"What do you mean by my sister being right?"
"Oh, you haven't heard? She's on our side now." The Priestess conjured up an energy ball and threw it towards Paige.
Paige called for it and re-directed it towards the Hood's masks, destroying them.
Using his quick instincts, John fired his gun, hitting the Priestess in the right shoulder, just as the she began to create another energy ball.
The Priestess screamed in pain and anger and quickly disappeared from the room.
"Phoebe, you can't do this!" Piper shouted.
"Oh I can, Piper. You see, sis, I don't have to do anything you say anymore," Phoebe said with much venom.
The Hood took a gun out of his pocket and handed it to Phoebe. "You know what you must do."
Phoebe accepted the gun and aimed it hesitantly at her sister.
John stood up and then helped Paige up. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah I'm fine. Good shooting," Paige answered.
Gordon finally stood up. "Should we follow her?"
"Definitely. Hold on." Paige held onto Gordon and John and used her power to transport out of the room.
"Phoebe, don't do this. Don't destroy the Power of the three or International Rescue," Piper pleaded. "If there are no Charmed ones and no International Rescue, who will save the innocents?"
The gun wavered a bit, but Phoebe walked closer.
Piper continued. "If you kill me, you will be re-writing all of our futures."
Phoebe fired one bullet. Piper froze it in mid flight.
Piper continued to get through to Phoebe. "Please, Phoebe, think of Wyatt."
"Wyatt?" Phoebe asked.
"Yes Wyatt. Do you really want your only nephew to grow up without a mother or his aunts?"
"Wyatt?" Phoebe lowered her arm.
A wind blew into the room and stopped next to the Hood. "Good. I've arrived just in time to witness the downfall of the Charmed ones and International Rescue," the Priestess said after she materialized.
The Hood began to get angry when he noticed that Phoebe wasn't carrying out the task he asked her to do. "Shoot them!" he shouted.
Piper froze the Hood and the Priestess to shut them up.
Phoebe held her head, as if in pain. When she lifted her head again, tears began to roll down her cheeks. "Piper?" Phoebe looked down at the gun in her hand and threw it away in disgust. She quickly knocked down the bullet Piper froze earlier and immediately ran to the arms of her older sister. "I'm so sorry, Piper."
"It's ok," Piper comforted her sister. "You were under his influence. You couldn't control yourself. But you fought it and broke free."
On the other side of the room, Paige John and Gordon appeared.
"What did we miss?" Gordon asked.
Time ran out on Piper's freezing power. The Hood quietly and swiftly took out another gun and aimed it at Phoebe. "You have failed me, witch."
As the Hood fired his gun the Priestess created and let go one of her energy balls.
Scott quickly spun Phoebe around to shield her as Piper froze the energy ball. Paige re-directed the energy ball away from the others without looking at what direction she sent it in.
Everyone looked up to witness the Hood scream in agony with his eyes glowing before he disintegrated leaving a scorch mark on the wall.
Piper froze the Priestess before she could attack them anymore.
"Paige, get over here now, quickly!" Phoebe shouted.
Paige, John and Gordon ran over to see Scott lying on the ground with Phoebe and Virgil kneeling next to him.
"Hurry, he's been shot, you have to heal him," Phoebe cried.
Gordon stopped in his tracks and looked at his older brother lying on the ground. Scott couldn't be shot, he's like Superman. Nothing could hurt him. Gordon couldn't bear it if he lost his brother.
John immediately ran to Scott's side and held his hand. "You're going to be alright. Stay with us Scott. You have to."
Virgil looked from Scott to his little brothers and back to Scott again. "Come on, buddy, It's not your time yet. I'm not ready to take over as the eldest."
Scott smiled slightly. "Don't worry. You won't get rid of me that easily."
Piper listened to the words of the brothers. She wished that she had the chance to say some things to Prue before she died.
Paige knelt down beside Scott and turned him on his side. She called for the bullet lodged in his body. Once she had received the bloodied bullet, she threw it onto the ground. Paige then hesitated before putting her hand over Scott's wound.
"What's the problem, Paige?" Phoebe sniffed.
"I don't know if I can do it. I mean, I've never healed anyone without Leo's guidance or help," Paige answered.
"Paige, our powers have all accelerated. You can do this. Just concentrate," Piper advised.
Paige looked around at the Tracy brothers. Scott's life fell on her shoulders. She couldn't fail him, she couldn't fail them. Time seemed to slow down around Paige. Paige briefly thought back to the tragedies in her family. First her paternal parents, then her adopted parents and lastly Prue, her eldest sister. If it wasn't for Prue's death, Paige would never of found her real family.
I have to save Scott, she thought. I can't let them loose their brother.
Paige snapped back to reality and shakily, hovered her hand over Scott's wound. She closed her eyes as a white light appeared under her hand. The blood on Scott's uniform disappeared. His wound completely healed. Paige re-opened her eyes to see the last drop of blood to disappear. "I did it."
Gordon moved closer to see what was happening.
Scott stood up, with the help from his brothers. He felt his back. "Thanks, Paige."
"Anytime," Paige answered as Scott's ecstatic and concerned brothers bombarded him.
Piper looked at the Priestess. "I think that we have some unfinished business to do."
Paige and Phoebe stood on either side of Piper joined hands and looked at the still Priestess. "Powers of light, magic of right, cast this flight, into forever's night."
The evil Dark Priestess screamed and twisted in pain until she finally exploded, leaving nothing behind except for a scorch mark.
"Wow, the power of three." Virgil exclaimed.
"That's us." Phoebe smiled.
Gordon let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. "It's over?"
"Yep," Piper said.
"How about we get out of here?" John suggested.
"I'll second that." Paige looked at Scott. He was still holding his back.
"Before we leave, there is something I want John to see." Scott pulled his brother towards the computer room.
When they reached the room, John looked around in awe. "This looks like a communications room." John accessed one of the computers and after awhile began to open files. "Scott this guy has stored information and encounters with our organization in here."
"How did you manage to get those up?" Gordon asked.
John smiled, "I had to bypass a few systems and..."
"Don't worry about it," Gordon said while shaking his head.
John face turned serious. "Scott we can't leave this information here. For all we know, the Hood might not be working alone."
"You're right Tracy." A voice from behind said.
Everyone turned to face the Hood's master.
"Piper, demon. Blow him up." Phoebe freaked.
Piper looked confused. "What? How do you kn..."
"Don't ask questions, just do it," Phoebe ordered.
Piper lifted her hands at the Hood's master, just as he created a fireball. Immediately, he exploded with a blood-curdling scream.
"Um, Phoebe. How did you know that that was a demon?" Paige asked.
"I just knew. I felt it. I can't explain, but I felt what he was feeling. Like I can feel what you are all feeling. I sensed evil." Phoebe explained.
"You mean..." Piper began.
"I think that I have empathic powers." Phoebe said with shock.
"Ok. Phoebe, we'll discuss your new power later, ok? Right now, I need to destroy this computer system and we need to get out of here." Piper planned.
"And how are you going to destroy this computer system?" Gordon asked.
"Let me worry about that Gordon. Paige, get everyone clear from this temple and then come back for me." Piper ordered.
"Gotcha, sister." Paige answered. She held onto John and Gordon while Phoebe held onto her.
Scott began to protest. "Now wait a minute..."
"No, we don't have a minute. Now go. Don't make me use my power on you because you've seen what I can do." Piper argued.
Phoebe pulled Scott back and held onto him. "Don't mess with her. She's on a roll."
They disappeared leaving. Piper alone.