When, Paris and Cole went back into town, they were thrown into the madness from demons. They were by Piper, Paige and Leo as then Phoebe and Ben walked in from the front door, still covered in slime. “Don't you think we should talk about this?” Ben asked to her.
Phoebe looked at him. “Talk about what?”
Piper came down the stairs as Paris and Cole walked from the living room to them as well. “Wow, looks like you two got a juicy one.”
“Yeah, but unfortunately not the one that kills witches.” Phoebe sighed.
Then, Piper looked at Paris and Cole. “Welcome back.” Then, she looked at Phoebe and Ben. “How do you know?”
Ben looked at her. “Because upper level demons have a human form, and they bleed, red, not green.” Then, Phoebe headed up the stairs. “Where are you going?”
“I'm going up to take a shower first, and then I'm going to check the Book of Shadows. I wanna I.D. this demon that I'm wearing, try to find some answers.” Phoebe replied to him.
Ben looked at her. “Speaking of unanswered questions…”
“There is a demon on the loose, Ben, we don't have time for this.” Phoebe told him.
“Shouldn't we make time for it?” Ben asked to her.
“No, not now we shouldn't.” Phoebe replied.
Piper looked at them as the others frowned. “What are you guys talking about?”
“Nothing.” Phoebe replied.
“Nothing.” Ben repeated.
Phoebe looked at him. “Please, Ben, let's just focus on vanquishing the demon.”
“Fine. I'll, uh, go see what I can find out.” Ben shimmered out.
Piper looked at Phoebe. “Honey, did you two have a fight?”
“No, he just… never mind.” Phoebe walked up the stairs.
Then, Piper looked at Paris and Cole. “How was your vacation?”
“Weird.” Paris replied to her.
“How so?” Piper asked.
“Ghosts.” Cole replied.
“Ghosts?” Piper asked, eyes widen.
Paris nodded. “Yeah.” She comment as then she changed the subject. “What’s going on here?”
“Well, there is a upper demon that kills witches.” Piper replied to her.
“What?!” Paris exclaimed.
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Not much later, they were in the Attic. Phoebe had the Book of Shadows and opened to the black and green demon. “Okay, so the demon that Ben and I nailed is a Scavenger demon. Apparently he feeds on the remains of other demons victims. Nice, huh?”
“No.” Paris replied.
Piper looked at her. “Well, that explains why we scryed for him accidentally.” Phoebe continued to flip through the book. “Um, are you gonna tell me what happened out there?”
“There's not much to tell. The demon jumped in behind us…” Phoebe sighed.
Piper looked at her. “That's not what I mean. What happened between you and Ben?”
“I want to know that too.” Paris added.
“Oh, yeah, that. Um…I'm not exactly sure. He asked me to marry him.” Phoebe replied to them.
“Wow.” Paris comment.
Piper blinked. “What? He-he did what? He did?”
Phoebe nodded. “More or less.”
“Well, what did you say?” Piper asked her.
“I didn't know what to say. I was too surprised. I mean, with all my power of premonition and I never saw that one coming.” Phoebe replied.
“Its your decision.” Paris comment.
“Uh, wow, I-I don't think a witch is allowed to marry a demon. Honey, we can't have a demon in the family.” Piper told her as Paris rolled with her eyes.
Phoebe sighed. “Piper, that is the least of my concerns right now.”
“Well, don't kid yourself. If you decide to go through with this, it's gonna be a source of huge concerns. Especially for them.” Piper pointed up.
“Hmm.” Paris huffed.
“I have to be concerned with my own concerns.” Phoebe comment as Piper sat down next to Phoebe. “I love Ben, you know I do, but demon stuff aside, I never thought of myself as the marrying type. You know, it's not something I fantasised about. Ever.”
“So then, what are you gonna tell him?” Piper asked her.
Phoebe sighed. “I don't know.”
“You will figure it out.” Paris comment, looking at her older sister.
Piper looked at Phoebe. “Well, you're gonna have to tell him something because a question like that doesn't go away by itself.”
Phoebe looked at her. “Are you sure?”
Piper nodded. “Yeah, I'm pretty sure.”
“Yep.” Paris popped with the ‘p’.
They laughed as Ben shimmered in. “Hey.”
“Hey.” Phoebe told him.
“I'll be downstairs.” Piper got up and leaves the room.
“I will be downstairs too.” Paris added and followed her sister.
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In the living room. Paige was holding onto a plastic baby for Piper. A crying noise was coming out of it. “You told me to rent one, so I did.”
“What the hell?!” Paris exclaimed.
Piper looked at Paige. “Well, I didn't think that you could. Where did you get it?”
“The clinic.” Paige replied to her.
“Great. Take it back.” Piper comment, sarcastically.
Just then, Phoebe and Ben walked in. “What's going on?” Phoebe asked.
“Piper and Leo wanted to try out having a baby before actually having one, so I got them a mechanical baby. They use them in parenting classes all the time.” Paige replied.
Phoebe looked at her. “Wow, it sounds so real.”
“And so annoying. Look, Paige, I appreciate the thought, but we are on a demon hunt and the last thing I want to do is protect a fake baby.” Piper comment.
“Oh, really? Paige throws it up in the air. Piper froze it. “See? Your instincts were to save it.”
“My instincts were to shut it up.” Piper sighed.
“The doll has a sensor. It'll stop crying if you just hold it.” Paige comment.
“But I don't want to.” Piper complained.
“Come on, just try it. If it doesn't work I will take it back, I promise.” Paige pleaded.
Piper sighed. She unfroze the baby and catches it. Then, Phoebe put her arms around Piper. “Okay, now you just rock it gently.” She helped her rock it.
Piper looked at her. “Phoebe? I know how to hold a baby, that is not the issue, thank you.” Phoebe let go.
Paris snickered. “Okay.” She muttered.
“Just give it a shot. What have you got to loose?” Paige asked.
Just then, Leo orbed in. “Another witch has been killed.”
“Not good.” Paris comment.
“Oh, no.” Phoebe added.
Leo nodded. “Yeah, the police found her body at the Canon Theatre.”
“Well, we should go there and see what we can find out.” Piper told them.
Phoebe looked at them. “We've gotta call Morris on the way. Make sure he can get us in.” Then, she looked at Ben. “And no you can not come. Someone might recognise you from when you posed as a DA.”
“I don't get to go anywhere anymore.” Ben sighed.
Paige looked at him. “You were a demon and a lawyer? Insert joke here.”
“No.” Paris replied. “And I will stay here too, cause I need to go to my apartment.”
Leo looked at Piper, pointing at the doll. “Where'd you get it?” He laughed.
“It's Paige's.” Piper replied.
“No, it's yours. You need to figure it out.” Paige shook with her head. Then, she leaves.
“Yeah, daddy.” Piper gave him the baby. “Figure it out. Excuse me.” She leaves.
Leo looked at it. It continued to cry. He went over to Ben and gave him a look. “Don't look at me.” Then, he walked away.
Then Leo looked at Paris. “Don’t look at me either.” Paris shimmered out of the house.
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The next morning. They were in the park. Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Paris and Susan were walking along. The others had Paris filled in. “I don't understand. If you know the demon is meant to attack here, shouldn't we go someplace else?”
“No.” Paris replied.
“Not if we want to get rid of him for good.” Piper added.
“Power of three spell?” Paige asked.
Piper shook with her head. “No, the only way to vanquish an upper level demon is with the potion of his own flesh.”
“Sounds like you've done this before.” Paige comment.
Phoebe looked at her. “Once. On my fiancé.”
Paige raised an eyebrow. “Your fiancé?”
Phoebe nodded. “Yeah, I just wanted to hear how it sounded.” She replied.
Piper looked at her. “And?”
“Kinda weird.” Phoebe replied.
Piper nodded. “Yeah.”
Paige waved with her hands. “Wait, wait, wait, back up. Did you say you once tried to vanquish Ben or Cole?”
“No, Belthazor, there's a difference.” Phoebe replied.
“Apparently they are split in two.” Paris added.
Paige looked at them. “Is there?”
Then they stopped walking as Phoebe looked at them. “Okay, let's review. I play decoy, demon attacks. Piper freezes, you slice and dice until we get the demon sushi. And then we get out of there. Everybody ready?”
“As ready as I'll ever be.” Paige took a knife out of her purse.
Phoebe looked at Susan. “Okay, I'm gonna need your coat and your hat.” She took off her hat and coat and handed them to Phoebe. “Oh, and your necklace.” She took off her necklace and gave it to Phoebe.
“Okay, we've gotta get Susan some place safe.” Piper comment as Phoebe put on Susan's coat. “Leo!” Leo orbed in. “Hi, honey, could you orb Susan out of here.”
Leo looked at them. “Sure. Any place in mind?”
“Hmm, I don't think home is a good idea.” Phoebe replied. She put on Susan's hat.
“I agree.” Paris was thinking about Cole, that he was in her home.
“Actually, you should take her to my old loft, I don't think it's rented yet.” Paige added.
Leo nodded. “Alright, take my hand.” Susan did so.
“Where's the baby?” Paige called.
Leo turned around to show the baby strapped to his back in a carrier. “See? We can make this work.”
Piper had a small smile on her face. “Go away and you drop Robo-kid off at the manor. Please, thank you.” He orbed out with Susan. “Okay, we gotta do this fast because this demon won't stay frozen for long. Ready?” Paige and Paris nodded. “Let's go.”