A/N: Sorry it took so long to post this chapter I've have been so busy with art coursework, but anyway that's over now, well at least until the exams. Anyway here's the next chapter I know you have been waiting to find out what happened to Phoebe, so get reading...
Disclaimer: See first chapter of story.
Chapter 8 - From Heaven…"Oh god…Paige, Piper we have to do something…I know I'll try CPR." He said desperately.
"Cole she's…"
"Shut up Piper" he softened his tone, and said "She's not…she can't be."
Cole tried CPR for about 2 minutes, until Paige said, "Let me see if I can heal her… I'm not as strong as Leo but it's worth a try." Paige hardly expected it to work, but knew it would calm Cole slightly. Cole reluctantly pulled away from Phoebe and let Paige kneel beside her.
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Phoebe could hear the voices of her caring family, but they echoed far, far away. She could feel herself being pulled by an invisible force towards, well clouds or that's what they appeared to be.
"Phoebe."
Phoebe knew that voice, she hadn't heard that voice for years, that loving, concerned yet annoyed voice. "Prue, where am I?"
"Somewhere safe, but its not your time." Prue replied.
"What?" Phoebe replied, as she looked she could see Prue's transparent like form gliding towards her through the clouds. She smiled at Prue, she was so happy to see her sister again, even if it was because she was dead.
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She had lost her fragile hold on life or that's what it seemed like, as Paige's hands hovered anxiously over her body. I can't do this thought Paige no concentrate you can heal Phoebe you have to she can't die, not now. Piper watched the whole scene in horror her baby sister was lying there on the bed dead and she couldn't move she was paralysed in fear, her legs felt like lead, and her heart felt like it was tearing in two. Leo, why didn't you come, where are you Leo?
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"Phoebe your dieing or dead, right now back on earth, but your not suppose to be, that baby inside you has a destiny, just like you have one to finish."
"How did you know about the baby?"
"I watch over you and the family Phoebe, and you can't die now the time is not right, so I am going to send you back."
"But I feel safe here." Phoebe couldn't even believe she just said that, part of her so wanted to go back to be in Cole's arms. But for some reason she wanted to stay here with Prue, to be in her big sisters arms again, away from evil in a place she couldn't be hurt. In a place that felt so safe. "You can't do that, do the elders know?" Phoebe questioned.
"Phoebe look what those demons did to you?" Prue said sadly ignoring Phoebe's question "You have to go back and tell them it takes much more to get rid of a Halliwell than death."
Phoebe smiled but persisted "What about the elders do they know?"
"Phoebe I am beyond them now, and I'm sure they won't mind otherwise what might happen to their faithful Charmed Ones…what happened to me?"
"Prue I'm sorry I wasn't there when you died, maybe I could of stopped Shax, if I wasn't to busy saving Cole…I mean I know you don't like Cole that much."
"I watched you with Cole, Phoebe and I know he makes you happy, very happy."
Phoebe gave her a look whilst raising her eyebrow.
"No, not when your...eww...please! give your dead sister some respect."
"So much for thinking you have privacy when you think you're alone." Phoebe muttered.
"Phoebe I heard that." Prue replied.
"You were meant to." Phoebe replied playfully.
"Look I know you love Cole, just like Piper loves Leo and they both make you feel happy, loved and wanted. I didn't get to have that with Andy, and it felt like my heart was torn out when he died. I felt like I could never love again, because I compared everyone to him, and no one was as good because, no one was Andy. And I don't want to see Cole suffer a eternal life without you, and of course your little baby, even if I might not of approved of him all that much...things change" Prue said as she smiled softly.
Phoebe smiled back and said, "Wow…I can't believe I'm going to be a mom. Who would have guessed Phoebe who never cared about hardly anyone, or anything has grown up to be a wife and now a mom."
"I can Phoebe, I've seen your future, and you're going to be a great mom for little…" Prue stopped herself.
"You know if the baby's a girl or a boy? You know don't you?"
"Like I said I've seen your future."
"Since when did you get so cryptic?"
"Since I know I can't tell you anymore." Prue placed her hand on Phoebe's stomach, and a warm feeling passed through her body along with a small shock. She could feel her body healing. Just like when Leo or Paige had healed her in the past only this was from death, which they couldn't do. "Take care of your little one."
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"Oh god!" said Paige as her hands still hovered hopelessly, waiting to feel maybe a one of spasm which she could connect to and begin healing Phoebe, otherwise…well otherwise she didn't want to think about that.
"I can sense something." She said to Piper a little later on.
"Good something or bad?" Piper asked, she had now moved from her paralysed position and stood beside Paige holding Phoebe's cold hand.
"Small presence in the womb."
"You mean?" said Piper giving Paige and 'Oh my god' look.
"Yeah I think."
"A baby…Phoebe's pregnant." Said Piper.
"Yes and the baby seems to be alive"
"That's impossible how can the baby still be alive if Phoebe's dead?"
"I don't know…magic…anything's possible remember." Replied Paige "I think maybe I can heal her through the baby."
"Well get going, if this works, that baby sure is a blessing." Said Piper.
Paige concentrated on passing her healing powers through her love for Phoebe and across her palms and to the very tips of her fingers, while Piper sat patiently trying to control her emotions the best she could.
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"We love you Prue…come visit sometime." Phoebe said.
"I promise someday soon." Prue said. "Just give me a call." Prue winked.
Phoebe hugged Prue, or well that's what it felt like she was doing, it was so real yet they were both spirits, she could even smell Prue's favourite perfume.
"Take care Phoebe…give my love to Piper, Paige, Leo and Cole, and say I said hi, and tell Piper not to go crazy over killing demons, like I did, otherwise well...she'll end up like me."
"What like that's so bad you like guard the gates of heaven now?" Phoebe laughed. "That's certainly a step up from Charmed One." She joked.
"Well you know I always liked to be best at everything." Prue replied, with a small smile.
"Yes I know." Phoebe replied "And not to mention that's a pretty cool power being able to heal people from the dead."
"Well you should expect no less from your sister." Prue replied.
"I love you all." Prue said as she waved her hand over Phoebe's body and it continued to slowly heal, she could feel her soul floating back towards her body, it was the strangest feeling she had ever experienced in all her years of being a witch.
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"Its working she's healing…but I'm not strong enough to heal everything, will need Leo, my powers aren't strong enough…I have…or I hope I have enough healing power to bring her back stabilised."
Cole dropped the medical supplies he was carrying, after Piper and Paige had made him leave the room, to clean himself up a bit and collect some medical supplies so that they could at least clean up some of Phoebe's cuts and burns. As soon as Cole heard Paige say the words 'it's working' he dropped everything in shock.
"Phoebe, she's healing." A wide smile covered Cole's face.
He ran to the bed and fell on his knees beside her taking her hand in his, as Piper moved away, praying she would wake up not be in a coma or something. As Paige's hands continued to glow, and Piper called for Leo, hoping this time he would come. Paige could feel her magic draining, Come on please wake up Phoebe, please! It seemed like an eternity, until Phoebe gasped and sat up painfully. "Prue." She whispered.
"Phoebe." Piper, Paige and Cole said at the same time.
"Why does it still hurt?" she asked quietly.
Paige was so drained she was drowsy, Piper pulled her away and said "Paige only had enough magic to heal you enough to keep you alive, not to heal all your wounds."
"Sorry." Paige said weakly.
"Oh god! Phoebe I thought…that you were dead…don't ever scare me like that again." He said as he watched Phoebe get used to her surroundings.
"Prue…Cole am I…am I alive." She asked weakly.
"Yes…oh your alive." He cried as he pulled her in his arms and hugged her tightly, showering her with butterfly kisses.
"Cole…squeezing to hard…hurts." She said.
"Oh sorry…so sorry." Paige and Piper couldn't help but giggle slightly; Cole loosened his grip but didn't let go.
"I…I saw Prue."
"What?" said Piper as she stopped giggling.
"She saved me…and so did you guys…I can't thank you enough."
"Come here you two." She said to Piper and Paige, Paige looking a bit pale never the less made her way to Phoebe as she held out her arms to welcome them in a hug. "Just don't hug to tightly." She said whilst raising an eyebrow at Cole.
"Sorry honey." He shrugged as the sisters embraced in a loving hug, making Cole move from his spot next to Phoebe very reluctantly.
As Piper pulled away she remembered the baby that Paige had sensed and couldn't help herself. "Also Phoebe…do you know that um…there is…well you are…" said Piper "Never mind, if you do know…um its great by the way."
"What are you talking about Piper?" asked Paige, Piper gave her a stare and patted her stomach. "Oh that…yeah that's great congratulations."
"What?" Phoebe noticed Piper pat her stomach, and new what they were talking about "Oh…how do you know?"
"Magic." Said Piper as she winked.
"Will someone please tell me what you're all talking about?" Said Cole a puzzled look on his face.
"I think will leave you for a while." Said Piper "But Phoebe is Melinda…is she okay?" Cole moved back onto the bed next to Phoebe taking her both her hands in his hardly believing she was real.
"I think so…all I know is she's in the underworld and they think that she is part of some prophecy…and I'm sorry that I didn't bring her with its just I had to escape…from…from the…torture." Phoebe felt Cole's hands tense in hers as she mentioned the word torture.
"I'm sorry sweetie." Piper replied. "And don't worry I'm sure Melinda is fine if they want her for this prophecy it means they won't hurt her, and now your back we have the power of three."
"We aren't so vulnerable." Added Paige. "Whoa I feel dizzy…probably power drain…have to lay down." Paige said as she stumbled to the door.
"Oh let me help you…Phoebe I'll bring you some food and water…Cole you heal those wounds." Said Piper as she allowed Paige to lean on her.
"Of course." He replied as he smiled at Phoebe. "So are you going to tell me what you were talking about without me?" he asked as Piper closed the door behind them.
"I will, but first I need to feel a little better."
"What, come on tell me what's so great?" he asked.
He leant over and kissed her, Phoebe felt herself melting into Cole's loving touch. The kiss went from loving and passionate, to demanding and wanting. Cole pulled her closer to him as he deepened the kiss slipping his tongue in and entwining it with Phoebe's. She could feel the heat of his bare chest pressing against her torn shirt, as Cole's hands began to pull her shirt down over her shoulders. Phoebe was the one who finally broke the kiss breathless although she managed to say as Cole removed her shirt, and tossed it on the floor "That's not going to make me tell you." she replied with a devilish smile, as Cole now nibbled on her earlobe. "Trust me I'll tell you...I'm just very tired, and I need to clean up my cuts and stuff and I don't know take a bath. Plus If I told you now I wouldn't be able to share In your joy for long because I'd be asleep" She said as pulled herself away from Cole, he grabbed her back and kissed her once more with just as much passion. Phoebe could feel the heat from his bare chest, once more as he pressed his body to hers and she had to admit it was tempting , but she pushed him way with a laugh and said "Your just have to wait, I'm tired." As she lay down, he groaned annoyed that Phoebe had lead him on, when she had no intention of finishing what she had started.
"I'll guess I'll just have to wait then." Cole replied "but your going to do all that in your sleep? Clean your cuts and take a bath?" he questioned with a smile.
"Of course not, you'll do it for me while I sleep." She said as she yawned. "Well wake me up for the bath."
"That's not fair." He joked.
"Life's not fair." She replied sleepily.
For a while Cole sat next to Phoebe stroking her hair, as she lay on the bed half asleep. Basking in her presence and trying to figure out this great news, to him it was just great she was back. When Cole figured he just couldn't work it out, he got up, and gently pulled off the rest of her clothes, trying not to wince at the marks left by the demons who had done this to her. Cole knew Phoebe would tell him this great thing, and he also knew Phoebe would tell him what those demons had done to her. He would have to prepare himself for that but at least he knew that Phoebe would tell him everything, because he trusted in her. He then collected the medical treatments from the side of the bed and began to gently wipe her wounds clean. She shivered slightly under the cold touch of the ointment on her skin. She was barely aware of Cole's presence as the dream world threatened to capture her once again, but moaned as Cole rubbed his fingers against a sensitive spot on her body. Cole smiled slightly and continued to clean the blood off her battered body and bandage up her swollen wrist. When he had finished, he looked at his wife as she lay their under the light of the sun set an his heart broke at the sight of the bandages and cuts that covered her body. He gently ran a hand along her side caressing her softly; she rolled towards him, and moaned his name. He bent over and softly kissed her on lips, she leaned closer toward him consciously. He then softly whispered in her ear "Phoebe I'm going to run your bath okay?"
"Okay." Her murmured reply came; he tucked her under the covers, and silently closed the bedroom door behind him.
He then went and had a shower washing her blood off as he no longer wanted to be reminded of the terrible feeling he had felt just hours ago. He then prepared her bath found some clothes for her and lit a few candles in the bathroom. He then went back and woke her up, she was not all that pleased to be woken, but got over it when Cole told her he would carry her to the bathroom that way she wouldn't have to get up. He placed a blanket over her just encase they were to bump into any other members of the family and carried to the bathroom.
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Leo was a white-lighter duty when he thought it was strange that Piper hadn't called for a while usually she was all panicky in these situations like she was the other day. And its not that her blamed her for them, she felt like she had to take over from Prue and shield her family from coming evil, and he thought she did it great even if she didn't think so. He expected her to be worrying a little more though as this was the first time anyone demonic or not had taken Melinda away from her and at least thought he would sense some panic when he concentrated on her. Then as he continued to concentrate he realised he wasn't feeling anything. "Strange." He muttered to himself, but was unable to get out pressing white-lighter business to go check.
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Leo where were you? How come you didn't come where I called? So many questions were running through Pipers mind but at least now she was feeling slightly more at ease, Phoebe was alive, and so was Melinda things were defiantly looking up.
A/N2: Wow this chapter actually had a happy feeling to it first time that's happened…well let me know what you think as things are starting to look up. I promise Phoebe tells Cole in the next chapter is just I need some happy things to happen in the next chapter too. So get reviewing let me know what you think.
A/N3: Also when you review would it be possible if you could, let me know what baby names you can come up with, I'm not going to tell you if it will be a boy or girl yet though but let me know anyway. I want to know what you want to happen in this story, if you would like longer chapters etc, let me know I'll make the changes you want, or at least I'll try!