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Prue felt herself slipping in and out of darkness. The pain was so bad, it was almost to much to bear. Her body felt numb, her wrists where blooded and bruised where she had been struggling against the ropes that bound her.

At one point she had tried to scream for help, but he had silenced her. Her nose was bloody and her lip was split from his rage at her attempts to fight him. She couldn't fight him anymore. The pain was too bad. Prue closed her eyes against the pain, and tried to think of something else, she thought of her sisters worrying over her. Was he going to kill her then go after them? Prue sobbed at the thought of not being there to fight for them and protect them. She thought of the grief they would feel at her death, but at this moment, Prue would welcome death to stop the pain.

He had burnt her with a candles flame, the skin on her stomach was blistered and raw, she thought maybe her right wrist was broken. Blue and purple bruises covered most of her body, her hips ached and her legs burned.

The hours had crawled by, minutes seeming never ending; he had raped her and beaten her almost to death, only then to heal her a little, to stop her from dying. He could heal, that was new to her. Never had Prue heard of a demon that could heal. Where are you Leo? Prue thought as she closed her eyes again as she felt him moving inside her. Salty tears ran down her face. All her pride was gone, she felt lost and alone. Prue Halliwell, the oldest charmed sister prayed for the end.

Balthazar shimmered into the room, it was dim. Lit only by the many candles surrounding the room. He heard a strangled cry from behind him and turned sharply to the sound. What he saw would haunt him for the rest of his mortal and demonic life.

He saw Prue tried to a bed, blood soaked the white sheets draped over her naked body, her eyes where closed and blood ran out from the side of her mouth. Balthazar looked around the room for the demon, his demonic hearing acute to any sound. He crossed the room in two huge strides to wear Prue lay.

He touched her face gently, his heart filling with grief for her as she opened her blue eyes slowly and looked at him. He saw relief spread across her face, and then she closed her eyes again. a sound behind him made him turn around, the demon was coming towards him, a long dagger in his long boned hand. Balthazar side stepped the dagger and the demon with ease. He turned in time to see him coming again. This time Balthazar wasn't fast enough the dagger sliced through the skin in his arm drawing thick, red blood from the wound. He growled in rage, and reached out his powerful arm, catching the other demon around the throat.

The demon struggled to free itself, but Balthazar was too strong. He squeezed harder, the other demons eyes bulged in its head. It gasped and kicked out with its feet. Balthazar relaxed his grip a little and started into the demon eyes.

'Who are you? And who sent you'? He snarled.

The other demon smiled evilly, even though the stronger demon held him in a death grip.

'I am Yanta, and I will die happy knowing I have broken her. Who are you? What demon comes to rescue a Wiccan'? Yanta gasped.

'I'm your worst nightmare'. Came Balthazar's reply.

Yanta was thrown across the room; he hit the wall with a sickening thud landing on the floor in a heap. He started to get to his feet, just as Balthazar let loose an energy ball. It hit the weaker demon in the chest, there was a scream of pain as the demon exploded in a ball of flames.

'Some powerful demon'. Balthazar growled as she transformed back into Cole.

Cole ran over to the bed where Prue lay, he breathing was slow and came out in painful gasps. Cole pulled the blood soaked sheet over her, and began to untie her hands. The ropes where embedded into her skin so deeply where she had fought to free herself. As gently as he could Cole freed her hands from the bed.

Prue opened her eyes as she felt a warm embrace, she looked up into Coles concerned face s he held her to his chest. Her blood soaking his clothes.

'We have to get you to Leo'! Cole said as he held her against him.

'Cole, wait....Don't....don't tell my sisters what happened here....I don't want them to know'. Prue struggled to say.

Cole looked at her, her eyes where filled with pleading. He nodded.

'OK, I won't...Tell them Prue'.

She nodded against his chest and closed her eyes again. he felt her shacking and held her a little tighter. His heart ached at her pain and the courage she had shown. He shimmered out of the room.

Cole shimmered into Prues bedroom, he laid her gently on the bed.

'Call for Leo Prue'. Cole told her.

Prue nodded and closed her eyes. She called for the white lighter in her mind. Within seconds Leo appeared in the room. He looked down at Prue and the blood soaked sheet wrapped around her.

'Oh my God'. Leo said as her knelt besides her.

'Hurry Leo, we're losing her'. Cole said, he turned his attention to the sound of running feet up the stairs.

'They can't see her like this'. Leo said as a golden light glowed from his hands as he held them over Prue's battered body.

Cole crossed the room and opened the door, he stood outside and blocked the way as Piper and Phoebe came rushing down the hall way.

'Wait, let Leo heal her first'. Cole said catching hold of Phoebe's arm.

She looked at him, her brown eyes pleading. She nodded slowly.

'What...what happened t her Cole'? Piper said leaning on the wall.

Cole didn't answer, he held Phoebe in his arms as she sobbed into him.

The three of them turned around as the bedroom door opened behind them. Prue stood in the door way, her robe wrapped around her. Piper and Phoebe both let out cries and threw themselves into their sister's arms.

'Prue, Oh my God, Prue...where have you...what happened?....Are you alright'? Piper said as tears ran down her face.

Phoebe said nothing she just held her sister tightly. She could feel Prue shacking, she cried into her sister's shoulder.

'Phoebe, don't cry. I'm ok, I'm home'. Prue said as she stocked her sobbing sister's hair.

Leo and Cole both exchanged glances and both headed off down stairs, leaving the sisters to be by themselves.

'So did she tell you'? Cole asked Leo when they where out of ear shot.

'Yeah, she told me. She asked me not to tell Piper and Phoebe'. Leo said.

'Yeah she asked me that too'.

'I'm just glad you found her in time'.

Cole nodded.

'Will she be ok'?

'In time, yeah. She's strong'.

Leo didn't sound convinced.