Chapter Ten: Piper's Terror
The scene was as follows: everyone still stood on their same spot, Paige, Billie, Piper and Taylor in a circle, with Billie shielding Phoebe, Amos and Brooks, whose face was pale as death. Silence reigned all around them, as the villagers started to circle them. They dared not talk among them of what they had just seen and stood withdrawn in fear of what the strangers could do to them.
Suddenly the relative quiet was broken by Piper's shouts. "You bitch, all this is your fault!" She stepped forward and, in a half second, her hands were up in the air, ready to strike Billie. But Phoebe, just like the young blonde witch had done for her against her sister, pushed Billie in her back, shielding her from own sister.
"Phoebe, move aside. My husband is missing. Maybe –" Sshe couldn't resign herself to say the word. 'Maybe badly hurt somewhere in the frost. All that because of her!" She pointed out to Billie behind Phoebe's back and a boulder that was a few feet farther beyond exploded.
"Piper, enough!" Phoebe's tone was now full of warning. "You can't blame Billie for Christy's deranged mind. The girl has been raised by demons to believe our being selfish was being evil. She has known nothing else for fifteen years, nobody can blame that on Billie, and nobody can expect a sudden change as if by magic."
"Maybe that's it?" Billie's voice echoed her hopes. "Maybe magic is the way to make her see the light? After all, it's a demon's deed, like you said."
Paige shook her head. "No magic can help us reason with her now that she is the Source."
"My – husband – is – missing!" Piper's jaw was clenched tight. "Let's not discuss the bitch's poor common sense when we should be looking for him! Now she has the Grimoire, she has no more use for him and you kn–" She chocked on her words.
"No, Piper, I think we still have hope for him." Phoebe nodded to her own statement. "Christy knows you won't stop fighting until you get him back, she has seen you do so for a half year. She knows how much it hurts you and she won't kill him until you've suffered enough. Remember her sole purpose is to hurt us."
Piper finally broke down into tears, dropping on her knees. "Well, good job." She was breathing heavily.
"Honey!" Both Paige and Phoebe dashed and knelt to her side, taking her into their arms.
Her sobs were unbearable to her sisters' ears, "I just – got him – back."