A new Power of three Part 2:
Shock
A/N: I know this chapter might be a bit confusing, but I have three different locations with like 6 different people reacting to the same situation. I just didn't want to leave anyone behind…
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"what do you mean mom is there? Mom's dead!" Brianna said. Prue froze in shock. Her smile slowly faded and she looked up to look into her daughter's eyes, to see if it really was true. She right away saw the heartbreak in her eyes and immediately understood why she had cried when she saw her. 'I'm dead…' a voice in Prue's head repeated in her mind over and over again.
Lily looked down. Neither she nor pure actually heard what was going on on the phone anymore. Lily right away regretted putting on the speaker. She shook a little. This could be bad! Prue couldn't know such stuff about the future. Gosh, where were they just heading?!
"i… I'm dead?" Prue finally asked. Lily's eyes shot back to her mother's. She took in a sharp breath. The whole room suddenly had turned silent.
"oh my god" Then suddenly you heard sobbing on one line, a loud bang and something which sounded like dishes being broken. then Meghan's small voice sounded through the other
"mommy?"
in Brianna's and Michael's flat…
Brianna and Michael had just come home. Brianna's car had needed new breaks, so he had picked her from work after he had finished. They didn't even have their shoes off as the telephone rang. They both sighed. They just wanted to have a nice, calm evening. They pecked one another and as Michael was closer he took it
"morris? Oh hey mags! Yeah wait, I'll hand you over..." he said into the phone and looked at his girlfriend handing her the phone.
"Meghan?" Brianna asked
"Lily just called me. She wants a telephone conference"
"now? I mean… we just got home.. I'm exhaust"
"she sounds weird. I think it's important..." Brianna rolled her eyes and then heard some clicking as Meghan started the conference
"I'm on" Anna told her sisters. Mike stayed next to her. Somehow he knew it was better not to leave right now
"we've got a huge problem here, guys! Mom's here..." she heard through the speaker. Anna almost started to get angry. Their mother was dead for Christ's sake. How could Lily just call saying something like that?! This so wasn't funny. But something in her sisters voice kept her from yelling at her. Mike saw the change in Anna's face and didn't know what to do with it. She looked like she was going to explode any second, but on the other hand slowly was getting paler. He grabbed the phone and put it on speaker
"what do you mean mom is there? Mom's dead!" Anna said, almost yelled
"whoa, easy there Anna… like that means something in our family" Meghan told her.
"i just… this is not funny… and if this should be some stupid joke"
"like we'd joke around with something like that. Especially Lily wouldn't. C'mon Anna, we both know that."
"well… I just come home… you call and then you just say our dead mother's here, what would you think?"
"like I said before. We actually talk and meet dead people… I wouldn't think anything. But… I agree with Anna… what do you mean with mom's here? Can you feel her? Is there some kind of creepy stuff? Lily? Are you still there?" Meghan asked.
"I… I'm dead?" Anna now heard through the speaker. She stumbled slightly, hearing that voice and backed into a wall. The phone crashing to the floor as she mumbled a silent
"oh my god" she'd recognize that voice anywhere. She'd never forget it. Even if their mother was dead a hundred years she still would be able to hear her voice when she closed her eyes. Tears left her eyes immediately and she sunk together while still backing on the wall. Michael knelt down to her height and tried to comfort her. She eventually leaned into his arms and started to shake uncontrollably while crying into her boyfriend's shoulder. Visions shot through Anna's mind.
She saw Prue sitting at the edge of her bed "nighty night, my girl" she said softly and kissed her goodnight before turning off the light and leaving her to sleep
"girls! Lunch is ready! Come down!" it rang through her mind
"could you just please stop it?!" she'd ask when Meghan and her were again into one endless bickering
"i love you" she heard Prue say. In her voice already visible how a little smiled played on her lips "i love you, too" Andy followed.
Anna couldn't stop hearing her mother. She started to shake her head. If their mother was really over at Lily's she had to stop right away. They had to stop this randomness. She needed to get there. She didn't just want to hear her. She wanted to see her, if possible feel her! She tried pulling herself together, but the shock was too deep in her bones. Over and over she tried pushing the tears off, but there constantly new ones formed. She just couldn't calm herself down. As much as she knew she had to now.
Meghan's house:
Meghan was still sitting at the top of the table starring at the empty spaces. Sometimes she had that. Well since her mom and then also dad had died. She sat at her dining table like the patriarch of the family, what she now kinda was. Sometimes she'd just stare at the empty spaces and would feel like there was just something missing. She didn't have that feeling for a while now, but tonight it was worst again. something felt different. Deep down she knew there was something going on. Robbie, Justin and Jenny had already left the table. She wanted already to clear it, but then suddenly she fell into that whole again. She then sat back down at the table and looked at each empty chair. She sat exactly at the same spot her mother always used to sit.
When Lily finally had decided to – well they had actually talked her into – move into the main flat of their parent's house, they all agreed on each getting some piece of furniture they all grew up with. Meghan had decided for the dining table and the matching chairs.
"mom?!" Jenny pulled her out of it. Meghan said no word, but looked at her
"dad asks if he shall wait for you with the movie"
"umm… no. I have to clear the table first" she told her 'little' girl. Jenny was 16 now. God time just passed.
"want me to help you?" Jenny asked her and she just put on her smile and shook her head
"no. thanks" She told her and with that Jenny disappeared again. she again got up to finally get started when she saw someone passing by the dining room. She sighed heavily
"Justin!" she called after him. She knew he was no kid anymore, but he wasn't 21 just either. She just didn't like him going out on a Wednesday with college the next morning
"mom?" he asked poking his head in
"could you help me out here?" she asked him. She hated doing that. But since Andy had clipped his wings Justin had closed up completely and she'd use any chance on getting him to talk to her. the young man sighed and reluctantly nodded.
"of course" he mumbled and started to get on work with his mom
"going out?" she asked referring to his leather jacket. It had been her father's and since he was gone, her son hadn't worn another jacket. But before he could answer Mags cell phone went off. She sighed. She looked at her son, who continued to clear the table and took her cell after a quick glance at the display
"hey Li..." Meghan couldn't even finish
"Mags it's Lily. Call Anna." Lily rambled into the phone like a robot.
"Lily, is everything okay? Did something happen?"
"Conference. Now." her little sister again rambled and Meghan felt a low panic rising in herself
"okay. Wait" she said. Justin had stopped clearing the table and looked at his mom. This sounded weird. He watched her furiously rumoring on her cell. He softly took it from her and helped her with the conference
"Morris?"
"hey Mike it's Meghan. Is Anna there?"
"Oh hey Mags! Yeah wait, I'll hand you over..." he said into the phone and looked at his girlfriend handing her the phone.
"Meghan?" Brianna asked
"Lily just called me. She wants a telephone conference"
"now? I mean… we just got home.. I'm exhaust"
"she sounds weird. I think it's important..." Meghan explained fast, then the line clicked and they were connected
"I'm on" Anna told her sisters.
"we've got a huge problem here, guys! Mom's here..." she heard through the speaker.
Meghan's mouth kept open almost formed to a 'what?' but Brianna was faster
"what do you mean mom is there? Mom's dead!" Anna almost yelled
"whoa, easy there Anna… like that means something in our family" Meghan told her, trying to stay calm. She understood why the middle sister said something like that though. Since their mother had died they had tried – not just once – everything to connect with her. Nothing ever worked. Why now?
"i just… this is not funny… and if this should be some stupid joke"
"like we'd joke around with something like that. Especially Lily wouldn't. C'mon Anna, we both know that." Meghan reasoned. More to herself than to Ann.
"well… I just come home… you call and then you just say our dead mother's here, what would you think?"
"like I said before. We actually talk and meet dead people… I wouldn't think anything. But… I agree with Anna… what do you mean with mom's here?" Meghan suddenly noticed how her son starred at her
"grandma? Grandma is at aunt Lily's?" Meghan eyed him for a second, but adverted her eyes back to the table, ignoring her son for now. She just had to work this out
"Can you feel her? Is there some kind of creepy stuff?" she continued to shoot questions "Lily? Are you still there?" Meghan asked. And to keep herself busy stacked the dishes from before.
"i… I'm dead?" Meghan suddenly froze and in her shock dropped the dishes She just wanted to hand to Justin
"oh my god" Then suddenly you heard sobbing on one line and a loud bang. A million questions shot through Meghan's head as she felt Justin holding her
"mommy?" her voice sounded like she was that 3 year old again with some nightmare just around the corner
"is it really grandma?" Justin asked his mom, trying to get anything out of her
back over at Lily's
it seemed like Lily worked her way the fastest through the shock. Probably cause she dealt with the situation a lot longer than any of the others
"look… before we say anything. This is just one huge mess… I mean… you guys need to get here. We can't just ramble about. From what I get, it's not our mom… she's younger. I don't think we should spill too much until we talked. But I didn't want to talk with her without you. So please. I know it's a lot to take. It's for me too, but please, come here. As fast as possible."
