Blood Lies
Prologue - Window of Opportunity
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Paige outstretched her arm and called for the father's heart. He doesn't seem to need it she thought to herself. Angered by his apparent abusive behaviour towards his son, Paige could not let him leave with the boy. He may not come back alive. Paige's heart grew colder and her eyes darker as she urged the heart to rip from out his chest and into her cruel hands. The father fell to the floor clenching his chest in pain and his wife stood beside him, powerless. Leo orbed in with Piper and Phoebe, Cole shimmering in seconds after. Placing the enchanted glasses before her eyes Phoebe could clearly see that Paige was now a force of evil to be reckoned with.
"Stop her quick before she kills him!" warned Phoebe.
Leo without hesitation tackled Paige to the ground and orbed her out. The father took a few deep breaths and stood up again. He batted away his wife's helping hand and glared deep into her eyes. "Don't ever touch our son again. I'm sick of covering for you" snarled the father as the family made their way to the car.
"We better head back and make sure Leo's OK" suggested Piper.
Phoebe nodded in agreement but as she reached to hold Cole's hand he quickly whipped it away and placed one finger in front of her mouth and the other on her stomach indicating her to "stop" and "be quiet". "I think the Source might still be around" said Cole. He quickly scanned the area for any suspicious looking people and then kissed Phoebe on the cheek. "Go back to the Manor. I'll meet you there soon I just want to make sure he's gone" explained Cole and without giving Phoebe a chance to react, he shimmered out.
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The sister's arrived home to see Leo dodging Paige's flying objects. Orbing lamps, glasses and cutlery were flying against the wall smashing into thousands of pieces.
"A little help Piper?" cried Leo as he was sent skidding along the wood floor by another flying object. He crashed into the dark oak wardrobe causing its glass doors to smash and topple on top of him. Phoebe instantly ran to assist Leo and Piper charged at Paige, pulling her to the floor and pinning her down to the ground. Piper raised her fist and began to pound Paige releasing all the rage and frustration that had long been building inside her.
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Cole spent over twenty minutes shimmering in and out around the Social Services building searching for the Source. Tapping into his demonic powers to try locating him was dangerous because that meant the Source could locate Cole as well. Satisfied that the Source was long gone, Cole walked towards an alleyway where he could safely shimmer back to the Manor as the streets began to fill with people. Just as he entered the shadows three large figures flamed in behind him.
"Bounty Hunters!" exclaimed Cole.
He dived to the ground releasing two energy balls from his hand. Two of the bounty hunters burst into oblivion leaving the other too scared to face the mighty Belthazor alone. He quickly flamed out and Cole wiped the dirt from his hands and laughed at yet another victory. A cold sharp pain quickly overcame him and he looked down to see a large blade exiting his stomach. It was quickly ripped from within him and Cole screamed at the excruciating pain it caused. Blood began to poor onto his hands and drip down his black sweater. The loss of blood had an almost immediate effect on Cole and he became weak and unable to stand. His knees buckled under the weight off his body and he fell to the floor. "Let's see how the witches do without their beloved Belthazor to protect them" chuckled the Source. The blade vanished in a poof of smoke and the Source flamed out to finish what he
had started.
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Piper raised her fist again and as it began to move swiftly towards Paige's face a cold callous hand clenched her own. Piper was lifted off of Paige and flung to the other end of the room with great force. Phoebe looked up to see the Source standing before her and as Paige lifted her head he quickly disguised himself as Shane. Phoebe launched into the air and roundhouse kicked the Source in the jaw causing it to crack and send him flying. Almost instantly he rose up off the ground and outstretched his long black nailed hands causing bolts of electricity to form and shock Phoebe. The bolts of electricity were so strong they caused Phoebe to fall unconscious mid-air and she came crashing to the ground.
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All was still in the Halliwell Manor. Piper lay face down on the broken dining room table, Leo remained unconscious smothered in shards of broken glass and Phoebe lay lifeless on the floor, blood seeping from her numerous wounds. The Source floated towards Paige and helped her off the floor.
"It's OK Paige. They can't stop you now." explained the Source. Paige examined the wreck in the Manor and became overwhelmed with emotions.
"Are they dead? I killed them? My powers, my magic killed them?" asked Paige frantically.
"No Paige, they tried to kill you. You protected yourself and you protected me. They want your power so they can use you for their own protection. But with me you can use your powers for your own needs."
Paige shuck her head. She caused this, her powers caused this. How could she do any good?
"You can stop that abusive father, get your boss to promote you; you can help yourself and you will always be safe. With your powers you can do anything. They don't want you Paige but I do. We can be our own family."
Paige began to step back from the Source and slowly move towards Piper.
"You will never be a part of their family. They will never let you be a part of their family. All they want is Prue but you are not Prue. They kept your real Mom from ever finding you. They are the reason you were alone. They are the reason you had to be adopted and never knew your real family. Come with me Paige. I will take care of you." said the Source and he offered his hand to Paige.
She examined the scene once again. Her eyes began to darken and her once strong emotions faded.
"Shane, get me out of here." Paige took the Sources hand and they flamed out.
The Manor was quiet now and the little light which illuminated its rooms faded leaving it in utter darkness and leaving the Halliwells for dead.
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