Piper blinked open her eyes and sighed as she absorbed the solitude of the night. The cool sheets on the hospital bed had been smoothly patted down and the blinds closed, although a small lamp in the corner of the room had been clicked on, and it's light was comforting, in contrast to the stinging bright overhead lights that hurt her eyes. She leaned back against the pillows heavily and closed her eyes again, before opening them again.

Leo.

He wasn't there…he'd left her. She felt extremely worried for a split second, before scolding herself, "Piper, there are other things happening right now, not just this. You let him do what he has to. It's not like you desperately need him right now…"

"But I do…" a small, desolate voice moaned inside her head and she shook it away.

The door to her room swung open, quietly, and a head poked itself in. It was a nurse, a woman with a friendly looking face, and a smile, "Mrs Halliwell! You're awake!" She bustled into the room, and set down a tray, filled with food that didn't look particularly appetising, although Piper felt as though she wasn't up to eating anything at all.

Piper said, "Actually, I'm not really very hungry at the minute."

The nurse raised an eyebrow with a worried smile, "Come on honey, you need to be strong for your little ones."

Piper nodded, "That's true. Wyatt's getting to be a bit of a handful."

The nurse looked at her in surprise, "So, it's not your first pregnancy then?"

Piper shook her head, "Uh…no."

The nurse said, busying herself with a chart at the end of her bed, "That's good, because it would be throwing you in at the deep end a little with twins, wouldn't it?"

Piper blinked, an empty feeling beginning to grow in the pit of her stomach, "Whoa, wait a minute, lady. What the hell are you talking about?"

The nurse looked at her, cocking her head on the side, "Well, it's difficult, with tw…"

Piper interrupted, "Not what I meant! I think you must have the wrong room – I'm not having twins."

The nurse looked at Piper, worriedly, "Honey…according to this chart, your scans and your tests, I'd say you were."

Leo placed the notepaper down onto Laura's lap, where she'd be guaranteed to read what it said. He glanced at the clock nervously, clicking the pen lid in time with the ticking of the seconds. Suddenly, a convulsion ran down Leo's spine; a pulsing shock that knocked him off his feet. He gasped for air, letting his eyes close as another shock ran through him and he felt nothing more.

Where Leo's head lay, a pair of feet suddenly twitched and a great gust of air was pulled into an open mouth and a pair of bright blue eyes fluttered open.

"Chris!" Laura started, coughing as the air hit the back of her throat. She felt a sudden warming glow fill her body and she raised her hands to cover an ache that had appeared all over her skull. The pain burned, and as she brought her hands away, they were stained crimson.

Her eyes darted about in shock, and took in the surrounding scene quickly; the broken glass on the ground, Chris lying on the couch opposite…Leo…

She moved to get up, but before she stood, she noticed a note that had been left on her lap:

Laura,

You don't have much time. Only know that my life is bound to yours right now, and I can't keep you going for very long. You need to use a Mink Link to enter Chris' mind, you can find the spell in the book.

Make. Him. Remember. He needs to realise all that is good about his life, and only you can do that. Understand that you have but a few hours.

Leo

Laura gaped for a second, letting the situation sink in, before she shook herself. Situations like this were Laura's strong point; she prided herself on being able to keep her head.

She inwardly cringed as she thought this. For a few hours…I was dead…, she thought, in awe.

She strode purposefully towards the book that was lying on the ground next to Leo and picked it up, flipping the page to the 'Mind Link' page. She read the page once, and turned her head towards where Paige was lying in the foyer, in the center of the circle of candles.

Thinking fast, she walked into the center of the candles, and laid the book on the ground next to Paige whilst kneeling. She only had a vague idea of what she had to do, but she understood the importance of Leo was asking her. The script in which the note was written seemed strained and hurried, and she could almost sense the distress.

She turned her attention towards the book, and read out the spell:

Life to life and mind to mind,
Our spirits now will intertwine;
I mould my soul and journey to,
The one whose thoughts I wish I knew