Chapter 7: A Never Ending Day

A soft golden glow slowly made it's way over the city of San Francisco putting everything back in order. All the damage done by the storm was completely repaired, overturned cars were right side up once more, all the standing water vanished and everything dried out as if nothing ever happened. The cars on the bridge began to move right away and no one seemed to know that anything had just happened.

Jason, D.J. and Glen were the only ones that knew anything was amiss because instead of stacking their sandbags they were now standing up against a fire truck as if they had just been talking the whole time.

A smile crossed the faces of all three men things were alright in the world again. "Well I guess this means Halliwell got things taken care of ." Jason said this wasn't the first time something weird had happened and they were the only ones who could remember and it wouldn't be the last.

"Thank God." Glen said simply he was glad that he didn't have to worry about his station getting flooded anymore.

"Good I'm glad that's over lets go home Jackson I'm tired for some reason now." D.J. said sarcastically.

Jason stood up to his full height and gave his friend a mischievous grin " I agree lets go home you have something you need to do for me." He said his mind going back to Carly.

D.J. just shook his head he didn't understand why Jason insisted on wanting he number Hank would seriously kill him if he knew, and then he would kill D.J. for giving him her number. "Fine have it your way but it's your funeral when Hank finds out." He said and patted him on the back.

Glen shook his head at both of them why men fell under the spell the Halliwell women put on them he had a pretty good idea Paige had been his first real love after all but that was a long time ago. "You guys won't have to worry about Hank if Big Henry gets to you first for putting the moves on his daughters." he said lightly and patted them both on the back before walking away.

If Henry hadn't been in so much pain he and Chris both would have amused by the sight that greeted them when they orbed into the manner. Victor and Patty were clearly flirting with each other, Grams was casting a pissed off look on the two of them. Piper was once again attempting to teach Derek how to cook, and Phoebe was watching as if she hoped to improve her own skills in the kitchen. And Paige was looking in between both groups an amused look on her face she was really enjoying the show.

Chris was going to let out a shrill whistle but Henry beat him to the punch by yelling out "Hey mom a little help here my leg feels like it's rotting off." he said sarcasm dripping from every word. Paige instantly was at his side and had her hands placed over his wound that quickly closed up. "Thank you that feels so much better." he gushed getting to his feet and taking a seat on one of the stools at the island.

"So where are the others ?" Piper asked never once looking up from what she was doing.

"On their way back." Chris said simply not going into too many details the less they knew about what had happened the better they would only worry.

As if on cue the others orbed into the kitchen any healing any of them needed they had already taken care of so as not to alarm their mothers they were all in enough trouble as it was.

Grams had to hang her head in defeat their plan had worked even though she had insisted it was suicide but she didn't look dejected for long. She remembered that these were after all Halliwells and she did raise their mothers and aunts so she had, had a lot to do with their success. "So I see you all came through in one piece." she said bluntly she couldn't make it seem like she cared too much they might think she had gotten soft when deep down she had really been worried about them. All them even Henry though she wouldn't admit it to him right away it would just go to his head and make him more unbearable then he already was.

Henry heard a challenge in her voice and he of course had to rise to the occasion " Of course we did Grams I told you my plan was fool proof and no one even got hurt you should be proud." he said making it seem like he was being cocky when in all actuality he was very humble while Wyatt and Jake were the cocky ones.

Grams rolled her eyes at him and groan causing Victor to give him a concealed smirk. Chris his nerves raw from the very trying day he had, just wanted to tie up the loose ends so he could go home. "Ok so lets find a way to switch Hank and Mel's powers back and we'll send Grams and grandma back where they belong. Then I can go home and get some sleep." he said a big grin on his face. Henry was right there with him about wanting to go home but he knew they still wouldn't let him but he could still go sleep in Wyatt or Chris's old room.

Their happiness at finally being done with that long day was very short lived however because seconds later Big Henry orbed in with a man most of them had never seen before. It took a moment for realization to dawn on Paige but when it did she let out a loud groan there was no way in hell this was happening again.

Jake wondered down the corridors of the hospital he had to find Eva because he promised himself if he made it out of the underworld alive he would do this. He had left the others to sort out how to switch his cousins' powers back , and he was sure they could deal with whoever the guy was that had showed up with his Uncle Henry they seemed to know him. He didn't have time to worry about that he was on a mission he finally located Eva's office and it he was in luck for once she was alone.

He stood against the door jam and knocked. "Can I come in?" he asked hopeful she would have the time to deal with him.

Eva's face lit up when she saw her daughter's boyfriend standing in he doorway she had always liked Jake and thought he was good for Lilly despite the fact that he was half demon. "Of course you can Jake come on in and sit down." she said happily giving him a smile and she reached across the desk to hug him. "So Jake what brings you here ?" she asked him as they both sat down.

Jake started to speak but the words got stuck in his throat and his face turned a deep shade of red but he swallowed his sudden shyness and pressed on. "Aunt Eva you know I love Lilly right ?" he asked beating around the bush.

"If I know nothing else in this world I know you love her Jake." she answered still smiling at him she thought she knew where he was going with this now.

"And I never would do anything to her hurt despite the fact I am what I am. I would take care of her and do anything for her even if it meant I had to go without," he began to ramble on much in the same way Phoebe or Paige would. Eva just waited for him to find the right words she already knew what she would say to him. "I guess what I'm trying to ask is can I have Lilly's hand in marriage ?" he asked finally.

Eva's smile left her face and she looked thoughtful for a moment before answering him "Jake," she began slowly and seriously "marriage is a big commitment and I know that you have thought this through long and hard but I have to tell you something." she continued and at this point if Jake hadn't been sitting down there was no way he could have stood his knees were weak and he was a big ball of nerves. His face fell he was so afraid she was going to say no. " There is no one other than you I would rather have as a son-in-law but that's not up for me to decide you would have to ask Lilly if she'll have you." she said smiling at him again when she saw the relief wash across his face.

For the first time in his life it could be said that Jake Halliwell was speechless. He was so happy he picked Eva up off her feet in a bear hug. "Thank you so much Aunt Eva I'll ask her later tonight."

Eva chuckled as Jake sat her back on the floor. "Jake for the record you didn't have to ask me she's a big girl but it was nice that you did." she said kissing him on the cheek.

Jake fumbled around in his pocket and came out with the ring in his hand showing it to Eva "this is the ring I got her do you think she'll like it ?" he asked.

Eva was momentarily blinded by the sparkling ring "Jake that is beautiful she'll love it." she said in awe hugging him one last time before he got up to leave. "Hey Jake call me later and tell me how it went." she yelled to him once he was half out of the door.

Jake stopped in his tracks turned around and said "I will but if she says yes she might beat me to the punch." he chuckled and walked down the hall he had to think of the perfect place to take her to propose.

Roman could slightly hear voices and he knew something was going on around him just what it was he couldn't say. He had lost consciousness about two hours before and since then everything had been a blur. He could honestly say he could care less about what was happening around him he didn't care if the source himself was in the room with him. What he cared about was the fact that the voices were distracting him from his memories of better times. The particular memory he was thinking about centered around himself and Derek.

A nine year old Roman had come home from school with a frown on his face Eva noticed the unhappiness of her usually cheerful son right away. Roman threw himself down on the couch and stared out into space as if he wasn't really looking at anything.

"Ro what's wrong baby ?" Eva asked stooping to the boys eye level so she could look him in the eyes. What she saw there gave her cause to be worried his big blue eyes were brimming over with tears that he stubbornly refused to let fall.

Roman just buried his face in his arms and refused to answer but Eva didn't have to wait long for the answer to her question because Lilly bounced in the room and spilled all. "Ro is sad because we don't have a daddy. He wants to play in the father son baseball game but he can't since we don't have a daddy." she explained and went bouncing back into the kitchen where she came from.

Eva sighed as she sat down next to her oldest son and wrapped her arm around him "Sweety I know that it has to be hard for you not having a dad but maybe I can do something about it." she said leaving the room to go off and do something.

A couple hours later Roman was sitting in his room when he heard his younger brother and sister squealing downstairs and that could only mean one thing Derek was there. "Great my little brother and sister even have a dad and I don't" he said sadly to himself.

Two minutes later he was startled to hear his mom yell up to him that he had someone there to see him it was probably just Wyatt or Chris anyway. So a few seconds later when there was a knock at his door he told whoever it was to come right in.

He was surprised to see that it was Derek however that had come to see him. "Hey Buddy ," he said greeting him Eva was right he was in pretty bad shape his eyes were red from crying. "So what time to I have to be at this game ?" he asked not knowing how to go about this any other way.

Roman's face lit up at this "Saturday at 10:30," he said throwing his arms around the man's neck "thank you so much Derek.".

Derek didn't respond to the young boy's statement he just hugged him back.

Finally Henry could sit down and relax he had his powers back and Grams was back where she belonged but then he caught sight of the stranger that stood between his mother and father. He couldn't have been so bad both his aunts were trying hard to suppress their laughter and they would never laugh is this guy was dangerous. How he envied Chris, Wyatt, and the others they had gotten to leave and go home after everything had been explained but he had to stay here and see this drama play out because he was basically a prisoner in the manor.

Finally Henry could take the tension no more he had to break the silence. "So just who the hell are you ?" he asked not in the mood to be nice.

Simon however was not deterred by the scowl on Henry Jr's face "Simon Thaddeus Reginald Marks." he said extending his hand to Hank.

Henry looked at his hand a minute before shaking it "Hank Halliwell." he said simply wanting to get to the bottom of what was going on. And he had found that being charming was one of the best ways to do that.

"Always a pleasure to meet a Halliwell the finest family of witches there ever was." Simon said being charming himself.

Big Henry was unhappy he thought for sure his son would have seen right through this guy by now but he couldn't say anything out loud without having another duel with him. Hank it's dad I know you can hear me. Don't let this guy fool you he wants to marry you're mother so they can have babies that are very powerful. He thought he knew that Little Henry was capable of hearing his thoughts if his guard was down and after the day he was having he was pretty sure his son's guard was down.

A coldness suddenly came into Hank's eyes and he balled his hands into fists like he wanted to hit something. "So Simon what exactly is it that you want ?" he asked coolly keeping his temper in check was hard for him but he was going to do it.

"Henry." Paige warned although he hadn't done anything but he realized she was talking to his dad. Big Henry just shrugged he didn't care if she didn't like what he had just done.

Simon ignored the exchange and went to answer Hank's question "Well you see I'm here to try to win Paige over I've read prophecy's and been to oracles and they all say the same thing Paige and I are meant to be together." he explained causing Big Henry to roll his eyes and a frown to cross Hank's face.

"Oh I don't think so you're going to run away with my mom over my dead body." Hank said narrowing his eyes.

"That shouldn't be so hard to arrange seeing how you are part mortal and no match for me." Simon said smugly as he advanced on Hank.

Hank let him get only so close to him before he flicked his hands out and blew him up into millions of little blue particles. He reformed seconds later with a look of pain on his face. "I may be part mortal but I'm Charmed my powers are strong now get the hell out of here before I orb your family jewels to the moon." Hank said forcefully and Simon orbed out without another word.

Paige just stared between her husband and her son she couldn't believe that Hank had gotten rid of Simon so easy he would probably be back but she wasn't going to worry about that right now all that mattered was that he was gone. "Victor your temper is mighty short today." she commented dryly calling him by only his middle name.

Hank however was unrepentant he just shrugged his shoulders and said "Mom when you've had a day like the one I've just had you're temper gets out of control."

"What's you're excuse every other day then ?" Henry asked his son a small grin on his face.

Hank sat himself gently down on the couch before answering his dad's question "I'm stuck here in this prison and I can't go home." he said simply tempering his sarcasm with a grin similar to Big Henry's.

Paige and Piper both rolled their eyes at him there was no way they were going to let him go home in the condition he was in.

Chris walked out of the bathroom and down the hall to the living room. He had just taken the longest shower of his entire life and he was dressed in sweat pants and a black t-shirt. He could hear voices coming from the kitchen and living room area. One of them was Wyatt's that was not a good thing if Wyatt was in the kitchen then very bad things might happen. "Wyatt you already made a mess of the living room you better not be messing around in my kitchen." he called down the hall and he immediately felt bad when he walked in and saw Wyatt and Chuck both had cleaned everything up. And it was Prue and Liz in the kitchen only slightly better than Wyatt being in there.

"Thank you for thinking that I was in the kitchen Prue and Liz both banished me to the living room." Wyatt informed him. Both he and Chuck were seated on the couch that they had overturned but there was a large space between the two of them.

"Halliwell we did it for your own good Chris was going to kill you for the living room you didn't need to add to the list of your transgressions." Liz yelled at him and gave him a look regarding the amount of space between him and Chuck.

"So what the hell are you doing in my kitchen Liz ?" Chris asked sitting down at the table he had no idea what they were cooking but it didn't smell half bad. But then again he hadn't had anything to eat all day so prison food would have smelled good to him.

"Cooking and they say that you're the smart one." Prue gibbed at her cousin giving him a sweet grin.

"Liz is cooking so we can take food to Hank who is staying with Aunt Piper so he has the best food known to man." Chuck said he was very cranky he hadn't ate all day either and severely fucked up his eating schedule of every five minutes.

Chris had to laugh at this Chuck was so predictable when it came to his food. "That's a great idea Hank sure earned that much today. Not only did he have to deal with the munchkins but he also had to deal with Grams if you ask me the man deserves a medal." He said a slight grin on his face he sure was glad that he didn't have to deal with Grams for too long otherwise he would have found a way to kill her again. "Uh, by the way where's Coop he gets to miss out on everything ?" he asked slightly annoyed at his youngest male cousin for running off before they had a chance to talk about what happened to him.

Prue rolled her eyes her brother was a pain in her ass but she loved him anyway. "Jake is off somewhere with Lilly doing only God knows what. And Roman is at work he also gets to miss out on a lot of the fun things we have to do." she fumed her cease fire with Roman had ended yet again.

"Baby don't be mad at him you did make a very hot Tinker Bell it's not his fault he thought it was funny." Chuck said laughing but he backed down when he saw the look Prue gave him. Wyatt shook his head in disgust something had to be done about those two.

"Wyatt Matthew Halliwell get your ass over here and help me pack this stuff up to take now." Liz shouted across the room to him. Wyatt obediently got up from the couch and did as he was told.

"They're idiots Ladybug complete and total idiots." Chris sent Prue while he shook his head at how two people could be that blind to their feelings. In his case he knew four people like that. Wyatt and Liz and Patty and Ricky. It was almost unbearable but yet he had to live with it.

Kyle sat in his apartment he had tried his best to distract them and maybe it had been enough. Hell he knew first hand the Henry Matthews Halliwell was a scary guy he had been on his bad side more times than he cared to count. So maybe the elders would understand that he sure wasn't going up there unless they called for him though. Yep he was just going to wait things out right where he was because he still had to worry about the Halliwells when they found out what he did and he was not looking forward to that.

Jake could never remember being as nervous as he was right now in his entire life. His heart was racing and his palms were sweaty and his hands shook uncontrollably. He and Lilly sat out on the football field which was lit by the bright lights that he had once played under. He had borrowed Chuck's keys to get into the building to turn the lights on. Chuck just didn't know that he had borrowed them but he would get over it.

Jake brought her to this spot because this is where they shared their first kiss and she had agreed to be his girlfriend.

"Jake baby are you ok ? You're shaking." Lilly asked with concern in her voice as she sat up on the blanket that they were sitting on.

Jake got up and began to pace the field a little. "Yeah Lilly I'm fine," he assured her giving her a smile. "You know I love you right ?" he asked causing her to roll her eyes he got on this kick whenever he was feeling insecure about being half demon.

"Yes baby I know you love me and I love you more than anything in this world to answer the next question you're going to ask." she answered standing up on the blanket.

Jake gave her a small smile "Good to know," he said walking back over to the blanket with his right hand in his pocket "And you don't mind that I'm half demon ?" he asked his other usual question and instead of dignifying that with an answer she just shook her head no. Jake looked thoughtful at this but he didn't say anything.

Jake got down on one knee and pulled the ring out of his pocket " Lila Teresa Nicolae you love me despite all my shortcomings in fact you embrace them. Without you I am nothing, I know it sounds cliche but you truly are my better half. You make me a better man." he paused to make his voice stronger and he pushed back the tears that threatened to fall. " I want to spend the rest of my life loving you. So will you do me the honor of being my wife ?" he asked slipping the ring on her finger.

Lilly looked at him with tears clinging to her long eye lashes but she met his blue eyes with her brown ones. "Cooper Jacob Halliwell Jr I love you with all that I am yes I will be your wife." she answered him looking at the ring that he had put on her finger. It was absolutely stunning it was a princess cut diamond set on a white gold band.

Jake resumed breathing when she said yes he hadn't even realized that he had been holding his breath. He got up off his knee and pulled her into a kiss. "Lilly I love you so much I promise you that I will always protect you." he said a few tears of joy falling from both their eyes.

"Jake I would really love it if you would take me to bed right now." she said batting her lashes at him.

Jake hurriedly folded up the blanket and put his arm around Lilly "I think that can be arranged." he said kissing her before he shimmered them out.

The older Halliwell cousins along with Liz and Chuck were all sitting in the living room of the manor having a good time laughing and talking about nothing. Empty pizza boxes and Chinese food containers littered the table. Not only had they all been hungry enough to eat the food the Prue and Liz made but they had to order out because Wyatt and Chuck were both still starving.

Henry sat up fully on the couch groaning causing both Prue and Liz to begin fussing over him. "Really you two I think he can sit up on his own give the man some space." Chris said laughing at the way they were acting.

Henry shot his cousin a thankful look. All he wanted was a little space. Now he would admit that he was thankful to Liz for feeding him because he had found that difficult recently. Wyatt had actually given him dirty looks the whole time Liz had been feeding him. Henry seriously had to add them on his list of he would pay for their first date if they would just get together.

Liz again got that far off look on her face as she was sucked into a vision and she didn't like what she saw one little bit.

Roman was in the underworld and he had a stab wound in his stomach the hooded demon from earlier in the day was standing over him. He had a fireball in his hand which he threw at Ro before he shimmered out. His breathing became labored and his eyes were glazed over.

That was all Liz saw as she came back to her senses and she noticed that Wyatt was at her side. "Lizzie what did you see ?" he asked concern clouding his face.

"Roman he's dying you need to orb to the apartment so I can get Lilly we need to hurry he doesn't have much time left." Liz said frantically but Chuck had already called Jake who shimmered in with Lilly seconds later. "Wyatt orb now." she ordered when she saw that everyone was there.

Wyatt obeyed and orbed them out to only God knows where. The rest of the people in the room followed suit only hoping that they would get there in time.

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The gang had been wondering around the underworld for what seemed like ages and it seemed as though they were going in one big circle there was no way they were ever going to find him in time but they had to keep trying otherwise they wouldn't be able to live with themselves. It was a small miracle that they hadn't run into any demons yet but with there luck they just might before it was all said and done with.

"Hold on wait guys I think I sense him." Lilly said pointing to a cavern.

Wyatt motioned for the girls to stay put while the guys went to check it out. None of them would ever forget the sight that greeted them when they walked into that cavern.

Roman was laying on the ground barely alive and he wouldn't be able to hold out much longer. Wyatt, Chris, and Henry went to him immediately and put their hands out over his wounds. While Chuck went to get the girls.

Lilly rushed in the cavern and went to her brother's side. "Ro listen you have to open your eyes and hold on. We've been all over trying to find you." she sobbed tears running down her face.

Roman barely had any strength left and he just wanted to sleep and he felt so cold. But he forced himself to open his eyes and grab on to his sister's hand. "Lilly I want you to listen to me this wasn't your fault it was none of your fault. It's just something that has to happen I promise you'll understand one day." he said weakly.

"Ro you're going to be fine I promise you'll be alright." she said looking to the three half whitelighter who were still trying to heal him.

"No I'm going to go be with dad now Lilly but I promise I'll always watch over. And Coop I know you're here so you watch over her for me." Roman said and then he fell silent and his breaths became more labored before it stopped entirely.

Lilly began to sob uncontrollably "Wyatt heal him." she begged.

Wyatt, Chris and Henry tried to heal him but to no avail the golden glow never came from any of there hands. Finally Henry looked up with tears in his eyes and said "Lilly there is nothing we can do he's gone."

"No he can't be gone." Lilly wailed as Jake pulled her into a hug and held her tightly. Prue and Liz were at a lose for what to do.

Prue went to Chuck's side and held them while they both cried. Liz predictably went to Wyatt and let him hold her.

"Well I guess we better get him home." Chris said getting chocked up Roman had been one of his good friends.

Hank stepped over to Lilly and kissed the top of her head. "Lilly I promise you that we'll find the bastard that did this to him and we'll make him pay." he said but he knew that she couldn't hear him she was too wrapped up in her grief at the moment.

Gorgon sat back on his throne laughing his plan was working so far now all he had to do was find a way to plant Ben's name in there minds and he would be free to reign the underworld without any interruptions.

-End-

Guest Starring:

Piper Halliwell- Holly Marie Combs

Phoebe Halliwell- Alyssa Milano

Paige Matthews- Rose McGowan

Henry Mitchell- Ivan Sergei

Jason Jackson- Brian Greenberg

Darryl Morris Jr- Chris Brown

Special Appearances By:

Penny Halliwell- Jennifer Rhodes

Patty Halliwell- Finola Hughes

Victor Bennett- James Read

Derek Bradford- Dominic Purcell

Eva Nicolae- Eva La Rue

Kyle Brody- Kerr Smith

Glen Belland- Jesse Woodrow

Ben- Chad Michael Murray

And

Gorgon- Jason Statham

A/N: Alright this story is finished and I promise there is a purpose in Roman dying you'll see. Well I hope you guys liked this one please review.