Chapter 36

It has been a week since Green came clean.

Piper was in her car, on her way back to the manor after working for long hours at the new job she found recently.

Green has called her a few times, but whenever she answered the phone she said she was busy, and can't talk.

She knew it was hurting him, but she couldn't help it.

She didn't want him in her life, and he never really had her in his, so nothing was really changing for either of them.

No one was home, so she turned the TV on and flipped through the channels, not caring enough to see what is on each of them.

Finally, she turned the TV off and went to her room, falling asleep as soon as she hit the pillow.

A crack downstairs woke her up.

She opened her eyes, realizing Leo was in bed with her, and it was two thirty in the morning.

He seemed to hear the noise downstairs too.

"Did you hear that?" He whispered, half asleep.

Piper nodded, and set up.

The two got out of bed, and found Prue in the hallway.

"There is someone downstairs." Prue announced.

She was holding her toothbrush tight in her hand.

"What is the toothbrush for?" Piper asked.

"Protection." Prue replied, and realized how foolish it sounded as soon as she did.

"Never mind that. Leo, go see who is downstairs." Prue said.

"Why me?" He was still half asleep.

"Wait, guys, maybe it's just Phoebe?" Piper suggested.

"No, I checked, she is dead asleep in her room".

"Ok. Leo, go." Piper said.

Leo frowned, but obeyed.

He grabbed the toothbrush from Prue, and turned towards the stairs.

Piper shook her head, then reached and held Peru's hand.

They listened closely for a few moments.

Nothing happened, everything was dark and silent.

"Should we go too?" Piper asked, a bit concerned for Leo.

"I don't know."

"You should wake Phoebe up; I'll go see what's going on." Piper said, letting go of Prue's hand.

"No, I don't like that."

"It's probably nothing. Go wake Phoebe up."

Prue gave in, and walked away towards Phoebe's room.

Piper crept down the hall to where Leo went, and started walking down the stairs.

"Leo?" She called in a small voice.

She stopped when there was no answer.

"Leo?!" She called louder.

"Piper, go back upstairs!..." She heard him scream, his voice sounding... scared.

A loud shot made him silent.

Someone fired a gun.

Piper almost tripped over herself when she heard it.

She was suddenly scared, very scared.

"Leo!" She called in frustration.

"GO BACK UPSTAIRS PIPER!" He screamed, and Piper was completely confused.

She hesitated, not sure what she is ought to do.

On thing she knew, she couldn't go back upstairs, Leo was in danger, and someone was down there with him, keeping him quiet.

She made it sound like she was running back upstairs, then slowly and silently, on the tip of her toes she went back downstairs.

In the living room, she spotted someone standing, holding his hands out.

He held a gun.

The muffled light from the side walk light outside was revealing the outline of his face.

The someone was Green.

She panicked inside, and a squeak came out of her mouth.

Green heard.

Piper, terrified, walked fast to another direction, then closed herself in a closet.

For a few moments, everything was quiet, then the door opened and a hand reached out for her.

He pulled her out by her shirt, then pushed her against a wall, holding her so she won't move.

"What do you what?!" She managed to ask.

"You know what I want honey, I want to be with you, like it always should have been." He said with a sweet voice, or at least he tried to make it sweet.

"You are crazy... what did you do to Leo?!"

Before Green could answer, Leo pulled him away, sending him to the floor.

Leo stood next to Piper now, and she gripped her hands around his arm.

Her two sisters were standing at the top of the stairs, and now were slowly coming down.

Then, before anyone could do anything, Green jumped back to his feet, and fired his gun.

Piper felt blood on her hands, and for a second she thought Green shot her, but then when Leo lost his balance and collapsed to the floor, she realized he was the one who got hit.

"Oh My God!" She heard Phoebe exclaim.

Piper kneeled down next to the breathless Leo, and felt her breath fasten as well.

Tears were blocking her already blurred vision.

She held the whimpering and wincing Leo, whose hands were shaking and covered with sticky sweat.

"Go out, and get in the car Piper." Green commended.

"NO!" Piper screamed.

She felt her anger rise with the desperation in her voice.

"Do it Piper, or you can say goodbye to your sisters." Green said, and she realized his gun was pointing at her two terrified sisters.

Piper gasped at the realization that if she wouldn't do as he said she would have her sisters killed, and she now knew he was capable.

Looking down at the now unconscious Leo, Piper's heart pounded so that she was sure everyone else in the room could hear.

She looked up at her sister, and saw Prue nodding to her.

Piper let go of Leo, and stood up.

"That's my girl. Now move it!" He shouted, so Piper started heading for the door.

When they were near the door, Piper turned around sharply and tried to punch Green, but she realized she has misjudged his strength when she felt his gun hit the side of her face painfully, and she winced in pain, loosing her balance.

"Oh no, I'm so sorry Piper... you need to cooperate with me, damn it!"

Now on the floor, Piper looked up at his furious expression as he pulled her back to her feet, and pushed her towards the door.

"You will learn to love me Piper, we share blood."

She felt the taste of blood in her mouth as he said so.

That fucking bastard.

If his gun was in her hands she would have shot at him until there would be no bullets left.

Holding her arm tightly, Green pushed Piper towards his car and practically through her into the back seat, closing the door behind her.

Tears were spilling freely from her swollen eyes.

She couldn't stop thinking about Leo, and the fact that he might be dead, gone.

And it's all her fault.

AN: Only Two more chapters left in this story.... How will it end? Is Leo gone? What is Green going to do with Piper? Where will he take her?