Part 5: Missing Something?
Notes: Sorry for the delay in updates, I got a little distracted offline. So, here's another chapter...
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Paige was still holding the feverish, and barely conscious Phoebe in her arms, but her attention was fully upon Pyrena and Nethaniel. Piper raised her hands in preparation of attacking, Leo helped Paige with Phoebe, and Chris just stared at the two teens in front of them.
Piper: I'll ask one last time – WHO are you?
Pyrena: (smirking) The answer to that, the likes of you aren't worthy of knowing.
Pyrena's arms started to gain a dark glow as the blue-black flames spread over her forearms. Seeing this Piper quickly flicked her hands – intent on blowing Pyrena up. At the same time she makes her move, Nethaniel does a similar flick of his wrists and Piper finds herself being knocked back by an explosion against her – her own power had just been deflected back.
Chris lunged forward and saved his mother from meeting the Manor floor.
Chris: MOM! (helping her up) Are you alright?
Piper: I will be once those two get out of my house. (glaring at Pyrena and Nethaniel)
Pyrena: Your house? (a black dagger forms in her right hand and she throws it directly at Paige)
Paige's hands aren't free, she can't call for the dagger, so she pushes Phoebe towards Leo and begins to orb out. The dagger is too fast, she's only just started to dematerialize. When it's only inches away from her blue form the dagger's course is diverted and the blade is sent flying back at Pyrena. With lightning speed it impales itself in Pyrena's still out- stretched right arm, and she takes a step back in surprise.
Pyrena: (looking at the dagger) Damn. (she rips it out of her arm and allows the blade to fall to the ground, fading as it drops)
Nethaniel: (to Chris) Nice reflexes. (he shimmers out and reappears beside Chris and Piper)
Chris, expecting this, turns and connects his fist with Nethaniel's jaw. The part-demon stumbles back a couple steps before sending a couple orbs of black flame at Chris, but his aim is off – they're headed towards Piper.
Piper: (flickering her wrists, which causes the orbs to be sent back towards Nethaniel) Not what I was going for, but it works.
The orbs impact upon Nethaniel, but don't seem to do any harm. He smirks darkly at Piper as he raises his hands and does his own flick of his wrists, deflecting Chris' attempt to fling him across the room back at the halfing.
Chris is forced back and he falls upon the ground with a light thud.
Nethaniel: How would you like to watch your charge die whitelighter? (looking between Chris and Piper)
Chris: (whispering) Nethaniel.. don't!
Nethaniel turns to Piper, forming another orb of black flame in his arm as he begins approaching her. She narrows her eyes and flicks her wrists again, this time successfully freezing the teen.
Pyrena: Unfreeze him. (Piper looks over at Pyrena, and it's revealed that she's now holding an athame to an unconscious Paige's throat and Leo is no where to be seen. Phoebe is resting against the wall, still completely out of it but physically unharmed) Now.
Piper: Let my sister go.
Pyrena: You don't get to make demands. (Presses the blade against Paige's skin, causing blood to leak out of a small puncture)
Chris gets up, looking incredibly pale. He stares at Pyrena and Paige, as if in complete dismay at what he's seeing, yet there's a bit of recognition in his eyes.
Piper: I'll kill him.
Pyrena: Do you really want to lose your sister? (more blood begins to run down Paige's neck)
Piper: (she raises her hands and unfreezes Nethaniel) Let her go.
Pyrena: Gladly. (with a quick jerked movement she slits Paige's throat and shimmers out, followed by Nethaniel)
Piper: PAIGE! (runs over to her sister).. LEO!
Phoebe: (starting to regain her normal coloring) He's gone Piper.
Piper: No, he can't be! Where is he?! LEO!
Phoebe begins crawling over to her sisters, while Chris franticly looks around.
Chris: Mirror.. Mirror.. Where's a mirror?!
Piper: I hardly think it's the time to worry about your looks! Paige is DYING!! (tears are rolling freely down her cheeks)
Chris: (ignoring his mother) Mir- AH! (he orbs out)
Phoebe: Hold on Paige.
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Chris materializes in the attic, near a mirror resting against the wall. He looks at it, then takes a couple steps back.
Chris: Fallen in to the vision state, Release the soul trapped within, It's not the time to see.
The mirror glows and forms in to a portal as Leo is thrown forward. Chris narrowly avoids his father as Leo comes crashing down to the floor.
Leo: Wh-
Chris: Not now. Paige needs you.
Without hesitation Leo orbs downstairs, while Chris turns to look around the room. Something important was missing.
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Leo orbs in to see Piper and Phoebe cradling their sister, trying to stop the mad flow of blood from her slit throat. The Elder nearly falls forward in his rush to get to Paige's side. He moves his hands over Paige's throat and a heavenly golden glow appears.
Paige: (coughing) What happened?
Piper: Oh thank God! (hugging her sister tightly)
Paige: Whoa.. Piper, can't breathe. (Phoebe hugs her) Oi, really can't breathe now.
Phoebe: We thought we'd lost you. (slowly both Phoebe and Piper remove themselves from Paige)
Paige: Well, it's nice to know you cared. (smiling)
Piper: Of course we cared.
Phoebe: We love you.
Paige: Good to know. (leans forward and hugs her sisters)
Chris: (orbing in) I hate to interrupt..
The girls look towards Chris, expecting the worst.
Chris: The Book is gone.
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Back at the warehouse, Pyrena and Nethaniel are alone. There's no sign of Cole.
Pyrena: She should be as good as dead by now. (smirking) Funny how a good vengeance can really lift one's spirits, hmm?
Nethaniel: We waited long enough, but it seemed too quick. We should've savored it longer.
Pyrena: Perhaps, but the knowledge of that bitches' death is enough to satisfy me for now. Plus if we need more, we could always kill that Whitelighter of theirs. (pause) Damn it Nethaniel!
Nethaniel: (realizing) Their whitelighter. He would've healed her.
Pyrena: You were supposed to take care of him, not get frozen.
Nethaniel: Hey, this way we'll just get another chance at making the kill all that more enjoyable.
Pyrena: Now I'm pissed. We've been exposed, they'll be expecting to see us again.
Nethaniel: Doesn't mean they'll be ready.
Pyrena: Oh, I'll be counting on that. Just annoys me that the element of complete surprise is no longer on my side.
Nethaniel: (the Book of Shadows shimmers in to his hands as he smirks at his sister) We could change that.
Pyrena just smirks right back at Nethaniel as her cold gaze falls upon the Book.
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Back at the Manor, in the attic which seems to be awfully empty without the Book of Shadows. Phoebe is standing over the perch of the Book, a look of uncertainty clear on her features.
Piper: Well, what are you waiting for?
Phoebe: Nothing I suppose.. (touches the resting place of the BOS, and gasps as she's pulled in to a premonition)
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-To be continued...
Notes: Sorry for the delay in updates, I got a little distracted offline. So, here's another chapter...
~~
Paige was still holding the feverish, and barely conscious Phoebe in her arms, but her attention was fully upon Pyrena and Nethaniel. Piper raised her hands in preparation of attacking, Leo helped Paige with Phoebe, and Chris just stared at the two teens in front of them.
Piper: I'll ask one last time – WHO are you?
Pyrena: (smirking) The answer to that, the likes of you aren't worthy of knowing.
Pyrena's arms started to gain a dark glow as the blue-black flames spread over her forearms. Seeing this Piper quickly flicked her hands – intent on blowing Pyrena up. At the same time she makes her move, Nethaniel does a similar flick of his wrists and Piper finds herself being knocked back by an explosion against her – her own power had just been deflected back.
Chris lunged forward and saved his mother from meeting the Manor floor.
Chris: MOM! (helping her up) Are you alright?
Piper: I will be once those two get out of my house. (glaring at Pyrena and Nethaniel)
Pyrena: Your house? (a black dagger forms in her right hand and she throws it directly at Paige)
Paige's hands aren't free, she can't call for the dagger, so she pushes Phoebe towards Leo and begins to orb out. The dagger is too fast, she's only just started to dematerialize. When it's only inches away from her blue form the dagger's course is diverted and the blade is sent flying back at Pyrena. With lightning speed it impales itself in Pyrena's still out- stretched right arm, and she takes a step back in surprise.
Pyrena: (looking at the dagger) Damn. (she rips it out of her arm and allows the blade to fall to the ground, fading as it drops)
Nethaniel: (to Chris) Nice reflexes. (he shimmers out and reappears beside Chris and Piper)
Chris, expecting this, turns and connects his fist with Nethaniel's jaw. The part-demon stumbles back a couple steps before sending a couple orbs of black flame at Chris, but his aim is off – they're headed towards Piper.
Piper: (flickering her wrists, which causes the orbs to be sent back towards Nethaniel) Not what I was going for, but it works.
The orbs impact upon Nethaniel, but don't seem to do any harm. He smirks darkly at Piper as he raises his hands and does his own flick of his wrists, deflecting Chris' attempt to fling him across the room back at the halfing.
Chris is forced back and he falls upon the ground with a light thud.
Nethaniel: How would you like to watch your charge die whitelighter? (looking between Chris and Piper)
Chris: (whispering) Nethaniel.. don't!
Nethaniel turns to Piper, forming another orb of black flame in his arm as he begins approaching her. She narrows her eyes and flicks her wrists again, this time successfully freezing the teen.
Pyrena: Unfreeze him. (Piper looks over at Pyrena, and it's revealed that she's now holding an athame to an unconscious Paige's throat and Leo is no where to be seen. Phoebe is resting against the wall, still completely out of it but physically unharmed) Now.
Piper: Let my sister go.
Pyrena: You don't get to make demands. (Presses the blade against Paige's skin, causing blood to leak out of a small puncture)
Chris gets up, looking incredibly pale. He stares at Pyrena and Paige, as if in complete dismay at what he's seeing, yet there's a bit of recognition in his eyes.
Piper: I'll kill him.
Pyrena: Do you really want to lose your sister? (more blood begins to run down Paige's neck)
Piper: (she raises her hands and unfreezes Nethaniel) Let her go.
Pyrena: Gladly. (with a quick jerked movement she slits Paige's throat and shimmers out, followed by Nethaniel)
Piper: PAIGE! (runs over to her sister).. LEO!
Phoebe: (starting to regain her normal coloring) He's gone Piper.
Piper: No, he can't be! Where is he?! LEO!
Phoebe begins crawling over to her sisters, while Chris franticly looks around.
Chris: Mirror.. Mirror.. Where's a mirror?!
Piper: I hardly think it's the time to worry about your looks! Paige is DYING!! (tears are rolling freely down her cheeks)
Chris: (ignoring his mother) Mir- AH! (he orbs out)
Phoebe: Hold on Paige.
~~
Chris materializes in the attic, near a mirror resting against the wall. He looks at it, then takes a couple steps back.
Chris: Fallen in to the vision state, Release the soul trapped within, It's not the time to see.
The mirror glows and forms in to a portal as Leo is thrown forward. Chris narrowly avoids his father as Leo comes crashing down to the floor.
Leo: Wh-
Chris: Not now. Paige needs you.
Without hesitation Leo orbs downstairs, while Chris turns to look around the room. Something important was missing.
~~
Leo orbs in to see Piper and Phoebe cradling their sister, trying to stop the mad flow of blood from her slit throat. The Elder nearly falls forward in his rush to get to Paige's side. He moves his hands over Paige's throat and a heavenly golden glow appears.
Paige: (coughing) What happened?
Piper: Oh thank God! (hugging her sister tightly)
Paige: Whoa.. Piper, can't breathe. (Phoebe hugs her) Oi, really can't breathe now.
Phoebe: We thought we'd lost you. (slowly both Phoebe and Piper remove themselves from Paige)
Paige: Well, it's nice to know you cared. (smiling)
Piper: Of course we cared.
Phoebe: We love you.
Paige: Good to know. (leans forward and hugs her sisters)
Chris: (orbing in) I hate to interrupt..
The girls look towards Chris, expecting the worst.
Chris: The Book is gone.
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Back at the warehouse, Pyrena and Nethaniel are alone. There's no sign of Cole.
Pyrena: She should be as good as dead by now. (smirking) Funny how a good vengeance can really lift one's spirits, hmm?
Nethaniel: We waited long enough, but it seemed too quick. We should've savored it longer.
Pyrena: Perhaps, but the knowledge of that bitches' death is enough to satisfy me for now. Plus if we need more, we could always kill that Whitelighter of theirs. (pause) Damn it Nethaniel!
Nethaniel: (realizing) Their whitelighter. He would've healed her.
Pyrena: You were supposed to take care of him, not get frozen.
Nethaniel: Hey, this way we'll just get another chance at making the kill all that more enjoyable.
Pyrena: Now I'm pissed. We've been exposed, they'll be expecting to see us again.
Nethaniel: Doesn't mean they'll be ready.
Pyrena: Oh, I'll be counting on that. Just annoys me that the element of complete surprise is no longer on my side.
Nethaniel: (the Book of Shadows shimmers in to his hands as he smirks at his sister) We could change that.
Pyrena just smirks right back at Nethaniel as her cold gaze falls upon the Book.
~~
Back at the Manor, in the attic which seems to be awfully empty without the Book of Shadows. Phoebe is standing over the perch of the Book, a look of uncertainty clear on her features.
Piper: Well, what are you waiting for?
Phoebe: Nothing I suppose.. (touches the resting place of the BOS, and gasps as she's pulled in to a premonition)
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-To be continued...
