Pain, tears and lies
Hiya peeps, I've missed you guys! So sorry for the long wait, but I've been under stress and a serious lack on de-inspiration. I need a muse to visit me or something lol. However, I can reveal I have some new stories coming which include my own virtual season 8 of Charmed as well as my own series of an alternate reality. It's about 3 sisters, the power of three, like Charmed but different name, backgrounds, storylines and I'll begin from series 1. It's called 'The power of three' and as well as episode synopsis's, they will also contain a story format of a script as I cant post scripts here:) So give me your thoughts on these two, thank you :)
Ok, well I've lost a few reviewers but that's ok, because right now, I'm eager to return to what I love best and that's writing and this story has yet to properly begin. I have so much in store for you guys. I find it funny with all the suggestions you guys throw out on what you think is going on, because whilst most of you are close to the answer, most of you are SOOOOO far away lol. Like I said and promised, one secret will finally be revealed but there will be more to it so you will have to wait longer… I'm so evil! Lol. I just cannot wait for the update to come where I reveal the secrets and see what you guys think about it. ALSO, I'm dedicating a chapter where you get to decide EXACTLY what happens to the characters with a poll and the one with the most votes is chosen and that will happen.
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Alright, well I'm sure you guys would rather me get on with the update instead of mumbling on like this, lol. So here is the long awaited chapter of my series. Sit back, read, review and enjoy!
Chapter 21: The getaway!
"Prue!" shouts Phoebe running down the hall, hiking up her dress to make sure she doesn't trip. The manor was still beautifully decorated with the flowers, the white cloths draped across, the white chairs, the flowered arch, it looked like heaven. Phoebe was still confused and worried over Prue's outburst to her father and she was eager to find out why. Prue never really liked their father after the incident after he left them after their mother died, but it still didn't condemn what she did. "Prue!" yells Phoebe attempting to get her voice across which rung across the manor. Twirling around, she hears footsteps coming from upstairs. Taking a breather she rolls her eyes, hikes up her dress further and runs up the stairs. "Prue" starts Phoebe calmly but when reaching the top, the window by the side was open, the white curtain blowing lightly. But she saw a black boot exit from view and out of the window. Narrowing her eyes confused, she runs over to it and pokes her head out of the window. "Who's there?" she asks, her hazel eyes scanning the outdoors, the cold breeze blowing her hair in front of her eyes.
"What are you doing?" asks a voice full of confusion. Phoebe takes her head out and turns to face her sister with her arms crossed. Phoebe sighs with frustration but relief.
"Finally!" she scoffs, "What happened out there?" she asks raising her eyebrows.
"Don't worry about it" pushes away Prue and turning her back.
"Don't worry about it!" asks Phoebe, "Excuse me Prue, last time I checked he is our dad, and you had a right go at him. Why?" demands Phoebe.
"Please leave it out" responds Prue bitterly and walks towards her bedroom. Phoebe opens her mouth shocked and angered.
"Don't you walk away from me missy!" says Phoebe and jumps in front of her sister. Prue now begins to become frustrated and Phoebe can notice this. However, her stubborn-ness which is not let out often was taking over and she stood her ground. "Prue I'm serious!"
"Why don't you stay out of this for once in your life?" asks Prue and this makes Phoebe step back startled. "You're the youngest, I get that. You want to know everything of everything but sometimes it's best to butt out, especially at times like this alright? I'm sorry Phoebe, but I need to change for the party and frankly so should you" says Prue bluntly and pushes past her sister and slams her door closed. Phoebe stands there crossed, emotional and shocked, frowning like a little child. Its then that Cole comes walking up the stairs with a cheerful smile across his face.
"Hey, I thought I heard you up here" he smiles until realizing Phoebe's mood. Pausing briefly, Phoebe doesn't look up but remain in her position. "Honey what's wrong?" he asks concerned stepping forward.
"Nothing" replies Phoebe straight forward but barely any emotion in her face or voice. Sighing, she walks across the hall and over to her bedroom. "I have to get ready"
"But Phoebe…"
"I'm sorry Cole!" she shouts and slams her door behind her. Cole stands there and shakes his head with a tired sigh. Turning around, Andy shows up and both men stop and exchange glances at each other. No words were said they just looked at one another, both egos rising, the tension building. Cole just sighs angrily and storms off.
"Cole we need to talk about what we did"
"There's nothing to talk about!" shouts Cole stopping behind Andy remaining his back to him. Andy turns and looks at him with bitterness and resentment.
"I didn't want it to happen but it did!"
"Oh please, "didn't want it to happen" Who are you fooling?" asks Cole spinning around and looking at Andy. "You're lucky I haven't told Prue this"
"Yes and you know damn well what will happen if you do. Not only will my secret be out in the open, but so will yours! You can't change back time Cole, we have to deal with it. Anyway, I'm thinking we could catch up once more"
"Forget it!" shouts Cole stepping forward.
"Oh, a preview" taunts Andy. Cole growls angrily and loses it. Yelling through a fit of rage he throws out his fist and hits Andy square in the face. Andy yells and collapses onto the floor. Prue and Phoebe run out of their bedrooms and look at the scene.
"Oh my god, Andy!" yells Prue running over to him. Her hair is down and wavy, whilst a white towel is wrapped around her. She looks up at Cole leering at him. "What the hell did you do?"
"Nothing, don't worry about it" says Andy holding his left cheek groaning. Prue helps him up as Cole just stands back. Phoebe walks forward still in her dress and looks at both men. Her gaze stays on Cole though and she looks at him confused.
"What happened?"
"Nothing" he said, "Just a misunderstanding that's all, nothing worth worrying over"
"The fact that you punched my fiancé is a pretty big thing to worry about. Now explain!" yells Prue.
"Its fine" scoffs Andy sternly and pushes away from Prue and walks into the toilet. Cole raises his eyebrows and walks off sighing. Prue goes to walk forward but Phoebe grabs her by the arm.
"Prue don't, just leave him. If anything, I'll get the information from him, not you" says Phoebe sternly with slight hatred in her voice. The sisters exchange a stare until Phoebe walks away and towards her bedroom. "If anything, he had it coming to him, he acted well creepy around me" retorts Phoebe and slamming her door. Prue turns to her shocked and angered. Letting out a frustrated moan, she turns and storms off into her room slamming it harder and louder. Phoebe opens her door and slams the door even harder, a loud bang ringing through the manor as if trying to beat Prue.
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At a luxurious 5 star hotel near San Francisco appears the white limo belonging to Piper and Leo. The hotel is golden coloured and towers into the sky. Men await customer's bags, services, cars etc. The limo driver steps out of the car after stopping it and walks over to the very back door and opens it to the sound of giggles. Piper and Leo step out, Piper beaming with joy and happiness, Leo the same. Piper notices the looks on the people's faces as they admire her dress. "Yes! I am a newlywed!" she calls out cheerfully and the guests smile. "To the most amazing guy ever!" she beams, turns to Leo and kisses him.
"Luggage?" asks the male standing near by.
"Oh, we haven't got any… We must have forgotten to put them in. Oh well, it doesn't matter" smiles Piper, "Come on" she says and pulls Leo into the hotel. Once stepping through the threshold, Leo picks up Piper once more and she giggles like a little school girl. The floor was beautifully titled with ancient patterns. The ceiling was mirrored reflecting everything below, whilst the walls were decorated with flowers, paintings etc. A fountain rests in the middle structured as two doves and the water flows out of their beaks. "Wow" gasps Piper in awe.
"Exactly" smiles Leo looking at his new wife and Piper smiles at him and they kiss. Approaching the desk, the happy couple smile at the receptionist. "Hello, Leo and Piper Halliwell, we booked in a while back"
"Leo and Piper Wyatt Halliwell" she corrects him with a smile and he smiles back. "That's right, I'm a Wyatt!" she cheers and the waitress laughs. Turning around she pulls out a key and turns to the couple.
"Here you are, room 431, the bell boy will show you to your room. Enjoy you're stay at the Plasma Hotel"
"We will!" says Piper and both are ushered by the bell boy over to a golden elevator. "Oh, fancy" she chimes.
"Well it has to be for you now doesn't it" says Leo. The bell boy presses a button and the doors shortly open with a ding. All three step in and the doors close. Moments later and up to the 4th floor out come Leo and Piper with the bell boy who steps in front and takes them across the hallway. This is just as breath taking with the red carpet lined out, the peach coloured walls and red doors. The ceiling with bright lights to guide them and the shining sun through the windows bursting through the hallway. Piper and Leo remain with smiles across their faces the whole way there until reaching room 431.
"Your room" he smiles and walks off. Piper grabs hold of the key, still held up by Leo and puts it into the lock. "Here we go" she smiles and turns it hearing it click. Pushing the red door open, it swings open and they step into their room. A large double bed lays neatly made for them right in front of them, an open kitchen to their left, a TV stand with a television and video combination at the end of the bed. To their left is a lovely balcony overlooking the entire city of San Francisco and of course a door leading to the toilet. "Can this can any better" asks Piper taken back by the stunning place. A mini bar lies near the kitchen too. A chandelier hangs above them turned off, the carpets are red like the hallway, the walls covered with peach paint as for the ceiling.
"Yes it can" replies Leo kicking the door closed and lightly tossing his wife onto the bed as she bounces and playfully giggles. Leo undoes his tie and Piper giggles even more. Taking off his tux and throwing it on the floor, he jumps onto the bed with Piper, both laughing with happiness. Leo leans down and the two of them kiss. Piper softly grabs the back of Leo's head as both get into the tender and loving kissing. Breaking away, they share a look of love and devotion to each other.
"I love you" says Piper serious and Leo smiles back at her.
"I love you too my new wife" he replies and Piper's smile grows wider then it already was and they begin to kiss again which begins to get more intense.
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"What was that?" asks Piper looking up at Eric. He turns around and just chuckles as if brushing what he said earlier away and shakes his head.
"Nothing, I said nothing" he lies. Piper just stares at him sternly and turns to Paige who sighs with frustration.
"I'm sorry" says Piper guilty.
"For what?" asks Paige confused.
"For getting you involved into all of this which you have nothing to be apart of" says Piper looking to the ground and gripping onto her seat. Paige leans in and puts her arm around Piper for comfort and smiles at her assuring shaking her friendly.
"Hey now, don't be daft alright? My life is boring as it is, so it's nice to be doing something adventurous" she jokes to lighten the mood and Piper laughs but it doesn't last for long as she returns being down and distraught when she thinks about Leo. "You really love him don't you?" says Paige understanding what Piper's expression is about and Piper smiles, fighting back the tears.
"I really do. We got married two months ago, and my baby sister got engaged at the party. Our lives were so great, so peaceful until now. Now things are screwed up to the extreme and nothing will pick up. My husband is a murderer apparently, my sister is dead and I'm held captive" stresses Piper.
"Hey, everything happens for a reason" says Paige and Piper blows out wind unconvincingly. "I'm serious Piper, it really does. Even if it doesn't look it right now, the silver lining will come, I promise you. You just have to have hope and a little bit of faith" she smiles and Piper looks back to her and returns the smile, reluctantly nodding her head.
"I hope you're right because I'm trying real hard to see a silver lining and right now I don't even see a dot" Piper tells her and Paige chuckles. Returning into the other room, Leo remains chained, beaten and exhausted as Cheryl paces in front of him.
"It's your entire fault, all of this. You know that right?" says Cheryl, "I mean, all you had to do was tell us the truth, to confess and noun of this would have happened to you. But no, you have to be stubborn and lie to us"
"Because it's the truth" says Leo through gritted teeth.
"Why don't I believe you?" continues Cheryl, "I mean, random patients at your hospital, end up with these injures, injures which were quite similar to yours. Then we get an eye whiteness explaining that he saw you doing such things"
"Who?" asks Leo.
"Oh, well now that would be telling wouldn't it?" taunts Cheryl, "You can still get away from this pain, this torment and just tell us the truth"
"If you think I did whatever you're insinuating that I did, then why bother going through all this stuff? Why bother when you can just jail me or whatever you people do here!" shouts Leo.
"Because, believe it or not, we believe in allowing the patient if you will, admit it to themselves, so they can accept that they have a problem and then slowly begin to recover, because that's what we do. We get people like you, people who are mentally wrecked in the head who have cases such as yours that are too serious, too extreme for the police, homeland security etc to handle. We deal with the big guns, actually the biggest of guns. When you admit your problem, you will be made to pay for what you did and then go off to one of the most popular and effective mental institutions in America owned by us where you will recover. But that's not it because after that you will be sent to jail to do time and then and only then will you be released"
"And when will that be?"
"Oh probably when you old and wrinkly" says Cheryl with a slight smirk across her face. Leo stares at her angrily as she turns to one of the soldiers with a metal prod with a silver metal ball on top. "Zap him" she instructs and that's what the soldier does, right in his stomach. Leo yells with pain as Piper stands up in her seat worried and concerned.
"Leo!" she screams and the soldiers turn around and back hand Piper into her seat. Yelping, she collapses into her seat as Paige looks up at the soldier with anger.
"Hey!" she shouts standing up and forcefully kicking the soldier in the stomach forcefully and crashing into Eric, both hitting the wall. Eric's head connects hard against the wall knocking him out. The soldiers gasp and Piper and Paige take this as their chance. Getting up, Paige grabs hold of Piper who look at her startled not sure what Paige has in mind, but allows her to continue as she trusts her enough. Paige grabs Piper by the waist and lifts her into the air and swings her. Piper screams shocked but gets the idea and throws out her feet and kicking the soldiers back.
"That was fun" says Paige and Piper whimpers at her, opening the door and running through, locking it quickly. Cheryl turns to face them startled.
"What the hell!" she yells.
"Put a cork in it love!" shouts Paige and forcefully punches her in the face and forces her backwards where she gets zapped by the prod and screams with pain. Piper looks around the room and near the fireplace the black metal bar with the sharp prongs at the end which was laid out in the fire and hot at the end. Piper however also grabs a white thick towel near by, wraps it around the pole and picks it up, the end red hot. A soldier approaches her and she ducks out the way, forcefully hitting the soldier around the head with it, and jabbing it into his butt. Paige also grabs a weapon to use, but this one a picture frame and shoves it into two soldier's stomachs and slams it across their helmets knocking them off balance. She then swipes it across the floor and trips them up until Cheryl approaches her from behind and grabs her in a choke hold.
"No one punches me you bitch!" yells Cheryl as Paige gasps for breath. Angrily, she raises the picture frame and over her head and slams it onto her head. The glass shatters and Cheryl collapses onto the floor unconscious. Paige notices a pair of black keys fall out from her as the door begins to rattle to open.
"Get the keys!" yells a soldier to the others from behind the door.
"Good idea" says Paige kneeling down and grabbing Cheryl's keys. "Piper, pull the sofa over to the door and block them and anything else you can think of. Hurry!" she shouts and Piper gets underway as the 3 soldiers slowly stand up groggily. Paige runs over to the cage and unlocks it, Leo looks at her through squinted eyes. "Hi, remember me?" smiles Paige opening the gate. Running to the locks, Piper's soldier she fought gets up and heads for her. Yelling startled, she moves and trips him up as he collapses into the fireball and catches on fire. Yelling, he rolls around on the floor. Piper ignores this and quickly piles stuff against the door which the soldiers try to unlock as they scramble for the keys.
"No, get out and save yourself" says Leo.
"Hardly" remarks Paige, unlocking the first chain for Leo's left arm. His hand falls down and onto Paige's shoulder as she hurries over to the next and unlocks that, his arm falling down, his weight causing Paige to collapse. Pulling him off, she makes way of unlocking the chain on his left foot just when the other two soldiers get up. Piper manages to push the single couch against the door as the key is placed in and unlocked. When attempted to open, it gets caught on the couch.
"Yay it worked! But it wont last long, we need other stuff!" says Piper until noticing the soldiers approach her. Worried, she looks around and finds a vase which she grabs and hurls forward. It smashes against the soldiers and Page turns to see them finally unlocking the chain. Moving out of their way, Piper runs over and uses the bar to forcefully smash it against their stomachs. Paige manages to unclip their helmets whilst Piper distracts and the helmets fall right off revealing two pale looking men, both handsome but pale as can be proving how much sun shine they don't get.
"Now!" shouts Paige and Piper swings the bar and hits them across the faces with the burnt side. Both men scream and fall inside the cage, just when the other soldier stands up steaming, extinguishing the flames. Walking forward, Paige and Piper work together in making him collapse into the cage. Both women then pull out Leo, Piper more emotional as she stares at her helpless husband. Paige shuts the gates and locks it, putting the keys in her pocket. "Ok it's time to dash" says Paige and lifting up Leo, both her and Piper supporting him.
"Hey honey, it's me, Piper. I didn't forget about you, I'm here" she says and Paige smiles at them. Piper then looks up at Paige, "Any ideas?" it's then that they crash into another vase which falls and smashes against the floor but revealing a gun.
"Oh yes" says Paige and picks it up quickly unlocking the door they came through and escaping out just as the couch is pushed away and the door opens. The soldiers burst through and look at the destruction caused by the girls. Paige walks over to the end door they came in to get into this large hallway.
"Back here?" asks Piper confused and stunned.
"You forget I came in to this building through here, I know where I'm going" says Paige certainly and triumphantly.
"What if we get caught?" worries Piper.
"We have a gun" remarks Paige and opens the door into the cell room. Piper's cell is open and the woman is gone. It's all quiet as they close the door behind them, Leo barely able to walk.
"You shouldn't have done this, it's dangerous" he says pained.
"Hey, you're my husband. For sickness and in health till death parts us, remember all of that? Well if death parts us, then it will be here, together" says Piper. The three of them turn the corner and to the end door Paige came through and she looks at Piper.
"Brace yourself" and she opens the unlocked door, both girls looking in but at the empty room. In front is the glass, to the right is the door Paige entered and to the left the door Leo came through. "Alright, Leo was taken away from me to the right whilst we went to a left door. Then Leo came through that door there, so that must be the way out but we got to hurry!" shouts Paige until red lights shine into the room and a loud ear piercing siren is let off ringing everywhere. "See what I mean!" yells Paige. Piper nods and all three hobble over to the door which Paige tries to open but finds it locked. Stepping back, she aims the gun and shoots the locks which opens the door. Piper looks at her, eyebrows raised. "What? I watch allot of cops on television" replies Paige and they find themselves in a long dark hallway, where at the end a door lies in wait with light coming through.
"There's our escape!" says Piper when they hear yelling coming from behind. The soldiers are running to the doors and Paige and Piper hurry down the hallway, dragging Leo. "Honey, work with us here!" shouts Piper forcefully until they reach the door. However, before Paige or Piper can try it, soldiers burst into the hallway but this time they have guns held out in front of them.
"Freeze!" they all yell and Paige and Piper do just that, horrified. Turning around they see the guns pointed right at them. Paige hides her gun and looks at the gathering soldiers coming closer to them.
"So close!" yells Paige.
"Oh and it just got better" says Piper sarcastically and stressfully.
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"What's that suppose to mean?" blurts out Phoebe. The soldiers look down at her, whilst Cole turns to her relieved that she's ok and happiness.
"Phoebe!" he beams.
"Hi, now back to the hey brother comment, what the hell!"
"Isn't it obvious? I'm sure Cole has mentioned me to you figuring you are his fiancé" remarks the man. He has the same features as Cole, short brown hair and green eyes. Same cheekbones, same colour in their face. It was almost uncanny if it wasn't for the small freckles spread across his forehead and nose. However, as he looked at Phoebe for assurance she remains fixated on him with confusion and bewilderment.
"He said you died" she says and the guy raises his eyebrows surprised.
"He did!" yells Cole, quickly turning to his so called brother, "You did… didn't you?" he asks not so sure like he was before. He had no idea what was happening, no idea who this man was. For all Cole knew, his baby brother died because of his drunken father which he told Phoebe earlier that day.
"No… I was taken away as a baby for my own protection, you know, dad being as drunk as he was. Mum gave me up for adoption and she would have done you if dad wasn't run over by a car" he reveals.
"I was told you died, I was told that dad killed you in a drunken rage" says Cole still getting around this whole thing. He couldn't believe this, it had been almost 13 years and there was his baby brother in front of him. Cole's eyes filled with water, his face turned to jelly as he remembered the times him and his brother spent.
"Well I didn't. My adoptive parents then moved away which was why mum couldn't find me and probably didn't tell you the truth" he says but smiles down at Cole, "It's good to see you again big brother" Cole could have burst into tears and locked into a hug with his brother if it wasn't for the locks on him. Phoebe noticed Cole's expression and nearly cried herself but she held strong.
"Ok, I don't mean to break this up, but there is that little thing with the fact that we are all here, locked up in a helicopter going to god knows where!" shouts Phoebe trying to get noticed, and breaking up the brotherly stare between Cole and his brother. Cole shakes out of it and nods his head now looking up at his brother serious.
"What's going on here? Why are we locked up?"
"I don't know if I can tell you" says his brother.
"Simon, just spill it!" shouts Cole.
"We're nearly here!" yells the driver.
"Well then, you will find out shortly then wont you" says Simon arrogantly and quickly placing on his helmet. Moving around is heard from behind and all Phoebe can do is lift up her head and turn to see what it is.
"Owe!" comes a pained voice, it belonged to Prue and Phoebe smiled with relief.
"Oh thank god you're alright Prue" says Phoebe joyfully.
"Does it sound like I'm ok!" scoffs Prue and Phoebe bits her lip. Andy is next to wake up and flutters his eyelids open to see a soldier standing in front of him and gets a fright.
"What the hell? Where am I?" he asks shocked.
"Oh look, Andy's still here" sighs Cole rolling his eyes.
"Cole, don't start!" moans Phoebe exhaustedly. "Now is not the time or the place"
"Is that Darryl?" asks Prue squinting forwards. Everyone turns where they see Darryl chained up across the helicopter.
"Oh my god it is, what is he doing here?" asks Phoebe surprised.
"We're here!" yells the driver, and the group turn to the area of the voice and look at each other, the helicopter slowly lowering itself onto the ground. Outside the sun is lowering as is the helicopter. Soldiers are running around frantically, red lights can be seen shooting out from the large black building thanks to Paige and Piper. The alarm is ringing loudly and pierces inside the helicopter.
"Whoa! What is that!" shouts Phoebe. Her, Prue, Andy and Cole are lifted up by a few soldiers roughly.
"Hey, easy buddy!" barks Prue.
"Someone was clearly causing trouble" says Simon sceptically opening the double doors and the alarm rings louder. The group clench their eyes shut as they moan and groan from the loud noise. They are all dragged off along with Darryl and onto the ground.
"Alright, off we go" instructs Simon leading them to the door Leo was taken into. The group find it hard to walk after their car crash earlier. Prue being as stubborn as always and head strong attempts to battle away from the soldier ushering her but he's clearly too strong for her.
"Where are you taking us!" she screams.
"You will see within time" says Simon and attempts to open the door. Through the door, the soldiers close in on Paige and Piper until they hear the handle of the doorknob being tried. They turn towards it quickly and look up at each other, finding it harder to hold up Leo. Back outside, Simon sighs and pulls out the keys and nears it to the lock. "Soon this will all be over…" he says putting it inside and turning. A click is heard and the door is unlocked …
To be continued…
So, what did you guys think? I really enjoyed this chapter and hope you did too. What do you think about the wedding scene? Cole and Andy's little confrontation gave you guys some huge clues on their past, so what could it be? Also, how do you feel for Prue and Phoebe? Did you feel the tension between them? Also what about Leo and Piper? I enjoyed writing that part because of how they were in love etc.
Next story arch, what about Piper and Paige? What did you think of that big getaway that they were in? Did you like it? I really liked this bit because I got to include allot of action and have Cheryl get punched lol, also having Piper kick arse lol. Am I showing their personalities clearly? Are you happy that they freed Leo? And then the last part, how do you feel for Simon, Cole's brother being back in Cole's life? Having their mother lie to them both. Well Cole's background (not secret) will be revealed more in the coming chapters so look out for that. Also, did you like how I joined Piper and Paige's story into the end one as well?
What do you think will happen next? What would you like to happen next? What are the secrets? What is the BIG SHOCK I have in store? Who will die? What was on Prue's note? So many questions I'm sure, but give me your suggestions, it's great to hear them because some of you are so close. Oh and don't forget to give me information on my two new seasons I'll be doing if you would read and review them, Charmed, alternate series 8 and The power of three. I promise you that they are good. I have great storylines planned and they will be set out like an actual season which I hope you enjoy :D
Now thoughts and comments please, and hopefully a brand new chapter will be up shortly!