Once in the MAGICKAL STORE:
"Michelle's still not here. Store looks good" she said checking behind the counter. She started bagging a bunch of flasks and some herb bags that Chris asked for. Wyatt was looking at the statues and antiques she had in exhibition.
"What's this?" he asked to a veiled bright light just on top of the shelf that specifically said DO NOT TOUCH.
"Can't you read?"
"What? I'm just curious"
"Well, if you must know and I know you must, it's our wedding gift from the Elders. If I don't keep that veil on it'll outshine my lamps and the whole street's as well" she laughed. Wyatt remembered the little fountain bright as it was and how uncomfortable it seemed at the moment shinning all over their room.
"Let's take it home" he said. "I've got an idea"
"Sure, hun. Technically, it is ours. We'll take these two boxes. This one's for the new shipping" she said eyeing round the store…ah Michelle made a little list how lovely! and this one" she said while Wyatt loaded another box onto his arms "is my late shipping which I haven't been able to check and price. I'll take the fountain"
"Gee, thanks" said Wyatt barely being able to see where he was going. Sam laughed and closed the door behind them.
Once they were home, Wyatt insisted in helping Chris. Piper called her sisters and had a meeting with Sam who went over the details with them all over again.
"Wow, ma'niece" said Paige giving her a high five. "She's taking on demons on her own now"
"Laugh all you want, I keep telling you I got lucky" she smiled nervously.
"Phoebe I think you should try your premonition again" Piper suggested. Every head turned to her. "We need to see if anything has changed now with this…demon re-arranging or if you can see if it's him who wants to hurt her…something we didn't see before"
"Piper, I don't know…" Phoebe hesitated. Sam just stretched out her hands for Phoebe to take them. She smiled nervously. Phoebe still didn't think all too well about this idea. She hadn't been able to give them good news ever since they met. "Oh, forgive me" she took her hands and tried to concentrate. Her hands were shaking a bit. Sam freed herself from Phoebe's grasp and grabbed Phoebe's wrists instead, that triggered her premonition.
Wyatt was crying over a crib but this time it wasn't empty, there was a baby in it; then again, Wyatt and Sam crying over and empty crib; both premonitions kept fighting in her mind soon it snapped Phoebe into reality. She awoke on the couch, her sisters and niece next to her.
"What happened?"
"You fell right asleep" said Sam. "They moved you onto the sofa"
"You've been out for about a half-hour" said Piper holding her forehead checking for fever.
"So…what else is new?" asked Paige.
"You need to call Wyatt" Phoebe said to Sam holding her hands again.
"I'll get him" said Paige.
"Phoebe?" said Piper. Phoebe gave her a hug. Wyatt came from the kitchen wiping his hands dry.
"Wyatt, Sam, I need to talk to you" Phoebe walked to her old room, which was theirs now. Nobody followed. There was silence in the house yet again.
In Wyatt's bedroom:
"Sit down, please" said Phoebe standing in front of them. "Umh…My vision hasn't changed that much…but…it has presented itself as an option"
"How do mean an option?" asked Wyatt
"I see the same one I did before, but I also see a blur mixing with that one"
"What about?" said Sam holding her husband's hand.
"Wyatt crying over a baby's crib"
"Empty as well?" continued Sam.
"No…but you're not on this vision. He's on his own" They stood in silence for a while. Phoebe left the room. Sam caught up with her at the door.
"Phoebe? Thank you"
"I really am sorry" she said truthfully.
"Not your fault…but, do tell Piper. She'll know what to do" Phoebe nodded and left. Sam sat next to Wyatt and took his hand again. He squeezed it hard. His tears were of rage not sadness, even Sam being just a human could tell that. She knew him well.
Everyone eventually went home with their arsenal ready. All went quiet as the clock chimed ten o-clock. Suddenly, Piper and Leo turned to the noise coming down the stairs. It was Wyatt half-way through putting his jacket shouting at Sam and she was trying to climb down the stairs behind him without tripping over.
"Wyatt, wait!"
"Wait for what?"
"Wyatt. We'll be OK!" she caught up with him almost at the landing. He turned to her and kissed her.
"I love you…but you don't know that. I'm gonna make sure that you are!" he put his hands to his children and ran out. Leo stopped him, grabbing him by the arm.
"Where are you going?"
"Leo, no!" said Sam a second too late. Wyatt threw his dad without thinking up in the air. Sam made a hand gesture and he landed on the couch, Piper froze him to ease the fall.
"What's going on?" said Piper holding her down the last two steps. She was sobbing now Wyatt was gone, Chris held her other arm. Sam turned to him and grabbed him by both arms instead.
"Chris, please go after him. I don't know what he'll do. I'm scared he's gonna do something crazy" he hugged her and ran after his brother.
"Go, go, be careful " said Piper. 'Here. You need to calm down" said Piper sitting her down, still throwing stares at the opened door. "Leo, get her some tea, please" she said to her now unfrozen husband. She ran to close the doors. "God, look after them both"
Piper walked back to the living room, but the view didn't improve. Her daughter-in-law was in bad shape as well. Leo got the tea, but he was giving her a shot of insulin by the time she arrived. Her wrist glucometer was beeping still, in all the fuss nobody had noticed.
"Her levels are way too high. If we can't get them down, we'll have to take her to the hospital, Piper."
Sam was sweating against the cold and trembling. She was trying to force herself into calm but it didn't seem to be working. She bent low on her stomach. She was in pain now. Leo and Piper ran to the car to take her to the hospital. Piper's mind was on her son Wyatt.
She had learned this lesson the hard way once. No matter how much you try, some things just have to happen at any given moment. Maybe Wyatt's actions had set in motion that which he wanted to stop. Piper held her head all the way to the hospital. She heard Leo calling the ER nurses. They came and took her away. It was late by now and the waiting room was empty. Leo distracted the night shift nurse and managed to leave Piper alone in the hall.
"Wyatt" she said out loud without reaching a shout. "I don't know if you can hear me, but Sam needs you. You hear? She…needs you. Your kids need you! I know you're scared, but you can't leave them alone like this! So get your butt over here right now!" she waited a few seconds. "Wyatt! This is your mother! Get your butt to this hospital right now! This moment young man! Wyatt Halliwell!"
"Halliwell?" was heard over the hall. It was the doctor's voice. Piper and Leo ran back to him.
"Yes. We're her parents" Leo said.
"Samantha's stable now. It was a very close call. She's still in observation. Her pressure and sugar levels are too high we're working on that. We had to sedate her to keep her calm. We were able to stop her labor, but she's not out of the woods yet"
"Thank you" said Leo taking Piper in his arms. They sat down and waited for their children and grandchildren to survive the night. It was hard to believe how hard life was on them natural or supernatural. Leo always said all good things normally are worthwhile, but it hurt so damn much and so much was lost along the way that it couldn't help but being frightening either way.
Close to dawn, back at the manor, Wyatt and Chris orbed into the Solarium.
"Mom? Dad?" called Chris half-carried by Wyatt.
"Here" said Wyatt tired, setting his brother on a chair. "Let me get that" he healed his shoulder which was badly scratched close to the bone and a nasty bump on the head near his eye.
"Mom?" Chris called out again. They looked at each other for a moment and then Wyatt walked upstairs.
"Stay there. Take a minute" he said to Chris before he got up. He came back soon. "They're gone!"
"What?"
"I thought they might be in the attic looking for us, but…no…" he raised his hands to his hair.
"Wyatt" Chris saw the syringe on the living room table as they walked towards the front door. "Call mom"
"With what?" he showed him his cell it was shards.
"I think I still have mine" he dusted off his cell. "Yes!" he dialed happily as he saw it turn on. "It's ringing!" he passed it.
"Mom? Where…?" Not another word was said. He grabbed Chris' shoulder and orbed into the hospital.
"What the…? Are you insane?"
"That's OK. We've been keeping everybody away since yesterday" said Piper. "Don't you ever walk on her or your kids ever again, do you hear loud and clear?" she said menacingly to her son Wyatt whom she had up against the wall.
"I promise" he said and hugged his mother. They were catching up when the doctor came to give them an update on Sam's condition.
"Excuse me. And you are?" the doctor said.
"I'm her husband"
"Oh, good. There are some things I need to discuss with you" Piper looked horrified but Wyatt gave them a reassuring look and followed the doctor. They headed for Sam's room. "She is in a room now. Her blood sugar and pressure levels have both stabilized. Still, she had to be sedated otherwise she got very agitated. The pre-labor hasn't returned but her muscles still feel too contracted so we're waiting for the sedative to wear off and we wanted to give her a muscle relaxer to try and fade away any traces from the labor work she had last night. It's important that she remains calmed otherwise that could make her go into labor again and the babies aren't ready. The girl seems to be fairly well developed, however the boy seems to be a bit small for his age giving him lesser chances of survival"
"Wait, what?" said Wyatt. "We're having a girl and a boy?"
"You didn't know that?"
"No"
"They didn't tell you this on your last ultrasound?"
"We haven't really been keeping up with the ultrasounds. See, we've been…busy"
"Still, they're very important" they arrived at the room. "I'll give you some privacy, but please think of what I said. Waiting naturally for the muscles to relax is way too risky"
"We'll think about it. Thank you" he entered the room. She was tied up to the bed. She had tears dried all over her face. Wyatt untied her and kissed her gently. She opened her eyes lazily. "Hey, beautiful" he whispered. She tried to smile, but her head was fuzzy. She touched his cheek. Wyatt could see the marks of the restrains on her wrists. "I'm sorry".
"Home" she whispered.
"Absolutely" said Wyatt. He ran out and called Chris. "Do not leave her side" were his instructions. "Mom, dad, could you take care of the paperwork so they discharge her? We understand the risks" he ran past them.
"Where are you going?" said Piper.
"Restroom" shouted Wyatt. "Be right back" he did head for the restrooms and from there orbed to the manor into the kitchen where he bottled a potion he had brewed yesterday. He ran to their bedroom and added a sprinkle of the Elder's fountain and the potion turned purple. He smiled for himself and orbed right back to the stall, which was occupied. "Umh…you should get a CAT scan…just in case" and he left the restrooms leaving the man confused and constipated.
Wyatt came back into his wife's room. She was getting dressed with the help of Piper. Chris was standing by the door outside. Piper was zipping her dress when he came in with a smile on his face.
"Are you ok?" Piper said. "The doctor's not too happy that we're taking her. Let me tell you we aren't either, your father and I"
"It'll be OK, mom. Wyatt said" he opened the flask and gave it to Sam. "Drink this" she was about to when Piper stopped her.
"Wyatt, what is that?"
"I brewed it last night. I just forgot. This'll fix everything" Sam drank it and burped purple bubbles.
"Excuse me"
"Now, mom get out"
"What?"
"I gotta test it before we leave" he literally pulled her out of the room.
"You're scaring me Wyatt!" Chris orbed inside.
"Mom's…Wyatt!" he said as he threw an energy ball towards Sam and her shield protected her. "What the hell are you doing? Are you out your mind?"
"No flicking" said Sam. "It went all the way up like it used to, how…?"
"Mixed it with the water from the fountain" he smiled. He threw a tray at Chris. Sam threw it to the other side no problem. "See baby? I told you. I can keep you safe. All of you" he went to her and picked her up.
"Easy man, easy!" said Chris. "She just spent the night in the hospital" Wyatt smiled.
"Last time that happens" his smile was frightening, not encouraging. He hugged Sam and kissed her head. Even Sam was worried Chris could tell by the look on her face.