CHAPTER 10

A/N: This chapter is where the action (kinda) starts to happen.

Sam knocked on the door of the house where the bodies were found. A young brunette opened the door and gave him a quick look over. He showed her his FBI badge and she nodded and let him in. He headed into the kitchen – where the bodies were – and looked at a Valentine's Day card that was held to the fridge by a magnet. It had a cherub on it and was smeared with blood. Sam cringed at the sight.

"So, you were the one who found the bodies?" he asked walking into the living room where the girl was placing framed photos on a fireplace.

"There was blood everywhere…and other stuff" she said in response, Sam nodded with a pitiful look. "I think Alice was already dead." She continued.

"But Russell wasn't?" he asked and the girl shrugged, walking to another box.

"I think he was mostly. He was still…sort of…chewing...a little." She finished, making a face at the grotesque thought. Sam winced, he'd heard, seen and done some pretty sickening things but this was new.

"Oh, uh-huh." He said uncomfortably and glanced into the kitchen at the blood stain that was still on the floor.

"How could two people even do that?" she asked, horrified "eat each other to death?"

"That's a really good question. The last few days, did you notice her acting erratically?"

"How do you mean?"

"Did she seem unusually hostile; aggressive?"

The roommate chuckled and shook her head as if it were the most absurd question in the world.

"No way; Alice never drank, never even swore. Alice was a nice girl and I'm talking like a nice girl. Like she still had her 'promise ring' if you know what I mean."

"She was a virgin?" he frowned.

"No pre-marital. I used to wonder how she did it, I mean, you know, didn't do it." She smiled and picked up stuffed animal bunny and stroked it as she spoke. "This was her first date in months. She was so excited."

"Apparently they were both pretty excited." He said and turned back to inspect the kitchen for anything that could suggest it was a supernatural death.

"'MURDER DOUBLE SUICIDE IN THE OFFICE: Two young men and a woman were both shot to death last night. Evidence suggests it was a murder and then a double suicide.'" Paige read out from the morning paper while on the phone to phoebe. "Tell me there's not something weird going on."

"Okay, maybe you're right. Maybe there is something, but what do you want to do about it?" Phoebe said on the other end.

"I want to see what's doing this and stop it."

"How do you propose we do that?"

"I was thinking we could check the book and make a list of the demons that we haven't vanquished yet."

"Well there can't be that many can there?"

"Yeah, look, are you able to come over? I know you're on holiday but this is kind of urgent."

"Yeah I'll get Coop to bring us over. I'll be there in a second."

"Okay." Paige said and hung up. She turned around and there was already a red light protruding from the kitchen in the shape of a heart and Phoebe and Coop appeared. "Oh, you meant that literally."

Phoebe smiled and hugged her sister. "Where's Leigh-Anna?"

"I took her home about an hour ago." Paige answered then added "hi Coop."

"Do you think that's safe?"

"Not really, but she insisted. The Elders found a prophecy, something about a child born from good and evil and they think it's her."

"I've heard about that prophecy. Did it mention a cursed hunter?" Coop chimed in.

"Yeah, do you know anything about it?"

"No, sorry."

"How'd she take it?" Phoebe asked.

"She just left the room."

"Did you go talk to her?"

"No not me; Sam did it before I got the chance."

"Really?" Phoebe said raising her eyebrows. Paige nodded.

"Yep, but anyway, what do you think of these deaths?"

"They seem really aggressive. Let's get the book." Phoebe suggested.

"Sounds good, let's go." Paige said and the three headed to the attic.