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Aiunt: they say
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'Now I have to tell her about Raum.' Cole thought as he walk over to the head quarters of the under world. 'This is going to be fun.'
"Cole where is Raum?"
"..." Startled by her abrupt by her daunting demeanor.
"Where is he?" Cole looked down knowing things would crash and burn in an instant.
"Adeline there's been complications," Cole said disguising his fear.
"Tell me now without the crap. Or suffer the punishment my sorry excuse for a son."
"Raum is dead. Killed by either the Charmed ones or by another force. Damaris is missing along with the current eldest of the Charmed ones Piper."
Gathering all the patience she could must only to find it useless Adeline strikes down all 20 demonic guards that were securing the perimeter. In one stroke of the hand the entire room was filled with cries of agony making Cole all the more nervous and afraid. "Who saw this?"
"Ophelia." All it takes is Cole to blink his eyes for Ophelia to come forth.
"Yes Sire?"
"Ophelia, tell Adeline here that my half brother is dead and that you saw it with your own eyes." Ophelia now aware of Adeline's presence feels very intimidated. Soon that feeling goes away when Ophelia remembers Adeline's reputation of having no patience. Warily she musters up the courage to speak.
"Raum was killed not by the Charmed Ones. The eldest of them was dead by that time and the other two were tied down by the works of Damaris-"
"Get to the point," spat Adeline with fireball in hand, growing rapidly wider. Cole stands in-between his mother and his friend of 110 years.
Moving to Ophelia ear Cole whispers "Don't worry Ophelia just speak rapidly and I'll guarantee you leave here alive."
"Don't make promises you can't keep Colton." Adeline taunts from far away with a spiteful look.
" Raum was killed by combination of the dead Charmed Ones and..." Ophelia voice went low as she announced the remainder of the killers, "two birds."
Adeline lets go of the fireball that rested in her hands in a fit of rage. The fireball headed straight toward Ophelia when Cole intercepted it with his chest. Cole held in the pain as the fireball disintegrated leaving his skin bubbling. The tension was enough to send Ophelia leaving franticly.
" Is this why you save her Cole, your precious Ophelia is gone when you need her the most. That there says how intelligent she is. Why couldn't you be the one to die Cole. You are always the weaker one, when it came to Raum and Damaris but now Ophelia. I don't want you here now, come back after 36 hours.
" Mother why?"
"So I won't kill you myself. Your brother Raum prevented me for doing so but he's not here. Even Damaris has stopped me on occasion, but she's missing. Get lost."
"I could help you!"
"No you can't. Not only are you the reason for the death of my only son but you're the reason why my second in command is missing and to top that off you mange to bring in Avis and Raven into this."
"I'm your son too..." Cole disappeared in a pained heartbeat.
"No you're not. He died a long time ago." It pained Adeline to find out about Raum death but she couldn't show it. Adeline wouldn't allow it. Now she has to find out how Avis knew about the assassination on the eldest of the Charmed ones. Then there were the many mysteries behind the Piper that bothered Adeline to such an extent that before taking care of her dear friend Avis would find out more about this Piper.
Why did the elders want her dead? Where is her body? How did she manage to help kill her beloved and only son Raum? Why did Avis intervened in Piper's death ceremony? Frustrated Adeline summoned 20 more demonic guards. In one single minute they would all die leaving Adeline hearing her favorite song: cries of anguish.
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"Prue what is it?" Prue is taken aback by the comment wondering what got to Avis.
Covering up her momentarily pause Prue replied casually, "How's my sister?"
"Piper is a bit stubborn she tried to kill me."
"Surprise, Surprise." Prue stated sarcastically.
"Exactly, but instead it nearly killed herself. Eventually I got her to trust me and that's when I told her about our situation. Piper wouldn't want to rest so I had to force her. I can see it runs in the family."
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As Paige opened the bottle Phoebe yanks it out of her hand pouring the contents down the drain.
"What the hell are you thinking Paige!" Phoebe shakes Paige imbedding her fingers deeper into Paige's shoulder.
"Shut up. I need a drink that's all. One damn drink." Paige struggles out of Phoebe's grip. She turns her back on Phoebe and opens the liquor cabinet.
"No, not just the drink but the whole damn bottle for a recovering alcoholic!" Phoebe slams the cabinet shut. Phoebe makes her way past Paige just to stand in front of the cabinets preventing Paige to gain access.
"Just give me a fuckin' drink! For crying out loud I need to forget. Please!" Paige tries to push her way past Phoebe to no avail. Phoebe planted herself there and there she intends to stay.
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"Avis please I'm not in the mood. They are coming. She knows about Raum and she wont stop at nothing to hurt you again. My guess is she wants to inflict pain onto you before killing you and the best way to do that would be to kill Raven or just to harm him in some way." Prue takes in a deep breath and brings her hand to her forehead massaging her migraine away.
"Shit that means Piper could be endanger." Avis utters ignoring Prue's exhausted looks.
"That I know. Not only is she in endanger because of Raven but also because she helped kill Raum when she was dead."
"You've been watching I take it?" Avis out of boredom pulls out her dagger and starts to clean her nails.
"Always," replied Prue curtly, her eyes focused on Avis's hands.
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"Paige I'm sorry that I haven't been there for you ever since- look you don't need to go this route again. Please Paige I know what you're feeling. I just happen to push it away through obsession of finding those birds. I don't need to do that; all I needed is to talk to you."
"Why is it when something is about me you mange to make it about yourself?!" Paige rolls her eyes ignoring Phoebe's face. Paige stares intently at the liquor cabinet.
"What are you talking about?" Phoebe is shocked further by her sister's own comments rather than her behavior.
"'All I need is to talk to you,'" Paige mimics Phoebe's voice.
"Hey look I know you're upset but please don't do this... I know I screwed up by not paying any attention to you but please hear me out." Phoebe careful extends her hands towards Paige's hands grabbing them.
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"So tell me why Raven is taking so long?" Avis eyebrows knit together as her dagger went a tad to far separating her fingernail from flesh. Prue smirked as Avis childishly sucked on ring finger, drawing her blood to her mouth.
"He's at my house talking to my sister, Phoebe. Raven has informed Phoebe about Paige right now."
Pulling her finger out of her mouth Avis sneers "Oh what a lovely time they must be having."
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"No!" Paige pulls her hands away from Phoebe looking her in the eyes. " I can't stand you right now. You pretend like Piper has never died! How in the hell can I 'hear you out' when you disgrace the memory of the only sister that has ever really listened to me?"
"You Bitch I don't 'disgrace' Piper. You haven't known her as long as I have. You have no right to go there!" Paige can't handle the emotions rushing to her head she grabs a glass cup on the counter and grips it tightly with her right hand.
"Excuse me because in a matter of a few years I haven't put Piper through as much grief as you have Saint Phoebe!"
"I'm not a Saint I admit that but when you've been sulking upstairs crying you eyes out. I've been busting my ass finding the meaning to the birds. Not to mention that one of them is in our living room!"
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"Yeah a lovely time. But enough of that... You need to help Piper with her powers, tell her every thing she wants to know, well except for Leo of course. What the Prophet has told to me it seems that she's very infuriated no telling what could happen with the death of her son you know?" Avis stops picking at her fingers after hearing Prue's annoyed tone. She looks at Prue and nods her head briefly.
"She may be going after Paige and Phoebe as well." Prue rubs her head some more as her migraine increases with each act of Avis's ignorance.
"Sure Prue. I got the message. Protect your sisters and Piper helps me kill my demons."
"That's true but it's not a simple as you make it sound," Prue verbalized completely aggravated.
"Why not?"
"Damaris." Prue mentally smiles as she finally sees Avis squirming.
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"Well let's stop everything and celebrate! For the first time you've done something unselfish. If only I had the confetti with me. Oh... yeah I thought I never see the day!" Paige laughs coldly as tears run down her face.
"I'm sorry. I can't tell you enough times that I am." Phoebe's eyes start to water. The intensity of Paige's face especially her eyes are wearing Phoebe down.
"Well don't because to you 'I'm sorry' has no meaning." More tears streak down Paige's face. The tone in her voice is unstable.
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"What," Avis replied in disbelief dropping her dagger. Quickly she goes to retrieve it before it could go through the clouds.
"Damaris, she's with them: my sisters and Raven. Apparently your boy doesn't take orders from you. Don't worry Damaris wouldn't hurt a fly yet. Raven doesn't seem to take notice. I think he understands that Damaris will be ok after she sees Piper. Don't you fret Damaris has done an excellent job so far."
"Prue you amaze me. Do you really think she could be trusted let alone be taken to Piper in her vulnerable state?" Avis starts dragging her blade up the skin of her forearm, unconsciously.
"Don't you dare doubt my intentions or me. I don't doubt you. If I would thought Damaris had been a threat to Piper I wouldn't have told you to let her live the day she killed my sister. I made Raven aware of it, he understands Damaris and besides myself he'll take responsibility for her screw-ups."
"Well I can't tell you I agree with what you have planed for Damaris Prue. I won't trust her. She can't be trusted though I'm willing to have her around."
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"I wish you could give me a break. Just one break because a person could only take so much crap around here."
"Well a break from me isn't going to happen. So what are you going to do about it huh? Are you going to hit me?" Paige taunts, her tears have subsided.
"If it comes to that you don't have my sympathy. Paige as of now you deserve it."
"Ouch big sister that really hurts coming from you, the cold-hearted selfish bitch." Paige looks down briefly at the glass in her hand when she is hit with such force that the glass in her hand shatters. As Paige falls backwards on the floor glass shards embed themselves in Paige's skin thanks to the weight that's on top of her.
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Waiting for Prue to comment Avis speaks up again when she realizes that Prue is not going to say anything. "How long did you know about this?"
"A couple of hours." Prue says briefly. Avis stops dragging the blade
"Well why haven't you told me about this sooner?"
"I waited after you woke up. Avis I've been watching and that was the first time you slept in three weeks. I want to thank you for the preparation you put into our plan. I just want to say thank you."
"I don't deserve it. I've been an ass when I came here. Try telling me this after I done my job."
"I'll take note of that. Tell my sisters when they reunite that I love them."
"Is that all?"
"Yes, bye Avis. Expect to come here within three days."
"Bye Prue."
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A/N: Next time: Piper!