I do not owe Charmed or the characters, except for Cassandra and Melitta.

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"Is everything alright, Leo?" Piper asked quietly to not wake up Cassandra and Melitta. Their grandchildren were currently sleeping in their double bed after the adrenaline wore off and exhaustion set in. Leo and Piper were standing by the foot of the bed looking at them. Well, Piper did, Leo was more staring at nothing with a thoughtful expression on his face.

He snapped out of it hearing the question. "Yes, everything is okay. I'm just wondering over things that doesn't ad up," he said looking at her.

"Like what?" Piper wondered.

Leo hesitated then said, "Cassandra said that Chris and Bianca were in Egypt for a job. It would be highly unlikely that they just happened to stumble into a village with a demon problem, right? So who are they working for?"

"Wait, are you saying they are like Phoenixes? Assassins?" Piper asked upset.

"Maybe, but we both know the Phoenix clan has had no contact with them any more then we have. So it can't be them."

"How will we find out?"

Leo looked troubled. "If I know Chris, which I can't say I do after eleven years of no contact with him, I at least think that he would keep his children out of it as much as possible. So asking them probably won't give anything."

"So, a spell?"

"For what?" Leo asked confused.

"Chris and Bianca can't be the only ones working for whoever they are working for. So, a spell to bring someone else might work, if it is worded right."

"Let's try it," Leo said. They walked out of the room and up to the attic where Paige and Phoebe waited with Wyatt. Their daughters had gone home, on their mothers requests. No one had thought anything else would happen that night anyway.

A half-hour later after explanations, putting the crystal cage up and writing the spell, they were ready to start. The three charmed ones stood together saying the spell while Leo and Wyatt stood by the side ready to jump in if anything went wrong.

After saying the spell they all waited and it wasn't long they had to do it. The air within the crystal cage started to shimmer and soon revealed a man dressed in black with a cloak and hood covering over his face.

"What is this? What am I doing here?" he demanded.

"Easy, there," Paige said.

"We just want some information," Piper took over, "answer us and we will let you go."

"What do you want to know?"

"What's the name of whatever you are working for and what do you do?" Leo asked.

The man became guarded hearing this and even though they couldn't see his eyes, they could feel the suspicion against them. "Why do you want to know this?" he wondered.

"Don't worry we're not going after them. We just want to know what you do and if you are missing anyone?" Piper said.

"Why?"

"They might be family and we want to find them."

"The only ones I know that haven't reported in is Phoenix and Magic."

"Phoenix and Magic?" Phoebe asked.

"Codenames. No one actually knows the identities of everyone else."

"So, who do you work for?" Piper wondered.

The man shrugged, "We don't know, there is no name and we get our assignments delivered."

Piper looked at the man. He was telling the truth, she got that confirmed from Phoebe and he had answered all their questions without a fight. It was too easy but she shrugged it off happy that something finally went their way.

"Thank you," she said and with a flick of her wrist removed one of the crystals. The man nodded.

"I hope you find Phoenix and Magic. They are the best we have and if something has happened to them then it is serious." With that he blinked away.

"What the… He was a warlock?" Paige exclaimed. She turned to the others, "Chris and Bianca works for the enemy?"

"But why would the enemy work to kill demons?" Phoebe asked. No one could answer her.

"I ask the Elders if they know anything about this," Leo said and orbed away.

"What now?" Paige asked.

"I guess we can only wait. At least until Leo comes back." Piper said and walked out.

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He still couldn't move anything. He still couldn't see anything, or better, he could see but everything was dark. Again and again he tried to move, tried to do anything with his body but with no result.

"Chris?"

He stopped. Did someone just called out his name?

"Chris?"

Someone did! And he recognized the voice.

"Bianca!"

"Chris, you're here." He could hear the happiness in her voice.

"Can you move?" He called out.

"No, I have tried."

Damn, just like him then.

"Do you know where we are?" she wondered.

"No, and I can't see anything but this damn darkness."

"Do you know how long we've been here? Do you think Cassie and Litta are alright?"

Chris stopped. Those were questions he wanted answers to.

"I don't know, Bianca. I hope so."

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To Be Continued…

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AN: I know, short. But I thought you would actually want a chapter soon. If you wonder why the warlock gave up all that information without a fight, the answer will come in later chapters.

Hope you liked it.

Sunniva.