Thanks for the reviews, Glad to see you guys still like it. Peanut2lb, Bane should be gone for now. He may come back, and ive been charmed by a witch lol "Hope Prue isn't a very good runner...". Hope you all like this chapter too.
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Leo and the remaining two sisters walked through the front door. They all had expressions of pure exhaustion from their long vicarious search of Golden Gate Park for a near three hours looking for their lost sister.
"I don't understand! How could she just run away like that?" Piper nearly screamed as she rested her exhausted body on the comfy couch.
"She's doing it because the Darklighter is manipulating her mind." Leo replied as he joined the annoyed sisters in the living room.
"Okay, so let me get this straight. This Darklighter is manipulating my sister for kicks?" Phoebe questioned, giving Leo a cautious look. She could tell that Leo was frightened by her tone.
"No." Leo said as his face went pale, partially due to Phoebes glance, and for what he was about to say. "You see… there's a certain type of Darklighter that drives future Whitelighters and people who do great acts of good, like witches or an extremely good mortal to commit suicide."
They both gave him a questioning glance. "And," he continued, "That is the kind of Darklighter that is trailing Prue."
The two sisters let out an incredulous scream, both in unison.
"It gets worse. If someone takes their own life, they lose their souls forever." Leo sighed, not able to look up at Piper's face.
"Well how can they get so depressed?" Piper asked, in a growing panic.
"They curse them. They bring their victims self doubt, bad luck, the kind that hurts other people." Leo said, ending in a short sigh, starting to exit the room.
"Well, that's not suicide, that's murder." Phoebe stated, thinking of how horrible that was as she and her sister quickly followed him out of the room.
"Not technically. They never actually push their victims, they just always compel them to jump." Leo said, still trying to get all he knew about it, as quick as possible.
"Well, he's not going to get to Prue. I don't care what he tries." Phoebe said with confidence as she placed Prue's camera back in the cupboard for sake keeping.
"Yes, but Phoebe, he knows her thoughts, he can make her think anything he wants her to think." Piper gasped through her deep elongated breaths.
"Piper, this is Prue that we're talking about, okay? She is so... " Phoebe was stopped to fidget with the roll of film, which she later dropped. "She wouldn't even think of..." As she picked up the film once again, she suddenly stopped her talking abruptly, and began to have a premonition.
She wormed as the figure of Prue standing on top of a bridge came into her mind. She felt her pain, and her despair. Then, she saw her take a jump off the ledge of the bridge, as her body fell towards the water.
Piper gave her sister an odd look, which one eyebrow perched high on her forehead, then knew exactly what happened. "What did you see?"
Phoebe looked into Pipers worried eyes, tears now forming around her own. "You guys were right," she slowly stated gasping for air, as she choked back tears, "We have to get to Prue. Now."
"Okay, well how about we try calling her cell?" Piper asked grabbing the nearest phone and handing it to Phoebe.
"Sure." Phoebe said grabbing the phone and beginning to dial Prue's cell. It didn't even ring once, but the rings were replaced by the voice of a computer saying monotonously, "The cellular subscriber you are trying to reach is not in the calling area."
"The cellular subscriber is too in the calling area. Damn it!" Phoebe grumbled, tossing the phone to the ground, getting more annoyed by the minute.
"Keep trying her cell. Are you sure your vision was of the past and not the present?" Piper asked as she came in the room with some coffee's to help them stay awake.
Phoebe gave Piper a demeaning look, "Oh no, she just died in the past, you know." Phoebe replied as she took the mug from her sister.
"The only time she was ever depressed like this was around the same time that we had that other accident." Piper mumbled as she took a sip of her coffee.
"What happened?" Leo asked with growing curiosity.
"Oh, Prue was driving and she ran a red light. We didn't even hear the other car honk." Phoebe began, trying to explain with words, and hand actions.
"Phoebe was the only one hurt. She was in the hospital for over a week. It scared the hell out of us." Piper stated, telling him all she could as briefly as possible.
"Prue never forgave herself." Phoebe added.
"It was a really rough time for her," Piper finished. "For all of us actually." Piper said as the tears came back remembering those days.
"Why?" Leo asked, pondering on where he should make it any harder on them.
"Well, Phoebe and I were teenagers and Grams was extremely over protective." Piper wiped her tears away, beginning to explain yet another story.
"But she was hardest on Prue. She kind of made Prue take care of us. She didn't let Prue go away to school. She wanted to go back east to be a photo journalist." Phoebe said thinking about all the things Prue gave up for them. "But, Grams knew that we were going to become witches and she wasn't going to let anything jeopardize that."
"I still can't believe that Prue would end her own life, she just wouldn't." Phoebe said still very sure that her sister would never do that.
"Yeah, but the Darklighter will make her think that she is going to. He'll mess with her head and try and take her back to that same dark place. And he'll say whatever he has to and make her do something she would never otherwise do." Leo grimaced. "I know from experience. They tried the same for me when I was still living."
"Okay, so if we can't find Prue, how do we find the Darklighter?" Piper asked determined to find her sister, before she did the unthinkable.
"You can't without a Whitelighter. We sense each other." Leo said, feeling even more useless then normal. It was so hard not being able to help them the same way a whitelighter could. But it thoughts were stopped when the sound of a phone ringing ran through his head.
"Prue?" Phoebe said as she quickly picked up the phone.
"Hey, Phoebes." Prue answered back, but her voice was full of distress and sadness.
"Is it her?" Piper asked impatiently shaking her hands.
"Yeah." Phoebe said extending her finger to shut Piper up. "Where are you?"
"I don't really know but I'm fine, so just move on, you're safer that way." Prue said as she looked up at the bridge in front of her.
"None of what's happening lately has anything to do..." Phoebe began to say, but was cut off by static screeching in her ears.
"Hello?" Prue said in a loud manner, in hopes Phoebe would hear her through the static.
"Prue, can you hear me?" Phoebe said frantically, she had been trying to find her sister and she wasn't about to get disconnected and lose her again.
"You have to tell her about the Darklighter." Leo whispered under his breath.
"I'm trying." Phoebe said with annoyance.
"Phoebe, I can't hear you." Prue sighed as the Darklighter sent a ray of dark cloud at the phone causing it to go dead.
"Hello?" Phoebe practically screamed frantically into the phone. "Damn it. I lost her." She muttered, as she placed the phone on the coffee table and placed her head in her hands.
"Okay, what do we do? We have to find her." Piper said as she got up to her feet and helped Phoebe up as well.
"Where do we start?" Phoebe asked ready for anything that meant Prue being safe.
" I say we start at the hospital, maybe she went to see Andy." Piper said as she handed Phoebe her coat.
"She could be anywhere. But that is a good place to start." Phoebe said as she zipped up her blue jean jacket.
"How about the Book Of Shadows? You could try scrying." Leo asked, hoping to help more.
"I don't think we have the time for that." Phoebe said, giving him a sympathetic look. It seemed to be very hard for him not being able to help more.
" Well then I'm going with you." Leo mumbled as he began to put his jacket on as well.
"No. Somebody has to stay here in case she comes back or..." Piper said under her breath.
"Piper." Leo whispered looking into her eyes.
"If we find her, the Darklighter will be there too. And if he recognizes you..." Piper said looking up at him, she would never forgive herself if he got hurt as well.
"Piper, I hate this. All right, I hate not being able to look after you guys." Leo yelled throwing his hands up in the air.
"I know, I'm sorry." She replied and kissed him on the cheek.
Bridge
"It's okay, no need to be afraid. I know what needs to be done. It's the best thing. The best thing for everyone. It's something I should've done a long time ago. Jump!" The Darklighter mumbled behind Prue, tormenting her thoughts.
Although deep inside something was telling Prue this wasn't right, she still felt she had to and began walking closer to the edge.
"That's it. It's the only way. It's the only way to save the one's I love. I should've done it before. Eight years ago." He said grinning as she made her way close to the edge.
"I didn't want to." Prue whispered through tears, stopping a few feet away from the edge.
"But if I had, loved ones would still be alive and unharmed today. Like Mom, and Andy. I'm responsible for Andy." He said, knowing this would get her to move closer.
Prue then began to cry even harder thinking about the man she loved so dearly lying in a hospital bed, for possibly the rest of his life.
"Andy." Prue managed to say through her tears. She then dropped her purse to the ground and stood right at the edge.
"It's all my fault. Jump. Jump." He taunted, knowing he had her very close.
Attic
"There's gotta be something in here. Damn it! I can't just sit back and do nothing. Think, think!" Leo screamed as he looked towards the sky, having an epiphany. The only person who could probably help Prue right now was Andy.
"Give me my powers back. I want my powers back. I want my powers back, I want them back now! I can't keep being mortal if this is the cost. No I don't want to lose Piper. Not at the expense of losing one of her sisters. This is my calling. You have to let me help. You have to give me my wings back." Leo whispered the last part looking down at the floor, when suddenly he felt a warm glow in his hand.
He pulled it out of his jean pocket and saw that it was glowing a bright glow. He smiled and orbed away to the hospital.
Andy's Hospital Room
Leo orbed in and the sisters were nowhere to be seen. He walked over to Andy's hospital bed and placed his hand over his head. After a few seconds a bright glow came from it and he could feel Andy being healed. After about a minute, Andy woke up from his deep sleep and looked around, hoping to see Prue, and wondering how he got to the hospital. Considering his last memory was of jumping in front of Prue and her sisters in the mausoleum.
"Leo?" He asked in a light whisper looking up at the man who just healed him. "What happened?"
"A miracle, but we have to hurry before a tragedy happens." Leo said as he began pulling out all of the tubes and wires of the confused man.
"What?" Andy asked, not knowing anything that was going on.
"We'll explain later." Phoebe said as she and Piper entered the hospital room.
"Andy thank God you're okay." Piper said as she wrapped her arms gently around him. " And Leo how did you get here?"
"Look I'll explain while Andy goes to put some clothes on." Leo said handing Andy a suitcase that was beside the bed.
"Where are we going?" Phoebe asked.
"Now that I'm a whitelighter again I can sense Prue, and the Darklighter. They're at a bridge out of the city, so hurry. We have to get there fast"
"Umm okay what the hell is a Darklighter?" Andy asked.
"No time now Andy. All you need to know is that Prue is in great danger." Phoebe said as she pushed him towards the bathroom to change.
Bridge
The four of them orbed into the woods beside the bridge.
"Leo where are we? She's not here." Piper said turning around in circles looking for her sister.
"She's gotta be here somewhere." Phoebe mumbled also turning in circles.
"I had to orb us here, if I had orbed close to her, it could've startled her or something and she's extremely close to the edge, we can't risk that." Leo whispered as he stopped the two sisters from their insane amount of spinning. " She's right there." He said as he turned their heads in the direction and pointed.
"Oh my God, Phoebe." Piper said as she clutched her sister's arm and began to run towards her older sister.
"Prue!" Phoebe and Andy screamed as they ran out of the forest, it was still a bit of a run to where she was standing, but hopefully she could hear.
"Get away from the edge. Prue!" Andy screamed seeing how close she was.
"Prue, this isn't you. The Darklighter is making you do this." Phoebe shouted, running out of breath.
"I'm all alone." The Darklighter said behind Prue, seeing help coming, he knew he didn't have much time.
"Alone." Prue repeated looking down into the water, with the rushing rapids.
"There is no Darklighter. It's only me." The Darklighter said, trying to make sure she didn't give in to what her sisters were screaming.
"Just me." She repeated again, wiping a few stray tears from her eyes.
"I have to do this." The Darklighter said, he almost had her and he knew it.
"Prue!" Piper and Phoebe screamed seeing that she was beginning to lift her foot off the ground, preparing to jump.
"You're stronger than he is." Phoebe shouted.
"Jump damn it. Hurry up. End it before I hurt them again." The Darklighter shouted, getting very agitated.
"Prue, you have to believe us." Piper screamed, getting frantic at how close she was to the edge.
"He's there, turn around, Prue." Andy shouted in a loving, caring way.
Hearing that voice triggered something in the back of her head, and she immediately turned around.
" So it's true." Prue said with disgust.
"How did you...?" The Darklighter whispered very confused.
"You bastard! How dare you hurt people this way!" Prue screamed as she sent him flying.
"It's a gift. You'll jump for me sooner or later. I haven't lost anyone yet."
"You lost one today. And I'm going to make sure you never do it again." Prue said as she walked towards him.
She can't, but I can!" Leo screamed as he ran faster then the others and tackled the Darklighter.
"You alright?" Leo asked looking up at Prue smiling.
"Yeah, I think so." She sighed before Piper and Phoebe engulfed her in a tight hug, making sure she could go nowhere
"I gotta go." Leo said as he looked up at Piper and smiled as he orbed away with a screaming Darklighter.
Piper held her sister close as Phoebe kissed her sisters cheek. Prue looked over Piper's head to see Andy standing with his hands in his pockets. She gently kissed the top of both of her sisters' heads and walked over to Andy.
"Thank God you're okay." She said in a light whisper as she looked into his eyes and wrapped her arms around his neck. He responded by wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her closer. His touch made her lose her breath and weak in the knees, but she held on tight, savouring every moment. She thought she had lost him for life, and she was never letting go again. But she pulled away after several moments to look him in the eyes and talk.
"Andy I'm so sorry you got hurt that night." Prue said as tears slowly fell down her cheek.
"Prue it's not your fault. I chose to come with you, I chose to sneak into the mausoleum, and I chose to jump in front of you and your sisters." He said as he gently wiped some of the tears away with his thumb.
"But it's not fair to you. As you said before, it's my destiny to die, and you shouldn't have to live with that."
"Prue it is not your destiny to die, I don't know why I said that. I was hurting. You will not die, it's my destiny to protect you, and that's what I'll do no matter what." He said as he stroked her hair, and gently kissed her forehead.
"But Andy." Prue said ready for another debate, but he stopped her by gently placing a finger on his lips to quiet her.
"Prue, yes I'm sure, and no you can't change my mind. I love you, and nothing can keep us apart." Andy said as he kissed her tenderly. " Do you hear me nothing."
"I hear you loud and clear." Prue said as she passionately kissed him back, never wanting to let him go. He was so perfect, in every way for her. " I love you Andrew Trudeau."
"I love you too Prudence Halliwell." He said grinning at the face she made when he said Prudence.
"You better watch yourself buddy. Or I'll be the one putting you I a coma next time."
"You love me too much." Andy said as he laughed and kissed her tenderly. Both forgetting that her sisters had been there the whole time watching them as if it were a movie, and turning away in the parts they didn't want to see.