Part 3

Aunt and Nephew orbed into the hall of the manor, both distraught.

Ender eased his aunt's head from his shoulder and began to heal the nasty gash on her head and the countless scrapes and bruises. But what caused the most pain he could never heal with magic.

Prue looked at him, her ice blue eyes more an intense than he had ever seen.

If she had said something in that moment he may have been calmed, soothed but the silent stare made him tremble.

Piper and Leo broke up the unspoken conversation as Leo asked, "What happened this time?"

Prue unceremoniously scrabbled to her feet and threw herself into Piper's arms, sobbing.

"Dad?" Leo looked down to the owner of the small voice.

He felt something new inside, something that caught him off guard like a punch in the stomach: fatherly instinct.

He enveloped his son in an embrace of love. Letting his healing power flow through their connection.

Ender broke down and buried his head in his dad's shoulder.

Piper pulled back, already knowing what had happened but needed some verbal verification.

"She's gone." Prue choked out with the heavy pain of guilt lacing her voice.

Piper's cries matched Prue's as she held on to her sister for dear life.

Leo orbed back into the manor with his soon to be brother-in-law.

The sight of his wife, son and sister broke his heart. The pain he could feel from his charges was immense.

Ender paced the room while Prue held Piper.

Glenn ran his hand over his head, "It's true... Oh god, do you have to kill her?"

Prue stormed towards Glenn, "She's our sister! How can you even ask that!" She said angrily.

Leo put his arm around Prue and led her back to Piper. "We'll figure something out." He promised as he looked at his wife.

Piper was staring off into space completely blocking out the pain around her.

Kissing her forehead he wished he could heal emotional pain.

Glenn was pulled from his thoughts as he heard his new found nephews strained voice.

"I can't do this."

"You don't have a choice." Glenn stated with less sympathy than he meant. "None of us want to be here, but this is happening and you have to deal and do whatever you have to. Know matter how hard it is."

Ender took a moment to process what his uncle said then he pulled himself together. "You're right. We have to save aunt Paige... we have to fix this."

"Awww, wasn't that sweet? A little pep talk and your all gun hoe." Said the sadistic voice.

Glenn felt sick. He could see straight away that wasn't his Paige.

"Paige, fight it. I know you're in there somewhere." Glenn pleaded.

Paige's face contorted into a huge grin. "You have know idea how funny that is. There isn't two of us. Just me. I just see things clearer now."

Leo told Prue and Piper to stay where they were while he went out to the hall to join the rest.

"Paige, what happened to you?" The Whitelighter asked in disgust.

"Enlightenment." She stated simply. "Tell Phoebe how fun it was to kill her when you see her."

Paige then threw 3 dark blue orbs at Ender, Leo and Glenn. They soaked into there skin and blocked up every or aphis with a tar like substance.

Prue and Piper watched on in horror as each man withered, suffocated with there eyes bulging from there sockets, expired.

Paige looked towards her sisters turned play toys.

"Don't worry, there's enough darklighter poison there to kill them 10 times over." She said directly to Piper before 'orbing' out with black orbs.

"NO! YOU COME BACK HERE! I'LL KILL YOU!" Piper screamed towards the spot her evil sister had been.

Prue numbly took Piper's hand and orbed them to the attic where she could swear she could still hear Paige's sinister laugh.