A/N: Thanks to Piper+leo4eva and CharmingChix for reviewing. This chapter
is for you! So here it is and I hope you all enjoy.
~*~Chapter 6~*~
The light from the TV flooded the hospital room carrying images that crept into every crevasse of the room. There was no way of escaping them. Over and over the scenes played, imprinting themselves on their horrorstricken viewer's minds.
In harsh reality they showed the demonic battle in the baby shop, Piper helplessly being flung across the room and then Piper again lying awkwardly still on the floor, bleeding. Next came the vanquish in all its horrific glory and then came live shots of the front of the hospital. Crowds sprawled over the car park like on huge living mass, waving placards and calling words that were undistinguishable as they fought with one another to be heard.
Phoebe snapped. She couldn't handle the flood of images much longer so she jumped up and harshly pushed the power button on the small set off.
The whole room was still. The TV may have been switched off but the images still played in the minds of those in the room. The pictures twisted and distorted themselves in Paige's mind until they'd mixed up completely and were stuck playing images of terrified faces over and over. But the people weren't frightened of the demon for he'd long been vanquished. They were scared of the sisters; they'd made up their minds that the Charmed Ones were evil. Demonizing what they couldn't explain because fear is easier than understanding.
Paige hated it. She hated it all. She hated the day for happening, the sun for rising, the demon for attacking, the shop for being so busy and the night for coming because even though the day was almost over, the nightmare was only really beginning. She wanted to run away. To feel free from the day and most of all she wanted to wake up, for the whole day to have been someone's sick idea of a joke or her mind's warped excuse for a dream. She wanted to wake up next to Alex. To get dressed and go to the manor together then to be greeted by warm squeals from Wyatt and Melinda. She wanted to see Phoebe coming through the front day and to see Leo and Piper laughing as the whole family sat down to what had become their somewhat traditional breakfast. She hated that that couldn't happen no matter how much she wanted it too. She hated it so much she wanted to scream.
Like it had done before, and would no doubt do again, their 'blessing' of magic had become their curse. And that was what she hated most of all.
Leo coughed, cleared his throat to speak and Paige pushed her emotion aside. After all, hate only comes once we've let things affect us deep enough to care about them, and all this hatred was coming from Paige's love for her sister and family. She decided to channel that emotion to overcome whatever Leo said now.
"So, so what do we do now? How do we stop.that?"
He still held Piper's hand, nothing was going to make him let her go. Not now, not when he could loose her so easily. He spoke as though already defeated. He was tired and didn't know what o do now, possibilities seemed shot and an end to the nightmare non-existent.
"I don't know" Phoebe spoke. She'd resumed her seat next to Piper and studied her sister's face, searching for signs of consciousness. Darryl shook his head too, defeated. In all his years of knowing the Halliwells, he'd never known them this worried and he couldn't help but think how unfair the situation was. A group of people who'd done more than their fair share of good, had all this crap to deal with. They didn't deserve it.
"The Book! We need to check it. There has to be something in there. I can't believe I never thought of it before" Paige was excited. Finally it felt like she could do something!
"I'm going back to the manor. Who's coming with me?" she looked pointedly at the group, "we need rest. We'll go for a couple of hours then come back."
"I'm staying with Piper" Leo said straight away.
"Me too" Phoebe agreed.
"I'll go with you Paige. I should check out the crowd situation at the manor anyway." Darryl walked over to Paige and she took hold of his arm as the two orbed out.
As the orbs cleared, the beeping of the machine that monitored Piper's pulse changed its rhythm. Something was happening to Piper as the beep turned into a continuous walling drone.
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A/N please please review. More reviews mean longer chapters!!!! Thanks.
~*~Chapter 6~*~
The light from the TV flooded the hospital room carrying images that crept into every crevasse of the room. There was no way of escaping them. Over and over the scenes played, imprinting themselves on their horrorstricken viewer's minds.
In harsh reality they showed the demonic battle in the baby shop, Piper helplessly being flung across the room and then Piper again lying awkwardly still on the floor, bleeding. Next came the vanquish in all its horrific glory and then came live shots of the front of the hospital. Crowds sprawled over the car park like on huge living mass, waving placards and calling words that were undistinguishable as they fought with one another to be heard.
Phoebe snapped. She couldn't handle the flood of images much longer so she jumped up and harshly pushed the power button on the small set off.
The whole room was still. The TV may have been switched off but the images still played in the minds of those in the room. The pictures twisted and distorted themselves in Paige's mind until they'd mixed up completely and were stuck playing images of terrified faces over and over. But the people weren't frightened of the demon for he'd long been vanquished. They were scared of the sisters; they'd made up their minds that the Charmed Ones were evil. Demonizing what they couldn't explain because fear is easier than understanding.
Paige hated it. She hated it all. She hated the day for happening, the sun for rising, the demon for attacking, the shop for being so busy and the night for coming because even though the day was almost over, the nightmare was only really beginning. She wanted to run away. To feel free from the day and most of all she wanted to wake up, for the whole day to have been someone's sick idea of a joke or her mind's warped excuse for a dream. She wanted to wake up next to Alex. To get dressed and go to the manor together then to be greeted by warm squeals from Wyatt and Melinda. She wanted to see Phoebe coming through the front day and to see Leo and Piper laughing as the whole family sat down to what had become their somewhat traditional breakfast. She hated that that couldn't happen no matter how much she wanted it too. She hated it so much she wanted to scream.
Like it had done before, and would no doubt do again, their 'blessing' of magic had become their curse. And that was what she hated most of all.
Leo coughed, cleared his throat to speak and Paige pushed her emotion aside. After all, hate only comes once we've let things affect us deep enough to care about them, and all this hatred was coming from Paige's love for her sister and family. She decided to channel that emotion to overcome whatever Leo said now.
"So, so what do we do now? How do we stop.that?"
He still held Piper's hand, nothing was going to make him let her go. Not now, not when he could loose her so easily. He spoke as though already defeated. He was tired and didn't know what o do now, possibilities seemed shot and an end to the nightmare non-existent.
"I don't know" Phoebe spoke. She'd resumed her seat next to Piper and studied her sister's face, searching for signs of consciousness. Darryl shook his head too, defeated. In all his years of knowing the Halliwells, he'd never known them this worried and he couldn't help but think how unfair the situation was. A group of people who'd done more than their fair share of good, had all this crap to deal with. They didn't deserve it.
"The Book! We need to check it. There has to be something in there. I can't believe I never thought of it before" Paige was excited. Finally it felt like she could do something!
"I'm going back to the manor. Who's coming with me?" she looked pointedly at the group, "we need rest. We'll go for a couple of hours then come back."
"I'm staying with Piper" Leo said straight away.
"Me too" Phoebe agreed.
"I'll go with you Paige. I should check out the crowd situation at the manor anyway." Darryl walked over to Paige and she took hold of his arm as the two orbed out.
As the orbs cleared, the beeping of the machine that monitored Piper's pulse changed its rhythm. Something was happening to Piper as the beep turned into a continuous walling drone.
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A/N please please review. More reviews mean longer chapters!!!! Thanks.