Chapter 15
Piper looked around the room. She needed to blow something that would take out the whole temple. The computers alone wouldn't do that.
She decided to wander around the temple to see if she could find something.
Outside, Paige reappeared with the brothers and Phoebe.
Scott began to complain. "Paige, take me back inside. I'm want to help Piper."
Paige sighed. "She ordered for you to stay outside with the others."
"I know, but we can't leave her in there to do all the work. I want to help her. You've done your job with helping us with the Hood and that Priestess. Let us help you," Scott said. He still proceeded to put his hand where a tear in his shirt marked where the gunshot wound used to be.
"I'm sorry Scott, but she said for you to stay out here where it's safe." Paige began to orb back to the temple. Just as she was doing so, Scott quickly grabbed her arm and hitched onto the ride.
Paige arrived inside the temple beside Piper, who looked disappointed at the two arrivals.
Piper folded her arms. "Paige, I thought that I said that Scott was to stay outside where it's safe?"
"I know and technically, I did leave him. I wasn't expecting him to jump the orb." Paige shrugged her shoulders and looked innocent.
Piper turned to look at Scott who held up his hands. "Look I don't want to start a fight. I just want to help out."
Piper shook her head and turned to walk away. "Fine you can help, but you have to do what I say."
"Now wait a minute..." Scott said to her for the second time that day.
Piper turned back to face him. "No, Scott. You either do as I say or I freeze you and I get Paige to orb you back outside."
Scott raised his eyebrows. Normally he was field commander when they were out on rescues and he would be the one giving the orders. Now, he was expected to follow whatever orders Piper gave? Scott sighed in disappointment. "Fine. I won't like it, but I'll do what you say."
"Good." Piper turned around and to began to walk away again, this time with a smile on her face. "Now we need to find something that will take out this whole temple with one spark."
"I thought that you were just destroying the computer system?" Scott asked as he caught up with her.
"That was the plan originally but I was thinking about if the authorities should end up around here and find two scorch marks on the floor along with bullets and guns." Piper stopped and sniffed the air. "Do you smell burning?"
Paige raised her hand. "I might know what that is. I re-directed one of the Dark Priestesses energy balls and it hit the Hood's masks or as John said, disguises. They're probably still burning away."
Outside the temple, Phoebe sat down and waited patiently for her sisters and Scott to return. She closed her eyes against the sun's glare and held her head. So many emotions were running through it, not all of them hers. She shook her head. She needed to control her new empathic power. Slowly, Phoebe re-opened her eyes, stood up and looked towards the great temple. She wondered what her sisters and Scott were doing in there. Phoebe sighed and looked at the three remaining brothers. "They are only meant to destroy the computer systems, yet they have been in there for," She paused to look at her watch. "20 minutes now."
"I'm sure they are fine." Virgil answered. He was worried too but didn't show it. "If something went wrong, you would be able to sense it with your new power right?"
From all the emotions she's was sensing, she hoped that she would be able to pick out Scott's and her sisters, if they got into trouble. Phoebe nodded and faced the temple again. She closed her eyes once again. Not from the sun's glare this time, but from the headache that was developing. All the emotions in her head were beginning to get out of hand. She felt worry, fear, bravery, relief and exhaustion. They weren't just coming from her. She couldn't tell which emotions were hers anymore. Phoebe could also sense something else and she knew that it definitely wasn't coming from herself. It got stronger each second and she could tell that whomever it belong to, was getting closer.
Gordon walked up to Phoebe and stopped behind her. "So can you read everyone's thoughts?" He couldn't help but look at her behind. John watched Gordon and rolled his eyes. He then signalled to Virgil to look at his little brother.
"Not thoughts, just everyone's emotions." Phoebe answered. She smiled and opened her eyes. "Gordon, I really think that you need to keep your emotions in check." She turned around to face Gordon. "I'm sure that you didn't want me to know about that emotion floating around in your head."
He quickly looked at her face and turned a shade of red. He guessed that she probably knew what he was staring at. Gordon coughed uncomfortably and looked at his brothers amused faces. He knew that they weren't going to let him live this down once they got back to base.
Once they left the computer room. The three companions walked around the temple until they found what looked like a hanger in the basement.
Scott looked at the Hood's many vehicles. He then looked at Piper. "You want to blow these up? You do realise that a jungle surrounds this temple. You'll cause a major fire out there if you blow up this building with these gas lines running through them. With these tanks and vehicles around, we won't have much time to escape alive. And if you do cause a major fire out there, we don't have our equipment with us to fight it."
Piper waved her hand dismissively at Scott. "Don't worry. As soon as I blow this place, I'll freeze it so that Paige can orb us out in time and then she orb your equipment here so that you..."
"I know an easier way." Paige interrupted, when she remembered something she had used before. "I can cast a spell. Make the whole temple and its contents disappear."
"I like Paige's idea." Scott smiled at Paige before looking at the defeated Piper.
Piper put her hands on her hips and looked towards the ground. "Fine, we'll do it Paige's way." She sighed. "Man, I really wanted to blow up something."
"How about his computers and information on International rescue? I'm sure that blowing those up will not create as much damage as blowing these tanks."
"I like that idea. Let's get moving then." Piper enthusiastically. "Paige, orb us there, it'll be quicker." She grabbed onto Scott's and her sisters arm. The three of them orbed out and reappeared just outside of the computer room.
Piper smiled with glee as she rubbed her hands and looked at the machinery. "Ok Paige, orb us out when I give the signal." Piper felt her sister hold onto one of her arms. She looked at her little sister and Scott, to show that she was ready to act. Piper held up her free hand and aimed it towards the computers. As screens began to explode and sparks began to fly, Piper shouted, "Now Paige, now."