Summary: Paige is back but she's still hurt and Piper and Phoebe are also feeling the affects of their attacks. Will they have the strength to get Leo back and vanquish the Demon?

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Chapter 5

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Scene 1 - Paige's Room

Paige is lying on her bed and for the first time she looks normally at rest. Her eyes flutter slightly then open to see Piper standing in the doorway holding a glass of water.

(Piper) "Hey how are you feeling?"

(Paige)[quietly] "Hey"

Piper starts to walk into the room and Paige tries to sit up but is immediately hit by the pain of her broken ribs and winces and lets out a small groan. Piper rushes over and helps her lay back down.

(Paige) "You could've warned me that would hurt"[lets out a small
laugh]

(Piper) "I thought you'd remember."

(Paige) "I do now. Demon, door, you, Phoebe, last night, energyball,
oh yeah lots
of fun how could I forget."

Paige tries to sit up again and winces as Piper helps her into a sitting position. She hands the glass of water to Paige who struggles a little to drink it.

(Paige)[hands the glass back to Piper] "Where's Phoebe"

(Piper) "Trying to rest a little"

(Paige) "Is she okay? Her arm looked pretty bad"

(Piper) "She'll be okay but it's probably broken."

(Paige) [lifts up her arm] "We could be cast buddies"

Piper lets out a small laugh and Paige smiles back at her.

(Paige) "You okay?"

(Piper) "As soon as I know that Leo and Wyatt are safe."

(Paige) "Where is Wyatt?"

(Piper) "With Chris. I don't want him anywhere that the Demon can sense him."

(Paige) "Have we got a plan to get Leo back?"

(Piper) [lowers her head] "We had one but."

(Paige) [adjusts herself as if to stand up and winces in pain] "Well uh..ah.. lets
get Phoebe and."

Piper prevents Paige from getting up by placing her hands on her shoulders.

(Piper) "Hold on. You're not going anywhere."

(Paige) "Trust me normally I would agree but right now we need the power of
three."

Paige swings her legs over the side of the bed and goes to stand up but is once again hit with a wave of pain from her ribs and almost falls over as she grabs her stomach in pain and sits back down on the bed."

(Paige) "Uh.how did I do this last night?"

(Piper) "I dunno but it was a good thing you did. Right now though you're going
to lay back down, [helps Paige get under her covers] I'm going to wake
up
Pheobe, we're gonna come up with a new plan and get Leo back and
then he can fix you and Phoebe up. Okay?"

Paige nods her head. Piper stands up giving Paige's hand one last squeeze and starts to walk out of the room.

(Paige) "Piper?"

(Piper)[looks over her shoulder] "Yeah"

(Paige) "Leo will be okay."

Piper nods her head and continues out the door.

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Scene 2 - Underworld

The Demon slams the warlock into the wall pinning him there by the throat.

(Demon) "You said she wouldn't wake up! You said she would die!"

The Demon slams the warlock's head against the cave wall

(Demon) "Give me one reason why I shouldn't kill you[an energy ball forms in
his hand.]

(Warlock) "You.you.need me."
(Demon) "For what?"[grips the Warlcok's neck harder]
(Warlock) "The the. spell.to.to.take the child's. powers."

The demon releases the Warlock from his grasp and he slides down to the cave floor rubbing his neck.

(Demon) "They'll come back [looks at Leo] and when they do I won't fail again.
The child will be left vulnerable and then you can steal him while I
attack
the Charmed ones. [bends down and grabs the warlock]But I
swear.I swear if you screw this up again you will never escape
from the eternal tournament I will put you through[lets go of
the warlock]"

The Demon walks over to the silver pool and waves his hand over it revealing the image of Piper and Phoebe sitting on the couch in the downstairs of the Manor.

(Demon) "They'll come back. I will not fail again"

The Demon waves his hand again and the image fades.

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Scene 3 - Manor

Phoebe and Piper are sitting on the couch.

(Piper) "There's no way."

(Phoebe) "It's the only way Piper"

(Piper) "She can't. She can barely sit up"

(Phoebe) "The only way to get Leo back is with the power of three."

(Piper) "Maybe she doesn't have to come, maybe she can use the astral projection
spell to say the vanquishing spell with us."

(Phoebe) "What if something goes wrong and we need her. She might be too
weak to orb to us."

(Piper) "Exactly, she is too weak."

(Phoebe) "Piper, last night you knew we needed her to do this. What changed?"

(Piper) " I spent these last three days knowing that the only way we might be able
to beat this is with the power of three and then today after
seeing Paige awake this morning and coming to the realization
that even with the power of three we might fail. That changed
everything Phoebe."

Piper wiped the tears that had been forming in he eyes and Phoebe pulled her into a hug.

(Phoebe) "Paige is strong enough to do this. We have to trust that strength and our
own."

(Piper)[through tears] "What if I don't know how to trust that?"

(Paige's voice) "Well you better learn fast."

Piper pulled away from Phoebe's hug to see Paige standing on the stairs.

(Piper) "Paige?"

Paige slowly begins to make her way down the stairs wincing every few steps. When she reached the bottom she is greeted by a crushing hug from Phoebe and Piper.

(Paige) "Hey guys.uh.I don't feel that good."

(Phoebe) "Ooo sorry."

Piper and Phoebe let go of Paige and help her to the couch.

(Paige) "So, we got a plan yet?"

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Scene 4 - Underworld

The Demon and Warlock are standing in front of the potions table. Leo is chained to the wall in the background.

(Demon) "So here's the plan. They have to be planning an attack
themselves so
when they arrive you will blink out while I fight them. The child is
alone
with the other whitelighter so sensing them has been hard but the
spell and
potion you made should carry you too them. Once you have the child
blink
back here immediately and begin the power stripping ritual.

(Warlock) "What if you haven't finished off the charmed ones yet."

(Demon) "Just worry about getting the child and remember what will happen if
you screw this up."

The Demon walks over to Leo who is very weak.

(Demon) "Don't worry you're family will be here soon."

The Demon holds up Leo's head forcing him to look directly at the Demon.

(Demon) " Now, now you can't going to miss any of this. After all it's their love
for you that will lead to their deaths. You should be so proud that
they
love you that much. I now I am."

The Demon releases Leo's head and walks back over to the Warlock.

(Demon) "Begin making the final preparations, they'll be coming soon."

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Scene 5 - Manor

Phoebe and Paige are sitting on the couch and Piper is standing in front of them.
(Piper) "Okay so we have the blinding potion to keep the Warlock from blinking out. We have the Source vanquishing spell and now all we need is.[looks up at thee ceiling] Chris!!!...."

Chris appers in a shower of blue lights holding Wyatt.

(Piper) "Chris why isn't Wyatt with the Elders?"

(Chris) "They said that they can't interfere with destiny."

(Phoebe) "What do they mean by that?"

(Chris) "I don't know all they said was everything is destined to be"

(Paige) "Why do they always have to be so cryptic?"

(Phobe) "[sarcastically] I think it makes them feel special."

Paige and Piper let out a small laugh.

(Chris) "It doesn't matter let's just get this all over with"

(Piper) "What about Wyatt?"

(Chris) "I'll have to leave him here and come back immediately"

(Piper) "Alright then, everybody ready to go?"

(Paige) "Yup, locked and loaded"

(Phoebe) "Let's do it."

All four grabbed on to each other and blue lights appear around them as they orb out, leaving Wyatt alone in his crib.

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Scene 6 - Underworld / Manor

The Demon is pacing back and forth in front of Leo. The Warlock is half hidden behind one of the cave walls. Behind another part of cave wall Chris orbs in with Phoebe, Piper and Paige then immediately orbs out again.

Paige, Phoebe, and Piper crouch behind the wall.
(Piper) [whispering] "Remember Paige you through the blinding potion then stay here until we need you for the spell. I'll keep freezing the Demon for as long as I can while Phoebe unchains Leo. Then Phoebe you bring Leo over to Paige to wait for Chris. Chris is going to wait five minutes before orbing back in to take Leo out so we have to hurry. Then the three of us will say the vanquishing spell sending this bastard straight to Demon hell."

(Phoebe) "Sounds good."

(Piper) "Ready? [Phoebe and Paige nod] Here we go?

Piper jumps out from behind the wall and freezes the Demon who quickly fights through it.

(Piper) "Now!"

(Demon) "Now!"

Phoebe runs from behind the wall and runs to Leo as Piper continues to refreeze the Demon. Paige throws the blinding potion just as the Warlock is about to blink out from his own hiding place. The Demon looks over to see that the Warlock hasn't blinked out yet as he fights through one of Piper's freeze's

(Demon) "Hurry !!!"

The potion starts to wear off but the Warlock still can't blink out. Phoebe is is starting to unchain the last of Leo's restraints.

(Paige) "It's wearing off"

(Piper) "Phoebe hurry my freezes are getting shorter.

(Phoebe) "Almost.ah [releases the last chain] got it!"

Leo falls against Phoebe who struggles to hold him up and winces at the pain his weight causes in her arm. Slowly she manages to pull him to Paige.

In the background we see the last of the blinding potion wear off and the Warlock blink out.

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Scene 7 - Manor

Chris is downstairs standing next to Wyatt's crib and carefully watching the clock. Just as the clock strikes 2 Chris is about to orb out when the Warlock blinks in behind him and grabs him. Chris struggles against the Warlock before he is thrown into the clock shattering it. The Warlcok then rushes over and tries to break through Wyatt's force field but it grabbed by Chris and thrown against the wall. The Warlock quickly get up and sends a concussion wave toward Chris who just manages to orb out of harm. Chris orbs back in behind the Warlock and grabs him by the arms but the Warlock blinks out. Chris looks around the room for the Warlock when all of the sudden he is hit by a concussions wave sending him crashing through the back of the couch and next to Wyatt. Chris grabs Wyatt and orbs out.

(Warlock) "Well that isn't good."

The Warlcok blinks out

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Scene 8 - Underworld

Piper dives behind a rock as an energy ball flys past her. She throws a potion wich explodes at the Demon's feet and sends him only stumbling slightly backwards. Piper crawls over to Phoebe, Paige and a barely conscious Leo.

(Piper) "I can't freeze him anymore and we only have one more potion"

(Phoebe) "Where the hell is Chris?"

(Piper) "Paige can you orb Leo out of here."

(Paige) "I'm not sure and if I can I might not have the strength to orb back"

(Piper) "You have to try"

(Demon's voice) " I have to give you points for trying but in the end there's in
hiding."

A large rock a few feet from them blows up as it is hit by an energy ball.

(Demon's voice) "There are only so many places you could be."

Another rock even closer blows up

(Piper) "[looks at Paige]Go!"

Paige grabs Leo's hand and as the orbs trail rises up from behind the rock the Demon throws an energy ball that collides with it sending Paige and Leo crashing into a cave wall.

(Demon) "Now, now I though you were smarter than that."

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Next Chapter - Will the Charmed one's and Leo escape the underworld alive? Where are Chris and Wyatt? What will be revealed? And what new questions about the future will arise? All these questions will be answered in the next and final chapter.

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