hands on that sorry demon's ass; he'll wish he was never freaking born. How dare he bring Phoebe's son with him. Paige's eyes screamed into Piper's eyes.

"There's more." Piper sighed and leaned against the wall. "Chris has told me that Cole does come back and brings Phoebe's son. We are going to have to vanquish them, both of them."

Shit. Poor Phoebe. She just has to recover from this. Shit. Fucking Cole how can he even think of bringing Phoebe's son back to her; he just has to fucking know that she'll just have to vanquish her own son. Paige raged she opened her mouth and started to screech loudly.

"Paige …." Piper moved quickly and placed a calm hand on Paige's hairy shoulders. "Stop screeching. Please darling."

Paige stopped screeching and she allowed her oldest living sister's calming support inter her soul. But than she felt herself tighten up again as she remembered what Piper did to her. She felt her heart and soul tighten once more. She jerked away and orbed back up to her bedroom.

Piper sighed deeply through her nose and turned and walked into the living room where Sam was kneeling in front of Wyatt's play pen and talking softly to the fourteen month old boy.

"Sorry about the screeching." Piper said with a sigh as she walked over and took a seat in the middle of the couch.

Sam stood to his feet and walked over to the chair. "Bad news?" He asked kindly.

"Horrible is more the word. Not only is Paige in a very personal magical crises; but so is Phoebe." Piper sighed. "In the Halliwell family, crises always happen in doubles."

"I see. Anything I can help with?" Sam asked.

"On the Paige front; just be there for her when she is ready to talk. She may not confide in Phoebe and I for a long while yet; after Wyatt shape change her back." Piper softly said as she leaned her head back against the couch and closed her eyes.

"And on the Phoebe front?" Sam asked when Piper didn't speak for several minutes.

Piper opened her eyes once more and sat straight up again. "Don't worry about Phoebe; you don't even want to go there."

"Why not?" Sam questioned.

Before Piper could speak once more; orb lights lit up the room in front of the fireplace and Chris orbed back in. "Hey where's Phoebe?" He asked after saying hello to Sam.

"In her room sobbing." Piper sighed standing to her feet. "Where else with news that her vanquished demon husband whom used to be the source of all evil will be shimmering in with her son. The son that she will have to vanquish face to face." She threw her hands up in the air.

Damn. I missed a lot before I was born. Poor Aunty Phoebe. Wyatt's eyes were wide. He made sure that he kept his mouth shut and his ears wide open. He just hoped the adults forgot that he was in the room; he didn't want to miss out on a single world. Aunt Phoebe was married to a demon? I had a demon for an uncle.

"Source of all evil?" Sam eyes bugged out of his head. "Demon husband? I thought witches vanquish demons."

"We do." Piper sighed deeply. She felt a deep blush overcome her checks. "But sometimes we fall in love with demons also. But Cole Turner other wise known as Belthazor is the first demon to actually make his way into the Halliwell family."

Chris tilted his head at Sam. "Actually Piper, I couldn't help but over hear you tell Sam that he doesn't need to help with Phoebe. But in my present time Sam Crowen has become deeply involved in the Halliwell family. Not only for Paige's shake but also Phoebe's. Sam was actually present when you three vanquished Cole and Benjamin." Chris blushed deeply. "Sorry I shouldn't have given Phoebe's son his name. It'll be that much harder when the time comes."

"It's quite all right. We all ready know that Phoebe was going to name her son after Cole's own mortal father; Benjamin Turner." Piper sighed with a nod. She turned to Sam. "Cole was actually half mortal and half demon. His father Ben Turner was mortal who fell in love with Cole's mother; who was a demon."

"Ouch." Sam sighed as he nodded.

"From what Cole told Phoebe when he was trying to be good; his father; Ben; was a good mortal. He didn't realize what his wife was until she told him that she was pregnant with his son. She gleefully reviled that their son would be half demon; a very powerful demon. Ben wanted to leave but he didn't leave. At first he thought that he could take his son away from his mother; but he soon lost that idea when he truly saw how demonic his wife was. So Ben Turner decided to stick it out and try to raise his son knowing about the good in the world. Cole's mother finally murdered his father in cold blood when Cole was fourteen; from than on Cole's mother had full control over Cole and she successfully turned him into the demon he was when he first entered our lives to kill us. But he fell in love with Phoebe instead."

"I'm sorry." Sam said.

"Mistakes happen. And we are still dealing with it all." Piper sighed as she turned and looked up the stairs to where the bedrooms were located. She wondered if Phoebe would be able to come back from this next tragedy in her life.

END CHAPTER FIFTEEN