Piper sat on the couch in the attic beside Phoebe, as Prue had made her way downstairs with the book. Piper knew that each sister was fighting her own internal battle at that moment.

"Phoebs?"

"Why now Piper? Why after all this time am I seeing this?"

"I don't know honey. But you know as well as we do that your powers are always connected with something. Maybe you and Prue need to work this out on your own."

Phoebe didn't say anything. Ever since she had figured out who it was in her visions she didn't even want to get close to Prue or anything to do with her oldest sister.

"Phoebe you have to know that we are here for you. And that we will all get through this together."

"I know. But she never really talked about it. Maybe if she did it wouldn't be so bad for me now."

"I couldn't tell you Phoebe. I couldn't tell either of you." Prue said from the attic door. "It was to painful for me to even think about let alone try and tell you. I'm supposed to protect you two. Not let you in on things that happen to me."

Piper let go of Phoebe and went over to Prue. Taking her hand in hers she led her back to the couch she was sharing with Phoebe. Though Phoebe shifting slightly away from Prue was not missed by either sister.

"Prue. We said from day one that we got these powers that we are in this together. That included psycho humans and ex fiancées. We have to let each other know what we are feeling or they will win. And that includes Roger." Piper tried to explain as she looked at her sisters' features.

Prue looked past Piper and right into Phoebes eyes. She could see the fear in Phoebe even from there. Her sister was scared of what Prue might say but also scared of what Roger had done to her and that if she touched her she too would see it and feel it.

"His powers are growing. How else would Phoebe now be living what happen to me?"

"I thought Leo said his powers are not meant to be his and that he would die from them?" Phoebe said quietly. "I mean he kidnaps both of us. He beats and tortures Prue. He raped her more times then I even want to think about and all he gets is locked up in some institute. How is that fair?"

"Its not fair honey. But there isn't anything we can do about it." Piper said wanting to help both her sisters.


He leaned against the railing to the bay bridge. It was his one spot in the city that somehow brought him peace. He watched as another freighter sailed under him, another load of cargo heading for the Far East. His mind drifted to what he had just over a year ago. He had them both within his grasp. But he had underestimated them. Mostly Phoebe. She had kicked his ass and that was something he did not take lightly. He knew he could take her. But that night she was filled with rage. And it was that rage that drove her to what she did. He remembered how even Prue had to hold her back in the end.

"Not this time Phoebe. This time it will be me fueled by that rage that you let run through you that night." He said as he continued to watch the vessel make its way further out to the Pacific Ocean.

She watched him from a distance. She was risking everything to be with him. But his strength in what he wanted, no needed to do, was a powerful pull. One she couldn't let go.

"Let's go. I have to get things ready." He said getting in the car before they drove off together.


Several days later:

Prue sat on her bed thinking of what had happened to her when Roger had kidnapped her. But she also couldn't get the image of Phoebe out of her head. Seeing her sister having to go through those visions was more then anyone should have to deal with. And now it was happening again. He was winning the game.

Piper leaned against the doorframe to her sisters' room. She could tell that Prue was lost in thought and she knew where those thoughts were. "He's not gonna win Prue."

"How can you be so sure Piper?"

"Because we are stronger then he is. We have something he can never count on. The love we share as sisters and the bond that we have built since becoming witches. Our love he can never beat."

"You didn't see her Piper."

"I saw her today Prue. And I saw her when you two came back. She is stronger then any of us give her credit for."

Prue looked up at Piper, "I'm supposed to protect her. Not have her see that."

Piper made her way into Prues room, "Prue you can't always protect her. Sometimes it's us that need to protect you. Or at least help you. And that is what this is. You two never dealt with it. When I got there and Phoebe was kicking the crap out of him. I wanted to help her. But I focused on the two of you. You helped her maintain herself. But who helped maintain you?"

Piper placed an arm over Prue and drew her to her shoulder, "When Leo couldn't heal you I was livid, at them, but mostly him. He had hurt you in ways that I couldn't even imagine. But then he drew our baby sister into it. I wanted to finish what Phoebe had started, but I knew that would let him get one more space on the board, and I couldn't let him win like that. That was why he came by the house, he was taunting me into his sick game."

"I couldn't tell you guys. It hurt to much to even think about it."

"Then tell us now." Phoebe said from the door. She was standing there long enough to hear what Piper was saying.

Prue looked up and saw the bags under Phoebes eyes. Had her sister even slept in the last few days. Phoebe had been avoiding her ever since the last time her power reacted to something that was going on with her. Something that she blamed herself for. Why couldn't I see how crazy and mentally messed up Roger was? Prue scolded herself.

Phoebe made no effort to move closer to her sisters as Prue started to talk to them. Telling them about the beatings, the whippings. How many times he had tried to drown her. And the time he had the cables lowered into the water. Shocking her enough for it to hurt but never enough to just kill her.

"He knew just how much I could take before he would just leave me hanging in those shackles for days, before coming back to release me. Only to come back a few days later to start all over again."

Piper sat next to Prue holding her hands in hers, as she noticed that Phoebe had moved closer in the room and was now sitting on the floor leaning against Prues closet doors. She cast a glance every now and then to see how Phoebe was taking all of it. But her sister was listening intently to every word Prue said, but she came no closer.

When Prue was done Piper wrapped her arms around her as she held on to her oldest sister. Letting her know that they were there for her and that everything now would be ok.

"He can't hurt you any more Prue."

"Yes he can." Phoebe said as she moved slowly closer to Prue and Piper.

"Phoebe!" Piper scolded

"What? He can and he is. And it's through me."

"Phoebe." Piper didn't drop the edge in her voice.

"No Piper its ok. I know what she means. It hurts me more when she pulls away from my touch. Every time she does it is because of him. I can't even hold you because you are afraid of what you might see." Prue said through her own tears as she looked at Phoebe.

"We can't let him win Prue." Phoebe said as she reached for her sister slowly. Cringing when they made contact. But when nothing happened, Phoebe fell on her sister, embracing her tightly. The first hug they had since that day in the attic when she watched and felt her sister get cut.

Piper had left them there to heal some of the wounds they had received together.

Later that day, Prue sat on the couch lost in her thoughts of what has happened upstairs with her sisters. She had told them everything. Right down to the last detail, and how she felt when he made Phoebe get her premonitions.

Piper was in the kitchen fiddling, as she did best, when things in the Manor need to be sorted out by two of them or all of them. It was what she did. She did her best thinking in the kitchen.

Prue had last seen Phoebe head upstairs to the attic. She knew that was the one place her youngest sister always felt safest. It was the connection to their mother that much she did know.

Piper walked in the living room and sat next to Prue resting her head against her sisters' shoulder. "So. You two work everything out?"

"I think so. It'll take time. But I think her just being able to hug me was a huge step. Now we just need to take baby steps till we figure out why this is now all coming back up again."

"I'm sure there is a reason honey. We just have to work it out together." Piper said as she turned and looked at Prue, "I'm glad you told us."

"Me too." Prue said as she ran her hand over Pipers head. "I think it really helped with Phoebe. She knows now what to expect from her premonitions. Where as before she didn't know what she would see."

The sound of the phone broke them from their conversation.

"I got it." Piper said as she got up and made her way to the phone. As she was half way there the doorbell went.

"I got the door." Prue said as she got up and started for the door.

She could hear Piper talking on the phone as she opened it up to find no one there. Looking around outside she nearly missed the envelope. Picking it up she started to open it now only half listening to Piper.

When she saw what was inside she felt her heart start to race faster then she thought it would. And when she heard Piper gasp she couldn't pull herself from what she held.

"Prue." Piper came to the front foyer and saw her sisters' face pale. "Prue that was Darryl."

"He has her." Prue whispered quietly. "How?" she just held the picture in her hand as Piper looked over her shoulder.

Piper looked down at the photo of Roger with an unconscious Phoebe in his arms, the knife at her throat. Let the games begin again. was all that was written on it.