Zythe: Your comment made me laugh out loud. Great joke but so true! Jade-eye Halliwell and Charmedfan: Thanks so much for taking time to review! mandabella: I didn't really care for the Blue Moon eppy either. I thought the scene with Phoebe giving Leslie all those excuses screamed Prue and Andy from season 1 among other things. CCMcKenna, Forever is long time but I since I am obviously one of those fans who never got over losing Prue you can at the very least expect one more story after this one.... Princess Pinky, Yes, all of Prue and Andy's children will have a combination of Prue powers, plus one will have the ability to conjure defensive weapons, like Andy. It's a genetic thing for me but just an FYI, I see the new babies power as being a cross between Prue and Pipers. Prue: Astral Projection. Piper: The power to manipulate time.
PS to everyone, I am accepting name submissions that begin with both "A" and "M".
Charmed in the Afterlife: Within Death's Reach
"Amanda?" Piper rushed in to see Amanda whimpering over Prue's body. "Prue" she whispered sickly. The dark lighter appeared behind her, preparing to take full advantage of the situation.
"Finish, them and blame it on a demon. Rid your life of Prue forever"
"I can't" Piper said distantly replying to the voice.
"You can and you will"
"No I won't hurt my sister or her child damn it!" Piper clenched her fists, fighting the power of the voice ringing her head without another thought Piper slid to her knees. Gently she pulled a now screaming Amanda away from Prue, "It's okay, baby. Mommy's going to be okay," It was then Piper noticed that Prue was bleeding from her left temple.
"Leo! Get your ass down here now!"
Glowering, the darklighter orbed away vowing to return. "I'll destroy you sooner or later, witch!"
Once again, Prue felt her astral side, split from her physical body, hurling her through space and time. This time, Prue projected several minutes into the future, where she saw herself dressed in a long white flowing robe. The angel of death was standing beside her directing Prue to enter a large glowing vortex.
"Mom?" Tears filled the eyes of astral Prue as she watched a vision of Patty appear in the center of vortex.
"Prue, come to me. It's time to come home. This is your destiny."
The Prue in the robe, took a step forward, causing the astral Prue to panic.
"NO!"
Patty disappeared and the astral Prue felt herself gravitating to her future self. The two bodies meshed, and Prue turned looking at the Angel of Death. "Sorry, but I'm not ready yet"
The angel looked down at his list of names, noting that Prue's had disappeared, "well I guess you get lucky today".
Prue woke up in the attic, to find Piper and Leo hovering over her. A bright light from Leo's hand was still radiating into her head, "are you okay, we thought we almost lost there for a moment".
"You did," Prue said, letting Amanda jump into her arms. It was then that she noticed that the crystal cage had been broken. "Where's Andy?"
"I don't know, we were hoping you could tell us," Leo returned motioning to the scorch marks that the Wendigo had left behind on the rug.
"Oh no," Prue muttered sickly. "We need to find Phoebe"
"I'll go get her," Leo offered, orbing without a thought.
When Leo was gone, Piper extended her hand, "Here Sis, let me give you a hand".
Prue looked up from her position on the floor and hesitantly raised her arm. "Are you sure, I can trust you not to push me down the stairs, or ram an athame through me"
"Not tonight" Piper grinned, pulling her sister up. "At least not until we kill that Wendigo"
"We'll I'm sure Andy will appreciate that," Prue quipped watching Piper scoop up Amanda.
"I'm so glad you're both okay" Piper swept, a kiss across Amanda's forehead, as the child instinctively still gun shy reached for her Mother. The scars of Piper's betrayal to the young girl would soon not be forgotten.
"Piper you okay?"
Tears brimmed across Piper's lashes, prompting her to blink them away, "yeah, I just don't know what I would ever do if I lost either of you"
"You won't," Prue promised leaning into a hug.
SF Police Dept.
Phoebe extended her hand to Paige only to have Darryl latch onto her arm. "Excuse us for one second". Roughly he dragged Phoebe into an empty interrogation room. "What in hell are you doing? Isn't there some law against you exposing magic?"
"Jeez Darryl relax a little I know what I'm doing. Paige is an innocent; I'm supposed to save. That's why she was led to Andy in the park." Phoebe returned confidently.
Darryl placed his hands on his hips, "Well in case you haven't forgotten, I'm still known as the Inspector Ghost Buster. I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't go around announcing that my dead ex-partner is your brother in-law. It's bad enough that Paige saw his picture"
"Well he is," Phoebe tossed out looking back over her shoulder. "Hey where did Paige go?" The spot where Paige had been standing was now empty.
"I don't know" Darryl followed Phoebe from the room.
"Paige?"
Darryl looked down to see a familiar glowing demonic residue on the floor.
"Uh Phoebe?"
Underworld
A moan of pain echoed around Andy as his body slammed into a stonewall jolting his already broken collar. Fresh blood poured freely from the wound, saturating the gray style Henley beneath his black leather jacket. His nostrils flared as the Wendigo latched onto to his lapels, keeping his body propped upright.
"Go on rip it out, I know you want too". Andy could tell by the look in the creature's eyes that the beast wanted his heart.
Attracted to the sent of fresh blood, the Wendigo dipped it's head, inhaling the intoxicating smell. She was just about to raise his talons when the Source appeared accompanied by his own personal see'r and demonic advisor.
"Release him," The Source ordered waving his hand. The Wendigo did as it was told and flamed out while a set of shackles and chains formed around Andy's wrists, pinning him to the wall.
"It appears our guest would much rather die, than to live up to his fate." the see'r jeered sashaying herself up to the injured Tracer. Sizing up Andy, she was quick to notice a slight yellowish tint to his eyes. A feverish sweat covered his forehead signaling the slow acceleration of the poison. Forcibly she ripped open was left of his shirt and examined the welts on his chest.
"A white lighter healing," she hissed. Leo's healing hadn't cured the poison of the Wendigo, but instead had delayed its reaction.
"His transformation has yet to fully begin," she informed the Source. "After tonight the opportunity to capture additional powers will be lost unless we can preserve the position of the moon"
"Just a witch?" the See'r grinned as two demonic bounty hunters appeared with Paige struggling between them, "Or a Charmed Witch?"