Between Heaven & Hell
Part 2
She couldn't believe that she was dead. Well, the others did anyway. It was all
his fault. If he hadn't of captured him, she would be with her sisters now. It
had been three months since he had shown her the article, and she was no closer
to finding out what had happened than she had been when he had first shown her.
In those three months she hadn't seen him once - he had sent one of his friends
to give her food and water.
Unfortunately, this friend of his was a bit uptight, and didn't take too well
to being called a great big hairy buffoon that couldn't think for himself. She
almost laughed when she remembered the look on his face but then stopped when
she thought of how he had reacted. She had received broken ribs, a black eye
and numerous bruises because of that particular comment. At least she had
learned his name, and the name of her captor. The buffoon had been christened
Jason - she had laughed when she heard that and foolishly asked if demons and
warlocks actually got christened. Another black eye was rewarded for that one.
She looked up when Jason walked in carrying a plate of food and a jug of water.
She smiled in appreciation when she saw that it was a turkey and mayo sandwich.
She decided to be smart and actually eat this time before speaking to him.
Jason had a habit of taking everything she said the wrong way. Of course, most
of the time she meant most of it, but he didn't have to assume that, did he? She
started to eat and tried to ignore him when he spoke. Most of what he said she
didn't understand anyway. It's not like she remembered much from the year of
French she had been forced to take in freshman year. Who ever heard of a demon
that spoke French, anyway? So she was surprised when he started to speak in
fluent English.
"I really hope you've decided to behave today, Halliwell."
She finished eating, took a sip of water from the glass, thought for a while
and then smiled innocently and said, "No comprender senor."
Jason's face grew red with anger, and he furiously yelled at her; "What the
hell do you think you're playing at? Stupid bitch!" Jason turned a mottled
shade of purple and threw the jug of water against the wall of the cave. He
then lunged at her. She frowned when she realized that she was still too weak
to avoid him. That was the last thing she thought of before everything went
black.
******Meanwhile in San Francisco, Bay Area, 1329 Prescott St******
Piper looked around at her family - what was left of it anyway. Ever since her
older sister had died three short months ago, her life had fallen apart and her
family hadn't been far behind. She'd discovered a new sister, but had lost
another in the process. After finding Paige, her baby sister, Phoebe had gone
off the deep end. Two days after they vanquished Shax, the demon that killed
Prue, Phoebe had taken off. Just packed up and disappeared. She left a
two-worded note - I'm sorry. Piper thought that this was hilarious. Prue, her
older sister, her mom, her hero and her best friend, Prue was dead because
Phoebe had the hots for a demon that dumped her, and all Phoebe could say was
I'm sorry?
Piper sat there and looked in silence at Cole and Paige - two of the four last
remaining members of the Halliwell household. Cole had stuck around even after
Phoebe had split, believing that it was his destiny to help Paige and Piper out
with the demons that were still attacking and make sure that they stayed
reasonably unhurt - especially that the power of three had been broken yet
again. Leo, her husband, was up there with the Elders, discussing their next
move.
Piper frowned when she saw Paige - her little sister, (and Piper believed her
only sister - Phoebe was as good as dead to Piper), had a calm, collected
expression on her face. Piper knew that look well - it was Prue's defense
against the world when something was bothering her - but Paige hadn't perfected
it yet. Prue had always been able to hide her emotions from her eyes as well -
Paige's eyes revealed what her face did not. Those doe brown eyes held a myriad
of emotions that tugged at Piper's already shattered heart. Fear, desperation,
love, happiness, sadness, desolation, fear again, and guilt - Paige was hiding
something from them. But Piper knew that Paige wouldn't open up to her until
she was well past breaking point - her little sister was too much like her big
sister for her own good. Paige too shied away from emotional feelings - Prue
had been like that. Piper understood though - it was like that for her as well
now.
After
losing Prue, Piper had been lost as well - only Paige and Leo's freely given
love had stopped her from splitting like Phoebe had done. Cole had helped too,
but he was trying to figure out where his loyalties lied. Thankfully, Belthazor
had stuck with good, and now he was truly a part of the Halliwell family.
Piper was broken from her thoughts when Leo orbed in. She was about to kiss him
when he spoke, breaking the silence that had taken hold of the house for the
last hour.
"Piper - Paige - Cole. Listen, guys, we need to talk." Leo's voice was grave
and solemn - too solemn for Piper's liking. "Something's happened. Patty and
Penny - they make a mistake. The Source and the Elder's were wrong - and
everything's gone to hell."
TBC…
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