"Sorry, I forgot my phone" said Piper as she opened the front door. "I was actually talking to Leo. What are you two doing up? Chris, Leo, back to bed! Way too early! Wyatt, you're up" she patted him on the back as she pushed the other two upstairs.

"So…" said Wyatt. "You wanna sit?"

"Sure" said Sam coming into the living room. She was still carrying her bag.

"You were…"

"At the bus station"

"Do you really want to leave?"

"Yes…because I love you so much I don't want to be an obstacle in your life"

"I love my life with you in it"

"When there's no demons, it's great. What about when they come back?"

"We'll fight them off. You and me" he came closer and kneeled in front of her.

"It'll be just you"

"No, you've survived all your life without magic. Magic won't stop you either. It's just another obstacle; please don't let it stop us from being together. Just…tell me you don't love me anymore and I'll let you go"

"What if I do…with all my heart?" she said. He kissed her for the first time in months. They had kissed but not like this, not after the burial. They held hands and went upstairs to sleep. Coop had left a batch of roses in their room for them to smell fresh as soon as the sun came up.

Wyatt and Sam were still asleep as everybody else got up to start breakfast in the kitchen, but it wasn't the sounds from the kitchen that startled Sam's sleep, but something from the hall. Creaking of doors, footsteps, Sam got out of bed, thought for a second and searched for Wyatt's pants and her Jasper. Sure enough, the case was back in his pants. She put it on and went outside trying not to wake Wyatt. She headed for the bathroom down the hall and then she saw him: A hair-tangled demon. He threw an invisible whip at her that left a scorched mark next to where she landed after jumping sideways to avoid it. She turned and saw the same red mark she had seen at her apartment. Without so much as a second thought she ran towards the demon and tackled him down. The demon surprised pulled out an athame and they rolled until they found their way down the stairs and fell some of the way. The racket of course woke Wyatt and called everybody's attention.

"Oh my God!" Piper froze them. Sam landed on the athame, unfrozen by the power of the Jasper.

"Piper!"

"Sorry" she unfroze them. Sam took the athame from her thigh and put it to his throat. Wyatt was on top of the stairs.

"Who are you?" the demon smiled and tried to shimmer away, but the Jasper wouldn't let him go and he got shocked as Sam grabbed him by the coat. "I'm not asking nicely again…who are you? Why were you in my apartment?"

"We got there first, but we won't be the last!" he laughed.

"Have it your way then" Sam took the knife away and gave a hand to the demon who got up and took it hesitantly. "Tell them I sent ya" she whispered before she stabbed him with his own athame. She sat on the nearest step.

"I've got it" said Wyatt coming to Sam's side. "He got you, huh?"

"Actually, that was my fault" said Piper coming up the stairs. "I didn't know you were wearing the necklace. I thought…"

"It's alright…got it from him, right?" she said thankfully. "Don't worry about it!" she said as Wyatt healed her leg.

"How did you know that would protect you?"

"I didn't really. I figured it had the shield back at the most…other than that I was as shocked as he was" she chuckled. "Sorry I took it though"

"Well, you're not supposed to even know about it yet…"

"Guilty" said Chris.

"as charged" said Piper.

"but I guess I'm glad that you did"

"Congratulations, Sam. You've killed your first demon"

"See? told you" said Wyatt giving her a kiss.

"Alright lovebirds, are you coming for breakfast?"

"Absolutely" said Sam. Wyatt and her held hands all throughout breakfast.

P3 would have its annual Valentine's dance. Wyatt and Sam were much brighter towards each other, even though Coop still worried about them. Phoebe told him he needed to give them space to work it out.

"There's something I need to talk to you about" said Sam after dinner one night. They were making heart patterns for P3's decorations. "All of you"

"What's up?" said Chris. Trying to unglue some glitter hearts from his fingers.

"Give me" Sam went to him and took some tape to help his sticky fingers. "Listen"

"The demon I killed…here…well, his kind anyway, had been in my apartment after Danny attacked me" Wyatt put down the scissors went he heard than name. He reached for the glue to cover his discomfort. "I found scorched marks on the carpet when Leo and I went to fix the store"

"Why hadn't you mentioned this before?" said Piper throwing stares at her son.

"I didn't think it was relevant since it had been after it all happened" she gulped. "Done" she finished with Chris' hand and sat with Wyatt.

"Is it possible they had something to do with what happened?" said Leo. "Maybe you should pay Danny another visit in jail"

"I don't think it's necessary" said Wyatt clearing his throat. "If he was manipulated he would have given any sign of knowing magic when mom scared him and he didn't"

"He seemed awfully confident" said Piper.

"He was a jerk. Always was and had nothing to do with magic" said Sam waving her hands. They trembled a bit as she finished talking. Wyatt rubbed her hands steady. She smiled at him and put her head on his shoulder. He kissed the top of her head. "If you want I can ask him. I could always tell if he was lying. We don't need magic involved"

"Are you sure you're up to this?" said Piper.

"Why are we even discussing it? We're not doing this!" said Wyatt. "He can't hurt you anymore. Can't we just let that go and focus on the demons?"

"Wyatt's right. Why can't we just conjure up one and ask him a few questions?" said Chris. "We've done it before"

"Because not everything has to be solved by conjuring up demons boys" said Piper.

"We're not going through all of it again. Please, just don't!" Wyatt said and stood up taking Sam's hand. He took her upstairs. Once in their room, Sam tried to calm Wyatt down.

"Wyatt. It was just an option. We can try and figure things out in another way. Don't be upset" she said

"I just don't want to put you in that position again, alright?" he said pacing up and down.

"Here" she said pulling something out of one of her drawers. It was the ball of gray fur. "I'll go for the conjuring the demon here if…" she withdrew the fur at Wyatt's reach. "I'm present. I have some questions as well. Don't leave me out of this" Wyatt took the fur.

"Never" he smiled. She smiled back and it was a done deal.

Chris, Wyatt and Sam waited till Piper was out of the house, which was hardly ever, so they had to plan it carefully. Once out, things were in motion. Wyatt conjured the demon. It was considerably bigger than the other one and it had spikes, big black ones and of course a long mane of gray hair. It shot a spike to Chris, another to Wyatt and another to Sam. The three of them fell to the floor unable to avoid or alter the spike's direction. There was no orbing in or out of the room. They'd made sure they wouldn't get caught, but then again they couldn't get out. They covered with old furniture and trunks from the still falling spikes.

"How could those hit you?" Sam said scared. "They went straight through the Shields"

"They must work as Dark Lighter Arrows, how? I have no idea" said Chris breathing hard. Wyatt came closer to her without a word and gasping for breath. He had an old shirt in his hand.

"Hold her still, Chris" he said holding the shoulder injured. "Ready baby?" Sam nodded. Chris held her other shoulder and she gripped his arm. Wyatt pulled the spike out and with a yelp of pain she started bleeding. Wyatt tried healing her but couldn't. "I can't"

"Stop trying. You'll make yourself weaker" Sam said lying him down. She took another shirt from a pile and took his and Chris out. Chris was near his ribs and Wyatt's near his heart. Wyatt was getting paler a lot faster than Chris. Sam was losing blood fast. According to their plan, Piper and Leo wouldn't be home anytime soon. "Just rest you two. Wyatt, can you stay awake for me"

"Sure thing, baby" he said closing his eyes.

"Wyatt? Wyatt! Please honey stay up!" she said desperate. "Chris? Wake up!" Chris opened his eyes and took a deep breath. "Why's he worse?"

"The venom's got to his heart faster I guess" said Chris shaking his brother. "We gotta get him out of here"

"You can barely move…I'll make a run for it"

"It'll kill you"

"Then I'll stay and we all die. How does that sound?" Both sat there frustrated.

"There's gotta be a way to take at least one of the crystals from their position"

"Even then, we can't call Paige in here. She'll get killed. I still have to get out"

"We'll cross that bridge" said Chris. He made things move here and there and whenever there was a shot Sam ran behind something and grabbed a crystal to hide. She removed three which was a success. Now, they needed to get out. Sam went to check on Wyatt. "Is he sleeping?" Sam started to cry.

"He's not breathing" she started to do CPR on him. "Come on. You can't do this to me!" she gave him mouth to mouth. "Can you do CPR on his heart? I don't think I'm strong enough" Chris nodded. "Good" Sam stood up and yelled a big hey to get shot at then ran for it to the door. She gave a big jump and hit the wall where she got three more spikes on the back before she fell on the stairs. She went down the stairs away from the shooting zone before calling on Paige. "Pa-aa-ige" she did with her last breaths. Paige orbed in with her sisters. Apparently, lunch had been with them.

"Oh my…"

"Don't!" said Sam as Paige had reached for her back. "Demon upstairs. Wyatt, Chris, trouble"

"Paige, orb back and get the boys. Then orb right in"

"No. Dark…" Sam couldn't speak anymore.

"Dark Lighters? These are from a Dark Lighter?" asked Piper. Sam nodded. Piper ran upstairs. Paige orbed away and then back to follow her sisters up the stairs. Leo took the spikes off her back and Paige came back in a few minutes. Cooper held her tight. When Paige came down she went straight to help her. Sam didn't waste a second. She ran upstairs to look for the boys. Chris was standing by his father and Piper was crying near Wyatt who was still on the floor. Wyatt was hugging her trying to comfort her. He was alive. Piper saw her and let go of her son. Wyatt got up and hugged Sam pressing his head to hers.