They laid Joy on Piper's bed, still stripped of sheets. Leo tried to heal her, but found he couldn't.

"She was hit by an energy ball," he told the girls. "Um, let's take Chris downstairs. He shouldn't see her like this when he wakes up. "

They carried Chris down the stairs and onto the living room couch. It was then that they saw just how serious his injuries were.

"Oh, God, what did they do to him?" Paige asked.

"I don't know, but Leo, can you heal him?"

Leo held his hands over Chris's ravaged body. Slowly, little by little, the cuts and bruises started to disappear, as did the burns.

It was a few minutes before Chris could open his eyes. When he did, he sat straight up, startling the four people around him.

Only four.

"Where's Joy?" he asked desperately, "Is she okay?"

Phoebe pointed toward the stairs. "She's in Piper's room, Chris."

Chris jumped up from the couch and ran up the stairs, then turned in the direction of Piper's room. Leo and the girls quickly followed him. He opened the door and ran inside.

Joy was still lying motionless on Piper's unmade bed. Chris ran over and dropped to his knees beside her. Her body was scorched where the energy ball had hit her.

"Joy?" He grabbed her hand. "Joy? Can you hear me?" Joy still didn't move. Tears began to fall from Chris's eyes. "Joy, please wake up. You're gonna be okay, baby. Please, can you hear me?"

Nothing.

Then he heard Piper's voice from the doorway. "Chris....she's not going to wake up. She's dead...I'm so sorry."

Chris shook his head. "No, she's not dead. She's going to wake up at any second. Leo, why didn't you heal her?"

"I tried, Chris, but I couldn't. She was already dead."

:Chris touched Joy's cheek. "Why does everybody keep saying that? You're not dead. You can't be. Joy? Why won't you wake up? Please, baby, say something."

Still, nothing happened.

Chris's voice trembled as he spoke. "Joy? Please wake up. I need you, baby. Please wake up."

"Chris, don't," Phoebe said soothingly from the doorway, "She's gone. She's dead."

"SHE IS NOT DEAD!" Chris yelled at her. Tears fell steadily from his eyes as he whispered. "She can't be."

Piper moved into the room and knelt down next to him. "I'm so sorry, Chris. We got in there as fast as we could; there was no entrance. There was some sort of enchantment surrounding the cave. I'm so sorry about Joy."

She reached out to touch his face, but he knocked her hand out of the way. "Don't...." he whispered. Then he orbed.

Piper turned to her sisters and Leo. "Guys, let's go summon Joy from the dead. Chris needs to talk to her."

They went up the stairs to the attic and began setting candles in a circle. Phoebe lit them then stood back.

Hear these words, hear my cry

Spirit from the other side.

Come to me, I summon thee,

Cross now the great divide.

There was a cloud of shining light orbs and suddenly, Joy appeared in front of them. Not as her human self, but a human sized fairy was standing in front of them.

"So, how did he take it?"

The other four looked at each other, then back at her. Paige answered, "You really need to go and see him. He's really shaken up. He doesn't want to believe that you're, you know, gone."

Joy nodded. "Any idea where he went?"

Leo replied, "Whenever Chris needs to think about something, he usually goes to the top of Golden Gate Bridge."

Piper said quickly, "Joy, we're so sorry that we couldn't get to you in time."

Joy shook her head. "Don't worry about it. Better me than Chris."

"You should've seen him though, Joy. He's absolutely devastated. He really needs to see you."

Joy nodded. "Thanks for everything guys. Try and help Chris as best you can." With that, she disappeared in her usual cloud of glittering dust.