Dark Side
Paige Matthews let out a shriek as the potion she had been working on suddenly exploded. Footsteps pounded up the stairs as Piper and Phoebe ran into the attic coughing. "What on earth did you do?" Piper said waving her hand to clear the smoke away. Paige shrugged. "I don't know, I was working on a potion." She had been doing a lot of vanquishing lately and experimenting with spells. Piper and Phoebe just grinned at each other. "You sure you're okay?" Piper asked, raising an eyebrow at Paige's singed hair. Paige reached up and touched her hair. "Yup, all here, and I even got a haircut for free." "Well, we'll be downstairs if you need us." Phoebe said and then her and Piper walked out of the attic. Paige bent down to look at the spell, tucking a piece of her red hair behind her ear. She closed her eyes and let out a frustrated sigh. There had been no sign of demon activity lately and it was making her jumpy. Suddenly, she heard the clicking of a crossbow and she spun around to see a Dark lighter. "Piper! Phoebe!" Paige called out panicked. Paige closed her eyes and went to orb but the dark lighter released his arrow. It struck her in the stomach and she cried out in pain, stumbling backwards. The dark lighter grinned and walked over to Paige. He re-loaded his crossbow and aimed it at her heart. "Paige! The door's locked!" Phoboe's voice cried out, startling the dark lighter. He shot off target and hit her in the arm. Paige let out a weak cry and started to shake. It hurt so much, the pain was so intense. She started sweating and everything was spinning around. She barely heard Piper blow the demon up and Phoboe's voice calling her name before everything went black.
8
Piper and Phoebe walked down the stairs, talking about how Paige was going to blow herself up one of these times. They sat down on the couch and watched the news. "And there has been another killing today in San Francisco. A young woman was found with a black arrow sticking out of her back yesterday. . ." The woman's voice trailed off. "Paige!" They said together as they heard her call for them. "Paige honey, we're coming!" Phoebe called. "Leo!" Piper shouted. Leo appeared in a swirl of blue lights. "What is it honey?" He asked, his face etched with concern. "Paige is in trouble." Piper said. A dark lighter appeared and shot an arrow at Leo. Leo disappeared in blue lights just before the arrow hit him. Piper waved her hands at the dark lighter and he exploded into flames. Phoebe rushed up the stairs and tried the door. "Paige! The door's locked!" She yelled. She heard the sound of an arrow and kicked the door open. "Piper!" Phoebe yelled. Piper rushed up the stairs, her black hair flying all over the place. She looked at the dark lighter standing over Paige and blew him up. Phoebe rushed over to her sister. "Oh no, Paige, hold on." Phoebe saw the two arrows sticking out of Paige and pulled them out gently. "Leo!" Phoebe yelled. "Get down here! Paige is hurt!" Leo orbed in and rushed over to Paige. "Oh no, this is bad." He held his hands over the wounds. Piper rushed over, a look of concern on her face. "Is she okay?" She asked. Leo withdrew his hands. Phoebe looked at Paige's wounds. "Hey, you didn't heal them." Leo looked at the two sisters'. "I-I can't heal her." He said in disbelief, looking at his hands. "What do you mean you can't heal her!" Phoebe asked, her voice raising a pitch. Paige was shaking and sweating, and she opened her eyes painfully. "Feebs?" She said weakly to Phoboe. "Piper, Leo? I don't think I can . . ." She closed her eyes. Piper looked at Leo in shock. "Do something!" He looked at Piper sorrowfully. "She's too full of the poison." "Don't look at me like that!" Piper yelled, her eyes filling with tears. "I'm not losing another sister." Another dark lighter flashed in, but he looked more powerful then all the others. "Give me the girl." His voice boomed. Phoebe had tears in her eyes. "Over our dead bodies." She snapped at him. He flashed over to Paige and before they could stop him, he picked her up and flashed out. "No!" Leo yelled. Piper looked at Phoebe shakily. "What just happened?" Phoebe's chin trembled and tears spilled out. "I think we just lost our sister."