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Chapter 11

Tempers flare

Prue arrived home and stretched out her body as she stood up from the floor. Her entire body felt stiff and rigid from being in the same position for hours and after shaking her arms to get out the tingles, she went to check on Piper. The images were still running through her head of the baby being born dead and it was harder to shake them out then the kinks in her neck. Her eyes felt heavy and stung from being exhausted as she entered Piper's bedroom. Sheila was putting a new IV bag on the holder as Piper pulled on her restraints while Patty and Penny were looking at the book of shadows.

"How is she?" Prue asks as she walked over to her bedside and sat down.

"No change but at least she is back with us," Penny replied and got up so she could hug her oldest daughter.

Prue gave her a hug back but the other part of the answer was confusing," What do you mean back with us?" she asks and pulled away.

"Phoebe didn't tell you?" Patty asks.

"Tell me what?" Prue asks while her body tightened up again.

Patty and Penny looked at each other as Sheila continued what she was doing but knew that Prue was not going to be happy with the answer.

"Prue she probably didn't want to worry you," Penny said in defense of Phoebe's lack of telling.

"What the hell happened?"

"Leo got possessed by Geis and he – he killed her," Penny said and Prue put her hand over her mouth in disbelief and shock.

"Why the hell wouldn't she tell me that?" Prue said and looked back at Piper.

"Honey like I said she didn't want to worry you because you guys need to see what happened," Patty said.

"I don't care Grams not telling me what is happening here is not acceptable, I could have helped or been here for her," Prue said and walked back to the attic as both her mom and grandmother followed her.

"Prudence," Mom said trying to keep her daughter from doing something foolish.

"Don't Prudence me mom," Prue said and tried to step into the circle and snap Phoebe out of her astral projection but Patty stopped her by grabbing her arm.

"No Prue Piper is fine and Leo is not possessed anymore so calm down," Patty said making Prue face her. The oldest charmed one was now facing her dead mother right in the eyes and could see just how tied she was by the dark circles that surrounded them. Her body slumped and she let her mom pull her into an embrace.

"Its my fault, I was supposed to protect them and keep them safe. I sent Piper alone I am so sorry mom that I disappointed you," Prue whimpered into her mom's shoulder.

"Prue you could never disappoint me and this is not your fault, everything happens for a reason," Patty said as she rubbed Prue's back as her daughter cried heavily. Prue was not one to breakdown at a drop of a hat but the last two days have been emotionally draining and she could no longer hold it in. Not to mention she was still furious with Phoebe because she kept this from her. "Prue I need you to be strong because there are two spirits now working against us and they are looking for a way in."

"What?" Prue asks through her sobs as she pulled away.

"We don't know who the other one is and we have put protections up to keep them away, but we still need to be on guard."

"Leo went to get Tabatha with Darrell," Penny chimed in.

Prue wiped her eyes and took in a deep breath to regain her composure and understood what was at stake." Wait does that mean that Phoebe and I are vulnerable to being possessed, because technically our souls are not with us?"

"No the crystal cage keeps things out not in," Penny replied.

"Why can't you just scribe for Tabatha?" Prue asks as she sat down on the red couch.

"We tried but its not working, Leo believes that she is a vessel and not a true witch," Patty replied and sat next to her.

"She sure looked like a witch to me," Prue said.

"Tabatha is a medium with power, but she cannot access it on her own. Martha must have tapped into her power when she possessed her," Penny said and sat on the other side of her.

"How could Leo be possessed, I thought whitelighter's were immune from that?" Prue asks as she rubbed her eyes trying to remove the sting.

"He is emotionally drained and it made him vulnerable but he did push Geis out and we were able to save Piper," Penny replied.

"What else did you find out?" Patty asks in attempts to change the subject.

"Well in a nut shell, Martha let past Piper stay with them until winter was over but Weilburg came on to past Leo and she saw it. She was at least 7 1/2 months pregnant and the stress caused her to lose the baby," Prue replied.

"That must be it, so why isn't the curse off of her?" Penny asks.

"It must not be all of it; we know that Martha was accused of witchcraft so it must have happened after past Piper was kicked out of the house."

"Who is Phoebe with?" Patty asks.

"Piper," she replied and Leo orbed in with Tabatha who was scared and immediately backed away from Leo but Prue was not focused on her, but instead her eyes darkened and her face harded as she walked over to Leo.

"You bastard," she said and slapped him across the face as her lower lip quivered. Leo closed his eyes and understood why she did that but it hurt not just physically but he could feel his hart brake. He never wanted to disappoint or betray one of his charges, most of all Prue who was so protective of her family.

"Prue," Patty said as she put her hand to her chest.

"No Patty she has the right," Leo said and finally gathered enough courage to look into Prue's watering eyes.

"We don't have time for this, Tabatha we need your help," Penny said and walked over to the 50 some-year-old woman who was clearly frightened and confused.

"Who are you people get away from me," Tabatha said as she backed up more but the walls of the attic kept her in place.

"You were possessed by a woman named Martha and she put a spell on my daughter more like a curse, and we need it reversed," Patty replied not giving the woman any sympathy to her predicament.

Tabatha stood for a moment to take it all in and then remembered the incident in the alley way," You don't understand I don't have that kind of power," she said while shaking her head.

"You do but you can't access it alone, you are a vessel and Martha tapped into it so we will summon her and connect her soul to yours and talk her into reversing the spell," Penny said as she too was tired of playing games with the living or dead.

Leo did not wait for a reply and grabbed Tabatha by the arm and pulled her out of the attic roughly. He then took her to Piper's bedroom and made her look at what she helped in doing," My wife is suffering and she will die if you do not help," Leo said while his face still bared the mark of Prue's anger. Tabatha's mouth was agape as she looked at Piper. She could see the bandages on her face and the split on her ankle as well as the IV's and tape over her mouth. Piper was pale and the room smelled of dried blood, perspiration and other bodily fluids. Tabatha shook her head side to side and started to back away as the site was too much for her to handle but Leo stood in her way and she could not go any further.

"I don't care whose fault it is but you will help us dammit!" Prue yelled as she stepped into the room.

"Maybe I should go," Sheila said as the tension in the room was becoming thick.

"Sheila please stay we need you," Leo said but did not move from his spot and she nodded but was not comfortable as she sat down on the couch," Where is Darrell?"

"He got a call out so he will be here later," Leo replied.

"I am so sorry but I don't know what happened, I don't remember," Tabatha said as Penny brought over the little black book.

"We found this in the alley do you know anything about this?" Penny asks.

"It belonged to my family it was handed down from my mother, why?" she replied and held the book.

"We think it is connected with all of this somehow," Penny replied and led Tabatha out of the room and back into the attic. "You need us to summing Martha and she will need to come into you again, but we can't risk anymore curses or spells so we will block it," she said and put some crystals around her and the cage was activated the minute the last crystal was put in place.

"I will do what I can," Tabatha said as she felt for these people and what she did.

Prue did the summoning spell and Tabatha's expression changed from an unsure and shy woman to someone completely different and she folded her arms as she looked at Prue.

"What do you want?" Martha said as she was now coming through Tabatha.

"You know what I want now take the fucking spell off my sister," Prue said through her teeth while she clenched her fist.

"No."

"Why?" Penny asks and mimicked her granddaughter's expression and Martha could see where she gets her temper from.

"Because you have not seen what you need to see," she replied coldly.

"Piper is not your sister any longer, she is mine and she is the kindest gentlest person I have ever known," Prue said.

"No."

"Dammit Martha!" Leo yelled as he could no longer sit idly by.

Martha looked at him and could see the ring on his finger and the fear in his eyes;" You married her didn't you?"

"Piper is my wife and I love her more than anything in the world, my past self-did love you but this is not 400 years ago this is now, and you are killing her," Leo replied as his voice was shaken.

"Follow my rules, it's my game and my tragedy so you must see it all," Martha said as her expression hardened again.

"This is no game," Patty chimed in as her rage was building as well.

"I am the one and the only one who can remove the curse, so you play my game or she dies," Martha said and Tabatha collapsed on the floor unconscious.

"Fuck, fuck!" Prue yelled and started to step back into the circle with Phoebe was still in the past.

"Prue you need to rest," Patty said and grabbed her arm.

"No I need to finish this and save her," Prue replied but her mother's grip was too strong and she was too tired to fight her.

"Prue just a couple of hours, if you go back in this state you will make mistakes and we cannot afford mistakes," Patty said and pulled her away.

"Ok but only a couple of hours," Prue gave in and went to her room to sleep.

Leo helped Tabatha up as she smacked her lips trying to get moisture back in her mouth," Did she reverse it?" she asks.

"No, I will take you home but we might need you again do you understand?" he asks and she nodded as Leo orbed away with her.

Patty and Penny sat down on the red couch and sat in silence for a moment before Penny spoke," We have tried everything in the book and nothing is getting read of this curse, only Martha can remove it."

"If the girls cannot complete this, then we will have no choice but to force her to do so. I will start looking for a way to do that but I have a feeling it's going to be on the dark side if you know what I mean," Patty said and Penny knew exactly what she meant.

Phoebe was still with past Piper as they arrived at a house that was just as elaborate as past Leo's. She still could not believe that this man looked like Cole," How is that even possible?" she pondered as he brought Weilburg some hot tea.

"Here this will warm you," he said and sat down across from her.

"Thank you," Weilburg said as her tears mixed with the hot liquid.

"You are Weilburg, Martha's sister is that correct?" he asks.

Weilburg did not reply right away as she looked down at the floor but finally nodded her head.

"My name is Bailiff Georg Ludwig Geis, but most everyone calls me Geis," he said and smiled at her.

Phoebe mouth opened wide as she remembered that name being on the diary and something about him being involved in the witch trials," Oh god," she said and now they had to be close to fixing this at least she hoped.

Prue awoke from her nap, but it wasn't the two hours she planned instead it was at least four and she still felt tired but not quite as exhausted. She left her bedroom and stopped at Piper's to check on her but Sheila was not there nor was her mother and grandmother. "They must be in the attic," she thought and made her way to the attic door but stopped when she saw them standing there. Something was off something was wrong, she could see it in there eye's and their body language. Penny and Patty smiled wickedly and Prue remembered what her mother said about the two spirits.

"Who are you?" she asks while standing at Piper's door protectively.

"It will not matter soon," Penny replied but Prue could tell it was not her.

"Shit!" she said and used her telekinesis to push them both back but did not want to hurt them. She then used her power to slam the door to the attic to give her some time. "Where is Sheila?" she thought as she ran into Piper's room and began to pace," LEO!" she yelled but he did not come and she could hear the attic door being banged on," Oh god Phoebe," she said and remembered that she was protected but she was still afraid for her. Piper was unconscious probably by either exhaustion or drugs and she began to untie her as she continued to yell for her brother-in-law but he did not come. Prue pulled Piper out of the bed and dragged her to the bathroom and slam the door, again trying to create distance and give her time to think. Piper was unable to use her power because she was unconscious but most of all they can't freeze ghost and that is what her mother and grams are for the most part. She pulled Piper into the tub and had Piper resting her back to her chest. It was then she could see the extent of the injuries as the bandage that was over the long cut over her chest fell off when she moved her was now revealing the 60 stitches and blood that was coming out of them. The brace around her wrist was also soaked a Crimson red and her ankle was swollen and bruised. Piper was only wearing a bra and underwear and her body felt cold and was completely limp.

"Stay with me Piper," she whimpered as her own body was beginning to feel the effects of panic. She had nowhere to run and no way to protect Piper from harm. If she wakes up now she would be impossible to keep still or to keep her from hurting herself.

"Help us please help us," she pleaded while looking up as the door to the bedroom crashed open.

"Weilburg," a woman's voice said from the other side of the door in a mocking fashion.

To be continued…