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Sorry if this chapter is a bit different, I'm writing on Microsoft this time. It's raining while I'm writing this and I don't want to lose my work if the power goes out. So again, I apologize if there are any mistakes or differences in this chapter.

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Enjoy Chapter 8!

Piper shook her head while tears threatened to spill over. "This is not happening!" She choked out. Usually she kept a strong front up for Phoebe, but she couldn't. She couldn't lose Paige, especially not like this. She was so close to her yet there was nothing she could do.

Phoebe looked over at Piper and was speechless at the sight. She'd only seen Piper break down at such a crucial time once before and that was when Prue died. Phoebe forced herself to tear her eyes off of Piper and looked at Leo. "We have to do something, we can't just let her die."

Paige's vision blurred as she looked up at her sisters and Leo. She was fighting against the poison, against her death that was so close. She looked over at Leo again, who was knelt beside her. His face was full of concern and worry.

Piper knelt down and put her face in her hands. "I can't do this. What are we supposed to do? There's nothing we can do. You can go tell the stupid Elders that they can fix this on their own. The demons won okay? They freaking won. I can't handle this. If this is our 'destiny' crap they can shove it. The Elders can just accept the fact that they're precious Charmed Ones are done. If they can't fix this or bring my sister back, they can deal with the Greater Good on their own. I'm done." Piper crumbled and her body shook with sobs.

Phoebe and Leo looked at each other, knowing Piper was right. They didn't want to give up, especially at the expense of Paige's life. They just didn't know what to do.

It broke Paige's heart to see Piper like this. She'd never seen Piper like this, maybe she had been after Prue but she never saw it personally. Piper had always been protective over every little thing they did after Prue's death. Paige hadn't noticed it then but Piper got worried about her too, not just Phoebe. Paige mustered up all the strength she had left. The thought that she needed to stay alive for her sisters fueled her urge to live. She sat up against the wall nearby and grabbed Leo's hand. He looked up, alarmed by what was happening. Paige pulled it over and set it over her injured arm, hoping he got the message.

"Leo.. what's happening?" Phoebe asked, moving closer to him. Leo smiled reassuringly and set his other hand on Paige's arm. The warm light appeared as life was put back into Paige's body. Paige gasped as she felt the poison being sucked from her body. Piper looked up at Leo and smiled a little in relief. Phoebe knelt on the other side of Leo and watched him as he finished healing Paige. Piper got up and wiped the tears away from her eyes, walking over to Leo and Phoebe.

"She's okay, right?" Piper asked, her voice small and shaky. Leo looked up at his wife and nodded, standing up. He pulled her into his arms and held her. Piper melted into Leo's embrace, reassured that they were all okay.

Phoebe smiled and watched her older sister and her brother-in-law.

Paige coughed and wrapped her arms tightly around herself. Phoebe looked at where Paige was sitting and gasped standing up. "Leo, Piper.. look at Paige and tell me this isn't a little odd." Phoebe said.

Paige looked at Phoebe curiously before looking down at herself. "What the.." She said, shocked.

Piper and Leo stood next to Phoebe, their mouths agape. "Leo explain this please." Piper said, still staring at Paige.

Leo shrugged, "I'm really not sure. How do you feel, Paige?"

Paige looked up at them, "The same. I don't know." She looked back down at herself, lifting her arm and staring at it.

Paige was now visible but transparent, almost ghostly transparent. Her appearance was fading in and out. She would become almost normal before fading out into a transparent form. Whatever magic curse the demon put on her was weakening, but in an odd way.

Paige sucked in a sharp breath before fading completely out. She quickly returned to her transparent state. She coughed and held her head, the fading sucking her energy.

Piper grabbed onto Leo, watching Paige fading in and out. "What is happening to her?" Piper demanded.

Leo shook his head, "I have no idea but I'm going to check with the Elders." He said before orbing out.

Paige faded in and out a few more times before dropping to her knees, gasping. Phoebe knelt beside her and wrapped her arms around Paige. "Paige, honey, just focus on your breathing okay?" Phoebe said, trying to calm Paige down. She saw her little sister's face get paler every time she faded back in.

Piper looked at them, kneeling down on the other side of Paige. "Fading in and out is sucking up her energy." Phoebe said, still holding Paige.

"Well it looks like it stopped. For now. What are we supposed to do?" Piper said, rubbing Paige's back.

"Wait for Leo I guess, there's not much we can do." Phoebe said, looking up at Piper.

Paige, feeling completely exhausted, leaned into Phoebe. Phoebe looked down at Paige and kissed her head, relieved her breathing had returned to normal. Paige shut her eyes and curled closer into Phoebe.

Piper smiled a little and got up, grabbing the Book. She started flipping through it even though her mind wasn't really in it. She was worried that this demon was much more powerful than any of them expected. It scared her to see what it had done to Paige. She couldn't crumple like before, she had to stay strong for her little sisters.

Phoebe sighed and ran her fingers gently through Paige's red, curly hair. Paige still kept her eyes shut, thinking about earlier. She was shocked when Piper had started crying over her almost dying and she was shocked at the way Phoebe was treating her now. She knew they cared but not as much as this. She was just taken back by the fact that Piper and Phoebe were truly concerned when she almost died.

Paige's thoughts were interrupted when she started fading in and out again. She took in sharp breaths, air not finding it's way to her lungs. She was scared and that didn't help at all with her breathing. She felt light-headed and dizzy as Phoebe tried to calm her down, telling her to focus on breathing.

Piper rushed over to them, kneeling next to Phoebe. "Leo!" Piper screamed, watching Paige cough and gasp for air.

Leo, hearing the desperate call, orbed in to see Phoebe and Piper holding Paige as she gasped for air. He rushed over to them, kneeling next to Paige.

"What did the Elders say?" Phoebe demanded, still looking at Paige.

Paige coughed and faded out again, this time staying invisible for a few seconds longer. She sucked in air and eased the burning in her lungs. She finally faded back in and coughed, breathing heavily.

"Thank God." Piper breathed, pulling Paige into her arms. Paige relaxed against Piper, focusing on breathing normally.

Leo relaxed and looked at Phoebe. "They only had one idea, something to do with an invisibility demon they haven't seen in centuries. They said it might have gained just enough power to suck power from a strong magical source. After sucking enough power, it could return again."

Phoebe nodded, taking in the information. "A strong magical force as in Paige."

Leo nodded, "Since she's only been a witch for a year or so, she can be infected by evil diseases, like this one, more easily."

Piper looked up at Phoebe and Leo, listening to them. "So what are we going to do? If this demon is still technically vanquished, we can't exactly vanquish it again. Where would it go?"

Leo nodded, getting up. "Maybe we can ask your Grams if she ever had to vanquish an 'already vanquished' demon?"

Phoebe looked at Leo, "Yeah we should. Piper you should stay with Paige, we'll go summon Grams."

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I hope you enjoyed chapter 8! Note that I did change the description for this story a bit because the story is ending up different than I first thought. The story will remain the same, don't worry, I just fixed the description to better go along with the story.

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