A Hidden Truth

Without a Trace

A/N: I am so mean! I left you guys hanging. I'm sorry I took so long! I just felt like reading fics, but not writing them:) I've got major writer's block!

Disclaimer: I am to the owner of Charmed as spinach is to pink. For those of you who are bad at analogies, that means I don't own it. Seriously!

Paige, Piper, and Phoebe stood in the hospital room with their mouths hanging open in a rude manner. It would not be incorrect to say they were completely shocked by what just happened. Of course, they had been kidnapped by demons before, and so had Wyatt and Leo. But this just astonished them because they didn't realize the Underworld knew about Peyton. Plus, they actually trusted Tyler, believed she really was a witch. They should've known better.

After standing agape for a long while, Paige went into a frenzy. She rushed over to the bed where Peyton had not long ago laid. This was not a very good day.

"Peyton! Where are you?" Paige cried out, tears streaming down her face. Then she stared up at the ceiling and shouted, "This is what I get for protecting innocents? My daughter taken away from me the moment I get her back? You guys are just evil! You are working for the wrong side!" Piper and Phoebe were sure she was yelling at the Elders. Actually, Paige had a point. After all they do, something terrible always happens, leaving them to wonder why they did it in the first place. Piper had an urge to yell at them along with Paige, but she decided that she should stay strong for Paige. But still, stupid Elders, thought Piper.

"Paige, honey, it's gonna be alright. We'll find her. Don't worry," Piper comforted.

"I just don't get it. How did demons find out about her so quickly? God, this sucks!" Paige cried.

"Aw, honey, I know. This is exactly how I felt whenever Wyatt is kidnapped," Piper said.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Piper! I know you go through this a lot! I didn't even consider how you feel when this happens to Wyatt!"

"It's ok, sweetie! You're preoccupied right now!" Piper said. Phoebe was kind of standing back. She didn't know what to say. After all, she didn't have any children to have been kidnapped by demons. Phoebe thought back to about four years prior when she had been pregnant. She knew that the baby had never been hers or Cole's, but it still hurt thinking about the fact that she didn't have the son that she and Cole had been so excited about. Then she thought about her premonition from a little while back. The one about her daughter. Her ladybug. But it looked like that wasn't going to happen either.

Phoebe turned her attention back to Paige. She gave her a sympathetic smile. "Hey, let's go home. We can try scrying for her. Plus, you need to call Henry because that's what you were gonna do before that evil—okay, so how about we head home? We'd orb, but we brought Piper's car. Besides, what with you being all disoriented, Paige, it might be better. If you orb in this condition, we might end up at the White House instead of our house."

"Good point," Piper stated. "C'mon, Missy Paige. We need to get out of here before anybody realizes that Peyton is missing. We don't want to have to stay and explain or anything."

"Okay," Paige mumbled. Piper, Paige, and Phoebe walked out of the room, through the waiting room, out the automatic doors, and headed to Piper's car in the parking lot.

"Hey, why don't I pull the car up here so you don't have to walk as far, Paige?" Piper asked.

"Sure," Paige replied half-heartedly.

"Phoebe, stay here with her. Make sure she doesn't walk into any windows or doors or--" Piper stopped in mid-sentence, seeing as how Paige was walking toward a bench and took a sharp turn toward a bush, "bushes! Phoebe!" Phoebe dashed over to Paige just in time to stop Paige from meeting Mr. Green W. Bush.

"C'mon, sweetie. Come sit on the bench right over here," Phoebe said, leading Paige to the bench.

"I just don't get it; why do all of these terrible things keep happening?" Paige cried.

"I don't know, honey; I don't know. Life can be pretty cruel sometimes," Phoebe comforted. She felt sorry for her baby sister like only an older sister could. At this point, Paige seemed more like Piper than ever before.

"We better find Tyler and blow her to smithereens!" Paige said. "And she'll be lucky if her death goes fast!"

"C'mere, sweetie," Phoebe said, pulling Paige into a hug as she started to cry more rapidly than before. Then, Piper's car appeared and came to a stop at the curb. "Hey, look; Piper's back with her car. You can lie down in the back, okay?"

Paige mumbled a hardly audible 'Okay,' and followed Phoebe to the car. The drive back to the manor was a quiet one. Nobody knew quite what to say. When they finally arrived back at the manor, Piper led Paige inside to the couch while Phoebe went up to the attic to start scrying. When she got there, Piper gave Paige the biggest hug. Then she said with a smile, "I love you, Missy Paige."

Paige smiled too through her tears. "I love you, too," Paige replied.

"Hey, do you want me to call Henry for you and have him come over here?" Piper asked.

"Ya, thanks," Paige replied. Piper went into the kitchen and called Henry. When she returned, she sat down next to Paige on the couch an enveloped him in a hug.

"He'll be here shortly," Piper said. "He's pretty worried I think."

"Kay," Paige said. "Will you be with me here when I tell him?"

"Only if you want me too," Piper said.

"I do." For several minutes the two just sat on the couch with Paige leaning on Piper. Then the doorbell rang.

"I'll get that. You just sit here," Piper said, getting up. Then she walked back in with Henry behind her.

"Paige, what's wrong?" Henry asked, worry evident in his voice.

"I have a lot to tell you. You better sit down," Paige said.

A/N: Okay, so I think I'll stop there. I really wanted to update, so here it is. Sorry it took so long. Major writer's block.