Phoebe crawled out of bed quietly so as not to disturb her sleeping sister, or so she thought sleeping.
"Going somewhere?"
She spun around and met Prues intense blue eyes. She knew she could not get away from the question or the stare her sister was giving her.
"I was just going to go and get the coffee on?"
Prue held her sister gaze before breaking it and getting out of bed. She followed after Phoebe as she made her way down the hallway.
"Prue please. Just let it go for a second will you. I need some time to figure out everything."
"Phoebe. You are not in this alone"
Phoebe stopped in her steps and took in a deep breath before spinning around to face her sister, "I know that Prue! Just let it go right now." She raised her voice more then she would have liked, and as she turned back towards the kitchen she spotted Piper on the stairs. Even from there she could see the look of concern in her caring sisters eyes, both of them.
Prue watched her head for the kitchen and started for her.
"Let her go Prue." Piper said from the stairs.
"Piper?"
"Let her go." She repeated as she finished the last few steps. "You know she needs to work things out first sometimes." Piper took Prues hand and led her away from the kitchen, "Besides I need your help with something." She said trying to get Prues mind off of Phoebe for a moment.
Prue kept looking over her shoulder as Piper pulled her and as Phoebe walked away. "What do you need Sis?" she finally gave Piper her full attention. Glad that at least one of her sisters needed her help.
Prue sat on the couch beside Piper, "What can I help you with?"
"This." Piper handed her a brochure "That came in the clubs mail yesterday."
"Ok, where's the problem?"
"I've been wanting to go to that since I first heard about it back last spring."
"Problem Pipe?"
"With everything going on now with Phoebe. I was thinking."
"Stop. You are going and that is final. In fact." Prue stopped her train a thought for a moment.
"In fact what?" Piper wanted her sister to keep going.
"Well maybe you wouldn't have to worry about us at home. Why don't we all go? It would be like a vacation of sorts for you when you aren't in seminars and stuff. And Phoebe and I can hang out and have some much needed sister time."
Piper sat there stunned at her sisters' suggestion. "You and Phoebe loose together in Las Vegas? Now why does that thought scare me?" she said with a cheeky smile.
Prue returned the smile with one of her own, "Haha." She said as she slapped Pipers leg. "You know the two of us can have fun together without you watching us and playing middle sister you know."
Piper looked again at Prue; "you're serious."
"Yeah. Come it'll be fun. Now whose telling Phoebe?" she asked as she stood up and pulled Piper to her feet.
Phoebe sat at the table staring down into her coffee. She tried to recall any little detail of her premonition from the night before that would help her understand better what was going on. It wasn't that she didn't want to share with her sisters. It was she didn't have a clear picture in her own mind yet.
She heard the laughter coming from the living room, and she could tell it was coming in her direction.
"Phoebe. Guess what?"
She looked at her sisters and wasn't sure she wanted an answer, "What?" she finally asked as she stood and placed her mug in the sink.
"You and I are going with Piper to Las Vegas. Go pack your bags. We leave tomorrow." Prue told her with a smile on her face so large it had to have been contagious.
She didn't know if she should be happy or not.
"Ok but what about.."
"No. No demon talk for a week. We are all going. And we are all going to have fun. There will be no demons and no magic. Got it?" Prue smiled yet glared at her getting her message across to her baby sister. "Got it?" She repeated, worried that Phoebe either wouldn't want to go or that she would but her premonitions would bother her the whole time.
Phoebe thought for a moment, "Ok. Ok I got it." She said with a smile as the three of them hugged.
She hesitated as she looked at the door of the store in front of her. She took in a deep breath before reaching for the handle and pushing open the door. Taking a quick glance around she saw who she was looking for. "Hi Anna isn't it?"
"Hi. Yeah. How can I help you?" She turned and recognized the girl from the other day.
"I was in here the other day with my sister. And I was wondering if you knew who that girl was that was in here the other day. She was about 5'4" curly blonde hair. She had on a SF giants jersey and jeans."
"Um. Yeah that's Marcie."
"Do you know where I can find her? I really need to talk to her."
Anna paused a moment as she looked at the girl before her. There was something in her eyes that she trusted. "Yeah. She is upstairs doing some research. Was there anything I could help you with?"
"Um. No. Thanks. This is something I need to discuss with Marcie." She said as she headed for the stairs.
She stood at the top of the stairs just watching the girl at the computer. "Marcie?"
She looked up at the sound of her name, "Hi."
"Hi. Look you don't know me, but I really need to talk to you." She said as she stepped closer.
"Just tell me if you saw her." Marcie said as she watched the woman get closer, only to have her stop. But the look Marcie saw in her eyes spoke volumes, "you did see her. Was she ok? Please I have to know."
Phoebe watched as tears pooled in her eyes. How did she know? How could she know?
"I'm sorry. I've probably shocked you. See Anna and I are witches too. We both recognized the signs of when a witch is getting a premonition. But from what I saw you are powerful to have reacted as you did."
Phoebe just looked at her but then stepped forwards. "I am. And so are my sisters. But who did I see?"
"I'm hoping you saw my sister. She disappeared over a week ago. Her and some friends had gone on vacation for some R&R. She never came back. The police didn't find anything. They just said she was another runaway. How do you run away at 22? You don't."
Phoebe held Marcie's gaze in her eyes the sorrow of a sister who had lost something.
"She is all I have left. After our mother died it was just the two of us. I raised her and there is no way she would just leave like that."
Phoebe reached over and took her hands in hers, "I'm sorry."
Marcie looked at Phoebe and knew that what Anna had been telling her for the past weeks was true.
"She is isn't she. You saw her die." She felt the tears pool as her heart cried out for the sister she would never hold again.
Anna heard the cries from upstairs and ran up as fast as she could. "Marcie? What is it?" Anna asked as she placed her arm around her friend.
Phoebe wanted to walk away, but she knew she got the premonition for a reason. She was meant to help the girl before her, if only to help her get over her grief. But she knew it was more then that.
"She saw it. I told you she was a witch." Marcie sobbed gently as she pulled back from her friend
Anna looked up to Phoebe, "You saw it?"
"I get premonitions. When I touched her arm the other day it activated my power. Most things are still unclear with what I saw. But I knew it was either going to happen to her or someone close to her. Usually I see the future. But lately I've been able to see into the past as well."
"Was it." Anna wasn't sure how far she should go.
"A demon? I'm pretty sure, seeing as he was practically breathing fire." Phoebe answered. "Look I'm really sorry. I just needed some answers. The more information we have the easier it will be for us to vanquish him."
Anna stood up and a step closer towards Phoebe, "We?"
"My sisters and me."
"Sisters?" Anna asked, wondering if she would get the answer she was thinking of.
Phoebe smiled knowing what the woman was thinking. "The answer to the question you really want to ask is yes. We are." She said, trusting the two women before her.
Marcie looked up more stunned now as she heard the words from Phoebes mouth, "You. You're a Charmed One?"
Phoebe only smiled again. "Yes." She bent down in front of Marcie, "Marcie. Where was your sister when she disappeared? Everything I've seen so far is to dark to tell where they are."
Marcie hesitated but then looked into Phoebes brown eyes. So much love and concern in them. She only saw that in one other place in her life. A place that was no longer there for her to see.
Phoebe held in her gasp as she heard Marcie speak. So once again the Charmed Ones were on the trail of evil as they planned their trip to Las Vegas. A city known for it's gambling and chances. But now to them they could be gambling on their own lives.