C.C. McKenna

Blood on the Field

Chapter twenty-nine

September 17, 2004

A Light in the Shadows.

A/N : Ok, I don't know how did you do it, but here I am, bringing Sophie back.

I had to rewrite some of the story, but I hope it turns out ok.

This is just for you, PrincessPinky, PEANUT2LB, and Emptyroom. Thank you

all for your great encouraging words! I also like Sophie myself!

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Saturday Morning 9:55 A.M.

"All right... wake up, come on...tell me how are you feeling?" Dorothy gently slapped the girls face and waited for her reply. The girl winced and slowly opened her eyes.

"W-what ...w-where am I?"

"In my house" Dorothy gently brushed back the hair from the girl's eyes.

"I don't understand...I was, I was..."

"I know where you were; but you're in my house now; so stop worrying, you're safe in here"

"Y-you'll get in trouble" The girl hissed.

"You're damn right Sophie; I am in deep shit as it is, but I just can't go back now, it's too late for that"

"I still don't understand... how... how did you get away with it?" She breathed deeply and tightened her lips, trying to suppress the pounding inside her head.

"Well; on Wednesday night, we called the coroner because Rose said you were dead; when he came, I was with you in the infirmary, and we found out that you were seriously overdosed... but still alive; He said that there wasn't really much left to do, so he signed the death certificate and left in a hurry. Thank God he had a party to attend; but before leaving he ordered me to bag you and put you in a box" Dorothy wiped a tear away from her face. "I couldn't do that, I took you outside and put you inside my car's trunk; nobody knew about it" Dorothy took a deep breath. "So I went back inside, grabbed some 'very' large pieces of meat from the kitchen and put them inside the bag" Dorothy nervously chewed her lower lip and chuckled. "The rest was easy, I locked the box and called Karla to help me get rid of 'you'; thank God she didn't want to open the box; I guess she felt responsible in some way" Dorothy walked away from the bed, shaking her head and feeling kind of guilty herself. "We knew that nobody was going to claim your body...We all know you have no family" She shamefully bent down her head. "They are still blaming the cooks for stealing the meat" She chuckled, pretending to be cool. "And Rose...well, Rose just didn't take the time to check up on you; she trusted us"

"So... you risked your own life to save mine" Sophia whispered.

"Yes; and I don't regret it" Dorothy smiled weakly. "I'll do it all over again if I had to"

"Thank you" Sophie sighed, holding her gaze steady into Dorothy's sweet eyes. "I'll be forever grateful to you...I'll be your fucking slave!"

"Glad to see you are finally back, Sophia Johnston"

"Yeah, it's good to be back...in fact, it's good to be alive!" She smiled widely. "Mmm, by the way; what day is today?"

"Saturday; the Annual Sports Spree is being held right now"

"Saturday!?!" Sophie hastily sat up. "What time?"

"Around ten A.M.; why?"

"Lexie!, they're going to kill Lexie!; hurry, we have to go there!" Sophie tried to get on her feet but as soon as she stood up, she dropped back on the bed.

"Sophie!" Dorothy was quick on the girl's side. "You're not well right now, don't try that stunt again"

"You don't understand Dorothy, Lexie is in big trouble...Rose is going to drug her and kill her as soon as she gets in the water, for the swimming competitions" Sophie spoke between breaths.

"You can't do anything Sophia; nobody knows you are still alive, and you better stay that way; so let me see what I can do" Dorothy grabbed a glass of water and placed it on the girl's mouth. "I'm going to go over there and try to help her, but you're staying put" Dorothy placed the glass back on the night table and covered Sophie's body with a light sheet. "I'll be back as soon as I can; do you understand?" She stared into Sophie's watery eyes.

"Yes" Sophie answered softly; swallowing the big gulp inside her throat.

"Promise me you'll stay here until I get back" Dorothy stood beside the bed and waited for Sophia's reply.

"I promise; but what am I going to say to your family; do they know I'm here?

"Don't worry about that; I leave alone; so just stay here, and wait till you hear from me"

"Cool; just hurry up...do something, please, save her"

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Piper's Jeep pulled up on the parking lot of the Sylmar Juvenile Hall and the three girls quickly ran to the main entrance. Two tall and overweighed guards quickly stopped them on their tracks by spreading their arms to block their way.

"Sorry, you can't go in; visiting hours are Sundays from one to four" One of the fat guards spoke coldly; placing her hand on Prue's chest to hold her back when she insisted to go in.

"Yeah, we know, but we must go inside; we need to see the warden" Prue swatted the guard's hand from her chest and shove herself through; causing the guards slightly to stumble back. Phoebe and Piper smiled at her sister's pushy attitude and followed her inside.

The guards were taken aback by Prue's cockiness and determination and stood still for a couple of seconds before they decided to go after them. Seeing what was going on, another guard hastily walked around the counter. "The warden can't see you right now; we are having our annual sports spree, and she has to be present, you know" The guard in charge stepped in and tried to reason with the obviously anxious girls, holding all three of them at the same time.

"Yeah, I know, that's why we have to be there" Prue insisted pulling herself away from Dorothy. "Please?" Prue tried again, not wanting to take no for an answer; while the other two guards stood behind them.

"I'm sorry, I can't let you in" The guard softened her tone. "The best I could do is bring the warden here so you can talk to her, and believe me, she won't be pleased, and I'll be in a hell of lot trouble"

"Listen" Piper smiled sarcastically. "I don't think you understood what my sister said; we need to go to the pool and we need to go now; our sister is in trouble, she's going to get hurt and we wouldn't like that, now would we?

"Besides, the police is on their way" Phoebe added "we were just a little faster to get here, that's all".

"Police?" The guard cleared her throat and smiled weakly. "Why the police?"

"They have a search warrant" Piper spoke with annoyance. "And I believe they're shutting this place down, well at least until all investigations are done" Piper added with a still not so pleasant tone of voice. "But we don't have the time to be discussing this with you; we need to get to her...now!"

Prue rolled her eyes as she shook her head, knowing that there was absolutely no chance to get through that person's intellect. "Ok, this has been fun, but we have to run!" Prue had had enough, she just grabbed Phoebe's arm and started running, "You just run along with me Phoebes, trust me on this one" She tightened her grip. "Come on Piper!" She shouted without looking back.

"Prue... you're my eyes" Phoebe whispered and ran beside her sister, feeling safe under her grasp.

Piper started running too, but she was quickly held by the two corpulent women guarding the door; her arms were quickly secured on her back by the pissed off guards.

"Let go of me!" Piper shouted through gnashed-teeth and struggling to get her arms free. "Prue!!"

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A whistle was blown and six girls lunged themselves into the pool. Each one of them doing their best effort; each one of them wanting to be the winner. Lexie quickly took the lead, leaving the rest of the girls way far behind; unaware of the fact that each stroke she made was furtively mining her life. When she arrived at the end of the pool, she rapidly submerged and turned herself around to impulse her body with her feet; She closed her eyes tightly when she felt a sharp, penetrating sting on her chest; but she intentionally ignored it; She just wanted to finish the last lap and get the hell out of the hot exhausting water.

Lexie stuck her head out of the water, a little bit higher than the usual, trying to suck in a larger mouthful of air; suddenly she stopped and placed both hands on her chest. She knew what was about to happen; that old sharply pain was all too familiar for her. She felt her fatigued body strongly pulled to the bottom of the pool, but she couldn't do anything about it. Her lungs quickly started burning and fear made itself present in her weak heart.

Prue and Phoebe arrived at the swimming pool and stood by the edge. Prue was frozen with fear. Her body suddenly started trembling just by looking at the huge amount of water in front of her.

"What?!" Phoebe shouted with desperation. "What's going on Prue?!" Phoebe grabbed her sister's arm tighter and shook it, trying to bring her sister back into motion.

"Holly shit!!" Phoebe suddenly figured it out while she listened to the water splashing in front of them. "YOU CAN'T SWIM!!" She shouted to herself. "Where is she Prue?... just tell me where the fuck is she!" Phoebe shook her sister's shoulders. "Come on Prue, take me there, get me closer to Lexie, find her for me and I'll jump!" Phoebe panicked.

Prue slowly reacted and swallowed hard. "I see her... come on" She grabbed her sister's hand and guided her to the other end of the pool; where a darker figure on the bottom could be easily spotted. "Just jump ahead, she's just in front of you, quickly" Prue was very concentrated in giving her sister the right instructions, never realizing that almost all the girls of the Sylmar Detention Center were now staring at them.

"What the hell is going on down there?!" The warden dropped the soda can she was holding and ran toward the Halliwells. "What are you doing in here? Who let you in?" Rose grabbed Phoebe's arm and stopped her from jumping inside the pool. Phoebe screamed loudly; she was desperate and worried, with only a self-made image of her drowned sister in her mind. Her blindness, and not being able to help her sister right now were the most horrible things she had ever experienced.

"Prue!" Phoebe frantically shouted again trying to free herself from the warden's grasp.

Prue was staring at the pool, absentmindedly, not being aware of what was going on with Phoebe. She was watching how her sister's body was being gradually sucked into the bottom. She wanted to jump, but she was terrified; her heart was beating so loud that she could actually hear it. "Let her go!" Prue unexpectedly reacted and turned to Phoebe's side; she saw the woman grabbing her sister's arms and it made her angry. "Just get your fat sweaty hands off my sister" She grabbed Phoebe's arm and harshly pulled her away from the Warden's grip.

"Jump Phoebe, she's in front of you...just make sure you go straight down, she's a-at t-the bott--om!" Prue managed to speak between ragged breaths. She was still trying to get rid of her nervousness, and didn't see the warden's hands pushing her violently to the ground. Prue fell on her back and watched with horror, almost as if it were in slow motion, how Phoebe fearlessly jumped into the water. The warden signaled the guards and they immediately seized Prue.

Prue was picked up from the floor, but she never took her eyes away from the pool; she was more interested in what was going on with her sisters than whatever was going on with her. She was anxiously watching how Phoebe was struggling to find her baby sister's limp body. She screamed and shouted, guiding her sister's frantic search; hoping Phoebe could hear her.

"Deeper Phoebe, deeper!" Prue shouted again; She nervously pulled her hair back, finally noticing the guards seizing her; She violently shook her arms free and turned to the Warden; her eyes filled with rage and fury; and with one single hasty movement of her hand, she sent the guards flying against a group of staring girls. Prue's strange reaction startled the warden; the first thing she though was to get away from her. She was petrified for a moment, but then started running.

Phoebe was desperately trying to find her sister; she swam with caution under water, stretching out her arms, trying to find Lexie. She hated herself for not being able to see, for not being able to save her sister and, she needed air... she needed to breath.

She was well aware that time was running out for her and... and maybe it was already too late for Lexie. She felt her lungs burning, and a persistent hammering pain inside her head, but there was absolutely no way she was going back to the surface.

Suddenly, a blurred image started developing in front of her; her heart skipped a beat when she realized she was actually seeing. She blinked several times and slowly started focusing; She spotted her sister's limp body just a couple of feet away from her, quickly grabbed her, and hastily emerged from the water.

"Oh no you don't; you're not going anywhere... bitch!" Prue followed the warden, squinted her eyes and sent her violently into the swimming pool; Prue got closer to the water, she finally put aside her nervousness and maliciously narrowed her eyes again, pushing the woman all the way down to the bottom of the pool. Prue smiled widely; she was enjoying very much the way the fat woman was trying to get out of the water, but she was enjoying even more the warden's frightened and full of confusion face.

The inmates stared at each other laughing loudly; they were thrilled to see their keeper in the water; never imagining Prue was behind all this.

"Prue!" Phoebe shouted while trying to get Lexie out of the pool. "nnn-eed a hhha-nd in here!" She coughed some water out and tightened her grip around her sister's neck.

"Phoebe!" Prue knelt and stretched her arm to grab a hold of her sister. "I'm right in front of you sweetie, just reach out"

Phoebe grabbed her sister's hand and Prue pulled them both out of the water. She carefully placed her baby sister on the floor and quickly rolled her to one side, pumped her stomach and started CPR. "Get a doctor, call 911!" she looked up and yelled. Phoebe was on her knees, beside Prue, trying desperately to catch her breath. There was a sepulchral silence in the atmosphere; the tension in the air could be easily sliced with a knife.

The warden came out of the water and pulled out her gun, she walked to Prue and released the safety button. "Sorry love, but you can't come in here and do what you want"

Prue glared at the warden and saw the gun in her hand; her body tensed with fear but she dissimulated well. She knew she had to do something to protect her sisters and she didn't care if they found out about her powers. "It's all over, give it up" Prue spoke bravely, trying to distract the armed woman.

"You're wrong, it's over until I say it's over" -The warden waved her free hand and Karla walked closer to her side.

"What do you want me to do?" Karla was nervously looking at Prue.

"First take all the interns to their rooms and make sure they're locked inside; and then you and Dorothy will get your fat asses out here so we can get rid of these stupid bitches!"

"Uhm... Today is Dorothy's day off. Karla spoke nervously.

"Well, you come alone then, I don't need more witnesses" She walked closer to the three sisters on the floor. "Just don't take too long; we need to take care of them quickly" She carelessly waved the gun in front of Prue.

"Hey... careful with that thing!" Prue closed her eyes and turned her head to her shoulder. "You could hurt someone with that thing"

The warden laughed with sarcasm and watched how the rest of the guards quickly took the interns away. Prue slowly stood up and walked towards the heavy breathing woman; never taking her eyes off her.

"Stay there or I'll shoot...I swear I'll blow your brains out!" The nervous woman took a step back and hastily pulled back the trigger.

"I don't think so!" Prue flicked her hand and flew the gun away from the warden. Rose's eyes suddenly popped wide open. Prue smiled mockingly and walked slowly towards the surprised woman. "What?... scared? ... Lets see how you get out of this one" She flicked her hand again and tossed the warden over a nearby table. The latter rolled over the table and landed harshly on the floor, gasping with fear.

"What a-are you do-doing...HOW are y-you doing t-this?" The warden stuttered and hastily crawled under the table.

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Dorothy arrived at Sylmar Detention Center and hastily walked inside. She stopped on her tracks when she saw Piper being held against her will on a chair; her hands tightly cuffed behind her and screaming like crazy, demanding to be released. "What is this? What's going on? She asked naively to the guards standing next to Piper.

"They came here demanding to see the Warden; and when we prohibited the entrance, they forced themselves in" One of the guards stated, matter-of-factly.

"They" Dorothy shrugged. "Who's they?"

"This girl's sisters" The guard hit Piper on the back of her head. "But don't worry, Patricia went to find the Warden to let her know about those intruders"

"I see" Dorothy surprisingly took out her gun and aimed it to the guards. "Let her go...now!" She skillfully waved her gun.

"Yes... sure Dorothy, whatever you say" One of the guards nervously grabbed the tiny silver key from her belt, her hands were shaking but she managed to quickly uncuffed Piper. As soon as Piper was free, she rubbed her wrists and glared back at the guards; but she refrained herself and just decided to go look for her sisters when she heard the police sirens just outside.

"Thank you" Piper glanced at Dorothy and gave her a weak smile. "Tell lieutenant Morris that we're inside" She ran inside the building, frantically looking for the pool area.

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Prue shook her head. "I'm so disappointed" She lifted the table and tossed it away. "I thought you were tougher than this, ... I mean, you seemed tougher with a gun in your hand a few minutes ago" She waved her hand and lifted the scared woman through the air. "You enjoyed hurting young girls, didn't you?" Prue tossed the warden violently on the pavement and kept walking towards her. "You enjoyed watching them suffer!" She squinted her eyes and the warden rolled once more on the dirty floor.

"I don't know what are you talking about" The warden shouted with fear written all over her face and blood oozing out from her mouth, elbows and forehead. "Please stop"

"Mmmh, now that's strange; you're suddenly amnesic" Prue waved both hands and the trembling woman flew through the air and landed harshly on the soccer field; violently landing on her leg; A cracking noise immediately followed the fall. Prue smirked. "You see?" Prue walked closer. "This is the part where I usually sigh and try to help the injured party" She said with mockery. "But guess what? Right now I'm way too pissed to even think about helping you" She waved her hand again and the woman rolled brutally on the ground a couple of times more.

"I still don't know what do you want" The warden screamed in pain while she looked down at her leg and saw her exposed bone. "Help me please!" She sobbed nervously.

"Ha!... see, there's that word again.. 'please', I bet you don't even know the meaning of it"

Prue squinted and the warden rolled back a couple of feet; her leg started bleeding freely.

"Let me tell you something" Prue knelt beside the crying woman and squeezed her broken leg. "You picked the wrong girl to mess around with; you chose my sister... and now you've got a very angry and pissed off Halliwell on your back" Prue smirked. "Biiiig mistake; huge; now tell me how does it feel to be beaten up?" Prue kicked the warden on her ribs. "My sister had bruises on her stomach; do you know how she got them?" She kicked her again on the abdomen.

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"Prue...Phoebe!!" Piper shouted as she desperately ran to her sisters. But quickly realized that it was only Phoebe giving CPR to Lexie.

"The ambulance should be here any minute; where's Prue?" Piper whispered and quickly knelt beside her sisters. "How is she?" She asked, nervously looking at Lexie and quickly turning to check on Phoebe. "How are you baby?" She gently squeezed her sister's hand.

"I'm ok" Phoebe coughed again and took another deep breath. "And I guess Lexie is out of danger too, I gave her CPR"

"Thank God!" Piper nodded with relief and turned her gaze to Lexie, holding tightly her sister's limp hand. "What the hell happened? Where's everybody?"

"I don't know" Phoebe answered softly.

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Daryl finally arrived, guided by Dorothy; and dozens of cops, all dressed in black and armed with heavy rifles, quickly surrounded the place.

Prue squinted and rolled the warden one more time, making her scream in pain. "You lucky bitch!" She muttered between clamped teeth.

"I've got her Prue" Daryl shouted and quickly ran to the warden's side. "I'll take care of her" He grabbed her arms and handcuffed her. Daryl knew what Prue was doing, but he acted naively. "Come on, you're in big trouble, Mrs. Vasques" Daryl spoke angrily and waited for the paramedics to take her away. The SWAT team quickly surrounded the screaming woman. "She's evil!... she's not real!...she's the devil herself!" The warden kept shouting and Prue smiled with arrogance.

"Ok, ok, Ms. Vasques; we understand...sure she is" Daryl rolled his eyes in front of the SWAT team. "I hope the paramedics get here soon, 'cause they need to give her something quick; I think she's hallucinating" Daryl chuckled. "Go to your sisters Prue, please" Daryl gave her a little push. Prue sighed and glared at the warden.

"Ok, Daryl, thanks" Prue walked away in a hurry, tightening her fists, still repressing her anger. She arrived hastily to her sister's side; she leaned closer to Lexie and placed her ear on her sister's face. "She's breathing with difficulty, but she's alive; thanks to Phoebe" She squeezed Phoebe's hand. "Where are those damn paramedics?!!" Prue gazed around. "And where the hell were you?" Prue raised her voice glaring at Piper. Her forehead was slightly gleaming with tiny drops of sweat and she was having a hell of a rough time trying to control herself. "Come on baby...wake up, talk to me" Prue turned back to Lexie, bent down, and softly kissed her eyelids and her temples, repeatedly.

"She'll be ok Prue; Phoebe gave her CPR" Piper whispered fixing her eyes on the eldest Halliwell, trying to figure out how was it possible for Prue to be so tough and so loving and gentle at the same time.

"They're here" Phoebe shouted and quickly stepped aside to give the paramedics some space. Prue never let go her sister's hand.

"Wait a minute...what...how did you?... Phoeeebe!" Piper shrugged her eyebrows and quickly stood by her sister's side, joyfully hugging her.

"Yes, I can see Piper.... I can see" Phoebe replied softly and fixed her gaze on Lexie; finally relishing her sister's features.

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