Paige sat in her prison, she had long given up yelling or screaming. Now she just sat hour after hour, day after day, accepting her fate.
In this room she was truly trapped, she was denied everything, even the power to take her own life. Normally she would never consider suicide, but being in this room, knowing she would always be their, suicide was a pleasure she longed for.
Paige kept wondering when she would go crazy, both dreading and welcoming the thought. If she went crazy, she would no longer be alone. She would be able to talk to people in her mind, thinking it was real. But on the other hand, going crazy would mean that the Elders had won, they would have seceded in getting rid of her both physically and mentally.
Some part of her even wondered if the Elders were right, maybe she deserved this fate, she didn't know how or why, but as time wore on the thought seemed more appealing to her. If she deserved to be here, it didn't seem so bad, the Elders were good people, surely they put her here because she deserved it.
So she convinced herself that this was right, it was just, the thought took away some of the pain and made it bearable. In fact, after a while, all the pain went away, the world was better without her she told herself. This is the best for everyone. With that thought playing over and over in her mind she fell asleep.
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Paige was happy to think that she deserved to be locked up, so when she woke up and found herself back in the Halliwell's house she looked around confused. She knew she wasn't crazy yet, she could feel her powers were back.
Prue, Piper, and Phoebe were leaning over her. "Are you ok? They didn't hurt you right?" they asked her.
"Why am I here? I should be locked up in my room! I don't deserve to be here!" Paige started yelling frantically, "I belong locked up, the Elders wouldn't have done it if it wasn't right! Take me back!"
Leo walked up behind her and held his hand over her head. A second latter Paige fell back onto the sofa, fast asleep.
"What's wrong with her?" Prue asked him. All three of them were a little shaken up by the fact that Paige seemed to think she deserved to be locked away.
"I've heard of this before," Leo said looking worried. "Sometimes when people are in a lot of pain mentally, they convince themselves that they deserve it. Believing that it's just even if it isn't. It makes the pain go away."
"So what do we do?" Phoebe asked. The sisters looked expectantly at Leo.
"I can't tell you that. The first demon on the list the Elders gave us is Paige's inner demon. You have to find a way to save her yourselves."
"Leo, what list?" Piper asked.
"Oh, I thought I gave it to you, sorry." 1. Paige's inner demon 2. The Tempest 3. The Demon of Fear 4. The Source
"Ok great, the demon of Fear is on the list. Haven't we vanquished him like three times?" Prue asked.
"Well, hopefully the fourth time with all four of us will work." Phoebe put in.
"Um guys, I think we should concentrate on Paige first. Any ideas?"
Silence filled the room, or at least until Phoebe's hand brushed Paige and she had a premonition.