Mixed Emotions

"Piper!"

"In the kitchen!"

"Where's Paige?!"

She frowned, "I don't know. Leo, what's wrong?"

"She's hurt, we need to find her."

Paige took Leo's hand, "well orb!!"

This was it, she was going to die. She couldn't form the words to call Leo. She just hoped her sisters
would be ok.

Piper and Leo could barely hide their shock when they orbed into Paige's beetle, to see her slouched
over the steering wheel.

She had what was obviously A dark lighter's arrow, embedded deep in her side.

"Leo, orb to the manor!" Piper ordered as she made sure Paige was still alive. She knew the arrow
would kill her before the poison.

Paige now lay on the sofa breathing hard, Leo was about to remove the arrow when Piper stopped
him. "You can't do it, I will."

Paige looked at Piper with pleading eyes, "please don't." She knew pulling it out would be agonising.

"I'm sorry, honey." Piper said as she pulled the arrow out.

Paige let out a bloodcurdling scream. Piper's heart almost stopped when Paige's eyes rolled back in
her head.

She hit Leo's arm, "heal her!"

Leo moved his hands over Paige's ugly wound and began to heal her.

Tears welled in Piper's eyes, "What's taking so long?"

"She almost died is what's taking so long."

Finally Paige's eyes fluttered open and she inhaled sharply.

Piper pounced on Paige, "don't you ever do that again!"

"I won't." she said hugging back.

Leo hated to interrupt but the question needed answered, "What happened, Paige?"

Paige sat up with Piper by her side, her motherly instincts on full alert as put her arm around Paige's
shoulder.

"I was getting in my car and just as I got in one of those darklighter dudes, orbed into the passenger
seat and shot me. Then he just orbed away again."

Leo was pacing, deep worry on his face. "He didn't say anything?"

Paige shook her head, "no, only thing he did was give me this creepy grin."

Leo seemed to relax some, "It must have been a random attack. It is about time they sent a
darklighter after you."

"Great, I was really feeling left out." Paige said sarcastically.

Leo heard the call in his head then looked at Piper, "sorry, the elders need me. I'll be back later." He
kissed Piper then orbed out.

Piper moved some hair out of her little sisters face, "you ok, honey?"

Paige put her head on Piper's shoulder, "yeah, just a little freaked. I really thought I was dead that
time."

Piper kissed Paige's head, "something tells me we won't get rid of you that easily."

"Damn right."