Thanks to all those who reviewed. I re-posted that last chapter, but it's not any different just more spaced out.
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On with the story.
Prue stirred from her unconscious state. The last thing she remembered was a black SUV heading straight for the side of the ambulance. She tried sitting up but quickly thought better of it as she felt a sharp stabbing pain in her chest.
She cried out in agony, which woke up Luke who turned around dazed.
"Augh, Prue you alright?"
"No, I think I broke a rib." She answered, gasping in pain. "How's Jake." (The other paramedic who was driving.)
Luke leaned over and pressed his fingers to the side of Luke's neck. "He's umm, he's dead." Luke whispered.
"Wait, can you hear that?" Prue asked, they both stopped talking and listened to the steady dripping coming from under the ambulance.
"Oh god, it's gas, we've got to get out of here." He slammed his door open and stepped down, hobbling round to the back of the van, where he pulled the doors open.
Prue pulled herself over careful not to bang her ribs on anything. Once she was at the door, Luke pulled her into his arms and staggered over to the sidewalk. As soon as they sat down, a telephone post toppled over sending sparks everywhere. One of them reached the ambulance and with a boom the ambulance went up in flames. Prue and Luke looked away from the light, and covered themselves from the heat of the explosion. The radio clipped onto Luke's belt started to crackle into life.
"Luke! Are you there?"
"Yeah, I'm here. The ambulance just crashed, and Jake, he umm was killed. Can you send an ambulance here, we're at 1558 Daphne Road."
"Sure, there's lots of traffic but Ir should be there in about 20 minutes."
"Thanks man. Also about the ambulance going to P3."
"It's nearly there, we also sent a fire truck, because of all the fires down that end of town."
"Thanks again."
He shut the radio off and sat down again by Prue. "How you holding up?"
"Okay I guess, but I really want to know how Piper and Phoebe are. I don't know what I'd do if I lost one of them."
"I'm sure they're fine Prue, don't worry about them so much."
"I know I shouldn't, but it's my job to protect them and look after them."
"They're big girls, they can look after themselves." They sat there for 10 more minutes before the sound of sirens reached both of their ears, and an ambulance came speeding down the street.
"Thank god." Prue whispered as Luke helped her stand.
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Leo aroused from his 'sleep'. "Phoebs! You okay?" After receiving no reply he called again. "Phoebs! Phoebe!" Getting anxious he crawled out from under the cabinet. He searched the attic frantically. Then he saw the scorch mark on the floor.
"She vanquished him." He whispered, now he was really worried. Then he noticed the broken boards in the wall. Running over her saw her lying in a heap, blood running from a wound in her head.
"Phoebe!" He dropped down at her side and held his hands over her head but no glow radiated from his hands. "This was demonic, damn t.! He shouted up at the sky. It was then however that he noticed the piece of wood lying by her head. He realised that it must have hit her after the demon attack. He picked her up into his arms and went down the stairs, laying her on the couch he headed to the kitchen. It took him a little longer then usual as he had to dodge all the debris lying in the way. He grabbed a cloth from the first aid kit, which Phoebe had left out and ran it under the cold water, once he was back by Phoebe's side he pressed it gently against the wound wiping away the blood then pressed it more firmly to stop the blood flow.
He let go of the cloth and put his head in his hands. What good was he if he couldn't save his charges? Then he thought of Piper. He'd left her alone in the club. She could be hurt or worse dead. But he knew he'd sense It if she had died. he thought about orbing to her, but he knew he couldn't leave Phoebe. He knew Prue was probably still in public so he couldn't orb to her anyway. He walked into the hallway and grabbed the cordless, his finger was a centimetre above the 9 when he heard sirens coming down the street. He strode to the front door and pulled it open, surprised when the paramedics inside came jumping out of the back, Prue in tow, though a lot slower than them as she held her stomach.
"Prue! Thank god you're here. Phoebe she hurt and I couldn't do anything to help her. She's in the living room." He directed the paramedics to the couch, where Phoebe still lay barely breathing.
"Oh my god! What happened?!" She cried running her fingers through Phoebe's hair as they carried her out on the stretcher. "Is she going to be okay?!"
"We don't know yet miss. We'll tell you as soon as we find out how bad her injury is."
Prue nodded in reply, not really listening, she was too focused on Phoebe, and then she thought about Piper. "Leo what about Piper? Have you seen her? Is she okay?"
"I haven't seen her since the first Earthquake, she told me to come check on Phoebe, and then the second Earthquake hit and I couldn't leave Phoebe alone."
"She could be hurt Leo! They're sending an ambulance over there, but as soon as we get to that hospital you are going to orb your butt over there and make sure she's alright." She hissed, she knew she was being unfair and that he couldn't leave Phoebe, but right now all she cared about were her sisters.
The 15 minute drive seemed to take a life time to Prue as she clutched her baby sisters hand and whispered reassuring words to her.
Then much to Prue's relief they stopped out side San Francisco Hospital, the doors opened and Phoebe was rushed inside the emergency ward. Prue tried to follow only to be held back by Luke.
"You can't go in there Prue, just let them do what they have to."
"I have to go to her." She snarled, fighting in his grip, but soon gave up, knowing it was a losing battle. She sunk down into one of the waiting room chairs and rested her head in her hands. Leo had already disappeared to go to Piper, and Prue could just hope her sister was okay. She sighed as tears slowly made their way down her cheeks, one by one
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The ambulance and fire engines skidded to a halt outside P3. It had taken them 20 minutes to fight through the fires but they had finally arrived at their location. They knew there was a 26 year old female inside that they needed to get to and fast by the looks of it. two Firemen went to the front of the building and started on moving all the debris that blocked the door out of the way, whilst four other went down the back alley and started on putting out the fire which was raging there.
Once all the debris had been cleared and the door was free, one of the firemen turned to the other.
"You ready Vince?" He asked, pulling his mask down over his mouth and nose.
"Like always." His partner replied and together they broke the door down and make their way inside the smoky interior. they carefully climbed down the stairs, barely able to see where they were going till they got about half way down and all the smoke had risen to the ceiling so they could once again see.
Vince was about to carry on walking when his partner, Alex, called out to stop him.
"What? Oh." He answered, noticing the big hole in the stair case. "Okay, we'll have to, wait, I see something. He jumped down into the gap, "She's down here, oh and hurt pretty badly." He shouted in a panicked voice. "Quick help me!" he yelled lifting Piper into his arms. Alex bent down above him and grabbed her from his arms.
"She's hardly breathing, come on we've got to get out of here fast." They hurried back up the stairs and into the street.
"We need paramedics!" in a flash the paramedics were over with a stretcher and carrying Piper into the ambulance.
Leo materialised just as the paramedics brought Piper out of P3, he could see even from a distance the wooden stake penetrating her abdomen and the blood staining the fireman and her top. The could also see the cuts from earlier that day and burns on her hands and arms. He watched as she was placed onto a stretcher and raced over, his shock wearing off.
"Excuse me Sir, can I help you."
"Yeah, that's my girlfriend, I have to go with her."
"I'm not sure that's a good idea, the paramedics need to do a lot of work."
"No you don't understand, I need to be with her!" he shouted, getting agitated, he knew he should have stayed with Piper, he was supposed to protect her.
"Alright, but you have to stay out of the way, she's close to dying."
Leo ran over to the ambulance and climbed in next to where they were working on his soul mate. He grabbed her hand and squeezed it. "I'm here Piper, you're gonna be okay, hold on." He brought her hand gently to his lips and kissed it, holding it tightly afraid of letting go. Silent tears made tracks down his face as all he could do was wait.
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Prue paced back and forth the waiting room, her anxiety growing with each passing minute.
"you're going to wear a hole in the floor." Luke said, her pacing giving him a headache.
"Well I can't just sit down!" she yelled, then dropped her voice. "Sorry, but my baby sister is getting operated on, and my other one is god knows where. What do you suggest I do, sit still and wait. That's not who I am." She said, continuing with her pacing.
"Look I'm sure Piper, is fine just.." he trailed off as the doors slammed open and more doctors rushed to help.
"26 year old female, burns on her arms, and a stab ( I don't really know what to call it, sorry.) wound in her abdomen, some internal injuries. She's already flat lined on the way twice. Needs immediate attention.
Prue looked over and saw the chestnut brown hair spread out over the gurney. Then her fears where confirmed as Leo came rushing in at her side.
"Piper!" She cried as she saw her sisters body get rushed past, Prue once again went to follow to be held back by a doctor this time.
"I'm sorry Miss but you can't go in there."
"I have to she's my sister!" She cried, tears streaming down her cheeks for the second time that afternoon.
"You'll have to let the doctors do what they can, you'll be able to see her as soon as they're done with her."
Prue turned away sighing in defeat. She knew it was no hope trying to see them but she also knew she couldn't sit there and do nothing will her sister could be dying. She looked up and saw Leo sitting staring at the wall, lost in his own thought. Prue knew how much it would hurt him if he lost Piper and her heart went out to him. She was brought from her thought when a doctor entered the room.
"Miss Halliwell." Prue jumped out of her seat.
"Yes, what is it?" She questioned, sweat beads forming on her forehead.
"Phoebe Halliwell?"
"Yeah, is she okay?"
"We managed to stable her. She has a concussion, we had to do a minor surgery to fix the tissue damage to her brain but she is going to be all right. She also has a broken ankle which we had to strap up. She is going to be out for a few hours but you can go see her. She's in room 349, just go down the hall and take a right."
"Thank you doctor, thank you so much." Prue started to head back to Luke and Leo to tell them, when she spun back around. "Doctor! What about my other sister Piper Halliwell?"
"She is still in surgery, but I am not her surgeon so I don't know anything about her I'm sorry. I'll send her doctor down to your sister room if you like though."
"Yes, that would be great, thanks."
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Prue sat next to her baby sister, clutching her hand.
"Hey Phoebs, we're still waiting to hear about Piper, but she'll be okay, I know it. but I thank god that you're okay, I don't know what I'd do if I lost either of you." She leaned over and kissed Phoebe's cheek. "Love you baby sis."
She sat back and waited for her sister to wake up, when a noise reached her ears.
"Prue. Prue?" A weak voice whispered.
"Phoebs. Phoebe, thank god you're okay." She cried throwing her arms around her sister.
"What happened Prue?" she asked looking around in confusion. "Why am I here? The last thing I remember is being in the attic throwing a potion at the demon, and the rest is blank."
"You hit the wall, and had a bit of tissue damage in your brain, but you're going to be fine." Prue said smiling at her sister.
"Where's Piper."
"Uhh, she's in surgery, she got hurt at the club, I'm still waiting for news from the doctor." Prue answered tears coming to her eyes at the look of despair in her sister eyes.
"She's going to be okay though, right?" when Prue didn't answer Phoebe tried again. "Prue, she's going to be okay isn't she. Prue answer me!"
Prue turned to her sister tears trickling down her cheeks.
"I don't know, there was so much blood Phoebs, it was everywhere." She knew this information wasn't helping Phoebe, but she couldn't keep it all in.
"Prue, calm down."
"How can I calm down Phoebe!" Phoebe drew back at the tone of Prue's voice. She heard something which she had never heard in the voice of her oldest sister, fear. "I'm sorry it's just…" She stopped talking the minute a doctor stopped outside the door.
"Prue Halliwell?"
"Yeah, what is it?" she asked hopping out of her chair.
"Your sister Piper Halliwell has just come out of surgery."
"Yeah, get to the point." She snapped fed up with not knowing anything.
"Excuse her doctor she's just frustrated."
"It's okay I get that a lot. Anyway, your sister just got out of surgery, she had internal injury from the wound in the abdomen, some minor cuts and the burns on her hands and arms should heal In a few months. However we managed to stable her, she has unfortunately fallen into a coma though. She should recover from it in a few days, or maybe a week."
"Thank you doctor, can we see her?" Phoebe asked.
"Well I'm not sure if you can, but Prue can. She's in the ICU. Go to the receptionist and she'll tell you where she is.
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Prue walked down the hallway, pushing Phoebe in a wheel chair. It had taken a lot of arguments to convince the doctor Phoebe was fine to go out of the room, but Prue had managed to persuade the doctor.
They entered the ICU and found Pipers room.
"You ready Phoebs?" Prue asked her little sister, though she knew the answer already.
"No I don't think I am Prue."
"Me neither but we've got to see her. Just take a deep breath." Phoebe opened the door and drew in her breath. Prue followed suit and pushed Phoebe inside. What was inside shocked them both.
Their sister lay in the bed, her body looked fragile and small compared to the size of the bed. Her skin was as pale as the sheets surrounding her.
Tears pricked at the back of Phoebe's eyes, but she quickly blinked them away. She grabbed the wheels of her chair and rolled up next to the bed.
"Hey Pipes." She whispered clutching her hand. "They say you won't wake up for another week, but I know you're stronger than that."
She smiled at Prue as Prue approached the bed.
"Hey lil sis." Then Prue broke down completely. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I should have protected you. I failed you and it's all my fault you're hurt, I'm sorry." She sunk down to the floor, weeping into her arms as Phoebe looked at her broken older sister, not knowing what to do. However she didn't have to think for long as the heart monitor went flat sending a loud beep around the room.
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A/N. hello, sorry for the long update and the cliffy. :p! well hope you enjoyed don't forget to tell me what you thought.