AN: Okay, just to let you know, this is all happening around dusk. Yup. It couldn't be daylight, because that would make it too easy. Remember, dusk yes, day no.
peanut2lb - Yup, poor Prue! Thanks!
OTHCharmedFreak - Yup, you were right. Enthusiastic, aren't you? Thanks!
Gryffindor620 - Nice Bleep. Thanks!
C.C. McKenna - Yeah, I know it was short. This chapter is longer, though. Thanks!
lillynilly - You'll see what happens. The breaking in and out thing is smart, and Mr. Connel is unfortunately really smart. Thanks!
charmedangel429 - Yup, and thanks!
CharmedMilliE - Yup, it is good that Phoebe was reading the book. In the show she reads a lot, so it would make sense that she would here too. Thanks!
winter blaze - You figured what out? Anyway, thanks!
Now, the very much anticipated chapter 22...
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The seven, thought eight, walked out half-way to the backyard, none of them looking back.
"Hey, shouldn't we call them, just to let them know we're coming?" Paige asked, causing everyone to stop. "Yeah, we should." Piper confirmed. "Hey, Prue, can you hand me my cell?" Andy asked, finally looking behind himself. He notice that no one was there. "Where's Prue?" he asked, and everyone looked behind themselves as well. She wasn't in sight.
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Prue saw that she was being dragged the opposite way of the tri-, um, tri-something. Why she was being dragged in that direction she did not know, as she didn't know where on the second or third stories he would want her. How did she know that her captor was a he? Well, she had a pretty good idea of who he was. He was most likely Mr. Connel, the psycho who 'loved' her.
As she was being taken forcefully down the passageway, she had one thing she was wishing for. Well, technically, seven things. She was wishing for her friends, hoping that they would notice that she was gone soon. She knew that they were the only ones who had a chance of saving her from whatever Mr. Connel was going to do to or with her.
Suddenly, he let go of her. She turned around, and her suspicions were confirmed. Her captor was Mr. Connel. He pulled out a gun, and pointed it at her face. "Move." he said. Prue, defenseless as she was, did as she was told. "Turn right." he commanded, and she turned to her right. What she came face to face with was one of the walls of the passageway. "I can't." she said, her voice questioning as to why he wanted her to walk through a wall.
He pushed her roughly from behind, and she went stumbling into the wall, and through it. She looked around, and she was in the kitchen. She realized that he had just pushed her through the secret door to the second floor of the building. While she was still questioning about how he knew where it was, she felt him grab her upper arm. He pulled her to his side, and pointed his gun at her with his other hand.
He dragged her over to the part of the room across from the stove, and kicked the bottom of it. Another door eased open, leading to some stairs. Prue recognized them as the stairs that Paige had sailed down a few short weeks earlier. He began half pushing/half dragging her up the two flights.
When they entered the attic-like area, he immediately took her over to the door that led to the small, pitch black room that she and her friends had dropped into, literally, earlier. He walked over to one of the walls and felt around it. He then seemed to find something he wanted, and the two went up to the floor above, into the small room on the fifth story.
There was a period of time in which Prue was alone on the story, so she took the time to scream "GUYS, HELP!"
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The seven were currently on the front porch of the building. Suddenly, they heard "GUYS, HELP!" from way up in the building. "Prue." Piper whispered, and she, Phoebe, and Paige immediately ran into the building, the boys on their tails. When they entered, they immediately noticed the open secret passageway door. All of them ran in. When they entered, they could see no sign of which direction Prue had been taken.
"We have to split up." Billy said. "Are you sure that's smart?" Andy asked skeptically. "Well, it's the only way to find her in time, and we all know how to defend ourselves." Phoebe argued. "Except me, which is why I wish to borrow one of your pocket knives." Piper said, and Glenn handed his over. "Okay, so let's split up, boys one way, girls the other." Paige said. "Are you sure that you three could handle him by yourselves?" Leo asked worriedly. He didn't particularly like the idea of his girlfriend going out against a killer, even though she had done it before. "Yeah, we're sure. I mean, Paige and I have kickboxing..." Phoebe began. "And I have a knife." Piper said, holding up the said weapon. "We'll be fine." she added, and gave Leo a peck on the cheek.
"So, which way?" Billy asked. "Um, I would feel better if you girls went in that direction, as you are least likely to run into him there." Andy said. "And we would have a better chance with him." "But we wanted to kick his ass." Phoebe said, whiney. "Yeah, but we don't want you to get hurt." Leo said, looking at Piper mainly. "But, we'll tell you what, if we find him, we'll call out for you guys so you can help." Andy compromised. "Fine." Paige said, sounding defeated. "See you soon." Piper said, and the two groups split up in opposite directions, the boys going towards the triquetra, the girls heading away from it.
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The girls walked along the passage for a little bit, when they noticed that an extra source of light was up ahead. "What is that?" Paige asked as they walked closer. Their walk quickly turned into a slow jog. When they approached the source of light, they saw that it was a door, a secret door. They went soundlessly through it, and found themselves in the kitchen. "So this is where the door to the second floor is." Phoebe said. "Look!" Paige shouted, pointing at another open door. "That's the door to the stairs that I tripped down." She ran over to them, and looked up. "Yup, definitely those stairs." she confirmed, unconsciously rubbing her side, which had been bruised when she fell.
Phoebe turned to her sisters. "Do you think that this is the way Prue went, and the boys are going the wrong direction?" she asked worriedly. "Yeah, I do." Piper said. "Let's alert them." Paige said, and took out her trust cell phone. She dialed a well-known number, and Glenn answered on the other side. "Hello, Mountain Climber. This is Drunken Vampire with Kickboxing Queen and Smart Genius. We have discovered that you, Movie Freak, Angel Boy, and Officer Dude are heading in the wrong direction to retrieve Miss Priss from Psycho Bastard. Over." Paige said rapidly. "Well, Drunken Vampire, I will inform my brothers of your discovery. Shall we be joining you and your sisters? Over." Glenn said on the other line. "Yes, you shall. Over and Done." Paige said, and hung up the phone.
She looked up to see her sisters staring at her. "What? Glenn and I were really bored one day, and we made up code names for everyone. It's no biggy." she said. "Let's go save Miss Priss. I mean Prue." Paige corrected herself. As the three headed up the stairs, Piper muttered "Angel Boy better be Leo."
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When they reached the fourth story, the group spotted another door open. "Jeez, he was really careless this time, wasn't he?" Phoebe asked as they headed through the door. Piper and Paige nodded, although their sister didn't see it. The room they entered had no windows, and would have been pitch black if it weren't for the light that came from the other room.
"How do we get up from here? I mean, wasn't there a drop?" Phoebe asked looking around. "Yup." Piper said, remembering her little fall from the story above. They began walking forward, when Paige suddenly yelled "Ouch!"
Her sisters turned to her, and Paige said "I ran into a door!" They all walked slowly through the door, and found themselves in another room. It would have been dark, but there was a skylight above them. Under what was basically a hole in the ceiling, there was something big an round. "A trampoline?" Piper asked increduously. "Yay!" Phoebe said, and ran over to it. She climbed onto it, and jumped up. Her sisters watched as she went higher and higher, then went through the hole in the ceiling. She didn't come back down.
Piper and Paige just stared, and then Phoebe whispered loudly down. "Guys, it's okay. I'm on the fifth story, right near the trap door." Piper and Paige looked at each other, and then began bouncing on the trampoline.
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Prue looked ahead. That was the only direction she could look. She was on the roof. Not the walkway part of the roof, but the roof part of the roof. Surprisingly, Mr. Connel had tied a noose around her neck, and it was attached to a point high up, somewhere Prue couldn't see. He began talking to her.
"You know, Prue, dear, you have driven me crazy. My love for you has made me go insane. I enjoy killing, and have decided to make you my eighth. Who better to kill than the person who started it all? And, your family and friends will all miss you. They will suffer, and so will you." he said, smiling. "You know, hanging is a pretty bad way to die. Not as bad as being shot, but your sister would know that, wouldn't she?" he asked. "Don't you bring her into this." Prue spat, venom filling her voice. "Oh, touchy, huh?" he asked, chuckling. "You know, I'm not going to stop at eight. I'm going to kill everyone who ever knew you, one by one. I'm going to kill them painfully, and torture your sisters to death. They are all going to pay for even associating with you, and your sisters will pay for being annoying little bitches." he said.
"Annoying little bitches, are we?"
Both Prue and Mr. Connel looked for the source of the voice. They spotted the other Halliwell sisters. All three of them were in a fighting stance, Piper holding her knife ready. "Bitches." he shouted, and pulled out his own knife. "You know, you really have to come up with a new insult." Paige said smartly. "Uh-huh." Phoebe agreed. Mr. Connel charged at them, his knife raised. The three engaged in a battle, throwing punches and dodging knives.
Meanwhile, while they were distracted, Piper ran over to Prue. She took her knife and began cutting at the rope. "Hey, Prue, how ya doing?" she asked, the knife making slow progressions with the rope. "Oh, I'm doing just dandy." Prue said sarcastically, and Piper smiled. "Glad to hear that." she said, also being sarcastic. "This is coming along well." she added, and did one last slice at the rope. Prue felt it fall down, and Piper eased the noose off her neck. She held it up for Prue to see. "How do you feel now?" she asked. "Much better, thank you." Prue said. Then, the two sisters looked over at the battle.
They gasped as they saw their youngest sister fall to the ground, a slice on her arm. Phoebe leaned over to help her up, and Mr. Connel didn't see them as a threat anymore, and he looked over at the elder two. He sprinted over to them before they had time to react. Piper pulled out her knife, but didn't use it.
He grabbed Prue's hair, and put the knife to her throat. Piper completely froze, and she realized that it was a distraction a little too late. Mr. Connel pushed Prue to the ground, and kicked Piper in the stomach. She doubled over in pain, and he gave her a push to the shoulders, which sent her and everything she was holding over the edge of the roof and towards the ground, which was about forty feet below her.
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AN: Okay, I know everything happens to Piper, but I have everything planned so that everything is different. I know exactly how the next chapter will work out, so don't worry. Well, actually, worry, because everyone's life is in danger. But, don't tell me how everything happens to Piper, as you will see how things are. I will be doing another update today, most likely. If not, I have a day off tomorrow, so I will update then. But, most likely, it will be today. I know, I'm rambling, but I know I've gotten a review that said how everything happens to her, so don't review and say that, please. Um, this is after a song by Matchbox Twenty! Please review!
peanut2lb - Yup, poor Prue! Thanks!
OTHCharmedFreak - Yup, you were right. Enthusiastic, aren't you? Thanks!
Gryffindor620 - Nice Bleep. Thanks!
C.C. McKenna - Yeah, I know it was short. This chapter is longer, though. Thanks!
lillynilly - You'll see what happens. The breaking in and out thing is smart, and Mr. Connel is unfortunately really smart. Thanks!
charmedangel429 - Yup, and thanks!
CharmedMilliE - Yup, it is good that Phoebe was reading the book. In the show she reads a lot, so it would make sense that she would here too. Thanks!
winter blaze - You figured what out? Anyway, thanks!
Now, the very much anticipated chapter 22...
T:T:T:T
The seven, thought eight, walked out half-way to the backyard, none of them looking back.
"Hey, shouldn't we call them, just to let them know we're coming?" Paige asked, causing everyone to stop. "Yeah, we should." Piper confirmed. "Hey, Prue, can you hand me my cell?" Andy asked, finally looking behind himself. He notice that no one was there. "Where's Prue?" he asked, and everyone looked behind themselves as well. She wasn't in sight.
T:T:T
Prue saw that she was being dragged the opposite way of the tri-, um, tri-something. Why she was being dragged in that direction she did not know, as she didn't know where on the second or third stories he would want her. How did she know that her captor was a he? Well, she had a pretty good idea of who he was. He was most likely Mr. Connel, the psycho who 'loved' her.
As she was being taken forcefully down the passageway, she had one thing she was wishing for. Well, technically, seven things. She was wishing for her friends, hoping that they would notice that she was gone soon. She knew that they were the only ones who had a chance of saving her from whatever Mr. Connel was going to do to or with her.
Suddenly, he let go of her. She turned around, and her suspicions were confirmed. Her captor was Mr. Connel. He pulled out a gun, and pointed it at her face. "Move." he said. Prue, defenseless as she was, did as she was told. "Turn right." he commanded, and she turned to her right. What she came face to face with was one of the walls of the passageway. "I can't." she said, her voice questioning as to why he wanted her to walk through a wall.
He pushed her roughly from behind, and she went stumbling into the wall, and through it. She looked around, and she was in the kitchen. She realized that he had just pushed her through the secret door to the second floor of the building. While she was still questioning about how he knew where it was, she felt him grab her upper arm. He pulled her to his side, and pointed his gun at her with his other hand.
He dragged her over to the part of the room across from the stove, and kicked the bottom of it. Another door eased open, leading to some stairs. Prue recognized them as the stairs that Paige had sailed down a few short weeks earlier. He began half pushing/half dragging her up the two flights.
When they entered the attic-like area, he immediately took her over to the door that led to the small, pitch black room that she and her friends had dropped into, literally, earlier. He walked over to one of the walls and felt around it. He then seemed to find something he wanted, and the two went up to the floor above, into the small room on the fifth story.
There was a period of time in which Prue was alone on the story, so she took the time to scream "GUYS, HELP!"
T:T:T
The seven were currently on the front porch of the building. Suddenly, they heard "GUYS, HELP!" from way up in the building. "Prue." Piper whispered, and she, Phoebe, and Paige immediately ran into the building, the boys on their tails. When they entered, they immediately noticed the open secret passageway door. All of them ran in. When they entered, they could see no sign of which direction Prue had been taken.
"We have to split up." Billy said. "Are you sure that's smart?" Andy asked skeptically. "Well, it's the only way to find her in time, and we all know how to defend ourselves." Phoebe argued. "Except me, which is why I wish to borrow one of your pocket knives." Piper said, and Glenn handed his over. "Okay, so let's split up, boys one way, girls the other." Paige said. "Are you sure that you three could handle him by yourselves?" Leo asked worriedly. He didn't particularly like the idea of his girlfriend going out against a killer, even though she had done it before. "Yeah, we're sure. I mean, Paige and I have kickboxing..." Phoebe began. "And I have a knife." Piper said, holding up the said weapon. "We'll be fine." she added, and gave Leo a peck on the cheek.
"So, which way?" Billy asked. "Um, I would feel better if you girls went in that direction, as you are least likely to run into him there." Andy said. "And we would have a better chance with him." "But we wanted to kick his ass." Phoebe said, whiney. "Yeah, but we don't want you to get hurt." Leo said, looking at Piper mainly. "But, we'll tell you what, if we find him, we'll call out for you guys so you can help." Andy compromised. "Fine." Paige said, sounding defeated. "See you soon." Piper said, and the two groups split up in opposite directions, the boys going towards the triquetra, the girls heading away from it.
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The girls walked along the passage for a little bit, when they noticed that an extra source of light was up ahead. "What is that?" Paige asked as they walked closer. Their walk quickly turned into a slow jog. When they approached the source of light, they saw that it was a door, a secret door. They went soundlessly through it, and found themselves in the kitchen. "So this is where the door to the second floor is." Phoebe said. "Look!" Paige shouted, pointing at another open door. "That's the door to the stairs that I tripped down." She ran over to them, and looked up. "Yup, definitely those stairs." she confirmed, unconsciously rubbing her side, which had been bruised when she fell.
Phoebe turned to her sisters. "Do you think that this is the way Prue went, and the boys are going the wrong direction?" she asked worriedly. "Yeah, I do." Piper said. "Let's alert them." Paige said, and took out her trust cell phone. She dialed a well-known number, and Glenn answered on the other side. "Hello, Mountain Climber. This is Drunken Vampire with Kickboxing Queen and Smart Genius. We have discovered that you, Movie Freak, Angel Boy, and Officer Dude are heading in the wrong direction to retrieve Miss Priss from Psycho Bastard. Over." Paige said rapidly. "Well, Drunken Vampire, I will inform my brothers of your discovery. Shall we be joining you and your sisters? Over." Glenn said on the other line. "Yes, you shall. Over and Done." Paige said, and hung up the phone.
She looked up to see her sisters staring at her. "What? Glenn and I were really bored one day, and we made up code names for everyone. It's no biggy." she said. "Let's go save Miss Priss. I mean Prue." Paige corrected herself. As the three headed up the stairs, Piper muttered "Angel Boy better be Leo."
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When they reached the fourth story, the group spotted another door open. "Jeez, he was really careless this time, wasn't he?" Phoebe asked as they headed through the door. Piper and Paige nodded, although their sister didn't see it. The room they entered had no windows, and would have been pitch black if it weren't for the light that came from the other room.
"How do we get up from here? I mean, wasn't there a drop?" Phoebe asked looking around. "Yup." Piper said, remembering her little fall from the story above. They began walking forward, when Paige suddenly yelled "Ouch!"
Her sisters turned to her, and Paige said "I ran into a door!" They all walked slowly through the door, and found themselves in another room. It would have been dark, but there was a skylight above them. Under what was basically a hole in the ceiling, there was something big an round. "A trampoline?" Piper asked increduously. "Yay!" Phoebe said, and ran over to it. She climbed onto it, and jumped up. Her sisters watched as she went higher and higher, then went through the hole in the ceiling. She didn't come back down.
Piper and Paige just stared, and then Phoebe whispered loudly down. "Guys, it's okay. I'm on the fifth story, right near the trap door." Piper and Paige looked at each other, and then began bouncing on the trampoline.
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Prue looked ahead. That was the only direction she could look. She was on the roof. Not the walkway part of the roof, but the roof part of the roof. Surprisingly, Mr. Connel had tied a noose around her neck, and it was attached to a point high up, somewhere Prue couldn't see. He began talking to her.
"You know, Prue, dear, you have driven me crazy. My love for you has made me go insane. I enjoy killing, and have decided to make you my eighth. Who better to kill than the person who started it all? And, your family and friends will all miss you. They will suffer, and so will you." he said, smiling. "You know, hanging is a pretty bad way to die. Not as bad as being shot, but your sister would know that, wouldn't she?" he asked. "Don't you bring her into this." Prue spat, venom filling her voice. "Oh, touchy, huh?" he asked, chuckling. "You know, I'm not going to stop at eight. I'm going to kill everyone who ever knew you, one by one. I'm going to kill them painfully, and torture your sisters to death. They are all going to pay for even associating with you, and your sisters will pay for being annoying little bitches." he said.
"Annoying little bitches, are we?"
Both Prue and Mr. Connel looked for the source of the voice. They spotted the other Halliwell sisters. All three of them were in a fighting stance, Piper holding her knife ready. "Bitches." he shouted, and pulled out his own knife. "You know, you really have to come up with a new insult." Paige said smartly. "Uh-huh." Phoebe agreed. Mr. Connel charged at them, his knife raised. The three engaged in a battle, throwing punches and dodging knives.
Meanwhile, while they were distracted, Piper ran over to Prue. She took her knife and began cutting at the rope. "Hey, Prue, how ya doing?" she asked, the knife making slow progressions with the rope. "Oh, I'm doing just dandy." Prue said sarcastically, and Piper smiled. "Glad to hear that." she said, also being sarcastic. "This is coming along well." she added, and did one last slice at the rope. Prue felt it fall down, and Piper eased the noose off her neck. She held it up for Prue to see. "How do you feel now?" she asked. "Much better, thank you." Prue said. Then, the two sisters looked over at the battle.
They gasped as they saw their youngest sister fall to the ground, a slice on her arm. Phoebe leaned over to help her up, and Mr. Connel didn't see them as a threat anymore, and he looked over at the elder two. He sprinted over to them before they had time to react. Piper pulled out her knife, but didn't use it.
He grabbed Prue's hair, and put the knife to her throat. Piper completely froze, and she realized that it was a distraction a little too late. Mr. Connel pushed Prue to the ground, and kicked Piper in the stomach. She doubled over in pain, and he gave her a push to the shoulders, which sent her and everything she was holding over the edge of the roof and towards the ground, which was about forty feet below her.
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AN: Okay, I know everything happens to Piper, but I have everything planned so that everything is different. I know exactly how the next chapter will work out, so don't worry. Well, actually, worry, because everyone's life is in danger. But, don't tell me how everything happens to Piper, as you will see how things are. I will be doing another update today, most likely. If not, I have a day off tomorrow, so I will update then. But, most likely, it will be today. I know, I'm rambling, but I know I've gotten a review that said how everything happens to her, so don't review and say that, please. Um, this is after a song by Matchbox Twenty! Please review!