Paige stood quietly in her cage, trying to remember. Everything was fading
from her mind. She could barely remember the faces of Piper and Phoebe. She
knew she should remember the man the cloaked people had surrounded, but she
just couldn't place him. She stared at the people, trying to understand.
They were chanting, their arms raised. Silver stars seemed to be pulsing
under the man's skin, trying to escape him. His face was white and shiny
from the effort it took to keep the stars inside him.
A strange man shimmered in, holding another guy with green skin. On his
shoulder was a bird of prey. The hawk launched of his shoulder and flapped
high in the air. The Strange man threw a ball of electricity at the back of
one of the figures. She disintegrated in a ball of blue flame, screaming in
surprise and Pain. It was like being hit with a heavy sledge hammer.
Everything came back in a flash. Who she was. Why she was in the cage. Who
her sisters were.
She reared onto her hind legs and neighed loudly. She was very surprised
that she could neigh. She had been mute since she had been a horse. Similar
things were happening to the other animals. The snake next to her hissed,
and flung itself against the bars of the cage. The bat flew around the
cage, squeaking loudly. The strange man-who Paige now knew was Cole,
muttered something to Phoebe, who was the sphinx. She ran to the cages and
started using her claws to unlock them. Piper was harassing the sorcerers,
slashing at their faces, with talons and screeching at them with the bird's
loud voice. They threw bolts of blue fire at her, but she dodged them all,
doing barrel rolls and pulling up sharply.
A tiger and a scorpion the size of a diner plate that phoebe had released
advanced towards John. He turned and threw three fire bolts at them. The
scorpion was burned to ash in an instant. The tiger glowed violet before
disappearing in a blaze. Cole threw three energy balls at them, but the
smashed into an invisible shield. Clarissa threw a huge bolt of flame so
blue it was nearly black at the cages, and more than half of them and their
occupants were destroyed. Their last scream filled the chamber,
reverberating loudly before fading. Paige shivered at the sound.
Cole threw his strongest energy balls at the sorcerers, but those that
didn't fade on contact bounced of, and left craters in the floor of the
cavern. John turned and threw on just as Cole did. The two collided and
released a shock wave that knocked them both to the ground. The leapt up
and started throwing the power balls with all their might. The shock waves
were contained by the shield John had placed over them, so no-one could
interfere.
Phoebe appeared next to Paige's cage, having just freed the bat next to
her. It flew up and out of the cave, following most of the other animals
that were smart enough not to stay and get fried. "Need a claw?" she asked
with a grin as she stuffed on into the lock. She wiggled it around for a
bit. The lock popped open and fell to the floor. Phoebe leapt out of the
way as Paige barreled out, making the cage bang against the door of the
bats cage. "You're welcome!" she heard Phoebe yell in a disgruntled way.
Paige charged forward, passing a very annoyed Cole. "Cheaters." She heard
him mutter. She assumed he was referring to the shield. Piper was ducking
and weaving, trying to get to Leo, who lay unconscious on the ground.
Yvonne raised a bolt of blue fire shaped like a lightning bolt. Paige
crashed into the barrier and backed up, very dazed. Yvonne threw the bolt
as hard as she could, her eyes glinting with triumph. Paige tried to scream
a warning as it arrowed towards Piper. The bolt flashed along her back,
setting her feathers ablaze. She gave a scream as she fell to the ground,
body alight in a wash of indigo flames.
* * * * * * * * * * * * Sorry I took so long. And I apologize for the spelling of 'there, their or they're.' I seem to have a habit of spelling with the wrong one.
* * * * * * * * * * * * Sorry I took so long. And I apologize for the spelling of 'there, their or they're.' I seem to have a habit of spelling with the wrong one.
