Chapter Eighteen: A Deal

"So… we'll be able to save them?" Piper asked slowly after a few minutes. "Even though Leo couldn't heal them?"

"Yes," Grams assured her.

"But how? If Leo couldn't save them, how can we?" Phoebe asked desperately.

"Darling, honestly, we don't always have to rely on Whitelighters to heal us. Witches are perfectly capable of doing it too," Grams sighed.

"Leo, can you go down and orb Paige and Paris up here? We should keep them with us," Piper asked. Leo nodded and orbed downstairs. A couple of minutes later, he orbed back up. Without Paris and Paige. "Where are our sisters, Leo?"

"They're gone. Their bodies are… they aren't… someone took them," Leo replied.

"Cole," Phoebe sighed. Piper cursed under her breath.

"It'll be fine. We can get them back," Grams tried.

"Their bodies," Piper snapped. "We can get their bodies back," a few minutes later, they were all losing hope. Phoebe was trying to scry, and Piper was repeating the Lost Sister Spell over and over again but to no avail. Because Paris and Paige weren't alive, it was impossible to find them.

~~PO4~~

Cole flamed into the attic. He had Paige's dead body in her arms. "Let her go," Piper spat angrily.

"Have it your way," Cole smirked. And then he dropped her like a dead weight and Piper gasped; throwing her arms out to freeze her. It didn't work. "I can bring her back to life for you," he offered calmly.

"What are you waiting for then?" Piper snapped.

Cole chuckled. "Now, Piper, do you really think I would agree to do something nice for you without there being a catch?" he asked with a smug look on his face.

"What do you want, Cole?" Phoebe asked weakly.

"It's more to do with what you want," Cole started. "If you want me to bring Paige here back to life, that's fine – I can do that. But it means you won't get Paris back. Dead or alive. I may bring her back to life, just so I can have a queen, seeing as you disagreed Phoebe, but she's annoying so I might just… dispose… or her body, shall we say?" Cole finished.

"You're a bastard, Cole Turner," Grams spat.

"Why thank you, Penny. That means a lot," Cole chuckled. He kicked Paige's body. "It's your choice. Either you have neither of them, or you only get Paige back," he added simply. "I'll give you 24 hours to decide," and with that, he flamed out; leaving Paige with them.