She sat on her bed thinking of what had happened earlier upstairs. She loved that her powers had grown over a year ago, but she wasn't to happy with the results it sometimes came with. Her eyes fell involuntarily to the picture on her bedside table. She wasn't sure what was going on, but she knew it was Prue she saw, in her own version of Hell. The only thing she couldn't figure out was how Prue was there. And the there, she didn't even know where there was.
The soft knock at the door brought her out of her thoughts as she looked up. She knew who it was. It was the same person that had come to her room for 28 years whenever she was upset or something was bothering her.
"Hey you. Feeling any better?" Piper made her way to her sisters' bed and sat on the side. Placing a hand on Phoebes leg letting her know that no matter what, she was there as she had in the past.
"Yeah. Good thing for me Leo is still around to heal." Phoebe attempted at a joke, but she lost the out take as she looked at her sister.
"Yeah." Piper smiled weakly wishing it had not come to the point where they needed to call Leo to heal Phoebe instead of Chris. "So you wanna tell me what happen?" her words where soft and yet almost demanding.
Phoebe looked at Piper and then cast her eyes back to the picture she had been starring at all night. Reaching out she took it in her hands. "I'm not even sure myself."
Piper watched her younger sister carefully, trying to gage her emotions and her thoughts. "Well just tell me what you think happened and we'll go from there." she requested. She couldn't get past the pain she had seen on Phoebes face when she entered the attic. So raw. Even now as she looked at an old picture ofthe three of them.
Piper tried a different approach, "Phoebs I know what ever it was you saw hurt you, but you can't keep it from us. Paige and I have a right to know what you saw. Especially if it is connected to our magic and we can help."
"That's just it Piper. I'm not really sure what I saw. It happened so fast and then I got hit." She knew she was at the point that she would have to tell Piper what was going on.
"Just tell me and we'll figure out the rest." Piper assured her as she took Phoebes hands in hers. Holding them tight enough so she couldn't pull away, but not enough to hurt.
He paced back and forth wanting to get his revenge, but wanting to get what she had. All he had to do is get his hands on that one soul and the revenge would be his. Yet he knew that was the one she would never give up. She had missed it five years ago and now that she finally had it, she would not part with it easily. However, he needed it to get the other; The one that betrayed all of them. the one responsible for his death.
He swore before time, to always serve one Master. Over the times of his years that Master had changed many times, but he always felt a special bond to them no matter. They set out to destroy goodness and that was all that truly mattered. Until the last one. He had loved a witch and died at her hands.
Now all that he knew and had fought for, was in chaos. Demons fighting demons, all trying to gain the upper hand. All trying to gain back what they all thought was theirs. He knew however there was only one person that could fill the throne that now sat empty. He just needed their magic to accomplish what he needed. To find the true heir to the throne of the underworld and when he did, they would all pay for their betrayal.
Paige walked in the Manor to find Phoebe and Piper sitting in the conservatory as Wyatt slept in his playpen. "Hey guys."
"Hey. Any luck with work?"
Paige sat in the wicker chair across from her sisters. "No. Nothing. I still don't know why every time I go to a temp job it becomes a supernatural show down of some sort." She closed her eyes a moment before opening them up and really looking at her sisters. Something was up. "What? What happen? Phoebe didn't have another vision did she."
"No I didn't. I'm still reeling from the last one thank you very much." Phoebe replied looking over at her younger sister. "Trust me, I for one am none to pleased about the way my premonition power grew. I mean, it hurts like hell."
Piper placed her hand on Phoebes lap, "Not to mention we need to figure out a way to keep you safe from getting hurt from those same premonitions. Chris can't heal you, and Leo can't always be around."
"So what happened Phoebe?" Paige asked not really sure if it was something that Piper and Phoebe might have already discussed.
Phoebe held Paige's look a moment, before turning slightly to see Pipers face. She knew both her sisters were anxious for her to tell them, but what she saw that scared her. She wasn't sure if it was real or what it was.
"I'm still unsure, because it doesn't make sense. I mean Grams or Mum would have told us right? I mean why would they keep that from us?"
Piper tried to keep up with Phoebe and saw Paige doing the same, "Phoebe?"
"I mean they have been here plenty of times since. Why wouldn't they just tell us, unless what I saw wasn't real."
"Phoebe." Piper tried again to get her sisters babbling down.
"But it felt so real it had to be real." Everything just kept flowing out of her mouth she didn't even stop for air.
Piper finally took both her sisters hands in hers and squeezed them just enough to hopefully break her cycle. "Phoebe! Slow down. What are you talking about?"
The words came out quietly, "The Soul Collector." she looked at Piper, "She has Prues soul."
She glared at the men before her. How had this even happened? How could a witch get that close to them?
"Where is she now?" her voice was filled with venom. A tone they all knew well.
"Out of sight."
"Not the answer I was hoping for. Tell me where she is."
"We have placed her back in the crystal." One dared to finally speak the truth. It was something that happened to all the slaves when they got out of hand or to hide them from other demons searching for their own slaves.
She didn't even look up at the man who had spoken. Many a demon would be after that one soul, but that was the one she was not letting go of at any cost. In fact from what she heard, she was close to receiving another.
"Let her out."
"Mistress. I do not think that wise."
"No, the problem is you do not think!" in a wave of her hand the flames consumed him. "Now let her out." She stated. "I have a plan that might just prove very rewarding."
Each one looked from one to the other and then back. They were not even certain what she was thinking, no one ever did. Some of them had served the former Source. At his death they all thought themselves free, but some demons were meant for serving others. It was them there now, that served her. Yet deep inside, they all wanted revenge against those that had vanquished their former master.
"I have a plan that I know you will all go along with. As it will give you a chance to revenge the Sources death at the hands of the Charmed Ones. Especially one." her voice was solid with confidence. She knew some of her servants would want revenge for their former master's demise. "All we need is her as bait, and at least one will come. And when she does." She took in their faces, each ready for any chance for revenge, "I take her soul when she dies in her premonition. And then, you can have her."
"Then you know who will come?" one asked fearing her wrath but not totally. There was something in her voice.
"I do. And when she does, she will be the one you all want." She held their eyes to hers a moment longer knowing how they would react when she told them. "The one that in the end betrayed him for her sisters." she cast her eyes taking them all in, she knew what and whom they all wanted, "I will deliver you his queen."
