Disclaimer: I own no one. All characters are from the television show "Charmed", I'm writing for fun, and not for profit.
Authors note: I'm sorry this chapter has taken so long to get out. My best friend has separated from her soon-to-be ex-husband, and I volunteered to baby sit her four children (the worst ages too, nine, seven, five, and five months). I'm also working, so finding time to update is hard. Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming.
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Eleven - Imposters
Paige rushed up the stairs to the attic, and caught Piper just as she was putting her hand on the attic door.
"Piper, I need to talk to you." Paige gave Piper a look.
"Paige, I'm bringing my son to Mom and Grams." Paige shook her head.
"I need to talk to you." Paige nodded her head towards the hallway, back downstairs. "Please."
"Okay." Piper frowned and followed her sister back downstairs. When they reached the hallway, Piper hissed at Paige. "What is it?"
"That isn't Grams and Mom." She said, panting. "I- I think they're shape shifters or something."
"Why?"
"Because- they aren't transparent. And like you said, it was weird that they were just there when I walked into the attic. Whoever they are, they aren't Grams and Mom."
"What do we do?"
"Blow them up." Piper looked down at Wyatt, who still cried.
"That's why he's crying. He knows. He must sense evil."
"Maybe this is their plan. Lure us away from Wyatt long enough to have someone else get him?" Paige said.
"We'll leave him with Dan while we blow- wait. What if their immune to my powers?"
Paige took a deep breath. "Hold on. Breathe a second." The sisters were silent for a moment. "We're paranoid." Piper let out a nervous laugh.
"We deal with demons and warlocks and other unnatural beings, and when we catch on, we get freaked out." Piper shook her head. "Okay. Dan will watch Wyatt; I blow them up. If they don't, you orb something to you, and conk them over the head... or something."
"Conk them over the head? This isn't a cartoon, Piper."
"Then go with the flow." Piper handed Wyatt to Paige. "Take him to Dan."
"He's in the bathroom."
"And?" Paige gave her older sister a look. "Oh my - you haven't?!" Paige frowned.
Dan walked out of the bathroom and looked at the two. He was fully dressed, and his hair was dripping. He stared at Wyatt, who continuously wailed.
"Do you want me to-?" He reached for the baby, and Paige handed him over.
"Dan, will you watch him... there's some -thing- in the attic, and we've got to get them." Dan nodded at Piper.
"Sure."
"Be careful." Paige said as the sisters walked towards the attic.
"I will. And don't get yourself hurt." Paige waved him off, as she and Piper walked up the stairs.
"Come on, kid, let's get you a pacifier." Dan bounced Wyatt towards the nursery.
Paige and Piper stood at the attic door.
"Ready?" Piper asked.
Paige nodded, "yeah. Let's go."
Piper put her hand on the knob and turned it, pushing the door open. The two beings, still in Penny and Patty's forms, stood beside the book of shadows.
"Where's the baby? We heard him cry, is he okay?" Piper lifted an eyebrow at 'Grams'.
"Sorry, we know who you are." Piper lifted her hands and destroyed the first evil.
The one disguised as Patty changed into another form, it's normal one, Piper supposed, but before she could blow it up, it sent a bolt of lightening to Paige. Piper glared at the evil, then let the power flow, and the being scattered into tiny pieces.
Piper dropped to her knees beside her youngest sister, who winced in pain. Her shirt was singed on her shoulder, where the electricity had hit.
"Leo!" Piper called.
She knew that Dan was right downstairs, and he could easily heal Paige, but she didn't want to take the risk.
"Leo!" she yelled again. When he didn't orb in, she began to worry. Paige was rapidly getting weaker, and she needed to be healed. "Leo!"
She waited a moment, then against her better judgment, she called for Dan. He came up the stairs, holding Wyatt closely.
"I heard you calling for-" he saw Paige and cautiously knelt beside her. He handed the baby to Piper.
"Dan- Leo's not answering my calls. You have to heal her."
Dan placed his hands over Paige's shoulder, and the light shone from them. The burned skin slowly began to return to its normal color.
As Paige awoke from her partial unconsciousness, Piper began to feel a little better. But only for a short while.
"I don't think I'll ever forget the excitement it gives me to heal. I mean, it's not like I want to go out and heal everyone, it's just-" Dan sighed. "It's very warm and soothing."
Piper tensed. She needed to tell him about what happened to Dr. Williamson. She couldn't let the same thing happen to Dan. Dan was her friend; more than that.
Wyatt was aware of her anxiousness, and he whimpered.
"You okay?" She looked at her sister, who nodded in response, touching her shoulder where Dan had healed her.
"Yeah." Paige put a hand on Dan's cheek. "Thank you," she whispered.
"I have to fix Wyatt a bottle." Piper stood up carefully, holding the baby in her arms. "Would you- um, Dan, please don't do any healing. I need to talk to you in a little while."
Dan nodded, "okay."
Piper walked out of the attic, leaving Paige and Dan behind.
"That's the second time you've saved me." Paige said with a smile. She pushed herself up, bumping her head with Dan's. "How cliché."
Dan chuckled and kissed the spot on her head that had hit his.
"Dan, we- we need to talk." Dan nodded and stood up. He helped her to her feet and put his hands on her hips.
"Yes, we do."
"Um, listen. I don't want to do this. I mean, we aren't going to work."
"What?" Dan was taken aback. He was not expecting this. Especially since Paige had told him just thirty minutes before that she'd wanted more out of the relationship.
"I mean." Paige sighed. "I've done long distance relationships before, and they don't work. I don't know how long you're staying here, but sooner or later you're going to go back to Portland, and that'll be it. I just, I don't want to be the girl that you always expect to go out with when you visit." Paige talked quickly; Dan wasn't able to get a word in.
Dan closed his eyes and let out a laugh.
"What's that for? I mean, I'm telling you that we can't go out, and you're laughing?"
"Paige." Dan paused, looking her in the eye. "I'm not going back."
"What?" She spoke softly.
He nodded slowly, "yeah. San Francisco is home. I can't stay in Portland."
"You're staying," she stated.
"Yeah. San Francisco has something that Portland will never have."
"The Charmed Ones?"
"You."
They both smiled.
Authors note: I'm sorry this chapter has taken so long to get out. My best friend has separated from her soon-to-be ex-husband, and I volunteered to baby sit her four children (the worst ages too, nine, seven, five, and five months). I'm also working, so finding time to update is hard. Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming.
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Eleven - Imposters
Paige rushed up the stairs to the attic, and caught Piper just as she was putting her hand on the attic door.
"Piper, I need to talk to you." Paige gave Piper a look.
"Paige, I'm bringing my son to Mom and Grams." Paige shook her head.
"I need to talk to you." Paige nodded her head towards the hallway, back downstairs. "Please."
"Okay." Piper frowned and followed her sister back downstairs. When they reached the hallway, Piper hissed at Paige. "What is it?"
"That isn't Grams and Mom." She said, panting. "I- I think they're shape shifters or something."
"Why?"
"Because- they aren't transparent. And like you said, it was weird that they were just there when I walked into the attic. Whoever they are, they aren't Grams and Mom."
"What do we do?"
"Blow them up." Piper looked down at Wyatt, who still cried.
"That's why he's crying. He knows. He must sense evil."
"Maybe this is their plan. Lure us away from Wyatt long enough to have someone else get him?" Paige said.
"We'll leave him with Dan while we blow- wait. What if their immune to my powers?"
Paige took a deep breath. "Hold on. Breathe a second." The sisters were silent for a moment. "We're paranoid." Piper let out a nervous laugh.
"We deal with demons and warlocks and other unnatural beings, and when we catch on, we get freaked out." Piper shook her head. "Okay. Dan will watch Wyatt; I blow them up. If they don't, you orb something to you, and conk them over the head... or something."
"Conk them over the head? This isn't a cartoon, Piper."
"Then go with the flow." Piper handed Wyatt to Paige. "Take him to Dan."
"He's in the bathroom."
"And?" Paige gave her older sister a look. "Oh my - you haven't?!" Paige frowned.
Dan walked out of the bathroom and looked at the two. He was fully dressed, and his hair was dripping. He stared at Wyatt, who continuously wailed.
"Do you want me to-?" He reached for the baby, and Paige handed him over.
"Dan, will you watch him... there's some -thing- in the attic, and we've got to get them." Dan nodded at Piper.
"Sure."
"Be careful." Paige said as the sisters walked towards the attic.
"I will. And don't get yourself hurt." Paige waved him off, as she and Piper walked up the stairs.
"Come on, kid, let's get you a pacifier." Dan bounced Wyatt towards the nursery.
Paige and Piper stood at the attic door.
"Ready?" Piper asked.
Paige nodded, "yeah. Let's go."
Piper put her hand on the knob and turned it, pushing the door open. The two beings, still in Penny and Patty's forms, stood beside the book of shadows.
"Where's the baby? We heard him cry, is he okay?" Piper lifted an eyebrow at 'Grams'.
"Sorry, we know who you are." Piper lifted her hands and destroyed the first evil.
The one disguised as Patty changed into another form, it's normal one, Piper supposed, but before she could blow it up, it sent a bolt of lightening to Paige. Piper glared at the evil, then let the power flow, and the being scattered into tiny pieces.
Piper dropped to her knees beside her youngest sister, who winced in pain. Her shirt was singed on her shoulder, where the electricity had hit.
"Leo!" Piper called.
She knew that Dan was right downstairs, and he could easily heal Paige, but she didn't want to take the risk.
"Leo!" she yelled again. When he didn't orb in, she began to worry. Paige was rapidly getting weaker, and she needed to be healed. "Leo!"
She waited a moment, then against her better judgment, she called for Dan. He came up the stairs, holding Wyatt closely.
"I heard you calling for-" he saw Paige and cautiously knelt beside her. He handed the baby to Piper.
"Dan- Leo's not answering my calls. You have to heal her."
Dan placed his hands over Paige's shoulder, and the light shone from them. The burned skin slowly began to return to its normal color.
As Paige awoke from her partial unconsciousness, Piper began to feel a little better. But only for a short while.
"I don't think I'll ever forget the excitement it gives me to heal. I mean, it's not like I want to go out and heal everyone, it's just-" Dan sighed. "It's very warm and soothing."
Piper tensed. She needed to tell him about what happened to Dr. Williamson. She couldn't let the same thing happen to Dan. Dan was her friend; more than that.
Wyatt was aware of her anxiousness, and he whimpered.
"You okay?" She looked at her sister, who nodded in response, touching her shoulder where Dan had healed her.
"Yeah." Paige put a hand on Dan's cheek. "Thank you," she whispered.
"I have to fix Wyatt a bottle." Piper stood up carefully, holding the baby in her arms. "Would you- um, Dan, please don't do any healing. I need to talk to you in a little while."
Dan nodded, "okay."
Piper walked out of the attic, leaving Paige and Dan behind.
"That's the second time you've saved me." Paige said with a smile. She pushed herself up, bumping her head with Dan's. "How cliché."
Dan chuckled and kissed the spot on her head that had hit his.
"Dan, we- we need to talk." Dan nodded and stood up. He helped her to her feet and put his hands on her hips.
"Yes, we do."
"Um, listen. I don't want to do this. I mean, we aren't going to work."
"What?" Dan was taken aback. He was not expecting this. Especially since Paige had told him just thirty minutes before that she'd wanted more out of the relationship.
"I mean." Paige sighed. "I've done long distance relationships before, and they don't work. I don't know how long you're staying here, but sooner or later you're going to go back to Portland, and that'll be it. I just, I don't want to be the girl that you always expect to go out with when you visit." Paige talked quickly; Dan wasn't able to get a word in.
Dan closed his eyes and let out a laugh.
"What's that for? I mean, I'm telling you that we can't go out, and you're laughing?"
"Paige." Dan paused, looking her in the eye. "I'm not going back."
"What?" She spoke softly.
He nodded slowly, "yeah. San Francisco is home. I can't stay in Portland."
"You're staying," she stated.
"Yeah. San Francisco has something that Portland will never have."
"The Charmed Ones?"
"You."
They both smiled.