When Parker awoke the next morning, she shot up, recalling that today would be the day that she was sent to Sasha Belov- the father she hadn't seen in over a year. She has yet to call him, as she had refused everytime someone had suggested it. Parker heard that he called three times a day since he found out about Prue's death three days ago and she had enough. She didn't want to speak to him. Prue was gone. And Andy. And the power of three was reconstituted without Prue. Soon her family would have their lives that didn't include ther semi orphan niece. She threw the blankets off of her body and headed downstairs for a Piper-made breakfast.

Everyone looked up and stopped their discussion when Parker walked in. They glanced at each other and suddenly there was movement behind them and a crash. Parker turned first and ran to the sun room.

"Parker!" the adults called a they heard a loud crash.

Piper was next, followed by Cole, Phoebe, and Leo. They were greeted with a familiar sight. Too familiar. Parker was laying in a destroyed wall, thrown, just like her mother was not a week ago, except she was bleeding with an obvious wound on her shoulder and another on her stomach.

Piper and Phoebe froze- eyes on their niece. Seeing this, Cole quickly compensated by throwing two high voltage energy balls at the attacking demons. Leo stood behind Piper, standing stock still, remembering how frightened he was when he orbed in and saw Piper, Prue, and Parker in a frightening similar position days ago.

Cole yelled "Help her!"

Seeing Cole hovering over ther niece trying to stint her stomach's bleeding, the others quickly snapped out of it and rushed over quickly. Leo bent down and started to try to heal her, but the light indicating the healing wasn't starting. Piper and Phoebe clutched each other, crying, but, suddenly Leo's hands began to burn bright and Parker's wounds magically healed. She woke and blinked up- trying to get the spots out of her vision. Piper threw herself at her niece and was fussing over her, ensuring that she truly was alright.

After the attack, they set the room back as right as they could and returned to breakfast in the kitchen. As Parker was pouring milk into her cereal, Phoebe and Piper consantly exchanged glances.

"Parker" Phoebe broched the subject "we wish it was different, but we can't go with you to Boulder. Right now, with everything going on with Paige, we need to stay close" Parker blinked back tears and swallowed hard. She felt abandoned. "Cole and Leo will orb you there and we'll come visit in a week or two. A month tops. Maybe you'll get to meet Paige"

"it's fine" Parker snapped "I'll grab my stuff and we can go" she looked to Leo and Cole. She offered a small smile before her scowl returned as she marched to her room. She grabbed her suitcases and returned to the foyer where Piper and Phoebe hugged her and kissed her cheek. Then Piper brought out a big duffle bag that was oddly misshapen as Phoebe explained "Honey, this is for you. Open it when you are alone and unpacking"

Parker nodded and grabbed Leo's hand and with that, they orbed to the gymnasium where her father worked. They appeared behind a trailer and Cole shimmered in next to them.

"It's almost noon, we can leave your bags here and hopefully your father's gymnasts will be out to lunch or sormthing" Leo stated

Parker nodded and squared her shoulders. She stood between Leo and Cole and they began forward. The older men glanced at their niece warily as she began to giggle (it was a welcome sound all the same- it was tr first time it had occurred since Sjax killed Prue).

Between her giggles Parker explained "it's like the Wizard of Oz. Leo would be the compassionate scarecrow. Cole- you'd be the tin man with the heart of gold. And that would make me Dorothy- always being cared for by my trusty tin-demon and scare-lighter" the men snorted-amused at the younger girls antics. The giggling died down as they reached the doors of the rock.

"Here we are" Parker mumbled, suddenly nervous.

"Just put one foot in front of the other" Leo advised

"You've faced worse and overcome more" Cole reminded her.

Parker nodded and swallowed her fear after counting to five and walked ahead, ready to meet her father for the first time in over a year.

Watch out Sasha Belov, you're about to get a rude awakening.