Chapter 7: Phases

Fire and Brimstone rained down on the surroundings of the street.

The other inhabitants of the area picked up their comlinks, dialing for the police and fire departments to put out the flames that were threatening to engulf the rest of the area.

Inside the ruined grocery across the street, a humanoid stirred. Flan Her'pol, one-third of the Decca Team, his hands held in front of him, glowing from the residue of his astral form returning to his body. The Duro Jedi sighed in relief and happiness at the fact that he was still alive after the explosion. Sure, his Jedi robes were scorched and torn, but at least he still had his life.

Flan looked around, checking for any signs of other survivors, but all eh cold see was miles of destruction, and rubble. It was hard to believe that a mere warlock had done all this damage.

As he rose to his feet, he felt soreness through out his body. "Padme'?" he yelled, stepping through the rubble. "Phoebe!!"

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Dalit vaguely heard the name Phoebe being called out and just as vaguely registered the voice as Flan's. He was slowly, but surely floating back to consciousness, and as his vision cleared, he saw the destruction his mega-fire ball had caused.

As he looked around, he caught no sight of Asajj.

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The leader of the Decca Team as well. She felt a sharp pain.

Padme' rose from the rubble she was buried in and checked her body for any injuries. Her clothes were torn and she had a gash on her left thigh. Her hair was lose from its braid and she tasted blood.

"Padme'!! Phoebe!" There again was Flan's voice. It seemed to be coming from a different area then where she was. It was faint, but there nonetheless.

A hand buried under what she assumed used to be the conservatory of a garden caught her attention.

The telekinetic Jedi scurried over the destroyed area to reach the limb.

She hurriedly used her power to move the debris covering the body. Padme' gasped when she saw the body of a small child.

The child looked to be no older then her twins back home, safe on Coruscant. Padme' pulled the body from the debris cradled it, sobbing.

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Phoebe slowly stirred after being shaken. She opened her eyes and found Flan standing over her. She sucked in a whiff of air.

"Are you alright?" Flan asked her.

Phoebe didn't answer, she barely even noticed that he was talking. She looked around and all she could see was devastation.

Then, she looked at him as he helped her rise to her feet. She could tell that her leg was broken. It stung, and she was bleeding from her head, she was sure, because she was dizzy.

"All because of you," she told him, her voice soft. "You killed all of these innocents."

Flan felt like he'd been stabbed. "Phoebe…I-I didn't know this would happen."

She shook her head, and before she knew it, she was fainting.

Flan caught her and carried her off. He then projected his astral form and ordered it to search for Padme'.

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Dalit picked himself and teleported away, with or without Asajj he'd return to the others awaiting their return on Coruscant….

Padme' slowly pulled herself together and placed the cold child's body down. She searched for her lightsaber, but as she suspected, it was nowhere in sight.

Her body ached, but she had to find the others. She could hear sirens wailing in the distance.

Help was on the way.

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(On Coruscant) Anakin was startled out of his sleep when he felt a sharp pain in his chest. He jumped up and found that he was covered in a cold sweat.

He grabbed his chest and stretched out with The Force. "Padme'?"

Padme' turned, hearing Anakin's voice. "Ani?" she called. And suddenly, from light years away, she felt Anakin pouring life into her, through The Force. The power revived her, in a sense, giving her energy.

The throbbing stopped, her wounds healed, and she felt renewed.

Padme' opened her eyes and smiled. Thanks, Ani, she thought. And then, she was on her way.

Flan's astral form found Padme' nearly an hour later and they team was reunited. As Flan's astral form reunited with his body, he carried Phoebe off to an ambulance and she was tended to.

"I still can't believe this much damage was caused by just a fire ball," Padme' whispered to Flan as Phoebe was being observed in the ambulance.

Flan shook his head. "This is all my fault."

Padme' creased her forehead. "How'd you figure that?"

"If it wasn't for me stealing the plans, they never would've come after me and this area wouldn't have been destroyed, people wouldn't be dead….It's all because of me."

Padme' sat and thought for a moment…."Flan…you can't blame yourself for what happened."

"But I feel so responsible."

"And you should."

Padme' and Flan looked up and saw the other two Halliwell sisters, Paige and Piper, standing there. Paige was dressed in black slacks, a peach blouse, black heels, and her brown hair was curled. Piper, on the other hand, wore a maternity shirt, that covered her growing bump, jeans, and heels, her back length hair pulled back.

The marched over to Padme' and Flan.

"What the HELL happened here!?!" Piper demanded. "One second, I'm reading to my son, Chris, and the next minute, my other son, Wyatt, comes in the room, screaming and crying about AUNT PHOEBE HURT!!!"

Padme' tried to silence them, but Piper gestered with her hands and froze her in time.

Paige's eyes grew big. "PIPER! You can't freeze a Jedi!"

"I don't care WHO she is!" She looked at Flan. "Where's Phoebe??"

"Right here," said a soft voice.

Paige and Piper turned around and saw a battered Phoebe stepping off the ambulance.

"PHOEBE!" they rushed to her and embraced her.

"My God, are you okay?" asked Paige.

"I'm fine now," she somberly replied. "What are you guys doing here?"

And Paige filled her in.

Then, Phoebe saw Padme', frozen in time. "PIPER!! Oh, my God! Did you freeze her?!?"

Piper bit her lower lip.

"Unfreeze her, Piper! Padme' did nothing wrong."

Piper shrugged again and gestered once again, unfreezing her.

"Hmm…" said Paige. "Look at that, another "P"."

"Will someone please tell me what's going on??" Padme' asked. "How'd you two get here??"

"Leo had us transported here by the Elders after Wyatt freaked out," Paige informed her.

Padme' looked around, sensing something. "We need to get out of here…It's not safe."

Phoebe nodded. "I agree….Piper, what are you doing here!?? You're six months pregnant! It's far to dangerous!"

Piper waved her off. "I've been pregnant before! And besides, my sister was in trouble, and I wasn't going to just sit around and let her get hurt!"

"We should go!" Padme' said, interrupting.

"Where?" asked Phoebe. "We have nowhere to go."

"Back to the ship," Padme' said. "Maybe there's someway we can still use it."

Phoebe nodded and walked over to her sisters. "We'll meet you there."

Padme' nodded. Then, the Charmed Ones orbed out after Paige grabbed their hands.

Padme' turned to Flan. "Let's go."