"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. Thanks for the extra boost of power."
"Your welcome, now you have some explaining to do."
"Fine, but only if Phoebe gets off that leg, and Piper gets under the covers."
"Why does Piper need to be under covers?"
"NO REASON!"
"Sure there is, she's got a cold, and I don't want her getting sicker."
"Why didn't anyone…"
"Not now Mom, you should be resting too. Let's all go into your room, its got the biggest bed, and you can all snuggle in and I'll explain everything."
They hesitated for a moment but really wanted answers so one by one they filed into Prue's room each of the sisters climbing into bed, with Prue in the middle. As Piper climbed in Prue could feel the heat radiating off of Piper's body and knew that she had more then just a cold.
"You are burning up Piper!"
"I know, but I'll be fine."
"Yea right. When was the last time your temperature was taken?"
"Last night. Haven't exactly had time to do it this morning."
"Well that's about to change."
Prue was about to climb out of bed when Nancy entered closing the bedroom door behind her.
"Lay down Mom, or I'll call Jack and tell him your misbehaving."
"But Piper needs…"
"And she will get, let's get this explaining over with, then I'll help you while you mother away. Piper is going to be alright."
Prue was satisfied only because she still had a headache from the night before. She pulled the covers up to Piper's chin as she could tell that she was shivering slightly, then wrapped an arm around Piper allowing Piper to place her head on Prue's shoulder.
"Alright these demons are, or were called Avengers. They are decedents of a demon called Malris. He's a high level demon who was quickly moving up the demon chain. His next plan was to kill the Charmed One's, but he came after me and my parents first. His plan was to kill the whole Halliwell line, starting with the least powerful, or so he thought. Mom was a wiz at writing spells and came up with one to vanquish him, but the Avengers came after us for the vanquish. They showed up at the house one night when Mom and Dad were out, and I was able to come up with a spell that bound their powers and made it so they couldn't harm anyone but me."
"How did you get away?"
"Lucky for me Mom and Dad came home just in time and forced them out of the house with a spell. The spell prevented them from re-entering."
"Like the big bad wolf in the three little pigs."
"Something like that. Anyway, that's how I knew Mom would be safe, they could only cause natural, everyday normal things to happen to people. I think they were behind Phoebe's accident, and the painting falling on Mom. They wanted you guys out of the way."
"Why didn't they do anything to Piper?"
"Look at her Mom. She didn't even stay awake long enough to hear my explanation. They must have thought that with her flu she wouldn't be any danger. They under-estimated the love of family. I knew that if I joined your powers with mine I would have enough strength to vanquish them."
"You still should have let us help."
"You did. Each one of your powers were with me, and as a result, each one of you guys were with me. They made me so angry when they told me that they told the Controllers where to find us, that's when Mom's power came to the surface. Then they started to struggle and clipped my cheek a little, which caused me to get a little scared, and Piper's power came to me. I don't know what triggered Phoebe's power of Premonition, but it showed it's face just when I needed it. I was able to see the spell I needed to vanquish them. Now their gone for good, and I feel like I've done the avenging."
"Vengeance should never…."
"I know, maybe vengeance was the wrong word. Maybe justice fits better, I didn't know anything about them telling the Controllers where my parents were. Now that I know how we were found, I feel some type of closure to that part of my life anyway. It's a good thing you trust me. Now you three need your rest…"
Just as Nancy was about to send everyone to their own rooms the doorbell rang and they soon heard a voice at the bottom of the stairs.
"Anyone awake?"
"It's Owen."
Nancy said as she opened Prue's door and yelled downstairs.
"Upstairs Owen."
Within seconds Owen was standing in front of Nancy who had rolled herself into the hallway to greet him.
"Hope you don't mind, the front door was unlocked, so I let myself in."
"Not at all. Your just the person I was hoping would show up. Could you do me a favor?"
"Sure, name it."
"I know you're here to check on Phoebe, but Piper is running a fever.."
"I knew that last night, is it worst today?"
"I think so. Mom will not relax like she needs to unless someone can tell her it's not serious. Can you check her over, she's in Prue's room."
"Sure."
Nancy showed Owen into Prue's room. Owen took a moment to kiss Phoebe before he walked around to the other side of the bed and took out his stethoscope and a thermometer. After checking Piper's pulse and blood pressure, he listened to Piper's heart the placed the thermometer in Piper's ear and waited a few seconds for it to beep.
All while this was happening Phoebe and Prue watched ever move he made carefully. While they trusted Owen completely, they wanted to make sure nothing caused Piper any more pain then she was already in.
"102. That's pretty high, but it could be worst. I think she'll be alright, just needs some bed rest, and plenty of Tylenol to help bring her fever down. I don't have to work today, and I'm not on call, so I can stay for a while today to help watch her. If her fever doesn't come down in the next few hours then we can try a cool bath, but for now my prescription is bed rest, Tylenol, and a cool compress."
"I'm fine…"
"Piper you know what happens when you get sick, it kick's your butt. Now do what Owen says."
"Alright, I give."
Owen carried Piper into her own room where she would be the most comfortable then returned for Phoebe.
"Owen could you…"
"Some how I knew you were going to ask. Sure."
Before Prue knew what was happening Owen was shinning a light into Prue's eyes and checking over her vital signs. After re-assuring both Phoebe and Nancy that Prue was improving from the night before, Owen picked Phoebe up off the bed and took her into her own room. Nancy waited till she heard Phoebe's door close before she spoke again. Prue had begun to get up out of bed.
"Where are you going?"
"I have things to do. I promised Jack I would call him, and my car is still at Bucklands."
"Don't worry about your car, I'm sure it's fine, besides your in no shape to drive."
"I know but…"
Before the sentence could be finished the phone rang, Prue once again made a move to get up, but Nancy gestured for her to stay put and exited the room to pick up the phone.
"Halliwell residence."
"Nancy?"
"Yes?"
"It's Jack. I was just calling to check on Prue."
"She's doing better. She's awake, but thinks she can get out of bed and have someone take her to get her car."
"Well I'll take care of that, if you just put her on the phone."
"Sure, thanks."
Rolling back into Prue's room she handed Prue the cordless and left the room to give her some privacy.
"Hello?"
"Hey beautiful, how you feeling?"
"Jack, I'm doing great, but I need to call a cab so I can pick up my car."
"I don't think so. Tell you what, I'll have my brother Jeff take me to your car and I'll drive it over."
"I can't ask you to do that, it's way out of the way."
"It's no big deal. Besides it means I'll get to see you. I can take a cab home afterwards."
"I don't…"
"Prue don't argue, you won't win."
"Fine, thanks."
After hanging up the phone she snuggled under the covers and fell fast asleep. Nancy meanwhile went and got a wash basin and some wash cloths for Piper. Placing them on the side of the bed she gave Piper a wash down with the cloth to help lower her body temperature.Piperwas a little out of it, and was asking for Leo, but as time went on, and she started tocame to her senses a little more, she asked if she could call Dan.
Nancy acted as if Piper had never mentionedLeo's name, and volunteered to call Dan herself. She waitedfor about an hour, until she was sure Piper was not totally out of it, and wouldn't mention Leo's name again, then called Dan asking him to come over.
Once Jack arrived, and Dan was with Piper, Nancy was free the rest of the afternoon to do whatever she wanted. Although she didn't want to be working on her homework all afternoon, that's exactly what she knew she had to do.
TBC----Lot's of people are reading, but not a lot of people are reviewing...Does it suck, should I not write anymore...speak up please...
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