March 22nd 2005. 9:00pm. Day: 2
Phoebe is on the kitchen table in her pj's knackered, circling the crystal over the map in hopes of finding Piper. She has been scrying for the past few hours, as the coffee by the map is still full, and made it two hours ago. She leans on her right palm, while scrying with her left free hand. "Piper, where are you babe?" she asks her self. The lights are all off with the moonlight dimly glowing through onto the map.
Out in the front yard, Paige is wearing her red with white spotted pyjamas. She also has her pink bunny slippers, and a black leather coat on to shield the coldness around her. She has a small black flashlight, playing along the floor in hopes of clues to Piper's ware bouts. Finding nothing still she sighs gently, as she hears breathing coming near her. More suspiciously now, she walks along the garden with the flashlight on many spots. She's cautious as she gets nearer to the breathing, when suddenly a green boiled hand grabs her by the mouth.
Dropping the flashlight, she tries to scream for help but it only comes out in mumbles. As she's pulled away to the side of the manor, Leo is in the attic tucking in Chris and Wyatt. They sleep on Piper and Leo's bed with them, until they have enough room for their own room. Wyatt is already asleep, as Chris looks up at Leo upset. "When mummy come back?" asks Chris sweetly. Leo looks helplessly at his son as thoughts fill his head, that he doesn't know or if she's even alive.
Not wanting to worry his son, he quickly smiles at him. "Soon son...Mummy will be back soon" he says smiling weakly. Chris gives his father a big smile back and a giggle, as Leo gently kisses him on the forehead. "Now you go to sleep like your brother" smiles Leo noticing Wyatt, drooling as he snores. "Ok daddy" says Chris, as Leo gets up and turns off their night light. Chris slowly falls to sleep as Leo gets up and walks towards the doors. As he walks out the door, he hears Phoebe screaming and a massive smashing noise coming from down stairs.
Worried and concerned, he opens back the door and grabs his sons. Orbing out to the heavens, the mangle demons have entered the manor kitchen and attacking Phoebe. Her cup of coffee has been knocked over, as one of the mangles destroy the scrying crystal with a stone. A large bulky mangle has his arms wrapped around Phoebe's chest forcefully. Phoebe has her hands firmly pressed against his arms trying to break free of them.
"Get of me!" yells Phoebe running forward, and then up the wall near the back door. Flipping over the mangle demon, she forcefully pushes him to the ground hitting his head hard. Able to break free she turns around, to face one female mangle and two male mangles. They face her in a fighting stance as Phoebe raises her eyebrows, "Oh please Wyatt can hold a better stance then that" she says. Quickly levitating into the air, she spins around, hitting all three square in the face and sending them flying across the table. While the female and male slide across the table and fall onto the floor, the other male flies out the window.
Suddenly Phoebe is sweep kicked by the demon she faced before. Hitting the ground hard, the demon flips up and turns towards Phoebe quickly grabbing her by the hair and pulling her to her feet. Going face to face at her with his grip still locked on, he lowers his face nearer to her, as Phoebe fills the hot musky breath of the mangle. "Bad idea little witchy" says the mangle. "Firstly," starts Phoebe angry, "Never mess with my hair!" she moans quickly sweeping away his hand from her hair. Distracted slightly, Phoebe spins around and forcefully kicks him in the stomach, as he hits the fridge hard, and then round house kicks him in the face.
Shouting in pain he falls flat on the floor as Phoebe raises her fists in front of her. "Secondly," she says running to the potion cabinet. Opening it she quickly looks for a potion with one marked 'Mangle' Previously Paige and Phoebe made a potion to kill the mangle demons slowly, grabbing it she spins around as a portal opens up in the back yard. "Oh no you don't!" yells Phoebe throwing the potion through the broken window, hitting a mangle demon in the back hard.
Screaming with pain he bursts into flames, as Phoebe looks at the mangle knocked out unconscious on the floor. Leo then orbs into the kitchen looking around, "I'm so sorry the elders needed convincing to looks after Chris and Wyatt, are you alright?" he asks looking at Phoebe out of breath. Right now the mangles have stepped through the portal and returned back to their planet, as Phoebe gestures her head towards the mangle on the floor. Leo turns around and smiles at Phoebe's work, "Nice job. Where's Paige?" he asks. Phoebe shrugs her shoulders, as Paige lays hurt and bloodied by the side of the house.
"Paige! Are you here? Honey are you ok?!" she shouts worried. Paige lies there hurt as she tries to speak, only coming out in short weak groans. "I can't see. There's no light" moans Phoebe, as Leo looks around suspiciously. "What?" she asks him confused, "Look quick alright" he says turning into orbs but staying there. The whole garden is dimly lighted enough to see the ground. "Wow Leo that's so cool" smiles Phoebe, as the orbs rock violently from side to side, as Leo warns Phoebe to hurry encase he's seen.
"Right!" she shouts quickly searching the grounds. She quickly stumbles across the flashlight, and picks it up turning it on. "It's alright Leo I found the flashlight" she says and Leo turns back to normal as Phoebe turns on the flashlight. Playing it around, she sees nothing, until a big light from the dark side of the house appears. "Paige!" she shouts running towards it to see flickering orbs. "We're here Paige!" she shouts running towards her sister who turns back to normal. Paige looks helplessly at her sister near death, "I'm here now don't worry" says Phoebe calmly, kneeling next to her sister. Leo approaches them and also kneels beside Paige placing his hands above her.
"It will just take a sec" he says, as bright lights come out from Leo's hands and into Paige. Breathing in with relief, Paige's cuts are quickly healed up as Phoebe wraps her arms around her. "Thank god you're alright" smiles Phoebe, "Alright we have to save Piper" says Leo standing up followed by Paige and Phoebe. "Why did they attack here?" asks Phoebe confused on her way up. "To stop us from looking for her...The mangle demon!" shouts Leo remembering the one in the kitchen. Leo grabs the girls and orbs out of the garden and into the kitchen where the mangle remains knocked out. "Nice work" smiles Paige, "Thanks" smiles Phoebe.
"So what we going to do with him?" asks Paige, "First plan is to take him to the attic and put some of those lovely crystals around him" starts Phoebe as Paige catches what she's saying. "Ah, and then torture him until he tells us where Piper is" smiles Paige. Phoebe flags her index finger in the air grinning from ear to ear, "Exactly" she says cheerfully like a kid. "Alright lets do that now, and get some sleep, although someone should stay guard" notes Paige. "Yea I will, I haven't been able to sleep anyway. Chris and Wyatt are protected by the elders so that's alright" says Leo.
"Alright then, that sounds good enough" smiles Paige grabbing onto the mangle and orbing up to the attic. Phoebe turns to Leo and gestures the windows as he nods his head and walks over to it, using his powers to rebuild the window. In the attic, Paige sits the unconscious mangle demon on a chair, and places four large blue crystals around him, as a prison appears trapping him inside.
March 22rd 2005. Day 2- Earlier that day
Piper's unconscious body is dragged along the cold hard surface, of the witch prison. The elevator door closes shut as the two mangle demons stand by her cell door. It starts to slide open as they throw her in, fully worn with her old gown. "When will she wake up?" asks one of the mangles, "Soon..." he replies walking away. The other one smiles and walks away to as the door slides shut, and Piper lies there unaware of what is going on...
To be continued.