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Chapter eleven

"Paige this is ridiculous and dangerous not just on our part but on Prestyn's too!" Piper yelled at her youngest sister. "Standing out here doing nothing is not going to do anything to get us in there! Who knows what he's done to her by now!"

"We're not, not doing anything!" Paige defended. She then changed her mind,"Well you haven't done anything but complain; I am actually trying to come up with a plan to get into the building that isn't exactly standing here right now! I say we should go home to concoct a potion that will bust open the force field!"

"You've already suggested that and I told you that we don't have the time for that!"

Paige noticed something appear from the corner of her eye; she noticed that there were three somethings that had appeared and then she noticed that these somethings were actually someones! She took a deep breath – Great! Why don't you just add one more bump on the road? She scolded the Elders and warlocks in her thoughts.

"We could always hitch a ride with the warlocks that just happened to join us right now," Paige offered weakly.

"Very funny Paige," Piper glared.

Paige shook her head. "You're not really all that observant are you?"

"What? Why? This is hardly the time or – Oh my God! Paige! Warlocks! There are warlocks!" Piper shrieked.

"And the penny drops!" Paige screamed at her.

Immediately Piper blew up the demon closest to her and Paige without giving it a second thought. She aimed to blow up the other two coming at them, but Paige yelled at her to "Freeze them!" Piper did as she was told, and then turned to her younger sister, puzzled.

"Why did you ask me to do that?" Piper asked propping a hand on her hip and bending the opposite knee. Paige looked to her older sister with hope glistening in her chocolate brown eyes.

"Maybe… Just maybe, these guys are the key to getting into the building," she smiled.

Piper grunted. "Explain that theory," she scoffed.

"If I orb one them into the field and hold him there long enough for you to blow him up, then it might create a hole in the field long enough for us to get through."

Piper tried to let it register, but made no sense out of it. "How?" She asked.

"Evil is the only thing that can get through this field, right? So when you blow him up, he flies backwards into the field, which means that as he goes through it, a hole opens up to let him pass through it. So when he is blown into a tiny million pieces, the hole will be open until his little pieces disappear –"

"Leaving us time to run through the hole… It's worth a shot, let's do it." Piper unfroze the remaining warlocks and blew up the one closest to her and her sister. "Are you ready?" She asked Paige.

"No. But we don't the time or a choice right now." The last remaining warlock was advancing in on her and Piper, and they started to back up slowly.

"Do it."

Paige thrust her hand out. "Warlock! Force field!"

The warlock dematerialized out of the street and just as he rematerialized into the force field Piper blew him up.

"Go! Go!" Paige screamed at her eldest sister. Paige could see a small opening and saw the building that stood there. She made a grab for Piper's hand and bolted through the force field. Piper made it through just as the force field closed. The two girls were now surrounded by four walls, a roof, a stairwell and an elevator. "I can't believe that worked!" Paige breathed, looking at her new surroundings. "Very cool."

"You can't believe it?" Piper scoffed. "I can't believe you came up with it!" She hissed.

"Shut up," Paige said, hitting her sister lightly over the shoulder.

Piper jokingly glared at her little sister before realizing the situation at hands. "Part one of the plan is complete…" Piper mumbled.

"That was easy…" Paige stated.

"Easy? Did you forget what we went through to find this place? How are we supposed to find her now?" Piper hissed.

"Shh!" Was Piper's answer. Piper jumped at her sister's response. "Do you want us to get caught?" Paige snapped.

"Maybe that might not be such a bad idea…"

"What!" Paige hissed.

"If we get caught, wouldn't we be taken to the same spot Prestyn is?"

"They wouldn't be that stupid. It's all us, girl. We gotta find her ourselves."

"How?" Piper asked.

Paige thought about it. "I can sense for her. There's no reason why I shouldn't be able to."

Piper nodded at her sister to continue, but was answered by eyelids and a hand on hers. Piper knew to stay quiet while her sister sensed for their niece.

Paige focused every fiber of her body with everything she had to sense for Prestyn. When she felt a pull, she let it take her.

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Paige and Piper orbed in behind a pile of crates. They peeked their heads out to see what was going on. They saw Prestyn risen off of the alter surrounded in a black mist and the hooded figures mumbling a Latin chant. Piper tried to run out to make a scene and distract them but was pulled back by Paige.

Piper glared at her sister and froze the scene, but it didn't work. "Great!" Piper hissed. "Now what do we do?"

Prestyn began shaking violently.

"Paige!" Piper hissed.

Paige held her hand out towards Prestyn's direction. "Prestyn! Elders!" She whispered.

Prestyn stayed where she was.

"Louder, Paige!" Piper spoke just above a whisper.

"Prestyn! Elders!" Paige ordered above a whisper. Nothing happened and the mist was beginning to enter Prestyn's body. Paige looked at Piper questioningly.

"Do it."

Paige stepped out from behind the crates. "Prestyn! Elders!" She screamed. All of the hooded figures turned to face the two Charmed Ones while Cole kept his focus on Prestyn who was dematerializing out of the building.

"No. No!" He bellowed. "Kill them! Now!"

Five of the hooded men began on advancing on Piper and Paige.

"Uh-oh…"

"Go, go, go!" Piper yelled hitting her sister over the shoulder. Piper latched on to Piper's hand and orbed out just as three energy balls came flying in their direction.

"Damn it! Sense for the girl, now!"

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Piper and Paige rematerialized 'up there' much to the shock of Piper. "Paige, we aren't allowed up here."

"I didn't aim to orb here, I aimed to orb home."

Piper looked around. "Wh… Where is Prestyn?"

"Is this your doing Paige Matthews?" A man asked. He had appeared in orbs and had a white cloak on. The girls knew he could be trusted and that he was a being of good nature. He held a crying Prestyn in his arms and both Piper and Paige breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yeah…" Reminding herself of whom she was talking to, she corrected her statement. "Yes it was."

Prestyn snapped her head around at the familiar voice. "Auntie Paige!" The five year old screeched. 'Up there' was definitely different as the walls shook when she screamed. This scared Prestyn and she shimmered herself out of the Elder's arms and into Paige's. "Oh thank God." Paige began stroking her niece's hair, while Piper rubbed her back.

"Why did you orb her up here? We told Leo to tell you all that if the middle Charmed One were to keep the child, we would want nothing to do with it."

"It was the safest place I could think of at that point in time."

"Yeah hi –" Piper began in a matter of fact tone. "I don't think you have a choice considering she is the child of a Charmed One. If you don't comply, then we don't comply."

The Elder turned to face Piper in anger. "You, my dear Charmed One, are skating on thin ice as it is, so I would watch what you say and to whom you direct it."

"Yeah see, I think you're on thinner ice than I am pal. You and your guys are the one that sent the premonition to Prestyn in the first place, which is how we got into this mess in the first place – so if anyone is skating on thin ice buddy, it is you."

"Tame your sister –"

"Or what?" Piper challenged. "We have the upper hand here. Don't tell me you've forgotten all the stuff you have put me and my sisters, not to mention Leo, through in the past, I don't know, thirteen years. We can either comply or not comply, and if we don't comply then you and your little friends here are more than screwed. So you take her in and keep her until we say it is safe or the Charmed Ones are going on a supernatural hiatus and you and the other elders won't have a chance in Hell."

The Elder waved his hand and Piper disappeared in orbs. Paige looked around. Prestyn saw what had happened and had begun to cry again, not knowing what had happened to her aunt.

"Wh… What did you do to her?" Paige asked. Careful not to have a specific tone in her voice.

"I simply sent her home. Be thankful I sent only her, and not you and your niece."

"I am. Believe me I am –"

"But?"

"But, Piper kind of did have a point." The Elder raised an eyebrow with a look of displeasure. "Notwith the whole thin ice thing and the whole threatening thing. Prestyn is five years old, she doesn't yet know the difference between good and evil to choose between it. She doesn't even have an active power to use against anyone, so she is not a threat to anyone up here –"

The Elder raised his hand to silence Paige. "Be that as it may, the child is still evil. She was conceived –"

"By a witch too. Not just a demon."

"It does not matter to whom she was born to; she is still a child of evil."

Paige sighed. "Please take her in. Just until we vanquish the guys that are after her. Please?"

The Elder sighed. "We will on one condition."

"Name it."

"Leo is the one who looks after her. She can stay, she will be safe, but Leo is to look after her while you are gone."

"Done… Leo!"

Leo orbed in. "Prestyn! You saved her!" Leo smiled from ear to ear but wiped it off his face when he sensed something was still wrong.

"Yeah we did, but Cole is still on the loose. You need to keep her up here and keep an eye on her because the Elders won't."

"No problem. I'll bring the boys and Phoebe up here too." Leo orbed out.

"Momma… Where's my momma? I want to see her!" Prestyn wailed. "I want to see her!"

"Sweetheart you can't right now."

"Why?"

"Because she's busy. But you can see her soon angel, I promise. But for now, you need to stay with Chris, Wyatt and Uncle Leo."

Prestyn shook her head rapidly. "No. No! I don't want to – he'll be like the bad man. Please don't make me stay wif him Auntie Paige, please." Leo orbed back in with the boys and Phoebe.

"Prestyn!" Chris and Wyatt shouted.

"All right, go and figure out how to vanquish Cole and I'll keep her safe up here with the boys and uh… um…"

"Phoebe. Remember? My name is Phoebe," Little Phoebe answered.

"Yeah."

Leo went to take Prestyn out of Paige's hands and she started to squeal and cry. "No, he'll hurt me! Don't make me stay wif him, please! Please Auntie Paige!"

"Sweetie, look at me." Paige guided her face gently towards her own. "You need to be a big girl for Auntie Paige. Uncle Leo isn't going to hurt you, I promise sweetheart."

"But he's a big man like the bad man… He'll hurt me!"

"No he won't Prestyn," Chris spoke. "He's my daddy and Wyatt's daddy and your uncle, and he loves us and he won't hurt us, he wants to keep us safe." Chris emphasized this by nodding his head. Wyatt agreed with his little brother by nodding his head as well.

"Stay wif me. Please Auntie Paige!"

"Hey, hey, hey," Paige eased. "Are big girls scared?" Prestyn shook her head 'no'. "No they're not, and are you a big girl?" Prestyn nodded her head. "Look at him." Prestyn look at her uncle. "That's Uncle Leo. He's not bad like that other man. Uncle Leo loves you and he wants to keep you safe from the bad man, and I want keep you safe too, so does Aunt Piper and your mommy. But if you want us to get rid of the bad man, you need to stay here with Uncle Leo, and the boys." Little Phoebe cleared her throat. "And, uh Phoebe too."

"But I'm scared."

"I'll protect you Prestyn. Remember when I said that?" Wyatt said. Prestyn nodded. "Stay here and I'll protect you. Daddy doesn't have to come near us or touch you; he just has to watch you. But I can protect you."

Prestyn caught her breath and let out a little yelp before slowly nodding her head and getting out of Paige's grasp. She stood next to Wyatt and held his hand.

"Good girl, angel." Prestyn walked over to her niece and kissed her forehead. "I won't be long. Uncle Leo will bring you down when I tell him to, okay, angel?" Prestyn slowly nodded her head. "Okay." She turned to the boys. "You two," she pointed to them. "You look after her and protect her okay?" Leo and Wyatt nodded.

"What can I do?" Little Phoebe asked.

"You want to help out, huh?"

"Yes."

"You can help the boys protect Prestyn okay? And Leo? You keep and eye on her," she spoke in a low voice. Paige orbed out.


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