Chapter 1
A/N: First chapter. Ahh, I know I should have updated my other story 'Charmed: Throughout The Years' but I've been so busy late, its been hectic. I'll try to update it tomorrow but no promises! Anywa, hope you enjoy this.
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Philadelphia...
Luisa Delgado, usually known as Lu, was one of the prominent doctors of Rittenhouse Hospital. Known for her outrageous decisions which had saved the lives of many, Lu also had a reputation for being late.
So it was no surprise when she jumped out of her car which was parked in the deserted street behind the hospital. The free clinic she ran at Rittenhouse was closer there than to the hospital's parking spaces.
She locked the door to her car firmly and made her way across the street but stopped in her steps.
"Darn." She snapped her fingers. "Damn stethoscopes!" She walked back to her car and unlocked it. She got into the driver's seat, shutting the door behind her. "Where the hell are you?" She muttered.
As she dipped her head to look in the back seat, in that fraction of a second, she didn't notice a gust of wind form on the other side of the street….
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Prue felt an invisible hook pull her from the navel. Without wasting another second, she was thrust out from the dull gray windy place she had been swirling in and onto the hard ground.
"Ooff!" Prue felt pain shoot up her left arm. The vortex closed up immediately, leaving no signs that it had ever been there. Prue opened up her eyes and looked around.
She found herself on the side of a desolate street, with nothing more than a black car parked on the other side. Another pang of pain shot up her arm and she winced slightly.
She had grazed her arm rather badly. The skin was pink and raw. "Well, that was rather calm and collected." Prue said sarcastically as she got up. "Piper? Phoebe?" She looked around.
A lady, looking the same age as Prue had now gotten out of the car.
"Where the hell am I?" Prue muttered as the lady crossed the street slowly, not seeming to have noticed Prue.
The stranger accidentally dropped what she was holding. Prue heard her curse as she bent over but Prue heard something else. She turned her head quickly to the left and surely, Prue saw a car going over the speed limit, cantering straight at the unsuspecting cursing lady.
Prue felt bile rise in her throat as the car grew bigger. "Hey!"
Lu looked up. She frowned when she saw a woman dressed in a black top, leather jacket and jeans waving her arms around at her. Lu straightened and a beep of a horn to her right caught her attention and everything froze. Lu watched slowly as the car drew nearer and the beeping louder…
Prue realized that the lady had been glued to the spot, apparently mesmerized with the car. Without hesitation, she ran forward. "Move!" Prue pushed Lu out of harms way but in doing so, she put her own life on the line.
She felt herself trip over as she shifted all her weight to her right leg. She tried to jump out of the way by twisting her legs but instead, a sharp pain hit her smack dab in the knee. She stopped in her tracks.
In those seconds, life slowed down for Prue. She watched as the car moved in, barely an inch away. She quickly glanced at the original victim who was scrambling up.
BAM!
Lu watched as the car screeched to a halt, a second late perhaps.
Prue felt herself flying through the air then she hit the ground on her back hard, really hard. Her head hit the ground as well and there was an explosion of white lights in her eyes.
Infiltrating pain spread through her whole body and the white bright spots weaved in and out of her vision. Her hearing muted and Prue could only watch the spots move around like ping pong balls before it turned black and she lost consciousness.
Meanwhile, Lu had ran over to Prue. She checked for a pulse. There was one, a rather faint one too. Another screech was heard and Lu snapped her head in direction of the car. The driver was going in reverse. He made a sharp turn, facing away from Lu and drove off.
Too preoccupied to care, Lu swiftly took out her pager. She prayed that help would come fast; the unconscious lady's breathing was growing weak.
Prue groaned.
"Hold on." Lu whispered as she began to examine Prue's injured body. "Just hold in there, helps on its way."
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Meanwhile, in San Francisco….
The Halliwell Manor was in its usually quite state in the morning but all was about to change.
An ear shattering scream spread throughout the house, waking all of its inhabitants.
Piper, Leo and Phoebe burst into Paige's room and nearly backed out in horror with what they saw.
Paige lay on the floor withering in pain. Her leg was in a weird angle and the floor beneath her head had a puddle of blood on it.
Paige's face contorted with pain then all of a sudden, it all disappeared. The tremors left and she just lay on the floor, breathing shallowly.
"Paige!" Piper said breathlessly. She and Phoebe rushed forward to their baby sister, Piper taking Paige into her arms.
"Oh my gosh…" Phoebe muttered as she examined Paige's leg. "Its like someone hit it with a baseball bat."
Paige groaned.
"Shhh. Honey, don't try and move. Stay still." Piper said soothingly before looking up at her husband. "Leo, a little help?"
Leo nodded then knelt down, placing his hand over Paige's chest. A golden light emitted from his hands and soon, the wound disappeared from the back of Paige's head and her leg returned to its normal angle.
"Ahhh…" Paige moaned and sat up. "What the hell happened?"
"You screamed and then we found you withering on the floor with blood underneath your head and your leg in a weird angle." Phoebe summed.
"Who…who did it?" Paige asked.
"That's what we want to know." Piper answered. "Leo, could you orb up there and check?"
"Ya, sure." Leo eyed Paige. "I'll be back soon, just call me if you need me." He orbed out.
"He looked like I did something wrong." Paige muttered, putting a hand to her head.
"Oh no, he's just worried." Phoebe said. "Are you alright?"
Paige shook her head. "I feel like I have a hangover, a hangover when I didn't even drink."
"That bad huh?" Piper grimaced. "Are you sure you don't remember anything? Or anyone hurting you?"
"All I remember is getting up, happily I might add, then pain just hit me and I fell to the floor." Paige explained. "It was as if I just got injured by nothing."
"Being a Charmed One is weird huh?" Phoebe said absentmindedly.
Paige gulped and took a quick glance at Piper. Piper had never really accepted Paige as a Charmed One because it meant she was taking Prue's place but that was the last thing Paige wanted to do. Phoebe on the other hand had welcomed her with open arms while Piper was still sullen and sulky. But Piper had warmed up to Paige, giving her Prue's old room, but she had still not full accepted her.
"Uh…I dunno." Paige replied, looking down.
Piper stiffened slightly. "I have…I have to go downstairs and make breakfast." She got up and walked out quickly.
Phoebe who hadn't seemed to notice the strange behavior between the two, smiled. "Why don't we go down and help Piper while we wait for words from Leo?"
"No, thanks." Paige replied. "I- I just have to think a bit, if that's ok."
"Perfectly fine but I think you shouldn't stay sitting on the floor." Phoebe got up and offered a hand to Paige who took it. "I'll see you downstairs." She winked and left the room, following Piper.
"Yeah." Paige said quietly. "See you." She sighed heavily and looked around the room. When she had moved in, the room had been full of Prue's stuff.
She remembered Piper's pained expression when she had moved Prue's camera from its place.
Paige sighed again. "Will I ever be welcome?"
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"Nick!" Dr. Nick Biancavilla turned around and caught site of Dr. Lu Delgado wheeling in a gurney.
He put the newspaper he was reading on the nurse's counter and hurried over. "What happened?"
Lu wiped at her forehead. "Hit by a car."
"How fast was the car going?"
"I-I dunno. 95 maybe." Lu answered. "I examined her outside while waiting for help. She's in serious trouble Nick."
"What are they?" Nick asked, noting the pale face of the woman.
"Torn cartilage in the knee, grazed left arm, open fracture on the right arm and it might be infected, broken ribs, concussion and internal bleeding."
Nick shook his head. "Suspected internal bleeding?"
"No." Lu said in a serious tone. "There's swelling on her body and she's been coughing up blood Nick, she needs to go to the OR now."
Nick took one look at Lu then at the victim. "Ok. Nurse Jennings!" He called out to a nurse who immediately listened. "Tell them to prep an OR up, we got one coming in. Bring in a team for an operation, internal bleeding and a suspected infected open fracture."
"And get someone to get Dr. Dana Stowe in there as well." Lu added.
The nurse nodded and hurried off to do her job.
"Why do you want Dana?" Nick inquired curiously as he began pushing the gurney in the direction of the OR.
"I only want the best in there." Lu answered back.
Nick stared at her questioningly.
"She saved my life." Lu said quietly. "I was supposed to get hit by the car but she pushed me out of the way and instead she got hit."
Nick gaped at Lu as they neared the OR room, in the distance, Dr. Dana Stowe could be seen striding up towards them.
"It's my turn to make sure she lives." Lu continued.
"In here." Dana called out as she pointed to the OR room.
Quickly, Lu and Nick wheeled it in.
"You're going to make it." Lu whispered to Prue who was still unconscious. "I'll make sure you make it."
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A/N: Ok, so the first part officially launches this story! Review please, try at the very least. Questions about the Strong Medicine show? Feel free to ask. Later everyone!