A/N: :-D Sci fi fan: Guess you'll just have to read to find out. ;) Hope
you enjoy....
The Power Of Sisters
Chapter 12: Young At Heart
Prue leaned back in the hard, wooden chair in the library. She had 2 large stacks of library books in front of her; one purely on telekinesis and the other on powers of the mind, including supernatural phenomena. She looked behind her and saw her younger sisters walking towards her, each with another stack of books.
"Enough, ya think?" Paige asked, as she threw her pile on the table, and sank into the chair next to Prue.
Piper set the her books on the table, next to the pile Paige had just set down, and took a seat on the other side of Prue. "Well, it has to be, we've got all the availiable books on powers of the mind and supernatural....whatever." Piper said.
"And we've already spent at least...." Prue's voice trailed off as she glanced at her watch. "Forty-five minutes doing it." She finished, in a sour tone.
"Well, let's sort them. Prue takes the ones on telekinesis, Piper takes the ones on anything she can find that has to do with stopping time, and I'll take the ones that has to do with teleporting. The remaining ones we can put in a seperate pile and look over later." Paige whispered.
Prue shrugged. "Sure. Now let's see...." She grabbed the pile that she'd already sorted, pretaining to telekinesis, then she shuffled through the remaining books; grabbing 4. "You're turn. I'm off to go find a nice, quiet spot." She said, as she grabbed her large pile.
"Not so fast, Missy Prue!" Piper said, as she grabbed Prue's arm, and yanked her back. Piper brushed her brown bangs out of her face and pointed to the mess of books on the wooden table. "Paige and I did most of the work getting the books, so the least you can do is help us sort them." Piper said.
Prue sighed and seated herself back in the chair. "Fine." She replied. She didn't want to admit it, but she was slightly intrigued by the fact that she could move things with her mind, and wanted to be able to control it; not only because it would lessen physical work for her, but also so things wouldn't go flying when she got upset. She began to shuffle through the books, along with her sisters.
"Hey! I just got an idea!" Paige said, with a bright grin.
A few people turned around in their chairs and sent glares, in Paige's direction.
Paige blushed. "Sorry." She muttered. When the people who were looking at her, had finally turned away, she began to speak again. "Anyway...." She whispered. "We should go to a Wiccan...." Paige began, but was cut off by Piper, before she even got a chance to finish.
"No way!" Piper snapped.
Again, heads turned towards the table that the Halliwells were currently sitting at, but this time they were staring at Piper. "Shhh!" Annoyed sounding voices, mumbled through the room.
Piper glared back. She didn't really like the idea of being a witch, she figured she could do enough good without having supernatural powers. 'Why does everything in my life have to be so complicated?' She thought. Now she'd have to be extra aware of everyone she met and might not be able to trust anyone, ever again. 'This so is not going to give me any chance for a love life!' Piper thought. She looked back at Paige, when the people had finally looked away. "Now way!" She repeated, in a hushed tone. "We are not getting any more 'into' this, if we don't have to!" She whispered, angrily.
"But Piper...." Paige began to protest, in a quiet tone.
"Don't, 'but Piper', me! I said I'm not going to go to one of those Wiccan shops. Those are for..for...weird people in cults that don't have magic, but pretend that they do!" Piper snapped, in a quiet tone.
"Fine, I'll go by myself!" Paige said, as she crossed her arms, defiantly. She was very excited about this new development in her life. She wanted to learn as much as she possibly could about magic, her powers, and her new destiny. She couldn't wait. 'As soon as we leave here, I will go find a Wicca shop, with or without Piper and Prue.' Paige thought.
"Piper, Paige...." Prue whispered. She pointed to the angry faces, that were glaring at them. "We should check these things out and continue this....outside." Prue whispered. Prue grabbed a stack of books and walked to the check out counter.
Paige uncrossed her arms and grabbed another stack of books. "I'm going...." She whispered, then walked up behind Prue, and waited in line.
Piper shook her head. 'Why does Paige always have to be so defiant? I guess it comes with being the baby of the family.' Piper thought, as she grabbed the remaing books, and stood in line behind Paige.
"Well, these sure are a lot of books on Wiccan and powers of the mind." The man behind the counter said, as he checked out each book. "Why does a pretty young thing like you, want these?" He asked, as he winked at Prue.
'And he thinks he is going to get me with that bad line?' Prue thought. She flashed him a fake smile. "Oh, me and my roomies are doing a college paper on powers of the mind." Prue lied, as she pointed to her sisters, behind her. "Guess I'll catch up with ya later." She said, in a overly cheery and yet very sarcastic tone. She quickly grabbed the bag that the man had place her books in and walked out of the front doors. Prue made her way to her car, opened the back door, and placed her books in the back seat. "Men and their cheesy pickup lines; give me a break!" Prue said, with a roll of her eyes. She slammed the door shut and opened the driver's side, hopped in, and started her car. Her eyes soon noticed the red light on her cell phone, flashing. She picked up her phone and flipped it open. "One new voicemail." She said. She clicked the, talk, button and placed the phone to her ear. After about a minute, she pulled the phone back, and shut it. "Oh, I'm so important, they 'need' me." Prue said, in a sarcastic tone. She'd been getting call after call from Roger, asking her to reconsider, and come back to work for Bucklands. "Yeah, right!" Prue said, in a sarcastic tone. She looked up and saw Piper and Paige coming towards the car.
Moments later, the back door opened and Paige climbed in, then shoved her bag next to Prue's bag. "Let's hit the road." She said.
Piper tossed her bag over Paige, which landed by the other bags, and then shut Paige's door. Piper opened up the front passenger door and climbed in, next to Prue. "Take us home." Piper stated.
"Wicca shop...." Paige said.
Piper fastened her seat belt and was about to protest, when her cell phone began to ring. "Who could that be?" She asked, out loud. She grabbed her phone and flipped it open, then placed it to her ear. "Hello?" She asked. After a moment, Piper nodded. "Yes, this is she. Oh! Hello, Chef Moore! Yes....yes..Of course I can! Oh, thank you! Bye." Piper said, as she pulled the phone away from her ear and shut it. "How do I look?" Piper asked, as she turned to Prue.
"Nice. Why?" Prue asked, as she pulled out onto the main road. "Chef Moore wants me to come to work, now, so can you drop me off on the way home?" She asked.
Prue shrugged. "Sure. It isn't like I have a job to go to anymore and I don't think Paige starts her new job until later." Prue answered. She glanced at Paige through the review mirror. "Right?" Prue clarified.
Paige sighed. "Right." She huffed.
After about 10 minutes, Prue pulled her car into the Quake parking lot. "We're here." Prue announced. "Hey, I need to use the restroom, so I hope ya don't mind if I follow you in." Prue said.
"Not at all." Piper said, as she grabbed her purse, then got out of the car.
Paige shrugged, grabbed her purse, and got out too. 'Maybe they'll be a few hot guys in there.' Paige mentally suggested. She quickly followed her older sisters into Quake and walked over to the bar.
Piper quickly headed off towards the kitchen.
Prue hurried to the bathroom.
Paige glanced at the men who were sitting at the bar, on her right side. 'Nope, nothing good here today.' Paige thought, as she turned her attention to the left. 'Damn, still nothing.' Paige thought, then turned her attention to the bartender.
"Anything for you, Miss?" The bartender asked.
"Just an ice water." Paige replied.
"Make that two." A male voice said, from behind Paige.
Paige spun around on her seat and smiled, as she looked up at a hansome young man. 'Stefan!' Paige thought, in realization. "Oh wow, you're that photographer that I've heard so much about!" Paige said.
Stefan seated himself next to Paige. "So glad you noticed." He replied, with a grin. He grabbed a napkin, then pulled a pen from his pocket, and scribbled something on the napkin. "Here is the address for my studio...." He said, as he slid the napkin over to Paige. "Maybe you could stop by and....we could discuss a potential job in modeling?" He suggested.
Paige blushed, her heart was pounding with so much excitement, that she didn't seem to notice the tingle that had run up her spine when she'd first seen Stefan; she'd passed it off as too much excitement. "Wow! I mean...sure, ya know..I guess I could stop by." She said. 'Just wait until I tell Prue and Piper about this!' Paige thought. She carefully folded the paper and stuffed it in her purse.
The bartender walked over to the table and set down 2, ice cold waters.
"Uh, oh, thanks!" Paige said, as she grabbed her water. 'I had forgot that I even ordered it.' Paige thought.
Stefan grabbed his water and took a long drink, then set it back down.
"Each water will be seventy-five cents." The bartender said.
Stefan pulled a five dollar bill from his pocket and slapped it on the table. "For mine and the lady's drink." He said.
Paige blushed. "You don't have to...." She said.
"No, it's okay, I want to." Stefan replied, with a winning smile. He looked at the bartender. "Keep the change." He said.
"Wow, thank you sir." The bartender said, as he placed the money in the cash register and pocketed his rahter large tip, for just water.
"I didn't catch your name." Stefan said, as he turned back to Paige.
"Paige." Paige replied, as she held out her hand. "Paige Halliwell." She said.
"Ahh. What a beautiful name, perfect for a beautiful girl. Like, a page right out of history." Stefan said, as he shook Paige's hand. "Lovely to meet you, Miss Halliwell." He said.
"Lovely to meet you too." Paige said.
"Well, I'm sorry to drink and run, but I've got a photo shoot in fifteen minutes, and I'll be late if I don't go now." Stefan said, as he stood up.
"Oh, no, we wouldn't want you to be late. I guess I'll see you late, bye." Paige said, as she waved.
"I guess I will." Stefan replied. He waved back, then quickly left the building.
Paige stared at the doors that she'd seen Stefan leve through and was grinning wildly.
"Paige?" Prue asked, as she poked Paige's shoulder.
Paige jumped and spun around. "Oh, Prue, I didn't even see you!" Paige said.
"Apparently not." Prue said. She smiled. "What's with the grin?" She asked.
"Oh my God! You'll never guess what just happened!" Paige gasped.
"What?" Prue asked, with a bit of a perplexed expression.
"You know that guy, that photographer, Stefan?!" Paige questioned.
"Yeah, that new guy, he's become really phamous in the last few days?" Prue answered.
"Well....I just saw him and he gave me the address to his studio! Prue, do you know what this means?! He wants me to model for him! I can't believe it, when I was little, I thought it would be so cool to be a model!" Paige gushed.
"Paige! That's great, I'm so happy for you!" Prue said, as she gave her sister a quick hug.
"Thanks! Wow, I can't wait!" Paige said.
Before Prue could say anything else, 3 people walked up to Prue and Paige; Andy, Piper, and an African American man.
"Prue, Paige!" Piper said. "I just was talking with Andy, he says that Britney is missing!" Piper exclaimed.
"Britney?" Prue asked.
"Britney! Oh my gosh, what happened?" Paige asked, momentarily forgetting about her new modeling job.
"Who is Britney?" Prue asked, again.
"You know her, vaguely." Piper said. "She was a friend of Paige and mine, before Paige went to Nevada. She wanted to see Paige again, so she came here earlier I guess. She is missing and was last seen here, along with three other women." Piper said.
Prue looked at Andy.
Andy smiled. "Yeah, Piper pretty muched summed it up. We were suppose to interview all the workers here today, to find out if they've seen Britney or the others. But I guess Piper just got here." Andy said. He looked at the African American man. "Oh, and this is my new partner, Darryl Morris. Darryl, this is my dear friend, Prue Halliwell and her youngest sister, Paige. You've already met Piper." He introduced.
Darryl held out his hand to Prue. "Nice to meet you, Prue." He said.
Prue shook Darryl's hand. "Nice to meet you too." Prue said.
Darryl turned to Paige and held out his hand. "And you." He said.
Paige smiled and shook Darryl's hand. "My pleasure." Paige said.
"Now, why don't you just look my way." Stefan said, as he motioned to a pretty young woman.
"Of course." The woman replied.
"Now Britney...." Stefan said, his voice trailed off and the camera in his hands fell to the floor. He transformed into a hideous looking old creature, with bright red eyes. Instantly, red beams shot from his eyes, right into Britney's chest. "This will only hurt a little." He muttered. Moments later the rays disappeared from his eyes and the wrinkles on his body slowly faded away, he still looked very old though.
Britney lay crumpled on the floor, looking like a 60-year-old woman, in an unconscious state.
Stefan transformed back into his hansome, human looking form and walked over to Britney. "Now to take care of you." He said. He grabbed the much older looking Britney, by the collar of her shirt, and dragged her to the back door, then shoved her outside. "Goodnight." He said, as he shut the door. TO BE CONTINUED....
The Power Of Sisters
Chapter 12: Young At Heart
Prue leaned back in the hard, wooden chair in the library. She had 2 large stacks of library books in front of her; one purely on telekinesis and the other on powers of the mind, including supernatural phenomena. She looked behind her and saw her younger sisters walking towards her, each with another stack of books.
"Enough, ya think?" Paige asked, as she threw her pile on the table, and sank into the chair next to Prue.
Piper set the her books on the table, next to the pile Paige had just set down, and took a seat on the other side of Prue. "Well, it has to be, we've got all the availiable books on powers of the mind and supernatural....whatever." Piper said.
"And we've already spent at least...." Prue's voice trailed off as she glanced at her watch. "Forty-five minutes doing it." She finished, in a sour tone.
"Well, let's sort them. Prue takes the ones on telekinesis, Piper takes the ones on anything she can find that has to do with stopping time, and I'll take the ones that has to do with teleporting. The remaining ones we can put in a seperate pile and look over later." Paige whispered.
Prue shrugged. "Sure. Now let's see...." She grabbed the pile that she'd already sorted, pretaining to telekinesis, then she shuffled through the remaining books; grabbing 4. "You're turn. I'm off to go find a nice, quiet spot." She said, as she grabbed her large pile.
"Not so fast, Missy Prue!" Piper said, as she grabbed Prue's arm, and yanked her back. Piper brushed her brown bangs out of her face and pointed to the mess of books on the wooden table. "Paige and I did most of the work getting the books, so the least you can do is help us sort them." Piper said.
Prue sighed and seated herself back in the chair. "Fine." She replied. She didn't want to admit it, but she was slightly intrigued by the fact that she could move things with her mind, and wanted to be able to control it; not only because it would lessen physical work for her, but also so things wouldn't go flying when she got upset. She began to shuffle through the books, along with her sisters.
"Hey! I just got an idea!" Paige said, with a bright grin.
A few people turned around in their chairs and sent glares, in Paige's direction.
Paige blushed. "Sorry." She muttered. When the people who were looking at her, had finally turned away, she began to speak again. "Anyway...." She whispered. "We should go to a Wiccan...." Paige began, but was cut off by Piper, before she even got a chance to finish.
"No way!" Piper snapped.
Again, heads turned towards the table that the Halliwells were currently sitting at, but this time they were staring at Piper. "Shhh!" Annoyed sounding voices, mumbled through the room.
Piper glared back. She didn't really like the idea of being a witch, she figured she could do enough good without having supernatural powers. 'Why does everything in my life have to be so complicated?' She thought. Now she'd have to be extra aware of everyone she met and might not be able to trust anyone, ever again. 'This so is not going to give me any chance for a love life!' Piper thought. She looked back at Paige, when the people had finally looked away. "Now way!" She repeated, in a hushed tone. "We are not getting any more 'into' this, if we don't have to!" She whispered, angrily.
"But Piper...." Paige began to protest, in a quiet tone.
"Don't, 'but Piper', me! I said I'm not going to go to one of those Wiccan shops. Those are for..for...weird people in cults that don't have magic, but pretend that they do!" Piper snapped, in a quiet tone.
"Fine, I'll go by myself!" Paige said, as she crossed her arms, defiantly. She was very excited about this new development in her life. She wanted to learn as much as she possibly could about magic, her powers, and her new destiny. She couldn't wait. 'As soon as we leave here, I will go find a Wicca shop, with or without Piper and Prue.' Paige thought.
"Piper, Paige...." Prue whispered. She pointed to the angry faces, that were glaring at them. "We should check these things out and continue this....outside." Prue whispered. Prue grabbed a stack of books and walked to the check out counter.
Paige uncrossed her arms and grabbed another stack of books. "I'm going...." She whispered, then walked up behind Prue, and waited in line.
Piper shook her head. 'Why does Paige always have to be so defiant? I guess it comes with being the baby of the family.' Piper thought, as she grabbed the remaing books, and stood in line behind Paige.
"Well, these sure are a lot of books on Wiccan and powers of the mind." The man behind the counter said, as he checked out each book. "Why does a pretty young thing like you, want these?" He asked, as he winked at Prue.
'And he thinks he is going to get me with that bad line?' Prue thought. She flashed him a fake smile. "Oh, me and my roomies are doing a college paper on powers of the mind." Prue lied, as she pointed to her sisters, behind her. "Guess I'll catch up with ya later." She said, in a overly cheery and yet very sarcastic tone. She quickly grabbed the bag that the man had place her books in and walked out of the front doors. Prue made her way to her car, opened the back door, and placed her books in the back seat. "Men and their cheesy pickup lines; give me a break!" Prue said, with a roll of her eyes. She slammed the door shut and opened the driver's side, hopped in, and started her car. Her eyes soon noticed the red light on her cell phone, flashing. She picked up her phone and flipped it open. "One new voicemail." She said. She clicked the, talk, button and placed the phone to her ear. After about a minute, she pulled the phone back, and shut it. "Oh, I'm so important, they 'need' me." Prue said, in a sarcastic tone. She'd been getting call after call from Roger, asking her to reconsider, and come back to work for Bucklands. "Yeah, right!" Prue said, in a sarcastic tone. She looked up and saw Piper and Paige coming towards the car.
Moments later, the back door opened and Paige climbed in, then shoved her bag next to Prue's bag. "Let's hit the road." She said.
Piper tossed her bag over Paige, which landed by the other bags, and then shut Paige's door. Piper opened up the front passenger door and climbed in, next to Prue. "Take us home." Piper stated.
"Wicca shop...." Paige said.
Piper fastened her seat belt and was about to protest, when her cell phone began to ring. "Who could that be?" She asked, out loud. She grabbed her phone and flipped it open, then placed it to her ear. "Hello?" She asked. After a moment, Piper nodded. "Yes, this is she. Oh! Hello, Chef Moore! Yes....yes..Of course I can! Oh, thank you! Bye." Piper said, as she pulled the phone away from her ear and shut it. "How do I look?" Piper asked, as she turned to Prue.
"Nice. Why?" Prue asked, as she pulled out onto the main road. "Chef Moore wants me to come to work, now, so can you drop me off on the way home?" She asked.
Prue shrugged. "Sure. It isn't like I have a job to go to anymore and I don't think Paige starts her new job until later." Prue answered. She glanced at Paige through the review mirror. "Right?" Prue clarified.
Paige sighed. "Right." She huffed.
After about 10 minutes, Prue pulled her car into the Quake parking lot. "We're here." Prue announced. "Hey, I need to use the restroom, so I hope ya don't mind if I follow you in." Prue said.
"Not at all." Piper said, as she grabbed her purse, then got out of the car.
Paige shrugged, grabbed her purse, and got out too. 'Maybe they'll be a few hot guys in there.' Paige mentally suggested. She quickly followed her older sisters into Quake and walked over to the bar.
Piper quickly headed off towards the kitchen.
Prue hurried to the bathroom.
Paige glanced at the men who were sitting at the bar, on her right side. 'Nope, nothing good here today.' Paige thought, as she turned her attention to the left. 'Damn, still nothing.' Paige thought, then turned her attention to the bartender.
"Anything for you, Miss?" The bartender asked.
"Just an ice water." Paige replied.
"Make that two." A male voice said, from behind Paige.
Paige spun around on her seat and smiled, as she looked up at a hansome young man. 'Stefan!' Paige thought, in realization. "Oh wow, you're that photographer that I've heard so much about!" Paige said.
Stefan seated himself next to Paige. "So glad you noticed." He replied, with a grin. He grabbed a napkin, then pulled a pen from his pocket, and scribbled something on the napkin. "Here is the address for my studio...." He said, as he slid the napkin over to Paige. "Maybe you could stop by and....we could discuss a potential job in modeling?" He suggested.
Paige blushed, her heart was pounding with so much excitement, that she didn't seem to notice the tingle that had run up her spine when she'd first seen Stefan; she'd passed it off as too much excitement. "Wow! I mean...sure, ya know..I guess I could stop by." She said. 'Just wait until I tell Prue and Piper about this!' Paige thought. She carefully folded the paper and stuffed it in her purse.
The bartender walked over to the table and set down 2, ice cold waters.
"Uh, oh, thanks!" Paige said, as she grabbed her water. 'I had forgot that I even ordered it.' Paige thought.
Stefan grabbed his water and took a long drink, then set it back down.
"Each water will be seventy-five cents." The bartender said.
Stefan pulled a five dollar bill from his pocket and slapped it on the table. "For mine and the lady's drink." He said.
Paige blushed. "You don't have to...." She said.
"No, it's okay, I want to." Stefan replied, with a winning smile. He looked at the bartender. "Keep the change." He said.
"Wow, thank you sir." The bartender said, as he placed the money in the cash register and pocketed his rahter large tip, for just water.
"I didn't catch your name." Stefan said, as he turned back to Paige.
"Paige." Paige replied, as she held out her hand. "Paige Halliwell." She said.
"Ahh. What a beautiful name, perfect for a beautiful girl. Like, a page right out of history." Stefan said, as he shook Paige's hand. "Lovely to meet you, Miss Halliwell." He said.
"Lovely to meet you too." Paige said.
"Well, I'm sorry to drink and run, but I've got a photo shoot in fifteen minutes, and I'll be late if I don't go now." Stefan said, as he stood up.
"Oh, no, we wouldn't want you to be late. I guess I'll see you late, bye." Paige said, as she waved.
"I guess I will." Stefan replied. He waved back, then quickly left the building.
Paige stared at the doors that she'd seen Stefan leve through and was grinning wildly.
"Paige?" Prue asked, as she poked Paige's shoulder.
Paige jumped and spun around. "Oh, Prue, I didn't even see you!" Paige said.
"Apparently not." Prue said. She smiled. "What's with the grin?" She asked.
"Oh my God! You'll never guess what just happened!" Paige gasped.
"What?" Prue asked, with a bit of a perplexed expression.
"You know that guy, that photographer, Stefan?!" Paige questioned.
"Yeah, that new guy, he's become really phamous in the last few days?" Prue answered.
"Well....I just saw him and he gave me the address to his studio! Prue, do you know what this means?! He wants me to model for him! I can't believe it, when I was little, I thought it would be so cool to be a model!" Paige gushed.
"Paige! That's great, I'm so happy for you!" Prue said, as she gave her sister a quick hug.
"Thanks! Wow, I can't wait!" Paige said.
Before Prue could say anything else, 3 people walked up to Prue and Paige; Andy, Piper, and an African American man.
"Prue, Paige!" Piper said. "I just was talking with Andy, he says that Britney is missing!" Piper exclaimed.
"Britney?" Prue asked.
"Britney! Oh my gosh, what happened?" Paige asked, momentarily forgetting about her new modeling job.
"Who is Britney?" Prue asked, again.
"You know her, vaguely." Piper said. "She was a friend of Paige and mine, before Paige went to Nevada. She wanted to see Paige again, so she came here earlier I guess. She is missing and was last seen here, along with three other women." Piper said.
Prue looked at Andy.
Andy smiled. "Yeah, Piper pretty muched summed it up. We were suppose to interview all the workers here today, to find out if they've seen Britney or the others. But I guess Piper just got here." Andy said. He looked at the African American man. "Oh, and this is my new partner, Darryl Morris. Darryl, this is my dear friend, Prue Halliwell and her youngest sister, Paige. You've already met Piper." He introduced.
Darryl held out his hand to Prue. "Nice to meet you, Prue." He said.
Prue shook Darryl's hand. "Nice to meet you too." Prue said.
Darryl turned to Paige and held out his hand. "And you." He said.
Paige smiled and shook Darryl's hand. "My pleasure." Paige said.
"Now, why don't you just look my way." Stefan said, as he motioned to a pretty young woman.
"Of course." The woman replied.
"Now Britney...." Stefan said, his voice trailed off and the camera in his hands fell to the floor. He transformed into a hideous looking old creature, with bright red eyes. Instantly, red beams shot from his eyes, right into Britney's chest. "This will only hurt a little." He muttered. Moments later the rays disappeared from his eyes and the wrinkles on his body slowly faded away, he still looked very old though.
Britney lay crumpled on the floor, looking like a 60-year-old woman, in an unconscious state.
Stefan transformed back into his hansome, human looking form and walked over to Britney. "Now to take care of you." He said. He grabbed the much older looking Britney, by the collar of her shirt, and dragged her to the back door, then shoved her outside. "Goodnight." He said, as he shut the door. TO BE CONTINUED....