Chapter 9
Double Demons
An hour later Prue and Piper were bottling four bottles of vanquishing potion. Phoebe walked back into the living room and found Paige staring off into space. "Hey you awake in there?" asked Phoebe shaking her hand in front of Paige's face. "Yea sorry," said Paige shaking her head snapping out of her trance-like stare. "That's okay, are you okay, did you finish the summoning spell?" asked Phoebe sitting down on the couch next to Paige. "Yes," said Paige in a firmer voice then she actually felt. "Well if you ever need to talk I'm always here for you," said Phoebe. "Thanks, and yes I did finish the summoning spell but I don't know how good it is," said Paige cracking a small rare smile. "Well I can be the judge of that," said Phoebe returning the smile. Paige just shrugged her shoulders and handed the spell to Phoebe. Paige then waited patiently while she read the spell, which read: Fireball throwing guy, Here our cry, We summon you here, Whether your far or near. "That sounds good a little non-traditional and weird but we have had weirder," said Phoebe reassuringly. "Thanks, I think," said Paige.
At that second Prue and Piper walked into the living room with the four bottled vanquishing potions. "Done with the potion," said Prue holding up the vials of potion and then handing one to Phoebe while Piper handed one to Paige. Prue looked around the living room and noticed there wasn't any space on the couch and no more chairs so she went and sat on Piper. "Umph, thanks Prue you know you could have found another chair besides me," said Piper surprised that Prue sat on her. Prue turned and grinned at Piper and said in her best baby voice, "True but Pipe that would have taken energy." "Prue darling you cannot pull that voice off better then Phoebe so don't try," said Piper dramatically. They all started laughing and then Phoebe realized what Piper meant and what she had said. "Hey that isn't fair," protested Phoebe standing up and putting her hands on her hips.
They all started laughing again and when they had finally calmed down Phoebe read the spell to Piper and Prue. They both agreed that the spell was a little weird but also agreed they had, had weirder. "So are you guys ready to vanquish this demon?" asked Prue once again gaining her composure and taking the lead. "Wait does everybody have a bottle of vanquishing potion and a copy of the vanquishing spell?" asked Piper. All of the girls held up their potions and their copy of the vanquishing spell.
They all trounced up to the attic and shoved the furniture aside. "Now watch out for his fireballs after all he might be expecting us to summon him," warned Prue. "If the vanquishing spell doesn't work then throw the vials of potion right away," continued Prue. "Yea yea we got it," said Phoebe waving her hand dismissively at Prue. "Okay then on the count of three say the spell," said Prue. "!-2-3," all the girls counted together. The four girls read the spell in unison and Zeenkoo came into the attic screaming. As soon as he entered the attic he shot a fireball at Prue that she wasn't ready for. Good for her though Paige saw it flying towards Prue and jumped in front of it.
When Prue saw that Piper had made a move towards Paige when she hit the ground after getting hit with the fireball she said while using her power to send the fireballs back at Zeenkoo, "Don't Piper just read the spell." Piper nodded and together the three read the spell but that didn't seem to have any affect on him, he just laughed. "Silly witches," said Zeenkoo while lobbing a fireball in Phoebe's direction, which she easily dodged. The three girls looked at each other knowingly and pulled their vanquishing potions out of their back pockets and threw them at him. Zeenkoo immediately burst into flames and yelled out in pain. The only thing that was left of Zeenkoo was a scorch mark on the attic room floor.
"Leo get your ass down here," said Piper yelling up at the ceiling. Leo orbed into the room and asked, "What?" "Paige," said Phoebe who had started to tear up. Piper and Prue were also trying desperately not to cry. Leo ran over to Paige and put his hands over Paige. "It's working," said Leo. "Ugh this is all my fault," said Prue putting both of her hands on top of her head. "Prue don't even blame yourself," said Piper waving her finger in Prue's face. "What is taking so long?" asked Prue desperately. "How many times do I have to tell you that the reason why it takes so long is because she almost died," said Leo sounding slightly annoyed. "Sorry," said Prue putting up her hands up in defense.
In a few moments Paige was fully healed, she jumped up and happily asked, "Did we get him?" "Paige what the hell was going through your head when you jumped in front of a fireball?" asked Prue sternly. Paige just shrugged her shoulders and sarcastically said, "I didn't die now did I?" "That is not the point that fireball was meant for me," argued Prue. "Yes it was but I jumped in front of it, it was my choice and I didn't die, now end of discussion," Paige shot back firmly but not too firmly.
Phoebe looked from Prue to Paige and could see that this could go on forever so she spoke up, "Okay Prue, Paige is okay and was just trying to help you." "Okay now that we got that settled I say we order some pizza and some movies from pay-per view," said Phoebe happily. "I agree," said Piper with Prue nodding her head in agreement. "Well I think that I am just going to head to bed, I'm beat," said Paige side glancing at Prue when she thought no one was paying attention. The truth was that Piper saw her but decided it was time that her and Phoebe needed to tell Prue about Paige's other nightmare. "Are you sure?" asked Phoebe. "Yea I will see you guys in the morning," said Paige and then she headed towards the stairs.
When they heard the door close to Paige's room Piper turned towards Prue and said, "Me and Phoebe need to tell you something." "Okay then," said Prue nodding her head. "We think that Paige thinks that she is just a Charmed One to us and not also as a sister and mostly as a friend," said Piper seriously. "Yea we asked her what was wrong in her sleep and why she was yelling "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" over and over again," continued Phoebe. "Her answer was that she was sorry that she wasn't you and she wished she was never born so we could have you back," said Piper slightly worried how Prue would act to this news.
It took a few minutes for Prue to respond but when she did her response surprised her other two sisters, "I think that she has a little reason to believe that." Then she quickly said, "Not to be mean but I know Piper has been having a difficult time accepting Paige and Phoebe has been feeling guilty about forming a bond with Paige that she has been acting distant." Phoebe and Piper guiltily nodded their heads in agreement. "We will just have to make Paige realize that we are here for her and that she will always be a part of this family," said Phoebe determinedly. Piper and Prue nodded their heads in agreement. "Okay well we have to form a bond with her and get her to trust us otherwise the Power of Four doesn't really exist," said Prue seriously. "Agreed," said Phoebe and Piper together.
"Another important thing is that we find out what she is hiding from us," said Piper after a few seconds of silence. "I know I wonder what it could be," voicing her thoughts out loud. "I just hope that she doesn't push away from us too much, she has a lot of the Halliwell stubbornness," said Piper cracking a smile. "Yea and she looks so much like Prue especially from the back," said Phoebe. "Really?" asked Prue. In answer Piper and Phoebe nodded their heads. "She has Piper's temper though and Phoebe's taste for adventure and let's just say mischievousness, at least from the vibes I get from her" said Prue jokingly. Phoebe just stuck out her tongue.
"I think we should come back to this subject later but I seem to remember something about pizza and movies," said Prue. "I agree I think we should just keep a close eye on her," said Piper seriously. "Yep beat you guys down there," said Phoebe already racing for the downstairs. Piper and Prue protested at Phoebe's head start but they still ran after her.
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