Chapter 8

Not Again!

The next morning Prue woke-up with Paige still in her embrace clinging to her pajama shirt looking so innocent and so very vulenerable. Paige's eyes slowly flickered open. "Good-morning baby," Prue whispered cracking a small smile towards the youngest.

"Good-morning," responded Paige snuggling deeper into Prue's embrace. "Did I kick you at all last night?" she asked.

"No but did you sleep okay last night?" asked Prue her motherly side coming through. She was still concerned about Paige ever since she had heard about Jake being back and more since she had seen and heard what that monster had done to her baby sister.

"Yea surprisingly I didn't have any nightmares last night," said Paige.

"Well that is good, what do u say we wake up our sisters?" asked Prue giving Paige another smile.

"Too late we are already up well at least I am," said Piper from the floor groggily and Phoebe just groaned in response.

"I have to go to work today," Paige spoke up reluctantly getting out of Prue's comforting embrace.

"No your not baby girl your not going anywhere until we make sure Jake is in jail and you are completely safe," Piper spoke up firmly from her place on the floor although now sitting up.

"Piper I have to otherwise I can lose my job besides Jake won't come after me because I agreed to meet him tomorrow," argued Paige stubbornly.

"I still don't think it is a good idea," said Piper shaking her head in disaproval.

"No offense Piper but it doesn't really matter what you think because I love what I do and I cannot lose my job. I cannot run scared everytime something or someone isn't the way I want it to be otherwise I would be running my whole life. I cannot just stop living my life and doing the things I love," said Paige trying to keep in her emotions in check.

"I agree," said Prue giving Piper a look that said, "she's right."

"Okay then you have to promise to check-in at noon," said Piper in a firm voice.

"Fine deal otherwise I will never get out of here," said Paige getting out of bed. She grabbed her clothes, announced she was going to take a shower, and left the room.

"You better check-in young lady," yelled Piper.

After they had heard the shower start, Phoebe was the first to speak up. "What are we going to do about Jake?" she asked. "It has been too long to get a DNA sample for evidence and she probably took a shower right after, God knows I would," she added.

"Right now nothing except keep Paige safe and then tonight we will talk about what we can do about to keep Paige away from that slimy creep. We might be able to get Daryl to help us afterall he is a cop. Besides as far as we know Jake isn't a demon," explained Prue.

"Well I'd sure like to vanquish him," said Piper angrily.

"We can not do that all of us know that. We protect the innocent not punish the guilty, remember we all learned that the hard way," said Phoebe.

"Yes but he certainly deserves it," said Piper firmly.

"I know sweetie but Phoebe is right. Our job is not to punish the guilty but protect the innocent," explained Prue rationally to her younger sister. Secretly though that is what she would like to do to the monster that damaged and hurt her baby sister. Damaged in the state of never being able to trust anyone again and whatever ground they had gained with Paige had seemed to almost disapear completely. It scared Prue but she had to be strong for all her sisters especially Paige who was actually living this hell and feeling it. She was just there to make sure it didn't happen again.

"Okay well I have to go to P3 this morning to book a dj, finish a little bit of paper work, and make sure that my manager can cover for me tonight, that way I can make sure I am here to catch Paige's call and be here tonight to talk," said Piper getting herself off of the floor and pulling Phoebe up with her.

"Sure that is fine Piper but I have to go into the office today and then I have a shoot at 11:30 this morning. I probably won't be able to get back until almost 3 this afternoon," said Prue getting herself out of bed.

"I can try and be here but I have to go in at least to go my stuff and check-in with Elise," said Phoebe. "I will definitely be here for tonight but I don't know if I can be here by noon but I can sure try," she explained.

"Then I guess I will see you guys later," said Prue heading to her room her two younger sisters following her going into their respective rooms getting ready for their long days.

Piper rushed into the house just as the phone was ringing. "Hello?" she answered thinking it was probably Paige since it was almost noon.

"Hey Piper I am just checking in like you asked," said Paige.

"Good, can you sneak away early?" asked Piper hoping Paige would say yes and come home so that she would be sure Paige would be safe away from any further harm.

"Sorry I no can do I have to get ready for this big case we got today, some kid is getting abused by his guardian, and we have to get the little boy out of there as soon as possible," said Paige. "I will be home as soon as I can," she added hastily hoping Piper wouldn't get mad at her.

"That is okay just be careful Paige," said Piper knowing that Paige loved what she did. She would much rather have Paige at home but she didn't want to get into an agrument with her because she didn't want Paige running off and her getting hurt.

"Well then I will try and get home for dinner," responded Paige surprised that Piper let it go without a major argument.

"Okay then baby girl, I love you and I hope to see you soon," said Piper hoping to make sure that her baby girl got home safe and sound.

"Love ya too Piper, bye," said Paige.

"Bye," said Piper both of them hanging up the phone.

"Good-bye," Paige shouted to the few fellow co-workers that were still working late that night. It was about 7 pm and starting to get dark outside and as she walked to her car she got a weird feeling someone was watching her. She started running to her car but right before she got to it a face she never hoped she would see again jumped right in front of her. "Jake," she whispered.

"Hello my Paigey girl," said Jake menacingly.

"Jake why are you here, I promised I would meet you at the park tomorrow," said Paige panic beginning to set in.

"I couldn't wait to have you again," said Jake grinning and pulling out a knife from his back pocket. "Don't scream or I will kill you and then I promise I will move onto your sisters," he added evily.

Paige slowly started to back away. Jake quickly grabbed her and dragged her towards the back alley near her work. Paige knew that she was going to get raped again and there was nothing she could do about it. Nobody was around, it looked like it was about to start thunderstorming so obvisously no one would be out walking enjoying the day. Besides it was getting to be around dinner time and all the local kids had school tomorrow. It was only mid-April so they had a couple of months before the freedom of Summer would come.

Jake pushed Paige up against a neighboring building and stripping her down. He stripped her down to her bra and underwear and then let his hands start to wander. His hands wandered up to her breasts and finally reaching back and unhooking her bra. Jake brought his lips down to one of her breasts gently kissing and suckling while Paige tried not to show how much this was affecting her body. He went back up to forcing his lips on hers and his hands roughly ripped off her underwear. Not wasting a second he quickly lined their bodies up and slammed into her.

Paige's unwilling body screamed out in pain but she kept her mouth shut no matter how much she wanted to scream. The threat of her sisters' safety hanging over her head, so she kept quiet. She let him slam into her again and again and by the time he was done it had started raining outside. He took out his knife and slowly carved over his previous carving leaving it reopened and bleeding.

"Remember our deal Paigey, you keep your mouth shut and I will not harm your quite beautiful sisters in return," said Jake dressing himself again and throwing her clothes at her.

After he disapeared Paige slid down the wall from the pain and the aghaustion hitting her, passing out in the middle of the alley.

"Is this the Halliwell residence?" asked the caller.

"Yes this is Prue Halliwell, may I ask who is calling?" asked Prue looking at the clock which read 8 pm a little late but she knew Paige was probably still at work. She wasn't worried until the caller spoke those few words which she always dreaded hearing.

"We have your sister Paige Mathews in here," said the hospital receptionist.

"Oh my God is she okay, never mind we will be there in ten minutes," said Prue hanging up the phone. "Phoebe, Piper get your butts down here now, Paige is in the hospital," yelled Prue.

Piper and Phoebe came storming down the stairs at top speed. "What happened?" asked Piper while she put on her coat and grabbed her purse.

"I don't know but she is at the General Bay Hospital," said Prue grabbing her keys and running out the door with her two sisters running after her to the Prue's car.

Prue, Piper, and Phoebe ran into the hospital and straight to the receptionist's desk. "Our sister Paige Mathews was admitted, is she okay?" Prue blurted out.

"Yes she is fine but the doctor can tell you more," said receptionist realizing these were the sisters of the girl who got raped and was found out passed out in the alley. That girl was in for a rough time but it was her job to keep the people calm in the waiting room.

"Can we see her?" asked Piper a little relieved that her sister was okay at least for the most part.

"No not right now but the doctor will be with you momentarily and he can tell you about her condition. Then you may see her but until then please wait patiently in the waiting room," said the receptionist smiling up at the three sisters who obvisously cared for their sister.

"Okay thank you very much," said Prue smiling at the receptionist and grabbing her sisters' hands. She pulled them into the waiting room where they didn't have to wait long because a doctor came up to them less then five minutes later. He hated this part of his job. He had to tell these three ladies that their sister had been raped and had been pretty battered up.

"Hi, I am your sister's doctor, Dr. Thomas," said the tall handsome guy in the white doctor's coat.

"Is our sister okay?" asked Prue immediately her sisters standing up immediately to stand up next to her to hear what the doctor had to say about their baby sister.

"Yes and no Ms. Halliwell your sister has unfortunately been raped. We got an accurate DNA test but your sister has been pretty battered up. She will have a long road of recovery ahead of her and I don't mean just physically, I mean mentally also. We are handing over the DNA test to the local police station to do a run on their database so we will be getting that back in a couple of days, any other questions?" asked the doctor.

"When can she be released?" Piper asked.

"Well I was going to keep her overnight for observation and stuff like that but if you promise to take care of her and keep an eye on her then we will release her tonight as soon as she wakes up in your care," answered the doctor. "She also is probably going to wake up with at least a cold if not a fever and possibly the flu because she was out in the rain for at least a hour without any protection of any kind," added Dr. Thomas.

"Yes we promise we will take good care of her," said Piper.

"That's good and I will give you some anti-biotics for any flu or cold that might develop," said the doctor. "However if she starts to feel really sick I want you three to promise to call me," he added sternly.

"We promise we will take good care of her," said Phoebe firmly still not being able to wrap her mind around her baby sister getting raped yet again.

"Can we see her?" asked Prue.

"Yes but remember we have a few machines hooked up to her and she was battered up pretty bad so she will look worse then she is," said the doctor seriously.

"Okay," said the three sisters in unison and then followed the doctor down the hallway to their sister's room. All three sisters took a sigh and walked into the room. Piper immediately passed out when she saw her baby sister so battered up falling into Prue's arms. Prue looked up at the doctor and said, "Sorry I should have expected that."

"That is okay, Paige doesn't have a roomate so you may put her in the bed next to her until she wakes up," said Dr. Thomas smiling at the eldest of the four sisters.

"Thank you, she was probably just shocked to see Paige this bad," said Prue carrying her little sister to the spare bed silently thanking God that she was light enough to be carried still.

"I have to go I am beinging paged so I will be back with the test results, we had to make sure she didn't get pregnant or get any STD's," explained the doctor looking at his beeper. "After we get the test results back and she wakes up we will release her to your care," added the doctor knowing the sisters were anxious to get home safely.

"Thank you," said Phoebe as the doctor was leaving the room. She walked over to Paige's bed where she was sleeping soundly and wondered how anyone could hurt any other human being like that.

A couple of hours later the doctor came in with the test results and the thankfully she wasn't showing any signs of any STDs and she wasn't pregnant. Paige eyes flicked open when she heard the doctor and her sisters talking. Realizing where she was she started crying because that meant that she really had been raped again and that her sisters knew about it.

Hearing their sister crying they quickly turned to face her and ran to hug Paige while being careful not to hurt her since she was most likely bruised pretty bad.

"Shh baby it's okay, we'll make sure he never hurts you again, I swear," said Prue still holding on to Paige.

"Okay doctor can she come with home with us now?" asked Piper slightly impatiently.

"Yes but Paige you have a slight fever and might get sicker over the next few days because afterall you were out in the cold with no protection from the rain for at least a hour, so lots of bed rest for you for at least a week if not two," the doctor responded turning his attention towards Paige. "Of course it is nothing to worry about, but it does look like she might be developing a slight case of amonia," he added trying to reassure the sisters. "Also her fever is at about 101 now but if the fever should get any higher then 103 degrees fahrenheit then I want you to call me but for now I will give you some meds to take to fight off any viral infections and to get rid of the amonia," he said handing two prescriptions to Prue to get filled.

"Thank you doctor we appreciate this," said Piper smiling at the doctor.

"My pleasure I have not met sisters as close as you guys seem to be," the Dr. Thomas answered.

"Oh yea we are close," said Phoebe grinning. "Most of the time," she added under her breath but loud enough for the doctor to hear which he laughed at.

"Well ladies I am going to get Paige's paperwork and get her signed out and I will have my nursing staff un hook her monitors and stuff. Then you guys can help her get dressed. I do need one of you to sign her officially out though for legal reasons," the doctor explained. "Therapy is also something you need to think about, rape is especially damaging to a woman's sense of self," added the doctor seriously. "They often blame themselves even though clearly it was the raptist's total fault," he continued.

"You all can go and just wait in the lobby, I don't need help getting dressed," said Paige who had been very quiet up until then.

"Not a chance in hell baby girl," Piper spoke up.

"I will go with you," Prue said to Dr. Thomas. "Then Piper and Phoebe can help Paige get into her clothes, and we will have to definitely look into therapy," she added sternly looking at Paige specifically.

"Lets go then," said the doctor to Prue heading out the door with Prue following him.

Two minutes later a couple of nurses came into the room to unhook Paige's standard monitors when you are admitted into a hospital. Piper and Phoebe agreed to let Paige put her pants on herself but when they saw that Paige had a huge gauze pad covering her back they both gasped. "He used his knife on me again," Paige said casually when she heard Piper gasp. The doctor was right she wasn't really feeling well. She felt dizzy, shaky, and slightly chilly. Luckily Piper or Phoebe didn't notice this.

"Oh Paige we are going to make we get this guy and we are going to take good care of you," said Piper helping Paige into her t-shirt and trying not to start to cry.

"Definitely," said Phoebe nodding her head firmly in agreement.

With the doctor and Prue.

"She's a stubborn one, isn't she?" asked the doctor flat out.

"Yes she is unfortunately just like me," said Prue smiling at the young handsome doctor while signing the last release form.

"I think it is just a show for the people around her but I think she is trying to show you three she is strong enough to take on anything," replied the doctor.

"Partly yes but she enough stubborness to hold out," replied Prue seriously. "I just wish she would trust us completely, we are her sisters afterall," she added sadly. She went on to explain, "We didn't grow up with her. She was shoved from foster home to foster home most of them hitting or beating her. Some of her foster fathers even raped her which is up with this guy. He was her foster father, he even let his friends rape her. She didn't tell us he had contacted her again until we dragged it out of her. We were going to talk about what to do about him and I have a friend that is an inspector and I was going to talk to him tonight on what we should do about him because I didn't know enough about him to call the police on him and no proof."

"Yea well now we have a DNA sample and the police are running it on their database. If he was convited before then it should up there," the doctor explained reassuringly.

"There you go and thanks again," Prue said smiling and handing the release forms over the counter to the doctor.

"You have a beautiful smile," said the doctor. "Sorry I shouldn't have said that," he added looking a tad embarassed.

"That is okay, you have a nice smile to," responded Prue in return.

"My name is Kaleb and I would very much like it if you let me take you out to dinner sometime," said Kaleb almost nervously.

"I would like that very much," answered Prue grabbing a piece of paper and a pen and wrote her cell number and the manor phone numbers done and handed it to Kaleb.

Prue came back into the room a couple of minutes later to find Paige all dressed and ready to go and Piper and Phoebe sitting in chairs waiting for her return. "All signed out," she said.

"Okay then lets go home," said Phoebe standing up with Piper right at her heals.

"Paige do you want some help to the car?" asked Prue when she noticed Paige slowly getting to her feet.

"No that is okay I think I can do it," replied Paige shakily and finally falling back onto the chair she had occupied while waiting for Prue to return from signing the release papers.

"I will help you," Piper said running to Paige's side.

"Thanks Piper I guess I'm not as strong as I thought," Paige replied leaning slightly on Piper.

"As soon as we get home to bed with you missy," said Prue sternly.

"Can I take a shower first? I feel so I don't know dirty I guess is how I would put it," Paige replied shuddering slightly.

"I suppose we need to fill your prescriptions that the doctor gave you to take so we need to stop at the pharmacy on the way home," answered Prue.

"Also some antibiotic cream, Jake recarved into her healing scars," explained Piper to Prue seeing as she was not in the room when Phoebe and Piper saw the gauze pad covering her back yet again.

"Okay we will stop at the pharmacy near our house and Phoebe and I will run in to get the prescriptions filled and grab some antibiotic cream and we will probably need some more gauze pads. Piper can you stay in the car with Paige?" Prue asked Piper while pulling out of the hospital parking lot.

"Sure no problem," agreed Piper. "Do you want to lay your head on my lap?" she asked turning her attention towards Paige who was laying her head against the car window.

"If that is okay with you?" asked Paige a little shyly.

"Of course anytime baby girl just ask," said Piper pulling a blanket out from under the seat and putting it over Paige once she was settled on her lap. Piper started to run her fingers through Paige's hair gently hoping to get her relaxed because she noticed she was really tense.

"Okay we are here, Phoebe and I will be back in 10 minutes or so," said Prue while she got out of the drivers' seat and Phoebe got out of the front passenger seat.

Ten minutes later Phoebe and Prue came back with the desired materials and they continued their journey home. Prue looked in the back seat and saw Paige and Piper and noticed that Paige looked a little tense. "This is going to be a long night," thought Prue to herself.

The End of That Chapter!

Author's Note: Hey ya all! Yea I got it posted before the long weekend otherwise you prolly wouldn't have seen it until Friday at the earliest. Sorry it took me so long to update. I have been busy and I knew what I wanted to say and where I was going with this chapter just not totally sure how I could word it properly so it would flow. (I hardly ever get writers' block, thank god otherwise my chapters would never get posted. LOL! First I thought I was going to have Piper get raped by Jake but that just didn't work so I just started writing and this is what I came up with and I am fairly happy with the outcome. I needed Paige to get sick so she could have a reason to rely on her sisters. (Trust thing keep reading to learn more where I am going with that) The longest chapter I have ever written at least so far. I hope you enjoy it as much I enjoyed writing it. Just a little information on the next chapter I will start it off when they get home from the hospital. So read and review please it is very much appreciated. THERE THE SPACING IS FIXED! YAY!

Signed Your Writer,

Ang