Disclaimer; I don't own Charmed or it's characters

"The darklighter is hurting him again" Paige said angrily.

"It's a trap and you know it" Piper told her for the ump-teenth time.

"But we need to do something, I need to do something"

"Paige relax we are just worried you may run in and get hurt" Phoebe said trying to calm her sister.

"Then what do we do" Paige said passing back and forth. She winced again, "again."

"Well, we can summon him" Piper said.

"Tried that already" Paige said and winced.

"Scrying" Leo said though it was more of a question.

"Tried that too" Paige said still pacing suddenly stopped turned on her heels and said "to hell with it" orbed out.

"Oh shit" Phoebe said jumping up from where she was sitting and grabbed Piper's hand.

"Come on send us after her already" Piper sniped. Leo placed a hand on either sister's shoulder and tried to orb them after her. They disappeared only to suddenly reappear and fly across the attic floor into a wall.

"Ow" Piper said as she sat up.

"What are we still doing here" Phoebe said looking around.

"Oh no, Leo?" Piper said scared. Leo disappeared only to reappear like his wife and sister in law.

"There most a barrier or something up blocking ever one else" Leo said.

Paige appeared in a large stone cavern she was seemingly alone there except for Henry who was tied to a rack attached to the cavern wall.

"Henry" Paige hurried toward him.

"Go back, it's a trap" Henry said weakly.

"Yeah I know" Paige said stopping beside him; she began to untie the ropes.

"You should up faster than I Thought you would" the darklighter said. Paige turned to look at him just as he fired.

"Arrow" she said just before it got within 4 feet of her. The arrow went back at him as orbs in circled it; it hit him and killed him. His brother appeared behind him and shot his own arrow.

"Paige behind you" Henry said. Paige turned having freed one of Henry's hands, but it was too late to do anything. The arrow hit her in the left side of her chest very close to her heart. "Paige" Henry yelled scared for his wife.

"Knife" Paige said, she sent knife from a table on the other side of the cave flying at the darklighter but he dodged the knife as it was moving slower cause of the poison affecting her powers. Her knees grow weak and gave out; she fell to the sandy ground. "Leo help" she murmured weakly.

"She is hurt" Leo said though gritted teeth. He tried to orb to her but was sent back like before.

"Oh god, what do we do" Piper said realizing she may lose another sister.

"No" Henry yelled thrashing to get lose. Paige on her knees clutched at the wound the very tip of the arrow could be seen protruding from her back slightly. Blood trickled out between her fingers and down her hand and then her arm. She fell sideways and was now lying on her side in the sand.

"You won't be able to fight the poison for long this time, whitelighter" the darklighter chuckled as he walked casually over to her. "My brother and I knew that you're tougher than most so we gave all our arrows a double dose" Paige convulsed slightly as her body fought in vain against to poison. "No it won't be long now" the darklighter laughed.

While the darklighter spoke with Paige, Henry managed to free his other hand and also untie the rope at his ankles. He stealthily crept over to the knife and grabbed it then started to creep up on the darklighter. But the darklighter turned to face him.

"Oh please like a mortal like you could even think of killing me" the dark lighter scuffed.

"Henry run" Paige murmured "please" her body convulsed again.

"I see" the darklighter laughed "your dying like this isn't enough for me now" he said turned to Paige he turned to Henry "no I'm going to make you watch as I kill your precious Henry" he laughed. His cross bow disappeared since didn't imagine he would need it to fight a mortal.

Henry swallowed and then lunged at him the darklighter lifted a foot and caught him in the chest and then pushed him back. Henry landed on his back in the sand. The darklighter scuffed as Henry got up, Henry slowly circled around him but the darklighter didn't take his eyes off him. Henry lunged again, the dark lighter caught him with his shoulder this time and with actually a great deal of effort threw him off hard enough that he flew across the cavern and hit the wall. Henry fell in heap at the base of the wall and didn't move.

"Pathetic" the darklighter scuffed "of all the mortals in the world you choose him" the darklighter said to Paige as he walked over to the unmoving Henry "truly pathetic."

"Henry" Paige pleaded "please get up" but he didn't move.

The darklighter stood over him now. In on swift movement Henry was up and before the darklighter could even blink he thrust the knife he still held into the darklighter's stomach.

"Now who's Pathetic" Henry snarled at the darklighter whose mouth opened slightly from shock. Henry twisted knife and the darklighter died. Henry dropped the knife and turned his attention to Paige who convulsed again weaker this time.

"Paige" Henry said hoping; praying for an answer but there was none. He rushed over to his wife and gentle scooped her up in his arms.

"Paige" his said his voice breaking slightly. He shock her gently "Paige, please" he repeated. He held his breath as her eyelid fluttered. "Paige, you're still with me right."

"I think so" she murmured then winced, "can you remove the arrow."

"Wouldn't that make the bleeding worse" he asked not even sure how to go about removing.

"It being there can make the poison spread faster" Paige said

"Okay how do I do that then" Henry.

"You are going to push it out till you get grab it behind to point, then brake off the end with the feathers as close to the wound as you can then pull it out from the other side" Paige instructed.

"Alright, here goes" Henry said he then braced her as he pushed the arrow through. He stopped once the base of the arrow emerged. "You okay?" he asked Paige who was breathing heavier trying her hardest not to scream.

"Yeah" she lied she was actually some of the worst physical pain of her life "keep going it gets easier now" she said bracing herself. He pushed the arrow a little bit farther so that could he grab it. He then broke the other end off and finished pulling out the arrow. She then collapsed back in his arms; the wound began to bleed heavier.

"Paige, hang on your sisters will be here soon to help, I'm sure" he said as he took off his jacket then his collared shirt under which he wore an under shirt. He pressed the white shirt against the wound in hopes that it would slow the bleeding.

"Wonder if there is a barrier up" Paige thought with little doubt there it wasn't up since her sister would have been right behind if there hadn't been.

"Come on let's try scrying again it will be strong with Paige there" Phoebe said walking over to the table with map on it and picked up the chain the scrying crystal was attached to.

"Can you sense where she is" Piper asked Leo starting to get really scared now.

"No, just that she is hurt" Leo said after trying again.

"Still nothing" Phoebe said, she too was getting scared.

"Leo can you sense Henry?" Piper asked getting an idea.

"He afraid not sure what" Leo replied.

"Phoebe?" Piper turned to face her

"His afraid for Paige, I think."

"Can either of you sense the darklighter" they shook their heads.

"But his is evil so we most like wouldn't" Leo added.

"But it's reasonable to assume that it died" Piper asked.

"Yes" Leo said drawing out the word not sure were his wife was leading with this.

"Then why hasn't the barrier dropped" Phoebe asked.

"I don't know but I'm pretty sure it's died"

"Piper what are you getting at" Leo said finally

"The barrier let only Paige in probable cause the darklighter fixed it that way. If that hole is still there couldn't we summon her?" Piper explained.

"That's a big if" Leo said.

"It's worth a shot" Phoebe said getting up to help Piper with the spell.

Henry's white collared was now turned almost completely red. Bead of sweat had formed on Paige's forehead and she had become cold so Henry had covered her in his leather jacket.

"I'm sorry honey but I don't think I can hold on much longer" Paige said slowly because of not only the physical pain of speaking but the pain of the words themselves. Tears had started to form in her eyes and her breathing became shallower now.

"No, Paige please" Henry said his voice starting to break again. Held her tighter to him she closed her eyes causing the tears to slide down her checks she then passed out. "Paige? Paige please" he cradled her to his chest kissing her gently his eyes shut tight.

"Blood to blood return to me" Phoebe and Piper said together as each pricked their index fingers and allowed a few drops to falling to the metal pot on the table they had finished the spell to summon a lost witch. The fog in the pot grew thicker and began to spill over the edges

Henry's eyes opened when he noticed bright light. White lights began to spiral around Paige who suddenly disappeared.

"Oh god" Henry said fearing that he had lost her forever.

Paige appeared in the manor. Piper and Phoebe rushed to their sister's side practically knocking over their chairs. They knelt beside her as did Leo who quickly removed the leather jacket and what at first appeared to be a red shirt only after he removed it did they all released that was not the shirt's original color. Phoebe couldn't take the sight of such a horribly wound. Piper hugged her trying to comfort her, Phoebe sobbed. Piper rocked her back in forth trying to be strong for her but she didn't like the look of the wound any more than Phoebe did. Tears silent ran down Piper's face as she watched Leo start healing Paige.

After about a minute Piper spoke "what taking so long?" she asked.

"It's taking so long because she almost died, if it had been a few seconds later this may not have work at all" he said. Paige's breathing became slower and fainter until it stopped completely. The light from Leo's hands dimmed and went out.

"Uh oh" Leo said.

"She's not breathing, why is not she breathing" Piper said on the verge of a fit.

"Her heart stopped" Leo said.

"No, this can't be happening, not again" Phoebe chocked.

"It's not" Piper said as she giving her CPR. "We aren't going to lose her too. Phoebe breath for her" Piper command and she did so. Leo went back to healing and after few terrifying moments Paige's heart started beating on its own and she started breathing again, and a few seconds after which her wound was healed.

Paige blinked slowly and looked around as if in daze.

"Paige" Piper breathed. Phoebe seeing her sister had come back from the brink of death she hugged her as did Piper. Paige tried to hug them back but was still weak from the poison and blood loss. After a while Piper and Phoebe released her.

"Don't scare us like that again okay" Piper asked

"Yeah I'm sorry about that" Paige said. She then tried to set up.

"You may want to stay put your probable going to be dizzy still and shouldn't you try to do much" Leo advised. She sat up anyway though.

"Paige you should take it easy" Piper seconded Leo on this and Phoebe nodded also agreeing.

"I should get Henry though" Paige said as she started to stand up.

"Paige, don't push yourself" Leo said.

"Aw" Paige grabbed at her stomach as her knees hit the floor one hand out the other pressed against her stomach.

"Paige" Leo said moving to try and heal her.

"It's Henry" Paige gasped pushing his hand away. She then orbed back to the cave. Leo tried to go after but the barrier repealed him again.

"I don't understand" Piper said as Phoebe picked up Henry's leather jacket, she gasped and flinched a she received a premonition. She watched as Henry held an athame that he had used to vanquished the second darklighter with. She jumped slightly when he suddenly plunged the blade deep in to his stomach in the same place that Paige had clutched at.

"I know" Phoebe said coming back from the premonition of the past she then explained it to them.

Paige orbed beside Henry while still on her knees. His hand still loosely held the knife.

"Honey, stay with me now" Paige said then with one hand started to heal him while with the other hand she, as gentle as possible, removed the knife. As she healed him she noticed that things were starting to get blurry but it made her concentrated on healing him harder since she didn't want to pass out till she knew he would be okay. It took about a minute but she managed finish healing him after which she then passed out.

"Henry has been healed" Phoebe said having felt his pain stop.

"Yeah and Paige pushed herself too far and passed out" Leo said sensing it.

"but neither of you sense danger" Piper said and they indicated that they didn't "so maybe we should leave them be since if we summon Paige back Henry will wake and undoubtedly still think she is dead and try to.. You know all over again."

"But that leaves them in danger still" Leo countered.

"If there was another darklighter or demon they would have attacked by now and if it makes you feel better you can check in on them every now and again" Piper said.

"I think she's right" Phoebe said.

"Fine" Leo sighed after a moment.

About ten minutes later Paige started to wake up. She sat up and looked around as the cavern started to come into focus. Henry groaned softly and she turned her attention to him now.

"Hey honey" she said kindly as she gently placed her right hand against his cheek while he started to come to.

"Paige" he murmured softly still a bit out of it "you won't believe the nightmare I just had" his eyes were only half open and he had not yet realized that it wasn't a nightmare.

"Yeah, if your speaking of what I think you are then it actually happened" Paige said. Henry's eyes were wide open now. He looked around the cavern and suddenly became very scared.

"Oh god, it did happen" Henry said sitting up he grabbed Paige in suffocatingly tight hug. "I'm so sorry Paige, I didn't mean for this to happen" Henry apologized as his eyes grew misty "it was last thing in world that I would have ever wanted for you, to be killed because of trying to protect me."

Paige managed to push him off "what do you mean I'm not dead and for that matt..." Henry broke off what she was going to say next with a kiss.

"Thank god" Henry said softly after breaking the kiss.

"I'll second that" Paige said kissing him she placed a hand on the back of his head pulling him closer.

After their passionate moment of desire they lay in each other's arms.

"You know we should go back to the manor and tell your sisters that everything is fine now" Henry said she nuzzled her head on his shoulder.

"Yeah" Paige said moving to look into his loving eyes. "After that how about we had home and get cleaned up and then maybe have a little bit more fun. You know to celebrate that we are both still alive"

"I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate" Henry said kissing her. They then got dress and Paige orbed them back.

"Paige" Phoebe said hugging her.

"Hey you okay" Piper said helping Henry keep Paige standing after the forces of Phoebe's running hug.

"Yeah, we both are, just a bit tired though" Paige said as Phoebe let go. Phoebe then gave Henry a quick hug glad that her bother in law as also okay.

"After what you have just been through resting is the best thing for you" Leo said.

"Yeah we were going to head home but thought we would check in first" Henry explained. They all said their good nights and Paige and Henry orbed home. Then coop stopped in and took Phoebe home too.

"I'm going to call dad and tell him it's over and that we'll pick up the kids" Piper said as she went to the phone. She and her father spoke for a while before she hung she then told Leo that he said he would keep the kids over night since the three of them were already sleeping.

"So then how would you like to spend your night off" Leo asked hugging her to him.