Betrayal from Above

Rating: PG

Author: Wendigo3

Paige screamed as the knife pierced into her stomach. The woman pushed the knife in and then ran towards the Book of Shadows. She put her hands on the book and picked it up and then ran down the stairs. Paige's eyes rolled into her head and she was unconscious as blood rushed out of her abdomen. The woman held the book and ran outside the house. The book flew from her hands and was thrown back into the house by a powerful invisible force. The woman cursed as a car pulled up. She leaped into the bushes and then climbed her way to a small hole in the bushes where she could hide without being seen.

Leo orbed in quickly and looked directly at Paige. He rolled his eyes and quickly fell to his knees. He pulled the knife out and sat it on the floor and then activated his power. The white light circled around Paige's body and the healing began instantly. Piper and Phoebe ran into the attic. "PAIGE!" "She's okay, I'm healing her now. Someone stabbed her." Paige began to breathe and she coughed as any sign of injury vanished. "Who did this to her?" "I figured you knew," Leo said. "Paige called and she was talking to us. Then the line went dead, so we came as fast as we could." Paige sat up and took a deep breath as she finished coughing. "It was a woman. She took the book of shadows." "We saw it downstairs. It must have kept her from taking it, which means that she wasn't a witch." "Yeah, well she was able to touch it, so she isn't a demon." Piper sighed, "She stabbed you. Your attacker was human." Paige stood up carefully and held out her arms. The book of shadows appeared in blue orbs after Paige called for it. She carried the heavy object to the stand and then began to hold her hands over the book. "I don't know what to look for." Phoebe and Piper walked closer to Paige. "Uh...ask the book." Paige smiled and then she focused. "Spirits above who move without sound, show me please now what needs to be found." The cover of the book flipped open and the pages flew fast. Finally, the pages stopped on a page. "It's a spell to summon a person." Piper read over the page quickly, "It's to summon the attacker here and there's also a spell to trap her. I've never seen these here before." "Is Evil changing the book again," Phoebe demanded. Leo shook his head, "For the book to change, you would have to be evil first. It is impossible to turn the book evil and then have it change you, it's an extension of you, not the other way around." Paige looked at Piper, "I don't know if we should cast the spell. It's obvious that this woman knows that somehow the book stayed in the house, but she doesn't necessarily know that I'm a witch."

The sisters sat in the kitchen and Leo stood near Piper. "We have to summon this girl, before she gets the chance to harm us again." Leo looked up quickly, "The elders are calling." Phoebe and Piper looked at Leo while Paige's eyes glazed over with a strange whiteness. "What are they saying?" "They're warning me. Something about Paige." The three of them looked at Paige and noticed her eyes. Paige stood perfectly still and didn't make a sound. "What's happening," Piper said. "I don't know. It's like she's fighting for control." Phoebe quickly stood up and glanced at Leo. "Go ask them what's happening!" Leo looked at Piper; "Will you two be okay with her?" Piper nodded and Leo orbed out quickly. Paige stayed standing with the glaze over her eyes as Phoebe and Piper looked at her with worry. "I don't understand, what's happening to her Piper?" Piper raised her shoulders, "I'm not sure." Paige screamed suddenly and fell the floor. Her eyes returned to normal and she began to cry. "Paige, what's wrong?" Piper and Phoebe walked foreword and helped Paige stand up. A million emotions flew through them before Paige spoke. "They did something to me." "Who did something?" Paige looked at Piper and Phoebe as if she had been stabbed again. "The Elders, they did something to me!"

An hour later, Paige had finally fallen asleep in her bed. Piper and Phoebe stood outside of her room without saying a word. Leo still hadn't returned and Paige wasn't able to explain what had happened. Finally, blue lights circled near them and Leo deorbed. He walked foreword and Piper and Phoebe were instantly worried by the look in his eyes. "Leo?" Leo sighed. "There isn't any way to make this easy. The elders sensed a powerful convergence of magic within Paige. The elders had a powerful vision and they saw Paige kill a lot of people. It was as if some demonic force used Paige's powers to magnify itself and take control of her." "Are you saying that Paige is possessed?" Leo shook his head, "No, she isn't possessed. In their vision, she killed the people willingly." Phoebe sighed, "Paige would never kill anyone except for a demon or a warlock, you know that!" Piper grew agitated, "Paige said that the elders did something to her." Leo nodded and looked directly into Piper's eyes. "They bound her powers Piper, permanently. As of this moment, the Charmed Ones no longer exist."