Chapter five
June (the birth of Henry Junior)
It was a few days into June, Paige and Henry were at Henry's office trying everything possible to find the father of Kristina's baby. They were running out of time, Leo had all his focus on listening for Kristina's call for help. With the baby due any day, Phoebe and Piper were scrying for the father and Billie was visiting big W in the alley.
"Are you big W?" Billie asked a guy who was lurking about in the alley near P3.
"Whose asking?" the guy asked
"I'm Billie, I'm friends with Kristina Peters" Billie lied.
"Oh in that case yeah, what do you want?" Big W asked.
"I'm looking for big R, know where I can find him?"
"Nope, no clue" Big W lied.
"Ok, next time you see Kristina, tell her to call Paige Matthews" Billie said
"Alright sure, I don't think I'll see her, she doesn't come around often without big R"
"And he's out of town right?" Billie questioned him.
"Yeah, he'll be out of town for a while."
Billie nodded and joined Leo around the corner. Meanwhile Big W, entered his apartment close by the alley and approached Kristina who was sitting on an old dusty couch.
"Someone named Billie, must be a social worker who's working with that Paige chick, she wanted to know where big R is, I got rid of her" Big W informed her.
"Good, I don't need child services on my back, did she know I'm missing?" Kristina asked
"No she doesn't have a clue" Big W answered.
Meanwhile at Paige's house, Billie was talking with Leo, Paige, Henry, Piper and Phoebe.
"So here's what I think, I think Big W knows where big R is, after all he is the one who's going to give big R Kristina's baby. I also think Kristina is covering up a lot, but also doesn't know where Big R is, and she thinks big R will come back for her when she's 18" Billie reported.
"I doubt that he's planning on coming back for her, the question is, why dose big R want the baby" Piper wondered
"To cover up his tracks, if Kristina gives the baby to child services, Paige can have a finger print done, it's an easy way of tracking parents who don't want to be found" Henry stated.
"And if he takes the baby, it will make Kristina think he wants to be with her and the baby, which will make her believe he'll come back for her. Which is a great way to prevent her from pressing charges against him" Leo added.
"Well I have a plan in mind, if we can't find big R. Once Kristina has given birth, I'll orb the baby into my arms and orb out with him, Billie you cast a spell to erase the magic from their minds but leave the memory of the baby being taken, they will think child services took the baby, and they won't go after me. Henry you take Big W to jail for kidnapping Kristina, something tells me he's not a teenager, take the so called nurse too for the same reason. I'll have the finger prints done to find out who big R is, and if big R comes for the baby, which it very unlikely, Henry you take him in for attempted kidnaping" Paige explained.
"That could work, even if the police find out big R is the father, they won't give a baby to someone with a record, and since he's been in jail, he does have one" Henry stated.
Everyone agreed to the plan, and Paige was happy she got a few days off from father searching, which she spent with her twins and Henry. Then a couple of days later Henry got an unexpected surprise at his office. Henry had just finished filling out some release papers from one of his parolees who was in jail, when a women knocked on the open door.
"Hi can I help you?" Henry asked the woman
"Are you Henry Matthews?" the woman asked
"Yes" Henry replied
"So you're married to the social worker Paige" The woman said.
"Yes and who might you be?"
"I'm Winter Peters, Kristina's mom, I read in her diary that you and your wife and her brother in law came to the house last month asking about the baby's father" The woman explained.
"Have you come with good news or bad news?" Henry asked
"Both."
"Bad news is, Kristina ran away, she ran away because my husband and I want her to give the baby up for adoption, she's not ready to have a baby, and her father and I don't want to raise another child, the good news is I found this in her diary" Winter said handing Henry a picture.
Henry looked at the picture, there was a tough looking guy with his arms around Kristina who was smiling. They were standing in an Alley, behind them red graffiti in the shape of a heart was half showing, half hidden. On the side that was showing had Big R written inside the heart. Henry flipped over the picture, and sure enough on the back Big R was written in what looked like Black permanent marker.
"God bless you, you have no idea how long and how hard, my wife and I have been looking for him" Henry said.
"Now usually I'd have you talk with an investigator about a runaway, but this a special case" Henry said as he pulled out the papers for a missing kids report.
Henry filled in what he already knew about her then asked winter for the information on the rest.
"How long has Kristina been missing?"
"We noticed she was gone this morning, her bed was made which is very unlike her, I have to make her bed after she leaves for school, she must of left during the night. I called her school and they said she wasn't there" Winter reported.
"Have you contacted anyone one else?"
"Yes, all relatives of ours in sans Francisco who said they haven't seen her but will call if they do, my husband stayed at home in case they do call."
"We also called all of her friends parents, all of them said their kids were at school" Winter added.
Winter helped Henry fill out the rest of the sheet and then Henry put it in his pocket after she left. He then called out "Leo, Paige" and when they orbed in he told them everything.
"I can bring this picture to the police department and find out who he really is" Henry said
"And I haven't heard a call from her, she must be staying with someone, dark lighters don't usually attack when his victim is with company" Leo stated
"And I think she's been staying with Big W" Paige said.
"Even if she is, we should leave her there, if we bring her back home she'll just run away again, and this time the dark lighter may get her" Leo stated.
"Alright, so we wait for her water to break, I know for fact any pain will automatically alert their white lighter, When her contractions start the pain will single Paige and I, we will be there and just after she gives birth that's when we go through with our original plan" Leo instructed.
"Oh and Henry you find out who Big R is" Paige ordered.
Paige and Henry to the police station with the picture while orbed back to the manor.
"Daddy, you're home, mommy daddy's home" Wyatt and Chris said when they saw Leo orb in.
Leo hugged the boys and picked up Melinda from her play pen. After giving her a big hug, Piper, Phoebe and Billie came from the second floor and Piper hugged him. Leo filled in the girls on what happened at Henry's office.
"That would explain why Big W mentioned Kristina does hang around there without Big R, it was to keep us from going back looking for her" Billie realized.
It was then two weeks into June, and Paige along with Phoebe and Piper were out walking with the children. They went by P3 because Piper had to drop off some papers for the band arrangement. After Piper did this errand they were about to continue their walk when they heard shouting voices from the alley.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NOTHING ELSE YOU CAN DO, YOU'RE A NURSE FOR GODS SAKE"
"THERE WAS POISON ON THAT ARROW, POISON THAT I'VE NEVER FACED, I CAN'T GO GET HELP SHE'S GOING TO DIE ANY MINUTE NOW"
"WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO TELL HIM?"
"TELL HIM THE TRUTH, SHE WAS KILLED BEFORE GIVING BIRTH, HE WHON'T CARE, THE ONLY REASON HE WANTED THE STUPID BABY, WAS TO KEEP HIM FROM TURNING GOOD, TO RAISE HIM TO BE BAD LIKE EVERYONE IN HIS FAMILY"
The sisters had the boy's orb all the children to Coop, and the sisters ran deep into the alley, where Kristina was silently lying on the ground with an arrow in her chest. Piper froze the nurse and big W, and Paige kneeled down beside Kristina, put her hands above her heart and golden light came from her hands as she attempted to heal her. It didn't work though, so Paige shouted "LEO!" Leo orbed to her, kneeled down and the both put their hands above Kristina's heart to heal her. Piper had to freeze the nurse and big W again.
"Why isn't it working Leo?" Paige demanded
"She must have been shot and hour ago at least, since she's pregnant it requires more power to heal them both, she has about 20 seconds to live, if she dies they baby dies, you have to orb the baby out" Leo explained.
Paige quickly moved her hands to Kristina's stomach and in a wave of light blue light the baby slowly orbed out of Kristina's stomach and let out a healthy cry. Phoebe quickly took the baby, Piper froze the Alley again, and Paige put her hands above Kristina's heart with Leo's again, but it was too late, Kristina was dead. Leo spotted a cut on the nurses' hand, she must have touched the poison, and he healed her hand, while Phoebe gave Paige the baby boy who had been wrapped in a soft blue blanket. Leo and Paige orbed them all to Phoebe's house where the children were with Coop.
"I figured the children were orbed here for a reason" Coop said as everyone orbed in.
"Yeah, we had to orb Kristina's baby out of her stomach, Kristina had been shot with the dark lighter's arrow about an hour before we got there, she didn't make it" Leo explained.
"I still don't understand why we didn't hear her call" Paige said confused
"The dark lighter must have found a way to block her from our white lighter powers" Leo said
"Which another good reason to vanquish him, I can find the dark lighter with the arrow, like finger prints" Paige said
"Good then the three of us will kick his behind" Piper said watching her mouth around the kids.
"Well since big R will think he's dead, we don't have to worry about him coming for the baby, so what are we going to do with him?" Paige asked
"Well it's a good thing we have an extra room" Henry hinted at Paige
"Really you mean it?" Paige asked.
"Mean what?" Phoebe asked curiously
"Well Paige and I have been talking about having another child, and here's a child who needs a home, so since we have an extra room, who would be better to take him then us" Henry said.
Paige hugged Henry tightly, but the sisters were unsure.
"He's a mortal guys, do you really think it's a good idea to have him in our family, where demons could easily get at him?" Piper asked
"I know the risks, but we can teach him self defense, I can install a demon alarm here, the twins don't have their powers and they're still alive" Paige said.
"Well then, we better name him" Phoebe stated
"I like the name Henry" Wyatt said
"But Wyatt honey that's his daddy's name" Piper reminded him
"So what, a boy in my class has the same name as his daddy" Wyatt stated.
"What do you think honey, Henry Junior?" Paige asked
"I like it, I think it's cute to have him named after me" Henry said
"Well then Henry Junior it is" Paige agreed.
Phoebe picked up the twins and approached Paige and Henry Junior with them.
"Hey girls, meet your new baby brother, this Henry, Henry these are your big sisters Tamora and Kat" Paige introduced.
Kat leaned forward and kissed her new brother. Then the twins giggled when Henry junior let out a yawn. Paige and Henry smiled, and Leo orbed to the manor with Piper to gather all the boys' old baby stuff that Paige either retuned or didn't take in the first place. Although he had enough for one night, a shopping trip was in need the next day.