The women went back to the room that Paige had been held in. The
double doors to it had been blown outward, the knobs embedded into the
opposite wall.
"I think we need to clean this up, and then search that room." Prue said, ushering the other three inside.
"Let the object of contention become but a dream, as I cause the scene to be unseen." She said, and stood back as the doors pulled themselves from the opposite wall and reattached themselves to the doorframe.
"Do you hear that?" Phoebe said, motioning the others to stop making noise.
"I do hear something." Piper said, looking around, "I think it's coming from that door in the corner."
She and Paige walked over and opened the door. Out fell the real Johnathan Conners, tied up and gagged. They helped him to a nearby chair and ungagged him.
"Thank you so much! I don't know what happened. One minute I'm leaving the jewelers with the ring for my fiancé, and the next thing I know, I'm tied up in that closet." He said, trying to loosen his wrists.
Piper flung up her hands, freezing him.
"Do we remember if he knows that Laura's a witch?" She asked the group.
"The pages I flipped through in her diary gave no mention of it, so your guess is as good as mine." Paige said.
"Let's not take the chance. Help me put him back in that closet. With this power boost of mine he should stay frozen awhile." Piper said, and with Paige's help, put him back in the closet they'd found him in.
They then heard mumbling from the other side of the door, so they all hid as best they could.
"Sophia had to leave also, seems some other emergency came up, however Serena and Susan are still here." Nicholas/Johnathan said, escorting Laura inside.
Paige then came up with a quick idea, she morphed into Susan and stepped out from the bathroom she'd been hiding in.
"It's so good to see you Johnathan." She said, sauntering over to join the two of them.
"Where is Serena dear?" He asked through clenched teeth.
"She wasn't feeling well and decided to lie down. How are you doing, Laura?" She asked, hoping her voice sounded right.
"I'm fine thank you. We only have a couple hours before the ceremony, and I wanted to make sure you had something nice to wear." She said, looking about the room.
"I was going to wear this I think, don't you think it's appropriate?" Paige/Susan asked, twirling for them.
She twirled a bit too far and knocked over a plant stand. She tried to catch the plant, but it escaped her hand and landed on Laura's dress instead.
"Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry Laura. There's a bathroom down the hall if you'd like to take care of that." She said, looking truly apologetic.
"I remember noticing it on the way in here. I'll be right back." She said and excused herself.
"What the hell are you doing?" Nicholas asked, morphing back into his own form.
"Why trying to stop you of course, you demonic weasel." Paige said, morphing back into her own form as well.
He raised his hand to strike at her, when Piper froze him.
"Ok, now what do we do with him?" Prue asked.
"I have an idea. You guys have all had a power boost from this power of four thing. I haven't figured out mine yet, but I have an idea. First, Piper, unfreeze his head so he'll know we're the ones who foiled his plan." Paige said, standing her ground next to him.
"As long as you know what you're doing." Piper said, and unfroze his head.
"What the hell are you doing, witches?" He asked, realizing his body was still frozen.
"We're not just witches, we're the Charmed Ones pal, and you're about to go on the ride of your life." Paige said, and stood back a few feet.
"Nicholas" She said, holding out her hand like she was calling him to her, instead of holding her hand out flat which she usually did to receive something by orbing, she flailed her fingers.
He cried out as his body disintegrated into glowing orbs of light. Instead of reappearing, he stayed in that form, and floated away from the room, through the ceiling.
"What did you do to him?" Phoebe asked, pulling her eyes away from above.
"I sort of put him in suspended animation. Not sure how long it'll last, but it should keep him out of our hair long enough for the wedding to take place." Paige said, looking satisfied with her plan.
"And why tell him it was us who did this to him?" Prue asked.
"Well you guys said he went after mom to get immunity from the Charmed Ones. My guess is that at some point he gets unstuck and decides that's the best way to defeat us. Obviously he fails. I'm just making sure that future history occurs as it should." Paige continued.
"Meanwhile what about Johnathan?" Phoebe asked, opening that closet door.
"I think we need to clean this up, and then search that room." Prue said, ushering the other three inside.
"Let the object of contention become but a dream, as I cause the scene to be unseen." She said, and stood back as the doors pulled themselves from the opposite wall and reattached themselves to the doorframe.
"Do you hear that?" Phoebe said, motioning the others to stop making noise.
"I do hear something." Piper said, looking around, "I think it's coming from that door in the corner."
She and Paige walked over and opened the door. Out fell the real Johnathan Conners, tied up and gagged. They helped him to a nearby chair and ungagged him.
"Thank you so much! I don't know what happened. One minute I'm leaving the jewelers with the ring for my fiancé, and the next thing I know, I'm tied up in that closet." He said, trying to loosen his wrists.
Piper flung up her hands, freezing him.
"Do we remember if he knows that Laura's a witch?" She asked the group.
"The pages I flipped through in her diary gave no mention of it, so your guess is as good as mine." Paige said.
"Let's not take the chance. Help me put him back in that closet. With this power boost of mine he should stay frozen awhile." Piper said, and with Paige's help, put him back in the closet they'd found him in.
They then heard mumbling from the other side of the door, so they all hid as best they could.
"Sophia had to leave also, seems some other emergency came up, however Serena and Susan are still here." Nicholas/Johnathan said, escorting Laura inside.
Paige then came up with a quick idea, she morphed into Susan and stepped out from the bathroom she'd been hiding in.
"It's so good to see you Johnathan." She said, sauntering over to join the two of them.
"Where is Serena dear?" He asked through clenched teeth.
"She wasn't feeling well and decided to lie down. How are you doing, Laura?" She asked, hoping her voice sounded right.
"I'm fine thank you. We only have a couple hours before the ceremony, and I wanted to make sure you had something nice to wear." She said, looking about the room.
"I was going to wear this I think, don't you think it's appropriate?" Paige/Susan asked, twirling for them.
She twirled a bit too far and knocked over a plant stand. She tried to catch the plant, but it escaped her hand and landed on Laura's dress instead.
"Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry Laura. There's a bathroom down the hall if you'd like to take care of that." She said, looking truly apologetic.
"I remember noticing it on the way in here. I'll be right back." She said and excused herself.
"What the hell are you doing?" Nicholas asked, morphing back into his own form.
"Why trying to stop you of course, you demonic weasel." Paige said, morphing back into her own form as well.
He raised his hand to strike at her, when Piper froze him.
"Ok, now what do we do with him?" Prue asked.
"I have an idea. You guys have all had a power boost from this power of four thing. I haven't figured out mine yet, but I have an idea. First, Piper, unfreeze his head so he'll know we're the ones who foiled his plan." Paige said, standing her ground next to him.
"As long as you know what you're doing." Piper said, and unfroze his head.
"What the hell are you doing, witches?" He asked, realizing his body was still frozen.
"We're not just witches, we're the Charmed Ones pal, and you're about to go on the ride of your life." Paige said, and stood back a few feet.
"Nicholas" She said, holding out her hand like she was calling him to her, instead of holding her hand out flat which she usually did to receive something by orbing, she flailed her fingers.
He cried out as his body disintegrated into glowing orbs of light. Instead of reappearing, he stayed in that form, and floated away from the room, through the ceiling.
"What did you do to him?" Phoebe asked, pulling her eyes away from above.
"I sort of put him in suspended animation. Not sure how long it'll last, but it should keep him out of our hair long enough for the wedding to take place." Paige said, looking satisfied with her plan.
"And why tell him it was us who did this to him?" Prue asked.
"Well you guys said he went after mom to get immunity from the Charmed Ones. My guess is that at some point he gets unstuck and decides that's the best way to defeat us. Obviously he fails. I'm just making sure that future history occurs as it should." Paige continued.
"Meanwhile what about Johnathan?" Phoebe asked, opening that closet door.