AN: Sorry so much for taking so long for updating. Time has just gone by so fast and homework is sth like burying me so, yeah. Sorry again.
Chapter 32: To be or not to be betrayed?
Hospital
"Prue is divorced with Andy." Piper said coldly, just as the front operation's room light turned off, and the surgeon came out with Andy lying on the stretcher. Quickly the two sisters ran to his side. "Doctor, how is he? Is he going to be okay?" Piper asked, worried for the man she's always thought as her brother.
"I'm sorry, but we'd done everything we could, however, he's fallen into a coma, and unfortunately if within the next 24 hours he's not awakened then I'm afraid…" Dr. Gluck trailed off, implying the opportunity of Andy, dying. "And right now, if you excuse me, we need to bring him into his room for further medical checking." He said, as the nurses brought the ill whitelighter away.
"This is getting insane! Paige can you orb us to Prue? We need her. Only her can help Andy out of this, and within her we have the Power of Three to fight the Source." Piper asked. Her stomach still driving her mad, but there were more important things. Paige grabbed her hands, as she orbed toward the manor to scry for their oldest sister before found her at the warlock's house.
Brendan's house
"NO!" Prue screamed, as she woke up after the nightmare she just had, the one about the day Andy died to save her life. And it made the man next to her wok up too. "What is it honey? It's only 1 o'clock in the morning." The warlock asked, as he slowly lifted himself up and wrapped his arms around his naked new fiancée. "No, it's nothing. Just a nightmare" she replied. "Just go to sleep again. I think I'm gonna have a cup of water or something." And with that Brendan tenderly kissed Prue, and went back to sleep again. The oldest Charmed One quickly covered herself with a blanket and went toward the fridge to get something to drink. Suddenly a swirl of orb appeared while Piper and Paige materialized within it. Prue was shocked. "What the hell are you doing here?" she asked, kept her voice in a low tone knowing if she shouted Brendan would wake up. The younger sisters were speechless seeing Prue half naked in the good warlock's house. Not that they were surprised that Prue was here – they obviously have found her through scrying – but they didn't think that they would…sleep together. "Prue, what are you doing here? And look at you!" Paige whispered as she pointed to Prue half-naked body, but it sounded as serious as a yell. "Interesting fashion statement, huh?" Piper mumbled so that only her could hear.
"Well I'm at my fiancé's house, what's big deal?" Prue said, as she closed the fridge, gave up the idea having a drink.
"WHAT?" Both sisters were so surprised that they shouted loudly, but luckily Brendan was just disturbed a little as he moved around, made the Charmed Ones relieved.
"Remember to low you voice!" Prue cautioned, as she swallowed. Now she'll have to explain the whole engagement story which she hated to tell.
"Okay, back to our conversation, it's just us or you've just said that you're engaged to Brendan?" Piper asked, unsure. Prue silently nodded.
"How about Andy Prue? I guess you guys have divorced, but at least you have to wait until he's completely healed from the injury! You knew that this would be a big shock for him, and it did! Andy right now is in a coma! He may die you know!" Piper continued, still kept her voice as low as possible, though she just wanted to yell into Prue's face that she was wrong. She avoided saying about the limit of 24 hours Andy had to be awake or else, knowing Prue would just be more worried if she told her.
"What? Andy's in a coma? I…I didn't know! I…I don't even know why I gave him the paper! My God what have I done?" Prue said, confused as she put her hands over her head. She had no idea how she could let her beloved signed the divorce paper while understanding it'll just make his situation worse.
"And Phoebe had been captured by Cole, he's the Source Prue!" Paige added. Prue looked at her, surprised. "Impossible! We vanquished him, remember Pipe? Years ago! And even more, Cole is the Source's target! He couldn't be…" Prue retort, tried really much to keep her voice low.
"Or maybe we never have vanquished him! Right at that time I've already doubt that, the Source couldn't be gone so easily, maybe he was a clone from the real one or a shapeshifter!" Piper said.
"But it still doesn't explain the issues when the elders told us Cole was the Source's target!" Prue retort, still confused.
"Maybe he was good back then, but then his demonic side took place?" Piper asked, knowing there would be no response.
"You mean…you've met and kill him?" Paige interrupted, surprisingly and too was shocked since she's missed hell lots of things when she hadn't come into her powers yet, and also hadn't come into the picture.
"Yeah, or at least we thought so. Oh my god, this has gone really bad. Wait here a second, I need to change." Prue said, as she went inside. Five minutes later she came out with her clothes on, and after her appeared a figure. "Brendan? You're coming?" Piper said, surprised.
"I heard everything from the doorway. Anyway who could sleep peacefully with you girls talking loudly out here?" He joked. Paige snapped back, "We're not! Um…maybe, but we tried our best."
"He could help a little. After all he's still a magical being, he has powers, and he could fight. What do we need more?" Prue said, avoided to mention the words 'warlock' knowing it will disappoint her fiancé.
"Well, if you say so. We're gonna orb straight down the underworld, any objection?" Paige asked one last time, to be sure there won't be anyone regretted that they haven't prepared anything for the fight.
"Wait, aren't we gonna to Andy's first? I mean not that I'm not worry for Pheebs, but Cole is her husband after all, he might not do anything to harm her. But Andy…" Prue hesitated, unsure if she should say it out loud. Brendan stood there and heard everything, even the worry and the loving, caring for Andy in Prue's voice, and he was jealous, and angry. Grabbed Prue's back, turned her around, and said. "Don't worry Prue, I'm sure he'll be fine. He died once, God won't be cruel and let him die the second time!", but in his mind he just want that whitelighter to be dead, since he still can feel the intense love between Prue and Andy. The couple stared into each other's eyes for a few minutes, and Prue was convinced. Though she still felt weird about all of this, and worried for Andy, but Brendan's look sued all of it away, his eyes were so much alike Andy's, even more, they were like hypnotizing eyes, made her forget all the fears and the worriment. The warlock leaned in and gave Prue a quick but passionate kiss, before join Piper and Paige to orb to the underworld, and as they thought, to 'rescue' Phoebe from the hand of the Source.
