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Phoebe nearly fell off the couch as she turned to look at her sister. "What? Where?"

"Down by Golden Gate Bridge, near the water. We need to hurry. Go get Piper," Paige replied.

Phoebe nodded and tripped over her own two feet as she dashed out of the room and up to get Piper. She knocked, hard and loud, on Piper's closed door but got no response. Impatient as it were, she knocked again. No answer. Sighing, she called out Piper's name.

"Piper!" When she got no answer, Phoebe pressed her ear to the door and heard soft, muffled sobs on the other side. Frowning and worried, she pushed the door open and saw Piper on her bed, crying with her head buried in her pillow and a photo clutched in her hands. But what the photo was, Phoebe couldn't see because the picture side was pressed against Piper's stomach.

"Piper?" Phoebe said softly, walking over with cautious steps. "What's wrong?" She sat beside Piper on the bed and gently slipped the picture from her grasp, then turned it over and examined it, frowning more.

"I-I miss her, Phoebe," Piper sobbed into the pillow. "I know it's been three years, but I miss her so much and I-I'm thinking about h-her a lot lately and-"

"Shh, it's okay. I miss her, too, sweetie. But Prue wouldn't want us to slack off right now. We need to find Katrina and Paige thinks she has. So come on, dry those eyes and let's go. We have an innocent to save," Phoebe replied, stroking Piper's hair.

"Fine," Piper mumbled, slowly sitting up and drying her red eyes.

Phoebe let Piper back down to Paige, who had orbed the Book of Shadows onto her lap and was flipping through it.

"What are you looking for?" Phoebe asked, very anxious to go rescue Katrina, causing her much impatience as she stared at Paige, sitting on the couch.

"Well . . . I don't know, honestly," Paige admitted truthfully. "You said the same demon you saw in your premonition was the one that took Katrina right?"

"Right," Phoebe replied."

"So, I'm trying to find the demon to see if there's a spell to vanquish its sorry ass. We have the potions, but we might need the spell for back up," Paige stated.

Piper crossed her arms and remained silent for a moment before saying, "And if you don't find a spell? What if the demon isn't in the Book? We can't go running off to save Katrina if we don't know what we're going up against."

"We have to," Phoebe argued. "We can't leave that poor little girl in the hands of a demon, Piper. Don't forget what-"

"-Marianna said," Piper interrupted. "I know! But maybe Katrina's meant to-"

"Don't say it, Piper," Phoebe warned. "We're going to rescue Katrina, whether we have a spell and potion or not."

Piper sighed. "Well, fine. If you want to go face a demon that kicked your ass last time, go right ahead. Maybe he'll kick you harder this time and knock some sense into you."

Paige stopped flipping and looked up. "What's up with you?" she asked Piper. "This is an innocent we're talking about. We know what Marianna said and we know it's dangerous, not knowing all the details. But it's our job. We save innocents and protect the world."

"Yeah well our 'job' cost us Prue three years ago and I don't want that to happen again. I've had enough of funerals in the past six years, since becoming witch, a to last me a lifetime and I don't want to loose another sister," Piper snapped.

The room fell silent. Phoebe and Paige exchanged uneasy glances as Piper fought to keep her tears at bay. No one could argue with the fact that Piper had made a very good point. Maybe Katrina's destiny was set in stone. Maybe they weren't meant to rescue her. Each thought back to what Marianna had said; I'm not Katrina's real mother. Her real mother gave Katrina to me to protect, as she grew older. I knew what she'd become but I cared for her, anyway, knowing that my efforts might fail."

"Well, we have to try," Phoebe insisted still, breaking the silence. "I promised her she was safe as long as we were around. She doesn't know what she is, what she'll become. We have to save her."

Piper glanced at Phoebe with sad eyes. "Fine. I just hope I don't end up loosing another sister."

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Leo stood beside a tall white pillar, awaiting his meeting with two Elder Hierarchy. He needn't wait long, he realized, when two Elders approached him.

"Leo," said the taller one, Tefferus. "Have you informed the Charmed Ones of the dangers in which protecting that girl will ensue?
"I tried," Leo replied, "but the girls wouldn't listen. Marianna told them what she wanted them to know, which means she didn't tell them everything. But to the girls, Katrina is a little girl with no idea of what she is or what she's destined to do. They feel that they can rescue her and save her from the future already planned for her."

The shorter Elder, Articus, frowned. "The girls need to know the rest of the story, Leo. They cannot go into a battle blind."

"I know that. But how do I get them to listen?" Leo asked.

"You must tell them, Leo, in whatever way you know is best. Set them down and force them to listen, if you must," Tefferus replied.

Leo sighed and nodded, then dismissed himself and orbed back to the Manor just as the sisters were preparing to leave. He blocked the front door.

"Leo, move," Phoebe said. "We've told you twice, you and The Elders can't stop us from saving Katrina."

"You have to listen to me. I know you want to save her but you have to listen to me!" Leo insisted. "It's for your own good. You need to know the whole story before you go out and risk your lives."

Piper, Phoebe, and Paige looked at each other, then at Leo.

"Living room, now. Make it snappy," Piper said, leading the way back to the room they had just come from.

Piper, Phoebe, and Paige stood by the couch, facing Leo who stood in the doorway.

"Tell me everything Marianna told you," Leo said.

Quickly, not skipping any detail, they filled Leo in on what they knew.

Leo sighed, shaking his head. "She left out a lot. There's more to Marianna and Katrina than meets the eye – more than Marianna let on, at least. You need to know the whole truth before you go off."

Taking a deep breath, Leo began to fill the sisters in on what Marianna had 'forgotten' to tell them.