Finding Paradise
"I don't know," Paige admitted. She glanced over her shoulder and saw that Phoebe had slipped into unconsciousness again. Piper began to pace back and forth, clearly not liking the situation.
"Maybe...we can find this guy and he can heal her," she proposed.
"How do you know he could even heal her?" Paige countered.
"I don't," Piper groaned. Just then there were footstep on the stairs. Both sisters looked to see Leo in his teaching robe.
"Leo..you're home early," Piper called.
"Billie told me that Phoebe was sick. I got someone to cover my class," he answered.
"I tried to heal her. An Elder tried but nothing is working," Paige explained.
"We think she took promicin. That shot that gives people abilities," Piper added.
"Well have you looked up any information on it?" Leo asked.
"We were just about to do that," Paige said as she and Piper hurried out of the room. They both huddled around the computer as Piper searched for promicin. To their surprise most of the hits weren't about promicin, but about Jordan Collier.
"That's the guy from the TV broadcast," Paige murmured.
"He's the guy we need to find them," Piper said. She didn't care if they had to drag him back to the Manor as a statue.
"But Piper...we don't even know where he is. And he's not magical. So we can't scry for him," Paige reminded her older sister.
"We will find him," Piper snapped at her sibling. She hit the print button on a recent new article about Jordan and his efforts to create a better world. They walked back into the sun room.
"This kind of sounds like the Avatars, doesn't it," Paige commented.
"What do you mean?" Leo asked.
"Well this Collier guy is trying to change the world...make it better. Just sounds like what the Avatars were all about," Paige answered.
"Let's just hope they aren't somehow involved," Piper grumbled.
"I don't think we have to worry about the Avatars," Leo assured them.
"Ok..can we please focus on Phoebe?" Coop begged. He was kneeling at her side, wiping her forehead.
"Ok...we need to get this guy back to the Manor," Piper said.
"We get that. But how?" Paige asked.
"We could try scrying," Coop offered.
"Not magical. Won't work," Paige sighed. Suddenly her phone began to ring. She picked it up.
"Paige Matthews," she spoke.
"Oh I'm sorry. I thought this was the cell number of Mrs. Paige Mitchell," a familiar voice called from the other end of the line. Despite the situation, Paige laughed..
"Hi honey," she greeted.
"Billie just stopped by...looking for you," Henry informed his wife.
"Did she say why she was looking for me?" Paige asked.
"Something about Phoebe being sick," he responded.
Suddenly a thought came to the whitelighter. It was a long shot but it was worth a try. She had to explain the situation and ask for the favor before he could refuse.
"Yeah...she uh...took promicin and we need to find out where Jordan Collier is," she said in a fst breath.
"Whoah, slow down. Just...say that again but slowly," Henry said. Paige bit her lip. She knew that Henry knew that taking promicin was illegal.
"Phoebe...took promicin and she's really sick. We think it's messing with her powers and–" she began to explain but Henry interrupted her.
"She did what? Paige that's illegal!" Henry railed.
"I know it is...but please it's Phoebe," she begged, hoping her husband could just look past her sister's erred ways.
"What else were you going to tell me?" he sighed, clearly not pleased.
"We think...that maybe Jordan Collier can save her. But we have no way of finding him. Do you think maybe you could find out?" she answered.
"You want me to give the address of one of the government's biggest public enemies?" he scoffed.
"To save my sister's life!" Paige shot angrily. With that Piper seized the phone from her sister.
"You will find that address damn it. I will not just sit here and let Phoebe die," she snarled. That clearly scared Henry because there was a flurry of typing noises on the other end.
"Its in a warehouse district in Seattle," he answered somberly.
"Thank you," Piper snapped, handing the phone back to her sister.
"We really appreciate it honey. And could you...not tell anyone what we're doing?" she asked.
"I'll stall for as long as I can," he promised. With that, Paige hung up.
"Let's go find this guy," Piper said, instantly taking Paige by the hand.
"Hurry," Coop murmured, wiping Phoebe's forehead again. His sisters-in-law nodded and disappeared in orbs.
They reappeared behind a couple of marked police cars. There seemed to be no cops in sight. Piper looked around and saw the line of beacons stretching out as far as the eye could see.
"This is kind of creepy," Paige whispered.
"Let's just get going," Piper muttered and started to walked towards the perimeter of beacons. She got about two steps closer when she grabbed her head in pain.
"It's got to be some kind of force field ro something," Paige murmured, pulling Piper out of the beacon's reach.
"Do you think you can orb past it?" the older of the two questioned.
"I can try," Paige replied. She took Piper by the hand and they disappeared only to be bounced back by some invisible shield.
"Well...got any other bright ideas?" Paige snapped, rubbing her sore arm.
"I might," Piper admitted. She pulled herself to her feet and threw her hands at the beacons. One of the flickered but nothing else happened. She tried again, throwing all the emotion she could feel coursing through her vein at it. This time the beacon went dark and was left cracked. Pipe dragged Paige behind her as they made it past the barrier. They wandered towards an open passageway only to be met by a group of women, including Isabelle.
"Who are you?" Isabelle demanded.
"We need to talk to Jordan Collier," Piper answered. Isabelle gave them a smile.
"I don't think so," she said and stepped back. One of the other women tilted her head to the side. Both Paige and Piper could feel their neck muscles spasm but Piper managed to throw out a hand, freezing her.
"Yeah...I'm somebody you don't want to piss of," Piper said coolly.
"So we'll see Jordan Collier now," Paige added.
Isabelle eyed them nervously but did not move. One of the other women tried to use her ability but Paige took her out by orbing a piece of broken pipe at her. At that Isabelle retreated down the passageway. She found Jordan conversing with some of the other residents of Promise City.
"We have a problem," Isabelle announced. That caught Jordan's attention.
"What kind of problem?" he asked.
"These two women. They say the need to talk to you. They've got abilities," Isabelle reported.
"Then we must welcome them," Jordan commented, following Isabelle back down the tunnel.
"Welcome to Promise City," Jordan stated once he'd arrived.
"Yeah cut the small talk. Look you need to come with us," Piper snapped.
"I'm afraid I don't understand," he said calmly.
"Then let me rephrase it," Piper hissed, several of the other residents had followed Jordan.
"You're going to leave your little hole in the wall and heal our sister," she said through gritted teeth. One of the residents attempted to use his power on Piper but she froze him. Secretly she'd hoped to blow him up.
"I can take you power if I have to," Jordan said. Was that supposed to be a threat?
"You think you can take my power?" Piper scoffed.
"I've got news for you. Only warlocks can take our powers away and I'm pretty damn sure you're not a warlock," Piper added with a laugh.
"Trust me, you don't want to get her angry. She can blow things up," Paige added.
"I'll have you know Mr. Ball of Light. My powers were a gift, passed down from generation to generation of Warren witches. And if you don't save my sister then all this new world shit you're trying to do...is going to get really messed up," Piper snarled.
"Is that some kind of threat?" he asked with a raised brow.
"No..that's a promise. You let my sister die and yo let the Charmed Ones die. And that gives Evil the upper hand," Piper began explaining but Paige interrupted.
"Piper...he's a mortal...exposing magic. Do we want a repat of the Wyatt Cleaners incident/" Paige hissed in her sister's ear.
"Screw the Cleaners. We're running out o time," Piper growled.
"So you can come with us willingly or I can just freeze your ass and take you back that way," Piper said, arms crossed over her chest. Jordan turned to look at his followers. They all looked concerned for his safety. He flashed them a smile.
"I will go willingly. On the condition that you return me without alerting NTAC to my presence outside of Promise City," he said.
"Yeah sure whatever. We're wasting time," Paige shot and grabbed him by the arm. With that the three of them disappeared in orbs.