FIVE
"Piper, calm down," said Paige. "I'm sure there's a reasonable
explanation for this. Maybe your powers aren't gone. Maybe they're
just recharging or something."
"It's never happened before," said Piper. "Besides, I haven't used
them that much since we stopped that witch hunter. Thee shouldn't be
anything that needs recharging."
"Leo," called Phoebe into the air, "we really need you down here
right now."
The sisters waited for Leo to orb in. No matter where Leo was
at, as long as he wasn't in the underworld, he would hear Phoebe. He
would orb in immediately, knowing the girls were in danger.
Nothing happened. Leo didn't orb in.
"Leo, this is serious," said Piper. "I need you down here now."
Again they waited with no results.
"Isn't he supposed to come as soon as we call him?" asked Paige.
"Yes," said Piper. "The only time he couldn't hear us was when
he was in the underworld. And when he was in the past with Paige.
Even when he's up there, he can hear us. I don't understand why he's
not answering."
"Maybe he's busy with something else," said Phoebe. "My
premonition. You did say he was going to check on Pamela this
morning. Maybe something happened while he was there and he can't
come here."
"If that's true," said Piper, "he could be in danger. Paige,
orb us to the center right away. If we're lucky we might still be
able to get there in time to help."
Piper and Phoebe took Paige's arm and waited for her to orb.
Paige looked at the ceiling of the kitchen for a moment, and then
orbed them to the center. Only, they didn't orb. Nothing happened.
"Wait a minute," said Paige. "My orbing power isn't part of the
Power of Three. Even if Piper loosing her powers has somehow affected
Phoebe and me, I should still be able to orb."
She looked around the kitchen and saw a fork lying on the table.
She extended her hand and called it to her. Nothing happened. The
fork remained on the table without moving.
"Okay, now I'm getting worried," said Paige. "I can't orb and I
can't move objects."
"Hang on a second," said Phoebe.
She closed her eyes and concentrated. She raised her arms out
to her sides while she concentrated. Piper and Paige watched her
solemnly.
"I can't levitate," Phoebe finally announced. "I guess that
makes it unanimous. We've all lost our powers. But what I don't
understand is why Paige can't orb? Like she said, her orbing powers
don't come from the Power of Three. She got that from her father, a
White Lighter. Even if we've lost our Charmed Powers, her orbing
should be unaffected."
"Book of Shadows," announced Piper. "There has to be something
in there about this. Maybe this has to do with the offer the Angel of
Destiny made us. Come on. Let's go found out what's going on."
The sisters left everything in the kitchen and immediately went
to the attic to consult the Book of Shadows. Something as important
as they suddenly and inexplicably loosing their powers should be in
the book. It might take them a while to find out what, but they would
find it.
They entered the attic and stopped almost immediately.
Everything in the attic looked normal. Although it was perpetually
cluttered, the sisters had been in the attic innumerable times. Even
at a glance, they could tell if anything was out of place. Everything
was where it was supposed to be.
Everything but the Book of Shadows. The ancient tome and the
podium is sat on was nowhere to be seen.
"Piper, calm down," said Paige. "I'm sure there's a reasonable
explanation for this. Maybe your powers aren't gone. Maybe they're
just recharging or something."
"It's never happened before," said Piper. "Besides, I haven't used
them that much since we stopped that witch hunter. Thee shouldn't be
anything that needs recharging."
"Leo," called Phoebe into the air, "we really need you down here
right now."
The sisters waited for Leo to orb in. No matter where Leo was
at, as long as he wasn't in the underworld, he would hear Phoebe. He
would orb in immediately, knowing the girls were in danger.
Nothing happened. Leo didn't orb in.
"Leo, this is serious," said Piper. "I need you down here now."
Again they waited with no results.
"Isn't he supposed to come as soon as we call him?" asked Paige.
"Yes," said Piper. "The only time he couldn't hear us was when
he was in the underworld. And when he was in the past with Paige.
Even when he's up there, he can hear us. I don't understand why he's
not answering."
"Maybe he's busy with something else," said Phoebe. "My
premonition. You did say he was going to check on Pamela this
morning. Maybe something happened while he was there and he can't
come here."
"If that's true," said Piper, "he could be in danger. Paige,
orb us to the center right away. If we're lucky we might still be
able to get there in time to help."
Piper and Phoebe took Paige's arm and waited for her to orb.
Paige looked at the ceiling of the kitchen for a moment, and then
orbed them to the center. Only, they didn't orb. Nothing happened.
"Wait a minute," said Paige. "My orbing power isn't part of the
Power of Three. Even if Piper loosing her powers has somehow affected
Phoebe and me, I should still be able to orb."
She looked around the kitchen and saw a fork lying on the table.
She extended her hand and called it to her. Nothing happened. The
fork remained on the table without moving.
"Okay, now I'm getting worried," said Paige. "I can't orb and I
can't move objects."
"Hang on a second," said Phoebe.
She closed her eyes and concentrated. She raised her arms out
to her sides while she concentrated. Piper and Paige watched her
solemnly.
"I can't levitate," Phoebe finally announced. "I guess that
makes it unanimous. We've all lost our powers. But what I don't
understand is why Paige can't orb? Like she said, her orbing powers
don't come from the Power of Three. She got that from her father, a
White Lighter. Even if we've lost our Charmed Powers, her orbing
should be unaffected."
"Book of Shadows," announced Piper. "There has to be something
in there about this. Maybe this has to do with the offer the Angel of
Destiny made us. Come on. Let's go found out what's going on."
The sisters left everything in the kitchen and immediately went
to the attic to consult the Book of Shadows. Something as important
as they suddenly and inexplicably loosing their powers should be in
the book. It might take them a while to find out what, but they would
find it.
They entered the attic and stopped almost immediately.
Everything in the attic looked normal. Although it was perpetually
cluttered, the sisters had been in the attic innumerable times. Even
at a glance, they could tell if anything was out of place. Everything
was where it was supposed to be.
Everything but the Book of Shadows. The ancient tome and the
podium is sat on was nowhere to be seen.