"Come one, Prue," Phoebe insisted getting more anxious by the second. The longer Piper and Leo were missing, the more likely the vision would come true. Oh, she so desperately missed her power.
"I'm trying, Phoebe. Scrying takes time." The crystal continued to circle until it finally landed. "Got them, or him at least!"
Phoebe looked down at the map and nodded. "Great, I'll go check on Daisy and then we'll go."
"Okay, I'll get the car started." Both nodded and went down the stairs to do their job.
Minutes later Phoebe came running down the stairs distraught. "Prue, I can't find Daisy."
"You don't think she," Prue didn't finish the question as both looked at one another. "That would mean Alec told her where he would be?"
Phoebe shrugged. "Or it was a place that meant something to both of them." Both rushed out the door knowing they didn't have much time.
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"Alec, stop hurting them," Daisy shouted as she entered the area she knew he would be.
Alec smiled as he approached Daisy, the love of his life. "I knew you'd know where to go once you got away from the witches." He smiled wider as Daisy approached him. "I knew you wanted us to be together."
"Daisy, no," Leo yelled behind her as Piper held him closely. She didn't want him doing something that would get him killed when she just saved him.
"Alec, the only way we can be together is if you let them go," she said indicating the couple that was huddled together. "They haven't done anything. They were just trying to protect me."
Alec fumed pushing her back slightly. "They were trying to protect you from my love! They didn't believe I was capable because it broke all the rules! In the mean time, the hypocrite was shacking up with his charge the whole time!"
"Alec, stop," Daisy screamed desperately trying to calm his anger. "Let them go!"
"I can't do that, Daisy!" He approached the couple as he looked at Leo's wound. "What's wrong with your healing powers, Leo? Is my power to great for them?" He smirked but then caught a glimpse of Piper's arm. "Woah, wait a minute!" he cynically laughed. "Don't tell me your little witch switched powers with you to save you!"
Piper glanced over at Leo worriedly. She was hoping he would get her message to try and freeze the guy. He did know all about them and their powers. He should be able to use them. However, Leo was glaring at Alec while holding Piper closer.
"This is rich! Not only did he break the cardinal rule, but he also broke a ton of other rules! He'll be lucky if those bastard Elders of his don't recycle his soul!" He barked out a laugh as a crossbow appeared in his hands. "Well, since you prevented me from having my Daisy. I guess I'll have to watch as your little witch dies a slow, painful death." He shot the arrow as Leo tried holding up his hands.
The arrow froze causing Piper to let out a sigh of relief. "That's a handy little trick," Alec said observing the arrow that was held in midair. "I can't wait to kill you for it, Leo."
"Alec, stop!"
"Shut up, Daisy! If you'd just gone with me then none of this would be happening!" He pointed his finger at her. "Next time, you'll remember this moment, won't you?"
She nodded her head as tears began to streak down her face. She was going into hysterics. "Alec," she whispered hoping he wouldn't hurt them but knowing he was going to.
"I'm doing this for us, Daisy," he said looking loving at her. "Just out of curiosity, how long does this freeze last?" Piper's eyes widened as the arrow unfroze and came flying towards her.
"No," Leo yelled as the arrow went into her arm. She looked up at him through worried eyes. Would this affect her like it had affected Leo?
"You see when you took his powers, you took his vulnerabilities too." He smirked. "You'll die a slow, painful whitelighter death. It's kind of poetic isn't it?"
Leo looked down at Piper as her expression became pained. He knew she was beginning to feel the poison course through her. "Why," he yelled towards Alec. "You have Daisy, did you have to hurt her."
Alec laughed rubbing his chin. "Yes. You almost took Daisy away from me forever, so I thought I'd return the favor. Come on, Daisy." He grabbed her arm beginning to drag her away. All the sudden he went flying back.
"Ha, seems I'm starting to get a handle on this," Phoebe said smiling.
Prue glanced over at her sister who'd been shot and was being cradled by Leo. "You bastard," she screamed angrily. She took a deep breath and began reciting the spell while Phoebe, Leo, and Piper tried covering their ears.
What's mine is yours,
What's yours is mine,
Let our powers cross the line,
I offer up my gift to share
Switch the powers through the air. "
Alec laughed. "What do you think that did, witch?"
Prue held up her hand finding his trigger. "Hate, hate is his trigger." She advanced on the darklighter as he began realizing his demise. Her hand began to glow a deep blood red color.
"No," he screamed as she placed her hand on him. He began to fizzle as his body glowed and burned away.
"What's mine is yours,
What's yours is mine,
Let our powers cross the line,
I offer up my gift to share
Switch the powers through the air. "
With that, Alec was vanquished and the air became silent. Everyone looked at one another. Piper made a groaning noise as the poison really started taking effect. "Leo," she coughed out.
"Shh Piper," he said soothing her. "Plug your guys' ears now," he commanded as he began reciting the spell. Blue lights floated out of Piper as Purple ones floated out of Leo. Everyone looked at them amazed before the lights went into their respected owners.
Leo felt his back heal and warmth overtook him. He looked at Phoebe who squinted at the arrow and used her hand as the arrow flew out. Leo held out his hand as a golden glow began emitting from it.
Piper felt warmth overtake her body as her wound healed. Once it completely closed up, she gasped for air and sat up. "Thanks," she choked out in a small laugh.
He hugged her closely and smiled happy that she was alive. He grabbed a nearby stick and threw it up in the air as Piper froze it. "I'm back, baby."
Her sisters rushed over to hug her smiling and laughing along with her. "I do get my power back, right Prue," Phoebe asked jokingly.
"You can have it back," she replied shoving her sister and smiling.
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"Do you have to go," Piper asked as she lied next to Leo.
"You know I don't want to," he said playing with her hair. He sighed and looked down at her."You know when I was in the war bandaging up a friend when I felt a sharp pain."
"Are we talking Vietnam here," Piper asked wincing at the thought.
Leo laughed and shook his head. "No, World War Two. Anyway, I was suddenly surrounded by a white light and a bunch of people. They offered me the chance to be a whitelighter and help special people like you," he said touching her nose. "I accepted liking the fact that I could continue helping people, and not once have I questioned that decision until now. I would give anything to be able to be with you, grow old with you, and raise a family with you."
Piper suddenly lifted herself up and looked at him. "Can you do that? I mean become normal again?"
Leo nodded his head. "Yeah, I can do that Piper. I can clip my wings and become human again if that's what you want."
Piper smiled settling back into his arms. "Of course I do."
"But," he started knowing there was a but.
"But, you wouldn't be able to help anyone else. " She traced random patterns on his chest as they sat in silence. "And all those people that would go without your help," she stopped and continued drawing random patterns.
He sat up reluctantly and began untangling himself from her arms. "I better go before the Elders get suspicious." Piper nodded her head sadly. "I love you, Piper," he said giving her one last kiss.
He orbed away, and she sat there and watched him. "I love you too," she replied sadly swallowing the lump in her throat. She looked down at the seat to see his dog tags left behind. She quickly snatched them up and looked at them. "Leo," she whispered as she placed them around her neck. A lone tear slipped down her face as she headed towards her bedroom.
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"Well, so much for that vacation," Prue said sitting at the table flipping through a magazine.
Phoebe laughed as she got two pineapples from the fridge that had their middles cut out. "Yeah, but I'm not going to let that ruin our little vacation," she replied as she began missing juices in the pineapples.
"Hey Phoebs, remember when I said you didn't have any vision of the future?"
"Which time," Phoebe joked placing two straws and umbrellas in the pineapples.
"Well, I was wrong. It takes a lot to see what you see," Prue said looking at her baby sister as she brought the drinks towards her. "I couldn't believe how draining it was to see those images in my head. Then after I saw them, it was hard to stop seeing them. That takes a lot," she told Phoebe genuinely.
"Yeah, well I'm glad to have my power back," she said happily setting the pineapples down in front of Prue.
"What? Miss complain-about-not-having-an-active-power is okay with having her passive power?"
"Yeah, well I realized having an active power wasn't all it was cut out to be," she replied looking at Prue. "It takes a lot of strength to control it."
"Here's to having our normal powers back," Prue said holding up one of the drinks.
"I'll drink to that," Phoebe replied as they both clinked and drank. Both laughing happy to have each other as sisters.
The End
