A/N: Hi pepods, it's finally here. The last and final chapter of Fight the Good Fight...aww, I'm getting all emotional.
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And so it ends...
32. For The Greater Good.
The chaos and rage continued as both sides fought for nothing less than victory, although their motives were polar opposites. Many were dead or injured, yet they continued to stumble across the few bodies that laid on the ground.
Phoebe Halliwell was no exception, as she scampered towards a demon nearby, who was currently aiming a fireball at a young, unpreparedwitch. Instinctively she threw her hand out, sending a electric bolt towards the creature.
The demon turned to face her, having let out a cry of pain as the electricity burnt his shoulder, without the desired vanquish she had hoped for. As he moved forward, Phoebe went on the defensive and threw a punch, followed by a round-house kick.
The demon caught her leg in mid-flow and flipped her to the ground. Phoebe almost gagged as she fell onto a limp and blooded body. She rolled over to face her current opponent, who now stood above her with a fireball aimed at her chest.
In a blur, the demon and his weapon of choice disappeared in a puff of smoke, revealing a slightly concerned Cole. He offered his hand and pulled her to her feet.
"My hero." she quipped mockingly.
Cole's reply, however, was cut off as he pulled her close and to the ground on top of him, while simultaneously using his power to destroy another demon that was stood behind her.
Phoebe glanced behind her, then back to Cole. "Wow, twice. I might have to get you a cape." she grinned.
The half demon also grinned back, "Marry me?" he spontaneously asked.
"What?" she was stunned.
"Marry me Phoebe." he repeated.
"No, no I heard." Phoebe replied, still in shock, while standing quickly. "Cole, your timing sucks." she stated, slightly angry at the place he would consider romantic.
"Is that a yes?" Cole asked, hopeful for an answer.
She smiled, although still feeling slightly bitter. "We'll see." and with her few words, she moved on in the battle.
"Phoebe!" Cole called impatiently.
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Not too far away, Prue and Andy were in battle with a warlock, who had the ability to clone himself, giving both them one each to take care of.
Prue risked a quick glance towards Andy, worried at how well he was doing. She knew he could handle himself but against these types of forces, she couldn't help but be a little concerned. However, to her surprise, he was coping extremely well.
The warlock took advantage of her current distraction and knocked her to the ground. Automatically she turned invisible, causing the warlock to turn in confusion, only to be impaled with her weapon.
He fell on his knees and Prue materialized, watching as Andy began to punch air.
"I thought you had the clone?" Andy asked clearly bewildered by the outcome.
"Honestly, so did I." she grinned, which caused him to. I love that grin, she thought.
"I love yours too." he beamed, knowing it would irritate the eldest Halliwell.
"Stop that!" Prue shouted, trying to hide her embarrassment, while spinning on another demonwith the weapon in hand.
"What?" Andy asked childishly, liking the fact he was finally inside Prue's head, it had taken him long enough.
"You know what!" she shot back facing him, only to notice Krolan battling a demon not far away. I hope his okay, she thought briefly.
Andy glanced behind him then back to Prue. "Prue, do you still love me?" he knew it sounded stupid to ask, but he couldn't be sure if she had moved on.
"You know the answer." she replied tensely, knowing Andymust haveheard her think of Krolan. It wasn't that she loved the Elder but she couldn't deny there was a connection between them.
"Do you?" Andy repeated, trying to hide the jealousy he felt, as he pulled her closer to him. He also felt he had no right, he had been dead for two years, Prue could have been married with kids, started a life without him, it was the natural progression.
"Yes I still love you. Always have, always will." Prue stated, looking deep into his eyes. "Nobody could change that, nobody." she added, glancing at Krolan again.
"I'm sorry, I just…" the Lighter started.
"Andy, you don't have to explain," Prue cut in, "..just know it's always been you." she smiled, aware that it couldn't be easy for Andy to be back so suddenly.
He leaned forward and kissed her, completely forgetting the battle field they stood in the middle of. Pulling away, both smiled at finally being back in each other arms.
"We are so sorting out this mind reading thing. It will only lead to trouble." Prue told him.
"It might be fun." he laughed, letting her go.
"Trust me, I know. Misinterpretations, finding out things you never wanted to know…."
"You know what, I don't evenwant to ask." Andy replied, cutting Prue off while using his power on a demon.
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Paige kept herself busy with various demons and warlocks. However every now and again, she looked for Prue. Ever since she had seen Andy hand that weapon to her sister, she was worried things would turn out like they did in her dream.
So as a precaution, the youngest Halliwell kept an eye on the eldest, last thing she wanted was to lose one of her sisters and if she had seen it first in her dream, guilt would consume her.
Another problem she had at the moment was darklighters. One of which loomed over her, with the crossbow aimed and ready to fire. She tried to use the force field but there was no need, as suddenly he went flying before he managed to pull the trigger.
Paige turned and found Grams and her Mum stood nearby, both cautious of Paige's heritage being a problem in this battle.
"Thank you." she smiled. I so just want to go home and cuddle up with Glen, she added to herself.
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Piper was trying to stay as close to her husband as possible, as well as fight a mixture of creatures. So far she had managed to stay low-key and would use her various powers to protect herself and the life inside of her.
A demon lurked behind her, seizing the opportunity to stab the oblivious Charmed One in the back. Piper let out a cry and fell to the floor, as Leo glanced around and noticed his wounded wife lying in the mud.
He ran quickly, firing a voltage ball at any demon in his path, until he was at her side.
"Hold on, Piper, please." he begged, raising his hand in the healing manner he had become accustom to. Nonetheless, as he went to heal her, the wound was covered in tiny little orbs, leaving no trace that the skin had even been touched.
Piper stirred and was met with her husband's concerned and baffled face. "You healed me." she smiled, trying to push a side his strange expression.
"No I didn't, Piper."
"Well I can't heal myself." she replied.
"But you did." Leo insisted, still completely confused with the situation.
"I can't Leo, I'm not a whitelighter." as the words left her mouth, realisation dawned, but our baby is, she thought, staring into her husband's blue eyes.
"Piper, you….."
Before Leo could complete his sentence, he was impaled with a darklighter arrow through his chest. Leo gasped for air and fell beside his wife, who instinctively raised her hands and blew the creature responsible into a million tiny pieces.
Panic then overwhelmed her, as tears flowed down her face. "Paige! Paige!" she shouted, looking for someone with ability to healwhilepulling out the arrow carefully. "Paige!"
The youngest Halliwell heard her name and glanced around her. There was so many people moving quickly, she barely had time to register their faces. Her name was still being called, as she recognised the voice that dripped with worry and panic.
Finally she found Piper amongst the chaos and the reason for the stricken cries. Without hesitation, Paige ran to her brother-in-law and in the same manner, she raised her hands above the deadly injury, trying to ignore the faint similarities between her dream and the event itself.
Both Halliwells held their breath, hoping beyond hope that it worked. A soft glow emanated from the younger sister's hands and Piper watched as the colour slowly began to return to Leo's features. They smiled broadly, as he began to stir.
The moment, however, was cut short as Piper was roughly pulled from the ground and she felt herself evaporate into the dizziness of flaming.
Piper held her eyes tightly closed, wanting the light-headedness to pass quickly. Inside she was screaming, as she knew the thing that held her was of power. A power that generated with every movement they made.
"You have great power growing inside of you." the voice seemed larger than life and wrapped Piper in a darkness unknown. Even with her eyes closed, the darkness offeredpaled in comparison. "Not to fear, it's neither of your times…..yet."
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"Piper!" both Leo and Paige screamed, searching the area frantically for the missing Charmed One. Neither could remain calm as they scanned the chaotic battle field.
"Piper!"
Their calls caught the attention of the entire Halliwell clan, although not aware of the snatched middle child, each of them now surveyed the area in search of her.
Prue was first to spot Piper in the clutches of the Source, having scanned for him first remembering the threat he had sent to her. In that instant, she ran as fast as her legs could, ignoring the sting of some of the wounds she had collected.
"Prue!" Andy called, now getting the attention of the family, who then took of in the same direction, now realising the danger Piper was in.
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"You see, you are merely a pawn in this game, as I prove to your sister that her greatest weakness and downfall are the rest of your family." he hissed, disgust dripping from the word family.
His drawing Prue out, Piper panicked, her eyes opening in fright.
"Leave her out of this." she hissed back.
"Your sister is out of this…but she will choose to intervene." he replied, not hiding the delight in his voice at the prospect. "I never went to her, she will come to me."
Piper couldn't let that happen, she wanted to get out and away before anything happened. She tried to wriggle free from his grasp but itonly made him increase his iron like grip.
"Here she comes now. Thank you for your help, it's been much appreciated." the Source mocked, then unceremoniously let Piper fall to the floor in a lump, where she could now clearly see Prue running towards them.
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Phoebe kept pace with Andy but neither seemed to be able to gain any distance on Prue. She stumbled slightly and brushed up against the arm of the Lighter, causing the familiar sense of ringing and disorientation taking over her body.
Panting and silent tears became apparent as she came out of the premonition.
"Phoebe, what did you see?" Paige asked concerned.
"The Source…..he….." was all she managed to choke out, before she looked towards the direction she had been running in. Andy and Leo, who was still weakened by the poison, had continued forward, while Cole and Paige had remained at her side.
"Phoebe, he what?" Cole pressed.
"Where's Prue gone?" Phoebe replied, searching the area before taking off again, intent on getting to both of her sisters.
"She's invisible." Paige concluded sombrely next to Phoebe.
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Piper had lost sight of Prue, which petrified her, especially when she noticed the Source had a gleaming sword ready. Piper frantically searchedfor her sister before the dark leader had his chance.
Suddenly, she heard the sickening sound of a blade sliding through flesh. With in the next moment, her older sister appeared with her dagger imbedded somewhere within the Source's dark cloak.
He released a loud cry and the battle field seemed to stand still, as if Piper had used her own power on the area and the participants.
Piper looked at the two more closely and noticed Prue hadn't moved, not an inch. It was then she felt burning acidy bile rise into her throat, as she realised why her sister had remained so still. The Source had managed to imbed his own sword within her sister's abdomen and she watched in horror, as blood slowly poured from Prue's mouth.
The leader of both, Good and Evil, had succeeded in impaling the other.
Piper barely registered the pulsing gold light that radiated from Prue and the red light that grew round the Source, growing brighter. She barely registered she was shaking or that her eyes stung from the hot tears.
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"No Prue!" Phoebe sobbed, sprinting with borrowed energy.
Paige, too, sprinted forward, finding it difficult to keep her feet steadily under herself. Tears cascaded down her face as emotions swirled inside of her.
Both of them barely noticedAndy, who had stopped still, unable to move any further with his heart feeling like a led weight.
Any other circumstance Phoebe would have stopped but she needed to get to Prue.
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The light stopped abruptly and Prue fell heavily to the ground, whereas the Source vanished in a wave of flames, leaving Prue's weapon to fall similar to the owner.
Piper scrambled to her sisters side, removing the fatal blade from Prue's body, trying to ignore the fact no cry of pain came with the action. The younger sister began to cry hysterically, shaken her in an attempt to wake her.
"Come on Prue, wake up. Come on, please." Piper whimpered. "Leo! Leo!" she called for her husband, hoping he could make everything better.
The pregnant witch grabbed for Prue's hand, noticing the lack of warmth it held. "Wake up, please. You promised me. You promised, Prue."
Piper heard a faint cheering as the remaining evil army dispersed, aware that they no longer had a leader to keep them there with the Charmed Ones close by. However it soon stopped as realisation dawned on all who lingered.
"Please Prue, I need you. We all need you." Piper begged into the hand she held tight. "Please just wake up, damn it!" she shouted suddenly, as Leo fell next to her, breathing heavily.
He placed his hands over the fallen Charmed One but nothing happened, no golden light came. He was too late. The whitelighter tried again, but it had the same result. He began to berate himself silently, not having the heart to breakdown in front of his wife.
"Leo." she whimpered, knowing he couldn't change the outcome but she wanted to hope.
He held her gaze, as tears brimmed in his eyes. "I can't." he whispered, finally resting his hands on his knees.
Piper sobbed harder, as Phoebe and Paige fell to their knees beside their sister's body. Paige placed her hands over the wound in a desperate attempt to heal, ignoring the voice that told her if Leo couldn't, she wouldn't be able too.
"Work, damn it, work." she cried, trying again. Phoebe attempted to pull her into a hug and pull her away from Prue, knowing it wasn't going to work. She wanted to fall apart but she needed to be their for Paige, she needed to be the big sister.
The youngest, however, pushed her away. "No! what's the point of having these stupid powers if they don't work when we need them to!" Paige ranted, only for Phoebe to try again.
"Paige." she barely spoke.
"Stop it! I need to try!"Paige pushed once again but Phoebe was prepared and held on tighter. "I need to try 'cause we need her!…I need her." she finally fell into her sister's arms, unable to keep herself from breaking down.
Cole watched from a distance, not sure on how he should handle the situation. Granted he was not Prue's number one fan but the past month or so he had began to like the eldest Halliwell. The half demon also knew how much this would hurt Phoebe and in some kind of way himself. Watching her, a single tear fell down his face as she attempted to keep herself together for all but herself.
Patty arrived out of breath, with Grams not far behind.
"No!" Patty cried, seeing her daughter lying motionless on the floor. "No, this…this.."
Before she finished her sentence Penny Halliwell pulled her own daughter close, trying to comfort her. Patty, however, pulled away quickly and went to her youngest daughters side wrapping her arms round them, stealing a glance at Piper, who was resisting her husband's offer to comfort her.
Penny watched with a saddened expression covering her face, while she wiped the tears away, wanting to remain strong for her family, even though it brought back bad memories from when Patty, herself, died.
Piper still gripped her sister's lifeless hand, which now held no comfort.
"You promised me, you promised." she continually whispered to her sister, ignoring everyone else around her. The only time she looked up to anyone was when Andy kneeled down next to her.
He wiped his face with his dirty hands, as he then stroked Prue's hair gently. "It wasn't supposed to be this way." he barely voiced, giving her forehead a soft kiss.
He then felt someone hold his hand, turning he found it belonged to Piper and he noticed how it very slightly trembling.
Andy was unable to believe he had only just got Prue back to lose her all over again.
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Krolan had witnessed the entire saga from a distance and kept his eyes firmly on the collapsed family. He felt useless, as he was too late to stop Prue, after promising her that everything would work out.
He took one finally look, then disappeared.
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Piper had now welcomed Leo's arms but still held Prue's hand, scared if she let it go, her sister would disappear.
People had came by to offer their condolences before leaving the area but none of them really were accepted with any acknowledgement. The Halliwells barely reacted to each other at this point.
"I want to go home." Phoebe finally sighed, looking for approval mainly from Piper. With a slight nod, they disappeared in a mixture of orbs and shimmers, leaving no trace of the battle, the loses, just a sense of grandeur and turmoil.
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"Did you hear that?" Victor asked, then rushed up the stairs, closely followed by Darryl and Glen.
He walked into a room filled with family members covered in dirt and blood. When the other two walked in, the sight made them gasp.
"No." Victor whispered as the door to Prue's room closed shut.
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The end...of this one anyway.
A/N: I dooooo fell guilty, I swear!
I know you guys are probably hating me beyond believe right about now, I would if it wasn't me who wrote it...and there's probably loads of questions, like what? and most importantly why?
All will be answered in the sequel, which I promise will be up in a couple of days...if you guys still wanna read it.
Also I would like tothank EVERYONE that has reviewed. I would list you all but you've more than likely stoppped reading.
emelie; (my first reviewer, hehe, which was long before the old man, the fish and the threat. It's a long story.) Just wanted to let you know I have read your new Brutal fic and again love it but the review thing is pissing (sorry)about again. I WILL do it thou.
Also I have to mention Mony19, who practically wrote a chapter in her review, lol. You wanna take over from me. ;o)
and Jessabelle87; aaw, I wouldn't go that far but thanks for the compliment.
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