Between Heaven & Hell

Disclaimer – The characters from Charmed, belong to Constance M. Burge/Brad Kern, and the WB. However any characters you don't recognize belong to me. I am merely borrowing the characters and hoping they'll stay for a long, long, time….lol.

Part 5

 "Are you out of your mind? Do you have any idea what the Source would do if he knew that you're down here?"
"Didn't know you still cared. Jason, what are you talking about?" Cole walked back to him, keeping one ear to the cave entrance.
"We've been best friends for almost fifty years - you falling in love with a witch isn't gonna change that." Jason admitted stonily, and then added, "But if you tell anyone I said that, I'll have to kill you." He grinned, which brought out a small smile on Cole's face.


"Look, can we go somewhere? We need to talk, and this isn't the best place to do it in." Cole said, noticing that voices were getting closer to them.
"Sure." With that, they both shimmered and appeared in Golden gate park, just as two demons walked into the cave.
"I'm telling you, I heard people talking." One of them said, and the other just shrugged. He didn't really give a damn.

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"So that really was Prue?" Leo asked one of the Elders, who were about to say something when Penny Halliwell stormed in.
"Penny. You are not supposed to be in here." The Elders protested, but Penny ignored them. She was about to speak to Leo when she turned back to the Elders and started talking.
"I knew that this would happen. Patty and I both told you this would happen - but no, you had to be all uppity and arrogant. Look where it got you." They started speaking, but were cut off by Penny again.


"You had no right to lie to my grand-daughters. They have gone through so much." She paused to let it sink in, which is when the Elders decided to speak. Leo was just watching them argue, amused. Not many people ignored the elders like this - mainly just the Halliwells.
"But destiny proclaimed th," Once again they were cut off by Penny.


"Screw destiny. My grand-daughters don't need this." She turned to Leo and smirked at the look on his face. She spoke again, though a lot less aggravation. "Leo, Prue is alive. We weren't allowed to tell you. You can't heal her anymore - you're not her whitelighter."
"Huh? Why?"

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"What's wrong with my sister? Is she going to be alright?" Piper was frantic. Paige and Darryl moved closer to her and waited for the doctor to speak.


"The majority of wounds were on her back, though she has numerous gashes on her upper thighs. She has extensive bruising near her stomach, and almost all of her ribs are broken." He paused to take a deep breath, hating what he was going to have to tell them next. "The fact that her ribs are broken is what's causing the complications. One of her lungs was punctured, and her spleen had to be taken out. There was massive internal bleeding because of that, though we have stopped the majority of it. Let me put it this way - your sister should by all rights be dead right now. She crashed at least two times on the table, and once on the way here." He paused again, noticing the blank looks on Paige and Piper's face. "That just means that her heart stopped."


"Oh god…" Piper's looked like she was about to crumble, so Paige led her towards one of the seats and then turned back to the doctor.
"Is my sister going to be all right?" Her voice was firm, but held a note of fear in it.
"There's no easy way to say this. She's in a coma right now, and if and when she wakes up, there's a possibility that there might be some brain damage."


"Not if, doctor, when." Darryl spoke. He had a healthy respect for the Halliwell's and their healing abilities. He didn't doubt that Prue would wake up.
"It probably will be when. She's a fighter, no doubt about that." The doctor gave a small half-smile and then said, "You can see her as soon as she's put in ICU. Only immediate family allowed, sorry." He gave Darryl a look of apology, and then smiled when Piper spoke.


"He is immediate family." Her tone gave him the impression that that's all there was to be said in the matter.
"That's all right then." He was about to leave when a nurse rushed in.
"The patient crashed again, we're not sure how long we can hold her this time." Both rushed out and into the operating room leaving a stunned trio.

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She stared in disbelief at the knife protruding from her stomach, and then at the grinning man who had just stabbed her. She couldn't believe it - she had just been stabbed. And in the busy streets of New York, who would notice? She slumped to the ground, her hands on the knife. As she started breathing heavily, her attacker bent down and slowly pulled the knife out. He grabbed her hair and wiped the blood on to it, leaving crimson streaks on dark blonde hair. Her last thoughts were not of her sisters or her friends, but of herself as she realized how cowardly she had been to leave San Francisco. Phoebe Halliwell gave one last gasp and then fell forward on to the cold pavement. She would not be noticed missing until the next day, when her current squeeze realized that she hadn't come back.

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He sat on his chair, deep in thought. His plans were coming together, and he couldn't have been happier. His group was getting bigger every day, and he was becoming stronger by the minute. He let out a sinister laugh and then smiled evilly as he thought of another way to increase his chances. They were in big trouble, and they had no idea that he was coming.

TBC…

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