Chapter 3 Wicca-leaks
Crowds of people gathered at the San Francisco police department. Anyone in the city who had caught the new release earlier had seen Prue carry Piper out of the manor virtually clinging to life as a trail of dripping blood from her chest followed. And even worse, they'd all seen Prue use her powers on the crowd. First on the news reporters and then on the crowd gathered outside her home. Among those present at the police department was Darryl, he had managed to gain clearance from his captain to make a majority of the first crowd leave the manor and taped off the property. He knew there would be a chance the the Halliwells would return hopefully with Leo. Then as he walked into the briefing room where his captain and other officers were he saw the 3 faces of the girls pinned to the black board with each of them labelled as "witch" underneath. For Prue it showed her powers. Under Phoebe and Piper is showed TBD; Their magic was never exposed.
"Darryl, welcome please take a seat" his captain said as he walked further into the room.
"So here's what we know, these girls are supernatural. Anyone who was at the residence during the events that lead to why we are here saw this girl," the captain pointed to Prue's picture, " she's considered at large and dangerous from what we are able to see from the live newscasts and recorded video footage from the hospital security guards. Darryl , you've known them for a long 3 years. Anything you want to share?"
Darryl took a deep breath and folded his hands in his lap.
"All I know is they've helped me help others. The Halliwells have never shown this aggression towards the public. In fact before this media circus caught them using their supernatural powers, they've never been anything but normal to me or my family. And you saw what was happening. Alice Hicks, the armed suspect from the incident, was apprehended after shooting Piper
Halliwell with a sniper rifle. She's in critical condition at San Francisco General."
"Was..."
Daryll sat silently and took in what he just heard.
"Excuse me?" Darryl asked in disbelief.
His captain cleared his throat and looked at Darryl.
"The GS victim, Piper Halliwell, was pronounced dead at 4:30 pm at San Francisco General. Her sister assaulted the squad sent to apprehend her for questioning after the victim was pronounced dead. Her whereabouts are unknown. Darryl, we are relying on their relationship with you to figure out their next move."
Later at the manor...
"Wait what?" Prue looked at Phoebe with doubt on her face.
"You heard me." Phoebe was gathering herbs and sat near a mixing cauldron lighting black candles.
"How are you going to kidnap Tempis?"
Phoebe put everything in her hands on the table and looked over at her sister.
"In my vision Tempis was going to use the last of his power to help the Source reverse time only far enough to help him kill one of us. If we can get to Tempis before the Source can we can trap him and hopefully persuade him to reverse time to just before that girl has a chance to kill Piper."
The words made sense to Prue and given what she had learned what the Source was planning she was willing to do anything to bring Piper back. But one question lingered in her mind.
"Phoebe, how can we even summon such a powerful demon? Without the power of three we couldn't."
Leo walked over to the both of them and took a deep breath.
"Prue, Phoebe I have to leave, the elders want me back up there."
"But Leo..." Phoebe said as she looked at him.
"Look Phoebe I'll be around if you need me and I trust you guys but with magic exposed I'm needed up there for damage control."
Before Prue and Phoebe could say anything else Leo orbed out of the room. They both felt awful, they were so focused on bringing Piper back that they hadn't acknowledged he had suffered a great loss like they did. But the current matter quickly took their attention back.
"So how are we going to do this Pheebs?" Prue asked
Phoebe went back to her spot and began placing the herbs in the cauldron again and began to explain.
"Grams brought us here, if we draw power from her we should be able to pull it off."
"Phoebe, something happened at the hospital, one of the guards tried to shoot at me."
Phoebe stood up and walked to Prue placing her hand on her.
"Are you ok?"
"I froze the bullet Phoebe, like Piper."
Prue looked at her sister with a tear running down her cheek.
"Well our ancestor had control of more than one of our powers, maybe this is your power manifesting and growing like hers."
Prue sat down next to where Phoebe had been.
"Or maybe is means she's not coming back."
Prue stared at Phoebe as the words escaped her mouth and in that instant she felt as though she broke her promise to Piper.
Meanwhile up in the elders court..
Leo sat on a stone bench and wept silently. The clicking sounds of the whitelighters rang in his ears. He was waiting for the elders to pass down their decision so he could see Piper. Noble as the sisters were being in trying to bring her back he didn't have the faith after such defeat. But in the afterlife Leo would be able to see Piper the way he could see all those who have ever passed. Then the gates opened and the elders adjourned, Leo approached the first one he saw.
"Gideon, can I see her?" Leo asked
Gideon placed his hand on his back and shook his head.
"But why...she's my wife, I need to see Piper." Leo begged
Gideon looked at Leo with sorrow and understanding. He began to walk with Leo towards a bench and sat.
"Leo, seeing Piper will not help you. She's gone and the charmed ones remain. The greater good and fate of the world is at stake. With magic exposed and the world awakened to magic, it is more important than ever that we reverse all evidence. We've voted to get the cleaners involved."
