Chap. 8: Lost

Piper reacted immediately and froze the fireball in mid-air. Everyone looked at Prue bewildered. They couldn't believe that their leader, their savior, had just attacked her own whitelighter. Prue smiled and looked around.

"If I could only know what you are thinking right now. Maybe something like 'What's gotten into her ?' or 'What did Wyatt do to her ?'." Prue looked at her mother, "How many fireballs can you freeze mommy ? Do you think that you'll get all of them ? Or that I'll be able to hit two or three persons ?"

Phoebe placed a calming hand on Piper's shoulder. "What happened to you Prue ? You're not acting like yourself."

"What would you know of that aunt Phoebe ? You haven't exacly been around for the past 15 years or so. Neither of you, so how would you know how I normally act ?" Prue asked with faked intrest

Prue didn't wait for a reply and just let another fireball appear in her hand. "What do you think mother ? Come on place a bet, how many will I be able to hit ?"

"Don't do it Prue, this isn't what you want" Leo now spoke up

Prue's head turned to him sharply. "I would hold my tongue if I were you, you have no right what-so-ever to even look at me. When Wyatt becomes the Source, I'll have the power to destroy the Heavens and I'll make sure to save a piece of that power for every Elder and whiteligter I can get my hands on."

Leo blinked as if not believing his own ears. Paige could see that Prue was getting irritated and saw her play with the fireball. Suddenly, and without warning, Prue threw the ball into Selene's direction. Piper froze it and Prue nodded impressed.

"Great reflexes, mommy" Prue said before throwing one to a group of witches.

Piper froze it too but then they could see that Prue was bored of this game and saw her blink with her eyes. Suddenly the whole warehouse was on fire.

"Have fun with this and Chris……in case you're wondering, we're not done" she said in a dangerous, threatning voice

Chris looked at her with question and shock in his eyes. Prue smiled to her mother one more time and then she flamed out. Piper, Phoebe and Paige knew they had to act quick because the fire was rapidly spreading. The witches were all screaming out of fear and bewilderment.

"Leo, can you do anything ?" Paige yelled

Before Leo could answer, the Elder Leo and three other whiteligters appeared and put out the fire with a spell. The peace returned for a short time because then the fear for the flames were replaced by fear for Prue, yet another enemy.

"What happened here ?" Elder Leo asked

Piper walked towards him. "Prue happened"

The Elder looked confused. "Prue ? What's wrong with her ?"

"She attacked us, me" Chris said

Leo looked with rage in his eyes. "What did you do Christopher ?"

Paige looked at the whitelighter. "Yeah, she was severly pissed off by you. What did you do ?"

"Nothing, I love her. I would never do anything to hurt her" Chris pleaded

Selene still stared at the spot where Prue had been just a few minutes before. "She attacked me. She threw a fireball at me."

Piper put a hand on the girls shoulder. "It wasn't her, Selene. This wasn't my daughter."

"Yes, it was. You saw her and she attacked us" a witch cried out

"Yeah, she gave in. She doesn't care about us anymore." Another replied

"SHUT UP. Everyone.", Piper yelled, "Look, I don't know what happened but I what I do know is that Prue would've never done this by choice. Something happened to her and I'm going to find out what."

Everyone listened to the Charmed One, they all wanted to believe her but some couldn't. Wyatt had done too much and they had seen too much. Chris was stunned and confused, Prue seemed to be furious at him. Something he had done but he hadn't…….

"Oh my god" Chris whispered

She knew. There wasn't any other explanation, Wyatt must have shown her one way or the other. How he had found out was another riddle but Chris hated himself. Prue knew and he killed her.

"We need Cole" Alex said seemingly calm

Paige looked him like he was crazy. "Cole ? You must've fell on your head because last time I checked, he was a demon that tried to kill us."

"He's the only one that can get through to Prue, she once told me that he was the one she missed most at times. Because she could always rely on him and she could tell him everything. Cole can get her back." Alex answered with a glare

"We can do this without Cole, we don't need him" Elder Leo said angry

Selene turned her head to him. "You have nothing to say in this, Cole was there for her when you weren't but should've.", she then turned back to Alex, "Can you summon him ?

Alex shook his head. "No, Prue used a spell for family and….."

This time Phoebe spoke up. "Wait a minute, family ? And Cole being there for her ? What aren't you telling me ?"

"Cole's coming back into our lives, Phoebe" Leo said

Piper looked him. "How do you know ?"

Leo looked at the ground but didn't answer her question. Alex knew they had to move quick so he looked at the three Charmed Ones.

"You three have to conjure him"

The sisters looked at each other, all three of them filled with questions and doubt. But Piper took a decision.

"Bring us everything we need."

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