Forgiven, Forgotten, Never Heard of

"But we need some of their 'skin'…" Paige countered.

"Well, I could go back to the club and find the red demon…" Prue started.

"Oh, no, no, no!" Piper interrupted. "You, missus, are not going back to Junk tonight, or ever again if I have a say, your gonna stay here with Paige and do some more research. Me and Phoebe will go to Junk," She explained, quickly walking into the hall and grabbing her coat.

Phoebe followed her sister and grabbed her own coat, "My laptop's in my bedroom if you need it," She called over her shoulder as they walked out the door. The two sisters stopped just outside the door and listened, but there was no sound so they assumed it was safe, and continued to Piper's Jeep.

"So, are we really going to Junk?" Phoebe asked as she opened the car door.

"Yep," Piper nodded as she jumped in.

"And we're really going to do some snooping?" Phoebe questioned as she too jumped in.

Piper nodded again.

"So, why are you smiling?"

Piper just shrugged and started the engine as Phoebe put on her seatbelt.

"Piper…"

"Oh, okay, it's just… I'm giving them two a little quality time. I'm fed up with those suspicious looks Paige keeps cast Prue and the way Prue's trying too hard to get Paige to like her.

"Yer, and as I remember, you didn't even bother," Phoebe remember. Piper just shrugged the comment off as she began to drive down to Junk. "Piper, you better not rush into things again…"

"What's there to rush into? There's a demon that we gotta vanquish and we need some ingredients."

"Yer, but usually when we need some ingredients it doesn't mean we need to cut off their hands."

Piper laughed, "That just makes it more fun…"

Phoebe frowned, what was up with her sister. Why, this was how she acted when Prue first died and that resulted in Piper turning into a fury. But what had happened this time to upset Piper so much…?

Too soon had they reached their destination, Phoebe felt as her sister jumped down from the vehicle. Groaning inwardly, Phoebe followed Piper into the now empty club. The red ring still glowed around the building, but Phoebe noticed it was a lot fainter which wasn't a good sign but it also made it less noticeable to innocents, which protected the exposure of magic. Almost hoping the door was impassable, Phoebe slowly walked up behind her sister. Even though there was a closed sign on the door, Piper's, who just exploded the door, expression didn't change.

Amazed the alarm hadn't started; Phoebe followed a confident Piper into the club and surveyed the damage. Considering Paige had said the whole of P3 had burnt down, the damage to Junk didn't have a mark on it. There was still smoke rising from the smouldering tables, but they were easily replaced, as were the chairs and smashed glasses along the bar. An amazingly large dent took pride of place in the centre of the dance floor, where the demon had stomped about.

Piper wrinkled her nose at the strong smell given off by the wreck, before continuing down the stairs so she could have a better look. Wearing a simple jacket and jeans, with a smart blue blouse underneath, anyone would assume that she owned the club, not the her own was now a crowd of smouldering bricks.

"Could 'ave been worse…" Piper sighed, pushing a load of chairs out of her way. Phoebe could feel her sister's pain at the fact that her own club had now gone, and there was no hope of getting it back.

"I'm sorry Piper," Phoebe sympathised.

"What's to be sorry for?" Piper shrugged, "This isn't my club…" She kicked a table lazily out of her way, "No, no it's not… My club's burnt to the ground thanks to some flaming demon!" Suddenly Phoebe winced as Piper exploded a close table in anger. There was a loud crash as it fell.

"Piper!" Phoebe shushed, trying to calm her sister.

"No, Phoebe, don't 'Piper' me! My… our club is now ruined beyond repair and all you can do is 'Piper' me?" Piper stressed, suddenly turning around to face her sister, "I'm sorry… It's just… Prue's back now, which is stressing 'cause it's more mouths to feed, and her and Paige will never get on… and… Oh, Phoebe, I've always wanted Prue back but…" Phoebe nodded understandingly as her sister quietened. She had had the same worries too, since Prue had returned, and her job as an advice columnist was just getting started.

Piper sighed and turned back to the damage. As they were both deep in thought, neither of them heard the loud crash behind them, as a part of the upper floor fell through. Phoebe was the first person to realise the floor shaking, and she grabbed onto a stable table for support. Piper stumbled, and then fell against the bar as she was pushed off her path. The shaking got worse, and Phoebe threw herself over to the bar, beside her sister.

"Earthquake?" She shouted over the noise of the upper floor falling in around them. Piper screamed and ducked on the bar as a large wooden slab fell, missing her head by inches. A similar slab fell on the bar behind Phoebe, who quickly followed her. "Do you think it's an earth—" The rest of her words were lost in what seemed to be a rumble of thunder.

"NO, I THINK IT'S A—" Piper shouted her reply, before realising the 'thunder' had made the room deadly silent.

"Boo," A brunette man peeked under the bar. Piper tensed and froze the man in shock. Her heavy breathing calmed as she turned to her sister.

"He's cute," Phoebe stated, taking in the young man's ripped clothing, which gave him a rugged kind of look. Piper sighed and shook her head before continuing her reply.

"Well, I was thinking it wasn't, because, knowing our luck it would be a—" Phoebe cried out as the frozen man was lifted up off his feet and flung across the room. "…Demon," Piper groaned, scrambling from their hiding place, but before she could even turn around, a tall, large demon grabbed her by the collar of her jacket and lifted her over the bar, throwing her against the closest wall. "Phoebe…" She gasped, before falling unconscious.

Hearing the commotion, Phoebe snuck from under the bar, just as the demon reached under to grab her. Barely missing her loose jacket, Phoebe sighed thankfully as she sat on the opposite side of the bar to the demon. She'd barely been there two seconds, but somehow, the demon had managed to set the wooden structure alight, and, silently, get in front of her. Unsure of how he had managed to jump over the bar without her noticing, Phoebe instantly jumped up and backed away from the now flaming bar. Her first instinct was to help Piper, but there was no way she could reach her sister without risking her own life, so she took her second option, and ran to protect the innocent who lay unconscious. Almost by his side, Phoebe remembered that she was to protect him, and try and keep the demon's attention off him at all costs.

'God, I'm starting to think like a secret agent…' Phoebe thought, diving dramatically to the opposite side of the room, and, as she'd guessed, this demon must have the power of being able to move at lightning speed, as he'd reached her destination just as she did. Quickly, she did a double take, and then she picked up a chair and threw it at him, to distract him. The demon gave out a deep groan as the sharp chair struck him in the gut, but he quickly recovered, angrier than ever. Suddenly, he was throwing fireballs at her from all angles and she could only dodge them for so long. Then she was falling... Then she was in the kitchen.

"Wha...?" She asked grugely, but then the demon dropped Piper and held a fireball above her. Phoebe screamed for her sisters, but by the Paige could be heard running down the stairs, the demon picked up a limp Piper and shimmered them to the attic. Then athought struck her, Piper was dead again... And it was all her fault... She screamed again and started to cry quietly, realising that if she caught Prue's attention, he'd kill her too. But, before Phoebe could shout a warning, Prue charged into the room and was sent flying across the attic and lay limp. 'He'd killed her too,' Phoebe thought, but before she could check, they were back in kitchen, where the demon dropped Piper and shimmered out, still holding Phoebe.

"Two dead, one left..." He murmered once they reached his hide out. Suddenly Phoebe realised that this demon didn't know there was four! At least they had a chance if his sights weren't set on Paige... 'Oh, please...'