"Prue. What the hell happened?" Piper followed after her sister. She wanted answers and she wanted them now.

"I don't know. As usual she took off not thinking and now she is gone." Prue looked around the fog-covered dock and the walkway leading to it.

"Prue relax. We need to figure out what happened." Paige spoke as she came in behind Piper.

"Paige do NOT tell me to relax. My baby sister is missing. There are no innocents anywhere. So my guess is a demon trap. When you have cared for her and known her as long as I have THEN you can tell me to relax. Until then keep your mouth shut." Prue glared one last time before practically running up the long wooden walkway that brought her and Phoebe to the place they are now.

Piper looked over at Paige and could see her struggling with what Prue had said. "She didn't mean it."

"Then she wouldn't have said it Piper."

"Paige, she is just scared right now. Phoebe is her baby girl no matter how old we get."

"I can appreciate that Piper. Over the last month I have grown to love you all. But."

"I know. Just give her some time. When it comes to Phoebe, Prue can sometimes be a bit strange. They are trying to kill each other one minute and the next are loving each other to death. What can I say? Oldest and youngest." Piper linked her arms around Paige's as they both headed off the dock and down the walkway.

"Piper you don't think it is as simple as those crocs do you?" Paige asked innocently

"With Phoebe. Hell, no. Those crocs would have to be nuts to take her on." Piper smiled as they made their way to the cars.

Prue stood by her car waiting for Piper and Paige. She was more worried about Phoebe then ever. She had a vision and the demon came from no where. She knew inside it was all a trap but why? That was the question she wanted an answer to. Somehow this seemed different then other attacks. It was planned and thought out. Take one to get what? All of us? One of us?

"Prue?"

"Over here Piper." She pinched the crown of her nose as she felt Pipers arm wrap around her puling her into a hug. "I lost her."

"No you didn't. Once again they did this not you, or us. We were set up Prue and you know it." Pipers words reaching to comfort her sister.

"Still doesn't make it right. I should have stopped her. I know what she is like."

"Running down a path into hell not caring about the danger?" Paige put in. "My parents always wondered where I got that from. But Prue speaking from my own experience it never turned out that bad."

"Yeah well you weren't a witch then." Prue snapped back.

"No. But I always got myself into a situation that was more then tough to get out of. But I always did. And something tells me over the last month that is what Phoebe is like." She waited for an answer, "Gets herself in a bind and gets herself out of it before you can get there."

"I still kicked her ass." Prue relented some.

Paige smiled, "I bet. So what we say we go back to the Manor and look in the BOS. Maybe there is something in there that we were all missing." Paige suggested as she stepped towards her own car.

The fog was all around yet nothing was stirring. No sounds heard, no movement seen. "Prue?"

"She can't help you know Phoebe."

She spun trying to get a reading on the voice but it seemed to come from every direction. "Where are you?"

"Here, there, everywhere." The voice spoke around her, "You remember that. When you were evil?"

"I was never."

"No? How about your past self?"

"That was not me."

"Sure it was. You have only suppressed it. But that is no need now. Now you are a pawn in another game."

The cage slammed down around her causing her jump back to the middle. "Let me out of here!" her voice carried across and through the fog. She turned her head at the figure almost floating through the mist and fog.

"In due time you will be free. But first one of your sisters must save you. It is a simple game really. One I am sure you will not enjoy."

She sat with confidence and could almost smell her victory in the air. She had one and now she would gain another. She didn't care which one came to try and save her. All she cared about was her revenge on Penny Halliwell.

But she smiled at the thought of gaining the power of premonition. She would be able to see demons and witches that came after her. "And added bonus." She spoke to herself as she leaned back triumphantly.

Phoebe sat in the middle of the cage that held her. She had tried leaning against the bars but they came with a 'shocking' experience. So she choose to sit in the middle. She knew she was the bait for a sister, she just didn't know which one or why. But in the who she didn't care, she couldn't have any of her sisters risking their lives to save her.

"Can't figure it out hey witch?" his voice came from the shadows as Phoebe spun around to face him

"To much of a coward to face me?"

"Oh on the contrary. I just feel like taunting you for now. Knowing that you or one of your sisters will die. I do hope it is the one that was with you earlier today. That way I can get my own revenge as my mistress will get hers."

"So, you are the lower life scum that attacked Prue and I today." She glared over at him. She knew he was just that, a lower life demon. No real purpose to his life.

He shot out from the shadows gripping her cage in his hands. "Lucky shot by her. I only hope it is her that comes for you. I will enjoy playing the game with her."

He disappeared as fast as he had grabbed onto her cage. She reached out hoping that whatever it was causing the pain before was now no longer there. But as she reached for it the pain shot up her arms causing her to fall back.

"It is immune to evil witch. Goodness on the other hand it feeds on." She stepped closer to the cage savoring her yet small victory, "The cage is alive. It feeds on the power and then the flesh of the witches inside. Soon you will feel its hunger as it feeds on you slowly. That is until one plays out the game."

"What game what are you talking about?"

"All in due time Phoebe all in due time. I must savour my revenge on your grandmother."

Phoebe stood in the middle once again away from any chance the living cage could feed on her. But her mind wandered,

"Paige it is settled, I will not sit here and wait for them to make the next move. In case you missed that last few chapters Phoebe is missing, my baby sister."

"Our baby sister Prue. No matter how you want to weave it she is both our sister. I know I have not been here long but I still care what happens to her or any of you."

"STOP IT!" Pipers voice carried over both of them, "You both need to get your heads out of your assess. Phoebe is missing end of discussion. We ALL have to work together to get her back. Damn it I can not deal with the two of you bickering on who is who to who right now, Phoebe is that WHO." Piper slammed her hand on the open page of the BOS locking eyes with Prue letting her know she meant what she said. 'Let it go.'

Prue wanted to take a step back from Pipers wrath but didn't. She stepped into it. Placing her arm around Pipers waist she pulled her sister close to her, "Sorry." She leaned in and placed kiss on the top of Pipers head, "What say we get our sister back?" she said as she looked over at Paige.

"Sounds like a great idea." Paige agreed. She was slowly starting to understand her sister. That no matter what, they all came before themselves. 'Their love reaching out to the next one.'

Piper read each page she came across but the book had other ideas, as usual as it flipped to the same page ever time. "OK Grams, stop it." She called out. "I get it already and I have read that page and it does not even discuss Prues demon guy."

"Maybe there is something she is trying to tell you." Paige's voice once again broke the silence of the Manor.

"When did you get in tune with Grams, because I have to say that is a little disheartening. I have known her my whole life and I still don't understand her." Piper gave Paige a small smile.

"Fresh out look." Was all Paige said as she read the page the BOS rested on. "This looks good." She looked up at Piper as Pure walked in the room.

"Prue. Seems your demon works for an upper level demon."

"Yeah big surprise." She replied back as she made her way towards Piper and Paige.

"Oh it is much better then that." the black smoke filled the attic as each sister stood on the defensive. "So the Charmed Ones. Or at least a part of them and their half breed sister."

Prue tried her powers but nothing happened.

"You didn't think I would come unprepared did you? I came to bargain for your sister's life and this is the welcome I get."

"Where the hell is she?" Prues voice was full of venom.

"Hmm the spark I was hoping for."

Paige stepped forward trying to cool the situation. "Where is our sister and what do we need to get her back?"

"Ah some manners after all. One of you needs to decide to play a little game of mouse first."

"Mouse?" Piper questioned.

"One sister can save the other. All she has to do is make it through my maze."

Paige looked at Piper and then Prue, "A maze. Sounds like a catch in there."

"Make it through and you all live to fight another demon. Don't and they both die."

"I'll go." Paige quickly said

"Paige no." Prue looked at her sister

"What? You all have the power of three thing going on. Everyone knows I am the fourth sister. No real connection to the power of three."

"You have a connection to us." Prue looked at her, letting her know she was as connected to them as they were each other. "I lost her, I'll go. Besides if she is hurt I know how to deal with her." Prue looked again to the woman before her. "I'll play your game."

Piper reached out for Paige, she knew Prue wouldn't let anyone else go, especially when it came to Phoebe, "She is right. Let her go." Piper cast her eyes to Prue hoping she knew what she was doing, "I love you. Bring her back."

Prue looked at the woman before her, "If you have hurt, it will be the last thing you ever do."

"Strong words." She cast her hand before her as Prue disappeared.

Piper watched the woman that stood where Prue had, "At last I will have my revenge."

"What are you talking about?" Paige asked as Piper thought it.

She took a moment to study the two witches' left behind, "My revenge on Penny will be complete, she stole my powers from me, my life. Now it is my turn to take from her what she cares about most." she glared at Piper and Paige, "To take the life of her precious granddaughters. And to get two will be more then enough. Prue will make her way through a maze constructed by myself. At each pass she completes and gets closer to Phoebe she will lose a part of herself, a part of her life essences. So in order to save Phoebe. Prue will, die. As Prue dies, so will Phoebe to the life she is surrounded by."

Piper looked up at Paige wanting to do something before she lost both her sisters. But the demon before them disappeared leaving them with the thought of losing both Prue and Phoebe.