Prue stirred slightly frowning, her head hurt like hell. She didn't want to get up. Sleep, her inward voice told her just continue to sleep. "No, No…can't" Prue groaned. Slowly with great effort she began to open her eyes. "Where am I?" she pressed a hand to her aching her head. It was then she realized she was lying on the hard stone floor.
"Andy" she moaned trying to push to her knees. The pain in her head was so intense that she could barely lift it from the floor. Her limbs felt weak like she didn't have any strength. Why was she still so tired and weak?
Mustering all of the energy she had, Prue finally managed to pull to her feet. Looking around she got a good look in at her surroundings; a jail cell. Bars covered the walls and the tiny window. She shook her head, not quite understanding. It was then she set her eyes on Andy. He was lying on the floor in the next cell just a few feet away from hers. Quickly she ran to the edge of the bars.
"Andy! Andy!" she called hoping to pull him from an endless sleep. "Andy, Andy c'mon you have to wake up" Prue spotted a pitcher of water setting on the sink. Still feeling weak, Prue tiredly moved her hand hoping to fling the contents of water on top of her sleeping soon to be ex-husband. She flicked her fingers once and the pitcher barely moved. "That's funny"
A second time she tried it with a little more force, prompting the pitcher to topple over but not in the direction she wanted. What is wrong with my powers? Not that several years of fighting demons that was surprised over this, but this time was different. Something didn't feel right.
Pensively she watched as the water splashed onto the floor and slowly crawled on the concrete until a small groan of pain from Andy gave her hope. "Andy"
"Prue?" Andy turned his head toward the sound of his voice and blinked hard, as if something had scared him. Startled he sat up faster than he should. "Prue what happened to you?"
"I could ask you the same thing" Prue replied gripping the bars of her cell. Curiously she watched as Andy's eyes beaded back and forth, perplexed. Raising his hands Andy looked at them carefully and then swallowed hard.
"This isn't happening"
"Andy what's wrong?" Prue asked with genuine concern.
"Your old" Andy pointed to a washed out mirror over Prue's sink as she started to shake her head in denial. Crossing to the other side of the room, Prue gazed into the rusty faded mirror over the basin and screamed.
"AAAAHHHH!" Not since she'd first faced Barbus had she seen her hair shock white. Holding up her hands she noticed several age spots accompanied by deep wrinkles and swollen arthritic joints. Large bags sat under her once sparkling green eyes, which were faded by the onset of cataracts. Panic flared inside her at the sight of her face. It look liked it had literally fell and was sagging off of her once high cheekbones.
"What happened to me?" she asked her reflection picking at her stingy white hair.
"I did" Francis sneered as she came strolling up with Capone. "I took your immortal youth, just like I took his" she motioned toward Andy," Right lover?"
Prue watched as Andy turned his head.
Taking the opportunity to strike out at Prue, Francis lashed out "You did know that we're lovers right?"
Concentrating as hard as she could Prue focused all of her telekinetic energy to one place and flicked her hand weakly at Francis. This time it worked. A force of energy shoved the sorceress backwards causing her to tumble into a wall.
"You'll pay for that!" Francis shouted, letting Capone pull her to her feet. Fixing her gaze on the now elderly Witch, Francis flexed her wrists, she was about to attack with lightening forced when Capone's hand clamped over hers.
"All in good time" he grinned softly, "Let us forget the pact you made with Death"
Glaring with heated rage, Francis continued to stare at Prue until Capone nudged her away.
"She is even more despicable than my brother described" she hissed when she and Capone were alone in his private chamber.
"Maybe so" Capone poured them both a drink, "but you have to remember that your purpose was to make her believe that her beloved immortal had betrayed her and you accomplished that"
"Yes, Yes I did" Francis smiled taking the drink into her hands. "The simpleton actually believes that he and are married"
"Those memory parasites you hit him with really did the trick," Capone boasted toasting the sorceress. "Death and those he works for should be very proud"
"Thank you for bringing me home" Amanda sighed as she and Declan appeared in the solarium surrounded by a strange new set of navy blue glowing orbs
"Anything for you" Carefully Declan slipped his arms from around her waist and stepped away giving her some personal space. "I understand if you're not quite ready to accept the world I have to offer. Living in the underworld can be quite overwhelming at time…believe me I know"
"Then why do you stay?" Amanda asked looking over her shoulder.
"Why do I stay?" Declan repeated, "It's the only world I've ever known other than attending a mortal elementary school."
"You went to a mortal elementary school?" Amanda questioned turning to face him.
"Yeah" Declan smiled shuffling his way back to her, "Both of my parents were half mortal"
"Just like mine" Amanda felt a burst of attracter shiver through her as Delcan touched the side of her face with the back of his hand.
"Seems like we have more in common than we thought" Declan cradled her chin pulling her in for kiss. Amanda sighed happily at the warmth of his kiss. She'd never felt anything like it. It made her want to forget everything including the fact that she was Angelic and Charmed
"You're pretty good at that" she whispered when the kiss broke, causing Delcan's face to break out in a huge grin.
"Funny you should say that, because I've never kissed anyone but you"
There lips were just about to join again when they we're interrupted by profound "EWE!"
Amanda looked over Delcan's shoulder to see Ally and Melinda entering the room with Austin and baby Glenda toddling behind. "Was you kissing him?"
"She certainly was" Delcan jeered as Amanda started to turn a deep shade of red.
"These are my sisters, Ally and Austin and those two are my cousins, Melinda and Glenda"
"Then Ally are Austin are witch-tracers too?" Delcan knelt to Austin and Glenda's level
"Yes and the five of us are all angelic by birth"
"The Angelic Ones" Delcan said reaching out to stroke Austin's fine hair. Sensing evil the youngest of the Trudeau children turned into her auric site causing a purple hue to surround the young demon.
"You is evil" Austin told Declan telepathically narrowing her eyes to end the hue.
"Everyone is evil" Declan communicated back causing the apprentice of death to shudder fearfully. She then flicked her gaze to her cousin, Melinda.
"Aussie says you is demon!" Raising her hands as she'd seen her mother do on many occasions, Melinda opened and closed her palms, sending a blast of molecular evaporation through the air.
"NO!" Amanda shouted watching her betrothed turn into a puddle of water. "What have you done?" Slowly she sank to her knees gathering the water into her hands. "Turn him back! NOW!" Angrily Amanda raised a hand of her own and sent her sisters and cousins flying straight on to the padded whicker furniture, tumbling over one another.
Glenda and Austin automatically began to cry while Ally and Melinda stared at the oldest Angelic one with their lips quivering.
"I said turn him back!" Amanda snarled stalking over to where Ally and Melinda landed. Forming a claw, she then telekinetically raised Melinda up into the air, holding her secure "Turn him back, Melinda " she stated more calmly as Melinda's feet began to dangle.
"You's hurting her!" Ally shouted shoving at her sister's legs.
"Out of my way brat!" Amanda squinted in her Mother's trademark fashion and telekinetically sent Ally straight back to the couch
From the Underworld, the Source continued to watch along with the oracle. "It's seems that Declan's ability to manipulate her mind is working very well". So well in fact that she was turning against her angelic sisters.
"Don't underestimate them" the Source replied, "Angelic magic is very strong"
"So strong that it can conquer a destined love?" The oracle waved her hand over her seeing crystal again bringing a vision of Delcan and Amanda together from the future.