Leo was sleeping, all be it restlessly, on the couch while Prue watched over him. Slowly she began drifting off unable to withstand staying awake much longer. She hadn't exactly gotten the best sleep the night before, because she was a bit too excited about her vacation. She inwardly laughed at the thought of the vacation. "Yeah, that worked out well," she mumbled to herself as she glanced at the stairs to see if Phoebe and Daisy were coming down anytime soon.
Slowly Prue's eyes began to close as they became heavier and heavier. She tried to startle herself awake, but it was no use. Before she knew it, she was sound asleep in the chair.
"Prue," Phoebe said trying to awaken her oldest sister. She glanced at Daisy and smiled trying to keep the woman reassured. She'd used about every protection and cloaking spell there was in the book, so Daisy should be pretty safe at the moment. "Prue," she insisted harder jolting her sister awake.
"Wha-what'd I miss," Prue said as she wiped her tired eyes. "How long was I asleep?"
Phoebe laughed nervously looking at the clock. "I don't know, but do you happen to know where Leo is?"
Prue jumped up instantly looking at the couch. She couldn't believe she'd left her guard down. She couldn't believe she let him slip by her so easily, and she couldn't believe he would sneak off like that. "I swear, he was there before I passed out," she replied frantically looking around.
"Calm down, Prue," Phoebe said in a oldest-sister-like-manner. "He couldn't have gotten far. He only has Piper's power of freezing. Most likely he snuck out the door and took the car." She walked towards the window and looked outside. "Yeah, Piper's car is not in the driveway, but I don't know how he thinks he's going to find her."
"I don't know either," Prue agreed trying to wake herself up, "but I have a feeling if we don't fine both of them fast, they'll both die."
Daisy looked worriedly between the two, while Phoebe nodded her head in agreement. "He wants me, right? So, why don't we give him me," she insisted for the thousandth time.
"No, like I told you upstairs. If he gets you, it's game over for all of us." Phoebe shook her head holding her hands to her forehead briefly. "God, right now I miss my premonitions."
"Hey, I didn't exactly sign up for this power exchange either," Prue replied a bit agitated that she didn't have her power back yet.
Phoebe sighed and looked around the room. Right about now, she'd be trying to force a premonition. "Prue, try forcing a premonition like you did earlier when we were looking for Daisy."
Prue groaned. She hated premonitions. They made her head hurt and made her feel all yucky and depressed afterwards. She honestly didn't know how Phoebe did it. If she had this power, she would've gone crazy a long time ago. "Phoebe, it doesn't work that well for me, and it make my head hurt."
Phoebe tugged on her sister's arm insisting she stand up. "I don't care. This is Piper's life we're talking about, and, no matter how much they make my head hurt, you guys always insist it upon me." She pulled Prue up off the chair and looked at her expectantly. "Do you think those visions are a walk in the park for me? Because, let me tell you sister, they weren't. I had to get used to them." She clapped her hands together encouragingly. "Now here," she threw the blanket Leo had been sleeping under at Prue, "Try to get a premonition off of this."
Prue groaned once more as she grabbed the blanket and closed her eyes. She tried thinking about the future and past. She tried thinking about Leo and Piper, but nothing seemed to come to her. "This isn't working," she said throwing the blanket back at Phoebe. "Let's face it, this power is clearly meant for you, and I suck at it."
"Come on Prue," she encouraged setting the blanket down next to Prue, "just think about Piper, and it will come to you."
Nodding her head, Prue grabbed the blanket and closed her eyes once more. She tried thinking really hard about Piper as she continued to hold the blanket. Suddenly, a vision came, and she saw Piper and Leo together in some dark place. Alec was there as he summoned a crossbow and shot Piper in the arm. Prue was sucked back to the present and held her head. "God, these are so draining. I swear, Phoebe, when we return powers again, I will never call your power whimpy."
Phoebe smiled triumphantly, "I'll hold you to that, sis."
Daisy, finally finding her voice in this whole situation, placed a hesitant hand on Prue and looked down at her. "What did you see," she asked cautiously not knowing if she actually wanted the answer.
Sitting up, Prue looked at Phoebe and swallowed thickly. "It was short, but Piper was shot by Alec with a darklighter's crossbow. He must've figured out that she'd switched powers with Leo somehow." Prue looked seriously at her baby sister. "Leo was there too."
Phoebe matched her sister's gaze as she tried to come up with a plan. She couldn't believe this was happening. She didn't want to lose her sister, when she'd just gotten to reunite with both of them recently. "Okay Prue, I need you to close your eyes and concentrate." Prue obliged as Phoebe looked down at her. "Is there anything that you can remember from the vision that might help us track her?"
Prue squeezed her eyes shut and tried to recall the vision. It was a lot harder than she had expected. She sighed dejectedly and looked at Phoebe. "It's no use. I can't remember any small detail from the damn vision. Hell, I don't even know what the stupid vision means."
"Okay, that's fine. Let's try scrying," Phoebe suggested motioning both the women upstairs. "Maybe with two sister witches, the scrying will work more efficiently."
"It's worth a shot," Prue agreed following her sister upstairs to the attic.
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Leo was driving around not really knowing what he was doing. He just needed to get out of the house and fine her. He looked down at his wound that was nearly healed. He couldn't believe how excruciating it was to have darklighter's poison running through his veins. Sure, he'd been shot before, but he could usually get to another whitelighter or an Elder before it got serious. This time, Alec's arrows were somehow more poisonous. It infected him faster than normal darklighter arrows should.
Unknowingly, Leo was driving passed all he and Piper's favorite places. He's passed by P3, Clenique, a restaurant he'd taken her out to on their second date, Quake, and many more places they'd had moments. He slammed down on the steering wheel frustrated with his situation. He wished Piper hadn't switched powers with him, and then he could find her.
By some unknown force, he decided to drive to the park. He didn't know what provoked him to. He just felt a sense of pulling.
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Prue was sitting staring at the map with the crystal in her hand. "So, we find Piper, try to save her, and make sure make sure Daisy continues to be protected all while not having our normal powers. Yep, this should be easy." She rolled her eyes as the crystal continued to spin. Prue looked up as her youngest sister walked through the attic door. "How's Daisy doing?"
"She's a bit shaken, but she's laying on my bed taking a nap." Phoebe shrugged sitting next to her sister. "How's this going?"
"So far, no signs of Piper. He must have her under some cloak," she said looking exhaustedly.
Phoebe looked around the attic hoping to come up with another idea. "Maybe we're looking for the wrong person. He'd have Piper cloaked, so we couldn't find her. But what about Leo? You said you saw him in your vision.
"Yeah, but I don't think we have anything of Leo's to scry with."
Phoebe looked at the arrow then took the crystal from Prue. She rubbed the crystal against the dried blood on the arrow before handing it back to her older sister. "Try it now."
"It's worth a shot, and most likely our only shot."
TBC…
