Chapter 6

"Melinda!" Piper exclaimed.

"I'll be back for all of you," Andrew hissed. Then he vanished into thin air.

"If you have any Whitelighter in you at all, get back!" Piper yelled.

Leo, Wyatt, Paige, Prue, and Andy took a step back.

"How do we get the arrow out?" Tori asked.

They all turned to Blake.

"What?" he asked. "Oh no. I can't do that!"

"Yes, you can. I did it once," Prue said.

Blake closed his eyes. "Sorry Melinda."

Blake picked up his hand and the arrow went out. Melinda screamed in pain, and Blake winced as well.

"Ok, heal her now," Piper said. Leo walked over and healed her.

The phone rang and Paige picked it up. "Hi Keith."

"Who's Keith?" Melanie asked.

"Paige's mortal boyfriend," Piper replied.

"What do we do with the arrow?" Tori asked.

"Uh, I guess just throw it away?" Paige said.

Tori picked it up. Suddenly, her knees buckled and she collapsed on the floor. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head, as the image shot through her head. A few seconds later, she returned to normal, screaming.

"Tori? Are you okay? What did you see?" Paige asked, returning to the scene.

Tori looked at Paige. "I saw who the next victim of the Darklighters'attack is."

"Who?" Leo asked.

Tori swallowed hard. "Keith."

"What?" Piper asked.

"He's the next victim. And they're going to kill him tonight," Tori replied.

"Does he know your secret Paige?" Melanie asked.

Paige looked around. "In a couple hours he will."

Around midnight the Charmed gang orbed into the alley Tori saw in her vision. They arrived just in time too, because Keith was there, and so was the Darklighter.

"Hey buddy!" Piper yelled.

Keith and the Darklighter turned around.

"Paige? How did you get here?" he asked.

"No time for questions," she responded. "Knife!"

The knife orbed off the Darklighter's belt and into Paige's hand. She threw it at him, but missed. The Darklighter picked up Keith and threw him into the wall. He landed unconscious on the floor.

Piper picked her hands and blew the Darklighter up.

Paige ran over to Keith. "We have to get him back to the manor."

"Take his hand," Melinda said. Then they all orbed out.

"How much does he know?" Leo asked back at the manor. He looked down at Keith, who was still unconscious on the couch.

"I think he saw enough," Wyatt replied.

"What do we tell him?" Tori asked.

"The truth," Paige said. She had been looking out the window silently, and finally joined in the conversation. She sat down next to Keith on the couch.

"Paige, what if he doesn't want to accept the truth?" Piper asked.

"So I'll lose another relationship. Maybe I'm just meant to end up single," Paige asked.

Keith stretched on the couch. "Where am I? Paige?"

Paige smiled weakly. Suddenly, Keith's whole attitude changed. He frowned, and slid away. "Stay away from me!"

"Keith," Paige started.

"What are you people?" He asked, standing up.

They all looked at each other. Finally, Paige spoke. "Witches and Whitelighters."

"Witches and what?" Keith exclaimed. "What kind of freaks of nature are you?"

"We just prefer the term freaks if it's not too much trouble," Piper said.

"When were you going to tell me Paige?" Keith asked.

"I don't know. Soon?" Paige responded.

"This is just great," Keith muttered. He stood up and began walking to the door.

"Keith, wait!" Paige said, following him.

"Wait for what Paige? We're over," he said. Then he yanked open the door and left.