The next morning Andy was getting suspicious. The girls were acting different; they hadn't talked since the park. Aidan was too fussy and only stopped screaming when the fake Prue held him. Piper too had become suspicious. She asked Prue where her charm bracelet was and she had said she didn't know what she was talking about. She decided to confront Prue after Phoebe had told her she was overreacting.
"So Prue, I think we should look up what those demons were in the park, to make sure you really vanquished them" Piper said.
"Why, usually when demons explode that means they're vanquished" the fake Prue said.
"Still, we need to know what they are incase anymore come" Piper said.
"I don't think anymore will come"
Piper froze Kara but she fought through it.
"Ph…"
Kara put her hand over Piper's mouth.
"You don't want to ruin my plan do you?" Kara said smiling.
She shimmered out with Piper.
"Unfortunately this witch caught on but the other one is clueless" Kara said to the head demon.
"Put her with her sister, they can't do much damage when one's blind and the other can't talk" the demon said laughing.
Piper tried to talk but nothing came out.
"Now go back to the manor before they get suspicious" the demon said. "And take Marie with you"
Kara walked off with another woman Piper assumed to be Marie. They shapeshifted into Prue and her.
"What's the matter, cat got your tongue?" the demon said smiling. "Put her in with the other one"
Two guards took her to where Prue and the kids were.
"You have someone joining you" one of the guards said.
They threw Piper by Prue and left.
"Piper?" Prue asked.
Piper hit her hand twice on the floor.
"Okay, is this a yes or no?" Prue asked.
"Mommy, Aunt Piper" Ava said.
"So it is you Piper" Prue said. "Okay here's he system since I'm guessing you can't talk. Hit the ground once for no and twice for yes. Did the demon take away your voice?"
Piper hit the ground twice.
"Did you find out that the shapeshifter wasn't me?" Prue asked.
Piper hit the ground twice.
"Does anyone else know?"
Piper hit the ground once.
"If you couldn't already guess I can't see anything" Prue said. "Aidan's asleep right?"
Piper hit the ground twice.
"You're going to hurt your hand, I think we need to come up with another system" Prue said.
Piper smiled. Aidan started to fuss a little.
"It's okay" Prue said rocking him back and forth. "I think he's hungry but I don't exactly trust the demons to give him food. Ava what is Aunt Piper thinking?"
"We in trouble" Ava said.
"Thanks for the help, Piper" Prue said smiling. "If only I was pregnant with them again, then I could talk to you using their telepathy"
Prue thought for a second.
"Andrea go hold Aunt Piper's hand" Prue said. "Ava hold mine"
They did as they were told.
"Now hold each other's hands at the same time" Prue said.
Ava and Andrea held hands with their free hand.
"What the heck is she doing?" Piper thought.
"I'm tapping into my kids' power so I can talk to you" Prue thought." How long do you think it will take for them to notice the shapeshifters aren't really us?"
"Andy was already catching on that it wasn't you and Patience will probably sense that it's not me which then Leo will hopefully sense. Once that happens they'll probably convince Phoebe and they'll track us down" Piper thought.
"I'd come up with an escape plan but I don't even know what the room we're in looks like" Prue thought.
"Well we could try having the mute lead the blind" Piper thought.
"It would be too hard with the kids, besides I don't feel like having to fight off demons I can't see. As long as they don't hurt anyone I'm fine" Prue thought.
"Me too"
Prue released Ava's hand and Piper released Andrea's.
"This sucks" Prue said. "A lot"
Piper grabbed Prue's hand and started tracing letters onto it.
"I, N, O" Prue said. "You know"
Prue smiled.
"Figures even being blind and mute doesn't stop us" Prue said. "Do you think we could write a spell to get back our vision and voice?"
Piper traced no onto Prue's hand.
"You're probably right" Prue said.
"Mommy, I'm hungry" Andrea said.
"I know baby" Prue said.
Aidan started fussing again.
"Piper, can you help me stand up?" Prue asked.
Piper helped her up. Prue started rocking Aidan back and forth.
"I don't know what to do, Piper" Prue said. "I can't starve my children but I don't want to risk killing them"
"Here's your food" a demon said shoving in a tray.
He walked away.
"Andrea, what color is the food the demon just shoved in here?" Prue asked.
"Black" Andrea said.
"That just answered my question" Prue said.
"Why don't you ask one of the demons what it is?" Piper thought. "Besides, if they wanted to kill us wouldn't they have done it by now?"
"You have a point but I'm not feeding my children something from a demon especially if it's black" Prue said. "Wait, how did I just hear you?"
"I have no idea" Piper thought.
"Okay, this is slightly freaking" Prue said. "Wait, I have an idea. Phoebe gets premonitions off of her scar, right? What if we send her a premonition?"
"Have you tried astral projecting?" Piper thought.
"Yes" Prue said. "I was thrown back, hard"
"Then I guess we can try to give Phoebe a premonition"
"Leila, open the door" Phoebe said.
"Why?" Leila asked. "So you can lie to my face again"
"Leila, I'm sorry but your mom didn't want you to get hurt and neither did I" Phoebe said.
"Leila, please open the door" Ryan said.
"No, go away, you're both liars" Leila said.
"Leila, we need to talk" Phoebe said. "We both lied to each other and we both regret it, can we please forget about this"
"I want to see my parents" Leila said. "They were here in the manor and you didn't even let me see them"
"Maybe I can convince the Elders to let them let you see your parents" Ryan said. "Would you stop being mad at us?"
Leila cranked up her music.
"That's it Leila, we're coming in" Phoebe said.
She opened the door.
"Get out, this is my room!" Leila shouted.
"Listen to us" Ryan said. "Just for a second"
"We're really sorry Leila but we aren't the only ones who lied. You told me you'd be home at 10:00 and it was 11:45 when you walked in the door" Phoebe said.
"Why should you even care, you weren't home when I got there, nobody even came looking for me"
"We feel bad about that" Ryan said. "But we were saving your parents because we didn't want you to lose them again"
Leila looked away.
"We are sorry" Phoebe said.
"I'm sorry too" Leila said.
"So we're not fighting anymore?" Phoebe asked.
"No" Leila said. "We aren't"
"Good" Phoebe said. "Care to come upstairs"
"Fine" Leila said.
Ryan, Phoebe, and Leila went upstairs. Phoebe suddenly got a premonition.
Prue and Piper were standing in a dark place. They shapeshifted into Kara and Marie. Then it flashed to the real Piper and Prue. They were in a room. Prue was standing holding Aidan. Her eyes were milky white. Piper was standing beside her along with the twins.
The premonition ended.
"What did you see?" Ryan asked.
"Piper and Prue and Prue's kids are shapeshifters. I saw the real them in a room. I think they took away Prue's sight" Phoebe said.
"Are you sure?" Ryan asked.
"Positive" Phoebe said.
"There goes our date" Ryan said.
"I'm sorry sweetie" Phoebe said. "We need to go warn Leo and Andy"
They went upstairs.
"Leo" Phoebe said.
Leo orbed into the room with Patience.
"You couldn't have just walked?" Phoebe asked.
"What if it was an emergency?" Leo asked.
"Oh never mind" Phoebe said. "I had a premonition. Your wife isn't really your wife, she's a shapeshifter and so are Prue and her kids. The real Prue and Piper are trapped in this room that I saw in my premonition. It looks like Prue's blind"
"You're sure?" Leo asked.
"Positive" Phoebe said.
"That would explain why Patience started to cry when Piper picked her up" Leo said. "I'll go tell Andy"
"I'll go start scrying for the real Prue and Piper and look in the book" Phoebe said.
She went to the attic.
"I'll try to sense them" Ryan said.
"I'll go with Mom" Leila said.
Leila went up to the attic. Leo went to tell Andy. Ryan sensed for them. He went up to the attic.
"Phoebe, they aren't in the underworld, I can sense them" Ryan said.
"That's weird, a demon is keeping them above ground" Phoebe said. "Either it's a really stupid demon or a really smart demon"
"Okay so you know the vanquish for shapeshifters right" Ryan said.
"Yeah we've faced them before" Phoebe said. "But I'm pretty sure they're working for someone"
"Why don't we go ask the shapeshifters posing as Prue, Piper, and the kids who they're working for" Ryan said. "Then we'll decide how to get the real ones"
"Okay" Phoebe said.
She went downstairs to where Kara and Marie were. She put crystals around them.
"What are you doing Pheebs?" the fake Piper asked.
"I know who you are" Phoebe said. "Now tell me who you're working for"
"Why should we?" Marie said turning back into herself. "You'll vanquish us anyway"
"Maybe I will, maybe I won't" Phoebe said. "Tell me who you're working for"
"Never" Kara said. "So just vanquish us already"
"Maybe I'll just keep you here" Phoebe said.
"Go ahead" Marie said. "We don't care"
"Ryan can I vanquish them, they aren't going to talk" Phoebe said.
"Go ahead" Ryan said. "We'll figure out who they're working for ourselves"
Phoebe read the vanquishing spell. The shapeshifters burst into flames.
"I really hope those were the shapeshifters" Andy said coming into the room.
"They were" Phoebe said. "Now I think we should go find them. Ryan, where were they"
"Stoneway Alley" Ryan said.
"Did you say Stoneway Alley?" Andy asked.
"You know the place?" Phoebe asked.
"It's where the police suspect Lacy Mason is" Andy said. "Lacy Mason is a serial killer that always seems to escape arrest. She's not a demon is she?"
"By the looks of it yes" Phoebe said.
"Great my wife, kids, and sister in law are being held by a serial killer demon" Andy said. "We need to get to them now"
"We will" Phoebe said. "Leila, will you stay with Patience?"
"Okay" Leila said.
"If a demon comes…"
"Call for Ryan or Leo" Leila said cutting Phoebe off. "And don't forget I can just turn Patience and myself invisible"
"Yes" Phoebe said. "Be careful"
"Same to you Mom" Leila said.
Leo handed Patience to Leila. Then Phoebe, Ryan, Leo, and Andy orbed out.
"What if it didn't work?" Prue asked. "I can't keep starving my children"
"Your family is on their way" the head demon said coming in. "I have people waiting for them, don't worry. Some of my best humans, Prue your husband should recognize me when he sees me. The police have foolishly been trying to catch me, not like they can"
"Who are you?" Prue asked.
"I'm a lot of different people" she said.
She paused.
"Piper can see who I am right now, sucks that you can't tell Prue, doesn't Piper" she said.
"Lady demon" Ava whispered.
"Lacy" Prue said.
"I see your child is just as annoying as you" Lacy said.
"I'd ask what you want but I already know" Prue said. "Typical demon"
"Not really" Lacy said. "You killed someone dear to me and now all of you are going to suffer"
"And who would that be?" Prue asked.
"None of your business" Lacy said. "Now we have to get all of you ready for your family"
Prue felt something cold go to her head.
"See if you recognize this" Lacy said.
"Wait you can't be" Prue said. "He didn't…"
"He never told you about me, did he" Lacy said. "We were close until you and your family killed him"
Prue was quiet.
"Wow how the mighty have fallen. Not so courageous now, are we" Lacy said. "By the way, your sister has another gun to her head right now too. So I wouldn't say anything stupid. I have a league of humans working for me and I have a league of demons. Nobody can stop me"
"What was with the spirit catcher?" Prue asked. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"Just something to distract the Halliwells and tear them apart. Apparently I'll have to work harder next time though. The destiny thing though, I had nothing to do with that but that was cool" Lacy said. "Too bad it didn't work"
Prue was quiet.
"You know Prue, I think Piper deserves to know who I really am" Lacy said.
"Piper, not only is she Lacy Lorcen, but she's Lacy Mason, the serial killer and Roger's sister" Prue said.