Hey I am back again with another update. Sorry it took so long but with the start of school, I have had writing assignments due already. But here's the next chapter and I hope you enjoy it. Gracias

Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed but if i did there would have not been a series finale. Or there would be a spin off with Wyatt and Chris.

A Life Almost Taken

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Leo had spent the last couple of hours, grading papers that he had forgotten about earlier. When he got to magic school, it took him a full two hours to get rid of the ogre. It took the help of three other teachers and a spell in an ancient book, to send the ogre back to his plane. Afterwards Karen was trying to coerce him into going out with her, but knowing Piper's temper, he quickly declined. He noticed Karen's supreme disappointed but what could he do, he was married and completely devoted to his wife. Sure Karen was pretty but she was still no Piper. As he finished grading the papers, he suddenly felt that something was not right. He could not explain it he was hit with a sense of overwhelming fear. He decided that it was time to go home, when Karen came back to his office once again.

"Hey Leo the gang and I were wondering if you wanted to go out tonight." Karen asked.

"As fun as that sounds, I don't think that I can go. I have plans with Piper tonight."

"Oh, I didn't know" Karen pouted. "Well do you need any help with these papers"

"No I am all finished, I am about to go home actually"

"Are you sure because I could be a big help to you. If you let me," She added that last part in seductively

"That is quite all right Karen I" but before he could finish he noticed that the necklace that the kids had given him to wear suddenly glowed a dark red color.

"Leo why did your necklace just glow"

"Oh my God Piper" Leo gasped as he quickly said the spell to teleport him home

Leo around in the attic and noticed that none of the lights were on except the ones in the living room. Slowly making his way downstairs, he realized that a voice was talking. He made his way further down the steps and saw that Piper was tied and blindfolded to a chair and Dan was standing in front of her.

"Piper, it is time for us to be together why are you fighting this" Dan yelled

"Because you son of a bitch I don't love you," Piper screamed.

"What did you say?"

"I said I hate you, you son of a bitch."

Dan raised his hand and hit Piper across the face hard. "No you are the bitch; you are a stupid selfish bitch. I would have gave up everything and you left me for some bastard who is a liar about who he really is"

"I know exactly who he is, he has given me more than you could ever give me," Piper hissed as she licked the blood that dripped from the side of her mouth

"Not for long."

"What is that supposed to mean."

"You know what it means; I am doing what you told me to do."

"I would never tell you to hurt my husband."

"Like I said, he won't be around for long."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"That means that as soon as he walks through that door, I am going to make sure he never touches you again"

"What do you mean by that?" Piper asked afraid of the answer he was about to give

"Lets just say, I am going to tie up the loose ends" Piper sat as Dan ripped the blindfold off of her face. She then watched as Dan reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a butcher knife and played with it in front of her face. Then as quickly as he pulled it out, he put it back in his pocket

"Then it will be just you and me."

"You stay away from him," Piper cried

"Piper why are you being like this. Leo dead will solve all of our problems"

"If you hurt him, I swear to God I will hunt you down and kill you myself."

As Dan went to raise his hand to hit Piper again, Leo had had enough and ran up behind Dan and tackled him to the ground. Leo felt that Dan had something in his hand but to rushed by adrenaline he did not think about it. Dan pulled the knife out of his coat pocket and tried to stab Leo with the tip of it. Dan missed and Leo punched him in the face. Dan then pulled the knife above his head and tried to stab at Leo but being as drunk as he was, it was off completely. Dan then again raised the knife and this time it connected with Leo's arm. Leo felt the knife rip through his flesh but he could not think about his injuries when his wife's life was on the line. Dan lunged towards Leo with the bloody knife but Leo was too fast for him and Dan fell towards the floor and hit his head on the table. Leo then kicked him in the stomach and Dan lost control of the knife. It fell to the ground, and Leo took another swing at Dan and it connected with his jaw. Dan fell to the ground and Leo proceeded to kick him in the stomach repeatedly until Dan was coughing up blood. He then picked up his hand and continually banged it against the floor until Dan passed out. Once he was finished, he went over to Piper and untied her from the chair.

"Oh my God Piper are you okay, did he hurt you."

"No I am fine; he just hit me a couple of times. What about you, I saw the butcher knife in his hand" Piper asked frightened. Piper then realized that Leo was bleeding from his right arm. "Oh my God, he stabbed you"

Leo looked at his arm and realized that Piper was right. "No he didn't, it's just a scratch. I thought he missed because I didn't even feel it. Doesn't matter though because all that matters is that you are alright

"Leo you're bleeding, let me" Piper began

"No what you need to do is call Darryl and tell him what happened"

"But"

"No buts, the sooner we get him under police custody, the sooner I can attend to this wound"

Piper got up and walked over to the phone to call Thomas and tell him that he needed to come over right away. All she got was a voice mail so she decide to leave a message and she called Darryl instead. Piper went back to the living room and went to give Leo a towel so that he could place it over his wound. He took the towel from Piper but continued to pace the floor back and forth, never taking his eyes off Dan.

"Now tell me what happened." Leo asked

"I really don't know. I came in the house, it was dark, next thing I knew he grabbed me from behind."

"Did he" Leo asked eyes sparkling with anticipation over the answer.

"No he didn't do anything but hit me over the head with Gram's vase." Piper said as Leo sighed with relief.

"How come you didn't freeze him."

"I don't know" Piper whispered. "I was in such shock that I didn't realize that I could but by the time I did, that is when he hit me."

"I can't believe that he was the one" Leo sniped while holding a towel to his bleeding arm. "I can't believe that he was trying to hurt you"

"Me, I should be worried about you, he tried to stab and kill you. Which by the way he succeeding in stabbing you."

"Piper I told you it was just a scratch."

"It doesn't matter, it deep enough for you to get stitches." she replied as she took the towel from Leo and began to apply pressure herself.

"Piper, I can do it."

Piper continued to hold the towel not listening to Leo at all. " I cannot believe that he would do this to me after what we been through. I never thought that he was capable of doing something like that"

"Well you are a really hard woman to get over"

"So this was my fault," Piper cried softly on his shoulder

"Piper Halliwell, don't you dare think like that?" Leo said as he lifted her chin with his finger. "Dan is responsible for his own actions; you cannot be blamed for following your heart."

"It doesn't make me feel any better though," she said as she pulled away. "You could have been killed tonight by my ex boyfriend that was still in love with me. I should have never have gone out with him. I wouldn't be mad if you blamed me for this"

"Now you know what I was trying to tell you all those years ago," Leo laughed as he pulled Piper close once more. "I will never blame you, he did this on his own free will and he will suffer the consequences of his actions" They just stood like this for about a minute when Leo heard knocking at the door. He went to answer it and saw that it was Thomas

"I am here to arrest Dan, I found out he was the one after you"

Leo showed him to where Dan body was and he went to stand beside Piper. Before Thomas could get a grip on Dan, Dan punched him in the face. Dan scrambled to his feet and saw the knife that was underneath the table and picked it up. Leo noticed Dan get up and pushed Piper to the ground as Dan lunged towards Leo. He was able to stab Leo in his breastplate area before Leo could stop him. Leo fell to the ground and Dan lunged for him again but a loud bang was heard and Leo and Piper saw Dan's body crumble to the floor beside Leo. Blood poured from his body and the knife fell to the floor beside him. Piper could see that the sound came from a bullet shot out by Thomas's gun.

"I love you always" were Dan's last words before he closed his eyes and fell into an eternal darkness.

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Thomas walked over to Dan and checked to see if he had a pulse. Thomas realized that he did not and took out his cell phone to call in the police and an ambulance. Piper ran towards Leo and tried to lift him up off the ground. Piper realized that Leo had been stabbed and started to cry.

"Oh my God, Leo, you're hurt." Piper screamed as she saw the blood pour from his wound.

"Piper I'm fine" Leo winced as he went to sit up. He grabbed the towel he was using and placed it over the wound.

"No you're not, you were stabbed, and we have to get you to a hospital."

"Piper please, I need to focus on you right now"

"On me" Piper screamed. "Focus on me, you are the one on the floor with a hole in your chest and you are worried about me."

"Piper calm down, I called the ambulance. It is on the way, why don't you hold the towel to stop the bleeding." Thomas suggested. "It looks like you need another towel, I will go get some for you."

Piper nodding her head and pointed to where the trowels were kept bent down and grabbed the towel from Leo. By the time she took it, it was soaked in blood. While she was holding the towel, all three of her children orbed in the house and saw their father on the floor with a bloody towel over his chest.

"Oh my God what happened" Melinda cried as she ran to her parents side. Before she got there, she noticed the body of Dan Gordan, lying still right beside her father on the floor.

"It looked like Dan happened" Chris responded as he and Wyatt went to lift Leo up off the floor and helped him to the couch.

"Dad are you alright," Wyatt asked.

"I'm fine" Leo gritted through his teeth.

"Dad you are so not fine, you have a hole in your chest," Melinda screamed.

"God you are too much like your mother" Leo smirked as Piper pressed the towel down hard on his wound.

"Do you want us to heal you?" Chris asked

"You can't" Piper responded. "Detective Martin is here and he already saw your dad's wound. If it mysteriously disappears he would get suspicious, and we don't need that right now."

"What don't you need right now." Thomas asked as he made his way back down the stairs and looked at the new arrivals in the room. "I didn't any of you come in through the door."

"We came in through the back," Wyatt answered quickly.

"Where the hell is that ambulance?" Piper screamed as she saw Leo was losing too much blood and began to lose conscious. "Leo come on you have to stay awake"

"Piper I want you to know that I love you" Leo stuttered as his started fluttering to stay awake.

"Dad don't talk like that" Wyatt replied

"And I want you guys to know that I love you too. Best kids a guy could ask for."

"Yeah you say that now" Mel cried softly. "Wait till we hit those rebellious years."

"I love" Leo whispered as he closed his eyes this time not opening them again.

"Dad" Chris screamed

At that very moment, the medics bust through the door followed by the sound of police sirens in the background not to far away. The paramedics immediately ran to Leo and began to ask questions

"What happened" a woman with blonde hair asked Thomas

"This man over here is dead; he received on gun shot wound through the heart. That man received a stab wound to the chest and a cut on the arm. His wife has been applying pressure since the puncture and about one minute ago, he began to lose consciousness." Thomas told her.

"We need to get him to the hospital right away, Evan you get an IV into his arm right away. Looks like he is going to need a blood transfusion, he lost a lot of blood."

"Is he going to be okay," Piper asked with tears in her eyes.

"Well he looks pretty bad but I have seen worse. To be honest he looks like he is going to make, and he's lucky too. It that wound would have been four more inches to the right, that knife would have penetrated right through his heart." the paramedic told Piper in a whisper. The medics pulled Leo onto the stretcher and started to roll him outside.

"I'm coming too," Piper said as she ran out of the door to follow them. Chris, Mel and Wyatt followed Piper to all wanting to go to the hospital with their father.

"I sorry but only one passenger at a time"

"Guys call your aunts and tell them what happened. Then come to the hospital."

"Mom is dad going to make it," Wyatt asked

"Your father is going to make it just fine; you three just have to believe that okay."

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"Okay" and the ambulance doors closed as Piper and Leo rode off on to the hospital.

In the ambulance, Piper watched as they placed an IV in his veins and punctured his skin with the needle connected to it. She had never ridden in the back of an ambulance before, not even when Prue or her Grams died. Seeing how Leo looked, she knew in that moment that she never wanted to again. The paramedics immediately began trying to patch the wound in Leo's chest, to slow down the bleeding but it didn't appear to be working.

"I need some information Mrs." the blonde paramedic paused not knowing who she was talking about.

"Mrs. Wyatt, Piper Wyatt and this is my husband Leo."

"Okay Mrs. Wyatt what is your husband's medical history."

"What"

"Is he allergic to anything, does he have any diseases, has he ever been extremely sick before."

"No, he isn't allergic to anything but he is anemic"

"That probably explains why his blood is little thin and he is still bleeding."

"Is he going to be okay."

"Why don't you ask me yourself."

Piper looked down and saw that Leo was awake and half smiling at her. Her heart leaped for joy to be, once again, staring in the blue green eyes of her husband. Her eyes glistened with tears at the realization that he was okay and awake. She bent down and kissed him softly on the lips and smiled back at him.

"I would but you have no medical expertise."

"Did you forget that I used to be a doctor." Leo smiled

"Really you used to be a doctor." the paramedic asked

"Yeah he was but that was a long time ago."

"A really long time ago" Leo added

"So Mr. Wyatt what do you do now."

"I teach at a private school for gifted children."

"It's good that you found your true calling."

"Yeah it is but back to my original question is he going to be okay."

"Like I told you earlier, if the knife would have penetrated four inches to the right, it would have been right through his heart."

"Ouch" Leo laughed

"Leo" Piper hissed

"But we are lucky that it didn't and it didn't hit any major artery veins in his chest so that is a good thing. When you get to the hospital you are going to need a blood transfusion and some stitches for the cut on your arm and chest."

"So in other words, he is going to be fine."

"He will be"

"Thank God" Piper cried as she bent down to kiss Leo again.

"What about Piper, did you check to see if she was okay."

"I wasn't told that she was injured."

"I really wasn't."

"Piper he hit you in your face and he used a flower vase to knock you out. For all we know you could have a concussion or some internal bleeding in your brain."

"He sounds like he used to be a doctor" the paramedic laughed. "Mrs. Wyatt is this true."

"Yes it is but I feel fine. Leo stop worrying about me."

"Stop worrying about you, for god sakes you could be inured."

"I could be injured but you are injured. Stop obsessing and calm down."

"Mrs. Wyatt is right. Stressing right now could cause you to black out again or worse go into cardiac arrest."

"I'm sorry but this is my wife we are talking about. I have the right to worry."

"Not at the expense of your own life, you don't." the paramedic replied firmly. "Look once we get to the hospital, we will make sure that she gets checked out okay. In the mean time you are going to stop worrying or I will drug you some more."

"Fine" Leo mumbled at the paramedic not knowing if she was serious or not at the time. On the inside of his head he was laughing because the paramedic talked to him just like Piper would have if she would have let her get a word. It didn't matter to him if he was bleeding all over the place, as long as Piper was okay that is all that mattered to him. Leo eyes began to drop as he closed them off to the sounds of the ambulance.

"Oh my God, what's wrong." Pipe cried as she saw Leo close his eyes.

"Don't worry Mrs. Wyatt, it is problem just the medicine we gave him to numb his pain. It has drowsiness as a side effect."

"Please call me Piper and I want to thank you."

"For what"

"For standing up for me, sometimes my husband can become a little stubborn at times

"No problem, I have a husband just as stubborn as Mr. Wyatt."

"I know how it is"

"Yeah, the stubbornness, and the over protectiveness really can get to you but in the end you realize that you wouldn't want it any other way. Because when it all boils down to it, it those same qualities that prove to the whole world just how much that man loves you and how much you really love him. To be willing to risk you own existence for the life of you partner is truly a real sign of love." the paramedic said as they pulled in front of the hospital."

"I know exactly what you mean, and I know exactly how you feel." Piper smiled. "And I wouldn't want it any other way."

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One hour later, the Wyatt family was sitting outside in the waiting room waiting to hear what was going on with their father. Piper came out of the room with a smile on her face as she saw her children. Everyone could tell that she had been crying but her smile told everyone that everything was fine.

"Mom, is dad all right." they all said at the same time.

"He is going to be fine," Piper said. "He needed to receive some blood and got some stitches but other than that he is going to pull through."

All three kids hugged her as she saw her sisters come back to the room with coffee in their hands.

"Piper" they said as they ran towards her and pulled her into a hug.

"Are you okay?" Paige asked

"I think that the better question is Leo okay." Phoebe inputted

"Alright, are you both okay, the kids told us what happened."

"I'm fine, and so is Leo. He did need some blood and stitches but he is going to make it."

"That is so good, I am so happy that you two are okay."

"Thanks Phoebe. You know you two don't have to stay."

"Of course we do, Piper we are your sisters and we are not going anywhere."

"Paige"

"No Piper she is right, if the roles were reversed you would be here right beside us."

"Fine, if I can't make you leave." Piper smiled

"Not on your life sister." Paige added

Piper turned to her children and noticed that Melinda was crying. She knelt down beside her and placed her hand on hers and looked into her eyes.

"Honey, what's wrong"

"We knew and we didn't help to stop it."

"Knew what"

"Knew that something bad was happening to you and dad and we didn't come home to stop it."

"What"

"Our necklaces glowed and we didn't come home to see what was wrong," Mel cried

"Mel had a premonition of a woman being attacked by some demons. She called me and Wyatt to come and help vanquish the demons. While we were vanquishing the first set, our crystals glowed red."

"We thought that it was a simple demon attack, that you could handle it so we kept on fighting, then they glowed blue but we still had to get rid of the demons so we stayed until they were all gone." Wyatt finished.

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Mel was sitting at her Aunt Phoebe's house studying geometry. She was supposed to be studying with her cousin but Prue had other plans, ones that meant hanging out with some friends the mall. They had asked Mel if she wanted to go, but she had a big test on Monday so she declined their offer. She put her book down at went to go a soda from the fridge, she needed a little caffeine pick me up if she wanted to stay awake and finish studying. She walked by the table holding the newspaper and picked it up and was immediately thrown into a premonition.

"Wyatt, Chris. I need you now."

Wyatt and Chris orb into the room covered in demon guts and arguing about something probably not important.

"Wyatt why did you vanquish him."

"Because Chris he was a demon, that is what we do."

"I know but he wasn't going to hurt us."

"And how exactly do you know."

"I just do okay"

"Hey" Mel yelled at her brothers. "If I wanted to listen to two siblings argue I would watch the Cosby's on TV."

"Sorry Mel" Wyatt replied

"Yeah me too, so what do you want"

"Apology accepted, but back to Chris. I had a premonition about this woman being killed by some demons."

"Do you know where the attack will take place" Wyatt asked

"Yeah I think it is the same alley that is behind P3 but I'm not really sure."

"Alright let's go"

All three of the children orb out and find themselves in the alley right behind P3. They sat there and waited for the girl to appear.

"How much longer" Chris whined as he checked his watch again for the fifth time

"Chris calm down we only have been here for ten minutes. It's not like you got plans for later."

"I know but I want to spend my time doing something else than spend it waiting on saving some innocent."

"Chris you know that innocents come first" Mel replied.

"That is true."

"Shut up you two, Mel when is she getting here."

"Chris you know as well as I do that premonitions do not come with a correct time. They just happen when they happen. Would you just be patient."

"Fine" Chris grumbled as he checked his watch again. About ten minutes later and after Chris checked his watch for what seemed about the thousand time, the pregnant woman from Mel's vision walks out into the alley. Just as soon as she appeared about five demons shimmered in after the woman. The woman looked up in fear as she saw the demons stand before her.

"Stay away from me." the woman screamed

"Not until we make sure that your baby will never be born."

"The child that I am carrying is apart of a ancient magical prophesy. He will be the destroyer of your kind."

"Not if we can help it." the lead demon snarled as he created a fireball in his hand.

"Innocents in alleys, won't they ever learn" Chris smirked

"Hey" Mel screamed as she came from behind the dumpsters followed by her two brothers. "I believe the lady said leave her alone."

"Hey Chris, didn't mom teach us that no meant no"

"Yeah she did, but demons these days. They just don't have any manners"

"If you ask me, I blame the parents. It's their job to train them properly." Mel laughed

The demon became angry and throws his fire ball directly at Wyatt who orbs out of the way.

"A witch with white lighter powers, that makes you a Halliwell"

"And company" Wyatt smiled as he orbed back into his spot.

"Hey what are we side kicks" Mel shrieked

"If you want to be"

"How about um….never"

"We don't have time for this" the demon growled. "How about you three leave seeing as though this really doesn't concern you."

"I'm sorry but you killing a witch and her unborn baby just doesn't sit well with us" Chris smirked

"Fine then have it your way." the demons together create energy and fire balls and began to throw them at the Halliwell witches. In fighting mode the siblings are able to avoid every fire ball thrown there way while Melinda is trying to save her innocent. In the mist of all the fighting their crystals glowed red.

"Wyatt, Chris, I think that mom is hurt." Mel cried as she grabbed the woman out of the cross fire.

"Melinda calm down, mom is fine."

"But my crystal just glowed."

"Mel we need to focus on the innocent remember plus mom has powers, she will be fine."

"Alright" Mel screamed as the woman that she was trying to save was grabbed away from her by the lead demon. Melinda used her power to blow up the last demon but was afraid to use her power on the lead demon because he had the woman held hostage, using her as a human shield.

"Oh you don't seem so brave now do you." He laughed as he pulled out an athame and held it to her throat.

"Yeah you are one to talk using a woman as your shield. I mean talk about pathetic." Mel scoffed

"How about you let her go and we will think about letting you live." Wyatt said

"Over my dead body" the demon laughed

"Okay that can be arranged" Chris said as he lifted up his hands in attempt to use his powers on the demon. Around the time they were thinking of a plan to save the woman once again there crystals glowed but this time it glowed a blue color.

"Dad" Mel whispered. "We have to do something now, dad is in trouble."

"I know that Mel but we can't leave the innocent." Wyatt whispered back.

"Guys I have an idea" Chris said telepathically to his siblings. "Just follow my lead."

They all shook there heads and watched for an opening between the demon and the woman. Chris knew what he wanted to do but he had to make sure that he did it at the right moment or that woman would lose her life. When he finally got his opening, he watched for the third time as his crystal glowed this time a dark blue color.

"Chris whatever the hell your plan is you need to do it now"

Hearing the urgency in his sister's voice he had no choice but to use his power to knock the athame out of the demon's hand. They watched as the blade of the knife glazed the woman's throat as it feel to the ground. Taking this opportunity, the woman head butted the demon on the head and rolled out of the way as he cried in agony. Wyatt took this time and blew up the demon. He then ran to the woman's side and began healing her neck. The woman looked up and smiled at her saviors.

"Thank you so much for saving me. How can I ever repay you"

"No problem, it's our job."

"Still I am forever in your debt."

"Hey hate to break you two up but we have a father to check up on" Mel shrieked as she grabbed her brother's hands and orbed out of the alley.

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"Honey you saved that girl." Piper said reassuringly

"That is not the point"

"Then what is the problem."

"The problem is" Mel screamed. "The problem is that we put the life of an innocent ahead of our father. That is not supposed to happen."

"Melinda"

"Mom don't, because whatever you say it won't make any difference. Why do we have to put the life of a stranger before our own flesh and blood?"

"Mel"

"Our father could have died because we were out saving some woman who we will probably never see again and for what"

"Melinda you know that we are given our premonitions for a reason, to save lives." Phoebe replied.

"Yeah our gifts are to help those in need." Paige added

"These gifts don't matter if my father was almost killed because of them. That is why I quit."

"What" everyone screamed at once.

"I quit, I hate these stupid powers and I hate magic. I will never use it again." and with that Melinda walked out of the waiting room and off into the halls.

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Once again Leo lived for another day but is his time slowly running out or is he finally safe now that Dan is dead. What about Melinda, is she seriously going to stop using her powers or is she just upset at the thought of losing her father. Find out on the next chapter

Living Another Day

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