1Charmed: The Return
Disclaimer: See Chapter One.
Summary: After their parents' deaths, the Charmed Children moved on with their lives. Now they return home to where it all started and to the world they turned their backs on.
Author's Note: The year for this fiction is 2032. That means, the Halliwells died in 2027. Long paragraphs or sentences that are in italics are flashbacks, and any words that are in italics are just like that to show emphasis. There is mild language and violence in this chapter.
Chapter Seventeen: Human on the Inside.
There was a loud knock on the door to the Halliwell Manor. Rachel was the first one to the door and swung it open with much annoyance. There standing in the doorway was three police officers. One of them being James Gray.
"What do you want?" Rachel asked.
"Rachel Dean, you're under arrest." Gray said, staring at her.
"Under what grounds?" She asked angrily.
"For tampering with a search warrant. But don't worry, we have a warrant for your arrest and now we have unlimited search capabilities."
"You won't find what you're looking for here." Rachel said staring into his eyes, letting her empathy swirl around the room into the very heart of his being.
"Rachel, what' going on?" Sam asked appearing in the doorway.
"Mrs. Dean is under arrest." Gray said as one of the two uniforms placed handcuffs around her slender wrists.
"You have no right." Sam said his anger beginning to well up inside him.
"Actually we do." Gray said, "Put her in the car and come back in to assist me in the search. Mr. Montana, you and your family must wait outside during this search."
"You already searched this house and found nothing."
"A second time won't hurt, now will it?" Gray said his steel eyes locking with Sam's.
"Rose and Wyatt, we need to wait outside for a bit." Sam said to his cousins in the living room.
The two appeared in the doorway, shocked at the sight of Rachel being brought to a police car in handcuffs.
"LET HER GO!" Rose exclaimed like a mad woman to the officers, only to be held back by Wyatt.
"We'll bail her out." Wyatt said.
"Not until the bail hearing tomorrow you won't." Gray said as he pulled on a pair of latex gloves and proceeded into the house. "Watch them!" he said to the officer staying behind.
"What do we do?" Sam asked Wyatt nervously.
"I don't know. I'm calling Abridge." Wyatt said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a cell phone. He dialed a number and instantly he was on the phone explaining everything.
"Cass will be here in ten minutes." Wyatt said grimly as he saw Rose looking at her sister sitting in the back of the police car.
"Astral project to the Book and hide anything you can!" Wyatt whispered in her ear and she nodded her approval.
She let go. She felt a tight pull on her body and her eyes closed and head dropped.
"Is she alright?" the officer, named Jones, asked rather rudely.
"She's fine." Wyatt fronted.
"She don't look fine."
"It's does not or doesn't not don't." Wyatt corrected. He hated when people use improper English.
"Are you mocking me?" Jones asked threateningly.
"Would you like me to?" Wyatt asked.
"That's it! One more comment and you'll be sitting in that car with your pretty little cousin." He threatened and Wyatt listened.
Rose awoke with a gasp. "Everything's all set. I hid everything." She said to Wyatt, who was ready to go onto the next phase of the plan.
He looked at the cop who was watching them intently. He looked at same and flicked his wrists.
Sam nodding and understanding put his wrists up and time froze.
"Why did you freeze everything?" Rose asked Sam, who looked at Wyatt.
"This is why." Wyatt smiled as he walked over to the cop and pulled the search warrant from the cop's pocket. "Just follow along, okay?"
Rose and Sam nodded as they watched Wyatt fold the warrant and put it in his pocket and step back into place, and time unfroze itself.
"Excuse me, officer?" Wyatt asked with fake politeness.
"Yes?"
"I was wondering since it is my right and all, can I view the warrant?"
"Certainly." The cop said reaching into this pocket and finding nothing. The cop frantically searched his pockets and found nothing.
"Is there a problem, officer?" Wyatt asked.
"I can't seem to find the warrant"
"You can't find the warrant?" Sam asked following along.
"I put it in this pocket after Gray handed it to me."
"No warrant means this search is illegal and anything found would be inadmissible in court." Rose said putting two and two together.
"I had it." The cop said to himself.
"This search is over." Wyatt smiled walking into the house, Rose and Sam following behind him.
The trio of witches walked through their home to find drawers ripped opened, clothes strewn across bedrooms, a total mess. "He better clean this." Rose said to Wyatt and Sam as they found Gray pilfering through Rachel's closet.
"Search is over." Wyatt said with a hard tone.
Gray turned around his hand on his gun. "You aren't allowed to be in here."
"Yes, we can!" Rose said angrily.
"Search warrant says that you must remain outside!" Gray yelled.
"There is no search warrant." Wyatt smiled.
"What do you mean?"
"Your officer out front failed to show us one, therefore this search is over and illegal." Sam said.
"I gave it to him!" Gray yelled.
"Well, he doesn't have it and no proof of a warrant means we can sue you." Wyatt stated.
"And that sounds like a good idea." Rose chimed in.
It was at that moment, Cassie walked through the door and looked at the witches and at Gray. "Detective Gray, you are to wait outside until I come downstairs." She said her attitude hard and cold. Gray nodded and headed out the door.
"I overheard everything. He didn't have a warrant?" Cassie asked.
"He did, but not anymore." Wyatt smiled as he pulled the warrant out of his pocket.
"You took it!?" Cassie asked outraged. "How?"
"Witchcraft." Sam smiled.
"You understand that if you take this to court, the judge will testify to writing the warrant and he'll come back."
"And we'll keep taking it." Wyatt said. "We have to protect our secret at any cost."
"I understand that." Cassie said.
"What about Rachel?" Rose asked concerned.
"I can not do anything about that. It's in the systems hands now." Cassie said.
"What is the worse that can happen?" Rose asked tears in her eyes.
"Probation for her first offense."
"This isn't her first offense." Wyatt offered up.
"Then she'll most likely serve jail time."
"Cassie, we have serious problems right now! She can't serve jail time!" Wyatt yelled.
"The best I can say is get a lawyer." Cassie said as she too headed downstairs.
"We are screwed, Wyatt. We have demons who want to kill us, cops who want to out us, and my sister is going to jail!" Rose fumed.
"Calm down. We have no control over the affairs of mortals." Sam said as he looked out the window and watched the cop car with Rachel pull away. There was a loud crash of thunder and the skies opened and rain poured down.
"These mortals better prepare." Wyatt said as there was a flash of lightening and the power went out.
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