Piper looked over at Leo still worried about him. But her worry for Phoebe was increasing. He had told her what had happened and the fact that he was fairly certain it had something to do with Phoebe it scared her even more.

"Piper?"

Piper turned her head back to the weak voice beside her. "Hey sunshine. Feeling better?"

Prue looked into Pipers eyes. She knew that her sister was hiding something from her and she intended to find out what it was. "Piper. Don't lie to me. How is Phoebe?"

Piper didn't shift or break her gaze, she knew that Prue was on to her. She never could keep anything from Prue, even when they were younger. That was Phoebes gig. "She was fine the last time I saw her Prue, honest." it was the truth. It's just that her sister was now missing.

"What do you mean the last time you saw her?" Prue could always read Piper like a book; something was wrong.

Piper looked over at Darryl and Leo, "Can you two give us minute here?"

The two men left the room with Leo taking one last look back before closing the door.

Piper turned and lookeda th er big sister, "Prue. She's missing."

Prue lay on the bed shocked, "Missing, as she took off after what happen?"

"No. Missing. As we have no idea where she is. Someone kidnapped her from SFMH last night."

"Piper tell me everything that happened." Prue ordered, but felt sympathy for her sister having to go through all this on her own.

Piper began to explain to Prue what had happened after the shooting. First she was missing then she was left here in the back of the ambulance.

"Darryl was here with you. I knew you were safe. But you know Phoebe. She insisted that I come over here. That Darryl or Leo could pick her up in the morning. But when Leo went there she was gone." She held her sisters' gaze as she continued her story. "Leo tried to locate her but he hit a wall of some sort. But he thinks he has located her again."

Prue sat there still somewhat shocked, but it was not long before he sisters instincts took over as she reached the sheets and pulled them off.

"Whoa there Sis. Where do you think you're going?" Piper was quickly on her feet and gently holding Prue back so she couldn't get out of bed.

"To find our sister."

"You are not going anywhere Prue. They just pulled three bullets out of you. One I might add was very close to killing you."

"Piper I will not sit here and do nothing, while Phoebe is in trouble."

"Ok I appreciate that. Look why don't I have Darryl sit with you and Leo and I will go look in the book. When I find anything I will come here for you."

"I'm coming with you Piper. And that is final."

"Prue no, you're not. Look I almost lost you. When they said that you were missing and that the ambulances would go too the morgue. I felt my world shatter into a million pieces. I will not let you risk doing that to me again."

"And that is how I feel with Phoebe." Prue said, as she locked eyes with Piper.

Piper looked away from her sister then back. She knew what she was feeling, and fear was the one feeling they both felt right then. "I'll talk to the doctor." She finally caved in, as she felt Prue reach her arm around her and bring her close to a hug.

"Well find her Piper." She said in her usual strong voice.

She placed the specimen under the microscope. Setting the level of focus to see what she was looking for. She had been taking notes on the blood work she had done and even dissected the appendix she had removed. But as of yet she had yet to find anything to explain to her why this woman and her sisters had these powers and where the evil in them resided.

She placed her pen down and looked through the wire cage to her witch. "Where is it hiding Phoebe? That one place in your body that will explain all of this?" She moved to the cage and placed the key in the lock releasing the one thing that was keeping her inside.

She checked the machines that were hooked up to Phoebe. "Vitals still strong. Good. Can't have you getting an infection now." She checked a few more things. And then slowly, yet not too gently removed the bandage from the incision she had made earlier that day.

Having cleaned the cut again she placed a new bandage on it and then placed the covers back over her. Turning she left Phoebe alone once again.

"What are you gonna do with her?"

"That is not your concern."

"If she dies it is. We told you we would not murder anyone even when you asked us to a few days ago."

"And you didn't. That is your decision." She looked back into the scope of her microscope. Trying again to see what was so special about the girl in the cage.

He looked at his friend and just turned on his heels back out of the old warehouse.

"Now what?"

"Nothing. We just stay out of it. If she wants to kill that girl in there its her funeral not ours."

"We could be arrested for helping her."

He looked at his friend. He had a point there, "Then we get the hell out of here."

"Aren't you forgetting something gentleman?" They turned around quickly and saw her standing there. She hadn't even bothered to wash the blood from her hands. "Your money."

"Keep it. We are out."

She stood there as he turned around. The last thing he heard was the gunshot and then nothing.

His friend stood there looking as his friend fell with the hole in his back. He looked up at her and her face held no emotion. "No you can't. We helped you."

"And you betrayed me." She answered, as she moved the gun and pulled the trigger. Hitting him only once was all she needed, as he fell to the ground dead.

She turned back to the warehouse and locked the door behide her. Making her way once again to the where her lab was set up, she went back to work.

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The pain she felt was nothing she had ever experienced before. Her right side felt like it was on fire. She tried to sit up slightly to see what had happened but the pain held her down, as well as the restraints.

"Easy. You move around to much you will pop your stitches."

Phoebe turned her head to the voice. Everything was still a fog to her but she could make out a figure moving not that far from her.

"What? What did you do to me?"

"I removed your appendix. I told you I would find out what it was that was so special about you Phoebe."

Phoebe moved her hand as best she could and felt where the bandage was on her right side just below her rib cage. What sick person would so this to anyone?

"And if I have to take you apart piece by piece I will. There are many parts in the body that a person doesn't really need. It's just matter of not going to fast. But the answers I seek I do not believe I will find tonight. So maybe tomorrow I can try something else.

Phoebe didn't miss the look in the woman's eyes, even under the fog of the drugs in her. But what scared her more was that the woman was serious.

She was tired and the pain in her side was not helping her rest any more comfortably. But she soon found herself trying to fight the drugs and stay awake. She was afraid of what the woman would take out next if she succumbed to the drugs. But it was a fight she soon lost, as she heard the voice in the distance and then nothing.

Piper helped Prue up the steps to the Manor with gentle ease. "Ok Prue almost there. Now I want your word that you will stay on the couch."

"I already gave it to you Piper." Prue answered back as she eased herself onto the couch as Piper tossed the blanket over her.

"I want it again. I know you Prue Halliwell. And you are more stubborn then Phoebe."

Prue looked up at Piper who had moved to the side of the couch beside her, "Look Prue. We are both worried about her. But we also know what she is like. Anyone will probably find his or her ass kicked for letting us worry about her. And she is probably telling them that because of it we won't let her out of our site for a month."

"I was thinking a year." Prue smiled.

Piper laughed, "Yeah, a year." She leaned over and gently hugged Prue; "We will find her Pure. Together we will."

"Two days Piper. Its been two freaking days."

"I know Prue. But he hasn't located her yet, and neither has our scrying, so what do you expect me to do?"

"Let me find her." Prue stated

Piper looked at her sister. She was serious. "Prue you can't. You aren't strong enough yet."

"Piper nothing else is working in case you hadn't noticed. We are sisters, we are linked with our magic. Maybe my astral self can find her."

Leo came in from the kitchen with a somber look on his face. "She may be right Piper. Every time I think I found her I lose the signal only to have it come up somewhere else."

Piper looked over at Prue who was already lying on the couch getting ready to astral out. "Just be quick. I know how much that power still drains you and you are in no position to get over tired right now." Piper sat next to Prue as she suddenly went limp.

She made her way once more to the small cage door. Opening it up as she had many times in the last few days.

"Just stay away from me." Phoebe yelled but was still unable to move.

"Why do you pull at the restraints every time Phoebe. You will blow your stitches again."

"I don't give a rats ass what I blow. Just stay the hell away from me."

"I can't do that Phoebe. I need another specimen."

Phoebe looked up in fear, as the woman inserted the needle to her lower left side. She tried to pull back but it was no use.

"Now Phoebe please do not fight me on this. If I slip one way the wrong way I could kill you."

"Please don't do this." Phoebe was nearly begging now as she was starting to get no feeling in her side."

"I must Phoebe, some how you three were able to kill my dear friend. Now please be quiet. If I hit your spleen you might bleed to death."

Phoebe looked in horror as the woman cut open her side. Luckily she felt nothing of the pain. Only every now and then as she placed her hand on part of her that was not under the local anaesthetic.

She tried to close her mind to what was happening but she couldn't. The woman was talking herself through the procedure. "Oh shit!" Phoebe tried to look to see what was happening but she was soon finding herself getting dizzy.

"I told you not to move Phoebe!" She yelled as she worked quickly to stop the bleeding.

But Phoebe heard the slight panic in her voice. But it was the last thing she heard. As she gave into the blood lose she was having.