Prue stood patiently in the first auction of the day. They had four in total, and luckily they had only had small tremors all morning. She stifled a yawn as people bid for the expensive collectibles. As soon as they were finished she headed down to the storage room to get the next lot of auction items. She was sorting through the jewellery when she felt it. Not a tremor this time but an Earthquake. It shook the whole room, rattling the ornaments and shaking the photos. She stumbled forward hitting her arm as she fell and smacked her head on the concrete floor. Blackness surrounded her as other ornaments and boxes continued to fall around her, hitting her still form. Her last thought was what her sisters were doing.
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Phoebe was in the attic brewing some potions and writing spells, she just added the last ingredient and surveyed what she had done. There were about 15 potions and 10 spells. Smiling she made her way down the stairs and into the kitchen to get a drink. She knew Piper had said to keep away but they had only had a few tremors and she was starting to think that maybe the news team was wrong. She grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and headed out the doorway
She started climbing the stairs but then stopped as she felt a shake, she shrugged it off thinking it was just a tremor but soon realised her mistake as the stairs shook more violently. She stumbled backwards trying franticly to grab onto the railing but failing. She fell, twisting her ankle as she crashed into the wall and down the remaining steps, bruising her body with each stair she fell upon. She lay at the bottom in to much pain to move as the shaking carried on, causing more and more damage to the old Victorian manor. She heard glass smash and felt paintings from the stair wall crash down onto her head but she didn't give in to the darkness beckoning her. She just wished she had her sisters with her, to hold her and look after her.
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Piper had one box of glasses left to unpack and she ripped the tape from the top of the box and pulled the glasses out one by one, stacking them on the counter under the bar surface. She turned grab another glass but didn't quite get there as she grabbed the counter to stop herself from falling to the ground.
What she had been dreading all morning was coming true, the first earthquake had come. She tried to steady herself but was unsuccessful as her fingers slipped. She fell onto her back and gasped for air as the breath was knocked from her. She looked up as she saw the box full of glasses tip over the edge above her head. She shrieked as she threw her hands up and tried to freeze them before they landed on her. Realising that is wasn't working she rolled out of the way, avoiding being smashed in the face but not avoiding all the shards of glass cutting her face, neck and arms.
She crawled out of the bar area into the club, cringing as other glasses and bottles crashed to the floor smashing behind her. A barstool smacked into her leg, the leg of it already broken cutting a deep wound into her calf. She crawled under a table and pulled her arms up to her head, wishing she had stayed at home, but also hoping her sisters were okay.
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Prue groaned and groggily tried to sit up. Her head felt like a bomb had exploded inside it, and her body felt like it had been used as somebody's punch bag. She tried to sit up and suddenly clutched her head in pain.
"Aahhgg." She moaned as she propped herself up against a crate. She looked around the room, crates were toppled and bust open, jewellery lay strewn across the floor, and ornaments were smashed all over the place.
She tried to push herself up off the floor, but tears of agony sprang to her eyes as she looked down at her left arm. She noticed the awkward bent position and whimpered.
"That can't be good." She whispered to herself and slowly and carefully used her other arm to get up. She lifted her hand to her head and felt a wet, sticky substance running down her temple. Bringing her hand to her eyes she realised it was blood. Trying to wipe it away she made her way up the stairs to the first floor. She opened the door and walked around the first floor. it was a disaster zone. Everyone was helping each other, they were all in the same state as Prue. She stumbled over to the exit and walked into the street. There were fire engines, police and ambulances everywhere. Buildings were on either on fire or parts of them had collapsed. She surveyed the damage wondering how one earthquake could do so much.
She started walking to an ambulance, figuring she should get her arm looked at, when the first aftershock hit. She fell grabbing onto a car bonnet for support waiting for it to be over. She walked up to a paramedic standing outside one of the ambulances.
"Uhh, I need to get to either Prescott and Pine or the club P3."
"Well, I can't get you to P3 but I think I can drive you to Prescott and Pine. Why do you need to get there?" he asked.
"My sisters, they're alone and I don't know if they're hurt or not." She answered her voice wavering as the dread in her stomach grew bigger.
He looked up from what he was doing. "I needed to go that way anyway. On the way I'll fix your arm up as well, that looks bad." He called to his partner and explained to him.
"So why you in such a rush to get home to your sister?" he asked whilst bandaging her arm, once they were on their way.
"She's, um, she's terrified of Earthquakes, and she was in the house on her own. Oh, and my other sister Piper, she was in the club on her own too, she could be hurt. Can you send someone there?" she pleaded. She was really worried now and couldn't stop herself from freaking out.
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Phoebe pushed herself up from the floor and managed to lift herself onto the bottom step. She felt the bump on her head, cringing at the pain which shot through her skull. She looked at her ankle and noticed that it was twice the size of its usual size. She stood up from the step, limping across the hall. she looked in the kitchen, all the pots were scattered over the floor, and the potions ingredients were mixed together, littering the floor. She groaned thinking about how much cleaning they were going to have. She tried to avoid the mess and moved to the medicine cabinet, pulling out a bandage.
Carefully making her way to the kitchen table, where one chair had managed to stay upright she sat down and wrapped her foot up. She was about to move upstairs to check what damage had happened when she heard footsteps above her.
She carefully made her way out of the kitchen and towards the bottom of the stairs, slowly she crept up the stairs, being careful to miss the stairs that creaked. She reached the landing moved her way down the hallway, checking each room as she passed it. thinking she had just imagined it she started to make her way back down the hall when she heard the floor boards creak in the attic. She stood frozen knowing that it was probably not a human in their attic, she knew she shouldn't go upstairs alone but her sisters might not be home for hours. She once again crept up the stairs, missing the creaking stairs and reached the attic door. The horrific spell was the first thing that she smelt. She pushed it open a crack and peered into the attic. What she saw made her wish she was anywhere but in the manor. Standing by the podium holding the book of shadows was the most grotesque demon she had ever seen. His flesh looked like it was rotting off his bones and was a blood red colour. He was at least 8ft tall. His eyes were luminous green and were just small slits in his eyes. There was a gaping hole where his nose should be, his lips were luminous green as well and when he opened his mouth sharp points for teeth were visible.
She started to back away when the first after shock hit, she fell back, causing a loud bang to echo through the attic. She looked up to see the demons eyes penetrating hers and an evil grin made its way onto his face. She turned and ran as best she could down the attic staircase, but didn't get very far before the air behind her became disorientated and the demon came into view.
"Hello Witch." He snarled in a deep gruff voice, the smile still on his face.
Phoebe twisted round and let out a shrill scream before the demon grabbed her by her neck.
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Piper opened her eyes as soon as she felt the shaking stop. Waiting a few minutes she carefully crawled out from under the table wincing when she noticed the trail of blood she left behind. She bent down and looked at her calf gagging as she saw the cut flesh. She grabbed a cloth off the bar and wrapped it around her leg. She walked over to the bar and looked over the edge, cringing on the inside as she saw all the spilled alcohol and smashed glasses. She knew how much that was going to cost her but that was the last thing on her mind at that time. She was wondering how her sisters were, she knew Prue had plenty of people at Bucklands, Phoebe however was on her own in the manor.
She walked up the steps to the entrance hoping to get home as quick as possible, she pushed the door handle down and shoved the door. She tried for a few minutes but gave up seeing it wasn't even budging. Sighing she walked down the steps and to the back of the club hoping to get out of the back exit. When she got there she saw smoke coming in through the crack, grabbing a towel she rushed to the bathroom and was about to leave when she looked in the mirror. Gasping she lifted her hand gingerly to her face, it was covered in cuts and gashed, small droplets of blood trickled down her cheeks and along her jaw line. Shaking her head she grabbed some tissue and wiped the blood from her face. Once she was satisfied she ran the towel under the cold water and ran back to the exit. As she was getting up she felt a small shake, she was about to panic when she realised it must have been the first after shock.
She pushed the towel against the crack stopping anymore smoke from entering. She turned to back into the club and smiled when she saw blue and white lights appear from the ceiling and form into the shape of a man with sandy blonde hair and emerald eyes. Piper smiled and walked over to him.
"What happened here? What happened to you?" he asked looking at the mess and her face. "Demon attack?" he asked anxiously.
"No, it was actually mother nature with one of her infamous San Francisco Earthquakes." Piper answered smiling wryly.
"An Earthquake! It did all this."
"Yep, can you heal this?" she asked waving at her face and calf.
"I'll try but it wasn't caused by a demo attack." He held his hand to her face waiting for the glow to come.
"Sorry the elders wont let me. Why are you still here, shouldn't you get home to Prue and Phoebe?"
"Can't get out, the doors are blocked, but can you make sure Phoebe's okay, she's home on her own. At least Prue's in public, she should be fine."
"Yeah sure, do you want me to orb you to them?"
"No, I may as well get started on cleaning this place up." She leaned up and kissed him. "Just go check on Phoebe for me."
"okay, I'll be back as soon as I can." He hugged her then orbed out.
She sighed as she got back to cleaning up the glass.
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Prue sat In the back of the ambulance, tapping her fingers as they got stuck in yet another queue. She was getting more and more frustrated with each minute that went by. They had told her they couldn't get to P3 because of the fires but they were they'd be there as soon as the fires were under control. All she wanted to know now was if her sisters were okay, she knew they probably would be it was only one earthquake but she was the oldest and it was her job to protect them.
She stopped drumming her fingers when they were once again on their way to the manor. She knew they still had a long way to go but hopefully once they were clear of the down town area the roads would clear up. They started to pick up speed and Prue let out a breath she didn't know she had been holding. She leant forward to ask Luke ( the paramedic who had helped her) how long he thought it was going to take till she was with her sister. before she could open her mouth however, the ambulance started to rock. Prue looked out the window and saw he cars outside skid to a stop.
"Prue hold tight, I don't think this is an aftershock." Luke told her, she sat back and buckled herself in, leaning forward she once again peered out the window, the last thing she saw though was a SUV skidding out of control and heading straight for the side of the Ambulance.
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Phoebe struggled in the demons grip, before lifting her good foot and kicking him squarely in the chest. He stumbled back a foot, giving Phoebe just enough time to turn and run down the stairs, she didn't get very far before an energy ball collided with the wall beside her head.
"Oh, you soo didn't want to do that!" she shouted before levitating into the air and kicking the demon in the jaw, then spinning round and kicking him on the side of the head. He fell into the wall and Phoebe floated to the ground and gave the demon a roundhouse kick. He flew back and into the wall before sliding to the ground.
"Never mess with a Halliwell." She said dusting her hands and getting into a fighting stance, knowing that it was just a matter of time before he got back up. She walked back a bit but suddenly stopped when she saw white lights forming the shape of a man she was glad to see.
"Leo thank god you're here. Big demon, over there." She said pointing at where the demon lay, stirring slowly.
"Oh and he's waking up."
"Calm down Phoebs, have you checked the book of shadows."
"I haven't really had a chance to Leo." She retorted waving in the direction of the demon.
"Oh yeah right. Come on." He grabbed he hand and orbed them both to the attic, once they reached the attic, Leo immediately started blocking the door while Phoebe checked the book of shadows.
"Uh Leo I don't really think that will stop him."
"You never know." He answered looking at the floor.
"Have you seen Prue or Piper yet Leo?" Phoebe asked looking at Leo with a pleading look in her eyes.
"Actually Piper was the one who sent me to see you. She's fine before you ask just a few cuts and scrapes. She stayed at the club to clean up, It looks like a war has taken place there."
"That bad huh. What about Prue?"
"No, but I can't sense any danger, so I assume she's alright." She said.
Phoebe sighed in relief, "Thank god, I was so worried one of them might be hurt. Hey I found him."
Leo made his way over to her.
"Lison. A middle level demon. Attacks witches to steal their powers, blah blah. Ah vanquishing potion, great we have all these ingredients up here. Which is a good thing as I think everything in the kitchen is scattered over the floor. Right Leo if you could get the Mandrake root, ginger and poppy seeds."
"Okay." He headed over to the cabinet where they kept their potion ingredients. He reached for the poppy seeds when a crash rang through the manor.
"Where are you witch!"
"Hurry Leo." She grabbed a few bottles and threw their contents into the pot and mixed it. another shake rattled the manor. "I think he's getting closer."
"I don't think that was the demon." Leo answered, just as the windows in the attic began to rattle.
"It's another Earthquake. Leo get over here, we have to get out of here." She looked over to Leo and saw the cabinet he was standing by start to topple. "Look out!" she yelled, but before Leo could move he was crushed, the cupboard knocking him out. Phoebe ran over to him checking for a pulse and was relieve to feel the steady beating in his wrist.
She grabbed the ingredients from his hands and emptied them into her potion. She quickly poured It into a vial and put a cork in it. taking cover behind the sofa she waited for the demon to appear. He shimmered in, stumbling in the constant shaking. Phoebe jumped up and chucked her potion at him. He burst into flames screaming in agony, but not before releasing an energy ball, hitting Phoebe in the chest. She screamed as she flew into the attic wall, laying there barely breathing, as the attic crumbled around her.
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Piper was brushing up all the broken glass, she couldn't wait for Leo to get back with news on Phoebe. she had been cleaning for about 15 minutes and so far It didn't look much better. She was about to head into her office when a big explosion went off in the back of the club. The force of the blast threw her backwards, she screamed and brought her hands to her face to deflect the heat, burning them in the process. She fell into the staircase, crashing through the wooden steps, and lay there unconscious. A pool of blood slowly started to gather beneath her still form, trickling from her abdomen where a wooden splinter protruded.
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Each Halliwell lay in different parts of the city, separated by an earthquake. Everybody knew the day would come when the Charmed Ones were injured, vulnerable and defeated, but nobody knew that it would be a natural disaster that did it. Nobody knew that instead of being destroyed by the hands of a demon that it was actually Mother Nature that led to the Halliwell's demise.
A/N. Sorry it's taken so long to update. Well please leave reviews, was it good or bad.