Chapter One
"Think about this Chris, you leave and the resistance may very well be wiped out."
"Prue you'll be fine I have faith in you, besides this may be the only opportunity to actually save the world from his destruction. I have to make things right."
"But what if you fail and just end up making things worse?"
"How can things possibly be much worse than this? He has to be stopped Prue, you and I both know it."
Prue looked at her big brother and sighed, she knew he was right. The only way to fix any of this, to get her sister back was for him to go back in time. To undo the evil that has plagued this family for years. Tears fell from her eyes as she embraced her brother's hug. She knew that this was the last time she would see him, he was the only one she had left and it hurt her too much to think that he wouldn't be there any longer to help fight.
"I'll be okay Prue. You're stronger than you think you are. Mom would be so proud of you. You've kept the resistance together longer than I ever could. Just promise me one thing, don't let him get to you or Bianca."
"I promise. If he even thinks of laying a hand on her I'll kill him myself, even if I die in the process."
"I love you little sister, remember that."
"How could I ever forget, I love you too Chris." He smiled; she burned that image into her brain. He kissed the top of her head and took a step back, he nodded to their cousin Henry and then he disappeared into a swirl of blue and white lights and was gone. Prue felt her knees give way as she fell to the ground and let the tears fall. Henry sat next to her and pulled her onto his chest. She cried even harder as she held onto her cousin for dear life. Then the darkness came and she allowed it to take her.
She woke up hours later confused of where she was. She sat up and the room began to spin causing her to fall right back down. "Whoa easy Prue." she heard Cassie say.
"What happen?"
"You kind of went dark side after Chris left, how you feeling?"
"Head feels like it was hit with a hammer, but other than that I'm fine, psychically anyways." She slowly sat up with the help of her cousin and placed her hand on her head. "Where's Henry?" she said as she looked around the empty room.
"He and Danielle went patrolling with Matt; he said he was going to check in on you later."
"Well I'm fine now, where are they patrolling?"
"Uh the warehouse down by the docks, they think that the demons may have found the portals that we've been using for supplies, they went down there about an hour ago. Henry said that they would check back in ten minutes."
Prue nodded and sighed, she didn't expect the demons to be able to find the new location so soon. She turned to her cousin and gave her a smile to reassure her that she was fine, "So Cass, how long have I've been out?"
"Eight hours, we were getting worried though we tried having Paige heal you, but it wasn't working. She said that it was probably emotional damage and not psychical." Cassie said. She stood up from the bed and stretched, "Well I should go inform the others that you're up, Sam's been pacing the living room for the past two hours, hell she's probably put a hole in it by now."
Prue chuckled at the thought of her little cousin walking back and forth in a ditch. "I'll come with, to give her proof." She held out her hand, but Cassie was hesitant. "Seriously I'm fine; I just need help standing that's all." It took a couple of seconds, but Cassie rolled her eyes and held out her hand. "Thank you." Cassie just snorted in reply. They walked out of her room and down the stairs where she found Sam and Patty with their heads down in a deep discussion. Both girls turned around when they heard Prue and Cassie coming down the stairs. Sam immediately ran over to Prue's side and gave her a bear hug, "Can't breathe."
"Oh sorry, I guess I got over excited. Wait shouldn't you be resting?"
"If one more person asks me if I'm alright I'm going to start blowing things up."
"Hi Prue. Glad to see that you're okay." Her other cousin, Patty said as she walked to the staircase. She grabbed Sam's arm and began to pull her away to make room, Sam of course resisted, but gave in when Patty gave her a death glare. Prue gave her a grateful smile as she and Cassie headed towards the living room. They sat on the couch, Patty and Sam sat across from them on the love seat.
"So what were you two talking about?" Prue asked raising her eyebrows.
"The attack at the safe house" Sam blurted out. Patty smacked her on the shoulder while Cassie just glared at her. "Uh, I think I'm going to see if my mom needs help, bye." She waved and orbed away before Cassie could say another word to her.
"What attack?" Prue asked as she looked between her cousins. Patty gave Cassie a look, she just nodded in response.
"About three hours ago the safe house down on Perry was attacked by a group of trackers."
"Wait, I thought that the house gave off warnings if any evil was like a block away."
"That's what we thought, but apparently they didn't work out so well. We don't know how the demons didn't trip the silent alarm. All we know is that they got in somehow. The spell that Sam put on the stuff worked though, everything we had teleported to the next safe house, so at least the demons didn't get their hands on that."
"How many?" by the look that her little cousin was giving her, she knew exactly what Prue meant.
"Seven injured, one dead and one M.I.A." Patty said as she looked at the ground.
"Who?"
"Marcus. He jumped in front of a fireball to protect Kayla, but she got hit from the back with a dart that had some type of poison on it. Most of the others are being healed, or have already been. Paige and Sandra are both trying to heal Kayla, but they say she might not make it, since they don't know what type of poison it was." Tears fell from the girl's eyes as she let what she just said sink in.
"Wait seven injured, one dead, who's missing?" Patty wiped her eyes and looked up at Prue.
Instead of Patty answering it was Cassie who spoke. "We don't know if she's missing or just in hiding for the time being. We've tried scrying, summoning spells, but nothing seemed to be able to work. Henry thinks that Wyatt's got a hold of her, which in this case is the only possible reason that she hasn't checked in for hours."
"Who?"
"Bianca."
"WHAT!" Prue jumped up from the couch and began pacing back and forth. "No, this can't be happening; I was supposed to protect her, not let him have her."
"Prue calm down, we're going to find a way to get her back, I promise."
"How Cassie, the Manor's guarded by hoards of demons, and even if we manage to get in we'll be sitting ducks, because chances of us getting out of there alive is very slim."
"We will get her back Prue, you have to believe that."
Prue stood there for a minute thinking of how they could get Bianca out without any casualities. "You're right we will get her back, but you're not going."
"What?" Cassie looked at Prue like she was crazy, which at this point was all she had left.
"No one else is going to die because of me, so you're in charge until I get back."
"No, you're not going in there, its suicide Prue and you know it."
"Well you have no choice, I'm going whether you like it or not." With that she left the room and headed back up to her room. When she got to the top of the stairs, she ran into Cassie. "How many times have I told you not to teleport in front of me?"
"Well apparently it's the only way to get your attention. Now are you going snap back to reality, or am I going to have to take extreme measures?"
"What are you going to do, chain me up so I can't escape?"
"Maybe that's not a bad idea." Cassie waved her hands and a rope tied Prue's hands together. "That's better." She said with an evil grin. Prue just stared at her cousin like she was the one that was crazy.
"Let me go Cassie."
"Sorry little sister can't." The next thing she knew she was hit over the head and sucked back into the blackness.