Chapter 5: Mother Nature is a Bitch

Roman woke with a start he had no idea where he was or how he got there. All he knew was he wasn't at work and he wasn't at his apartment the two places he spent most of his time. He tried to sit up but a sharp pain shot through him and his right hand instinctively went to his stomach. He brought his hand up to his face and in the dim lighting of his surroundings he could tell it was covered in blood. And then the events that put him wherever the hell he was came rushing back to him.

Roman walked into the freezer ahead of Ken to help him look for the cut of meat that he needed. He had his back turned to his inept employee as he searched for the stake which he quickly found. Ken stood behind him with his hands behind his back fiddling with something. "Here it is right here Ken. Just pull this whole box and have it thawing for later." Roman said holding a steak up over his shoulder. He couldn't help but chuckle to himself a bit he had no idea how this guy had managed to make it as a chef with as dumb as he could be.

The breath of the two young men could be seen coming out in great smokey clouds because of the temperature in the freezer. Roman couldn't help but muse for what was probably the thousandth time that he really needed a coat on to come in here. "Roman I'm sorry," Ken began and when Roman turned around to tell him that it wasn't a problem Ken plunged an atheme with an ornately carved wooden handle into Roman's gut. Ken only took the knife deep enough to kill him slowly. "I didn't want to do that because honestly I like you but if I didn't then it would be my head on the chopping block." He finished with a genuine look of regret in his eyes as he pulled the atheme out.

Roman slowly sank down to his knees clutching his stomach partly out of pain and partly to try to stop the flow of blood. He looked up his eyes pleading with Ken "Why ?" was the only thing he could ask there was a lot more behind that question than was implied.

"Because I'm evil and that's my job." Ken said simply shrugging his shoulders and waving a hand in front of his face to take on Ro's appearance. Roman slowly lost consciousness the color fading from both his face and eyes. When he was finally out cold Ken waved his hand and shimmered him to somewhere in the underworld.

Oh yeah he was definitely in a world of hurt this time although someone had stopped some of the bleeding coming from his wound. But if it was a demon it was only to keep him awhile long enough to find out what they wanted to know about the Halliwells which was always the case. He prayed that once again luck would be on his side and let him come out of this one ok but on some level he doubted it but he tried to push those thoughts to the back of his head. He had to use all his energy to concentrate on surviving this ordeal.

Chuck and Jake shimmered into the living room of the manor undisturbed no one had even tried to stop them from leaving. Something about the fact that it had been so easy to escape worried them evil had to be up to something if it lost interest in them. Because like Wyatt they were always on the top ten demonic most wanted list so demons could use their powers for evil deeds.

"Oh shit Piper you have to be kidding me. Do I have to tie that boy down to a chair. Eva is going to kill me for losing him and Chuck isn't even her son." They both heard Derek Bradford Sr scream from the other room he was not a happy camper. But as far as Chuck could remember he never really was his dad got pissed about something once a day.

This was the only man alive who could make Chuck shake in his boots without actually ever talking to him. His dad had him scared shitless and for good reason he just wanted to keep him safe.

"Well we might as well go make our presence known before we get ourselves in more trouble than we're already in." Jake said slapping Chuck on the back and dragging him toward the kitchen.

Derek Bradford paced the kitchen as if he wanted to kill someone every now and then he would stop to punch the counter. To say he was pissed would be inaccurate he was upset the way he saw it he kept failing as a father and now it wasn't just where Chuck was concerned his younger two were now out in the mix. "Does the boy not have the brains that God gave a dog ? He knows he has to be careful when he goes down there but he never is." Derek fumed as he kept up his highly energy draining pacing.

Phoebe was a little amused even though she knew she shouldn't be her son was after all a target for the source and numerous bounty hunters as well. But still Derek's comment was kinda funny. "Derek I like to think that Chuck has a very good mind. I mean he did have the good sense to date my daughter and he always manages to save my son from his own stupidity." she responded only to get a sharp look from both Piper and Derek.

"Derek why don't you sit down and worry with me ? And then we can both think of cruel and unusual things we can do to the kids when they get back it helps I promise I do it all the time." Piper suggested pulling out a chair between her and Grams for him to sit in.

Very reluctantly Derek sat down with a loud sigh this day was so not working to his advantage he was going to have to call Eva sooner or later and give her the news about Ricky and Emily. The only one of her kids that was safe at the moment was Roman and only because Piper couldn't function without him to do some of her work for her.

"Look on the bright side Derek at least Emily and Ricky are going to be with Hank and I swear that he won't let anything happen to them." Paige said hoping to relieve some of his worry she knew that her son would never let anything happen to anyone who was going to the underworld with him.

To the shock and pleasant surprise of everyone in the room both Jake and Chuck came strolling into the room at the moment. Sure they both looked a little worse for the wear but at least they were still among the living.

Jake walked over to his great-grandmother and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Hey Grams it's nice to see you Chuck told me you were here." he said as if his escaping from the source was the most normal thing in the world.

Chuck however stayed standing in the doorway of the kitchen he had no desire to be anywhere near his father with the mood he was in. "Hey dad." he said by way of greeting. The tension between the two could be felt by the two empaths in the room and Jake rubbed his temples from the headache it was giving him.

Phoebe rushed to her son and wrapped him in a tight hug " Jake I'm so glad you're ok you have no idea how worried I was." she said with tears in her eyes. She was so wrapped up in the relief she felt that she didn't notice she was causing her son pain.

Jake winced as she came in contact with the wound in his stomach and the wound in his shoulder. "Mom you've got to let me go you're hurting me. I kinda got hit with a couple energy balls." He said and Phoebe immediately released her grip on him and gave him a contrite look.

"Where are the others ?" Chuck asked knowing no matter what he was going to have to go along to help them.

"Up in the attic Chuck they had to work out some spells and do some research they should be back down here any minute." Paige explained and she also noted the tension between Derek and Chuck.

"So what's the plan how are we gonna take out this bitch of a titan ?" Jake asked more to break the silence than to gain information.

Grams huffed and rolled her eyes to show what she thought of their so called plan. "It's not a plan it's suicide no matter what face they try to put on it." she raved as she resumed pacing where Derek had left off.

Piper shot her grandma a sidewards glace and explained the plan to them. "The plan is for Henry and his group to go find mother nature and then for the rest of them to take out the water titan."

"Sounds like one hell of a plan Hen must of come up with it." Chuck said still avoiding his dad's gaze.

Derek stared at his oldest son like his eyes could bore holes through him "At least he uses his brain unlike you Charles." he said in a hard voice that caused Chuck to shiver a little he knew his dad was pissed he just didn't think he was that pissed. He didn't even have time to explain himself this time they had some serious work to do.

At that exact moment thankfully everyone else trooped in the kitchen from the attic Chuck was momentarily saved from having to deal with a pissed off Derek.

Lilly rushed right into Jake's arms and kissed him full on in front of everyone not that it was anything new for them to see. Jake was damn near bowled over but he managed to catch and get a good grip on her before setting her back on her feet.

Prue just glared at Chuck for a second and then looked away that was all she had to do to show him she was pissed. "Alright I guess this means the plan doesn't change Jake and Chuck will just come with us now." She said getting the nod of approval from her group.

Ben flamed into a rather low rent apartment building on the outskirts of downtown with his new partner in crime 'Al' the alchemist. Sitting on a couch that had seen it's better days twenty years ago was a young woman with flowing blonde hair and a milky complexion with sparkling sea green eyes. For all her beauty you could tell that was something about her that you didn't want to mess with.

"I see you're having a good time with this storm Nevaeh." Ben said as he bent down and passionately kissed the titan. Being evil definitely had it's perks and then some. And how original a demon who's name was heaven spelled backwards there was something to be said about that.

"Yes I am soon hopefully I will be able to face the Halliwells I'm growing bored with this storm I have all the water I need to really turn their world upside down." Nevaeh said in a sultry voice as she picked at her cuticles like she was bored.

"Soon they will be here I'm surprised they've waited this long to attack. The Halliwells are not known for being a patient group of people which is what I'm counting on being their undoing." Ben replied he just wanted his revenge pure and simple.

The storm had gotten very intense over the last few hours it was now damn near impossible to get a car down the street because of all the water. The Golden Gate Bridge looked like something out of the apocalypse cars were abandoned in all lanes giving it the appearance of a life size chess board. It swayed back and forth in the wind and every now and then a wave would wash over it. But the conditions below made no difference to the group of people gathered on top of the bridge.

Under the guise of meeting with the elders before they went on their little suicide mission as Grams called it. Wyatt, Chris, Henry, Prue, Jake, and Chuck had orbed to the top of the bridge to do anything but meet with the elders. Wyatt wanted to tear into Jake and everyone knew it and so they had agreed to go along with his little charade otherwise the two of them would never be able to work together.

"Coop what the hell were you doing to get yourself captured by demons this time ?" Wyatt demanded narrowing his eyes and crossing his arms over his chest. His face was set in a hard stony expression. And he may have actually growled at the youngest Halliwell male.

"Cool it Wy he might not have done anything this time we have to give him the benefit of the doubt." Chris admonished his brother telepathically the last thing they needed was for Wyatt and Jake to have a round with all they had going on.

Wyatt relaxed his posture some but not by much and he kept his eyes locked with his youngest male cousin's. Jake took up a posture that matched Wyatt's and never let his icy blue eyes leave his cousin's. "Wy I didn't do anything this time I shimmered into my bedroom last night and that is the last thing I remember before I woke up in the underworld." he explained leaving out the whole deal with the source for right now his family didn't need to know about that yet.

Wyatt wasn't buying it not for a second Jake was a lot of things but innocent wasn't one of them. "Fine lets I say I buy that. What demon did you piss off this time to get them to come after you ?" he asked closing the distance between them "Because I find it hard to believe that some random demon would just break into your room and kidnap you if you hadn't done something to him first." he continued he knew his cousin was lying about something he just couldn't tell what it was.

At this point all everyone else could do was roll their eyes Wyatt had been seriously out of line the last couple of days with his protective issues. They were mostly there to make sure that Wyatt didn't kill his only half demon cousin. "Wy I'm serious calm down I think he might be innocent this time. Not even Coop could come up with a lie that good." Chris urged once again he was seriously trying to avoid a confrontation and it was starting to look like that wasn't going to be possible.

"Wy I swear that I'm not lying to you that's what happened and besides that you know the source wants to get a hold of me and Chuck. Did you ever think that maybe that's what happened ? That a demon was trying to gain favor with the source by taking me ?" Jake asked standing to his full height not backing down from the twice blessed pain in the ass that he called his cousin. He felt a twinge of guilt for not telling the complete truth but they would never let him out of their sight again if they knew what had really happened.

Wyatt put his finger in the center of Jake's chest and was about to really lay into him for being a smart ass when he was cut off dead in his tracks. "Wyatt he said that he didn't do anything this time and I believe him," Prue barked at him as she stood in front of her brother to protect him "now you either lay off of my little brother or you have to deal with me and I'm not scared of you." she finished giving Wyatt a look so scathing that it caused him to look down.

Henry felt his whitelighter instincts taking over regardless of the fact that he was a fierce fighter he really was peace keeper until he was messed with. "Alright we all just need to chill out and leave this until later. Right now we have to go deal with this mother nature bitch and we need to concentrate on that otherwise we're fucked. Now Wy you need to give Coop the benefit of the doubt that he is telling the truth this time." he said eliciting a smug look from Jake directed at Wyatt. "And Coop you need to realize that Wy is just going on your past behavior which hasn't been stellar in the area of telling us the truth about why demons are after you." he finished . Causing Jake to look crestfallen and a triumphant look to come to Wyatt's face making his blue eyes sparkle.

Jake couldn't stand up under the gaze coming from the eyes of his brown eyed male cousin. He was trying to bullshit his family and Henry had just called him on it and dared him to tell him he was wrong. If anything Henry was scarier than any of cousins when he was angry because he had Piper's temper and Big Henry's somewhat violent streak when someone pissed him off.

"Can't we just deal with this later ? If we don't do something about this titan then none of what we're fighting about right now will matter because there will be no world left." Chuck implored using hand gestures to show how dire their current situation was.

Wyatt shot him a dirty look Chuck was still a long way off from being his favorite person at the moment. "You know Chuck don't start because I still have to address your stupidity in getting caught while you were in the underworld." he seethed at his former male best friend he just didn't know if they could be close like they used to be after he lied to him for over a year about seeing Prue.

They were too busy arguing to notice Kyle Brody orb up on the bridge with them. Hell he even had to let out a shrill whistle to get their attention when all eyes were on him he said "Look all you girls can argue about who stole the others lip gloss later right now you have a demon to vanquish." he said shaking his head they were worse to deal with than their mothers mainly because there were more of them.

That was not a smart move on Kyle's part it earned him a scowl from all six people the angriest coming from Henry there was no love lost between the two of them. "We were just taking off Kyle there was no need for you to come get us we had things under control." Wyatt informed him rather cooly as he orbed out. Chuck, Prue, and Jake shimmered out right behind him leaving only Chris and Henry alone with Kyle on the bridge which wasn't such a hot idea.

Kyle put his hand on Henry's shoulder to calm him some that was a bad move on his part. Henry shrugged him off his shoulder the best he could, since Kyle's hand was on his hurt side, and he gave him a look he normally only reserved for demons and the criminals he worked with. "Don't touch me Brody." he spat out in an tone that bordered on hurt and pissed off.

Kyle opened his mouth to say something but Chris cut him off "Kyle now is not the time to fuck with us we have work to do." he said his voice hard and cold like the other version of himself when he talked to Leo. He grabbed his cousin's hand and orbed out leaving Brody on the bridge alone to contemplate just what it was that he had done wrong.

Up There

All the elders sat in up on their high perch looking down at the goings on of the people in the world below. As usual a thick eerie mist and bright light converged to create a sense of confusion in those who didn't know where they were but to the elders it was home. Odin, Sandra, Kevin, and a new elder Nate sat in a circle looking down at someone in a well not unlike Pith's that doubled as a crystal ball of sorts.

The image was that of a man who was badly injured and in need of healing otherwise he would most certainly die from his wounds. The figure had dirty blonde hair however they could not see his face as his back was turned to them.

"I think that we should alert the Halliwells to this." Kevin stated his opinion forcefully it had always been clear just where his loyalties lay. Odin gave him a look of disgust and rolled his eyes at the young elder whom he considered just another half-breed that he had to deal with.

"I agree with Kevin if we warn the Charmed ones then they have a chance to stop this madness." Nate said in his short time as an elder he had also developed an allegiance to the Charmed Ones.

Sandra let out a sigh she was normally all for helping out the Charmed Ones and their children but this time they might just need to leave well enough alone. "Maybe we should just let this play out the way it was meant too and if these events take a turn for the worse then we can step in." she stated regretfully. She hated to be this deceiving after they had just got Leo to agree to the deal they had set on the table for him.

"No we will not step in this has to go exactly as it is supposed to otherwise all order will be thrown off balance and we might risk losing the entire future of good." Odin maintained he could care less what the others thought this was one time that they needed to leave things be.

"Yes but you do know that we risk pissing the Halliwells off to no end when they find out that we knew about this and didn't warn them or do anything to stop it from happening." Kevin said locking eyes with the older elder. Kevin was not a full time elder he still aged and lived a mortal life when he wasn't needed up there but without him there were not enough elders after a lot of them had been wiped out by the titans twenty-four years before.

"It wouldn't be the first time and it won't be the last, but this has to happen otherwise nothing will happen the way it was meant to. And it's not like they will suspect we knew anything right after it happens it'll be after everything is done and over with that they will come after us." Odin said callously.

"Fine it's agreed we won't do anything about this but Odin I warn be ready for the fallout that will surely ensue." Sandra warned tucking some stray hairs back behind her ear a nervous habit she had never gotten rid of.

Both Kevin and Nate gave her looks of disbelief she normally always sided with them over Odin but there must have been a purpose they just couldn't see it at the moment. The figure in the well finally turned to face and the piercing blue eyes that sent a haunted chill through all of them belonged to Roman Nicolae. The young half-gypsy was in danger and they knew it but they didn't warn the Halliwells or even his sister. They had a plan for him but to what end ?

Roman again tried to sit up but his strength was almost gone now there was no way he was going to win that battle. So he surmised it was best to stop trying it wouldn't be long until his friends realized he was missing and they would come looking for him. He held on to that hope but that happening looked less and less likely as time went on. But he just couldn't give up he still things to do. He had to deal with the extremely stupid thing he had done the other night. "Alright Roman there you go you found a distraction now run with it." he ordered himself his voice weak and hoarse both from the loss of blood and from screaming his friends' names.

Roman and Mel had just finished cleaning up the kitchen from that night's dinner rush, the restaurant was locked up and they had already sent everyone else home. Mel sat perched on one of the counters waiting for Roman to go this his nightly ritual of turning lights off and locking doors he was her ride home that night she had already called Piper and cleared it with her.

"Come on Ro I'm not getting any younger here I realize that you don't have a girlfriend or anything to get home to but come on there is no sense in you being this slow." Mel whined she was tired she normally didn't help out in the kitchen and it was a very tiring experience for her.

Roman rolled his eyes at his friend's sister she was by far the sweetest Halliwell and still she was a handful almost all of the time. He didn't get how Chuck managed it dating Prue and keeping Coop out of trouble he had to be a saint and he was half demon. "Mel I'll be done in a minute if you keep pestering me it will only take me longer to put my knives back in order." he said with a small chuckle it was obvious that she was Piper's daughter she had her patience or lack there of.

"Well Ro I want to go home I'm tired and I can't orb damn it or I would have been gone already." she shot back at him. For him to be so cute he sure knew how to push all of her buttons. Wait a minute this was Ro she couldn't think about him like that.

Roman stopped what he was doing and looked over at Mel and began studying her. With a stray hair hanging in front of her eyes , flour splotched here and there on her face, her usual smile was present and causing her soft brown eyes to twinkle. ' She is so cute when she's pissed. It's a damn shame she's so sexy and she doesn't even know it.' he thought to himself and then he stopped that thought process this was Wyatt Halliwell's baby sister he was thinking about in those terms and that was hazardous to his health.

Mel noticed Roman staring at her but she didn't mind. In fact she started to notice things about him. 'That t-shirt he has on doesn't do his great body any justice. I would just like to fall into those arms and never leave. He's talented, sweet, and funny Mel. Why don't you fall for a guy like him ? Hell as a matter of fact what is the matter with him ?' She asked herself 'absolutely nothing' she answered her own question. 'So what if Wyatt and Chris would hate the idea ? And so what if he cheated on Liz when they were kids he was man now ? It's my life to live and he's got to better than that asshole that I'm seeing now at least I can count on Ro to be there when I want to be held.' she reasoned with herself she was definitely going to make her move now.

Roman had his head down busying himself with putting his tools away to avoid eye contact with Mel otherwise his resolve to stay away from her might melt. Mel took advantage of this and took the time to take her hair out of the ponytail it was in and shake it out in a sexy manner something she had saw Carly and Penny do numerous times when flirting. At almost that exact second Roman looked up again and saw her the sight before him took his breath away. He couldn't find his words for the first time in his life and he couldn't move his legs.

"Ro come over here please." Mel said beckoning him with a hooked finger. Roman had never been afraid of a woman in his entire life but right at that moment he was scared shitless Melinda Paige Halliwell wasn't just any woman. Taking a deep breath he managed to get his shaky legs to carry him over to where Mel sat.

"What do you need Mel ?" Roman asked it barely came out as a whisper he was so nervous.

Mel knew that it was now or never letting go of all her reservations she took a deep breath to calm her rapid beating heart. She leaned down and pulled Roman into a passionate kiss her hands went to the back of his head before she made herself stop. Pulling away she answered his question "you." was her simple one word answer. And yet it carried with it the passion and sense of urgency she was feeling.

"Alright but let's go back to my apartment someone might catch us here." he spit out quickly thinking clearly while he still had the chance she was about to drive him wild.

"Ok lets go Ro because I was serious I need you." she replied capturing his bottom lip between hers before he broke their kiss and led her out to his car. In his rush to lock up he had tried the wrong key three times.

About an hour later Roman and Mel were both laying in various states of undress in the bed at his apartment.

Mel turned on her side to face the man who had went from another brother to her lover in the space of an hour. "Ro I hope you don't think less of me for the way I acted." she said not that she was sorry she just didn't want him to think she was like that all of the time.

Roman propped himself up on his left arm and looked her right in her eyes and said "Mellie I could never think less of you I acted rashly too but I don't regret what happened." he leaned down and kissed her softly on the lips.

The worried look however still did not leave her face. " Wyatt is going to kill us both if he finds out about this." she said simply not that she cared that was the best sex she had ever had in her entire life and she felt something with him that she never felt with D.J. or the guy she was seeing now.

Ro gave her a reassuring smile and pulled her close to him so that their bodies were touching. "We'll just enjoy us for right now and worry about Wy later you're a woman you can see who you want to." he assured her. But the look she had that said something was wrong still didn't dissipate "Ok Mel you have to tell me what's wrong I'm not a mind reader that's Lilly." he said hoping his joking would make her feel better.

Mel's eyes clouded over and she took a deep breath "It's not just Wy, Ro I'm kinda sorta seeing Ken and I don't know how to break it off with him because I want to be with you if you want to be with me." she said sheepishly she really wasn't that kind of girl.

Roman couldn't help but chuckle a little he couldn't believe she was seeing that bumbling idiot. He let out a yelp of pain when she reached over and twisted his nipple. "Ow, what was that for Mel ?" he asked and she just shrugged and looked innocent. "And here I was going to tell you I want to be with you more than anything damn what anyone thinks. But now because of your violent assault on my person I've changed my mind." he said sounding childish his eyes dancing with mischief.

The smile finally came back to Mel's face. "Ok then it's official you're my boyfriend be prepared for one hell of a ride." she said kissing him again.

"Oh I'm prepared." Roman said playfully

"Good because I have just one question for you." she said pausing to keep him hanging, "You ready to go again ?" she asked trying to seduce him.

"You know it." he said wiggling his eyebrows and throwing himself on top of her.

Oh yeah Ro you have to make it out of here for her if not for yourself. He thought to himself. Remembering the things that had happened in his apartment last night really helped to take his mind off the pain. But then something happened to stop him mid thought. That bastard Ken was seeing his Melinda and so help him God if he laid a hand on her he would kill him himself.

"Sorry to keep you waiting down here like this it's not everyday that I take a gypsy prisoner. I have better manners than to treat my guests like that I don't know what come over me." Gorgon said flaming in and pulling Roman out of his happy thoughts.

Roman shot him a murderous glare a least a good of one as he was capable of in his present condition. "You'll never get away with this you son-of-a-bitch." he spat out hatred oozing from every word.

Gorgon smirked out him out from underneath his hood. "You're right I won't but on the other hand I will." he said cryptically someone would pay for what he was about to do it just wouldn't be him.

"Right because you demons are getting to be as cryptic as the elders now," Roman said letting out a sigh as he somehow found the strength to force himself into a sitting position. " but I promise you this one thing my friends and my sister will find a way to get rid of you. And I swear on a stack of Holy Bibles if that demon of yours Ken touches one hair on Melinda's head I will personally kill him. It doesn't matter if I die here today because I will find a way to vanquish that bastard if he hurts my girlfriend." he raged on causing an amused look to come to the source's face. If a source could look amused that is.

"Oh well I think you can count on a few things you said in that sentence being true," Gorgon said menacingly trying to instill some fear in Roman but it didn't work he had been raised around Piper Halliwell and Derek Bradford it took a lot more than that to scare him "you need not worry though I'm not here to kill you I'm just here to talk." the source assured him but Roman knew better than to trust any demons other then Chuck and Jake and even they couldn't be trusted all the time.

Roman put on a brave front that he hoped Gorgon couldn't see through "Fine then talk I'm not going anywhere I have all day." he said trying to sound like a hard ass but even he had to admit he was no Henry Jr when it came to that department. He was more along the lines of Val she wanted to go along with all of Carly and Penny's stunts but she just didn't have the guts to follow through with some of them. Yep that was Roman in a nutshell.

Kyle Brody had one job to do and it was a simple one but he was still having misgivings about it. He knew that the elders had a reason for all the things they did but this time they might be crossing a major line but it was one that they had tried to cross before. So all he had to do was find a way to keep the Halliwells from finding out that their friend was missing until it was too late for them to do anything about it. Kyle had warned Odin that this would most likely be his last assignment because if any one of the Halliwells found out that he knew about what was about to happen there was no doubt in his mind that they would kill him again.

This was probably the most complicated job he had ever gotten as a whitelighter. Now how the hell was he supposed to keep Piper Halliwell out of her own restaurant ? Or keep one of the many people who got premonitions from getting them ? This just sucked he had to lie his ass and for nothing because they would eventually find out that he had been lying. So it was with great reservations that he left the bridge and orbed back to the manor a plan of sorts in play.

Melinda knew that she should be trying to keep her mind on the plan that Henry and Chris were outlining for them one last time another one of the genius ideas of the dynamic duo. But she just couldn't seem to focus on what they were saying for more than five seconds at a time because every time she did her mind kept going back to Roman and last night. She would have never dreamed that after all the time she had lusted after him for so long that he would finally be her boyfriend. She was so happy that she never even let it cross her mind what her brothers would do to him when they found out but if what Wy had done to Chuck had been any indication adding Chris into the mix wouldn't be a pretty sight. Henry droned on and on about something that had to do with what they could expect to encounter when they went looking for mother nature but Mel wasn't listening she let her mind drift back to the night before after their second time together.

Mel traced tiny circles around Ro's right nipple the circles gradually becoming larger as she fanned out to encompass his whole pec. She had her head laid on his left shoulder and was content to stay like that with him for the rest of their lives however long that lasted until Wyatt found out about them. Roman was half asleep her presence comforting him to no end he never thought that it could be like this with someone much less Melinda Halliwell but it just felt so right.

"Ro ?" Mel asked tentatively all she got in response from him was a small 'hmm.' as he opened his eyes "You're not freaked out by the fact I called you my boyfriend are you ?" she asked feeling like she had been a little too forward with him.

He had to suppress a chuckle the look she had on her face though made it damn hard. "No Mel as a matter of fact I love women who make the first move. So stop worrying it's not like you held a gun to my head and made me sleep with you." he said jokingly he had been the one who damn near dropped her trying to carry her to the bed. He leaned over and kissed her tenderly. "And before you even start in on it I don't care what Ricky or Em think either. Ricky and Patty just need to get a clue and get together, and Em pines away for Hen so they have no room to talk." he continued putting to rest any argument she had left.

"Well since you put it that way I'm out of arguments." Mel replied getting up and wrapping the sheet around her.

"Mel we slept together and you feel the need for the sheet ?" he asked in a whine.

Mel bent over and kissed him on the tip of his nose. "Yes because I have to go home and if I don't have the sheet we will never leave this bed. Not that I mind but I think my mom would she thinks we went out to grab some food." she said collecting her clothes and walking to his bathroom he had two why she didn't know he lived alone.

Roman let out a loud wolf whistle as she walked away and shouted. "You look good in that sheet."

"Well I look even better without it." Mel replied pretending to drop the sheet and sticking he tongue out at him.

He rolled his eyes at her and muttered something about Halliwell women causing her to throw his bed sheet back at him before closing the bathroom door.

"So Mel how is this whole thing going to work ?" Wyatt asked pulling his baby sister out of her thoughts he wanted to make sure nothing happened to her or any of his teenage cousins so he was drilling this plan into their heads until they could recite it from memory.

Mel rolled her eyes she had already answered this question four times. "Me, Henry, Ricky, Carly, Patty, and Em are going to find mother nature we now know that she is being held hostage on her plane. The rest of you are going to deal with the titan hopefully without having to deal with the demon that unleashed it." she recited growing bored she couldn't wait until this was over and she could go see Roman.

"I think they have it down." Grams said she was thankful that Wyatt was that concerned for their well being but this was getting ridiculous they needed to act fast they had already wasted to much time coming up with this brilliant plan.

Wyatt's eyes were alight with rage though he dare not direct it at Grams. "I know they have it down I'm just making sure that this plan doesn't get them killed." he said his voice cool and without emotion but the anger was present in his eyes.

Henry laid his head down on the counter and sighed this was getting to be way too difficult and he still wasn't alright with the fact that Jake and Chuck had basically just walked out of the underworld. Not that he wasn't glad to have them back because he was. But still something wasn't sitting right with him. Later he would look back on this moment and realize that he should have followed his instincts and kick himself every time he thought of it. "I hate to say it but Grams is right we need to get a move on and get this over with." he said only to get a look of approval from his great-grandmother. "Admittedly this plan is dicey but it's all we have and I think it will work.. He finished he had pretty much thought up this plan on his on but Chris helped some.

The plan was simple and complicated all at the same time, they had taken Henry's original idea of stashing mother nature in the nunnery and combined it with his idea of Chris sending his lighting bolts through the water demon since that was the one thing water was weak to. That part sounded simple. The hard part was finding mother nature getting her to the nunnery and then going to help out the others in case of other demons. And then at the exact moment they killed the titan they had orb mother nature in so she could take back her throne and that was the complicated part.

But it didn't matter to them that the plan was risky at best it was all they had and they were going to make it work no matter what. They just had no idea of the major thing they were overlooking their friend was dying and they had no clue.

A/N: So here's another chapter we only have about two to go before we move on to the next episode. Please review and tell me what you think so far.