Chapter 16

"Hey Sam, any chance you can come over to the loft today?" Chris asked into his cell phone.

"Sure, big Cuz. What's up?"

"I met an innocent last night, who's actually a witch, a bit freaked about being a witch and has no idea how to control her power," he answered.

"What can I do to help?"

"Well, she's a pyro, so I thought…"

"That I could ice it down for her?" Samantha Mitchell asked archly. "You know Chris, it's a bit insulting that you don't even know which of us is which." She spoke, of course, of her identical twin sister, Victoria who was pyrokinetic, while she herself was actually cryokinetic.

Chris winced.

At his cousin's insulted voice came screeching from Chris' phone, Wyatt raised an eyebrow, "You are having NO luck at all with the ladies are you?" At Chris' glare, he continued undeterred, "Forgot that Sam is the icy one did you?"

Chris ended his call with his cousin's promise to bring her sister to the loft. He defended himself testily, "You didn't remind me last night when I was reminding…me…of our cousin the pyrokinetic."

"I didn't know, Mel told me it was the other way around," Wyatt shrugged. Jenna entered the room and Wyatt turned his attention to her, "Sleep well?" He asked solicitously.

"Yes," she smiled. "Thanks. What's number one on the to-do list?"

Samantha and her twin orbed in, right next to the other Chris, who orbed at the same time. The girls, still a little unsure of the landing actually collided with him. "Oops sorry," Sam winced.

"No problem," Chris 2 said gallantly, putting an arm out to steady her. He looked to his counterpart for answers.

"This is our cousin Sam, and our cousin Vic," Chris informed the room at large.

"Are they twins?" Jenna half whispered to Wyatt, "Because with you people, there's just no telling."

"Chris, why are there two of you?" Sam asked.

"Long story," he sighed, "I'll explain later. Right now we need to focus on Jenna." Jenna gave a slight wave to the twins. "There's a demon and a half after her…" At the questioning look on his cousins' faces, he answered, "I'll explain later. Anyway she needs to learn how to control her powers and defend herself."

"Can a witch technically still be an innocent?" Vic asked.

"It's been awhile since anyone's referred to me as one," Jenna laughed lightly.

'She must've gotten a really good night's sleep in my bed,' Chris thought crankily.