Paige sat on the couch with a blanket wrapped slightly around her, and she was sipping her tea. "Oh god, Paige I'm so sorry-" Paige cut Piper's apology short for the fourth time. "Piper, enough" Paige whispered, "It's really ok, I know you didn't know...right now lets just fix it ok?" she continued drinking wincing every now and again from the bruises she endured. Leo wasn't able to heal her. Prue had cast a spell to prevent that. "Here are some more towels" Phoebe stated as she placed them down on the table. "I know it's not Leo's healing power, but it's the best we can do" Leo hovered over Paige watching her every move. Paige almost fell off the couch when she jerked forward, covering her mouth as she went. "What did she do to you?" Phoebe asked while sliding over next to Paige and put her arm around her. "That's not Prue," Paige swallowed, "That's a hangover" another wave of nausea rushed over Paige and she turned green, and this time Phoebe backed up a little. "Keep an eye on her, Leo" Piper ordered as she walked upstairs. Phoebe watched Piper head upstairs and looked at Paige who was sort of staring off into space. Phoebe started to shift a little on the couch; she had a question she wanted to ask Paige. She just didn't know how to ask it, she didn't know if it was an appropriate time to ask it. She finally just gathered up her nerve. "Did you see here?" Phoebe asked, quickly and quietly, her eyes looking to the floor avoiding Paige's. Paige slowly turned her head. She took out one of her scared filled hands out from underneath the blanket, and placed it on Phoebe's knee. Phoebe winced as she watched Paige do this. Paige made Phoebe lock eyes with her. "The sister you knew..the sister you loved...she's dead Phoebe" Paige stated. Phoebe took her attention off of Paige's eyes and started looking deeply into her facial features that had been bruised and tattered. She looked at Paige's mouth which had been spilt in two places, she looked at the long gash on her forehead; deep and still bleeding, she looked at her swollen nose, her various scratches all over her face, then Phoebe focused her attention back onto Paige's eyes, the bruises around her eyes where hideous; they where black and blue, but that wasn't what made her start to cry. What made Phoebe start to cry was when she got past the buries and looked directly into her eyes. The color was gone. The brown in Paige's eyes was gone. In place of that color was a murky gray. Her spirit was gone; the Paige they knew for a year and a half was gone. Phoebe turned away and Paige let go. Phoebe got up and walked out of the room. She couldn't bear it. She knew Prue was the major cause of that pain, but she knew her and Piper also had contributed to that pain. They words they used toward Paige were awful, and Paige felt betrayed and alone. Phoebe didn't blame her, and she admired her courage for asking Pipe for help. Phoebe slumped through the kitchen door, and with tear filled eyes she looked up towards the heavens. "I hate you"







"Nothing, nothing, nothing!" screamed Piper as she flipped faster through the book. She finally gave up and slammed it in frustration. "What's wrong?" Phoebe asked as she walked into the attic. "I have looked in the book for the last hour and found nada, zilch, nothing," Piper complained. "Hey, it's ok, and keep your voice down, for Paige's sake ok?" Phoebe pleaded. " Ok, you know what I have been very good around Paige about not freaking out around Paige and now we are upstairs out of Paige's sight and her ear range and I think right now I have every right to freak out!" Piper stated as she tried to say her whole speech in one breath. Piper came out from behind the book. "I'm sorry Phoebe, It's just that I didn't exactly expect this...I'm just a little freaked out." Phoebe walked over to Piper and gave her a hug. Phoebe was the first one to break from the hug. "You know what we have to do" Phoebe stated. Piper looked at her with confused eyes, "no! Phoebe we can't do that"

Phoebe looked at her with sympatric eyes, "Look we are protectors of the innocent, and right now Paige is our innocent even if that means-" "No! Phoebe, it wasn't supposed to be like this!" Piper screamed tears in her eyes. She crumpled to the floor, "you can't make me do that" Piper whispered. Phoebe became furious. "Piper, open your eyes! Prue is not the Prue we remember! She is hurting, and if we don't stop her she COULD kill Paige." Piper looked up at Phoebe, "I know you're right, I just don't want to believe it" Phoebe outstretched her hand toward Piper. Piper took and they both went back over to the book flipping through it, looking for a vanquishing potion.