Paige slammed the Book of Shadows closed with a dejected sigh. There was nothing, nothing in there that was even remotely helpful in vanquishing a supposed invincible demon. There had to be something she was overlooking though. She refused to believe that she was going to have to spend the rest of her life looking over her shoulder.
Speaking of which… Paige glanced nervously over her shoulder. She hated being alone in the manor. Well, in all honesty she hated being alone at all, not that she'd ever admit that to her sisters. They didn't need to know how screwed up her life was before she met them. They'd never understand anyway, what it meant to be truly alone.
A creak of a floorboard made her look up sharply.
Cole.
He was standing in the doorway with a triumphant smile on his face. As she went to orb he hurled a small potion bottle at her. She'd never been hit with a potion before and it felt weird. She could feel her power ebbing out of her and she started to panic. She attempted to orb again but found that she that she couldn't.
Cole laughed, "I wouldn't bother trying if I were you. That was a power stripping potion I hit you with." He laughed even more but stopped as Paige flung a chair at him. It hit him and knocked him across the room. He landed with a crash , smashing into the bookcase and sending bits of broken wood and books everywhere. When he saw Paige running out the door he quickly scrambled to his feet and took off after her.
He managed to grab her by the back of her shirt and swung her round. He punched her several times in the stomach making her stitches burst. In a moment of desperation she rammed her cast as hard as she could up into his throat. The cast cracked underneath his jaw, clamping his teeth down onto his tongue and causing blood to spill out of his mouth onto the floor. He let out a howl and let go of her, clutching his jaw.
Paige was holding her stomach as she ran, blood seeping through her shirt.. She made it down the attic stairs but as she reached the top of the main stairs an energy ball hit her in the back making her lose her footing. She tumbled and rolled all the way down. Her head bounced off the hard floor and she lay there groaning in pain begging the dizziness to pass. She was sure a few of her ribs were broken. She managed to stand up and went towards the front door. She stopped short when Cole appeared in front of her.
Changing direction she ran as fast as she could towards the kitchen throwing random objects over her shoulder at Cole trying to slow him down. She wondered briefly why he didn't just shimmer in front of her and grab her but she guessed that he was probably enjoying the chase. She banged her bad arm on the doorframe as she entered the kitchen and was surprised to find that it hurt. Glancing down she saw that her cast had split at the top, exposing her wrist.
Cole waved his arm towards the frightened woman and telekinetically threw her. She went flying over the counter sending pots, pans and other kitchen appliances with her. He was bored with teasing her now and as she got to her feet he punched her hard in the face knocking her out. Scooping her up in his arms he shimmered from the manor.
Arriving in his own apartment he dropped Paige onto the floor. He stood there for a moment looking down at her. She was so helpless. He could kill her now and there'd be nothing she could do about it. He restrained himself though. He wanted her to suffer first and he'd already figured out exactly how to do that. He kneeled down next to her and conjured a pair of shackles. He quickly secured her hands behind her back then proceeded to remove her clothing. This was going to be fun.
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Phoebe pressed save then sank back in her chair feeling satisfied. She had just finished re-doing all of the work that was lost along with answering all of today's letters. She'd made two hard copies and printed off tomorrows column. Man, was she good!
She glanced at the clock and her smile got bigger. Time for her lunch break. She picked up her bag and searched for her lipstick, she couldn't find her one but found Paige's in it's place. She chuckled. Paige would kill her when she found out she'd taken hers. Oh well, it would do for now. Pulling it out she gasped as she was thrown into a premonition.
As the vision cleared and she slowly came back to reality she fought the urge to be sick. Quickly she reached for her phone and dialled the number of Piper's cell phone.
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Piper carefully placed the recovered contracts into the safe, along with the finance charts. She couldn't believe how long it had taken to sort out the papers! And as for the rodents! She'd had to call in some specialists to deal with them.
She pinched the bridge of her nose and scrunched up her eyes. She could feel a headache coming on. As she glanced round wondering where she'd put the aspirin her cell phone began to ring.
She snatched it up from off the desk and answered it whilst still searching for some aspirin.
"Hello?"
"Piper, it's Phoebe. Listen to me, I've just had a premonition. A very bad premonition. About Paige."
Piper instantly stopped what she was doing, "What did you see?" Her heart pounded in her chest and waited with baited breath, not wanting to hear what Phoebe had to say but forcing herself to listen.
"She was with Cole, he was raping her."
"Where?"
"At his apartment but it hasn't happened yet so she's probably still at home"
"I'll meet you at the manor." Hanging up, Piper grabbed her jacket and ran to her car praying that she got there in time.
When Piper pulled up outside the manor she saw Phoebe already running up the steps towards the house. She quickly caught her up and they flung open the front door, stopping in their tracks at what they saw.
There were books and pieces of furniture scattered about all over the place, some of the dining room chairs were tipped over and there was a smudge of blood across the floor near the base of the stairs.
"We're too late…" Phoebe's eyes filled with tears.
Piper shook her head her expression angry and determined. "No! You said that your vision took place at Cole's apartment so we could still get there in time." Without another word they ran from the house and jumped back into Piper's car. They screeched off both silently praying that Paige was okay.
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A/N: This was one of my favourite chapters to write so I really hope everyone likes it as much as I do. Please review! It only takes a minute and it means a lot to me.