A/N: Thanks to Thunder903 for reviewing.
Songlist: The songs used in this chapter are I need you by Tim McGraw and Let's Make Love by Tim McGraw.
Chapter 3: Deceptive Wording
Chuck sank back in the booth at P3 and he ran his hands over his face he was tired. "God, I forgot that moving was such hard work." He sighed.
"Chip are you ok baby?" Prue asked her husband rubbing his back.
Chuck gave her a smile he loved how just being next to her made him feel better. "I'm fine Ladybug I'm just tired from all the hard work we did today." He replied kissing her.
"Well husband of mine we'll have to do something about that later." Prue told him seductively.
"Have mercy." Chuck all but growled.
Chris looked at them and rolled his eyes. "Don't make me sick you two." He said sarcastically.
Chuck smirked at him. "It's not my fault that my wife is the most beautiful woman in the entire world and I can't get enough of her." He said innocently.
Rachel squeezed Chris's hand. "Oh, let them be Perry. For all you know that could be us in a couple of years."
Chris's sea green eyes lit up at the thought of being married to Rachel. "If we are ever that nauseating Hank has my permission to knock some sense into me at least. I can't have him hitting you he might hurt you." he replied kissing her hand.
"C. Perry I'm down for smacking the hell out of you any time you need me to." Henry agreed giving him a wide grin.
"I'm sorry but if my brother gets any cheesier he is going to be a menu item at Taco Bell." Roman rolled his blue eyes.
"I normally don't do this but I agree with my little brother." Lilly nodded her head in agreement Prue and Chuck together were sickening.
"Rach is right we should leave them be. They just got married soon the newness will wear off and they won't act like they're getting drunk off of looking at each other." Mel chimed in.
"Oh my God, I think I'm going to faint. In her own round about way Mel Halliwell just cut someone a break. That hasn't happened in months the bitch that has been visiting us for the last six months must have taken a break for the night." Carly said sarcastically.
"Leigh don't mess with your cousin right now." Jason cautioned his girlfriend. Mel had confided in him how she really felt about not getting to go away to school. He knew that she needed time to accept that before Carly started fucking with her.
"Wisdom out of the mouth of Jackson." Henry said pulling Bianca close to him.
"Do you think I should call her?" Bianca asked distractedly.
"Call who? Aunt Lyn?" Wyatt asked his friend confused.
"Fuck no dumb ass I'm not talking about my mom. I don't want to call her I already saw her today. I was talking about Paige she is pretty much passed out on my couch right now." Bianca replied.
"B just let her sleep she'll be fine." Chris told her with a sigh but he was just as worried as she was.
"This whole you two have a kid together thing just throws me for a loop." Chord said.
"You're not the only one, personally I think that those two should have never been allowed to procreate." Liz agreed with him.
"I don't understand why you people carry on that way about my niece she isn't that bad." Patty took up for Paige.
"She is you and Mel together in one package. Of course you wouldn't find anything wrong with her." Val scoffed at her.
"I will be the first to admit that the girl is bad but she isn't as bad as you insist on making her sound Valerie." Bianca told Val.
"I'm going to step in before Val manages to enrage Ma Grizzly. I would like to know why the hell my boyfriend is the only one who has to work tonight." Calleigh demanded looking at Lilly because she knew it was her doings.
"Well he really isn't supposed to be working but we're short staffed and I didn't want to have to call Aunt Billie for another bartender. I figured since Parker was here already he could help when the bar got backed up." Lilly explained her reasoning.
"Oh, lord he isn't behind the bar now he's up on stage it makes me wonder what the hell he is up to." Troy groaned he had learned that he was really better off not knowing what the hell Parker was up to.
"Ok, I know I'm making a habit out of this but I can't help myself. But that is neither here nor there because right now I need Hank and B up here." Parker said as he looked out over the crowd.
"I don't want to know what all this is about and I honestly think I'm better off not knowing." Henry said as he got up and pulled Bianca to her feet.
"I'm coming don't man handle me." Bianca replied.
When they got up on stage Parker handed Hank a slip of paper and guitar. "Don't kill me this was all your cousin and I don't think I have to tell you which one either." He said hoping to defuse some of Henry's rage.
"Don't worry I'll get her good for this. Just have her and Chuck come up next." Henry told him taking the guitar. Parker gave him a thumbs up and stepped down.
Henry sat down on one of the stools that was up there and Bianca took the other one. He began playing a tune on the guitar. "I wanna drink that shot of whiskey I wanna smoke that cigarette. I wanna smell that sweet addiction on my breath. I wanna ride cross West Virginia in the back seat of a Cadillac. You know some cowboys like me go out like that." He sang.
Prue sat back in the booth smiling smugly to herself. "Prue what did you do?" Penny asked her older sister.
"Oh, nothing," Prue said innocently.
"Bullshit Prue you did something those two wouldn't have volunteered themselves to sing like that." Huck said he knew them well enough to know that.
"So I need you like a needle needs a vein. Like my Uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs the rain. I need you like a lighthouse on the coast. Like the father and the son need the Holy Ghost. I need you." Hank's smooth voice filtered through the club.
"So maybe I thought that they needed to embrace their new attitude by trying something different. They are in a good place right now they both actually said O's name earlier and neither of them went into a tailspin. The worst they are going to do is yell a lot I can handle that I could have done much worse to them they should be thankful." Prue answered like it was no big deal. And it really wasn't for her this was mild. But she had picked the right song for them.
"I wanna get lost in some corner booth Cantina Mexico. I wanna dance to the static of an AM radio. I wanna wrap the moon around us. Lay beside you skin on skin. Make love 'til the sun comes up 'til the sun goes down again." Bianca sang out.
"Prue they are gonna do worse than yell they're gonna kill you." Emily pointed out to her sister-in-law.
"They'll get over it. I thought Wy and Liz were going to kill me but they dropped that quick and look at them now." Prue smiled at the couple who were too engrossed in each other to know they were being talked about.
"'Cause I need you like a needle needs a vein like my Uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs the rain. I need you like a lighthouse on the coast. Like the father and the son need the holy ghost. I need you, oh, I need you." Bianca sang again she was going to kill Prue for this one.
"I wanna drink that shot of whiskey I wanna smoke that cigarette. You know some cowboys like me go out like that. So I need you, oh I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you." Hank finished his part softly.
"Oh I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you too." Bianca answered finishing her part of the song.
Parker came back on stage and took the guitar from Hank. "Alright give it up for Hank and B." he said as they stepped down.
Hank and Bianca went and took their places back at the table. "Prudence that was totally uncalled for. I was hoping that being married would keep you from meddling for a little while." Hank spat out at her.
"Oh, Henry that didn't hurt you and I thought it was so cute." Prue replied pinching his cheek.
"You're going to think he's really cute in five seconds then." Bianca smirked at her.
"Now lets get Prue and Chuck up here." Parker announced he just hoped that he could stay out of the crossfire.
"Hank I can understand retaliating against Prue but I didn't do anything." Chuck whined as he stood up.
"No, but you're her husband you could have stopped her and you didn't. So I am holding you responsible too." Henry said with a fake smile.
Up on stage Parker handed Chuck the guitar and he groaned when he saw what song Hank had picked for them to sing. But he began to play anyway.
"Baby I've been drifting away and dreaming all day of holding you, touching you. The only thing I wanna do is be with you as close to you as I can be. Let's make love all night long until all our strength is gone. Hold on tight just let go. I wanna feel you in my soul. Until the sun comes up let's make love. Oh, baby." Prue began the song and she was looking at Chuck the whole time.
"That will teach her to mess with us Double H." Bianca said kissing Henry.
"It sure will B. Lyn." Henry replied pulling her closer to him.
"Do you know what you do to me? everything inside of me is wanting you and needing you. I'm so in love with you. look in my eyes let's get lost tonight in each other. Let's make love all night long until all our strength is gone. Hold on tight just let go. I wanna feel you in my soul. Until the sun comes up let's make love." Chuck sang his part staring deeply into his wife's eyes.
"I think that little plan of yours backfired but that is just the impression I'm getting." Jack ventured wrapping an arm around Emily.
"Shut up Jackie." Hank and B yelled at him in unison.
"Little brother just keep your mouth shut you don't want those two pissed at you." Chris advised him.
"Let's make love all night long until all our strength is gone. And hold on tight just let go. I wanna feel you in my soul." Prue and Chuck sang in unison never once looking away from each other. They were so in love with each other that it was almost sick.
"Until the sun comes up." Chuck sang grinning like a fool at his wife.
"Oh, until the sun comes up." Prue answered back winking at him and she could tell that she was driving him crazy.
"Let's make love," They sang together staring soulfully into each other's eyes.
"Oh, baby, let's make love." Prue sang again just she almost lost it when Chuck gave her a big toothy smile.
"All night long," they sang together again.
"Let's make love." Prue finished.
"I do hate to state the obvious but that backfired big time." Jake said he knew that something like that wouldn't bother his crazy ass sister.
Hank smiled and shook his head "No it didn't because A) it was worth it to see the look she gave me and B) We got almost five minutes without having to watch them kiss and carry on. I would say that the plan was a huge success."
"Well I didn't have to watch the two of them play tonsil hockey so I'm going to agree with Hank on that one." Jason said nothing the Halliwells did surprised him anymore but he could do without the soft-core porno that Prue and Chuck were putting on.
"Harry darling cousin of mine was that supposed to hurt my feelings?" Prue asked coming back over with her hand in Chuck's.
"No but I really will put you through physical pain if you call me Harry again Prudence." Henry replied he hated to be called Harry with a passion. In his mind his name was Hank he would tolerate being called Henry though. He didn't mind too much when Wyatt insisted on calling him Hen. He really disliked being called Henry Jr. or just plain Junior. But he would tolerate that over being called Harry.
"You started it Henry, you called me Prudence you know I don't like that anymore than you like Harry." Prue pointed out to him.
"Ok, then what did you hope to accomplish by making me and B sing?" Henry asked her staring at her intently.
Prue gave him a charming smile that she knew damn well didn't work on him. "Well I just thought that it would do both of you some good. I noticed that you two have had a major breakthrough recently."
"Well Mrs. Halliwell not that it is any of your business but I have finally forgiven myself." Bianca informed her.
"It's about damn time sis I thought I was going to have to stage an intervention on your ass." Chase said walking up to the group.
"Francis what the hell are you doing here?" Bianca asked her little brother.
"I just so happened to be in the neighborhood and I decided that I would stop in and see if any of you guys were here." Chase answered nonchalantly.
"As you can see we are, and we are exhausted I didn't see you hanging around earlier when there was work to be done." Chord said giving him hell.
"Lindsey everyone's favorite all around pain in the ass had me doing some things for her earlier and I just couldn't get away." Chase told Chord.
Rachel just shook her head and sighed. "Chase I shudder to think what you and my sister were doing alone together. I don't even want to know that is how bad my thoughts are. You two happen to be known as the trouble making Hoyts."
"Which is so why they always hung out with the Trouble Making Halliwells." Mel pointed out.
Chase pointed his finger at Mel. "You just hush it Mels, I see that didn't stop you from dating me."
Mel smirked at him. "I never said that I didn't make mistakes in the past." She zinged him.
Hailey laughed "I don't know why you people insist on trying to match wits with Mel she is going to beat you every time."
Chase turned his attention away from Mel and flashed his pearly white smile at her. "Did it hurt?" he asked her seriously.
"Did what hurt?" Hailey asked confused.
"When you fell from heaven because you're an angel." Chase said he sounded so cheesy.
Hailey rolled her eyes and groaned. "I didn't think you were old enough to be using those lines. And I'm sorry but you have no chance with me. My mother always told me to be wary of men who use lines like that. Because they could easily be used car salesmen or politicians and the last thing you need is a man whose going to lie to you." The smirk fell from Chase's face when he heard that he had no idea what to say.
"Damn Francis she rendered you speechless I never thought I would see the day. That being said go hit on someone your own age." Bianca told her little brother. She didn't want him anywhere near Hailey.
The next morning Parker was following Piper around the kitchen of the manor while she was trying to get Jack his bottle so he would stop crying.
"Pip I'm just saying." Parker whined.
Piper turned around and fixed him with a glare. "Parker if you're going to follow me around you're going to be useful. Here hold Jackie while I fix his bottle." She said handing Jack to his uncle.
Parker took Jack and settled him in his arms. "Hey there big guy Uncle Parks knows that you're not happy but mommy is getting you food just hold on a minute." He cooed at him.
"Now what are you just saying?" Piper asked her little brother as she warmed Jack's bottle.
"The schedule is totally not fair Pip, I work more days than any other bartender and I always have to work with the bartenders that don't know their ass from a hole in the ground." Parker told her.
"Parker take it up with Lilly she is your manager." Piper pointed out to him.
"I know that Pip and she is the one who makes the damn schedules. Like last night she had other perfectly good bartenders and yet she asked me to do it. And while I'm on it we really need a regular DJ because when no one else is around I have to do it." Parker bitched.
"Again that is Lilly's job and if you don't like the schedule tell her about it." Piper told him in exasperation.
"I did tell her and she told me to take it up with you." Parker replied.
"Junior if you haven't noticed I'm on maternity leave right now. I'm not there I don't know what's going on. If you can hold out for a few more weeks then I'll see what I can do for you." Piper relented.
"I guess I can wait." Parker pouted.
Piper looked at him and sighed. "Tell me what you want me to do about it." She said.
"I don't know, I just know that Lilly is more of the talent procurement and logistics manager. I think that putting her over the bartenders puts too much on her and she is spread too thin. I think that it might be a good idea to have a bar manager. That way they could keep track of what needs to be ordered and tell Lilly. Plus they could make the schedule for all the bartenders." Parker suggested.
Piper looked off into space thoughtfully for a moment. "That isn't a bad idea Dimples I'm ashamed I didn't think of it myself. Just let me think about it for a little while and I'll do what I can."
"That is all I ask Pip." Parker replied smiling at her.
"You better be getting to the living room you've got the elders coming with that prophecy." Piper told him taking Jack from him.
"I thought I would just sit this one out in here with you. Chris, Hank, B, Wy, Liz, Chuck, and Prue don't need me. I would only be in the way. I'm not so good with the whole let's figure out the wording to a prophecy thing." Parker admitted.
"No you go in there you have just as much right to be in there as they all do. Remember you do come from the Charmed generation not the Twice Blessed generation." Piper said giving him a gentle shove towards the direction of the living room.
"Alright I going woman just don't manhandle me." Parker said throwing his hands up in a sign of surrender.
"There just might be hope for your Uncle Parker yet Jackie." Piper told her son before putting his bottle in his mouth.
"I don't understand why it takes all of us being up this early in the morning to get one little prophecy." Prue whined.
"Because we pretty much assembled the best thinkers minus Wy he was part of the deal when we got Liz." Chris said truthfully he wasn't trying to be funny but his brother would be of no help in this little brainstorming session.
"We should have called Cal too she's pretty handy." Parker said walking into the room.
"Nah, you guys should be fine if you need help you can always call someone else." Leo told them.
"Do the elders not realize the some of us are trying to enjoy the last few weeks before our real jobs start?" Chuck asked rhetorically.
"They don't give a damn Chuck I don't know when you're going to realize this." Hank said shaking his head. He knew that Prue and Chuck were only upset because they were pulled out of bed and away from each other.
"Guys just remember it could have been a lot worse they could have made you go up there to get it." Jimmy pointed out to him. He was there since he was going to be the younger kids' whitelighter.
"I don't even know why we're here this prophecy has nothing to do with us." Liz said.
"Please Lizzie we weren't going to leave those kids to figure this out all alone besides it's what we do. I like to think we did a pretty good job with the prophecy for the thirteen." Bianca reminded her.
"Yeah besides the part where we never have figured out for a fact who the one really is." Wyatt grumbled.
Liz rolled her eyes at her boyfriend he was just too dense for his own good sometimes. "Wy we'll figure it out." She told him even though a lot of them already had the answer.
Just then a swirl of golden orbs filled the room signaling the arrival of Sandra and Kevin.
Kevin looked at Leo almost nervously. "Leo is Piper around?" he asked.
"Yes, why?" Leo replied.
"Because I think you're going to need her to stop the riot that we are about to start." Kevin winced he knew that two people in particular weren't going to be very happy at all.
Leo just bowed his head in resignation and called for his wife. "Piper sweetie I need you in here."
Piper came in a minute later "Leo I will kill you for screaming like that. Jackie is eating peacefully."
"Blame me I asked him to call you." Kevin said.
"Why?" Piper asked.
"Before we get to that here is the prophecy." Sandra said handing an ancient looking scroll to Leo.
Kevin looked back at Sandra and she gave him a slight nod of her head. Kevin waved his hand and the last person that any of them expected to see appeared. "This would be why I had him call you." he said simply.
Henry's jaw was on the floor he didn't know what to say. "Oriana?" he asked his voice barely above a whisper.
"Hi, Hen," Oriana said giving him a shy wave.
Bianca stared blankly at her sister for a moment before she spoke. "O, I'm going to walk over there and hug you and when I do you better be warm or I swear I don't know what I'll do."
"I assure you that I will be sis." Oriana said opening her arms to her big sister.
Bianca walked over to her sister and hugged her. "What are you doing here?"
"Ask them it was all their idea." Oriana answered.
"We thought that you could use some help with your research. She will be here until the triad is vanquished after that we don't know." Sandra answered her question.
Henry rubbed his hands over his face and groaned. "It is way too early in the morning for this I think I need a drink." He said.
Chris put a hand on his cousin's arm. "Hank, don't." he begged him.
"Don't you tell me to don't Chris. I have spent the last four years of my life feeling guilty as hell and now they are going to pull this shit. They have no fucking right to play god with other people's lives. They couldn't bring her back before but they can now because they need us to do something for them. It's bullshit pure and simple. I'm so fucking confused right now that it isn't funny." Henry raged. He missed the pain in Bianca's eyes when he said he was confused. She thought he meant he was confused about who he wanted to be with.
"Ok, I think it's time that you called your sisters Piper. This one is going to take some doings to sort through." Leo sighed things had just got a lot more complicated.
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A little while later Piper, Leo, and Jimmy had the Halliwell sisters and the rest of their unorthodox family gathered in the kitchen. The group included Frank and Lyn.
"Piper I would really like it if you would tell us what this is about some time today." Prue told her little sister sarcastically.
"Prue just give me a minute to frame my thoughts because I'm not really sure how to say this." Piper admitted she had no idea how the hell to explain things.
"Just saying it is the idea that comes to mind." Paige said she wasn't trying to be sarcastic either.
"Thanks for the moral support there sis." Piper was being sarcastic but that was nothing new.
Leo stood next to her looking tense. "I guess the best way to do this is just come out and show them."
"I agree," Jimmy said.
Piper looked at both of them she knew that they were right. "Hey, guys all of you can come in the kitchen now." she hoped that they knew she meant for them to bring Oriana with them.
The kids trooped into the room with Oriana bringing up the rear.
"Am I seeing things or are both of my younger daughters standing right there?" Frank asked. He didn't dare let himself hope for what he wanted so badly to be true.
"That is not exactly an accurate statement dad, because I am in fact several years older than O. It would have been more accurate for you to say that the oldest of your younger two children is indeed in the room." Bianca corrected her father. She wasn't thrilled with the elders either. It wasn't that she wasn't glad her sister was back but she had just got a lot of her feelings sorted through.
"Good job revert to teacher mode when you're pissed off Frank Jr. it's better than you going into assassin mode." Frank smiled at her. He was worried that she was going to do something idiotic like go on a demon hunting spree. Knowing her that was very likely. He walked to her and put his arm around her.
Lyn walked to Oriana and put her arms around her. "Baby, you have no idea how much I've missed you." she pressed a kiss on the center of her forehead.
"I've missed you too mom, and I would never admit this to him but I've missed Chase a lot too." Oriana replied trying hard to keep tears from falling.
Paige's eyes fell on her son she could see that his dark brown eyes looked like they had a storm brewing in them and his jaw was set into a tight line. "Bubba?" she asked.
Hank locked eyes with his mother. "Yes, mom." He answered.
"Are you…" Paige had started to ask if he was ok but he interrupted her.
"I'm fine mom you know how much I hate it when you ask me that. But in answer to the question you really want to ask no I'm not going to go get drunk now. I have this damn prophecy to decode." Hank replied just a little pissed off that she thought he was going to go fall off the wagon.
"Hank we've talked about you staying calm. They have every right to be worried about us Double H we haven't exactly been sane the last couple of years." Bianca told him putting a hand on his arm.
"O are you back for good then?" Henry asked his former daughter-in-law.
"Truthfully Uncle Hen I don't know but it looks like it." Oriana answered him.
"What about the prophecy then?" Phoebe asked.
"Well I guess we are going to spend the morning trying to decipher it." Chris answered her.
"You guys can take the dining room and get to work if you want to and I'll make you breakfast." Piper offered.
"That would be fine mom thanks." Wyatt kissed his mother on the cheek before walking out of the room. Liz was hanging onto his arm.
"Come on Chris, let's get this over with." Hank told his cousin as they walked into the dinning room. Prue, Chuck, Bianca, and Parker followed them.
Oriana disengaged herself from her mother. "I better go help them mom I'll just be right in the other room." She said gently.
"That's fine baby you just do what you have to do." Lyn said kissing her again. Oriana had always been her baby.
Frank grinned at his youngest daughter. "You'd better go, Frank Jr. isn't going to be happy if you're dragging ass. You know how your sister gets." He told her.
"I do not have to be reminded about my sister. She has always thought that she is the boss of me when that clearly isn't the case." Oriana laughed.
"O she is in a mood right now I wouldn't piss her off if I were you. B has been known to get pretty testy." Frank cautioned her.
"I get it dad I'm going." Oriana said but Paige stopped her.
"Let your sister be mad just tell her I held you up she won't mess with me. I'm glad that you're back sweetie. Just go easy on those two I think they just now got their feelings sorted out." Paige told her gently.
"I've got it Aunt Paige those two are the people I love the most in this world and they have been through hell. They deserve to be happy and I'm glad that they found that happiness with each other." Oriana replied.
"O, now would be nice please." Bianca called to her sister from the other room.
"I really better go now she will kick my ass." Oriana laughed shaking her head.
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"It's nice of you to finally join us O." Prue teased her friend when she came into the dining room.
"It's Aunt Paige's fault she just had to hug me." Oriana explained.
"Well we need to get to work on this. The kids' lives depend on us getting this right." Liz said.
"Yeah, Lizzie because we have done so well with that prophecy that we have." Wyatt said sarcastically.
"Oh boy, just take a chill pill Wy." Chris told his brother he wasn't in the mood to deal with him.
"I think that one of use should read this thing so we can figure it out." Chuck suggested.
"We're getting there Chuck we all just need a moment to brace ourselves." Bianca told him.
Henry took the prophecy and rolled it out across the table he sat candles on each of the corners to keep it down flat. "I guess I'll read the damn thing." He said and then he cleared his throat. " Against three evils as old as the dawn of time shall fight a group of two plus nine. The band of eleven shall be woven tight or surely they shall lose the fight. If the three evil souls prevail the human race shall gnash and wail. For one evil soul the oldest daughter of the power of three is the key. Step in the band of eleven to battle the foes of their mothers again all the way to heaven. The only child of the oldest charmed one shall lead the group into the fray. A witch of the dark arts shall truly help save the day. Add a lover's soul and a seer's eyes surely they will be fine. Two guiding lights shall shine through these desperate times. A key and a guide to fit the lock shall help complete the stock. A secret soul hid in the night shall aid the others in the fight. The heart of a wolf and the soul of a man shall help with the battle at hand. A female whose ancestors wandered shall help the evil three be plundered. The power of love and Salem shall make nine and surely she will do fine. The last carries the Halliwell curse even though she's not immersed. This band of eleven shall aid the bakers dozen through their crusade." He read.
"Jesus there is more double talk in this than there was in our prophecy this is ridiculous." Wyatt bitched.
"The last one is Hails don't ask me how I know that I just do." Henry said.
"The second one is Chase." Bianca put in.
Prue just looked at both of them disgustedly. "You two honestly make me sick no two people should be that smart."
"She's a teacher and he's a fuckin genius when it comes to word play I don't know what you expect Prue." Oriana pointed out to her.
"They don't have to make the rest of us look like idiots O." Prue replied.
"Yes they do, it's in their job description. Prue I love you but in general older sisters suck. I'm sure Jake would agree with me if he were here right now." Oriana said.
"I could see where having B as a big sister would be a pain in the ass but I'm no where near close to being that bad. If you don't believe me you can ask Chuck." Prue defended herself.
"O, my wife is a wonderful older sister I don't know how you could suggest otherwise." Chuck said fighting the urge to roll his eyes.
"Prue, O you guys need to focus we have to figure this thing out." Bianca told them she got tired of being the voice of reason.
"B I think I'm going to call Cal she is good at figuring stuff like this out." Parker suggested.
"That would be a big help Parks." Bianca smiled at him sweetly. And then she had a thought "As a matter of fact wake the rest of the thirteen up I want them all here for this. God help me because I know I'm reuniting the three amigos when I do that but I have no other choice." She was referring to Troy, Prue, and Oriana they had all been best friends.
"Oh, B I really wish you wouldn't do that to us." Chris groaned he had a headache his flashbacks had decided to start again last night and it wasn't fun for him at all.
"I know but we don't have a choice we all need to be here. I don't like the way that last line sounds." Bianca sighed.
Patty, Ricky, and Carly were all making their way to his truck. They had all had morning practices for their sports. Ricky was carrying all three of their equipment being the gentleman that he was despite the fact that Carly teased him all the time.
Ricky threw their bags in the back of his truck and then he wiped the sweat off of his brow. "This just plain sucks it is too hot to practice."
"I would be bitching about the heat if I wasn't so happy about making head cheerleader." Carly replied.
Patty rolled her eyes at her sister. "Please Leigh like you didn't know that you were going to be head cheerleader."
"Of course I knew I was the logical choice but that doesn't mean I can't be happy about it." Carly told her sister like she was crazy for suggesting such a thing.
"Hey I'm happy about being made the head captain of the football team too but I'm still fuckin hot." Ricky said before he downed a bottle of water in one gulp.
"Snuffy I just think you're hot all the time." Patty told him giving him a cheesy grin.
"Well I think you're pretty hot too Ms. Softball Capitan." Ricky replied grabbing her by the waist.
Patty turned her head so that she could kiss him. "I love you handsome."
"I love you too beautiful." Ricky said pulling her closer.
Carly made a gagging noise. "You two seriously make me sick with how cute you are."
"Carly you just don't know how to respond to affection because everything is about sex with you." Ricky told her tightening his grip on Patty.
"Of course everything is about sex I'm too young to think about love." Carly scoffed at the display they were putting on.
Patty felt Ricky tighten his grip on her until it was almost painful. "Ricky what's wrong?"
Ricky was staring into the direction that Penny and Emily were walking from. "Look over at Pen and Em and then you tell me what's wrong."
Patty looked and she saw Torch in his football equipment walking beside Penny and Emily. "I'm going to kill him." She seethed.
"No you're not because I am." Ricky all but growled. He waited until they were by the truck to make his move. "Torch you need to stay the hell away from her." He raged.
"I wasn't doing anything to her Bradford we were just talking." Torch said innocently.
"No you were just talking and I told you to go away." Penny corrected him.
"That was after I told you if you didn't go away I would have my boyfriend make you sorry that you're a man." Emily glared at him evilly.
"Hell I threatened to make him sorry he was a man myself. But that was earlier when he was bugging the hell out of her." Hailey chimed in walking up to the group.
"I see that all these ladies told you to go away so if I were you I would do just that." Ricky said through clenched teeth. He had let go of Patty just in case he had to do something about Torch.
"I'm not going anywhere until I can get Pen to hear me out." Torch replied stubbornly.
"I told you that I have nothing to say to you and I don't care to hear what you have to say. You had your chance with me and you blew it I'm with Puck now." Penny all but yelled at him.
"I've got so much more to offer you than Cavanaugh does." Torch tried.
Before Ricky knew what he was doing he had Torch by the collar and he threw him against the hood of his truck. "I'm only going to say this once so you better listen and you better listen to me good little boy. I will kill you and they will never find the body if you don't leave Penny alone. I won't let you hurt her again. You might think you've changed but scum like you is incapable of changing. This is your very last warning."
"I don't see where this is any of your business Bradford." Torch said defiantly.
"That girl is just like a baby sister to me and what you do to her concerns me. Don't fuck with me Torch." Ricky slammed him down on the hood of the truck this time he did it harder than before.
Torch struggled to get up he couldn't fight a man but he had no problems at all hitting a woman. "Let me up Bradford I know you don't want my boys to work you over again like they did last fall."
"Tell them to bring their pussy asses on I'll take all of them with one hand tied behind my back." Ricky yelled at him. He was so close to hitting him that it wasn't funny.
"You talk a big game but you and I both know that when it comes down to it you're nothing when compared to your brother. Hell even your brother the shrimp is more intimidating than you are. Face it you're nothing more than a little boy in a sea of men." Torch goaded him. He was trying to get Ricky to hit him.
Ricky reared back his fist like he was going to hit him but Patty grabbed his arm. "Snuffy don't he isn't worth it you would only get in trouble."
Ricky let him up off the hood of the truck his arms were visibly trembling. "Go on get out of here before I change my mind."
"That's right Bradford listen to your bitch. Just remember you're going to regret this." Torch said walking off.
Ricky went to go after him but Patty grabbed him again. "Babe just let him walk away." She said.
"Charlie I love you but you need to get the fuck away from me right now. I don't know why but I don't think it's safe for you to be around me right now." Ricky said taking a step back he was still shaking.
"Snuffy you're shaking," Patty said stepping closer to him and putting a calming hand on his arm. "And you're burning up I'm worried about you."
"Don't worry about me I'll be fine my fiery Bradford temper has just been running hot the last couple of days." Ricky dismissed her concern.
"He speaks the truth Charlie. We got into an argument about him drinking out of the milk jug and he had to go for a run just to cool down." Emily came to her brother's aid.
Ricky calmed himself enough to wrap his arm around Patty again. "Come on Charlie let's get out of here." he said. He was going to have to have a talk with Huck about this later.
"You have to be fuckin kidding me, I don't know how they expect us to figure out that prophecy if they can't." Jake said his mouth was wide open in shock after Henry had read the prophecy for the rest of the thirteen.
"Nope this is no joke Jake we have to figure this out." Prue told her little brother.
"Well if you ask me it sounds like a bunch of gibberish to me." Troy said.
"We're not poets I don't know what makes the elders think we are." Roman bitched.
"I agree with Shrimp there." Lilly put her two cents in.
"It's not impossible to figure out it's just difficult." Calleigh said.
"Ok, then does anyone have any ideas?" Bianca asked.
" I think that the first one mentioned in there is Mel." Chris said.
"Chris it says the only child of the oldest charmed one I don't understand that." Wyatt pointed out. Not that it was a surprise that he didn't understand something.
"Right but it doesn't literally mean the only child that the charmed one has. Mel is mom's only daughter and I think that is what it meant in the prophecy." Chris explained to his brother.
"And it has already been established by B that Chase is the second one mentioned there." Oriana said helpfully.
"The third one has to be Val a lover's soul and a seer's eyes. That refers to mom and dad's powers." Jake added.
"Right the only other one that could be is Penny but it's not. Because Penny is the power of love and Salem, that is talking about her being half cupid half witch." Prue said.
"I'm not positive but I think the line about the key and the guide is about Billy." Bianca said.
"That actually sounds about right B." Hank said.
"I'm not going to lie the part about the heart of the wolf and the soul of a man confuses the hell out of me." Lilly said.
"Yeah that is pretty confusing. But on a brighter note I will tell you that the one about the wandering ancestors is about Emily. Gypsies are notoriously nomadic making them wanderers." Roman said he was pretty much the go to guy for all things gypsy related.
"Gypsy boy has been heard from now just let me pause a moment to make sure I still have my wallet." Chris said sarcastically.
"Fuck you Chris." Roman shot back at him.
"Thanks for the offer but no thanks Ro I don't sleep with men who have slept with my sister." Chris lisped femininely.
"Chris that is gross. But anyway the thing about the secret soul is totally Huck for reasons I'm sure I don't have to mention." Henry put in.
"Half valkyrie, half wood nymph just about the easiest one to pick out every time." Calleigh boasted.
"Well we've figured all the other guys out the one about the heart of the wolf almost has to be Ricky although I don't get how it is. But there is something that bothers me a hell of a lot more. I don't get the part about the oldest charmed daughter. That happens to be Prue and I don't know how she has anything to do with this." Chuck said he was worried about his wife he didn't want her going into danger without him.
"I'm sorry but that is the residual worry right now. The primary concern should be the part about the eleven aiding the bakers dozen." Bianca said that was nagging at her like no other.
Oriana raised her hand sheepishly. "B what is a baker's dozen?" she asked.
Bianca shot her a look that could kill. "I know that you didn't have the benefit of completing your high school education but please don't be stupid Oriana Rose. A baker's dozen is thirteen and we are the thirteen. It is a basic measurement that you should have learned in middle school science class."
"I should have learned what a baker's dozen is or I should have learned the you guys are the thirteen?" Oriana asked being a smart ass.
"Well it's a good thing I walked in when I did. I can't have my girls at each other's throats." Frank said with a big grin on his face.
"Francis I started ignoring her the minute she learned how to talk I'm not about to start letting her being a smart ass get to me." Bianca told her father.
"But you didn't have to jump on my ass B. I really didn't know what a baker's dozen is." Oriana defended herself.
"Even Wyatt knows what that is and he isn't the sharpest tool in the shed but I digress. I have things to be doing and those things don't include arguing with you." Bianca replied.
"Little Frank I need to tell you something." Frank said and Bianca knew he was talking to her.
"Yes father." Bianca replied.
"Um, I'm going to ask you to be careful and I'm going to ask Hank to keep an extra careful eye on you because the triad wants you dead I killed one assassin that they sent after you. I just want you to watch your back." Frank told her gently.
Bianca put her hands over her face and groaned. "Dad I've got it don't worry about it. I haven't met an assassin who can out do me yet." She assured him.
"Uncle Frank I swear to you that I will do a better job this time I won't let anything happen to her." Henry swore to him.
Frank knew that he was talking about what had happened to Oriana he was going to end that once and for all. "Henry Victor and Bianca Lyn I want you to both listen to me because this will be the very last time I say this what happened to Oriana was neither of your faults. If the blame lies with anyone other than those demons it lies with O. B she didn't do what you told her to and she paid the price and it is as simple as that. So Hank I trust you to take care of my Frank Jr. just as well as I can."
"Uncle Frank I won't let her out of my sight if that's what it takes." Henry assured him.
"Yes you will I can take care of myself but I will keep an eye out. Hey I might even get a little proactive instead of being reactive. Dad you have nothing to worry about most of the assassins I know wouldn't dream of messing with Frank Hoyt's kid and that is before they figure out that I'm the crazy bitch that will do the jobs they won't do." Bianca told him.
"Well when you put it that way I have to back off some but I can't back off all the way. I love you Goober you're my Frank Jr." Frank put his arm around her and then he motioned Oriana over. "And you are my Lyn Jr. I love you too and despite what I just told Hank and B I'm sorry that I failed you," he said tearing up.
Oriana reached up and kissed her dad on the nose. "You didn't fail me daddy I was just hard headed and I didn't listen." She assured him fighting tears of her own.
"I'm your dad Ana it's my job to protect you I didn't exactly do that. Point in case I let you go off with your sister who I know damn well is as crazy as I am." Frank pointed out to her.
"Daddy there was nothing you could have done to stop me just like you couldn't stop me from marrying a gorilla." Oriana explained to him smiling at Hank.
"You married a gorilla and I married a mule." Henry countered with a soft smile on his face.
"I didn't stop you from marrying Hank because he was a good boy then and he's a good man now. But between me and you, you always got away with more because you're the youngest girl." Frank laughed.
"Francis I'm standing right here." Bianca gave him a fake scowl. The others weren't going to say anything about her being off task because she needed this.
"Yeah I know but you get a pass on a lot of things with your mother because you're just like me and she finds everything I do cute. That and well I had to talk her out of killing you quite a few times growing up. But seriously I need you to come in the other room with me I have something that I need to show you." Frank said.
"Dad I would but I need to stay and help." Bianca replied.
"B go and take that thing you call a sister with you I can't have her and Prue feeding off of each other without you in the room to control her." Henry told his girlfriend.
Bianca walked over to him and kissed him because she needed to know that they were ok. "I love you Double H."
"I love you too B. Lyn." Henry replied raising her hand to his lips and kissing it before he allowed her to leave the room.
"You guys do know that had we been that off task we would have got yelled at right?" Liz asked once Bianca was out of earshot.
"Oh, yeah she would have yelled at us to focus no doubt about it. But I can't help but love her mean ass." Henry said staring in the direction Bianca had just walked.
"Yeah I get the from googly eyes you're making right now that you love her. I swear all you love sick puppies are making me sick." Chris said shaking his head at his cousin but he was glad he wasn't going over the deep end.
"Jesus why is it so loud in this house this early in the morning?" Paige grumbled hoarsely. As she made her way into the kitchen with Mel.
"I don't have the answer to that but I will tell you this it should be against the law. I didn't work last night but I still shouldn't be up this early because lets face it I'm beat I slept like shit." Mel replied. Really the last thing in the world that needed to happen was those two combining forces that was a disaster waiting to happen.
"I slept fine once I finally managed to get warm." Paige said barely above a whisper. Hell she was still cold it was summer and she had on pajama pants and a sweatshirt.
"Speaking of that that was the first and last time you ever get in bed with me. I can't even explain to you how you sleep all I know is it isn't pretty." Mel informed her.
"The only reason I had so much trouble getting to sleep was because I was freezing." Paige defended herself.
"I didn't press you on the issue last night because you were miserable so I'll ask now, why the hell didn't you just sleep with Dom?" Mel asked.
Paige and Mel both made their way blindly to the coffee pot. "I'm mad at Dom I told him to go to his mom's house and sleep."
"Why are you mad at Dom?" Mel asked pouring them both a cup of coffee.
"I think that should be obvious he dropped me off at mom's hours yesterday the woman drove me crazy. Aunt Mel I shit you not she put a baby monitor in the living room where I was sleeping." Paige explained.
"I know I was there I saw her." Mel replied.
"Morning sunshine it was nice of you to get so dressed up on our account." Jimmy told her cheerfully. It reminded her so much of something that Roman would say.
Mel was dressed in a pair of pajama pants and a t-shirt and she had her hair pulled up in a ponytail. "I should still be sleeping I was up for over twenty-four hours. And I will listen to your son up to a point when he says things like that but I won't put up with it from you Jimmy."
"How do you feel Paige?" Eva asked her.
"I feel like shit Aunt Eva. I would never admit this to her but I think mom was right I think I have pneumonia." Paige replied.
"I know Wy told me and I'm going to proscribe you something stronger." Eva promised her.
"Paige you are just like your mother." Lyn told her.
Paige groaned when she heard her grandma. "Oh boy, I think this house has one too many Hoyts in it right now I'd better go. I don't want to be around when my mom commits murder." She said sarcastically.
"Paige don't be so much like your father it isn't healthy." Bianca told her coming in the room with her dad and sister.
"My God kid I can't get over how much you look like your dad." Frank told her.
"I've been known to act just like him too." Paige replied with more sarcasm.
Bianca shook her head at her daughter. "O, this is unfortunately my very stubborn daughter Paige."
"I come by it naturally mother." Paige informed her.
"B I knew she was yours before you did. She acts just like you and I called her on it." Oriana told her sister.
"Oh, shit this sickness is throwing me off my game. Damn it all to hell those boys can't do shit right without me. I'm going to have to talk to them." Paige groaned.
"I don't even want to know what she's talking about this time." Bianca said.
"Well that is because she is Frank the third. No one wants to know what we're talking about when we have outbursts like that." Frank reasoned with her.
"Frank don't you call my grandbaby that. The girl is bad enough without you saying that she's like you." Leo teased him.
"Fine then I'll make you feel better she reminds me of Mel." Frank conceded.
"Shit that isn't a comforting thought Mel is just like Piper. We really don't need anyone else who is that bad." Coop smiled sweetly at Piper when she glared at him.
"Watch it Cupid I'll blow your ass up." Piper warned him.
"Piper please don't inflict bodily harm on my husband I'm attached to him." Phoebe begged her sister.
"Your husband is a pain in my ass too." Prue chimed in.
"I'm going to break this up right now." Mel said shaking her head. "Has anyone seen my boyfriend? And if he isn't around I'll settle for his little brother." She asked.
"Ricky is still at football practice and Roman is in the dining room." Derek answered her question.
"Oh joy, I really don't want to deal with the older guys right now I was with them all day yesterday. I think I'll wait for my two compadres to get here and then we'll go in there and see what they have." Mel mused to herself.
"Don't be so cheery this morning Paige." Paige told her niece.
"I told you people I'm going on very little sleep and I slept with a bed hog last night." Mel replied.
"I don't hog the bed I was just cold, I was fine once you put your arm around me and you know it." Paige defended herself.
"The reason you two had a problem is because you both sleep alike." Piper pointed out.
"Mom I'm scared to ask but how do you know this?" Mel asked.
"Because I looked in on you two this morning before I came down it was very cute." Piper replied.
"Baby you could have stayed with me last night Uncle Hank would have slept on the couch." Bianca told her daughter.
"I was fine mom I would have been better had I not kicked Dom out but I was pissed at him. So I slept with Aunt Mel. Besides I'm sure Uncle Hank really appreciates you saying he'll sleep on the couch." Paige replied.
"Hank would have understood, you're staying with me tonight and we're not going to argue about it." Bianca told her sternly.
"Whatever mother," Paige said rolling her eyes.
"That is music to my ears you now know what you sound like when you say things like that." Lyn told her.
"Mother you're tempting fate right now. I don't know why dad has to bring you with him everywhere he goes." Bianca responded.
"Don't talk about my mom that way B." Oriana said indignantly.
"O, she knows that I love her besides she was my mom first." Bianca informed her.
"I don't even like you sometimes B." Oriana replied.
"Frank did you show Frank Jr. the knife yet?" Andy asked.
"No, and I never thought I would see this day but B you need to focus for five seconds I have something to show you." Frank reminded her.
Bianca looked away from her sister and took a deep breath. "Sorry dad I'm good to go now show away." She said when she was composed enough.
Frank pulled out the knife that he had taken off the assassin. "This would be the knife those assassins carry I just thought you should see it."
"I think I've seen something like that before I'm going to have to confer with Uncle Mickey. This is something that he would know about." Bianca replied for some reason she couldn't remember where she had saw that knife before.
A/N: I hope you guys liked this chapter. I told you we would get into to more action this chapter. So I wonder what is really wrong with Ricky I think it is more than just his temper running short. I think Hank and B are both taking Oriana being back well but that is subject to change. Henry isn't very happy with the elders right now so there is no telling what he will do. Hell there is no telling what B will do concerning the demons that are after her. Mel and Paige together make me laugh but something tells me that those two together isn't a good thing. One would have thought that Prue being married would stop her meddling ways for a little while but no such luck on that front. Ricky and Huck are going to have to do something about Torch before things get out of hand again. It really makes you wonder what the first line of that prophecy is talking about. Until next time please review.
A/N2: Ok I goofed the first time I posted this I said that they were the ten but really there are eleven of them my bad.