The girl stood over Paige and a frozen Piper and stared down at them.
Paige stopped moving underneath Piper and froze, but not quite so literally. Paige wasn't usually susceptible to fearing anyone she ever needed to vanquish, but the girl standing in front of her was definitely creepy.
The girl had a strange expression playing over her hauntingly beautiful face that not even Paige could figure out. At first, she'd expected the girl to just finish them both off with her powers.
It would have been easy for the girl; it would have been child's play.
Paige knew that the girl had to be considering it. If she'd been in the girl's position she would have done the same thing. She'd already taken out Piper. Paige now was an easy target.
Paige tried not to let the girl's attention drift towards the knife that Piper sill had frozen in her hands. If the girl did notice it then she would be screwed. Paige felt her life passing before her eyes as she struggled against the large icy mass of Piper.
She knew that if the girl really wanted to she could just use her magic to shove the knife that was already lightly scrapping Paige's abdomen straight into her body. Hell, if she didn't want to even use her magic all she had to do was put her foot on Piper's icy back and press her weight down in order to get the knife in her.
It would be a quick and easy killing.
Paige was half tempted to orb the clock over top of the girl and just let it smash into her head. That was if the clock was still where she thought it was.
She didn't though. The expression on the girl's face stopped her. Her violet-blue eyes were so sad and yet so angry looking down at Paige. Paige look around for something to quickly use to get at the girl but was interrupted.
The girl suddenly shook on her feet.
Paige knew that Wyatt must have tried to bash her into the wall to distract her from hurting them and she felt a brief relief rush through her body as she watched the girl's attention drawn back to Wyatt.
Wyatt had succeeded in drawing the girl's attention away for now, but Paige knew that he was getting weaker by the moment. If she didn't find a way out of her dilemma then Wyatt would die.
Sadly, Paige didn't know how long Wyatt would last especially at this rate with the girl not showing any real weaknesses to either of them. For all Paige knew, the girl could be just as indestructible as Cole had once been.
The girl was turned back towards Wyatt in full force of her power giving Paige another chance to call her nephew, "Chris," she tried calling.
Where was that he?
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Chris heard Paige calling and mentally tried to work harder on Phoebe.
Of course, she wasn't making it any easier on him. She didn't understand what kind of trouble they were all in back at the Manor. Also, she had somehow got herself stuck in her own trouble on the side of the highway waiting for a police officer to give her a speeding ticket .
"Chris, I can't just leave the car here. If I do I'll risk exposing magic." Phoebe tried to explain to him annoyed that he expected her to do it. "And we all know what happened last time that happened."
She did have a point there.
The cop would come up to the car to give its owner a ticket and there would be no owner there to receive it. Plus, there wouldn't be any explanation on how the owner got away from the car without the cop seeing it. The cop would end up trying to find the cars owner and it would lead him to the Halliwell's door.
Which wouldn't be a simple touch and go situation if the homicidal manic of a girl was still at the house trying to murder Wyatt. Worse yet, the officer could end up dead because of it.
But Phoebe was desperately needed at the Manor. Chris had a feeling she was needed more now then when he'd left by the insistent calling from Paige. It was enough to make a person go mad.
He hoped Mom and Wyatt were okay. He hoped that they could hold down the fort until he got there. He hoped they weren't hurt.
Chris decided he didn't care how much of a point or how much sense it made for Phoebe to stay in the car. He had to get her home somehow.
"Well, if you don't come now then you may not have a place to come home to later," Chris warned.
The cop behind them sprang into action finally and slammed his car door as he slowly made his way up to the driver's side of the Phoebe's car. Chris watched him swagger along as Phoebe looked behind her to see his quick ascent to the car.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Phoebe asked, quickly looking back at Chris.
"Look, I don't know why, but some girl came to the Manor and tried to kill Wyatt. Point being, we couldn't kill her because she was too strong. Now, I left mom and Wyatt there alone so that I could come get you and Paige so you could have the power of three there to vanquish her, but I see you've got yourself into trouble of your own." he said, waving his hand toward the cop impatiently.
"And how is this different from any other day?" Phoebe asked, exasperated.
Chris gave her a look that could kill and watched the cop who was almost to the car, "We don't have time for this!"
"Yeah, I know. Plus, if you stay here any longer the cops going to see you and how am I supposed to explain to him how a passenger suddenly appeared in my car?" she reprimanded him.
She looked out at the side view mirror of her car in frustration.
She was torn between situations. She was worried about Piper and the baby. If anything happened to them she wouldn't be able to forgive herself, but she still had the need to believe that maybe Chris was over dramatizing the situation.
Either way she was stuck on the highway getting the ticket from the cop instead of at the Manor saving her family and she couldn't just orb away to the Manor with Chris no matter how drawn she was. She had to believe that the powers that be would protect her family until she could be home free from exposing magic.
"Phoebe!" Chris cried.
"Chris, look I know. But you have got to get out of here. I'll get there as soon as possible. I promise."
He heard Paige call yet again and felt just as drawn as Phoebe. Phoebe noticed his exasperation and nodded at him. There was nothing she could do yet. At least, if Chris was gone she would be a little more comfortable knowing that some of the cavalry had arrived to protect Wyatt and Piper.
"Get out of here and help them." she ordered.
Chris gave up on Phoebe and orbed out of the car after giving her yet another look that could kill.
He'd come for her to constitute the power of three and she was just pushing him away. If anyone got hurt or died he would never forgive her for not coming. He wouldn't be able to forgive himself.
Especially, if Mom died. She'd trusted him to be able to save them and he was coming up short. He let the thoughts of death leave his head as he orbed.
He had to focus on what was happening at the Manor or else he would be no help to anyone. He had to get back to the Manor.
Paige called yet again as he did. This time she sounded fed up with him.
He decided to worry about Paige's wrath later, and save his family now.
As he orbed something happened in between Phoebe's car and him getting into the Manor. Instead of him orbing into the kitchen where he'd planned to come in at to give a surprise attack on the girl he'd ended up collapsing in the sitting room.
He got up shakily. Something was off magically in the house. It almost felt as if everything magical was rearranging itself in the air. Because of this his head felt as if it were going to explode by the amount of pressure from the powers being transferred in the air. He leaned against the couch for a moment and searched the room for the reason magic was acting up.
He didn't have to search far.
In the hallway, a war was going on.
Wyatt was limping in circles around the girl trying to match all her steps so that she didn't get any advantage over him. For a moment, Chris was proud of his brother for being so stubborn enough to not die.
That was until he saw how strained Wyatt's expression was over his face. He'd expelled more magic in the day then he had ever in his life. No matter how much practice either of them had had it didn't seem to compare to this attack.
Chris looked at the girl as she circled around. Her face hadn't changed at all. It was completely emotionless . She knew Wyatt was getting tired and she knew she was getting the upper hand on him. Her movements showed that as she slunk around in the circle with him like a cat preying on a mouse.
She was enjoying every moment of this. He couldn't see Paige or Mom anywhere from where he was in the sitting room. An icy chill ran over him in panic as he realized this.
There was a chance that Wyatt was the only one still left standing.
Chris started towards the battle. He did it slowly to not cause any attention to be brought to himself. He'd felt her power before and he didn't want to deal with it again. If Wyatt was the only one still standing...which he hoped not...Then, he couldn't lose him. He had to save him somehow.
"At least this time it's a fair fight," the girl hissed at Wyatt.
Wyatt coughed at her sarcastically and a little bit in pain. After, what she'd just done in a matter of moments, disabling his whole family from fighting her with her strength he doubted it was a fair fight. Yet, he realized two words had not been wasted on him. She'd said 'this time'. As if there'd ever been a last time, "What do you mean this time?"
"You'll soon find out," she replied, smiling.
Her smile reminded him of a knife's blade glistening in the light. Almost attractive to look at but definitely dangerous to the touch.
Paige stopped moving underneath Piper and froze, but not quite so literally. Paige wasn't usually susceptible to fearing anyone she ever needed to vanquish, but the girl standing in front of her was definitely creepy.
The girl had a strange expression playing over her hauntingly beautiful face that not even Paige could figure out. At first, she'd expected the girl to just finish them both off with her powers.
It would have been easy for the girl; it would have been child's play.
Paige knew that the girl had to be considering it. If she'd been in the girl's position she would have done the same thing. She'd already taken out Piper. Paige now was an easy target.
Paige tried not to let the girl's attention drift towards the knife that Piper sill had frozen in her hands. If the girl did notice it then she would be screwed. Paige felt her life passing before her eyes as she struggled against the large icy mass of Piper.
She knew that if the girl really wanted to she could just use her magic to shove the knife that was already lightly scrapping Paige's abdomen straight into her body. Hell, if she didn't want to even use her magic all she had to do was put her foot on Piper's icy back and press her weight down in order to get the knife in her.
It would be a quick and easy killing.
Paige was half tempted to orb the clock over top of the girl and just let it smash into her head. That was if the clock was still where she thought it was.
She didn't though. The expression on the girl's face stopped her. Her violet-blue eyes were so sad and yet so angry looking down at Paige. Paige look around for something to quickly use to get at the girl but was interrupted.
The girl suddenly shook on her feet.
Paige knew that Wyatt must have tried to bash her into the wall to distract her from hurting them and she felt a brief relief rush through her body as she watched the girl's attention drawn back to Wyatt.
Wyatt had succeeded in drawing the girl's attention away for now, but Paige knew that he was getting weaker by the moment. If she didn't find a way out of her dilemma then Wyatt would die.
Sadly, Paige didn't know how long Wyatt would last especially at this rate with the girl not showing any real weaknesses to either of them. For all Paige knew, the girl could be just as indestructible as Cole had once been.
The girl was turned back towards Wyatt in full force of her power giving Paige another chance to call her nephew, "Chris," she tried calling.
Where was that he?
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Chris heard Paige calling and mentally tried to work harder on Phoebe.
Of course, she wasn't making it any easier on him. She didn't understand what kind of trouble they were all in back at the Manor. Also, she had somehow got herself stuck in her own trouble on the side of the highway waiting for a police officer to give her a speeding ticket .
"Chris, I can't just leave the car here. If I do I'll risk exposing magic." Phoebe tried to explain to him annoyed that he expected her to do it. "And we all know what happened last time that happened."
She did have a point there.
The cop would come up to the car to give its owner a ticket and there would be no owner there to receive it. Plus, there wouldn't be any explanation on how the owner got away from the car without the cop seeing it. The cop would end up trying to find the cars owner and it would lead him to the Halliwell's door.
Which wouldn't be a simple touch and go situation if the homicidal manic of a girl was still at the house trying to murder Wyatt. Worse yet, the officer could end up dead because of it.
But Phoebe was desperately needed at the Manor. Chris had a feeling she was needed more now then when he'd left by the insistent calling from Paige. It was enough to make a person go mad.
He hoped Mom and Wyatt were okay. He hoped that they could hold down the fort until he got there. He hoped they weren't hurt.
Chris decided he didn't care how much of a point or how much sense it made for Phoebe to stay in the car. He had to get her home somehow.
"Well, if you don't come now then you may not have a place to come home to later," Chris warned.
The cop behind them sprang into action finally and slammed his car door as he slowly made his way up to the driver's side of the Phoebe's car. Chris watched him swagger along as Phoebe looked behind her to see his quick ascent to the car.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Phoebe asked, quickly looking back at Chris.
"Look, I don't know why, but some girl came to the Manor and tried to kill Wyatt. Point being, we couldn't kill her because she was too strong. Now, I left mom and Wyatt there alone so that I could come get you and Paige so you could have the power of three there to vanquish her, but I see you've got yourself into trouble of your own." he said, waving his hand toward the cop impatiently.
"And how is this different from any other day?" Phoebe asked, exasperated.
Chris gave her a look that could kill and watched the cop who was almost to the car, "We don't have time for this!"
"Yeah, I know. Plus, if you stay here any longer the cops going to see you and how am I supposed to explain to him how a passenger suddenly appeared in my car?" she reprimanded him.
She looked out at the side view mirror of her car in frustration.
She was torn between situations. She was worried about Piper and the baby. If anything happened to them she wouldn't be able to forgive herself, but she still had the need to believe that maybe Chris was over dramatizing the situation.
Either way she was stuck on the highway getting the ticket from the cop instead of at the Manor saving her family and she couldn't just orb away to the Manor with Chris no matter how drawn she was. She had to believe that the powers that be would protect her family until she could be home free from exposing magic.
"Phoebe!" Chris cried.
"Chris, look I know. But you have got to get out of here. I'll get there as soon as possible. I promise."
He heard Paige call yet again and felt just as drawn as Phoebe. Phoebe noticed his exasperation and nodded at him. There was nothing she could do yet. At least, if Chris was gone she would be a little more comfortable knowing that some of the cavalry had arrived to protect Wyatt and Piper.
"Get out of here and help them." she ordered.
Chris gave up on Phoebe and orbed out of the car after giving her yet another look that could kill.
He'd come for her to constitute the power of three and she was just pushing him away. If anyone got hurt or died he would never forgive her for not coming. He wouldn't be able to forgive himself.
Especially, if Mom died. She'd trusted him to be able to save them and he was coming up short. He let the thoughts of death leave his head as he orbed.
He had to focus on what was happening at the Manor or else he would be no help to anyone. He had to get back to the Manor.
Paige called yet again as he did. This time she sounded fed up with him.
He decided to worry about Paige's wrath later, and save his family now.
As he orbed something happened in between Phoebe's car and him getting into the Manor. Instead of him orbing into the kitchen where he'd planned to come in at to give a surprise attack on the girl he'd ended up collapsing in the sitting room.
He got up shakily. Something was off magically in the house. It almost felt as if everything magical was rearranging itself in the air. Because of this his head felt as if it were going to explode by the amount of pressure from the powers being transferred in the air. He leaned against the couch for a moment and searched the room for the reason magic was acting up.
He didn't have to search far.
In the hallway, a war was going on.
Wyatt was limping in circles around the girl trying to match all her steps so that she didn't get any advantage over him. For a moment, Chris was proud of his brother for being so stubborn enough to not die.
That was until he saw how strained Wyatt's expression was over his face. He'd expelled more magic in the day then he had ever in his life. No matter how much practice either of them had had it didn't seem to compare to this attack.
Chris looked at the girl as she circled around. Her face hadn't changed at all. It was completely emotionless . She knew Wyatt was getting tired and she knew she was getting the upper hand on him. Her movements showed that as she slunk around in the circle with him like a cat preying on a mouse.
She was enjoying every moment of this. He couldn't see Paige or Mom anywhere from where he was in the sitting room. An icy chill ran over him in panic as he realized this.
There was a chance that Wyatt was the only one still left standing.
Chris started towards the battle. He did it slowly to not cause any attention to be brought to himself. He'd felt her power before and he didn't want to deal with it again. If Wyatt was the only one still standing...which he hoped not...Then, he couldn't lose him. He had to save him somehow.
"At least this time it's a fair fight," the girl hissed at Wyatt.
Wyatt coughed at her sarcastically and a little bit in pain. After, what she'd just done in a matter of moments, disabling his whole family from fighting her with her strength he doubted it was a fair fight. Yet, he realized two words had not been wasted on him. She'd said 'this time'. As if there'd ever been a last time, "What do you mean this time?"
"You'll soon find out," she replied, smiling.
Her smile reminded him of a knife's blade glistening in the light. Almost attractive to look at but definitely dangerous to the touch.