8:00 AM
Prue woke up to a searing heat overwhelming her body. She ran to her bathroom to splash her face with cold water. After splashing her face with water the heat subsided and she started to shiver. Prue went back into her room and wrapped in a blanket. Her head started to pound and she started rocking back and forth trying to escape the pain. After a few minutes the pain subsided and everything returned to normal. She slowly made her way to her bathroom to take a shower.
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IN THE KITCHEN A LITTLE WHILE LATER
Piper stood at the counter making pancakes when Phoebe and Cole came into the kitchen.
"Morning Pheebs" Piper said.
"Good morning" Phoebe said. "Where's Prue?"
"Sleeping" Piper said.
"Sleeping?" Phoebe asked. "Is she sick?"
"I don't know" Piper said.
Just then Prue came into the kitchen and sat down at the table.
"Coffee?" Piper asked.
"No thanks" Prue said.
Piper looked at Phoebe who shrugged.
"Okay, you never turn down coffee, what's wrong?" Piper asked.
"I just don't feel very good" Prue said.
"Maybe we should tell Leo, after yesterday I don't think we should risk anything" Piper said concerned.
"It's just a bug, Piper" Prue said. "It's nothing to worry about. What we do have to worry about is vanquishing Shax"
"I was just about to head down there to see if I could find out what's going on" Cole said. "I'll see if I can find out where he is too"
"Do you really think that's wise considering the whole reason we died was because you were caught" Prue said.
"The way I see it is there was a reason a demon brought you back, and your side has no idea what that reason is. If you want to find out then I'm going to have to go down there" Cole said.
"He's just trying to help, Prue" Phoebe said. "Believe me; I don't want him going down there either"
Prue's face suddenly drained of color.
"Prue?" Piper asked concerned.
"I'm…I'm fine" Prue stuttered.
"Prue, maybe you should go lay down" Phoebe said.
"No" Prue said the color returning to her face. "I'm fine; I just got a little dizzy"
"I should go now" Cole said to Phoebe. "I'll be back"
"Be careful" Phoebe said.
Cole shimmered out. Prue stood up.
"So, when do we want to vanquish Shax?" Prue asked. "Because I only took today off from work"
"Prue, you looked like you were about to fall over a minute ago and now you want to go vanquish the demon that killed you" Piper said.
"Do you want to give him time to make another plan, one that will kill the three of us for good?" Prue asked.
"No, but I don't want to summon him when we aren't ready" Piper said.
"We have the spell" Prue said. "If we keep Leo nearby and we all stick together we should be fine"
Just then Leo orbed in. He had a worried look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Piper asked.
"The Elders just got word from one of their sources that Shax is dead" Leo said.
"What?" Phoebe asked. "How is that possible?"
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UNDERWORLD
"You told me she would be strong enough" the Source said.
"She is" the hooded figure said. "Her body is just adjusting. All of the good in her blood is trying to fight it"
"Maybe I should bring her down here" the Source said. "Take her away from the power of her sisters"
"I have warned you not to until it is absolutely necessary" the figure said. "The longer she is with her sisters the stronger she is when it comes time"
"What happens when they discover it?" the Source asked. "The Elders will surely try to stop it"
"And they will fail" the figure said. "As good as Prue Halliwell is, she's still human"
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TWO HOURS LATER AT THE MANOR
Piper stood at the podium flipping through the Book of Shadows. Phoebe and Prue sat on the couch.
"We've each looked through there ten times" Phoebe said. "We can't find anything when we don't know what we're looking for"
"But we do know what we're looking for" Piper said. "A demon that can bring back the dead"
"Since when were we looking for that?" Prue asked.
"Since a few minutes ago" Piper said.
It was quiet.
"Is anyone else sweating to death in here?" Prue asked.
Phoebe and Piper looked at each other.
"Prue, it's freezing in here" Phoebe said. "It's the middle of winter"
"Prue, I'm worried about you" Piper said. "Are you running a fever?"
"No, I'm just a little warm" Prue said. "I'll be fine, now keep looking"
Piper flipped through the pages.
"So far I've found two demons that can bring back the dead" Piper said. "Egan and Rowell, but I think only one would apply to this case"
"What do you mean?" Phoebe asked.
"Egan only brings back animal related beings" Piper said.
"So Rowell brought me back?" Prue asked.
Piper looked at Leo who was sitting in the corner. With the mention of Rowell he had started to look worried.
"What are you not telling us?" Piper said turning to Leo.
"Have you finished reading about the demon?" Leo asked.
Piper looked down and finished the page.
"Uh oh" Piper said.
"Care to share with the class?" Phoebe asked.
"Rowell works for the Source and the Source only" Piper said.
Everyone sat there quietly. A few minutes later Cole shimmered in.
"Did you find anything out here?" Cole asked.
"We think Rowell is the demon that brought Prue back" Phoebe said. "He works for…"
"The Source" Cole said. "I know…I actually know him"
"Did you find out anything?" Phoebe asked.
"There are a lot of rumors going around" Cole said. "But there was one thing that kind of makes sense if Rowell brought back Prue"
"What is it?" Piper asked.
"The one thing that I kept hearing was the Source vanquished Shax" Cole said. "If the Source had Prue brought back then obviously he didn't want her dead. If Shax was the one that killed her, then it would make sense that the Source vanquished him when he killed her"
"So Shax is dead?" Phoebe asked.
Cole nodded.
"Then that leaves one big question" Phoebe said. "Why does the Source want Prue alive?"
"I should go notify the Elders about what we've learned" Leo said. "Maybe they'll be able to answer that question"
Leo orbed out.
"We should try to summon Rowell and see if we can get him to tell us what the Source is doing" Phoebe said.
"Believe me, you don't want to do that" Cole said.
"Why?" Piper asked.
"Because Rowell is one of the most powerful demons there is" Cole said. "Even if you could summon him, he could kill you within three seconds"
"He didn't kill us before" Piper said. "And he had the perfect chance"
"That's because he was here to bring Prue back" Cole said. "There's no guarantee he won't kill you or Phoebe now"
"So let me summon him" Prue said. "He won't kill me if the Source wants me alive"
"No" Piper said. "Just because the Source doesn't want you dead, doesn't mean he won't injure you or kidnap you or do something to you"
"I can get away" Prue said. "We have to do something"
"I agree, but we don't have to do something that could be dangerous" Phoebe said.
Just then Prue disappeared in a flurry of orbs.
"What the hell?" Phoebe exclaimed.
"Actually, the opposite" Piper said. "Those were orbs. Leo!"
Piper waited for a few seconds.
"Leo!" she shouted again.
There was still no response. A woman orbed into the attic.
"Who are you?" Piper asked.
"My name is Erica. I've been sent by the Elders to tell you that your sister is safe. She's with the Elders and Leo" the woman said. "If you're in any danger just call for me since Leo will be busy for a few hours"
"What is she doing up there?" Phoebe asked.
"I'm not a liberty to say" Erica said. "I have to go"
Erica orbed out.
"This is ridiculous" Piper said. "Of all the people who could kidnapping our sister, I didn't think it would be the Elders"
"Are you sure you didn't hear anything that could help us?" Phoebe asked Cole.
"There were a lot of different rumors floating around" Cole said. "Half of them weren't true, probably"
"Well what were some of the ones you heard repeated?" Phoebe asked. "Because the Elders for some reason took our sister and aren't telling us why"
"Mostly the demons were talking about why Shax was vanquished and there was a few demons saying Rowell implanted something in Prue" Cole said. "But Piper would've seen it"
Piper bit her lip.
"I was really upset, I could've missed it" Piper said. "I don't know. Phoebe, what if you could get a premonition of what happened. Maybe it would help us figure out what's going on"
"I can try but I don't know if it will work" Phoebe said. "Give me your hands"
Phoebe took Piper's hands and concentrated. She was then hit by a premonition.
Leo was watching in the corner, helpless, when he got a call from the Elders. He told Piper where he was going but he doubted she heard him. He then orbed out. A few minutes after he had orbed out Rowell shimmered in. Piper stood up angrily.
"Get out or I'll kill you" Piper said, hate dripping from her words.
Rowell started chanting words in a language Piper didn't know. Piper heard Prue gasp for air on the floor. Piper looked down.
"Prue?" Piper asked.
Piper was so caught up in Prue being alive that she didn't notice the black ball thrown at Prue by Rowell or him shimmering out afterwards.
The scene then changed to the underworld.
"You told me she would be strong enough" the Source said.
"She is" the hooded figure said. "Her body is just adjusting. All of the good in her blood is trying to fight it"
"Maybe I should bring her down here" the Source said. "Take her away from the power of her sisters"
"I have warned you not to until it is absolutely necessary" the figure said. "The longer she is with her sisters the stronger she is when it comes time"
"What happens when they discover it?" the Source asked. "The Elders will surely try to stop it"
"And they will fail" the figure said. "As good as Prue Halliwell is, she's still human"
Phoebe snapped out of her premonition.
"Did you see it?" Piper asked.
Phoebe nodded.
"She was implanted with something" Phoebe said. "But that's not all I saw"
"What else?" Piper asked.
Phoebe repeated the conversation the Source had had with the figure.
"Discover what?" Piper asked out loud.
Phoebe and Piper looked at Cole.
"It could be anything" Cole said. "Something to turn her evil, a sickness, or…"
"Or what?" Piper asked.
"There was a rumor going around the underworld that maybe the Source…could have…implanted her with his heir" Cole said.
Dun dun dun. So, thanks to all my reviewers. Hope you liked this chapter and I promise I'll update soon.