All that Matters
By stargazer_03@hotmail.com
Set after Chris Crossed and my first fan fiction Wake Me Up Inside.
Disclaimer: "Charmed" and all related characters and events are the copyrighted property of Spelling Television and the WB, Paramount/Viacom Corporation. This is a work of fan fiction and no infringement of copyright is intended.
Story Summary: They all knew they couldn't live together forever and now that it's happened what effect will have on their wiccan lives as well as their personal ones. What can make them realize what really matters?
Chapter Summary: The charmed one's find themselves on a demonic hit list.
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Chapter 1
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Scene 1 - Manor
Paige and Richard are sitting outside of the manor in Paige's car.
Paige: "I'll be right back out I just forgot something and need to pick it up."
Richard: "Do you want me to come in and wait."
Paige: "No I'll only be a minute."
Richard: "Okay"
Paige opens the car door and leans over to give Richard a kiss before she gets out and walks towards the manor.
Paige opens the door to the manor and steps into the entryway.
Paige: "Piper, you home? I just came to pick up some.AHH"
Paige is cut off as she ducks out of the way of an energyball as she steps into the living room.
Paige: "What the? PIPER!!"
Piper comes running from across the living room and dives over the couch, landing next to Paige.
Paige "Piper are you okay? What's going on in here?"
Piper: [out of breath] "Demon"
Paige: "Why didn't you call me!"
Piper: "The Demon just showed up now!"
Another energy ball fly over the couch and blows up a chair behind them. Paige peeks up from behind the couch to see a large pale demon with a black trench coat.
Paige: "What does he want?"
Piper: "What else to kill.[Piper cover he head as part of the couch blows up].
us."
Paige: "Chris!!!"
The door to the manor opens and Richard walks in.
Richard: "Paige are you almost ready?"
Paige: "Richard! Watch out!"
Richard see's the Demon just in time to avoid an energy ball and dives behind an overturned table a few feet from Piper and Paige.
Paige: "You alright"
Richard: "Yeah, you guys?"
Paige: "Yeah"
Piper : "Chris!"
Paige: [to Piper] "Can you freeze him or blow him up or something?"
Piper: "Nope"
Paige: "Of course that would be easy"
Piper: "We need a vanquishing spell can you orb the book?"
Paige: [holds out her hands] "Book of Shadows"
The book appears in blue orbs in Paige's hands and she frantically begins flipping through the pages to find the Demon. She finds the page with the demon on it just as an energy ball hit the couch destroying the cushions.
Piper: "Hurry!"
Paige: "Got it"
Paige and Piper begin to read from the book out loud:
Cause of pain Cause of fear
Demon sent from far or near
Hear these words hear our rhyme
Remove him now from space and time
Piper and Paige look up from behind the couch to see a ring of fire appear around the demon's feet which then encompasses the demon's body vanquishing him.
Paige goes over and helps Richard to his feet while Piper asses the damage caused to the living room and starts to pick up pieces of broken furniture. Paige and Richard join Piper in the middle of the room and all three look down at a large scorch mark on the floor left behind from the vanquish.
Paige: "Well it sure feels good to be home."
Piper: "Yeah well we're lucky it wasn't a power of three vanquish otherwise we
wouldn't have a home left.[picks up a destroyed couch pillow]."
Paige: "Speaking of the power of three have you spoken to Phoebe lately?"
Piper: "A couple of days ago, why?"
Paige: " I was just wondering because I haven't really spoke to her since we
moved out."
Piper: "She's still adjusting to life overseas I think. It's going to take time. For all
of us."
Piper, Paige and Richard are continuing to clean up as Chris orbs in
Chris: "Demon huh?"
Paige: "Gee how'd you guess?"
Piper: "We called for you."
Chris: "Sorry my other charge had some trouble of her own. Did you vanquish
him?"
Paige: "Yup, umm [looks at the book of shadows]. Troika. a faction of
low
level demons and darklighters employed by upper level demons as
an assassins."
Piper: [sarcastically] "So what are we on some kind of Demonic hit list?"
Chris: "Yeah I think so."
Piper: "Oh. well. I guess we better get Phoebe then. Paige can you orb her
here?"
Paige: "Yup ah [looks at Richard] Richard I'm sorry I got to take a rain check on
lunch but I'll be home tonight."
Richard: "Sure Paige, be careful see you tonight [gives Paige a light kiss] bye.
Richard walks out of the Manor.
Paige: "Be right back"
Paige orbs out of the Manor.
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Scene 2 - Penthouse Hong Kong
Paige orbs into a closet in the hallway outside of Phoebe and Jason's penthouse. She pulls out her cell phone and dials Phoebe's cell.
Paige: "Hey Phoebe, yeah.um is Jason home. Good. Yeah in sec. Alright bye."
Paige puts her cell phone away and orbs out of the closet. She reappears in the middle of Phoebe's penthouse. Phoebe runs up to her and gives her a big hug.
Phoebe: "Paige, hey! It's so good to see you. How have you been?"
Paige: "Good but Piper got attacked this morning by a demonic assassin."
Phoebe: "Oh my god is she okay?"
Paige: "Yeah but I think we're going to need the power of three for this one."
Phoebe: "Of course. Jason won't be home until for a while but I'll leave him a
note that I went out."
Phoebe grabs a piece of paper from a table and writes down a note to Jason.
Out for a while. Don't worry.
Love, Phoebe
Phoebe: "Okay all set."
Phoebe grabs onto to Paige's hand and they orb out. Just as they leave a Troika assassin shimmers into the manor looks around and shimmers out.
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Scene 3- Manor
Paige and Phoebe orb into the living room of the Manor where Piper and Chris are waiting. As soon as they do Phoebe runs over and hugs Piper knocking her backwards onto the couch.
Piper: "I missed you too Pheebs."
Phoebe: "Paige told me about the attack. I feel so guilty."
Piper: "Don't. Paige was here to help me."
Phoebe: "But if something had happened."
Piper: "Well it didn't so don't feel guilty."
Phoebe: "Okay [hugs Piper again]"
Chris: "Can we get back to the faction of assassins after you guys."
Phoebe: "It's good to know some things haven't changed."
Chris: "Hey you guys might have saved Wyatt for now but that doesn't mean
they're going to attack. Especially since you're apart all the time it
leaves
you vulnerable."
Piper: "Speaking of which have you guys been attacked at all?"
Paige and Phoebe shake their heads.
Paige: "Not until this morning."
Phoebe: "Well I'll hit the book to see who the sent the Troika"
Piper: "Okay and Paige and I will go talk to Daryl to see of we're the only ones
being targeted."
Paige: "Sorry Piper but I have to get to my temp job."
Phoebe: "You're still doing that"
Paige: "Yeah well I love Richard but spending the whole day together is a bit
constricting."
Piper: "Okay well I'll go talk to Daryl and I'll call if we need you."
Paige: "Here's the number"
Paige hands Piper a business card.
Piper : "Golden Gate Asylum"
Phoebe: "You work at an Asylum[laughingly]"
Paige: "Yes I do and I like it. It's kind of like social work."
Phoebe: "For crazy people"
Paige hits Phoebe on the arm.
Paige: "Just call me if you need me"
Piper: "Okay see you later."
Paige grabs her purse and walks out of the manor.
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Scene 4- Large Office Building in San Francisco
A man is sitting behind hid desk in a large corporate office.
Man: [pushes intercome button] Hold all calls for the afternoon. Woman's voice: certainly.
The man puts some folders that were on is desk in a drawer and pulls out a box from another drwer. He opens the box and in it is an athame and several other weapons. He picks up the athame and inspects it. One of the Troika shimmers in infront of hime and kneels down.
Man: "Get up"
The Troika get's up.
Man: "You failed"
Troika: "she wasn't there"
Man: "Oh really" The Man waves his hand and the floor opens under the Troika's feet.
Troika: "AHHH"
The Troika disappears into the hole. The man waves his hand and the floor closes back up and a Darklighter appears in front of him.
Man: "Tell the rest of the Troika they will not fail again and if they do I will destroy you all. Now do it.
The Darklighter bows his head and disappears.
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Scene 5 - Golden Gate Asylum
Paige walks up to a male orderly at the front desk.
David: "Hey Paige"
Paige: "Hey David what's on the agenda"
David: "Mrs. Riley in 21."
Paige: "Thanks."
Paige grabs her charts from David and heads into one of the rooms down a long hallway. She reaches room 21 and knock on the door.
Paige: "Mrs. Patterson. It's time for your medicine."
Paige receives no answer so she pushes open the door to the room. A woman in her mid thirties is sitting on her bed staring out a small window.
Paige: "Mrs. Riley?"
Paige walks over to the woman and pulls up a chair so she is sitting next to the woman.
Paige: "Mrs. Riley it's Paige. I have your medicine for you."
Paige holds out a small white cup with two pills in it and a glass of water. The woman takes the pills from Paige and swallows them followed by the water. She hands the glass back to Paige and goes back to starring out the small window.
Paige: "Is there something you want to do today?"
The woman gets up from her bed and walks over to a small desk in the corner of the room and pulls out some piece's of paper and colored pencils and begins to draw. Paige takes her chair and pulls it over to the desk so she is once again sitting next to the woman.
Paige: "Can I?"
The woman pushes a piece of paper so that it is in front of Paige. Paige takes a pencil and begins to draw too. Paige looks over to see what the woman is drawing. She sees that it is a picture of a young girl.
Paige: "Who is that?"
The woman just continues to draw. Paige noticed a worn picture on woman's desk that resembled what the woman was drawing.
Paige: "Is that you're daughter?"
The woman stopped drawing and walked back over to her bed and was once again starring out the small window as David walks into the room.
David: "Paige you have a call from your sister."
Paige: "Thanks David can you look after Mrs. Riley?"
David: "No problem."
Paige walks out of the room and pick up a phone outside the door.
Paige: "Hello. What does Chris think?... Okay then I'll be at Richards tonight of
you need me. Did Phoebe go back?... Okay be careful Piper. Love
you. Bye."
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Scene 5- Richard's (the next morning)
Richard and Paige are sitting at a table drinking coffee Paige looks a bit preoccupied.
Richard: "Did you find out who sent that Demon"
Paige stares down into her coffee mug.
Richard: "Paige?"
Paige: "What. ah sorry Richard."
Ricahrd: "Are you okay?"
Paige: "I'm just. still adjusting and then the demon and well there's this woman
at my job."
Richard gets up and Hugs Paige from behind giving her kiss on the top of her head.
Richard: "Maybe you weren't ready to move out?" Paige: "It's not that it's. it's just a lot to deal with right now."
Paige gets up and her and Richard hug.
Paige: "I love you so much."
Richard is about to answer when he sees a Darklighter appears behind Paige.
Richard: "Paige watch out!"
Richard pushes Paige to the ground and as an arrow barely misses them both.
Paige: [hold out her hands]"Cross bow"
The Darklighter's crossbow appears in Paige's hands but just as she is about to fire it another Troika Demon shimmers in and sends Paige crashing through a table where she lands unconscious. Richard runs over to her and grabs the crossbow from the ground and fires it at the Darklighter vanquishing him. Richard then picks up Paige and runs into another room of the house as they are chased by the second Demon. Richard grabs a potion of the table and throws it at the Demon just as he is about to attack again. The Demon is vanquished in a blue explosion.
Richard looks down at Paige she is still unconscious and has a small cut above her eye and a larger one on her arm. He picks her up again and Carries her out of the house and into his car. He gently sets her in the passenger seat and drives off.
To Be Continued.. ________________________________________________________________________
Next Chapter: The Troika takes advantage of the Charmed One's separation and
Phoebe has some explaining to do.
I know you want to too so go ahead and Review. I know some of the story line was boring or vague but it will be important and more interesting later.
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Set after Chris Crossed and my first fan fiction Wake Me Up Inside.
Disclaimer: "Charmed" and all related characters and events are the copyrighted property of Spelling Television and the WB, Paramount/Viacom Corporation. This is a work of fan fiction and no infringement of copyright is intended.
Story Summary: They all knew they couldn't live together forever and now that it's happened what effect will have on their wiccan lives as well as their personal ones. What can make them realize what really matters?
Chapter Summary: The charmed one's find themselves on a demonic hit list.
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Chapter 1
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Scene 1 - Manor
Paige and Richard are sitting outside of the manor in Paige's car.
Paige: "I'll be right back out I just forgot something and need to pick it up."
Richard: "Do you want me to come in and wait."
Paige: "No I'll only be a minute."
Richard: "Okay"
Paige opens the car door and leans over to give Richard a kiss before she gets out and walks towards the manor.
Paige opens the door to the manor and steps into the entryway.
Paige: "Piper, you home? I just came to pick up some.AHH"
Paige is cut off as she ducks out of the way of an energyball as she steps into the living room.
Paige: "What the? PIPER!!"
Piper comes running from across the living room and dives over the couch, landing next to Paige.
Paige "Piper are you okay? What's going on in here?"
Piper: [out of breath] "Demon"
Paige: "Why didn't you call me!"
Piper: "The Demon just showed up now!"
Another energy ball fly over the couch and blows up a chair behind them. Paige peeks up from behind the couch to see a large pale demon with a black trench coat.
Paige: "What does he want?"
Piper: "What else to kill.[Piper cover he head as part of the couch blows up].
us."
Paige: "Chris!!!"
The door to the manor opens and Richard walks in.
Richard: "Paige are you almost ready?"
Paige: "Richard! Watch out!"
Richard see's the Demon just in time to avoid an energy ball and dives behind an overturned table a few feet from Piper and Paige.
Paige: "You alright"
Richard: "Yeah, you guys?"
Paige: "Yeah"
Piper : "Chris!"
Paige: [to Piper] "Can you freeze him or blow him up or something?"
Piper: "Nope"
Paige: "Of course that would be easy"
Piper: "We need a vanquishing spell can you orb the book?"
Paige: [holds out her hands] "Book of Shadows"
The book appears in blue orbs in Paige's hands and she frantically begins flipping through the pages to find the Demon. She finds the page with the demon on it just as an energy ball hit the couch destroying the cushions.
Piper: "Hurry!"
Paige: "Got it"
Paige and Piper begin to read from the book out loud:
Cause of pain Cause of fear
Demon sent from far or near
Hear these words hear our rhyme
Remove him now from space and time
Piper and Paige look up from behind the couch to see a ring of fire appear around the demon's feet which then encompasses the demon's body vanquishing him.
Paige goes over and helps Richard to his feet while Piper asses the damage caused to the living room and starts to pick up pieces of broken furniture. Paige and Richard join Piper in the middle of the room and all three look down at a large scorch mark on the floor left behind from the vanquish.
Paige: "Well it sure feels good to be home."
Piper: "Yeah well we're lucky it wasn't a power of three vanquish otherwise we
wouldn't have a home left.[picks up a destroyed couch pillow]."
Paige: "Speaking of the power of three have you spoken to Phoebe lately?"
Piper: "A couple of days ago, why?"
Paige: " I was just wondering because I haven't really spoke to her since we
moved out."
Piper: "She's still adjusting to life overseas I think. It's going to take time. For all
of us."
Piper, Paige and Richard are continuing to clean up as Chris orbs in
Chris: "Demon huh?"
Paige: "Gee how'd you guess?"
Piper: "We called for you."
Chris: "Sorry my other charge had some trouble of her own. Did you vanquish
him?"
Paige: "Yup, umm [looks at the book of shadows]. Troika. a faction of
low
level demons and darklighters employed by upper level demons as
an assassins."
Piper: [sarcastically] "So what are we on some kind of Demonic hit list?"
Chris: "Yeah I think so."
Piper: "Oh. well. I guess we better get Phoebe then. Paige can you orb her
here?"
Paige: "Yup ah [looks at Richard] Richard I'm sorry I got to take a rain check on
lunch but I'll be home tonight."
Richard: "Sure Paige, be careful see you tonight [gives Paige a light kiss] bye.
Richard walks out of the Manor.
Paige: "Be right back"
Paige orbs out of the Manor.
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Scene 2 - Penthouse Hong Kong
Paige orbs into a closet in the hallway outside of Phoebe and Jason's penthouse. She pulls out her cell phone and dials Phoebe's cell.
Paige: "Hey Phoebe, yeah.um is Jason home. Good. Yeah in sec. Alright bye."
Paige puts her cell phone away and orbs out of the closet. She reappears in the middle of Phoebe's penthouse. Phoebe runs up to her and gives her a big hug.
Phoebe: "Paige, hey! It's so good to see you. How have you been?"
Paige: "Good but Piper got attacked this morning by a demonic assassin."
Phoebe: "Oh my god is she okay?"
Paige: "Yeah but I think we're going to need the power of three for this one."
Phoebe: "Of course. Jason won't be home until for a while but I'll leave him a
note that I went out."
Phoebe grabs a piece of paper from a table and writes down a note to Jason.
Out for a while. Don't worry.
Love, Phoebe
Phoebe: "Okay all set."
Phoebe grabs onto to Paige's hand and they orb out. Just as they leave a Troika assassin shimmers into the manor looks around and shimmers out.
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Scene 3- Manor
Paige and Phoebe orb into the living room of the Manor where Piper and Chris are waiting. As soon as they do Phoebe runs over and hugs Piper knocking her backwards onto the couch.
Piper: "I missed you too Pheebs."
Phoebe: "Paige told me about the attack. I feel so guilty."
Piper: "Don't. Paige was here to help me."
Phoebe: "But if something had happened."
Piper: "Well it didn't so don't feel guilty."
Phoebe: "Okay [hugs Piper again]"
Chris: "Can we get back to the faction of assassins after you guys."
Phoebe: "It's good to know some things haven't changed."
Chris: "Hey you guys might have saved Wyatt for now but that doesn't mean
they're going to attack. Especially since you're apart all the time it
leaves
you vulnerable."
Piper: "Speaking of which have you guys been attacked at all?"
Paige and Phoebe shake their heads.
Paige: "Not until this morning."
Phoebe: "Well I'll hit the book to see who the sent the Troika"
Piper: "Okay and Paige and I will go talk to Daryl to see of we're the only ones
being targeted."
Paige: "Sorry Piper but I have to get to my temp job."
Phoebe: "You're still doing that"
Paige: "Yeah well I love Richard but spending the whole day together is a bit
constricting."
Piper: "Okay well I'll go talk to Daryl and I'll call if we need you."
Paige: "Here's the number"
Paige hands Piper a business card.
Piper : "Golden Gate Asylum"
Phoebe: "You work at an Asylum[laughingly]"
Paige: "Yes I do and I like it. It's kind of like social work."
Phoebe: "For crazy people"
Paige hits Phoebe on the arm.
Paige: "Just call me if you need me"
Piper: "Okay see you later."
Paige grabs her purse and walks out of the manor.
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Scene 4- Large Office Building in San Francisco
A man is sitting behind hid desk in a large corporate office.
Man: [pushes intercome button] Hold all calls for the afternoon. Woman's voice: certainly.
The man puts some folders that were on is desk in a drawer and pulls out a box from another drwer. He opens the box and in it is an athame and several other weapons. He picks up the athame and inspects it. One of the Troika shimmers in infront of hime and kneels down.
Man: "Get up"
The Troika get's up.
Man: "You failed"
Troika: "she wasn't there"
Man: "Oh really" The Man waves his hand and the floor opens under the Troika's feet.
Troika: "AHHH"
The Troika disappears into the hole. The man waves his hand and the floor closes back up and a Darklighter appears in front of him.
Man: "Tell the rest of the Troika they will not fail again and if they do I will destroy you all. Now do it.
The Darklighter bows his head and disappears.
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Scene 5 - Golden Gate Asylum
Paige walks up to a male orderly at the front desk.
David: "Hey Paige"
Paige: "Hey David what's on the agenda"
David: "Mrs. Riley in 21."
Paige: "Thanks."
Paige grabs her charts from David and heads into one of the rooms down a long hallway. She reaches room 21 and knock on the door.
Paige: "Mrs. Patterson. It's time for your medicine."
Paige receives no answer so she pushes open the door to the room. A woman in her mid thirties is sitting on her bed staring out a small window.
Paige: "Mrs. Riley?"
Paige walks over to the woman and pulls up a chair so she is sitting next to the woman.
Paige: "Mrs. Riley it's Paige. I have your medicine for you."
Paige holds out a small white cup with two pills in it and a glass of water. The woman takes the pills from Paige and swallows them followed by the water. She hands the glass back to Paige and goes back to starring out the small window.
Paige: "Is there something you want to do today?"
The woman gets up from her bed and walks over to a small desk in the corner of the room and pulls out some piece's of paper and colored pencils and begins to draw. Paige takes her chair and pulls it over to the desk so she is once again sitting next to the woman.
Paige: "Can I?"
The woman pushes a piece of paper so that it is in front of Paige. Paige takes a pencil and begins to draw too. Paige looks over to see what the woman is drawing. She sees that it is a picture of a young girl.
Paige: "Who is that?"
The woman just continues to draw. Paige noticed a worn picture on woman's desk that resembled what the woman was drawing.
Paige: "Is that you're daughter?"
The woman stopped drawing and walked back over to her bed and was once again starring out the small window as David walks into the room.
David: "Paige you have a call from your sister."
Paige: "Thanks David can you look after Mrs. Riley?"
David: "No problem."
Paige walks out of the room and pick up a phone outside the door.
Paige: "Hello. What does Chris think?... Okay then I'll be at Richards tonight of
you need me. Did Phoebe go back?... Okay be careful Piper. Love
you. Bye."
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Scene 5- Richard's (the next morning)
Richard and Paige are sitting at a table drinking coffee Paige looks a bit preoccupied.
Richard: "Did you find out who sent that Demon"
Paige stares down into her coffee mug.
Richard: "Paige?"
Paige: "What. ah sorry Richard."
Ricahrd: "Are you okay?"
Paige: "I'm just. still adjusting and then the demon and well there's this woman
at my job."
Richard gets up and Hugs Paige from behind giving her kiss on the top of her head.
Richard: "Maybe you weren't ready to move out?" Paige: "It's not that it's. it's just a lot to deal with right now."
Paige gets up and her and Richard hug.
Paige: "I love you so much."
Richard is about to answer when he sees a Darklighter appears behind Paige.
Richard: "Paige watch out!"
Richard pushes Paige to the ground and as an arrow barely misses them both.
Paige: [hold out her hands]"Cross bow"
The Darklighter's crossbow appears in Paige's hands but just as she is about to fire it another Troika Demon shimmers in and sends Paige crashing through a table where she lands unconscious. Richard runs over to her and grabs the crossbow from the ground and fires it at the Darklighter vanquishing him. Richard then picks up Paige and runs into another room of the house as they are chased by the second Demon. Richard grabs a potion of the table and throws it at the Demon just as he is about to attack again. The Demon is vanquished in a blue explosion.
Richard looks down at Paige she is still unconscious and has a small cut above her eye and a larger one on her arm. He picks her up again and Carries her out of the house and into his car. He gently sets her in the passenger seat and drives off.
To Be Continued.. ________________________________________________________________________
Next Chapter: The Troika takes advantage of the Charmed One's separation and
Phoebe has some explaining to do.
I know you want to too so go ahead and Review. I know some of the story line was boring or vague but it will be important and more interesting later.
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