"Okay. We've come to believe that you may be telling the truth." Phoebe
told Victoria.
They all had entered the room quietly. As they did, Victoria had slowly stood up straight as if ready to be sent to death sentence. The sisters all exchanged a look with one another unsure of what to expect. Paige bit her lip and gave Phoebe a small 'you better hope you were right about this' look.
"May be? Why would I lie?" Victoria asked.
"Well, why not? From what you've done so far we have a tendency to believe you're evil to." Paige said, pursing her lips together.
"So then what do you witches propose?" Victoria asked, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Well, firstly. We'll let you get out of this cage if and only if you wake Wyatt up." Piper said, standing in front of Victoria confidently.
"Yeah, with no hocus pocus. No tricks either." Paige added, pointedly. She was still kind of reeling form the last attack even though she'd only felt the brunt of it.
"How do I profit?" Victoria asked, coolly raising her eyebrow.
"Well, we'll let you get out of the cage," Piper said, simply as if she were talking to a small child. She was offering Victoria's freedom and the possibility of a temporary alliance between them until they had figured out what side Victoria was truly on. If she were Victoria she would have jumped on the solution being offered.
"And the curse?" Victoria reminded them.
That was what Victoria was really there for.
She'd come to either stop the curse from happening to her again or else to get revenge on the evil that had cursed her in the first place. Of course, the minute Victoria had walked in the door her revenge had possessed her and because of it their precious Wyatt wasn't going to be coming back anytime soon.
Victoria didn't know what to think of the sisters. They actually were going to help her. They actually were trying to set up a deal where they could both win. After everything she had done, they were still willing to help her.
Or else they were only going to use her and somehow trick her into believing they would help her cause and then just vanquish her.
Either way she would be dead. It was such a complicated situation.
"Well, once you wake Wyatt we'll get him to go back into his past life. Where, hopefully, he can find a few clues out about saving you in this lifetime. While that happens, you can change into something less ruined. And you can take a shower and get that smoke smell out," Paige said, wrinkling her nose.
"Oh," Victoria said simply.
She let her guard down for a moment. She looked down at her ruined shirt sadly. There was a large gaping sooty black fringed hole in the center of her white shirt. It extended from her stomach right down to where the shirt had ended.
Suddenly, as she looked down, her nose started to bleed.
"Um, how did that happen?" Paige asked.
Victoria shook her head in shock as she touched her nose gingerly. Blood fell onto her pale fingers as she looked down. Maybe, it was a delayed reaction of how painful the attack had been on her, she thought. But deep down she knew it was the curse just reminding her of the short amount of time she had left to live.
"We don't really know everything here, and even though you attacked us, blew up our house," Piper started softly.
"Etc, etc, etc," Paige added, rolling her eyes.
"We're willing to help you. That is if you promise to let us figure this out without killing Wyatt." Phoebe finished for her sisters. Trying to make what they were telling Victoria end in a nicer fashion that might actually get Victoria to possibly join their side.
"So, it's a deal?" Paige asked.
Victoria looked over at Wyatt silently for a moment. Maybe, they were right about him. In this life, at least. Maybe, he was worth saving. "You have untill midnight. Do you think you can do it?"
"Hopefully, we've had time limits before. Don't worry, Cinderella we'll get you home by midnight." Paige said, giving Victoria a small smile.
"We are the Charmed Ones." Phoebe added, grinning also while she hoped that would tip the scale in their favor.
"Why does that not make me feel any better?" Victoria asked, looking at them with tears threatening her.
They all had entered the room quietly. As they did, Victoria had slowly stood up straight as if ready to be sent to death sentence. The sisters all exchanged a look with one another unsure of what to expect. Paige bit her lip and gave Phoebe a small 'you better hope you were right about this' look.
"May be? Why would I lie?" Victoria asked.
"Well, why not? From what you've done so far we have a tendency to believe you're evil to." Paige said, pursing her lips together.
"So then what do you witches propose?" Victoria asked, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Well, firstly. We'll let you get out of this cage if and only if you wake Wyatt up." Piper said, standing in front of Victoria confidently.
"Yeah, with no hocus pocus. No tricks either." Paige added, pointedly. She was still kind of reeling form the last attack even though she'd only felt the brunt of it.
"How do I profit?" Victoria asked, coolly raising her eyebrow.
"Well, we'll let you get out of the cage," Piper said, simply as if she were talking to a small child. She was offering Victoria's freedom and the possibility of a temporary alliance between them until they had figured out what side Victoria was truly on. If she were Victoria she would have jumped on the solution being offered.
"And the curse?" Victoria reminded them.
That was what Victoria was really there for.
She'd come to either stop the curse from happening to her again or else to get revenge on the evil that had cursed her in the first place. Of course, the minute Victoria had walked in the door her revenge had possessed her and because of it their precious Wyatt wasn't going to be coming back anytime soon.
Victoria didn't know what to think of the sisters. They actually were going to help her. They actually were trying to set up a deal where they could both win. After everything she had done, they were still willing to help her.
Or else they were only going to use her and somehow trick her into believing they would help her cause and then just vanquish her.
Either way she would be dead. It was such a complicated situation.
"Well, once you wake Wyatt we'll get him to go back into his past life. Where, hopefully, he can find a few clues out about saving you in this lifetime. While that happens, you can change into something less ruined. And you can take a shower and get that smoke smell out," Paige said, wrinkling her nose.
"Oh," Victoria said simply.
She let her guard down for a moment. She looked down at her ruined shirt sadly. There was a large gaping sooty black fringed hole in the center of her white shirt. It extended from her stomach right down to where the shirt had ended.
Suddenly, as she looked down, her nose started to bleed.
"Um, how did that happen?" Paige asked.
Victoria shook her head in shock as she touched her nose gingerly. Blood fell onto her pale fingers as she looked down. Maybe, it was a delayed reaction of how painful the attack had been on her, she thought. But deep down she knew it was the curse just reminding her of the short amount of time she had left to live.
"We don't really know everything here, and even though you attacked us, blew up our house," Piper started softly.
"Etc, etc, etc," Paige added, rolling her eyes.
"We're willing to help you. That is if you promise to let us figure this out without killing Wyatt." Phoebe finished for her sisters. Trying to make what they were telling Victoria end in a nicer fashion that might actually get Victoria to possibly join their side.
"So, it's a deal?" Paige asked.
Victoria looked over at Wyatt silently for a moment. Maybe, they were right about him. In this life, at least. Maybe, he was worth saving. "You have untill midnight. Do you think you can do it?"
"Hopefully, we've had time limits before. Don't worry, Cinderella we'll get you home by midnight." Paige said, giving Victoria a small smile.
"We are the Charmed Ones." Phoebe added, grinning also while she hoped that would tip the scale in their favor.
"Why does that not make me feel any better?" Victoria asked, looking at them with tears threatening her.