Different Paths Part 48:
Such accidents

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Just after Prue had left, the time started to go again. Andy suddenly had a very weird feeling and heard Prue's voice ringing in his head
'watch our girls for me.'
he felt his lips burning and touched them slightly.

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Paige had been looking down at the book, but there now wasn't a book anymore.
"Hey... what the... heck..."
she asked
"where..."

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Victor knew the feeling of being frozen and looked at piper
"why did ya freeze me?"
"I... didn't freeze you, dad..."
"Don't lie to me... I'm still your father..."

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"Oh my gosh!"
Cole exclaimed as he saw the still burning paper in the sink
"where'd come that from?"
he asked as him and Phoebe went over to the sink and turned the water on, to stop the fire, but it was too late. The page was already too burned to still be able to read something

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Andy listened to the reactions and got a very bad feeling in his gut. The feelings, the voices of his charges, well of Prue and the kids were gone.
"Prue..."
he said lowly and turned around going for the bedroom.
"Prue!"
He opened the door and found it the bed and the room empty. He turned around and found Paige hovering over the opened book by Victor
"look... it's opened 'evocation of the omens of blood'"
Paige read aloud
"there... there's a page missing!"
Piper exclaimed seeing the leftovers of the page Prue had ripped off
"I think we found that..."
Phoebe added and grabbed the rest of the page, holding it up high
"but... how'd she do that... she can't freeze time... and especially not us..."
Piper said. Andy only listened with one ear. He read what was standing in the book
"oh my god. No!"
he exclaimed
"Prue! No!"
he yelled, as if it'd bring her back
"you don't just run off and leave me to raise our daughters understand!"
he yelled.
"What?"
Phoebe asked and went over to the book as well
"This ceremony actually is a curse. Every daughter of Selena shall only receive one daughter or else the oldest shall be cursed forever. Bad luck will be lurking always in the home of this child. The curse can only be reversed by the 'oldest' herself. She has to search Pandora's Box and release with a spell one of its contents. The following battle has two possible ways of ending. Whether the 'oldest' wins or losses against this content. Either way, the curse will be broken and the content will be banished back into the box."
Piper read out aloud. Andy had closed his eyes to local Prue, but he couldn't. not even the girls he could local.
"What the hell did you do!"
he asked and looked at Cole
"you need to take me to her... my powers... seem to be... blocked in some sort of way..."
"What?"
Phoebe asked
"I can't sense Prue and the girls anymore."
"Try to orb"
Piper told him Andy tried, but nothing happened.
"Vase..."
Paige said, trying to call for a vase, but it too, didn't work.
"Piper..."
Phoebe said. Piper concentrated on the same vase and tried to explode it. Nothing. Everyone looked at Cole who just shook his head
"nope... nada"
he said
"she bound our powers!"
Phoebe yelled in frustration
"Pruedence Halliwell, you so will regret this!"
Piper cursed
"could you people stop! Prue's life is at stake if she's at Pandora's Box already..."
Andy said more worried about Prue than anything else.
"Leo!"
he yelled, praying he still had his powers. And instant later the familiar blue lights appeared
"Andy... I'm busy..."
"I don't the fuck care what they are babbling about up there... Prue's life is in danger... we need to change powers..."
"What?"
"The... the spell... you guys used this spell..."
Andy said and started to flip the book and opened it on the spell they used against that darklighter a few years ago.
"I need to be there, Leo... I can't leave her alone..."
"Wait a second... shouldn't one of us go?"
Paige threw in...
"It anyway has no use... you can't channel Prue with Leo's powers..."
"But I can transport. And the girls should still have their powers. So if I take the girls and we go to get Prue... it should work..."
"Are you guys seriously thinking about this?"
Victor asked
"Prue doesn't want you there... she doesn't want to risk your guys' life... shouldn't you leave it then?"
"No... Andy's right. He has to go. Prue needs him. If she didn't want to protect him, she had taken him along. She needs all the support she can have..."
Piper said and stepped up to Leo. She looked into his eyes and laid a hand on him
"What's mine is yours, what's yours is mine, Let our powers cross the line. I offer up my gift to share, Switch our powers through the air."
Piper chanted and then looked at Andy
"what? You wanted to do it? You have no witch powers you can't read such kind of spells..."
she told him and went up to Andy. Andy held her hands and piper recited again
"What's mine is yours, what's yours is mine, Let our powers cross the line. I offer up my gift to share, Switch our powers through the air."
Andy felt his powers return and breathed eased. He closed his eyes and looked at the rest, about to disappear
"wait!"
Piper said before he could go.
"Take dad along. Prue wanted him there the last few hours... and... Someone has to make sure... the girls come really home, after you send them away."
Piper said. Andy nodded
"Victor..."
Victor got up
"what do I have to do?"
"Nothing. Andy said and placed a hand on his shoulder, then finally orbed out
"bring her home safe, you understand?"
Phoebe yelled after them. The sisters exchanged worried glances
"May... maybe we should go home"
Leo put in...
"How... no powers, remember?"
Cole asked
"5 people... my jeep's downstairs..."
piper told them
"then let's go"
Paige said lowly, grabbing the book again and getting up as well

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Andy and Victor appeared at Darryl's.
"Whoa..."
Victor said... holding onto Andy for support
"you okay?"
"I just... need to sit down a second."
"Okay... then I get Anna..."
Andy told him
"Darryl!"
he yelled and started to walk around to local his partner
"Andy... everything... alright again?"
"Umm... not really... where's Anna?"
"We took her and Chris down for a nap."
"Darryl... I don't have time for this. Where's Anna?"
"Upstairs. Dorian's room"
"thanks"
Andy said and ran upstairs. He smiled seeing Anna sleeping. She looked like a little angel. He sat down on the bed and started to crawl her head
"Brianna, sweetie... wake up..."
Anna opened her eyes, and as always when she was woken in the middle of her sleep started whining. Andy picked her up
"shshshsh... it's okay... daddy's here..."
he told her, picked her dummy and placed it in her mouth. He started to crawl her back gently as Anna slowly calmed and sucked on her dummy. He got up and went back to Victor. He couldn't waste precious time. He returned to Victor and looked at him
"we gotta go on... you ready?"
"It has to be, now does it?"
Andy didn't answer and just removed his hand from Anna's back and placed it back on Victor's shoulder, this time orbing to Meghan's pre-school. He went with Victor and Anna to Mags' classroom and entered it after knocking
"hello Ms. Smith."
"Hello... Mr. Trudeau it is right?"
"Yes... umm... I need to pick my daughter. Her mother had an accident and she'd like to see her daughters."
"Oh my god. Is your wife okay?"
"Yeah... she'll be... can you... get Meghan now for me, please?"
"Yes... alright."
A few minutes later the woman reappeared with Meghan in tow
"daddy? Is mommy okay?"
"You know mommy... she's a fighter..."
he said forcing a smile...
"c'mon... I'll explain everything to you in the car"
he said and took her hand
"thanks"
he told Ms. Smith and then left with Victor and the girls again. Outside he orbed them to the manor. He didn't know where to explain to the girls else what was wrong.
"Why are we not at hospital?"
Mags asked looking around. Andy went over to the couch, so Victor could sit down as well
"come here, princess"
Andy said
"what's wrong..."
"Mom didn't have such an accident, princess... it was a demonical..."
"Is mom okay?"
"yes... but... to keep her safe... you two need to bring me and grandpa to mommy... you understand?"
"Why?"
"Princess, we don't have time to explain. You and Anna just concentrate on mommy and bring us there. And then you bring grandpa back here... and wait till mommy and me are back..."
"But..."
"Maggie..."
Meghan was very scared and didn't understand this all but knew her mom needed her now.
"okay."
She said hesitantly
"Anna... bring me to mommy, okay?"
Anna nodded
"ota"
she said. Andy looked at Meghan
"sweetie... hold mine and grandpa's hand, okay?"
Meghan just nodded and did as she was told to.