A/N: CCMcKenna, Prue is absolutely my favorite character. While I have nothing against the Paige, the show is just lacking the kick ass big sister effect now and that irks me, so I like to hope that I can keep her alive in spirit. Sci-Fi Gillian, I promised you two parts today and here you go! Thanks so much for taking the time to read!
Prue grinned, wagging a finger as she backed into a corner, of all the horrible things she could imagine, Natalie delivering her baby had been nowhere on the list. "Oh...no...you are not going to be the one to deliver my baby" She didn't care if she delivered it herself, Natalie was not touching her. "LEO! Get your ass back down here now!"
"He can't hear you, because I'm already here to assist you"
Prue ignored her, "LEO! PIPER! PHOEBE! I NEED YOU NOW!"
Natalie kept advancing, "it won't do you any good Prue, their all busy trying to stop the demonic reconstruction"
"We'll they'll just have to get unbusy!" Prue growled doubling over in pain. "OW! OW! This hurts!"
"I can help, Prue!" Natalie said as Prue fell to her knees nearly crying, "If you want to help me, then you'll go get Andy and bring him here"
"I'm sorry Prue, there's nobody here but me". Still on her knees, Prue held her stomach, panting in short labored breaths, "Andy, please...please...I need you so much right now. Our baby needs you"
"Prue"
"Get away from me!" Unconsciously, Prue squinted and a chair projected itself at Natalie cause her to orb from harms way.
"Don't use your powers, you'll need all of your strength for the baby," Natalie cautioned when she returned.
A short time later, Natalie helped a still reluctant Prue to her up to bedroom. Prue began to fade in and out with every contraction, "I can do this...I can do this on my own" she reasoned practicing her Lamaze breathing as Natalie placed several towels and pillows around her. "I don't need anybody"
"Just try to relax you still have a ways to go yet"
"OW!" Another contraction hit, and Prue yelled, fading again. "This constant fading is driving me absolutely crazy!"
"It will stop when you are ready to push," Natalie replied tilting her head. She listened for several seconds catching Prue's attention.
"What?" Prue asked recognizing the look that the white lighter had sensed something.
"There's something downstairs" Natalie said, "I'll be right back." She orb out, leaving Prue to sigh heavily against the pillow.
"It better not be another demon"
"Prue?" Andy orbed into the living room instantly sensing something was a miss. Phoebe had, had a vision of Prue alone, in hard labor and sensed she needed help.
"Andy, I need you!" Prue's voice echoed back at him. Natalie appeared behind him and pointed her finger at the large chandelier above his head. "Sorry, Andy. I can't let you get to Prue right now"
Using her white lighter power she sent an electrical charge up to the ceiling. The chandelier fell, hitting Andy in the head, knocking him unconscious. Carefully, Natalie padded over to her charge, "that should keep you out for awhile," she said, hitting him with an extra surge of energy for good measure.
"Andy!" Prue peeped expectantly when saw orbs appear. Her face fell when she saw it was just Natalie. "Sorry Prue. It was shape shifter disguised like Andy. Lucky thing, I was able to fend him off. It seems to every demon in town tonight is going to try and come after your baby"
Another wave of contractions hit and Prue glared at the white lighter menacingly. It was Andy in her heart she knew it. "What did you do to him?" she thought silently as Natalie clasped her hands together. "It would be better if you let me orb you and the baby someplace safe"
"NO!" Prue returned feeling a whoosh of liquid flee from her system. "Oh...Oh...my water just broke"
"That's a good sign" Natalie knelt at Prue's feet, and pushed up her maternity dress for a look, "You're nearly ten centimeters. In just a few minutes it will be time for you to push"
Prue placed her head back on the pillow, whining miserably, "Piper, Phoebe where are you?"
Closing her eyes she tried to Astral Project to them but the pain and the exhaustion proved to be too much. She only succeeded in fading again. Natalie kept her hands on Prue's knees, "just take it easy, I'll tell you when it's time to push"
Another fifteen minutes passed and Amanda decided to try and make her appearance. "Okay Prue, one more push!"
Prue held her knees keeping her eyes tightly shut. A constant stream of sweat was pouring down her face. "No...no...I can't I need my sisters"
Natalie peeked over the top of Prue's knees, giving the witch an encouraging grin, "Yes you can, Prue. Amanda's almost here"
Prue stopped pushing and looked at Natalie's quizzically. "How did you know the baby's name?"
"Andy told me" Natalie smiled putting her head back down.
"No he didn't" It was then Prue felt a shuddering chill run up her spine. She knew that Andy wouldn't have told Natalie anything about the baby "Get out of here NOW!"
Natalie's head popped up, "I can't leave until this baby is born"
Prue's eyes narrowed wishing for the strength to send the lying white lighter right through the wall, "I swear to-" Prue stopped in mid sentence as the mother of all contractions hit. Tipping her head back, Prue screamed for all it was worth with Natalie cheering her with encouragement.
"PUSH, PUSH, PRUE, PUSH!"
Prue knew that her body had no choice. Closing her eyes she held her breathing pushing with all her might.
"Here she comes Prue"
Unconscious tears of joy streamed down Prue's face as she heard the first cries of her baby daughter. "She's beautiful Prue" After cutting the cord, Natalie wrapped the baby in clean blanket and handed her to her mother. "Hi, Amanda" A huge smile spread to Prue's face as the baby wriggled slightly in her arms. "You are so beautiful," Prue cooed kissing her daughter's head. For the moment she'd forgotten her worries about Natalie being a threat.
"Can you do me a favor?" Prue asked after Natalie had finished cleaning up. "Can you bring me that little box on the table".
Natalie smiled as she retrieved the black velvet box and handed it to Prue.
Prue opened the box and removed the small bracelet that Gram's had given her from the box. Carefully, Prue slipped the bracelet on Amanda's right wrist. "Amanda Patrice Trudeau-Halliwell you are forever Charmed"
"Forever Charmed," Natalie repeated tightly watching Prue rock the baby.
"You know Natalie, I really can't thank you enough for being here," Prue said humbly.
I'm only here to serve the greater good!" Reaching into her pocket, Natalie grabbed a handful of memory dust and flung it over Prue.
"No!" Prue shouted but was quickly over taken by unconsciousness letting the dust assaulted her mind. Her memories of the birth and Amanda quickly fleeted while Natalie took the baby and orbed away. "Someday you'll understand that I was only protecting your destiny"
Orbs formed in the living room and Leo, Piper and Phoebe appeared. "Andy" Piper breathed seeing the unconscious Tracer. Together she and Leo ran to his fallen side.
Seeing the broken chandelier, and the mess Phoebe swallowed hard, taking for the stairs, OH God, Prue," she said "PRUE!"
"C'mon Andy, wake up" Piper said softly as she and Leo helped him to seated position.
"What hit me?" He moaned pressing a hand to the back of his head.
"Take it easy you were hit by something" Leo commanded in time with Phoebe's shriek.
"LEO WE NEED YOU NOW!" Neither of the angelic beings bothered to try to pull to their feet, instead, each grabbed a hold of Piper and orbed upstairs.
"What's wrong?" Leo asked rushing to Prue side where Phoebe was cradling her older sister in her arms. She had been quick to notice that Prue was no longer pregnant, "Prue...she's unconscious and the baby's gone! A demon must have taken her!"
Piper looked around the room in disbelief. From all accounts the room was sparkling clean. No trace that Amanda's birth had occurred. "What kind of demon would do that?" she muttered under her breath.
