Prue lifted her head in shock and looked around.
"What is going on?" she asked and looked down at Malloy.
"Oh my god!" she said, "what are you doing here?!" she asked panicked.
"What are you doing on top of me?" he smiled.
"No, no, no!!! eeeewww!!!!!" she yelled and quickly jumped off of him and into the front seat.
"Get out!" she said and closed her eyes.
"But� why?" he asked.
"Just get out!"
Her face paled as she heard Malloy zipping up his pants.
He got out of the car and walked towards Prue's window.
Prue started the engine and without looking at him drove in Reverse as fast as she possibly could.
She felt sick just thinking about it� about him and her together.
Yuck! Prue thought to herself as she parked the car in front of her office.
She walked into the studio where she was working the other day.
It all started there. All the bizarre things that have happened since then just took her mind off of what was really going on.
The studio looked exactly how it did when she left it yesterday.
There was nothing there. Nothing to give her a clue about what is happening to her, to Phoebe.
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Piper took The Book back up to the attic.
She wanted to keep it away from Phoebe, just incase.
Meanwhile, Prue arrived at the Manor. She walked towards Phoebe, while taking off her jacket.
"Hey" Prue said and sat down beside Phoebe.
"Hi".
"How are you?" Prue asked and caressed her face.
"D� did you f� find anything?" Phoebe asked.
"No, honey. I'm sorry" Prue said and looked at her.
"I am having the worst day ever. F� first, I ruin my new sophisticated dress and then I screw up at the job interview, and now� I'm d� dying... Whoopy" Phoebe said with difficulty, breathing heavily. "You are not dying Phoebe! Do you hear me!?" Prue said firmly, trying to convince not only Phoebe but herself as well.
She knew what had happened to her. She felt it.
*** *** *** *** *** ***
Piper looked through the pages of The book, looking for something about Thermion.
However, she couldn't find anything.
Suddenly, the pages started flipping by themselves; they stopped on a large colorful drawing of a man.
"Thanks grams" Piper said and looked up.
"Thermion takes up desires that are hidden inside, and leaving no other.
To vanquish this demon, you must�." She wrote down the vanquish spell and continued reading.
Piper stopped as she heard breathing.
She turned around slowly, and found her self standing face to face with Thermion.
"How�?" she mumbled.
"Stupid witch!" he laughed.
Piper quickly froze him, and ran down the stairs as fast as she could.
"Prue!" she yelled and ran towards her and Phoebe.
"You can run but you cannot hide witches!" Yelled Thermion and laughed as he shimmered down into the living room.
"Oh, that is such a clich?!" Prue said and looked at him.
"The cravings you inflict upon us,
We now deflect.
We run in thoughts of wisdom,
That will show you to your grave".
As they recited it, Prue kept glancing at Piper in a guilty look.
"Why the hell isn't it working?" Piper asked in a panicked tone.
"It won't work without the power of three, you stupid witch" Thermion said and with a heart beat, he threw an energy ball at Piper.
Prue jumped up and pushed Piper out of the way and onto the clock.
She lifted her head and saw Thermion aiming his hands at Phoebe; she rose quickly, looking around, searching for sharp objects. Any sharp objects.
Prue grabbed onto a piece of wood from the fireplace and threw it at him.
He looked at her and shimmered away, before it hit him.
Prue turned to Piper; panting and helped her up.
"Are you okay?" she asked, and turned to Phoebe.
"You.. You're bleeding� Prue" Phoebe said quietly.
"It's nothing" Prue said and looked down at her left shoulder.
"Prue, why didn't the spell work? The Book said�"
"Uh oh" Prue said quietly and looked away, avoiding Piper's eyes.
"Uh Oh? I never like the sound of that! What do you mean uh oh?!" Piper raged.
"A� I a� I cast a personal gain spell" Prue said with guilt and looked at her sisters.
"You didn't! When? Why?"
"I wasn't thinking! It was as if something came over me for a second".
"Oh! This is the worst excuse I have ever heard!" Piper yelled.
Phoebe sat up, slowly.
�Your powers Prue! What are we going to do now!? The Power Of Three! We�re dead� Piper said and sat down on a sofa in the Parlor.
�Piper I am so sorry. There has to be another way to vanquish him�.
�Forget that! We don�t even know whether he�s gone or not! Prue, we are so screwed without your powers, without The Power Of Three!� Piper stood up and walked back into the living room.
�What about Phoebe? How are can we protect her? How can we protect ourselves?!�
Phoebe looked at them as they paced throughout and crosswise the living room.
�Okay, we gotta think!� Piper said and turned to Prue.
�Okay� A��