Prue shimmered into the chamber where she had been kept. "JOEL!" She screamed. "It's Prue. Come out!"
Joel appeared in front of Prue. "I knew you'd come back for your sister. I made sure to keep her in tiptop condition. Although she may be molding a little." She grinned at Prue.
"Bring her back and you can have me." Prue said.
"Well... since you're here and really quite helpless I'll have to say no." Joel remarked taking the grin off of his face.
Prue shimmered behind him. "Not exactly helpless is how I would put it."
"Well well. I thought Cole had brought you but I guess I'm wrong." He paused and looked at the table. "Very well Prue. First I shall suspend your powers."
"First bring my sister back. I know how the ritual goes. Gresha comes up when you say the ritual then you instruct her who to kill blah blah blah. I'm sure mommy dearest wouldn't mind raising Phoebe before me."
"That can't be done! She doesn't have powers until she's had her sacrifice."
"Don't toy with me. I know she has a little power. I'm not completely stupid." Prue sat on the table. "We still have two hours and 15 minutes don't you think you should start the ritual? And just to let you know I casted a protection spell on me before I left. I'll lift that spell when Phoebe is alive. Then you can suspend my powers." Prue lied.
"You've thought of everything huh? Well just to you know I have protection too. You can't shimmer out of this room."
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Cole sat up and rubbed his head. He tried to shimmer but found that he couldn't. "Great..." He remarked. He stood up and headed for the Halliwell house.
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Piper paged through the BOS. She had tried everything. Well just scrawling that's all she could find. Prue had left without a word and Piper was scared. Prue wasn't anywhere. "Leo! LeO!"
Leo orbed in. "Piper? Everything ok?"
"Where's Prue?" She asked.
Leo looked at Piper for a second. "I don't sense her anywhere. Do you think she-"?
"Yeah. I think she went to save Phoebe. Either that or she's dead too." Piper put her head in her hands. "And that didn't happen Leo."
"But how could she?"
"Cole."
There was a knock at the Door. Piper walked to the door and answered it with Leo at her side.
"COLE!" Piper yelled. "Where's Prue!?"
"She stripped my powers and went to save Phoebe."
Piper turned to Leo. "Can you orb us there?"
Leo held Piper. "Sure."
"Wait!" Cole stopped them before they could orb away. "I need to go too. Just in case Prue can't handle my powers."
Piper glanced out the door past Cole. "Oh my god! Full moon! Prue... Joel... She's going to get Gresha to bring Phoebe back. And gave herself up! I really hope she finds a better idea." Piper quickly went to the coffee table for her watch but it wasn't there. "Coulda sworn I left it there." She looked at the clock. It was 11:35. "25 minutes." She yelled as she ran back to Leo and Cole. Piper grabbed Cole just in time for all three of them to orb away.
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Prue was lying on the table watching Joel perform his ritual. He grabbed for the knife. "Gresha... In you name I offer this sacrifice." Then he went into a different language that Prue couldn't understand. Phoebe's body was brought in by two demons in the human form. Phoebe was a ghostly white and she looked wrinkly and old. Her eyes stared at the ceiling blankly. It was the Phoebe that Prue loved and remembered.
The tomb burst open and chunks of rock flew everywhere. "In return for this sacrifice we ask one thing mother." Again he went into another language.
Prue's eyes were fixed on Phoebe. Waiting for anything. A twitch, a cough.
"Prue!" Piper and Cole shouted as they orbed to her side.
Prue didn't move she just watched Phoebe. Finally Phoebe came too. Prue smiled a little.
"Now Prue..." Joel said as he held the knife far above her stomach. He plunged it down as hard and fast as he could.
Piper gripped Leo's arm tight and buried her head into his arm. Phoebe looked around clueless and when she saw the knife come down at her sister she screamed.