Phoebe looked around warily at the cavern that Paige had orbed them to. She turned to look at her sisters and said in a near whisper "Ok, looks like the coast is clear. So Paige can you sense them?"
"Umm kinda, I mean yes, but they are moving. Dammit I think that the Gathian are taking them to the priestess now, maybe there is some preparation for the ceremony or something" Paige said sounding nearly frantic with worry.
"Alright then we have to get to them now, we just follow them to the final destination and interrupt at the best moment, vanquish the sorry asses of anyone near and get the hell out of here" Piper said.
"That's the whole plan?" Phoebe said in disbelief
"Well I don't see you coming up with a better one, and there really is not time to think a lot about this, we need to find them before they become unreachable" Piper snapped back.
"Alright, so Paige do you think you can orb us to them?" Phoebe asked.
"Ya, but lets hurry, I think they are close, my hold on them is becoming fuzzy" Paige said quickly. And just as quickly she grabbed her sister's arms and orbed them to their destination.
They were in another cavern, which basically looked exactly the same as the last. "I have really got to get the number for their decorator" Phoebe said sarcastically. Piper shot her a look to shut up. And just in time, seconds later they heard several low voices talking and coming nearer to them. Phoebe grabbed both her sisters' arms and dragged them into a niche in the cave to hide them. And only just in time, just as she finished pulling Piper in, the demons came through. And they were carrying a large metal cage, which held all three of Paige's children, and they weren't moving. Phoebe lunged and grabbed Paige just as she tried to leap out at the demons. She quickly held her in place and covered her mouth. She kept hold of her till the demons were out of sight. Finally once they were gone she let go and then Paige turned to here her eyes were blazing with fury.
"How dare you!" Paige yelled.
This time it was Piper who covered Paige's mouth and gave her a look and said in an irritated voice "Shut up, you are gonna inform the entire underworld that we are here. Phoebe was right to grab you, if you jumped on them and attacked then, they would have dropped the kids and we would have no advantage. You need to think with your head not your heart, however hard that might be, or else everything your heart holds dear will be lost, do you understand me?"
Paige looked upset and ashamed at the same time. "Ya, dammit, I'm sorry, but seeing them like that…" she trailed off looking helpless.
"I know, but you have to trust that we will get them free soon" Piper said comfortingly.
"Alright, not to break up this touching scene, but we need to follow them" Phoebe said.
"Oh ya, of course, come on lets go" Piper said and rushed in the direction that the demons had gone.
It seemed as thought the dark tunnels went on for miles, and hiding at each turn made it just seem longer. All three girls nearly sighed in relief when they saw a lighted room ahead of them.
"Ok thank god, we're there" Phoebe muttered softly.
"Alright let's try to take note of everything and then make a plan of action" Piper said.
"Talk about stating the obvious there Piper" Phoebe muttered again.
They were interrupted from their bickering by Paige saying "Look, there's the demons, and the cage. And that must be the priestess"
Phoebe and Pipe both turned to look at the room simultaneously, and simultaneously their mouths dropped open and their eyes widened with shock.
Piper quickly turned to Phoebe and said in a slightly hysterical voice "Oh my god, are you seeing what I'm seeing?"
Phoebe looked like she had been hit with a board, she just nodded mutely and finally said "Its Dantalian."
"But, but we, I mean we, didn't we…" Piper continued to stutter and finally Phoebe finished her sentence
"Didn't we vanquish her, yes, well I mean I sure as hell thought we did" Phoebe looked shocked as she said this.
Finally Paige said "Ok, what the hell is going on here, you both look like you've seen the dead walking"
"Actually you're not far wrong there" Phoebe said sounding horrified.
"What the hell do you mean I'm not wrong" Paige said sounding really freaked.
"That high priestess is named Dantalian…" Piper said.
"Ok, what's the big deal, I admit is a crappy name, but it's nothing to panic about" Paige interrupted now sounding annoyed.
"And we vanquished her back when Prue was alive" Piper finished.
Now Paige looked as shocked as them and finally said "Are you sure?"
"Yes" Phoebe said in a dead voice.
"But how, I mean that's not possible" Paige said
"Normally I would agree with you, but with the walking dead standing right in front of me I'm gonna have to disagree" Phoebe said.
"Oh god this can't be happening" Paige said, "My kids are in danger and now the dead are coming back to life, what next is the source gonna show up too?"
"Don't even joke about that!" Piper snapped sounding worried and stressed.
"Ya, that's not even funny as a joke" Phoebe said.
Paige nodded and looked back into the room and finally said "Alright, I think for now we are just gonna have to ignore the waling dead and focus on getting my kids back, we can deal with the dead later, I'd rather deal with the living while they still are living."
"Agreed" Phoebe and Piper said together.