A/N: In this chapter I'm going to switch names for the future boys Lincoln will switch and to Jack and Mitchell will switch to Alan.
Chapter 4: Sorting It Out
"Where the hell are those kids ? I don't think one of them owns a watch." Piper asked they were sitting in the living room they had time to sort things out and they were ready to move forward.
"I would buy them all watches but I doubt it would do any good they would just ignore what time it was. Piper cut them just a little bit of slack it looked like they were in the middle of something big." Paige defended the older kids like she always did she had her reputation as the cool one to uphold.
"Paige I wasn't talking about the Power Houses I was talking about those girls who are with Grams and mom and knew damn good and well that when I said two hours I meant it." Piper replied she wasn't even really all that irritated but they needed to go after the demons that had been sent after them.
"Ah those kids well three of them two of them being mine are most likely engaged in delinquent behavior while the other two try like hell to stop them." Phoebe said solemnly a look of concentration on her face.
"I think the three of you are a little too rough on my nieces they are all wonderful girls." Prue professed grinning.
"There is no way we can be talking about the same girls then all of them are bad and that includes the oldest one who we group among the power houses actually she might be the worst one out of them." Coop said he knew that Prue was bad but she would always be his little Ladybug.
"I have to disagree Coop I would much rather deal with Ladybug and the things she does with those boys that can be easily fixed. Now put Carly and Val together they make me want to pull my hair out." Henry said just shaking his head when he thought of some of the things his daughter and niece got in together.
"I agree with you to a point but then I have to say that while they are bad they are still not as bad as Mel and Patty together. All you think those two are angels when in reality they might be worse than their brothers when they get together." Leo observed and they looked at him like he was crazy.
"That was funny Leo they are not as bad as Chris and Henry however they are all going to be in so much trouble if they don't get here soon." Piper said looking down at her watch knowing that they owed those girls an apology anyway.
As if they had heard Piper's threat the five younger Halliwells with Parker and the three future boys orbed and hearted into the room. Victor not wanting to explain himself at the moment orbed up to the attic to look at the book of shadows.
"You guys are so lucky Piper was starting to make threats."Andy said grinning at his sister-in-law.
"Talk to Carly about that this is her fault she went to see Jason." Patty said ratting her twin out she wasn't taking the heat for being late.
"Never mind that right now where are mom and Grams ?" Prue asked for those two to be dead they could get into a lot of trouble if they really wanted to.
They all looked at Parker to answer that question "Grams said that she would come back to give you her wise guidance when you figured out what happened and learned to clean up your own mess." he related and then he saw the looks he was getting from his sisters. "However that was after mom told her she couldn't come over here and micro manage. So she went back to the afterlife but she'll be back we won't get that lucky." he continued.
"Parker you left mom and dad alone ?" Phoebe asked him incredulously.
"No they are not alone Grandpa Sam is with them it is a fine thing when you have to find a babysitter for your grandparents." Penny said she was such a little Phoebe it wasn't funny.
"That was a great idea you guys they won't end up in some kind of fist fight or anything like that." Paige said shaking her head.
"Oh Grams will be back when she finds out we left them alone she just wants to torment grandpa." Carly replied trying to put her mother's fears at ease.
Mel looked at her little brother and her little cousin hard "Are you two going to tell them or are me and Charlie ?" she asked.
"Mel come on sis I swear we'll tell them later it's not that big of a deal." Lincoln tried to buy himself some more time.
Mel decided to take the decision out of his hands "No you'll tell them now Jack." she ordered him he had no choice but to explain himself now.
"Mel why did you just call him Jack ?" Piper asked her daughter not sure that she really wanted to know.
Lincoln looked hot under the collar and he started sweating Prue took pity on him and Mitch both "Piper she called him Jack because that is his name not Lincoln." she said slowly so that her sister understood her.
"Oh thank God I knew I didn't name that boy Lincoln but I think I should be a little upset with him for lying to me." Piper said looking at her son pointedly.
"Sorry mom I had to you'll understand my reasons soon but I can't tell you now future consequences." Jack offered as his excuse.
"And well talk about how tired I am of hearing that phrase from you later." Piper told him.
"I'll save Aunt Prue the trouble mom, dad my name isn't Mitchell it's Alan." Mitchell said looking anywhere but at his parents.
"Well you know you could have told us son we wouldn't have flipped out or anything like that." Henry said looking fondly at his son.
"And a certain sister of mine could have told us that she knew about it." Paige said looking at Prue scowling playfully.
" I swore to both of those boys that I would let them tell you when they were ready. They didn't want to tell me if it's any consolation Jack slipped and called Alan Al in front of me one day so then they had no other choice but to tell me." Prue explained to her sisters hoping they weren't mad at her.
"So do you two have middle names or is it just Jack and Alan ?" Phoebe asked she would get it out of them one way or the other.
"Sure we have middle names Aunt Phoebe we just can't tell you that yet because there are certain people who can't know that yet." Alan explained he knew if he told Phoebe everyone would know.
"So then someone else had to name you who was it ?" Piper asked she had her suspicions because she had been toying with the idea of letting Chris pick his middle name.
"I'll tell you that Chris named me and Hank named Al however Mel picked my middle name which she now knows and no her, Aunt Prue , and Charlie won't tell you what it is they are super top secret and might I add that the my brother and cousin are dorks that is why we're named the way we are." Jack said shaking his head.
"Just be thankful that they didn't let Wyatt name us." Alan said he was sitting on the arm of the chair his parents were sitting in.
"Do I even want to know ?" Henry asked his son.
"If it had been left up to Wyatt we would have been named Peter Thomas and Paul Joseph he seriously put a lot of thought into it but Chris and Hank shot him down in flames." Jack said he was actually sitting in between his parents on the love seat.
"I'll ask since no one else will why is Victor here ?" Leo asked for the obvious reasons he had big problems with people from the future.
"Al that one is all you he is your nephew." Jack said making a gesture that said he wasn't touching that one.
"First of all he is your nephew too and second off your niece sent him Jack." Alan argued right back.
"If I have to claim Victor right now even though I'm not happy with him you have to claim Paige who I know is a pain in the ass all of the time. Anyway in answer to dad's question Vic is back because of a demon but the three of us will take care of it." Jack argued with his cousins and answered Leo's question at the same time.
"What kind of demon ?" Prue asked it was what she did track down demons through the elders she was a whitelighter after all.
"The kind that Jack and I have a handle on Aunt Prue you don't have to worry about it. Vic is up in the attic right now looking it up in the book we have got this under control." Alan maintained that was the last thing they needed was for their moms and aunts to get involved in that mess.
"No you boys can't handle that alone Mel go with them." Piper told her only daughter.
"Mom fine I'll do it just let me call Roman and tell him that he is going to have to cover for me tonight. Because they don't exactly tell the truth it isn't one demon it is a whole clan of demons." Mel replied she hated like hell that she had ever taken that damn jacket from her mom it had been nothing but a pain in the ass for her since she got it. Not to mention Roman was the one out of the two of them who really loved to cook she just did it to pass the time.
"Newsflash for you Halliwell he is not going to be able to cover for you he was counting on you being able to cover for him. If you haven't noticed our older siblings have gotten themselves into yet another mess. Which means that they got you beloved boyfriend into another mess right along with them." Val ranted at her cousin they really had to think about getting her a man she was becoming pretty testy.
"Don't worry about who is going to cover for who it will be fine you girls just need to focus on helping them with their demons and don't worry about your older siblings flipping their lids either I will handle them." Piper said dismissing their worry.
"Speaking of their older siblings where the hell are they ?" Andy asked he had been there when Piper told them all to be back at the manor in two hours.
"That is a very good question Andy. Wyatt and Chris I know you can hear me get to the manor soon or else." Piper called out to her oldest two sons.
"Where the hell you been Chris ?" Liz asked her hands on her hips she was staring down the man who she considered to be her little brother. It didn't matter that he was taller than she was she could still give him hell if she needed to.
Chris had just orbed into the apartment with Calleigh by his side they both looked like they had been put through the ringer their clothes were torn and they were kinda battered and bruised. " I was off frolicking on a nude beach with a whole slew of babes," Chris answered his friend sarcastically he was doubled over at the waist trying to catch his breath "I have been trying to fix our demon problem Liz. You knew what I was doing when you guys sent me to Valhalla."
"There was no need for the sarcasm Peanut we all know that you were out working hard for us and we are all very grateful that meant we didn't have to go out and do it." Prue said rolling her warm brown eyes at her cousin he was getting to be as dramatic as Wyatt was that wasn't a good thing.
"We have a plan if you really want to hear it, it's not great but it will do." Henry offered his cousin he had a pad of paper before him and on it was something written in a code only he could decipher.
Chris waved him off and went to the kitchen to get a drink of water he filled a glass and drank from it until it was empty. "No need I figured that you guys wouldn't come up with anything worth while so while I was being held at sword point by a bunch of warriors I had some time to think and I came up with a solid plan." He said sitting up on the counter.
"Well did you by chance think of what we're going to tell the aunts ?" Bianca asked him they were all at a loss for what to tell them.
"The truth," Chris replied and he saw that they were all shocked by what he had said Troy's mouth was actually hanging open. " not the whole truth I don't want to get our friend in trouble. Just a little truth that Calleigh is Wyatt's charge she is a half breed like we are and she has a demonic problem that we are going to fix." He elaborated on what he had started to say before.
"Right and you forgot about the part where your dad is an elder now." Chuck pointed out the sarcasm in his tone apparent.
"An elder who used to be a whitelighter that fell in love with his charge and he wasn't supposed to. And let us not forget the witch and the cupid who are married. Wait a second I almost forgot Aunt Paige oh and Parker. I think that is safe to say Uncle Leo will keep his mouth shut." Lilly had a little outburst she had to every now and then to remind she had a lot of fire in her too.
"Heard and dully noted Lilly I think that might be best if we told them after the mood they were all in earlier I don't want to face the wrath of the Halliwell sisters." Jake agreed with his fiancé predictably but the boy knew where his bread was buttered.
Henry chuckled he just couldn't help himself "Grams made you look like a little bitch dude that was funny. As much as she likes to fight with me she has never twisted my ear like that." Jake glared at him but he didn't dare say or do anything to him Henry could kick his ass and he knew it.
"Hank Grams didn't just make him look like a bitch she schooled him that was down right hilarious." Chris agreed holding his sides from laughing so hard.
"It wasn't that funny I think Grams is seriously evil and I'm not playing." Prue said her ear still hurt from Grams' little outburst.
"That is not fair I would've risked the wrath of the Halliwell sisters just to see that." Troy said he was laying on the floor bored out of his mind he really had nothing to input to any plan they came up with he was a simple foot soldier.
"Don't feel bad Troy we didn't orb in until right after." Roman said he was upset that he didn't get to see Mel for that long and then he hadn't even got to kiss her.
"I know we missed all the good stuff." Wyatt agreed with Roman and that was saying something.
Calleigh had listened to the exchange in silence but she couldn't take it anymore. "Are they always this off topic ?" she asked Bianca who was tunning them out or at least she was trying to.
A huge grin spread across Bianca's face "Finally we get another reasonable person in this group I told you guys. Yes Calleigh they are always this off topic to the point it drives me nuts but I put up with it because the great big dumb ass sitting next to me is my boyfriend." she explained after she had her little moment.
Calleigh nodded her understanding "So does anything ever get done around here ?" she asked she and Bianca were carrying on their own conversation while the others stayed off topic as usual.
"Surprisingly yes they are the best demon fighters around but you have to be able to put up with them. Trust me this gets much worse when their younger siblings are around." Bianca replied she felt a little pang when she said younger siblings she still hadn't made it out to her sister's grave.
"So I thought we were the thirteen I only see twelve here." Calleigh stated confused it was more of a question.
"We're missing Parker he is at the manor where we need to be but we'll never get there as long as they are carrying on like this." Bianca said rolling her eyes she was about to yell at them to get back on topic when Chris, Wyatt, and Henry started sticking their fingers in their ears they were being called more like yelled at by Piper and Paige no doubt.
"Uh that was mom we better go she sounded super pissed." Wyatt said sighing his mother was not a patient woman.
"Yeah I know that was my mom we need to get to this." Henry agreed.
"You guys know the drill everyone who can orb or shimmer grab someone who can't and lets go." Chris ordered.
Back at the manor the four younger Halliwell cousins were dressed in their demon hunting clothes they had called in reenforcements in the form of Ricky, Emily, and Billy. They were in the kitchen away from the others because they had serious things to talk about. Turns out that Vic hadn't been telling the full truth about the demons they were after.
"So what kind of demons are these then Vic ?" Carly asked her nephew impatiently.
"Well they are kind of like a Phoenix but not they are assassins for hire but they also do other things too they are pretty bad news and they are very powerful I had to make up that swarm demon stuff so Grams didn't freak." Victor explained.
"I hate to tell you this but a Phoenix isn't a demon." Penny pointed out to him she really was Phoebe's daughter.
"I know that Aunt Penny I am half phoenix I've got the birthmark and everything. The reason we couldn't go after them in the future was because we didn't have enough power to. They are called elite assassin demons and I'm not making that up either that is what the book said." Victor answered back.
"Meaning we should do a quick change here so we look more like them." Parker suggested he didn't know yet that he was being pulled to play for the varsity team.
"Pretty much Parker, Paige is so going to kill him when he gets back." Jack observed rolling his blue eyes.
"Just let me go in the other room and bring my sisters up to speed here it's not like they're going to stop us you guys just say a spell or something to change your clothes." Parker said walking out of the kitchen.
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"I know those boys can hear us they are just choosing to ignore us I know they don't want me to go over there I still have some left over rage to get out." Piper ranted and raved calmly.
"Dude if you don't calm down Jack is going to grow up to have nerve problem." Paige observed earning a glare from Piper.
Thankfully for the oldest five and their friends they came orbing into the room at that moment at the same time as Parker came walking into the room.
"Parker just the man I wanted to see good you've got your demon hunting clothes on you're coming with us." Wyatt said ignoring the pissed off look on his mother's face for the moment.
"Not so fast all of you have a seat on the floor we have a lot to discuss here." Piper ordered them.
"Calleigh that is my mother Piper and those are her sisters my Aunt Phoebe, Aunt Paige, and Aunt Prue. Mom this is my charge Calleigh." Wyatt said introducing them before he did as his mother said.
The Halliwell sisters and their husbands smiled warmly at the girl. "Alright hold that thought for just a second Wyatt. Guys get in here." Paige called to the younger kids in the kitchen and they came in a moment later the spell they had said to change their clothes had worked a little too well they really looked like demonic assassins.
Roman stood up and went to Mel "Did a spell backfire Mellie ?" he asked not that he wasn't loving what he was seeing. Mel was dressed in a tight pair of leather pants complete with heels and a black tank top that left nothing to the imagination her hair was pulled up into a ponytail.
"No the spell worked perfectly we have to go after demonic assassins just don't ask." Mel replied leaning in to kiss him she didn't care that there was a room full of people.
"Oh please for the love of God you two give it a rest I'm a cupid and you're making me sick here." Coop pleaded with them but he was smiling.
The other girls were dressed similarly to Mel with the exception of Carly who had a black leather corset instead of a tank top. The guys all had the same leather pants and boots on and either had on black tank tops or tight black shirts that showed off their massive muscles. Mel and Roman pulled away from each other but when he sat on the floor she sat on his lap.
"Alright now that we have been treated to that show some of you need to start explaining I think I would like to start with the older guys." Phoebe said the older kids all looked at each other it looked like Chris got to be their designated spokesman.
Chris shook his head and sighed it was his plan he might as well be the one to explain what was going on. "Calleigh is Wyatt's charge and lately she has been getting attacked by demons a lot we didn't know why until this morning we found out that she is half valkyrie and half wood nymph. Turns out the demons after her are tracker demons it is their job to find a way for evil to win the final battle they can do that if they wipe out the valkyries and their warriors." he explained keeping it as brief as possible.
Leo and the three Charmed Ones looked a little nervous at this news they knew something only Chris knew about the valkyries and him going back to the past they had always left that part out of their stories.
"I didn't know valkyries were allowed to have children." Andy observed not noticing how everyone but Prue and himself looked nervous.
"Normally they're not but when you're the head valkyrie you can pretty much do what you want the elders think that I'm a normal witch that is why they gave me Wyatt as a whitelighter if they ever find out about me they will go through the roof." Calleigh explained .
"Dad I know I don't have to tell you this but you can't tell the other elders about this I mean they're not too happy about the half breeds in this family I shutter to think what will happen if they find out about Calleigh." Wyatt said he knew his father could be trusted but he had to make sure.
"I won't say a word to them you don't have to worry about that Odin would die all over again not that, that is a bad idea." Leo said giving the idea some serious thought.
"What do you guys plan on doing about it ?" Henry Sr asked he always worried when he knew the kids were going up against something really bad.
"We'll come back to that in a second Uncle Henry but when we orbed in with Chuck earlier it was because the tracker demons had got to us at the apartment. They were looking for Henry, Chris, and Prue they shouldn't have been they only go after valkyries. Any thoughts on that ?" Wyatt asked that was still bothering him.
Piper, Phoebe, and Paige all shared a nervous glance that didn't go unnoticed by any of the kids their moms never looked that worried. Leo decided to take the lead on this one he knew how to put it gently. "Right after I became an elder someone sent me to Valhalla and Chris Perry helped your moms track me down there but to do that he had to turn them into valkyries. So that would explain why they were looking for those three they have a little bit of valkyrie blood in them."
All the kids knew the story of Chris Perry as they referred to him so that wasn't too confusing but they could tell Leo was holding something back. Paige cast a glance over at Chris who gave her a smile back he knew she was worried this would cause all sorts of flashbacks for him. He sent her a look that said I know we have to talk.
"Right what Leo said now about this plan ?" Prue asked she could tell her sisters were tense so she wanted to shift topics.
Chris got in the cargo pocket of his pants and came out with four valkyrie pendents he tossed one each to Prue, Bianca, Lilly, and Liz. "Calleigh and I spent the afternoon leaving a false trail for the demons to follow we are going to lead them to Valhalla after we make a vanquishing potion for them. Which I hope is in the book to do that we have to blend in so that is what the pendents are for. And somehow we men have to make ourselves look like warriors so I'm really glad Ricky is here he can project that on us." he explained his plan it was solid considering the short amount of time he had to come up with it.
"Chrissy you're nuts if you think I'm letting you turn me into a valkyrie." Prue protested.
"Prue you have to we have no other options it's better than the plan we came up with at any rate." Troy said she was his best girl friend but she could be very unreasonable at times.
"Where is Grams she can come and poke all kind of holes in our plan ?" Henry asked it was true Grams loved to torture them that way.
"She is most likely supervising your grandparents so we don't have another Parker situation on our hands." Prue answered her nephew and he nodded his acceptance of that.
Piper was just nodding her head in agreement with everything they said there was nothing she could do about it anyway they had a demon of their own to go after once they got through with this mess.
Bianca raised her hand like she was in class " Quick question here but could someone explain to me why my future son is here ?" she asked just out of curiosity.
"No not yet but they are about to start explaining that right now." Phoebe said eyeing the younger Halliwells.
Victor was on and he knew it he was the one that had been there. "Long story short some demons that are kinda like a phoenix kidnaped my sister and some other family members and we didn't have enough power to get them back so I got sent back to take care of the problem." he explained himself not liking the way his parents were looking at him.
"Phoenixes are not demons for the last time people sure most of them are very demonic like but I am technically a witch thank you all very much." Bianca groused throwing her hands up.
"I know that mom I was just explaining and that was the best way I knew how I am half phoenix after all." Vic replied he got just as tired of explaining that as his mom did.
"That explains why my baby sister is dressed like a whore how ?" Chuck asked it was his job to protect Emily and make sure she didn't get hurt he couldn't stand the thought of demons looking at her with lust in their eyes.
"I don't know what you're worried about dude my sister is dressed like an even bigger whore." Henry replied only to get a glare from his mother and his sister.
"Hank we've talked about this stay on topic." Bianca warned him.
"The demons are called elite assassin demons I wouldn't make that up we're trying the whole blending in with them thing too so yes the girls are dressed a little provocative." Jack explained there was nothing worse than his brothers and his cousins when they didn't like what the girls were doing.
"I don't care what kind of demons they are my baby sister is not leaving the house dressed like that. Roman can't even keep his eyes to himself I shutter to think what a demon will do." Wyatt said stubbornly crossing his arms over his chest he was not at all happy with the way Mel was dressed.
"I guess you would rather she get killed Wy because that is what will happen if she doesn't go out dressed like that." Jack argued back with his oldest brother.
"No I would rather she not go at all future boy if you must know I don't trust you for all I know you could be working for demons." Wyatt said his temper flaring.
"I'm not working for a demon trust that Wyatt but Al and I do need help here we can't do this one alone." Jack shot back at his brother out of his two brothers he and Chris were closer and he was the closest to Mel.
"Wyatt and Jack Halliwell knock it off right now this is not helping. Wyatt your little brother is not working for demons and Mel does have to go out dressed like." Piper told her sons.
"Sorry mom." the boys said in unison.
"Ok I thought his name was Linc not Jack." Liz said stating the obvious she was just as blond as Wyatt was when it came to that.
"Nope his name is Jack and the other one's name is Alan it is a long story that you don't have time for right now." Paige explained quickly.
"Mel we'll delegate if you guys will so we can share the kitchen and attic." Chris offered his sister.
"Sure of course we're willing to share if you are." Mel replied she could be reasonable if Chris could.
"Good because we could use your help and I know we might be able to help you. But I do need to tell you that Parker has to come with us." Chris said knowing full well that would set those girls off he hated to leave them a man down but they had no other choice.
"Fair enough we have enough people here I think the nine of us could do the trick." Mel surprised Chris and everyone else in the room by not arguing with him.
"You see there that is how siblings are supposed to work together." Coop observed smiling at his niece and nephew.
Piper rolled her eyes and sighed "Coop you say that now just give them both time you know how they are." she said.
"Mom that is so not fair me and Peanut very rarely fight that is me and Wyatt." Mel argued she was sitting on Roman's lap still.
Any reply Piper could have had was cut off by someone yelling. "Piper where you guys at ?" Eva called from the foyer.
"Oh shit I'm a dead man." Ricky said and he threw himself behind the couch to hide from his mother he was in so much trouble for not going home the night before.
"And so am I if she asks I was at work all night." Roman said he was supposed to have gone and seen his mother instead of what he had done with Melinda.
"Eva we're in the living room." Piper called out to her friend and very likely her only daughter's future mother-in-law.
Eva came walking into the room a moment later "I would ask why Em is dressed like that which I want to know. But first I have a more important question has anyone seen Ricky ? He didn't come home last night and he hasn't called all day today." she asked looking at the way her youngest daughter was dressed.
"No I haven't seen him since yesterday Aunt Eva with that boy there is no telling where he is." Chuck said he wasn't going to be the one to tell where his little brother was.
Lilly rolled her eyes Chuck and Roman always made her the bad guy with their younger siblings "But if I were you I would start by checking behind the couch." she said and Ricky popped up from his hiding spot.
"Hi mom." Ricky said smiling sheepishly and waving his was in so much trouble.
Eva narrowed her eyes at her youngest son "Derek Brian Bradford Jr where the hell have you been ? I was worried sick about you." she asked him her hands on her hips.
"Well you see mom there is a very good answer to that question and at this moment I don't seem to have one." Ricky said looking down at his feet.
"Eva he fell asleep studying with Patty last night had I known that before this morning I would have called you so you didn't worry." Paige answered for him.
Patty and Ricky both blushed they didn't know that her parents knew that had fallen asleep together. "Charlie I'm your best friend and you don't tell me this I tell you everything." Mel said incredulously.
"Good God Mel there was nothing to tell we fell asleep studying that was it we even still had our shoes on this morning." Patty said rolling her eyes just because all Mel and Roman did with their spare time was have sex didn't mean that was all she and Ricky did.
"Ricky next time just call me so I don't worry." Eva said and he nodded his head in acceptance of that order. She turned to look at Roman she couldn't believe that Piper was letting Mel sit on his lap like that. "Piper do you always let those two carry on like that ?" she asked her friend.
"Eva don't ask one day when Em is eighteen you will understand it's either watch them carry on like that or risk her moving in with him." Piper said shrugging.
"Piper you're not telling me anything I don't know I don't even see him anymore he doesn't even call." Eva replied and then she turned to her son again "What the hell happened to you last night Roman James Nicolae ? You stood me up I had to go have my lunch with Derek instead." she asked.
Her four children and Chuck rolled their eyes at her she and Derek were in the same boat as Wyatt and Liz only not as bad. They knew they loved each other they just didn't take the next step and get married. "Mom I was busy then just like I'm busy right now I'm sorry I'll make it up to you I promise." Roman said sighing.
"I take it that you guys have yet another demon to face here ?" Eva asked letting the issue drop she had never seen her son happier than he was with Mel.
"No not just demons we have three separate sets of demons to face we're doing the whole divide and conquer thing as usual. Eva if you feel up to it we could really use your help." Phoebe supplied she didn't want her sisters put in harm's way if it was at all possible she had her future nephews to think about.
"Eva we could really use the help on this one I was thinking that maybe we could get Nicole over here too and you two could check out what the hell is going on with your magical contacts." Paige agreed Troy and Liz both cringed at the mention of their mother's name.
"Sure I'll help you guys you know all you have to do is ask." Eva said they were just like sisters to her she would do anything for them.
"Good now that, that's settled Mel I'll let you decide where you want to go potions or spells." Chris said being generous.
"I guess I'll take potions regardless of what Uncle Hen says I'm very good at making potions." Mel replied wondering what Chris was really up to.
"Alright then Roman you have spells I can't have you two distracting each other." Chris said he was hell bent that they were not going to get sidetracked by each other.
"Come on Peanut you know as well as I do Roman has to be on potions with me and Jake he is just as dangerous with spells as we are." Prue pointed out to her cousin.
"Fine but you guys can't say that I didn't just warn them." Chris replied shaking his head.
"So that puts me, B, Liz, you, Lilly, and Parker on any spells we might need. The other seven can deal with potions because they need to be no where near any spell I don't want it to backfire." Henry said he and Chris were in charge surprisingly Wyatt was ok with it.
"So me, Mel, Ricky, Jack, and Alan will take potions the other four can take spells." Patty mapped out for her group.
"Sounds like a good plan so lets get to it then." Piper said clapping her hands causing all the kids to clear out of the room.
"So what kind of demon are we looking for ?" Eva asked when all the kids had cleared out of the room.
"Any kind of demon that can induce extreme rage there are a few of those I know but maybe if someone were to go check with the elders while someone else went to get Nicole then we would make some progress." Henry suggested to his wife and sisters-in-law.
"I'll orb up and check with the elders to see what they know Leo you can go get Nicole." Andy said kissing Prue before he orbed out.
"Fine I'll go do that did you all want me to get Derek too while I'm at it ?" Leo asked sarcastically Nicole Shane and Piper Halliwell were bad news together and they all knew what he had meant. Nicole, Piper, and Derek together was just not a good idea.
"No because Derek, Nicole, and Piper would all go in the kitchen and nitpick the kids not a smart idea." Coop said shaking his head at one of his best friend's.
"Don't I know it Coop." Leo said sighing before he orbed out he returned a second later with Nicole by his side.
"Leo said demon and I came running this will be just like the old days." Nicole said excitedly her and the sisters had gone up against more than a few demons together.
"Except this time Wyatt and Liz haven't done anything to piss this demon off for a change this was a good old fashioned strike on the Charmed Ones." Piper replied smiling.
"Hey Aunt Paige I was wondering what the key ingredient in the all or nothing potion is ?" Troy asked coming back into the room when all else failed that was the potion they used it was the strongest one they had. He didn't notice his mother standing there but she sure saw him.
Nicole Shane looked at her son intently with her chocolate brown eyes that matched his. As far as she could tell he looked ok she hadn't seen him in about two years and hadn't talked to him in about two months. "Troy Timothy Shane when did you get back in town ?" she asked him anger in her voice.
Troy turned to face his mother he was in no condition to deal with her right now he was having conflicting emotions over what he was feeling for Val at the moment. He locked eyes with his mother and of course when he needed her his sister was upstairs actually getting something done for a change instead of making eyes with Wyatt. "I've been back for a month mom I'm honestly surprised that Lizzie didn't rat me out to you before now." he answered steeling himself for the eruption of his mother's temper that was about to occur.
"No Troy you should have told me yourself because I would have told you to come home instead of staying in some hotel room like I know you're prone to do." Nicole said softening toward her son.
"I'm sorry alright I was going to tell you I was back but then I got busy demons give us no rest at all mom." Troy replied hugging his mother he had missed her more than he cared to admit. "Now Aunt Paige the all or nothing potion I've been gone a while what's the key ingredient. " he pulled away from his mother he had to get back on task he didn't want the middle two Halliwell males on his ass because he had been dicking around instead of working on his potion.
"Pigs feet you should know that Troy you and my son did enough going after demons with that potion that you should be able to make it in your sleep." Paige answered him that was a potion that she had created that meant there could be no guess work to it or someone would get hurt.
" Duh I'm an idiot I knew that I have to seriously go back to the kitchen now I really don't want Prue killing me which she will do if I don't go." Troy said walking back into the other room.
"Alright Charlie that should be good on the vials we can't have them clicking in our pockets." Mel said when she saw the number of potion vials her cousin had set on the counter.
"Huh I doubt you can even get your hand in the pocket of those pants you have on much less a potion vial." Wyatt cracked at his sister he still wasn't happy with what she was wearing but he had been warned once he didn't want to push his luck.
"Get over it Wy we're doing what we have to do just like you guys are." Patty told her cousin as she turned the burner on the stove on.
"If it's any consolation I think all you girls look hot there isn't a demon alive who would think you're all witches." Roman said winking at his girlfriend Chris had been right she was distracting as hell to him but he wouldn't have it any other way.
"Thank you Roman we know that otherwise we wouldn't be dressed this way." Mel replied wishing she could spend time with him rather than go after yet another demon.
"I have just one quick question do you guys always fight this much ?" Calleigh asked she was sitting at the table watching everyone else make potions toying with her hair.
"Yes we do it is how we manage to work together so well we get out all our anger before hand and then we can focus on the task at hand that is also why we are always so off topic all the time." Prue answered she was throwing things into a pot for one potion while Jake and Troy were each working on one of their own.
"Wyatt is my big brother it is my job to fight with him over everything we wouldn't be able to stand each other if we didn't fight." Mel explained while she measured something to put in her potion.
"You just have to learn not to listen to everything they say or you will go nuts." Ricky said shaking his head before stealing a look at Patty.
"Ha you can't listen to anything any of my siblings or cousins say or it will drive you nuts." Jack said he was sitting next to Calleigh at the table he figured he and Alan would sit back so that their sisters and Ricky could gain the experience they needed.
"Jack if I were you I would keep my mouth shut I don't want Aunt Piper coming in here to get all over our asses for fighting she isn't in a very good mood if you haven't noticed." Jake said pointedly to his younger cousin.
"Jack isn't capable of keeping his mouth shut that is why we are always in trouble." Alan added.
"I seriously thought you two's names were Lincoln and Mitchell I'm so confused." Chuck said he was doing nothing too he was pretty much just watching everyone else make potions.
"It's a long story Chuck let me just put it in simple terms for you we had to fudge the truth about our names because of the future but our names are Jack and Alan." Jack explained those were the simplest terms he knew how to put them in.
"I have a better question how the hell are we supposed to look like valkyrie warriors ?" Troy asked it was eating away at him. He hated having to dress up as much as anyone else did.
"According to Chris's plan that is where Ricky comes in all he has to do is project that on us I don't understand it but I go along with what C. Perry says he is pretty smart sometimes." Chuck said he was juggling two apples from the fruit bowl.
"Good Billy can help with that all I have to do is use your personality traits to project a different persona on you guys it's very easy." Ricky explained to his brother taking his potion off the burner.
"God help us all our fate is in the hands of Ricky and Billy." Wyatt commented dryly throwing his hands up.
Billy had a pen clenched between his teeth he was drawing complete blank on what to say in his spell it didn't help him any that Bianca was sitting right beside him she taught this for a living she could punch so many holes in anything he put down. His brown eyes showed worry the girls and Vic were quickly filling in pages and he had nothing to say.
"You know Billy if you don't stress so much that would be easier just let the words flow and go with it." Bianca instructed him she had been watching him make faces at the pad of paper in front of him.
"Spoken like a true teacher mom." Victor said giving her a smile that made his eyes light up he had so much of his father in him it wasn't funny.
Bianca made a give it here gesture for the pad of paper her son had in his hand he very reluctantly handed it over to her. She looked at it and began marking it with her pen "Change you to thee it flows better and you have less chance of a backfire that way. And don't use I use we." she said handing it back to him.
"Thank you mother this isn't the first spell I've wrote." Victor said rolling his brown eyes.
"You're sure you're not Henry the third ?" Carly asked her nephew her spell was already finished not that they would need it but it was good to have just in case.
"Positive my name is Victor I'm just used to being in charge." Victor answered his aunt giving her the finger so that only she could see it.
"Keep it down you three I'm trying to help Parks out with this spell I can't think with all the noise you're making." Henry yelled at them.
"I still say that it's not fair you guys stole Dimples from us you already had twelve people you didn't need thirteen." Penny groused she liked having Parker around he seemed to get her and he made her feel safe she needed that right now.
"Penny sweety we don't play fair we needed him or we wouldn't have took him." Liz said gently she and Chris were combining their talents and they had already finished their spell.
"How well we know you guys don't play fair it just plain sucks that we got roped into this." Emily sighed.
Lilly couldn't help but take the chance to poke fun at her sister " Oh Em relax this way you get more time to make eyes at Jack don't think I didn't see the way you were looking at him." she teased.
"Don't be gross Lilly that is worse than Mel and Roman he is only four years older than her. Jack is at least seven years older than Em." Val said it gave her a bad mental picture just thinking about it.
"Besides that he is from the future he has to go back at some point." Parker pointed out throwing his pen down Henry had decided to take the reins from him and he was damn glad.
"Parker men who have a thing for Lindsey don't get to talk about anyone else." Bianca teased him.
"B don't be ridiculous Lindsey and I are just friends she is the only other person I know who is as bad as I am at spells ." Parker replied waving off her comment.
"Just like two other people I know who were just friends and thank God they are now together I couldn't have taken it anymore Charlie and Ricky actually made me want to kill them because they were so blind." Billy said he had given up on trying to write any spells it wasn't working out for him sometimes it did and sometimes it didn't.
"As I have told you many times William you don't get to bitch about that until you're a cupid and can feel that shit it is not pleasant." Val said she sounded exactly like her sister when she made comments like that .
"Oh listen to that we have Prue up here with us after all Val you sounded so much like your sister just then it wasn't funny." Lilly said pinching the bridge of her nose she was worried about Roman he was on a serious overload trying to find out what had happened to him and he was slowly driving her crazy with it.
Penny was flipping through the book not looking for anything sometimes it just helped her to be close to it. "Lilly is right you do sound like Ladybug when you say things like that Val." she said not looking up.
"I do agree with that I thought we left Ladybug down in the kitchen where she couldn't drive us insane apparently I was wrong." Henry agreed he loved his cousin just like she was his sister but she got on his nerves like no other person could.
"We're done with these spells so I think we better get to doing what we're going to do we're on a time table here." Chris said getting up to go in search of Ricky he needed someone to fix them up so they wouldn't be detected.
A/N: We have another chapter done I hope you liked it. Until next time please review.