I'm really sorry that I haven't updated sooner! I've just been busy busy busy with work…exams are creeping closer!

A/N: Prue's powers of Astral-Projection have evolved as the years have gone by. Her astral self can now use TK, and both 'selves' can be awake at the same time. And the Book of Shadows was, at the time of the flashback, still kept in the manor.

Oh, and I apologise now for the spell! I wrote it really early this morning, and well…it aint very good, let's just say!

Chapter 9

Prue and Piper had sat in silence for the most part of the journey. Piper, whose mind had suddenly come back to the present, half-turned to Prue while keeping her eyes on the road.

'What do you think the deal is with that Paige girl?' she asked her sister. 'Do you really think that she's a whitelighter? I wonder whether Leo found her…'

'Mmmm,' Prue agreed, her mind on other things. She had managed to once again lock those suffocating thoughts away, and now she could think about their present problem with a clearer mind.

Flashback. Prue dropped the phone back down on its cradle. Phoebe possessed? Couldn't the demons think of anything better? She couldn't count the times that one or more of the sisters had been possessed by some sort of evil.

'Anne, I'm going out for a while,' she told her assistant as she marched down the hall. Anne nodded at her employer's back as Prue disappeared out the doors.

'Alright, Pheebs, where are you? She muttered, pulling out her mobile and dialling Phoebe's number.

'No need, I'm right here,' a voice called. Prue spun around and saw Phoebe standing in the alleyway behind her.

'What is it with demons and alleyways?' Prue snorted. Phoebe grinned.

'No-one can hear the screams,' she said with an evil smile. Prue twitched her fingers, and Phoebe flew backwards, hitting the ground. Now she knew that her little sister was indeed possessed. Her powers wouldn't work on her otherwise.

'Ok, why don't you get out of my sister's body before I vanquish your sorry ass!' she snapped. Demon-Phoebe staggered upright, laughing, and pulled a vial from its pocket.

'If I leave her, your sister's body will die,' Demon-Phoebe taunted. 'Her body won't survive without a soul!'

Prue stepped back with shock as Demon-Phoebe advanced.

'Oh yes,' it hissed. 'I can still feel the witch's desires even without her soul.'

The demon's voice took on a conversational air, as it pulled a vial out of its pocket and waved it around.

'Did you know, that while your sister loves you, she's also angry with you? Angry because you're always at work, never having time for your sisters.'

The demon chuckled.

'Well, I suppose all three of you can do some sisterly bonding in the Afterlife.'

Prue saw the hand movement even before the electrical bolts came flying out of Demon-Phoebe's hands. She threw her own hands out and the deadly bolts flew into the walls of the alley. Then she ran. She couldn't risk hurting the demon while it was still in Phoebe's body, or else she could kill her sister too. Instead, Piper was going to have to come up with a vanquish. Prue shut her eyes, and felt a part of her disappear. Then she hurried back to Buckland, shutting herself in her office without a word to anyone.

Her astral self appeared in the attic of the manor.

'Piper?' Astral-Prue called. Piper came hurrying in.

'Prue, what…?'

'No time!' Astral- Prue shot back. 'We need to find this demon!'

The sisters ran to the Book of Shadows, and began to flick through.

'Ok, look for 'soul-stealer' or something like that,' Prue instructed.

'What about him?' Piper pointed to a picture in the book. 'Matchitehew?'

'What is with the name?' Prue shook her head as she leant closer. 'Steals people's souls…takes over their body…yep, this seems about right!'

'The problem is are you going to be strong enough to vanquish him by yourself?' Piper bit her lip. Prue frowned.

'I don't really want to risk it. How soon can you get to Buckland?'

'I'll leave right now.'

Prue astral-projected back into her body. Her other self, which had been pacing the room agitatedly, suddenly felt complete again. She hurried out of the office to wait for Piper outside. It was several minutes before her sister screeched to a halt in her car.

'Get in!' Piper called. 'There are some scrying materials on the back seat.'

Prue hurriedly picked up the crystal and began to scry for Phoebe.

'She isn't far from here,' Prue told Piper, and proceeded give directions to her sister. They finally arrived outside a large gymn.

'Why would the demon come here?' Piper asked in confusion. Prue shrugged.

'Don't ask me to explain the twisted mind of a demon,' she sniffed. They jumped out of the car, Piper clutching a piece of paper with the spell on. They hurried towards the entrance, but before they had gotten very far, Demon-Phoebe came out through the doors.

'Took your time, witches,' it smirked. 'So nice of you both to come. Now I can kill all three of the Charmed Ones quickly and all in one go!

The demon raised its hands.

'Quick!' Prue shouted. She stood shoulder to shoulder with Piper, and they began to chant.

'Evil being from down below,

Leave the body you now possess.

Even though you fight us now,

You will fight without success.'

They repeated it over and over again. The demon began to scream.

'No!!!! Even as you vanquish me, it's too late! I have done what your sister most desired to do!'

Prue and Piper continued to chant. Suddenly, there was a flash of light, and Phoebe dropped to the ground.

'Phoebe!' Piper yelled. She ran to her sister's side. 'Prue, she's not breathing.'

Prue raced over too.

'Pheebs, wake up. Please Phoebe.'

There were hot tears running down her face now. But through the tears she saw something sparkle. The vial had fallen from Phoebe's pocket. She snatched it up, trying to wrench the lid off. Her fingers were trembling so much that she barely had strength. She twitched her finger, and the cap flew off on its own accord. A glittering white mist emerged from the bottle, hovering in the air above them. It hung there for a few seconds before sinking slowly to envelop Phoebe. Their sister gasped.

'Phoebe!' Piper choked with relief. Phoebe groaned and sat up.

'What happened?'

'Oh you know, the usual,' Prue tried to joke. 'You were possessed again.'

'What do you think the demon meant, when it said 'I have done what your sister most desired to do'?' Piper questioned.

Prue opened her mouth, but before she could answer, the sisters were approach by two policemen.

'Miss?' one directed at Phoebe. 'We would like to ask you some questions.'

Prue came back to the present as she felt the car stop.

'We're here,' Piper said, climbing out. The sign was written in large white letters: Hobart State Penitentiary.

So I'm sorry to all you Paige fans, because for the last three chapters, she hasn't really appeared…but she will have a big bit in the next chapter, I promise!

Oh, and if anyone is wondering, the demon's name is North American for 'he with an evil heart'.

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