Hey, once again, I'm sorry I didn't post for a long time, but I swear I'm going to do my best to post every weekend. Oh, and another thing, I'd love to hear your suggestions and opinions for the fic, so, if you have anything you think I could improve, just tell me.
When The Storm Comes…
Prue was with Phoebe in her loft; they were in the living room packing up some things.
-I think I should stay. –Phoebe said.
-No, Pheebs, you should go. –Prue replied. –Elise is on a sabbatical and all you can do is wait. When she gets back, we'll get your job back; and in the meantime, I agree with Coop that you should take some vacation to relax and write your book.
-I don't know; I think I should get another job; someone needs to pay the bills. You know that Coop doesn't actually earn a salary and having a baby is really expensive.
-Yes, I know, things in the manor haven't been easy too; I haven't got my job back, Leo is working at magic school and Piper is the only one working… Even Paige is having troubles too…
-Oh, I don't know what I'm going to do; we never really had any problem with money…
-Don't worry, we'll figure this out like we always do. –Prue comforted her sister.
Suddenly, they were interrupted by Coop, who beamed into the room.
-Phoebe! –He said. –Listen carefully, something happened and my bosses decided I can't be with you anymore. I don't know what's going on, but when I refused to accept, they sent someone after me, and now I've got to run.
-What are you saying Coop? –Phoebe asked.
-I don't have time to explain; here's a copy of my ring, as soon as I can I'll contact you. –He said giving Phoebe a ring. –Where's P.J.? I need to see her.
-She's in magic school.
-Ok, I'm going there. I love you Phoebe. –He said and beamed away.
-What just happened? –Prue asked.
-I don't know. –Phoebe said with a worried look on her face. –But it seems that someone is messing with me.
Meanwhile, Paige was with Billie in her car, they were spying someone through the glass.
-Spying is so fun. –Billie said.
-Ok, Billie, I brought you to help me, not to have fun… -Paige said. –Agent Murphy asked us to check on some strange activity here, we need to focus.
-Ok. –Billie responded.
They kept looking until they saw a man dragging a woman to an alley.
-Is that suspicious enough? –Billie asked.
-Let's go. –Paige said.
They left the car and went after the man. He was holding the woman and feeding of her vital energy.
-Leave her alone! –Paige shouted.
She waved her hand and tried to orb him, but all she could do was move him a few meters away.
He looked at her and showed his fangs, then, he jumped over her, but before he hit his target, Billie waved her hand and sent him away.
Paige went to help the woman while Billie went after the demon. At the same time, a man, who looked a lot like Phoebe's new boss, appeared in the corner of the street.
Billie waved her hand again, this time, sending a pipe on the demon, but the man in the corner snapped his fingers, and the pipe went to Paige, hitting her in the leg.
-What happened? –Billie asked herself before deflecting an energy ball back to the demon, vanquishing him. –Paige, are you ok?
The woman Paige was helping left running and Paige was sitting on the floor.
-Yes. –She answered, but when she tried to get up, she couldn't. –Actually, I think I broke my leg.
Back at Phoebe's loft, Prue and she were talking to a woman in a suit.
-Listen, Mrs. Halliwell, I need you to cooperate and tell me where your husband is; I'm not the one creating the rules. –She said to Phoebe.
-I can't believe you're asking me this! –Phoebe said. –You're not taking my husband and I'm gonna find out who ordered you to take him away. Now leave my house before I vanquish you! –She said aggressively.
-We'll see who will get him first. –She said and then beamed away.
-Ugh, I hate them! –Phoebe said.
-Calm down. –Prue said. –Let's go to the manor and see if Leo knows anything.
At Piper's restaurant, she was cooking something in the oven, when her phone rang.
-Helo? Oh, hi Leo. No! You can't take Wyatt to watch your combat lessons at Magic School. Yes, I let you take him to know the place and things like that… No, Leo, it's dangerous!
While Piper was talking on the phone, she left the kitchen and started walking; the same man who was in the alley, appeared in the kitchen, turned on stove and then spread the fire, disappearing right after.
Piper kept talking to Leo and denying his wishes to take Wyatt to watch some classes at Magic School, but when she hung up the phone, she was surprised:
-Holly crap! –She said as she saw her kitchen on fire. –Oh no, this can't be happening!
She waved her hands and froze the fire before running to get the extinguisher, with some effort, she put out the fire, but half of her kitchen was destroyed.
-Piper? What happened? –A man asked coming into the room. –Is everything ok?
-Michael, I need some help here… -She said.
Back at the manor, Billie, Paige, Prue and Phoebe were waiting for Leo.
-I can't believe this is happening, why is everything going wrong? –Phoebe said angrily.
-Do you think there's something demonic behind all that? Or at least behind the "Coop thing"? –Paige asked.
-I don't know, but we can't believe everything that goes wrong in our lives has a magic reason behind, sometimes bad things happen… -Phoebe said.
-Don't worry, we'll figure this out. –Prue said.
-I'm gonna grab you some medicine. –Billie said to Paige, who now had her right leg plastered, and then left.
She went to the restroom and grabbed what she needed, but when she was coming back, she heard the sisters talking about how bad things were and Leo leaving because there had been a problem at Piper's restaurant.
-Right now there's nothing we can do… -She heard Prue saying.
-Maybe there is. –She said to herself and then closed her eyes, thinking of a place where all the problems were gone.
Suddenly, there was a strong flash and everything changed.
-What happened? –Paige asked getting up. –Wait, why am I walking? –Her leg was perfect.
-My hair! –Prue said looking at the mirror. –Why am I blond?!
-Oh God, what happened? –Phoebe asked.
-I may have done something… –Billie said coming into the room.
-Why are you dressed like one of those television maids? –Paige asked.
-What? –Billie asked before looking at the mirror. –Damn, what have I done? I look horrible!
-I think that's the least of our worries Billie… -Prue said. –Now, what actually did you do?
-I thought of a place where all your problems were gone; I just wanted to help!
-Great! I think you created another reality with your projection! –Phoebe said. –You have to send us back, now!
-I can't, I'm too weak, and I need to rest.
-What kind of reality is this? –Prue asked looking around. All the furniture was fancier than before and there was some kind of preparation to a party. –I think we're rich!
-Not only rich, but famous too. –Paige said grabbing some magazines. –Here says that you own Buckland, and that I'm the owner of a famous firm.
-And looking at those prizes on the wall, it seems that Piper's restaurant is famous and very successful. –Prue added. –And what are all those books? -She asked.
-What? –Phoebe said. –That's not possible; I haven't finished writing this book! –She said looking at the shelf with many best sellers. –And I haven't written any other…
-Well, it seems that here you have. –Billie said.
Before Phoebe could protest more, someone came into the room.
-Honey? Are you here? –Coop asked.
-Coop? –Phoebe said. –Are you ok?
-Of course I'm ok, why wouldn't I be?
-Because the other cupids were after you!
-Cupids? What are you talking about? Are you ok?
-Yes, she's fine. –Paige said. –She just fell on the floor and is a little dizzy, nothing to worry about.
-Ok, so I'm leaving for work. See you later at the party. –He said and left.
-Why didn't he know anything about cupids? –Phoebe asked. –This is getting really strange.
-Guys! We don't have to worry about that, why don't we enjoy the day before we have to go back? Billie can't do anything now… –Paige said.
-She's right, you're rich, go spend your money while you can. –Billie said sitting on the couch.
Paige grabbed Prue and Phoebe by their arms and left the manor.
-Look at that! –Prue said looking at her Porsche. –I'm starting to love it! –She added and then left with her sisters.
She grabbed the phone and called Piper.
-Hi. –She said.
-What did you do?! –Her sister shouted.
-Billie may have sent us to another reality, where we're rich and your restaurant is famous.
-What? You can't do that!
-Tell her we can't do anything about that now. –Paige said to Prue.
-You heard her. –Prue said on the phone. –Go enjoy your day! –She said and then hung up.
-They're completely crazy. –Piper said to herself and then went back to her activities.
Meanwhile, in the real reality, Leo got to Piper's restaurant.
-Piper!
-She's here. –Michael said, but she fainted, or something like that.
-I got her. –Leo said taking Piper into his arms. –It's ok. Can you take care of the restaurant for today?
-Sure. –Michael replied.
-Great. –Leo said and then left with Piper.
He took her to the manor, where he found her sisters and Billie lying on the floor.
-What happened? –He asked, but, obviously, no one answered. He put Piper on the couch and then went to get something, or someone, to help.
As soon as he left, the man from the kitchen and the alley appeared, followed by Tetrax and Omicron.
-See brothers? I've got you all the Charmed Ones and that annoying other witch.
-What have you done Sigma? –Tetrax asked. –You know we need them for our plan!
-Why can't we do everything? Or maybe use another witch? –He replied.
-What part of "a great force of good" didn't you get? The prophecy was very clear! –Omicron said.
-What if I don't want to follow the prophecy?
-Then we'll vanquish you and then replace by someone stronger, and smarter!
-Stop fighting now! –Tetrax said. –There's a reason behind choosing the Charmed Ones to do this job, and we must follow the plan! Now, leave them alone and come back with us.
-Can I just keep playing with that one? –Sigma asked pointing at Phoebe. –Belthazor seems to love her very much, and I'm making him watch every single moment of pain that I provide her.
-Fine, keep playing with our experiment, but leave the others alone, they can't know about our plan! –Tetrax said and the three of them disappeared.
In the other reality, Paige and her sisters had just left a store when they saw someone robbing a woman.
-Hey! –Paige said. –Leave her alone!
He turned around and pointed a gun at her.
-Gun! –Paige said, but nothing happened.
-Why isn't it working? –Phoebe asked.
-I guess when Billie sent all of our problems away, she took the cause of them too, magic. –Prue said.
-Hey man, why don't you put that gun down? –Paige asked, but the man shot anyway, hitting her.
-Paige! –Prue and Phoebe said at the same time.
-Don't worry. –Phoebe said putting her hand over the wound to stop the bleeding. –Go back to the manor and get Billie to send us back! –She said to Prue.
When Prue left, she saw Phoebe calling an ambulance.
At the same time, Piper was at the restaurant managing a big event; the governor had gone there to have an important dinner with his family. But while she was talking to one of her chefs, she disappeared!
-What happened? –She asked getting up from the couch, in the manor.
-It worked! –Leo exclaimed; he and Wyatt were next to the couch, looking at Piper. –I got Wyatt to snap you out of that dream reality.
-How did you found out about that?
-Sometimes you talked while "sleeping", so I put one and one together.
-Thank you. –She said kissing him, but she stopped suddenly when she saw Paige bleeding. – Oh God, we need to wake them up now!
At the same time, both Billie and Wyatt broke the projection and brought the girls back.
-Help. –Paige gasped.
-Someone needs to heal her. –Prue said.
Wyatt put his hands over the wound and healed Paige.
Later, at her loft, Phoebe was writing something on her notebook:
"The most important thing is to never give up, because after every storm, there's a calm."
Suddenly, she felt something warm in her pocket; it was the magic paper, with the phrase:
"Meet me at the Bench's Coffee, now."
Phoebe quickly left and went there. When she got there, she found the only person alone and assumed he was the one who had sent the message.
-Did you wanna see me? –Phoebe asked.
-Yes Mrs. Halliwell, my name is Jake. –Said the man, who had blue eyes and spiky dark hair.
-Why did you call me?
-I've got something for you.
-What?
-Belthazor, I mean, Cole, isn't dead, and I know where he is.