Chapter 7: Vanquished…or Not?
"How are my little prisoners?" Rindo asked, arriving in the room. Phoebe had closed her cell and Jordan stayed inside. They hoped he didn't notice that one was missing. Phoebe came from out of her hiding place and hit Rindo on the back of the head with a metallic object. He was knocked unconscious. She grabbed the key from his side and unlocked the cell doors.
"How do we get out of here?" Paige asked.
"I got us this far," Phoebe said.
"I'm sure I can find all the ingredients to the potion to get our powers back," Annie said. "I need time though."
"We'll keep knocking him out if he wakes up I guess," Charles said. Annie got to work on the potion.
"I need something to boil this on," Annie said. David gathered a few items and made a fire.
"Thank you, Boy Scouts," he said. Annie set the kettle over top the fire.
"He hasn't woken up yet has he?" Annie asked.
"Nope," Phoebe said.
"Good, we're going to need to make him drink this." As soon as it had boiled for a minutes, she added the last ingredient and filled it up into a small glass. "He doesn't have any vials," Annie complained. "Here." She handed the glass to Charles who put it into the demon's mouth. Their powers each came back to them.
"Time for the spell," Prue said. Rindo regained consciousness and started to stand up. They all stood together and started to recite the spell.
Come together across the country,
Eight witches fighting jointly,
We summon all the power and might,
Stop Rindo now and end this night
He started to erupt into flames. The witches watched as he burned and in a few moments, blew up.
"Is he dead?" Piper asked.
"Finally," Annie said. "I hate to say it, but we couldn't have done it without you guys." They orbed/shimmered back to their house. "I'm sorry about how I acted towards you guys. I was being stupid. I didn't mean any hurt feelings."
"Don't worry about it," Phoebe said.
"Yeah," Paige said. "You were just frustrated."
"That's no reason for the way I acted," Annie said. Piper leaned down and picked up Chris. Wyatt and Amanda were sitting in a playpen, playing.
"It was great meeting you guys," Charles said.
"It was great to fight along side with you, too," Jordan added.
"It was fun," Piper said. "I'll admit that."
"It was fun to be alive again," Prue said. "But I think it's time for me to go back, so if you guys don't mind."
"Oh yeah," Piper said, suddenly remembering. They walked once again, into the potions room to get ready for returning Prue. Annie got out the candles and Piper lit them. Prue stood inside the circle of lit candles. With the returning spell, she went back in a shimmer of white lights.
Paige and David, wanting a little time to themselves, snuck out of the room and went upstairs. They entered one of the doors and went into a big room with a big bed. There was a desk in the corner and quite a few pictures of half-dressed girls on the walls.
"So, now what?" Paige asked.
"How bout I give you my number and hope that you will call it sometime," David suggested. He got out a piece of paper and wrote it down. "Here it is." He handed it to her.
"I'll be sure to call," she said.
"Paige!" she heard Piper yell from downstairs.
"Coming!" she yelled back. "Well, I better get going." She got off the bed and started walking for the door.
"Wait," David said. He stood up and gave her a final kiss.
"Wow," she said to him. "That was great."
"Get going. Don't forget to call." Paige gave him a wave and started for the stairs. Her sisters were waiting by the door. Phoebe was holding Wyatt's hand and Piper was holding Chris.
"It's about time," Piper said. Paige grinned at her and grabbed her purse.
"We'll see ya," Phoebe said as they walked out the door. There was a taxi waiting for them outside. "Not you again," Phoebe said once she saw the cab driver. It was the same one that had driven them earlier.
"Great, you two again," he said to Phoebe and Paige.
"What are the chances that we get the same asshole cabdriver twice in the same day?" Phoebe asked.
"Hello to you, too," he said in his annoying voice. He drove them, talking the whole way, to the airport.
"Thanks for the drive," Paige said. "And here's your money." She muttered something that sounded like chanting under her breath. She gave him the money and joined her sisters to the airport building. The cab driver drove off and a few minutes later, his money vanished, like magic.
"Our plane leaves in twenty minutes," Piper said. They were all dreading about leaving, yet wanted to be home. They got on the plane as it was ready to leave. Little did they know, a dark shadow followed them home.
"He's not dead!" Charles said. He had been using his powers to look into the future and suddenly exclaimed that. He was sitting with Annie on their bed.
"What are you talking about?" Annie asked. "Who's not dead?"
"Rindo," Charles said. "He's following them. He's wants them. He'll kill them."