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Chapter 21

Twisted fate

Prue was sitting at the kitchen table with her elbows resting on a uneven surface as one leg seemed to be shorter than the rest. She was alone as the morning hour was arriving and everyone else still asleep. Her intertwined fingers gave comfort to her chin that rests upon them. She hated the moments alone it gave her time to recap what happened not that long ago. Her soul wanted to free itself from its flesh and bone cage that held nothing but pain and sorrow like a dirty sponge stained forever. When she was asleep his face invaded her subconscious and when she was awake he invaded her everyday thought. It was one twisted reality after another for them and she was growing weary of the fight, but her sisters needed her to get them home and maybe then when the time is right, she could cleanse this dirty sponge.

"Prue," Andy said as he walked in.

"Andy hi," she said and wiped the tears out from under her eyes.

"You ok?" he asks while sitting across from her. She got up and started straightening up a home that was not their own. It was a futile attempt as this place has lost ownership of any clean surface, replaced with dust and grime mixed with a little blood here and there. She could not help but wonder what happened to her other self and Phoebe, was her pain beginning or was other battles taking place "Prue are you ok?" he asked again.

"Andy I know you don't know me that well and I'm sorry for dragging you into this," Prue replied.

"In truth I felt like I've known you all my life and you did not drag me into anything, it was you who were brought into this world," he said and put his hand on her shoulder and she pulled away as her skin began to feel like an open nerve. "Sorry," he said and backed away.

"Its not you its just, Andy I can't talk about it right now," she said and he nodded.

"I understand," he said and she began to leave the room.

"Well time to gather the savages," Prue said and continue to leave as she was referring to getting the dead into the portal. She went upstairs to wake her sisters. They all woke up warily and after a few minutes of complaining they all did finally rise.

"I cannot wait for a hot bath," Piper said as she stretched her neck by rotating it around.

"French fries I miss french fries," Paige said as she almost licked her lips at the thought.

"Ok girls drink plenty of coffee we have a lot of dead to gather," Prue said as Leo came in.

"Not all of the us are girls," he said and Andy agreed.

"We can change that," Piper said and gave him a sideways smile.

"What?" Andy asks nervously as he put his hand on his private area.

"It's a long story," Leo replied.

"So we say the spell near water and hope they all come in their swimming attire?" Phoebe asks.

"God no Speedo's," Paige said.

"Yuck," Piper added saying out loud what everyone was thinking.

"That's the plan we will need to make sure it's working, so that means we will have to be in the thick of it all," Prue said.

"Wait what if the immunity is wearing off?" Phoebe asks.

"Then I think Speedo's will be the least of our worries," Prue replied.

"By the way thanks for giving the group that protection spell that would hide them from Dan's group," Andy said.

"What?" Prue asks.

"Remember Valentine's Day a few years ago when some of my wonderful college colleagues use my recording of a spell to bring some playmates to life," Phoebe replied.

"Oh yeah thump-er," Prue said as she recalled the animals the girls use a spell on that made them into men.

"I kind of did the same thing, I recorded the spell that would hide them from other people onto a tape that I found in one of the stores. Technically it should work."

"You could probably make money off of that," Paige said.

"I wish," Phoebe said.

After drinking their coffee and trying to get their bodies ragged as they may be to do their bidding, it was time to head out into the twisted world.

"No Leo and that's final, you're not immune to them so you and Andy stay here," Piper said as she was getting ready to head out. Both the men were not happy about being left behind as the women did all the dirty work.

"Piper," Leo said but knew it was a losing fight as his fiancée could freeze him and just leave.

"I know how to use a gun Prue," Andy said as she was giving him the same treatment.

"No you and him stay here and keep down the fort," Prue said as Phoebe opened the door and was greeted by one of the dead. She used her knife to stab it under the chin causing the blade to go up and through the brain. She pulled it out and kicked him to the side like this was normal routine.

"Be careful," Leo said and kissed Piper before she left. The sisters were now out of the safety of the house and stood for a moment to see if they would get bum rushed. The dead for the most part ignored them and they made a run for the car. After getting in Prue started it and instead of running the dead over that would attract attention, she maneuvered around them.

"I hope this works because frankly I really hate this place, it stinks and it's hot and I don't like being on the lunch menu," Phoebe said.

"When we get back we still have to deal with the Queen of wands, and I honestly have no idea if this will be enough," Prue said.

"Nice pep talk sis," Piper said from the back seat and Prue smiled at the comment.

They drove for a few miles until they made it to the reservoir. Although there was not as much water as in their world, it connected to the ocean and the ocean connected to rivers. She got out with the others and most of the dead were scattered about and not too close to them, except for one that was breathing down Paige's neck. She backed away quickly as it stared blankly at the ground.

"Go away," she said and it moved in the direction she was pointing.

"Did it just do what you ask?" Piper asks.

"I don't know," Paige replied unsure.

"Hay go over there," Piper said and it looked at her finger that was pointing to the opposite side and it moved in that direction. "They do what we say, that would have been nice to know," Piper said through her teeth.

"We can control them," Prue chimed in.

"Summoning spell," Phoebe said.

"What?" Piper asks.

"We just reword it, if they will do what we ask we just tell them to walk into the water. With the portal being connected to all the waterways, we should have thousands if not millions of them at our disposal," Phoebe replied and everyone felt their heart skip a beat at the possibility.

"Ok get to it Phoebe and good one," Prue said and Phoebe's face lit up as she could not help but like the complement from her older sister. Phoebe went to rewriting the spell as the rest prepared the one for the portal.

"Dam I forgot the candles," Piper said and headed back to the car. "I will be right back," she said as the other sisters made faces at her while she pulled away.

Luckily they were only a few miles down the street and she was doing the same thing as Prue in avoiding hitting any of them. Until one jumped out right in front of her car and she had to slam on her brakes. But this one was not dead and was frantic as the Wally's were now fixated on her. Piper did not move as the person in front of her vehicle was Prue.

"Piper!" Prue yelled and ran to the passenger side door. It was unlocked and she climbed in as the dead began to clamor at that side of the car. "I thought you were dead I tried to get back from the conference but then all this happened and I haven't heard from you or Phoebe," she said as Piper stared at her with her mouth agape. "Hurry we need to get out of here," Prue said as the dead were becoming more excited by the minute with the smell of fresh meat.

"Oh shit," Piper whispered as she took her foot off the brake and headed back to the manner, having no idea how to handle this.

Piper pulled up to the manner and they both got out and ran for the door. Once inside Leo and Andy came to see who it was.

"Hay your back," Leo said.

"We need to the barricade the door and who are they?" Prue asks and Piper froze the scene including this worlds Prue.

"Are you kidding me, like we need this," Piper said and unfroze Leo and Andy.

"What's going on, why did she ask who we were?" he asks.

"Because that is not our Prue," Piper replied and Leo's eyes widened as he got what she was saying. "Leo I don't know how to handle this and they are waiting for me to get back with the candles."

"Um Piper I don't know," Leo replied as he was out of ideas as well.

"Okay I will unfreeze her and tell her you are my friend and have been helping me, oh and don't let her go upstairs because of the other me lying there in a pool of blood," Piper said and after taking a deep breath she unfroze Prue. "Honey um I need to get back to the people I was helping, but these guys are good guys and have been helping me, so just stay here and I'll be right back," she said as Prue was blinking rapidly.

"Piper do not go out there please I just found out your alive and can't lose you," Prue said with pleading eyes that almost broke Piper's heart.

"Its ok, I promise I'll be right back," Piper said and Prue hugged her.

"Piper the candles," Leo said as Piper was about to leave without them again.

"Right," she said and ran back to the car. Prue shut the door and looked at the two men.

"Hay my name is Andy," he said but Prue was to occupy in thinking about her sister that just ran out into danger.

"Leo and maybe you should sit down, she will be back," he said and he guided her to the living room.

Piper made it back to her sisters as they were preparing the water portal. She sat in the car and began to mumble to herself while gathering the candles. "Oh not to make things more complicated, your other self is at the house Prue," she whispered and then roughly got out.

"Took you long enough Mrs. forget-me-not," Phoebe said.

"Oh Phoebe you have no idea," Piper said while walking past her. Prue took the candles and the rest started to do the procedure as Piper was biting her lower lip.

"We have a problem," Piper blurted out and they all stopped.

"What?" Paige asks.

"The other Prue is at the manner I almost ran over her on the way back," Piper replied and everyone stood there with their mouths agape.

"You left her at the house with Leo and Andy?" Prue asks.

"No I fed her to the Wally's, of course I left her at the house," Piper replied.

"What the hell are we going to do?" Prue asks while starting to pace near the reservoir.

"Oh god you're dead bodies in the attic," Paige said.

"Yeah I told Leo to make sure she does not go up there," Piper said and then got in front of Prue to get her to stop pacing. "Sweetie we need to get this done so we can get out of here," she said.

"Right – right, we will handle the other thing later," Prue said and they started the spell. The water began to swirl and then a bluish light emanated from its center and shot out horizontally up and down the reservoir. Phoebe said the revised summoning spell and the dead began to walk towards the water. The moment they stepped in they were pulled into the vortex. Piper looked down the reservoir and could see more and more coming.

"Its working," Piper said and they all went back into the car. On the way back to the manner more of the dead were walking past them and seem to be drawn to some invisible force. It was their army, emotionless and relentless army.

They stopped in front of the manner and looked at the house. They were once ready to leave this place but now they had a new problem and had no idea how to address it. They still had one more task and it was to do a spell to get them home.

To be continued...