Author's Notes: The first part is the same as the last chapter…. And then the second part is new! Relax, and enjoy!
The Dark Angel stared at the girls, with a look of promised doom on his face.
"You know, I have been waiting for this day for a very long time…"
He glanced at Piper. "Isn't that right, Piper?"
After a brief shudder from Piper, the Dark Angel continued. "The first day I laid eyes on you, the first day I touched you, the first day – "
He was cut off by Phoebe's angry cry, "God dammit! Enough already, you damn bastard!" Phoebe wanted to say more colorful words, but stopped.
She put herself into a fighting stance between her sisters, and took a step toward the animal that had made her life and her sister's lives a living hell.
The Dark Angel sneered, "Oh, you had enough, have you? Want to fight me, do you? Well, then – "
Phoebe again cut him off, but this time with a roundhouse kick right in the stomach.
'Leo' groaned and fell to his knees, obviously in pain.
Phoebe walked up to his crumpled form and kicked him hard in the stomach several times. With each kick, a groan escaped his now bloody lips.
Phoebe moved her leg to kick him again, and then heard footsteps behind her.
"Phoebe…" Came Paige's voice as she laid her hand on Phoebe's trembling shoulder.
Phoebe was now crying; crying for the pain her sister had to endure, and crying for the possible outcome of the battle.
In a whispered gurgle, the Dark Angel said, "Oh, poor, poor, poor, little witchy lost her way? Awww…" 'Leo' feigned sympathy.
Phoebe wiped away her tears and angrily stared at him. She kicked him once again and angrily spat out, "You sick, twisted bastard! DAMN YOU!"
At her last words, Phoebe swung her leg back, and smashed her foot into his face.
A look of terror and agony spread over him. Blood poured from his broken and smashed lips.
Piper suddenly gripped and squeezed Phoebe's shoulder and urgently half begged, "We have to go see if Leo's alright. Please…"
Phoebe looked at the ground for a few minutes, and then mumbled a reply, "I know."
Seeing how preoccupied the girls were, the Dark Angel struggled to get on his feet.
Phoebe kicked 'Leo' without even looking at him, and he fell to the ground in a heap, finally unconscious.
Piper looked at Paige with pleading eyes, "Will you please go check on him? Please?"
Paige put her hand on Piper's shoulder, and quietly replied, "Of course. I'll be right back. Watch your backs."
Paige disappeared in a bluish light, trying to get to Leo.
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Piper and Phoebe took turns kicking the unconscious dark angel at any time they 'saw' him stir.
About 5 minutes after Paige's disappearance, she returned with someone limply hanging onto her.
"NO!" Screamed Piper as she fell to her knees. "Oh, please, no!"
Piper was near hysterics, and did not notice the movement from 'Leo'.
Piper rocked back and forth on her heels, repeating the same thing to herself, "No… It's not true… He can't die. No…"
Phoebe sadly looked at Piper with tears in her eyes, also not paying any attention to the Dark Angel. She shakily walked over to Piper, feeling both helpless and useless.
"Piper," Phoebe whispered quietly, "We can take him prisoner… instead of killing him, or… think of a spell…?"
Piper smiled a little at Phoebe's suggestions, but that did not stop her body from shaking with anguish and guilt; she knew what she had to do.
In a small voice, Piper quietly said, "We have to do what's right, Phoebe."
With that said, Piper quickly stood up and turned towards 'Leo'.
She raised her hands to blow him up, and whispered to the real Leo, "Please forgive me."
Piper waved her hands in the air, and almost immediately, the Dark Angel blew up, followed by an anguished cry from Piper.
Piper turned her tear stained face towards Leo, and was surprised to find that he was smiling, and not dead.
Piper ran over to him, "Y-You're not dead!!" Piper flung her arms around him, with tears streaming down her face, "I love you! Please forgive me for what I had to do…"
Leo ran his hands through Piper's hair. "It's okay. Shhh… I'm here."
Piper smiled through her tears, and finally realized that Paige was lying on the ground.
Piper looked quizzically at Leo, "What happened to Paige… I thought she half-carried you here."
Leo raised his eyebrows at her, "What are you talking about? I was the one carrying Paige."
Leo chuckled to himself. "Paige orbed into the kitchen, and I had just cut my finger on the knife. She saw the blood and passed out."
Piper smacked him playfully, "That's not funny!"
She looked around at her surroundings, and sighed. "Let's go home… Where's Phoebe?"
Leo stooped down to pick up Paige, and then noticed that Phoebe was staring at them both, grinning.
Leo smiled and then noticed that Phoebe's eyes were a strange color.
Phoebe evilly laughed, and then looked into Piper's eyes, "Thought you could get rid of me, witch?"
Author's Notes: Haha! How's that for an ending! It's cheery… Okay, I have to admit that I cannot make this turn out happy… sorry, but Phoebe is kind of like Cole but the sides are switched: Good, Bad, Good… Bad! But she will be good again… it always happens. Thanks readers for reading this story and reviewing!