"Vensolin." Zankou said, walking over to the recently flamed in figure. "How went your run-in with The Charmed Ones?"
"I am unvanquishable, aren't I? They can do nothing but summon me." Oswin said, remembering what was written in the Book.
"Yes, you are. But why have you not killed one yet?" Zankou asked, walking around behind Oswin, placing his hands on her shoulders.
"Because those aren't my plans. You should know I don't just kill, I plan. I'd rather not be sent to the spirit realm again." Oswin said, a little uncomfortable with Zankou holding her still by the shoulders, unable to turn around.
"But you had them. They had no potions on them. You could have destroyed them with the wave of your hand, Oswin." Zankou said, holding her still when she tried to move away.
"How did you-?" Oswin started.
"Know? You need to be quieter." Zankou waved his hand infront of Oswin's face, closing his hand into a fist infront of her nose. As he did, Vensolin's exterior dissipated and left Oswin standing in Zankou's grasp. Zankou placed his thumbs on the nape of Oswin's neck, and her blue eyes turned black, and she stiffened.
"Now, Oswin. Use the demonic powers you have. Kill The Charmed Ones." Zankou stepped back, leaving Oswin stood by herself. "Turn around. You'll need an alibi." Oswin turned around, black eyes returning to blue. Zankou backhanded Oswin, sending her flying into the rock wall, cutting her shoulder open. Oswin grabbed her shoulder, looked at Zankou, nodded, and flamed out.
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"We're going to get her back." Piper said, more telling herself than her sisters.
"Yes but how?" Phoebe asked, shifting on the sofa as she watched Piper pacing in between her and Paige on the sofa chair.
"We could summon her again." Paige offered.
"No. We can't. Last time we did that she got pissed, and we-" Piper was interrupted as Oswin came tumbling out of flames and onto the coffee table, breaking it under the force.
"Oswin!" Phoebe shouted, running over."Oh god, what did Zankou do?"
"Leo!" Paige yelled, joining her sisters at Oswin's side. Leo orbed in, wearing a torn jacket, his face unshaven.
"What happened?" He asked, kneeling down next to Oswin, placing his hands over her shoulder.
"Zankou." Piper said, leaning on Leo's shoulder. The yellow light beamed out from Leo's hands, but if you looked closely enough, blue sparks of electricity were moving between Leo's hand and Oswin's shoulder.
"Ow." Leo said, drawing his hands away. "I can't heal her."
"What do you mean? Heal her Leo." Phoebe ordered, waving her hand in Oswin's direction.
"I can't, Phoebe." Leo said, standing up.
"You mean in the way that you can't heal the dead?" Paige asked, frowning. Oswin was still breathing.
"No. In the way I can't heal a demon." Leo said, sighing.
"But she's not a demon. If you don't heal her, she'll die." Piper said, gripping Leo's arm. The four looked down as the prone Oswin, and all of them frowned as a red light lit up along the edges of the cut on her shoulder, and the light joined as one, only leaving the blood on her top.
"Oh god, ow." Oswin spoke, jerking up into a sitting position. "Thanks Leo."
"It wasn't me." Leo said, stepping back. Piper narrowed her eyes, holding her sisters' shoulders.
"Then- then what?" Oswin asked, getting up, glancing at her shoulder. "Oh, that's a lot of blood."
"We need to check the Book. Leo, go check with the Elders." Piper ordered. She turned and headed for the stairs after Leo orbed out, and Paige, Phoebe and Oswin followed.
"So?" Piper asked, standing behind the book stand, facing the window, Oswin pacing behind her, while Paige and Phoebe read the book.
"Doesn't say anything about self-healing, but still…" Paige said, reading the book.
"Hey, what's Apportation?" Phoebe asked, her finger on the Book.
"I don't know." Piper said, frowning. "So no self healing?"
"Nope, just Flaming, Apportation, Energy Balls and-" Phoebe read, before Paige interrupted her.
"Fireball!" Paige shouted.
"No, Fireballs. Plur-" Phoebe stopped when she saw the Fireball orb into Paige's hand, and she redirected it at Oswin, who's eyes had once again gone black. Piper turned around suddenly, and watched as the fireball impacted on Oswin's chest. The Fireball did little more than make her step back slightly, a small red light appearing on her chest and disappearing seconds later. Oswin held out her hand, an Athame appearing in her hand.
"Oh, that's Apportation." Phoebe said, realisation hitting her. Oswin threw her hand forward, and threw the Athame directly at Piper's chest. Piper reacted quickly, freezing the Athame. Paige orbed the Athame to her, and threw it back at Oswin, hitting her square in the chest. Oswin looked down at it, and back up to the sisters, not even bothering to take it out. The black in her eyes receded, and was replaced by her blue eyes once more, as she looked down at the Athame in her chest, and fell to the floor.
"Crystals! Circle!" Paige shouted. Orbing the crystals around Oswin. Oswin laid on the floor, pulling the Athame out of her chest slowly, howling in pain. Not long after she pulled it out, the red light sure enough closed in from the outside of the wound in. Oswin stood up, and immediately fell back on her ass when the crystal field shocked her.
"What's going on?" Oswin asked, looking at the sisters. Piper just stared back at Oswin, Phoebe looked at the bloody Athame and Oswin's blood-stained top from the shoulder wound, fireball and the Athame, and Paige walked around to the Book.
"Wait, guys, before you answer her, I found a spell in here that'll help. The truth spell.£ Paige said, turning the Book round.
"Personal gain." Piper reminded Paige, shaking her head.
"Not really. We want to find out why we're being attacked. It's perfect." Phoebe told Piper, smiling at Paige.
"If we're going to use it, two of us need to leave the house. And since it was Paige's idea…" Piper started, only for Paige to finish.
"I should be the one to stay. Don't worry, I won't allow her to ask me any questions."
"Hey! What's happening? Why am I here?" Oswin shouted. Piper and Phoebe turned back round to her.
"We're about to find out. Paige, orb us please." Phoebe ordered, adding please on the end so she didn't sound too bossy. Paige nodded and complied, before going back to the Book and reading the spell.
"For those who want the truth revealed, opened hearts and secrets unsealed, from now until it's now again, after which the memory ends. Those who now are in this house, will hear the truth from other's mouths." After Paige finished, she orbed Piper and Phoebe back into the attic.
"Did it work?" Piper asked Paige.
"I don't know yet." Paige said, walking round to Piper and Phoebe. "Piper, what do you really think of me?"
"Well I think you're doing well for only being our half-sister, and that's all you'll really ever be, half, a Prue replacement, and I wish you'd take a hiatus on your stupid top witch kick you've got going on and get yourself a job because I cannot be the only source of income in this damn house!" Piper said, immediately covering her mouth afterwards. "Paige, I'm so sorry."
"It's okay, Piper. I get it." Paige said, a little hurt. She really shouldn't have asked Piper that question, she just had to know.
"What is goin-" Oswin started.
"Ah ah ah! No questions. Only answers." Phoebe said, stopping her from continuing. "Paige?"
"Why did you try to kill Piper?" Paige asked, smirking at how easy it is to get information.
"I tried to kill Piper?" Oswin asked, eyes wide in shock.
"Yes. That didn't work, why didn't that work?" Paige asked, glancing at Piper at the end of her question. Piper couldn't stop herself answering.
"Maybe t's because you're only half a witch." Phoebe slapped her hand over Piper's mouth.
"Paige, try to cool it with the questions." Phoebe warned. "No, I think we need her to be all, dark-eyes again." Paige nodded, and threw the stone at the field, meant to shock the demon inside, so Oswin was shocked. This continued for a while, until Oswin's eyes turned black and she stood up.
"Why are you trying to kill Piper?" Paige asked, seeing her time to ask questions, and get answers.
"Zankou wants me to kill The Charmed Ones." Oswin said, conjuring a fireball, and standing up. The field was over her body, but seemed to do nothing to her as it touched her. She kicked one of the crystals away, and laughed, throwing the fireball at Paige. Paige orbed out of the way of the fireball, and before they could say 'I think we're related', Oswin had flamed out.