Chapter 3: Adding to the Load

Andy Trudeau orbed back into the attic of the manor things had just gone from bad to worse up there. Thankfully he wasn't in trouble with the elders for being down here helping out they actually liked the idea that he was lending the Halliwell children a hand he didn't even have the time to think about the implication behind that attitude but they were up to something. He eyes fell on Henry and Melinda who were behind the podium that held the Book of Shadows trying to figure out their next move. Mel had managed to heal Henry's leg most of the way so he was no longer in danger of dying of the darklighter poison. But the problem occurred when the two couldn't switch powers back and Andy had been sent back up there to see what he could find out not only about that but about where in the hell the other Halliwells could be. All he had found out was more bad news that he was reluctant to share with them not only because both Mel and Henry had the ability to blow him up which while it didn't kill him it still hurt like hell but because since childhood Grams had scared the shit out of him with good reason and his fear hadn't gotten any better with age or death for that matter.

Andy saw the pissed off look that currently marred Henry's facial features he had a sneaking suspicion that Henry was not the kind of guy you wanted mad at you. Something told him he had a temper to rival that of Penny Halliwell's . Andy was defiantly not getting through this day without getting blown up his only saving grace was that Patty Halliwell was there and she would save him from her poor tempered relatives. Taking a deep breath he collected his thoughts so he could say what needed to be said just right. "So I talked to the elders and I've got some not so hot news." he said pausing fully expecting to be tarred and feathered for being the bearer of bad news.

Henry just shook his head in resignation if he didn't like this guy he would have blown him up already or at least tried to he still didn't have control of those powers. " Andy you might as well tell us and then we can try to find a way to fix this. Whatever it is we've probably been up against worse." he said in a sad voice everything he said was true sad but it didn't make it any less true.

Andy bit his lip in thought there was no easy way to say this so he just might as well come out and say it. "The elders don't know where your family is or why you can't reach them," he paused letting that sink in he looked around and saw that none of the Halliwells were surprised by that piece of news they didn't have much faith in the elders. "There's more it seems somehow a demon kidnaped mother nature and resurrected a titan to take her place." he groaned when he finished the sentence he knew he was in for it when he saw the look on Grams' face.

Grams pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes at the whitelighter she who she had known his whole life and even now that look sent shivers down Andy's spine Hank seriously felt for him but he didn't feel like fighting Grams. "Andy what does that have to do with us?" she asked in a very unhappy tone that he knew better than to argue with.

Andy cleared his throat to rid his voice of any of the fear she was causing him to feel. "Grams you might want to look out the window it's raining cats and dogs. Soon there will be floods and that is when the demon will really be able to reek havoc. To top it all off it would be a really good thing to have the power of three to get rid of this demon otherwise it would suicide." He explained in a voice that was almost pleading.

"Andy I know you said this was a titan, but what kind of demon is it ?" Mel asked worry clouding her eyes this couldn't be good this had to be the work of a demon who really knew what he was doing. It took serious power to resurrect a demon.

"It's a water demon Mel." Andy answered his voice barely above a whisper he knew this was the type of demon that had killed Patty and that two of them in the attic had power that had no affect on this type of demon.

Mel covered her mouth with her hand and gasped she knew what that meant she and Henry were powerless to stop this demon. "Charlie go to magic school and get the conjurer we're going to need him but please leave Em out of this that is all I need." Henry ordered using the nickname he had for Ricky because deep down he hoped that Ricky and Patty wouldn't be as blind as Wyatt and Liz were to how they felt. Emily was nothing more than a mini version of Lilly who they all had to spend most of their time worrying about when they were in a battle.

Patty orbed out and in less than one minute's time orbed back in with Ricky in tow. Ricky got a worried expression on his face when he saw the two ghosts in the room if those two were there it was never a good thing. "Hank, Patty said you wanted me." Ricky said it was more of a statement than a question. Henry nodded his head to show him that he was right. "Well what is going on ?" he asked he knew they were in serious trouble this time.

"All our cousins are missing, Mel and I switched powers, Charlie brought Grams back, oh yeah and we have a water demon on the lose who my powers are useless to stop." Henry raved this day was never going to end.

"You should be able to sense Chris you two have a strong bond or since you don't have your powers Mel should be able to." Ricky said he knew all about telepathy.

"Ricky you're a genius that's it I have the perfect idea.." Charlie exclaimed her face lighting up with a grin that made her look like Paige.

"Of course she would think what he said was smart. I wish they would just get together already and stop playing around already." Carly sent to Mel with an arched eyebrow.

"Leave them be right now and will have Val or Penny work a little cupid magic on them when they get back. But first we need to get back the rest of the family." Mel said trying to her best to keep a smirk from forming on her face.

"I will personally pay for their first date and make sure that none of the other big brothers bother them if this idea of their's works hell I'll do that anyway. But let's focus right now and we'll get Prue involved later." Henry interrupted causing both girls' eyes to go wide they never thought in a million years that he would be ok with those two going out. He had to work hard to suppress a chuckle at the looks they were giving him. "Charlie, Ricky what is it that you two are thinking ? Explain it because I have no clue where you are going with this." he said trying to get back on task.

"Well typically Mel's bond should be stronger to Chris and Wyatt since she is their sister. Just like my bond to Em is really strong. But with you and Chris that's not the case the bond you two have you basically made stronger." Ricky tried to explain but he turned to Patty when he started to stumble.

"What Ricky is trying to say is Hank your and Chris's bond is as strong as Wyatt and Chris's because you and Chris are like brothers. You two can't break that bond even if you want to because you made it of your own accord." Patty explained doing a much better job then Ricky. Henry and Mel were nodding their heads to show they understood.

"So what you two are saying is between Mel and Henry they should be able to get through to Chris." Grams said and when Ricky smiled at her she turned to her daughter and said. "Patty I like that boy he's smart and polite unlike some half whitelighter I know." her words caused Ricky to blush and Henry to look at her through narrowed eyes.

"Mother stop your embarrassing him. And please don't start with Henry again." Patty pleaded with her mother and she got a thankful look from both Ricky and Henry.

"So you two explain to me how we're going to find them and then fight this demon." Henry ordered wanting to get the day done and over with.

Ricky and Patty both shared a look and thought about the best way to try to explain what they wanted to do.

Gorgon sat on his throne he was relatively happy about the way things were going if he could get C.J. to join him he would be unstoppable. Yes he could see it now he could finally bring demons above ground but first he just had to get the Charmed brat to agree to be with him. He was lost in his thoughts of how great his empire would be when a demon shimmered in.

"My liege." the demon said bowing down at feet pulling Gorgon out of his fantasy.

An annoyed look crossed Gorgon's face and the demon began to think that maybe coming to see him wasn't his best idea. "What do you want Ken ?" Gorgon asked in an annoyed tone what was the world coming to when demons had normal names.

"My liege there is trouble with Ben. It seems that he has resurrected one of the titans which is now reeking havoc on the world. And he kidnaped mother nature." Ken reported and he tensed his body waiting for the fireball that never came.

"Of course he did I swear if it's the last thing I do I will kill him. Thank you Ken I will take care of it." Gorgon said waving his hand and dismissing him and the demon shimmered out. There was no question about it he had to stop Ben but he didn't how to do it himself. He needed the damn Charmed Ones to do it for him and that was the sad truth of the matter. The only reason he had yet to kill all the Halliwells was that he needed them to get rid of his enemy for him. It wasn't that he didn't have the power to kill him because he did he just couldn't do it damn his human half to hell. If he killed Ben he knew he would never be able to live with himself.

Of course his mother just had to fall for a mortal and have him. He wished he was full blooded demon but he wasn't. Now he had another demon challenging his authority and he was going to look weak when he did nothing about it but there was nothing he could do he had tried time and time again but he just couldn't bring himself to kill him. It was just fine until that thing had corrupted Ben now he was reduced to this. That was the reason he was having to result to kidnaping a son of a Charmed One to do his dirty work for him. "Damn I might as well go try and talk some sense into the boy maybe get him to come back to the right side." Gorgon said flaming out with a less than thrilled look on his face. If this didn't work he would have to resort to his plan b.

"This is getting ridiculous one would think that Halliwell would answer his phone every now and then so you would at least know that he's still alive." Jason said hanging up the phone and putting his feet up on the coffee table in front of him. He let out a deep sigh just knowing the Halliwell secret was tiring for him he couldn't imagine if he had to do half the shit they did.

"Penny for your thoughts Jackson ?" D.J. Morris asked his roommate and friend who he wasn't used to seeing in this state of frustration.

"It's nothing I just can't get Chris to answer his phone and I haven't heard from him all morning. And needless to say we had a pretty rough night we had to chase down five guys. I guess he might be sleeping but then again he might not be. I wanted to see about Hank he was in hell yesterday from what I understand Prue was torturing him." Jason rambled trying to mask to the real reason he was calling.

D.J. rolled his eyes he could see right through what his friend was trying to do. " And you weren't trying to inquire into the whereabouts of one Ms. Carly Matthews ? Take it from a man that has dated a Halliwell woman they can be a handful. Besides that Hank might kill you . You are after all at least five years older than her. But I guess if you wanted me to I could get her number for you from Mel we're still on speaking terms but if you go down in flames you go down alone. I have to call her anyway I have a case that is a little on the freaky side and I need some special help. Something about the way this guy died just isn't sitting right with me." he said shaking his head when Jason gave him a big grin.

"I would very grateful if you did that for me. And I would also be very happy if you tracked down Chris for me Morris." Jason said the grin never leaving his face.

D.J. rolled his eyes again and walked down the hall muttering something about Jason and how he and the Halliwell women were going to be the death of him someday.

Henry and Grams stood flipping through the book of shadows hard to believe but they were actually getting along for five minutes. Since their last attempt to make contact with their missing family was a bust they were focusing on finding a way to stop the water demon. Andy was sitting on Aunt Pearl's old couch next to Patty Halliwell. Perplexed as to why their whole bond idea hadn't worked Patty, Ricky, Carly, and Mel were working on a spell that might help them to get their missing cousins back.

"I don't want to rush you guys but the elders did say that you all needed to hurry and find a way to get rid of this demon." Andy said flinching when he saw the looks both Henry and Grams sent him.

"Andy we're going as fast as we can and we can't stop this demon just the five of us Mel and I don't have the right powers to fight this thing with." Henry explained like he was speaking to a backwards child as Grams continued flipping pages in the book. "Hold on Grams go back a page I think I might have found something." The book was open to the entry on Gith and it went on to say how he fed off his victims desires and created fantasy worlds for them which eventually killed them but it was also noted that he was killed by the Charmed Ones. "It says a demon named Gith would feed off his victims' desires and killed by creating fantasy worlds for them that sealed them off from help but it also says he was killed by our moms." Henry explained still thinking he was onto something. There had to be more than one demon with those powers.

"Henry that was a waste of time that we don't have he's dead so it can't possibly be him." Carly fumed at her brother she was grasping at straws too but she wasn't desperate enough to try going after a dead demon. "I think Grams might be right you men just want to go in with guns blazing without thinking a plan through first." she said getting a nod of approval from Grams who thought she was dead on.

Henry again shot Patty a look before giving Carly the same look. "More than one demon is capable of doing things like this and there is a good chance that this is the kind of demon we are dealing with. And as we all know it is possible for demons to have kids all of us in this room either have a brother or a cousin that is a demon. Andy do you think you can go up there and find out from the elders if this demon either had a kid or if there is another demon like him ? And tell them the only way we can fight their titan is for us to get our family back." Henry explained and asked hopefully he knew he was seriously pushing Andy to the brink. Andy gave him a withering look and orbed out. "Now this is going to be a very well thought out plan and I hate to say this but I think we're going to need Em." he added crossing his arms.

"I'll go get her I think I want to try out this orbing thing as long as I have it." Mel said orbing on her first try for someone who had never orbed before she was pretty good at it.

D.J. Morris walked back into the living room with a worried look on his face. "I don't say this often so listen up Jason I think you're right something is not right with Chris I couldn't get a hold of Mel either. But that takes a back seat for now the Captain just called me he needs everybody he can get for a massive evacuation effort there are waves crashing over Golden Gate Bridge and traffic is stalled. And there is flooding everywhere." D.J. explained excitedly.

Jason gave him a disbelieving look and said "Morris the captain has to be smoking crack rain wasn't even in the forecast today the last time I checked there wasn't even a cloud in the sky."

D.J. walked to the window and pulled back the curtains to say that he was shocked by what he saw was a massive understatement. Outside rain came down in sheets, the wind whipped flags and trees were bent over double, and the streets were begging to look like rivers . He now had a pretty good idea of why the Halliwells weren't answering their phones. "You might want to revise that statement after you come over here and look out the window weatherman Joe." he said sarcastically.

Jason groaned as he got up off the couch and walked over to join his friend by the window his face registered the same shock and disbelief as his roommate's. "Well I guess we better go help out and find a way to cover for Halliwell." he said sighing and rolling his eyes as he went to his room to put on clothes he could work in better than the wife beater and shorts he had on.

Gorgon flamed into a cavern in the underworld that he used to know very well before he managed to take over and have himself named the source. This is the place where he spent years gathering the power he would need to take over and training the boy he thought of as his son. But somehow it all went wrong he still didn't know how it happened.

Though however it happened didn't matter anymore all that mattered was now Ben and himself were on opposite sides of the line and he had no choice but to do away with him if he wouldn't come over to his way of thinking. As he strolled through the cavern memories came rushing back at him so fast his head began to spin but he quickly gained control of himself and once again cursed his human half. How the hell could a demon build a report as someone to be feared and not to be fucked with when he had a damn conscience plaguing him at every turn ?

His mother should be brought back from the wasteland just so he could kill her again for stupidity in mating with a mortal. But there was nothing he could do about that either he would just have to live with it like he always had. Over the years he had done pretty well at covering up his human half but there were still times every now and then when his humanity would seep through and he hated that more than anything.

He was vaguely aware that something was not right in his old hideout after all the boy should have been waiting there ready to attack him. Without a doubt he would have seen Gorgon's visit coming if not through his powers than through the oracle that he had working for him who had once been Gorgon's. No matter he had other ways of locating him whether he wanted him to or not. Gorgon jumped when he felt another presence in the room. He was letting himself slip that was not a good thing he was the source now he couldn't afford to let his guard down not even for one second.

"Rules of warfare 101 when breaking into your enemy's lair never let your guard down and always expect an attack. I'm shocked that you of all people forgot that after all you were the one who taught me." Ben said leaning against one of the many rocks that was around with a slight smirk on his face.

"Right I do remember that I just thought that maybe you would've changed your mind after all this time and decided that you didn't want to kill me. But don't think for one second that I underestimate you because I don't I know what you're capable of. Like you said I taught you everything you know about being a ruthless demon and I taught you well." Gorgon replied leaning against a large rock of his own and standing to his full height.

Ben looked thoughtful for a minute before he retorted " I think I might even be more dangerous than you now I have conquered my humanity something you will never be able to do fully. That's what always made me stronger than you and why you tried to keep me from reaching my full level of greatness." the smirk on his face turning into a evil grin as he spoke.

"No you were always stronger than me because of your parentage. And I see you don't feel the need to keep your face covered around me." the source said stepping closer to Ben taunting him a little. A mere demon didn't have the power to kill regardless of his lineage. "We sure had a lot of good times in this old cavern whether you want to remember them or not. I remember right over by that rock you're standing by was the spot where you killed your first innocent." he continued but was cut off.

"I really wish you would cut to the chase I know the reason you came here has nothing to do with walking down memory lane you want something . Now tell me what the fuck it is you want or get out." Ben said snapping at the only father he had ever known. He was seriously beginning to test what little patience he had.

"I do wish you would remember your manners I know I taught you a few of those as well. I just came to ask you to join me just one last time." Gorgon said an evil smile of his own appearing he knew he was getting to the young demon.

"You know I can't do that so I don't know why you asked." Ben shot back his temper starting to boil he was very close to attacking Gorgon.

"Fine then if you won't do that than at least let mother nature go. I can't have one of demons testing my limits and not do nothing about it. If you were anyone else you would be dead right now but I came to you first to give you a chance to change your mind." Gorgon explained knowing this was getting him nowhere.

"Then you'll just have to kill me. I'm not letting her go. I do so enjoy making you look bad it's fun for me." Ben said letting out a little chuckle.

"Fine but just remember that you brought this on yourself because I'm going to bring your world crashing down on you." Gorgon said lowering his voice and narrowing his eyes getting no reaction whatsoever out of Ben who just stood as if he were a statue. "Oh and just one more word to the wise I would watch out for those Halliwells I don't know what you have planned but you will fail. Whether you like it or not we are family I would hate to see them kill you before I got the chance to." he added before he flamed out he had more important things to deal with anyway.

Piper and Paige sat in the kitchen of the home Paige shared with her husband and two daughters. They were doing nothing in particular just drinking coffee and talking about old times. Neither one of them really had anything else to do they had just come back from conferences at the high school all their children attended. Paige was more than a little pissed with Carly she was so smart she just refused to put in the work to let that show. So needless to say she wasn't in the best of moods at that minute.

"Oh come on Missy Paige it could be a lot worse she could be failing and she's not so you should be thankful for that and the fact that Patty is doing so well." Piper said seeing the scowl on her baby sister's face.

Paige gave her sister her trademark eye roll in response to that comment. "This coming from the woman whose daughter is an absolute angel that never gets into any trouble and has a 4.0 GPA. You don't have Satan's child who doesn't follow any kind of rules and thinks doing well in school is optional as long as she shows up." Paige ranted and it was making her feel a bit better.

Piper couldn't help but laugh at Paige's characterization of her oldest daughter. "Ok let me put it this way at least neither one of us have to deal with Penny and Val. Coop did not look like a happy camper when he walked out of school. And at least this isn't your girls' last year of school Mel is going to be gone on me after this year. And be thankful Henry is very smart I mean without him we would still be going nuts trying to figure out that prophecy. And Patty isn't too far behind her brother in the brains department. You and I should pity Phoebe, Prue is her only good one and that's not saying much." she said still laughing at how ridiculous Paige was being.

"This is no joking matter woman the only class she is doing really well in is gym and Chuck teaches that." Paige argued not wanting to let the subject go.

The very mention of Chuck's name got Piper thinking and that was not a good thing. "You know I haven't seen Chuck today he didn't make his morning raid on my kitchen and I haven't seen Jake since he left last night he normally has breakfast with me and Henry after Leo goes to Magic School. I think I might call Wy and see if he has saw Jake I don't want him anywhere near Chuck after what happened last night. That boy is just too protective sometimes I'm surprised Prue and Liz both didn't kill him." she commented now a little worried and come to think of it she hadn't heard from any of her family.

Paige heaved a sigh there was no reasoning with Piper when she got like this. "Piper they are all either adults or almost adults they are fine. And between you and me Henry told me he thinks we're starting to drive his son crazy or words to that affect. So we might want to give him some space or he just might blow us up. Besides I don't get to spend time with my favorite sister as often as I would like to and with Phoebe in New York and all this is the perfect time if you ask me." She rambled on trying to distract Piper because the truth was she had already tried to call the kids and none of them had answered. Actually she had stopped trying after she called Chris and Prue if those two were up to something no one was innocent of wrong doing. The same thing went for the teenage Halliwells if she couldn't reach Patty or Mel they were up to something. She was just thankful Chuck was involved if Jake was they kept each other in check quite nicely. Little did she know that Jake was in trouble and none of them knew it.

Jake still sat in his own personal version of hell with all the power to get out but no way to do it. He was now sporting a few bruises and a burn mark from an energy ball. He had tried fighting off some demons to help him escape he got a couple of them but other than that he hadn't done a very good job. He really didn't want to have to deal with that psychopath that called himself the source but there was no way for him to get out without playing along. He was actually desperate enough to think about calling Cole but only as a very last resort.

He was also close to trying to call for Wyatt again even though he knew he would get one hell of a lecture if he saw him in his present state and Prue would undoubtedly help him and then he would have to deal with his mom and dad.

"Really great going Jake Grams would have a field day with you about how men don't think before they act." he mused aloud to himself actually to be fair about it he knew he was Grams' favorite great-grandson so she wouldn't be too hard on him. The one time he was innocent of any wrong doing he gets himself kidnaped he was never going to be able to live this one down he would be on house arrest right alongside Penny when this was over with and the bitch about it was he was just trying to go to sleep.

He needed a hobby to get his mind of the pain. So he drug himself over to the cave wall so he could rest his back on it. He busied himself trying to remember everything he could about Lilly. The way her hair fell down her back after she got out of the shower or the way she kissed him good morning and the way her brown eyes shined when he made her laugh which with his stupidity was quite often.

Jake put his hand down in his right pocket and pulled out a ring box a box that he had been carrying around with him for about three months but he had never worked up the nerve to ask her and now he might never get to the chance to. She was the love of his life and after seeing their daughter from the future he knew that they ended up together he would do everything in his power to make sure he got back to her. But what if his best wasn't enough ? For the first time in his life he actually scared of the mess he had gotten himself into. He was normally as cocky enough to give Wyatt and Chuck both a run for their money but now he just wanted to get out of the underworld, go home, and confess the secret he had been living with for about eight months. He would not put his mother through losing him he knew what it had done to her when she lost his aunt and he never wanted her to feel like that because of him.

As much as he hated to admit it he would kill to see his big sister again even if she was going to be furious with him. But still Prue had always known what to do to make him feel right again and if not they would go to Chris and Wyatt to figure it out. He just didn't want to die without telling her how sorry he was for being such a dick to her lately.

Jake could feel himself slipping away he was getting cold and tired he knew from experience that, that was not a good thing but he had to fight it and just hope someone would come rescue him soon. His mind for some reason went to the day he found out that Coop wasn't his real father.

A seven year old C.J. sat on the couch in the living room of his mom and dad's condo. He had no idea what he had done wrong all he knew was that he thought he was in big trouble this time. Somehow and he didn't know how while at magic school that day he had managed to create an energy ball which wasn't all that odd since Wy could too but he was twice blessed and C.J. wasn't. 'Oh, oh time to face the music.' he thought to himself when Phoebe and Coop sat on either side of him on the couch. "Mommy, daddy I swear I didn't meant to anything bad I'm sorry please don 't be mad at me." he begged tears beginning to form in his blue eyes.

Phoebe's heart broke hearing him beg like that she was the one keeping secrets from him but he was sorry. "No pumpkin you didn't do anything wrong I promise. Mommy and daddy just have to tell you something." She said fighting back tears of her own so Coop took over.

This was hard for him as well but he had to be strong for his wife and son. "Junior you know how you teleport different than me or your sisters ?" Coop asked and waited for his son to nod before he continued. "Well you're going to have all kind of powers that are different from mine."

It was true C.J. did know that he teleported different than everyone in the family but he didn't know why he wouldn't have any of his dad's powers. "But daddy why won't I have powers like yours ?" he asked he wanted to be just like his dad.

"Because Jake he's not your real daddy. A long time ago I was married once before to man who was half demon and well he loved me very much and I did him too before he became the source and me, Auntie Paige, and Auntie Piper had to vanquish him but before we did I got pregnant with you." Phoebe started explaining trying hard to keep the tears back. She saw C.J.'s eyes go wide and him shake his head is disbelief. "Now listen while I was pregnant with you the Seer took you out of my belly because she wanted to use your powers for evil. So we had to vanquish her and I thought we vanquished you in the process. I won't lie it hurt at first but then after a while I just had to make myself forget about it." she continued a few stray tears falling now.

C.J. had heard all he could stand without crying and he threw his arms around his dad's neck and cried into to his chest. Coop could only hold him and rub circles on his back to comfort him. "So then the elders sent me to your mom so that we would fall in love which we did. About a week after Prue was born me and mommy were sitting right here and there was a knock at the door. Your mom went to answer it and found Cole standing there so I got up and went to he door when I heard how upset she was. So all of a sudden he pulls out this baby in a car seat. And all I remember thinking is man that kid sure looks a lot like Phoebe." Coop explained kissing his son on the head when he had finished. He now had tears of his own that were dangerously close to falling. He always knew that this day would come but it had come sooner than he had hoped.

Phoebe knew that this was just as trying for her husband as it was for her so she took over for him again once she had regained composure. Taking a deep breath she started talking again. " so then daddy told Cole he better come in because we probably shouldn't talk out in the hall. So then he came in and explained how he had saved you from another dimension. And then he dropped a huge bombshell on us he said that he wanted me and your dad to raise you. Once he made sure you were safe with us he shimmered out . After he left I was speechless but your dad told me that his son needed a name and I told him I had the perfect one and that's pretty much that." she finished reaching her hand out to rub C.J.'s back but he flinched away it was all she could do not to cry at the pain she had put him through she could feel it being an empath sucked sometimes.

C.J. released his grip on Coop and sat back in his original spot he was hurt that his parents had lied to him his whole life and what if he was evil. "I'm not evil though am I mom ?" he just had to have that question answered.

"Little Coop I promise you that you're not, never have been, and never will be evil. I will keep that promise even if it kills me." Coop stated firmly looking the boy in his eyes to show him that he meant it.

"Baby I promise you're good and you always will be." Phoebe said placing a hand on his knee but his response was to shimmer out to the one place he could go and not be different Chuck's house.

"See Coop I knew we should have just told him now he hates us and doesn't trust us." Phoebe wailed into her husband's chest tears blurring her vision and sorrow rocking her to her core.

"Phoebe I'll go find him he most likely went to Derek's and I promise he doesn't hate us he is just hurting right now I know he'll come around." Coop said the devastation apparent on his face. "Pheebs we did what we had to, to keep him safe now I'll go get him and bring him home I'll be right back." he continued kissing his wife before hearting out. He sure had his work cut out for him C.J. was a male version of his mother it might take him a while to get him to come back home.

Jake was able to laugh at that memory now it had taken Coop three hours to get his son home and that was only after he had threatened to call his Aunt Piper to drag him home. Even at such an young age he had, had good enough sense not to cross his oldest living aunt. And at that point he knew not to cross his sister who was a lot like Piper. Wait a minute that's the key to this whole thing Prue if I can get a message to her then I'm safe she would hear me no matter what. He thought to himself as he began to feel more hopeful about his future.

"Henry you are so stubborn that plan will never work you can't just do that it would be suicide.!" Grams shouted at him she had not at all liked his suggestion that he along with Melinda would try to find mother nature while everyone else focused on getting the family back.

"Well then why don't you come up with an idea because all you do is shoot mine down." Henry shouted right back he couldn't wait to get rid of those demons so he could get rid of Grams his Grandma he didn't mind so much but Grams was driving him crazy.

"I've told you once today about giving me lip don't think that just because I'm dead I can't make your life a living hell." Grams went on with a stern look on her face.

At this point Mel had, had enough if she didn't step in and take up for her oldest male cousin then no one else in the room would. "Grams cut him some slack he's just trying to help. He can't help it that he's a man and he can't help it that this happened so you just need to give it a rest." she shot out a satisfied smirk coming to her face when she saw her great-grandmother flinch.

In all the commotion no one had bothered to take notice of Ricky who had been trying to get a word in for the last five minutes he knew what to do and he knew that this idea would work unlike the last one he had. Finally he had, had all he could take he knew the Halliwells were stubborn but this bordered on ridiculous. How they ever got anything done with all the arguing they did was a mystery to him. Knowing he was taking his life in his hands with what he was about to do he took a deep breath and shouted. "Would you guys just shut the hell up for a minute ?" he gulped when he saw the withering looks that he got from everyone but he was not deterred he had something to say and he was going to say it. But they had all fell silent too shocked to say anything he was always the calm quiet one unlike his brothers and sisters. "Thank you, now I know how we can get everyone back all I have to do is project us to this demon it's fool proof now all we have to do is make the vanquishing potion and we'll be good to go." he continued now standing up from his perch on Aunt Pearls couch.

"What about that mother ? Do you think that plan will work ?" Patty Halliwell asked her mother with a satisfied smirk on her face she really liked that young man she just hoped he and her granddaughter wouldn't be blind to the fact that they liked each other.

Grams even had an impressed look on her face this boy could come up with some good ideas. "I like it this plan just might work. I mean thanks to Andy we know that the demon's name is Pith and that he is the son of the demon in the book so all we need to do is find him and kill him." that was as close to a compliment as Grams could get.

Henry was impressed too and now he had something to work with. "Ok, Charlie, Ricky you guys and Grams go down and start the potion and the rest of us will work on a plan of attack." he ordered and when he saw the look that Grams gave he added sweetly "Grams I would be very pleased if you would go down and help them with the potion." he batted his eyes at her for extra effect.

"Fine but don't think I'm not telling your mother about your behavior when I see her." Grams huffed and started down the stairs with her two young students she was going to show them a thing or two about brewing a potion.

Ben was furious sure his plan was working and the Titan he unleashed was reeking havoc on the city but the visit from Gorgon had put a real damper on his mood. He knew that the source didn't have it in him to kill him but he also knew that he was up to something. It was like he said like it or not they were family a fact that Ben worked hard to forget. Anything about his lineage upset him so despite the fact that he had just made the source look bad and lived to tell about it he was still in a bad mood. But he would have his revenge against him and the Halliwells all he had to do was bide his time and wait this plan out. He might not be able to stop any of them now but he sure as hell could add to their already heavy loads.

A/N: Here's the latest chapter I hope you liked it I'll work hard on getting the next one out sooner. Something is going to happen that will rock the Halliwells to the core I just don't know what chapter it will happen in yet. So please review and tell me what you think.