Ever wonder what would've happened if Leo hadn't stopped Piper at the end of Kill Billie, Vol 2 or if Grams hadn't stopped her after she found out that Billie and Christy had used Wyatt to get the Hollow? Well, maybe I went a little overboard, but, OH, did I have fun! Enjoy!

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

With a scream of "You used my three-year-old son!" Piper was on her, pulling out Billie's hair in clumps, even the black roots, while kicking her in the shins.

"Piper!" protested Grams. "We don't have time for this!"

Both Phoebe and Paige shook their heads. "Just let her, Grams. This has been building up for a long time!"

Now Piper was slapping Billie across the face, while kneeing her in the stomach, screaming at her the whole time. Her three future children just watched in shock, reminding themselves to never make their mother that mad! And Young Piper was so surprised, she actually ran out of the room!

Billie didn't even try to defend herself against Piper's rage, knowing she deserved every bit of it. She just kept muttering. "I'm so sorry, Piper! I'm really sorry! I wish I'd known better! I'm so, so very sorry. I shouldn't have believed Christy. But she's my sister. She played me so well. Just like Dumain and the Triad played her! Oh, I'm so very, very, very sorry!" The tears rolled down her bruised and battered face, but they were from shame and sorrow, not from pain.

Piper finally no longer saw red. When there was no longer a buzz in her ears and she could actually hear what Billie was saying, she finally stopped beating on the bleached-blonde.

"Please forgive me?" Billie begged.

"That may be asking too much," Piper told her, her voice still cold and angry. "I'll consider it if you can help us get Wyatt and Chris their powers back and help us get Leo back."

"I'll do whatever I can. I just want to be your friend again."

"That will take some doing."

"We have to use Chris' time spell to go even farther back in time," Phoebe suggested. "To before Dumain took Wyatt," and Piper nodded.

Just then Young Piper came back into the room and walked up to Grams. "Grams, can we go home soon? Back to our time? I mean, I like getting to have powers here--they're fun--and I like hearing Phoebe's stories, but I miss playing with my sisters who are more my age, especially Prue."

Phoebe had merely told Young Piper that Prue was away. Now she stared at Young Piper, trying to imagine how she would've felt if Piper had been kidnapped by demons when she was Young Piper's age. How would she feel if the Triad had brainwashed her sister, the way they had brainwashed Billie's, and if someone now had to vanquish Piper because she was evil, when it really wasn't her fault? And she thought about Coop and his powers. "You know something, guys? I'm beginning to think that maybe Mom is right. Maybe vanquishing Christy isn't the right way to do this."

"Vanquish her?" Tears started streaming down Billie's battered cheeks again. "You're going to vanquish my sister?"

"We have to," Paige tried to explain. "She's evil."

"But she's still her sister," Phoebe put in. "You guys didn't give up on me when I was Cole's queen of the underworld and I was just as evil, maybe more. Maybe we don't have to give up on Billie's sister either."