Wow, I am so so sorry for the almost two month delay. Sadly the only excuse I have is that I've been very busy with school. I did wait until I had the next chapter written to post this, though, so you won't have a long intermission in between them.
Prue, Piper, and Leo orbed into the attic. Prue set Anna's carrier by the book and started to flip through it.
"So" Piper said. "How are we going to do this?"
"No idea" Prue said. "He'll know our every move"
"So we don't do what he's anticipating" Piper said.
"And that'll be what he's anticipating" Prue said.
"Prue, we have to get Phoebe, and the sooner we do; the better" Piper said.
"Well then we should just orb down there and fight" Prue said.
"Because suicide is really going to help" Piper said.
"Well we'll have the element of surprise" Prue said.
"Prue, your powers aren't working right now and even if they were, we'd still be killed" Piper said.
"So what do you suggest we do?" Prue asked, irritated.
"Phoebe had a spell to vanquish the Source" Piper said. "If we can get to Phoebe, then we can use it"
"And how are we going to get through the thousands of demons guarding her?" Prue asked.
"Maybe if we bring Anna? She's been able to sense you and go straight to you before, maybe she can go straight to Phoebe" Piper said.
"No way, I am not bringing her in the Underworld" Prue said.
"What if she's our only chance?" Piper asked. "When Phoebe asked me to bring Anna into the Underworld to save you, I said no, just like you. But she saved all of us, Prue. She and Caleb are stronger now than we will ever be"
"She's a baby, Piper" Prue said.
"I know, but we would do everything to protect her" Piper said. "She could stay with Leo at all times"
"I can't risk losing her too, Piper" Prue said.
"Well what about Phoebe, Prue?" Piper asked. "Can you risk losing your sister?"
"How can you even ask me that?" Prue asked, angrily.
"Because you abandoned us, Prue!" Piper exclaimed. "We did everything to get you back and then you just left!"
"I did what was best for all of us" Prue said, raising her voice.
"How was that the best thing? We're your sisters, Prue" Piper said, with tears in her eyes. "We can help you with this"
"We will talk about this later" Prue said. "Right now we need to find Phoebe and Cole"
Piper turned to Leo who had remained quiet this entire time.
"Got any ideas?" Piper asked.
Leo shook his head, knowing the sisters needed to figure this out themselves.
"Okay, the longer we wait, the smaller our chances of finding her are" Piper said.
"That might not be true" Prue said. "He could be waiting for us…"
"Well the Source isn't the most patient demon in the Underworld" Piper said. "So either way we need a plan fast"
They were quiet for a second.
"You said Phoebe had a spell to vanquish the Source, didn't you?" Prue asked. "When I was pregnant?"
"Yeah, it was a power of three spell with a little extra kick" Piper said.
"Why don't we use that?" Prue asked. "If we can just get to Phoebe then we should be able to use it"
"I don't know where she put it" Piper said. "She had it when we went into the Underworld, but I don't know what she did with it after that"
"You check here, I'll check her room" Prue said.
Piper nodded. Prue glanced at Anna.
"You can take her with you" Piper said.
"Actually, can you watch her" Prue said to Leo.
He nodded and Prue left the room. Prue headed into her sister's room and started looking through some drawers. She looked through a small box where Phoebe kept various little spells. After that she went through all of the papers in her desk. She lifted up a box and a crumpled paper fell to the floor. Prue bent over and picked it up.
I don't even know why I'm writing this. I haven't written in a journal since I was twelve. I guess I'm just hoping writing this will help me sort some things out. You see, I just found out my sister's pregnant with the Source's child. Not something that you deal with everyday, huh? Then again, we don't lead normal everyday lives.
I guess the major thing I'm feeling right now is fear. Not that I'll ever admit that to Piper or Prue. I won't have to, they'll already know. They always know how I'm feeling, even when I don't even know myself, especially Prue. Sometimes I wonder which one of us is the psychic. I don't know what I'd do if I ever lost her. I can't imagine what would've happened if the Source hadn't brought her back to life. Now I just wonder what's going to happen. What if something goes wrong with the pregnancy? What happens to Prue when the baby's born? How can we protect her from something no one's ever experienced?
She's everything to me. I love both of them but with Prue it's so different. It's like when everything is going completely to hell, all I have to do is fall into her arms and everything's all better. All my life I've wanted to be like her. She's so strong. She's able to love this baby already and she doesn't even know if completely demonic or not. I pray to God that love won't get her hurt and I'm going to do everything to protect her and the baby. I love her so much.
Tears rolled softly down Prue's cheeks. She had failed her sister. She wasn't strong, she was weak. She couldn't handle all of this and because of it, her baby sister was in the Underworld facing god knows what. But she was going to change that. She was going to go get her and bring her back if it was the last thing she did.
"Prue" Piper said, coming into the room. "I found the spell"
Prue nodded and they headed back into the attic.
"Now we just need to find a way to get to Phoebe" Piper said.
"Already taken care of" Prue said. "We can take Anna"
"Prue…"
"No, you were right" Prue said. "She's stronger than we are. She'll be able to get us straight to Phoebe so we can say the spell"
"Prue, I didn't mean…"
"I know taking Anna down there is a risk" Prue said. "But it's one I have to take. I can't lose Phoebe"
"Alright" Piper said. "But Leo will have to come with us. Once Anna gets us to Phoebe, he can take her up there"
"Fine" Prue said. "So it's settled"
Piper nodded. She headed to a table and started putting some vials filled with potions in small bags.
"What are those for?" Prue asked.
"Just about everything" Piper said. "The darker colors mimic your telekinesis and my powers. The red ones kill lower level demons. The light blue ones make you invisible. The pink one turns whoever it's thrown at into a toad"
"You're kidding me" Prue said.
"I wish I were" Piper said, smiling. "Phoebe made it a little while ago for kicks. I thought we might as well throw it in here"
Prue smiled and Piper looked at her for a second.
"What?" Prue asked.
"Nothing" Piper said.
It was quiet for a second.
"We should get going" Piper said.
Prue nodded and picked up Anna.
"Alright baby girl" Prue said. "If you feel threatened you get out of there, okay?"
Anna stretched and yawned. Prue smiled sadly and turned to Leo and Piper. Piper handed her a potion bag. She grabbed Leo's hand and then held onto Prue's arm.
"Anna, take us to Aunt Phoebe" Prue said.
Prue felt a tingly sensation come over her body and she then found herself looking at a dimly lit room. There was a small cage and Prue could see Phoebe lying in it. A trickle of blood was falling from a small gash in her head. Prue and Piper hurried over to the cage. Piper found the door and tried to blow it up. Instead it just left a small dent.
"Okay, that didn't work" Piper said.
She grabbed another potion and was about to throw it when an energy ball went sailing past her head. She jumped and turned around.
"Cole?" Piper asked, surprised.
Instead of responding he threw another energy ball.
"What the hell are you doing?" Piper asked, diving out of the way.
"He's working for me" a demon with fiery red hair said, coming into the room. "So it is true, catch one Charmed One, and the other two will follow"
Piper glanced at Prue who was staring intensely at the demon.
"And what do we have here?" the demon asked. "One of the legendary offspring of the eldest Charmed One and the Source"
"Who are you?" Prue asked.
The demon laughed.
"I'm someone who knows getting rid of the Charmed Ones will solve a lot of problems" the demon said. "Belthazor, kill them"
Cole grinned and shifted into his demonic form. Prue handed Anna to Leo.
"Get her out of here" Prue said.
"Prue…"
"Now!" Prue exclaimed.
Leo orbed out with Anna and Prue returned to Piper's side. Cole started throwing multiple energy balls and the sisters dodged out of the way.
"Prue" Phoebe said.
Prue turned and saw Phoebe standing outside her cage now. In front of her was a large demon made of rocks. Phoebe ran towards Prue just as the demon threw a large boulder at her. Prue saw the red haired demon standing on the sidelines smirking.
"Prue, what the hell is going?" Phoebe asked, jumping as a green demon with scales popped out of no where.
"This is someone's idea of a sick little game" Prue said, eyeing the red haired demon.
Piper blew up a demon and ran over to join her sisters.
"Call me captain obvious, but I don't think this is the Source's doing" Piper said. "This isn't exactly his style"
"I agree" Prue said. "I say we divide and conquer"
Each sister went off and started fighting various demons. As Prue finished off her last one, she saw Phoebe talking to Cole, or more accurately, Belthazor.
"This isn't who you are, Cole. You're not a demon, you're a good person" Phoebe said.
Prue watched as Belthazor stared into her sister's eyes. Before Phoebe could react he formed an energy ball.
"No!" Prue exclaimed.
She ran and pushed Phoebe out of the way, taking the full force of the energy ball. Phoebe watched as her sister hit the wall and then fell to the ground.
"No" Phoebe said, running to her sister.
Phoebe knelt down beside Prue. Piper ran towards them and watched as Phoebe checked for a pulse.
"Phoebe" Piper said, with tears in her eyes. "Phoebe, she's okay right?"
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REPLIES: Yup, I leave you waiting for 2 months and then I leave you with a cliffhanger…man I'm mean, lol. Here's the deal, me personally replying to all the reviews isn't going to make much sense now. Most of you probably don't even remember what you said in the last review. So I vote we start with a clean slate and I promise I'll reply in the next chapter. However I will dedicate this chapter to RIP GG AND VM, charmedchick34, Lizardmomma, Jorden's Prayla, MJLS, and Brittany, my wonderful faithful reviewers. And a special dedication to my newest reader/reviewer, rosebudjamie, glad you like the story and thanks for reviewing!
