Christine sighed when Phoebe said they were going to discuss some things. She was really hoping that they would have just forgotten about everything that had happened. She slowly looked up at Phoebe. She hadn't meant to yell at anyone at the school but after she did and calmed herself down she felt so much better. She looked at Leo and Cole then back at Phoebe, "Momma... I'm sorry..." She really didn't think there was anything else she could say.
Leo looked at Phoebe when she said to go ahead, then turned back to Cole. "I'll see you down there." he replied, before exiting the attic and walking downstairs. He saw Piper and Mel in the living room, along with Wyatt and future Wyatt, and walked over to them. He looked down and combed his fingers through Mel's hair and smiled; he hoped that she was feeling better now that she was with her Mother, before looking back at Piper. "How'd things go at Magic School, did you find anything useful about what we can do to help find Chris?"
Cole looked back to phoebe wondering who was at the door. But he took a sharp breath and then said to Phoebe, "alright dear, if you need anything ill be here in a second come on down when your ready" he followed close after Leo down the stairs he took note of the little Mel, the older Mel who was heading for the door now, Leo, Piper, and Wyatt. He wanted to offer again to go to the underworld to the rest of the family and see what the older Mel needed to ask him but everyone seamed busy.
She looked at her daughter carefully hoping she would get the right message. "I am so very sorry sweetie. I love you so much." She put her hand to her heart. "I want you to always remember that you have a special place in here that is just for you and absolutely nothing can take that away from me." By now more tears had started to fall and Phoebe wrapped her arms around her daughter and kissed her on her forehead. "I hope you can forgive me."
Phoebe waited until both Leo and Cole had left the room. She was determined to make everything right. Before it was Cole that was able to say that right words and now she hoped she would be able to do the same. She turned Chrissy around in her lap so that they could see each other. "Christine you shouldn't be apologizing" She paused, "I should. Lately I don't think I've been a very good momma. Between the baby and your cousin I think you have gotten shoved aside and that it my fault."
Christine listened to her Momma and tried for a few minutes to fully understand everything and she watched her put her hand on her heart and she looked at Phoebe, "Momma you is a good Momma. And I knows that you gots to take care of the baby and help Aunt Piper find Chris.. I didn't mean to get mad at everyone it was an accident." She looked down at Phoebe's belly and then back up at her- I don't mean to get into trouble. It helps to do stuff so I don't gotsta think about everything. I just don't like Daddy yelling all the time and ever since Chris left that's all he really does..." Chrissy looked back down and chewed on her fingernails some.
Phoebe rested her head on Christine's head. She thought for a moment about the way Cole had been acting since Chris disappeared. Chrissy was right that Cole had yelled a few times and it only seemed like a lot because prior to this Cole rarely ever yelled. "Sweetie, Daddy doesn't mean to yell. And neither does Mommy. Your Daddy and Mommy get very, very angry sometimes because we feel like we should be able to find your Cousin. But since we haven't found him it makes us really sad and really mad. You have to understand Christine that all of us, even your Aunt Piper and Uncle Leo feel like it's our fault we haven't found him." She lifted her head up and looked into Chrissy's
eyes. "But you know what? Even being sad or mad about your cousin is not a good reason for Mommy and Daddy to yell at each other and most importantly it's not a good reason to yell at you." Phoebe gently took a hold of Christine's hand that she had been chewing on and put it into her own. "I love you very, very much. And so does your Daddy."
The Source, in his human disguise stood at the door, once it was opened, he pushed his way threw pulling up a peace of paper in Mel's face. "Search Warrant!" he walked into the hallway and said, "I am only going to ask you this once…where is Piper Halliwell!" the evidence bag was still in his hand as he looked around the home looking for anyone to question. He was clearly on a mission of some kind.
Melinda looked at the Detective like he was out of his mind, barging into their home like he owned the place. "Excuse me..." she replied, as she shut the door and walked after him, stopping him before he got to the living room area where Piper and everyone else was. "We're a little busy at the moment; family crisis." she explained, standing in front of him. "It'd be better if you could come back another time. Or never." Melinda said, giving him a nasty look. "Whichever works best for you."
The Source, in his human form, turned around at the words of Mel and again held up the peace of paper in his hand. "This peace of paper that is signed by a Judge says I can come in here look wherever I want, talk to whoever I want regardless of if this is a bad time or not. Now you can tell me where Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt are or I'll tear this place apart looking and take everyone in for obstruction of justice I don't play around when in comes to these matters." he turned the corner and walked in to the living room where Leo, Cole, piper, little Wyatt, and little Melinda where. "Ah Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt I'm a Detective with the SFPD" he pulled out his gun and pointed it Leo and said, "someone want to explain to me why your son has been missing for at least three days and no one has reported it to my office" he tossed the evidence bag with Chris's shirt on the table not lowering his gun.
Melinda looked up at her Mother. She knew that she should just spit out what had happened, but she was scared of getting in trouble by her mom. "Uh, well..." She stuttered out, but before she could finish a strange man with a gun came into the living room. Melinda eyes got really wide and she got really scared. She was used to be being scared of demons, sometimes she even laughed cause they looked funny, but this was not funny at all. She was afraid even to move, but was close enough to Wyatt to grab his hand. She knew that later he would call her a baby and make fun of her, but right now she didn't care. Tears started to spill out of her eyes when she saw the man toss Chris's shirt on the table. Chris had been wearing it the day he went missing. She knew that because that was the same shirt she had spilled her chocolate milk on when Wyatt tripped her that morning. She looked up at her parents hoping they could get this man out of their house.
Wyatt heard the commotion in the living room and wandered in, seeing the guy with the gun. "Whoa...what's going on?" he looks from the Detective to his parents. "is the gun necessary?" he said, holding his hands up. "Whoa, hold on a second." Leo replied, after seeing the gun in the same room with his small children. He knew that Piper would want to instantly freeze the detective and take the gun away, and though he's told her not to risk exposing magic in the past, in this case he wouldn't disagree with her. He exchanged a look between Piper and Phoebe. Was this guy really a Detective? Who pulls out a gun on innocent people, who happen to be un-armed. That didn't sit right with him. "For your information - Detective, we have reported the incident with a close family friend, who just so happens to also be a Detective." Leo told the stranger, as he slowly moved Mel behind him, so she wouldn't get hurt - or accidently use her powers in the time of stress.
He saw that little Wyatt was already safely behind Piper, before looking back at the table, noticing again the bag that had Chris' shirt in it. That's when Wyatt walked back into the living room. Wyatt was right about the gun being unnecessary, which brought Leo to think more about what he was worried about earlier. He would have to talk to Darryl about this Detective when he saw him again.
Since the disappearance of Little Chris and Big Chris...the Elders had granted to Prue, special powers, besides the ones she possessed in life. Those special powers being that she could basically go from being a spirit, to being a living, breathing human being, with full use of her powers, if need be. But she could also hover in between the two. The Elders had also giving Prue the ability to cloak herself. Prue had materialized in the Attic, to see she could help comfort her nieces and nephew, after what had happened in Magic School earlier that day. "Aunt Prue" Christine said, seeing her Aunt appear.
Prue smiled brightly at her little Niece. "Hi sweetheart." Chrissy's words caused Phoebe to turn. Phoebe smiled, seeing her big Sister. Prue had been dearly, dearly missed since her death. And while Phoebe wasn't happy with the reasons why the Elders had allowed Prue to return to them, she was happy it had happened. "Hey Sis" Phoebe said. Prue walked over to them. "Hello my sweet girl" Prue said. Then she gave them both a hug.
"Do you have any news on either Chris?" Phoebe asked. Prue sighed and shook her head. "No, but I was told by the Elders, that from now on, until they are both found, I am to stay here. I don't have to go back and forth as needed any more." A concerned looked appeared on Phoebe's face. "Why does that not sound good." Prue grinned. "Pheebs when it comes to the Elders, it never sounds good." Prue then noticed that Christine had been crying. "Is everything okay?" Phoebe gave her daughter a hug. "Yes, just letting out some frustration over her Cousin being missing." Prue knelt down and looked Christine in the eyes. "Chrissy honey, I know you're confused...we all are. But I promise you, I am going to do everything in my power to bring your Cousin home."
Prue gave her Niece a kiss on the forehead and then gave Phoebe one too. "I'm going to head downstairs." Prue walked towards the Attic door. As she was about to open it, she received a warning from the Elders that her family was not alone in the house. She transformed herself into a spirit and glided through the door; on the other side, Prue cloaked herself and then made her way down the stairs. She reached the bottom of the stairs and looked into the living room, and saw a man with a badge, aiming his gun at her family. Prue's (always being the over protective one) first instinct was to materialize and fling the gun away from this stranger.
But she didn't. Instead she glided past him, un-noticed, going past Leo, and Piper and headed for the kitchen, where she would watch and wait. If this cop got trigger happy, Prue was prepared to materialize, and take that gun from him, and then Astral Project behind him and kick his ass. And if needed she could grab the children, and cloak them with her cloaking power, one of the "extras" the Elders had given her, to prevent another Child of the Charmed Ones disappear.
Both Leo and Piper felt a cool, gentle breeze go past them, and knew that Prue was there. Piper took a step back when Tristan walked into the room with the gun pointed at them. Her immediate thought was were Little Wyatt and Little Melinda were. She carefully positioned herself in front of her two children. She was prepared to die before she let someone else harm either of them. Once she knew that her children were out of the direct path of this crazed man she focused her attention on him. The fear that she had first felt at the sight of the gun turned to pure anger at the thought that someone could think that he could come into her home and put her family in danger. She felt a presence move by her and immediately knew that Prue was there in spirit form. She glared at the Detective wishing he was a demon and she could just blow him into a million pieces ending his madness. She raised her hands thinking that she might freeze him and that would take care of the problem.
Melinda had listened to everything that her Mom and Dad had said to the Detective. Piper was right, and she thought it was kind of suspicious that this guy would pull out his gun just because she got a little snippy with him at the door, to which she had rolled her eyes, before following him into the living room. She looked at Future Wyatt than her parents, before focusing back on the detective. "If that's evidence then why did they send you and not Darryl, especially since you're so new to the department."
Cole watched as this man came in with a gun out and moving threw the hallway into the living room. As the man claimed to be a detective and threw a shirt that everyone knew was little Chris's. Cole looked wide eyed at the shirt and like piper was wondering how/where this man got it from. They had been searching everything for days with nothing and this guy just happens to find it? Cole took a glance up where he knew his pregnant wife and daughter were.
And then he looked around to the rest of his in-laws preparing to spring in with his abilities as well if needed, "now, Detective we don't want any trouble and I think there has been a miss understanding. As my brother in law here as said we have reported my nephew's disappearance to detective Daryl. So lets all take a deep breath and just talk about this okay" even though he said this he put a hand behind his back and sparks started to shoot out of his finger tips as he prepared to Conjure electricity.
He was fully aware of who Cole used to be, and was quite pleased with his disguise that neither Cole nor any of the witches suspected who or what he was. By now Piper was beyond furious it took every fiber of her being not to blow this son of a bitch up. Her fists where closed so tightly together that she felt her nails digging in the palm of her hands. She didn't mind though the pain that came from it was a nice distraction from this man. Piper took a step forward not caring that the gun was still pointed at them. "How dare you assume that we had anything to do with my son going missing." She spat out at him then raised her voice even louder, "THAT IS MY SON!" She could feel the anger running through her body and felt herself shaking. "You need to leave now.."
Prue, still in spirit form and cloaked, floated back into the Living Room and went next to Piper. "Take a breath Piper. Don't risk exposure. I don't want what happened to me, to happen to anyone else in this house." Prue said. To Piper, Prue's words were nothing more than a whisper, heard inside her head. This ability to speak, and only be heard in someone's mind was another gift given to Prue by the Elders for this special assignment.
It was a power, Prue rather liked. It was sort of like her Astral Projection power, only instead of projecting her body, she could project her voice into someone's mind.
The Source held his gun up as everyone reacted to him and spoke their mind. As he looked to Wyatt who said the gun wasn't necessary and then Cole saying they did report the disappearance to Detective Morris. The Source firmed his brow as he said, "I think this gun unfortunately is necessary, considering I have a missing child, parents who for some reason didn't report it, and a room full of people and I don't have backup. And I tried to do this otherwise but since no one got back to me I have other choice but t expect fowl play. As for Detective Morris…he is a homicide detective, he doesn't deal with missing children, that's my department if you did report it to him, he should of informed me, but I'll confirm that with him.."
"We did report my son's disappearance!" Leo snapped, getting very angry. Prue floated over to Leo and said "Try to calm down Leo. I can protect the children, all of them. Don't do or say anything to make him want to use that gun." Without lowering his gun he pulled out a cell phone and dialed the number to Darryl. After a few minutes on the phone, which included yelling a bit at Darryl for not reporting the case to his office, he finally lowered his gun and holstered it. "I am sorry but you have to understand I take missing children cases very seriously." Tristian, aka The Source of all Evil, looked back to Piper and then at Leo and said, "I sorry, but I was investigating a different missing child case and was talking to some of the homeless community near the park, they didn't know the kid I was looking for, though I did find him shortly after, but one of the homeless men did see different child being abducted in the park a few days ago, the homeless man kept the shirt but didn't report till I….got it out of him.