Sorry it's kinda short but I'll write more soon. Thanks for all the awesome reviews. And I'm
not making Cole a bastard, he already is. ;-) had to be said. Anyway I killed him so in my head,
he no longer exists! And Paige can be treated with the respect she deserves :-D (kinda gave
away I'm not killing her. That was obvious from the beginning tho I think.) Well enjoy.



Part 9

'1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 breathe. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 breathe. Come on you're
stronger than this. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 breathe. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 breathe. NO! I
will not go through that pain again!'


Movement, a twitch. Rise-Fall. Almost unnoticeable.


"P-piper?"

She followed the voice to her little sister in the corner, she was rocking, hugging her
knee's.

"Go tell the paramedics where we are." She said calmly.

Phoebe got up her eyes glued to Paige until she was outside calling in the paramedics.

Piper finally let out a shakey breath and a few tears fall. She took Paige's hand in her
own,

"Paige, If you can hear me, I love you so much. Please just hang in there. I can't
handle losing another sister. We haven't had enough time yet. I want to know you. I've
been so hard on you, but i thought you would need that. Prue was always hard on us, I
thought you should have that to. All I done was hurt you with it. I was scared to have
you around. I didn't understand but now I do." She leaned over and kissed Paige on the
forehead, "Be strong."

The two paramedics came charging in and got Piper out of their way.

"Ms, what in the hell happened to her?" He asked obviously shocked at the state Paige
was in.

"Someone took her, he was torturing her. He brought her back and disappeared." Piper
said holding herself together.

The paramedics looked disgusted . "What's her name and age?"

"Paige, Paige Matthews. She's 25."

"Ok, we have to intubate. Her output is close to none, got one very weak pulse." He
told his partner.

Phoebe couldn't watch as they forced a tube down her little sister's throat. She felt
Piper pull her close. She had just killed her husband but that didn't seem to matter
right now. She was so scared that Paige would die.

Piper watched as they stuck Paige with needles and hooked her up to the heart
monitor. The unsteady beating drained the last of hope.

The paramedics loaded Paige into the ambulance then one of them turned to Piper,
"One of you will have to go sit in the front." He told them in a rush.

Piper let go of Phoebe's hand, "honey, go sit up front ok?"

Phoebe just got in and started staring out of the window. While Piper sat in the back,
trying not to get in the paramedics way.

It seemed like the longest trip to the hospital. Her mind was racing with all these
thoughts. She had one little sister cut off from the world and another lying in front of
her near death. She didn't think she really was capable of the big sister, keeping it
together trait but at that very moment she had it perfected.

By now she would either be swearing to get the elders back for all the scrappiness in
her life one day or falling to pieces in someone arms.

She'd give anything right now to be in Prue's arms. Her big sister telling her everything
would be ok. But she wasn't and nothing was ok. Nothing.