Chapter 7

The sisters looked at the demon as if he had three heads. How dare he come to there house, infect their sister with poison, demand that they kill an entire faction for him and tries to top it off by adding to Paige's pain. Prue, Phoebe and Piper were no mood to deal with the arrogant demon, but only Piper had the energy to speak.

"What the fuck do you want now?" Here sisters didn't even flinch at their sister's choice of words.

"Testy, testy. I just want to show you who your friend truly was. Nothing more, nothing less." Zalil responded.

Prue then found her voice. Looking to Phoebe she asked "Is he telling the truth? Can you sense anything from him?"

She focused on the demon for a minute before responding to her sister "He's telling the truth, for now anyway. So show us what you've got."

Zalil then turned to Paige "Did you ever wonder why Mike was always there when something tragic and almost fatal happened in your life?"

Paige looked at the demon with a confused expression on her face. "No, he was my best friend and my boyfriend; he was always supposed to be there."

With a smile on his face the demon replied "That's what he always wanted you to think." Zalil then waved his hand and an image of a young Paige, about 8 years old appeared riding her bike. Prue, Piper and Phoebe could feel that this was not going to be good so they took seats beside their sister on the couch.

As the girl continued on her bike, her "friend" was right along side her on his. It was on a bright sunny day and the two seemed to be at a beautiful park with lots of trees, grass and at the center of if all was a large and expensive looking playground with all the equipment a child could ever want. Then out of nowhere Paige lost control of her bike and flew head on into a brick wall. Piper and Phoebe gasped and covered their mouths in shock. But somehow the scene didn't affect Prue; Piper figured that since Prue was following the girl she was aware of the incident. The demon then looked at the four women and said "Now let's see what really happened" Immediately the scene replayed it's self, this time showing a close up of Mike instead of Paige as the incident occurred. Once they saw Mike's face, it all made sense. The boy's eyes were bright red and as Paige approached the turn he brought the bike to a screeching halt which sent the girl flying over the handle bars.

Before anyone had the chance to speak, yet another image was revealed. There was now a 12 year old Paige dancing on the roof of her house with the now deceased demon/whitelighter. The music was so loud you could probably hear from miles away. The darkness of that night made it hard for the girls to make everything out. But from what they could see Paige was now making her way to the pavement below. This particular incident frighten Prue, how could she have missed that one? She thought to herself. Paige sat there in an almost trance like state. Everything she thought she knew about her supposed best friend was a lie. Sensing her sister's pain Piper put her arms around the girl's shoulder while Phoebe held her hand.

The demon's voice could be heard again saying "Now let's shed a little light on this moment, shall we?" The image then replayed with more light so the sisters could make out exactly what happened. They were dancing rather close to the edge when Mike used his telekinesis to throw the unsuspecting Paige off the roof. The young woman couldn't believe her eyes as she watched in horror as the man she loved and trusted more than anyone else in the world betray her for the second time. She just hoped that it wouldn't get any worse.

No sooner than the girl finish her thought, another image appeared. This time a 14 year old Paige was sitting with Mike drinking soda and watching a movie. They were laughing at the rather cheesy lines in the movie when Paige dropped her cup on the floor and started gasping for breath. While her so called best friend sat there doing nothing with a smile on his face. Paige had no way of knowing that day but she knew the truth now, or at least part of it. Luckily her mother was home and immediately rushed Paige to the hospital where they found out that the girl had been poisoned. Tears started to flow down the girls face; she was too exhausted to cry as hard as she had earlier. This made her sisters hold on to her even tighter.

Without saying a word this time Zalil just played another image. It was the same day, they could tell by what they had on. The two were in the kitchen. Paige was getting some potatoes chips while Mike was pouring the soda. Once he was finished he turned around slightly noticing that Paige had her back to him pouring the chips into a large bowl. He took this time to conjure a bottle with red fluid in it and poured it into one of the cups. It was then that muffled sounds escaped Paige's mouth. The pain in her heart was too much for her to bare. She sat there hoping that this evil being didn't have anything else to show her. She was wrong.

A now 17 year old Paige was out with her friends at a house party a block away from her home. They were all dancing the night away Mike, Paige, Nancy and a few other friends were always the life of the party. The party only got better as the night went on, but the sounds of fire trucks disrupted the girl's fun. Fires happened all the time, but something about this was different, she could feel that something was terribly wrong. Then her thoughts went to her parents, without warning Paige bolted towards the door. Her friends yelled to her before following the girl down the street. Once she turned the corner her suspicions were conferment.

"NOOOO" Paige screamed as she tried to make her way into the burring house, only to be stopped by a firefighter.

"I'm sorry honey but you can't go in there."

Paige fought hard to get past the man "Let me go, I have to get to my parents. MOM, DAD!" the girl screamed before falling to her knees and sobbing.

The demon then looked at the woman who were all in tears by now, while Leo and Jason, watched in the corner unable to move or speak. Once more without saying a word the demon showed the girls what really happened.

During the party Mike had excused himself and asked where the bathroom was. Once inside the man orbed out and reformed in Paige's house, right in front of her Parents.

"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Matthews he spoke." The couple didn't seem too surprised by the way the boy arrived.

Smiling at the boy the woman spoke "We didn't know you were magical like Paige was. You know she's going to need you once she finds out who she really is. It's nice to know that she'll have a friend whom she can confide in." the woman finished as she tried to grab the boys hand. But at the last second he pulled back.

"You know that's the problem with mortals, you're just too got damn trusting." Mr. Matthews didn't like the sound of that one bit, which made him stand up in front of his confused wife.

"What the hell are you talking about?" the man questioned.

"I'm talking about this" the boy finished as he threw a fire ball at the man killing him instantly. Mrs. Matthews was in too much shock to react to the fireball coming her way.

The man then proceeded to throw fire balls all around the house to make it seem as if it was a fire that killed the husband and wife. Once he was satisfied with his work he orbed back to the party as if nothing happened. Paige couldn't believe what she was seeing. The tears now came fast and hard followed by jerks and twitching. The girl was crying so hard that her sisters was afraid that she would pass out due to lack of oxygen.

Then out of nowhere the girl looked at the demon and yelled "You're lying! He would never do that to me, never. He knew how much I loved my parents; he would never do that to me. It's not possible, it's not."

How she hoped that this was all some horrible nightmare and that any moment Prue was going to come into her room and wake her and Mike up for breakfast, but this was not the case and she would have to deal with the harsh reality.

Looking at the women the demon smiled to himself before saying "My work here is done. I'm sure that you girls now have the incentive that you need. Now go make papa proud." Zalil then left the women to deal with the pain he had just inflected upon their youngest sister.

After the demon left Paige became numb. Her world was falling apart and there was nothing she could do about it. As she laid in her sister's arms she could only hear mumbles coming from the three women. She then surrendered to the darkness as more poison made its way through her body.