P.J. smiled and said, "Simple really. We're from an alternate future. So we'll make some kind of potion, I'll keep them distracted and if I have to I'll lie and say that the three of you took several vials of potion and were able to destroy it that way, when in reality the three of you will do the power of three spell."

"Won't the elders notice?" Wyatt asked.

"I doubt it." P.J. said.

"Are you sure it'll work?" Melinda asked. "Won't they question why you're not with us?"

"I'll think of something if they ask. Don't worry so much. I'm positive it'll work." P.J. said.

Chris wasn't as positive it would work but was willing to try. "Just in case it doesn't work, we'll only tell Mom and the others that this potion should work. But, that there's no guarantee."

P.J. rolled her eyes, "Don't worry so much. It'll work."

Wyatt thought about it and said, "I agree with Chris. If something goes wrong and it doesn't work we don't want to have mom and the others demanding to know why it didn't work when we said it would. Especially seeing as it needs the power of three."

P.J. was frustrated with her cousins; it's not like they haven't ever done a power of three before, well this Chris hadn't but still. "Let's find a powerful potion to make so if they see it they won't realize it's just a decoy."

-x-x-x-x-

Meanwhile downstairs, "How in the world did you lose Paige?" Penny asked.

"Well she moved out, so what clothes she didn't take with her as well as a lot of her things I moved into the attic. I would have everything but we're letting the girls stay there."

"Yes, insolent little things. Where did they come from?"

"Well you see this demon trapped us in our desired world. When we destroyed him and escaped they were there. They said they were demon hunting when they suddenly got trapped by one. Melissa said she said a spell to get them out of there and ended up here." Phoebe explained.

"They apparently already knew Chris and wanted to stay and help."

"So two girls claiming to be from the future just show up and you just allow them to stay? Why on Earth would you not send them back to their time? If what they said is true their parents must be going nuts about now."

Just then Leo carrying baby Wyatt came in, having heard Penny's last comment said, "Actually the way time travel works their parents may not even know they are missing. They have been here for weeks while in their time only a few minutes to a few hours may have gone by."

"Well I still think it's reckless to have 4 people from the future here. What do the elders think of all this?"

"We decided not to tell them." Piper said.

"Piper, you're hosting not just one future person anymore, you have four." Penny chided.

Leo sighed, "I've been telling her that since they got here, but she won't allow me to tell them."

"They're basically kids Grams, if we tell the elders they may force them to return and since they don't want to go we're worried they won't make it back to their time safely." Phoebe said.

Grams couldn't argue over that, since she might have been a bit worried herself. "What about the other boy, Matt?"

"He said he came for the girls, but like them he wanted to stay." Leo said.

"That and he claims to have come here without a return home spell." Piper said.

"Well how did he even get here? Whitelighters can't exactly cast spells."

"They won't tell us anything about how and why." Leo said. "For all we know the elders sent them here."

"All we know is that something happened to turn Wyatt evil." Piper said.

"Humph, I knew it, men can't handle magic. Something must have happened when the elders brought you back from the future. There has never been a male born in this family till now." Grams said.

"Oh, Grams, not this again." Piper got up and walked over to the fireplace frustrated. Her grandmother hated men and had never truly accepted Wyatt. "Is this how you plan to treat my other son as well?"

Grams looked at her in shock, "What? Are you pregnant again? I thought you and Leo broke up?"

"No, not yet but if what the future person upstairs said is true I will have another son."

"Is that one going to turn evil as well?" Penny asked, only partially joking.

"As far as I know, no." Piper responded with a glare.

"Just as well. Lord only knows why he didn't come back in time." Penny dismissed.

Phoebe blinked, 'Could it be? Could that be the reason? Could Chris be…'

"Phoebe are you alright? Did you get a premonition?" Piper asked.

"What no, it just reminded me of the fact that I haven't turned in my column yet and I don't want to run into Jason. Shouldn't we focus on Paige?" Phoebe played off nervously, mind still running through the possibilities.

-x-x-x-

As Penny was explaining why the time Paige went back to was a crucial point in her life, P.J. beamed into the kitchen and saw them talking. 'Perfect, with them distracted, now's the time for the others to destroy this thing.' Before she left she heard noises from the basement and peaked in. She quickly shut the door and beamed back upstairs.

"Guys the thing in the basement!" she exclaimed, startling Wyatt and Mel.

"It must be feeding off the Nexus." Chris said not liking that thought as he continued flipping through the book of shadows.

"What? I thought that was just a story told in magic school." Wyatt said.

"You don't know what the Nexus is?" Chris asked, shocked.

Melinda shrugged, "Of course we've heard of it. We do attend magic school."

"The Nexus is the reason for this house to be built on this spot generations ago." Chris said slowly, like he was explaining the concept to a young child.

"Look, can we deal with the blob first and a history lesson later." P.J. said, trying to hurry the group up before the sisters could catch onto their plan.

Melinda held up the spell and said, "I've got the spell."

"Great let's get going." Wyatt said happy to finally see some action.

Chris sighed and got up. He had a bad feeling about this. It's not that he didn't want it to work but few things in his life had gone the way they should. He had a feeling this would be one of those times.

The three orbed into the basement steps. "Wow, it's so big." Melinda said.

"What's the spell?" Wyatt asked.

"Oh right, here." Melinda said, holding up the paper.

"Drawing on the Power of Three Destroy this Evil Entity." There was a small spark and the demon shrunk back but almost seemed to get bigger. Before they could question why it didn't work, the slime suddenly reached out. Chris saw it was aiming for Wyatt and pushed him out of the way only to have the thing grab him and start to pull him in.

Wyatt scrambled to get up. "No, you can't have him!" he yelled at it before throwing a couple of energy balls at it till it released Chris from its grasp. Wyatt turned around and grabbed his sister before grabbing Chris' hand and orbing them back to the attic where P.J. was waiting.