Part 2
It's just a matter of time
That we all go away to a better place I'm told
It all sounds well and fine
But without you around I feel nothing but cold
And I now have nothing
But your heartbeat in my head
And a photograph of my travelling friend
And I became nothing when I found you were dead
When I found out I'd never see you again
Darryl knocked on the manor door. He took a deep breath trying in vain to prepare
himself for what he had to do.
Prue came to the door in her PJ's. "Hey Darryl." She let him in and closed the door,
"What brings you by this early?"
"Prue, I need you to get Piper, Phoebe and Glenn." He said, trying keeping his voice
from quivering.
Prue looked at Darryl confused, "EVERYONE GET DOWN HERE NOW!" She yelled, not
taking her eyes off of Darryl.
Piper came in from the kitchen while a sleepy Phoebe and Glenn came down a few
seconds later.
"What's with all the yelling?" Phoebe asked.
Prue looked around, "Where's Paige?"
Everyone else frowned, "I thought she was with you, Glenn?"
"No, she didn't come to bed last night. I didn't get in till about 1. I thought she was
sleeping with one of you." He said with the worry evident on his face.
"That's why I'm here." Darryl walked into the living room. "I think you should all sit
down."
They all done as he said with their faces full of fear.
All of them had a feeling what he was going to say but they wouldn't believe, not till
they knew.
"I can't believe I have to say this. There was a young woman found in the bay this
morning. It was Paige..."
Phoebe burst into tears, this couldn't be happening, not again. Prue put her arms
around Phoebe. She was in emotional shock. She couldn't feel.
Glenn began to pace the living room. After a few seconds he slid down the wall and
sobbed into his knees.
Piper stood up, "It wasn't her. It couldn't have been. It's all just a mistake." She
rambled.
Darryl shook his head, "Piper, I'm so sorry. Someone had to identify the body... It was
Paige. I saw her. Her car was abandoned at the top of the bridge."
Tears spilled down Piper's face. "Your lying! You... You're not Darryl! This is just a
demon. Paige is fine. We need to find out where he took her."
Strong arm's turned Piper around and hugged her. She fought against him at first. She
pounded his chest but he didn't let go. Glenn's pained sobs matching her's as she gave
in to his embrace.
Darryl let his cop demeanor down as he put his head in his hands. The scene in front of
him mixed with the sight of Paige's dead body was just too much.
Leo orbed into the living room ready for anything... anything but what he saw. His
whole family sobbing. Almost his whole family. He could feel the unbearable pain from
the manor.
"What's wrong, what's happened?"
Darryl seemed to b the only one to hear him. "Paige... she's dead."
"How?" was all he could ask.
Darryl swallowed hard. "She uh... she threw herself off of golden gate bridge late last
night."
Leo felt like someone had just punched him. Paige had killed herself? How was that
even possible? All thoughts of a demon cover-up ran through his mind.
"Darryl, have you made sure? It could be a demonic trick."
Darryl was getting sick of being asked that. "I had to identify the body Leo, It wasn't
nice... but it was her. Finger prints proved that. Her car was on the bridge. She had
been drinking. A lot from what the blood tests showed."
Leo began to blame himself. He should have known, should have sensed something was
wrong!
Darryl hugged Leo in an act of comfort for them both.
Prue let Phoebe out of her arms and turned to Darryl, the determined look in her eyes.
"I want to see her."
"No, Prue, you don't." He said trying to convince her.
"I told you I do! Now you can do that or I can orb there!"
"I know your hurting and this is hard to believe but you don't want to see her! She isn't
Paige. It's a body... a body that doesn't resemble what it should. She was in the bay for
hours Prue. That mixed with the impact.. It's not Paige." He said sadly.
Prue grabbed him by the shirt, "I want to see her!" She said through gritted teeth.
Darryl went for his last resort, "You want to see her grey skin? The mass of bruises?
The broken bones? The cuts?" He tried to erase the bitterness from his voice, "Keep the
picture that's true of Paige in your head, not the lifeless body."
Prue covered her mouth with her hand as Darryl's words... all of them, seemed to sink
in. Paige had taken her own life and Prue would never get to feel that closeness with
her. As her legs went weak, Leo held her close and they sank into the sofa. No one
cared that they weren't holding who they should be, as long as they were comforting
someone in their family.
Piper felt the bile rising. She pushed away from a destroyed Glenn and ran for the
kitchen. Lurched over the sink she emptied her stomach and then choked on the
heaves of both sickness and sobbing.
She stared out into the grey morning. The pain was back... It'd taken so long to get rid
of and no it was back, lodged firmly in her soul. How would she live through this again?
She barely lived through losing Prue, how could she live through losing Paige now?
Paige was the main reason she lived though losing Prue. She had to teach Paige.
Her mind walked in circles through all the questions until one stuck, 'why couldn't I
help her?'
********
Malichi sat with a grin on his evil face. He had killed a charmed one. And there was no
coming back from it. Any higher being had no control over what happened to the souls
in hell. No matter how much good the charmed one produced it wouldn't make up for
the fact she carried out a mortal sin. He continued to laugh at the thought of her
burning in hell. Now the rest was easy...
It's just a matter of time
That we all go away to a better place I'm told
It all sounds well and fine
But without you around I feel nothing but cold
And I now have nothing
But your heartbeat in my head
And a photograph of my travelling friend
And I became nothing when I found you were dead
When I found out I'd never see you again
Darryl knocked on the manor door. He took a deep breath trying in vain to prepare
himself for what he had to do.
Prue came to the door in her PJ's. "Hey Darryl." She let him in and closed the door,
"What brings you by this early?"
"Prue, I need you to get Piper, Phoebe and Glenn." He said, trying keeping his voice
from quivering.
Prue looked at Darryl confused, "EVERYONE GET DOWN HERE NOW!" She yelled, not
taking her eyes off of Darryl.
Piper came in from the kitchen while a sleepy Phoebe and Glenn came down a few
seconds later.
"What's with all the yelling?" Phoebe asked.
Prue looked around, "Where's Paige?"
Everyone else frowned, "I thought she was with you, Glenn?"
"No, she didn't come to bed last night. I didn't get in till about 1. I thought she was
sleeping with one of you." He said with the worry evident on his face.
"That's why I'm here." Darryl walked into the living room. "I think you should all sit
down."
They all done as he said with their faces full of fear.
All of them had a feeling what he was going to say but they wouldn't believe, not till
they knew.
"I can't believe I have to say this. There was a young woman found in the bay this
morning. It was Paige..."
Phoebe burst into tears, this couldn't be happening, not again. Prue put her arms
around Phoebe. She was in emotional shock. She couldn't feel.
Glenn began to pace the living room. After a few seconds he slid down the wall and
sobbed into his knees.
Piper stood up, "It wasn't her. It couldn't have been. It's all just a mistake." She
rambled.
Darryl shook his head, "Piper, I'm so sorry. Someone had to identify the body... It was
Paige. I saw her. Her car was abandoned at the top of the bridge."
Tears spilled down Piper's face. "Your lying! You... You're not Darryl! This is just a
demon. Paige is fine. We need to find out where he took her."
Strong arm's turned Piper around and hugged her. She fought against him at first. She
pounded his chest but he didn't let go. Glenn's pained sobs matching her's as she gave
in to his embrace.
Darryl let his cop demeanor down as he put his head in his hands. The scene in front of
him mixed with the sight of Paige's dead body was just too much.
Leo orbed into the living room ready for anything... anything but what he saw. His
whole family sobbing. Almost his whole family. He could feel the unbearable pain from
the manor.
"What's wrong, what's happened?"
Darryl seemed to b the only one to hear him. "Paige... she's dead."
"How?" was all he could ask.
Darryl swallowed hard. "She uh... she threw herself off of golden gate bridge late last
night."
Leo felt like someone had just punched him. Paige had killed herself? How was that
even possible? All thoughts of a demon cover-up ran through his mind.
"Darryl, have you made sure? It could be a demonic trick."
Darryl was getting sick of being asked that. "I had to identify the body Leo, It wasn't
nice... but it was her. Finger prints proved that. Her car was on the bridge. She had
been drinking. A lot from what the blood tests showed."
Leo began to blame himself. He should have known, should have sensed something was
wrong!
Darryl hugged Leo in an act of comfort for them both.
Prue let Phoebe out of her arms and turned to Darryl, the determined look in her eyes.
"I want to see her."
"No, Prue, you don't." He said trying to convince her.
"I told you I do! Now you can do that or I can orb there!"
"I know your hurting and this is hard to believe but you don't want to see her! She isn't
Paige. It's a body... a body that doesn't resemble what it should. She was in the bay for
hours Prue. That mixed with the impact.. It's not Paige." He said sadly.
Prue grabbed him by the shirt, "I want to see her!" She said through gritted teeth.
Darryl went for his last resort, "You want to see her grey skin? The mass of bruises?
The broken bones? The cuts?" He tried to erase the bitterness from his voice, "Keep the
picture that's true of Paige in your head, not the lifeless body."
Prue covered her mouth with her hand as Darryl's words... all of them, seemed to sink
in. Paige had taken her own life and Prue would never get to feel that closeness with
her. As her legs went weak, Leo held her close and they sank into the sofa. No one
cared that they weren't holding who they should be, as long as they were comforting
someone in their family.
Piper felt the bile rising. She pushed away from a destroyed Glenn and ran for the
kitchen. Lurched over the sink she emptied her stomach and then choked on the
heaves of both sickness and sobbing.
She stared out into the grey morning. The pain was back... It'd taken so long to get rid
of and no it was back, lodged firmly in her soul. How would she live through this again?
She barely lived through losing Prue, how could she live through losing Paige now?
Paige was the main reason she lived though losing Prue. She had to teach Paige.
Her mind walked in circles through all the questions until one stuck, 'why couldn't I
help her?'
********
Malichi sat with a grin on his evil face. He had killed a charmed one. And there was no
coming back from it. Any higher being had no control over what happened to the souls
in hell. No matter how much good the charmed one produced it wouldn't make up for
the fact she carried out a mortal sin. He continued to laugh at the thought of her
burning in hell. Now the rest was easy...