Disclaimer – The characters from Charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel the Series belong to Constance M. Burge/Brad Kern, Joss Whedon, and whoever owns Angel. However any characters you don't recognize belong to me. I am merely borrowing the characters and hoping they'll stay for a long, long, time….lol.
Part 1
"It
has begun"
"What can we do?"
"Too late...we cannot do anything..."
"The laws of destiny bind us...we waited too long..."
"It will be our downfall..."
"No...we cannot accept that...what about them?"
"They are not bound by law...they are free to fight this battle..."
"But will they want to...?"
"Are you saying that they would refuse to fight?"
"I'm saying that maybe we've gone too far...we've taken too much from
them..."
"He speaks the truth...but they will have to fight..."
"There is no other choice?"
"Then it is decided...the messages will be sent...they will meet....they
will fight..."
"It will not be enough..."
"Of course it will be enough....it will have to be enough..."
"They are too fragile...losses...gains....too much...too soon..."
"But we cannot offer them anything else...the law, remember?"
"There are about a hundred loopholes to every law...haven't they proved
that by now?"
"True...but what can we do? What else can we give?"
"New powers...new immunities...new strengths...new allies..."
"New allies? Surely you don't mean..."
"Yes...I do..."
"Will he accept?"
"He will have to...like them, he has no choice..."
"Will it be enough?"
"Truthfully? Most likely not...they are all too hurt, too pained..."
"So it is a suicide mission?"
"No...not a suicide mission...but maybe some won't make it back
alive..."
"They will fight between themselves...you know that don't you?"
"What else can we expect? What else could we expect? They are the
strongest..."
"Personal matters will interfere..."
"We can't stop it..."
"So be it...but it is too late now anyway..."
"The messages have been sent...all we can do is wait until they
meet..."
"This is the last time we will be able to meet...it is too
dangerous..."
"Then till we meet again...farewell..."
"We're pitiful, you know that?"
"How dare you?"
"Here we are...the powers that be...the elders...the ones who make the
rules..."
"Your point?"
"We are sending a group of humans to fight our battles..."
"Some are not human..."
"They are more human than we are...that is what is so pitiful..."
*******San Francisco, California*******
"Bring back the power of three..." I spoke out loud...my soul crying
out to the heavens...I needed my sister back more than anything. My head
whipped up as I heard something...and I prayed to anyone who was listening that
it was my lost sister.
"What are you doing up here?" My sister's voice was gentle, and
though I know that my younger sister didn't mean it, it just twisted the knife
in my heart deeper.
"I don't understand it...magick has saved us before...it was magick that
got us into this mess...why can't it get us out? Why can't it bring her
back?" My voice was shaky, heavy with unshed tears. 'Oh Piper...you
don't understand...it's not just Phoebe dying...everything's fallen apart...and
now matter how hard I try, I can't put it back together...'
"Prue...I don't know...I don't know why Phoebe had to sell her soul to
save us...I don't know why I have this feeling that it isn't finished
yet...that there's something...someone...else out there...and most of all I
don't know how we're going to survive this...but one thing I am sure of...one
thing I'm sure of is that no matter what happens Prue, you will make it
through...you're too strong not to..."
Piper finished speaking and then went to sit next to me. 'Piper...my sweet
Piper...you have so much faith in me...if I was so strong, then why couldn't I
save Phoebe...why couldn't I save my baby girl? No...you're wrong Piper...if
anyone's going to make it through...it's you...Piper...you don't know the first
thing about me...well you do...but not what matters most...you shouldn't trust
me so much...so many secrets...this family will be ripped apart...what's left
of it...I'm not your strong older sister...I never was...it was all an act...I
think...it's all messed up...no...I won't make it through...not like this...'
"Prue? Piper? Are you guys up there?" It was my brother-in-law's
voice, and his body soon followed, appearing in a glow of blue lights. Leo was
followed by Cole. 'Welcome one and all, to the freakshow that is the
Halliwell household...two witches, a guardian angel/whitelighter and a half
demon...it used to be three witches...then the stupid SOB's that call
themselves Elders took Phoebe away...she could have come back...there were
ways...resurrection spells...time spells...but they wouldn't let us...took
every stupid time spell that was in the book and got rid of them...they're back
now...but only because the window is closed...her spirit left...whoopeee....so
sue me if I'm just a tiny bit pissed off...and why is Cole here? Oh that's
right...Phoebe dying was exactly what he needed - it showed him that he had a
heart capable of loss...arrogant asshole...I wish that we'd never heard of
Belthazor/Cole...it's his fault that Phoebe's dead...he is soooo lucky that
Piper and Leo are here right now...but next time we're alone....he'll wish that
he had never messed with me...well, at least that's what I would have said a
couple of months ago...things are different now...I still think he's an
arrogant asshole...but I probably wouldn't kill him...'
"Prue....PRUE!" Piper's voice finally broke into my thoughts...they
were all looking at me strangely.
"What?" I winced when I heard the tone of my voice...it was too
defensive...I hate the way they looked at me just then, so full of pity...well
I'm not the only one who lost someone.
"Leo just said that Phe...her powers will be split up between us."
'Oh Piper...sweetie...you can't even say her name...it's Phoebe...say it
Piper...Phoebe...I don't believe those bloody bastards...we buried our younger
sister less than a week ago, and they think we want to know about their stupid
powers?'
"Why?" My voice was flat...it brought out a wistful half smile on
Piper's face...her Prue was back...but I wasn't...not really…but it was better
that she believe that…for now.
"That part of it will have to wait till your mom gets here...but Prue,
since you tuned me out before, I'll say it again; Piper gets the levitation
which means you get the premonitions." Leo was still the same. As if he
would change.
"Mom? What does she have to do with it?" Piper looked confused; it
replaced the little half smile that curved her lips.
"I suppose I should have told you this before...no...I know I should have
told you before..." The voice that spoke was familiar to me - it haunted
my nightmares, my dreams.
"Mom?" Piper had a look of a lost little girl on her face, and my
heart went out to her.
"Darlings...I'm sorry. Especially you, Prue."
'Me? Why was Mom saying sorry to me?'
"Me? Mom, what happened? What's wrong? Why are you saying sorry to
me?" I was just as confused as Piper seemed to be.
"For taking away your memories of your baby sister."
"Well, that was a huge buildup to nothing...Mom, I remember Phoebe when
she was a kid. Why wouldn't I?"
"I'm not talking about Phoebe. You would have been 7. I was pregnant again
- but it was Sam's baby."
'Wha...wait...if mom had a baby when I was seven, then the baby would be
younger than Phoebe...she was born when I was five...'
"Mom? What are you trying to say?" Piper's voice was shaky.
"First, let me restore Prue's memories of her." My mother then said a
couple of words under her breath, and all of a sudden I got dizzy.
'Whoa...oh god...I have a baby sister...Paige...fuzzy brown hair...deep
brown eyes...I have another sister...'
"Paige? Mom...where is my sister?" My voice was harsh...as harsh as
my head felt.
"Sister? Paige? Prue? Who are you talking about?" Piper was loud and
panicky.
"Paige is our baby sister, Piper. Mom gave her up a couple of weeks after
she was born."
"She works for South Bay Social Services - under the name of Paige
Matthews. You have to find her - she will complete the broken link of the power
of three." Mom looked startled when I exploded.
"I can't believe you. You take our sister away from us when we barely
remembered her, destroyed my memories of her, and then expect us to find her
just so she can complete the stupid power of three! Mom...tell those jerks up
there that I don't give a damn about the Power of three anymore...I just want
my sister back...both of them back..." 'Those jerks...those stupid
idiots...Paige...my baby sister...my younger sister...oh god...I have to find
her...'
I started to walk out of the attic when my hand brushed the Book of
Shadows...my family's curse. Blood...there was so much
blood...fire...destruction...people screaming...the three of
them....others...fighting...losing....
"Prue? What is it?" Cole spoke for the first time.
"I had a premonition." I needed to sit down...that had to be wrong.
"Of what?" Leo asked curiously.
"What else? The end of the world."
*******Los Angeles, California*******
Cordelia looked around at the two men sitting in the room with her. Angel &
Wesley. Amazing. The two guys she had had romantic fantasies about in high
school, and they were like her older brothers. She was about to say something
when pain gripped her forehead.
Blood...there was so much blood...fire...destruction...people
screaming...the three of them....others...fighting...losing....
"Cordelia? What's wrong?" Angel had gotten up when he realised that
she was having a vision.
"Cordy? What'd you see?" Wesley's voice held concern, which she would
have thought was sweet.
"The usual...blood...death...and..."
"And what?" Angel asked quietly.
"The end of the world."
*******Sunnydale, California*******
Willow Rosenberg looked around in large spacious living room of the Summers
household and smiled. Her best girl friends and Dawn had decided to hold an
impromptu sleepover. They had already had 5 pillowfights and watched sappy
movies until they were all crying. Spike, Xander and Giles had agreed to pull
patrol and let Buffy have the night off.
"G'night guys." The sentiment was repeated through all 5 girls -
Buffy, Dawn, Anya, Tara and Willow.
Less than an hour later, all five girls woke up screaming.
"It's happening again..." Willow's voice was quiet.
"What is?" Dawn asked, her voice entering a high pitch.
The three elder girls who had lived on the hellmouth longer than the other -
the slayer, the witch and the ex-demon, all looked at each other and said
simultaneously;
"The end of the world."
*******Los Angeles, California*******
Faith looked out of the window in the old apartment she was sleeping in. Her on
again, off again boyfriend looked at her and asked;
"Did you have a bad dream?" Normally Faith wouldn't have even
bothered looking at him, but tonight she answered.
"Yeah."
"What of?"
"The end of the world."
TBC….
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