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Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Thirty-Five ~ Three Little Words
Piper shook Leo and jumped out of bed. She rushed to Wyatt's crib and picked him up, clutching him tightly.
Dan's screams were heard throughout the house. Leo quickly got out of bed and chased Piper out in the hallway. Phoebe was already rushing down the stairs, tying the knot to her robe.
"He didn't go to his bed." Phoebe stated, and gasped as she saw Dan lying on the couch.
Sweat pooled down his forehead, and he was thrashing his arms and legs. When Leo saw the looks of him, he wondered why he hadn't fallen off the couch yet. He walked over to the other man and touched his shoulder to awaken him.
"Do you think that it was good for us to make him go to sleep?" Phoebe asked her sister, who held her son. Wyatt was now crying also from Dan's terrifying screams.
"Dan, wake up." Leo shook him slightly, not wanting to startle Dan.
Dan started to shake violently. His thrashing was now consistent, as if he were enduring a seizure.
Piper looked at her husband, then down to Dan.
"What's wrong with him?" Leo frowned at Piper, and shrugged.
"I- I don't know."
"See if you can heal him, Leo." Phoebe said.
"This isn't physical, Phoebe. It's a mental struggle, whatever is going on. I can't heal that."
"Well, do something, damnit. We can't let him keep on. He's going to seriously harm himself." Phoebe said, turning her head as Dan's shaking worsened.
"There's nothing I can do." Leo said. "Don't you know I'd help him if I could."
Piper sighed. Dan was more than likely struggling with Paige's disappearance. As Dan's screaming started to die down, he began to sob in his sleep. Piper had to turn her head away; she'd always had a problem seeing a man cry.
Dan's shaking continued, though not as violent.
"Phoebe, can you get a rag for his forehead?" Leo asked. Phoebe nodded and turned to go upstairs to the bathroom.
"Leo, you were the doctor... is there anything really medically wrong?" Piper asked her husband. She bounced Wyatt nervously in her arms. The babe still cried, although it was mere whimpers.
"He's depressed, Piper. If Paige doesn't get back soon, he's going to go through a nervous breakdown."
"Over a woman he's not in love with?" Leo pursed his lips and gave her a look.
"He needs someone by his side. Someone who will be there for him, when no one else can be. Paige is that person. Think about it. He's new to magic and he's struggling to learn powers and other things that he can't handle on his own. Dan doesn't want to ask you or me, because of Wyatt or my charges. He doesn't want Phoebe's help because of the paper and her job. Paige is the only one who he can be with and she's not here right now."
Phoebe came down the stairs quickly and walked to Dan, folding the cloth and laying it on his head.
Piper breathed in deeply and handed Wyatt to Leo. Closing her eyes, she braced herself for what she was about to do. Exhaling, she lifted her hands and froze Dan and Leo.
"Piper?" Phoebe asked. The younger sister stood and retrieved the infant from his fathers frozen arms. Wyatt squirmed in her arms and she looked at Piper for answers. "Why'd you freeze them?"
"If Dan is frozen, he won't be sad. He won't go through a nervous breakdown. And he won't go through this seizure thing. I can't stand to look at him like this."
"But why both of them?"
"Leo wouldn't agree to this."
"I see." Phoebe said softly. She rocked Wyatt softly.
"I wish I knew what set Dan off." Piper folded her arms over her chest and looked at the still man lying on the couch.
The two sisters sat on the opposite couch and Phoebe caressed Wyatt's cheek, which made his eyes flutter shut. The babe was in a deep slumber.
"What time is it?" Phoebe asked. She looked quickly at the grandfather clock and squinted her eyes. "I can't see without my glasses."
"Around four-thirty, five." Piper curled her feet up underneath her.
"Mom and Grams wouldn't like us being up."
"I know." The older sister pushed her hair behind her ear. "We couldn't let Dan thrash around and cry like that."
"But he's frozen now."
"Yeah, but I don't think it will last long. Since Paige has been gone, our emotions have been haywire, and I don't have any idea how long it will last."
Phoebe nodded and yawned. She rubbed her eyes with her free hand, and then ran her hand through her hair.
"Piper, I don't think we should keep them frozen." Phoebe signaled for Piper to unfreeze them.
Piper lifted her hands and unfroze the two men. Leo looked from where the two were standing, then to where they were sitting.
"Why did you freeze me? You know you shouldn't do that."
"We knew you wouldn't agree to letting me freeze Dan."
"Why do you think you should freeze him?" Leo asked, sitting on the coffee table.
"Look at him, Leo." Phoebe said. "We can't let him be this way... let him wear himself out."
"You said it yourself. He could have a nervous breakdown. If this happens..." Piper paused. "I just don't want him to be another Curtis Williamson."
"Don't you think that the Elders would know better than to give powers to someone who couldn't take it? They aren't stupid, Piper."
"I know. But they didn't foresee Paige disappearing, did they?" Piper said.
Phoebe frowned and handed the baby in her arms to her sister. She knelt down beside Dan, who shivered and cried beneath the blanket that covered him.
"Foresee... why didn't I think of it?" She asked herself. "I- I might be able to get a premonition. I might be able to see what we can do to get Paige back. If Paige comes back, then she's safe, and Dan will be okay."
Phoebe put her hand on Dan's and closed her eyes, hoping for a premonition. She concentrated deeply.
Piper and Leo watched her intently, knowing that whatever Phoebe may see, could very well matter greatly. Phoebe pursed her eyebrows, trying desperately to get a vision... any vision.
When the premonition hit her, it hit hard. She gasped for breath, touching her side and stomach with the hand that didn't hold Dan's. Phoebe moaned, hurting as she saw what she needed.
As she came out of her premonition, she looked back and forth at Leo and Piper, and then passed out on the floor.
But not before she could say three words. Three words that made Piper's skin crawl and Leo's heart race.
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Authors note: Ah, yes. Another chapter complete. Now, tell me, are you eager to see what is in store? What Phoebe's three words were? Is Paige okay? Ah, review to find out. :)
Authors note: Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming. Remember people; it's fiction.
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Thirty-Five ~ Three Little Words
Piper shook Leo and jumped out of bed. She rushed to Wyatt's crib and picked him up, clutching him tightly.
Dan's screams were heard throughout the house. Leo quickly got out of bed and chased Piper out in the hallway. Phoebe was already rushing down the stairs, tying the knot to her robe.
"He didn't go to his bed." Phoebe stated, and gasped as she saw Dan lying on the couch.
Sweat pooled down his forehead, and he was thrashing his arms and legs. When Leo saw the looks of him, he wondered why he hadn't fallen off the couch yet. He walked over to the other man and touched his shoulder to awaken him.
"Do you think that it was good for us to make him go to sleep?" Phoebe asked her sister, who held her son. Wyatt was now crying also from Dan's terrifying screams.
"Dan, wake up." Leo shook him slightly, not wanting to startle Dan.
Dan started to shake violently. His thrashing was now consistent, as if he were enduring a seizure.
Piper looked at her husband, then down to Dan.
"What's wrong with him?" Leo frowned at Piper, and shrugged.
"I- I don't know."
"See if you can heal him, Leo." Phoebe said.
"This isn't physical, Phoebe. It's a mental struggle, whatever is going on. I can't heal that."
"Well, do something, damnit. We can't let him keep on. He's going to seriously harm himself." Phoebe said, turning her head as Dan's shaking worsened.
"There's nothing I can do." Leo said. "Don't you know I'd help him if I could."
Piper sighed. Dan was more than likely struggling with Paige's disappearance. As Dan's screaming started to die down, he began to sob in his sleep. Piper had to turn her head away; she'd always had a problem seeing a man cry.
Dan's shaking continued, though not as violent.
"Phoebe, can you get a rag for his forehead?" Leo asked. Phoebe nodded and turned to go upstairs to the bathroom.
"Leo, you were the doctor... is there anything really medically wrong?" Piper asked her husband. She bounced Wyatt nervously in her arms. The babe still cried, although it was mere whimpers.
"He's depressed, Piper. If Paige doesn't get back soon, he's going to go through a nervous breakdown."
"Over a woman he's not in love with?" Leo pursed his lips and gave her a look.
"He needs someone by his side. Someone who will be there for him, when no one else can be. Paige is that person. Think about it. He's new to magic and he's struggling to learn powers and other things that he can't handle on his own. Dan doesn't want to ask you or me, because of Wyatt or my charges. He doesn't want Phoebe's help because of the paper and her job. Paige is the only one who he can be with and she's not here right now."
Phoebe came down the stairs quickly and walked to Dan, folding the cloth and laying it on his head.
Piper breathed in deeply and handed Wyatt to Leo. Closing her eyes, she braced herself for what she was about to do. Exhaling, she lifted her hands and froze Dan and Leo.
"Piper?" Phoebe asked. The younger sister stood and retrieved the infant from his fathers frozen arms. Wyatt squirmed in her arms and she looked at Piper for answers. "Why'd you freeze them?"
"If Dan is frozen, he won't be sad. He won't go through a nervous breakdown. And he won't go through this seizure thing. I can't stand to look at him like this."
"But why both of them?"
"Leo wouldn't agree to this."
"I see." Phoebe said softly. She rocked Wyatt softly.
"I wish I knew what set Dan off." Piper folded her arms over her chest and looked at the still man lying on the couch.
The two sisters sat on the opposite couch and Phoebe caressed Wyatt's cheek, which made his eyes flutter shut. The babe was in a deep slumber.
"What time is it?" Phoebe asked. She looked quickly at the grandfather clock and squinted her eyes. "I can't see without my glasses."
"Around four-thirty, five." Piper curled her feet up underneath her.
"Mom and Grams wouldn't like us being up."
"I know." The older sister pushed her hair behind her ear. "We couldn't let Dan thrash around and cry like that."
"But he's frozen now."
"Yeah, but I don't think it will last long. Since Paige has been gone, our emotions have been haywire, and I don't have any idea how long it will last."
Phoebe nodded and yawned. She rubbed her eyes with her free hand, and then ran her hand through her hair.
"Piper, I don't think we should keep them frozen." Phoebe signaled for Piper to unfreeze them.
Piper lifted her hands and unfroze the two men. Leo looked from where the two were standing, then to where they were sitting.
"Why did you freeze me? You know you shouldn't do that."
"We knew you wouldn't agree to letting me freeze Dan."
"Why do you think you should freeze him?" Leo asked, sitting on the coffee table.
"Look at him, Leo." Phoebe said. "We can't let him be this way... let him wear himself out."
"You said it yourself. He could have a nervous breakdown. If this happens..." Piper paused. "I just don't want him to be another Curtis Williamson."
"Don't you think that the Elders would know better than to give powers to someone who couldn't take it? They aren't stupid, Piper."
"I know. But they didn't foresee Paige disappearing, did they?" Piper said.
Phoebe frowned and handed the baby in her arms to her sister. She knelt down beside Dan, who shivered and cried beneath the blanket that covered him.
"Foresee... why didn't I think of it?" She asked herself. "I- I might be able to get a premonition. I might be able to see what we can do to get Paige back. If Paige comes back, then she's safe, and Dan will be okay."
Phoebe put her hand on Dan's and closed her eyes, hoping for a premonition. She concentrated deeply.
Piper and Leo watched her intently, knowing that whatever Phoebe may see, could very well matter greatly. Phoebe pursed her eyebrows, trying desperately to get a vision... any vision.
When the premonition hit her, it hit hard. She gasped for breath, touching her side and stomach with the hand that didn't hold Dan's. Phoebe moaned, hurting as she saw what she needed.
As she came out of her premonition, she looked back and forth at Leo and Piper, and then passed out on the floor.
But not before she could say three words. Three words that made Piper's skin crawl and Leo's heart race.
-x-
Authors note: Ah, yes. Another chapter complete. Now, tell me, are you eager to see what is in store? What Phoebe's three words were? Is Paige okay? Ah, review to find out. :)