Okay, sorry for the delayed update but I ran into some problems while writing this chapter so it took me a little longer than normal. I remind everyone that tissues may be needed for the ending of this chapter, so be warned. Also I should be updating fairly soon if I get the eight inches of snow forecasted for me…if only I lived in Florida, sigh.
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Piper and Phoebe hurried around the attic, gathering various potions and spells. Grams watched the worried looks on her granddaughters' faces. It was then she saw Leo walk in the door holding Anna. How could Penny have forgotten? She hadn't even seen her great grandchild yet.
"Do you want to hold her before you go?" Leo asked Penny.
Penny nodded and took the small infant from him. Anna was surprisingly awake for a newborn. And now she could sense something was going on. If possible, Anna herself looked worried.
"You are most definitely your mother's child" Penny said, softly.
Piper and Phoebe watched Penny interact with Anna and a pang of guilt rushed through them again. The only two people who hadn't seen Anna yet were their mom and Anna's own mother.
"We should probably go" Piper said, softly.
"The Elders want me to take her up there before you leave" Leo said.
Cole walked into the attic.
"Ready?" Cole asked.
Phoebe nodded. Grams handed Anna back to Leo and he orbed out.
"Okay, once we vanquish Helena, we head straight to the underworld" Phoebe said. "Once there, we use the cloaking potion and we get in Prue's room. Quickly get the ring and bracelet off of her. If we can, get her out of there right then, if not, we get ready to vanquish the Source"
Everyone nodded.
"Grams, since you can't be in the underworld with us, just focus on everyone up there, okay?" Piper asked.
"Of course" Grams said.
"And if something happens…just please make sure she's taken care of" Piper said. "Don't let the Elders or anyone force her into a life she doesn't want"
"Everything will be fine, I promise" Grams said.
Leo orbed back into the manor.
"Let's go" Leo said. "Helena's still at the club?"
Piper nodded.
"Orb us in the back room, I'll take care of her" Piper said.
Leo nodded and everyone soon found themselves in the back room of P3.
"Wait here" Piper said.
"No, I'll come with you" Phoebe said.
Piper shook her head.
"If she's not suspicious already, then she will be if you come" Piper said.
Piper headed out of the room and saw Helena at the bar.
"Hey Kate" Piper said, smiling.
"Hi Piper, I thought you weren't coming into today" Kate said.
"Yeah, well I wasn't doing much at the manor and there's so much to do here" Piper said.
Kate nodded.
Piper started to flip through some papers.
"Oh, Kate, can you get me something out of the back room?" Piper asked. "I think I left my purse there and it has some of the bills"
"Okay" Kate said.
She headed towards the back. Piper waited a second before following after her. As soon as she opened the door Piper tried to freeze her. As planned, it didn't work. Kate stopped when she saw Phoebe and everyone else in the back room. Piper shoved her into the room and shut the door.
"Don't try shimmering out, you won't be able to" Piper said.
"If you vanquish me, he'll kill her" Kate said.
Suddenly Kate disappeared and Phoebe looked at Piper for a second. Piper saw an energy ball form and quickly froze it.
"Not so powerful without the third sister, are you?" Kate asked.
Piper grabbed a potion and threw it at the spot Kate's voice came from.
"Oops, you missed" Kate said.
Grams waved her hand Kate was sent back into the wall. Her image reappeared and then disappeared for a second.
"Nice try bitch" Kate snarled.
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UNDERWORLD
Prue sat in the chair holding Caleb. He hadn't allowed anyone to place him back in his room in the last day. Eventually Madelia had placed a bassinet in Prue's room. Prue saw Madelia come into her room with at least a dozen guards. Instantly she knew something wasn't right.
"What's wrong?" Prue asked.
"I need you to come with me" Madelia said.
"Where?" Prue asked.
"Now is not the time for questions" Madelia said.
"Well if you want me to actually go with you, you better answer my question" Prue said.
"You're in danger" Madelia said. "You and Caleb both"
Prue looked at Madelia for a second, processing the information.
"Why?" Prue asked.
"There's a small uprising" Madelia said. "We're trying to get it under control"
"What do they want?" Prue asked.
"The Source's line wiped out and restored with one of their own" Madelia said. "And Caleb and you stand in the way. Now hurry and come"
Prue grabbed Caleb's blanket and followed Madelia. Once they were out of the room, they continued walking for a while. Prue noticed how eerie this part of the underworld out. It was darker and it was as if evil filled the place. Prue heard screams coming from the distance. Prue held Caleb close to her chest, her maternal instincts taking control. When a cry for help filled the hallway, Prue had to fight the urge to run in that direction. She saw Madelia watching her curiously. Finally they reached a huge cavern that was dimly lit.
"You'll be safe here" Madelia said.
Madelia walked out of the room and a wall formed where the door had once been. Prue was left alone. Usually she loved being alone without guards or Madelia but something told her something was going very, very wrong.
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P3
Piper picked herself off the ground yet again. It had been an hour and Helena wasn't going down easy. Piper froze another energy ball heading towards Phoebe. She blew up where it came from and finally got a reaction. Helena reappeared and Piper threw down a crystal cage.
"Hurry" Piper said.
They threw potions and recited the spell, praying to god it would work. For a second nothing happened but then Helena started to twitch.
"You don't know what you've just done" Helena said.
Piper and Phoebe watched as Helena exploded.
"Let's go" Piper said.
"Piper, what do you think she meant?" Phoebe asked.
"We don't have time to figure it out" Piper said. "We have to go"
Phoebe nodded.
"Thank you Grams" Piper said.
"Your welcome" Grams said. "Now go, before it's too late"
Cole shimmered everyone into the underworld. Instantly they were greeted with mass chaos. Demons everywhere were killing each other.
"What's going on?" Phoebe asked, alarmed.
"I don't know" Cole said.
A fireball flew towards them and they all ducked.
"Let's get out of here" Piper said.
They fought there way past various demons until they reached a semi quiet place.
"Where do we go?" Phoebe asked.
"Her room is that way" Cole said. "But judging by everything going on, she isn't in there"
"What do you mean?" Piper asked.
"This has to be a rebellion" Cole said. "It's the only time this many demons could turn against each other"
"So the underworld's going to hell?" Phoebe asked.
"And your just in time" the Source said appearing.
Piper and Phoebe's head shot up.
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ROOM WHERE PRUE IS
Prue felt a spark and saw her bracelet glow.
"What the hell?" Prue asked, softly.
She placed Caleb on the ground for a second and pulled on her bracelet. To her surprise it came off. She immediately threw it off onto the ground. She tried to do the same with the ring but it wouldn't budge. She picked Caleb up and looked around. She headed to where the door used to be. She placed her ear against the wall and listened. After a second she pulled away. A billion thoughts were racing through her head. Should she try to escape? If the bracelet was off something happened and she knew her sisters had something to do with it. She had to help them.
"Caleb" Prue said. "Come on buddy, help Mommy out here"
"I wouldn't do that if I were you" Madelia said, shimmering into the room.
Prue jumped and turned around.
"You really think we wouldn't catch on to what your sisters were doing? Don't worry, the Source is taking care of them" Madelia said.
"No, please" Prue pleaded. "Don't hurt them"
Madelia laughed.
"How many chances did we give them to keep living their lives?" Madelia asked. "We can't have them interfering in everything"
"They won't, just let me talk to them, please" Prue said. "I'll make them go away, please"
Prue's voice was wavering; she couldn't let her sisters be killed.
"Don't worry, my queen" Madelia said, with an evil glint in her eye. "You won't have to live without them long. Once the Source kills them, the rebellion will grow stronger. He'll be executed, killing you and Caleb along with him"
Realization hit Prue fast.
"You, you're leading the rebellion!" Prue exclaimed, angrily.
"And I thought you were the smart one" Madelia said.
Prue started backing away from Madelia.
"I won't kill you yet" Madelia said, smiling. "Don't worry"
Prue looked at Madelia, praying for someway to get out of there. Suddenly, she felt the familiar sensation of shimmering and she soon found herself in the middle of a battle. Instantly energy balls and fire balls were being sent in her direction. Caleb formed a shield around the two of them and Prue ran away from the battle. She noticed demons following her. She turned around and used her telekinesis to throw them back. Suddenly demons started exploding around them. She looked down at Caleb and noticed his eyes had turned dark.
"No, you're not evil" Prue said. "You're not evil"
Caleb's eyes returned back to normal and Prue kept running. She had no idea where to go. Her sisters had to be down here, but where would they be? Her room! But where was it.
"Caleb" Prue said. "Shimmer Mommy outside her room"
Caleb did as he was told and Prue found herself facing two dozen guards.
"Shit" Prue muttered.
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Piper was now being held by the throat by one of the many demons the Source had brought with him. She saw Leo lying on the floor and prayed that it wasn't a darklighter that had put him there. To her right, Phoebe was fighting off a group of demons with Cole by her side. Phoebe turned to see Piper and tried to run over to help. Piper saw and energy ball go flying towards her sister and tried to scream out but she couldn't. At the last second Cole shoved Phoebe out of the way. Phoebe watched in horror as Cole fell to the ground, bleeding. She paused only for a second before running towards Piper. Meanwhile Piper continued to struggle to get free. Her vision started to fade as she struggled to breathe. Finally she pulled her hand free and blew the demon up. She fell to the ground coughing. Phoebe made it over to her and picked her up. Demons now surrounded them.
"I love you" Phoebe said, holding onto Piper's hand.
"I love you too" Piper said.
They started taking on as many demons as they could but it became clear they were in a losing battle. Piper found herself separated from Phoebe again and began looking around. Her heart sunk as she found her sister lying on the ground, a knife in her chest.
"No" Piper said, tears filing her eyes. "No, not again, no"
Suddenly every demon in the room blew up, leaving only Piper, Phoebe, Cole, Leo, and the Source. Piper looked at the Source who also looked surprised. Out of a shadow stepped Prue. Piper almost didn't recognize her. Her hair was long, her skin was pale, and she had a long scar stretched across her right cheekbone. In her arms was a boy the same age as Anna, Caleb, Piper presumed.
"Ah, I should've figured you'd find your way here" the Source said. "But you're too late"
The Source threw a fireball at Piper and before anyone could react Piper was thrown against a wall. Prue watched; her face emotionless.
"It's over now, Prue" the Source said. "No one's alive to rescue you anymore"
Prue remained quiet. She started to walk towards her family. A small tear rolled down her cheek as she saw the bodies of the people she loved all laying on the ground, dead. She kissed her son's cheek as more tears poured down her cheeks.
"What are you doing?" the Source asked.
Prue pulled a knife out of the cloak. She wrapped Caleb in her cloak and set him down in the middle her family. She slowly brushed her finger against Caleb's cheek. Then she stood up and looked at the Source.
"If you kill me, you die too" the Source reminded her.
Still silent, she fingered the knife she was holding.
"If you stop now, we can just pretend nothing's happened" the Source said. "If you die, who'll stop demons from killing Anna? You'll be the cause of your children's' murders"
"Well then…I'll see you in hell" Prue said softly.
Prue used her power to send the dagger into the Source's stomach. She felt a sharp pain shoot through her body. She looked down and saw blood trickling from her stomach. The ring on her finger slipped off and fell to the ground. She then fell to the ground by her son, praying to God she had done the right thing.
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REPLIES: I can only imagine how many of you currently hate me. All I can say is…don't form a mob yet, please. I realize that I did kill off every main character except for Anna and Caleb but all will come together. And some of you, who are incredibly intelligent or are psychic, may already know what's going on.
Pudding: But what would be the fun if I didn't point out how retarded it was?
Mony19: Don't worry; I assure you that even though a lot of people died in this chapter, not all will be remaining dead, which is either a good or a bad thing.
I always believed that in the show the sisters never really could be evil because of all that had happened. In this chapter though, you can see Caleb does still have an evil side to him, though he wasn't always using it in an evil way. Thanks for the review!
PaigeMatthews06: Glad you liked the chapter. I enjoyed getting to finally write in some bonding between Caleb and Prue. Unfortunately, the Source didn't get confused and as you can see, it ended up with some bad consequences. Thanks for the review!
PrueTrudeau: Glad you liked the chapter. I'm so happy, I finally got to update this story because I finished all my homework yesterday and I had 3 tests Friday so I have no schoolwork this weekend, yea! I loved writing the last chapter, its fun to write bonding between Prue and Caleb. Well glad you liked the chapter and thanks for the review!
Anajet: Prue definitely won't be letting either of her children go. As of now, I think the happy family is going to have to wait. Thanks for the review!
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Hinormajean: Yeah, Caleb's bond with his mother is really cute, I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for reviewing!
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