Chapter 35: They've Done It

Disclaimer: As we see the end has come, we turn to remnants of the show that will keep it alive. Now seeing as Brian's been given the boot and only returned for the Series Finale, Holly's postponing her acting career for some time to be a full-time mother, and Shannen hasn't equaled Charmed in oh, say, five years; all we have to turn to is Ch Rose's new Tarantino flick, Milanho's many un-read movie scripts, and oh God, don't make me say it—Kaley Cuoco's unnamed sitcom about sisters. Please; please—shoot me now.

A/N: If you read Pride, Patience, Perceptibility, and Pain then you already know what's been keeping this update away for so long. Basically, blame my Crew coaches if you for some strange reason happen upon them some day. Oh and also, there are exactly six chapters left(including this one,) so pay some close attention to what's happening and give me a head's up if you want this to seep into a trilogy.

"He came to us," An Elder spoke up against Leo's declaration, "It is now no business of yours what we do with him."

"The hell it isn't," Leo rebutted, "He's my family, dammit! He came to you because he was afraid for me—for all of us. He never would've called out to you if you hadn't threatened us. But it wasn't his fault; none of it was his fault. He's gone through more for you people then you'll ever know. He shouldn't be punished for being a good man;—he shouldn't be punished for loving someone. Please; send him back to us."

Leo's words seemed to have a sobering, maybe even remorseful affect on the Elders, and after a moment one spoke up.

"As earnest as your requests may be," a different, female Elder stated, "Andy agreed to our unspeakable wrath; and therefore received what he asked for."

Leo could tell that the Elder was trying to hint at something, but couldn't tell what.

"We have sent Andy to his ultimate suffering," The Elder added, raising an eyebrow to indicate her direction, "No family can pull him back from it."

Leo finally caught on to what the Elder was allocating towards and nodded slightly, but just enough for another Elder to take notice of.

"Enough," the other Elder spoke firmly, "Leave us, Leo—you have no more business here."

"B—" Leo began his foe declaration of indignation. At the same moment he doubled over in pain; falling behind a pillar just being him.

"What's the meaning of this?" The second Elder solicited, "What's the matter with you Leo?"

"A charge!" Leo hollered in mock pain, "She's in trouble."

As soon as Leo had made his way behind the pillar and of out the sight of the council he called out quietly to Pam.

"Now," he said in short, grunted phrases, "Come up now!"

"Leo," The same Elder shouted, "Show yourself to us!"

Just at that moment Pam orbed up beside Leo behind the pillar. She took Leo's appearance almost as soon as she appeared and listened to Leo's few words before his departure.

"I've think I've figured out what they've done with Andy. Keep them going—threaten them with exposure. I just need some time to find him."

"Alright," Pam agreed, "Go quickly, I'll try and stall."

With Pam's last words Leo orbed out and Pam stepped forward with Leo's appearance.

"What charge do you speak of?" An Elder inquired with anger.

"The kind that the Charmed Ones won't get a chance to save if you keep Andy away from them," Pam answered.

"What nonsense are you talking about now?" The same Elder solicited.

"Exposure," Pam answered in her best impression of Leo's voice, "That's what I'm talking about. The Charmed Ones are ready and able to exposure you, themselves, demons—all of it if you don't return Andy."

"You wouldn't," a different Elder spoke up haughtily.

"Yes they would," The Elder who had been speaking before commented, "They wouldn't hesitate to do it. Them and their whole selfish clan—I wouldn't put it past them to sacrifice the whole magical community for something as trivial as this."

"Selfish clan?" Pam spoke, unmistakably offended, "We've done much more for you people to be as selfish as we please. If you take one of us away, you loose that right. If not through this, then maybe through exposure you'll finally learn no to mess with us—not to mess with family."

After a quick moment of silence full of stern and vitriolic looks from Pam, the first Elder spoke again.

"It's too late," He said with the same haughtiness he had exhibited earlier.

"What do you mean?" Pam said with new alarm.

"Even if we were to heed to your demands," The Elder continued, "We've already put our plan into motion—there's nothing we can do now."

"What've you done with him?" Pam almost screamed, "Where is he?"

"We've already told you," The female Elder said with an odd look about her face, "He's somewhere where no family can bring him back from. Family is what the mortal Trudeau covets most. It's what he's loosing—and what he's gaining."

"No," Pam breathed, realizing exactly what Leo had earlier, "You can't have—you—you wouldn't…"

"Leave us!" The first Elder roared, just about having it with both Pam and his female counterpart, "You already know too much—this won't do! Away!"

He waved a hand an in an instant Pam was thrown back down to earth. Before her departure, her true self was revealed for a fraction of a second.

"That wasn't Leo," The Elder spat, "It was a Charmed One."

As Pam hit the ground in the Halliwell Manor she was bombarded with questions from her family members.

"What happened?" Prue solicited apprehensively, "What did they say?"

"Where's Leo?" Piper sputtered much in the same manner.

"Why were you thrown down like that?" Andy asked not long after, "Did they hurt you?"

Pam stayed quiet for the duration of the interrogation, still in shock from the information she had ascertained while with the Elders.

"Pam, are you okay?" The group inquired as a whole as they all realized she hadn't been saying a word.

"I'm—I," Pam stuttered, "They've done it."

"Done what?" Cole questioned, "Pam, what did the Elders do?"

"They did the one thing they knew we couldn't bring him back from," Pam answered.

"Which is…?" Phoebe leaded, having close to no idea what fate Pam spoke of.

"It's—" Pam started.

"No," Prue spoke as she had known what Pam meant from her first words, "They couldn't of."

"They have," Pam said as she moved in to hug Prue, "I'm so sorry—there was nothing I could do. They'd already put him in place by the time I got there."

"I'm so sorry," Pam continued.

"What?" Phoebe solicited once more," What've they done?"

"They've," Pam began with much remorse.

"They've made Andy a Whitelighter."

A/N: OH HOLY FUCKING SHIT I'm SO SORRY! Seriously it's been like three months. For those lucky (or not so lucky) few who've stayed with this fic since like forever I really do apologize. I had half the chapter written for about two months but a million things kept getting in the way. I really am sorry.