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Chapter 2- 'Up There'
Piper rematerialized and looked around. The whole place looked pretty decent. "This place isn't so bad, too bad I have destroy it." She smiled to herself. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. She spun around and saw a person in a white robe, the hood covering their face. Piper pulled out a vial and held it behind her back.
"Who are you?" Piper demanded.
The Elder pulled back the hood, it was Leo. He had a worried expression plastered on his face. "Piper what are you doing here?"
Piper threw her arms around Leo's neck and kissed him passionately. "I came to take you home." She whispered in his ear. He pulled away uncertainly.
"Piper I…" Piper put a finger to his lips.
"Shh, I'll handle everything." She ran her hand over his cheek. Just then Paige orbed in.
"Man, do you have any idea how hard it is to find this place?" Paige grumbled. She noticed Piper and Leo. "Oh thank god." She sighed as she placed a hand over her chest.
"Paige?" Piper and Leo said in unison. Piper sounded agitated, Leo baffled.
"Wha, you we maybe expecting the pizza guy?" Paige put a hand on her hip.
"Paige will ya stop with those damn jokes, you're not funny!" Piper shouted.
"And you're not yourself!" Paige shot back.
"What are you talking about!" Leo demanded.
"Leo, I know you probably don't want to hear this, but Piper's gone off the deep end. In her purse she has about 19…"
"20…" Piper pointed out.
"20 vanquishing potions, last time I checked there was around 20 Elders not including you." Paige told him the sad truth.
"Piper, d-did you come up here to vanquish the Elders?" Leo had never been more confused.
"Yes, but only so we can be a family again," Piper answered. "Isn't that what you want?" She took his hand.
"Of course, but not if it involves killing Elders, Piper I love you but I won't let you do this!"
Then out of nowhere Zola walked in. "What are they doing here!" His voice boomed.
"N-nothing, they were just leaving." Leo hinted to Paige and she nodded and put a hand on Piper's shoulder, but she shook it away.
'Leo no," Piper walked over to Zola with a potion in hand. "I've got a few words to say to you pal." She began. She poked him in the shoulder causing him to stumble back.
"Pi…" Leo tried.
"Shush!" Piper ordered. "Look, I know you and all your Elder buddies never wanted Leo and I together, and I will never understand why, but you can't let two people be together, get married, have a son, and then suddenly take him away. It doesn't work that way!"
"Leo, what is she talking about?" The Elder asked.
"You know damn well what I'm talking about! You ruined my life and now you're gonna pay!" Piper screamed.
Piper started to throw the potion.
"Piper, no!" Paige screamed as she tried to grab the bottle, but it was too late. Piper let go and the vial broke at Zola's feet. Grey smoke encircled him and went into his mouth and nostrils. He let out a grunt then fell to the floor.
"No!" Leo shouted, he pushed past Piper and Paige and kneeled down. Zola's brown eyes were glazed over, he was dead.
"I-is he…" Paige stuttered.
Leo was silent for a moment then slowly whispered; "Yes," He closed Zola's eyes.
"Piper how could you do this?" Leo stood up and faced her. "He was one of the ones that actually fought for us to be together!"
"It doesn't matter; he was one of them so that makes him an enemy." Piper said through gritted teeth.
"Enemy? Piper, Elder's aren't the enemies, if you think that then I would be an enemy too."
"No sweetie because they turned you into one of them, you didn't have a choice." Piper said in a sweet voice.
Suddenly a loud siren went off. The three of them looked around in surprise.
"What the hell is that?" Paige asked.
"I don't know I've never heard that before." Then through a pair of huge doors all the Elders came rushing in.
"Zola!" One of them screamed.
"What did you do?" A woman Elder shrieked.
"Same thing that I'm gonna do to you!" Piper said as she threw the potion at the lady, she fell to the floor.
"Piper stop!" Leo howled as he tried to take her bag, but she kept throwing potions, one by one Elders dropped to the floor.
One of them started to shoot lightning at Piper. Leo pushed her out of the way and shot lightning himself, it hit the other Elder's lightning and stopped it.
"We have to go!" Paige said as she helped Piper up. She orbed way before she could grab her purse. Leo looked over at the remaining 6 Elders who were kneeling over the others. Leo orbed away.
Paige reappeared in the sunroom. Leo appeared next to her.
"I didn't get a chance to grab my purse Paige!" Piper complained.
"That's not our biggest problem now thanks." Paige mocked as she rubbed her temples. Phoebe walked in carrying Wyatt, she handed him to Piper.
"What happened?" Phoebe's forehead creased in concern.
"Hey baby, how are you doing?" Piper cooed to Wyatt.
"Piper vanquished most of the Elders!" Paige told her as she started pacing.
"Oh no, what are we gonna do?" Phoebe inquired.
"I don't know, I do know that they'll be here soon though, so Paige you should take Wyatt somewhere safe. Something bad is going to happen I just know it.
Paige nodded solemnly and took the baby from Piper. "I'll take him to Daryl's; he can play with the boys." The pair orbed off.
Leo waited until the lights were gone to speak. "Piper what the hell were you thinking? They're gonna try to recycle you!"
"I was just doing what I thought was best!" Piper shot back.
"How was that best? You killed most of the Elders, which helps no one, except for demons."
"Piper what's wrong with you?" Phoebe asked as she took Piper's hand in worry.
Piper shook it away. "Nothing's wrong with me, I just need some more potion." She said as she got up and walked away.
Leo rubbed his forehead. "What are we gonna do?"
Phoebe patted his back. "I have no idea, but I'm gonna go check the Book to see if there's any chance Piper's possessed.
Leo was bent over so he was staring at the floor. He nodded.
"I'm sorry," Phoebe said simply. "I know some of them were your friends."
Leo glanced up and flashed her a weak grin. She turned and climbed the stairs towards the attic.
Piper was busy in the kitchen mixing more potion when Leo walked in. "Piper stop," He ordered.
"No, I'm going to finish what I started, even if it's the last thing I do." Piper told him as she added some beetle toe. It made a small explosion.
"Go through with this and it will be the last thing you do!"
"Are you threatening me?" Piper raised an eyebrow.
"No, I'm just warning you. Piper I don't want to lose you. And if you finish that potion that's exactly what's going to happen, then I won't have my wife and Wyatt won't have his mom."
Piper looked at him; his expression said that he was worried and confused. She looked into his eyes and saw love.
Phoebe's voice rang through the room. "Leo!" She yelled.
Leo looked at Piper uncertain if he should leave her alone, but Phoebe sounded like she found something important. "Don't do anything until I come back." He ordered.
"That's the spirit." Piper smiled. Leo turned and ran up the stairs.
When he made it to the attic he immediately asked. "What did you find?"
"Something I'm surprised we didn't find before." Phoebe replied. Leo walked over to the pedestal and looked at the page in the Book, there was a picture of a woman, only her face was made up of pieces from different creatures.
"What's this?" He questioned.
"Well you remember that time Piper was turned into a Fury?" Phoebe opened.
"Who could forget?" Leo replied.
"And the time I was turned into a Banshee?"
"My head still hurts." Leo lightly smiled.
"And the mermaid?" Phoebe continued. "What do those things all have in common?"
Leo shrugged "That you guys turned into them because you had some great pain?"
"Exactly, according to the Book any witch who has turned into something like a Banshee or Fury, has a chance to be turned back into it."
"Like a magical relapse?" Leo guessed.
"Basically, except for they don't turn into it physically, and it's worse because they go after the object of their greatest pain." Phoebe read aloud from the Book.
"In this case the Elders," Leo told himself "What happens if they get rid of that?" Leo was almost afraid to ask.
"Then they turn into a warlock." Phoebe informed him.
"Is there anyway we can help? A spell, potion?"
Phoebe skimmed the page. She shook her head. "It doesn't say, but maybe if we can get the Elders to do something to make her pain go away. Not like you did, but apologize."
"Something tells me Piper really doesn't want an apology." Leo crossed his arms.
"Maybe we can get them to let you come home, after all, that's all she really wants."
"Still, if they did that they would still want to punish her for killing those Elders. They're not going to just forget about that." He added.
They heard Paige scream.
"Paige?" Phoebe asked. The pair ran downstairs to find Piper and Paige duck behind a couch just seconds before a lightning bolt hit them.
"Wait!" Leo pleaded.
"She mustn't go unpunished!" The Elder said. All 6 of the remaining Elders were standing behind him.
"Just give us a second to explain!" Phoebe said.
"Explain what?" Another Elder asked.
"This really isn't Piper; she's kinda under the influence." Phoebe tried to explain.
"Wha?" Paige said, bewildered.
Piper was using this opportunity to her advantage. She snuck into the kitchen and filled up 6 more vials. She ran back into the Conservatory and threw a potion. It took the Elders by surprise. The potion hit an Elder and they hit the floor with a 'Thud'.
The first Elder shook with rage. Lightning shot from his hands and headed for Piper, She froze in fear, but Leo once again pushed her to safety, but was hit. He flew into the wall and was knocked unconscious.
Piper looked up from the ground in sheer terror. "Leo!" She cried as she crawled over to her husband. "C'mon, wake up." She started to sob.
"That just made everything worse." Phoebe mumbled.
"What are you talking about?" Paige asked.
Piper stood up, eyes filled with tears. This was it. She was shaking with anger. She clenched her jaw and flicked her wrists and the Elder that had hurt Leo exploded. He screamed in agony. Piper had never blown anything up with that much force. It caused the windows to shake.
"Piper stop, please!" Phoebe ran over to her sister. Paige's jaw hung open.
"No more!" An Elder howled and shot a bolt at Piper, but she blew it up. He threw another, but the same result. The 4 Elders stood there, charging up for their next blow, but Piper was doing the same. The Elders let out their wrath and so did Piper. Paige and Phoebe ducked for cover. The forces met; causing a huge explosion, all the windows blew out…all was quiet…
To Be Continued.
Bum, bum, bum… cliffhanger, did anyone survive the blast? Well ya gotta review first then I'll tell you. Hope you enjoyed it!
