Chapter 8: Their Fears Come to Life
Wyatt was searching the entrances of the underworld for Lily while watching the events at the manor unfold in his mind's eye...
" Pamela!", yelled Paige, rushing to her daughter's side.
"He's here", said Chris grimly.
"Who?" asked Paige, confused.
"Barbas…", said Chris.
"He can't be", said Piper, "we vanquished him like, 5 times already!"
"He is, Wyatt can summon him, they're friends".
"CRAP!" said Piper, "LEO GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE NOW!" Leo orbed in and placed a glowing, healing, hand over Pamela's head. She awoke a few seconds later, trembling. "They were back…the demons that killed you…", said Pamela.
Leo looked taken aback when Piper told him that Barbas was back and he was in the house. They saw all the windows and doors cover themselves magically with bricks. They were trapped. They looked around nervously, not knowing what to do, knowing that their greatest fears would soon surround them. Suddenly three things happened at once. Penny screamed, Paige dropped the glass of water she was holding and Phoebe gasped as she was thrown into a premonition.
Piper, Leo, Pamela and Chris looked from Penny, Paige and Phoebe not sure of what to do. Penny was backing towards the wall , Paige was trembling and breathing heavily and Phoebe had her eyes squeezed shut and was leaning on the couch so as to not fall over. Chris and Pamela ran towards Penny, Piper rushed to Paige's side and Leo ran to help Phoebe.
"What is it, what are you afraid of", asked Chris, looking at his cousin worriedly.
"It's their bodies…when they died…they said it was my fault", said Penny shakily.
Pamela grabbed her cousin and looked her straight in the eye, "That was not your fault, do you hear me! They love you. They don't blame you. You were only 10, there was nothing you could have done". Penny collapsed sobbing in Pamela's arms, letting grief get the better of her.
When Piper reached Paige she was hyperventilating. "Lots of snakes, all around me ", Paige whispered. Piper grabbed her half - sister's hand. "They're not real", she whispered in Paige's ear. 'Don't be afraid, they're not real', Paige chanted to herself. One by one, the poisonous snakes disappeared. Paige embraced her older sister. "Thanks Piper", she said, "I love you". Piper looked taken aback, but smiled all the same.
Meanwhile, Leo was at Phoebe's side, trying to keep her from falling over. Her eyes were squeezed shut. Her body began trembling as her mind was still in the vision. Suddenly, she was thrown against the wall. Leo healed her seconds after her unconscious body hit the ground. Leo looked at her with worried eyes because even after he had healed her, she was still trembling. Leo saw that there were the beginnings of tears in her eyes. He crouched down so they were at eye level.
"What's wrong", asked Leo in his comforting white lighter voice, "what did you see?"
Phoebe looked into his earnest blue eyes, for a moment not finding the words to describe her vision. She felt herself begin to shake as she looked up at Leo once more, wiping the tears from her chocolate brown eyes. "It's really bad Leo", said Phoebe.
"What is it Phoebe?" asked Leo, his voice filled with concern.
"We're all going to die", said Phoebe between sobs. For a split second, her eyes shut as she had a flash vision. Her voice barely a whisper, she said, "They're coming…"