First off, my sincerest apologies about the wacked-up appearance of yesterday's chapter. Not to worry, though--it's been fixed! Thank you again to all who have been reading / reviewing. Here's a new piece for you. Happy Reading!

PART THREE: "Without you, how can we possibly..."

But the voice of reason kept resounding in Phoebe's head, sounding just like her big sister. "And if you hadn't fallen in love with Cole, you wouldn't have gone after him when The Source took him. You would've had no reason to go to the Underworld and Leo wouldn't have gone after you, where he couldn't heal you or your sisters! It's all your fault!" and her big sister's words came back to haunt her: "You love him more than you love your sisters or the innocents we could've saved."

"No! No! That can't be true! It can't!"

But suddenly another voice went through her head, her lost sister's:

Start Flashback (Episode 2.17 How To Make A Quilt Out Of Americans)

Piper: All right, I'm only doing this for you guys and if I get killed, I'm gonna haunt the both of you forever.

End Flashback

"NO!" Phoebe screamed, even louder than before. "NO!"

Suddenly she realized where she was--P3. Piper's club. Without even thinking about it, her subconscious brought her to the place that meant her lost sister more than any other.

She slammed on the brakes, jumped off her bike, letting it fall as she ran to the door, unlocking it and running down the stairs. She looked around, at the bar, at the tables, at the stage. Everywhere she looked, she could see her sister, she could see her sister doing all the things she always did here, the things that Piper would never do here again.

"NO!" she screamed as she dropped to the floor and began to sob. "I'm so sorry, Piper! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to put Cole before you, before Prue, or before the innocents! I didn't! I didn't! Really I didn't!" Tears of despair streamed down her cheeks and splashed onto the floor. "It's not my fault because I didn't mean to! I really didn't mean to. What will I do without you? What will Prue and I do without you? Without you, how can we possibly survive? You were the only one who could keep us from killing each other. Who will stop us now?"

Suddenly there was the strong sound of wind and a tornado-like thing crashed through the door, startling the lone figure sitting on the floor.

"No!" Phoebe screamed as she sprang up and rapidly backed her way toward one of the exits.

"NO!" she screamed louder as the tornado turned into Kernus, the demon who killed her sister, who killed The Power of Three. With an evil smirk, he waved his hand and Phoebe felt herself flying, just like Piper did when she crashed through the wall; just like Prue did when Phoebe almost lost her.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! LEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOO! COOOOOOOOOLE! PRUUUUUUUUUUUUE!"

No sooner did these last few syllables leave her mouth than her world turned black.

A quick glance at Phoebe's unconscious form on the floor satisfied Kernus that he'd accomplished his goal. Smirking to himself, he returned to his tornado form and swirled out the door.

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