Part Eight
Paige used her right hand to grip her stomach as the crowd around her started to blur through her tears. Every part of her body felt like it was being tortured. She was pretty sure that her left wrist was broken from the angle that it was stuck but it was he stomach that was of her greatest concern.
She felt down from her stomach and felt a thick sticky liquid on her hand. She raised her hand to look at it and it was a dark red colour. Blood. Something was going very wrong.
The tears that were streaming down her face had become a mixture of pain and terror. Her whole body was trembling with pain and the initial shock was starting to wear of and the reality of the situation sink in. She had slipped on a step. Slipped on a step and fell down a couple of flights of stairs. Slipped on a step, fell down stairs and slammed onto a concrete floor and now she was bleeding.
She was going to lose her baby. Going to have any choice taken away from her.
Paige forced herself to close her eyes. She must not think like that. She was going to be okay, everything was going to be fine. It was just a little knock, she had suffered far worse in demon attacks.
"Paige."
Paige opened her eyes to see a blurred image of her eldest sister hovering over her. She reached out to grab Piper arm as her older sister became into focus. She had that all to familiar look of concern in her eyes and her forehead was slightly creased.
She opened her dry mouth and forced out a word. "Piper?"
"I'm here baby." Piper said in a would-be reassuring voice. "And you're going to be okay."
"What happened?" Paige stuttered. "Why am I bleeding?"
Piper looked down at her baby sister as she kept a firm hold over Paige's blood coated hand. Her youngest sister's body was curled up into a heap. She moved Paige's wet hair out of her eyes as she wiped her little sister's tears.
She tried to hide the shock and panic in her face. Her younger sister was a mess, in pain and probably losing her baby. And whether she wanted the baby or not the pain would be unimaginable both physically and emotionally as her body hit roller coaster.
She had to force herself to stay strong and calm and kept Paige calm. She tipped her little sister's head so that it looked purely at her and ignored the crowd that was around them.
"You fell honey." Piper explained.
"Am I going to be okay?"
Piper forced a small smile. "Of course you are. You're a super-witch remember, undefeatable."
"And the baby?"
"We'll see what they saw once we get to the hospital."
"F*ck," Phoebe voice came through the crowd as she hurried down the stairs after seeing the chaos. "What happen?"
"Fell." Came Paige's blunt answer.
"Are you okay?" Phoebe asked, "Because you look."
"Phoebe!" Piper interrupted the middle Charmed One, Paige did not need any further discomfort from stupid question or telling her something might not be okay. "Why don't you go and tell Leo. Now."
* * *
Leo felt a sharp jolt in his heart as he sat in the courtroom. He clutched onto his chest as fell back into the seat slightly and his face paled. He heard a soft cry from his sister-in-law's voice in his head and knew something was seriously wrong.
Darryl put his hand on his friend's shoulder as he looked at the whitelighter. He had seen Leo orb away, heal people and knew that he had different supernatural qualities but he had never seen him react this way before.
"Are you okay?" Darryl asked in a concern voice.
Leo let out a gasp. "Paige is hurt."
Phoebe made her way through the courtroom quickly and quietly as she caught Leo's eye. She made a small way to him to come over and waited as he approached. How did she explain what had just happened to her little sister and her own reaction. She mentally kicked herself again. Why hadn't she been able to keep her cool, stay calm and help Paige?
"What's happened?" Leo questioned Phoebe as soon as he reached her.
"Paige has fallen," Phoebe said quickly as if saying it quietly would change the situation. "She's bleeding pretty badly, Piper's waiting with her for an ambulance."
Leo put his arm around his sister-in-law as he led her out the courtroom. "It's going to be okay, Paige is a fighter."
* * *
Piper watched as she saw Paige being taken away in a wheel chair to hospital cubical. She glanced at Phoebe and Leo as she felt her eyes wander after her youngest sister. She could hardly believe what was happening. When one of them got hurt, Leo could just wave his hand over them and everything would be back to normal.
Phoebe collapsed into nearest chair as she looked to the sky for help. She started a small pray for help, swearing that she would do anything as long as her younger sister got through this, she'd do anything.
Leo made his way up to the reception counter and started receptionist Paige detail while trying to find out what was going on.
Paige used her right hand to grip her stomach as the crowd around her started to blur through her tears. Every part of her body felt like it was being tortured. She was pretty sure that her left wrist was broken from the angle that it was stuck but it was he stomach that was of her greatest concern.
She felt down from her stomach and felt a thick sticky liquid on her hand. She raised her hand to look at it and it was a dark red colour. Blood. Something was going very wrong.
The tears that were streaming down her face had become a mixture of pain and terror. Her whole body was trembling with pain and the initial shock was starting to wear of and the reality of the situation sink in. She had slipped on a step. Slipped on a step and fell down a couple of flights of stairs. Slipped on a step, fell down stairs and slammed onto a concrete floor and now she was bleeding.
She was going to lose her baby. Going to have any choice taken away from her.
Paige forced herself to close her eyes. She must not think like that. She was going to be okay, everything was going to be fine. It was just a little knock, she had suffered far worse in demon attacks.
"Paige."
Paige opened her eyes to see a blurred image of her eldest sister hovering over her. She reached out to grab Piper arm as her older sister became into focus. She had that all to familiar look of concern in her eyes and her forehead was slightly creased.
She opened her dry mouth and forced out a word. "Piper?"
"I'm here baby." Piper said in a would-be reassuring voice. "And you're going to be okay."
"What happened?" Paige stuttered. "Why am I bleeding?"
Piper looked down at her baby sister as she kept a firm hold over Paige's blood coated hand. Her youngest sister's body was curled up into a heap. She moved Paige's wet hair out of her eyes as she wiped her little sister's tears.
She tried to hide the shock and panic in her face. Her younger sister was a mess, in pain and probably losing her baby. And whether she wanted the baby or not the pain would be unimaginable both physically and emotionally as her body hit roller coaster.
She had to force herself to stay strong and calm and kept Paige calm. She tipped her little sister's head so that it looked purely at her and ignored the crowd that was around them.
"You fell honey." Piper explained.
"Am I going to be okay?"
Piper forced a small smile. "Of course you are. You're a super-witch remember, undefeatable."
"And the baby?"
"We'll see what they saw once we get to the hospital."
"F*ck," Phoebe voice came through the crowd as she hurried down the stairs after seeing the chaos. "What happen?"
"Fell." Came Paige's blunt answer.
"Are you okay?" Phoebe asked, "Because you look."
"Phoebe!" Piper interrupted the middle Charmed One, Paige did not need any further discomfort from stupid question or telling her something might not be okay. "Why don't you go and tell Leo. Now."
* * *
Leo felt a sharp jolt in his heart as he sat in the courtroom. He clutched onto his chest as fell back into the seat slightly and his face paled. He heard a soft cry from his sister-in-law's voice in his head and knew something was seriously wrong.
Darryl put his hand on his friend's shoulder as he looked at the whitelighter. He had seen Leo orb away, heal people and knew that he had different supernatural qualities but he had never seen him react this way before.
"Are you okay?" Darryl asked in a concern voice.
Leo let out a gasp. "Paige is hurt."
Phoebe made her way through the courtroom quickly and quietly as she caught Leo's eye. She made a small way to him to come over and waited as he approached. How did she explain what had just happened to her little sister and her own reaction. She mentally kicked herself again. Why hadn't she been able to keep her cool, stay calm and help Paige?
"What's happened?" Leo questioned Phoebe as soon as he reached her.
"Paige has fallen," Phoebe said quickly as if saying it quietly would change the situation. "She's bleeding pretty badly, Piper's waiting with her for an ambulance."
Leo put his arm around his sister-in-law as he led her out the courtroom. "It's going to be okay, Paige is a fighter."
* * *
Piper watched as she saw Paige being taken away in a wheel chair to hospital cubical. She glanced at Phoebe and Leo as she felt her eyes wander after her youngest sister. She could hardly believe what was happening. When one of them got hurt, Leo could just wave his hand over them and everything would be back to normal.
Phoebe collapsed into nearest chair as she looked to the sky for help. She started a small pray for help, swearing that she would do anything as long as her younger sister got through this, she'd do anything.
Leo made his way up to the reception counter and started receptionist Paige detail while trying to find out what was going on.