A/N: Extremely sorry it's been forever between updates. I blame a very bad case of writers' block. I honestly started this chapter at least five times, got a couple pages in each time, and tore it out of the notebook. Stupid arse writers' block . . . I was hating *everything* I wrote. I think I was trying to make it more complicated than I needed to ;) But here it is nonetheless, and if it sucks . . . blame the writers' block.

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"What is taking Leo so long?" Paige grumbled through a yawn.

Piper met her sister's eyes and shrugged. Leo had been gone a few hours and the sisters were at a loss as to how to proceed without him. They needed to know if Paige's Jamie was indeed the Jamie that was supposed to have become a Whitelighter all those years ago in order to plan what they were going to do. If the two girls weren't one and the same, they needed to figure out for certain what Jamie wanted and if they could help her.

Paige groaned and rolled her eyes, then sank down at the head of her bed, closing her eyes and resting her head against the wall. "This is so stupid," she muttered. "How long does it take Them to say yes or no?"

Phoebe plopped down next to her and slung her arm over her sister's shoulders. "Honey, why are you so cranky?"

She shrugged without opening her eyes. "I'm frustrated. And I got really tired all of a sudden. I was fine downstairs, but now I'm having a hard time keeping my eyes open."

"Why don't you take a nap," Phoebe suggested. "Maybe Jamie needs to tell you something. We'll both stay right here with you and we'll wake you when we hear something from Leo."

Paige made a face, but she seemed to see the wisdom in Phoebe's suggestion. They still needed a lot of information and with Leo gone, the only way to learn more was to let Jamie tell Paige what she had to tell her. Either that, or Paige just really couldn't stay awake much longer. Without a word, she laid down on her side and curled up in a little ball. When she felt Phoebe make a move to get off the bed, she spoke up. "No, don't go," she mumbled. "I want you there in case I have a nightmare."

"Okay, honey," Phoebe smiled. "Have a good sleep."

Paige gave a barely noticeable nod before almost immediately drifting off. Piper sank down onto the divan as Paige's breathing became deep and even. Once she was sure Paige was asleep, she allowed the concern and worry to show on her face. There was really no reason for Leo to have spent so long up with the Elders, so she was worried about what could possibly be going on up there. Plus, she didn't like how Paige was getting so tired so quickly. It was happening more and more often and it seemed to be coming on quicker and quicker. Piper was beginning to wonder just how safe Paige's connection to Jamie really was.

"Piper, what're thinking about?"

Piper jumped, Phoebe's voice jolting her back to reality. Her eyes fell to Paige as she shrugged. "I'm worried about her, Phoebe."

"Honey, she's fine," Phoebe assured her. "She's just tired."

"I just don't like it," she said with another shrug. "It feels like Jamie has all the control. Whenever Jamie wants to tell Paige something else, Paige is exhausted in five seconds flat. I mean, what happens if a demon attacks when she's out cold? She's completely vulnerable right now."

Phoebe carefully slid off the bed and sat down next to Piper. "We're almost at the answer. We just need a few more clues. She could be getting the final clues now for all we know."

Piper shook her head, tears suddenly welling in her eyes. "I'm scared, Phoebe. I don't trust this at all anymore. I want this connection broken." With a sigh, she looked down at her hands. She knew that it sounded like she was overreacting, but nothing about the situation felt right anymore. "Phoebe, I can't explain it, but I just--"

At that moment, Paige started whimpering in her sleep. Both Piper and Phoebe were up in a flash, each settling on opposite sides of the bed. Piper reached out and touched Paige's shoulder, but Paige pulled away and began crying. Phoebe climbed onto the bed and settled on her knees at Paige's back so she couldn't shrink away, then ran her hand comfortingly down Paige's cheek. Paige seemed to calm down for a moment, but she suddenly moaned loudly and sat up, her eyes snapping open. "Oh my God, she killed them." She saw Phoebe first and started sobbing. "Phoebe, she killed them...she just stabbed two little girls and left them..."

"Oh, honey, shh," Phoebe said softly, wrapping Paige in a tight hug. "It's okay, sweetie."

"No, it's not okay!" she exclaimed, crying into Phoebe's shoulder. "I saw it, Phoebe, I saw the whole thing."

Phoebe let Paige go a little and tried to lie her back down. "Hon, relax--" Paige struggled against Phoebe's grip, which only made her try harder. "Paige, lie down. It'll be okay."

"I'll fall asleep again," Paige mumbled. "I don't want to see the rest of that dream."

"If you start falling asleep, I'll wake you up," Phoebe said gently. "But you need to calm down or you're going to get hysterical."

Paige nodded and laid down on her back. Piper met Phoebe's eyes, her inquisitive expression clearly indicating that she wanted to know what Phoebe was doing. Phoebe just nodded, silently telling Piper to trust her. After a few minutes of struggling to keep her eyes open, Paige closed her eyes and drifted back to sleep. Phoebe grinned up at Piper and repositioned herself on the bed so that she was leaning back against the headboard. "Told you I knew what I was doing."

"Where did you learn that?" Piper asked, smiling. She had to admit, it was a neat trick. With Paige believing someone would wake her if she started nodding off, she allowed herself to relax.

"Remember when I had that nightmare phase back in elementary school?" Phoebe asked. Piper nodded, rolling her eyes at the memory. Phoebe would scream so loud during those nightmares that she would wake up the whole house at least twice a night. "That's how Prue would get me to go back to sleep. She'd tell me she'd keep me awake so that I'd relax enough to fall asleep."

Piper smiled fondly, tears welling in her eyes again. "Prue was a smart girl."

"Yeah, she was," Phoebe whispered, choking up a little. She leaned her head back against the wall and sighed. "Do you think she's watching over us?"

"Yes, I do," Piper answered with certainty. "I think she watches over us all the time."

Phoebe smiled. "I do, too."

Piper nodded, returned her sister's smile, and then let the conversation drop as she and Phoebe each got lost in their own thoughts. As uncomfortable as she was with everything that was going on, she could only imagine how much worse it was for Paige. Her poor sister was the one who had to watch everything, and it was obvious how much watching those little girls be mistreated was affecting her. The last dream was understandably the worse; Paige had never cried in her sleep due to the nightmares before. After the fact, yeah, Piper thought. But not during.

She wasn't exactly sure how long she had sat lost in thought before Leo finally returned from his meeting with the Elders. Piper started when the pale blue light of Leo's orbing lit Paige's room. "Oh my God, Leo!" Piper exclaimed, jumping up from her seat. She wrapped him in a hug and smiled. "What took you so long?"

"They wanted to be thorough," Leo answered, smiling gently. "And They do think that it's the same girl. Everything that Paige has seen tracks with what Their Jamie went through. And the timing's exactly right."

Piper felt herself beginning to calm down. Whether Leo had a calming effect on her or she was just relieved that they were getting closer to fixing everything, she wasn't sure, but she was willing to bet it was a little bit of both. "So what do we have to do?"

"Well, we have to find out what's keeping her where she is," Leo explained, "and Paige'll probably be told that in the next dream. Let her sleep as much as she needs to . . . Jamie has to tell us what happened."

Piper nodded and glanced over at Paige, who was sleeping peacefully. Then she sighed and sat back down. All they could do was wait, and she hated waiting.

Fortunately for her, they didn't have to wait long. About fifteen minutes later, Paige started tossing restlessly. Phoebe made a move to wake her, but Paige's eyes snapped open before Phoebe could even touch her. She sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Oh my God, I know why she's stuck," she said breathlessly. "Helen has her."

"What?" Piper asked, confused. "How does Helen have her?"

"The morning that Helen killed Jamie and Meaghan, she went to work at a textile factory," Paige explained, pausing once to yawn. "Something malfunctioned in one of the machines and there was an explosion. Everyone working on the first floor of the factory was killed, including Helen. Since the deaths were only separated by a couple of hours, she met up with Jamie in a kind of limbo and she's had her ever since."

"Oh wow," Phoebe whispered. "That explains why she never got up there. Helen hasn't let her go."

"But why?" Piper asked. "Didn't she do enough to her when she was alive?"

"She blames her for her death," Paige said. "It's really twisted, but in a weird way, it makes sense. Normally, Helen worked on the second floor. But she was late that morning because she killed Jamie and Meaghan beforehand. Jamie fought her, which Helen wasn't counting on when she timed it out. She blames Jamie for making her late and making her have to work on the first floor. But that's really beside the point. We have to find a way to get me to them."

"Paige, that's extremely dangerous," Leo interrupted her. "If they are in a limbo-type dimension and we send you, we run a real risk of you crossing over by mistake."

"It's a chance we have to take, Leo," Paige said with a dismissive shrug. "I'm her only chance. That's why it's taken her so long to find someone to help her and that's why she connected with me even though Phoebe's the one with the psychic powers. I'm the only one with the power to help her."

Piper crossed the room and sat down next to Paige, resting her hand on her knee. "Honey, you're rambling."

"I have to orb her away from Helen," she answered without batting an eye. "That's all she's waiting on."

Piper hesitated. She wasn't entirely sure that sending Paige to a limbo dimension was the best idea, even if it could help Jamie. She certainly didn't want to lose in any kind of screw-up, but she also didn't want Paige to be connected with this little girl for the rest of her life. Sighing, she met Leo's eyes, silently asking what they should do. He just nodded, which meant that he thought Paige was on the right track. Despite her severe misgivings, she wrapped her arm around Paige's shoulders and smiled. "Well, let's get to work on a spell or something."