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An Unexpected Future
"Prue…" Paige gently shook her, "Oh dammit." She looked up towards the sky, "Leo! Where the hell are you? Leo!" She stroked Prue's hair, and again raised her eyes to the sky, "I can't do this by myself. Please, help me! I could really use a power boost right about now!" She groaned… nobody was going to listen to her, "If you are listening right now, your precious Charmed Ones are not going to be here in the next hour, because you are too damned - " She stopped talking, and put her hand to her head, "Whoa….dizzy." The dizziness only lasted a minute or two, and then she knew what it was from. She quickly put her hands over Prue, and to her relief, her hands started glowing, "Thank you!" Prue woke up, and her normal rosy-color returned to her cheeks. Prue looked a little stunned, and looked up at Paige, who was leaning over her. "Where's Leo?" Paige cleared her throat… "Uh…yeah…well, he's not here." Prue looked worried, and then smiled, "You healed me?" Paige nodded her head, and pointed towards the sky, "I got a power boost." Prue nodded her head, "Great. Thanks. We need to find Leo, now…so…can you maybe try to sense him?" Paige closed her eyes in concentration, "He's in…the attic…with….Piper!" Prue nodded her head, "That makes sense." Paige stood up very weakly, "Oh no. When I healed you, I think that used up most of the strength I had left." Prue stood up, and put Paige's arm over her shoulder, "C'mon. Let's get inside, and then I'll – " Paige shook her head, "We can't go back inside. All of the items in the house will go flying at me." Prue looked around her. There were no small objects outside, so she had assumed Paige's powers were OK, since nothing flew at them. She nodded her head at Paige, "OK. What do you suggest?" Paige looked at Prue for a moment, and said, "Leave us outside. Go up to the attic, and put small objects outside the door and then shut it. I think I can manage to orb myself upstairs, and you can orb Phoebe. Deal?" Prue nodded her head, and gently lowered Paige to the ground, "Do you think you have enough strength to orb yourself outside just in case the door can't hold the items back?" Paige cocked her head to one side and thought about it, "Yeah…I guess so. But hurry up and clear the attic." Prue started to orb out, and then Paige called, "Don't forget to bring the BOS upstairs with you!"
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Prue orbed to the kitchen, and saw the Book of Shadows lying on the floor, 'Great – Our family heritage lying on the floor. NICE!' She walked through the debris and grabbed the book. She orbed to the attic, and heard a shriek from Piper. She was lying on the floor, and Leo was bent over her, trying to persuade her to let him go help Paige, since she was calling him. Piper glared at him, and said through clenched teeth, "If you say that one more time…" Piper screamed in pain as she felt another contraction, "Besides she's with Prue…." Prue laughed from the doorway, "Actually she's not with me…." She looked at Leo, "She healed me, so everything's good, unless she just called you." Leo nodded his head, "Will you take care of her until I get back? Paige keeps calling me, and I don't know what's wrong." He kissed Piper on the forehead, and orbed out. Piper screamed again as another contraction hit. Prue rushed around the attic, and threw objects into a box, and placed them outside the attic door, while Piper screamed in pain. "Piper…I'm coming. I just need to get the small objects out of the room; Paige is going to orb up here soon." Piper nodded her head, "OK. But hurry!" Prue finally finished, and ran over to Piper and sat down beside her. Prue took her hand, and stroked her hair, "Hey, honey." Piper looked at Prue, "Oh Prue. This baby is going to kill me…Get it out!" Prue smiled, and said, "I wish I could…honey, but this is the joy of becoming a mother." Piper glared at Prue, "You are not funny!" Piper felt another contraction, and screamed in pain, "Where the hell is Leo?"
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Leo orbed to find Paige leaning over Phoebe, who was lying on the grass. Leo looked around, "What are you guys doing out here?" Paige motioned for Leo to come to her, "Don't worry about that. Phoebe is dying, and we need to heal her together. I don't think we have enough time to get that powder stuff. Give me your hand!" Leo rushed over to her, and took her hand. They each put their free hand over Phoebe, but nothing happened. Paige burst into tears, "This can't be happening…." She weakly stood up, and looked at Leo, "Orb her to the attic, now!" Paige disappeared and orbed into the kitchen. Things started flying around again, and this time, they hit Paige. She looked for the powder, and grabbed as much as she could, and then orbed to the attic to find Piper screaming, and Phoebe turning blue. Paige was bleeding badly, but ignored the pain. She searched the attic floor, looking for the candles that she had dropped earlier. She found them in a corner, and looked at the candles for a few seconds, ready to orb away if they started shaking. Nothing happened. She quickly put the candles in a pentagram-shape around Phoebe, and threw the white powder on her. She went over to Piper, "I know it hurts, but you have to give me your hand and recite a spell with us." Piper nodded, and took Paige's hand. Paige grabbed Prue's, "Follow my lead guys."
The strength that was taken
Return it now
So mote it be
She recited the spell, and the girls did the same. Flashing lights surrounded Phoebe, and a thick black cloud emerged from her. It circled Phoebe a few times, and dissipated into the air.
Paige fell to the floor, from exhaustion, and orbed to Glen. She knew she was dying, and had to see him one last time.
Phoebe slowly woke up, and looked into Prue's face, "What happened?" Phoebe shook her head a few times, "Umm…yeah…seeing Prue…that can't be good….am I hallucinating?" Prue shook her head and smiled, "No. I am really here." She teasingly smacked her, "Why is it bad seeing me?" Phoebe stared at Prue in shock, and started crying, "Prue!?" She was shaking, and Prue hugged Phoebe, "What's wrong?" Phoebe cried, and smiled, "Nothing… you're here. That's all that matters." Phoebe shakily stood up, and looked over Prue's shoulder, "Umm….Is Piper having her baby?" Prue nodded her head, "Oops. Yeah, let's go help." She took Phoebe's hand, and walked towards Piper. Piper clenched her teeth, "Did anybody notice that Paige orbed somewhere?"
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