Hey! I hope you all liked the first chapter! As I said, it will be a bit of a slow start, but I promise things will get better after Phoebe runs into a certain Mutant X member! Just to help people who haven't seen Mutant X, a psionic blast is like an attack on someone's mind, the way I've made work for Phoebe is she concentrates her power into a globe of light in front of her forehead, then fires the globe high speeds onto the targets head, resulting in whatever she set out to do eg. Knock him out, force his mind to tell the truth and so on, to an extent, it can be sort of like mind control, she's using it in this chapter so hopefully that will help! And for those who have seen Mutant X, Phoebe's blast is just like Emma's.

Visions in the Desert

Great, more flat scenery and scorching hot weather thought a very exhausted Phoebe as she set off from the fifth gas station she had run into while being on this road, that looked as if it never ended. But since her instincts had never let her down before, Phoebe decided to keep following the path that she was drawn to.

It had been 6 days since she had left her sisters back home and begin this journey, which had been pretty uneventful so far, she had left civilization a while ago and last night, had managed to find a cheap biker stop, it had seemed pretty quiet, but then a large gang had pulled in.

Phoebe had been at the bar enjoying a bottle of sparkling mineral water, when one of them came up to her.

'Hey toots, how about you'n me have some fun,'

'How about you back off before I smash this bottle over your head,' Phoebe replied, as she turned round to look the biker in the eye. He was the typical stereotype that Phoebe had seen in the movies, he was tall, wore sunglasses, was clearly unshaven and had his long, black greasy hair tied back in a ponytail.

'Awwww, c'mon sweet cheeks, these parts can be pretty rough I'm sure you'd appreciate having a strong man around to protect you,' he said as he brushed the back of his hand against her cheek.

By this time Phoebe had had enough, she grabbed his extended arm, spun him around and kicked him in the back, which sent him into a nearby table. After this, the rest of the bikers began brandishing small pocketknives as they surrounded Phoebe. She took out the first guy that ran at her by levitating and delivering a powerful two-foot kick to his face, the second she unarmed by knocking the knife out of his hand with a strong roundhouse kick, then she proceeded to punch him in the stomach so that he bent down, which gave her the perfect opportunity to grab his head and bring it down on her knee. She took out two others by channelling the pain of the others on to them, and as the final guy charged at her she fired a psionic blast which sent him flying into a wall and Phoebe was very confident in the fact that he probably wouldn't wake up for a couple of days after the blast she had sent him.

After the goons were taken care of and the bar was a wreck, Phoebe went over to guy who had started this and answered his question

'No thanks, I think I can look after myself,' as she delivered a solid punch to the face to knock him out. Needless to say, Phoebe had decided to move on quickly after the bar brawl and if the bikers did catch up with her, she raised a magical shield around her car to protect herself.

The radio reception had died out 3 hours ago and it was beginning to get dark, so the only thing Phoebe had to keep her entertained was her own thoughts, she had been keeping a steady 60 ever since the biker incident and was hoping to put some distance between her and them. She had opened the window to keep herself awake with and the cold night air hitting her tired face as she drove on. Phoebe sighed, she had been going in this direction for hours and as she combined the distance she'd travelled with the speed she had been going, she realised that she would run out of gas soon. The car slowly began to glide to a halt, Phoebe, surprised, checked the gauge on the dashboard, it had went dead, everything had went dead.

Reluctantly, she put on her one of her zip-up sweaters and stepped out of the car, she opened up the hood and was extremely surprised.

The space where the engine was supposed to be, was empty.

Phoebe's Charmed One paranoia kicked as she spun around on the spot, checking the immediate space for demonic activity. Satisfied, she turned back round to face her current problem I'm sure just one spell won't hurt, if I word it right, she thought, but knowing her present run of luck, the spell would backfire in way Phoebe couldn't even imagine. But she decided to take a chance and began rhyming

'Restore now, what was lost,

Without the selfless Wiccan cost,'

Phoebe opened her eyes; only find the same empty space that was there before. She ran a hand through her hair in frustration and turned around. The scorching red mountains in the distance had become black silhouettes against the night sky, which was filled with stars that danced on a dark canvas as they help slightly illuminate her surroundings. Then Phoebe noticed something, at was another silhouette, quite small and it was moving, moving towards her!

She tried to see what it was by squinting her eyes but all she saw was darkness. Finally the thing came into view, it was a dog, no, a coyote! It had dark red fur and was sitting looking at Phoebe from the edge of the road. Phoebe 's first instinct was to get back in her car and raise the shield again, but she stopped, as soon as she looked into the coyote's eyes she was mesmerised and began to follow it as it began to walk into the darkness.

Phoebe didn't care about how long she has been walking, nor that she had left her car unlocked, all that mattered was following this mysterious creature to wherever it was leading her. She came back out of her trance and, as if out of nowhere, a cave appeared with a dim light at the entrance but it seemed to get stronger the further she went into the cave. Once she got the back of the cave there was some sort of cauldron suspended from the roof, hanging over a fire. It was like some sort of camp, there were thickly woven sheets on the ground and a large bag with, what Phoebe guessed, supplies in it. She turned her eyes back to the coyote, which slowly began to change into a human. The man seemed to be very old, yet his eyes were as bright as the fire, he was very heavily clothed and had dark skin and his in dreadlocks.

Even after this use of magic, Phoebe was not afraid, she thought that if he wanted to kill her, he could have done it back at the car instead of bringing her to her doom.

'Who are you?' she asked, full of curiosity.

The mans voice was low but full of wisdom 'Who I am is of no importance, I am here to help you, that is all you need to know,'

'But why? I'm doing just fine,'

'Beings of light and dark alike have sensed the separation, that the Power Of Three is divided,'

'Divided? Oh no! That means my sisters are in-,'

'Danger?' the man cut her off 'No, your sisters are a formidable force even without you, the one who is in danger is you, if you are serious about continuing this journey of yours, you can't be conflicted,'

'But I'm not conflic-,' Phoebe was cut off again.

'Hush. Just watch,' the man said, as he passed his hand over the cauldron 'Look,' he said and beckoned Phoebe to come closer, to peer into the bowl. There was water in the cauldron, it was misty yet clear at the same time, but slowly, images began to appear on the waters surface.

She saw her goodbye with her sisters, she saw the bar brawl, she even saw what she had saw in the premonition that had started this journey, but this just left Phoebe with more questions.

'What does all that have to do with anything?'

'Everything. Ever since a couple of days ago, you may not know it, but you have wondered if you have did the right thing, I decided to help you.'

'Oh so you're responsible for the 'subtle' disappearance of the insides of my car,' Phoebe said sarcastically.

'Yes but I had to, if you are distracted, you won't survive the dangers that come,'

Phoebe just sat silently after that; she had felt at her wits end for a couple of days, she just didn't want to admit it.

'What if you could see the premonition again? Would that clear your doubt?' the man questioned

Phoebe suddenly looked up 'Actually, I think it would,'

The man took her hands and begun chanting, after that, he poured some of the water from the cauldron over Phoebe's hands, which surprisingly, didn't burn, he then took her hands again and the vision came.

It was just like the one Phoebe had saw except it was like it was in slow motion, she saw herself fighting alongside a woman a bit like herself, only she had lasers coming from her hands, she saw herself laughing with a guy with blonde hair as they sat next to a computer, she saw the back of a man with dark hair, that she was kissing, and finally, she saw the only picture that had made sense before, her sitting in a hospital bed, wearing a smile and holding a beautiful baby in her arms.

She came out of the premonition gasping for air and letting go of the mans hands, after she calmed down, he asked her

'Are you ready to continue your journey now?'

Phoebe, now full of confidence stood up and answered 'Yes! But just one more question… how the heck do I get out of here?'

The man smiled, 'Just walk out of the cave and you'll be where you're supposed to be,'

'Okay,' she turned to walk out, but just before she did 'Thank you,'

The man merely smiled as she walked towards the exit.

All Phoebe could remember after walking out the cave was a bright light and all of a sudden, she was sitting in her car, with the sun blazing through the windows.

Phoebe tried to start her car… it worked! She was so grateful that the man had fixed her car that it took her a while to notice her surroundings.

Her car seemed to be on the same road as before, but this time it was in the parking lot of an old, run-down diner.

Stepping out of the car and looking at the building she remembered the man's words

Just walk out of the cave and you'll be where you're supposed to be…Well, if this was where destiny wanted her, so be it, so as she put on her stylish sunglasses and entered 'Desert Delicacies' she decided to accept it… For now.

So? What did you think? The slow start is almost over, especially since, in the next chapter she'll be meeting a certain someone ;)

Please, please, please review! I really want your input! Storyline suggestions, comments, I was thinking about splitting the story into two parts, you know, like a couple of chapters on Phoebe's adventures and a couple on Piper and Paige, what do you think?. Chapter 3 'The Destined Encounter' will be up soon!