Chapter 3

Help Wanted

Prue could not stop her mind from drifting as she tried to look over her photographs that the editor needed for the next issue. "What about the club, she loves it and what about the taxes," Her mind was racing. "How are we going to take care of her, how bad will the damage be, will she ever be the same?" God this house seems so empty without her, I already miss her laugh."Prue pushed the photos off the table and just unleashed her power on everything and anything that was around her. With a wave of her hand, shelf's and furniture went in all directions as if a tornado came through the house. "I HATE YOU DO YOU HEAR ME I HATE YOU!" She said as the water works flowed once more while looking up to the heavens.

"Prue," A calm man's voice said behind her.

Prue was still using her power to transfer her emotional state into a physical one. "Prue," He said again and this time she turned. All the anger and sadness was now subdued by the man in front of her replaced with shock and confusion.

"Andy," She said in a childlike voice.

"Yes Prue it's me," He answered was wearing a light blue shirt with jeans but what his attire lacked in dazzling, his eyes made up for they gleamed as they looked into hers.

The once angry sister put her hand over her fluttering hart as Andy walked up to her. "Prue I know that this is a shock but the elders sent me down to help out."

"I don't understand?" She said and sat down on the only piece of furniture that was not turned over.

"They made me a whitelighter shortly after I died, I'm sorry I could not tell you but."

"Let me guess it was against the rules,"Prue finished his sentence.

"Yeah," He said with a small smile while putting his hand on hers. "Prue you need to be patient and just have faith that Piper will be ok."

"Andy I'm trying but we have no idea how bad she will be when she wakes up,"Prue said and looked away.

"You need to stop blaming yourself for this."

"How, if I would have noticed if I just would have asks how she was,"Prue tried to continue but broke down again.

Andy put his arms around her and she felt his warmth, maybe it was a whitelighter thing or maybe it was her love for him. Either way she let it consume her. The front door opening broke them both out of a moment of bliss as Phoebe entered but stopped when she saw Andy. "Oh my god, Andy."

"Hay Phoebe," He answered and gave her a hug.

"How, why and what happened to the house?" Phoebe said as she looked around trying to take in a flood of images at once.

"Well he is a wightlighter the elders sent down to help us while Piper recovers, and sorry I kind of went on an anti-cleaning rant," Prue answered.

"Hum I'm not the only one they are sending," Andy said as he picked up a chair that was a casualty of Prue's anger.

"What do you mean?" Prue asks.

"Leo will be with Piper at knight and he will be able to cloak himself so no one can see him. I will help you guys if demons attack here and heal if need be."

"Ok so why do we need anyone else?" Phoebe asks.

"The other person is for fighting demons."

"I think we can handle it Andy," Prue said as she walked to the kitchen.

"Prue this is no time to be proud, there are factions forming now in the underworld and as we all know that Balthazar has been trying to kill you guys for weeks. And there is one more thing." Andy said as he walked back over to Phoebe.

"What nothing for later?" Phoebe said with a little laugh.

"You will be getting Piper's power until she can handle it again."

Phoebe's face fell as she backed up, "Andy I don't want her power it's hers and she will need it, I don't want it." To Phoebe it was like Piper was never coming back and that was something she could not except.

"It's ok, she will get it back once she is better, but right now you can't afford to be down one," Andy answered.

"Andy who is the other?" Prue asks.

"Her name is Paige, she is your half-sister" Andy answered and stood back as both sisters narrowed their eyes at him.

"What?" Prue said completely taken offguard.

In the underworld Cole was talking to the triad.

"Balthazar, we have heard rumors about one of the charmed ones being in the hospital and unable to be healed by her whitelighter," A man in a dark golden robe said.

"What would you like me to do?" Cole asks because he was in his human form.

"Finish her off, and my guess is that her beloved Whitelighter will be protecting her, so get some darklighters to go with you."

"As you wish," Cole answered and started to shimmer away.

"Wait her powers have been moved to the youngest, make sure that is true before you kill Piper, we may need to get her power out of her first."

"I understand," Cole replied and shimmered away.

To be continued…..