He sat in the back of the limousine as it made its way out of the airport traffic and onto the hwy. He could feel his revenge with each turn of the wheel. He looked over at his right hand man who was making this all possible; him and Billy. Though Billy had botched the job he was to do, he still made it easier for him now to get to her and her sisters.

"Sonny said he would have everything in place when you get there."
"He better have." Was all TJ said as the lights flashed by the windows.

"Sonny has never let us down before."

"And he better not now. I know what Phoebe was to him. And if he does anything before I get my hands on her I will kill him. I want to make her pay for what she did to me. And that includes taking from her what is dear: Like her sisters." He glared across the seats as they rounded another corner.

He too knew Sonny's obsession with Phoebe Halliwell. And he hoped that that obsession was not to far gone that he would jeopardize everything now.


Prue paced back and forth in her sisters' room. She had to do something before they hurt Piper or Phoebe. But she didn't know where they were. Everything was going great, she had her sister back in her life the way she should be. Sure she screwed up now and then, but that was Phoebe, that was who she was. Now her past in NYC was coming back to haunt her, literally. She had to take the chance to get her away from that animal. He had hurt her once in her life, and to Prue that was more then enough.

She eased to the door and quietly opened it to see the man outside the door. Focusing her power on him, she flung him down the hall, unconscious. She waited a moment, as the loud thud on the wall was load enough for every one to hear but no further sounds where made; except the scream of her baby sister. A scream she had feared had masked the sound of the body striking the wall. A scream she was thankful for then but not anymore, as she feared for her sisters' safety.

Making her way quickly towards the sound from her own room, she threw open the door, not even worried about Sonny on the other side. She knew he would be more the surprised to see her standing there then anything.

"What the hell? You will pay for this bitch." He shouted towards her as he tossed Phoebe back to the bed and faced off to Prue.

"You have hurt my sister for the last time you piece of shit." She thrust her arm towards him, sending him across the room and into the wall. Using her powers she lifted him up again and held him in place.

Phoebe heard the door open but the pain to her face where he had hit her stung to much to really see who it was. But she felt the shove he gave her as he slammed her towards the bed; the bed of her protector. She looked up towards the light as she heard the voices. She watched in shock as Prue stood just inside the doorway yielding her powers towards him.

"Prue no!" Phoebe stumbled towards her sister as she saw the anger in her eyes. "You can't use your powers like this. Let him go, we can call Darryl." She held her hand on to Prues arm as she saw the fury inside her sister, but she let it go.

Prue knew Phoebe was right, and as much as she wanted to she couldn't use her power like that. Letting him fall to the floor gasping for a breath, Prue held Phoebe close to her but felt the wince of pain from her baby sister. "Ok sweetie I got you now its ok. I won't let him near you again." Prue was afraid to let her go. She wanted to hold her sister forever, but the sound of something crashing downstairs and raised voices made her look up in a new fear. "Piper. Phoebe we have to get Piper. Are you ok to walk?"

"I'm a bit sore but I'll be ok." Phoebe knew what they had to do. They still had to save Piper from Sonny's henchmen.

Prue looked down at her littlest sister with a new respect as they started for the stairs.


Piper pulled her Jeep up the driveway as she had many nights before. But somehow she knew this night would be different. She knew by now Prue was, no.. had, laid into Phoebe more then once about the whole NYC thing. She took a deep breath as she stood at the bottom of the stairs and looked up. She knew it was something she had to do as she took the steps forward towards the Manor door.

"Phoebe I'm home. Prue here yet?" she hollered through the Manor as she shed her coat and placed it on the coat rack.

"Oh yeah Prues home."

She turned quickly at the sound from the living room. Her first reaction was tossing her hands up in a defensive position freezing everyone on the room.

"What the hell?" she exclaimed as he looked at the three thugs sitting around the living room. "Phoebe!? Prue!?" she called out again fearing something had happened to her sisters.

Prue quickly rushed down the stairs as she heard Pipers voice, "Piper. Oh thank god you're ok." She pulled her sister into a hug as she looked at the frozen men. "Um Piper."

"Prue what the hell is going on? I get home to hear and find, strange men in the Manor. And where is Phoebe?" she could feel and hear the state Prue was in, something was wrong and she had no idea what it was.

Phoebe saw the men frozen in the living room and she knew then that Piper was ok, as she slowly sank down on the bottom landing of the stairs. How had everything she had put behind her, come crashing down now? Her life was back on track, she had made a mends with Prue, they were witches, saving the world everyday from evil every day. Now the biggest evil in her world was returning to haunt her. Then she remembered. TJ. He was coming there.

Piper saw her sister sitting on the stairs and went to her. She could see the bruise already forming on her face as she closed her arms around her.

"I'll call Darryl." Prue spoke out as she looked down at Phoebe. Once she did that she could help comfort her sister. She had a feeling there was more to this story then Phoebe was letting on. But for now she would let it go.

The pain Phoebe felt now was more intense then when he had first struck out at her. The burning in her ribs was more then she was willing to take at that moment as she leaned into Piper, as she held her arms around her abdomen, trying to push the pain away.

"Prue! Bring an ice pack with you." Piper yelled out as she helped Phoebe to her feet and towards the couch. She kept the henchmen in the one corner of her eyes, as she eased Phoebe down the to the couch. "Ok sweetie, just relax, everything will be ok now." She ran her hand along the top of Phoebes head as her sister clung tightly to her hand, and arm.

Prue walked back in with the cordless in one hand and a pack of ice in the other, "Darryl is on his way with some officers."

"And how are we going to explain that we over came what, four drug dealing gang members?" Piper asked curious as to what had even happened in the first place.

"We'll figure it out Piper." Prue replied as she looked down at Phoebe, as she gently placed the ice pack on her already bruising ribs. "How you doing sweetie?"

Phoebe didn't even look up at her sisters. Everything that was happening was her own fault. She had brought this onto her family and herself. Now she would have to face the past that she had run from in the first place. Run as she always did.

Darryl rushed up the steps as fast as possible as the call from Prue rang in his head clearly. He had been brought into their world of magic a few months ago, but he still wasn't sure what or even how to deal with it. It had come to him as a surprise that that was what the girls where involved in and more so why they were involved in his and his late partner, Andy, unsolved cases. He knew that Andy and Prue had a dance they did but he was not excepting the turn of events that had also now brought him into their world. It was a world he wasn't even sure if he was ready to except. But he had feeling that tonight had everything to do with their world and not his.

Making his way up the steps to the Manor, he rang the bell waiting to see what supernatural mess they had gotten him messed up into this time.

Prue made her way across the living room and foyer at the sound of the bell. She knew it was Darryl as she cast a quick glance to her sisters. "Darryl thanks for coming."

"Prue just tell me this is something that will not add to my freaky wrap." He stated forcefully as he entered the Manor.

"No, you just caught some bad guys." She said as she entered the living room.

Darryl was not really surprised to see the four men on the floor bound and gagged. "Do I want to know?" he asked as he lifted one thug to his feet.

"Not really Darryl. Just know that they came in her uninvited and held Phoebe and I hostage. That one tried something with Phoebe." Prue explained as she pointed to Sonny.

"Something like what?" Darryl looked over at Phoebe. He could see from there, she was shaken as to what had happened in the Manor.

"He tried to rape me but all he really gave me was good beating." She spoke quietly.

Darryl wasn't even sure what to say. Phoebe was the youngest and he felt the protective big brother in him as he had with his own family. "The paramedics are on the way. Any ideas who these guys are and why you three?" he knew these were human and not something of their world. Something more of his own world.

The paramedics came and treated both Prue and Phoebe. Wrapping Phoebs ribs where she had been punched several times, "I really wish you would come down to the hospital miss."

"I'm ok. I'll go down tomorrow." Phoebe said keeping her grip on Pipers arms. She was scared and she wasn't about to let her sisters go.

"Well it's your decision. Just get lots of rest tonight and keep them'd wrapped tight. Just in case anything is broken in there." he packed up everything he had and loaded it back inside the ambulance.

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He looked over across the street through the darkened windows. The flashing lights of red and blue and red and white filled the neighbourhood. He knew somehow that Sonny would screw up, but he would not.

"Find out what the hell happened. And then we will make a new plan to get at Phoebe Halliwell." He spoke to his right hand man but held his gaze out the window. "You will not get away from me this time Phoebe. And I will not let you bury me in some prison either. You will die before I let that happen."