I DO NOT OWN THIS SHOW…I BARELY HAVE ENOUGH CASH FOR LUNCH.

MEL

Okay, so now that I'm on the plane back home, I realize that it would have been smarter to orb. What can I do now though? I think I left them all in shock and that's how I've gotten this far without them showing up.

The plane lands in a little while, so I think back onto what happened. Bile caught in my throat as I realized, truly realized, that Mary was dead. Mary and Eb have always been the only two that knew.

Ebony knew because Jerry was her real father. She is nothing like him, though. She follows her mother in her beliefs in God.

Mary had always been her closest friend, and she was the only one who had been told about the beatings that her and Ebony had gotten at Jerry's hands.

Now she was dead.

It was all my fault.

I should have never told her. It was why he went after her.

I let myself cry. No one noticed because I was in a seat alone.

The plane landed and I wasted no time getting off and finding a cab. It was Wednesday night, so she would be at church. I directed the driver to where she would be, church.

CHRIS

It was many long minutes before anyone moved. What did she just say?

The words drifted back into my mind, Jerry just refuses to die.

Why did that strike a chord with me? Jerry, where had I heard that name? Wasn't that the name of her stepfather, the one that we vanquished?

Phoebe was the first to find her voice, "Jerry?"

Paige was next, "Why does that sound so familiar?"

Piper pulled herself out of it next, "Wasn't that the warlock she said had killed her mom?"

Leo decided to chime in, "She went after him, vanquished him."

I heard Aunt Phoebe utter those words again, "Jerry just refuses to die." She almost seemed as if she was catching on.

My mind raced as I listened to them talk. That was who she was telling her friend. Mary, about before he attacked. She had been upset about it after the vision quest. Why hadn't I questioned her then? Why didn't she let anyone know if she thought that he was coming? How come I had never wondered even for a single second who the twins' father was? What was I doing sitting here doing nothing?

"I'll kill him." The whisper resounded as loud as the loudest shout could, and the Charmed Ones and Leo turned to me. I think they had forgotten I was there.

Aunt Phoebe slowly walked in front of me, as if approaching a scared child, "Are you okay?"

Once again, I repeated myself, "I'll kill him."

Piper sat down in front of me, next to Aunt Phoebe, "I know that you're angry sweetie, but we know nothing of his powers. We can't do that. I know you're worried about…" she paused, not knowing what to call Mel.

It wasn't until that moment that we all realized that Aunt Mel had left.

"Where did she go?" Paige asked the question plaguing everyone's minds. As one, we all turn to Leo.

His face scrunched as he sensed for the girl. How long had we stood there in shock? "She's in Birmingham, Alabama."

Piper's voice broke the stunned silence, "WHAT?"

Piper's scream was the last thing I heard as I orbed to Birmingham, to my adoptive mother.

MEL

I walked into the backside of the church where they had the choir practices for the youth. I went in and was instantly drawn into the songs that they sang. It wasn't long until I spotted Ebony.

"Hey Eb, I need to talk to you." I said.

I saw blue orbs form in the corner as I heard an old friend named Meredith say, "Oh, and no hello for the rest of us."

"Sorry Mere, Hey. How is everyone? Eb, we really need to talk."

They chorused a 'we're good.' Ebony and I left together quickly.

"Eb, he's back." I said, realizing that I didn't have time to waste. He would be here for her soon. I saw Chris sneak out of the classroom following me.

"He always comes back. What else is new?" She asked nonchalantly, as if this was a practiced conversation.

"He killed Mary, Ebony. We need to get you to safety now. Do you trust me?" What I was about to do was very risky, but there was a good chance she already knew.

"Always and forever, we're sisters." She replied with ease.

Now came the hard part. "Do you believe in magic?" She gave a simple nod, and I took it as confirmation to continue.

"I know a way to get us both out of dodge, but it is by magic."

"How?" A simple question that could take hours to explain, so instead I tried a different approach.

"Christopher, do you really think I don't know you're here?" Ebony followed my eyes to Chris, and looked back to me questioningly.

"You trust me, right?" I asked once again for confirmation.

"Yes."

"Then take my hand and close your eyes." I told my sister. "Chris, the manor." I commanded.

"Are you sure?" Chris's voice seemed shaken, which probably wasn't too far from the truth.

"I'm sure, Christopher."

With that the familiar sensation of white and blue orbs surrounded me and I opened my eyes to see the attic of the manor.

I turned to Chris and smiled, "Thank you."

I turned back to my sister, "We're safe here. There are people here who can protect us."

"What just happened?"

"Chris orbed us here, to my family's place."

I explained to her the entire thing and we decided that we would use our combined accounts to get her a place close by. When we were little, we had both began to save money for that day when we were too afraid and needed to get away. Combined, we had stored away around ten thousand dollars.

I know that sounds a little ridiculous, but it's true. When you've been saving fifteen-dollar allowances weekly since you were seven, it adds up. Multiply that times to and see how much you have.

Within hours, everything was set up. Which meant one amazing thing. I had to face the family now about the entire situation.

At least, I would have if Phoebe didn't come home with a, get this, genie. We're talking Aladdin; rub the lamp, three wishes, genie.

And so begins another crazy day in the Halliwell manor.

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