Piper kept her eyes glued on Paige until she disappeared out of sight. She connected gaze with Prue; she could sense the fear but did not say anything.
They watched in anticipation for the demons to come around the corner but the footsteps stopped and it became quiet. Prue was confused but she leaned back and released a small sigh of relief.
Her eyes were red and tired, Piper could sense her agony. She knew it was hard for Prue to let Paige go alone but they had no control over the plan, Paige had to. She was strong; Piper believed in her.
Prue paused before quietly telling Piper to grab the athame and try to cut away at the chains. Piper picked it up and started to chisel as hard as she could; knowing it would take quite some time before they were free.
Paige ran as swiftly as she could before spotting a large group of demons and making her way between the wedges of two boulders.
It was dark and she could feel the tears in her eyes beginning to surface, "Now is not the time to cry Paige," she told herself.
Her heart was racing a hundred miles a minute; she closed her eyes momentarily to gather herself before peeking back out to see what the demons were up to.
She saw movement behind the boulder across from her in the distance.
She held her breath knowing she was breathing hard and did not want to be heard.
She squinted to see and noticed a small hand slightly visible behind the rock. She knew that hand; she could recognize it anywhere and anytime. She had held that hand through many struggles and many victories. It was Penelope.
She could see her sister bracelet all the way from there. That meant Phoebe had to be there too. She would never send Penny to the underworld alone.
Paige reached down with her right hand felt her wrist. She winced with pain, her bracelet had been taken at the beginning of this mess and all she had left were bruises in its place.
Her heart started to pound and every emotion she had been feeling over the last month and a half started to surface. Her chest was raising and dropping so heavily, "keep it together. Just breathe!"
All Paige wanted to do was run out, embrace them, and say she found them but she couldn't, demons were too close by. One small movement could get them all killed.
She hoped maybe Penny would look out and see her, she did not want them to orb out. Paige's heart began to hurt; she was so close, yet so far.
Phoebe and Leo sat behind the rock back to back while Penny was on Phoebe's lap leaned back against the boulder.
This group of demons had been there for what seemed like forever. They could not make any sudden movements or they would be seen.
Phoebe could see Penny's hand was visible and pulled her close so she would move it. It was a tight squeeze for the three of them behind this boulder but they had no choice, they jumped behind it so quickly.
Penny was tired, Phoebe could tell, her normally sparkly green eyes looked grey and dark. It could be the darkness of the underworld but Phoebe felt it was the exhaustion of so many emotions. She pulled Penny close, if she was going to rest now would be a good time.
Penny leaned into her big sister, she knew exactly what that motion by Phoebe meant so she slowly closed her eyes for a moment.
Moments passed and Leo looked out and a few of the demons shimmered out but several were heading that way.
He poked Phoebe who held Penny tight.
She made sure to duck low and let them pass; they were so far back into the shadow she doubted they could see but hoped they would not sense them either.
Across the way Paige slid down between the boulders. She gritted her teeth as several of her bruises scraped along the boulder as she crouched down. She could see the demons pass but luckily they could not see her.
She could feel all of the pain in her body beginning to surface. The adrenaline was wearing off and now it was beginning to settle in, everything hurt.
Leo kept watch and two demons were still within eye sight. He glanced behind him and he could see a shadow in the distance. He did a double take because he thought maybe he was seeing things.
He tapped Phoebe and pointed.
Phoebe sat Penny up and crouched down lower hoping it was not a demon getting ready to attack them. She pulled a potion from her pocket and motioned for Penny to do the same.
She slipped one to Leo and he started to crawl that way as if he was going to tackle from behind just in case.
Leo blinked trying to see the figure more clearly. It was dark in some areas and dim in others, it was so hard for his eyes to adjust.
It definitely looked like a woman; but she was not facing him. She was wedged between two boulders pretty tightly, he wasn't sure if she could turn around.
He crawled up slowly and quietly behind her and just as she adjusted and turned, he reached out and grabbed her mouth so she wouldn't scream. She fell forward from between the rocks. Luckily, she made no noise.
Keeping his hand over her mouth; He knew it was an innocent and moved the hair out of her eyes and connected with fear filled brown eyes he thought he would never see again; it was Paige.