Paige's heart stopped. She knew they were there but it all became real as she came face to face with Leo. "Prue and Piper?" She heard Leo whisper.
Paige felt so much emotion, it was like her body went into overdrive and she could feel it beginning to numb, "still in the lair," she whispered a quiet response.
Her head becoming light as she fell forward and everything went black.
Paige opened her eyes slowly and she could feel softness beneath her body. She groaned as it all started coming back to her memory, all the pain and agony, all the terror running through the underworld, and leaving Prue and Piper behind.
She gasped and her eyes shot completely open. "It's ok!" She heard a voice. One she had longed to hear for the entire time they were gone in the underworld. Her big sister, "you're safe," Phoebe was sitting there at the edge of the couch watching over Paige.
Her eyes were swollen and wet with tears and she looked completely exhausted. "Phoebe," Paige whispered.
Phoebe came closer and wrapped her arms around her sister, she released a sob.
"I didn't think I would ever see you again," Paige said, tears clouded her eyes.
Phoebe held on so tight, Paige didn't even care that she was rubbing against her cuts and bruises.
"Where's…" As if on cue the littlest Halliwell came running into the room after setting crystals around the house with Leo.
She didn't say anything; she just immediately joined the hug.
After a few moments, Penny reached up and touched Paige's face, "You're alive," she said quietly.
She starred right into Paige's eyes and suddenly it hit. Penny's face scrunched up and she started to cry. She never broke eye contact, "You're alive!" she sobbed.
Penny sunk down to the floor and Phoebe pulled her onto her lap and continued to hold onto Paige.
It was almost as if the young one was in complete shock for a moment before all of her emotions rushed to the surface.
They continued to hold each other until Leo came in to talk.
"How are you feeling?" He sat on the ottoman across from the girls.
Paige wiped her tears, "I'm okay, but I know we have to get back to Prue and Piper before they notice I'm gone and…" Paige drifted. "Why didn't you just orb home?" Penny interrupted.
"Where they had us chained is completely blocked to magic, at least good magic," Paige responded, she grunted trying to sit up on the couch.
"Leo, are you sure you can't heal her?" Phoebe asked. Leo nodded, "I can't, I tried."
"It's okay Leo, I'm just happy to be home," Paige responded propping herself against the pillows, her eyes were downcast.
"What's wrong?" Phoebe asked brushing Paige's hair from her eyes, "You feel warm," She ran her hands over her forehead and looked at Leo in concern.
"I'm not feeling the best, but we have to get back to Piper and Prue, we have to hurry, its going to take a lot of magic to get through that block," Paige responded.
Phoebe told Penny to run and get the book of shadows from the sun room but Paige had already thought of a spell to break it, "We had so long sitting in silence, I have a spell," she spoke up.
They leaned in for Paige to write it down. Her hands were dirt covered and bruised.
Phoebe had to close her eyes for a moment trying not to imagine everything they went through.
Paige knew they didn't have time to strategize they just had to fight.
She remembered all the torture and pain again as her adrenaline.
Her heart was already racing as she stood up and the four grabbed hands. "Leo, don't let go of her," Phoebe said as they disappeared in orbs.
"No demons have been here, I don't understand, what if they caught Paige," Piper said. Prue sighed; she didn't know what to say. She was worried and had been since the moment Paige left their eye sight hours before.
She had sat in the same pose listening to Piper try and chisel away at the chain before she would get tired and put the athame down.
She couldn't stop thinking about Paige and hoping that she got to the manor somehow. "I shouldn't have let her go," Prue finally spoke up.
Piper looked up, "Prue, we had no choice, if we didn't we would be in here for who knows how much longer. We have to get to Phoebe and Penny, we did this for them," Piper responded, her voice was firm.
Prue nodded, a small tear escaped her eye, "I know, it is so difficult waiting; my mind is imagining the worst. I'm supposed to protect them, not the other way around," she paused. "I have failed so bad Piper, if we ever get out of this I don't know if I can fix what has been broken," Prue looked up at Piper who was listening quietly as she always does.
There was a loud explosion, it shook the entire underworld.
Prue watched the entrance of the lair before finally looking at Piper, whose eyes were wide and glistened with hope.
"Prue..." she said. Prue knew exactly what that tone meant.
They could hear explosion after explosion happening with force. Prue was trying not to get her hopes up but the minute she looked at Piper she knew it was too late.
Piper could sense it, just outside an explosion so loud it shook their lair and one of Prue's chains snapped. She flew forward but was yanked back to the ground by the other.
There was murmuring outside, her heart was beating so fast when a spark flashed and bodies came running at them.
Prue held her breath, she could see the shadows and as they rounded the corner her heart stopped.
"Prue," Penny saw her first. She ran full force, "Prue, Piper!" Phoebe came into view second and Leo last helping Paige along.
Everything was moving so fast they had no time to think or hug.
"Close your eyes!" Penny yelled standing in front of Prue and Piper.
As they closed them she lifted her hands and blasted both chains right off their wrists.
Two demons shimmered in as Phoebe was pulling up Piper. Prue pulled Penny to the ground as a fireball just barely missed her backside.
Paige threw a potion and vanquished one, the blast made her and Leo both fall to the ground. Penny ran over to help her up as two more demons shimmered in.
Leo yelled, "Penelope, grab them, let's go," the 13 year old's adrenaline was so high a fireball grazed her and she barely felt it as she dove forward on top of Prue and grabbed Phoebe's hand to orb out.
Phoebe grabbed Piper's arm and they disappeared in blue lights among the fire and energy balls hitting the walls of the underworld. Finally.