It was all too quiet after the whitelighter spoke. His words seemed to wheigh on them like stones. According to him,she had gone catatonic,meaning she could totally hear them,even see them,but her mind was elsewhere,somewhere they could all imagine. To Piper and Phoebe it was a well known promise,one each of them had vowed and exchanged throughout the years. They knew the depth of that promise for Prue,the feeling of having to do anything so that they could've anything even if everybody else was gone. Even to them it felt like they had failed,but in a very different way. Piper couldn't do anything but feel as if she couldn't do a thing for anything of them. Just like Phoebe was enduring the thought of having failed her only younger sister. Sitting in that room without sharing it for the very first time in the last 4 almost 5 years was pure torture. Prue was too out of it to do anything she had been laid on her bed without uttering a single word. Leo,Piper,and Elisa were working with maps,the globe and all they could use to find Paige,but Phoebe was there,and she couldn't reach them upstairs. She thought of smoking,pheraps searching the liquors cabinet,but she didn't,nothing could help her at the moment,she didn't want her facade to drop. She wasn't even 12 and her life was already pretty screwed up. She stood up only God could know why,and she was so angry she could've torn her side of the room down. She was so angry she cursed her destiny,her not giving a fuck about anything,even her mother and her grams for leaving so soon,and leaving them scarred. So scarred that Prue was afraid to say I love you even to her own sisters from the fear they might drop dead at any moment. So scarred that Piper couldn't stand up for herself,and Paige had one great disease which could've taken her away when they less expected it. So scarred she felt the need to drink,smoke and go out with people just or almost as troubled as her. Somebody in between her reflexion had slipped into her room,and the space to her right on the bed (si abbasso),as that somebody sat by her side.

"Penny for your thoughts?"

Phoebe looked at her side and spotted Elisa looking at her with knowing eyes.

"You're not alone"

"I feel so useless"she dared to utter under her breath.

"You'll be more if you stay in here"

"It will hurt more if I go up there and witness useless researches."

"Then you've already given up. Then you think it's already done for"

"She's 4 for Christ's sake"

"She's got enough power to take a few down,and she's four,and she's a whitelighter and a witch,at the same time. Phoebe your sister is no usual witch,she wasn't born to be usual. If there's somebody who can pull a good trick on them it's her. Sweetie,Paige wasn't even supposed to be born,but she's here. She's here,you're her big sister and you can't fail her,not now. You're her last chance,we're not going anywhere without you."

Phoebe could barely see through eyes full of tears. She just felt grateful for the girl now kneeing right in front of her. She let herself be hugged. For once she felt like she could do it with anybody else who wasn't her sisters,and it felt good,it felt right.

"How's it you always know what to say?"

Elisa paid her a smile,as the question came out sounding much more innocent than Phoebe would've liked it to.

"Because I've been there,I'm that everyday too. I've lost my mother already,and every person I let in,which is probably what Prue feels too,feels like more invitation for pain,but when I think about this family I've known for a few months and about just how amazing you're,I can't step aside and let every effort we made go to waste. If Paige matters to you,then she matters to me too."and without adding another word,the older girl hugged her once more.

"I love you"

"So you're not as afraid as Prue,mm?"

Phoebe looked at her wide eyed.

"Joking,I love you too."

Elisa stood up stretched,and helped her up too,linking arms with her.

"Can we go save your sister now?"

Elisa's speech seemed to have given back some confidence to Phoebe,as she passed it onto Piper and Leo. They had to find a way to help Prue back to her old self,and fast,and they needed to get Paige back. Leo suggested he could talk to the Elders to understand if there could be a way to find Paige,as scrying had done nothing. Meanwhile the three witches would've thought about getting Prue back.