"Paige?" Phoebe said, running up to her sister as Leo ran over to Piper. She gave Paige a huge hug and then pulled away, her skin burning.
"Ow!" Phoebe drew back her hands, burning. Paige let out a weak smile.
"What can I say? I'm on fire!" She said. Phoebe groaned at the weak pun, smiling, but looked like she was going to cry.
"Oh, it's not your fault." Paige added hastily and gave her older sister a hug, tears of happiness rushing to her eyes.
"Let's vanquish his sorry butt." Phoebe said, smiling at her sister and the two of them went over to Piper and Leo.
"Paige! You're alive!" Piper cried, throwing her arms around Paige.
"And you're hot!" She winced, pulling back, her hands.
"Look Paige, we're really sorry . . ." Phoebe began, tears welling up. Paige hugged her two sisters'.
"I know its okay. It's not your fault." She said, starting to get all teary eyed too.
"We love you." Piper said.
"I love you guys too, but right now, let's vanquish Cole's sorry butt." Paige said. Piper grinned and flicked her wrists at Cole who had been trying to shimmer away and he froze on the spot. Paige walked over to him shakily.
"I'm going to do this one alone, is that okay?" She turned to her sister's. Phoebe and Piper nodded. Paige let out a sigh and turned back to Cole. She raised her palm outwards and pushed it in a forward motion towards Cole. Suddenly, whitish blue lightning erupted from her hand and it hit Cole, snapping him out of the freeze. He screamed and exploded in a shower of fire, while Paige looked at her hand in shock. She looked up and saw Piper, Leo and Phoebe all looking at her, shocked expressions on their faces as well.
"I guess I have new powers." Paige said her eyes wide. Then she collapsed. Piper, Leo and Phoebe ran to her side, Leo scooping her up.
"How's this possible?" Piper said, stunned at what Paige had just done to Cole.
"I have no idea, but let's get her home." Leo said. All four of them were orbed home a few seconds later. Leo gently lay Paige down on her bed, and Piper and Phoebe cast a spell, protecting Paige and her room. The three of them walked downstairs and fell onto the couches, all of them exhausted.
"Her throwing lightning doesn't mean she's evil right?" Piper asked Leo.
"Right. If that lightning hadn't been a whitish blue color, more like an orange color than she'd be evil. I don't think that's all she was able to do though." Leo said. Phoebe nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, before you got up Piper, she flung her hand at Cole and Cole went flying. Just like . . ." She trailed off.
". . . Just like Prue." Piper finished off quietly.
"How is this possible?" Phoebe asked Leo.
"I mean, it's obviously good that her powers are advancing, but this strong?" She said in amazement. Leo nodded.
"Look at it this way, now you guys will be even more powerful than before." He leaned back and let out a sigh. Piper looked at her husband suspiciously.
"Okay, I wasn't sure at first, but Paige has more power than the two of you could imagine. I went in to orb her away, and I noticed the knife on the ground and her wound was healed. I think that she's gotten a heap load of powers recently, and she may be in more danger that we think if the demons find out what she can do." Leo said a concerned look on his face.
"Wait, wait, wait." Phoebe said, holding her hands up.
"Not only can she throw lightning, but can move things like Prue AND heal herself!" She said. Leo nodded.
"Not fair." Phoebe said folding her arms across her chest and sitting back. Piper's eyes widened in amazement.
"And to think, she wanted to be like you." Piper said to Phoebe. Phoebe stuck out her tongue and smiled.
"Yeah well, could I blame her?" Phoebe said, striking a pose and Piper threw a pillow at her. Phoebe laughed at waved her hand at the pillow, pretending to be Piper and the pillow whacked her in the face. Phoebe put the tips of her fingers to her head.
"Look at me. I shall use the force to hit you!" Phoebe concentrated on the pillow, giving up after a few minutes. Piper laughed and Phoebe smiled. They hadn't laughed in a long time.
"We haven't laughed like this in ages."Piper thought.
"Yeah, I know. It's kind of about time that we had a good laugh." Phoebe said to Piper. Piper looked stunned.
"Oh no, she can read minds again. Why would she cast that spell now of all times?"
"Hey! I didn't cast a spell to read minds." Phoebe said crossly. Then covered her mouth.
"Did you say that out loud?" She asked Piper.
"Nope." Piper said. Leo sat there smiling and Phoebe and Piper turned to stare at him.
"What's so funny?" Piper asked.
"I don't think just Paige's powers are expanding, I think yours are too." Leo said.