Chapter 16
Virgil began to pace outside the temple. "They should be out by now." He stopped pacing when blue orbs appeared in front of him. "Well?"
"Well, Piper had fun destroying his computers." Scott put his hand on Virgil's shoulder. "I think that she had too much fun if you ask me."
Piper ran over to her younger sister and hugged her. "How are you feeling?"
"You mean after becoming evil, trying to kill you guys and gaining an uncontrollable new power?" Phoebe took a deep breath. "I'm peachy."
Paige rolled her eyes at her sister's sarcastic remark. "Are we ready to leave this place?"
"Yes, ages ago." John commented as his stomach rumbled. He stood next to the sisters, as did his brothers.
"Erm, Paige? Aren't you forgetting something?" Piper pointed towards the temple.
Paige gave a sheepish grin. "Oh yeah."
Virgil, John and Gordon looked at each other in confusion before looking at Scott.
Scott chuckled at his brother's confusion. "Just wait and see."
Paige closed her eyes as she tried to remember the spell that would be needed to do the job.
"Are you ok there Paige?" Gordon joked.
Scott shh'd him as Paige opened her eyes with a smile. "Ok I can do this." She said before reciting the spell. "Let the object of objection, become but a dream as I cause the seen to be unseen."
They all watched as in a glow of lights the temple disappeared forever.
"I can't believe it's over." Virgil said as he removed his hat.
"No more Hood." John commented.
"I bet I'm going to wake up now and the Hood will still be alive and still be after us. " Everyone looked at Gordon as he said this. "What?"
"Don't worry Gordon. It's definitely not a dream. It's really over." Scott replied. "Ok, now lets get home."
Jeff sat at his desk with his head in his hands. He hadn't heard anything from his boys or from the Halliwell's. He didn't want to contact them and disturb while they worked. Jeff looked up to the sound of his mother speaking to him. "I'm sorry Mother. What did you say?"
"I said not to worry. Your boys can take care of themselves. And with those three women, they have extra protection."
"Mrs Tracy is right." Tin-Tin agreed. "If there was any trouble, they would call you."
"I know. I just can't stop feeling that something is wrong." Jeff answered.
As he said this, blue orbs appeared in the lounge. They formed into his four eldest sons and the three sisters.
Tin-Tin and Ruth Tracy immediately ran up to hug and welcome the boys back.
Jeff stood up from behind his desk and walked towards his eldest. "How was the mission? What happened to the Hood and that woman?"
"They're both dead Father. We don't have to worry about them anymore. And as you can see, Phoebe is back safe." Scott reported.
"I'm glad to hear it son." Jeff wrapped his arms around Scott. "I'm glad to see you all back safe." As he pulled away, he looked at his family and new friends. "I've got to admit, out of all the missions you guys have been on, this one had me the most worried."
"Me too." Ruth interjected. "And now that you are all home safe, I can go and help Kyrano with the dinner. But I want to hear all the details of your rescue afterwards."
"Yes Ma'am" John answered.
Ruth then looked at the Halliwell's. "Now I know you three must be hungry. You're staying for dinner. Especially after you helped my grandsons."
"We'd love to Mrs Tracy, but we must go. We need to get back to our own time." Piper explained.
"Nonsense. You are staying for dinner and that's that." Ruth smiled as she left the room followed by Tin-Tin.
"There is no point in arguing with our Grandma. She always wins." Scott looked heavenward "Every time."
"Why does that sound familiar?" Phoebe looked at Piper before turning back to Scott. "Our Grams was the same. I think every grandmother is. They have a special training that ensures that they can win every argument."
Gordon walked over to the couch and sat down heavily. It finally sunk in that it was over. Which also meant that Phoebe would be going back home to her own time soon. After a while, Gordon just shrugged it off. There were plenty of other women in the world. Besides that, technically, Phoebe was a lot older then he was, even if she was attractive.
Jeff looked at the relaxed Gordon and shook his head. "Why don't you boys go and get cleaned up for dinner."
After dinner, everyone relaxed in the lounge and began to talk about what happened during the mission. Everyone that is, besides Scott and Phoebe who were out on the balcony gazing at the night sky.
Phoebe smiled to herself. "I've got to admit, the future looks good. I wish that I could stay longer."
"Why don't you?" Scott looked at her and noticed that she quickly looked from him to the sky.
"I can't stay. I belong in 2003. My job and more importantly, my life is there. Including my nephew, who I missed during all of this." Phoebe explained.
"I understand." Scott said glumly.
Phoebe looked at him once more. And this time, she didn't look away when he faced her. "I've been meaning to say, thanks for coming to my rescue and saving my life. I still can't believe you took that bullet for me."
"Well, if it happened again, I would still do it." Scott smiled.
They both turned around when Piper appeared and called them. It was time to go.
Phoebe looked at Piper sadly as her sister retreated back to the lounge. She turned back to Scott. "I guess this is it. Time to say goodbye."
"Yeah. Thanks for helping us out with the Hood and that priestess. We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you three."
"I'm glad that we could help."
Scott grabbed Phoebe's hand and kissed the back of it.
Phoebe smiled as he did this. "I better get going then." She turned to walk into the lounge and stopped.
Scott saw this. "What? What's wrong?"
Many things were flowing through Phoebe's mind. Her sister's words after she first met Scott and the fact that she would never see him again. Phoebe shrugged slightly. 'You only live once,' she thought. At the last minute, she thought against it. She quickly turned around and kissed Scott lightly on the cheek. She held onto his hand while looking into his blue eyes. "Goodbye Scott."
A/N: Just the epilogue to go now. Please review.