PART FIVE: IT WAS JUST TIME/ A LESSON LEARNED
Prue's drive to the hotel in which Piper had called her and told her she was on her way to, and to meet her there, only took an hour to get there, she wondered what she wanted. She parked her car, got out and walked to the front desk and asked which room Piper was in. As she walked to the hotel room she wondered why is she here of all places? Then she knocked on the door once she got there.
"Who is it?" asked Piper.
"It's me Prue now let me in," she said.
"Did you bring anyone with you," she demanded.
"No, now let me in there now," she answered back
She heard the chain on the door get unhooked, the sound of the deadbolt get unlocked. Then Piper opened the door, hurried Prue in, and then peeked out the door to make sure no one was following her.
"Oh my god, Piper, What did you do," she shouted after seeing Piper holding Wyatt.
"Ssh, you'll wake him up," she said as she put him down and added "I just had to take him,"
"They are going to find out," Prue said as her cell phone rang, and she looked at the caller ID and added "it's Paige."
"Don't answer it," Piper said
"If I don't they are gonna think that we were both kidnapped or something," she argued.
"Oh ok, but don't tell them, please," she begged
((Prue answered the phone; we can only hear her side of the conversation.))
"Hello?, Wyatt's been what?!? OK calm and slow down. Was there a note? What did it say? No don't call the police. Do what the note says, and wait for contact. I'll try and get back there as soon as I can. The traffic is bad. No don't have Leo orbed me there, I got my co- worker with me not a good idea, since I have to drive her back," she finally finished the phone call.
"Now back to you Piper. We need to talk. You left before I could finish," she told her and added "I need to tell you the reasons, and explain what is different."
"Like," she asked with a sweet baby voice intended for Wyatt, while feeding him and not really paying attention. "Isn't that good sweetie, Mommy loves you, yes she does."
"Piper, pay attention!" she yelled.
"Ok," she said as she put Wyatt down.
"I tried to tell you this earlier. The reason for Phoebe leaving us was because of the things that "never happened"," Prue explained raising her hands and using the quotation symbols.
"Ok, tell me now," Piper said as she sat down.
"Ok, first off. Cole was never vanquished, because you never received the power to blow up things, and you never learned the potent potion that went along with vanquishing him," she took a long breath and noticed Piper about to say something and held her hand up. "Let me finish before you start. Because you never married Leo, like I said you never got the power. Then Paige showed up, when she wanted to find out about her birth family. That is when Cole resurfaced for Phoebe. That was when we found out that she lied to us about vanquishing him the first time. He used some mind games like the love he had for her would set him free, which maybe has we haven't heard anything from them since she moved out. All I know is that she would have been the one that died if he didn't come for her."
"How and why is that?" Piper asked
"Because Piper, the reason is. There cannot be 4 Charmed Ones together. Only 3 Charmed Ones can co-exist. Otherwise it would render us all useless in fighting evil, and risking all of our safety and our lives! We learned that The Source wanted Phoebe dead. That is the reason Cole came like I said because he knew, that he would lose his love forever," she finally finished and sat on the bed.
"Oh no, oh God, what have I done?" she cried and then went to pick up a crying Wyatt, and rocked him in her arms. "All I wanted was you back."
"I know Piper, it cannot be. It was just my time. It was to be so we could let our new sister in. So she too could learn what she needed to learn. So this, me being here now, cannot me. We must find a way to reverse this," she said as she reached for Pipers hand.
"Ok," she understood now, she knew what she had to do.
"Do you understand that if we can fix this, I will go back?" Prue asked getting up and walking to her, and wrapped her arms around her and hugged her.
"Yes I understand now, I know what I just do, going to have to call for him now..." Piper started to call for Leo, but he had orbed in before she got it out.
"What's going here?" Leo asked as he ran to take Wyatt from Piper.
Prue's drive to the hotel in which Piper had called her and told her she was on her way to, and to meet her there, only took an hour to get there, she wondered what she wanted. She parked her car, got out and walked to the front desk and asked which room Piper was in. As she walked to the hotel room she wondered why is she here of all places? Then she knocked on the door once she got there.
"Who is it?" asked Piper.
"It's me Prue now let me in," she said.
"Did you bring anyone with you," she demanded.
"No, now let me in there now," she answered back
She heard the chain on the door get unhooked, the sound of the deadbolt get unlocked. Then Piper opened the door, hurried Prue in, and then peeked out the door to make sure no one was following her.
"Oh my god, Piper, What did you do," she shouted after seeing Piper holding Wyatt.
"Ssh, you'll wake him up," she said as she put him down and added "I just had to take him,"
"They are going to find out," Prue said as her cell phone rang, and she looked at the caller ID and added "it's Paige."
"Don't answer it," Piper said
"If I don't they are gonna think that we were both kidnapped or something," she argued.
"Oh ok, but don't tell them, please," she begged
((Prue answered the phone; we can only hear her side of the conversation.))
"Hello?, Wyatt's been what?!? OK calm and slow down. Was there a note? What did it say? No don't call the police. Do what the note says, and wait for contact. I'll try and get back there as soon as I can. The traffic is bad. No don't have Leo orbed me there, I got my co- worker with me not a good idea, since I have to drive her back," she finally finished the phone call.
"Now back to you Piper. We need to talk. You left before I could finish," she told her and added "I need to tell you the reasons, and explain what is different."
"Like," she asked with a sweet baby voice intended for Wyatt, while feeding him and not really paying attention. "Isn't that good sweetie, Mommy loves you, yes she does."
"Piper, pay attention!" she yelled.
"Ok," she said as she put Wyatt down.
"I tried to tell you this earlier. The reason for Phoebe leaving us was because of the things that "never happened"," Prue explained raising her hands and using the quotation symbols.
"Ok, tell me now," Piper said as she sat down.
"Ok, first off. Cole was never vanquished, because you never received the power to blow up things, and you never learned the potent potion that went along with vanquishing him," she took a long breath and noticed Piper about to say something and held her hand up. "Let me finish before you start. Because you never married Leo, like I said you never got the power. Then Paige showed up, when she wanted to find out about her birth family. That is when Cole resurfaced for Phoebe. That was when we found out that she lied to us about vanquishing him the first time. He used some mind games like the love he had for her would set him free, which maybe has we haven't heard anything from them since she moved out. All I know is that she would have been the one that died if he didn't come for her."
"How and why is that?" Piper asked
"Because Piper, the reason is. There cannot be 4 Charmed Ones together. Only 3 Charmed Ones can co-exist. Otherwise it would render us all useless in fighting evil, and risking all of our safety and our lives! We learned that The Source wanted Phoebe dead. That is the reason Cole came like I said because he knew, that he would lose his love forever," she finally finished and sat on the bed.
"Oh no, oh God, what have I done?" she cried and then went to pick up a crying Wyatt, and rocked him in her arms. "All I wanted was you back."
"I know Piper, it cannot be. It was just my time. It was to be so we could let our new sister in. So she too could learn what she needed to learn. So this, me being here now, cannot me. We must find a way to reverse this," she said as she reached for Pipers hand.
"Ok," she understood now, she knew what she had to do.
"Do you understand that if we can fix this, I will go back?" Prue asked getting up and walking to her, and wrapped her arms around her and hugged her.
"Yes I understand now, I know what I just do, going to have to call for him now..." Piper started to call for Leo, but he had orbed in before she got it out.
"What's going here?" Leo asked as he ran to take Wyatt from Piper.