Chapter 1
After Paige orbed them all to the manor, they filled her in on everything while wrapping the angel in blankets, doing their best to warm her up.
They had sent Leo up to the elders to try and get some answers about this sudden discovery of the angel.
Phoebe sat next to the angel, cleaning off the frost from her face with a warm, wet towel. "I wondered where she came from. She's so..." She paused, thinking better of blurting out the first thought in her head. "She seems weak. Like she wouldn't even be able to support her own wings."
Piper nodded as her sister finished speaking. "I noticed that too. She's built like she'd be strong, but she seems like she hasn't been fed properly in weeks." Her mother instincts kicked in, making her nauseous at the thought that anyone would treat the young woman in such a way. The angel didn't look to be more than 19 years of age, but that could have something to do with her being a supernatural being.
They had to remove some of the womans wet clothing, that's how they discovered bruises and gashes over her upper body. One of her wings appeared broken as well.
Someone had clearly abused the woman.
Blue orbs filled a small space of the room before materializing into Leo.
"What did you find out?" Piper questioned her husband.
"The elders think this might have to do with a demon named Nell who has a history of capturing supernatural beings. He then starves and beats them to get them to their weakest before performing a multiple of tests on them."
The sisters gasped in horror, looking down at the angel with worry. "But why was she in the alley?" Paige looked back to Leo. "Do you think she was dumped there by this Nell guy?"
"That's my guess. She probably stopped being useful to him. The elders said many test subjects have been found dead after having been missing for a few weeks."
Piper stood up from her position on the couch. "I'm gonna check the book for anything on Nell."
She made her way out of the room.
"I'll go back to the alley and see if I can find anything we missed. Then I'll go talk to Henry and see if he knows of any missing people cases that could fit with this." Paige orbed out.
"The elders are calling me." Leo told Phoebe before disappearing in a glow of blue.
Phoebe looked down at the angel, sighing. "I guess it's just you and me then, huh?"
After being left alone for a while, Phoebe heard her sister coming back down the stairs from the attic. She walked into the room with the book of Shadows in her arms, wide open.
"Did you find anything?"
Piper plopped down next to her sister, handing her the book. "Not much. But it appears that this demon, although not very powerful, is one heck of a hider."
"Well that complicated things.."
"No kidding. Apparently he's been trying to boost his power over the years by doing various tests on other supernatural beings."
"And that's why no one has caught and vanquished him yet, 'cause he's good at hidding?"
"It would seem so."
They turned towards the bundle of blankets after hearing a weak groan.
Phoebe reacting the quickest, made her way over to the angel, seeing her blink in a disoriented manner. Opening her eyes completely, Phoebe was met by the bluest eyes she had ever seen.
Not a very long update, but I was still in the mood to write so... Anyway, I hope I'll be able to update this inbetween my hectic school life.
