CENTENNIAL CHARMED

Note: Of course I wouldn't kill Piper off... not yet I don't think... I don't know. I'm making the story up as I go. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or constructive critism. Thanks.

Chapter 11

-hospital-

Paige rushed into the hospital, only to find the waiting room empty.

"Phoebe? Phoebe, where are you?" Paige cried, panicked, and without thinking, she ran towards the emergency rooms. Doctors and nurses racing to restrain her became blurs, the intercom faded out, as the only thing that mattered to her right now is finding her sisters.

"Phoebe!" Paige cried as she rushed into the room where Piper was located. The sight in front of her filled her with dread. The weight of the world seemed to crash down on her all of a sudden. The sound of the flat lined heart monitor was hit her full force like a sledgehammer.

"Piper!" She cried, stumbling quickly to her fallen sister's side.

"Piper, don't do this to us! Please... wake up. Please! We need you Piper..." Paige sobbed out. The surrounding sank into her mind now, as the machinery, the wires, the blood... Piper... became a reality. 'No! Not a reality.' Paige thought, and she gently took Piper's bandaged hand and placed a hand over her injured sister's chest. 'Heal'

Nothing happened.

Phoebe watched on hopefully. Despair filled her as no soft amber glow appeared. 'This cannot happen again! Not again. I am not going to lose another sister...' Phoebe reached out and took Piper's other bandaged hand, ignoring the blood that continued to soak the white gauze strips.

-Flashback-

"This is Prue's funeral for god sakes, can we at least bury her in peace, is that too much to ask?!?"

"She is my baby sister and I let him destroy her. That is not human nature, that is the nature of failure."

"So, here's the plan. We go home, and we vomit..."

"Hospita1. How man times do I have to tell you crazy people, I'm delivering in a hospital!"

"Yeah. Sure, why not? We could have another funeral tomorrow. I mean, all the dishes are out and we pretty much know who to invite."

"I'm not angry. I am pissed off! Don't you understand? You healed the wrong sister! You saved me because I'm your damn wife, and you should've saved her because she was the best! Because she. you should. Why do they put us through so much for it to end this way?"

"No, Leo, I won't. I don't want to do this anymore, okay? It... It's over! You can tell them that we buried their precious Charmed Ones when we buried our sister."

"No. You were trying to get yourself killed, which is what this family does best is get killed. Isn't it obvious by now that our only destiny is to die? And you are making it way too easy for them, Phoebe. You are just walking right into it!"

-End of flashback-

The beautiful amber glow appeared from Paige's hand. The heart monitor began to beep just as the doctors managed to rush in. The doctors pushed Paige and Phoebe away and continued reviving Piper.

"May I please ask that you wait outside?" A nurse asked gently while ushering them towards the waiting room. "You will hear from us the moment the doctors are finished."

The two of them waited in silence outside - each praying for the life of their oldest sister.