A/N: I know I said I was going on hiatus but I made a deal with someone whose story I like and they promised me that if I updated, then so would they. So here I am and here is the continuation from last chapter.
Manor Attic
"Wait," Paige said as her face fell. "What about the guy that hired Reichs? Do they know who it is?"
"All they know is that the demon that hired him wanted revenge." Leo said quietly. He hated giving the sisters bad news but he had complete faith in them. He knew that somehow they would fix this and save Paige.
"Well that's okay, we can just 'ask' Reichs to tell us who hired him." Piper said triumphantly, glad that she could finally had something to do. "Pheebs, can you write a summoning spell for Reichs?"
"Of course!" Phoebe replied enthusiastically.
"And Paige… Oh my God, Paige!" Piper yelled as she sprinted across the room to where Paige was now on the floor, unconscious.
"Leo?" Piper yelled pleadingly as she fell next to her fallen sister's side.
Leo calmly bent down beside Paige and checked her pulse. He watched both of the sisters let out a relieved sigh when he nodded his head. Paige was still alive. But for how much longer? A worried voice spoke up in the back of his head. He gingerly picked Paige up and walked her over to Aunt Pearl's couch, placing her down gently as Piper and Phoebe walked up behind them.
"Isn't there anything you can do?" Piper asked sadly as she let her eyes wonder over Paige's unconscious form.
"I'm sorry, Piper. You know the only thing that will help her now is the antidote." Leo said soothingly as he wrapped his arms around his wife.
"Then we stick with our original plan." Phoebe spoke up calmly, trying to stay strong. "I'll write the summoning spell and get what we need from the kitchen." As soon as she had finished talking, Phoebe quickly turned and headed downstairs.
"And I'll head back Up There and see if there's anything else that could help. Are you okay to stay with Paige?" Leo asked as he released his hold on Piper.
"Yea," Piper whispered quietly before clearing her throat and trying to sound more composed. "Yes, I'll be fine. You just go see if there is anything else."
Leo gave his wife a small, sympathetic smile before orbing out.
Piper grabbed the blanket off the back of the couch and wrapped it around Paige before pulling up a chair next to the couch. She started to lightly stroke Paige's hair causing Paige to stir and groan, but not wake up. She lifted Paige's shirt up and was despaired to find the black ball had gotten bigger since the last time she saw it. Piper gently placed her hand on it but quickly jumped out of her seat when Paige cried out in pain.
"Piper! What the hell are you doing?" Paige ground out through clenched teeth.
"Paige! You're awake!" Piper announced, a mixture of confusion and happiness in her voice.
"Yeah, thanks for the update." Paige replied sarcastically. "What happened?"
"We're not quite sure yet, sweetie. You just kind of… collapsed." Piper said calmly, trying not to freak Paige out.
"Then how did I get up here? The last thing I remember is vanquishing that demon in the alley." Paige asked as she looked around confused. "And why is it so damn hot in here?"
"What did you just say?" Piper asked shocked.
"It's hot in here?" Paige asked confused and slightly worried by Piper behavior.
"No, what did you say before that?" Piper clarified.
"The last thing I remember is vanquishing the demon?" Paige said.
"Is that seriously the last thing you remember?" Piper asked worriedly as he placed a hand on Paige's forehead.
"What's going on, Piper because I have got to say you are starting to freak me out." Paige snapped as she tried to push Piper's hand away.
"Paige, just calm down, okay? You feel warm so I'm going to go and get the thermometer from the bathroom. Just stay here and don't move, I'll be back in a minute." Piper said soothingly before she got up and walked out.
"Piper, wait!" Paige fell back on the couch and let out a grunt of frustration. She hated being left in the dark and the pain in her stomach wasn't helping. Paige lifted the blanket off her to look down at her abdomen and gasped when she saw the poison ball. She gently touched it but had to bite back a scream when pain shot through her. Paige was starting to panic when Piper walked back into the room.
"Piper! What is this… thing!" Paige asked with wide eyes.
Piper immediately rushed to Paige's side. "It's okay, Paige. Just calm down."
"Calm down! Are you serious?" Paige exploded. "There's some black ball of God knows what growing inside of me and you want me to calm down!"
"Paige, just take a breath, okay?" Piper pushed Paige back onto the couch before continuing. "Last night, a darklighter named Reichs shot you with an arrow. Do you remember that?" Paige shook her head no. "Well, long story short, he poisoned you and now we are trying to get the antidote. Now open up so I can take your temperature."
Paige reluctantly opened her mouth for Piper. After a few seconds it started beeping and she pulled it out.
"102.9." She said with a frown.
"Don't worry, Pipe. I'm gonna be just fine." Paige said with as much confidence as she could muster. She frowned slightly when Piper started chuckling. "What's so funny?"
"You already told me that today, with the exact same words and in the exact same tone and everything." Piper said with a smile.
"And here I thought I was being original." Paige replied with a smirk.
"Paige! You're awake!" Phoebe exclaimed as she walked into the attic.
"You are so observant, Phoebe." Paige said sarcastically.
"Still a smartass I see?" Phoebe joked as she placed a few potion ingredients on the table.
"Always." Paige replied with a smile.
"Anyway, I have the spell. All I need to do is make the potion and then we can summon Reichs here and kick his ass back to whatever hell hole he came out of." Phoebe said before heading over to the burner to make the potion.
"Hear that, Missy Paige? You're gonna be good as new in no time." Piper announced with a smile, though on the inside she wasn't so sure. This was easy and their lives were never easy. Something just didn't feel right to Piper.
"Never doubted it for a…" Paige trailed off as her words turned into a long and violent coughing fit.
Piper immediately burst into action and ran downstairs to get Paige a glass of water. When she came back she started rubbing Paige's back in hopes that it would help calm her. To Piper's relief, it worked and Paige's coughing slowed down until the stopped completely. Piper then carefully helped Paige take a few sips of water and lie back down again.
"Thanks." Paige mumbled hoarsely as her eyelids started to droop.
Piper noticed that the coughing fit had taken most of Paige's energy but Phoebe looked as if she was almost done with the potion and she needed Paige to say the spell. "Paige, sweetie, I know you're tired but we need you to say the spell and vanquish the demon so we can cure you and then you can sleep all you want, okay?" Piper insisted as she saw Paige was about to doze off.
"Yeah, whatever." Paige murmured as she sat up in a seated position and put her head in her hands. Paige felt as if her stomach was on fire and her head was about to explode but she really didn't want to worry her sisters. She knew there was nothing they could do to help her so why bring it up? She could see that they were both trying to be strong for her. Unfortunately, their eyes gave away just how worried and scared they were and Paige wasn't about to make this worse for them than it already was.
"How's the potion coming?" Piper asked nervously as she shifted her worried eyes from Paige to Phoebe.
"It's done, just vialing it up now." Phoebe informed triumphantly as she filled the last potion vial with the dark blue liquid.
"Great! Paige, you ready?" Piper turned to see that Paige was still lost in her own world. Piper gently placed her hand on Paige's shoulder causing her to jump slightly and look up at Piper.
"What?" Paige asked with a confused expression.
"The potion is done. Are you ready to vanquish some demon ass?" Piper asked enthusiastically.
"Let's do this." Paige said as she stood up. She swayed slightly on her feet but Piper quickly steadied her.
"Are you sure you're okay to do this?" Piper asked skeptically.
"I'm fine. Let's just get this done quickly because my head is killing me." Paige joked but Piper could also see the pain hidden in her eyes.
"Okay then. Phoebe, you ready?" Piper asked as Phoebe approached with three pieces of paper and three vials.
"Sure am." Phoebe said as she handed everyone a piece of paper and a vial.
"Alrighty then, let's do this."
A/N: Not my best work but what'd ya think? Good? Bad? Awful? Please review and tell me, it would make my day. And Wyarose, update soon ;)