A/N: Happy 4th of July, everyone! Sorry I couldn't do a special 4th of July tribute, but it just didn't fit. I had a great trip and I hope you all aren't too unhappy about the delay. This chapter is a play on the phrase, "it'll be fixed in no time." RJF: Exactly! And Ra really has it out for Isis. Ooh yay, I'm glad you like seeing more of Brandon's family. TheShadowWithin: Aww, thank you. :) damien455: Thanks! The-Cheese-Fairy: Well, whoever has the powers of the Goddess or God will be destroyed, if their statue is destroyed. So since Pearl and Brandon's spell switched their powers and essences with Isis and Osiris, they will die if those statues are destroyed, instead of Osiris and Isis. It's a backfire if there ever was one! PrUe AnD AnDy: Eeek, sorry. I know this wasn't very fast. :( LeoPiperAndyPrue: That's okay. Your new fic sounds cool, I'll definitely watch out for it. And I'll be sure to check out the new chapter, A.S.A.P. And thanks for the imput, I will definitely try to add in more Leo. money makes me smile: Thanks:-D I really like writing this plot, so I'l tickled that you're enjoying it. chyp: Aw, thanks. I had loads of fun, it was great seeing my friend again! winter blaze: Thank you! Prince Halliwell: Andy's just jealous because Prue's being a brat and she went to Darryl, but not to him. Phyre: I know, sorry for the shortness. I'm a smidge stuck, ever since my originals got erased. Darn it! Piper xox Leo: I'm back, I'm back! lol And totally out of breath. Was it not quick enough? VisionGurl: Yay! I'm so happy that you love my Pearl/Brandon. He's such a cutie!

Every Halliwell Counts

Chapter 21: It'll Be Sphinxed In No Time

"Why do we have to go all the way to Egypt?" Paige blistered.

"Because that is where the statues are hidden," Bast replied.

"Can't you just tell us where they are?" Phoebe asked, her looking pleading.

Bast shook her head. "Only Isis knows where they reside, for she was the one who hid them. She couldn't risk a lesser deity being tricked or mentally forced into telling Ra, if he were to ever break free."

"So shouldn't Pearl know?" Paige asked.

"No, only Isis' powers and essence were passed on, not her knowledge or memories."

"Then how're we supposed to fix this?" Mrs. Fargo asked.

"We go to Egypt," Persia replied as she pulled herself up from her chair.

"What about Brandon?" Phoebe asked, knowing that the little boy was trying to hear their conversation. "And the other kids?"

"Leo."

"Wouldn't he want to come with us? What if someone gets hurt?"

"What if the kids get hurt?" Paige fired back.

"You're right." Phoebe tilted her head back. "Leo!"

Moments later the room was bathed in a soft glow of blue and white, accompanied by the formation of the whitelighter. "What's up?"

"We need you to watch the kids for a while," Paige informed.

"What are you going to do?" The whitelighter asked.

"We're going to Egypt," Phoebe replied, somberly.

----1 Hour Later----

"I wanna go too!" Pandora thrust out her bottom lip, on the verge of tears. "I wanna go too!"

"Sweetie, you can't," Prue soothed as she ran her hand across her daughter's dark hair. "This is a grown up thing."

Pandora's lip trembled. "But I wanna save Pearl too!"

Suddenly Brandon shot out of his seat. "Save Pearl?" His eyes shifted across the adults. "What's going on?"

"Nothing, Bran." Mrs. Fargo chewed her lower lip. "Just-just sit back down. We'll be back soon."

"No, I'm coming with you! If you have to save Pearl, then something bigger is up."

"Brandon," Mr. Fargo warned.

"I'm coming," Brandon glared.

Leo silently pulled a small bag from his pocket and opened it, scooping out a handful of powder. Then he threw it at the young, male witch.

Brandon flinched for a moment. Then his hands flew up into an 'x' formation and his staffs her magically summoned to his hands. The whitelighter memory dust was instantly absorbed into young witch, leaving him uneffected. "Was that memory dust?" He asked, glaring at Leo.

The whitelighter exchanged looks with the remaining adults in the room. "I can't keep him here if he doesn't want to stay, not with the powers of Osiris."

Phoebe sighed and wiggled her hand. "Take my hand."

"I..."

"Don't argue. If you want to come, just take my hand."

Brandon shut his mouth and took ahold of the psionic Charmed One's hand. "Pearl, come here."

Pearl let a brief smile play on her lips, as she grasped her best friend's hand.

"Are you gonna bring mom back?" Phiona asked, looking up to her remaining relatives.

"We will, we promise," Persia said as she knelt down to her younger cousin's level and pulled the young witchlighter into a hug.

"Be careful," Phiona begged.

"I will." Persia stood up and walked over to her mother, taking her free hand. "Come on, let's get this show on the road."

"I'll take us there," Bast replied.

"Inform Cole and Andy for us, okay?" Phoebe asked, looking at Leo and Glenn.

"We will," Glenn nodded as he held his youngest niece in his arms.

Prue walked over to Paigeand Persia, taking their hands. "Are we ready?" Her blue eyes shifted to Bast.

Bastet nodded and waved her hand. The Egyptian hieroglyphics on her ancient dress began to glow a bright golden color and then a wave of Egyptian sand enveloped the party, forcing them to vanish from sight.

As if something right out of a painting, the sky was a heavenly blue color and the scorching Egyptian sun grinned down upon the African country. Small specks of shiny golden slivers dazzled across the masses of everlasing sand and if one were to look closely, you could actually see the heat waves rising from the ground. There was, however, one large shaded area. A mammoth sized monument made entirely of blocks of sand stood proudly in the blistering heat, casting a cool shadow over the hot sand. It was known across the globe as The Sphinx. Suddenly a wave of sand rose up from the ground, circling around before depositing a set of strangers in the shade of the massive Sphinx.

"Whoa!" Persia gaped as she titled her head back to stare at the legendary Sphinx. "That thing is huge!"

"It's a masterpiece," Bastet commented.

Paige squinted her dark eyes while cupping her hand and placing it across her forehead. "Where do we look for the statues?"

The Cat Goddess shook her head, before thrusting out a large cat paw and pointing across the sand. "They could be anyway. Most likely she hid each one in a different place across the country."

"That doesn't help us any."

"Maybe Paige could try orbing them?"

"She'd need psychokinetic orbing for that," Prue replied.

"We don't know anyone with psychokinetic abilities," Phoebe snorted.

"Actually..." Persia tapped her golden locket. "Maybe we do."

"What?" Prue, Phoebe, and Paige asked in unison as they turned to the electrokinetic witch.

"I just may have an idea," the electric witch grinned as she flipped open her golden locket.

----Alternate Universe----

Alternate Pamela sat boredly in the library of Magic School, reading a book. It was summer for her, but today she couldn't find anything else to do, so she'd decided that she would try to find something interesting pertaining to her Wiccan roots. She squinted her eyes, about to turn the page, when she saw a soft glow relfecting off the white pages off the book. She looked down to find the diamond on her locket glowing brightly. "Persia!" She grinned, flipping open the locket to reveal a projection of Persia Halliwell.

"Hey!" The projection of the electrokinetic grinned.

"What's up?" Alternate Pamela asked.

"Uhm, I sorta have an ordeal here," the projection replied.

"What do you mean?" The telekientic asked, as she placed her book down.

The projection's eyes shifted. "Well, you see, I'm here in Egypt..."

"Egypt?"

"Yeah and we're looking for these ancient Egyptian statues. We need to find them before Ra finds them," Persia's project explained.

"Ra? As in the ancient Egyptian Sun God?"

"That's the one," the projection replied. "Mom had a premonition of him destroying the statue and since Pearl took on Isis' powers, it'll destroy her."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Back up. This is all fine and dandy, but where do I come in?"

"Oh, right," the projection of the electric witch laughted nervously. "Actually, I was hoping I could ask about Emma. You mentioned the last time we talked that she had gotten a new power."

"Yeah," Alternate Pam mumbled.

"Psychokinesis, right?" Persia's projection inquired.

"Yeah."

"Well I was wondering if you could get her over here. We need her to find the statues for us," the projection replied.

Alternate Pam rubbed her head. "Is that all?"

A smirk spread across the face of Persia's projection. "Yeah, saving the world. Same old, same old."

"Oh, well if that's all..." The telekinetic grinned. "She'll be right over. Hold on.."

----Real Universe----

"She'll be here in just a minute," Persia grinned triumphantly.

"Emma?" Phoebe asked.

"Yeah, the psionic. You know, the one that helped Phiona with some potions."

"Ooh, that one!" Phoebe smiled. "She was pretty cool. I liked her powers."

"Yeah, sure, it was because they were all mental powers."

Phoebe rolled her eyes. "What can I say? You don't meet a lot of the good ones nowadays."

Suddenly a glowing blue Triquetra sprung up in the middle of the desert and a tall red haired woman walked out.

"Emma!" Persia grinned, running over to the empath and giving her a hug. "Thanks so much for coming!"

"No thanks for me?" Alternate Pam's projection was now in the locket again.

"Of course! Thank you so much!"

"I have to get going, you caught me right in the middle of a good book," the telekinetic's projection replied. "But I'm glad I could help. Send Emma back safely."

"You bet. Say 'hi' to everyone for me." Persia smiled and waved, before shutting her locket.

"So, what is it that I need to do?" Emma asked, looking around.

"Just psychokinetically summon a few magical statues for me."

"Oh, you do realize that my power is still kind of new, right?"

"I know, I'm sorry, but you're the only one we know..."

"I'll give it a go," the immortal empath replied. She closed her eyes and began to imagine the silhouettes of ancient Egpytian statues. Suddenly small pieces of sand began to shift, followed by the sand beginning to levitate, and then the ground began to groan. Emma let out a small moan as she placed her hands on both sides of her head and the ground began to rumble, causing the witches to wobble. "There's strong magic protecting these things," Emma cried out as everyone but her toppled to the ground and large cracks began to open up in the sand, forming into massive holes where the sand instantly tried to fill back up.

"J-j-just a little more!" Persia pleaded as she was tossed and shoved across the hot ground, thanks to the unimaginable psychokinetic power that Emma was releasing.

"I've almost got them!" Emma yelled, her eyes still clamped shut. The ground shook again, more powerful than anything they'd ever felt before, and then massive statues shot up from the ground and landed roughly on the hot sand. The sand instantly gushed into the open holes, left by the lack of the statues, and then all was quiet once more. The redhead's hand slipped from her head, as she took to the force of gravity.

Prue quickly thrust out her hands, catching the psychokinetic with her telekinetic abilities. The eldest Charmed One walked over to the redhead and gentlely lowered her to the ground. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah.." Emma rubbed her head and began to blink her eyes. "I'm go..." Her eyes became wide. "Do you know that guy?" She murmured.

Prue bit her lower lip as she turned around to see a huge, angry looking man with large muscles not ten feet away. "Ph-Phoebe, Paige!"

TO BE CONTINUED...