Phoebe looked up at the man on the stairs. Even from there she could see the evil in his eyes. Not the evil of a demon but the evil of a mortal. Pushing Jamie away from her and towards the window she did what she had to to protect her. "Jamie run. Get out of here." She yelled at the girl.

"But Phoebe."

"GO!" she yelled again as she kept her eyes on the man on the steps.

She watched as he leaped down the stairs using the handrails to take the steps three and four at a time. She could see a quick moving shadow right behind him as she felt his hands grab her.

"Let me go!"

"Oh I don't think so." He said as he pulled her close to him as she tried to kick him. "Get her." He yelled as he looked across the basement to Jamie who was half out the basement window.

Phoebe watched as the other man ran to the window where Jamie was half out and grabbed her by the foot pulling her back in. Her heart went out as Jamie kicked and screamed at the man holding her tight.

"Hold it." The man yelled at her.

Jamie stopped, to scared to move any further as she looked over at Phoebe.

"It's ok honey." Phoebe reassured the frightened girl. She was scared herself but she had to be strong for Jamie.

"Well ladies what did you think you were doing trying to hide down here? Or trying to get away."

"Let her go you bastard."

"Oh a feisty one. Well let's just see how feisty you are when we're done with you."

"Let her go." Jamie yelled at Phoebes capturer as he pulled her towards the stairs.

"Look girl don't even start with us. You're just the bait."

Jamie looked at him confused but Phoebe knew exactly what he meant.

"See either she does as we say or we hurt you. It's that easy." He said again as he continued to pull Phoebe up the stairs.

Reaching the top Phoebe could see the mess in the kitchen once again. She had to think of a way to get out of this, without getting Jamie hurt. Her prayers and thoughts were answered faster then she would have thought as the Manor once again shock from the effects of the third quake. Not near as bad as the first one but enough that it caused Jamie and her capture to fall back down the remaining few steps from the bottom. Sending him crashing to the floor breaking his hold on Jamie.

Phoebe fell to the ground with the man falling on top of her pinning her to the ground. But she could see to the bottom of the steps that Jamie was now free.

"Jamie run!!" Phoebe cried out as she watched Jamie struggle to her feet in the wake of the ground returning to normal.

"Get her you fool." The man yelled at his partner who lay still on the ground. Though seeing he wasn't moving he yelled at the man behind him. "Get that girl!" as he still held Phoebe to the ground.

Jamie saw her luck change, as the man beneath her didn't move. As the Manor stopped she heard Phoebe yell at her to get out. Though scared, she got to her feet and ran towards the broken window. Quickly crawling out the window she made her way down the driveway to the street. Knowing that she had to some how save her new friend from the three men in the house.

Pulling Phoebe to her feet he held her by her shirt collar as he glared at her. She could see the hate in them as much as she could feel her own fear.

"You'll pay for that bitch." He snarled at her as he struck his hand across her face sending her to the ground. "You will definitely pay."

Prue waited in fear and anticipation as she could almost feel the clock strike each second as she waited for the paramedics to return from the burning street. In most part the firemen had gotten it under control. But to her nothing was under control until she was with both her sisters. All three of them safe in each other's arms.

"Jones. Where the hell are you two?"

"Over here. Look Magowan's got a gauge in his side but I think the girls worse. The light came out of nowhere and I think it some how hit them."

"Ok lets take a look." He said as she dropped his case beside Piper and quickly started to look at her injury.

"Ok we can put a temporary patch on her but we need to get her out of her fast. She's lost a lot of blood and I think she may have an internal injury."

"Patch her and let's get out of her." Jones said as he watched the other medic patch his partner. "So this is how you introduce me to the ladies. You save them from the smoke filled room and then have yourself get hurt so I have to carry her out?"

"Hey you were the one that wanted to meet her."

Jones laughed at his partner as the medics finished what they were doing. "Ok let's go."

Jones picked up Piper and carried her to the front door of P3. He could see the fire raging outside in the street before him. He cradled her towards him the best he could as he walked forward with her now wearing his mask. He watched as the medics helped out his partner. He could feel the heat all around him with each step he took but he could also see his fellow firemen keeping the fires around them back. Knowing their jobs to protect the innocent he was carrying but to also put the fires out.

Prue could feel her own heat rising, as she couldn't hold it in any more. Turning to the fire chief, "What's taking so long?!"

"They are the best ma'am. They will get her out no matter the cost to themselves."

She prayed that what the chief said was true. She couldn't go on without either one of her sisters. She waited more as she could feel time stand till.

The commotion around her brought her from her thoughts as she looked down that street to where P3 was. The flames encircled them it seemed but none touched them. The figures moving quickly through the black smoke as they broke free from the haze.

"Piper." Prue whispered to herself as she stepped forward "Piper!" She hollered as she turned her steps to a run.

Reaching her sister she could see the blood covering her. She couldn't even tell were it started and where it ended. Was it all hers or was it someone else's.

"Piper honey." She ran her hand over Pipers head as Jones placed her on the gurney.

"We need to get her to Bay General ASAP." The medics said as he pulled Piper along the street on the waiting gurney. With Prue running along beside her the best she could. She knew that she too needed to go to the hospital but everything inside her was painless as she looked down on her sister. Covered in soot and black smoke and a large pool of blood forming on her side through the bandage that they had placed there.

Prue sat beside Piper holding her hand as the medics worked on her little sister. Saying a silent prayer that she would be ok. Occasionally they would ask her a question and she would just answer with no emotion never taking her eyes off her sister.

"We have a 26 yr. old female with multiple cuts, smoke inhalation and possible internal injuries from fallen debris. Second female 28 with one, possibly two broken rib, some bruising and a hit to the head." The driver radioed into the hospital.

Prue could hear everything that he was saying and everything that was being said back but it was as if she was hearing it through a tunnel, it all seemed surreal to her. Just last night they had all been playing truth or dare and now this. Their whole world had been turned upside down. And she still didn't know anything about Phoebe. She knew that Phoebe hated earthquakes more then any of them. What had become of her baby sister?

"He's dead."
"What do you mean he's dead?"
"Dead as in dead. It looks like he hit his head hard on the cement floor."
"Well get up here there's not much we can do about that now."

He glared over at Phoebe who he had sat on the floor by the kitchen island.

"So its just you and us now."
"Hey pal maybe we should go. That last quake was just an after shock. We won't get many more now."
"So."
"So. Who ever lives here may come home."
"So we take her with us."
"Are you nuts?"
"No. She's seen us and so has the kid. In fact that kid probably already has help on the way. Now lets get going."

He walked over to Phoebe and pulled her roughly to her feet. "Lets go lady. We're all going for a little walk. Act along and maybe we'll let you go with no harm."

Phoebe struggled in his grasp. There was no way she was going with them, or at least going willingly.

Slamming his fist into her stomach he pulled her close to him. "Make this hard and I will make it hard."

All he got in return was the spit in his face. Which only enraged him more. Back handing her across the face sending her sprawling to the floor unconscious. Picking her up the two men walked out of the house carrying Phoebe in their arms. Prepared to tell anyone that she had been hurt in the earthquakes. Leaving the Manor empty of occupants, except for the body in the basement.