A/N: Unfortunately the conversation between Andy, Agent Fallon, and Paige in this chapter is almost exactly the same as the conversation between Andy, Agent Fallon, and Piper in the original episode. It is necessary to keep in though because it gives Paige a chance to get an impression of Agent Fallon. :) See if you can spot the season three reference I make in this chapter. It is only a small reference to one of the season three episode titles to be frank, but I thought it was appropriate to allude to it.

Chapter Twenty Five: The Wendigo (And Piper Tells)

Paige had decided against using a spell to rattle her brains for an answer. She had only just finished suffering from her last consequence, she did not want to suffer through another one just in case the spell was considered personal gain. Paige knew that the end of the story or the rest of the memory would come back to her eventually.

Paige chose to stick to her plans of going to Quake after she had eaten breakfast. She decided to walk there as the fresh air would help clear her mind.

As Paige approached the entrance to Quake, she saw Billy leave.

'Billy!' shouted Paige.

'Hi Paige,' said Billy, when he saw who had called his name. 'How are you after yesterday? You collapsed and then decided to wander off. That is silly considering you were clearly not well.'

Paige smiled. 'I am feeling much better now.'

'Why did you get up and leave the hospital without your sisters?' said Billy.

'They are not my sisters, remember?' said Paige.

'Sorry, I forgot. You just share so many features with the three of them,' said Billy who had now met both Prue and Phoebe too.

'Anyway, I woke up on the hospital bed feeling fine. I wanted to get back home so as I could begin researching the Wendigo,' said Paige, lying partially.

'I was speaking to Piper a few moments ago and she said she helped you find out about it,' said Billy. 'I cannot believe you two managed to find out its name and so much information about it.'

Paige smiled. 'Well, when it comes to my sis –' Paige stopped to correct herself. 'To my friend's safety, I want to be well equipped with the right knowledge, especially with the Wendigo still on the loose.'

Billy nodded. 'Paige, you are a good sister to Piper and the others.'

'I told you I am not their sister,' said Paige.

'Paige, why hide it? I can tell you are their sister,' said Billy. 'I hinted at this to Piper in Quake just now, and could tell from her reaction that she already knew but was also trying to hide it.'

Paige sighed. 'Piper found out at the same time as me, a month or so ago. I was abandoned by our mother when I was born. I accidentally came back into their lives, and Piper and I just have not found the right time to tell Prue and Phoebe yet.'

Billy's expression became serious. 'Paige, you should tell Prue and Phoebe. It is never good to keep secrets, especially when you never know when you will lose someone you are close to.'

Paige could tell that Billy was thinking about his fiancée.

'You won't stop until you have avenged her death, will you?' said Paige.

Billy shook his head.

'I will take your advice, if you take mine, Billy,' said Paige.

'What's your advice?' asked Billy.

'Don't let vengeance cloud your vision,' said Paige.

'I think it is a little too late for me, Paige,' said Billy. 'You still have time to tell Prue and Phoebe the truth.'

Billy walked off, leaving Paige to think about what he had said.

In Quake, Paige found Piper behind the bar. She was just putting the phone down when she noticed Paige.

'Hey Paige,' said Piper.

'Hi Piper. Who were you on the phone to?' asked Paige.

It had become a joke between Prue, Phoebe, and Paige that Piper had never used the Quake phone for work purposes. Piper tended to use it to talk to Prue, Phoebe, or Paige.

'It was Andy,' said Piper. 'He phoned to check up on me.'

'That's so nice of him,' said Paige. 'You know that I have still got an agenda to get him and Prue back together, right?'

Piper laughed.

'I just bumped into Billy too,' said Paige. Then as a joke she added, 'I see you have a lot of men after you today.'

'I was telling Billy about everything we found out about the Wendigo, minus the part about us being witches, of course,' said Piper.

'Of course,' agreed Paige.

'He left to relay the information to Agent Fallon,' said Piper.

'Who?' said Paige.

'The FBI agent,' said Piper.

'Oh okay,' said Paige. 'So far everyone has referred to her as 'the FBI agent' and I am the only one out of all of us who has not met her yet.'

Piper laughed. This time her laugh was quite weak.

'Piper, are you okay?' said Paige.

'I am fine,' said Piper.

Paige narrowed her eyes. 'You are not okay, Piper. I have been under the weather for the past couple of weeks. I think I can tell when someone is ill.'

'Paige you cannot just make an assumption like that,' said Piper. 'Being ill for a couple of weeks does not qualify you to make a doctor's diagnosis. If it did, then why would anyone bother spending six years at med school training to be a doctor?'

Paige shook her head. 'Fine, but I am keeping my eye on you. I will drag you out of here though, when I see the next sign that you are ill.'

Over the next couple of hours, Paige observed Piper's every move as she worked. As Piper wandered back and forth between the bar and the restaurant floor, Paige could tell that Piper was slightly shaky, maybe even lightheaded. Paige tried to point this out to Piper but Piper snapped at Paige, saying that she was trying to work. Paige even noticed Piper rub an ice cold drink against her forehead a couple of times.

A man approached Piper and spoke to her. Piper and the man went into the kitchen.

Paige sighed, thinking 'Piper is not well at all. I hope this is just due to the scratch and that there is nothing serious I am forgetting about the Wendigo.'

Five minutes later Paige saw Piper leave the kitchen. Piper walked straight past Paige saying 'Paige, we are going home.'

Paige got up from her stool and followed Piper out of Quake.

'What happened, Piper?' said Paige. 'Who was that man?'

'Health Inspector,' said Piper solemnly. 'He forced me to leave because apparently I am ill.'

'You are ill! That is what I have been saying all afternoon!' said Paige. 'You will listen to a health inspector, but not to your own sister?'

'I am not ill. The only reason I agreed to leave was because the health inspector threatened to close Quake if I did not go home,' said Piper.

They had reached Piper's car. Piper got her keys out to get in. Paige snatched the keys.

'You are not driving like this,' said Paige. 'Get in the passenger seat. I will drive.'

Once back at the manor, Piper refused to go and rest in her bed so sat down on the armchair in the living room instead. Paige gave Piper a blanket and some cold water as well as an ice pack.

Paige gave Piper one of the baby monitors and kept the other one by her side.

'I will be in the attic, wracking my brains about this Wendigo stuff,' explained Paige. 'Just use the baby monitor if you want me to come downstairs or get something for you.'

Paige went to the attic with her baby monitor and looked at the Wendigo page of the Book.

'Come on, Paige. Think!' thought Paige. How did Wilson's Wendigo story end?

Paige closed her eyes.

Slowly, whilst terrified, Paige sat up in her bed. Her heart beat fast as she turned around and began to open the curtains.

Paige almost fell off the bed when she saw what it was scratching on the window.

It was big and hairy. Its talon-like hands were scratching against the glass of the window. Its yellow eyes were staring directly at Paige.

Paige was frozen in terror, hoping that the Wendigo would not smash through the window and attack her.

Although she had always been scared of them, she had always blamed it on her over-active imagination. She had never actually believed the Wendigo was real.

If Paige had not been frozen in terror she would have screamed or ran over to where Isobel and Wilson slept: Anything to wake them up so as she would not have to face the creature alone.

The sun began to rise. Dawn was approaching. The Wendigo started to transform back into a human. Recognition spread across Paige's face as she realised who the Wendigo was.

It was –

Paige heard someone moaning. She opened her eyes. She was on the living room floor. She must have dosed off and sleep travelled to the living room.

Piper was asleep on the armchair but she was moaning. Piper appeared to be having a bad dream. She looked like she had a fever as she was sweating.

Paige stood up, remembering the dream that she had just had. The memory of seeing the Wendigo at the window had come back to haunt her but there was more to the memory that she still could not remember.

Paige approached Piper and felt Piper's forehead. Piper was burning up.

Piper woke up with a start.

'Piper, honey, you are burning up,' said Paige.

'Paige, I don't know what's happening to me,' said Piper.

'Piper, your scratch is probably just a little infected causing you to have a fever,' said Paige, trying to convince herself as well as Piper that this was the reason. 'I will phone the hospital now and make you another appointment.'

Before Paige reached the phone, the doorbell rang. Paige went into the foyer and opened the door.

'Hi Andy,' said Paige.

'Hello Paige,' said Andy. 'Can I come in? I need to talk to Piper.'

'You can't. Piper has the flu,' said Paige. She did not think Piper would want visitors in her current state.

'It's okay. I had a flu shot,' said Andy. 'Besides it's important. It's about Billy. He has been killed.'

'What? I only spoke to him just before he went to see Agent Fallon,' said Paige in shock. 'It cannot have been the Wendigo… unless their human form is aware of everything…'

A lady walked up behind Andy.

'Sorry, had to make a call,' said the lady. 'Where is Piper?'

'Excuse me, Piper has the flu,' said Paige. 'Does she even know you?'

'I am FBI Agent Fallon,' said agent Fallon. 'You must be the close friend that fainted at the sight of blood at the hospital.'

'I am Paige,' said Paige. 'I did not faint at the sight of blood. I have had flu symptoms over the past week or so. I was still recovering yesterday when that happened.'

Paige did not like agent Fallon one bit. She seemed rude, stuck-up, and obstinate. Paige had gathered all this just from being in agent Fallon's presence for less than two minutes.

'Maybe we should come back later,' said Andy.

'I need Piper to tell me whether she knew what Billy was coming to tell me,' said agent Fallon.

'I can tell you that,' said Paige. 'The creature is a Wendigo. It only attacks during the full moon.'

'We know that,' said Andy. 'Did you say something about a human form just before?'

'Oh, that…' said Paige. 'Yes, it looks like a normal person during the day.'

'Really? That's new,' said agent Fallon. 'Did Billy have any idea who it might be?'

Paige did not know why, but a word popped into her head as a reply. 'You.' She did not say it to agent Fallon, but Paige's instincts were trying to tell her that the Wendigo was agent Fallon. Paige ignored them.

'What? Billy? No, I don't think he knew who it was,' said Paige.

'Too bad,' said agent Fallon. Then she handed Paige her card, 'Give Piper my card. Piper is the first to survive one of these attacks. If she needs me for anything just get her to phone me.'

'Make sure Piper gets some rest,' said Andy.

Paige nodded and shut the door as they walked away.

As Paige returned to the living room, she noticed Piper quickly pull her bandage back over her arm. Piper was crying.

'Piper, honey, don't keep taking your bandage on and off. That will not help the wound at all,' said Paige. 'Why are you crying?'

Paige placed agent Fallon's card on the coffee table.

'I think there is something very wrong with me,' said Piper.

'Forget the hospital,' said Paige. 'I am phoning Prue.'

'Hello?' Prue said on answering her phone.

'Get back to the manor now,' said Paige. 'Piper is really sick.'

'We are on our way,' said Prue and she hung up.

Paige went back into the living room and spoke to Piper.

'What was your bad dream about, Piper?' Paige asked, the concern was showing in her voice.

'I don't want to say,' said Piper in tears.

'Piper, please,' said Paige.

'Andy was at the front door, so I went to answer it…' began Piper.

'Andy was the one at the front door just now,' said Paige.

'Oh my! So it could have happened for real if I had gotten up to answer it!' said Piper.

'What could have happened?' asked Paige worried.

'I answered the door, turned into a Wendigo, and attacked Andy,' said Piper reluctantly.

'Piper!' said Paige, comforting Piper by hugging her. 'You won't turn into a Wendigo. I don't recall the Wendigo scratch being infectious in that way at all. I think there is only one Wendigo in existence, the original one.'

Piper looked at Paige and pulled off her bandage.

'Piper, I told you that you should not –' Paige stopped when she saw what was under the bandage. Where Piper had been scratched was an extremely hairy patch of arm. 'Stay here and call me down via the baby monitor if you need me. There has to be more in the Book about the Wendigo.'

As Paige began to run up the stairs, she thought, 'Either the Book has more on the Wendigo, or there is more that I can make myself remember about that night at the Stratton's… or about the Wendigo story…'

Paige took the phone with her and phoned Isobel.

'Hi Isobel. This is Paige and there is no time for pleasantries,' said Paige.

'What's wrong, Paige?' asked Isobel.

'Do you remember when we were little? Do you remember when Wilson would tell us tales about the Wendigo?' said Paige.

'Yes. Those were the days when we thought the Wendigo was made up to try and keep us from being naughty children,' said Isobel.

'Well, a Wendigo attacked Piper last night,' said Paige.

'Oh no! That's terrible!' said Isobel.

'I would say Piper is fine, but she isn't,' said Paige. 'She survived the attack, but she now has a rising fever and where her scratch was, she now has an abnormal growth of hair.'

'What do you need me for, Paige?' said Isobel seriously.

'I was hoping you would be able to remind me as to how that old Wendigo story finishes. You know the one that starts with 'There once was a little witch' and goes on about her meeting the Wendigo,' said Paige. 'It might help me figure out what is going on.'

'I am sorry, Paige. I know the story you are on about, but I am also drawing a blank as to how it ends,' said Isobel.

'Okay. Er, do you remember a night when I slept over… I think I was around eleven. You and Wilson were around twelve. Wilson was telling that Wendigo story…' began Paige.

'Er… You will have to be more specific, Paige. You slept over a lot and Wilson told that story a lot. So often in fact that I am surprised I cannot remember how it ends,' said Isobel.

'Well, I have only recently started remembering a specific night,' said Paige.

Paige stopped for a second. She heard the front door open and shut. Prue and Phoebe were home. Piper would catch them up on everything. Paige had to finish this phone call with Isobel before Paige would go down to the living room.

'I was sleeping over at yours. You refused to let Wilson tell us that story. Your dad came in and told us to all go to bed,' continued Paige. 'I woke up in the early hours of the next morning. There was a scratching on the window and I opened the curtains and saw a Wendigo at the window. You two were asleep and I was terrified. Then dawn came and the Wendigo started to transform…'

'Who was it?' asked Isobel.

'I don't know! I cannot remember,' said Paige. 'I would have thought I would have told you and Wilson the very next morning.'

'Sorry, Paige,' said Isobel. 'I don't recall you ever telling me about seeing an actual Wendigo in the flesh.'

'It's not your fault,' said Paige. 'There is something blocking this memory from me. My mind may be trying to force it out now because it is so relevant to what is happening to Piper. I want to make sure my sisters stay safe.'

'I know,' said Isobel. 'Paige, relax. I will phone you if anything comes back to me, okay?'

'Okay. It's just… This may sound paranoid, but I think Piper may be turning into a Wendigo,' said Paige.

'Is that possible?' asked Isobel.

'I don't know,' said Paige. 'I cannot think of any documented cases of survivors of Wendigo attacks.'

'Neither can I, Paige,' said Isobel. 'Keep looking and I will do the same, okay?'

'Okay,' said Paige. 'Bye.'

'Bye, Paige. Wish Piper better for me,' said Isobel.

Paige hung up and was about to leave the attic when Piper and Phoebe came running in.

'Book, please,' said Phoebe.

Paige pointed Phoebe in the direction of the Book of Shadows.

'What's going on?' said Paige.

'I just had a premonition. We know who the Wendigo is,' said Phoebe. 'It is agent Fallon.'

'My instincts were right!' thought Paige.

'She may be alone with Andy in the park right now,' said Phoebe.

'That's not good,' said Paige.

'Exactly,' said Phoebe. 'Prue is phoning Andy right now to warn him.'

Piper had been flicking through the Book of Shadows and suddenly exclaimed, 'It's just the same crap I have already seen!'

'Are you looking for a reversal?' asked Paige. 'Hang on. So you think you are turning into a Wendigo?'

'Yes! Yes I am and yes I do, but there is nothing in this stupid Book!' said Piper.

Prue came into the attic saying that Andy had not answered his phone. Prue took a look at the Book and pointed out a 'c.f.' in the corner of the page. This resulted in a brief explanation from Prue and a snide uncharacteristic remark from Piper.

'Piper, the way you are attacking us with words,' said Paige. 'It is like you are a coyote.'

Phoebe laughed. 'Coyote Piper has a better ring to it than Wendigo Piper.'

Prue cross referenced 'conferred desiderata' in the back of the Book and found the word 'unbecoming'.

'We have to kill the Wendigo that slashed you by melting its heart of ice,' said Prue to Piper.

Prue, Phoebe, and Paige started to come up with a plan for finding agent Fallon in the park.

'Shouldn't we tie Piper up first?' said Paige. 'Just in case she does transform while we are gone?'

Piper swore at them and Phoebe left the room to find something to detain Piper. Phoebe returned with some handcuffs and cuffed Piper to the pipes in the attic.

'Why are you even here, Paige? We all know you were abandoned at birth!' shouted Piper.

'Piper!' said Prue. 'We all know Paige was adopted. There is no reason to be insensitive about it!'

'Prue, our own mother did not even want Paige!' shouted Piper.

'Excuse me?' said Prue.

'Why would mum know about Paige?' said Phoebe.

'You two are idiots! You cannot even tell that Paige is our sister!' shouted Piper.

A/N: Did Piper just… I think she did… Is the truth about Paige finally out to all three Halliwell sisters? Find out their reaction in the next chapter. Please review.