"You stay away from her." Piper commanded, looking straight at him. His attention was diverted to the baby that sat in Natalie's arms.

"My son…" Link said, ignoring Piper. Natalie began to back up, holding the child close. She glanced down into the bundle when her face dropped. "What's wrong? Why won't you let me see my son?"

"She's not breathing…" Natalie said quietly. "She's dead."

"What?!?" Link anger rose.

"She's… dead? How is that possible? She just was born." Piper asked frantically.

"I told him… I told him that she probably wouldn't live; that she was going to be too premature." Regret filled up in Natalie as she felt the pang of guilt, the fact that she didn't do anything earlier.

"Oh, well… I guess I'll just have to try again." Link threw a green ball at Natalie, causing her to go up in flames, child in arms.

"No!" Phoebe yelled, a bolt of electricity surged through her hand and directly hit Link. He convulsed before combusting into pieces. Phoebe looked down at her hands. She had received an active power that was more useful. She looked at Piper, a look of confusion on what to do next.

"We can sort this out when we get home." Piper said pulling the spell out. Leo lifted Paige into his arms and the two sisters said the spell to return back to the manor.

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            They took turns through the night and the next day watching Paige; Cole had even taken a shift. Paige hadn't woken up since they returned and they were beginning to worry. The wings had slowly retracted back into Paige as the day went on, and so did her fever. Piper came home early from P3 just to watch her. Dinner had been a fast-food pick-up at McDonalds on the way home. Phoebe had been working on her column, while Piper was watching late night reruns of Law and Order when Paige began to stir. She felt groggy and greatly sore. Piper and Phoebe rushed to her side.

"Paige…" Phoebe said, a smile of hope spread across her face.

"Phoebe?" Paige wasn't sure of the voice. Her mind was still cloudy.

"Yeah, and Piper."

"Hey." Piper greeted Paige and stroked her cheek with her hand. "How do you feel?"

"I uh… I'm not… I don't understand what's going on and…" Paige then look as if she came to sudden realization, "Oh no, where is she?"

"Um…" Phoebe said, looking at Piper, not knowing what to say.

"He has her, doesn't he? He took her." Paige tried to sit up but was too weak.

"Paige, calm down. He doesn't have her." Paige began to relax and with the help of Phoebe, propped herself up. It was evident that Piper and Phoebe were dreading the next inevitable question. "Where is she then?"

"Sweetie, there was… something happened after you fainted." Piper began to explain.

"Link had showed up seconds after the baby was born." Phoebe added in

"But the baby was too premature to be saved and when he realized there was nothing he could do to help her, he killed Natalie."

"Who was holding the baby…"

Silence had filled the room. They both were waiting to see how Paige was going to react. She never wanted the child in the first place but now she woke thinking first thing of the baby. Tears began rolled down her face as Piper pulled her into a hug. Paige tried not to cry but broke down within seconds of the news. Phoebe joined in on the hug, rubbing Paige's back to help calm her down. It was a while until they lied Paige back down in her bed; she was still sniffling a little. She was now exhausted physically as well emotionally. They continued to whisper words of encouragement and love until she fell asleep. They stayed by her side as she continued to sleep in the little comfort of her bed.

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A/N: I know… it's like an end to a… story. It's been a blast fighting through the writer's block and reaching somewhat into my brain to write this. For some of those who wished for a happier ending, I'm sorry. This was the original ending for the story and I had decided to stick with it. Hence, why this was ever considered an Angst fanfic. I'd like to thank all those who reviewed diligently throughout the entire fic. Man… one weird idea turned out to be my longest story to date. THANK YOU ALL!!