Andy burst through the office of the San Francisco CSI dept. "Rob I need the toxicology and blood work report done on Phoebe Halliwell."
"What? That case is closed."
"Not anymore." Andy slapped his hands on the counter top. "Work with me here friend. Get me that report."
"Ok I'll be right back."
Andy paced as he waited for the report from one of the investigators he had a lot of respect for.
"This is weird." Rob came back looking at a file.
"What?"
"Well it says here there was no alcohol on her blood at the time of the arrest." Rob looked up at Andy more confused.
"How can that be? People saw her drinking even a little bit of alcohol would show up." Andy explained. "What about drugs?"
Rob thumbed quickly through the pages, "She wasn't tested."
Andy was confused and angry. "Why the hell wasn't that brought up at the trial?"
"Evidence was already strong enough. Her blood matched that found at the scene."
"Ok you have a blood sample, right?"
"Sure we always keep them in murder cases. We have to."
"Test it. Test it for every known drug you can think of and some you can't. And that report goes direct to my desk, no one else got it?"
"Sure. Can I ask why?"
"You can, but for now I want to keep that to my self.
"Ok you got it. I'll get right on it." Rob picked up the file and started back to the lab.
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Piper paced back and forth across the dance floor of P3.
"This is not happening Prue. This can't happen."
"Piper it won't ,I won't let it."
"What? Are you going to magically have that bouncer reappear out of nowhere? Are you going to turn back time and make it so those kids weren't in here? What Prue? Cause I would really like to know what you are going to do to make this go away." She felt her anger boil and she was aiming at Prue
"No Piper, but I am not going to stand around while you lose the club!"
Piper wanted to yell back but she knew Prue was only trying to help. She felt her sisters arm wrap around her shoulders, "Piper we'll find away. We have to. And we have to stay strong for Phoebe."
"Phoebe. That's the other source of my problem that neither one of us can fix. Andy called." Piper closed her eyes. She had almost forgot about Phoebe. She had got the call from Andy right before the call from the liquor board. And now she was here pacing back and forth.
Prue stepped back a bit from her sister. "Why? What happened?"
"He ran into Lexi Wardel today at the courthouse."
"Lexi?"
"The lawyer to that psycho animal, that beat that crap out of our little sister."
"And." Prue suddenly felt her gut tighten into a knot.
"She got a retrial on her sentencing. She moves to the main population today." Piper braced for the scream she knew was coming, but it never did.
Prue was about to say something when the front door slammed open. Spinning around she focused her power on the intruder only to see Andy flying against the wall.
"Damn it Prue." He yelled as he pushed himself up.
"The club is closed Andy. In case you forgot you aren't really welcome around here anyway." Prue shot back
"Yeah well, I'm hoping to change that." He said under his breath. "Look." He moved slowly and dropped a file on the bar top.
Prue picked up the file and scanned over it, "What?"
"It's the report on drugs, chemicals, anything in Phoebes blood. There is nothing. No booze, nothing."
"OK that helps how Andy?" Prue dropped the file back to the bar before he in turn picked it up.
"This." He handed Piper a vial of blood. "This we have no idea what it is. It matches nothing in our data banks. Whatever is in that blood; isn't natural."
"So?" Piper asked what Prue was thinking as she noticed Prue glaring at him.
"I think Phoebe was telling the truth. I think someone took her place. And knowing your three. My bet; is a demon."
"Andy we ruled a demon out the moment it happened. There was nothing…."
"To prove it? Other then the fact you both thought she was innocent. You blamed me for looking too hard at the evidence Prue. I still am. Look at the evidence now. She didn't do it. Now you two need to find who did. And figure out how to make it look like it wasn't her." He turned towards the door but he felt the presence beside him.
"Andy."
"She's my little sister too Prue."
"I know. Thank you?" she wanted to reach out to him but she couldn't
"Your welcome. Now go get this bastard." He locked his eyes with her a momnet beofre turniong to leave
Piper handed the small sample to Leo. "Can they figure out what it is?"
"Maybe. I'll be back." he gave Piper a kiss before orbing out.
Piper looked over at Prue who was cleaning behind the bar. But she noticed she wasn't really cleaning anything. "Prue?"
"He's right Piper, I gave up on her. Everything pointed to her doing this, and I took it out on him."
"No he isn't Prue. You never gave up on her. You were there for her every step of the way. And she knows that."
"I should have looked harder."
"We both could have Prue. We looked but there was nothing demonic about any of this. People saw her, human everyday people."
Prue walked away from the bar and sat in their alcove, memories of times at P3 invading her mind. "Remember when she was seven and that shop owner called and said she had shop lifted?"
"How could I forget? You were beyond pissed."
"I never believed her. Everything pointed to her and the shop owner swore he saw her taking it, as well as a few other people." She wrapped her arms around her body as the memory came back to her. "God I kicked her ass after that."
"Yeah, I remember her avoiding you for like three weeks. I think that was the maddest you ever got at each other."
"Well the only reason she held out that long was because three days after I kicked her ass, I found out it wasn't her. Someone had stolen her jacket, like she told me, and went to the store and made it look like she did it. I think that hurt more then anything." She wiped away a tear that escaped down her face, "How was now any different? I looked at what Andy had and that was it. Everything pointed that she did it. I forgot who my sister is."
Piper came and sat beside Prue wrapping her arms around her and resting her chin on her shoulder, "No you didn't Prue. This was a demon once again playing with our lives. All we need now is to find out who it is and get her out."
"Ok you know what, this is driving me mad. Leo is taking forever which with them is NEVER a good sign." Piper started a rant that Prue wasn't going to stop. They both had pent up anger and in their own they would let it out.
Prue's cell went off as they sat in each other's company. Closing the phone, "I got to go. Something about a shoot over in Oakland."
"Little late now isn't it?"
"Rebecca had the call originally but her daughter came down with chicken pox. I'll be home before dinner, I promise." She gave Piper a quick hug before walking out of the club.
Piper continued to clean up the club after Prue left, her mind on her little sister. Hoping she was keeping her wits about her.
"Piper. I thought I would find you here." He made his way down the stairs. "I must apologize I never really introduces myself before."
"It's still not for sale."
He moved and pulled up a bar stool as she went behind the bar.
"Reldas." He handed her his card. "And the offer still stands. I had my lawyer draw up the papers. All you need to do is sign the dotted line."
"Not for sale." She glared over at him
"I see." He stood up and reached into his pocket leaving a picture on the table. "The choice isn't really yours now is it Piper. I've made you a reasonable offer." He slid the picture towards her.
She looked down and saw a picture of Prue and Phoebe that was taking a few days before Phoebe's arrest, in the park. "You bastard." She started to freeze him when she felt the pain rip through her shoulder.
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Phoebe made her way slowly through the commons area keeping her eyes watching everything. Her new roommate hadn't really told her much more since that first night. She hadn't even really seen her other then when they got up and when they went to bed. She was still wondering if maybe Bel was a demon or warlock coming to kill her for her powers. "Great, all I need is someone else trying to kick my ass."
"You talking to yourself Halliwell?"
Phoebe spun around and her blood ran cold when she looked up and saw Jacqueline starring back at her. She had heard that she was out in general population, and now she had just hoped she wouldn't go after her so soon.
She felt the hands grip her arms as two people came out of nowhere.
"See that's your problem Monaco you can't fight your own battles. You need your lil goons here to hang on to me. Afraid I might fight back?" She felt the fire of pain rage through her ribs as Jacqueline slammed her fist into her side.
"Your big sisters never taught you any manners did they Phoebe. So I guess I'll have too." She reached down and pulled the back of Phoebe's hair lifting her head up, "Time for round two."
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All Prue wanted to do was get home. The shoot had taking longer then she had hoped. The sun was nearly set and she wanted to stop by the office before getting home.
If Phoebe had a chance to call, she usually did every night at the same time, and she wanted to be there when the call came in, to make sure her baby girl was ok.
She turned towards home, onto the hwy and set the cruise control, as she counted the last few miles to home. But just as suddenly she saw the flare up in her side mirror she felt her car pull towards the cliffs. Struggling to gain control her last thoughts where on her sisters and Andy, as her car crashed through the cement barricades.