Chapter 8

Paige read the page and went downstairs. She tried to think of how Cole had slipped a binding potion into her system. She thought back to days earlier while she was in the hospital. There were times she couldn't remember anything. She asked Piper what had happened during the time she was sick.

Her sister explained to her about the moments when Paige thought that she was waking up after the car crash. Paige didn't need to ask which car crash she was talking about. Then she told her about when she flashbacked weeks before, right when Phoebe started ignoring her.

"I don't remember any of that, I just remember waking up after Leo healed me. Who else visited me?"

"Cole, he was there one morning. I arrived later than he did. Phoebe was there with him. If she stepped out he would have slipped the potion into your blood stream." Piper said her stomach plummeting.

"How do we even know if she left? It's not like we can go and ask her. She's not pleased with any of us."

"Leo can go, he can tell Phoebe that when we went back to the Manor, something had happened to you. He won't mention Cole. If we can get her back her, maybe we can talk to her."

"It didn't go so well the other times, why should this time be different? I know you saw Cole in all his glory but she won't believe you. She'll think we're out to destroy her marriage."

"What else can we do? We have to make Phoebe see the light. It's what we can do right now. The binding potion should wear off soon. Leo!" Piper told Leo to go get Phoebe, to bring her back here.

"Tell her something happened to Paige, that you can't heal her. We've got to convince her that Cole's evil. We just have to get her here first."

When Phoebe arrived at the apartment Leo was there.

"Leo, if you've come to tell me that my husband is the Source, you can just leave."

"I'm here about Paige." Phoebe frowned.

"No Leo. I'm not going to talk to her. She thinks Cole is the Source. Unless she's apologizing, I don't want to talk to her."

"You may not have another chance," Leo said.

"What do you mean?" but Leo didn't reply.

"Leo!" he heard Piper, "Leo!"

"I have to go Piper's calling." And he orbed out before Phoebe could say anything else.

"Piper I don't think this will work, once Phoebe sees I'm fine she'll leave. Face it she only cares about me when I'm close to death. The next time she'll really pay attention to me is when I'm on by deathbed," Paige said, "I've got an unbinding potion to make. If Leo can get Phoebe here, you talk to her because she wants nothing to do with me." Paige walked to the kitchen.

"Paige," Piper said following her.

"Piper there's no convincing Phoebe. Where's the hemlock root?"

"Here," Piper said grabbing it out of the cabinet, "Phoebe's just not thinking straight. She'll come around."

"How? How do you know she will?"

"Because she's Phoebe and once she knows Cole is evil, she'll come back. Just wait," Piper said and she looked over the recipe Paige had written down.

"I've got to get the toadstool, it's in the attic," Paige said.

"Okay, I'll add some salt. This is going to taste nasty."

"I don't need reminding." Paige entered the attic and as she was grabbing the toadstool heard a voice. She turned around.

"Seems you're the defenseless witch I've heard about," he said.

"You must be mistaken, I'm a Charmed One. That doesn't sound defenseless to you does it?"

"We'll just see about that," he said. Paige called out her sister's name as she dropped to the floor avoiding the energy ball. She tried her best to block his attacks but she landed on the ground battered and bruised.

"Piper!" she called again. As soon as Piper entered the attic the demon threw up a shield preventing her to go any further. Paige stood up and told Piper to go.

"No! Leo! Leo!" she called.

"Go before he kills you too!" Piper didn't see the demon's eyes; they shined with the flames of the Source. Cole had shape shifted to not be blamed for Paige's death.

"No!" She cried as the demon through an energy ball at Paige and shimmered out. Piper dropped to the floor next to Paige.

"No, no, Leo! Leo!"

"Paige, wake up! Paige," she shook her sister's body. She looked up to see Leo.

"Heal her now," she said. He held his hands over Paige as Piper waited to see the warm yellow light.

"Leo why isn't it working?! Why can't you heal her?"

"I'm sorry Piper," he said.

"Don't you dare say what I think you are going to say! Keep trying!" He sighed and tried again but no light appeared.

"You won't give up, I can't lose her Leo!" It was a well over an hour and Leo looked up at Piper.

"I'm sorry Piper," he said.

"Piper," she heard. Piper looked up to see Phoebe in the attic doorway. Leo moved out of the way.

"No," Phoebe said and she dropped next to Paige like Piper had before.

"No," she cried, "Leo do something."

"I can't," he said.

"Her powers; why didn't she use her powers? Why didn't she just orb out?"

"Someone bound them," Leo said Piper not being able to speak. Phoebe was asking who did it to her when Piper said something.

"I can't go through this again," she said, "Paige can't be dead, she just can't. She brought this family together again. Leo you have to try, please, just once more."

"Piper I can't-," he said.

"Leo, do it," Phoebe said. He held his hands over her and nothing happened.

"What's going on?" Paige asked looking around. She was in a light blue robe.

"Who are you?"

"I'm the Angel of Death Paige," the man said.

"I can't be dead, the Source he's not dead yet and he's married to my sister! It can't be my time yet, I just became a witch."

"Stalling won't change your situation Paige," he said.

"You have to let me say goodbye, I can't leave them without a goodbye."

"I'm sorry Paige but it's your time."

"No it's not," it wasn't Paige who said this though; "You will send her back to her body. She is not meant to die. She is not on your list and you know it. Send her back, now." Before Paige could see who her savior though she was back in her body.

"Leo, try again!" It was Piper's pleading voice.

"Piper I can't heal the dead."

"Glen, we have to tell him," Phoebe said her voice distant.

"Tell him what?" Paige asked her voice hoarse. She opened her eyes and saw that her sisters were one either side of her. Both her sisters pulled her into a hug.

"Who was the demon?" Leo asked. Paige became stiff in her sisters' arms.

A/N: That's it for this chapter! Paige just can't catch a break can she? What did you think? What do you think Paige will say? Who was the person that saved Paige? Please leave your review! This story will soon be coming to an end. Thanks so much for reading!