Chapter 8: Back to the Future

"This is taking too long," Paige said. "They've been gone forever."

"Give them time," Phoebe said. "They aren't just going to find this out." They were sitting in a diner eating the first normal food they've had for a long time. Phoebe wiped her hands on the clothing that she had gotten out of the army jeep.

"What if they've been caught?" Darryl asked.

"Then it's settled," Paige said. "I'm going to go look for them."

"Just wait," Phoebe said. "If you're going to go, I'm going to go with you."

"Darryl, wait here in case they do come back," Paige said.

"How is it that you have your powers, witch?" Mike asked, hiding behind a wall. He had almost killed Schindler, who was now unconscious on the floor. Then Piper and Leo showed up.

"Come out you coward," Piper said. The demon wished that he had had his powers too. He heard the sounds of orbing. "Paige? Phoebe?" Piper asked.

Great, more witches, Mike thought to himself.

"What are you doing here?" Piper asked.

"You didn't think we were going to let you kill this demon without us did you?" Phoebe asked.

"Where is he?" Paige asked.

"He's cowering behind that wall over there." Paige orbed behind the wall.

"Hey, how you doing?" she asked. She kicked him out in the open. Piper blew him up.

"Let's get out of here before he wakes up," Leo said. "Where's Darryl."

"Back at the diner," Paige said.

"Let's go home," Piper said.

The blue portal opened and the Charmed Ones, Leo, and Darryl were back in the attic. Rachel was sitting there where they had left her, looking through the Book of Shadows.

"You're back!" she exclaimed.

"Yeah," Phoebe said. "Without Mike." Rachel smiled at them.

"I want to thank you guys for everything that you've done for me," she said to them.

"There's one last thing," Piper said. She got out some white candles and formed them into a circle. She lit each and every one of them.

Here my words, here my cry,

Spirits from the other side,

Come to me, I summon thee,

Cross now the great divide

Shimmering white lights started to appear. Rachel looked confused. Suddenly, through the lights, appeared her mother. A tear strolled down Rachel's face.

"Mom," she said. "Is it really you?"

Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Leo, Darryl, and Sheila were all sitting in P3 later that night. Sheila had her arms around Darryl and never let go.

"That was a nice thing you did, Piper," Phoebe said. "It meant a lot to her."

"Nah," Piper said modestly.

"That was a great thing you did," Leo chimed in. "Great and beautiful thing." He put an arm around her.

"Whatever," Piper said, giving in to the praises. "I'm going to go home and go to bed. It's been a long few days. Really long."

"I agree with you there," Paige said. "I'm going with you." Together they walked out of the club.

"What was it like?" Sheila asked Darryl. "Being a Nazi?"

"It was horrible," he said. "It was the worst thing I have ever seen."

"It was the worst thing I have ever felt," Phoebe said. "Once we got our powers back, my empathy felt all of what those people were feeling. It was just unbearable."

"I'm just glad I'm back," Darryl said.

"I'm glad you're back too," Sheila said, hugging him.

"Well, it's getting to late for me too," Phoebe said. "I'm going to go home." She and Leo went back to the manor. Piper was feeding Chris and Paige was sitting on the couch reading a book.

"Whoa!" Paige exclaimed. "Look at this." Everyone walked over to her. The book was about the Holocaust. The book read:

On December of 1941, a group of three crazy women, escaped the camp and drove a truck through the gates of Auschwitz. There were two SS officers said to be their allies. Later that same day, there was an attempt to kill Schindler. It is believed that they had something to do with his living.

"Wow," Phoebe said. "We get a whole paragraph to ourselves in the history books."

"I can't believe it," Piper said. "They called us crazy."

"They must have been talking about that maniac driver over there," Phoebe said. Paige sneered at her.

"Well, this crazy driver's going to bed," Paige said. She had nightmares about all the things she had witnessed that night and many nights afterwards, but at least it was all over.

Next fic in the series is Charmed Meets the Four Corners. Summary: While in New York, the Charmed Ones meet a group of four powerful witches.