Disclaimer: - Ok, I'm Leo an I'm pretty sure that *I* don't own Charmed. Hmm... Well I'll have to ask Paige, I guess... You never know, she could be holding out on me... ^_~
Nah. Pretty sure that between us we own very little.
And we both want to apologise for the HUGE delay. Sorry...
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"I'm a what?" Paige's immediate reaction was disbelief.
"A good witch. With powers to save people. They save the innocent."
"Ok, if I'm a good witch then *why* am I being held hostage? Couldn't I just... go somewhere? I wouldn't be here if I had powers."
"Well we don't."
"So I'm not a witch?"
"You're a witch... Just... There's something up with your powers."
"Wait, '*we* don't have powers?' What are you?"
"A whitelighter. A guardian angel for witches." Paige shook her head. Leo twisted his wrists as fast as was possible, trying to loosen them. He failed and sighed, slumping back into the chair. He checked Paige's face for a reaction. Her eyes were glazed over and she looked deep in thought.
"So, I'm a witch but my powers are screwed up?"
Leo nodded and watched as Paige appeared to take it all in.
"And you're my guardian angel?"
"Yep."
"Anything else I need to know?"
"I'm your brother-in-law."
Paige shook her head. "No, that's not possible. I'd have to have a sister," she trailed off and looked back at Leo. "Wait a minute,"
Leo nodded. "Yep, you have two sisters and they are in trouble according to your dream."
"So we have to get out of there and go to them?" Leo nodded slowly, feeling despair rise in his chest. Piper and Phoebe were hurt, and he had no powers. Paige was hurt and didn't even remember anything about being a witch.
He rocked backwards on his chair, feeling it overbalance. Paige gave a muffled squeal as he tipped backwards, hitting his head on the floor. Leo grimaced in pain. Unfortunately the chair hadn't broken. He rolled over, hearing a satisfying crunch as part of the chair broke.
"Are you okay?" Paige asked worriedly.
Leo gave a slow nod. "I'll be fine." He stood up and started untying Paige's ropes. "We just need to get out of here."
"And how do you propose we do that?" Paige asked, rubbing her wrists where the ropes used to be.
"Um,"
"Exactly," Paige continued. "We have no way out of here." She slowly stood up, wincing as her leg throbbed.
"The door?" Leo suggested feebly. Paige looked sceptically at him. "Well it looks to me like the only way out." He shrugged.
"What if the guy with the gun is out there?"
"We've just got to hope that he's not, I guess..." Leo started to look more doubtful.
"That's a lot of hoping..."
"Yeah, well..."
"Okay, then if that's all we have," Paige said as she limped toward the door. "Then what choice is there?" Leo noticed a small red point on her arm. It looked like a puncture wound from a needle. Frowning he checked his own arm, and found a similar mark.
"What are you looking at?" Paige asked.
"Needle mark. Which is probably why we don't have powers..."
"Well let's go get them back." Leo gave a small smile and followed her.
Paige slowly and quietly opened the door, wincing as it gave a rather loud squeak. She looked out and gave a sigh of relief. "No one yet," she whispered behind her.
"Good," Leo said. "Then let's find the way out of here." He looked down the corridor both ways. One end had a window, but he didn't think that Paige could manage to climb out with her leg. At the other end was a door. He made towards it, Paige following behind.
Leo chewed fearfully on his lip before pushing the door quickly. He jumped backwards and landed on the floor as the warlock burst through the door. He stared up from his position on the floor and the barrel of the gun pointed at him.
"What's this, the Great Escape?" The warlock turned the gun on Paige. He pulled the trigger. Paige squealed and put her hands in front of her face. Suddenly her body was consumed with glowing white and blue orbs and she disappeared.
Leo and the warlock looked on in shock.
Paige on the other hand was in awe. 'Whoa!' she thought. 'That felt weird!' And she reappeared in front of the warlock, whose mouth was open and his eyes were wide.
"What?! I thought I got rid of your powers!"
"Apparently not!" Leo said. He stood up and grabbed Paige's arm. "Let's get out of here!" He whispered.
"Are we gonna do that light thing again?" she asked, her eyes wide with excitement.
The sound of the gun firing made Leo forget the question and orbed out with Paige in his grasp.
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They reappeared in the entryway at the Manor. Paige gasped and pulled away from Leo. Leo realised that she looked slightly green. She was about to fall onto the floor and Leo lowered her gently onto the rug.
"Why do I get the feeling that I didn't do that?" She asked.
"Paige? Did I hear you?" Phoebe came running out of the kitchen. Her face was badly bruised. She launched herself onto her redheaded sister.
Paige looked over Phoebe's shoulder at Leo. "This is...?"
"Yeah," Leo answered.
Phoebe pulled back and studied Paige. "Honey, are you okay? You look sick? Do you need to sit down?"
"Um," Paige started. "What's your name?"
Silence was the only answer.
Paige continued. "I mean, I've seen you before, in my dream, but I still don't know your name."
"Paige?" Phoebe asked worriedly. "What's wrong?" Phoebe's eyes narrowed at Leo. "Ok, you go out to buy make-up with her, and she comes back not remembering anything?! What did you do to her?!"
Leo held up his hands in defence. "Hey, hey! Don't blame me!"
"I know it wasn't your fault. We saw you in a bank on the news."
"She got hit on the head pretty hard and well, she lost her memories of the last 2 and a half years."
"So, does she know?" Phoebe asked.
"I know now!" Paige said suddenly. "With the lights and the disappearing. Yeah, I know."
Phoebe chuckled. "Well, how do you feel, other than that of course."
Paige looked down at her leg, which was still a little bloody. "My leg hurts like hell."
"Oh, sorry about that," Leo said as he knelt in front of her. A soft golden glow came from his hands as he healed her leg, making Paige gasp.
"Wow," she muttered. "Can I do that?"
"Um... A little I guess..."
"We don't have much time." Phoebe said.
"I know. This warlock is going to be coming for us."
"I know. We have to go to Piper. Right now. And you have to heal her." Leo opened his mouth to speak.
"And don't give me the old 'she wasn't harmed by evil thing,' ok, mister?"
"I wasn't going to!"
"Piper? Is that....?"
"We'll explain later," Phoebe said grabbing Leo's arm. "Come on, Leo. We gotta get there fast."
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Piper struggled to open her eyes but failed. She still felt terrible but she had a feeling that someone was coming to help.
'Hurry,' she thought.
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Paige gasped as the frantic thought entered her mind. 'Hurry!'
"Leo, now! Do the light thing!" She waved her hands around like a magician would. "The other one..." she motioned at Phoebe. "My other sister needs help. She's.......hurting."
"What?"
"She's... hurt. Bad."
"I know, honey. But how do *you* know?"
"It's just a... feeling I keep getting. A desperate feeling. She's dying, Leo." A panicked look passed across Leo's features and he ushered Phoebe and Paige close and orbed out.
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Piper felt weak........weaker than before. And it wasn't a good feeling. She was losing the battle.
Then she felt it. A presence beside her. It wasn't Leo...
'Paige?' she thought.
Someone took her hand. 'We're going to help you,' a voice said in her head. 'You're going to be fine.'
'Paige.'
'Leo's working. Feeling any better?'
It was then that Piper realized that her strength was returning. And that she could move a little.
'Thank you,' Piper thought. 'I was so close,'
"I know.'
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Leo felt relief as Piper's eyes fluttered open. She gave a slight moan, looking up into Leo's face. Slowly he moved his hands away from her. Tears welled up and brimmed over her eyelids.
"Leo..."
"Hey honey." She burst into noisy sobs.
Paige took a step back as Phoebe and Leo rushed to hold Piper. The red head felt out of place. She didn't really understand what compelled her to talk to her supposed sister through her mind but it seemed to help. Paige wrapped her arms around herself, trying not to feel left out. She didn't really know these people. She had no right to be there.
"Paige?" Piper asked tearfully as she pulled away from Phoebe and Leo. "That was you, wasn't it?"
Paige nodded a slight smile on her face. But Piper could tell something was wrong.
"Paige, what's wrong?"
Paige opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out but a sob. The young woman just shook her head and ran out of the hospital room in tears.
Nah. Pretty sure that between us we own very little.
And we both want to apologise for the HUGE delay. Sorry...
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"I'm a what?" Paige's immediate reaction was disbelief.
"A good witch. With powers to save people. They save the innocent."
"Ok, if I'm a good witch then *why* am I being held hostage? Couldn't I just... go somewhere? I wouldn't be here if I had powers."
"Well we don't."
"So I'm not a witch?"
"You're a witch... Just... There's something up with your powers."
"Wait, '*we* don't have powers?' What are you?"
"A whitelighter. A guardian angel for witches." Paige shook her head. Leo twisted his wrists as fast as was possible, trying to loosen them. He failed and sighed, slumping back into the chair. He checked Paige's face for a reaction. Her eyes were glazed over and she looked deep in thought.
"So, I'm a witch but my powers are screwed up?"
Leo nodded and watched as Paige appeared to take it all in.
"And you're my guardian angel?"
"Yep."
"Anything else I need to know?"
"I'm your brother-in-law."
Paige shook her head. "No, that's not possible. I'd have to have a sister," she trailed off and looked back at Leo. "Wait a minute,"
Leo nodded. "Yep, you have two sisters and they are in trouble according to your dream."
"So we have to get out of there and go to them?" Leo nodded slowly, feeling despair rise in his chest. Piper and Phoebe were hurt, and he had no powers. Paige was hurt and didn't even remember anything about being a witch.
He rocked backwards on his chair, feeling it overbalance. Paige gave a muffled squeal as he tipped backwards, hitting his head on the floor. Leo grimaced in pain. Unfortunately the chair hadn't broken. He rolled over, hearing a satisfying crunch as part of the chair broke.
"Are you okay?" Paige asked worriedly.
Leo gave a slow nod. "I'll be fine." He stood up and started untying Paige's ropes. "We just need to get out of here."
"And how do you propose we do that?" Paige asked, rubbing her wrists where the ropes used to be.
"Um,"
"Exactly," Paige continued. "We have no way out of here." She slowly stood up, wincing as her leg throbbed.
"The door?" Leo suggested feebly. Paige looked sceptically at him. "Well it looks to me like the only way out." He shrugged.
"What if the guy with the gun is out there?"
"We've just got to hope that he's not, I guess..." Leo started to look more doubtful.
"That's a lot of hoping..."
"Yeah, well..."
"Okay, then if that's all we have," Paige said as she limped toward the door. "Then what choice is there?" Leo noticed a small red point on her arm. It looked like a puncture wound from a needle. Frowning he checked his own arm, and found a similar mark.
"What are you looking at?" Paige asked.
"Needle mark. Which is probably why we don't have powers..."
"Well let's go get them back." Leo gave a small smile and followed her.
Paige slowly and quietly opened the door, wincing as it gave a rather loud squeak. She looked out and gave a sigh of relief. "No one yet," she whispered behind her.
"Good," Leo said. "Then let's find the way out of here." He looked down the corridor both ways. One end had a window, but he didn't think that Paige could manage to climb out with her leg. At the other end was a door. He made towards it, Paige following behind.
Leo chewed fearfully on his lip before pushing the door quickly. He jumped backwards and landed on the floor as the warlock burst through the door. He stared up from his position on the floor and the barrel of the gun pointed at him.
"What's this, the Great Escape?" The warlock turned the gun on Paige. He pulled the trigger. Paige squealed and put her hands in front of her face. Suddenly her body was consumed with glowing white and blue orbs and she disappeared.
Leo and the warlock looked on in shock.
Paige on the other hand was in awe. 'Whoa!' she thought. 'That felt weird!' And she reappeared in front of the warlock, whose mouth was open and his eyes were wide.
"What?! I thought I got rid of your powers!"
"Apparently not!" Leo said. He stood up and grabbed Paige's arm. "Let's get out of here!" He whispered.
"Are we gonna do that light thing again?" she asked, her eyes wide with excitement.
The sound of the gun firing made Leo forget the question and orbed out with Paige in his grasp.
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They reappeared in the entryway at the Manor. Paige gasped and pulled away from Leo. Leo realised that she looked slightly green. She was about to fall onto the floor and Leo lowered her gently onto the rug.
"Why do I get the feeling that I didn't do that?" She asked.
"Paige? Did I hear you?" Phoebe came running out of the kitchen. Her face was badly bruised. She launched herself onto her redheaded sister.
Paige looked over Phoebe's shoulder at Leo. "This is...?"
"Yeah," Leo answered.
Phoebe pulled back and studied Paige. "Honey, are you okay? You look sick? Do you need to sit down?"
"Um," Paige started. "What's your name?"
Silence was the only answer.
Paige continued. "I mean, I've seen you before, in my dream, but I still don't know your name."
"Paige?" Phoebe asked worriedly. "What's wrong?" Phoebe's eyes narrowed at Leo. "Ok, you go out to buy make-up with her, and she comes back not remembering anything?! What did you do to her?!"
Leo held up his hands in defence. "Hey, hey! Don't blame me!"
"I know it wasn't your fault. We saw you in a bank on the news."
"She got hit on the head pretty hard and well, she lost her memories of the last 2 and a half years."
"So, does she know?" Phoebe asked.
"I know now!" Paige said suddenly. "With the lights and the disappearing. Yeah, I know."
Phoebe chuckled. "Well, how do you feel, other than that of course."
Paige looked down at her leg, which was still a little bloody. "My leg hurts like hell."
"Oh, sorry about that," Leo said as he knelt in front of her. A soft golden glow came from his hands as he healed her leg, making Paige gasp.
"Wow," she muttered. "Can I do that?"
"Um... A little I guess..."
"We don't have much time." Phoebe said.
"I know. This warlock is going to be coming for us."
"I know. We have to go to Piper. Right now. And you have to heal her." Leo opened his mouth to speak.
"And don't give me the old 'she wasn't harmed by evil thing,' ok, mister?"
"I wasn't going to!"
"Piper? Is that....?"
"We'll explain later," Phoebe said grabbing Leo's arm. "Come on, Leo. We gotta get there fast."
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Piper struggled to open her eyes but failed. She still felt terrible but she had a feeling that someone was coming to help.
'Hurry,' she thought.
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Paige gasped as the frantic thought entered her mind. 'Hurry!'
"Leo, now! Do the light thing!" She waved her hands around like a magician would. "The other one..." she motioned at Phoebe. "My other sister needs help. She's.......hurting."
"What?"
"She's... hurt. Bad."
"I know, honey. But how do *you* know?"
"It's just a... feeling I keep getting. A desperate feeling. She's dying, Leo." A panicked look passed across Leo's features and he ushered Phoebe and Paige close and orbed out.
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Piper felt weak........weaker than before. And it wasn't a good feeling. She was losing the battle.
Then she felt it. A presence beside her. It wasn't Leo...
'Paige?' she thought.
Someone took her hand. 'We're going to help you,' a voice said in her head. 'You're going to be fine.'
'Paige.'
'Leo's working. Feeling any better?'
It was then that Piper realized that her strength was returning. And that she could move a little.
'Thank you,' Piper thought. 'I was so close,'
"I know.'
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Leo felt relief as Piper's eyes fluttered open. She gave a slight moan, looking up into Leo's face. Slowly he moved his hands away from her. Tears welled up and brimmed over her eyelids.
"Leo..."
"Hey honey." She burst into noisy sobs.
Paige took a step back as Phoebe and Leo rushed to hold Piper. The red head felt out of place. She didn't really understand what compelled her to talk to her supposed sister through her mind but it seemed to help. Paige wrapped her arms around herself, trying not to feel left out. She didn't really know these people. She had no right to be there.
"Paige?" Piper asked tearfully as she pulled away from Phoebe and Leo. "That was you, wasn't it?"
Paige nodded a slight smile on her face. But Piper could tell something was wrong.
"Paige, what's wrong?"
Paige opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out but a sob. The young woman just shook her head and ran out of the hospital room in tears.
