A/N: Another chapter that has not been spellchecked, mostly because I'm
lazy. Heh heh.
Paige hit the 'Print' button and let out a sigh of relief.
"Printing!" She announced to no one in particular.
Once the printer was done, Paige got up and went over to it. The candles on her desk flickered, but she didn't seem to notice. She grabbed the paper and started walking back to her desk. Before she got there, however, she heard the crinkling of paper. Puzzled, she looked down and saw that she had stepped on some newspaper.
She bent down and picked it up. It was the obituary section. She read it over and stopped when she came to a notice about the funeral for Phoebe Halliwell. She glanced at her watch.
"Paige."
Paige turned and saw her boss. She handed him the paper she had printed.
"I gotta go." She said distractedly then left the office.
* * * *
Prue and Piper sat staring ahead at Phoebe's coffin. Everyone else had gone, but they couldn't tear themselves away.
Leo stood by the door not doing much of anything. The door opened and he looked at the person who stepped in.
"Were you a friend of Phoebe's?" Leo asked.
The woman turned to him, a little surprised.
"I... knew her from around." The woman said and shook Leo's hand. "I'm Paige."
"Paige?" Leo repeated.
Paige just stared at Leo.
"Wait right here." Leo said. "Phoebe's sisters will want to meet you."
Leo hurried over to Piper and Prue.
"I don't belong here." Paige sighed and left.
Leo reached Piper and Prue.
"She's here." He said hurriedly.
"Who?" Prue asked.
"Paige!" Leo said. "She does exist! Phoebe wasn't crazy."
"What does it matter?" Piper asked.
"Don't you remember what Phoebe said?" Leo said. "Shax is going to kill Paige. You have to help her."
"We don't do that anymore." Prue said simply.
"You have to!" Leo said. "Paige is an Innocent."
"Our destiny is over." Piper said.
"It's not." Leo said. "You can still help people."
Prue stood up and pointed to Phoebe's coffin. Tears began forming.
"It is over!" She exclaimed. "Do you see that? It's over, dammit!"
"If you won't do it for me, and you won't do it for Paige... do it for Phoebe." Leo said. "This was what she wanted, don't you remember?"
Prue and Piper looked at each other, then at Leo.
"For Phoebe." Piper said and stood up.
"For Phoebe." Prue said, staring at Phoebe's coffin.
"For Phoebe." Leo said quietly, then orbed them out.
* * * * *
Piper sighed and peered out the window.
"Are you *sure* she's going there?" Piper asked and turned to Prue.
Prue gave Piper a look that said very clearly 'Yes, and never doubt me. Ever.'
"Fine, fine." Piper sighed and looked back out the window.
Prue, Piper, and Leo had orbed into a vacant apartment and were watching a building across the street. For some reason, Prue was absolutely certain that Paige would turn up there. So far there had been no sign of her.
"Are you *sure*?" Piper asked again.
"Look," Prue said and joined Piper at the window. "I am absolutely certain. I just have this... feeling."
"Like a premonition?" Piper inquired.
"Sort of." Prue told her. "Instead of visions, I just get this feeling about places. Like something is going to happen there at whatever time, be it good or bad."
"Leo, does that make any sense to you?" Piper asked.
"I've never heard of it." Leo said. "But I suppose it is possible."
"Well, I would ask you to ask the Elders," Prue said. "But we've got a building to watch."
"You've got the spell, right?" Piper asked to be sure.
"Yes, I have the spell." Prue said and pulled a small piece of paper from her pocket.
"Okay, just making -"
"Uh, guys." Leo said and pointed to the building. "Paige at three o'clock."
Prue looked at the building's roof, then at Leo.
"That's really more of a twelve o'clock, but - oh! Oh! Ohh! Orb! Orb!"
* *
Paige took a deep breath as she walked further onto the roof. She needed to clear her head and the roof seemed like the perfect place; she could be alone and it was perfectly quiet.
That is until the strange blue orbs appeared, revealing the Halliwell sisters and the man Paige had met at the funeral.
Startled at their entrance, Paige took a few steps back.
"Where's Shax?" One of the women asked and looked around.
"I dunno. I dunno." The other answered quickly.
The first one then stopped looking and smiled at Paige.
"Hi." She said and took a few steps toward Paige.
"You stay away from me!" Paige exclaimed and began walking backward to the door.
"We're only here to help." The woman said. "I'm Prue and this is Piper and Leo. We're... well, we can get into the details later."
"No we won't!" Paige said, then reached into her pocket and pulled out her cellphone. "If you come any closer I'll... I'll... call the police!"
"You don't want to call anyone." Piper said. Then she and Prue began slowly walking toward Paige.
"I think I do." Paige said and turned the phone on.
"Wait." Prue said. "Do you feel that?"
"Feel what?" Piper asked.
"A chill." Prue said, then turned to Piper, panic etched on her face. "*The* chill."
"Oh no." Piper said.
She and Prue turned and saw a miniature tornado heading straight for them.
"Run!" Prue screamed, then she and Piper ran for Paige.
Prue looked behind her and saw Shax form an energyball. Prue and Piper raced forward, then jumped atop Paige, causing them all to fall to the ground. Shax's energyball hit seconds after they had hit the ground.
They all sat up and Prue held the spell up.
"Read this with us!" Piper said.
Paige just nodded and they said the spell.
"Evil wind that blows, that which forms below, no longer may you dwell, death takes you with this spell."
Shax tried to form another energyball but couldn't. Small bursts of wind escaped his body, then he exploded in a mass of tiny blue sparks.
Prue and Piper looked at each other. Paige slowly got up, still completely terrified.
"What are you guys!? Witches!?"
"Well, you are too." Prue said as she and Piper got up.
"What have you done to me?" Paige said, on the verge of tears, then she took off running.
"Paige!" Piper called, but Paige was already through the door and racing down the stairwell.
"Where's Leo?" Prue asked and turned around.
"Down here!"
Prue and Piper made their way to the edge of the roof and saw Leo holding on to a windowsill. He looked up at them and smiled.
"You vanquished Shax."
"Hoorah." Piper said sarcastically.
Prue frowned down at Leo.
"Orb your ass up here and take us home."
Paige hit the 'Print' button and let out a sigh of relief.
"Printing!" She announced to no one in particular.
Once the printer was done, Paige got up and went over to it. The candles on her desk flickered, but she didn't seem to notice. She grabbed the paper and started walking back to her desk. Before she got there, however, she heard the crinkling of paper. Puzzled, she looked down and saw that she had stepped on some newspaper.
She bent down and picked it up. It was the obituary section. She read it over and stopped when she came to a notice about the funeral for Phoebe Halliwell. She glanced at her watch.
"Paige."
Paige turned and saw her boss. She handed him the paper she had printed.
"I gotta go." She said distractedly then left the office.
* * * *
Prue and Piper sat staring ahead at Phoebe's coffin. Everyone else had gone, but they couldn't tear themselves away.
Leo stood by the door not doing much of anything. The door opened and he looked at the person who stepped in.
"Were you a friend of Phoebe's?" Leo asked.
The woman turned to him, a little surprised.
"I... knew her from around." The woman said and shook Leo's hand. "I'm Paige."
"Paige?" Leo repeated.
Paige just stared at Leo.
"Wait right here." Leo said. "Phoebe's sisters will want to meet you."
Leo hurried over to Piper and Prue.
"I don't belong here." Paige sighed and left.
Leo reached Piper and Prue.
"She's here." He said hurriedly.
"Who?" Prue asked.
"Paige!" Leo said. "She does exist! Phoebe wasn't crazy."
"What does it matter?" Piper asked.
"Don't you remember what Phoebe said?" Leo said. "Shax is going to kill Paige. You have to help her."
"We don't do that anymore." Prue said simply.
"You have to!" Leo said. "Paige is an Innocent."
"Our destiny is over." Piper said.
"It's not." Leo said. "You can still help people."
Prue stood up and pointed to Phoebe's coffin. Tears began forming.
"It is over!" She exclaimed. "Do you see that? It's over, dammit!"
"If you won't do it for me, and you won't do it for Paige... do it for Phoebe." Leo said. "This was what she wanted, don't you remember?"
Prue and Piper looked at each other, then at Leo.
"For Phoebe." Piper said and stood up.
"For Phoebe." Prue said, staring at Phoebe's coffin.
"For Phoebe." Leo said quietly, then orbed them out.
* * * * *
Piper sighed and peered out the window.
"Are you *sure* she's going there?" Piper asked and turned to Prue.
Prue gave Piper a look that said very clearly 'Yes, and never doubt me. Ever.'
"Fine, fine." Piper sighed and looked back out the window.
Prue, Piper, and Leo had orbed into a vacant apartment and were watching a building across the street. For some reason, Prue was absolutely certain that Paige would turn up there. So far there had been no sign of her.
"Are you *sure*?" Piper asked again.
"Look," Prue said and joined Piper at the window. "I am absolutely certain. I just have this... feeling."
"Like a premonition?" Piper inquired.
"Sort of." Prue told her. "Instead of visions, I just get this feeling about places. Like something is going to happen there at whatever time, be it good or bad."
"Leo, does that make any sense to you?" Piper asked.
"I've never heard of it." Leo said. "But I suppose it is possible."
"Well, I would ask you to ask the Elders," Prue said. "But we've got a building to watch."
"You've got the spell, right?" Piper asked to be sure.
"Yes, I have the spell." Prue said and pulled a small piece of paper from her pocket.
"Okay, just making -"
"Uh, guys." Leo said and pointed to the building. "Paige at three o'clock."
Prue looked at the building's roof, then at Leo.
"That's really more of a twelve o'clock, but - oh! Oh! Ohh! Orb! Orb!"
* *
Paige took a deep breath as she walked further onto the roof. She needed to clear her head and the roof seemed like the perfect place; she could be alone and it was perfectly quiet.
That is until the strange blue orbs appeared, revealing the Halliwell sisters and the man Paige had met at the funeral.
Startled at their entrance, Paige took a few steps back.
"Where's Shax?" One of the women asked and looked around.
"I dunno. I dunno." The other answered quickly.
The first one then stopped looking and smiled at Paige.
"Hi." She said and took a few steps toward Paige.
"You stay away from me!" Paige exclaimed and began walking backward to the door.
"We're only here to help." The woman said. "I'm Prue and this is Piper and Leo. We're... well, we can get into the details later."
"No we won't!" Paige said, then reached into her pocket and pulled out her cellphone. "If you come any closer I'll... I'll... call the police!"
"You don't want to call anyone." Piper said. Then she and Prue began slowly walking toward Paige.
"I think I do." Paige said and turned the phone on.
"Wait." Prue said. "Do you feel that?"
"Feel what?" Piper asked.
"A chill." Prue said, then turned to Piper, panic etched on her face. "*The* chill."
"Oh no." Piper said.
She and Prue turned and saw a miniature tornado heading straight for them.
"Run!" Prue screamed, then she and Piper ran for Paige.
Prue looked behind her and saw Shax form an energyball. Prue and Piper raced forward, then jumped atop Paige, causing them all to fall to the ground. Shax's energyball hit seconds after they had hit the ground.
They all sat up and Prue held the spell up.
"Read this with us!" Piper said.
Paige just nodded and they said the spell.
"Evil wind that blows, that which forms below, no longer may you dwell, death takes you with this spell."
Shax tried to form another energyball but couldn't. Small bursts of wind escaped his body, then he exploded in a mass of tiny blue sparks.
Prue and Piper looked at each other. Paige slowly got up, still completely terrified.
"What are you guys!? Witches!?"
"Well, you are too." Prue said as she and Piper got up.
"What have you done to me?" Paige said, on the verge of tears, then she took off running.
"Paige!" Piper called, but Paige was already through the door and racing down the stairwell.
"Where's Leo?" Prue asked and turned around.
"Down here!"
Prue and Piper made their way to the edge of the roof and saw Leo holding on to a windowsill. He looked up at them and smiled.
"You vanquished Shax."
"Hoorah." Piper said sarcastically.
Prue frowned down at Leo.
"Orb your ass up here and take us home."