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Taluha
Crazy Days.
Freaky Fan smiled as she sat back down at her computer, a newly opened can of Sprite in her hand. She was getting to the good part of the story. The end of her part where she would put the Charmed Ones and their protector into some sort of a jam for Di to get them out of. Ah, the joys of having a co-author. Her smile broadened as she reread the last page she had written.
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Rion couldn't help but grin as she watched Phoebe dancing on a table, much to the amusement of the four hot college guys seated around it. Normally seeing her sister doing something so wild would have been a major cause for concern. But not tonight. For some reason tonight it was funny. Besides, what was someone going to do, kick them out? Her sisters owned the place for crying out loud!
"Hello?!" Some waved their hand in her face. "Earth to Rion."
She looked up when she heard Piper's voice. "Oh, hey Piper."
"That's all I get?" Piper looked hurt. "I've been sitting here talking to you for like five minutes and you've completely ignored me. And all I get is a 'hey Piper?' What's wrong with this picture?"
"Sorry." Rion stifled a laugh as one of the guys tried to smack Phoebe on the butt and fell off of his chair.
"What the hell is Phoebe doing?" Prue pointed at their sister as walked into the alcove.
"Hi Prue. Excuse me." Rion craned her neck so she could look around Prue at Phoebe.
Piper and Prue shared a look, saying, "Rion?!" at the same time.
"Huh?" She kept her eye on Phoebe until she realized they were both staring at her. "What?"
Prue frowned. "Are you actually sitting here getting a kick out of watching Phoebe dance on a table?"
Rion giggled as she nodded. "Yeah, I am." She realized her mistake when she saw the looks of disbelief on her sisters faces. "But I'm gonna go get her right now."
"I don't know if that's such a good...." Piper threw her hands in the air as Rion got up and hurried across the room. "What the hell is going on with those two?"
Prue shrugged. "They called me from the Jeep, saying I needed to get over here right away. Something about almost hitting some kid with the car and a demon being involved. Did they say anything to you?"
"No. They came in all smiles and headed straight for the alcove. I came over to see what was going on and the next thing I know you're saying Phoebe is dancing on a table. What do you think happened?"
"I don't know. But.... Oh!!" Prue sprang to her feet when she noticed Rion dancing suggestively on the table with Phoebe. "We've gotta get them out of here before they start a riot!"
Prue grabbed Piper's hand and hurried across the club.
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Freaky Fan nodded. That seemed like a good enough spot to leave it. Let Di try to have Phoebe and Rion tell their sisters what had happened.
"Would you stop being so noisy? I can't concentrate up here!"
She grinned when she heard Di's voice. Think of the devil. She closed the window the story was in and reopened the chat.
"Holy heart failure, Batman. You scared the crap out of me!"
Adri chuckled. "She does that to all of us."
Talula giggled. "Yep."
"Hey!" Di tried to sound hurt. "Stop ganging up on me!"
Freaky shook her head as the three of them started bantering back and forth. Something caught her attention out of the corner of her eye and her grin became a full fledged smile. How could she have forgotten about her most recent purchase?
"Spells For All Occasions." She rolled her eyes as she pulled the fat little book out of the plastic bag on her desk. "They could have at least come up with a better title." She started flipping through the pages, hoping to find something she and Di could use. They were having a little trouble with their spell writing so she had picked up the book for inspiration. Unfortunately it looked as if whoever had written it was even worse at spells than they were.
"Oh, that's too much." She laughed as she put herself on hands free. "OK, guys. I picked up a little something today and couldn't resist sharing with you."
"They make talking blow up dolls now?"
Everyone laughed at Talula's comment.
"Very funny smart ass. Just listen." Freaky cleared her throat.
"Ancient spirits of time and space
Take me from my current place
To another far away
Grant my wish to go where I say"
"What the hell was that?" Adri could hardly speak for laughing.
"A spell. It says to fill in the blank with wherever it is you wish to be."
Di was howling. "And where do you wish to be?"
"Hmm." Freaky thought about it for a minute. "How about this?" She paused dramatically.
"That all who hear me cast this spell
Will get to meet the Halliwells."
She expected to hear the three of them crack up even more but a strange sensation fell over her instead. The book dropped to the floor as she disappeared.
She heard the giggle coming from somewhere beside her but she couldn’t quite place where.
“Freaky! What the hell did you do?!” Adri yelled from across the alley as she pushed a crate off herself.
“I didn’t so anything.” She hollered back. “Wait a second. Adri?”
“Freaky?”
“Di?”
“What the hell?”
“Ok Freaky since when are you a witch?” Adri asked as she started across the alley toward the sound of the other voices.
“Well there was this teacher I had in college that...."
“Yeah, we don’t want to know.” Di stopped her mid sentence as she brushed off boxes that were on top of her. She saw Adri walking across the alley. “Adri?”
“Di?”
“Ok what did she do? And where the hell are we?”
“And where is she?” Adri asked as she met with Di half way across the alley.
“I’m not coming out. You two are gonna kick my ass.”
“We’re gonna kick you ass anyway so you may as well get out here and face the music now.” Di said as she turned to the sound of Freaky’s voice
“Freaky you may want to make sure Adri doesn’t have her sword.” Talula giggled from beside her.
“Talula! Ssshhh!!”
“I can’t help it.” She giggled some more.
“Get your butt out here Freaky.”
“Only if you tell me you don’t have your sword.”
“Hey Freaky I said I’d protect you. You’re Robin to my Batman.” Di said as she stepped towards the dumpster.
“Augh! The dynamic duo reunited.” Adri said, shaking her head in disbelief. “Talula come out and save me from the madness.”
Freaky peaked her head out from the dumpster she had appeared in. Brushing off the garbage she eyed the two women in the alley with caution at first.
“Ok your Di so that must make you Adri. And the giggling you hear beside me here is Talula.”
Adri and Di shared a look of confusion.
“Well who else would be wearing track pants from the Canadian Olympic team?” Freaky said with a cheeky grin. “Not to mention Snoopy slippers.”
“She has a point there.” Di said to Adri. “The rest is process of elimination.”
As Adri and Di helped Freaky and Talula out of the dumpster they all looked at each other, but not as strangers. More like long lost friends.
“Gee Talula if I’d known I was going to see you in person I would have brought you a Pipers.” Di said as they stood in the alley
Talula giggled at her friends comment. “And I could have brought you a Big Rock.”
“Yeah at least it wouldn’t have broken.” Di said back as the all laughed.
“So Freaky is this your version of getting the boot from Yahoo?” Adri laughed as Di and Talula laughed beside her.
“Oh that’s funny Adri. Really funny.”
“Hey now we know where she disappears too every night.” Talula laughed even harder.
“Ok why is everyone picking on me?”
“Because you cast a spell and brought us all together to who knows where.” Adri said matter of factly.
“So where are we anyway?’ Talula asks as they all look around.
“Looks like the back of P3.” Freaky says, something reminding her of a few episodes that were shot in the alley behind the famous night club.
“Oh yeah right and I live in a castle in Spain.” Di says with a chuckle.
“I thought you lived in Canada.” Freaky said as she stepped away from her friends.
“You are such a smart ass.” Di said with a laugh.
“Yup.” Was all Freaky said, “That’s why ya love me.”
“So what? Should we go in? See if this is real or if its just some weird dream?” Talula asked not really sure if they should venture any further.
Freaky and Di looked at each other and started for the door.
“Come on guys what harm can it do?” Freaky said as she followed Di through the back door of P3, leaving Talula and Adri standing just outside.
“Come on Talula someone has to make sure those two don’t get into any trouble.” Adri said as she pulled Talula after her, trying to keep an eye on the unofficial Dynamic Duo in the group.
"Nice Snoopy slippers, Di."
"Hey, they're better than Tigger slipper socks any day!" Di hit Freaky playfully as the door shut behind them.
"Wow!" Freaky took in their surroundings. "It really is P3!"
Di stared past her in disbelief. "Yeah, I think you could say that."
“Come on you two. There are a ton of even cuter guys right in.... Prue!” Freaky was saying when she heard someone behind her. “There are girls in pajamas back here! Why are there girls in pajamas back here?!"
Freaky turned when she heard the voice behind her, her mouth popping open when she saw who it was. "Oh my God! Holly Marie Combs!" She pointed as the others came up the hallway. "And Shannen Doherty! And Alyssa Milano! And...." She frowned at the raven haired girl laughing with Alyssa. She leaned toward Di, not wanting to look stupid. "Who's the other one?"
"I think it's Rion."
"No way!!"
Di nodded. "Oh yeah. I think it's Rion."
"But that would mean...."
"Have you two managed to get yourselves in trouble al....” Adri interrupted her, but stopped mid-sentence when she saw who Di and Freaky were staring at. "Holy ...!"
Talula did a double take as she came up behind Adri. "Are they real?"
Freaky reached out and poked Alyssa. "Yep." She beamed. "They're real!!"
"Hey!" Phoebe giggled. "That tickled!"
"So we're in California?" Adri looked at Freaky. "That's just great!"
"Hold on." Talula looked at the four women before them. "There are four of them. Rion?"
Rion looked up at her. "That's my name. Don't wear it out." She and Phoebe both laughed.
"So you're Piper, Prue, Phoebe and Rion?" Freaky shook her head.
"Well Duh." Talula whispered to Adri. "Like Shannen and Alyssa can stand to be in the same room together!"
Freaky shook her head, ignoring Talula's comment. "This is too unreal."
Prue took a step forward. "You obviously know who we are. Want to return the favor?"
"Sorry. I'm Di." She looked back at her friends, pointing at each of them as she said their name. "That's Adri. She's Talula. And this is Freaky."
"Freaky?" Rion busted a gut. "What the hell kind of name is Freaky?"
"Hey! I named you after a constellation!"
"Freaky!" Di nudged her with her elbow. "Exnay on the 'I created you' thing."
Prue narrowed her eyes. "Who are you people? And...."
"PRISON BREAK!!" Rion grabbed Phoebe's hand and ran back out into the club.
"Hey!" Piper started after them.
"We've got them!" Freaky grabbed Di's hand and hurried after them.
"But you guys are in your pajamas!!" Adri shook her head.
“No I’m not. I’m in a T-shirt and sweats.” Di hollered back
"I swear. Dynamic duo fits them to a tee." Adri finished
Piper raised her eyebrows. "You call them the dynamic duo?" She looked at Prue. "That can't be good!"
Prue took her sister by the hand. "Relax. We'll just go get them." She looked over her shoulder at Adri and Talula. "But you two are responsible for your own."
Talula and Adri shared a look as they followed them.
“OK how did this happen again?” Talula asked as she watched after her two friends who had chased after two of the Charmed Ones.
“With those two. Anything is impossible.” Adri said as they followed after them
Prue watched as they stepped forward. “Ok wait a second. You two are in your pajamas. You can’t parade around our club like that.”
“Ok any ideas?” Talula asked as she giggled at hers and Adri’s appearance.
“Not really.” Prue said as she looked at the two strangers before her.
“Ok well we need to keep an eye on those two because if they get together for real as compared to on line we are all in big trouble.” Adri said as she started again in the direction that Freaky and Di headed.
“What’s going on? And who are you people?” Prue asked in wonder as she watched Adri disappear into the crowd.
“Well we are four friends who chat on line and who have some how got caught in your world.” Talula tried to explain to Prue, but not letting too much out.
Freaky dragged Di through the bar as people started to watched after them.
“Freaky slow down. I kinda like my arm where it is now.”
“Well hurry up there getting away.”
“Freaky I think they all ready have.” Di pulled Freaky to a stop.
Looking around they lost the two sisters in the P3 crowd.
“Oh great where’d they go?”
Suddenly their vision was blocked as hands where placed over their eyes
“Guess who?” Came the snickering from behind them.
Piper tried to catch up to two of the newcomers but like her sisters she lost them all in the crowd. ‘Just what I need for business. Not only are my sisters acting weird now we have four people from somewhere in here in their pajama’s’ she thought as she scanned the crowd.
“Piper.”
“Prue there gone.”
“Ok well freeze everything and then we’ll work it out.” Prue whispered to her sister so that Adri and Talula couldn’t hear her.
Raising her hands Piper brought her club to a stand still. She could hear the faint giggling of her sisters and knew that they were not that far away.
“Phoebe Halliwell get out her this instant.” Prue yelled out over the crowd
“That goes for you to Rion.” Piper added
“They’re a little busy right now. Can you come back later?”
“They didn’t freeze?”
“Don’t look at me.”
“Well it’s your power.”
“Freaky we need to get out of here.” Di said as she weaves her way through the crowd.
“To the Bat Cave Batman?” Freaky asked following behind Di
“It’s our only chance my faithful side kick.”
Rion and Phoebe watched as the two worked their way through the crowd.
“Come on Phoebe lets go with them.”
“Ok.” Phoebe followed after her sister. Bumping into Piper on her way out.
“Whoa there sister where are you going?” Piper grabbed Phoebes arm before she could go any further.
“To the Bat Cave Piper. Duh.” Phoebe said as she pulled her arms from her sister. She ran after Rion and the two strangers as Prue approached them.
“What’s going on?”
“I’m not sure. But I think I’ll go find out for us.” Piper answered her sister as she ran after the foursome
They stood outside P3 and started to look for the Jeep.
“Phoebe where’d you put the Jeep.”
“I didn’t you did.”
“Oh no you were the one driving not me.”
“Was not. You were.”
“OK guys enough. Where’s my Jeep.” Piper asked as she came up behind them.
“Hey Freaky. Why don’t they just ask us to use the batmobile?”
“How should I know. But let’s go.” Freaky said as the two made their way through the parking lot.
Piper saw Di and Freaky making their way through the parking lot and saw exactly where they were heading.
“Come on you two. It’s over here.” She said pulling her two sisters after them.
“Ok everyone in. I’m driving.”
“To the Bat Cave. Bat Girl.” Freaky cried out
“How about the Manor instead. It’s safer.”
“Yeah and the book is there. We can find out who that demon was.” Phoebe said as she played with Di’s hair
“Phoebe. Hush.”
“So Freaky do you table dance?” Rion turned to the two strangers in the car.
“Oh don’t get her going on some of her stories.” Di tried not to encourage them.”
“Hey you crazy Canuck. They aren’t as bad as some of the ones you’ve told me.”
“Oh. Name one.”
“Oh there was the case of the stealing hub caps. Something about tying a purse to a string and leaving it in the middle of the road. And as a car came you would slowly move it. Hence stopping the car and then rushing from the bush and taking their hubs.”
“OK I told you it was my brothers that took the hubs. Not me. I was just along for the ride. You know what its like Phoebe. Following your big sisters around when you were little.”
“Actually yeah. Ask Piper. I’d drive her crazy when I followed her. Not Prue though. We never really got along.”
“So to answer your question Rion. Yes I did table dance.”
“Oh I can see Talula table dance.” Di added with a laugh.
“Oh could you see that.” Freaky started to laugh.
Prue watched as Piper went after the foursome.
“Are those two always like that?” Adri asked Prue, as the three of them just stood there.
“Pretty much. We just found out that Rion was our sister. We thought she was our cousin but recent events changed that for us. But even when they were younger. Well let’s just say they were a little rambunctious.” She answered though having a feeling in the pit of her stomach. “But this just doesn’t feel right. Something is wrong.”
Adri looked at Talula knowing the trouble that Rion and Phoebe would get into with Freaky’s stories. “We have to do something. Cause I have a feeling that Freaky and Di just may follow them in their antics.”
“OK come on we can still beat them home. Maybe we can figure it out from there.” Prue said as they left the bar and headed back to the Manor. She had a feeling this was some how related to the demon that her sisters had encountered earlier but wasn’t even sure where to begin let alone how when she had Adri and Talula trailing behind her.
"Oh ...!" Talula shook her head as she looked up at the Manor.
Prue followed her gaze. "What the hell?!"
Adri leaned forward from the backseat to get a better look at what they were talking about. Every light in the house was on. And plastered on every window were what looked like black rainbows. She frowned. "What are those?"
Talula turned to look at her. "Uh, I think they're supposed to be bats."
Prue looked confused. "Bats?!"
Adri rolled her eyes. "Now why didn't I think of that?"
Talula giggled. "Looks like they beat us here."
"I think you could say that." Adri growled as she opened her door and climbed out of the vehicle. "Freaky and Di better be ready for the ass kicking of their lives. Running off like that. They're really lucky I don't have my sword."
"I think I'm glad you don't have your sword too." Prue looked at Adri wearily as they approached the front door. "And what's up with the bats?"
Talula shrugged. "Freaky and Di like to think they're..."
The front door flew open and they found themselves being pulled into the house.
"She-Ra, Wonder Woman. Thank goodness you made it. And you brought Xena with you." Di gave the front yard a quick scan as she shut the door. "We were starting to get worried!!"
Freaky nodded. "Did you have any trouble seeing the bat signals?"
Rion shrugged as Prue shot her a look. "We couldn't find a flood light so we went with the next best thing."
Phoebe threw her arm around Rion's shoulders. "Construction paper and scotch tape."
Prue turned when she heard Piper chuckle. "You went along with this?"
Piper raised her eyebrows. "Four against one, Prue. What was I supposed to do?"
Adri shook her head. "Di, Freaky. You guys get this mess cleaned up right now so we can concentrate on finding a way home."
Di put her hands on her hips. "Whoa there, Wonder Woman. I think you've forgotten who you're talking to. I'm the one in charge here." She pointed at herself. "And we have far more important things to do than find a way home."
"Yeah." Freaky narrowed her eyes. "Out there somewhere is a diabolical demon with nothing but mayhem on his mind."
Di gave her a look. "We're the movie version of Batman and Robin, remember?"
Talula giggled. "Thank God! The ones on TV were just so gay!"
"Oh, sorry." Freaky cleared her throat. "We've gotta stop a badass."
Rion nodded. "And we're gonna help."
Di smiled at her. "Thank you Supergirl."
Phoebe looked hurt. "Hey, she was talking about me too."
"And you She Hulk." Di frowned as swirling blue lights filled the air beside Piper. "Alfred! There you are! Where have you been? We've got guests here, you know."
Leo looked at her, confused. "Excuse me?"
Piper grabbed his hand. "Yeah, Alfred. Where have you been?"
Leo frowned. "Alfred? Who's Alfred? Are you feeling all right, Piper?"
She pulled him down onto her lap saying, "Never better," before kissing him passionately.
"Ew!" Freaky made a face. "Batgirl's getting it on with Alfred!!"
"All right!" Prue threw her hands in the air. "That's enough! Stop calling each other by those stupid names so we can figure out what's going on here!"
“I think Xena needs a valium.” Rion whispered to Di.
“You know I think you right and I think wonder Woman isn’t that far behind her.” she laughed back though keeping an eye on her friend.
“Ok Rion. Phoebe where did you see this demon last?” Prue asked as she turned her attention to her sisters though trying hard not to laugh as Di was checking out Cole’s ass.
“Hey excuse me. Husband there wife here.” Phoebe said as she smacked Di playfully.
“Sorry She-hulk but he’s got a nice ass for the Penguin.” Di retorted
“Ok you guys cut it out. We need to figure this out.” Adri said over the laughter that was now erupting over the Manor.
“She’s doing it again Batman.” Freaky said as she ran up beside Di.
“Yeah let her its her birthday. But don’t worry I’ll get her back.” Di looked over at Adri who was talking to Prue quietly. Even Freaky knew that her friend was up to something in her devious little mind. And she knew that if it came from Di it would be good
Piper laughed as she kept her arm around Leo’s waist. Then she suddenly sprang away from him grabbing Talula by the arm and made mad dash for the kitchen.
“Drinks. We need drinks for our guests.”
Phoebe turned and leaped into Cole’s arms and drew him into a passionate kiss before letting him go. Then she leaned way back and looked down at his ass.
“Hmmm Di’s right. You do have a nice ass honey.” She said as she grabbed it with her hand.
“Demon Phoebe think.” Prue hollered over at her younger sister.
“Oh relax Prue. You stress to much.” as Phoebe stepped away from her to pull her into a hug, only to have Prue step away from her.
“Phoebe we haven't got time for your messing around. Now think. What did this demon look like?”
“Well geez Xena if you’re gonna get all lets fight the demon on me. I don’t remember.” She said sticking out her tongue at her sister and running up the stairs two-by-two
“Phoebe!” Prue yelled out but her sister was gone. Even though she could still hear the laughter.
“He was this big huge snarly beast Prue with three eyes on these big purple tentacles that came out of the top of his head. And he had these claws as big as your leg. And he was red and white.”
“Hey like my hockey teams.” Di put in.
“Yayaya. Rub it in why don’t you.” Talula said as her and Piper came from the kitchen
“Ok I will.” But as she was about to say something Freaky put her hand over her mouth. “Don’t do it Di.”
“Hey you should be happy Freaky you get to visit Canada now.”
“I am.” Freaky says as she pulls Di into a dance around the room.
Stopping Di pulls Freaky close and whispers in her ear.
“Oh.” She cries out as they both run up the stairs to the next floor.
Rion watched the two friends before she grabbed Piper and was also dancing around the room. But she soon was also running up the stairs pulling Piper behind her afraid she might miss out on something that Freaky and Di were about to do.
They burst through a door on the next floor not really knowing where it would lead. But if it was anything like they had seen on the show or wrote about it should be Phoebes room.
“Hey She-Hulk. What are you doing in her? We have friend and sisters to bug.” Freaky said.
“Yeah and right now I know just who to get.” Di said with a glint in her eye that neither
Phoebe or Freaky missed.
“Oh she is good isn’t she?” Phoebe said to Freaky as she sprang from her bed and locked arms with the two strangers, who were fast becoming her new friends.
“Ok I know she’s up here somewhere.” Di said as she looked around the Manor.
“If you’re looking for Wonder woman. She’s in the bathroom.” Phoebe said as she pulled the other two towards the bathroom door.
Rion and Piper saw them huddle around the bathroom door like football players in huddle for the next play.
“Hey what are you three up to that you didn’t count us in on.” Piper said as she pushed her way into the huddle.
The faint whispers could be heard but then they stopped as the little group broke up and stood around the bathroom door
“Rain drops on roses and whispers on kittens.”
Brown paper packages tied up in string.” Freaky started to sing
“No hang on that doesn’t work.” Phoebe said as she cleared her throat. “Rain drops keep falling on my head.”
“Oh that works.” Piper said, “But that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turn’in red. Cryin's not for me.”
“'Cause I¦m never gonna stop the rain by complainin'. Because I¦m free, nothin's worryin' me.” Rion finished.
“Oh my God. Get away from here you crazy people.” Adri shouted from the bathroom.
“Oh guys. How about this?” Di suggested, “Somewhere over the Rainbow. Way up high. There's a Land That I Heard of, Once In a Lullabye.”
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Skies Are Blue, And the Dreams That You Dare to Dream Really Do Come True.” Rion sang at the top of her lungs
“Someday I'll Wish Upon A Star And Wake Up Where the Clouds Are Far Behind Me.” Piper added in as she looked over at Freaky leading her into the next part.
“Where Troubles Melt Like Lemon Drops Away Above the Chimney Tops That's Where You'll Find Me.”
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bluebirds Fly. Birds Fly Over the Rainbow Why, Then, Oh Why Can't I?” they all sang.
“If Happy Little Bluebirds Fly, Beyond the Rainbow, Why, Oh, Why, Can't I?” Di finished as everyone burst into applause.
Adri stood behind the door not knowing whether to be pissed or to kill herself laughing.
“You guys are all NUTS!” she hollered through the door
“Yeah but you still wove us.” Freaky said as she laughed harder at their little team serenade.
"What the hell are you five doing?!" Prue glared at them from the top of the stairs.
"We're, uh...." Rion cracked up. "Helping Wonder Woman pass the time."
Freaky raised her eyebrows. "That may not be all she's passing!"
Everyone lost it.
"I can't believe you three!" Prue shook her head as she looked at each of her sisters in turn. "We've got a demon on the loose and you're acting like a bunch of idiots!"
"Idiots? That's kind of harsh, isn't it, Xena?" Phoebe gave her a look.
Piper leaned over toward Di. "I guess what they say is true. She really is a grump when Gabrielle's not around."
"Stop calling me Xena!! We've...."
Prue was interrupted by the phone ringing downstairs.
"I'll get it!" Rion started toward the stairs.
"No way, I'm gonna get it!" Phoebe pushed past her.
"Not if I find the phone first!" Freaky hurried after them.
"Hey, it's my mansion!" Di followed suit.
"One of you is going to fall down the stairs!" Piper chuckled as she hurried past Prue. "What am I thinking? Rion could just heal whoever got hurt."
Prue watched them go with a look of complete disbelief. She looked up when she heard the squeaky hinges on the bathroom door. Adri peeked out.
"Are they gone?"
"Yes." Prue looked at the virtual stranger before her as she opened the bathroom door. "You're feeling all right, right?"
Adri nodded. "Yeah."
"And I get the feeling that you know about me and my sisters. About us being...."
"Witches?" Adri grinned. "Yeah, I know."
"Good, because I don't think I could handle this by myself. We've got to figure out what the hell is going on around here."
"To the attic, Xena?"
Prue grinned. "Yes, Wonder Woman. To the attic."
Phoebe looked disappointed as she hung up the phone. "Wrong number. Some guy wanting to sell something. And get this, he was claiming to be our dad."
Rion frowned. "Do we have a dad?"
Freaky giggled. "More like a sperm donor."
"Freaky." Di elbowed her.
"What? We can sing to Adri while she's on the pot but you're shy about bodily fluids?" Freaky gave her a 'what the hell' look.
Piper sighed as she flopped down on the couch next to Leo. "OK, I'm bored."
Leo cocked an eyebrow. "Bored? You five have been running around her like chickens with your heads cut off. How could you possibly be bored?"
"Easy." Piper pointed at herself. "This is me being bored."
"Yep." Phoebe nodded as she came around the couch and sat on the coffee table. "That's definitely her bored face."
Rion sat down next to Phoebe. "Well we can't have Piper being bored. If Piper's bored, I'm bored."
Phoebe sighed. "And if you're bored, I'm bored."
"Hello?" Di looked at the two of them. "You live in San Francisco."
"Yeah." Freaky nodded. "Huge city. Plenty to do." She picked up the Jeep keys from the table behind her. "And it's not like we're stuck here."
"True." Piper bounced up off the couch and took the keys from Freaky. "Who's up for a little drive?"
"Count me in." Di grabbed Freaky's hand. "And Freaky."
"And us." Phoebe grabbed Rion.
Rion laughed. "Yeah, we're always up for a good time."
Piper smiled. "Now that's what I like to hear."
"Uh, guys. I don't think it's such a good idea for you to be going anywhere right now." Talula finally spoke up. "Not until we figure out what's going on."
"Oh, stop being such a wet blanket, Talula." Di sighed. "You're a college student for crying out loud. Live it up a little!"
"She's right." Leo stood up. "You really should stay here. You're all acting a little crazy."
"A little?" Cole chuckled. "I'd call it certifiable."
Phoebe glared at him. "Yeah, well no one asked you for your opinion."
"Yeah!!" Piper growled. "Just for that the two of you aren't invited!!"
"Ha!" Rion stuck her tongue out at them. "Girls night out! You two have to stay here with cranky Wonder Woman and grumpy Xena!"
"Guys...." Talula took a step toward them.
"Oh, just come with us!" Freaky grabbed her arm. "You're a girl. And you can't honestly tell me you want to stay here with the PMS twins upstairs."
"I...." Talula watched as the three sisters and Di walked out the front door. "I don't know, Freaky."
"K. Stay here. I'm going."
Talula shared a look with Leo. "One of us really should go with them to keep them out of trouble."
"But...."
She didn't hear Leo's response as she hurried after her friends.
“Ok so what's there to do for excitement in this town anyway?” Freaky asked from the back seat of the jeep.
“It’s a city Freaky. What can’t we do?” Di said as they took in the lights in the Bay City.
“Back to P3?”
“No way Phoebe. That’s the first place Prue would look for us.” Piper scolded her.
“Well we have to do something.” Rion chirped from the very back of the jeep that she was sharing with Phoebe.
They drove through the streets of San Francisco looking for anything to help pass the time. Piper was sure she already had a bruise on her arm from a round of punch buggy.
“STOP THE CAR!” the screamed came from the back seat as Piper hit the brakes jerking everyone forward.
“WHAT THE HELL! Piper!” Phoebe screamed from the back of the jeep.
“Don’t yell at me. Yell at whoever yelled stop the car.” She shot back
“We can’t, they are half way to the grocery store.” Talula answered with a giggled as she watched her two friends run across the parking lot.
Everyone turned their attention to the two friends that were now entering the store.
“Let’s go.” Rion said pulling Phoebe from the back. Leaving Piper and Talula sitting in the jeep. Wondering if they should go after them.
“Well someone should make sure they stay out of trouble.”
“They’re your sisters.”
“Your friend.” Piper shot back with a smile.
“Ok we both go.” Talula responded as she exited the vehicle and started for the store.
Rion and Phoebe entered the store arm in arm as the sisters sometime would. Not afraid to show their love for one another in public.
“Ok Phoebe I say we split up.”
“No. You two go that way and Talula and I will go that way.” Piper said as she walked in behind them, Then again sending you two together could be a bad idea. “Phoebe take Talula with you. You,” she pulled Rion away from Phoebe, “Come with me.”
They made their way through every isle until they finally met again in the middle near the back of the store.
“You see them?”
“Nope you?”
“No. Ok they couldn’t have gone far. This store isn’t that big.” Piper said as she looked down the isle they were in front of. But as she looked her heart skipped a beat as an announcement came over the PA system. It was a voice she recognized, and as the words came over the speakers she lost control and burst into laughter.
“Excuse me ladies and gentleman. Would a Mr. Jack Meoff please come to the front service counter, Mr. Jack Meoff.”
The three sisters and friend all suddenly burst in to hysterics as they heard other people in the store start to laugh.
They quickly ran from the store and headed right for the jeep as the store manager came outside looking for them they hid behind a parked car before continuing to the jeep in a crouched position.
“Ok. Where did they go?” Freaky asked as they quickly got in the empty jeep.
“How the hell do I know.” Di said though holding her side from laughing so hard.
Panic gripped them at first when the jeep doors opened, but when they saw who it was they started to laugh again.
“Ok funny. Too funny.”
“Yeah Phoebs how come we never thought of that?” Rion asked, as she too couldn’t stop laughing.
“Oh you two should have seen the look on that little old lady in the isle. I thought she was gonna have a coronary.” Talula said between fits of laughter.
Piper started the jeep and drove from the parking lot though the tears from laughing so hard she had to keep wiping away.
The feel in the attic was cold as Adri paced once more past Prue and the BOS.
“Find anything yet/” she asked for the fifth time.
“No. Would you relax? This is hard enough on my own without you pacing back and forth.” Prue said as she turned another page in their faithful book
Adri walked again past Prue and the BOS.
“Ok Is it me or have they gotten awfully quiet down there.” she said as she walked by the door.
Prue lifted her head and listened, “You may be right.” Prue said steeping towards the door. As she opened it carefully she half expected the five of them standing there ready to burst into song.
“This worries me?”
“Worries you. You should see Di and Freaky online together.”
“Yeah well you don’t know what kind of trouble that Rion and Phoebe can get into. And now they seemed to have dragged Piper in with them.” Prue said as she made her way cautiously down the stairs.
Adri followed after her, ‘wanna bet.’ She thought. As her mind recalled all the predicaments the Freaky had written for Rion and Phoebe. Not to mention just what Di writes when it comes to just Phoebe.
“Ok Talula you stay here with Piper.” Rion said as she and Freaky left their hiding spot in the bush and ran quickly across the street
“And no giggling.” Freaky added as she followed Rion.
Piper watched her little sister run across the street with their new friend. She couldn’t believe she was about to do this.
“Ok Piper you and Talula run the decoys. While the rest of us get the hub caps.”
“Ok but if you get caught…”
“You can freeze them so we can get away.” Phoebe finished her sentence as she ran out of the brush towards where Di had gone.
Phoebe slid in beside Di and looked over at where her sister was.
“Where were you two when Rion and I were growing up?”
“I think you caused your own version of trouble you didn’t need Freaky and me around.” Di laughed.
Every now and then you could hear a giggle or laughter coming from a spot along the road. Someone whispering loaded enough for the culprit to stop making so much noise usually followed it. Which only caused someone else to start laughing.
Soon they had what they wanted as s car slowed at the site of the purse in the middle of the road. The car stopped and the man got out though the purse was now further in front of his car. Moving towards it he looked around for anything suspicious though when setting his eyes back on the purse it was again further ahead of him.
Bending down to pick it up it suddenly pulled forward away from him., hearing the sounds of laughter he looked ahead of him and then back at his car. The only thing he saw was the running of four people back in the direction he had come.
Running back to his car he looked inside to see if anything was missing. Finding nothing he did a quick survey around his cart and found all four-hub caps gone.
“....” He cursed know he was now the victim of a practical joke. Only he wasn’t laughing.
Getting back in his car he continued his drive to his destination.
“Leo, Cole.” Prue looked at her two brother-in-laws. “Where are they?”
“Don’t know.”
“They left”
“What do you mean they left? You couldn’t keep them here?” Prue felt her temperature rising when the door bell rang
“Darryl hi.” Prue greeted their friend
“Ok tell me who in the hell would have the nerve.” He started off, as he made his way into the Manor.
“Hey Darryl.” Leo and Cole greeted him
“Hi guys.”
“Darryl. What’s up? You seem a little. Oh I don’t know pissed.” Prue asked her friend as she followed him inside.
“Gee Prue I don’t know. I tend to get this way when a bunch of kids steal my..”
He was cut off by the sudden laughter that burst through the front door.
“Oh my god. Did you see that guy?”
“Oh my good he looked like he was ready to kill someone.”
“Um Phoebe? Piper? Rion? What have you guys been doing?” Prue asked not really sure if she wanted to know.
“Oh Prue you should have seen it. These two.” Piper pointed to Freaky and Di. "Oh they had this great idea to..”
“Steal these hub caps off this car.” Phoebe finished as she started to laugh all over again.
“Here. Maybe you can hang them in the attic.” Di said handing the hub to Prue.
“You! You guys stole my hub caps!” Darryl said as he recognized the hub from his police car.
Talula looked from Darryl to her friend a giggle escaping her.
“Oh, oh.” Phoebe said as she saw the look on Darryl, Adri’s and Prue’s face.
"I can't believe you three!" Prue shook her head at her sisters. "And you two!" She turned an icy stare on Di and Freaky. "What have you done to my sisters?"
"Hey!" Adri stepped in front of her friends. "You're sisters were doing a fine job of acting strange before we even showed up."
"Yeah." Di stepped up to look over Adri's right shoulder.
"So there!!" Freaky stuck out her tongue as she peered around Adri's right shoulder.
"Would you two shut up!" Adri gave them each a look.
"Fine!" Di stalked away from her.
"Geez!" Freaky frowned as she followed Di. "You try to have a little fun..."
Prue gestured at them with her hand. "My sisters might have been acting strange, but they weren't running around like a bunch of hoodlums!"
"Hey!" Freaky stopped in her tracks. "We're not hoodlums. We're juvenile delinquents."
"Yeah." Di pointed at Prue. "Get it straight."
Adri rolled her eyes. "What did I tell you two?!"
Freaky and Di both mumbled as they walked across the room.
"All right." Darryl held up his hands. "I think we all need to calm down here. Prue, can you tell me who these people are?"
"They're our new friends from..." Phoebe hesitated for a moment. "OK, so I don't know where they're from. But they're fun." She sat down on Cole's lap, unbuttoning a few of the buttons on his shirt so she could play with his chest hairs. "And we like them, don't we baby?"
Cole nodded. "Oh yeah, we like them."
Darryl raised his eyebrows. "What's gotten into them?"
Prue sighed. "That's what we're trying to figure out."
"Yes. Do you have ten pound balls?"
The sound of Piper's voice filled the room.
"Then how the hell do you walk?!"
Rion and Piper both cracked up as Piper slammed the phone back down in its cradle.
"That was great!" Rion gave her big sister a high five. "I knew you could do it!"
Piper could hardly speak for laughing. "That was fun!"
Prue hurried over to them. "What are you doing?"
Rion tried to stop laughing. "Nothing."
Prue narrowed her eyes. "Piper, what were you..."
She was cut off by the ringing of the phone. Piper grabbed it before she could even think about reaching for it.
"Hello, Halliwell's Paranormal Removal Service. How may I direct your call? Demon, ghost or other?"
Prue quickly snatched the phone away from her. "Hello?!" She listened for a moment. "Yes, I'm sorry. My sister has had a bit too much to drink tonight." She hung up. "You prank phone called a bowling alley?!"
Piper looked shocked. "How did you know?"
"That was him, Piper. He had caller ID!"
Rion put her hand over her mouth to keep from cracking up again. "Piper got busted!"
Prue gave her a look before returning her attention to Piper. "And what was up with the whole Halliwell's paranormal service thing? Do you want us to be exposed again?!"
Cole looked up. "Someone's being exposed?"
Phoebe giggled. "Yeah, me if you're lucky."
"HA!!" Leo pointed at Piper. "Ten pound balls! How do you walk! That's good!!" He felt Prue glaring at him and hung his head. "Sorry, I just got it."
"UH!" Prue clinched her jaw. "It's like being in a house full of drunks!!"
"Hey..." If anyone was looking they would have seen the light bulb appear over Adri's head. "Prue."
Prue rolled her eyes. "What?"
"Come here for a second."
"But I'm..."
Adri made a get over here gesture. "Come here!" She waited until the eldest Halliwell had joined her to speak again. "I think I figured it out."
Prue looked at her impatiently. "Figured what out?"
"What's wrong with them." Adri pointed at the other occupants of the room. "Didn't I hear you or Piper mention something about Phoebe and Rion seeing a demon?"
Prue nodded. "Yeah. They called me and told me to get to the club but by the time I got there they were..." Her eyes got big. "The demon! He infected them!"
It was Adri's turn to nod. "That's what I'm thinking. And I think it spreads by touch. I mean, Di and Freaky were both fine until Freaky touched Phoebe and then touched Di."
"Same with Piper. She was fine until Phoebe ran into her."
"If we're right, Darryl's the next one to go."
They both turned to look at Darryl, who was in a serious lip lock with Rion.
"I LOVE this song!" Talula quickly opened the CD case in her hand and loaded the CD in the stereo before her. "And it's oddly appropriate for our current situation."
She turned it up, her voice quickly drowning out Frank Sinatra's as the song started
"The loveliness of Paris
Seems somehow sadly gay.
The glory that was Rome
Is of another day."
She really started getting into it.
"I've been terribly alone
And forgotten in Manhattan
I'm going home
To my city by the bay."
She tilted her head back and belted out the next few lines.
"I left my heart
In San Francisco"
She twirled around the room, her eyes shut as she sang.
"High on the hill
It calls to me.
To be where little cable cars
Climb halfway to the stars!
The morning fog may chill the air.
But I don't care!
My love waits there in San Francisco...."
She stopped in front of Prue and Adri.
"Dance with me Adri." She made a show of offering her friend her hand.
"No!!" Prue grabbed Adri's hand and drug her toward the stairs. "We've got to get to the attic before they infect us too!"
"I'm right behind you." Adri gave her friends’ one last glance before hurrying after Prue, praying they would finally be able to figure out what was going on.
Freaky shook her head as they disappeared up the stairs. "And they say WE'RE acting funny."
"Ah." Di waved her hand. "Who cares about them? Let's go have some fun with Talula. Hey, are there any Disney tunes?!"
Adri paced the attic while Prue turned the pages of the book.
“Ok so we know it’s demon related. Probably the one that Phoebe and Rion fought earlier. But what about the others?” she thought as she turned again back towards the stained glass window.
“Not sure. But who started acting crazy first?”
“Phoebe and Rion.”
“No of your friends. Those two already where when you four arrived.”
“That would have been Freaky. Remember? She poked Phoebe to see if you four were real.” Adri said as she stopped her pacing
“Ok and then Di was grabbed by Freaky when those two sisters of mine decided to call a jail break.” Prue concluded as they slowly put the pieces together
“So that’s is. It gets passed down when you are touched. And that would explain everyone else. So then only you and I are the only ones sane in the Manor right now. So what are we gonna do. Stay up here with the door locked?” Adri wondered though worried about her friends. A harmless spell has set them all into a world they didn’t belong in not to mention the threat of demons.
Prue also worried about her sisters. How long could this last?
“Well they have to sleep eventually.”
“And until then?”
“We stay up here and try and figure this out.”
“What about Leo and Cole?”
“What about them?’
“They can probably orb or shimmer in here. Cant you write a spell or something so they cant get in?”
“Ok if you know us like you say you do. You will know that Phoebe is the resident spell writer.”
“Wing it.” Adri said as if it was something that Prue did everyday, “Like you did to Maggie Murphy.”
“I still say we should use the whip cream guys.”
“Are you kidding me. Piper will kill us.”
“Yeah you three can go home after all. We have to live with her.”
“She can’t kill us if she does it.” Freaky said with a glimmer in her eyes. It was a glimmer that Phoebe and Rion knew all to will. It was a mirror of their own.
“I think we should let her stay Sis.” Rion said as she put her arm over Freaky’s shoulders.
“I think you may be… whoa.”
“Phoebe. You ok?” Rion was quickly at her sisters’ side.
“Umm. I’m not sure. I just got really dizzy all of a sudden.” She said still gripping the counter with her one hand.
“Ok lets get you to the couch.”
“No I don’t think so.”
“I do. Now listen to your big sister.”
“No Rion I think the bathroom would be a better place. Or better yet sink here now.” Phoebe said as he quickly made it over to the sink and wrenched what she had in her stomach.
Finally getting her to rest on the couch Rion looked down at her sister. She could feel the heat almost radiating off her. She had almost passed out after she was sick.
“Ok Seth is on his way.” Piper said as she crouched in front of here sister. “You ok sweetie?”
“I don’t know Pipe. It came out of no where.”
“I know. Just get some rest.” She said as she brushed the hair from her sisters’ forehead. She could feel the heat much like Rion had before.
“Prue?”
“She’s still in the attic.” Talula said quickly as her and her friends stood off in the corner
“It s the demon. The one we fought. It has to be.”
“Ok we’ll then we need to get Prue on the BOS and try to figure it out.” Rion said as she made her way up the stairs. Though she only got two steps up when she keeled over in pain. Almost falling down the last few stairs.
Di was at the bottom and was luckily enough to catch her before she hit the floor.
“Rion!” Darryl called out as he watched his girlfriend fall to the floor and a complete stranger grab a hold of her.
Freaky ran up the stairs as Darryl took Rion and placed her on the other small couch.
“I’m going to get Prue and Adri.”
Reaching the top step she went to open the door only to find it stuck. Banging on the door, “Prue Adri. We have a problem.”
“Oh. What you run outta songs to sing?” Adri asked with a chuckle, which was shared by Prue.
“No. Phoebe and Rion just collapsed.”
“WHAT!” was all Prue could get out before she waved her hand moving the furniture she had placed there earlier. She threw open the door and could see the look on Freaky’s face. “Back up and don’t touch us. That’s how it gets passed.” Prue said in a surprisingly calm voice. But Freaky did as she was asked. She knew that Prue could always just move her if she wanted.
Prue ran down the stairs in time to see Seth leaning over her sisters.
“Seth don’t!”
“What? Prue they're sick.”
“I know but if you touch them you will get what ever it is they have.” She said as she pulled him away from Phoebe.
“Prue you don’t know that. I have to help them. And if it is demon related then when you figure it out you can help me too. I have to try and at least give them some comfort. They’re my family too Prue.” He added as he looked into her eyes.
He stepped back from her and rested his hand on Phoebes forehead.
“How you feeling Phoebe?” he asked as he reached into his bag.
“I hurt everywhere.” She said weakly.
“Everywhere? Tell me when it hurts ok. And how bad.” He said as she placed his hand gently on her stomach and applied pressure in certain areas. Finally getting the response he was looking for as she cried out in pain.
Prue watched as Seth looked over Phoebe and then went on to Rion. It tore at her heart that she couldn’t comfort them the way she wanted. She could only stand there as Piper sat with Phoebe resting her head on her lap.
As the night went by Phoebe and Rion both got worse. Their temperature rose as Seth did everything he could to keep them comfortable. But what worried Prue and Adri was that Freaky, Di and Piper had also fallen with the same symptoms.
“Right now Phoebe and Rion are the worst.”
“Probably because they had it longer.” Prue said with no emotions. She looked at Leo who had tried healing them but it wouldn’t work. “You know its going to hit you guys to eventually.” She said to the guys. “The only people that haven’t been infected is Adri and myself.”
“So what do we do now?” Cole asked as he brushed the hair from his wife’s face.
Prue looked at Adri. “We keep looking in the book until we find something.” She said as she looked down at her sleeping sister. “I’ll get the answers. You guys just hang on.” She then turned and walked up the stairs.
Adri watched Prue and then turned to her three friends.
“Go Adri. Don’t worry about us.” Di said to her friend having seen the worry on her face
“You’re my friends. I’m allowed to worry.”
“Yeah she s also the oldest. It comes with the job.” Freaky said.
“Now I will figure this out. So I can kick your asses for worrying me and Freaky now gets an extra kick.” She said as she then followed the oldest Halliwell up to the attic. To find the demon that had hurt her friends.
Three hours later found an exhausted Prue running a hand through her hair as she continued to flip through the pages of the BOS. "This is ridiculous. There has got to be something in here about second childhoods or acting drunk." She slammed the book shut as she looked toward the ceiling. "We could us a little help here!"
"Wahoo!!"
She and Adri both rushed to the top of the attic stairs when they heard the voice. Darryl looked up at them, a cat who ate the canary grin on his face.
"Can I interest you ladies in a drink?" He held up the carton of milk in his hand proudly. "Finest moo juice I've had since I was a kid."
"Uh, no thanks." Prue narrowed her eyes. "I thought you were keeping an eye on Rion."
"Ah." Darryl waved her off. "She's sleeping like a baby. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm on a mission. I have to find Leo and Talula." He started to walk away but turned back toward them. "You know, either they're two of the best hiders I've ever played hide and go seek with, or Leo's cheating by using his powers." With that he disappeared from view, yelling, "Ollie Ollie Oxenfree! Get off my father's apple tree!!" as he went.
Leo tiptoed into view a second later, motioning for a giggling Talula to be quiet as they followed Darryl.
"That's just great. Half of the people downstairs are sick as dogs and the others are just getting started." Prue sighed.
Adri nodded. "Someone needs to go check on them." She started down the stairs.
Prue grabbed her arm. "And where do you think you're going?"
"Like I said. Someone needs to check downstairs."
"No way. I can't risk you getting infected too. We're the only two level headed people left in this house."
"You're right." Adri's shoulders shrugged. "But what if they need something?"
Prue gave her a sympathetic look. "You really care about them, don't you?"
"Yeah. I do. I learned a long time ago that family is what you make it."
Prue snapped her fingers. "I've got it. I can astral project and see what's going on down there. That way if someone touches me by accident it won't affect me. Keep an eye on the BOS. Grams may decide to help us yet." With that her head slumped down against her chest.
Adri walked back over to the podium and looked down at the book. Under different circumstances she would have been having the time of her life checking it out, but right now all she ca