Disclaimer: The Charmed Characters are the property of Aaron Spelling and Constance Burge. I just borrow them for your enjoyment and my writing addiction

This one is for my Friend Special K. She sent this idea to me like years ago, but you know my muse. She would get things in her head and take off. Got a page of ideas. That well keep getting pushed aside by my lil muse. But. Here we are now.. And let me tell ya. Muse was having a fun writing this, and kicking herself she didn't do this a long time ago hehe. So Special K. consider this my wedding gift to you.. All the best on your new future……Enjoy.


He was getting more confused with ever word spoken. First these women kidnap him from work, and now they are talking about demons and things demonic. "Demons?"

Prue saw the fear on his face, "Yeah, demons. Uh, more specifically, Shax. He's the Source's assassin."

He saw it. Nothing but a joke it had to be. "Hold it, I get it. This is a practical joke, right? Do you have a hidden camera here?" He lookes around the elegant Manor they had brought him too. "My second wife put you up to this? Ah, it's just like her." He laughs looking for some hidden camera.

Prue watches him a moment, "O-o-okay, Dr. Griffith's, listen to me, this is anything but..." she stops and looks around looking for something she knew was right there

Piper sees Prue hesitate and looks at her sister confused, "What?"

"I don't know, I just felt a chill. Phoebe?" she needs to know her sisters are safe, but she also know she needs the spell Phoebe is getting but to her horror and fear she gets no answer from her baby sister. "Phoebe!,Are you there?" she turns as a tornado of wind twists through the front door. "Phoebe! Where are you!?"

The tornado knocks Prue and Piper to the floor. A clap of thunder is heard as the tornado calms down and Shax appears.

He stood frozen in place. Everything they had said was real. "Dear god."

"No!" Prue gets up off the floor and pushes Dr. Griffiths out of the way just as Shax throws an energy ball at him and Prue is thrown across teh room crashing straight through a wall.

Piper gets up and Shax throws an energy ball at Piper, sending her crashing through a portion of the same wall, to land beside her fallen sister. Shax then turns to Dr. Griffiths.

Dr. Griffiths looks at the thing before him. He knew it was over. Both the other two were dead he was sure, "What are you?"

Shax gazed at the human before him a moment. "The end." He says casually before he throws an energy ball at Dr. Griffiths and he crashes through a window.

Shax looks around. He looks at Prue and Piper unconscious on the floor, as the blood seeps from their wounds. Pleased with what he's done, he turns back into the wind and flies out the front door. The glass on the door smashing as it slams shut.

Prue sat up suddenly the imagines invading her sleep once again. How long had it been now? A year? It was something she wanted to forget; forever. But her mind was holding on to it. She knew she had come close to death, as Leo healed Piper and her at the same time. That her injuries were more sever, and took more out of Leo, especially after healing Piper.

She leaned back into the warm embrace, as she felt the arms entangled themselves around her. Here she would feel safe, but as she closed her eyes she felt a need to be somewhere else.

She heard the soft yet audible sobs from across the hall. It was a sound that broke her heart even more. Her sisters' pain of loss and torment. Turning in the arms that held her she placed a kiss on his lips. "I need to go to her."

"I know. I love you."

"Love you too."

Prue moved quickly towards the sounds of her sisters' cries. Nearly six months later and she was still lost on how to heal her sisters' pain. She was lucky; the man she loved was just across the hall, but to her sister he was gone forever.

Prue sat on the bed and moved in behind Phoebe, pulling her towards her. She could feel Phoebe twist around into her arms. All she ever wanted was her sisters to be safe and happy. But in the last few months her baby sister was neither, Cole was dead by their hands. And the baby Phoebe was carrying was gone. Miscarried to a demon attack. Her last hope and hold, to a man she held in her heart.

Holding one arm around Phoebe, the other moved out of years of instinct, moving in a gentle circular cycle along her sister back. A motion Prue would hope to bring some sort of peace to her sister.

Phoebe didn't even respond to her sisters' action. She had no energy to, all she did was snuggle up closer to Prue. Taking in a warmth and love that was there.

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Piper had gotten up and started for the door. Though upon reaching the hall, she stopped when she saw Prue walk into Phoebe's room. Taking in a deep breath she went back to bed curling herself into Leo's arms.

"You should go be with her too."

"How can I Leo? She lost the man she loves and her baby in less then three months of each other. How can I go in there and pretend to know what she is feeling, when you are still with me every night and I am carrying our own child?"

Leo wrapped his arms around his wife just letting her know he was there for her. "She is still happy for you Piper. Nno matter how much she hurts right now."

"I know. It just hurts me so much when I see her like that and then she sees me. The look of pain and loss on her face, it's to much." Piper stayed in Leo's arms knowing Prue would soon have Phoebe to sleep. She always did. "I'll see her in the morning. She is probably already back to sleep."

Leo knew there was no more pushing Piper. They all felt bad as to what had happened to Cole. They had looked for every way possible to save him, but there wasn't any other way. The Source had completely taken him over. Phoebe had been lucky that the small amount of human left inside Cole had loved her no matter what. But the evil part of the Source was too strong.

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The sun peeked through the small slit in the curtains, casting just enough light to waken Prue. She looked down at the person in her arms and was met with the sad brown eyes of her sister. "Morning sweetie."

"Morning. Sorry."

Prue pushed herself up on one elbow, "What for?" she asked ashse brushed a stray strand of hair off her sisters face.

"For waking you and pulling you away from Bane."

"Hey, no need for sorry's. Besides, I was awake, and Bane understands."

"Still." Phoebe looked away from her sister

"Phoebe look at me." Prue guided Phoebes chin with her hand forcing her sister to look at her. "Its ok for me to wake up in the middle of the night when my sister is upset. It is also ok for that same sister to pull me away from my husband. But it is not ok for my sister to be sorry for any of it. It's going to take some time Phoebe, we all understand that. And we are all here for you." Prue leaned forward and place a kiss on Phoebes cheek, "Got it?"

Phoebe felt the tear starting to form behind her eyes. She knew Prue was right. Everyone had been so supportive of her. "Still sorry." She leaned over and snuggled against Prue. "You and Bane were probably having a little romance."

Prue smiled as she wrapped her arms around her sister, "Actually we weren't, but now that you mention it. Maybe we need some."

There was something in her voice that Phoebe picked up on. "You two still are trying then?"

"Yes. I have a doctor's appointment today. Hopefully get some good news from the tests he did last week."

"Me too. You'll make a great Mum."

"Oh. You didn't think that when we were grown up." She reached down and started to tickle her sister, her laughter echoing down the stairs.

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Piper looked towards the entrance to the kitchen that would lead to the stairs. She had heard the laughter of her baby sister and was glad for it. Turning back to getting breakfast ready she soon felt the arms embrace her from behind and the kiss on her cheek.

"Morning."

"Start that now and we'll miss morning altogether and everyone else will go without breakfast." Piper laughed as Leo rested his hand on her stomach and drew her around for a kiss

"Hmm is that a bad thing?" Leo smiled and looked at Piper holding her gaze long enough

"Hey none of that you two." Bane reached over and grabbed a muffin out of the tray.

"Well he's eaten, we could go somewhere more private." Leo suggested just as Prue walked in the kitchen.

"OK you two cut it out." She said with a smile as she reached Bane and kissed him, "Morning."

"Hmmm maybe Leo and Piper have the right idea after all." Wrapping his arms around his wife, he pulled her back for another kiss.

"They do and we could. If you didn't have to go to work and I didn't have my doctors appointment this morning."

"Life. Always gets in the way doesn't it Leo."

"For you maybe." Leo smiled at Bane.

"Prue." Piper looked at her older sister with concern and worry, "How is she?"

"Sleeping now. She was up crying most of the night again. I wish there was something more I could do."

"We are Prue. We are here for her. She knows that."

"Piper it's been nearly six months."

"Prue you don't understand. She had a life inside her, a part of Cole."

Prue looked across at Piper, "You're right Piper I don't understand. And I may never get the chance to understand." It came out harsher then she wanted and could tell by the hurt look on Pipers face, "Piper I .."

"It's ok Prue. I would be just as upset as you are. But I am sure you were meant to a mother."

" That's what Phoebe told me too."

Piper walked up to her sister and embraced her in a warm hug. "I love you."

"Love you too." Prue hugged Piper back before pulling away, "Right now I have to go to work and so do you." She looked over at Bane. Walking up she kissed him quick before grabbing her keys, "Meet at the doctors at 11AM?"

"Wouldn't miss it." He pulled her into a hug and held her in his arms, "She'll get through it. She has you and Piper not to mention two overprotective big brothers now too."

"I know. It's just so much for one person to go through in a short period of time." Kissing him again, "Ok I have to go or I'll be late. I'll see you later."

"11 Sharp." He watched as she ran down the steps and into her car.

Piper looked at her brother in law. "It'll turn out ok Bane. I can't even imagine Prue not being a mother."

"I hope so Piper. I hope so."