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Chapter 14

'Piper!' Leo screamed. He ran over to his ex-wife, tears slipping unbidden from his eyes. She lay crumpled on the floor, gasping for breath as the blood flowed from the bullet hole.

'L…Leo?' she croaked, trying to make out his face. Her eyelids were growing heavy, and she couldn't see clearly anymore.

'Hold on Piper,' Leo whispered. 'I'll heal you.'

He placed his hands over her wound, and waited for it to start healing. But his power didn't work.

Paige had backed up against the wall, her hand over her mouth. She had never seen so much blood before, and had certainly never been in this situation before. She felt confused, scared and upset.

Phoebe, meanwhile, had hurried over to Piper too, and was crouched by her sister's other side, grasping the cold hand.

'Leo, heal her,' she pleaded.

'It's not working,' he said, panicked.

Prue had heard the shot, had seen Piper get hit, and had seen Pratt standing there, a gun in his hand. Red-hot anger seared through her mind as she stared back at the man who had tried to kill both of her sisters. The more she stared at him, the angrier she became. She couldn't think properly, couldn't keep a control on her emotions…on her powers. The small flame that was her powers had flared up, burning hungrily like a forest fire, flowing out of her body. She shut her eyes, oblivious to her surroundings.

Paige watched in horror as the eldest Halliwell lost control. Prue's face was lit with a pure white glow, as she concentrated on some hidden thought. And then the ground began to shake. The walls shifted uneasily from side to side. Plaster fell from the ceiling. And the floor was shaking so hard that Paige's hands scrabbled against the wall in an effort to keep herself standing. Prue's powers were causing an earthquake.

Phoebe tried to hold back tears as she gazed down at Piper. Her sister's face was white as a sheet, and she was still gasping for breath.

'Phoebe?' Paige called in a small, scared voice. Phoebe ignored the strange girl that had followed them, and concentrated on her sister. She hadn't even noticed the ground was shaking.

'Leo, heal her!' she urged once again.

'PHOEBE!' Paige yelled out. Phoebe looked up. The girl was pointing to Prue. Phoebe scrambled to her feet, but had difficulty standing due to the fact that the whole building was moving.

'Prue?' Phoebe called out. Prue was standing stock-still. The earthquake, which was wrecking havoc on everything surrounding it, did not even stir a hair upon Prue's head. She was unaffected, staring out through glazed blue eyes.

Leo, meanwhile, cradled Piper in his arms.

'Piper, I'm so sorry,' he whispered as he watched his ex-wife struggle to breath. 'For some reason, I can't heal you.'

His voice choked for a moment, but he continued.

'I'm sorry for everything. I'm sorry for all our arguments. I'm sorry for all the times that I wouldn't listen…and…and I'm so sorry for leaving you. I didn't want to, Piper. You have to believe me. Four years ago, the Elders showed me something important. Something about our future.'

Prue found herself in a corridor full of cells. She saw people caged up, gazing out at her with pleading eyes. Then she turned back to face the way she had come, and saw hundreds of Prues.

I must have astral-projected myself here. But I seem to have copied myself over and over… Somewhere, buried deep under her anger was the rational, clear-thinking Prue. She knew what to do. Running to the nearest cell, she flicked her hand and the door swung open.

'Get out of here!' she screamed at the startled prisoners. Small chunks of the ceiling began to rain down on their heads. Without needing to be told twice, the cell's inhabitants bolted out through the door, not even looking at the hundreds of Prues they were running past. Each and every Prue now copied what Prue herself had done. Cell doors burst open, people streaming out and running for their lives as the building began to collapse around them.

'You see, Piper,' Leo continued. 'The Elders saw your destiny. They saw you, Prue, Phoebe and Melinda all get killed. Something had gone terribly wrong with a vanquish. They told me that if something about our life changed, then that future wouldn't happen. They told me to leave you so that it wouldn't happen…I'm so sorry, Piper. I didn't want to leave you, but losing you altogether would have been worst. I thought that I was saving your life. I didn't know that you'd end up here…'

The walls had begun to crumble. Paige stumbled forwards, arms covering her head in an attempt to stop the onslaught of falling stones. She made her way towards Phoebe, who was screaming at Prue.

'Prue, stop it! Prue, what's happening?' Phoebe's voice was as loud as she could make it, but it was still difficult to hear her over the rumble of the earthquake. She didn't dare touch her older sister. There was a glow emanating off of Prue, and Phoebe could feel the waves of power coming from her.

'Phoebe!' Paige shouted. 'If we don't get out now, we'll be crushed! The building's about to collapse.'

Paige's hopes of having a family were rapidly disappearing as she glanced frantically at the chaos around her. Prue seemed to have completely lost control of her powers, Phoebe was frozen to the spot, and Piper was…

Oh god, Piper! Paige remembered.

'All I wanted was for you and Melinda to live, and be happy. I hoped that you would get over me, and stop feeling the pain. I never did…I just locked it away.'

'L…Leo?' She couldn't see him, but she could hear his voice. He seemed so far away.

'I'm right here, Piper,' he soothed. 'I won't leave you ever again. I promise.'

'I…feel…cold.' She managed to gasp out. Tears fell from Leo's eyes as he watched her, desperately trying to get his powers to work.

'Come on!' he yelled at no one in particular. 'Work, dammit!'

'I love you,' Piper whispered.

'No, Piper, no!' Leo yelled. 'Piper, please!'

But she didn't reply. He cradled her head, and leant down to kiss her forehead.

'I love you too.'

And a burst of bright light shot from his hands.

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