Paige had been more than right. From then on things were running smoothly between Wyatt and Sam and the rest of them. Sam accepted taking care of the store from home and Piper and her were making errands to the businesses together. Next doctor's appointment wasn't till a couple months more and Piper was gonna be there in case they needed to freeze the scene. They wanted to know if they were having girls or boys. The demonic attacks were scarce but constant which made them think the underworld still hadn't chosen a leader.
"Hi" said Wyatt one morning, holding three lilies, her favorite flower. "I thought you might be here"
"Why's that?"
"Well, I woke up. You weren't there and mice don't make spoon noises" he said taking a spoonful of cereal from her plate.
"Conjured those up for me?"
"Like them?"
"Love them" she kissed him, mouthful of organic cereal. "Help me I'll take it to bed"
"Got it" said Wyatt. He grabbed a tray and carried the plate out of the room. Sam was smelling her flowers. "You better bring the box. Cause I ain't coming ba…" he came back too steps into the kitchen. There was nobody there. Wyatt put the tray down and then he saw the lilies on the floor. He started to sense her all around the house then around the block around the city. She was not on the surface. He ran to the scrying crystal they used last time and grabbed the USB video of the babies.
Meanwhile in the UNDERWORLD:
Sam woke up dizzy. Once she managed to focus her vision all she could see was her and Wyatt's room. She was tucked in bed. She tried to get up, but felt a hand pushing her back down.
"Hey, nasty bump you almost had" said Wyatt.
"Wyatt?...What…"
"You fainted. Luckily I caught you and brought you upstairs" he caressed her hair. "Here" the impostor said helping her sit and offering her a glass of would-be water. "Drink this, might help"
"It's bubbly" she smiled at him.
"Uhm…just…mineral water, thought you might be queasy, but if you prefer water…" he said pulling the water away.
"No, it's OK. I am a little nauseated" she took the glass back and drank it. As soon as she did she felt a shiver.
"Is everything alright?" asked the demon without helping a sly smile at the corner of his mouth.
"Yeah…just cold" Sam said pulling back the covers.
"Sleep" he said before he left the fake room.
"Is it done, Langdon?"
"She drank the potion. It'll take more than a dose but she'll turn and with her the babies she's carrying. Let her sleep. Don't let anything disturb her, the effect'll be faster"
"And if they find her?"
"It'll be too late" smiled the false Wyatt walking away.
At the MANOR:
Everybody ran upstairs to the attic as it was being thrashed up and about. They saw Wyatt and ducked as a flying sofa went past them before Piper could freeze it.
"Wyatt! What's going on?" shouted Piper among the noise.
"Calm down, Wyatt!" yelled Leo.
"Wyatt" said Chris orbing next to his brother holding his arm. Wyatt put his arms down and sat on a trunk nearby.
"They've taken her" he said through tearing rage. "One second she was there and the next…" he pulled his hair, head down. Everybody was shocked. They had no idea what to say.
"We'll get her back" said Chris still holding on to his brother.
"I've tried scrying for her and the babies, I can't sense them anywhere on the surface dead or alive. Dad?" he stared at him. They all knew the only choice was to look in the underworld, but they had promised not to go unprepared.
"Both of you go. Stay out of sight. We'll start on the potions" he said finally. Piper went to her sons and hugged them.
"Stay safe. We'll find them" she took Leo's hand and headed for the kitchen to prepare some arsenal for them. Calls were made and soon the whole Halliwell clan was on the case. Chris and Wyatt had to check in every few hours at the manor. Every time he was hoping somebody had any clue, but none was to be had. Hour after hour went by and hopes were getting more and more painful.
In the underworld, Sam was getting dose after dose of the evil potion and was kept asleep and calmed. As long as she felt Wyatt was close by she wasn't going to attack in any way.
"How are you feeling?" said Wyatt coming into the room with yet another glass of mineral water. "Any better?" she was half-awake now. She sat back on the bed.
"Yeah" she lied. "I'm just tired of being in bed"
"It's for your own good" said the demon trying to force feed the potion.
"I think I need something else than water" she said just taking a sip.
"I need to keep you hydrated" he tried again.
"Listen. I'm fine. I just need to walk a little" she tried to climb out of bed.
"Absolutely not"
"I fainted and you want to keep me drinking water?" she smiled. "Some doctor you'll be" she stood up and the demon pulled her back to the bed softly laughing. "Have you got some…other medicine for me? I might reconsider staying in bed" she laughed. The demon started kissing her neck and then he kissed her lips. Big mistake.
The Jasper ignited like a faulty flashlight, but it was enough to throw the false Wyatt through the fake wall. He stood up and stared. "We've already got you" he changed to his original form. Sam cried in rage.
"The hell you do" she tried pushing him out of her way but was unable to, her powers were too weak against him.
"The name's Langdon" he saluted her. "Until we meet again, Mrs. Halliwell" Sam cried some more. She was impotent. She had no powers to get out of the underworld. Wyatt couldn't hear her from here and she was way too weak to fight demons if any showed. She called Wyatt, Chris and Paige as loud as she could, louder than a whisper, but not nearly good enough.
Not too far away, Chris and Wyatt orbed within the underworld.
"Let's spread!" said Wyatt. "Kill anything you find"
"Wyatt wait! Mom and dad said…" but his brother was already out of earshot. "Great" An hour into the search, Chris found the shattered fake room. "Oh my God…Sam?" he started looking around. He looked through nearby tunnels and found Sam sitting on the floor with some charcoal stains around, she was staring down and breathing heavily. "Sam?" he said hesitantly walking slowly towards her. Immediately, her shield went up with her stare at Chris, it still flickered on and off as if working with half-charged batteries. "It's me…Chris" the shield was still up. "I'm not gonna hurt you" he kneeled beside her and offered his hand. "Let's go home"
"Home?" she mouthed. She took the shield down and hesitantly gave him her hand. He took her right home.
Once back home, Leo took her to their room but at the sight of it Sam tried to jump from his arms and run away. "OK. Alright, it's alright" he hugged her while she trembled.
"Take her to our room" said Piper feeling a mixture of anger and sorrow. Once they did, Piper remained with her and helped her take a shower and changed her clothes. All the time, Sam held her hand and started shaking every time she let go.
Wyatt got home at the time he was supposed to check in. He was hurt. Paige healed him as soon as he came in. Chris went to talk to him. "Any news?"
"I found her. She's fine" Wyatt gave him a hug.
"Thank you. Where is she?" he started to run. Leo stopped him.
"Take it easy" he said. "We haven't been able to talk to her, but she panicked when we tried to enter your bedroom so she's in ours with your mother. She's very shaken so please…go easy on her until she wants to tell us what happen so we can figure it all out together, ok? Don't make any questions right now"
"I just want to see her" said Wyatt. Leo nodded and went upstairs with his son. They knocked on the door and Piper opened the door and hugged her son in relief. Sam saw Wyatt and couldn't help but raising her shield. Wyatt understood right then what his father had meant and walked to her ever so slowly. "It's me baby" he sat on the bed as the shield flickered still. Wyatt raised his palm letting her touch him, then they kissed; as her lips touched his she knew it was Wyatt and she hugged him tight. Piper and Leo left the room a whole lot calmer.
"I'm sorry. I promised I wouldn't let them get you" whispered Wyatt. Sam didn't stop kissing him and pulling him closer. Soon, they were cuddling together and the rest of the world just didn't exist anymore. Wyatt had her in his arms. A hand on her belly and the other tangled in her hand.
Time seemed to stop whenever they were together.
On the next couple days, everybody just went on with their days. Samantha remained silent and Wyatt didn't leave her side not even for a second. If Wyatt went to the bathroom, Chris took over and sat next to her. Nobody really felt like talking about it and if a car backfired Sam's shield went straight up and pushed everyone out of the way.
Close to the fourth day, coming to midnight, Wyatt caressed her face as she lied next to him in bed.
"What's on your mind?" he said in a would-be whisper. She stared. "Sorry. Am I keeping you up?" she rolled over to his side and started kissing. From the first time they had been together, they were totally in sync; he knew what she wanted, and she knew what he needed. They caressed each other ever so gently. Wyatt kissed and caressed her belly so softly it made her shiver both sensually and ever so tenderly. He climbed behind her and as if by a natural movement meant to happen…started making love to the woman he was so madly in love with. He pulled her towards him as if she were gonna vanish from his fingers, he caressed her every inch as she tried to reach for his hair tangling her fingers between his curls, all the while feeling his breath on her neck. His touch made her feel safe again.
Afterwards, they climbed into the shower. Sam was still silent. Wyatt took her head between his hands and pulled it up to his stare.
"I'm trying. I really am…but…you have to tell me. What they did to you?" a sound of desperation in his voice. "I'll make them pay for it" Sam started crying loudly and held on to him choking the noise.
Next morning, she woke up before everyone else and started looking in the Book of Shadows. Langdon was not in it. She took the book with her and sat at the breakfast table to wait for everyone to come down. Piper and Leo were the first ones followed by Wyatt who was holding the note she had left on the pillow.
"I think you better get Chris, so he can help me fill some blanks" said Sam. Wyatt went straight to give her a kiss and sit next to her. Piper took a seat nearby. Leo went upstairs to get his son.
"Are you sure you're ready?" said Wyatt.
"Yes. Like Piper said" she turned to her and reached for her hand. "This is not only about me. This involves all of us. We should all be warned and ready" she smiled fearfully and Piper followed squeezing her hand. They let go as Chris and Leo came into the diner.
"Why waking me up so early? Where's the coffee? And…is that the Book of Shadows?" said Chris before he sat and shut himself up.
"Alright, I imagine everybody is already expecting what I have to say" she smiled still with her eyes avoiding everyone else's while feeling their stare. "I remember…" she gulped every few words and took deep breaths. "I was in the kitchen and then I woke up in our bedroom" she turned to Wyatt. She started tearing up as she saw his face. He took her hand.
"Take your time" said Leo. Wyatt turned to his father thankfully.
"I saw Wyatt bringing me water, what looked like mineral water that's all I drank…around 3 maybe 4 glasses. I was asleep the rest of the time or so I recall" she turned to Chris.
"Uhm…they actually made a perfect replica of their room. It was frightening how similar it was. There was a hole in the far wall which I followed till I found her sitting in one of the tunnels next to some scorched marks nearby" added Chris.
"Last glass…I didn't drink and I tried to leave the room. I was tired of being in bed…he pulled me back and kissed me…when he did, I knew it wasn't you" he turned to Wyatt yet again. "But, I don't know exactly what they gave me because the Jasper's been failing ever since, you've seen it" indeed the jasper hadn't been activating the full shield since she had been taken and drank the potion. "I threw him as far as I could and he told me: You've been infected already. I guess he meant the potion because I couldn't manage to throw him away again as much as I tried"
"After you took the remedies we gave you, you're still having problems?" asked Piper through Sam's silent tears. She answered with a nod while she wiped her face dry. Piper turned to Leo.
"How did you get so far from the replica without your powers?" asked Chris.
"Chris…" started Wyatt. Sam took his hand and continued.
"It's alright. There's more to be said" she took a deep breath again before she went on. "He shifted into his…demon form. He was horned and blackened. I tried looking for him in the BOS but he's not in here, not even his name"
"What's his name?" asked Piper defiantly.
"He said his name was Langdon. He gave me a salute and shimmered away" she wiped her face yet again. There was silence. "I'm afraid that's not all" she added. "I recognized only a couple demons from the tunnels within the BOS; around four or five more of them aren't here at all"
"How can you tell?" This time was Wyatt who asked directly.
"Because of their form, powers…attacks"
"The scorched marks?" asked Chris.
"I got lucky. They were weak" she nodded. "I could have never taken any of the ones I saw in the other tunnels. They were practicing. Battling. I caught those scratching the hell out of each other just got myself in the middle by mistake"
"Then, we're not as good as we thought bro. There aren't less…" said Chris.
"They just found a leader" added Wyatt caressing his wife's shoulder.
"And this was just his first move" said Piper setting her head on her knotted hands.
"Good one" said Sam looking scared.
"OK" said Piper waking everyone one from that shared bad daydreaming. "I'll activate the phone tree to let the clan in. Can you tell me which ones you recognized? Chris can you help me with the potions we know? We'll make some generics hope those'll be useful for now" Chris nodded and Sam gave her a purple pad with the triquetra on it.
"I made a list"
"That's a good girl" she took it and gave it to Chris.
"Wait? You're not checking in the BOS?" Piper stopped on her way upstairs.
"What for? I trust you. Chris will use the book if he has any trouble with the ingredients" she stared for a second and then smiled. "Don't look so surprised, come on you too, help us out!"
"Actually, there are some things I want to bring from the store"
"Cool, we don't have that many flasks" added Chris.
"Why don't you make a list for them, Chris? Just don't stay away too long for now, ok?" said Piper.
"We won't, mom" they all headed to their destinations.
