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And the next chapter…………

CHAPTER SIX

DESCENDING TO THE BLACK DESPAIR

"So she just went up in flames?" Phoebe asked her incredulously as she meticulously scanned the pile of dust that was once a demon.

Paige nodded solemnly, slightly annoyed by the fact that Phoebe wouldn't take her word for it.

"Are you absolutely sure you didn't kill her?" Phoebe asked, looking at her with an odd glint in her eye.

Paige let out a small sigh of exasperation as she slumped down onto a divan that was conveniently placed behind her.

"Any why would I kill our one way of getting to know the Source?" Paige asked, fighting to keep the anger and frustration out of her voice.

It had been half an hour since the Oracle had mysteriously combusted, and they still had no idea how or why it occurred.

"Well, I think it is a possibility that you could be working for the Source and making sure that we don't kill him at all." Phoebe said seriously, eyeing Paige warily.

The brunette felt her mouth drop open for a moment, and as the absurdity of the situation caught up with her, she realised she had started to laugh.

Hysterically.

"That … is the … stupidest thing … I've ever … heard!" Paige manage to squeak out during bouts of laughing, unable to breathe properly.

Phoebe looked at her as if she was insane, only fuelling Paige's laughter, which eventually subsided as she realised laughing was helping no one.

"I'm guessing I was wrong then." Phoebe noted wryly, leaving the attic, mumbling something about copying out the vanquishing spell for them.

Paige was only slightly nervous about their plan to vanquish the Source, she had done it before, a few times, but this time she realised that she was all alone in her experience.

But at least we have Prue with us this time, she mused, deciding to clean up the mess the demon had left behind.

Sighing again, Paige bent over and picked up the stones from the floor, relishing in the fact she held so much power in her hands. She decided to leave the pile of ash for Prue and Piper to inspect, thought she doubted it would reveal much else apart from the rather brutal nature of the Oracle's death.

Placing the stones in the box they were kept in, Paige decided to flip through the Book of Shadows in preparation for the fight ahead of them. Their vanquish of the Source had been long planned last time, but their plan this time was to distract, trap and conquer. At least we have Prue, Paige thought again, watching her sisters walk into the attic.

"Right, Phoebe has the spell, we have the stones and Leo has taken our Paige up to the Elder's, after much persuasion I might add." Prue said, faltering in her speech when she noticed the absence of the Oracle and the new pile of remains on the floor.

"She blew up, I think someone was trying to stop her from saying something." Paige added quickly, wanting to get her say in the events before Phoebe put forth her suspicions over their new sister.

Ice blue eyes met chocolate ones for a few moments before Prue nodded her head, accepting Paige's view of the event. Piper look confused, and Phoebe still sceptical but nothing else was said on the matter.

"Right, let's get ready then." Piper said eventually, leaving the attic and descending the stairs.

Sighing, Paige followed, knowing that the next few hours would be extremely difficult for her and her sisters.

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Paige hastily put on the white tank top and black trousers she had borrowed from Prue. The clothes were comfortable and allowed easy movement, ideal for the mission ahead of them.

They had decided to split into two groups, Cole, Piper and Phoebe going down first to cause a distraction, with Paige and Prue sneaking down later to corner the Source and trap him, so that they could complete the spell with Phoebe and Piper with relative discretion.

The raven haired witch highly doubted that things would go totally to plan, as they never did in situations like the one they were about to propel themselves into, but it was comforting to know that they had already worked out their attack plan.

Paige also held a suspicion that Prue was the sister with the planning skills, as her time with Phoebe and Piper had yet to yield any intelligent courses of action for anything, they usually trusted that things were meant to work out well for them.

Paige decided she liked Prue's approach better.

"Ready?" A voice said from the door.

Paige looked up and locked eyes with the half demon that had ripped their family apart by its seams, luckily they had consoled and were now stronger than ever.

Paige had never trusted Cole, she had always felt a sense of foreboding around him, as if something or someone was warning her against him.

"Yes, I am." Paige replied, keeping her voice void of any emotion, for even she felt it was unfair to hate someone for crimes they had not committed.

Yet.

"You don't trust me?" He asked, watching Paige perch herself on the end of Prue's bed.

For Paige it felt odd to see her room with another person's belonging within it, and she also found it hard to realise that a part of her was walking around completely oblivious to what they were planning to do.

"Do you trust me?" Paige questioned, ignoring Cole's question deliberately.

"Well, you are Phoebe's sister so yes I do, but then again, who does really trust time travelling young women who believe they are part of this family?" He answered, chuckling slightly.

"Your arrogance will be your downfall." Paige uttered, walking past Cole and out of the room, only to bump into Piper who had witnessed the entire exchange.

Piper was dressed in similar attire to hers but wore a look of suspicion across her face, deliberately eyeing the space in-between Paige and Cole to make one of them talk.

Not speaking, Paige grabbed Piper's arm, muttering that she would explain later before leaving an angry Cole to lead the first group into the underworld.

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Until next time,

M.P