Bad Day
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'Wyatt,' Piper whispered before the demons began to attack. Several charged for Phoebe and Paige first, leaving Prue and Piper to defend them. Prue swept hundreds of demons back with a huge burst of power, so Phoebe could move in. Half the demons brought up fire balls and flung them at her, but she used her empathy and sent the flaming balls back at them, quickly getting rid of half the attacking demons.
Quickly, as the demons exploded, Phoebe levitated above the rest, so she missed the green slime that fell over the rest of her sisters, and quickly caught the over demons attention, as she had done at the manor. But suddenly she was being thrown about as she had been in the cave. Her eyes were quickly drawn to Prue, but Prue seemed to be struggling with her powers too.
Prue held out her hand to one of the demons that had taken on the form of her lover, Andy. Slowly, she twisted it into a fist and then twisted her wrist around as she stopped its heart beating. Then she brought her other hand up and used her telekinesis to lift another demon, in the form of her boss, up from the floor. As soon as Demon Andy exploded, Prue threw her Demon Boss against the charging crowd of demons; they all fell like pins at bowling.
A cry came from above her, drawing Prue's attention to her younger sister, who was being thrown about. At first, the eldest Halliwell assumed Phoebe still couldn't control her levitating, but then something caught her eye. Quickly she turned to be confronted with a flaming fire ball heading straight at her chest. Automatically she sent a small burst of power towards it, aiming to send it back at the sender, but instead it multiplied into thousands of multi-coloured energy balls! Instinctively, Prue ducked turning her head so the heat didn't sear her face.
Suddenly, bright blue and white orbs almost blinded Prue as Piper formed from them.
"Piper—" Prue started before Piper rushed into her own explanation.
Piper's face was pale as she began to explain her discovery to Prue.
"Prue, Wyatt's—" Suddenly all colour drained from Piper's face as her chest was pushed forward.
"PIPER!" Prue screamed as her younger sister took the force of thousands of energy balls that had been meant for Prue. Piper stumbled into her older sister's arms, her eyes wide. But, even though her breathing was laboured, she was still alive. Prue sighed, and then quickly stood and stepped in behind Piper to avert any other attacks on her weak sister as Piper lay against a boulder, trying to regain her strength.
Instinctively, Prue tensed, her eyes scanning the demons for any forthcoming attacks, as she saw none aimed at her, she ran to Paige's aid, who was struggling with the demon attacks aimed at her. Just as Prue arrived at the youngest sister's side, five demons formed a huge fireball. Prue was tempted to use her telekinesis to throw it back at them, but then she remembered the result of the last time she'd attempted that. Quickly, a thought came to Prue, and just as the fireball left the demons' hands, she stepped in front Paige.
Paige cried out in shock and froze the ball in mid flight. Prue, who had been holding her breath up to that moment in panic, let out a slow sigh. Slowly, the eldest sister turned to Paige thankfully, but then regretted her choice as she noticed Paige's flaming eyes.
"I can't believe you! How dare you! I can't…" Slowly Paige's voice died down as she lowered her head. Then, for the first time, Prue noticed Paige was actually crying!
"Oh, Paige…" Prue whispered, gently placing a hand on her sobbing sister's shoulder.
"Prue, I, when you… I just… And Piper…" Paige hesitated. "Prue, I… if you died, Piper would never—" Suddenly Paige looked up, and pushed Prue to the floor. At first Prue thought Paige had had a sudden change of heart, and wanted her dead. But then she felt a searing heat as the flaming ball flew over her head. "I still can't control Piper's powers," Paige whispered, nodding at the demons, "But I can't let them know…" Prue nodded her understanding, and then struggled to her feet. She helped Paige up, and smiled encouragingly at her.
The rest of the battle seemed to go in slow motion; Prue used her telekinesis to throw the demons back and then let Paige step in. Paige flicked her wrists, but could only freeze the falling demons. Then Prue thought of another plan.
"Oh, come on, useless!" She shouted, at first Paige assumed she was insulting the demons, but then she noticed, with a quick glance, that she was actually insulting her! Paige's fury grew as she turned to her eldest sister.
"Now, you hold on a minute! I just saved your life and all you can call me is stupid? I should have killed you when I had the chance!" Paige flicked her wrists angrily at Prue, who ducked, and the two demons that had been rushing at her from behind exploded. Prue smiled at Paige, who frowned, "What?"
Prue shrugged and threw her hand past Paige, throwing the demons that had just unfrozen across the room. There was a collected groan as they all fell in a pile. Prue nodded at them and Paige threw a strong blast of power at them. One by one, each one of the shape shifters exploded.
"Intresting," Prue stated, before turning back to Phoebe, who was seeming to have been thrown across the room by an invisible source. "Paige, freeze the room," Prue ordered, as Phoebe's energy was visibly falling. Paige gave out a sigh, and flicked her wrists. Luckily, the whole group of demons froze leaving Prue, Paige and Piper the only moving things in the room. At first, Phoebe seemed frozen too, before slowly, she began to slide down the wall and sit limply on the floor. Prue and Paige both ran to her side and helped her to her feet.
Phoebe looked from the eldest Halliwell to her youngest sister and frowned. Paige and Prue just smiled. Then they all walked over to Piper, who still lay quietly on the rock, her eyes closed gently. Phoebe placed a hand gently on her older sister's arm and shook her awake. Piper's eyes flickered open, and then widened. Phoebe watched in Piper's eyes as each demon exploded. There was a bright flash a each disappeared which was clearly reflected in Piper's brown eyes.
Prue and Paige both turned and took in the amazing sight, and soon the sisters were the only people left in the cave. Then, Phoebe became aware of a shuffling in the corner. She nudged Prue, who spun around and prepared to throw the intruder back.
Noticing her sister's discomfort, Piper shifted her position so she was facing the intruder and gasped.
"Prue…!" She started as Prue flicked her wrist angrily. A blue sphere came up around the intruder and deflected Prue's telekinesis, so the eldest sister went spinning across the room. "…It's Wyatt!"
The young toddler turned at the sound of his name, before slowly lowering his shield as he recognised his mother, Piper. Phoebe ran forward and bent down to pick up her nephew, before she was thrown back, across the cave, and landed against Prue.
Wyatt quickly brought his shield back up as a brunette girl appeared from behind him. Paige quickly recognised her, even though she'd changed her appearance since she tried to kill Paige at the manor. Jade now wore a long strapless, black dress, as she had in the Book of Shadows.
"Jade…" Paige stated, stepping boldly forward.
"Ah, Paige," Jade laughed, "Yes, you're the only one I couldn't get to trust me… Even your stupid white lighter fell for my story…"
"Not anymore!" Paige claimed.
"Oh, yes, not anymore… but why would that matter… you'll be dead by then," Jade laughed.
Piper looked at Paige, confused at Jade's statement. Suddenly, Paige was bursting with fury and brought her hands up to explode her enemy. But just as she sent the power towards Jade, Jade swiftly moved Paige's hands towards the roof so she exploded the room. The ground began to shudder, and Paige stumbled, trying to keep her balance as huge boulders fell from the roof. Prue and Phoebe both struggled to their feet at the explosion and ran to Paige and Piper. Paige lunged for Wyatt, and then Piper grabbed onto her sisters and orbed them out of the collapsing hideout. Jade's laugh was sudden cut off as a boulder fell on her.
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"Piper, Phoebe! Prue, Paige, thank God you girls are safe!" Grams cried as all the sisters formed, safely out of the orbs. Piper swayed, and then collapsed onto the sofa.
"Leo, quickly, heal!" Prue persisted her white light. Leo ran towards his wife and held his hands over her burns, but no glow came from them. Helplessly, he looked at the girls and tried again.
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Will Piper survive? What will happen next? Keep reading to find out!
