CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE

SHAPE CHANGING BACK

Piper lifted her hands up and flicked hard and both demons blew up. She lowered her hands and breathed in deeply and than she looked over at where Paige laid and knew that there wasn't much time. With tears rolling down her checks she rushed over and knelt in front of the bleeding chimpanzee which was her baby ½ sister. "Paigey! Oh God, Paige."

Phoebe had rushed over a second after Piper and she quickly put her hands on the chimpanzee's furry hip. Tears run down her checks as she saw how slow Paige's chest moved up and down. "She's not looking well, look at all that blood. And it keeps on coming."

Piper cried out in fear. "LEO!"

Blue and white lights lit up and Leo appeared he quickly knelt down and held his hands over Paige's head and slowly the pool of blood stopped. But Paige's eyes remained closed and her breathing became raspy. "I can only heal her wound. It's up to her now." He said bringing his hands to rest on his knees.

Piper looked quickly at her ex husband. "Says who!" She demanded.

"The Elders." Leo soft said.

"You are a freaking Elder now, so you can overrule your friends." Piper almost shouted in her anger.

Leo shook his head. "I still don't have full control over whom I am allowed to heal and how much I may heal."

"WHAT!" Both Piper and Phoebe cried out incredibly.

"I'm the newest Elder." Leo said with a shrug.

"Paige is a freaking Charmed One! Don't they freaking realize that if she dies than evil wins." Tears fell freely down Phoebe's face hitting her right hand which was resting on Paige's side.

Chris turned around and glared at Wyatt. "I told you that they would be weaken. Now do you believe me. Change Au ... Paige back!" He watched as his older brother lowered his head. He just couldn't understand how Wyatt couldn't understand how serious matters stood with Paige being a chimpanzee.

"Chris!" Leo turned around with an angry glare. "Don't talk to my son like that."

Chris swung around and opened his mouth to blast Leo, but than his eyes caught sight of Paige and he knew that it wasn't time to drop even more hints on whom he truly was to his parents. No that had to wait until he was conceived. He didn't want Leo backing out of the deal because he was pissed. Chris swallowed the bile in his throat and lowered his head slightly. "I'm sorry. I'm just worried is all. I need Paige to be herself once more so she can help with the search of the demon whom turned Wyatt."

Leo sighed and turned back towards his fallen sister in law who currently was a chimpanzee. He leaned over and carefully put his arms around Paige's small furry body and easily lifted her up and orbed to her bedroom knowing that the others would be coming up behind him.

Piper whom had orbed up with Chris moved over to the bed and pulled the covers back, she backed away slightly so Leo could put Paige on the bed. She watched as he gently lent down and whispered a few words in her ear before he straighten up and backed away himself. She gently pulled the covers up and covered her body. She walked around the bed and climbed in next to her baby ½ sister. "I am going to remain here until she wakes up. Matter of fact I'm going to remain here until Wyatt shape changes her back."

Phoebe walked around the bed and climbed in next to Piper, she moved so she was resting at Paige's feet. "I'm not going any where either." She put her hand to rest on Paige's legs.

Chris brought his hands up to his hair and pushed his slightly longish hair away from his facial plain. He sighed deeply as he felt his breath touch his teeth. "I'll get the crystals. I can at least protect Paige's bedroom in the meantime."

Penny shook her head. "No I think Wyatt has finally made up his mind." She said walking into the bedroom with Wyatt in her arms. She looked down at her great grandson. "Haven't you Wyatt?"

Wyatt nodded and closed his eyes. Everyone kept their eyes on the chimpanzee Paige and in a show of lights the chimpanzee slowly began to form into a human woman, into Paige. Once the lights left there was one huge sigh of relief. It was over ... it was finally over. Paige was Paige once more.

Phoebe smiled with a tear in her right eye as her hand was resting on Paige's right foot. She blinked suddenly as she realized that the crisis has yet to be over with. Paige still had not woken up, matter of fact her baby ½ sister was more paler than what her normal Snow White skin called for.

"It's up to Paige now." Leo said as he felt Phoebe and Piper's eyes on him. "The Elders said because of Paige's mental breakdown, she must find the will to live."

Piper raised her hand to push Paige's red hair away from her eyes, "Paigey I love you, I know I don't say it enough. I always figured that you knew how I felt about you deep down. That your unconditional love for me would carry over mine for you. But I know now that I vocally had to tell you daily ... no secondly that I love you."

Tears ran down Phoebe's eyes as she listened to Piper.

"I know you are scared right now, I don't blame you. I know what it feels like trying to fight a demon when you are not completely yourself or have full use of your powers. But Paigey baby girl, you aren't alone. You have Phoebe and I and we are here to fight along side you and to protect you when you need it." Piper softly said as she leaned down and rested her head on top of Paige's forehead.

Phoebe kept a sharp eye on Paige's face to see if what Piper was saying was getting through to Paige. So far not even a flicker of an eye lid. She continued to pray.

"I know that you are going through a tough time right now because of losing Richard. But baby girl there are a lot of better men out there just waiting to meet you. Your soul mate is out there. He is just waiting for you to get out there so you could finally meet him. But you won't be able to do that if you remain asleep in your bed." Piper softly said knowing that Paige's ear was just an inch away. "I know that you are feeling horrible and you are a very private person. I know that you are very independent and feel that you have to go through this pain alone. But you have sisters and a family now who love you very much and just want to be there for you and help you through this pain."

Paige's eyes began to flicker and Phoebe felt a soft ray of hope that Paige was coming around. While Piper had been talking she had moved her hand off of Paige's feet and moved up to rest just underneath her knee. She squeezed it lightly to let Paige know that she was also there beside her.

Piper turned her head and gently kissed Paige's forehead before she whispered. "I love you Paige, and I always will no matter what. You are my baby sister and I won't lose you." She pulled away and rested her head next to Paige's on the pillow. She closed her eyes.

Phoebe watched her older and her younger sister sleep next to each other for several hours before she herself moved so her head was resting in between Paige and Piper's stomachs as she also closed her eyes and feel asleep.

Chris leaned against the door frame after he had walked down the hallway and simply watched his mother and aunts sleep. He just hoped that when his mother and Aunt Phoebe awoke, Paige would have decided to wake up also.

END CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE