Ha, I got it posted with less than 2 hours left until my internet is cut off!

Chapter 12: Giving Up

TWO WEEKS LATER

Leo and Phoebe helped Prue into the manor with Piper following.

"Do you want to go to your room or the living room?" Piper asked.

"My room" Prue said quietly.

"Okay, but first we have a surprise for you" Piper said.

Andy came into the hallway and he wasn't transparent.

"It only last for a couple hours, it's the best we could do for now" Phoebe said.

Andy came over and took Prue's arm.

"You okay?" Andy asked.

"I'm fine" Prue said. "Glad to be home"

"Me too" Andy said.

He helped her up to her room.

"If you need anything just call for us" Piper said.

Prue nodded and Piper, Phoebe, and Leo left. Prue sighed and laid her head back against the pillow.

"Why don't I get you some aspirin" Andy said.

"I'm fine" Prue said.

Andy came and sat next to Prue.

"I miss him too" Andy said. "And they'll find him"

"He's dead" Prue said. "Andrew is dead"

"You don't know that" Andy said.

"And you don't know that he isn't" Prue said. "I lost him, and I've lost you twice"

"And you'll never lose me again" Andy said.

Prue looked away from Andy.

"I don't know what to do" Prue said her voice cracking. "Everything I thought I knew is now so completely different. I can't keep losing everyone, but I don't know how to protect them"

"You don't have to" Andy said taking Prue's hands in his. "This was something that you were never supposed to have to take on alone…and I'm sorry that you had to. But now you have me, and your sisters won't always need your protection now. You've taught them a lot and they know how to protect themselves. And Andrew…it's not over yet"

A small tear rolled down Prue's cheek.

"I just don't think it's ever going to stop hurting" Prue said.

"It probably won't" Andy said. "But we're going to make it through this…together"

Prue buried her head into Andy's chest.

"I've missed you" Prue sobbed. "You were the only one I could talk to"

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ALMOST 1 YEAR LATER

Prue and Andy are living in the manor together but are not engaged or married. They haven't found the head Elder or Andrew still. Andy's been made partly human again and his death has been erased (just like my other story but trust me, this one will be different). He still has some angel in him.

Prue sat at a table at an outdoor café. She was finishing her lunch break. At another table a woman was holding her son who looked to be about one and trying to console a girl who was about three after she had fallen. The woman sat the one year old down and picked up the girl but the minute she did the boy started screaming. Prue got up and walked over to the table.

"Excuse me, I don't want to intrude, but would you like some help?" Prue asked.

"I would be eternally grateful" the woman said.

Prue picked the boy up and started rocking him back and forth. The boy immediately calmed down.

"Thank you so much" the woman said. "You must be a mother"

Prue paused for a second.

"No, actually, I just did a lot of babysitting when I was younger" Prue said.

The woman smiled.

"Well, thank you again" the woman said. "Sometimes I just go so overwhelmed when both of them are crying"

"You're welcome" Prue said. "Do you want me to put him in the stroller?"

"That would be great" the woman said.

Prue set the boy in the stroller and said goodbye. She drove to her office and buried herself in work until she went home. When she came in the door she saw Leo and Piper sitting on the couch and Andy looking very upset. Phoebe stood in the corner.

"What's going on?" Prue asked.

"They Elders are stopping their search for Andrew" Andy said in disbelief.

"What?" Prue asked. "Why?"

"It's been almost a year" Leo said. "They can't keep doing it"

"But my son is out there!" Prue shouted.

"Prue…just because the Elders have stopped doesn't mean that we have" Piper said.

"We don't stand a chance of finding him without their help" Prue said. "It's one of them that took him!"

"They know that but they've done everything they can" Leo said.

"Do they think he's dead?" Prue asked quietly.

"That's…"

"Do they think he's dead?" Prue asked again, cutting Piper off.

"They don't know" Leo said. "They were never alerted of his birth so they can't be alerted of his death"

Prue turned and ran up the stairs. Andy sighed and went up after her. He found her in the attic flipping through the Book of Shadows.

"My son is not dead" Prue said when Andy walked into the attic.

Andy sighed.

"What a surprise, he's your son and even you think he's dead" Prue said.

"No I don't" Andy said. "But I don't think we can find him alone"

"I know" Prue said. "It's the Elders damn fault we're in this mess. It was their stupid rule that made us have to give up Andrew. It's their Head Elder who took him from the safe life he had. The only reason I gave him up was to keep him safe and that didn't even work"

She slammed the book shut. Andy stood there quiet.

"My son is not dead" Prue said quietly.

Tears streamed down her face as fell to the ground. Andy came and wrapped his arms around her. Piper came into the attic.

"The Elders just called Leo" Piper said. "They found something"

Piper saw the glimmer of hope in Prue and Andy's eyes. Prue brushed away her tears and she stood up with Andy. For the next hour they waited and finally Leo orbed in.

"They think they found their location" Leo said.

"Take me there" Prue said.

"Prue…"

"Take me there now Leo!" Prue exclaimed.

"Take all of us" Piper said.

Leo orbed everyone to an old building. Prue heard the cries of a little boy and immediately started towards them.

"Prue, wait up" Piper said following after her.

Prue stopped when she came to a door and flung it open. The Elder was standing next to a crib with a boy who looked almost one. He had dark brown hair and blue-green eyes.

"It was for the greater the good" the head Elder said.

"What did you do to him?" Prue shouted.

She ran over to the crib and was about to pick up the boy when a force field flung her back.

"It took me nine months but I finally figured out how to get past the angelical part of him" the Elder said.

"You sick bastard" Piper said.

Just then three Elders orbed in.

"Give them the child, Hakon" one of the Elders said.

"Everything I did was for the greater good" the Head Elder said.

"Killing is not for the greater good" another Elder said. "It never was before you came along and it will be restored after you leave"

The three Elders and Hakon orbed out of the room. Prue got up and went over to the crib. She reached in and picked up Andrew.

"Leo, can you heal him?" Prue asked.

Leo tried for a second but nothing happened.

"I'm sorry, Prue" Leo said. "He's dead"

A short chapter and a cliffhanger, wow I'm mean. I know you all hate me for killing Andrew but it's been planned all along, I'm sorry. I hate myself right now too. I promise I will update this the moment I get my new internet service which they're installing on July 5th.