Charmed in the Afterlife: Nothing Left
"I don't think so." Prue squinted at young demoness and nothing happened.
"Didn't Piper tell you? Your powers don't work on me directly"
"But mine do," Andy retorted appearing in a swirl of angry mixed orbs. His crossbow fired, in time with Shaylee's carefully aimed molecular energy blast, canceling each other out. Shaylee was about to form another blast when Andy's security net dropped from the sky, entangling her in it's glowing bonds.
"You okay?" He asked Prue giving her an arm up. Prue looked at him relieved, then back to her sister, "Yeah, I am but Piper's not". Prue fell to Piper's side, shaking her almost violently "Piper, Piper"
"Phoebe's out cold" Andy informed her, coming back in from the kitchen. Prue adverted her eyes to Leo who was still out on the couch.
"What did you do to them?" she demanded, focusing her anger on Shaylee.
Down on all fours, Shaylee struggled briefly against the magic proof net. "Let me out or you'll never know"
"I'll take my chances" Prue growled, looking to Andy.
"It's looks like she drained them of their life essence to get their powers. They're all comatose"
Prue raked a hand through her hair holding the sheet with her other hand, "can you still call Natalie?"
"I can try but it would probably work better if Paige were here" Andy shrugged picking up on Prue's thoughts that Natalie still had a soft spot for him.
"Paige isn't here," Prue said dryly letting her gaze drift to the ice cream truck that was park outside the front window. "She and Amanda are trapped in the dimension of the Nothing"
"What?" Andy pushed passed her making his way to the window. "Prue we have to get them out of there!"
"We will," Prue replied calmly touching his shoulder, "just try calling for Natalie while I run upstairs and get dressed." Prue then flicked her gaze to Shaylee who was still tangled in the net. "I'll deal with you later" Five minutes later, Prue came down the stairs dressed in a pair of black jeans, and a black net shell covered by her leather jacket.
"Any luck, reaching Natalie?"
"She won't answer" Andy replied.
"It doesn't matter. Her magic can't heal them," Shaylee hissed from where she trapped in the net.
"We'll see about that" Prue waved her hand, removing the net from it's captive.
"Prue!" Andy laminated in shock
"I know what I'm doing," Prue roughly pulled Shaylee to her feet. "Did you get a hold of Darryl?"
"He's meeting us outside" Andy answered seeing Darryl's police issue Ford pulled up in the driveway. Together they walked out the front doors of the manor, prodding Shaylee.
Darryl hand's were shoved into the pockets of his overcoat, "let me guess this isn't a social call"
"We need you to open something for us" Andy replied, letting Prue lead them to the truck.
"Just see yourself opening the door," Prue said.
Darryl looked from Prue and back to Andy. "I don't want to know what this all about do I?" Placing his hands on the lever, Darryl gave the silver piece of metal a mighty tug, forcing the back door of the truck open.
"Thanks partner" Andy slapped Darryl's shoulder as white mist began to bellow out. "No...No...I don't want to go" Shaylee shivered in fear.
"Tough" Prue gave Shaylee a shove forward, pushing her inside the truck. A hallow scream was then heard as the demon fell face first down the slide.
"Leave the door open," Prue instructed Darryl as Andy gave her a hand up into the back of the truck.
"I'll be right behind you." Together Prue and Andy slid down the slide into blizzard like snow.
Prue took a hold of Andy's hand. "Paige!"
"Amanda!" After moving several feet, Andy looked about. They had seemed to move out of the area but nothing had changed. "It all looks the same"
"It's nothing but an endless duplication of itself," Prue replied shielding her eyes from the flying snow. "And by the way, our powers don't work here"
"Makes sense"
Shaylee stayed one step ahead of them holding her arms tight against her chest. "The Nothing is coming".
Andy looked upward to see an ominous black cloud swirling above their heads, "Uh Prue?"
"RUN!" Hand in hand, the couple dove for cover into a set of shrubs while Shaylee stood frozen in fear, staring upward.
"No!" Fighting Andy's grip, Prue wriggled free of his arms and sprinted back out into the openness.
"Prue Don't!"
"I want her alive!" Prue had just latched onto Shaylee arm when she felt the pull of the nothing's vacuum like force. "C'mon!" she shouted pulling against the resistance of tornado like wind. A familiar sensation swept over her as she felt her body being forced upward into the void.
"Andy!" Prue's voice screamed/
"PRUE!" Andy could only watch through horror filled eyes as Prue and Shaylee were completely sucked into the belly of the Nothing disappearing from his sight. "Prue" he whispered sickly.
"Andy?" Paige stood directly behind him, her eyes reflecting disbelief.
Andy took Amanda from her arms, and kissed her forehead as he tried to speak.
"That…that thing, it just took Prue"
"What? No!" Paige's expression immediately went from disbelief to straight out defiance. "Bring back my sister!" she shouted running out into the spot where Prue had standing. "I want my sister back!"
"Paige, Paige!" Andy followed, keeping Amanda close to his chest, "Paige this isn't the way. We can't defeat this thing here." The Nothing was too strong.
Paige looked at him sorrowful, "We need the Book of Shadows and the power of three," she reasoned, letting Andy lead her back to the slide.
Back at the manor, Paige was met with more horror as eyes fell upon her other two fallen sisters and Leo. "Wh-what happened?"
"Shaylee" Andy said in a word.
"No she didn't…she couldn't, " Paige's voice began to crack as she tried to speak. "Th-that's not possible. She-She was a-"
"Demon," Andy finished.
"We-well did-did you try calling for Natalie?"
"She only answers to you"
Looking heavenward, two large tears fell from Paige's eyes, as she called for the white lighter. "Natalie!"
The white lighter appeared instantly with an equal mournful expression. "I'm sorry Paige there is nothing I can do nor the Elders can do" From up above, the Elders along with Natalie had been watching the scene play out, unable to intervene.
"Wh-what?" More tears fell from Paige's face. "Yes-yes there is!"
Amanda covered her ears as Andy began to shout. "Prue has been vanquished by the Nothing and her sisters, along with Leo are as good as dead and you are telling me, there is nothing you can do?"
"I'm sorry" Natalie said softly. "Shaylee's magic was a combination of good and evil, a combination so powerful in which white lighter magic cannot reverse."
"What-what are we going to do?" Paige stammered watching Natalie disappear back into her blue and white orbs.
"You're going to find a way to save your sisters"