Prue sat quietly next to Piper's body, thinking through every possible solution to this deadly situation. She couldn't leave her sister now, alone and abandoned, although, she felt as though Piper was the one that had abandoned her. She stood up and crossed the room, where she dimmed the lights. She returned to her sisters side, once again holding her had, hoping for any sign of comfort to be returned. Piper continued to lay motionless, and Prue remained still as well. Feeling overwhelmed by the situation, Prue closed her eyes, dropping her head.
A swirling sensation surrounded her, as she removed herself from the hospital room, and her astral body appeared in the manor next to Phoebe and Paige.
"Prue!" Paige exclaimed overwhelmed. "Thank god. Piper – how is she?" Phoebe looked incriminatingly at Prue as well.
"Piper," she began to tear up, "Piper's…"
"What? Prue what's wrong? Is she okay?" Phoebe asked.
Prue remained silent, as she stared directly into her sisters eyes. "No Phoebe," she started, "Piper's dead."
Paige stepped forward toward Prue, "She's – she…when did this happen?"
"About ten minutes ago." Prue felt numb as she spoke the words.
"Oh my god." Phoebe looked at Prue angrily, "Prue, why didn't you come to us before?"
"What difference does it make, Phoebe? She's gone. And we have to fix it. We have to fix it now."
Paige turned to the book. "We have a way," she began, "we have to call the Hollow."
"The Hollow?" Prue looked confused.
"It doesn't matter," Phoebe said. "If Piper's already dead, it won't matter if you have your powers, Paige. You can't heal the dead."
The sisters exchanged looks. Their power was not just diminished, but gone completely.
Paige tried once again to remain optimistic. "There has to be a way to fix this. We still need the Hollow to use against Alice. But to save Piper…what can we do -"
"Oh my god," Phoebe began, her face brightening, "I can't believe I didn't think of it before. Coop! His ring! We can use it. He used it to show me my past loves."
"Do you think we can use it to save Piper?" Prue asked.
"I don't see why not. This can't be the way this is supposed to end. If the ring allowed us to travel back in time, we can use it to go back and change the events of Piper's death."
The sisters exchanged looks once again.
"Call him," Paige commanded.
Phoebe looked upward at the ceiling hopefully. "Coop! I need you. We need you."
The sisters waited silently, as a beam of red light appeared in the center of the attic. Coop was revealed from behind the light, with the same gentle smile he always wore. Phoebe approached him.
"Coop, we need your help."
"Why, what is it? What's wrong?"
"It's Piper."
Coop stared intently at Phoebe, who looked up at him solemnly.
"She's dead."
Coop remained silent for a moment. "Oh my god."
"But we don't have time to worry about it. We can change it. But we need you. We need your ring."
"My ring, but -"
"Just hand it over," said Phoebe reaching her hand out. Coop removed his ring and placed it in her hand. "Okay, how do you use it? How does it work?" Phoebe asked as she placed the ring on her right hand.
"Well," Coop began hesitantly, "you just think about the person, and how much you love them. The ring does the rest."
Paige stepped forward. "Okay, sounds easy enough."
"That's just the thing," Coop interjected. "You can't use your mind. Love isn't rational, or tangible. You have to follow your heart."
"Okay, well with three of us here I think we can go back to where we need to go." Phoebe stated.
Prue turned to Phoebe, "No, it's okay. I'll stay behind. With Piper."
"Are you sure?" Phoebe asked. She didn't want to feel as though another sister was lost.
"Yeah, it's fine. One of us should stay in the present anyway, just in case."
Paige nodded her head in agreement. "Okay. I'll go with Phoebe."
Coop looked concerned. "Just be careful."
"For all of us," Prue added. After a final look at her sisters, she closed her eyes and dropped her head, allowing her astral body to disappear.
"Wait, what about the Hollow?" Paige asked.
Phoebe thought for a moment to herself. "We can use the spell to call for the Hollow once we go back in time. Then we can get the Hollow, and use it to stop Alice."
"What about Shax? He's still lurking around somewhere."
"We'll deal with him later. If we get the Hollow before Shax attacks, we don't have to worry. We can get him to use his powers on us, so that we can use them against him with the power of the Hollow."
Paige ripped the spell to call the Hollow out of the book, folded it, and placed it in her pocket. "I think we're ready."
"Okay, let's fix this mess." Phoebe said as she held Paige's hand.
The faced each other, as they stood next to the Book of Shadows, and together spoke Piper's name. The same light that had brought Coop to them whisked them back in time, as they focused on their want for a better present, and their love for a fallen sister.