Chapter 5: Power Stealing
"You'll never get away with this," Phoebe yelled at Darcon. "My sisters will come and kick your demonic ass!" Darcon just chuckled to this.
"I'm hoping for that," he said menacingly. He turned to a demon. "Round up your troops and get ready for a witch attack." A demon shimmered to do what he was told. "Phoebe, you always were weaker than the rest of your sisters. I should have had them steal Piper, Paige, or Prue. There powers would have been much more valuable to take."
"You're going to take my powers?" she asked surprised. "What use could they be to you?"
"Any power can be put to good use." She knew that he had a greater plan for taking her powers, but she couldn't figure out what. Darcon started reaching his hands out to her.
"We have to get Phoebe back," Piper said.
"It's just a trap," Prue said. "We'll have to figure out a better way of getting her."
"I say we go in there blowing things up and get her," Piper suggested.
"We can't just march in there, it's too dangerous."
"But our sister is in there in much more danger than we are. For all we know, she could be dead."
"No, Piper, they need her to lure us in," Paige said.
"Smart sister we've got there," Prue said, finally making Paige feel accepted.
"Well, we need a plan and quick," Piper said impatiently.
"Why don't you two distract them, while I orb in behind and orb Phoebe out."
"Let's try it," Prue said. "We better get a lot of potions ready."
"They seem so sure that'll work," Darcon said, spying on them again. "Paige will have a surprise when she tries to orb you out."
"What are you going to do to them?" Phoebe asked. "If you harm any of my sisters, I will kill you!"
"It'll be pretty hard for you to do that when your tied up in chains." She wanted to kill him right then and there, but she knew that he was right. She would have to rely on her sisters to do that for her. "Phoebe, here they come."
Prue and Piper used a spell to take them to his lair. Prue sent him across the room. Piper started throwing potions and blowing demons up simultaneously. Paige orbed in behind Phoebe. "Paige! No!" Phoebe yelled, but it was too late. She grabbed Phoebe and got a shock and was sent flying backwards into the wall. The impact was enough to knock her unconscious.
"Paige!" Prue yelled. She flung demons out of her way, but she couldn't get them out of her way fast enough. She knew if she astral projected to her, her body would be unprotected.
Darcon walked over to Paige. He reached his hands out and touched her face. Her powers started to transfer to him. He let go of her and tried out his new power. "Table!" he yelled, sending a table at Piper. She blew it up into little splinters. He tried to orb but he couldn't do it. Paige rubbed her head and sat up.
"Paige, you still have your orbing, get out of here!" Prue yelled to her. Piper blew the locks off the chains and Paige orbed her and herself to safety. "Wait, how will we get back," Prue asked Piper. "That spell only worked for getting here." Paige orbed back, grabbed them, and took them back to the manor.
"Great, now he has two of our powers, plus the amulet," Piper pointed out. "What do we do now? He's gotten too powerful."
"I hate to agree with you, but I think your right," Prue said.
"What's this?" Paige asked. "The Prue I was told about was a powerful witch, who never gave up. She was a Prue, super witch. Now I don't see a super witch here. I see a witch, giving up."
"Paige is right," Phoebe said, "We have to keep fighting. Right down to the death."
"What do we do about your guys' powers then?" Piper asked.
"We'll have to do without them for now," Paige said. "They weren't much use to us against him anyways."
"Well, I'm gonna go look in the Book of Shadows to see if there's a way to get them back from him." Piper walked upstairs.
"You two stock yourselves up with these potions," Prue said handing them a lot of vials of potion. "We better make sure that none of us are alone from now on."
"Uh, what about Piper," Paige asked. Then they heard Piper scream.
"No!" Phoebe yelled. Paige orbed upstairs. Prue astral projected to the attic. Phoebe arrived into the room shortly after. Darcon was standing behind Piper, with his hands on her face. Prue flung him away from her, but it was too late. Piper had lost her powers.
"Three down, one to go," Darcon said, shimmering away.
"We're done for," Piper said. "We can't beat him."
"We just can't let him get my powers," Prue said, unsure of herself. "Phoebe, you still haven't written that spell, so finish that so we can use it on him. That's all we can do for now. Paige, stay with her. I'll stay with Piper. No one wander off alone, not even for a second. He can watch every move we make." Paige followed Phoebe downstairs to finish the potion. Piper followed them, and Prue ended her astral projection.