"Where are we?" Paige looked about a snow-covered playground, as Amanda held tight to her leg. Swings on Paige's left and a slide on her right were accompanied by snow-capped trees blanketed by a gray sky. By all accounts they appeared to be in some sort of park.
"Help us, help us please!" small voices shouted from amongst the bushes and trees. "You have to save us from the Nothing".
"The Nothing?" Paige glanced upward to see a huge black swirling cloud forming above her head. "Uh Oh!" Although Paige had read about the ice cream man, in the book of shadows she had yet to comprehend, that she and Amanda were trapped in the wasteland of the Nothing.
"Hurry Run!" one of the voices shouted to her. Not wasting a second, Paige swooped Amanda into her arms and made for cover in a grove of thick trees crouching down as low as she could get. "Just stay quiet sweetie" she told Amanda. Amanda buried her face into her aunt's shoulder as Paige watched the Nothing suck up a disoriented little boy about the age of eight. Paige's eyes shut tightly against the boy's scream as the Nothing consumed him whole, sucking his body into the black swirling cloud.
"I hope he was demonic," Paige whispered remembering that the Nothing would suck up anything, whether it be good or evil. It didn't discriminate. She also reminded herself that her powers were useless.
Frightened, Amanda whimpered softly into Paige's shoulder. "It's okay, it's okay" Paige soothed, holding her close, "Piper and Phoebe are going to find a way to get us out".
Back out on the street, Leo hovered over Caleb's body desperately trying to heal it. "He's gone" he said after several prolonged minutes.
Leo pulled to his feet, speaking softly as he adverted his eyes to Shaylee. "She um-"
"But He Took Paige!" Shaylee blurted, before Leo could finish his sentence. Reacting out of anger, Shaylee grabbed Leo's wrist and concentrated on his power.
"Shaylee? What are you doing?" Piper shrieked watching the man she loved twist in pain.
"Never mind what's she doing," Phoebe retorted, "Freeze her"
Piper flicked her wrist, but nothing happened. "I can't..." Helpless, Piper and Phoebe watched Leo wither to the ground
"That's because I have the essence of a good witch" Shaylee replied with her eyes turning black.
"Let him go!" Piper demanded, fearing the young demoness would suck the life out of Leo.
When she felt she'd nearly drained the white lighter of all of his power, Shaylee released him, content in the fact that he was unconscious on the ground. "Now open the back of the truck"
"We need a mortal," Piper hissed falling to Leo's side. "Leo! Leo!" Her head whipped back around, with her dark eyes flashing with fury. "You took his power now heal him damn it!"
"Not until we Paige back"
Piper gritted her teeth as she cradled Leo's head in her lap. "We can't get Paige back without a mortal to open the back of the truck!"
Phoebe knelt at her sister's side, speaking softly, "first we have to do something about Caleb's body and get Leo into the house"
"Say a spell or something!" Piper spat, "then we'll vanquish this teenage demon back to whatever dimension she came from!"
"Well if you did that, you'd never get your baby's power back" Shaylee smiled sardonically watching Piper's expression. "You think sensing is only thing she can do?"
"What did you do to my child?" Piper roared, lunging from her seated position.
"Vanquish, me and you'll never know"
Phoebe's hand landed on Piper's shoulder, prompting her to hold her tongue. "Let's take care of one thing at a time". Phoebe then looked at Caleb's body and began to say the words of a spell. "Let the object of objection be but a dream as I cause this sight to be unseen". Caleb's body disappeared as the two witches and Shaylee suddenly found themselves back in the house.
Leo's body was laying lifelessly on the couch.
"Leo, Leo, I need you," Piper pleaded taking a seat on the coffee table so that she could run a hand through his sandy colored hair.
Phoebe sat beside Piper, whispering softly "I'll see if I can't find Darryl. Maybe he can open the back of the truck. In the meantime try calling for Natalie and if that doesn't work we'll have to summon Prue"
"Just hurry, Phoebe! Hurry!" Piper replied speaking to Phoebe's back as she made her way to the kitchen followed by Shaylee.
"Don't think you can defeat us," Phoebe glared reaching for the phone, "We'll find a way to heal Leo and get our niece's power back"
Shaylee waited until Phoebe's back was turned before using Melinda's power to form a molecular energy ball. "I don't think so" she sneered hurling the blast of energy into the back of Phoebe's head.
"Well that worked out nicely" Shaylee sneered as Phoebe's body fell to the hardwood floor. Kneeling at Phoebe's side, Shaylee touched her shoulder, "now let's see what kind of power a gift from a Charmed witch will bring me".
Piper looked upward, calling to the heavens. "Natalie! Natalie we need you!" She waited a moment hoping for a response. "Paige is in trouble!" She added, darting her eyes back and forth. "Great there is probably some rule about her only answering when Paige calls".
Piper listened for a couple of seconds, unaware that Shaylee had appeared behind and was holding a molecular ball of energy "Phoebe?"
"No," The energy ball whizzed over Piper's head, splitting hairs.
"Crap!" Piper dove out of the way of second blast of energy, taking cover behind the corner of the couch. "Help, Help…I need help, damn it"
Clamping her eyes shut, Piper began to chant the words to the summoning spell. "Magic forces black and white, reaching out through space and light be she far or be she near, bring my sister, Prue here!"
Calistoga
Back in her room, Prue laid across the bed, wrapped in nothing but a white sheet. "Andy?"
"Hmm?" Andy sat next to her, letting his hands fall to her shoulders.
"What's it like to die?" she asked softly.
Andy bit down on his lip thinking for a moment. He didn't exactly know how to describe it.
"It's different for everyone. For me it was getting to meet you on the swing and then coming into my destiny".
Prue rolled onto her to side propping her cheek into her palm, "what do think that Mom meant when said Ally has a great destiny?"
Andy slid down next to her so that they were face to face, "I think it means that we'll see
Ally again even though she isn't with us"
Prue offered him a small smile, prompting him to kiss her lips, "I'm sorry I was so awful to you when I was fury. I was never really mad at you Andy"
"I know, but if its any consolation. You were much better looking as a fury than I was as wendigo"
A wicked grin crossed Prue's lips, "well maybe, but I have to admit you were kind of cuddly or at least Amanda thought so"
"Amanda thinks everything that's covered with hair is cuddly," Andy replied, sweeping a fallen hair away from Prue's face.
"I love you," Prue whispered into his awaiting kiss. "Oh…No!" Prue quickly pulled away, feeling herself being called by the summoning spell. Bright lights swirled around her, whisking her away to the manor-sheet and all.
"Prue?" Andy sat up, bewildered.
Manor
"Hey!" A moment later, Prue stood in middle of the living room wrapped in nothing but her sheet.
"Welcome Home Prue", Shaylee quipped readying herself to strike.
Prue's eyes widened at the sight of huge energy ball forming in Shaylee's hand. "Oh…Oh…"
"Get Down!" From where she was positioned on the floor, Piper tugged on the hem of the sheet, pulling Prue to her level. " Nice sheet. Did I interrupt something?" Piper asked, as the energy ball struck the end table behind them.
Prue just glared holding the sheet to her chest, "Okay what the hell is going on?"
"Well for starters, Paige's demonic charge killed the ice cream man and then tried to suck the life out of Leo." Another energy ball sailed over their heads, "And now it appears she's after us"
"Ice Cream Man?" Prue peeked over the arm of the couch and squinted at a vase sitting on the bookshelf and hurled it towards Shaylee. Shaylee merely raised her arm, reflecting back at Prue.
Prue and Piper huddled behind the couch, "Piper?"
"Okay, Okay, Paige and Amanda were sucked up by the ice cream truck," Piper said quickly as Prue again tried to take Shaylee out this time with a lamp. Shaylee held up her hands, this time creating a force field effect, which she'd partially drained from Paige.
"What?" Prue's face paled.
"You can blame that on the demonic teenager too"
"We need Andy" Prue breathed, "just stay safe until I get back," Prue then dipped her head, letting her body go limp as it gave in to the red astral flash. The astral protection reappeared back at the SPA where a nervous Andy was pacing in their room.
"Prue?"
"Get dressed Teenage Demon attack at manor," Prue said hurriedly, "I need you to Orb into the dining room with your crossbow and the net ready."
The astral flash disappeared fading back into Prue's body at the manor, where Shaylee was standing over an unconscious Piper, draining her of her power. "Piper!"
"You're next!" Shaylee hissed with her eyes flashing white.