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Hours passed by but there was no kind of rescuing.
Not even Cole, Piper thought bitterly. I can't believe I trusted him! Again!
"Hey! You things!" Piper yelled at the demons guarding her cell. "Come here!"
The guards didn't move.
"Okay. I promise I won't try anything to escape. I mean, look at me. I'm all tied up and chained to the wall. How do you think I could get out? Hm?" Piper challenged.
No movement from the two stiff guys over there.
Piper was getting impatient. "Okay," Piper pointed out. "If I were to try to get out of here, don't you think the chains would make a bunch of noise?"
This was oddly good enough for the two demons. They just walked down the hallway and out.
Hm, Piper thought. That was easier than I thought. Now, to get out of these chains.
Piper tried not to make any noise while trying to escape, just in case the demons had better hearing than she thought.
But when she thought she had somehow gotten the chains, they slipped out of her hands, making a small clanging noise as they hit the wall.
Piper flinched, but no demon came to check up on the noise.
"Hello?" came a small voice. "Is anyone there?"
Piper had thought she was the only person in all these jail cells.
"Hello?" the voice came again.
This time Piper responded. "Hello?"
"Who's that?" said the voice again, but a little stronger.
"Piper," Piper said. "Piper Halliwell. Who's this?"
"Posten. Posten Jameson."
"Jameson?!?" Piper said a little too loudly. "I've never heard of a Posten Jameson." Then Piper wondered. "Do you know Willa Jameson?"
"She's my mom," came the reserved answer.
Piper's mouth dropped.
"What?" she said, trying not to sound too surprised.
"She's my mom," Posten repeated. "My brothers are Brandon and Johny. My sister is Isabel. She's the closest to me, even though she likes to get me in trouble." Posten paused, then said, "Who are you?"
"I'm Piper, remember?" Piper said.
"No. I mean, who are you, as in, are you good or bad?"
Piper was shocked but answered. "Good, why?"
"Because I think I met your sisters and they told me that they, including you, had powers. I wasn't sure if you used your powers for good or bad."
"Oh," Piper breathed.
"Um, I met your husband, too. Is his name Leo?" Posten asked.
"Yes." Piper didn't want to reveal too much about her life but, to get her and Posten out of Hell alive, she had to answer some questions.
After Piper said this though, Posten didn't say anything else. And Piper knew that she had found about Prue also.
Piper stood up to see what had caused Posten to cease from talking. And Piper found out.
When she stood up, she expected to see interested, scared eyes. But what she saw were two fiery burning glaring at her instead.
Piper was so surprised, she jumped a little.
Then she heard a slam of a door, (probably a cell door), a scream, and shuffling of feet.
"Posten! Are you okay?" Piper asked the cold and empty air frantically.
What are they going to do to poor Posten? Now that she knows me and the demons saw her speaking to me, she could be in more trouble than she would've been before. She could die because of me! Piper thought.
At that moment, she felt guilty all over again.
How, Piper thought. How could I do this to Posten? Or Willa? Or Posten's brothers and sister?
How could I do this to my sisters? And Leo? They've probably been working their butts off trying to find me.
But how could they have known about Posten? Why is she down here anyway? Why are the Trox demons holding her?
Piper looked up again and saw that the eyes in the small rectangular window that was barred up felt like they were piercing through her body.
She shivered, and it wasn't because of the cell's temperature.
The eyes left, leaving a small hint of light. But it was darkness in Piper's world.
Piper burst into tears, not able to stop them from running down.
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The secret tunnel was dark and weary. There wasn't much light before the demon closed the opening, and now there was none.
Why am I leaving? Willa asked herself, suddenly. Then she remembered. Oh yeah, to get the two sisters and any other help I can get.
This is for Posten.
Willa felt around the damp tunnel. It was narrow and short in height. At one point, she had to get down on her hands and knees to make sure she didn't hit her head. Then she would never get out if she fell unconscious.
How am I going to get out now? she thought. What was I thinking? I can't do this alone. Where's Cole? How could he just leave me?
But finally, she saw some light ahead. She crawled to the spot and looked at the slightly lighter soil above her.
She figured that the only way was up, so she pushed through the soil to find herself right smack in the middle of the Halliwells' front yard.
"How did I end up here when my house is miles from here? I couldn't have crawled that long a distance," Willa said to herself.
"Never mind that," she said as she hoisted herself out of the dirty soil. I need to get Phoebe and Paige for help. I've got to tell them what's happened!
She walked fast, hoping that no one saw her climbing out of the ground, all the way to the manor's front door.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
"Okay! Okay!"
The door opened and before the sight of Phoebe sunk into Willa's mind, she exclaimed excitedly, "Willa! I thought you were … never mind. Come in! Come in!"
Phoebe ushered Willa through the door and into the living room. After Willa got comfortable, Phoebe rushed to the stairs and yelled, "It's Willa! She's safe! Come on!" Phoebe had a grin from ear to ear.
She shuffled back to Willa, still grinning like an idiot. Behind came Paige and Leo, both, too, had smiles on their faces.
"Willa!" Paige said.
Willa stood up and went over to Paige and hugged her. She was safe but unsafe. She was safe because she was with the two good witches with unexplainable powers and Leo, who looked safe enough alone. But she wasn't safe because of the sisters' powers. She thought that she had been taken away because she knew the Halliwells. But she hadn't known about their powers until just then. She was in danger at the manor and with the sisters, but she was with people who could save her life. And most importantly, their sister's and Posten's, her own daughter's lives.
She had to choose if she was going to stay with her friends, or go out in the dangerous world again, as vulnerable as ever.
She chose to stay. But she had to tell them everything she knew and what had happened in the Underworld.
After they had all hugged Willa, she said, "I met a couple people. Or," she hesitated. "Things."
This got everyone's attention, so they all sat down.
"First, I saw Piper. Then…" Willa tried to say, but Leo interrupted.
"Piper?" Leo asked, partly shouting. He started firing questions at Willa. "How is she? How'd you find her? Is she okay? Was she with anyone?"
"Leo, Leo," Paige said. "Let our guest finish talking."
"Right. Sorry," Leo said as he sat down. He has stood up because when he heard Piper's name, was suddenly alert.
"I also met this unusual guy named Cole," Willa said.
"Not Cole!" Phoebe exploded out of nowhere. Phoebe caught herself before she was about to swear and said, "Sorry."
"Should I talk about Cole?" Willa asked.
"No, if you don't mind."
"Alright. I'll just skip over that part," Willa said. "But after he showed me how to get out of Hell, he just disappeared. It's like he abandoned me down there. All helpless and scared." Willa had gotten deep into her thoughts when she noticed that Leo, Paige, and Phoebe were giving her odd looks.
"Oh. Excuse me," Willa apologized with embarrassment. "But after he did abandon me, I got to see Posten. It was a miracle!" Willa exclaimed.
She looked around and Phoebe and Paige were grinning with happiness. But when she looked at Leo, she suddenly felt cold. His eyes looked hard and shocked.
"Are you alright?" Willa asked Leo.
This caused the two sisters to look over at Leo, too. When Paige saw Leo, she knew what this was. She had seen the look too many times. She looked over at Phoebe, and she, too, knew what it was.
Paige got up and walked behind Leo while Phoebe held him up. Sure enough, it was there.
A darklighter arrow.
Did you like it? Did I do good? /:) Please tell me in a review! I'd be very happy if I got at least 4 reviews on this. That's not too much to ask, right?
Whoa. I just realized that I ended the year with something vain, like a darklighter arrow into Leo's back. So sorry! Didn't know that until I uploaded the chapter! I hope you pardon this and hope for happiness in the next chapter. There has to be some healing, right? Maybe...Maybe not...
Anyway, hope you enjoyed it!
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy Hanukkah!
My blessings,
-Chinagirl18
