They sat together on the small cot with Phoebe in the middle leaning against Piper.
"Phoebe when we get out of here. I'm so going to kick your ass." Prue said not moving as she had her head leaning on the wall
"Yeah ok. And I'll have Andy arrest you for assault."
"Andy. He is probably freaking out right about now. We had a date last night that I have missed for unexplained reasons once again."
"Prue you should just tell him."
"It's not that easy Phoebe."
"Why not? Prue he has known you you're whole life. He knows the real you. Who knows, maybe he'll surprise you."
"Maybe." Prue answered as she leaned against the wall. 'Maybe Phoebe was right' she thought to herself.
The sound of the door opening at the end of the hall was enough to make them all look up.
"Prue I can't, not yet." Phoebe grabbed a hold of her sisters' arms.
"Ok. We'll figure it out." Prue said, with more confidence then she really had. If they wanted to make them play again so soon she wasn't sure if she could stop it form happening.
They looked on as their door swung open and two came in their cell.
"You broke the rules. Now you must pay the consequences."
"Rules what rules?" Piper shot back, as her and Prue stood in front of Phoebe. She had a bad feeling that this had something to do with what happened in the last game.
"She intentionally saved a member of the other team. That is breaking the rules. She should be the one with two strikes." He pointed at Prue.
"Look, I didn't know, it was instinct. She's my sister I just reacted." Phoebe explained giving her trademark I'm sorry smile.
He reached forward and pushed Prue and Piper back away from Phoebe. Though neither one was going to let him take her.
"Piper."
Piper threw up her hands freezing everyone in the room.
"Ok so why didn't we think of that before?" Phoebe asked as she took Prues hand and they ran from the cell area.
"Because they always had one of us in their slimy claws." Piper shot back as they ran down the passage. "And Last time Prue tried her powers they didn't work."
"Though thast was on a door Piper." Prue said as held on to Phoebe and started to led the way .
"Ok guys where are we going once we get out of here?" Phoebe asked again as she followed after her sister.
"First we get out of here and then we worry about that Phoebs." Prue answered as she practically dragged her sisters behind her.
They ran through the main door only to run right into something very large and very ugly. "Phoebe. Didn't you learn the first time what running will get you?"
Prue pushed Phoebe back and glared at him throwing her powers right into his chest. Though all he did was act as if it was a mere slap in the face.
He reached out for Phoebe, getting close enough that his smell almost enough to make her want to vomit right then. "You're powers are no good on me Prue. Now give me Phoebe and I will make this as quick as possible."
"If you think we're just gonna turn her over you are sadly mistaken."
"Then I will take her." He said calmly as his body suddenly grew larger, as the girls stepped back in horror to what was happening. As his body seemed to morph into something more hideous then before. The slim oozed from his skin as two more arms protruded from his side. Arms, that moved with sudden quickness, throwing Prue and Piper across the room, in one swipe.
"Phoebe!" Piper yelled out only to have someone lifting her off the ground as well. It was one of the guards that she had frozen in the cell earlier.
"You broke the rules. Now you must pay." He slammed the back of his hand across her face nearly snapping her neck, but only hard enough to send her world into darkness.
"Phoebe!" Prue called out only to be held back.
He glared back at them as they were tossed back in their cell. "She as a date with the young ones. If she can survive, I will bring her back to you to nurse back to health. If she does not survive. I will bring back her body. For if she dies with them, she gets no third chance. Her game will be over."
"NOOOO! PHOEBE!" Piper yelled out as he disappeared from the doorway with their sister over his shoulder.
Prue watched in horror as what he said started to sink in.
"Prue. I can't." Piper felt her body slowly lower to the ground, as her legs no longer would hold her own body weight up.
Prue wrapped her arms around Piper as her sister collapsed to the floor. The tear running down both the faces. "We won't lose her Piper. She is to stubborn to die."
He stopped them before they descended the stairs.
"What happened?"
"Thy tried to escape."
"Well that was not really surprising. Are they ready for her?"
"Eager Draco. Do you want your usual from the first draw?"
"Yes. The blood of a witch should satisfy my hunger for awhile. Especially one of the Charmed Ones. You know in some ways I hope she makes it."
He looked into his Masters eyes. There was something there. Something he had not seen in nearly two hundred years. "Master?"
"They are all skilled at certain tasks my friend. But she would have been quiet something to watch in the final game."
He looked down at the witch in his arms seeing the same thing that his Master saw. Her spark was something none of them had seen in some time. "I have a feeling that we will see that final game master. I think I see the same you do, but I fear that if she does. She could win the game."
"Though we have seen that before. And they didn't last ten minutes with them."
"I remember. I was one of them, and I have taught the younger ones well."
"I know. Take her." he motioned with his hand as his friend and servant opened the door to the caverns below. "And leave the door open. I want her sisters to hear her screams." He finished as he stepped away turning his back on what was to come.
She heard muffled voices as her world went in and out. The pain to her face was screaming out at her, but the next thing she felt was her body hitting the hard ground, as she tumbled down what felt like a wet, muddy ramp, and crashing to the bottom. She lay there not moving, as her world was still a fog in her mind. She remembered looking in the eyes of whatever that thing was, as she felt the slim on her skin.
In the distance she thought she heard laughter. But it was not the laughter of children or even adults. This was more sinister. More evil. She slowly pushed herself up against the wall behind her.
"No escape witch." Came a cry in the darkness. She thought she saw something glow to her right but the voice was to her left.
She could hear more laughter and then something brushed against her. She spun to her left thinking that was the direction it had gone. Then she felt the pain in her side. Something had struck her. Placing her hand to her side she could feel the warmth of her own blood gushing out.
Suddenly she felt them on her. Clawing at her as she tried to fling them off as she felt another hit to her side. She finally managed to throw one off her. The small-lighted explosion was all she saw briefly as she noticed them back away, and almost cry at the light.
She watched as they nearly pulled back into the dark. She thought of something to defend herself with until another came. Fast and hard knocking her to the ground. She felt her world spin as he struck her over and over. She felt her world going black, but she fought to stay awake. She fought to save her life. She once again felt the object from before slam into her side as more blood was shed.
She felt herself being lifted off the ground and carried further into the caverns as she felt all her energy leaving her as they tossed her on the ground.
She didn't even want to now what would happen next.
"Now you die witch. But no coming back from here. No. Now you die and never come back."
She felt the pain of something striking her. Then again. Feeling more and more. As she knew numerous beings where striking her with something, as the whip cut through her skin. Then just as suddenly it stopped.
She wanted to give in but something was telling her to hang on, as her thoughts went out to her sisters.
Water. She felt the rush as it entered her lungs quickly and suddenly. She tried to fight it off but they held her tight. They were small and remarkably fast. She didn't even know how long it went on for. Beating, water, heat, burns. They were trying to break her, that she knew, and do it slowly.
As fast as it began it stopped. She felt her hands being tied in front of her as she forced herself to stay awake. She knew if she gave into the sleep she would die. She would have no way of fighting back. It was like they wanted her to fight back. And being the person she was, she gave them the fight they wanted. She was proud that she had managed to take out as many as she had in her state. But now she had the tables turned as they bound her hands and hung her up towards the ceiling.
"Tell us who we are and we will set you free. That is the game." One said from the dark again.
She tried to look down at them as she swung from the ceiling. Every know and then, from the dark, she would feel the pain of something hitting her. She wasn't sure how long she could hang on for.
"TELL US!" One yelled, as suddenly the searing pain went through her as she felt the piercing pain enter her side and the following pull of something retracting from her.
Her screams could be heard throughout the compound. Traveling up the stairs and through the halls. Sending chills down her sisters' spines.
They had heard the cries over and over, the screams of pain that echoed throughout the walls. But after the last one they heard nothing. As long as they heard Phoebe scream, they knew she was still alive.
But the sudden silence after her last scream scared them more then anything they had faced so far. The thought of losing their sister was more then they wanted to think about. But the silence continued. Continued to cast a shadow on their world.