Chapter 17:
"Where are we now?" Piper asked as she took in her new surroundings. They still appeared to be in a cave, but she wasn't sure. "Somewhere away from them, just like you wanted." "That's, that's not what I meant. I just can't understand how he could have kept that a secret from me, unless…" Piper said as she began to cry again, "Unless he really loves her." "I know Piper, it must be so hard to accept" Golierth said as he picked her up and held her to him. "I just, I thought he loved me" Piper said as she absently rested her head on his chest without thinking. "You know you're worth more than that Piper." He said as he lowered her down to the floor, "We'll make him wish he hadn't taken you for granted" Coming back into her wits and realizing that she was on the floor Piper said, "What are you doing? Get off of me!" Sighing Golierth said, "Are you really going to make this hard on me Piper? I just wanted to let you know how much you mean to me." "Stop it!" Piper yelled.
Smiling down at her as if she were a child, Goilerth said, "Well, I really can't appreciate you with all this noise, so I'll have to do something about it." He snapped and she was once again chained down and gagged. Standing up he said, "Much better. You know perhaps I ought to assume a form that appeals to you more" With another wave of his hand he transformed from an ugly demon in a robe to a hunky guy demon in blue jeans. Lying down next to her and playing with her silky hair he asked, "Is this better?" "Mmmrmrrmrm" Piper shrieked as she tried to thrash free. "Mmmm Indeed" Golierth said as he leaned over to bit her lip. He continued to kiss down her neck and along her shoulder. He then began to unbutton her blouse and stroke her neck line. Tearing open her shirt and thrusting his hands inside he said, "You're going to be good, I can tell." As he ran his hands over her chest and reached back to unhook her bra she began to silently cry. "Don't worry Piper" he said as he threw her bra aside and began to kiss down to her stomach. Running his hand up her leg and pushing it under her skirt to feel the curve of her hip. "Don't worry" he said again as he tore her skirt off, "I'm going to enjoy this a lot more than Leo does."
"Dammit! How could we let him get away?" Leo yelled as he hit the ground where Piper had just been. "Leo!" Paige snapped, "I know you're mad, but would you just come heal Phoebe so that we can find her?" Getting herself under control as Leo walked over to heal Phoebe, she whispered, "I want to save her too you know" Looking her in the eyes as he healed Phoebe he said, "I know". "Where is he?" Phoebe asked as she came back into consciousness. "He got away" Paige said, then looking over at Leo she added, "But we're going to get him" Sitting up Phoebe said, "You're absolutely right. We'll just have to use some of his stuff here to do another scrying spell" Looking at her with a little bit of hope in his eyes he said, "That worked pretty well the last time." "Yeah" Paige said as she stood up, "So now all we need is to come up with a potion to vanquish him, seeing as we don't have the Power of Three." "How long will that take?" Leo asked a bit apprehensively. "Hopefully not too long" Phoebe said as she got up to help Paige.
Golierth lay on top of Piper listening to her heart beat with his. "You know," he said while she cried softly, "You were even better than I thought you'd be. Unfortunately, I don't think that it's going to work out between us. You see Piper" he said as he conjured a knife, "You just didn't return my desires. So now, seeing as your family has decided to try and kill me instead of save you, I'll simply have to get rid of you." With that he plunged the dagger into her stomach. "Pity to waste something so beautiful" he said as she let out a short and muffled scream. He then stood up and transformed back into his normal form. Cracking his neck he said, "Well, what's next then?" "Your death" Phoebe said as they orbed in.
Seeing his wife on the floor Leo yelled, "What did you do to her!" "Her?" Golierth said calmly as he gestured towards Piper, "Oh, she was good." "You Bastard!" Leo yelled as he hurled lighting at Golierth sending him flying into the wall. Laughing Golierth stood up, "You think that can defeat me?" "No" Phoebe said pulling the potion out from behind her back, "But this can." She threw the potion at him with all her strength and he dissolved into flames. "Oh Piper" Leo sobbed as he tried to heal her, "What has he done to you?" "Can you heal her Leo?" Paige asked rather frantically from behind him. "I…I can't" Leo sobbed as he held her to him. "No Leo" Phoebe said running towards him, "You have to heal her!" then as she collapsed to her knees Phoebe whispered, "You have to."
When Piper opened her eyes all she could see was a bunch of white light. "What the?" Piper said as a face came into her sight, "Hello sweetie" Looking up at her Piper whispered, "Mom?" "Yes sweetheart it's me" "What are you doing here? Am I…dead?" Piper felt herself surprisingly at peace with the idea as she said it. "Well yes you're dead hunny, but it's not your time" "What do you mean mom?" Piper asked as she stood up, "Well you died before you should have and they've decided to let you go back" "Back where?" Piper asked "Back to your life of course silly." Starting to remember what had happened Piper said, "I don't want to go back, I can't see him again." "Don't worry dear, they already vanquished the demon" "Not the demon mom, Leo" "Piper" Patty said putting her hand on Piper's shoulder, "I may be dead, but I'm still your mother and I'm not going to allow you to make this mistake. Leo loves you and so do Phoebe and Paige." "But the baby is Phoebe's, not mine. And he loves her not me" "First of all, we can see it all from up here and the baby was an accident. And the only reason Phoebe and Leo didn't tell you was because they didn't want to hurt you." "Fine, but what about what the demon said, that Leo still loves Phoebe?" Looking down at her daughter Patty said, "Are you really going to believe the demon that killed you over your husband who loves you?" "I guess not" Piper sighed, "And besides," Patty said cheerfully, "You and Leo will have plenty of time to work this whole thing out after you go back down there." Hugging her mother Piper said, "You're right mom. Thanks" "Goodbye sweetheart" Patty said as Piper started to disappear. "Goodbye mom, I love you." Piper said as she felt herself being pulled back down to earth.
Piper felt like she had just been hit by a ton of bricks when she entered her body again. She took in a deep gasp of air and coughed it back out again. "Piper?" Leo said as he looked down at her, "But how?" "Piper!" both Paige and Phoebe yelled as they saw her alive. "I guess they said it just wasn't my time to die" Piper said in response to Leo's question. Running over to kneel beside her, Phoebe said, "Piper we really were going to tell you, I just couldn't, I mean I didn't want you to be unhappy." Sighing Piper looked at her sister and said, "I know, but can we please just save this conversation until after we get home? I've had a rather hard day."
The End