Don't worry… Andy won't die from this. Glad you liked the last chapter, and umm yeah I hope you like this one too…?
Manor
"Where the hell is she?" Piper asked as she paced around the living room. "She's been gone for over eleven hours, I'm starting to get really worried."
"I'm sure she's fine and will be home soon." Phoebe said trying to reassure her sister, but wasn't too confident herself.
"I just want to know where she is." Piper said as she sat down on the couch next to Leo. " Leo you watched us grow up, do you have any idea where she would go?"
"Well she always went to the lake before, but we already checked there." Leo said as he wrapped his arm around her in comfort. "I wish there was more I could do to help. If I was still a whitelighter I could sense her."
"Wait that's it!" Phoebe shrieked as she began to run out of the room.
"What?" Piper asked stopping Phoebe at the doorway with those words. "Phoebe what are you thinking in that head of yours?"
"He said he could sense her, and then I had an epiphany. I don't know why I didn't think of it before." She said as she motioned for them to follow her up the stairs.
"But you're not a whitelighter so you can't sense her." Bane said as he got up from the couch. " Unless there's more secrets you people have."
"No I am not a whitelighter, but we can scry for her. I still can't believe we didn't think of this eleven hours ago." Phoebe said as she took Piper's hand and led her up to the attic leaving Bane and Leo in the living room.
Attic
Phoebe and Piper had the map lying on an antique desk in the attic as they let the crystal hover over as it began to slow down.
"We almost have her." Piper said as the crystal almost completely stopped over Golden Gate Park, and then stopped.
"What's she doing at Golden Gate Park?" Phoebe asked curiously, as she folded the map up and placed it back into a box.
"Uh… I don't know." Piper said as she scratched her head thinking. "Wait that's where she and Andy loved to go when they were teenagers, and still do. Well before they broke up."
" Ok then so first we have to…"" Phoebe began to say but was stopped by Bane screaming.
"Hey guys help, the burly partner is on your side now! He's taking me away!" Bane screamed as Darryl placed the handcuffs on his wrists.
Piper and Phoebe ran down the stairs worried that there was a demon but were relieved when they saw Darryl putting the handcuffs on.
"Umm hello… Why aren't you helping me?" Bane asked as Darryl finished cuffing him.
"Hmm maybe because you're a criminal and it's where you belong." Phoebe said grinning, happy that they could start doing things without Bane.
"But I'm helping you find Prue." Bane said with a hurt expression, even though he was a criminal he still cared a lot for Prue.
"Nah we don't need you anymore." Piper said with a smile then looked to Darryl. "Take him away Darryl."
Darryl laughed and walked out the front door with Bane in hand cuffs.
"Well now that he's gone, we can go find Prue." Phoebe said as she grabbed their jackets.
"Want to come with us?" Piper asked Leo as she struggled to get her right arm in her sleeve.
"Sure anything I can do to help." He answered as he helped her put her arm in and walked out the door.
Golden Gate Park
Piper and Phoebe arrived at the park half an hour later.
"Do you remember where the swing is?" Piper asked as they began walking down the path.
"Prue!" The screamed, as they ran down the path searching for her.
"Wait! Is that her with the man standing behind her?" Phoebe asked pointing to a woman on a swing a few hundred feet away with a man in a black suit behind her.
"I think so." Piper said as she grabbed Phoebe's hand as they ran down the path towards her.
"Prue!" The screamed noticing that the man was whispering something in her ear. And whatever he was saying seemed to be affecting Prue a lot.
When the man heard them coming he ran off into the bushes. Prue heard their voices and looked up to see them approaching her.
"Hey guys." She said as she wiped the tears away from her face hoping they didn't notice.
"Prue… Have you been here all night?" Piper asked as she pulled her sister into a hug, and stroked her hair.
"Umm yeah, well I think I've been here since I left the hospital." She answered back as Phoebe joined in on the hug.
"Prue, what happened back at the hospital? You said some things that got us pretty worried." Piper said as they all pulled away and she studied her sister's face so she couldn't lie.
"Nothing." Prue said looking to the ground to hide her face from Piper.
"Nothing!" Phoebe screamed. "Nothing that's why you said…Anyone who loves me gets killed. I'm better off alone, or dead!" Phoebe said as she began to scold Prue as if she was a young child. But she also had a worried tone in her voice, but it was well hidden with anger.
"Well it was the truth Phoebe. Whether you want to admit it or not."
"No, Prue it's not true." Phoebe said, angry that her sister could think that Andy would be better off if she were dead.
"Well, maybeI was wrong. Maybe everyone is better off if I'm dead." Prue said about to walk away but was stopped by Piper grabbing her arm.
"No Prue don't you dare say that!" She said as tears filled her eyes. "What is wrong with you, this isn't you!"
"Look even if Andy is in a coma, because he tried to save you that's his choice." Phoebe shouted. "And how are we better off if you're dead? If you're dead there is no power of three and we're even more screwed."
Piper cringed; she had chosen the wrong words for what she was trying to say. She had just admitted that they were partially screwed with Prue alive, of course that was all wrong, but it had already been said.
"So you admit it!" Prue said. "I do ruin everyone's lives. So you're saying this is my fault, is that it? Because Andy loved me and got hurt."
"No, Prue that's not it. You're ruining your life, and ours because of something. I don't know what. Okay, something is holding you back. Something big time and instead of facing it, you're running from it." Phoebe said getting angry.
"Phoebe..." Piper said looking at Prue who looked like she was about to break down.
Phoebe didn't stop, she was determined and kept going. "But you can't keep running, Prue. Because you have got to figure out what your problem is, otherwise we're all dead."
"That's right, Phoebe. It's my responsibility, isn't it?" Prue said through tears, she couldn't hold them back anymore. "The oldest sister, always supposed to be able to figure things out. Well, if that's the case, then how come I couldn't save Andy? If I'm supposed to be so powerful, how come I couldn't save him? I mean, my god, don't you understand? Andy is in that hospital bed because of me, it doesn't matter what he said, it was my fault. How could it be good to be witches if all it does is get the people we love hurt or killed?"
"Oh, sweetie." Phoebe said finally stopping the verbal abuse on her sister, once she stopped and noticed the tears more.
"Prue, it's not your fault. You tried to keep Andy from coming with us that night, remember? You tried to keep him away, but he came anyway. He came because he wanted to. Because he loves you." Piper said as she stroked Prue's arm for slight comfort.
"And there was nothing that you could have done to stop him, Prue. He chose to walk into the mausoleum, not because of who you are, honey, but because of who he was." Phoebe said trying to fix the damage she made worse.
" He's a protector of the innocent, just like us." Piper said with a smile.
"I just don't know if I believe in it anymore." Prue said wiping away some of the tears. "Lately all being a witch has done is cause a lot of pain, and those we love."
"Honey, we've done a lot of good as witches too. You know that. But that doesn't mean that bad things still aren't going to happen. But just because we can't help that, doesn't mean that is our fault." Phoebe said.
"Or yours." Piper added.
"Come here." Phoebe said as she pulled Prue into another hug, and Piper quickly joined in. The hug lasted several minutes before Piper broke it.
"Look I better go find Leo so he can stop looking, I'll meet you two at the car?" Piper said as she kissed the top of Prue's head and walked away.
"I'll go get the car, since it's kind of far away, you wait here okay?" Phoebe said, as she looked Prue in the eyes.
"I'll be fine… Go get!" She said as she turned around and began picking up things she had on the swing.
"They're lying. Andy's accident is completely my fault." The darklighter said as he corrupted her thoughts.
"Why would they lie about that?" Prue said as fresh tears came back to her eyes.
"Because they don't know, that's why you need to protect them. Rowland will be back soon, and unless you are dead he will kill them. You killed his brother and now he wants revenge."
"But I was trying to keep them safe." She muttered.
"But you failed, the only way to keep everyone safe now is to end your life, before you hurt someone else. You already hurt Andy, nest will be Piper, then Phoebe."
"No…" Prue said through tears as she ran away with the darklighter following behind.
Phoebe has just brought the car closer and went to go get Prue, but what she saw was Prue running away and a man following behind.
"Prue!" She shouted as she began to run after her. As Prue turned around, the man in the dark suit disappeared in a puff of black smoke. Prue turned to look at Phoebe but turned around and began to run even faster.
"Darklighter!" Leo screamed from behind Phoebe after seeing the man in the dark suit disappear.
"I'm sorry what?" Piper said looking at him. " Leo what are you talking about?"
" Darklighters forces good souls into suicide through telepathic suggestion. They're very dangerous." Leo said with huge concern on his face.
"What do you mean Leo?" Phoebe asked trying to put all the pieces together.
" I mean that Prue's in great danger."
