Chapter Seven-

Alyssa leaped off the stairs and ran at the demon standing over Piper. As he dropped an energy ball on her, Alyssa dove at Piper and tried to push her out of the way. She wasn't fast enough. The energy ball hit Piper in the shoulder, and she cried out in pain.

Piper and Alyssa went sliding down the hall, trying not to hit anything. As Alyssa continued to slide to the door, Piper suddenly was heaved back in the direction of the demon. His eyes were unblinking and squinted. He was using his telekinesis powers on her. She came to a sudden lurching halt huddled at his feet.

Piper gave up her balled up position and fell flat on the ground. She tried to get up, but she found she had not the strength. Her head fell back with a thud on the ground, her eyes closed.

Alyssa got up quickly and yelled for Leo, hoping that he could hear her. He did. As she neared Piper Leo appeared and orbed them both to safety.

"Damn. Now what?" Kalil asked Kadir.

"We move to plan B."

"We have a plan B?"

"I do." The demons disappeared from the Halliwell manor in a manner of seconds.

As Leo orbed he healed Piper's shoulder. She fell back onto the bed, and then sat up. She looked at Leo, and then glared at Alyssa.

"What the HELL were you thinking!? You could have been killed. WE could have been killed. How did you get Phoebe's powers? You are a demon, aren't you?"

"No Piper! I swear. I jumped up to avoid the energy ball and I just stayed in the air."

"How did you know it was called an energy ball?"

"Because that's what it's called on the show! You believed me this morning."

"That was before you got Phoebe's powers." Alyssa through up her hands and put them on her hips."

"Wait. Can we slow down a little." Leo said, getting very confused.

"No honey, I'm sorry."

"Wyatt is sleeping." Paige walked into the room.

"Thank you Paige. Leo, heal Rose."

"Wait, what about our powers?"

"We'll figure that out in a minute. First we need to have a family..." she paused and looked at Alyssa. "...guest talk. You have Phoebe's powers. Rose orbed into my room, so she has Paige's powers, and I think it's time we woke up Holly."

"I'll get her." Alyssa walked out of the room quietly, her head bowed.

"Don't you think you were a little hard on her?" Leo asked, eyebrow rising.

"No. Go get some cold water to wake up Rose here." Leo didn't move.

"I'm not going to. We need to talk."

"Leo, we can talk later. Get the water...NOW!" Leo jumped as Piper yelled at him. He got up slowly and walked to the bathroom.

"What should I do?" Paige asked.

"Nothing. Just talk to me for a second. We have to wait for everyone to get in here."

Piper closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead. Paige could see that she was stressed, but she didn't know what to say.

"Don't worry, Piper. Everything is going to be fine. We'll work it out, we always do."

"I know honey, I know." She said, but her face told a different story. Here eyebrows were still creased and her mouth barely indicated a frown. She seemed deep in thought.

"Paige. We need to quiz them, see what they really know."

"I thought you said"

"Forget what I said. I didn't think they were evil, now I'm not so sure."

"Okay. We can do it in the morning. We'll have to ask Phoebe"

"Oh!" Piper hit her head with her open palm. "I forgot about her. With Alyssa and everything†can you go get her please?"

"Sure. Just relax. We'll get to the bottom of this." Piper nodded and Paige exited, passing Alyssa and a very sleepy Holly came into Piper's room.

"What's going on?"

"We have a problem. We need to talk."

"Okay." Alyssa and Holly sat down together on one of Piper's chairs. It calmed Piper slightly to see them together, and to see how much they really did care about each other. Were demons capable of love, and feeling?

Leo came in with a small cup of cold water, and Piper gently applied it to Rose's face, trying to wake her up. As she did this Leo and the girls watched her. She was so graceful and caring. It was a wonder Holly could play her character at all. As Rose came to, Paige walked in with Phoebe. They sat down on the bed next to Piper, and Rose got up to stand next to her friends.

"Okay, we have a problem." Piper started.

"So I've heard." Phoebe and Holly said.

"What happened?" Rose asked, confused. What was going on?"

"It's complicated. We'll explain it later. First we need to figure out why and how you have our powers."

"What?" Holly said.

Piper turned around quick as lightning and threw a vase at Holly. Holly instinctively put her hands up, and the vase froze in mid air.

"Whoa! That felt so cool. It's way different than special effects."

"I know that's what I said!" Alyssa said turning to Holly laughing.

"Wow! We're like... sisters!" They laughed and then turned back to the REAL sisters. They were staring solemnly at their guests, Phoebe more than Paige and Piper.

"This can't be good."