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Chapter 37

State of confusion

Paige was in the attic with Prue and they both were putting ingredients into a bowl, many herbs and other worldly items set on the table awaiting their hands to take hold of them.

"Where is Piper?" Paige asks as she dropped some eye of Newt into the cauldron.

"She went to the club," Prue replied and stood back a little bit as the contents in the bowl combined, creating a little smoke.

"Do you think will be able to fix him?" Paige asks while walking back up to the concoction.

"I can't imagine if we don't, I know how much she wanted a child before I supposedly died. Paige if we can't fix this then we will need another solution," Prue said as she took in a shaky breath.

The baby sister stopped stirring the contents and gave her oldest sister a confused look. "Prue what are you saying?"

Prue lowered her head trying to bring her words together as they ram through her mind," I mean we may have to do something that we can't tell her, and something she may never forgive us for," She replied and finally met Paige's slightly widened eyes.

"Oh god do you mean?" Paige said but the remaining word could not exit.

"Yes, Chris showed me what the future was like with him ruling and Paige we can't let that happen," Prue replied.

"How did he show you?"

"Do you remember the first image they showed us, the one with the camera that was hovering, apparently Wyatt used her technology to keep control over the city and Chris was able to download some of the footage before he got here," Prue answered.

"I don't know if I can do it he's just a baby."

"I know sweetie and hopefully it doesn't come to that," Prue said and she put the last ingredient in the bowl," Shazam."

"Shazam?" Paige said while looking at her sister oddly.

"Sorry I always wanted to say that," Prue replied and poured the contents from the bowl into a potion bottle," We need to test this but first we need to find a way to summon an elder."

"That should go well," Paige said as Phoebe came into the attic.

"Hay, good god it stinks in here," Phoebe said as Paige pointed to Prue. "Cute."

"I need to go talk to Piper about a couple of things, I will be back soon," Prue said and left the room.

At P3 Piper was in her office leaning back in her chair with her feet propped on the table and a bottle of Jack Daniels that was half-empty next to a shot glass. Her head was slumped and her arms were folded as she mumbled incoherently to herself. "Elder why is that not a surprise, like they don't have enough to do," She said and took the bottle off the table and poured into the shot glass and some of it overflowed, she put her feet back on the stabilization of the ground. "God my kids are really screwed up," She said as she downed the drink and wrinkled her face at the taste.

"Piper what the hell are you doing?" Prue said as she walked into Piper's office.

"Hay big sister want to join me and Mr. Daniels?" Piper replied as her head wobbled a little bit.

"Sure why not," Prue answered and sat down after pulling the chair over. Piper was a little stunned at first she didn't get yelled at for drinking before five, but blew it off and handed her a glass that she took out of her desk drawer. "Here you go."

"Thanks and here you go," Prue replied as she poured her sister another drink.

"So what's up?" Piper asks after turning over the empty glass on the table.

"I should be asking you that."

"Prue don't go all parental on me, I've had a hard day wait strike that, I have a hard year," Piper replied as she looked at the bottom of the Jack Daniels bottle that was clearly empty," Shit."

"I'm not going to tell you what to do you're an adult, I will get us some more," Prue replied and left the office as Piper just put her hands on her head to keep it from spinning out of control. "Here we go," She said and poured her sister another drink when she came back.

"How did I screw up so badly?" Piper asks but still kept her hands to her head that now rested on the desk.

"Maybe you should never have kids," Prue said as she pushed the drink to her.

Piper shot up her swirling head hoping that she misunderstood her sister," What?"

"I'm just saying that maybe it just wasn't meant to be," Prue replied as she took a drink.

Piper could feel her eyes water and her hart pound at what Prue said but also felt she might be right, as the alcohol moved through her system making it harder for her to focus. She shook her head trying to put in place scrambled thoughts before answering. "Well it's not like I can undo everything."

"No I mean there's nothing you can do about Wyatt, but what about Melinda and Chris. Your daughter doesn't even like to be touched and Chris looks 10 times older than he should, you could save them from all this Piper, just go on the pill or something," Prue said as she pushed another full glass of liquor towards her.

"Are you saying that I shouldn't have them?" Piper asks as she eyed her older sister down.

Prue would not keep eye contact for long and played with the glass on the table. "I'm just saying you should really think about it Piper."

"I think I'm going to be sick," Piper said as she grabbed her stomach and ran to the wall, placing her hand on it for support as she outstretched her other one behind her. Prue stood up from her table and grind while picking up the letter opener on the desk. "Prue could you get me the trashcan," Piper asks while covering her mouth. "Sure sweetie," Prue replied but just continued to walk forward behind her and gripped the knife titer. The older sister took Piper's outstretched hand, gently at first but then forced it behind her back and slammed her into the wall. "Prue what the hell are you doing?" Piper said as her face was feeling all the little pebbles in the concrete wall as they made their mark. "Doing what needs to be done," Prue coldly replied as she put the knifes point into Piper's back. She could feel the sharp tip and took a shaking breath in," Leo!" She yelled but no orbs filled the room," I should have known you weren't her," Piper said as the point began to penetrate soft skin. "Yeah well maybe if you weren't so drunk, you would have figured it out earlier," The fake Prue replied as the real one ran into the office after hearing Piper yell. The fake one reared back her arm that held the knife as was ready to plunge it in but felt her body gets pulled away by some invisible force. "No!" The real Prue yelled as the other one landed in front of her. Piper turned around but then slid down the wall as the alcohol lived to its name and she went unconscious from it. The fake Prue stood up quickly and tried to stab the real one but found herself flying across the room and landed on a coat rack, causing her to explode. Prue ran to an unconscious Piper and placed her hand on her head. She was hot and silky while her breathing was jagged and slow, "Andy!" She yelled and Leo with Andy orbed in and ran to where his wife and Piper were against the wall.

"Is she ok?" Leo asks as he immediately put his hands over her causing the cuts on her face to heal but she was still unconscious.

"What happened?" Andy asks while kneeling down tried to heal her.

"I don't know but there was a duplicate me attacking her," Prue replied as she held her sisters hand.

"It's not working, I think she is drunk and not injured," He said as he moved his hands off of her.

"Take us home," Prue said and they both orbed away.

Down in the underworld Cole and Chris were cautiously moved through one dark passage after another. Cole hand the snitches in is hand that vibrated constantly.

"What is it with this thing?" Cole asks as he tried to keep it from getting out.

"Its ok Cole, let it go Melinda knows what she is doing," Chris answered.

Cole opened his hand and the snitch hovered in front of him for a moment before doing some kind of an odd head-butt," Ouch," Cole said as he rubbed his head.

"I think it didn't like being held captive," Chris said with a small laugh.

"Apparently, ok little fella where do we go?" Cole asks.

The snitch turned away from them and would peek around corners and do a scan periodically before moving to the next opening. It stopped suddenly and then used its small body to nudge Cole in the stomach and move him back against the cave wall. "What?" Cole whispered and before he could get any kind of an answer, his entire body began to blend into its surroundings like camouflage, as 5 demons walked past them but did not notice their presence. "Nice camouflage," Cole said and they continue their path until finally reaching an opening where many demons were gathering. Chris grabbed Cole's arm and moved him behind a large rock that they could hide behind as the snitch hovered behind him. "Keep a lookout," Chris said to the little device.

"Who is that, I've never seen him before?" Cole asks while looking at a man in the center of the group and was elevated high above them.

"That would be Wyatt," Chris replied and felt his blood heat up from the site.

Back at the manner Phoebe was helping Paige put the protection potion into bottles. "Paige have you tried to go on any dates yet?" Phoebe asks as she corked up one of the bottles. Paige felt her stomach turn of the thought, but most of all cannot believe she even asks that. "What Phoebe?"

"I'm just saying maybe it would help if you went on a date, you know to get over it," Phoebe replied as she finished.

Paige felt a slight knot in her chest while both her hands started to shake as she placed a cap on one of the bottles, anger was rising in her," How could she asks that," She thought until finally had the ability to speak without her voice sounding shaky," I don't think I'm ready for that yet," Paige replied and walked over to the couch to sit herself down.

"I know this guy at work I think you and him would be a good couple," Phoebe said as she picked up a knife from the table they were working on, making sure that Paige didn't see her do it.

"Phoebe please I'm not ready and why would you ask me?" Paige said with a raised voice.

Phoebe treaded over to her making sure to keep the knife behind her back, "listen sweetie you're going to need to get over this, and you know what they say, it's like riding a bike," Phoebe replied and sat next to her on the couch with a knife to her side out of Paige's view. Paige was getting more upset by the minute and felt that something was wrong but images of even having a man touch her flooded her mind and took hold of her intuition. "Just stop ok and it's not like riding a bike," Paige replied as she felt a cold sweat come over her and turned away from her so-called sister. Phoebe took the opportunity and raised the knife ready to strike when the real Phoebe came into the room. "Paige look out!" She yelled and the younger sister looked at the other with disbelief as the knife penetrated her chest. She felt the cold steel plunge in and her breath escape her body unwillingly as the pain shot through it. "No!" The real Phoebe cried out and ran to them as the fake one pulled the knife out, causing blood to come with it. "Leo!" The real Phoebe yelled out as she used her martial arts on the fake one while blue and white orbs filled the room," Heal her."

Leo looked around the room and could see Paige on the ground holding her chest and struggling for oxygen as blood seeped between her fingers," Paige," He said and did not hesitate as the two Phoebe's fault while Prue ran in as well.

"What the hell?" Prue said and was not sure who the real one was. "Phoebe what was our secret word when we were kids?" She asks hoping the real one would answer.

"Hocus-pocus," Phoebe yelled between breaths as she tried to stay out of the range of the knife the other one was wielding. Prue smiled and used her power on the fake one throwing her across the room and causing her to drop the knife. The real Phoebe picked up the fallen weapon and as the fake one tried to stand she plunged into her chest and the demon exploded. Leo was done healing Paige and now all of them focus their attention on her. "Paige are you ok?" Phoebe asks but her baby sister just backed away from her.

"It's ok Paige she is the real one," Prue reassured her sister because she was unaware due to the fact she was mostly unconscious because of her injury.

"Oh thank god, I really thought you were trying to kill me," Paige replied and relinquished her breath.

"Someone tried to kill Piper just a few moments ago at the club and it looked like me," Prue said as she started to clean up the attic mostly out of habit.

"Is she ok?" Phoebe asks while helping her older sister.

"Well she's not injured but she might have alcohol poisoning," Prue replied and ran her hands through her hair.

Phoebe cocked her head slightly," What?"

"She drank an entire bottle of Jack Daniels and God knows what else," Prue replied.

"I can make her my hangover fix," Paige said.

"I think she's going to need more than that, probably entire night to sleep it off," Leo chimed in as he started to leave the attic," I need to be around her because she so vulnerable right now."

"Thanks Leo you know for healing me," Paige said as he left while he gave her a smile.

"No problem," He said.

"Do you think that is the real Leo?" Phoebe asks concerned.

"Yeah he orbed in and healed Paige," Prue replied as she hugged Paige," You ok?"

"You know they are really starting to piss me off and hocus-pocus was your secret word?" Paige asks with a small laugh.

"I was about seven and we would try doing a magic show at the house, I know don't say it. Whenever someone was supposed to pull on a string we would say hocus-pocus," Prue replied.

"Cole and Chris have been down there for a while, do you think they're okay?" Phoebe asks.

"Yeah it's a big place I'm sure they're fine," Paige replied.

Melinda was in the apartment that Chris and her rented when they arrived in the past working on one of her gadgets as Chris came into the room.

"How did it go?" She asks not really looking up to face him while she soldered some wires into place.

"You spend more time with these stupid gadgets then you do with people," Chris replied coldly and sat down.

Melinda stopped her soldering for a second but blew off his comment as he was usually irritated with her inventions and how much focus she put on them. "If we're going to defeat evil Wyatt then all my systems needs to be working," She replied just as coldly.

"I know why because those things don't feel, they don't question they just do," Chris said as he pulled out a knife from his pocket while Melinda continued her soldering.

"That's true now what is your problem?" Melinda asks still not looking up as Chris moved closer.

"You know she doesn't love you, how could she you never loved her back," Chris said and was now overtop of her and lifted the knife ready to strike. Melinda caught his reflection in a piece of stainless steel she had a scrap and could see what he was about to do. She dodged out of the way as the knife came down and slammed into the table. "Really that's the best you can do?" She said as she created her own weapon that was 10 times the size of his knife. The fake Chris backed up a little but then stood his ground as Melinda approached with a study walk. "I don't have time for this," She said and with a fluid and quick movement, plunged the sword into the fake Chris's chest that did not have time to react. He exploded and her weapon dematerialized going back into her sleeve. She then went back to her earlier task of fixing one of her gadgets as though nothing happened.

Back at the manner Phoebe was in the kitchen putting dishes away as the clock struck 2 AM. Piper walked in holding her head and groaned a little as the sound of plates clashing together filled her ears.

"Piper you should be laying down," Phoebe said as she help a very dazed sister to the kitchen table.

"Don't Phoebe I got it," Piper snapped back as she pulled her arm away and helped her self-sit-down.

"Do you want Paige to make her hangover remedy?"

"No it tastes like crap," Piper replied in a groveled voice as she rubbed her eyes.

"Ok sorry and why the hell did you get drunk?" Phoebe asks as she got some water out of the refrigerator.

"None of your business, and how can you sleep at night knowing that you killed a 15-year-old?" Piper asks monotone.

Phoebe stopped for a moment remembering what occurred earlier with the duplicates but Piper was a little drunk and sometimes she can be mean when she is, "Piper I am going to assume this the alcohol speaking and not you."

"It's not the alcohol; I mean it how could you?"

"Piper what was the first boyfriend's name that I tried to steal from you?" Phoebe asks as she put up her guard and hoped that she did not know the answer.

"Jason and what does that have to do with my question?" Piper replied as she looked directly into her sister's eyes.

Phoebe felt her hart sink as Piper answer the question correctly, "I'm going to let this go because of your state, but don't you ever asks that again, I did what I had too," Phoebe replied and slammed the bottle of water down in front of Piper. "And you don't have the right too talk considering what you did to that 14-year-old," Phoebe said as she left the room.

Piper immediately stood up ignoring the throbbing head and the fact that the room would not stay still, "I had no choice and she begged me to do it, you had a choice Phoebe," Piper scorned back as she followed her.

"Stop it Piper just go back to bed," Phoebe replied trying to keep her body from shaking with rage.

"No and if you think I will let you hurt Wyatt considering you don't have a problem with killing children, well you're going to need to kill me first," Piper replied as her body shook as well.

Phoebe stood there dumbfounded at the fact that she would even think that," Oh my god Piper what the hell is wrong with you?"

"Oh let's think, my son is going to be the source of all evil and my other kids have had a life of hell, maybe that's the problem," Piper replied as her voice began to rise.

"Do you think you're the only one who has issues and dammit they are here to fix this, so toughen up because Wyatt needs you and so do they," Phoebe replied as she was now face-to-face with her older sister.

"Don't tell me to toughen up when you run from everything," Piper replied as she did not budge from her spot.

"Fuck you!" Phoebe said and immediately felt guilt for saying it, she has never said that the matter how mad she is gotten.

"Phoebe get away from her," The real Piper said from the staircase with her hands at the ready.

The younger sister looked from one to the other and felt completely relieved that the real one was on the staircase. The fake one materialized a fireball and was about to plunge it into Phoebe's chest when Piper froze the fake one.

"Thank god because I thought," She said as the other Piper came down the stairs.

"I know I heard and I would never think that Phoebe," Piper said as Phoebe moved away from the frozen one so she could blow it up.

"Yeah well she knew the question I asked her, about your first boyfriend," Phoebe replied as her nerves were on high.

"What how could she know that?"

"I don't know but for a minute there I really thought it was you."

Piper looked at her imposter and with the flick of her wrist blew up the demon as the rest of the household awoke and came down stairs. Cole and Chris orbed into the living room with the snitch hovering above them. "What did we miss?" Chris asks as he noticed that everyone seemed on edge.

"A lot," Piper replied and sat down on the couch as she was still a little tipsy from the alcohol and also reeked from it.

"Have you been drinking?" Chris asks worriedly.

"Yeah a little," Piper replied putting her thumb and index finger together tightly.

"I'll make my remedy," Paige said and went into the kitchen.

"Do you think they're getting smarter, maybe tapping into our memory somehow?" Phoebe asks.

"I don't know but I think we need a code word," Piper suggested as Chris sat next to her and rubbed her back. "Please mom don't drink," He said to himself as the memories of her after Phoebe and Paige were killed my Wyatt rushed back to him. She would almost drink herself to death to stop the pain and there were many nights he stayed up with her as she vomited continuously.

"Snitch," Paige suggested as she looked at the hovering gadget.

"Wait what if one of us is an imposter?" Prue said as she looked at everyone.

"Oh for god's sake, ok buddy do your thing," Chris said and the snitch went into action as it scanned everyone in the room and then went back to him and gave a nod." Everyone in here is legit."

"That thing can tell?" Piper asks.

"Yep."

"Okay then snitch it is," Prue said and headed back upstairs to get some sleep.

"Where is Melinda?" Piper asks worriedly.

"Back of the apartment I'm assuming, probably working on one of her little gadgets," Chris replied and got up. "I should get back and check on her, if you guys need me just call."

Piper stood up and gave her son a hug before he orbed away. "Ok Cole what did you find out?"

"Well he is definitely uniting the underworld and I'm guessing that what happened before we got here, was just a taste," Cole replied as Phoebe hugged him.

"We need a sample of your blood, just use a knife and prick your finger I would get it in the morning," Piper said as she looked away from him and headed for the stairs.

"She is still pissed at me isn't she?" Cole said as he looked into Phoebe's eyes.

"It will be okay just give her time."

The night will go on without incident as they all slept awaiting the next day as the underworld and even one person above them is plotting for their destruction.

To be continued….