A/N: TigersEye- im glad that you're still enjoying my fic :)

Afw- oh I agree! Number 6- bad for them, and in Chapter 20, it's gonna get worse!

WyaRose- again, your reviews make me blush. Thank you so much for your kind words! I really had a great time writing the reunion part too, I feel that the show has neglected the fact the Charmed Ones are sisters- three sisters, not just Piper/Phoebe, but Piper, Phoebe, and Paige.

VampirePrincess- yay! Its great to have you back! Ooh, hint a battle happens next. Hehe. Oh yeah, Phoebe and Paige had some new power advancements, its in Chapter 18 (for Phoebe) and 19 (for Paige). Basically, Phoebe can now act as a medium for Higher Spirits, and Paige can now send Telepathic Messages. :)

Thank you so much for the kind reviews! Here is Chapter 20, hope you'll like it as much as I loved writing it! Hugs to everyone!

P.S. just to clarify stuff, Arachne's Rope binds the active powers of witches, that reason Paige was able to send the witch message was that her telepathy was part of her passive powers as a half-Whitelighter. :)

Chapter 20

"You'd think that she'd learned something from the first time we kicked her ass," Phoebe said as she spun around in a roundhouse kick, hitting one of Melissa's clones on the chest. As the clone flew across the room, another clone raced toward Phoebe from the left, the tip of its dagger aiming for her neck. She instinctively spun out of the way, and watched the dagger hit the space where she had been standing only a fraction of a second ago. Then, she swung the heel of her hand down, hard, on the clone's head, and heard a loud crack as the clone dropped to the ground, unconscious. Within seconds, the clone disappeared in a flash of red light. "I'm loving these odds! How about you, Piper?" Phoebe asked aloud, alternating between fending off her own set of enemies and looking at Piper battle her own.

Piper effortlessly flicked one of her hands at the clone to her left, and watched as it, too, disappeared in the same bright light. "Clean up in aisle three?" came Piper's reply. Clearly, she liked the odds as well. She flung her hands out and easily blew another clone up before turning to Paige. "Stay down," she called out as she saw her youngest sister poking her head out from under the protection circle that she and Phoebe had cast when the clones had appeared only moments ago.

Seeing that Paige was in no condition to fight and Leo unconscious, Piper and Phoebe had decided to keep the two protected in a magic circle while they dealt with the clones. Now, Paige was vehemently protesting. "But I want to hel… Piper, behind you!" She called, watching as Piper quickly turned around and blew another clone up. She tried to stand, but instead, winced as she felt a sharp searing pain shoot up her body. Ignoring it, she screamed a warning to Phoebe. "Phoebe, to your left!"

"Get back down there, Paige!" Piper called out. "Need a hand, Phoebes?" She flung her hands out and vanquished the clone sneaking behind Phoebe.

"Thanks for the save, Piper," Phoebe called out gratefully, as she slammed her fist down the last clone's face. The clone went out like a light, and its body vanished, just like the others. "And that takes care of that." She tucked a strand of her hair that escaped her ponytail and was about to join Piper and Paige, when Melissa's voice echoed around the room again.

"Going somewhere, witch?" Melissa called from behind Phoebe. "The fun's just beginning."

Phoebe turned around and was surprised to see six new clones standing in front of her. And then, to her horror, another six suddenly appeared to her left, and another six to her right. "Uh, Piper?"

"I see them," Piper said, body tensed for action. "Paige, whatever happens, stay inside that circle! I mean it this time!" Without waiting for an answer, Piper sprung forward, thrusting her hands out at the clones and blowing two up in the blink of an eye. She darted forward and threw herself into the battle, alternating between dodging attacks and flicking her wrists. After vanquishing her fifth clone, Piper risked a glance at Phoebe, and saw that she was ferociously fighting the clones tooth for tooth, claw for claw. She saw her wielding one of the daggers now, and knew that her younger sister had somehow wrested it away from one of the clones.

Piper turned her attention back to her own set of foes, when a fist came suddenly from out of nowhere and struck her square on the face. "Ow!" she winced in pain, as she felt the bones in her nose breaking. She wildly threw her hands up, and heard a clone scream as its body disappeared in a flash of red light. She lifted a hand to cover her nose, feeling warm sticky blood trickle down her face. "Great," she murmured. Angrily, she released a series of blasts, vanquishing three clones with a single blow.

Paige noticed that Piper and Phoebe had barely vanquished one third of the clones inside the cramped classroom, when without warning, another group of six clones appeared. She watched, her mouth dropping open in shock, as the number of the clones grew larger and larger; their number, if not their skill, threatening to overwhelm her sisters. No, no, Paige thought anxiously, NO! Her mind whirled, searching for ways to help her sisters. She scanned the entire room, turning from left to right, then left again, looking for anything that can help Piper and Phoebe- a weapon, potions, anything.

"Piper!" Paige heard Phoebe scream a warning from behind her, distracting her from her search. "Get down!" Paige looked back and saw Phoebe hurl her dagger across the room, hitting a clone that was attacking Piper directly in the chest. I need to help them, darn it! Paige thought, feeling helpless and worn.

Frustrated, Paige was about to step out of the circle, when, suddenly, a flash of light on her left caught her attention. Curious, she turned her attention away from the battle and peered through the light blue haze of energy of the protection circle. She squinted, trying to get figure out the source of the light, and gasped as she found out where the flashing light was coming from- the amulet that was hanging on Regina's neck. What the? Paige thought.

The light flashed once, and then winked out so fast that Paige thought that she was seeing things. Rubbing her eyes with a shaky hand, Paige looked again, and saw that the amulet was indeed exuding a pale reddish light, the same light that filled the room whenever a clone got vanquished. Hmm, Paige sensed a connection between the amulet and the clones. Could it be? Following her instincts, she waited for the amulet to flash again, and without hesitation, turned back to the fight behind her. At that exact moment, her suspicions were confirmed as six more clones appeared, making the match twenty-four clones- another flash, thirty clones- to two Charmed Ones.

"Aiiii!" Paige heard a clone shriek from behind, receiving the full force of Piper's power. Another shriek, followed by a crude "Oh, crap," from Piper, and then finally followed by a loud crash.

"Piper!"

This has to end, now, Paige resolved. She felt weak and knew that her powers had been greatly weakened, but still she understood what she had to do. You can do this, Paige, just orb the amulet to you, she told herself, knowing full well that she only had one chance to pull off her plans with her weakened magic. You can do this, you're Paige, super witch. She closed her eyes and concentrated, centering all her remaining magic, and summoned the amulet with all the power she could muster. Okay, super witch, here goes. "Amulet," she called out, and after a couple of seconds, the amulet appeared in her hands in a swirl of blue and white orbs. The amulet felt cool and light on her palm, and it gave off a pale pink glow. It can't be, can it? Paige thought in alarm as she studied the amulet, recognizing the runes engraved on it.

"What the?" Paige heard Phoebe yell in surprise, which made her look up from the amulet. Standing there in front of her, beside Piper and Phoebe, were thirty exact replicas of Paige, wearing the same tattered teacher's robe, even having the same exact fresh wounds.

The clones- all thirty of them- dropped their daggers and looked at the Charmed Ones, their eyes mirroring the surprise in Piper's and Phoebe's eyes. Then, just as soon as the clones had shifted into Paige, they vanished into thin air in a faint pink glow.

Piper and Phoebe looked at each other, and then simultaneously turned, fastening their attention to Paige, who was standing up from within the protective circle. Piper, a hand wiping the blood from her nose, saw that a faint pink light winked from a round transparent stone, a bit smaller than her fist, hanging from a golden cord in Paige's hand. Taking Phoebe's hand, they walked towards Paige, confusion in their eyes.

"Hey, care to explain how you did that whole 'Attack of the Paige clones' thing over there?" Phoebe asked, one of her brows rising in intrigue, as she sat in front of the youngest Halliwell.

Piper sat beside Phoebe, slightly tilting her head to stop the blood flow. "What she said," Piper added.

"With this," Paige said, finally stepping out of the protection circle and leaving Leo alone inside, and sat closer to Phoebe and Piper. She raised her hand and let the amulet dangle loosely from her fist, showing it to her sisters. "The Amulet of Immodore."

"The Amulet of Immo-who?"

"Immodore," Paige repeated. "She was a powerful Mind Witch who lived in the late 1800's. She wielded mind magic- telepathy, telekinesis, cloning. Name every mind-magic there is, she's done it. According to legend, she went on a quest for more power, using her magic for personal gain and dark rituals. She went into the minds of others, absorbing everything she can until there was nothing left to drain. Consequently, she became one of the most wanted witches on the Elders' list. But before she could be arrested and taken into custody, her magic was gone. It was only discovered half a century later that she had actually managed to transfer all of her magic into this," Paige paused, pointing at the amulet. "Instead of enduring the possibility of the Elders stripping her of her magic, she resorted to transferring them into this amulet. Because of its great power, the Amulet of Immodore is considered a forbidden artifact. I don't know how Regina was able to her hands on this."

"And who the heck is Regina?"

"Her," Paige pointed behind her and gasped.

Regina was gone.