Chapter Five
"Kim, get out of here!" Henry ordered.
"No, Kim, stay," Josh said. "Have a little fun."
"Josh, you don't want to do this," Henry said, trying to calm him down. "This isn't you."
"This is me, Henry," Josh said. "I've been wanting to do this ever since I was put in prison. Now, step aside, and let me finish what I came here to do. That bitch'll pay!"
"You don't want to go back to prison, do you?" Henry asked.
"She put me there in the first place," Josh said. "She'll put me there again now." He raised the gun and prepared to shoot. Henry quickly grabbed it and tried wrestling it out of his hands. It went off and hit the ceiling.
"Run, Kim," Paige said. Kim ran out the front door and went to find help. Paige looked back at Josh to make sure he was distracted and wasn't paying any attention to her. "Trigger," she whispered. The trigger orbed to her, and she put it in her pocket. Knowing that Henry was safe, she went to the bathroom and orbed back to the manor. She got back and found no one there. "Piper!" She received no answer. "Piper, I'm back!" She went up to the attic, but it was empty. She went to Piper's room and found Leo there with Wyatt and Chris.
"Hey, Paige," he said. "What's wrong?"
"I can't find Piper," Paige said, worried. "Or anybody else."
"Piper, please," Billie pleaded. Tears were streaming down her cheeks, and she was bleeding through her wound that Piper had caused her. She had used her exploding power on Billie. It wounded her stomach and flew her into a wall. "Please, don't." Piper's hands lowered a little.
"Kill her!" Sauran yelled. He turned to Cjinx. "What's going on?"
"My bond with her is weakening," Cjinx told him. "Something's fighting it." Cjinx concentrated all her power into controlling Piper, and that weakened her link to Phoebe and Prue. Phoebe snapped out of it for just long enough. She lunged forward and tackled Piper to the ground.
"Run, Billie," she said. Billie got up, clutching her stomach, and ran to an empty classroom. She used the same spell she used to get there, to get back. She reappeared in the attic and plopped to the ground. Paige, having heard the thud, came rushing in.
"Billie!" she yelled, running over and kneeling down. She placed her hands over Billie's wound and started to heal it. Billie gasped for breath once she awoke. "This power really comes in handy."
"Paige, it was awful," Billie said, breathing heavily. "She almost killed me."
"Whoa, slow down," Paige said. "Who almost killed you?"
"Piper," Billie said. Paige's eyes widened.
"Why don't you tell me everything from the beginning," Paige said.
"Well, Piper and I went to magic school to find demons what were willing to help us vanquish another demon." Paige was baffled, but let Billie continue uninterrupted. "Cjinx showed up and took control over Piper. Piper started using her powers on me, and then I got back here."
"That's terrible," Paige said.
"What's worse, they'll be coming for you next. We need to be prepared." Paige paused for a minute, partially out of fear.
"Billie, go downstairs and protect Leo and the boys," Paige ordered. "I'll take care of things."
"You can't take on your sisters by yourself," Billie objected. "Plus four demons as well."
"I told you to go downstairs, Billie," Paige repeated. "I'll take care of myself." Billie reluctantly left the attic. Paige walked over to the Book and started flipping through it. She was hoping to find something that could help her, and luckily, she did.
"Leo, I'm worried about the sisters," Billie said. "There's no way they can do this alone."
"Billie, have faith in them," Leo told her. "They've gotten out of jams worse than this."
"Have they, Leo?" Billie asked. "Have they ever been controlled by a demon and forced to kill each other? How can they get out of that?"
Leo didn't answer her for a while. He didn't really know what to say. He somewhat agreed with her, but he knew the girls always got themselves out of their own problems. Finally, he decided to agree with Billie, though he didn't know what he could do with no powers.
"I think you're right," he said. "We need to help them. I'm going to take the boys to Victor's. You go help Paige." He took the boys and left the manor. Billie walked up the stairs to the attic to find Paige writing something down.
"Billie, what are you doing up here?" she asked.
"I'm here to help you whether you like it or not," Billie said. Before Paige could say anything, Sauran, Cjinx, Brunt, and Roxxie shimmered in with the original Charmed Ones. "Paige, behind you!" Paige turned around just in time to see Prue wave her arm and throw her into the attic wall.
"You again," Sauran said in disgust to Billie. "I should've killed you when I had the chance." He formed an energy ball and threw it at her. She deflected it back at him, throwing him backwards. Piper stepped forwards and blasted Billie into the wall. Paige ran over to her and healed her quickly. She then stood up and started orbing random things into her sisters and the demons.
"Enough!" Cjinx yelled. She waved her hand, casting a dark shadow over Paige's. Paige fell to the ground unconscious.
"No!" Billie yelled. "Paige!" Roxxie ran over and put a hand on Paige. She shimmered away. Brunt and Phoebe followed. Cjinx grabbed Prue and did the same. Sauran gave a last glare at Billie and then shimmered Piper away. Billie, feeling helpless, started to weep uncontrollably.