When She's Gone.
Kyle was right. Paige was going to be here for a long time. Two weeks had already passed and Paige was really begining to get frightened.
God only knows what her sisters must be thinking. Something inside her told her they wouldnt care. She knew that Quillron must be manipulating her somehow. She had to fight it. For her sisters' sake. It was weakening her so much that breathing was becoming a hard task for her. She couldnt take it, even with Kyle by her side urging her to fight the darkness threatening to take over her mind, she collapsed on the floor, as still as a rock.
Phoebe lay awake in her bed, every once in a while she would glance over at Paige's bed and hope to see her tiny form fast asleep under the covers.
She thought about how scared Paige must be and wished with all her might that she could be with her, protecting her.
The image of Paige's terrified, helpless face haunted her dreams that night.
Then as if Phoebe was watching the scene before her on a black and white televison, Phoebe saw the Paige, only this wasnt the Paige she knew, this Paige was about 13 years older and her facial expression was darker.
She was standing on some sort of cliff with wot can only be described as hundreds of demons large and small behind her, waiting her command.
Phoebe was pulled out of the premonision/dream by Piper shaking her awake.
"Phoebe, sweetie. Are you okay?" Piper asked sitting down on the side of her younger sister's bed and looking concerned.
Phoebe didn't know whether she should tell Piper about what she saw or not. If she did then it might just worry her and Prue into a frenzy, not that they wern't already at their wit's end. But if she didn't then she would be with-holding information about Paige, and the Halliwell sisters didn't keep secrets from one another.
"Pipe? I... I saw Paige again, only this time it was in a premonition." Phoebe said taking a deep breath.
"You did! Well did you recognise the surroundings, mabye we could search for what you saw and..."
"Piper! It was in the future, way in the future... about 12 or 13 years in the future. Paige was, she was evil Pipe. Evil and powerful." Phoebe said cutting off Piper.
Piper sat there for a moment. Phoebe thought she had tottaly zoned out for a moment.
"No." Piper said suddenly. "I'm not gonna let this happen. We're gonna find Paige and everything will be fine. No one is turning evil." Piper said with such determination in her voice Phoebe thought she was gonna start singing the national anthem next.
Suddenly all the determination in Piper's face gave way to one of sheer defeat.
"Piper?" Phoebe asked as she looked at Piper as if she was about to explode at any moment.
"What if we can't find her? What if she really does turn out like your vision? What would we do?" Piper said, tears welling in her eyes as she spoke.
Phoebe scooted closer to Piper at the foot of her bed.
"Come on Pipe, don't think like that. Are'nt you the one who always tells us never to give up hope?"Phoebe said wrapping her arm around her big sister.
"Yeah Pheebs, you're right. We will find her. And not a God damned thing is gonna stop us trying." Piper said hugging her little sister.
Phoebe leaned into her sister's warm embrace and immediatley thought of Paige and how lonely she must feel. The thought saddened her.
"Paige is afraid of the dark" Phoebe said airily.
Piper looked down at Phoebe with a confused expression etched on her face.
"What sweetie?" Piper asked her little sister.
"The underworld is dark. Paige is afraid of the dark." Phoebe said looking into space as if she were in a trance. She looked into her sister's eyes and Piper could see tears forming in her younger sister's eyes.
"I miss her Pipe." Phoebe sobbed as Piper brought her in closer to herself.
"I know sweetie, I do to." Piper said trying to sustain the tears which were forming in her eyes from falling.
Prue watched from the doorway as two of the three most important people in her life tried not to break down at the dissapearance of the third.
Prue entered the room and made her way over to her baby sister's empty and cold bed. She smoothed her fingers over the covers gently as if feeling for some essence of her youngest sister. Prue sat on the bed and as she did so the harsh and creul coldness of the furniture stabbed at her senses like a knife tearing at her heart. It was too much for the strong headed sister as she brought her hands to her face and sobbed for her little sister, who, for all she knew could be gone forever.
Just as soon as Piper and Phoebe were about to comfort their older sister, the sound of orbing filled the room. All three sisters looked up expectantly until the orbs revealed that Leo was their orbing guest.
The sistersnoticed that something wasnt right in Leo's facial expression. His face wasnt as cheery as it normally was and his eyes looked puffy as if he had been crying.
Horror filled all three sister's thoughts as they waited for the news they feared would come.
"The Elders have confirmed that Paige's body has... been disovered in the underworld."Leo said, his voice wavering.
"They... they confirmed that Paige's spirit has been l...lost" Leo said breaking the news that also broke his heart.
"No. Oh God." Prue whispered as her breathing became very rapid.
Piper sat staring at the floor. 'This can't be happening' she thought to herself.
'Paige can't be... Paige can't be dead' she thought silently as her body wracked with sobs.
"You're wrong. She cant be dead! What about my premonision! It was real she's still alive ! You have to tell the elders about my premonision Leo !" Phoebe screamed.
"Shhh sweetie. Paige is gone baby you have to realise that. She cant come back." Piper said trying to calm Phoebe down by pulling her in close to herself.
"No I wont believe it ! You cant make me! " Phoebe cried in a desprate bid to convince herself that Paige was okay.
"Phoebe listen to me! You have to understand that Paige is gone sweetie. If you dont then you're gonna make yourself sick okay?" Prue said comming over to the middle of the room where Piper was trying to calm down a hysterical Phoebe.
Without a word, Leo left the sisters alone.
Together, all three of them huddled close, mourning the death of they're baby sister.