What felt like hours later Piper stopped. They had beaten so many demons, warlocks, creatures and beasts it was starting to take its toll and she stil had no idea where to find her son. The stock of potions she had made was now a dwindling number of one or two and she was getting tired. Many bruises and cuts covered any patches of bare skin visible and her strength had practically been sapped to zero. She hated giving up, but she had no other choice. Who knew how long they'd been down here, her sisters were bound to be home and her husband was proberly...
'No...' She told herself, 'He's proberly not even thinking of me, maybe off protecting another charge rather than thinking of his wife...' She dumped the almost empty satchel onto the floor and heard the last glass vial shatter. She turned to Roy and Ninian, her eyes heavy with hopelessness. 'Come on...Let's get out of here...It's no use...He's obviously not here...' She told them, thinking up a reversal spell in her head to the one she had read hours ago...

"Ok...but don't give up...I could teleport us back to the attic if you really want to...don't give up though"Ninian said,placing a hand on Piper's shoulder comfortingly...

'I think we should just head back and call it quits for now...I'll try scrying for him again...Something...Plus Skillet are playing at P3 tonight and I don't want to cancel their show, they're nly here for one night...' Piper sighed, she was stressed enough already without losing her son, but what was she going to tell her sisters, her husband... She walked over to Ninian, waiting to teleport back to the attic, at least to let her sisters know she was safe...

"Ok..."Ninia said,zapping them back to the attic...

Piper looked around the attic, there was no sign of anyone having been up here yet and she heard no voices from downstairs. She looked at her watch realizing how late it was.
'Oh great...' She said, her voice thick with sarcasm. 'I have some stuff in the back at P3, i'll have to scry for him there...You guys wanna come? You can get a proper introduction to the others or something, or just relax, I don't mind...After all this demon busting I'm pretty much tired out...Besides, anythings on the house for you guys...' She said absent-mindedly as she headed downstairs to get a few things before she left. 'So, waddaya say?' She said, waiting at the door.

"Ok...I'm feeling in a socialising mood..."this was something ninian had never said before..."Come on Roy..."then she realised he had his armor on..."Oops!hehe,there you go"she teleported his other clothes to him and put his armor back..."coming piper!"they rushed down to the door and out,thn waited for piper.

Piper walked out the door and lead the way down a couple of streets, then to a small area where people were lined up outside the club. Some where in groups chatting, others were actually wating in line to get inside, but Piper simply passed them, signalling the other two to follow. After all, it was her club, it was fair that anyone she knew could get in past all the tedious lines. She got to the bar, spoke to the temporary barman that was currently hired, then disappeared off into a corner...

Ninian and Roy followed Piper into the club...
"Nice..."Ninian complimented...

Skillet's live music echoed throughout the club and Piper was finding it more and more useless to concentrate. She ached all over from earlier and the cuts still singed with pain. She poured herself yet another glass of the bottle sitting on the desk. She drank it down and sat back, tossing the scrying crystal onto the desk and laying her feet up on the desk, she leaned back a little in her seat and was soon enough in a very light doze.

"I love this band..."Ninian said as she watched piper...

'Piper,Piper!' Phoebe's voice echoed through her sleep and she jolted awake.
'Huh? Wha...? Phoebe...?' She opened her eyes and saw Phoebe staring at her.
'Piper, what are you doing?' She asked.
'What does it look like? Trying to get away from the fact of how much a failure I am...'
'By drinking?!' Phoebe asked, astounded.
'Pretty much...'She poured herself another cup and drank it. 'Besides, I'm not in the mood for a pep talk right now...' Her words were becoming a little slurred.
'Piper! You give me that!' Phoebe took the near empty bottle from Piper's hand before she could pour anymore. 'Now you listen to me! You're gonna stop this right now. You're my sister I can't just let you do this to yourself...'Phoebe froze in mid-sentence, Piper had froze her. She took the bottle back from Phoebe and went to pour the rest.
'I said no pep talks, no-one listens to me anymore...' She leaned back to finish the cup and fell off the chair with a loud 'kathunk' 'Ouch...'

"Um...piper...I don't think drinkning is the answer to your problems..."Ninian said...

'Don't you get it?' She said, getting up from the floor with a painful groan. 'I've lost my son...I can't find him...I let them take him...I'm a failure as a mother...And his father is nowhere to be seen cuz he's god knows where on this planet...you see? I'm a failure...' She muttered, getting back up onto her seat, accidentally knocking Phoebe, causing her to unfreeze again.
'And you...Wait a second...How did you get there? Did you freeze me?'
'What do you think...' She said walking away from her.
'But you can't do that...What's gotten into you? You're bleeding...You're not yourself...What happened?' Phoebe asked concerned, following her sister.
'Phoebe, I'm fine...' Piper said drearely.
'You're obviously not, just tell me whats going on,' She said gently.
'It's Wyatt! Ok? He's gone!' She held her head in her hands as she leaned her elbows on the bar. 'I tried to get him back...But I can't find him anywhere!'
'Sweetie...Why didn't you tell me?'
'I didn't want to worry you, you are always so busy and...'
'Never too busy to search for my nephew...We'll find him, I promise.' Phoebe tried to comfort her.
'I already tried...Over and over and over and over and over and over and over...Beating the heck of nearly half of the Underworld!'
'Wait...You went to the Underworld!? Without telling us? Are you trying to get yourself killed?!'
'If i can't find him I may as well...'
'Piper...'

"She didnt go alone...We went with her..."Ninian said,walking over to help comfort piper...
"Yeah..."Roy said,also helping

Phoebe turned to them, recognising them from earlier.
'You did? Well, thanks, I'm glad someone's got some sense with the whole safety in numbers thing.' She said, directing ecactly at Piper.
'Yeah, yeah...' She sighed, she wasn't in the mood for another argument and she felt a little dizzy as it was. She didn't have that much alchohol, so she wandered what was with the sudden attack of light-headedness.
'Er...Ninian...Are you actually spinning...?' She said before she collapsed to the floor.