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An Unexpected Future
Leo laid his hands over Piper, and she began to breathe again. Leo sighed in relief.
Piper's eyes flickered open. She looked into her husband's relief-stricken face and smiled, "Happy to see me?" And then she looked around the kitchen, remembering everything that had happened a few minutes before. "Oh, no…Phoebe…Paige…" She groaned when she saw Prue. Prue was lying face down with glass surrounding her. "Leo, you need to heal Prue, too." She stood up, and went to Prue. She gently touched Prue's forehead with her hand, "Sweetie, c'mon. Wake up for me." Prue blinked several times, and slowly stood up, "Ow…" Piper helped Prue up. "Let Leo heal you." Prue took a step back. "Uh…actually, I …am good." Piper knew something was wrong by the look on Prue's face; Prue was never any good at lying. "C'mon. What is it?" Prue just smiled and shook her head. "Nothing." Prue took a step forward, and immediately fell to the floor. Piper reached her hand forward, but Prue held her hand up in protest, "No. I'm OK. I just slipped." Prue stood up again, and tried to shrug off the pain in her ankle. She took another step forward to make it seem like she was OK, but she cried out in pain and fell to the floor once again. Piper reached down to help Prue up, but Prue put her hand up again in protest, "No!" Piper put her hands on her hips. "What the hell is wrong with you?" Prue gave Leo a glance, and nodded towards the hallway. She looked back at Piper, "The elders are calling. I will be right back." She orbed out of the kitchen and into the hallway, where her sisters wouldn't hear her talking. Leo looked up and pointed, "Something must really be up, because they are calling me, too." He walked over to Piper, and kissed her gently on the forehead. Then he orbed out of the kitchen, and met Prue in the hallway. Leo looked at Prue straight in the eyes; he could tell something was wrong, but didn't want to push her. She sat down on the ground, and started crying. "Someone is going to…die….because of me." Leo looked really confused, and noticed that Prue was holding her ankle. Leo bent down to heal her with a confused look on his face, "Why do you say – " He looked up in shock. "You are becoming human? I didn't think that was possible!" Prue shook her head, "You don't understand. The elders – they sent me here – but they said I was a replacement….a replacement for whom?" Leo dropped his jaw. "What does that mean…that the elders saw the future, and don't know how to change it?" Prue shook her head with a sad look on her face, "I don't know. All I know is that they told me I was a replacement, and I don't know what that means."
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When Leo and Prue orbed out, Piper knew something was wrong. It was something that Prue knew about, but wasn't telling her. Paige shakily stood up, and supported herself gripping the back of a chair, "We better have enough powder, because I really don't like being weak." Piper looked in Paige's direction, and slightly smiled, "Well, at least nothing bad has happened to your powers." Paige looked at Piper teasingly with a fake glare, "You shouldn't have said that. Now something bad is going to happen." As soon as the words left Paige's mouth, items in the kitchen started to shake behind Piper. Paige's eyes widened, "Oh, shit!" Piper noticed that Paige wasn't looking at her, but behind her. She turned around, and noticed the plates shaking on the walls. Piper groaned, "What now?" A hanging plate, used for decorating, flew off the wall, and Piper ducked as it barely missed her head. The plate flung itself in Paige's direction, and almost hit Paige as well. "We got to get out of here!" Paige screamed.
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Leo and Prue looked up when they heard shattering and screaming in the kitchen. Leo looked at Prue, and together they ran into the kitchen. Prue ducked as a pan almost crashed into her. Prue looked at Piper and Paige who were crawling to the doorway of the kitchen, and then noticed Phoebe in the corner of the kitchen, not moving, 'Oh…this is not going to be fun.' Prue orbed to Phoebe, and yelled over her shoulder at Leo, "Get Piper out of here! I'll get Paige!" Leo nodded his head and orbed to Piper, who was trying her best to crawl to the door. Prue grabbed Phoebe's hand just as a glass bowl flung itself from the cabinet. It smacked Prue in the head, and she let go of Phoebe's hand and fell backwards on her back, "Damn it!" Prue reached for Phoebe's hand, and quickly orbed her to the front door. She then picked her up, and carried her outside, and laid her down on the grass. "Damn! Paige!" She went back inside and orbed to Paige. Her head was bleeding badly, and her vision was getting blurry. She took Paige's hand and a random object slammed into Paige, "Oww - " Prue orbed her to the front door, and carried her outside and put her down by Phoebe. Prue looked at Paige who was bleeding just as much as she was, "Why didn't you orb out of the kitchen?" Paige sat up, and began to respond, and then Prue looked around her, "Where are Piper and Leo?" Paige shook her head, "I don't know. I saw them orb away, but I don't know where they went. But they will come find us soon." Prue looked at her, "Can you sense them?" Paige shook her head, "No…That powder did something to my powers, like they messed with Phoebe's powers." She looked sadly over at Phoebe, "We need to do that spell before one more person falls – we are too vulnerable." Prue looked at Paige, "So…why couldn't you orb?"
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Leo orbed Piper upstairs to the attic, where he assumed would be the safest place. Piper was breathing shallowly and sharply. It was almost as if Piper was hyperventilating. He laid her on the floor, and started to heal all her cuts and bruises, "Piper, don't worry. Phoebe and Paige are both out; they aren't panicking anymore." Piper took Leo's hand, "That's not…what….I'm worried about." She put Leo's hand on her stomach, "I'm worried about….the baby…" Leo snapped his head up to look at Piper, "You're in labor, aren't you?" Piper nodded her head. Leo's eyes widened, "You have been in labor for a while now. Why didn't you tell me?" Piper gripped Leo's hand, and between clenched teeth said, "I didn't want to worry anybody further. I felt the contractions during the fight with the demon, well, after you healed me actually." Leo nodded his head, "I felt something too, when I healed you, but I didn't want to say anything. I wasn't sure if I was right or not." Piper screamed in pain. "OK. Great. Now that we've established that…" She clenched her teeth, "Leo…the baby's coming….now!"
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Paige sat up, and continued talking, "I tried orbing….and it just wasn't working….and I couldn't - " Prue touched her head, and looked at the blood on her hand. She was feeling light-headed. She quickly bent down, and started to heal Paige, "Leo!....Leo!....We need you now, Leo!" Prue closed her eyes, and took a deep breath, "Paige…you need to listen to me." Prue opened her eyes, and stood up after healing Paige. She put her hand to her forehead to stop the bleeding, and Paige stopped talking. "When Leo finally comes and finds us, you need to tell him that I lost a lot of blood, and I know that you don't understand, but he will – so make sure you tell him." Paige nodded her head and noticed Prue was swaying a little. Paige patted the spot beside her, "You should sit down, because if you hit your head, I don't think I can heal you." Prue groaned, "He needs to come soon…." Prue started to sit by Paige, and then she passed out from the loss of blood.
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