Prologue
Rose stumbled over the rubble of the place that was at one time her home. Ignoring the physical pain coursing through her body she knew the coming pain, once she saw her family, would be unbearable. She found her adoptive mother and her mother's two sisters crushed under the collapse of The Manor. Rose choked on a sob at the sight of the three women dying, their opponents dead across what was left of the room. Rose tried to remove as much of the piled rubble as she could.
Not even trying to hide the tears she crouched down next to the woman who raised her like a daughter, "Piper, everything will be okay. I just have to move the rubble and get you healed then you guys will be as good as new."
"No Rose, we won't be." said Piper knowing that she wasn't going to make it.
Tears streaming down her face gripping tightly to her mothers hand Rose furiously yelled, "Mom, no. No, no, no."
On either side of her mother lay her mother's sisters, also clinging to life. "Rose you knew this was a possibility." Phoebe coughed.
"No Aunt Phoebe! Don't talk like that." Cried Rose.
"Just take care of yourself. I love you and Wyatt and Chris." whispered Paige.
"I love you too, Aunt Paige." Rose wailed in pain. "Mom, I don't want to say goodbye."
"I know sweetie." Piper comforted her only daughter. "I love you. Tell the boys too."
"I will, Mom."
"Rose, you must be strong. You are destined for much more. I love you" Phoebe said gripping Rose's other hand.
"I love you too, Aunt Phoebe."
Piper coughed, "Rose we don't have much time. We have to do it now."
"No. I don't want them." she said stubbornly.
"I know sweetie, we all have to do things we don't want to do."
Tears still flowing down her face Rose nodded. Knowing exactly what to do Rose picked up a shard of glass and cut a long incision down her forearm. The Charmed Ones although already bleeding in other places each made a cut into their index fingers. Together the three women touched their bleeding fingers to Rose's cut.
Paige: "I, Paige Will my powers to you Rose."
After Paige finished a white light traveled through her into Rose. Then her arm went limp and slid from Rose's forearm.
Phoebe: "I, Phoebe Will my powers to you Rose."
The same white light traveled into Rose from Phoebe just before she took her last breath. Now Piper was the only Charmed One left, nearing death. With her finger still pressed to Rose's arm Piper shifted as much as she could so she could cradle Rose. Giving Rose a desperately tight squeeze and a last kiss on the forehead she whispered the fatal last words her younger sisters had said before her.
"I, Piper Will my powers to you Rose."
With the last transfer of white light the last of the Charmed Ones died.
Rose didn't know how long she sat there weeping and cradling the woman who raised her, but the fire department soon came with an ambulance. The story was already in place that they would tell the authorities, gas leak. Rose was in a dazed fog just standing there in shock watching them carry her heroes off in black coroner bags. She snapped out of it when she saw Leo running up to her and breakdown in tears. Seeing and now feeling Leo's devastation lit a fire in Rose. She became infuriated, hungry for revenge. She wanted to make someone feel the pain and heartache her family was in right now.
"Dad, you should go be with the boys. They're with Grandpa."
"Okay, let's go."
"No. You go now. I'll be there later." and before he could protest any more Rose orbed to the Underworld.
Practically seeing red with anger Rose thought killing some demons would be the best way to vent and release some pain. She orbed to where most of the lower level demons gathered and started on her revenge.