Chapter 4
Piper stepped into her club, P3, in a delightful mood. Not only had she taken care of her bills but she also had picked up the groceries for the club in under an hour. She set the bags down on the counter as she hummed pleasantly to herself. She turned as Mark, one of the workers, walked in with the rest of the grocery bags from the SUV. "Thanks mark put them in the fridge for me will you?" she said smiling as she sat down on one of the bar stools. She pulled out her calendar book which held her to do list and began checking off the things she was had already done. She jumped slightly when she heard footsteps behind her since Mark was in the back. She whirled around her hands raised; ready to freeze whoever it was but lowered her hands when she saw it was only Leo. "Hey", Piper said smiling happily. She and Leo had made peace last night before the elders had called him away. "I have finally figured it all out", Leo said with a menacing smile on his face. "What are you talking about?" she asked her smile fading as she heard his tone. "Why your always late for our arrangements", Leo hissed his voice barely above a whisper. Piper stared at him dumbfounded. "What are you talking about?" she asked. "You're cheating on me with that man in the back", Leo all but shouted. Piper's jaw dropped at his accusation. "I would never cheat on you Leo! I love you", she argued. "Right! All you do is lie", he hissed. Tears filled Piper's eyes at his words. What was his deal? He was saying some of the harshest things lately. Leo's gaze was full of rage as he watched her a moment. He began to raise his hands aiming them towards her as if to throw something. The next few moments seemed to go in slow motion before her eyes. "No!" a voice shouted from behind him. Leo flew from his position infront of her and slammed against the wall. Piper turned her gaze from him to the voice she had heard and saw her sisters. Prue had her hand out infront of her, a glare set on Leo. Piper could see the fury burning in her older sister's eyes. Phoebe placed a hand on Prue's shoulder to calm her as she looked at Piper. "Freeze him", Phoebe instructed Piper. Piper raised her hands and flicked them freezing the room. "What is going on you two?" she asked turning her gaze from Prue to Phoebe as she stood up. Phoebe turned to Prue trying to calm her down. "Come on Prue its over, we stopped him", she whispered to her. Prue's gaze stayed locked on the frozen Leo a moment longer before turning her gaze to Piper, relief flooding through her. Phoebe moved to Piper and filled her in on what she had seen in her premonition. "But that's impossible! His powers are passive!" Piper argued as she shook her head. "Apparently not anymore", Phoebe told her gently. Prue paced back and forth thinking to herself. There was something missing from this, and she had to figure it out. "Cole", Prue said after a moment lifting her gaze to her sisters. "Cole?" they both echoed confused. "I think he knows what is going on here", she continued "Infact I think he caused this." Piper thought for a moment before speaking up. "He was the last one to see him while he was acting normal", she told them. Phoebe shook her head, "Guys that doesn't make since! He is good now, why don't you believe me?" she asked. Prue sighed her gaze shifting to Phoebe. "I tried to see the bright side of this, where Cole isn't responsible but I can't Phoebe", Prue told her. Phoebe clenched her teeth to hide her anger. "You're wrong", she stated quickly. She wanted to believe her own words but a little voice inside of her told her the truth. Prue's right, it whispered, and you know it. "What do we do?" Phoebe asked a moment later, her shoulders slumped. Piper was about to speak when Leo unfroze. "Run!" she said and bolted for the stairs her sisters following her. Prue swung around and threw her hand out sending Leo flying backwards into the bar. "Prue, come on!" Piper yelled. "Go! Take Piper's SUV! Ill meet you at the manor", she yelled back. She watched her sisters exchange a glance before hesitantly running out. Prue turned to Leo glaring. "Alright Leo", she hissed. Leo's face had an evil scowl upon it and anger showed in his eyes. "Listen to me, your under some kind of spell or potion", Prue said her hands ready to throw him. "You need to fight this, I know you can!" she told him. Leo's gaze stayed locked on hers and he didn't move an inch. "Le-", she broke off as she shrieked leaping out of the way as electricity hit the wall where she had been standing. She threw her hand out sending him flying to his left into the wall. He yelped and hit the ground hard. Prue stood her gaze on him. "Leo think about Piper! Do you really want to hurt her?" she asked. Leo slowly moved to his knees. "Help me...Prue", he whispered. Prue moved to his side quickly a hand on his shoulder. "Orb us to the manor", she told him. Leo nodded after a moment struggling to keep control as he orbed.