Allie351 - I don't know if Dan had a sister on the show, but ... um ... this is AU so he has a brother too, lol.

x-xPersephone - I hate the Elders too ... watch this space ...

Chapter 7 - The Power Of Four

"How -" Paige breathed, entranced.

"The power of four." Leo said quickly. "It must be."

"You need to channel it." Cole added. "Focus all of your power on finding her."

"We have been!" I said, looking at the crystal, moving barely militmetres up ... then down ...

"No, you have." Andy said pointedly.

We looked at each other, confused.

"Prue, you were focusing on getting revenge on the person that did it." Andy explained, then looked at Leo, almost for reassurance he was right.

"Paige, you were trying to find who has her, more than finding her." Leo said thoughfully.

"And Phoebe just wanted to see where she was. You focussed on the premonitions." Cole added.

Prue rolled her eyes, Paige looked guilty and Phoebe sighed.

"Use the power of four." Leo said quickly, looking at the crystal, which was still hovering, almost completely still. His Before it's too late may have been silent but I heard it.

Prue grabbed my hand, as did Phoebe. Paige was on the other side of Phoebe.

Why does this feel familiar?

Careful, we'll start to think this is the answer to all our problems.

But if it gets Patty back ...

"With the power of four our spirits soar." We chanted. "With the power of four our spirits soar. With the power of four our spirits soar. With the power of four our spirits soar."

The crystal began to spin rapidly, so fast it began to blur. And then …

It dropped, balanced perfectly - something we had never seen before.

Our power's stronger than we give it credit for, obviously.

"She's in a motel on 16th Street." Prue announced, a little confused, leaning forward.

"Hey, hey, hey." Andy said, grabbing her arm. "You can't just go rushing over there. He might be dangerous, or armed." He shot me an apologetic look, trying to calm my stricken face.

"Besides, how are you going to explain how you know he's there?"

He flipped open his mobile, and told whoever answered to check all the motels in San Francisco.

"That'll take ages!" I cried.

Andy sighed. "There's one on 16th street. Check that first." He said down the phone. "He - we think he's been there before." He lied weirly, then hung up.

"OK, let's go!" I said.

"No." It wasn't Andy who spoke this time, but Leo. "You can't risk getting hurt."

"I'll go down there." Andy said. "Call you as soon as she's out."

"But -"

"You have the baby to think about." Prue said. I sighed.

"Call me as soon as you get her." I said eventually.

"Of course." He bolted down the stairs, and we went and sat in the living room, me clutching the house phone.

"Patty home?" Wyatt asked, after a long time of silence. We looked at each other.

"I hope so." I whispered.

"You know what I still don't get?" Paige asked suddenly. "If she's not that far from here, why couldn't we sense her?"

"And what about my premonition?" Phoebe asked. "The one with the demon."

"It doesn't make sense." Prue agreed.

"Maybe magic just got it's wires crossed." I shrugged.

Phoebe frowned, looking like she was about to say something - but the phone began to ring.

I snatched it up, fumbling with the buttons in my haste, and tried talking into it before I had it to my ear.

"Hello? Andy?" I said quickly.

"Yeah, it's me." His voice said. He sounded happy. Does that mean ...?

"Well?" I asked desperatly. After a moments silence, Prue suddenly dived forwards and hit the loudspeaker button. When Andy finally began to speak, his voice filled the room.

"Well, we spoke to the mangager, who said a man had checked in, with a small girl a few days ago, and they'd pretty much stayed in the room since." He told us.

I can hear something in the background ... an engine? Is he in a car?

"And?" Phoebe asked desperatly. I wish he'd get to the point.

"The ocupier or room 3B wouldn't open the door to us, so we broke it down ..." The noise stopped ... does that mean the car had stopped?

He's doing it on purpose. I'm going to strangle him, I really am.

Or blow him up. I'm not quite sure yet.

"And? Was she in there?" I begged.

"I think I better let someone else answer that." He said, his voice bursting with glee. I shot Prue a "what's he playing at?" look, and she shrugged.

"Andy - Andy tell me -" I said angrily ... but stopped as a very familiar voice echod around the room.

"Mummy?"

I screamed with pure happiness, as the room erupted in cheers, and sobs.

"Patty! Patty, it's mummy, are you OK?" I cried.

"I'm OK mummy." She said brightly. "Coming home."

Her voice, so familiar, yet almost new to me, so sweet, childish, happy.

At some points over the last few days, I'd been unsure if I'd ever hear it again ...

Tears rolled down my face, I clung to Leo, who also looked a little teary.

"I know you are, I'm coming to get you, right now!" I sobbed, standing up.

"OK." She said. I could hear Andy laughing happily in the background.

"We're coming to get you Patty, we're going to pick you up right now." Leo said.

"What?" She said, I think to someone in the background. "OK. Daddy, uncle Andy said for you to go to the police station." She said brightly. She'd wanted to go to the police station with Andy for ages. Wanted to see the "please-men".

"He said we'll meet you there." Patty added.

"Right, sure, we're gonna hang up now, OK?" I said. "See you really, really, soon. I love you."

"Love you too." She said. "Bye!"

She sounded so happy, how could she sound so happy?

"She doesn't understand." I said tearfully. "She doesn't it. She's happy."

"It'll take more than that to get her down, Pipe." Phoebe smiled. I nodded.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Prue said.

"Let's go!" Paige laughed.

Phoebe picked up Chris, Prue clutched Wyatt, and white lights surrounded us. I'm still not sure who actually orbed us, but we disolved into the tiny lights ...

Pay attention to the stuff about not being able to sense her and stuff ... that's all I'm gonna say ...