Just as Chris orbed out Phoebe sprinted into the house.
She was ready for anything. She was already on guard for any demons or any energy balls to be thrown at her. When they didn't come she was a bit confused and a bit disappointed. She slowly peaked around the corner she had quickly hid in to see Piper sitting on the landing of the staircase with her head in her hands.
Instantly she knew something was off in the house. There was so much pressure in the air still and she could almost smell the faint scent of something burnt.
She let her black purse fall on the floor with her car keys jangling in the silence as she rushed over to her troubled sister.
"Okay, where's the fire?" she asked, coming into the hallway and looking down at her older sister.
Piper only had to look up at Phoebe for her to see something was wrong.
Piper was crying.
Piper barely ever cried over anything unless it had to deal with family.
Phoebe looked around the vacant house trying to piece together what may have happened and swallowed hard on nervousness as she made her way up the few stairs quickly to her sister's side. Her arm was already wrapping around Piper's shoulders in an attempt to calm her or to comfort her as Piper recklessly sobbed.
"Oh, no. no, no. Oh, Piper. What happened?" she asked, softly.
"It's Wyatt...he was...I tried...and it got him," Piper gasped out between sobs.
"What? Honey, I don't know what you're saying," Phoebe said, watching her sister worried as she used her other hand to hold Piper's cold one.
Piper took a moment.
She chocked down the sobs with a few breaths and then looked at her younger sister. Piper's eyes were red and swollen from her hysterical attack of tears as she tried again to tell Phoebe the story, "At first, I thought it was Shax come back to finish what he started ...it was just like when Prue...died," she hiccupped out.
"Oh, no. Sweetie, he's gone. We vanquished him." Phoebe reminded.
"I was talking to Wyatt then the doors.. they flew at me."
"Oh. Oh. How'd I miss that?" Phoebe asked, cracking a small smile trying to get Piper to smile. But she didn't.
"And this girl. She just came in and they fought... Her and Wyatt...She's so powerful, Phoebe. I don't know how someone can be so powerful." Piper said softly staring into the distance for a brief moment.
"It'll be okay. We've got the power of three," Phoebe tried.
"I'm not so sure that it'll pack much of a punch." Piper responded to her sister laughing harshly.
"Oh, Piper. Are you kidding me?"
"Phoebe, Wyatt's hurt. He's unconscious. And Leo healed him and he still didn't come out of it. When he fought her the house shook."
Phoebe just started to realize what she had missed. What Chris had been trying to desperately get her back to.
"God. What are we going to do?" Phoebe whispered.
"I don't know. And that's not the half of it either. She froze me," Piper said motioning with her arms hysterically at the wet spot on the floor.
"What? How?"
"Ice, Phoebe. She froze me in ice and she electrocuted Chris. And I accidentally stabbed Paige. Then she got to Wyatt all in a matter of moments," Piper finished babbling quickly.
God, Phoebe thought.
She looked over the mess that was left from the battle. She should have been there. She shouldn't have cared about the consequences. She should have just let Chris orb her so that maybe they would have had a chance. Now, everyone was hurt. It was her fault. Chris had given her a chance to come and she hadn't. She'd been so caught up in the damn speeding ticket and not exposing magic that she had forgot how much her family had needed her.
"Are Paige and Chris okay?"
"Yes, for now. But we don't know if her power effects on us are long term or not."
"Oh, well we'll deal with that when it comes along. Where is everyone?"
"Upstairs in the attic. I wanted us all together when it...she wakes up."
"So we're the most powerful. Good choice." Phoebe said, leaning her head against Piper's.
"No, because if I'm alone with her I won't be able to say what I'd do to her for hurting Wyatt," Piper said looking off into space.
Phoebe glanced at her sister and brought her back by waving her hand in her face, "Okay, I gotcha...intense revenge will be had. Shall we?"
Phoebe stood and helped Piper up. Piper took a moment to stand in her spot and look at the mess around her. She touched her belly lightly where the baby kicked again in agreement. Then, they started to climb the stairs together with Phoebe interlinking her arm with Piper's.
She was ready for anything. She was already on guard for any demons or any energy balls to be thrown at her. When they didn't come she was a bit confused and a bit disappointed. She slowly peaked around the corner she had quickly hid in to see Piper sitting on the landing of the staircase with her head in her hands.
Instantly she knew something was off in the house. There was so much pressure in the air still and she could almost smell the faint scent of something burnt.
She let her black purse fall on the floor with her car keys jangling in the silence as she rushed over to her troubled sister.
"Okay, where's the fire?" she asked, coming into the hallway and looking down at her older sister.
Piper only had to look up at Phoebe for her to see something was wrong.
Piper was crying.
Piper barely ever cried over anything unless it had to deal with family.
Phoebe looked around the vacant house trying to piece together what may have happened and swallowed hard on nervousness as she made her way up the few stairs quickly to her sister's side. Her arm was already wrapping around Piper's shoulders in an attempt to calm her or to comfort her as Piper recklessly sobbed.
"Oh, no. no, no. Oh, Piper. What happened?" she asked, softly.
"It's Wyatt...he was...I tried...and it got him," Piper gasped out between sobs.
"What? Honey, I don't know what you're saying," Phoebe said, watching her sister worried as she used her other hand to hold Piper's cold one.
Piper took a moment.
She chocked down the sobs with a few breaths and then looked at her younger sister. Piper's eyes were red and swollen from her hysterical attack of tears as she tried again to tell Phoebe the story, "At first, I thought it was Shax come back to finish what he started ...it was just like when Prue...died," she hiccupped out.
"Oh, no. Sweetie, he's gone. We vanquished him." Phoebe reminded.
"I was talking to Wyatt then the doors.. they flew at me."
"Oh. Oh. How'd I miss that?" Phoebe asked, cracking a small smile trying to get Piper to smile. But she didn't.
"And this girl. She just came in and they fought... Her and Wyatt...She's so powerful, Phoebe. I don't know how someone can be so powerful." Piper said softly staring into the distance for a brief moment.
"It'll be okay. We've got the power of three," Phoebe tried.
"I'm not so sure that it'll pack much of a punch." Piper responded to her sister laughing harshly.
"Oh, Piper. Are you kidding me?"
"Phoebe, Wyatt's hurt. He's unconscious. And Leo healed him and he still didn't come out of it. When he fought her the house shook."
Phoebe just started to realize what she had missed. What Chris had been trying to desperately get her back to.
"God. What are we going to do?" Phoebe whispered.
"I don't know. And that's not the half of it either. She froze me," Piper said motioning with her arms hysterically at the wet spot on the floor.
"What? How?"
"Ice, Phoebe. She froze me in ice and she electrocuted Chris. And I accidentally stabbed Paige. Then she got to Wyatt all in a matter of moments," Piper finished babbling quickly.
God, Phoebe thought.
She looked over the mess that was left from the battle. She should have been there. She shouldn't have cared about the consequences. She should have just let Chris orb her so that maybe they would have had a chance. Now, everyone was hurt. It was her fault. Chris had given her a chance to come and she hadn't. She'd been so caught up in the damn speeding ticket and not exposing magic that she had forgot how much her family had needed her.
"Are Paige and Chris okay?"
"Yes, for now. But we don't know if her power effects on us are long term or not."
"Oh, well we'll deal with that when it comes along. Where is everyone?"
"Upstairs in the attic. I wanted us all together when it...she wakes up."
"So we're the most powerful. Good choice." Phoebe said, leaning her head against Piper's.
"No, because if I'm alone with her I won't be able to say what I'd do to her for hurting Wyatt," Piper said looking off into space.
Phoebe glanced at her sister and brought her back by waving her hand in her face, "Okay, I gotcha...intense revenge will be had. Shall we?"
Phoebe stood and helped Piper up. Piper took a moment to stand in her spot and look at the mess around her. She touched her belly lightly where the baby kicked again in agreement. Then, they started to climb the stairs together with Phoebe interlinking her arm with Piper's.