CHAPTER FIVE
Piper opened her eye cautiously to see them in a basement looking somewhat similar to the attic. "Where are we?" She asked.
"You know, for another world, it really doesn't look that different," Paige acknowledged.
"Alright, let's look around for that girl that Chris said kept appearing," Piper said, taking charge.
"And the other two that were trying to kill me," Phoebe put in. The three walked out of the basement. Phoebe looked around. "Alright, this is the kitchen where I had appeared, and they had all been eating breakfast."
They looked around. Most of the dishes were now in the sink, but there was still some food lying on the table that hadn't been taken care of yet.
"Hello?" Phoebe called.
"Do you think they have jobs in this realm? Maybe that's where everyone went," Paige suggested.
"And maybe the little boy is at school," Phoebe said.
"Little boy? You didn't mention a little boy," Piper said.
"Oh yeah. He was such a cutie too. I didn't get much of a look at him because one of the women insisted on trying to blow me up," Phoebe replied. "Luckily enough I dodged it."
Paige wandered out into the hall, and followed through to the foyer. "You know, I was half expecting to come to a place that looked identical to our house," She said.
"You can't be serious," Phoebe said.
"Well there is somewhat of a resemblance. The door looks just like ours."
"Yeah, but that's it," Paige replied. She looked around eagerly. "Look, there's pictures!" She walked over to the mantel place and picked up a picture of a woman with blond hair piled into a bun, wearing a white wedding gown. Next to her was a man with a tuxedo and black hair, smiling at the camera. In the woman's arms was a bundle of blankets, a small baby's face barely noticeable.
Next to that picture was one of three women standing together, similar to the one the Charmed Ones had in their own house. The youngest – the one that had appeared earlier – had her short blond hair pulled back from her pale but pretty face. Next to her was another pale woman, but with dark brown hair framing her face. At the end was the woman from the photo, her hair done up in a high braid. They were all wearing matching blue t-shirts that had 'Make a Wish Children's Foundation'.
There were more pictures, but none of them together. Phoebe picked up the one where they were together, only to be pulled into a premonition.
"Steve, look out!" Kailyn called out. She waved her hand and the dark haired man was lifted into the air before the energy ball could hit him. She let him fall back down, and he formed a fiery ball ready to throw it back at whoever had attempted to hit him.
Siobhan came up next to Kailyn. "What do we do?" She asked nervously.
"How am I supposed to know?" Siobhan demanded angrily.
"Why does the demon have to be invisible?" Steve demanded. With that he was thrown across the room, his fire ball quick to bounce back and hit him in the arm.
"Kailyn!" Siobhan exclaimed.
"I didn't do it!" Kailyn cried, running towards Steve but she was tossed out of the way. A man appeared out of nowhere and approached the young Sam, who was now trembling in a corner.
"Stay away from him!" Siobhan cried. She ran in front of her son, and looked desperately for someone to help her. Amanda lay on the ground looking dead as blood dripped from her mouth. Kailyn was trying to get in a sitting position and Steve was out cold.
"It shouldn't have come to this. The Sacred Ones weren't supposed to die, but there must be sacrifices," The man said, looking mournfully at Amanda.
"We trusted you!" Kailyn shouted. She waved her arm, but nothing happened. She tried it again, but still nothing.
"I'm terribly sorry about all of this, Kailyn. And Siobhan, but it seems the potion that temporarily takes away your powers is taking its desired effect. You can't fight me. Please, just give me Sam."
"Never," Siobhan spat. Somewhere a baby cry was heard, but no one paid attention to it.
Someone jumped out of nowhere and pushed the man to the floor. She looked up, revealing Kailyn. She grinned at her sister.
"Still got astral projection," She said. With that, though, she was pulled back into her body. Siobhan turned to Sam.
"Get out of here," She said. He nodded and started moving, but the man reached out and grabbed his leg. Sam cried out, and then the two vanished.
"No!" Siobhan cried. She went to where her son had been moments before, but he was nowhere in sight. She looked around as Kailyn tried to limp towards her, a cut forming just above her right eyebrow.
"Derek!" She called, looking at the ceiling. A man with dirty blond hair orbed in.
"What happened?" He gasped.
"Just get them," Siobhan said. He ran to Amanda and tried to heal her, but it didn't seem to be working. Siobhan slumped into a chair, hiding her now hysterical face.
"Why isn't it working?" Kailyn demanded shrilly.
Derek looked up at her. "I'm so sorry, Kailyn," He whispered.
"No!" Kailyn shrieked. "Heal her! Heal her!"
"You know I can't heal the dead," Derek said softly, pulling her into a comforting hug. She pushed him away and then went to her dead sister, now brushing her hair away from her pale face. Derek shook his head and then went to Steve.
"She can't be dead," Kailyn whispered. She looked up tearfully at Siobhan, who was now curled up in the fetus position on the chair, her sobs now getting hysterical as she tried to hush them by keeping her fist near her mouth; no one listening to the wails that were now coming from upstairs. The family had fallen apart.
Phoebe opened her eyes. "Oh my god," She gasped.
"What'd you see?" Paige asked.
"Pain. A lot of pain," She replied. She took in deep breaths, and then told the others what she had seen.
"The strange thing was that the man had called them the Sacred Ones," She said once she was finished with the story.
"Maybe in this world, they're like us. Instead of being Charmed, they're Sacred," Paige suggested.
"Then we were fighting the good guys this morning," Piper finished.
"Yeah. And now no one's here. Do you think your premonition has already come true?" Paige asked.
"No, it seemed like a few months from now. Everything was a little different," Phoebe said.
"So maybe we could try and help them. After all, we must be here for a reason," Paige suggested.
Piper nodded. "That sounds logical," She said.
"So where are they?" Phoebe asked, looking nervous.
A key turned in the lock.
"Siobhan, you still here?" A man called from the hallway. He walked into the room and stopped dead, seeing that three strange women were in his house.