Chapter 1: A powerful vision
Piper Halliwell stared out of her kitchen window at her husband and sons playing in the backyard. She smiled as she watched Leo play hide and seek with the boys. The sound of their laughter was mesmerizing. Especially when little Chris would orb to a different hiding spot every time Leo got close.
Her amusement was interrupted by the sound of Pheobe calling her name from the foyer.
"I'm in the kitchen" Piper called, turning away from the window.
Pheobe Halliwell walked into the kitchen and dropped her bag on the table. She looked exhausted.
"Hey, are you alright?" Piper asked, eyeing her sister. "You don't look so hot."
"Yeah, I'm just really tired," Pheobe replied.
"How's married life treating you?" Piper put on an oven mitt and pulled out a sheet of cookies from the oven.
"It's great. Coop literally is the man of my dreams." Pheobe said. She reached over the island for a cookie. Piper smacked her hand away.
"Ah, don't touch. These are for Wyatt's school bake sale tomorrow."
"Gees, okay," Pheobe said, rubbing her hand. She headed for the fridge. "Hey, have you seen Paige?" she asked, pulling out a bottle of water.
"Um, she called earlier and said she'd be here later. I think she and Henry are house hunting." Piper replied.
Pheobe nodded. The girls were silent for a moment as Piper placed a new batch of cookies in the oven and Pheobe sipped her water. They turned at the sound of Paige orbing in. In a mass of swirling white lights, Paige Matthews appeared in the kitchen and plopped into the nearest chair. She put her head on the table.
"I see you had a great day," said Pheobe, causing Piper to laugh.
Paige lifted her head and looked at her sisters. "I am never going house hunting with Henry ever again. The guy's like Sherlock Holmes. He has to inspect EVERYTHING. I thought I was going to die if I stayed there for one more minute."
"So wait," Piper said, coming around the island, "you left Henry there?"
"Yeah," said Paige.
"Paige!"
"What? He was getting on my nerves," she replied. Piper gave her the I-don't-believe-you-look. "Oh come on, don't like act you've never left Leo somewhere."
"And where have I left him?" Piper challenged.
Paige was silent for a moment. "I don't know, but I'll think of something," she replied. This made Piper and Pheobe burst into laughter.
"Where are the boys?" Pheobe asked Piper.
"Out back with Leo," she replied.
"I think I'll go say hi." Pheobe turned away from her sisters and headed to the back door but stopped. She suddenly felt incredibly dizzy. Before she knew it, her knees gave and the entire room went back. It was replaced by something else.
Three young girls, about the same age. One in an alley, one in a lab of sorts, and one in what seemed like a work break room. Each girl alone and each girl being attacked. The girl in the alley was facing a grotesque demon of enormous strength. She was hauled into a brick wall with a flick of the demon's hand. When the demon produced a fireball, the vision switched. The girl in the lab was being attacked by a similar demon. Chemical vials were being thrown as the demon prepared to finish her off with an electric charge. The vision changed yet again to the girl in the break room. She was being thrown against a shelf of glasses. The demon stepped over her with a dagger in hand.
Pheobe came out of her premonition with a scream. She was lying on the floor with her head resting on Piper's lap and Paige leaning over her.
"What happened? Are you alright," Piper asked in a panicked voice.
"I had a premonition…a really strong premonition," Pheobe replied weakly.
"Yeah, we know. You didn't even touch anything," Paige remarked.
"What did you see?" Piper asked.
"Um, three girls being attacked. They looked really young. I don't know, it went by so fast." Pheobe said.
"Where were they?" Paige asked.
"One was in some kind of alleyway, one was in a lab with lots of chemicals around, and the other seemed to be in a work break room. Maybe at a restaurant? There were glasses around."
"Okay, well we just have to try to find them. I'll go tell Leo," Piper said, getting up and walking out back.
Just then, a heart appeared in front of Pheobe and Paige. Pheobe watched as Coop appeared in the room. He saw her on the floor and ran to her side.
"What happened? I sensed that you were in trouble. Are you okay?" He asked her, lifting her off the ground.
"I'm alright, honey," she said, "I just had a really strong premonition."
"About what?"
"She'll explain it to you later," Piper said walking back into the kitchen, "right now, we have to go find those girls."