Chapter 35 - "Here's a threat for ya."
It had been a few days and Leo was missing Piper so much. He hadn't told the others about her asking
him to leave with her.
"Do you think Piper's coming back Leo?" Asked Phoebe, for the one hundredth time.
"I don't know." Leo replied. He didn't get annoyed with Phoebe's questions, as he knew she missed
her sister and wanted her back.
Cole saw the disappointment in Phoebe's eyes when Leo answered her. He walked up and gave her a
hug. "I still can't help but feel partially responsible for Piper leaving."
"Baby, you can't think that way. It's not your fault, even Leo doesn't think so." Comforted Phoebe,
while rubbing Cole's back.
"Maybe not, but you can't deny that there were some days when the look in Piper's eyes could have
killed me - if she had that power." Cole shivered.
"She did have the power to kill you Cole, but she didn't. Can we stop talking about her now?" asked
Leo, but in a demanding voice.
"I know you want her back Leo. And we're gonna talk about her if we want to, i NEED to. I need to
believe that she will come back. Can't you do something?"
"Don't you think i would if i could?"
"But Leo, you're a Whitelighter, you can fix this."
"Phoebe. I'm new to my powers, i'm still wrapping my head around magic. Give me a break."
Phoebe could see the frustration in him. She backed off, otherwise she'd start too. "I'm sorry."
"...It's okay." Leo sat down on the couch. Phoebe sat opposite him and Cole sat with her.
James was watching the whole thing through the window. He thought he could sneak a peek at the Book
of Shadows while they were sitting down pre-occupied.
(P3)
Paige was ordering/supervising the bus boys as they cleaned up after dinner.
"She's doing great, isn't she."
"Yeah, pretty good for someone who hasn't been in the business too long." Prue smiled at Bane, who
was sitting next to her at a corner table.
"She's a quick study. I'm guessing that's a Halliwell trait hey."
"Yeah, i reckon it is. That, and she learnt from the best."
Bane held one of Prue's hands. He whispered into Prue's ear, "Don't worry, Piper will come around.
I promise."
"What's with all the 'She's' and 'Yeahs'? Are you talking about me?"
"Ah! Paige, you scared me..us." Prue had let go of Bane's hand and put it on her chest.
"Sorry. But you guys were whispering, and i know you were talking about me. Spill it."
"You wanna know the truth?" Paige nodded at Bane. "We were saying how great you are at this job.
And how quickly you have caught on."
"Wait, really?" Prue nodded at Paige. "Oh heh, thanks guys. I just wish Piper was here too."
"You want to know where Piper is?"
The three of them looked over to the opposite side of the room and only saw a male figure. All
of the workers had disappeared.
"Where are the employees?" Bane asked, standing up.
"Where's Piper!" Demanded Prue, following Bane in standing up.
"Ho, slow down. You stood up to greet me? You have good manners."
"Just answer the questions." Said Paige, edging closer towards him.
"Ooh fiesty. Well, the employees are outside, i dismissed them early. Oh and don't worry, i don't
need to hurt them so i didn't. As for Piper..." A big smile crossed his dark face, "She's joined
our side. She chose well, you should be more like your sister."
"Screw you. She hasn't joined you, she's just not with us." Paige spat.
"Ohhkay, whatever way you want to spin it - i'll go with." His voice was deep and he had dark skin.
He stepped forward and looked ready to attack.
"You stay where you are. Or you'll be sorry." Prue stood up to the imminent threat.
"Oh another fiesty one, must run in the family. Yes, it does, Piper's pretty fiesty - oh and so
hot with her threats oww!"
"Don't you talk about their sister like that!" Bane went to hit him but Prue put her hand in front
of his chest to stop him.
"It's okay," Prue whispered, "I got him covered." Prue reached into her bag and pulled out a potion.
She held it behind her back. "Tell us where Piper is."
"You want me to tell you? You'll just try and kill me after i do."
"That would be the point." Paige cocked her head to the side and back straight again. "At least if
you do it our way, it'll be less painfull."
"Hmpf. You wont kill me, and besides, i don't know where Piper is. Oh but i wish i did."
Prue got fed up with the demon drooling over her absent sister. She threw the potion at him. He
wasn't quick enough to stop it. Paige and Bane were waiting for an explosion and flames, nothing
but a measly puff of smoke rose up into the air.
"You tried." The demon sent an electricity zap their way. They ducked behind the tables.
"OK the potion didn't work...lets call Leo, see if it works." Paige suggested. "Leo!"
"Who is Leo?" Asked the demon.
"I'm Leo." Leo orbed in behind the demon and smacked him over the head with a chair.
"Oh good, you came." Prue smiled, having a Whitelighter would make things so much easier for them.
"I know him." The demon had gone down when Leo knocked him over, he was getting up now. "Um..he is..
Dashir. You kill him with,"
"With?" Bane tried to hurry Leo up.
"Some real strong power. Like Piper's."
"Well unfortunately Piper isn't here, we don't know where she is." Told Paige.
"Piper?!" Yelled Leo.
Seconds later, Piper misted in, just behind Leo.
"Leo?"
"Piper!" Yelled Paige and Prue in unison.
They went to hug her, but the demon had knocked them flying with a punches.
Piper got up off the floor and composed herself. "You can't think that you can punch my sisters and
get away with it."
"Got any more threats?" He was enjoying this.
Leo noticed/sensed it and punched him right in the nose. Dashir was again on the floor and his
nose was bleeding.
Piper found that side of Leo sexy, but she had to focus.
"Here's a threat for ya. You pissed me off, too bad you didn't learn not to do that."
Piper waved her hands and this time, Dash blew up and the flames lighted up the room briefly.
"Are you guys okay?" Piper notcied Prue and Paige were a bit groggy from the punches.
Leo went over and healed them, the feeling of healing felt strange to him, yet sort of comforting.
"Wow." Piper hadn't seen someone be healed before. "I need some of that touch over here."
Leo walked over to Piper and hugged her. Bane just stood back and watched their interaction. Leo
felt right, being in Piper's arms.
"Leo. Have you ..."
"Yes."
Prue, Paige and Bane were lost.
"So you're ..."
"Yes."
They kissed each other and misted out together.
*What just happened?* "Did they just bail on us?" Paige wasn't sure. Prue and Bane couldn't answer.
It had been a few days and Leo was missing Piper so much. He hadn't told the others about her asking
him to leave with her.
"Do you think Piper's coming back Leo?" Asked Phoebe, for the one hundredth time.
"I don't know." Leo replied. He didn't get annoyed with Phoebe's questions, as he knew she missed
her sister and wanted her back.
Cole saw the disappointment in Phoebe's eyes when Leo answered her. He walked up and gave her a
hug. "I still can't help but feel partially responsible for Piper leaving."
"Baby, you can't think that way. It's not your fault, even Leo doesn't think so." Comforted Phoebe,
while rubbing Cole's back.
"Maybe not, but you can't deny that there were some days when the look in Piper's eyes could have
killed me - if she had that power." Cole shivered.
"She did have the power to kill you Cole, but she didn't. Can we stop talking about her now?" asked
Leo, but in a demanding voice.
"I know you want her back Leo. And we're gonna talk about her if we want to, i NEED to. I need to
believe that she will come back. Can't you do something?"
"Don't you think i would if i could?"
"But Leo, you're a Whitelighter, you can fix this."
"Phoebe. I'm new to my powers, i'm still wrapping my head around magic. Give me a break."
Phoebe could see the frustration in him. She backed off, otherwise she'd start too. "I'm sorry."
"...It's okay." Leo sat down on the couch. Phoebe sat opposite him and Cole sat with her.
James was watching the whole thing through the window. He thought he could sneak a peek at the Book
of Shadows while they were sitting down pre-occupied.
(P3)
Paige was ordering/supervising the bus boys as they cleaned up after dinner.
"She's doing great, isn't she."
"Yeah, pretty good for someone who hasn't been in the business too long." Prue smiled at Bane, who
was sitting next to her at a corner table.
"She's a quick study. I'm guessing that's a Halliwell trait hey."
"Yeah, i reckon it is. That, and she learnt from the best."
Bane held one of Prue's hands. He whispered into Prue's ear, "Don't worry, Piper will come around.
I promise."
"What's with all the 'She's' and 'Yeahs'? Are you talking about me?"
"Ah! Paige, you scared me..us." Prue had let go of Bane's hand and put it on her chest.
"Sorry. But you guys were whispering, and i know you were talking about me. Spill it."
"You wanna know the truth?" Paige nodded at Bane. "We were saying how great you are at this job.
And how quickly you have caught on."
"Wait, really?" Prue nodded at Paige. "Oh heh, thanks guys. I just wish Piper was here too."
"You want to know where Piper is?"
The three of them looked over to the opposite side of the room and only saw a male figure. All
of the workers had disappeared.
"Where are the employees?" Bane asked, standing up.
"Where's Piper!" Demanded Prue, following Bane in standing up.
"Ho, slow down. You stood up to greet me? You have good manners."
"Just answer the questions." Said Paige, edging closer towards him.
"Ooh fiesty. Well, the employees are outside, i dismissed them early. Oh and don't worry, i don't
need to hurt them so i didn't. As for Piper..." A big smile crossed his dark face, "She's joined
our side. She chose well, you should be more like your sister."
"Screw you. She hasn't joined you, she's just not with us." Paige spat.
"Ohhkay, whatever way you want to spin it - i'll go with." His voice was deep and he had dark skin.
He stepped forward and looked ready to attack.
"You stay where you are. Or you'll be sorry." Prue stood up to the imminent threat.
"Oh another fiesty one, must run in the family. Yes, it does, Piper's pretty fiesty - oh and so
hot with her threats oww!"
"Don't you talk about their sister like that!" Bane went to hit him but Prue put her hand in front
of his chest to stop him.
"It's okay," Prue whispered, "I got him covered." Prue reached into her bag and pulled out a potion.
She held it behind her back. "Tell us where Piper is."
"You want me to tell you? You'll just try and kill me after i do."
"That would be the point." Paige cocked her head to the side and back straight again. "At least if
you do it our way, it'll be less painfull."
"Hmpf. You wont kill me, and besides, i don't know where Piper is. Oh but i wish i did."
Prue got fed up with the demon drooling over her absent sister. She threw the potion at him. He
wasn't quick enough to stop it. Paige and Bane were waiting for an explosion and flames, nothing
but a measly puff of smoke rose up into the air.
"You tried." The demon sent an electricity zap their way. They ducked behind the tables.
"OK the potion didn't work...lets call Leo, see if it works." Paige suggested. "Leo!"
"Who is Leo?" Asked the demon.
"I'm Leo." Leo orbed in behind the demon and smacked him over the head with a chair.
"Oh good, you came." Prue smiled, having a Whitelighter would make things so much easier for them.
"I know him." The demon had gone down when Leo knocked him over, he was getting up now. "Um..he is..
Dashir. You kill him with,"
"With?" Bane tried to hurry Leo up.
"Some real strong power. Like Piper's."
"Well unfortunately Piper isn't here, we don't know where she is." Told Paige.
"Piper?!" Yelled Leo.
Seconds later, Piper misted in, just behind Leo.
"Leo?"
"Piper!" Yelled Paige and Prue in unison.
They went to hug her, but the demon had knocked them flying with a punches.
Piper got up off the floor and composed herself. "You can't think that you can punch my sisters and
get away with it."
"Got any more threats?" He was enjoying this.
Leo noticed/sensed it and punched him right in the nose. Dashir was again on the floor and his
nose was bleeding.
Piper found that side of Leo sexy, but she had to focus.
"Here's a threat for ya. You pissed me off, too bad you didn't learn not to do that."
Piper waved her hands and this time, Dash blew up and the flames lighted up the room briefly.
"Are you guys okay?" Piper notcied Prue and Paige were a bit groggy from the punches.
Leo went over and healed them, the feeling of healing felt strange to him, yet sort of comforting.
"Wow." Piper hadn't seen someone be healed before. "I need some of that touch over here."
Leo walked over to Piper and hugged her. Bane just stood back and watched their interaction. Leo
felt right, being in Piper's arms.
"Leo. Have you ..."
"Yes."
Prue, Paige and Bane were lost.
"So you're ..."
"Yes."
They kissed each other and misted out together.
*What just happened?* "Did they just bail on us?" Paige wasn't sure. Prue and Bane couldn't answer.