A/N: I am so sorry! I know it's been a week and a half since I updated but I was working on the epilogue to Summoning Prue! School starts Wednesday so most updates will be on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Once more I apologize for the wait, especially with a cliffhanger ending on the last chapter! Last chapter there were six reviews.
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Bamitznic: Well, that was a long review! At least it's just a chapter cliffhanger, I've read books and seen shows with cliffhanger endings and I had to wait a year or several months to find out what happens next. For example: Once Upon a Time.
Disclaimer: Some lines in this chapter aren't owned by me. I don't own Charmed, though if I did Prue's death would have gone much differently.
Chapter 37
Paige quickly scooted away and stood up next to Prue.
"Jeremy, what a nice surprise," Prue said grabbing my hand.
"I was just stopping by to tell you about Paige," he said, "I was at an apartment building in northern San Francisco for an article about women who was murdered. I saw Paige leaving the building and I thought I'd come tell you she's skipping."
"You liar!" Paige said to him before she could stop herself.
"Paige!" Prue scowled, "I'm sorry Jeremy. Paige, get in the car, now."
"I'm sorry Jeremy. Paige has had a rebellious streak for a while. Piper, Phoebe, and I think that it may be because of her and her friend Glen or Grams, maybe some other boy."
"She's sixteen, I understand. He's killed three women, Paige is lucky she's alive," he said.
"Yeah, well, we'll be having a serious conversation when we get home," she said.
"I'm just glad she's safe." Then he left.
"I'm sure you are," Prue said quietly returning to the car.
"Your time is up. Let's see," he looks down at a card, "Roast pork with gratin of fennel and penne with a port giblet sauce." Piper tried to speak up.
"Chef Moore," she said.
"What?" he asked.
"Uh, the, uh the port," she stumbled over the words.
"Yes, without the sauce it is nothing more than a salty marinara. A recipe from a woman's magazine. Puh!"
"No, I didn't have the time for," Piper was trying to say.
"Ah- ah!" he said.
"But," she said raising her hands and he froze.
"Not again," she moaned, "Wait." She picked up the baster, filled it with the port and put it on the forkful of food Chef Moore had. She stepped back and he unfroze. Piper didn't move when he chewed the food.
"C'est magnifique," he said. Piper sighed with relief and within a half hour she left the restaurant. She had completely forgotten about Paige's phone call. She had forgotten that her fiancé whom she was eating a late lunch with was a warlock.
"Prue please let me," Paige was saying when Prue cut her off.
"No, Paige," she said.
"But Prue," she said.
"I want to apologize. I shouldn't have said what I did earlier. It's a force of habit; I'm used to defending Piper. You ever tell her I said that and I'll kill you," she said.
"I didn't mean for that to slip out. I'm just upset about Serena. I was supposed to protect her. I was just caught off guard. She pushed me behind her when he threw the athame at me," once again Prue stopped her.
"He threw a knife at you?!" she asked shocked.
"He's a warlock Prue," Paige said, "He's not mortal reporter Jeremy anymore. Oh my goodness, I forgot about Piper. You go to the Manor to check with Phoebe. I'm going to see if Piper is still at her interview." Paige orbed out before Prue could say a thing.
3rd POV
"Phoebe!" Prue called entering the Manor.
"In the kitchen!" she called back. Prue entered the kitchen.
"I'm making a potion for this warlock Paige is upset about," she said, "She said its Jeremy."
"It is Jeremy," Prue said, "She went to protect some witch and the witch ended up saving her. Anyway she showed up at my work all upset. Then Jeremy shows up, she freaks, and then she orbed off to find Piper."
"What if she runs into him again?" Phoebe asked.
"I think she'll be able to orb out, Piper's not here I take it?"
"No," Phoebe said. She tossed in a fig and fell backwards as smoke burst from the cauldron.
"Are you okay?" Prue asked helping her up.
"I'm fine," she said waving the smoke away, "Can you check the book?"
Paige's POV
I didn't see Piper's car at Quake. I pulled my phone out and dialed her number.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Piper, its Paige, where are you?" I asked.
"At lunch with Jeremy," she said.
"What!?" I nearly yelled into the phone.
"Is something wrong?" she asked, "its Paige," I heard her say to Jeremy.
"Where are you Piper? You have to get away from him," I said.
"Paige, what are you talking about?" she asked.
"Piper, just get out of there," I said, "Get away. Call my name when you get somewhere safe."
"Paige, are you sick?" she asked.
"No, no I'm not sick! Jeremy's a warlock! Piper," I was saying when she interrupted me.
"Paige, stop," she said, "I know you're upset about everything but that doesn't mean."
"Piper he tried to kill me!" I said into the phone glancing to make sure no one heard me.
"Paige, you need to go home and get some sleep. Tell Prue and Phoebe I'll be with Jeremy tonight." Then she hanged up.
"Wait! Piper, wait!" I said into the phone. I then dialed the house phone.
"Paige?" Prue asked.
"Yeah, look Piper's with Jeremy. She won't listen to me. I'm going to go and get her. Make sure the potion and spell are ready," I said.
"Paige, you are to come back here," Prue said.
"Prue he's after Piper!" I said.
"Piper can take care of herself, I'm going to give her a call," she said, "I want you home. Disobey me and you'll suffer more consequences." I didn't say anything.
"Paige you orb home! If you're not home in one minute we'll summon you," she threatened, "I have the spell in hand right now. The candles just need to be lit." Candles, Serena had lit candles, for a protection spell.
"I can't let him kill another witch. I'm going after him," I said determined. I hanged the phone up and sensed for Piper and orbed.
3rd POV
"Paige!" Prue yelled into the phone. She slammed it down on the table.
"I've got the candles lit, ready?" Phoebe asked.
"Yeah," Prue sighed, "You think the spell will work? Can you write spells?"
"Sure, how hard can it be?" Phoebe asked uneasy and she and Prue began to chant, "We summon the youngest, for she has disobeyed the eldest. Take her away from the danger, bring her back to us." Phoebe burned the spell.
"Get ready," she said to Prue.
Piper's POV
"What did Paige want?" Jeremy asked.
"She just wants attention," I said. He nodded.
"Where are we going next?" I asked.
"That's a surprise," he said kissing me.
"Okay," I said as he put me in his car. We were soon in an elevator heading toward the top floor and it suddenly stopped.
Paige's POV
I had just orbed to the top of the building when I felt something pull me back.
"What, no!" I said when I arrived in the living room of the Manor.
"Paige, Piper will be okay," Prue said.
"You don't understand! He's really strong now. He just killed another witch. If he kills Piper we're not the only ones in trouble. He'll go after mortals; we won't be able to do a thing."
"Paige we will, aren't we the Charmed Ones?" Phoebe asked.
"Without Piper, we're just witches, we're no longer Charmed," I said. I noticed Prue hadn't said a word but I didn't say anything about it.
"What about a spell?" I asked.
"I brewed a potion that might help," Phoebe said holding up a vial with dark black liquid.
"We'll need a spell," I said.
"Paige, why did you go after him when I specially told you not to?" Prue asked.
"Simple, he killed my innocent; I wasn't going to let him kill another witch let alone my sister!"
"You should've waited," she said.
"I couldn't wait. I felt her die! I won't let him hurt anyone else!"Then Piper burst into the Manor.
"Paige, you were right," she said.