I'm really sorry it's been so long since I've updated.
There will be more on Phoebe and Ryan I just have to get this plotline out of the way.
"Something's wrong with Prue" Andy said. "I can feel it"
He started running towards the back room and Piper, Leo, Phoebe, and Ryan followed. When they entered the room Prue was lying on the ground, a cut on her head and a cut on her abdomen. The demon had already left. Andy hurried over to Prue.
"Hurry and heal her" Andy said.
Leo kneeled by Prue and started to heal her.
"What's taking so long?" Piper asked.
"Ryan, some help here" Leo said.
Ryan kneeled down and also started to heal Prue. After a couple minutes Prue sat up coughing. She kept coughing for a few minutes.
"What took so long?" Piper whispered in Leo's ear.
"She almost died" Leo said.
Piper exchanged a worried look with Phoebe.
"Are you okay?" Andy asked worried.
"Yeah" Prue said. "I was just catching my breath"
"Prue, you almost died" Piper said. "That wasn't catching your breath"
"I didn't almost die" Prue said. "It was just a couple cuts"
"Then why did it take Ryan and Leo four minutes to heal you?" Phoebe asked.
"I wasn't dying" Prue said. "Now help me get up"
Andy and Leo helped Prue stand up. Prue started coughing again.
"Did you guys heal everything?" Piper asked concerned.
Leo was about to heal Prue again.
"I'm fine" Prue said pushing his hand away.
"Maybe you should go to a doctor" Phoebe said.
"No" Prue said. "I just need to get home"
"Prue look at your ankle, at least let them heal that" Piper said.
"It's a little sprain at the most" Prue said.
"You are too stubborn for your own good" Phoebe said.
Prue sighed.
"I'm going to the car" Prue said.
"Let me help you" Andy said.
Everyone went to the car and drove back to the manor.
"You need to go to bed" Andy said. "No arguing whatsoever"
Prue started to cough a little.
"That is it, Prue" Phoebe said. "Let Leo try to heal you again"
Prue stopped for a second.
"Ow" Prue said. "Something's wrong with the baby"
Leo quickly healed the baby and finished healing Prue.
"You were still bleeding" Leo said.
Prue was quiet.
"I'm going to go to bed" Prue said.
"Wait" Phoebe said. "First you need to tell us what that demon looked like"
"Blue and big" Prue said.
She turned and went upstairs. When she got into her room she sat down and cried. Paige appeared behind her.
"Prue" Paige said.
"I really don't want to talk right now" Prue said. "I'm sorry Paige"
"I've been sent to help you through the next few weeks" Paige said.
"Why?" Prue asked.
"I came to talk to you" Paige said innocently.
"You've always sucked at lying. What's the real reason you're here?" Prue asked.
"This baby is somehow supposed to be important to the greater good" Paige said. "The Elders don't want you working on demon cases for awhile. Basically, I'm your fill-in until you can fight demons"
"Are you crazy?" Prue asked. "I'm not taking a break from everything"
"You have to" Paige said.
"But there's nothing wrong with me fighting demons" Prue said. "The twins are special and I fought demons while I was in labor with them. That's another thing, why do I get stuck with all the special children that demons want to kill?"
"Because there's something important that Piper and Phoebe don't have" Paige said.
"What? What do I have that they don't?" Prue asked.
"A mortal husband" Paige said.
"Wouldn't that make the kids weaker?" Prue asked confused.
"Does it make you guys weaker?" Paige asked. "People are mistaken when they say humans are weak. The truth is they're the strongest. They fight with their heart and their instincts. They don't think about power, they think about love"
"But you've seen what happens when humans love" Prue said. "They get hurt"
"No…" Paige said.
"Yes…" Prue said. "I've seen it"
"You've felt it" Paige said. "But that's not what happens, you just have to wait and see"
Prue looked up at Paige.
"You're going to make me talk to you, aren't you?" Prue asked.
Paige smiled.
"Maybe" Paige said. "Okay, yes…what's wrong?"
"Nothing Paige" Prue said smiling. "I'm fine"
"Really, cause sobbing isn't really what I consider fine" Paige said.
"It was hormones" Prue said.
"Yeah right" Paige said.
"Listen, I don't want to talk" Prue said. "To anyone"
"Okay, I can handle that" Paige said. "But the Elders don't want you pulling any of what you were doing to night. You're not invincible, nobody is"
"I know that" Prue said. "You can take Andy's and my bed tonight; we've come to expect visitors so we invested in a pull out sofa"
"I can take the pull out sofa" Paige said. "You two keep your bed"
"Andy and I aren't going to let you do that" Prue said. "We'll find a more permanent spot for you in the morning"
"Phoebe was right, you are too stubborn for your own good" Paige said.
"And I'm about to get really grumpy if one more person tells me I'm stubborn" Prue said.
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TWO HOURS LATER.
"Everyone has gone to bed and is comfortable" Prue said coming into the living room.
"And after a long battle, I have pulled out the couch" Andy said.
Prue laughed.
"Now we have to fit me, the baby, and you on it" Prue said.
"I think we can manage it" Andy said.
"First, I'm going to go check on the kids" Prue said.
"Do you want me to come with you?" Andy asked.
"If you want" Prue said.
"Sure" Andy said.
They went upstairs to the girls' room. Prue opened the door a crack. The girls had fallen asleep by each other and Aidan was lying with them.
"We should move Andrea back to her bed and Aidan" Prue whispered. "They must have all snuck in here after we left."
"Sounds like something they'd do" Andy said.
"It's what Phoebe, Piper, and I did" Prue said.
Andy went over and carefully picked Andrea up. He was about to lay her on her bed when she sleepily opened her eyes.
"I stay by Ava" Andrea said sleepily.
"No, you can sleep in your own bed" Prue whispered.
"Mommy, you're okay" Andrea said.
Prue looked at Andy.
"Why would you think something was wrong?" Prue asked.
"We felt it" Ava said waking up. "The connection"
"What connection?" Prue asked confused.
"It almost broke" Andrea said.
"Girls, what connection are you talking about?" Andy asked.
"Our family" Ava said. "That's why Aidan's in here, he felt it too"
"Mommy" Aidan said waking up.
"It's okay" Prue said picking him up. "I'm okay"
Just then the baby kicked and Aidan jumped.
"What was that?" Aidan asked scared.
"It was just the baby" Prue said.
Aidan looked at Prue's stomach and was about to put his hand on it. He looked up at Prue.
"Here" Prue said taking Aidan's hand.
She placed it on her stomach.
"This is your little brother or sister's head" Prue said. "And this…"
Prue moved his hand.
"This is their foot" Prue said.
Aidan looked really confused. Prue and Andy laughed.
"Why don't all of you go back to sleep" Prue said. "Here Aidan, I'll go put you in your room"
Prue stood up and picked Aidan up.
"Me say nighty night first" Aidan said.
Prue smiled.
Andy tucked Ava and Andrea into their beds. Prue brought Aidan over to Andrea.
"Nighty night" Aidan said.
"Night- night Aidan" Andrea said.
Prue and Andy kissed Andrea good night. Then they went over to Ava and did the same. They closed their door and took Aidan to his room. After they kissed him good night they went back downstairs.
"That was weird" Andy said.
"Very" Prue said.
They laid down and tried to fall asleep.
"I can't sleep" Prue said after a couple minutes. "This kid is playing soccer with my kidney"
"I can't sleep either" Andy said. "I can feel the kid moving"
Prue and Andy sat up.
"You'd think it would realize it's nighttime" Andy said.
"I'm hungry" Prue said getting up. "Do we have chocolate covered pretzels?"
"White or milk chocolate?" Andy asked.
"Both" Prue said. "And do we have chip dip?"
"Please tell me those two things aren't going to go together" Andy said.
"What do you think?" Prue asked.
"I think I'm disgusted" Andy said.
Prue and Andy went into the kitchen.
"We should find that demon in the Book of Shadows" Andy said. "Piper and Phoebe were too tired to concentrate"
"What to do when you and your husband can't sleep…research demons" Prue said.
She grabbed a bag of chips and some apple sauce.
"I thought you wanted chocolate covered pretzels and chip dip?" Andy asked.
"I changed my mind" Prue said. "Let's go look for that demon"
They quietly went up to the attic. Prue brought the book over to the couch and they sat down. After flipping through it for about ten minutes they found the demon they were looking for.
"Shax" Prue said. "Upper level demon. One of the Source's hired assassins. Very strong, controls wind. Immune to normal witches' powers. Could possibly be vanquished with power of three spell"
"Whoever wrote that wasn't exactly confident in that vanquish" Andy said.
"No kidding" Prue said. "Could possibly? This isn't exactly a demon I want to try something out on"
"Let me remind you that you aren't supposed to be fighting demons" Andy said.
"You want me to let my sisters fight the demon that almost killed me without my help" Prue said. "Paige technically doesn't count as the power of three"
"Maybe the Elders did something about that" Andy said. "All I know is that they saw something and for some reason they don't want you fighting demons"
"The Elders always don't want us to do something" Prue said. "And we never listen"
"But this time they saw something that could harm you" Andy said. "And the baby"
Prue sighed.
"What exactly am I supposed to do when everyone goes on demon hunts?" Prue asked. "Knit booties?"
"No, you do what you always do" Andy said.
"Watch the kids?" Prue said. "Believe it or not, the demon hunts got me away from the kids; they kept me from going insane"
"Fine, I'll watch the kids" Andy said. "You can go shopping or something"
"So while my sisters face death, I can be trying on new clothes" Prue said sarcastically.
"If it got bad enough you could go help them" Andy said.
Prue stood up to put the Book of Shadows on the stand. All of the sudden she dropped the book and bent over.
"Andy" Prue said in pain. "Get me to the hospital right now"
"Leo!" Andy called.
All the adults came running into the attic.
"What's going on?" Piper asked concerned.
"Something's wrong with the baby" Andy said. "She needs to get to a hospital"
Just then someone orbed into the attic.
"She can't go to the hospital" the magical being said. "She'll expose magic"
"Who the hell are you?" Piper asked.
"I'm Gavan, a magical doctor" the person said.
"How do we know you're not a demon?" Phoebe asked.
Just then an Elder orbed in.
"This attic is very crowded all of the sudden" Phoebe said.
"He's working for us" the Elder said. "This baby is very different from the others; if you take it to the hospital it will expose magic"
"I don't care whoever anyone one is just help me" Prue said in pain.
"Get her to the couch" Gavan said.
Andy helped Prue onto the couch.
"Oww" Prue said.
Gavan came over and placed his hand on Prue's abdomen. Immediately the pain was lessened. He waved his hand and a potion appeared in it. He poured some onto her stomach and it was immediately soaked in. Eventually the pain disappeared.
"What did you do?" Prue asked.
"The problem was magical as well as physical" Gavan said. "There is a curse placed on your baby and when your stress went up it was making the curse worse. Now to keep this from harming your baby, I need you to follow these directions. First, every morning you need to drink this"
Gavin had vials of a bluish potion appear in his hand. He handed them to Andy.
"Then you need to be on strict bed rest" Gavan said.
Prue opened her mouth to say something.
"I don't want to hear it" Gavan said. "I've seen how you reacted to being told not to fight demons; I have a feeling that's your reaction now. Third, you will have weekly visits with me"
"We expect that you will follow these rules, Prudence" the Elder said. "This baby is special and we won't risk losing it because of your stubbornness"
Phoebe and Piper smiled at this statement.
"I'll make sure she follows all of this" Andy said.
Prue glared at him.
"Suck up" she said under her breath.
Andy stifled a laugh.
"I'll see you in a week" Gavan said. "Until then, stay off your feet"
Gavan and the Elder disappeared.