A/N: Just to clarify, the previous chapter was the story that Phoebe was telling Prue. This chapter is now Prue's reaction to what she has been told. Plus a rescue attempt. Please read and review.

Chapter Eleven

2001 – Present Day

'So the three of you did become evil?' said Prue. 'You say Piper killed Leo, but he is alive.'

'Leo was not killed, he only made it look like he was dead while we were temporarily evil,' said Phoebe. 'So do you believe me?'

Prue and Phoebe were still sitting in the interrogation room at the police station. It had only taken Phoebe ten minutes to tell the story.

'You were corrupted by evil very easily,' Prue pointed out.

'Yes, but as you noticed, I decided to make us good again,' said Phoebe.

'Yes, but you only did that to save yourself because Paige was trying to kill you,' said Prue.

'Yes, but when you are evil, becoming good is not an easy choice to make,' said Phoebe.

'Yes, but you should not have let yourself become evil in the first place,' said Prue.

'Yes, but Piper, Paige, and I had no control over that,' said Phoebe.

'Yes, but –' began Prue, but Phoebe interrupted her.

'So you believe my story then?' smiled Phoebe.

Prue nodded. 'Only that the three of you are good witches. I still do not believe that Andy, Petey, or I are witches.'

Phoebe stood up. 'I don't care about convincing you of that right now,' said Phoebe. 'What is important is getting you to safety.'

Prue sighed. 'How about Andy?'

'Andy is safe, because Shax was not sent after him,' said Phoebe. 'He was sent after you. Probably because you are the witch.'

'I am not a witch!' shouted Prue.

The table went flying against the door.

'And it looks like your telekinesis is controlled by your emotions,' added Phoebe.

'Stop it!' shouted Prue.

'Look, you may not believe me, but I know that your past life was also a witch,' said Phoebe. 'In fact, she was related to our family. Although you might not be related, you are still a witch. You may not have known it, but you are. You passed your witch powers to your son, and now you are in as much danger as your son.'

'Say you were right, and I was a witch, then surely I could fend for myself?' said Prue.

'Hey! Stop ending one argument just to start up another!' said Phoebe. 'I am helping you. You are not a Charmed One, like me or my sisters. You won't survive against a demon like that. You have never even fought a demon before.'

'You kept mentioning Charmed Ones and demons and dark lighters and I think white lighters too in your story,' said Prue. 'I think I have learned enough from that.'

Prue used her telekinesis to move the table which was blocking the door.

'Wow, telekinesis is actually quite a nice power,' said Prue.

Prue opened the door and left the interrogation room. Phoebe tried to follow her, but two officers who had been waiting outside pushed Phoebe back into the interrogation room.

'Prue!' shouted Phoebe.

Prue did not turn around. She continued walking.

'Prue! You won't be able to find Petey without me!' shouted Phoebe.

Prue stopped. She turned around.

'Officers, let her go,' said Prue.

'Ma'am, this woman has kidnapped your son. She also has some strange powers,' said one of the officers who had pushed Phoebe back into the interrogation room. 'We even heard her make a threat just now that you won't ever see Petey again if you do not listen to her.'

Phoebe gulped. Hearing what she had said from the officer's point of view did make her look like the bad guy. Phoebe hoped Prue had not thought Phoebe had meant it in that way. From what Prue said next, Phoebe was relieved to see that Prue had understood her.

'Officer, I want to drop all charges on that woman and her sisters,' said Prue. 'They have done nothing wrong. They are trying to help find my son. They are not his kidnappers.'

'Even if that is the case, they could still be dangerous,' said the officer.

The two officers were still blocking the door to the interrogation room so as Phoebe could not leave.

'We don't have time for this,' said Phoebe.

'We don't,' agreed Prue.

Prue squinted at the two officers. The two officers went flying across the room.

Phoebe gaped at the officers and then at Prue.

'I want that power,' moaned Phoebe.

'Stop moaning and run,' suggested Prue.

Phoebe nodded. Prue squinted at the keys on the table and they went flying over to Phoebe. Phoebe took the keys and unlocked her handcuffs, freeing her hands.

'Let's go,' said Phoebe.

Prue and Phoebe left the police station. Prue got into her car and beckoned for Phoebe to get into the passengers seat.

Once Prue had started driving, Phoebe asked, 'Where are we going?'

'Well, we cannot go to your place, because the police will still be there,' said Prue. 'We cannot go to mine, because the officers I just assaulted will go looking for me there.'

'Where can we go?' asked Phoebe.

'Where do you and your sisters usually go when you cannot go home?' asked Prue.

Phoebe smiled. 'P3.'

'Huh?' said Prue.

'P3. It is Piper's club. It will be empty as it is midday,' said Phoebe.

'Phoebe, I am new to this town, I don't know where P3 is,' said Prue.

'Oh, oops, I forgot,' said Phoebe. 'Take a left after the traffic lights.'

Phoebe continued to direct Prue until they arrived at P3. When they entered the club, Phoebe sat on a bar stool, while Prue paced the room.

'How can you just sit there?' scowled Prue. 'Your sisters are in trouble. My son is in trouble.'

'I know. I know,' said Phoebe. 'It is just weird. Usually only one of us is absent at most, therefore, I am not usually left by myself to think up a plan.'

'You are not alone,' said Prue. 'You have me.'

'You are new to this,' said Phoebe.

'Does that matter?' asked Prue. 'Phoebe, I am determined to do whatever is necessary to get my son back. The only reason I have not done anything yet is because all I know for sure is that I have telekinesis. In your story, you mentioned a magical book?'

'The Book of Shadows,' said Phoebe. 'Leo took that with him. I don't know where he put it, or where he is… Leo! Leo!'

Prue looked at Phoebe, wondering why she was shouting Leo's name.

'Leo is not here…' said Prue, looking at Phoebe as if she was crazy.

'White lighters can hear their charges,' said Phoebe. 'Leo! Leo! He must be in the underworld if he cannot hear me. Oh, I hope Piper, Paige, Leo, and Cole are alright.'

'And I hope they are with Petey,' added Prue.

Phoebe nodded.

'In your story, you were able to say a spell off the top of your head,' said Prue. 'Can't we do that now?'

Phoebe pondered the idea. 'We could come up with a spell in order to take ourselves down there, but that may be dangerous. However, that would reunite the Power of Three, and with you down there with us, we would be able to keep you safe still if Shax comes.'

'And we would be able to rescue my son,' added Prue. 'Stop forgetting about my son.'

'Sorry,' said Phoebe. 'I have not forgotten about Petey. I have enough faith in my sisters to know that he is safe.'

Prue smiled. Phoebe smiled back.

'So does the spell only need to rhyme?' asked Prue.

Phoebe nodded.

'Take Phoebe and I to the underworld,

Where my son and her sisters are being –'

Prue was interrupted. She was knocked off her feet as a tornado of air whipped into the room revealing Shax. Phoebe helped Prue to her feet.

'What – What is that?' asked Prue, staring in awe at Shax.

'That is Shax,' said Phoebe.

Shax held out his hand. The motion of this with his powers threw Prue and Phoebe across the room. They hit the wall of P3, and landed on the chairs at the table that Piper always kept back for her and her sisters.

Phoebe felt her head. She was bleeding, but she was still conscious, and was not going to let Shax win. Prue stood up. She was a little shaken as this was her first experience of a demon attack. However, she was not going to go down without a proper fight.

Prue squinted at Shax, hoping to throw him across the room. However, this did not work. Therefore, Prue squinted at a table instead, and it went flying at Shax. Prue then looked at every single bottle behind the bar, causing every single bit of glass to explode, and go flying directly at Shax.

Shax glowered at Prue. Using his tornado-like teleportation power, Shax disappeared.

'Is he gone for good?' Prue asked Phoebe.

Phoebe shook her head. 'He probably left to recover from your attack, which I must add was fricking awesome!'

'If you are a Charmed One and you say that the Charmed Ones are all powerful, why could you not help?' asked Prue.

Phoebe went red with embarrassment. 'My only active power is levitation, which is only an aid to my martial arts.'

'Levitation?' said Prue. 'I bet I can make myself levitate using my telekinesis.'

Phoebe laughed. 'You are quite competitive, aren't you? Oh, and before you try and diss my levitation power again, it appears that levitation is Petey's active power, so if you are going to diss my power, you are only dissing his.'

Prue smiled, happy to see Phoebe retaliate.

'Besides, you can also see the future. That is how you knew there was some demon after me,' said Prue. 'That power must come in very useful.'

Phoebe smiled. 'Thank you. Would you like to continue your spell?'

Prue nodded and said:

'Take Phoebe and I to the underworld,

Where my son and her sisters are being held.'

Prue and Phoebe appeared in the underworld. Next to them was an open doorway that led to a room that was obscured by smoke.

'Should we go in?' asked Phoebe.

Prue was busy looking at their surroundings.

'The demons don't know much about interior design, do they?' said Prue.

Phoebe laughed.

'Phoebe?'

The voice had come from within the concealed room. Prue and Phoebe exchanged looks.

'We should go in,' said Prue. 'That sounded like one of your sisters.'

'It could be a trap,' said Phoebe.

'My spell did say to take us to your sisters and my son,' said Prue.

'Fair point,' said Phoebe.

Phoebe was about to enter when Prue stopped her.

'I should go first,' said Prue. 'I have the active power. If anything attacks, I can stop it.'

'I have martial arts,' said Phoebe.

'That won't fend off a long range attack,' said Prue.

Phoebe frowned, but then thought about the possibility of fireballs so gave in.

Prue entered, closely followed by Phoebe. The first thing Prue saw was Petey suspended in the air, unconscious. The first thing Phoebe saw was Cole lying on the ground, hurt.

Prue squinted at Petey. He came flying down into her hands.

'Wake up, Petey,' said Prue.

Petey would not wake up. Prue was worried, but was relieved to find that he was breathing. 'Wake up!' He would not wake up.

Phoebe had run over to Cole.

'Cole! Cole! Are you okay?' Phoebe asked Cole.

Cole smirked at Phoebe.

'Phoebe,' Cole said weakly. 'Remember me. I will always love you.'

'Don't say that, Cole,' said Phoebe. She was crying now, holding his head in her lap. 'You are not going to die! Don't say that!'

Prue and Phoebe looked around when they heard someone clear their throat. They suddenly noticed Piper, Paige, and Leo chained to the wall.

'Hello,' said Piper matter-of-factly. 'Could we get some help over here?'

'Oh, sorry,' said Prue.

Prue squinted at the chains and the chains went flying off the three captives.

Now that they were free, Piper and Paige walked over to Prue. Leo walked over to Phoebe.

'Phoebe, help me carry Cole out of here,' said Leo. 'My powers are blocked in this room, but I can heal his human half outside in the tunnel. That may be enough to help him last longer for now.'

Phoebe complied, helping Leo carry Cole out of the room.

Piper and Paige were staring at Prue.

'Er, can I help you?' said Prue.

'I guess I can see the similarities,' said Paige.

'Excuse me?' said Prue.

'I don't know…' said Piper. 'I think I am still in denial about the whole thing.'

'Denial? About what?' said Prue, irritated that they were not explaining anything to her.

Phoebe had re-entered the room.

'Paige, we need you out here,' said Phoebe. 'Leo and I think that if you help him heal Cole, we might be able to fully heal him.'

Paige nodded and left the room with Phoebe, leaving Piper alone in the room with Prue, who was holding Petey.

'If you don't tell me why you are staring at me, I will use my telekinesis to put those chains back on you,' said Prue as a joke.

Piper gaped, suddenly realising something, forgot all about answering Prue's question.

'How come you were able to use your powers in here?' said Piper. 'Witch and white lighter powers do not work in here.'

As if to test this theory, Piper flicked her hands at Cole who was walking back into the room, fully healed. Cole did not blow up or freeze. Phoebe, Paige, and Leo walked in behind Cole.

'See? My powers don't work, why do yours?' Piper asked.

Prue shrugged. 'I am the one who is new to all of this, so how do you expect me to know?'

'It is because Prue has not chosen a side yet,' said Cole. 'She still has the Window of Opportunity.'

'You said that was a forty eight hour thing,' said Piper. 'If Prue became a witch on the night she met us, then those forty eight hours were over ages ago.'

Cole shook his head. 'The forty eight hours start from when the witch finds out that she is a witch.' Cole turned to Prue. 'Prue, when did you start to believe that you could actually be a witch?'

'Er, maybe a couple of hours ago,' said Prue. 'What is the Window of Opportunity?'

'I want to know too,' said Phoebe.

'All you need to know is that it is a forty eight hour mythological window where a new witch can choose whether they will be good or evil,' said Leo.

'Prue, you are going to choose good, right?' asked Phoebe, turning to look at Prue.

Prue did not answer. She looked at Leo. 'Did you say something about healing? Do you think you could get Petey to wake up?'

'I can try,' said Leo. 'However, if he is under some sort of demonic spell, I may be unable to heal him.'

All of them left the room. Leo and Paige orbed them to P3. He took Petey over to a table. Prue followed.

Piper, Phoebe, and Paige remained by the bar.

'What happened in here?' Piper asked, horrified by the shattered glass and over turned tables.

'Shax attacked here,' said Phoebe. 'Prue used her powers to defend herself.'

'Wow, we have one powerful sister,' said Paige.

'What?' said Phoebe.

Piper and Paige exchanged looks. They took Phoebe over to the other side of the room, so as they were as far away from Prue, Leo, and Petey as possible. Piper and Paige explained everything to Phoebe.

Meanwhile, Leo was hovering his hand over Petey. Petey was not waking up.

'Leo,' said Prue. 'It is not working. How can I undo this demonic spell?'

'The only way would be to vanquish the demon that put the spell on him,' said Leo.

'Then I will do that,' said Prue.

Leo sighed. 'Prue, the demon that put that spell on Petey was probably the Source. He is too powerful. Even the three Charmed Ones have struggled to fend off his attacks.'

'The Source has not met me yet,' said Prue. 'I can take him.'

Leo sighed. 'I can see you get your stubbornness from the family.'

'Excuse me?' said Prue.

'Never mind,' said Leo. He did not feel it was his place to tell Prue.

Leo noticed that Piper, Phoebe, and Paige were talking on the other side of the club.

'I will be back in a second,' Leo said to Prue. He left Prue with Petey, while he walked over to the three sisters.

Piper smiled at Leo when she saw him approach.

'We were just getting Phoebe up to date with everything,' said Piper.

Leo kissed Piper. Piper hissed in pain, refraining from the kiss. Leo remembered Piper's cut lip and cut forehead. He had already healed Paige's arm earlier, straight after the two of them had healed Cole. Leo had also taken the chance to heal Phoebe when in the tunnel. It was about time that Leo healed his wife. Leo hovered his hand over Piper's head. Her split lip and cut forehead healed. Piper smiled and kissed Leo.

'So are we going to tell Prue?' asked Phoebe.

'I don't know,' said Piper. 'I don't know if I am ready to have a big sister.'

'It is not a choice,' said Phoebe. 'She is our big sister.'

'We don't know that for sure,' said Piper.

'She looks like us,' said Phoebe.

'That is exactly what I said,' said Paige.

'You only think she looks similar because the idea that she could be related is in your head,' said Piper.

'No, I am sure she is our sister,' said Phoebe. 'She has to be.'

'You did not even notice anything until we told you,' said Piper. 'You know what, there is only one person who can answer this for us.'

'Mum?' said Paige.

Piper nodded.

'Do you have any candles at P3?' asked Phoebe.

'No, I am not allowed,' said Piper. 'Apparently it is a fire hazard.'

'You so wanted to roll your eyes just now,' laughed Paige.

Piper glared at Paige.

'Where's Cole?' Leo asked.

Piper and Paige looked around P3.

'He did not come back with us?' asked Paige.

Leo shook his head. Piper and Paige looked at Phoebe. Phoebe was avoiding their eye contact.

'Pheebs, where did Cole go?' asked Paige.

'He went to confront Shax,' said Phoebe. 'Lure him back here.'

'Phoebe, how could you think we are ready to face Shax?' shouted Piper.

'Well, I did not know about the sister business, did I?' said Phoebe. 'I just thought Prue was an average innocent, and we needed to help her out as soon as we were ready. Besides, we have the Power of Three now, possibly even the Power of Four, so why should we be worrying? We can vanquish Shax easily.'

'Maybe we should be worrying because Prue has left with Petey,' said Leo.

'What?' said Piper, Phoebe, and Paige all at once.

The three of them turned around to see that Prue and Petey were not present in P3. The club was empty apart from the four of them.

'Leo! Why did you not stop them?' said Paige.

'I did not see her leave,' said Leo. 'I literally turned around a minute ago and noticed they were gone.'

'Well, on the bright side, Cole is luring Shax here, so Prue will be in the clear while we vanquish Shax,' said Phoebe.

'On the not-so-bright side, our sister who does not even know she is our sister is wandering the streets with her son, with the possibility of choosing evil over good,' said Paige.

'You think Prue would choose evil over good?' asked Piper.

'She might if she thinks that will save her son,' said Leo.

A/N: What did you think? Everyone but Prue (and Andy) knows who her real family are. Would Prue ever choose evil over good? Or will she choose to try vanquishing the Source on her own?