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Chapter nine: Gotcha

"I got the bounty hunter." Paige announced, dropping the scrying string.

"That's great, but we need a vanquishing potion and Chris and Katie aren't back yet." Piper contradicted, looking at where the crystal fell.

"We can use this lovely spell I whipped up," Phoebe offered, ripping the page off the tablet. "It should do the trick without a potion."

Piper still hesitated, "What if it doesn't?"

"It will," Phoebe reassured her. "Now, let's go. Paige you do the orbing." Paige nodded her agreement, standing up. "Come on, Piper."

Piper walked over to Paige and grabbed her hand, "Let's just make this quick."

"We will." Phoebe promised before Paige orbed.

"Did you get enough stuff?" Chris asked, orbing into the attic minutes after Paige, Phoebe, and Piper had orbed out.

"What?" Katie asked, orbing in a couple seconds later, "I wanted to be prepared in...case..." She looked around the empty attic. "Where are they?"

Chris shrugged, "I don't know but get to work on the potion."

Katie mocked him for a second, before smiling sweetly, "Aye, aye captain."

Chris rolled his eyes at her, shaking his head.

"Chris can you hand me that bottle right there?" Katie asked, not looking up from the potion. Chris waved his hand absentmindedly, expecting the bottle to go to her. After a moment, she added, "Come on Chris. I can't leave the potion."

"I did," He insisted, looking up from the book.

"No you didn't, otherwise I would have it in my hand." She replied.

"Fine," He growled, waving his hand again. Nothing happened. He frowned.

"Well," She asked, finally looking up from the potion.

"Try to freeze this." He said, throwing a bowl into the air.

"Chris what are you-?" She threw out her hands to freeze the bowl but it didn't freeze. Instead it fell to the ground, shattering. "...doing?" She finished the sentence lamely, staring at the shattered bowl. "What's wrong with my powers?"

"I don't know but mine are gone too."

"I always liked that spell, didn't you Melinda?" Wyatt posed the question rhetorically, "Too bad it only lasts a few hours. Oh well, you both should be dead by then." Melinda just smiled and laughed. Chris and Katie turned around, seeing that Melinda and Wyatt had shimmered in behind them. "Nice to see you again, little brother," Wyatt said, before throwing both Chris and Katie sprawling backwards. Almost instantly, Chris got up and grabbed Katie's hand, pulling her up as well.

"Come on, Katie." Chris urged. He looked over at Wyatt and Melinda, deciding whether or not to stay and fight. "Run!" He yelled at Katie, more concerned for her safety than fighting Wyatt. Katie scrambled down the stairs, Chris close behind her.

"You can run, little brother and cousin, but you can't hide." Wyatt yelled after them but made no move to follow.

"Why aren't you following them?" Melinda demanded, watching them disappear.

"Because, they'll be back. It's how they are." Wyatt replied, smugly, looking out the window at Chris and Katie running from the manor.

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Piper looked around the empty alley, "Paige, you said he was here."

"He is," Paige insisted, again. "I checked the crystal like two minutes ago. He's here."

"No he's not," Phoebe answered, taking her hand off the building next to them. "I can't get anything."

"Well, that's because your powers are gone, Phoebe." Paige snapped. "Well, kind of... I mean..." Paige realized what she had said and tried to make it up to Phoebe.

"I know what you mean. But hey, I have to get them back sometime or else Chris and Katie wouldn't have been able to salvage them, right?" Phoebe said, trying to lighten the mood.

"Yeah," Paige nodded.

"So, now what do we do?" Piper asked, leaning against the building.

"Go back to the manor, I guess and try to write a summoning spell." Phoebe answered, placing her hand on Paige's shoulder. She jumped, feeling the premonition coming on...

Premonition:

Katie and Chris are at the manor, covered in what look like scorch marks. Katie tries to stand up but falls to the ground again. Chris moves to do something to adult Wyatt but is thrown back into a table instead. "Now it's your turn to die, Katie dear." Wyatt says, smugly and hits her with an energy ball. She screams and is engulfed in flames.

End premonition.

"Whoa..." Phoebe said, after the premonition passes.

"Ok Pheebs, what the hell was that?" Piper demanded.

Phoebe looked dazed for a couple of moments, "I think I have my powers back." Paige and Piper stared at her until she continued, "I saw Chris and Katie at the manor. Adult Wyatt killed them."

Shock, followed by determination to stop Phoebe's premonition from coming true, Piper looked at Paige, "Come on, we have to get back." Paige nodded, grabbing both their hands and trying to orb. Nothing happened. "Paige, what's wrong with your powers?"

Paige shrugged, "I don't know. I could orb a few minutes ago."

"It was probably because of this, witches." The bounty hunter said behind them, holding up a written copy of the power removal spell. Before any of them had time to react, the bounty hunter threw a potion at their feet. Their eyelids dropped and they fell to the pavement, fast asleep. "Gotcha."

A/N: Hope you enjoy the chapter and I will update tomorrow. Reviews make me happy and a happy me gives other people pie and cookies. I'm very sharing when happy.