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In this chapter the half manticore from season six is intoduced.

Chapter 3: Doing What You Got To

Phoebe knew what she was seeing unfold before her eyes was real but on the off chance that it wasn't she had to ask just to be sure "Cole where did you get that baby ?".

" I think you know where I got him Phoebe, he's my son. Well actually he's your son too to be truthful about it." Cole said all his earlier smugness beginning to fade.

"How did this happen? I mean I know how it happened I'm a cupid and Phoebe and I have one of our own in there . But I can tell this is something better off not being discussed in the hallway so come in but I warn one false move and I call Phoebe's sisters myself." Coop replied saying something for the first time since he found out about his wife's other child.

" I don't quite understand just how this is possible Cole how did you find him after all these years ?" Phoebe asked still not comprehending how all this was possible.

"He had to have found him in either an alternate realm or in the wasteland." Coop mused out loud before Cole could answer Coop was just grateful that he understood that much in this messed up situation.

"Listen to the man Phoebe he's right I found him in an alternate realm where all neutral magic beings go. And that's what he was Phoebe neutral not good not evil but he has the potential to do great good." Cole explained.

While Phoebe let that information penetrate her brain Coop kept the exchange with Cole going he wasn't going to lose his family without a fight. "So Cole what are your plans for him now that you've got him?" Coop asked sarcastically wow Piper was really rubbing off on him "You plan on trying to share custody with Phoebe?" Coop went on feeling his temper heat up Phoebe shot him a warning glance and he looked at the floor ashamed about losing his cool.

"Coop that's a very valid point. But no those are not my intentions at all. For once I didn't come here to win Phoebe back she has you and you make her happy." Cole explained.

"Then why did you come here Cole ?" Phoebe asked pointedly finally breaking her silence.

"To make sure my son is taken care of and that the evil he almost could have been will never touch him." Cole addressed Phoebe and then turned to Coop "Coop even for a cupid your not a bad guy so I want you to be my son's father I don't want him to know me I just wanted to save him. Take good care of him Phoebe and promise me you won't let him go down the same road as I did." Cole asked of Phoebe

" I won't Cole that path won't even be an option for him I promise you that." Phoebe assured him he just nodded and turned to shimmer out but before he did Phoebe said "Thank you for bringing him home to me Cole it means a lot to me that you trust Coop like this." Cole just smiled and shimmered out of the condo and out of his son's life forever.

Coop walked over to Phoebe and took their son from her and said "Wow look at that we got pretty lucky two miracles in a weeks time."

"We sure did ." was the only thing Phoebe could think to reply back.

"So what are we going to name him ? My son needs a name you know." Coop said teasing her.

"Well in that case Mr. Valintine I have the perfect name for him." Phoebe said smiling at Coop and then she went on " His name is Cooper Jacob Halliwell II.".

Coop looked up at Phoebe with tears in his eyes and said " That is the perfect name for him."

Piper and Paige had just reentered the dinning room when Coop and Phoebe appeared in a halo of pink light so for a minute nobody noticed that they had one more child then they should have. That was until Henry spoke up "Um Phoebe Coop did you guys clone Prue or something cause it kinda looks like you have two babies there." When Henry said that Paige, Piper, and Leo all did adouble take.

"Phoebe I'm scared to ask but where'd you get another kid the one you had wasn't enough ?" Piper asked laughing

"Piper this serious this is my son with Cole." she explained to her older sister.

"Phoebe how is that even possible ?" Paige asked while raising an eyebrow

"That's very complicated." Phoebe stated

"Phoebe since when do we do anything but complicated?" Piper asked not really expecting an answer and Phoebe didn't give one.

But she did say " The simple version is Cole rescued him from some alternate plane and now well it looks like the Warren Line just got another boy."

"Yeah Grams is just going to love that one. You know I think if it's even possible she just might die again." Paige joked then went on " I mean she did say all she had to do was leave it up to me to bring another boy into this family. She's going to be thrilled that she gets to do a wiccaning on two boys at once."

"Alright first of all Paige Grams is not thrilled with you because Henry's middle name is Victor and let's face it Grams hates dad." Phoebe said.

Then before she could say anything else Piper jumped in " Oh yeah speaking of dad ask Paige what she said to him on the phone just a minute ago."

Paige groaned inwardly she knew what she had said hadn't escaped Piper's notice that was too much to ask for "I called him dad I slipped alright it's not like Sam is ever around so I didn't hurt anything ..." she was cut off when everybody in the room started laughing.

"Oh come on Missy Paige it was bound to happen sooner or later I just didn't think that it would take six years." Piper said.

"Yeah it's no big deal just don't think you're getting any favor points in Grams' book." Phoebe acknowledged.

"Phoebe the only people that are going to get any favor points in Grams' book from now on are Leo, Coop, and Piper." Paige said joking.

"Yeah I know it's sad really all Henry did was be a mortal, All Wyatt and little Henry did was be born males. No it's me, you ,and Chris that are really in Grams' dog house. Chris went to the past and had a run in with her but she may

forgive him for that. It's you and I on the other hand that may never be forgiven. Let's see I married the source of all evil and had his child, then I moved to Japan with Jason. Now you are very special Grams just might kill you, you should be terrified you committed the cardinal sins your son's middle name is Victor and then you called her arch enemy dad." Phoebe said explaining the transgressions that everyone had made in Grams book. All every one could do was nod their head in agreement Grams was not going to be happy with any of them and they all knew it but what could they do about it.

"So Phoebe what are you going to name him?" Leo asked smiling saying something for the first time since Phoebe and Coop entered the room. "Cooper Jacob Halliwell II." Phoebe stated with a smile on her face.

"Dude your middle name is Jacob ?" Henry asked trying to contain a laugh that threatened to escape.

"Yeah my middle name is Jacob that's pretty normal when compared to what my father's middle name was. Since your so curious Mr. Mitchell I think that you should share with the rest of the class what your middle name is." Coop said to Henry and made a hand gesture for him to answer the question.

Henry looked down at his feet and said "Clyde." his voice was so low when he said that, that Coop and Leo almost didn't hear him but Leo busting out laughing was indication that they had heard him.

"You're a cop Henry and your middle name is Clyde. I have just one question for you. Have you robbed any good banks lately ?" Leo asked laughing so hard that there were tears steaming down his face.

"Your middle name is Clyde and you laughed because mine is Jacob. Oh what the hell I think that since Mr. Wyatt thinks this is so funny he should share with us what his middle name is." Coop stated.

"Oh I don't think so Piper doesn't even know my middle name and we've been married six years." Leo said dodging the question

"No Leo we've both shared now I think it's time that you shared with us. I mean come on like you said can it really be any worse than a cop

with the middle name Clyde." Henry asked trying to get Leo to open up.

But thankfully Paige walked back into the room at that moment (not that any of the guys had seen or heard her leave),keeping Leo from having to answer the question when she declared "The first person on the phone was Eva apparently Lila was kidnaped by some manticore demons."

"What would manticore demons want with a gypsy ?" Phoebe asked interrupting.

"Leo did you ever hear about manticores wanting anything to do with gypsies when you were still a whitelighter?" Piper asked her husband who just shook his head no she then posed the same question of Coop.

"Piper I'm just a Cupid this kind of thing isn't my cup of tea but I can go try to find out from the Elders if something is up that you girls should be worried about." Coop said and prepared to heart out when he added "Wait a minute Paige who was the second person th at called ?".

"Derek Bradford he called to say that Chuck's powers are growing and he can't hardly get him to control them." Paige said.

"Why didn't you say that to begin Paige there's the problem. They learned from the last time they took Chuck and they used taking Lila as a way to distract us from protecting Derek and Chuck." Piper said finally putting the pieces together and then went on "Now what were going to do is Coop and Paige are going to orb or heart over to dad's house take him Prue and little Coop. Then Paige is going to orb over to Derek's and bring him and Chuck here. Then Coop is going to come back here and get you Phoebe because you guys are going to bring Eva and Roman back here. Henry you get a job too see if you can't track down Billie so she can come help. Leo you can start combing through the book trying to find everything it has on manticores." when she finished she exhaled loudly.

"Aye, aye boss lady" Henry said saluting her.

"Piper just what are you going to do while you have Coop and I orbing all over creation ?" Paige asked mildly annoyed.

"That's simple I'm going to go up to the attic and summon mom so that she can go over to dad's house and help him babysit. We can't very well expect him to watch five magical kids all by himself." Piper explained to her putting extra emphasis on the word dad while looking at Paige and smirking.

"Now I know you're crazy Piper let's go summon mom so she can help her ex-husband watch their grand kids." Phoebe said as she and Piper started off into the attic. Paige and Coop orbed out, and Henry and Leo stated about their work as well.

A/N: I'll try to post the next chapter soon please reviw and tell me what you think so far any suggetions are welcome.