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Together Forever:

Chapter 7: Getting Away With It

"So, what, now we have to go find that Michael guy and vanquish his sorry ass? Is he really that much of a threat? I just want sometime alone with you," Piper said that night, putting her arms around Leo's waist and and kissing him deeply.

"I know. I want some alone time with you, too. But I won't get it if he comes back and tries to kill you again. Especially if he succeeds," Leo said, kissing her back softly.

Piper sighed. "Okay. Fine. We'll vanquish this guy, then we'll have our alone time," she said, walking over to the Book of Shadows, flipping the pages. Then she gasped.

Leo rushed over. "What? What is it?"

"Okay, the books says the he's a lower-level demon. He usually works for people that he is very close to in relations. But when he's not working for anyone, he goes around killing witches that either know about him or he finds a threat," Piper said, her eyes still wide.

"Why did you gasp?" Leo asked, looking both concerned and confused.

"Well, first of all, it also states that if a witch that knows that he exists has family, then he will go after them and try to kill them. And, secondly, he's related to Belthozar," Piper said, sighing.

"So, he's going to try and kill Phoebe and Paige, and he's related to Cole," Leo said, sighing. "Well, that could be good."

"Wait. What? How can that be good?" Piper asked, staring at Leo like he was insane.

"Well, Cole will try to save Phoebe from being killed. And, if Michael is related to Cole, chances are that he'll back off," Leo said hopefully.

"Well, where does that leave Paige?" Piper asked, her hands on her hips.

"Phoebe won't want to lose another sister. And Cole won't let her. So he'll also protect Paige," Leo said, starting to pace a bit.

"I sure hope you're right. Because we need to vanquish him before he kills my sisters."

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"I hope we get our powers back soon," Phoebe sighed, looking over at Paige. "I'm really worried about Piper and Leo."

"You're telling this to the one who had a bad feeling about this all along?" Paige asked, putting her hands on her hips.

Phoebe sighed and rolled her eyes. "Okay. I guess I owe you an apology."

Paige crossed her arms. "I'm waiting."

Phoebe rolled her eyes again. "I'm sorry I didn't take your seriously when you said that you had a bad feeling that something was wrong."

Paige smiled in satisfaction. "You're forgiven. Just promise that you'll never doubt me again."

And, once again, Phoebe rolled her eyes. "I promise that I'll never doubt your gut feelings again."

"Good. Now we can get back to packing," Paige said, grabbing her suitcase.

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Piper was mixing some ingredients for the vanquishing potion in the kitchen when Leo walked in.

"Why aren't you making the potion in the attic? Where I'm reading up on Michael and his family?" Leo asked, raising his eyebrows, smiling.

Piper looked up at him. "Because all the ingredients that I need are down here," she said, not catching on.

"Well, take them up there," Leo said, walking behind her and putting his arms around her waist, resting his head on her shoulder.

Piper sighed and smiled. "You just want me close by."

"Guilty," Leo said, kissing her cheek.

"You're the one who said that we'll get our alone time once we vanquish Michael," Piper said, turning her head to look at him.

"Piper, I just want to make sure that no one takes you away from me again," Leo said, sounding worried "And since my powers aren't working again, I can't orb down here if something happens."

Piper pushed him away gently. "Well, right now we have to find Michael," she said, pouring some of the potion into a vial. "Is there a spell to bring him to us?" Piper asked, turning around to look at him.

"No. But I'm sure that you can write one," Leo said, raising his eyebrows.

Piper chuckled. "No I can't. That's Phoebe's thing. I can't write a spell to save my life. Literally."

Leo pulled her close. "You can try."

Piper sighed. "Okay. I'll try," she said, grabbing the potion and walking into the hallway, Leo following her. She thought for a moment. "I call upon the ancient power, in this place and in this hour, to send to me the demon I seek. So I can vanquish him and let there be peace?"she said, looking over at Leo with a face that said 'It's all I could think of'.

Then she got thrown into Leo, who got thrown into the wall, as winds started to form in the house, resulting in a tornado looking thing.

"I think it worked!" Leo yelled over the noise.

"I hope so!" Piper yelled back.

The winds stopped and standing in the middle of the hallway was Cole.

"Damn it," Piper said, getting up and walking over to him. "You're not the right guy."

Cole looked around. "Why am I here?"

"She summoned for the demon she seeks," Leo said, raising his eyebrows. "Honey, were you thinking of Cole when you said the spell?"

"Well, I was wishing that he would shimmer Phoebe here so she could write a spell for me," Piper said, sighing. At Leo's look, she added, "I can try again."

Leo nodded as Cole shimmered away.

Piper closed her eyes and took a deep breath, focusing all of her attention on bringing Michael to her, so he wouldn't kill her sisters. She kept her eyes closed as she tried again. "I call upon the ancient power, in this place and in this hour, to send to me the demon I seek. So I can vanquish him and let there be peace."

The winds started to pick up again, and Piper was once again thrown backwards into a table, and Leo was thrown into the wall again.

The winds stopped and Michael looked around. "What am I doing here?"

Piper threw the potion to Leo, who was now standing. "Vanquish him!" she yelled, wincing.

Leo looked worried, but threw the potion at Michael, who erupted into flames.

Leo looked back at Piper, who was starting to go pale. He ran over to her and saw that a broken piece of the table stabbed her in the back. "Oh god. Piper."

"Call Cole. He'll shimmer us to the hospital," Piper said, wincing and gasping for breath.

Leo thought for a moment and realized that the closet phone was in the kitchen. "I'm not leaving you alone, Piper."

Piper looked up at him. "Leo, you have to. I'll die if you don't. And then we'll lose our alone time," she said, smiling slightly.

Leo kissed her deeply and ran into the kitchen, grabbing the cordless phone. Then he ran back to Piper. "Cole, can you get us that witch again?"

Cole shimmered next to them, the witch next to him. He smiled. "No problem."

The witch took a velvet bag from her pocket and threw some dust on the two. She turned to Cole, who grabbed her arm and shimmered away.

Leo lifted Piper up off of the broken wood carefully, but Piper still whimpered in pain slightly. Leo set her down carefully on the floor and healed her, sighing in relief when she sat up, smiling at him.

Leo pulled her towards him and held her close, never wanting to let go ever again.

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The next morning Paige smiled at Phoebe.

Phoebe stared at her. "What is it?"

"I just orbed to the bathroom a few minutes ago," Paige said, walking over to her sister.

Phoebe smiled. "Really? Then we can head on home."

Paige nodded and grabbed their things and Phoebe, orbing to the living room.

Leo and Piper were laying on the couch watching TV, Piper halfway laying on Leo. The two looked up at Phoebe and Paige.

"I thought you guys were staying for another week and a half?" Piper asked, raising her eyebrows.

Paige and Phoebe stared at the two, confused.

"Well, when Paige called Leo to check up on you guys, he said something had happened to you," Phoebe said, putting her hands on her hips.

"Um, actually, Phoebe, he just sounded pissed, and I told him to calm down, and he told me how good it was to hear my voice, then I asked him why, then he said it was Piper before the line got disconnected," Paige said, looking over at Phoebe.

"Well, what happened?" Phoebe asked, raising her eyebrows.

Piper and Leo glanced at each other before looking back at Phoebe and Paige, smiling.

"We were fighting, and I hung the phone up on Leo," Piper lied. "No big deal."

"Why weren't you home that night? Cole came here to check up on you guys, but the house was empty," Paige said, crossing her arms.

"We were out. Making up," Piper said. Leo kissed her softly.

"Well, what about the morning after?" Phoebe asked, crossing her arms.

"We were sleeping in after staying up all night," Piper said, smirking.

"Ew," Paige said, uncrossing her arms and looking disgusted.

"Paige, I told you that there was nothing to worry about!" Phoebe yelled, throwing her hands up in the air. She looked back at Piper and Leo. "She had a crazy idea that something was wrong here."

"I can't imagine why," Piper said, smirking at Leo, Leo smirking back.

"Well, that was a vacation wasted!" Phoebe yelled, grabbing her things and storming up the stairs, Paige following her.

"I can't believe they bought it," Piper said, looking back at Leo.

Leo kissed her deeply. "You know, I should be worried that you're such a good liar."

"Yes, you should be," Piper said, kissing Leo back deeply before Leo orbed them into their room, onto their bed.

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I think that this was a nice ending. I hope everyone liked the story! After struggling with it, I finally got it done! And, you know what I realized? This story took place over a span of just four days. Weird, huh? About how much stuff can happen in that little amount of time? Anyway, review please! Ciao!

Hannah