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Confusion:
"Oh god, what are we gonna do about all this mess?" Paige asked, stepping over a table which appeared to sit in a shell made up of ash,
"I have no idea," Kyle replied, "how's Piper?"
"She's been better," Paige stated, as they sat down on the remains of the stairs,
"I guessed that, I mean burning down your own club with your powers isn't exactly what dreams are made of," he said, wrapping his arm around her as she rested her head on his shoulder.
"Things can't get any worse," she murmured,
"don't say that, every time someone says that thing's do get worse," Kyle said, moving his shoulder from beneath her so she lifted her head to look at him,
"jeez, paranoid much," she commented,
"I'm a Federal Agent, it's my job to be paranoid."
"You're also a husband, and it's your job to be supportive,"
"can't I be both?" he smiled, taking her back in his hold and pressing a kiss to the roots of her brown tresses.
"I feel like Hell," Prue groaned, waddling down the stairs, "and this place looks like it," she added,
"yep, all it's missing is some demons and maybe a bit of fire and brimstone," Paige said,
"shouldn't you be resting?" Kyle asked the eldest Halliwell sister,
"what, you mean like this baby is?" she lightly snapped,
"I can't believe you're past your due date," the witchlighter said,
"only by like a day," Kyle interjected.
"A day too long," Prue growled, attempting to sit down between them but failing as her rather swollen abdomen was in the way,
"sweetie, maybe you should just stand," Paige suggested,
"yeah, maybe," Prue sarcastically agreed, gritting her teeth while leaning against the banister.
"Be careful, that looks a bit fire…" before Kyle could finish, the banister collapsed and Prue just about managed to stop herself from falling, "…damaged," he completed,
"and ya couldn't have told me that before?" she questioned,
"uh…sorry?" he shrugged,
"just leave it honey, Prue doesn't quit 'til she wins," Paige told him, rubbing his shoulder as she spoke.
"Ok, I gotta get to 415, I'll see you later," Prue said,
"what? You're still working?" Paige exclaimed, "you should be at home doing nothing!"
"no, I can't do nothing, me and nothing just don't go together, we're like demons and witches," Prue responded,
"unless you're Phoebe and Cole," Kyle added, Prue shot him a glare,
"well, right now, they're not Phoebe and Cole, they're Cole and 'I don't know who I am'," Paige said,
"true, very true," Kyle nodded, locking his fingers into an embrace between his two hands.
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At Magic School, Cole was searching for something to restore Phoebe's memory, with the help of Andy and the Halliwell kids; who were really just looking at the pictures in the books.
"Hehe, that one looks like Harry Potter," Charley giggled, pressing her finger on the page,
"you've never seen Harry Potter! He's not real!" Patsy argued,
"he was in da DVD!" Charley objected,
"DVDs are little alternate universes, dummy!" Patsy spat.
"You're both dummies, DVDs are movies on a CD!" Karis informed them,
"but that's not what Gracie told me!" the cryokinetic witch said,
"Gwacie!" one-year old Aurora laughed, grabbing one of the books and beginning to colour over the words with a red crayon,
"no Rory! Bad Rory!" Karis shouted, trying to take the role of authority figure in the situation but only managing to make Aurora cry and throw the crayon at her older half-sister.
"Ok girls, calm down," Andy soothed, scooping up Aurora and setting her on the table which he and Cole were sitting at,
"do you think the Elders have any idea of what's going on with Phoebe?" Cole asked,
"I was thinking this was more in the region of 'down there', I mean, erasing the memory of a Halliwell, they could easily convince her she's evil," Andy replied, closing over the book he was looking at.
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The Source sat contently on his throne in the underworld, drumming his pasty fingers against the dusty gold arm of the fixture.
"I see nobody has sat here for a while," he said, sliding his finger through the white-grey powder and forming an empty area to reveal the shining metal beneath,
"of course not, we were saving it for you, my liege," Summer beamed, her long black cloak trailing on the ground as she walked towards him.
"Now all I need is a Seer, then I can continue where I left off," he stated,
"Phoebe? Shall she be your new Seer?" Summer asked, envy licked her lips as she spoke,
"no, I have someone else in mind," the Source replied, causing a smile to eject from behind her face.
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At the Halliwell-Wyatt manor, Piper was sat at the dining table, the Book of Shadows resting in-front of her.
"You got rid of the spell to banish your powers," Leo reminded, taking a seat beside her,
"how did you know that was what I was looking for?" she asked, turning her head to face him,
"we're married remember," he smiled, placing his hand over hers comfortingly.
"Do you think it's the right thing to do?" she questioned,
"maybe, on a safety point of view, but, then again, with the Source back the power of three is needed," he replied.
"Right, but my powers are just so dangerous, I can't control them Leo, and if I can't control them then maybe I shouldn't have them," Piper said,
"but what about the whole power of three problem?"
"well I've already thought of a solution to that, if I can write a spell to restore Phoebe's place in the power of three, then my powers won't be needed, there'll be three charmed ones and I won't be putting anyone at risk," she explained.
"You're serious aren't you?"
"Deadly."
"Ok, I'll support you through this."
"You promise?"
"Promise."
"Thank you." He pulled her into his arms as they connected in a warm embrace which comforted them both.
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At the penthouse, Phoebe was looking through a photo album filled with pictures of her, Cole, Cassie and the rest of the family, still with no idea how much they all meant to her, or how much she meant to all of them.
The only thing she did know, was that she was a witch and some sort of Seer, as well as having an empty feeling inside, like something was missing. Little did she know it was her soul, part of the key to returning her feelings, and possibly even her memory.
As she came across a photo of her, Andy and Piper on Prue's wedding day, she found herself being sucked into a whirlwind of swirling memories and thoughts:
Phoebe levitated and kicked the Source into the wall, before returning to floor level and pounding a spin kick into his stomach, but he just laughed and smacked his fist into her jaw, causing her lip to bleed. Paige was helping Piper up while Prue was battling a demon who had just appeared, she vanquished him with his one energy beam just as Leo orbed in, the Source formed a fire ball and released it at Phoebe.
"Phoebe!" Piper yelled, she raised her hands to use her power, but it was too late, the fire ball pounded into Phoebe's chest, blasting her backwards,
"Leo heal her," Prue instructed, Leo held his hands over Phoebe's body but no healing glow was released,
"what's wrong?" Paige asked,
"I can't heal the dead," Leo told them.
"One down, three to go," the Source said, creating another fire ball, Piper blew it up along with his hand,
"attack!" he bellowed, a large group of demons shimmered in and began shooting energy balls, electricity and fire in a number of directions. Piper was blowing up a demon when Shax appeared behind her and released a blast of mystical wind and energy, it pounded into her back and threw her through the air into the wall,
"I thought the Source 'dealt with him'?" Paige asked, Prue shrugged and channelled all her grief for Phoebe into her power, telekinetically moving a fire ball out of the Source's hand into his chest.
"Leo, the baby," Piper whimpered as he began to heal her, "it killed the baby,"
"I know," he replied after he completed the healing, "and he's gonna pay," the whitelighter stood up with a look of fury on his face, he jumped forward and grabbed Shax, pushing him into the Source's hand and forcing him to absorb a fire ball, vanquishing him. Andy jogged down the stairs to find Phoebe dead lying with her head on Paige's thighs, Piper curled up on the floor crying with Leo holding her close, and Prue deflecting a giant energy ball which a demon had fired, vanquishing the remaining demons apart from the Source.
"Look at that, the fiancé," the Source said, he sent a blast of fire spiralling into Andy,
"Leo," Prue shouted, Leo ran up the stairs to heal Andy, but after failing to he shook his head,
"that's it," Prue screamed. She threw out her hands and sent a barrage of telekinetic energy at the Source, blasting him into the wall with such a force it cracked,
"I'll be back," he growled, flaming out.
The clairvoyant gasped for air as she was released from the suffocating vision, tears ready to spill from her eyes as she suffered with the post-premonition empathic attack. Her torso felt heavy as her heart sunk, sorrow building up inside of her like a volcano preparing to erupt. Adding to the torture of her feelings, bile rose in her throat and formed a wicked, burning, sensation, with salty water trickling down her cheeks as she ran through to the bathroom.
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"You okay?" Leo asked, as he strolled into the kitchen to find Piper throwing back three aspirin with a swig of water.
"No, major headache!" she replied, "is it just me or is it hot in here?" she began to fan herself with her hand, heat pounding against her flesh before frost suddenly began to form.
"Piper…?" Leo began, but he stopped as a bright blast threw him away.
The body of the charmed one was embraced by sharp icicles as a roaring fire surrounded her form, leaving no burns or anything before she collapsed…
To be continued…
The next chapter "Playing Her Hot And Cold" should be up soon.