A/N: Thanks to Anarra (thanks for the suggestion. (I completely agree).hope
you like what I do with it!), piperlover/leo, Sci fi fan, line100 and
Piper15 for reviewing my last chapter. Hope you all enjoy this one...
*~*Chapter 13*~*
"So, how would we do it, memory dust?" Phoebe asked.
They had agreed that erasing people's memories would be the best solution. They wished they could get people to understand about their lives but they had decided it was pointless; people just wouldn't be willing to listen and care. Leo's confrontation had proved that.
"No, it's too vague. We need to be more specific," Leo dismissed it straight away, "plus we need a lot of power to do it-more than memory dust has."
"Okay. So what? A Power of Three spell?" Paige suggested. She was pacing across the room, in an effort to make her mind think better.
"I don't know," Leo answered again "even that might not have enough power. There will be a lot of memories to alter."
"Right...of course. What then?" Paige sat down in the only empty chair. She couldn't seem to think of a reasonable solution and that frustrated her.
"You need to draw the Power from somewhere that has a lot" Leo started.
"Like the entire Halliwell line, you mean?" Piper asked. Leo responded by a slight nod of the head 'yes'.
Piper wasn't entirely convinced that this was the best plan to overcome their problems. It just felt too much like conceding defeat to her. Before she had a chance to voice her concern, the door to the hospital room opened. A flash of anxious curiosity flitted around the room. They knew that everyone who had accepted who they were, was already in the room. That left little option for who the person on the other side of the door would be.
The door swung fully open and framed in the door way was Doctor Miles. She looked apprehensive but gentle. Strangely though, she wasn't apprehensive about who the family were, but about how they would react to her; whether they would trust her enough to let her help them. She wasn't stupid and knew that their trust was a lot to ask from them at the minute. But equally she hoped she stood a chance of at least putting her idea to them.
"Doctor Miles?" Phoebe questioned, the puzzlement was evident in her voice. "What are you doing in here?" All theories of the doctor needing to examine Piper had flown out of Phoebe's mind. Truth be told, she wasn't sure if they had been there in the first place. They all knew that, short of a few memory problems, Piper was basically fine.
"I've come to help" and with those words Dr. Miles shut the door and walked into the small room.
"Why would you want to help us?" Paige was curious why the doctor had come to help them. She wasn't sure what to expect. She'd learned over the past few years to 'expect the unexpected' but what did that really mean? In essence she was sure it meant to expect everything you had considered might happen and then don't be surprised if something entirely different occurs instead. This was definitely a time when that philosophy applied. She had no reason not to trust Dr.Miles, but that didn't means he was going to but faith in every word she said either. She needed more information first.
"Because I've seen you as good people, who certainly don't deserve everything that they," she motioned out of the window toward the crowd below, "are putting you through."
"That is very true, but why do you want to help. What do you get out of it?" Phoebe asked. Her guard was beginning to slip. She was starting to believe that Dr. Miles was going to help them.
"The reassurance and peace of mind that good people will not be punished and people's attitudes and opinions can be changed."
The room was silent for a brief moment, as each member of the family made up their mind about what they should do. They shared glances; the expression on each of their faces said exactly the same thing. Undeniable hope shone through, it was hope that the hell they had lived recently would soon be over, and that there was a new solution to their problem. A solution that they would all , hopefully, be entirely comfortable with.
Piper ended the silence. Her voice low and serious, but warm at the same time. It was directed towards her doctor.
"Okay. So what's your plan?"
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A/N: Thanks for reading and please review!
*~*Chapter 13*~*
"So, how would we do it, memory dust?" Phoebe asked.
They had agreed that erasing people's memories would be the best solution. They wished they could get people to understand about their lives but they had decided it was pointless; people just wouldn't be willing to listen and care. Leo's confrontation had proved that.
"No, it's too vague. We need to be more specific," Leo dismissed it straight away, "plus we need a lot of power to do it-more than memory dust has."
"Okay. So what? A Power of Three spell?" Paige suggested. She was pacing across the room, in an effort to make her mind think better.
"I don't know," Leo answered again "even that might not have enough power. There will be a lot of memories to alter."
"Right...of course. What then?" Paige sat down in the only empty chair. She couldn't seem to think of a reasonable solution and that frustrated her.
"You need to draw the Power from somewhere that has a lot" Leo started.
"Like the entire Halliwell line, you mean?" Piper asked. Leo responded by a slight nod of the head 'yes'.
Piper wasn't entirely convinced that this was the best plan to overcome their problems. It just felt too much like conceding defeat to her. Before she had a chance to voice her concern, the door to the hospital room opened. A flash of anxious curiosity flitted around the room. They knew that everyone who had accepted who they were, was already in the room. That left little option for who the person on the other side of the door would be.
The door swung fully open and framed in the door way was Doctor Miles. She looked apprehensive but gentle. Strangely though, she wasn't apprehensive about who the family were, but about how they would react to her; whether they would trust her enough to let her help them. She wasn't stupid and knew that their trust was a lot to ask from them at the minute. But equally she hoped she stood a chance of at least putting her idea to them.
"Doctor Miles?" Phoebe questioned, the puzzlement was evident in her voice. "What are you doing in here?" All theories of the doctor needing to examine Piper had flown out of Phoebe's mind. Truth be told, she wasn't sure if they had been there in the first place. They all knew that, short of a few memory problems, Piper was basically fine.
"I've come to help" and with those words Dr. Miles shut the door and walked into the small room.
"Why would you want to help us?" Paige was curious why the doctor had come to help them. She wasn't sure what to expect. She'd learned over the past few years to 'expect the unexpected' but what did that really mean? In essence she was sure it meant to expect everything you had considered might happen and then don't be surprised if something entirely different occurs instead. This was definitely a time when that philosophy applied. She had no reason not to trust Dr.Miles, but that didn't means he was going to but faith in every word she said either. She needed more information first.
"Because I've seen you as good people, who certainly don't deserve everything that they," she motioned out of the window toward the crowd below, "are putting you through."
"That is very true, but why do you want to help. What do you get out of it?" Phoebe asked. Her guard was beginning to slip. She was starting to believe that Dr. Miles was going to help them.
"The reassurance and peace of mind that good people will not be punished and people's attitudes and opinions can be changed."
The room was silent for a brief moment, as each member of the family made up their mind about what they should do. They shared glances; the expression on each of their faces said exactly the same thing. Undeniable hope shone through, it was hope that the hell they had lived recently would soon be over, and that there was a new solution to their problem. A solution that they would all , hopefully, be entirely comfortable with.
Piper ended the silence. Her voice low and serious, but warm at the same time. It was directed towards her doctor.
"Okay. So what's your plan?"
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A/N: Thanks for reading and please review!