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Chapter 19 - Darkness ~*~*~*~ I feel just like I'm sinking ~*~*~*~ "Good Morning Leo." Leo stood stock still. "Who is this?!?" he demanded. "I'm sorry I can't tell you, but it will all come in good time." the voice taunted. Then there was a click and the phone went dead. "DAMN IT!" Leo shouted and threw the phone across the room and had a small satisfaction when he heard it shatter. "Sir..." One of the police officers started, but stopped promptly when Leo turned his fury onto him. They had all been watching the transformation with fascination. From calm and upset Leo to fury and yelling. "Uncle Leo?" Paige asked. Leo's fury drained from his face as he bent down and looked at Paige. "What is it honey?" he asked in his concerned Uncle voice. His tone soothed Paige, "It's gonna be okay." she told him patting him on the cheek. Leo gave her a small smiled, "Yes it will." he assured her. "I love you." she told him and put her arms around his neck. Leo wanted to cry, but didn't have the ability. He just gave her fierce hug back and went and sat on the couch. Prue and Phoebe watched with sadness in their eyes. It had been 84 hours since their sister had been taken from them, but it felt like an eternity. ~*~ "It's a woman?" Andy asks the other person. "Yes sir." the voice confirms. "Do you know who it belongs to?" he asks. "Not yet." was not the answer that Andy wanted to hear. "Thank-you." he said and hung up the phone. Darryl turned to his friend, "I take the caller is female?" Andy just nods his head and looks at the city. "Something isn't right. A woman wouldn't have the strength to take Piper. It wouldn't be easy taking a woman against her will in the first place, but add to the fact that Piper is also strong, and pregnant it would be damn near impossible." Andy spouted. "Well in any case we need to ask Leo if he knows of any women that would have a grudge against Piper or himself." Darryl told Andy. "You're right." Andy agreed and walked back to their car. Before Andy had a chance to do anything his phone rang, "That asshole called again." Prue informed him. "What?" "The asshole. He called again. This time just to say good-morning," Prue told him. "It's not a HE it's a woman." Andy told her. "A woman?" Prue asked. "Yes. We need to know what woman would have a grudge against Piper and Leo." "Well what about Mrs. Seer? The woman who shot me? Phoebe says that she could have done it." Prue told him. Andy shook his head, "I know, but the time doesn't add up right. There is no way she could have taken Piper, hid her, and then been there to give Cole the phone when you called her. I'm not saying she's not behind it, but she couldn't have done the act herself." "So she had help. That doesn't put Dan out of the running." Prue's anger was starting bubble to the service. "Look we have his ex-wife's house to check out and then we'll be on our way back. See what you can dig up and then give me a call." Andy told her. "Fine." was Prue's ending and the phone hung up. "Pissed?" Darryl asked. "You have no idea. Let's go check out Amelia Gordon and see what she can tell us." ~*~ "Well that was a bust." Darryl said. Andy just grunted. They had been looking around Amelia's house for fifteen minutes with no luck. She wasn't there and there was no sign of Dan anywhere. "She left." a voice from across the way said. They turned to see the older woman sitting on her porch swing. "Excuse me?" Andy said. "I said she isn't there. Her and her husband left a few days ago." the woman informed them. Darryl and Andy looked at one another and then walked to the woman's porch, "Do you know when they left?" Darryl asked. "They left five days ago. Of course she didn't look to happy about it. For that matter neither did he. They were always such a lovely couple. He always helped me out when I needed something fixed and she came when she could for the company." "Do you know where they were going?" Andy asked. The woman shook her head, "No I don't. I know they were going through a divorce. He just told me they were going to counseling. I haven't seen them since." Andy and Darryl looked at one another. "Thank-you very much Ma'm." they told the neighbor and then left. ~*~ "Do you want to play a game Mr. Wyatt?" "NO!" Leo stated emphatically. "Too bad. We're going to play a game. It's called 'What Leo Wyatt can't do for Piper Halliwell. You ready?" "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT? I'LL PAY ANYTHING JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT!!!" Leo shouted. "I want you dead Leo Wyatt. Now are you ready to play?" "Yes." "Good. First thing is you need to drive to P3 Productions. Our game will start there." The person hung up. "Let's get you ready." the detective said. Leo just nodded. Anything to get Piper back. ~*~ Andy was getting worried. He couldn't get a hold of Prue or anyone else. There was no telling what was going down in L.A. He just knew he needed to get there fast. As he drove to the Wyatt's house he could feel the tension start to build. Something was terribly wrong. It was confirmed when he got there and only one police officer was there. "What's going on?" Andy demanded. "The kidnapper's called. Everyone is pursuing that." Andy turned to leave, "Wait. This fax came for you." the officer handed Andy the paper. Darryl looked over his shoulder. Andy crumpled it into his hands and ran back to his car. There were no sounds as they drove. When he reached the end of the driveway to the large half built home Andy had company. Just as he drove up so did Leo in Piper's Jeep and he rushed out to join Andy and Darryl. "This is Dan's home. He's rebuilding it. This is the last place that he has been seen." Andy told him. "He should be calling me any moment." Leo informed them. Just then they heard an explosion. Leo started to run toward it, but another one went off sending the three men hurtling back. Just then two police cars showed up with Prue and Phoebe jumping out of one of them. "Oh GOD!" Phoebe yelled. Right behind them a fire truck showed up and firefighters were making their way to the house. A few stayed behind and helped Leo, Darryl, and Andy up to their feet. "You're going to have to be checked out." they told them and pointed them to the Emergency vehicle coming down the lane. Leo turned around and looked at the house despair taking over his body. The house was being licked by flames and consumed in the fire. There was no way in and firefighters were fighting from the outside in. Leo was breaking down. "Leo..." the voice was faint and couldn't be heard over the roar of the fire. Leo didn't hear anything. He turned his back and started walking. With all his strength he started moving toward the Emergency vehicle. "Leo..." the voice sounded again. ~*~ End of Chapter 19 * "Full of Grace" by
Sarah McLachlan. One of the BEST songs EVER! If you've never heard
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