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Heartless:
Piper and her staff were decorating P3 when they heard a loud crash come from the back room,
"who's in there?" Piper asked with concern,
"Jesse, he's trying to sort things out with his girlfriend," replied Erik with a flirtatious smile, one of the barmen. Erik had fancied Piper since he had started working for her, all the other staff teased him about it, but every time he tried to tell Piper Dan, her new neighbour, rang, though he had only moved in just over a week ago, Dan and Piper had become close and gone on several dates. Then they heard another crash,
"I'm gonna go see what's goin on," Piper said, "you guys just keep working," she walked over to the backroom and hesitated before opening the door, her hands slapped across her mouth when she saw the terrific sight. Jesse was standing over his girlfriend, she had a large wound in her chest and it looked like he was holding her heart,
"oh god," groaned Erik when he saw what had happened,
"I'm gonna be sick," Piper moaned, then she ran across the club to the toilets,
"what have you done?" Erik questioned,
"she broke my heart, so I ripped hers out," Jesse replied, the heart in his hands burst into flames and he left the building without looking back.
"Are we sure this is demonic?" Prue asked, the three sisters were now searching through the Book of Shadows for some information about beings who rip their lover's heart out,
"here, Frane, a demon who helps men get revenge on their cheating lovers," Phoebe read.
"How does he help them?" Piper asked, she still felt sick after seeing what Jesse had done, the image kept flashing through her mind,
"he temporarily gives them the ability to reach into their loved one's chest and take their heart, just like she broke the man's own heart," Phoebe read on,
"yeah, but at least the women don't do it literally," Prue stated,
"well we need to stop him making seven kills before midnight on Valentines day, otherwise he becomes immortal and all men will lose faith in their loved ones," Phoebe said.
"So then they will all rip the hearts from the women and when all the men die out the human race will come to an end," Prue said,
"how did you know?" asked the beautiful woman that had just appeared,
"they don't call us charmed for our fashion sense," Prue replied,
"who are you?" Phoebe asked, she was clutching an athame in her right hand, ready to battle with the woman.
"I am Melody, the Angel of Love, and I am here to help you save those many relationships, as well as the innocent lives," she said,
"okay, so what are you gonna do? Make the cheaters stop their affairs?" Piper questioned,
"no, help the men find new love, hopefully then they will forgive their cheating lovers and Frane will have no victims," Melody replied, "to help me with that is Nathaniel, one of the many cupids amongst the magical world." Out of a flurry of scarlet orbs a tanned man, with a glowing ring on his finger, materialised,
"hi, I'm Nathaniel," he said,
"why hello, I don't believe we've met, I'm flirty…I mean Phoebe," Phoebe said, she shot up straight after making her mistake,
"nice to meet you, flirty," Nathaniel joked, he shook hands with Phoebe and she had a premonition of them kissing.
That afternoon, Piper was sitting in her room when orbs formed Leo,
"Leo!" she exclaimed,
"hi, 'they' sent me to help with Frane," he said, glancing up at the ceiling,
"oh, well he only has two more kills before immortality and the wipe out of women," she replied.
"Two?" Leo asked,
"yeah, it was on the news, four women were found dead this morning," said the middle sister,
"have you found a vanquish?" asked the blonde-brown haired whitelighter,
"yep, a potion," Piper told him,
"Piper, potion's done," called Phoebe's voice from downstairs.
The sisters, Melody, Nathaniel, Andy and Leo were now standing in the kitchen,
"we can now confirm that the police have found the fifth body this morning, plus the body from nightclub P3, bringing the total to six," said the news reporter on the radio.
"Only one more left," Andy stated,
"well I say we find Frane before he finds another victim," Piper said, then she walked over to the table and began scrying for the demon,
"scrying will take too long, let's just split up and hope for the best," Leo said,
"Leo's right, me, Andy and Melody will go to where the last victim was found, and you guys check out places where couples hang out," Prue said.
"Mind if I miss this one out? I have a date with Dan tonight and I need to get ready," Piper said,
"fine, but apart from that lets just continue the plan as normal," replied the eldest sister.
Piper was getting ready in her bedroom when she heard footsteps in the attic,
"Prue? Phoebe?" she called, but there was no answer, she crept up to the attic with a heavy candlestick in her hands. When she swung open the door she found Leo flipping through the book,
"I thought you had left?" she asked,
"no, I decided to stay and try and find out where he might be," he replied.
"Easy prey," a voice chuckled, then Frane appeared out of a deep red flash, he shot a red dart into Leo's arm, injecting the bitter poison to make him violent. Piper screamed as Leo smacked her across the face, then he pounded his firm fist into her cheek again,
"Leo stop!" yelled Prue, she lifted Leo into the air with her telekinesis, just as he made his first slash at Piper's chest. Melody blew a sphere of pink light at Leo but then groaned weakly and fell to her knees,
"what is it?" Prue asked, bending down to the angel's height while Andy ran to Piper's side,
"I have never felt love like this before, it is so strong even my magic cannot direct it to another," Melody replied,
"if we vanquish Frane will Leo return to normal?" Prue asked, Melody nodded. Andy tossed the vial containing the black liquid to his soul mate and she floated it over to Frane, smashing it against his chest and causing him to explode. Leo dropped to the floor and gazed on at Piper, he had severely wounded her and she was in a critical state,
"I'll heal her," he said, Andy stepped back so Leo could heal Piper.
"Get away from me," was the first thing the middle sister said after he healed her, Leo did as she said and orbed out,
"you know it wasn't his fault Piper," Prue said,
"deep down he wanted me to feel the same pain he is," Piper replied,
"but you already are," Andy added to her words,
"it looks like we broke each other's heart," she replied with a nod, then he and Prue put their arms around Piper in a hug.
"Where's Phoebe?" Andy asked,
"probably off somewhere with Nathaniel, he's definitely a ladies man, or should I say ladies cupid," Melody smirked.
Across town, Phoebe and Nathaniel were sitting on a park bench and sharing a passionate kiss,
"this is the best valentines day I've ever had," she said.
Piper arrived at P3 to find Dan waiting for her at the bar,
"hey," he said, giving her a peck on the cheek,
"hey," she replied, she tried to plant a kiss on her lips but she moved her head so his lips went on her cheek. He wrapped his arms around her waist and she positioned her own around his neck, she looked across the club to see an image of her and Leo kissing sparkle in one of the many heart-shaped balloons, she took several blinks before looking back at the balloon, the image was gone.
To be continued…
