Disclaimer: I don't ownt eh Charmed Ones or any of its characters, they are teh property of Aaron Spelling and Constance Burge. I just bowwow them for your entertainmenta nd my writing addiction. Any other characters through out this tale are the imaginatyion of myself and my cowriter.
Speaking of Co-writer. This tale was the start of a wonderful friendship between myself and Maineiac. Two people from differnt countries and across a continent. It started out as a samll idea and well... Well read it and find out.
Satans Triangle:
Forming a triangle off the coast of the US, Bermuda and Cuba is an area of ocean that for years has mystified and frightened sailors and pilots. Thousands of people, ships, and planes have experienced bizarre events of power loss or vanishing without a trace; never to be seen again. This, is Satan's Triangle:
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Phoebe lay on the deck, enjoying the warm tropical sun, breathing deep of the salty sea air. Behind her, she could hear the soft voices of her sisters, the sounds almost lost in the gentle flapping of the sails. Piper had tied off the rudder, allowing herself to go below and fix them a snack, and Prue was trying to take a nap, to get her mind off being surrounded by water.
"How did I let her talk me into this?" Prue said to Pipers back as she made them all a salad.
"How does she ever talk us into anything? She begs until we give in." She replied, looking out the window to where the youngest lay.
"So why do we always give in. No matter what, we let her get away with getting us to do things we would rather not."
"Oh, come on Prue, don't tell me your not enjoying yourself, even a little. Besides, we both know how you feel about the water, do you think we didn't take that into consideration when we rented this boat?"
"What do you mean 'We'?" Prue said, giving the middle child a dirty look. Piper knew she was busted, but when Phoebe had brought up this idea, she knew it was a chance for them to enjoy themselves, without having other people around.
"Yes, 'we', it was both of ours idea I admit it, and we did a thorough check on all the weather and forecast charts before we left. Please just try and have a good time. Phoebe really wants you to enjoy today."
Looking into her sisters pleading eye's, Prue knew that they were just trying to share a love of the water that they both had, with her. Even though she had managed to overcome her fears, the water still held to many painful memories for her to really let herself enjoy it like they did, but she was no longer to terrified to even be out here.
"Your right, I know she is just trying to have fun, but this was not on the top of my list of fun things to do. I tell you what, I will try to relax, but only if you two will go with me to visit the old monastery tomorrow." Prue told her, a hint of mischief in her blue eyes.
"You have a deal, if you help me get her back for the stunt she pulled before we left."
"Agreed"
"What are we agreeing to?" Phoebe asked as she entered the cabin. "What?" she asked as both her sisters started to glare at her. Knowing the look they were giving her, she started backing away, trying to figure out where she could hide on a sailboat. Stumbling up the stairs, she soon found herself trapped on the bow, as a sister approached from either side. She was trapped
"Oh come on Phoebe, we want to 'talk' to you." Piper said, trying to reach her. Coming up the other side, Prue was getting ready to use her powers to get the towel that her baby sister was clutching. Suddenly, over her sisters' heads, Phoebe noticed a strange multi colored glow in the sky that seemed to be moving right for them.
"Piper, where are we? Exactly?" she asked, as everything she had read about this area came to mind.
"Why? It's not going to help you, unless you plan on swimming back," she said, not seeing the look of concern in her sisters' eyes.
Forgetting that they were out to get even. Phoebe scrambled for the cabin, if her hunch was right, they were in some serious trouble. Finding the charts, she took them forward, looking at the heading they had been following, and as her finger found there current location, a shiver of fear ran down her spine. The Bermuda Triangle. Rushing back to her sisters, she found them both watching the strange glow, trying to make out just what it was.
"We are in the Devils Triangle!" she told them, thrusting the map out at them. "Do you have any idea what that means? Do you?"
"What are you talking about?" Piper asked, trying to look at the chart her sister was holding, but finding it moving too much to make anything out.
"We have sailed right into the biggest unexplained phenomenon in the world. People and planes and boats have all vanished here, never to be heard from again. And those lights, they are what cause it. We have to get out of here! Now!" as she spoke, Phoebe started to feel light headed and at first she thought it was just from the sun, until she saw that her sisters both looked pale.
"Wha…whats going on?" Piper asked, as a wave of dizziness caused her to fall to her knees.
"The triangle. We're in it." Phoebe told her, trying to stay upright. What ever was happening, it was effecting them all. Beside her, Prue was laying on the deck, one hand on her spinning head and the other on her stomach, fighting to beat back the nausea that was threatening to over come her.
The three of them lay there, to dizzy to move, and to sick to want to, as the strange glow continued to approach the small sailboat. The wind started to pickup, yet the sea remained calm. Silence descended over them, not even the sound of the water slapping against the hull was heard.
Slowly, their stomachs settled, and as Phoebe opened her eye's she found her oldest sister laying there, her legs drawn up to her chest, rocking back and forth. Turning, she found Piper looking at them, concern for the oldest one's state of mind playing across her face.
"Prue?" she asked her voice sounding strange in the dead calm air of the deck. Together the younger two tried to get a response out of her, but she just seemed to stare right through them. Reaching out a hand, Piper gently touched her sister, jumping back in fright as she suddenly sprang up, rushing into the cabin. Falling backwards, Piper threw out her hands to catch herself, and as she did, the mast seemed to explode, falling side ways into the ocean.
"Piper! What are you doing?" Phoebe cried, staring at where the mast used to be.
"It...I... What, how did?" Piped stuttered, looking at her hands. She hadn't even tried to use her powers, how could that happen? "I don't know what happened, I wasn't trying to..." she said, turning to look at her baby sister, and her eye's went round as Phoebe was starting to levitate.
"Piper, help." she said, grabbing desperately for the railing, trying to stay on the deck. "I can't get down!" Searching around, Piper found some rope, quickly tying it around her, as she tried to pull herself back down. "Are powers are out of control. Where's..." Phoebe started to say, only to hear the sound of glass breaking.
"Oh my god, Prue's in the cabin!" Piper said, scrambling forward, she ducked as a plate went flying past her head, evidence that Prue had lost control as well. "Prue! Can you hear me?"
"No! I won't get in the water!" her sister cried, not really talking to her, her mind was cast inward, remembering the time's they had all gone swimming, "No!"
Entering the cabin, Piper spotted her, sitting by the controls, hugging herself tightly. "Prue! Snap out of it, we need your help!" she told her, as the boat seemed to lurch, throwing her to floor. Looking out the window, she saw the strange lights were all around the cabin, seeming to be almost real enough to touch. An eerie sound, like sirens filled the air.
Prue looked up, her face pale, trying to pull her self together. She didn't know what was going on, but she had to be strong, for her sisters. Glancing at Piper, her powers went active again, flinging the middle sister hard into the bulkhead. "Piper!"
Outside, Phoebe had managed to get her feet back on the deck when she heard Prue cry out, she started towards the cabin, when the entire boat seemed to shudder, pieces starting to break apart. Calling desperately to her sisters, she watched as the cabin seemed to fall in, and the entire boat just collapsed into the water. The lights flashed brightly and Phoebe knew no more.
The sea was calm and clear once again.