Author's Note: I don't own either Charmed or Andromeda, and if I did there would be some changes. In the Charmed world this takes place during Season Seven right after "Witchness Protection" while in the Andromeda world this takes place during Season Five right after "The Test".

Spoilers: There may or may not be spoilers during this story.

The Future ain't what it used to be. –Yogi Berra

Second-hand Future

Trance looked up from her card game as if someone had just talked to her. She frowned and then shrugged. She then continued her card game.

"Hey, Trance," said a voice beside her.

She looked up and saw that it was Dylan.

"Oh, Hi Dylan. I think we're going to get some visitors soon," she said casually and then returned to her game.

Dylan shrugged his shoulders at the news and looked around the room.

"Hey, Piper. How are you?" asked Phoebe as she walked into the kitchen.

"Oh just fine, Phoebe. I'm just a little bit worried about getting rid of the demons because something in the pit of my stomach tells me they're just going to be replaced."

"Oh come on, Piper just relax. Everything will be fine." Replied a confident Phoebe.

"How can you be sure? I mean what if we somehow replace this world with something even worse?" countered Piper.

"You're just going have to trust them, Piper," replied Phoebe.

"Morn', Piper and Phoebe. How's it going?" asked Paige as she walked into the kitchen.

Before either Phoebe or Piper could respond there was blinding white light that surround the sisters. Piper, Phoebe and Paige could feel their bodies being pulled from their spots. They tried to grab onto something but it was in vain. The light seemed to get brighter and the pull seemed stronger. Paige let go of what she was holding onto forcing Piper and Phoebe to stretch out hands toward her. Paige reached for their hands but was just out their reach.

"Phoebe! Piper!" yelled Paige as she disappeared into the light.

"Paige!" yelled Piper and Phoebe in unison.

Both of them could feel their grips loosening as the pull from the light got stronger. After they let go they grabbed each others hands and were pulled into the bright white light.

"Piper? Phoebe? Paige?" asked a puzzled Leo as he walked into the empty kitchen.

Paige landed on her butt and opened her eyes. She saw that the land was barren and really sandy.

"Where the hell am I?" she thought to herself as she looked around. She got up and shook the sand off. She looked up and saw two suns in the blue sky. She closed her eyes and opened them again thinking her eyes were playing tricks on her. When she opened them there were still two suns.

"What twilight zone have I stepped into now?" she thought glumly as she sat down.

Piper and Phoebe could feel themselves rolling across something hard, cold and metal. When they finally came to a stop Phoebe looked over at Piper and sighed.

"I guess we're off to see the Wizard," said Phoebe sarcastically as she and Piper got up. They looked around and saw that they where in a long curving corridor. They started walking down the corridor when they heard someone clearing their throat. Phoebe and Piper both jumped and Piper moved her hands to freeze the area. They both turned around and saw a woman with short, dark hair staring at them intensely.

"Piper, what the hell is that?" whispered Phoebe fiercely.

Piper shrugged her shoulders and looked at the hologram intensely.

Andromeda looked at the two intruders with interest. She raised her eyebrows with interest when one of the intruders said something in a strange language. The older of the two intruders seemed to be sizing her up. The older appearing of the two moved her hands in a strange fashion and seemed puzzled when nothing happened.

"She's not blowing up or freezing, Phoebe. Where the hell are we?"

"You are trespassing on Commonwealth property, please remain here until the proper authorities arrive," ordered Andromeda.

Piper and Phoebe looked the hologram strangely and took off running to get away from it.

Beka looked a crossed the barren land when a glint caught her eye. She swung the Maru around bringing it closer to the ground and saw a dark-haired figure waving its arms. She landed the Maru not far from the distressed figure.

"I wonder what someone is doing all the way out here?" she thought as she walked toward the figure with her hand on her gun. The person turned around revealing itself to be a woman who looked very distressed. Her face brightened when she saw Beka approaching.

Paige turned around when she heard footsteps approaching her. She saw a blonde haired woman approaching her wearing a tacky looking outfit and one hand on a weapon. Paige offered a small smile and said "Hi, my name is Paige."

The dark-haired woman said something in a strange language. Beka was about to ask her a question when she heard a shot rang out. Beka pulled the woman down as she dove for the ground. She spied several men coming toward them with weapons drawn. Beka forced the woman's head down as she returned fire. A man fired at Beka and the shot almost reached her when she heard the dark-haired say something and the shot appear in her hand. The woman threw it and struck the man. The rest of the people took off running in the opposite direction.

"That was some throw," said Beka.

Paige didn't know what the blonde had said but it sounded like a compliment.

Andromeda noted the movement of the two intruders as they ran through the corridors. She marked their final positions in the hydroponics bay. She would notify Dylan of these two when he returned.