Crawling In The Dark
Summary: The Charmed ones run across one of their biggest challenges ever, in the form of a young boy.
Disclaimer: The idea of this fic, and all original characters, belong to Coletaylor. I'm also co-writing a bit, but mostly editing and the like. Neither of us is affiliated with Spelling or the WB.
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Piper, Phoebe, and Paige walked out of P3. It had been a semi-busy night at the club, and all three of them had decided to head home. As they were pulling out of the club parking lot, out of nowhere a boy came running across into the street. He darted straight into traffic and ran into the alley on the opposite side of the street. He came inches away from being hit by Paige, who was driving her sisters that night. She swerved and missed the boy.
"What the hell?" Piper exclaimed as the car came to a sudden stop.
"I don't know, but maybe we should go and see if he needs help." Phoebe suggested.
Her sisters agreed. Paige parked her VW Bug by the curb and all three got out and followed the boy into the alley. They came to the end of the dark, dank street and looked around. They saw a figure sitting by a dumpster. They walked over to see if it was the boy.
"Well, isn't this nice?" Paige commented upon seeing the boy, who was passed out. He had a bottle of alcohol wrapped in a brown paper bag in one hand, and a plastic bag of drugs in the other.
Phoebe bent down to the boy's level and tapped him, "Hey, wake up!"
The boy awakened immediately, and to his surprise he found three attractive women around him. Startled, he scooted away from the sisters, then hopped up.
"Who…who are you?" the boy asked nervously.
"We're just trying to help you," Phoebe told him "Now, what's your name and where do you live?"
"Just leave me alone!" the boy screamed, frightened that they were the police wanting to arrest him.
"Just calm down," Piper said soothingly.
The boy kept yelling with his hands at his side, when out of nowhere it happened. A wall, which appeared to be made of ice, started to form between him and the women. All four of them were quite shocked. The boy stepped back farther, until his back was to the brick fence that lined the alley.
"Oh!" Piper yelled as she brought her hands up.
The boy froze, and the wall stopped growing, leaving about a foot-and-a-half gap between the ice and the fence.
"What do we do now?" Phoebe asked her two sisters.
"I can orb him out." Paige suggested. "Unfreeze, him, Piper."
Piper did as she was told, just as Paige tried to orb onto the other side of the wall. She was thrown back, as if by some other, stronger barrier.
"What the hell?" she and the boy exclaimed at the same time.
"I can't orb," Paige said, looking to her sisters. "Why can't I orb?"
"What the hell is an orb?" the boy asked, looking frightened. "What are you people?"
"We'll explian later," Piper said. "Right now, you need to trust us." She frowned, thinking. "Okay, first we need to get you out of there. Can you squeeze through that gap?"
The boy, who was quite scrawny and under-fed, had no trouble getting past the sheet of ice, although his leg was almost caught when Piper's freeze wore off and the ice started spreading again. He made it through just in time to avoid being crushed. The wall closed up a second later. His alcohol and drugs were on the other side.
"Come on," Phoebe said, following his gaze to where the paper bag and plastic baggie lay. "You don't need those."
He nodded, and looked at them distrustfully. "Who - what - are you? How did you do that?"
Piper shook her head. "We didn't do that. You did."
The boy stared at her, not comprehending what she'd said.
Paige put her arm around him, urging him over to her car. "Let's get you back to our house," she said. "We'll explain everything there, but right now we need to make sure you're safe."
He numbly walked with them, and got into the car without arguement. He even let Piper buckle his seatbelt for him, and then stared out the window as they drove off.
Summary: The Charmed ones run across one of their biggest challenges ever, in the form of a young boy.
Disclaimer: The idea of this fic, and all original characters, belong to Coletaylor. I'm also co-writing a bit, but mostly editing and the like. Neither of us is affiliated with Spelling or the WB.
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Piper, Phoebe, and Paige walked out of P3. It had been a semi-busy night at the club, and all three of them had decided to head home. As they were pulling out of the club parking lot, out of nowhere a boy came running across into the street. He darted straight into traffic and ran into the alley on the opposite side of the street. He came inches away from being hit by Paige, who was driving her sisters that night. She swerved and missed the boy.
"What the hell?" Piper exclaimed as the car came to a sudden stop.
"I don't know, but maybe we should go and see if he needs help." Phoebe suggested.
Her sisters agreed. Paige parked her VW Bug by the curb and all three got out and followed the boy into the alley. They came to the end of the dark, dank street and looked around. They saw a figure sitting by a dumpster. They walked over to see if it was the boy.
"Well, isn't this nice?" Paige commented upon seeing the boy, who was passed out. He had a bottle of alcohol wrapped in a brown paper bag in one hand, and a plastic bag of drugs in the other.
Phoebe bent down to the boy's level and tapped him, "Hey, wake up!"
The boy awakened immediately, and to his surprise he found three attractive women around him. Startled, he scooted away from the sisters, then hopped up.
"Who…who are you?" the boy asked nervously.
"We're just trying to help you," Phoebe told him "Now, what's your name and where do you live?"
"Just leave me alone!" the boy screamed, frightened that they were the police wanting to arrest him.
"Just calm down," Piper said soothingly.
The boy kept yelling with his hands at his side, when out of nowhere it happened. A wall, which appeared to be made of ice, started to form between him and the women. All four of them were quite shocked. The boy stepped back farther, until his back was to the brick fence that lined the alley.
"Oh!" Piper yelled as she brought her hands up.
The boy froze, and the wall stopped growing, leaving about a foot-and-a-half gap between the ice and the fence.
"What do we do now?" Phoebe asked her two sisters.
"I can orb him out." Paige suggested. "Unfreeze, him, Piper."
Piper did as she was told, just as Paige tried to orb onto the other side of the wall. She was thrown back, as if by some other, stronger barrier.
"What the hell?" she and the boy exclaimed at the same time.
"I can't orb," Paige said, looking to her sisters. "Why can't I orb?"
"What the hell is an orb?" the boy asked, looking frightened. "What are you people?"
"We'll explian later," Piper said. "Right now, you need to trust us." She frowned, thinking. "Okay, first we need to get you out of there. Can you squeeze through that gap?"
The boy, who was quite scrawny and under-fed, had no trouble getting past the sheet of ice, although his leg was almost caught when Piper's freeze wore off and the ice started spreading again. He made it through just in time to avoid being crushed. The wall closed up a second later. His alcohol and drugs were on the other side.
"Come on," Phoebe said, following his gaze to where the paper bag and plastic baggie lay. "You don't need those."
He nodded, and looked at them distrustfully. "Who - what - are you? How did you do that?"
Piper shook her head. "We didn't do that. You did."
The boy stared at her, not comprehending what she'd said.
Paige put her arm around him, urging him over to her car. "Let's get you back to our house," she said. "We'll explain everything there, but right now we need to make sure you're safe."
He numbly walked with them, and got into the car without arguement. He even let Piper buckle his seatbelt for him, and then stared out the window as they drove off.