I do not owe Charmed in any way. I make nothing from this.
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Leo was feeling torn, and guilty because of it. Here were his granddaughters, his first grandchildren: Chris's children. He should love them, feel happy he had them but he couldn't. They were part demon, they could shimmer and the little one had the mark. Everything he hated and they had it.
But then he saw so much of Chris in them. They way Cassandra moved her hands as she explained something, that was Chris, Melittas way of frowning when she concentrated, all Chris. Then there was their eyes, those green emotional eyes that was Chris down to little spark in the corners.
Leo was so gone in his thoughts he didn't notice when Melitta walked up to him and stood a little hesitant, not knowing if she should disturb him or not. Piper had seen it and called out to him. "Leo!"
He came back and looked confused. His wife shook her head towards Melitta and gave him a pointed look.
"Eh, did you want something?" he asked as kindly as he could.
She looked nervous. "You're my granddaddy, right?" she wondered. Leo nodded.
"C-can I give you a hug?" she asked shyly. Leo gave her a watery smile and nodded. What ever doubt he had, disappeared as soon as her small arm came around him. It then suddenly hit him. He was hugging his granddaughter!
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"Dad, calm down!
"Calm down. Calm down! You're dating a demon, Chris! You think I can calm down knowing that?"
"She is not bad, not a threat."
"Yet. Just like every other demon, warlock and thing people from this family have been dating that comes from the Underworld wasn't bad in the beginning."
"I know her. I love her. She is prepared to leave her coven for me. Doesn't that tell you something about her?"
"That she is playing you to get to us and that you're blind. She's a demon and a Phoenix; she doesn't care about anyone else but herself."
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"So, a plan? Anyone?" Phoebe asked looking around. Leo stood by the book observing everyone else. They were now in the attic, trying to come up with ideas to help Chris, or trying to find out what happened to begin with.
Piper had taken Cassandra and Melitta to the kitchen since they had traveled a long way and was hungry. The rest agreed to begin the search for Chris, and to some extent Bianca, and gathered in the attic and called for Paige's twin daughters Gabrielle and Danielle and Wyatt Orbed to get Phoebe's two daughters Mary and Lily (not twins). Once they were told what was going on all fours first reaction was to go and meet their cousins' daughters but was stopped by their parents. Meeting so many so soon would probably scare them. It probably would be better if Piper told them about the rest in the family and then let the girls come up to meet them on their own.
Although the second generation witches (third with Cassandra and Melitta) were all grown up they couldn't help but act like teenagers now that they finally heard something about their missing cousin. They had probably stopped acting like the teenagers they were eleven years ago after that day happened. After all, Lily was the oldest of the four girls and had been 17 back then. Danielle and Gabrielle had both been 16 and Mary 14.
Leo saw several shake their heads at Phoebes question. He thought about what they knew and said, "We should probably start in Egypt and try to find out what kind of job they were doing. After that we might find out what went wrong."
Phoebe started to walk around and talked at the same time. "Cassandra said they had been by pyramids. Did she say where?"
"Giza," Wyatt spoke up.
"She also said the job was in a nearby village, right?" Phoebe continued, "And what ever danger the people were in was probably supernatural I think." Phoebe turned to Leo, "can you ask the Elders I they know what kind of threat it was?"
"I can try," Leo said and Orbed away.
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"We have to do something about this."
"I know, honey."
"We can't let Chris continue to be with that… demon."
"I agree but he won't listen to us concerning her."
"Then we make him listen. Or better, make him see."
"Leo, you're not planning anything stupid are you?"
"I have an idea."
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Leo Orbed back inside the attic. Everyone was still there, talking and planning. As soon as he was fully there everyone's attention was on him.
"The Elders know what village Cassandra was talking about," he said, "people from it started disappearing about two month ago but they don't know what or who was doing it. Phoebe was right, since the Elders knew about it the cause is supernatural."
"Do they know why Chris and Bianca went there?"
"No. Just like us they haven't heard anything about or from Chris since he disappeared. They were surprised when I said Chris had gone to the village."
"So what now?" Wyatt wondered.
"We go to the village," Leo said, "find out what's happening there and if they saw Chris."
"Sounds good," Lily said.
It turned out that Leo, Wyatt and Paige went to Egypt Leo because he could speak the languish, Wyatt because of his powers and Paige as a back up. The four girls stayed because they wanted the chance of meeting with the children and Phoebe stayed because it probably would feel better for them to have someone else besides Piper there that they knew.
Chris was on everyone's minds however as they wondered where he was and what might be happening to him and Bianca.
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To Be Continued…