PART SIX
A UNEXPECTED BUT EXPECTED DEATH
Paige jumped to her feet as she saw the demon shimmered in. "In coming." She said as she quickly grabbed hold of both of her sisters shoulders and orbed them a spilt second before the fire ball was thrown at them.
"Missed." Piper said unnecessarily as she flicked her finger and blew the demon up.
Three demons shimmered in and started to throw fire balls at the Halliwell sisters.
"Spread out everyone." Piper shouted as she ducked as the fire ball came hauling towards the three sisters. "You know the drill." She watched quickly as Phoebe levitate so she power kick the closets of the three demons. Piper saw that Paige had orbed over the staircase and quickly called the flying fire ball that was headed straight to her and send it back towards the demon in front of her. Unfortunately shimmered before the fire ball could hit him. Piper returned to the demon at hand.
The demon kept throwing the fire balls at Paige; but she had successfully kept calling them mid air and sending them back to the demon. But unfortunately the demon kept shimmering out before the balls of fire hit him. Paige finally succeed in hitting the demon with his own fire ball and quickly turned to see which sister needed her assistance when what she caught her breath.
The Angel of Death appeared and looked straight at Paige. Paige knew the two weeks were up and she was going to die that day. She was going to have to leave her sisters whom she had just found.
Piper finally succeeded on blowing her demon up and she looked quickly over at Phoebe who was fighting fist for fist; kick for kick with her demon. Both in which were trying to get the upper hand. She raised her hand to flick her finger to blow the demon up but every time she thought she had a clear shot Phoebe got in the way. She couldn't risk the life of her sister so she waited with baited breath for a nice clean shot.
Paige orbed herself closer to the fight that Phoebe was in. She wanted to get Phoebe out of this losing battle. She could tell that Phoebe was trying out and that the demon was getting the upper hand. Paige thought quickly and rushed over and touched Phoebe and quickly orbed her away from the demon. She and Phoebe stood next to Piper and before either of her sisters could do anything about it she quickly orbed back to stand between the demon and her sisters but to the side. She needed to make this look like a freak accident on her part. The lives of her sisters depended on it.
Paige looked over at her sisters taking her eyes off of the heavy breathing foul smelling demon. She saw in relief that her sisters were still standing there. She thought back when she first learned about the Halliwell family during her search for her birth family. She was sad to learn that Patty Halliwell the mother had died a year after she was born. But even before she had the proof positive that the Halliwells were her birth family; she had felt a deep connection to them. So upon reading in the court records the death of Patty Halliwell; Paige knew that her birth mother had died and Paige had mourned her; still mourned her.
When Paige read in the obituary column that Prue Halliwell had died and that her funeral was taking place within that ½ hour Paige had felt the deep lost of a sister that she would never meet. When she finally made contact with Phoebe she was over joyed but freaked out. Not because Phoebe had freaked out and got weak legs the moment she shook Paige's hand; but the mere contact with her long sister was just too much of a jolt for Paige's system.
Getting through to Piper's grief and making a place in her oldest living sister's heart was though. But Paige promised her self that she would never give up and to take all the grief, hurt, anger and bitterness that Piper had to give her. But at times Paige wanted to throw in the towel and walk away. But she hadn't. She felt so blessed and finally safe and at home with her two older sisters. She finally felt that she finally found her rightful place in the Halliwell family.
Now after only two years she had to give it all up. She didn't have to give it up not willing. She didn't want to leave her sisters ever. But the powers that were up there deemed it necessary to take Paige. Paige knew she couldn't fight it.
"Paige watch out!" Piper screamed at her youngest ½ sister.
Paige ducked out of the way as a fireball was flung her way.
"Orb out Paige!" Phoebe screamed as she levitated herself to save herself from the army of fireballs that were flung at her.
The demon turned back to her and laughed gleefully as he formed a huge fire ball in his hand. He flung it at her.
Paige tried orbing out. But when nothing happened she knew that it wasn't her destiny to live through this battle. I'm sorry Piper and Phoebe. I want to stay with you. I just found you. I don't want to lose you. You have all ready lost so much. But I don't have a say in this. The fireball hit her full on and she was thrown backwards against the grandfather clock in which it crashed down onto her body killing her.
"PAIGE!" Both Piper and Phoebe scream as the demon laughed and disappeared as quickly as he appeared.
The sisters rush to the grandfather clock and quickly lifted it off of their fallen sister.
"Paige." The Angel of Death held out his hand for Paige to take.
"She's not breathing." Phoebe said leaning down. "No pulse." She said as she grabbed Paige's wrist.
"LEO! SAM! CHRIS!" Piper screamed looking up at the heavens. "Get your asses here NOW!"
Paige took his hand over Piper's scream for Leo, Chris and Sam to come. She didn't want her spirit to completely leave her body just yet. She knew she was going to stay and watch from the distance when the two white lighters and the Elder say that they couldn't heal the dead.
Orb lights instinctually gathered around them. "Save Paige." Piper said not turning around to face the two white lighters and the Elder.
Paige allowed her spirit to step out of her mortal body and she holding the Angel of Death's hand walked over to stand next to the couch and they watched the drama in which was her death on this earth take place.
"Paige!" Sam rushed over and knelt down to next to his daughter. He held out his hands and nothing happened. "Chris and Leo I need your help."
Chris knelt down next to Sam and held out his hands and still nothing happened.
"Leo!" Piper said not looking at her ex-husband.
"I'm sorry Piper. But Paige is gone." Leo said hanging his head.
I wish Leo was the one to tell me the Elder's decision. Granted I would have fought tooth and nail with him. But Leo would have comforted me and told me that everything would be all right. I would have believed him. Paige walked over to where Leo was standing and she wanted to place her hand on his shoulder to let him know that everything would be ok; but she knew that her spirit wasn't yet.
"No." Phoebe firmly said. "Heal her now!" She looked up into the two white lighters eyes.
"Paige. This is your father speaking. Help me heal you darling. Like you did when we first met." Sam said with tears running down his checks. "Come on Paige."
I'm sorry daddy, but I can't. What is meant to be is meant to be. I'm sorry for the lose that you are going to feel. But because of you I have white lighters blood in me. I know that although my mortal body has to die today that doesn't mean that my wings have been clipped. My wings are stronger now is all. Paige wanted to go to her father and hug her; but she knew that her physical body was still on the ground dead so her spirit didn't have any white lighter blood so she couldn't reveal herself to her family quite yet.
Chris knew that there wasn't any hope. But he kept his hands firmly over Paige and waited for the two sisters to realize that their baby ½ sister was really gone. He knew that Piper would blame Leo for her sister's death. He wasn't going to change her mind anytime soon.
"I don't believe that. Paige is a strong woman. She can pull through this. She just has to will herself to come back to us." Piper said moving to Paige's head. She lifted her sister's head to her chest and gathered her up into a hug. "Paige come on darling; fight to live. Fight to back to us. I know you can."
I'm sorry Piper. But this is against my will. I don't have a choice in the matter. But I go to a better place. I am finally going to be with mom, grams any time I want. I'm finally going to meet Prue. I will give Prue a hug and a kiss from you and Phoebe. I'll tell Prue that you miss and love her for all time. I'm sorry. Paige couldn't keep the tears from running down her checks.
"It is Paige's time to leave the mortal world." Leo said. "It's time for Paige to live her permanently white lighter life."
"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo." Phoebe finally screamed as the fact that Paige her baby ½ sisters was really dead. She leaned into Paige's chest and sobbed.
"You go back to the Elders and tell them that Paige isn't ready. You tell the Elders that WE are not ready to lose Paige." Piper finally looked steely up into Leo's eyes.
"Ever since I became an Elder I have been fighting them to change their minds Piper. But they won't listen." Leo shook her head. "Now there isn't anything that I or anyone can do. Paige is dead and there is no way to bring her back to life."
That long. Leo has been visiting Wyatt for so many weeks. He could have given me hints on what the Elders had decided. Leo my friend you and I are going to have a lot to discuss when I finally get up there. Paige shook her head and thought again on how unfair the Elders are towards her sisters.
"You didn't fight hard enough Leo! Damn you!" She hurled at her ex – husband as she looked back down at her lifeless sister. "Paige come on darling you can still fight to live. Come back to us darling. Come back to your family."
"She's with Grams, Prue and Patty for right now." Leo said softly. "She's at peace. They are helping her deal with the afterlife. I'm sorry I couldn't tell you sooner; but I wasn't allowed."
"Get out!" Piper growled at Leo not looking out. "Get out! And never come back!"
Leo orbed back up to Heaven with a heavy heart.
"It's time to go Paige. I allowed you to stay much longer because you were a Charmed One. But now it's time to full fill your destiny." The Angel of Death said finally.
"Good bye dad. I love you and always will. I'll see you in Elder land." Paige said turning to face her sobbing father who had his eyes clued onto her mortal life less body.
"Good bye Chris. Thank you." Paige gently said as she watched as Chris stood to his feet and walk over to where Leo was standing. "I'll deal with you later young man." The moment that she had breathed her last she knew the truth about Chris Perry.
Paige turned back to see her sisters finally break down over her dead mortal body. "Good bye Piper, Phoebe. I'm sorry I have to leave you. It won't be long. I'll be back. I love you."
The Angel of Death and Paige disappeared.
END PART SIX
