Piper felt the cold hard steel of the barrel against her stomach. The fabrics of her shirt the only thing between her and it.

"Ok look, just let her go." Prue tried to negotiate for Pipers release but soon felt the cold metal on the skin of her own arm.

"Now why would we want to do that when we just want some fun?"

Phoebe stepped sideways when she heard the steps behind her approaching.

"Not very smart lady. First you helping Billy and now this."

"We weren't helping him. We were just trying to get out sister back."

"Yeah he kidnapped me from that bank you know." Phoebe said in his defense as much as their own. Phoebe looked over at Piper with a look that said more words then actual words could say.

Lifting her hands slightly she froze the cowboys before her.

"Ok to close lil Sis." Prue said as she took the gun from the hand of the man behind her.

"Phoebe take these and get rid of them." Prue said as she handed the guns to her sister.

"Maybe we should each keep one. Just in case." Phoebe suggested as she looked at each sister.

Piper and Prue looked at one another and realized that their sister was right. Each then taking a gun in hand. They couldn't always rely on their magic to help them.

They had managed to hog tie the men that had come to their camp though the men were as confused when the freeze wore off as they were the first time Prue had thrown their weapons away.

Phoebe made her way to the crop of trees and rocks that led down to the pond she had bathed in a few days ago.

"You two get some sleep. I'll keep watch." She volunteered. She didn't really want to but she didn't want to hear another lecture from her sisters, as she left her sisters behind.

Piper went to go after her but felt Prues hand on her arm, "Let her be for now. Lets get some sleep."

Piper watched after her sister as she walked away knowing that maybe they had been a bit harsh on their baby sister. But Phoebe had to realize that they were acting out of fear and love. But mostly love.

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Phoebe looked out over the dark desert. The moon casting a shadow over everything along the desert. making the cactus seem larger then life and the rocks that stood out were almost coming to life in the shadows. She watched as a coyote made its way across the desert sand looking for its dinner and prey.

She looked back to the campfire to her sisters. Both curled up beside each other. She loved them more then her own life.

As the moon rose through the sky she recalled the times they had together. But she was fighting off sleep.

She felt the arms wrap around her and felt warm and safe.

"Sleep. I'll keep watch."

Phoebe felt her eyes close to the soft humming and the gentle rocking. She was losing the battle but she knew they were all safe.

"I love you Billy." She whispered softly before darkness surrounded her.

She felt the sun caress her cheek as it started its rise to the sky. She felt the same warm arms around her as she looked up and they locked eyes.

"I have to go. And so do you. Take care of yourself Phoebe." He kissed her again gently on the lips as he stood up and made his way to his horse. Looking back for one last kiss through the air he soon disappeared out of site.

"You too." she said to herself as she watched him disappear.

Phoebe shock the cobwebs from her head as she made her way back to where her sisters were still sleeping. Tossing another log on the fire she started to get it warmed up for the coffee.

"Hey you."

Phoebe turned and looked down at Prue's ice blue eyes.

"No point stocking that thing. We're leaving here right away."

"Sorry, habit."

"Right." Prue looked at Phoebe not sure what to say to her. She wasn't really mad at her sister she never really was. Just reacting out of her protective instinct.

The stood together hand in hand as they looked at the spell they had brought with them. The one to take them all home. Reciting three times they all felt the familiar pull of their magic working. They soon found themselves in the same crop of trees as before, only this time the year was 2000 not 1869.

The ride home was quiet, each sister lost in their own thoughts. Some of concern of what had happened and the one of what was lost in the Wild West.

Home at last was what they all thought. Phoebe grabbed her bag and made her way up to her room. She needed some time to herself and not listen to her sister. She knew that now that they were home they would lecture her again about her decision to save Dave.

Her radio turned down softly she flipped another page of an old album of the three of them.

"And this one goes out to Phoebe. We love you, Prue and Piper." The DJ spoke through the speakers of her stereo as she started to laugh and cry as Living in the Wild Wild West came through her speakers.

She heard the faint knock on her door as Prue peaked her head through.

"Truce?"

Phoebe smiled at her sister and the gesture they had made. "Truce."

Prue and Piper made their way and sat on Phoebes bed. Piper taking the album in her hands.

"I think this was when your love of Billy the Kid really got stared."

Prue looked at the picture of Little Phoebe standing beside a gunfighter at Universal Studios. Her own six gun holster around her waist as both guns were out pointing at the camera.

The smile on her face was enough to melt the heart of any cold gun killer of the Wild West, and give in to her very need and wish. Much like today, only the killer of yesterday would turn into the demon of today.