Prue followed her with her eyes, as she walked around the living room and took Piper's hand and pulled her with her. "What are you doing?" Piper yelled as they hurried upstairs.
"She doesn't believe" Prue said suddenly. Cole turned to her and asked "meaning?"
"Well, Piper still had faith that I'm alive and that's why she could at least feel something when I was near. However, Phoebe doesn't".
"Can you blame her?" Cole asked. "I never said so. It's hard for me too, you know. Being dead is-" Prue raised her eyes up, "Forget it".
"Cole?" Phoebe called out, walking down the stairs; Piper dragging behind her with motivation to try to see Prue.
Cole turned his look from Prue, and watched Phoebe as she placed The Book down on the coffee table. "Piper, come here," she ordered.
Her heart raced in incredible speed as she flipped through the pages, in search for a spell.
"Phoebe, what are you doing?" Cole asked.
"Well, if using this spell worked on Andy, who was also invisible, it should work on Prue too.
That is if she's really here" Phoebe answered and took a deep breath, facing the spell in front of her eyes.
"Let the unseen be shown, let the unspoken be said. Reveal your image, reveal your maze�
Phoebe stood up; looking around the room, "Well?" she said in a "know it all" tone.
"Where is she, Cole?" Piper asked eyeing him.
"Right there" he said and pointed at Piper's side.
Piper turned to her right; she felt a weak breeze. "Phoebe, come here."
Phoebe looked at Piper and walked towards her lacking any other option.
"Can you feel it? It�s her. Come on, Phoebes, you gotta feel it" Piper pushed her, feeling as if she's onto a trail of small hope. Of any hope, for that matter.
"Well I don't." Phoebe said with fury and walked away from her, towards Cole.
Prue watched her with pain. "Cole, the magic is protecting me from this spell. They can't see me. It's all part of the -"
"Of the� what?" Cole asked curiously.
Prue didn't answer, she stopped and closed her eyes. She could hear Phoebe's thoughts.
They were delving inside her mind.
"I miss you too, Phoebe. Don't� don't be afraid. I know you are. I am here," Prue said; looking at her. "Tell her," she said to Cole, hoping it would work. It had to.
"What's the� what's the point, Prue?" Cole asked with apathy.
"Go on!" Prue said and pushed him towards Phoebe.
Cole held himself from stumbling onto Phoebe and looked at her, "Prue�" Cole began without seeing any point of telling Phoebe. "Wants me to tell you that she misses you too and that you shouldn't be afraid; she knows that you are".
"What?" Phoebe asked. His words stupefied her. She felt that Cole had read her mind; he simplified every little thing that she had been thinking of.
"How do you know that?" she asked, staring at Cole.
He turned to Prue; "I can hear her thoughts," Prue whispered quietly, more to herself than to Cole. "Tell her; tell her that I know of her fear for Piper, of her worries. Tell her, that I know she wants to run to you right now and never let go. But you better not take advantage of her again, Cole; and these are my thoughts and my actions" she added firmly.
"Phoebe," Cole turned to her, gazing at Piper.
Phoebe's heart skipped a beat as he spoke. "Prue can hear your thoughts, Phoebe. You have to believe her. You have to believe me" Cole said and approached her.
Phoebe inhaled deeply. "Prue?" she asked in a shaky voice.
Prue felt a wave of relief run through her. She nodded with a smile and drew near her.
"What's going on?" Phoebe asked, looking at Cole.
"Prue?" Cole asked.
"Yeah, just first can you tell Phoebe that I love her?"
"Right" Cole said and turned to Phoebe. "Prue says she loves you".
"I a� I love you too," Phoebe said; teary eyed, looking around.
Prue smiled and continued, "Mom and Grams said that there is a way for me to come back-"
"Huh?" Cole asked in surprise.
"What?" Piper asked, "What is she saying?" Phoebe asked, completing Piper's thoughts.
"One second" Cole said, holding his finger up in the air. He turned back to Prue and looked at her in a questioning look.
"The devil?!" Cole laughed and turned away from Prue.
"Cole, I'm dead serious!" Prue said. "No pun intended," she added to try to wipe the smirk off Cole's face.
"Cole, is this serious?" Piper asked; Phoebe nodded in agreement.
"Yeah� she's serious, she's crazy. Prue, you're crazy. You can't fight The Devil, you can't kill him!"
"So much for your knowledge," Prue mumbled and looked at her sisters. "You have to help me, since I can't� can't be� You guys have to help me, and you Cole, since, well� you're the only one who can see me, and hear me; you have to tell me everything you know about The Devil".
"I don't know anything, Prue. The Devil is beyond me, it's beyond all Demons." Cole said, looking at Prue. "Even the source?" Prue asked.
"The source� hmm� Why not hanging a huge sign on me, saying kill me please! This is suicide Prue. I'm as good as dead".
"Relax, Cole. I wasn't asking anything of you. How can you be that arrogant?"
"I am not being arrogant, Prue. Just cause you're dead doesn't mean that� that� a�-" Cole stopped stammering as he felt Phoebe and Piper eyeing him.
He turned to them and smiled, "a miner disagreement".
"Yea" Piper gaped.
"I don't understand why there's nothing in The Book about The Devil!" Piper said objecting to Cole's words and continuing looking through it, even though pointlessly.
"Piper, Prue says that there is nothing of it. There shouldn't be!" Cole said and looked at her, as she sprung on her feet and walked towards him angrily.
He stepped aside hurryingly, clanking onto the wall beside him.
"Piper� Piper �" Phoebe started and stopped as Piper disappeared from sight. She turned to Cole and looked around, "Can I be alone with Prue please?" she asked lightly, however, Prue, looking quite surprised from Phoebe's request, could sense the weight she was feeling on herself.
"W� B� But you won't be able to hear her" Cole stammered in bewilderment.
"That's okay," she said, "just tell me where she is".
Cole pointed her to Prue, and walked out of the living room. Phoebe stared at the empty spot that was Prue for a few minutes; she was at a loss of words. Well, not exactly. It was, is still confusing, this whole matter.
"Prue, I don't understand what's going on, why can't we see you?" She asked suddenly, as if not realizing her actions.
Prue watched her; she felt brutal hurt, bearing up inside her.
Phoebe stood in silence and then quietly blurred out four words. "I am scared, Prue."
"So am I, Phoebe" Prue replied gently. "So am I".
"Alright, No more Mrs. Nice Piper," Piper announced as she burst into the living room; accompanied by Cole, who was already carrying candles, that Piper had loaded him with.
"Piper, what� what are you doing?" Phoebe asked, rubbing her eyes in exhaustion.
"I am going to call The Spirits," Piper raised her voice, emphasizing those words, "and they better have a solution for this!" She said, already organizing the candles in a large circle on the floor behind the sofa.
"I call you now, oh spirits rear.
Hear my call, come be thy here".
Phoebe exchanged looks of wonder with Cole, as the first Candle Light extinguished.
Piper gazed at them for a miner second, and then turned back, facing the middle of the circle.
Slowly, white glowing sparks began creating a swirl, and slowly forming into their Grandmother. "Grams?" Phoebe asked and approached Piper. Grams turned to all directions, spotting Prue. "Piper, Phoebe, why did you call for me?" she asked, pretending she didn't know what they were about.
"Well, apparently, we're meant to Vanquish The Devil!" Piper said, gradually raising her voice.
Phoebe looked at her, putting her hands over Piper's shoulders, and said, "Grams, we need your help. I don't even know where to start."
"I do." Grams said, changing her mind swiftly. "Come here, darling." She said kindly, and reached her hand to Prue.
Prue looked at her with slight hesitation and slowly paced to her.
Phoebe and Piper both eyed the direction to whereas Prue was allegedly at; they trembled as a draught of cold wind surrounded them, blowing out two of the four remaining candles.
The living room hollowed in many white sparks once more, but this time it was different.
Prue felt dizziness combined with a mixture of warmth and chill, creating a small outburst in the room.
Piper and Phoebe opened their eyes, blinking against the great light that was now slowly beginning to ware out.
"Prue�?" Piper whispered; the strangling tears began welling up in her throat.
"You can see me?" Prue asked with a smile appearing on her face.
Phoebe looked at her in shock, holding one hand to her chest and the other over Piper's shoulder, for support.
"Oh Prue," Piper cried and hurried to her, she tried to touch her, sending her arm out to her
but with no success. Prue was still a ghost. Just like Grams.
"Prue, I've missed you so much, are you okay?" Piper asked; stepping backwards agitated.
"Yeah, I'm okay" Prue said, as tears ran down her eyes. For some reason, one she could not even begin to speculate of, she could feel and hear her sisters' thoughts.
The pain they felt inside, masticated all other emotions.
"I love you." Prue said and looked at her sisters. Her blue eyes glinted as a smile appeared on her face.
"We love you too, Prue," Piper cried, wiping her eyes.
"So� what do we �" Phoebe started, without taking her eyes away from Prue's. "Well, there are certain measurements to these actions �" Grams started but stopped as Prue asked; "is there any way that Phoebe and Piper will see me when we go? We obviously can't take Cole with us�"
"I don't know sweetie," Grams said, gazing at Phoebe and Piper.
She wished to help them in any way. To stop their pain but they had to learn, just as they had to face their gift, to learn to accept it.
"Right now, you don't possess that kind of power, and neither do I," she continued.
Prue turned to her sisters, looking into their eyes. She wanted to take advantage of that moment, to take a mental picture and remember it, for as long as she could.
"Then what's going to happen?" Piper asked, looking at Prue.
The emptiness she felt inside slowly wore off, Prue's confident eyes impressed on her.
Grams turned to Prue, and then looked back at Phoebe and Piper, "Listen to me very carefully,"
Meanwhile down below, in the netherworld.
A potion made by murderers gain. She is the one who adores the pain.
"Empty faces rule the earth, Evil is on the rising.
Fear to speak of which, is learning through the horizon.
I cast these words, to rule all magic.
The unspeakable rage, The uncompromised villains.
Sinful faith, which I conjure; Symbol loath that adore".
"Good luck my darlings, bless it be" Grams said, and disappeared.
"Prue?" Phoebe looked at her.
"I can't stay visible to you much longer," Prue said and glanced at Cole.
"This just turns to suck once more" Piper commented angrily.
"No, Honey. Listen to me," Prue said, catching Piper's eye. "You have to stay strong. Don't cry for me, even if this does not work eventually, I will always be with you; always".
Tears stood in Piper's eyes as they said goodbye again. Prue looked at her sisters and with one single breath blew out the candles.
"Prue?" Piper asked. "She's here" Cole said and pointed to his side.
"Oh�" she mumbled as a response.
"So what do where do we go from here?" Phoebe asked, holding her hands on her hips.
I call thy spirit, the Evil's pray.
To great the mortals suffer,
To increase the witches' Pray.
I cast upon thee now, you hear my call, and I seize your soul.
"This it too dangerous; how can we even go there?" Piper asked as Phoebe was putting on her new sneakers.
"I don't understand you, Piper. If we don't go, then I don't know what would become of us, of Prue," Phoebe said and zipped up her coat.
"But, Phoebe�"
"Get dressed Piper, we're going"
"Phoebe, we can't even see Prue, this is totally ominous!"
"This is our only chance to save Prue. I never expected this from you of all people�" Phoebe said and looked at Piper.
"I� I just can't bear losing you too, Phoebe, I won't handle it �" Piper muttered, and hugged Phoebe. "I'll die if this goes� if�"
"Its okay sweetie, you won't lose me. I promise" Phoebe said and kissed her.
"Okay, I can only shimmer you this far" Cole said, "and I don't even know where it is".
"Well, I do. Just follow me, can you do that?" Prue replied; her heart raced quickly, as she noticed Phoebe and Piper walking down the stairs and towards them.
"Alright; it's now or never" Phoebe said, holding Piper's hand in hers tightly.
Cole nodded, and walked towards them when Prue stopped him, "wait a second" she said, closing her eyes.
"What is it?" Piper asked, looking at Cole.
"I don� I don�t know� Prue?" he asked and turned to her.
"I hear something - she said� what?!" Prue erupt suddenly. "Who?!" she asked.
"Umm, Prue, who are you talking to?" Cole asked, feeling Phoebe's eyes on him.
"Me. She's talking to me".
"Ah!" Phoebe and Piper turned around, jumping with fright as a young man appeared in front of them. Cole turned curiously and looked at him.
"Where did you come from?" Piper asked in shock, "yeah, and� and a, what were� are the blue shiny thingies that you came from?" Phoebe completed and looked at him in shock.
"A�" he smiled and pointed up with his index finger.
"I'm Leo" he said and looked at Cole.
Prue approached them quickly, without taking her eyes off Leo.
"Prue, Hi" he said and looked at her, Prue smiled at him, relieved that he could see her.
Piper and Phoebe both turned around together to Prue then turned back to Leo.
"These are my sisters, but you already know that, Piper and Phoebe," Prue said.
"Right," He said and turned to Piper. "It's a pleasure".
"Yea..." Piper mumbled, with her mouth half open. "Hmm, sorry to interrupt, but what are you?"
"I'm your white lighter." Cole turned to him, "another one" he mumbled.
Leo eyed him, and then turned to Piper and Phoebe, "I guess it's okay to say that I'm kind of your guardian angel".
"Our guardian angel?" Piper asked sarcastically.
"Yes."
"Oh man, this just gets better, doesn't it?" Phoebe said, and turned to Prue, "did you know about this?" she asked; looking around, since she wasn't sure of Prue's whereabouts.
Prue glanced at Leo and nodded. "Well, I have the powers to heal" Leo said suddenly.
Phoebe turned to him, "Uh, give me a break!" she said angrily. "Who sent you here?" Piper asked. She was quite charmed of him.
"The elders; they believe that since you're going on such a dangerous mission, you're bound to need my powers there" Leo answered.
"This is� this is just great" Piper said and exchanged looks with Phoebe, "then why the hell did they remember to send you now?! We've been doing this witchy life style for three damn years!"
"A� well, I guess they decided that you're ready now�" Leo assumed.
"Oh, if you were here on time to save Prue, then we wouldn't be in this whole mess!" Phoebe said and looked at him.
"Don't blame him!" Piper said, standing up to Phoebe. Leo smiled.
"Okay, Leo. We have to get going" Prue said and looked at him.
"Yeah, right; they told you how to get there, right?" he asked Prue.
Prue nodded.
"Well, ladies?" Leo said and looked at them.
"Just for the record, I still don't get what's going on here," Phoebe said quietly.
"I never did." Piper answered and looked at Leo.
"Don�t you need me to get there?" Cole asked in surprise, holding his hands up in the air in anticipation.
"I'll take them. Since you're a Demon, I think that they don't want to risk in exposing the directions to you" Leo said and looked at Cole, who frowned at him.
Phoebe approached Cole, without looking away from him and kissed him.
Prue turned to Piper in shock, "since when did she forgive him!?" she asked and then remembered that Piper couldn't hear her.
"Don't take it for what it's not. This was just in case I don't make it back" Phoebe said and walked back to Piper and Leo.
"How exactly are you gonna take us the�eee�eere!" Phoebe said; her voice fragmented as they disappeared. They went through millions of shiny light blue particles; it was so beautiful.
The sights took their mind completely off everything.
Prue opened her eyes and looked around. She was standing in the middle of a dark forest.
"Creepy" she said, scanning the surroundings.
"Whoa, this is too cool" Prue hears Phoebe's voice echo behind her.
She turned to them; "it's about time" she said and looked at her sisters and Leo.
"Where's Prue?" Piper asked and looked at Leo.
"She's over there".
"Ha, always on time" Phoebe smiled.
"Where in the hell are we?"
"Not just yet�" Piper remarked and turned to Leo.
The darkness wrapped them in side of itself; many tall trees surrounded them.
The fogginess around them seemed to be evolving and increasing as they stood there.
Not a sound was heard, except for their voices and breathes. It almost dulled their senses.
"I have to go" Leo said and looked at Piper.
"Go..? go!?" Piper cracked.
"It's too dangerous, they won't let me stay. If you need me all you have to do is call my name" Leo said and looked around.
"You know, they are really starting to get on my nerves," Piper said, moving her hands angrily.
"Good luck" he said and orbed away.
"B�" Phoebe remained speechless, holding her hand up in question, "now what?"
Prue looked at them, and then looked around her. She tried her luck in lifting a stone off the ground but it failed her.
"Man it's freezing�" Phoebe said, and pulled Piper closer to her.
"Prue? Where are you?" Piper asked.
"Leo!" Prue called, awaiting his appearance, "Leo!"
Leo orbed quickly as he heard Prue's voice. "Prue; what happened?" he asked in confusion, after several seconds; looking at Piper and Phoebe with care in his eyes. "Leo, I need a little assistance. My sisters can't see me; at all".
Phoebe and Piper looked at Leo, "Prue. Is she alright?" Piper asked in a worried tone of speech.
"She's fine" Leo answered sharply and turned back to Prue. "I have something but I don�t know how long it will last here. There will be three bright lights hovering above you. And that's how you," he turned to Phoebe and Piper, "will see your sister".
"Okay" Prue said and took a deep breath; Leo lifted his hand and moved it above Prue's hand, spreading three bright lights in the air.
"Thanks, Leo" Prue said and smiled; Leo nodded as he orbed up into the air.
"You know what I've been lucky to notice?" Piper asked and looked at Phoebe, "We've been walking for a pretty long time and nothing changed. I mean absolutely nothing".
"You're exaggerating. It's mistier now," Phoebe said and hugged Piper. The cold air seemed to be getting even colder as they walked further. Piper's skin covered in Goosebumps. She wasn't quite sure if it was from the cold or from the fear she was feeling. Anyhow, what she was sure of was that this plan had to work; they had to get Prue back.
"Prue, are you sure we're going the right way?" Phoebe asked after several minutes.
One of the three bright lights jumped up in the air.
"Hmm� what was that?" Piper asked. "Interesting" Phoebe said and stopped, "Prue?" she asked.
The same light jumped up.
"I believe that one jump is a yes. And�" Piper hesitated, "Have you met Leo before, Prue?"
Two lights jumped up sharply in the air. "I guess that's a no� couldn�t you find anything better to ask?" Phoebe said and walked towards Prue. "Wait for me!" Piper called and ran after them, suddenly tripping over something.
"Piper! Prue called and hurried towards her. Phoebe helped her stand up, "She's okay, Prue" she said and checked Piper's face. "Are you alright?" she asked.
"Aha" Piper nodded and looked down, at an amputated tree. "We should go" Phoebe said and looked at Prue.
The road ahead seemed winding and the trees that were now twice taller than before seemed denser. The dimmed sky was starless and obviously, there was no moon.
It seemed that as though they walked further and further, they seemed to be getting nowhere.
Prue stopped in her place as she noticed a small shack from afar.
"Prue? What is it?" Phoebe asked, as she and Piper caught up to her.
Prue looked to her left at Phoebe, trying to point her to the shack.
"Ha, well, well�" Phoebe said, eyeing the shack.
"The shack?" Piper asked, "Is this it?"
"The shack!" Phoebe said feigning Piper's voice to a perfect syllable/perfectly.
Prue looked at her sisters and headed towards the shack.
"Wow, this is totally like Baba Yaga" Phoebe smirked as they slowly approached the hut.
"Huh?"
"Well, you know� Baba Yaga! It's the Evil Witch who lived in a small shack� it's a famous Russian folktale!" Phoebe said, expecting Piper to answer.
"Since when do you know about Russian Folktales?" Piper asked sarcastically.
"We analyzed it in Psycho class� About the effect of� oh, doesn't matter".
"Hmm� I wonder why mom never read it to us�" Piper asked aloud.
Prue smiled to herself and stopped, a few feet away from the hut. She felt certain warmth inside of her, which struggled brutally with the fear she felt, with everything that lay at stake.
The warmth did somehow symbol that she and here sisters were reunited, were together again; even if in a type of an elusion. She was with them, and for that, she was thankful.
"The powers" Prue said quietly and turned to her sisters, "damn� how do I get through to them?" she thought.
"Okay� well, let's go through the plan one more time," Phoebe started and turned to Piper, "We go in, you freeze, then we act spontaneously!" Phoebe smirked, trying to liven up the atmosphere.
"Act� spontaneously!? Phoebe, we are dealing with the goddamn Devil here!" Piper squeaked, immediately silenced by Phoebe, who was now staring simultaneously at the door.
"What?" Piper whispered.
"I don't� get this, I feel this kind of," she waved her hands in the cold air in signs of misunderstood and question, "Wind, but not really�" she mumbled.
Prue watched her, and then turned her look to Piper.
"Leo said our powers are bound to work here, something about the balance between The Evil and The White Magic," Piper started, in attempt to calm herself, and her sisters, "but since The Devil doesn't really qualify� I�"
"Shall we?" Phoebe asked; interrupting Piper, and keeping focus on the door, looking through Prue's transparent body.
"Are you ready, Prue?" Piper asked, slightly hoping in the bottom of her heart that someone will hesitate. However, her desire of saving her sister grew until it overcame the fear, the hesitation and the agitation to win heat her bones.
Prue turned to her sisters, "as ready as I'll ever be" she said to herself as she bounced one light up into the air.
"This is too simple; does anyone else think it's too simple?" Phoebe asked as reached her hand to the doorknob.
As soon as the door opened, dark wind howled at them, creating a swirl.
"Phoebe!" Piper yelled while being pulled into the hut brutally.
Everything took place in less than five seconds; it was so quickly that they didn't even have a chance to respond to it, to react somehow.
Prue was drawn right after Piper and Phoebe, being combined in the wind.
"Piper!" Phoebe said and hurried towards her, helping her stand up.
Prue turned to them, trying to warn them from it.
"So much for a warm welcome!" Piper grouched, while dusting her coat with her hands, "A� Piper, I think we have a bigger problem than that�" Phoebe said, diverting Piper's attention to it.
"Oh" Piper gaped, "Freeze it! Come on!" Phoebe rushed Piper.
"Oh crap" Piper mumbled as her magic failed her. "Crap� is� not good� Hi" Phoebe said; turning to it and smiled, the fear inside her grew.
"Witches�" he whispered and approached them.
He was not much taller than Phoebe, but as skinny as a thread. They could not see his face, since he wore a black cloak, reaching down to his ankles and covering his head, so a shadow darkened his face.
He eyed them peculiarly and then after several minutes spoke in a husky voice, "We've been expecting you".
"Oh, really?" Piper asked, shaken up. "Yes. Follow me" he said and turned around.
Phoebe and Piper exchanged looks of hesitation and slowly followed him.
Suddenly, the cabin didn�t seem as small as it did before, actually it seemed to have a very long continuation; Quite long. Darkness prevailed around them, except for the lights above Prue's head. She walked intensely ahead of her sisters, so that if needed she was able to warn them.
"A, Phoebes�" Piper whispered in a shaky voice as he stopped ahead of them.
Phoebe looked at her in bewilderment, without saying a word or taking her eyes off him.
Piper looked in all directions but in seemed as though nothing has changed, as the going path seemed identical all the way.
Drips of water echoed round them, it seemed so close to them. That sound purified the aspects for several seconds but not more.
Prue's eyes opened widely with terror as she saw him turn; from there it all appeared to happen in slow motion for her, but not for her sisters, the gremlin turned; his eyes glared deviously as he acted quickly. His hands rose, preparing to strike. Waves of fear ran through Prue's body as she stood there, helplessly, without the ability to protect her sisters. Unlike Prue, Phoebe and Piper didn't even have enough time to feel fear or anxiety as everything rolled on so quickly.
"Piper!" Phoebe screamed as she fell. She felt as if she was falling into infinity. The everlasting darkness surrounded her, flickering in her mind was an only blurry light that was quickly disappearing as she fell deeper and deeper in.
Piper opened her eyes slowly; she took deep breaths as she rose. Everything was black, she fought against the darkness, but her eyes just couldn't adjust. "Phoebe?" she called out; her voice echoed around. "Phoebe" she asked, stumbling down on what appeared to be a rock.
"Phoebe?" she murmured, and stood up, shivering; the cold air around thickening her bones.
Prue opened her eyes, facing Piper. "Piper, honey" she said and reached out to her.
Piper's face covered in bruises, and worry sprung from her eyes. "Prue," Piper stammered and looked at the lights above her head. "Phoebe?!" She yelled loudly.
Prue looked at her, then looked up, "Leo, Leo!!" she called.
"Piper".
Piper jumped up as Leo orbed before her eyes, "what are you�? Phoebe�" she mumbled.
Leo reached his hand to her and held it over her head. Warm light came out of his hand and into Piper, it felt so good, and it didn�t hurt at all anymore.
"Where's Phoebe?" Leo asked in worry and turned to Prue.
"I don't know. Can you sense her?" she asked.
Leo closed his eyes, and focused on Phoebe. He could feel her heartbeats, somewhere around them, close to them.
"I can sense her. Her heart's beating" Leo said and turned around.
Piper and Prue eyed him as he hurried further into the darkness.
Suddenly, they could see light coming out of his hands, it was glowing above a body. Piper and Prue hurried to him, and stopped behind him as Phoebe slowly opened her eyes.
"Leo," she whispered while he pulled her up.
"What happened?" Phoebe asked and looked at Piper and Leo.
"You almost died� the important thing is that I came in time, thanks to Prue" Leo said and turned to Prue.
Prue smiled but immediately her face turned serious as she opened her mouth to ask, "Where are we?"
"I don't know" he replied and looked around, "I'm sorry, I'm not allowed to stay here, good luck" Leo said and turned to Piper as he orbed out of there in a matter of seconds, shading the only light that would lit their eyes in a while.
"So, it's not that simple anymore, now is it Phoebes?" Piper said, feigning Phoebe's words in taunt.
Phoebe smiled, looking around them in vain of the overtaking darkness.
They have decided to walk to the left of them, not that they knew where left was.
"Tell me, are all roads in hell infinitive or is it just me?" Piper pondered aloud.
Phoebe turned to her, a smile began to portray on her face but wiped out as she looked at what seemed to be a door just a few feet ahead of them.
She ran quickly towards it, pulling onto the handle as strongly as she could, "Piper, blow it up" Phoebe said and stepped away back into the gloom.
The door was lit with very weak illumination, apparently coming from the other side.
Piper looked at her in surprise and took a deep breath, "Prue, stand back" she said and shook her hands. Prue turned to her and then back to the door.
Piper concentrated her thoughts on her powers and very carefully aimed her hands at the door, which instead of blowing up, opened in a crack.
"Hmm" Piper hummed and marched through it, defeated and angry about her powers.
"Pip� Wait!" Phoebe called and ran after her, followed by Prue.
"Ho� My� god" Piper whispered with her mouth wide open.
They stood on the ground, in the middle of a gigantic floor. Torches hung on walls from both their sides, but the light wasn't very powerful, although where ever they turned more and more torched began to appear. The sound of fire burning reached to their ears.
"Where are we?" Piper asked, turning in all directions. Phoebe paced forward slowly; she wanted to explore the place, but on the other hand, she was quite keen on getting the hell out of there.
"You're in my world now".
Piper's heart fell down to her feet to the sound of those words, Phoebe turned her head to Piper sharply; and muttered, swallowing hard, "Pi� Piper� What was that?"
"Ha�" Piper turned around, looking right through Prue, thinking ruefully about not being able to see her.
Prue looked at her sisters; their thought meddled in her mind. She was afraid for her sisters, and for herself. This was probably one of the only times in which she was terrified, but truly terrified.
This world, this hell, is something she should be dealing with by herself, but it's too late to back off; it's too late to change their course or mission.
"I think we should go�" Phoebe guessed, holding her hand up in the air, "that way" she pointed her finger to the opposite direction. The path leading to Phoebe's chosen direction was completely dark, cut brutally in between the rough walls.
"Of all the ways, you pick the dark one? We're in freaking Hell!!!" Piper raged, following Phoebe with lack of choices. "Prue, you coming?" Phoebe stopped and turned facing the three beam lights hovering above Prue's head. Prue nodded and walked towards them quickly; somethingjust felt wrong about that way. Something that prevented her from entirely disconnecting the iniquity that she and Piper were feeling inside; Phoebe on the other hand seemed to be in semi control. It was reverence that she sensed in her, combined with curiosity and will to find what is forthcoming. "Okay, deep breaths; It's all for Prue; we are doing this for Prue" Piper kept mumbling to reassure herself. Prue smiled as her heart raced in incredible speed; funny quality when you're actually dead, she rambled for several seconds but then cleansed her mind from those thoughts and focused on what to do next; on how to act when they actually reach their destination, they don't have a plan. How incredibly stupid, Prue thought. She stopped suddenly and looked around them. The cold wind was wrapping trembling Piper and Phoebe, even though the fire that seemed to be burning closer and closer to them.
They had no plan except for�
Phoebe stopped in her place and turned to Piper, stopping her with her hands.
"So when we're actually there� what's the plan?" she asked.
"Now? You're asking me this now!?" Piper asked in shock.
"We've been through it, I'm just wondering what will happen to us when we�re actually there, I mean, you saw what happened to us when we heard that voice, we freaked out Piper and quite frankly, I can't help wondering how we would react when we're facing her" she paused, "In person. And you know how I get when I'm freaked out� I�"
"Freak out� I know. We just have to stick to the plan and we'll be just fine," Piper said, surprising herself and Prue with her overconfident comeback.
"Has anyone else noticed that no Demons have attacked us yet?" Piper asked, by pure curiosity, contradicting her former confidential status.
"Need I remind you that Demons don't really bond with The Devil�" Phoebe answered.
"Well, yeah, but there must be like serial hit Devils running around here somewhere, waiting to strike" Piper said. "Again you go with those nice scenarios!" Phoebe said; being interrupted with impertinence by what appeared to be four large gremlins.
"Hello ladies" said one of them and disappeared.
Piper turned around in fear, as suddenly, she couldn't feel her legs; everything happened so quickly, that she didn't have time to react properly.
Phoebe ran towards her, trying to fight the Gremlin off Piper. She levitated, but was thrown down brutally by the other two.
Prue stood there helplessly; she had to do something, but what?
Piper fell down on her knees and twisted as hard as she could to loosen herself from his grip.
The gremlins hands were tightening around her neck; it was getting hard to breath.
The remaining Gremlin pierced Prue with his eyes. His gaze overlooked all that was happening between Prue and himself. Prue's heart raced. She walked towards him and then turned backwards sharply. Phoebe was pinned to a wall, she couldn't fight them off. They were too powerful. Prue heart fell in great pain for them.
She ran towards her and tried to hit the Gremlins.
Suddenly, one of them turned to her.
"Piper!" Phoebe yelled as she was thrown against the opposite wall.
He could see her, The Gremlin Saw Prue. Well, that was what she thought anyway. He jumped at her, but Prue bent down quickly and kicked him over her shoulder and down to Phoebe's direction.
Suddenly, the two other Gremlins let go off Piper and Phoebe and focused on Prue.
"Are you okay?" Phoebe asked, and ran towards Piper, who kept massaging her sore neck.
"Yeah," she answered, breathing heavily, "what's going on� with� them? She asked just as one of The Gremlins was tossed on the opposite wall. Suddenly, The neutral Gremlin formed fire in his hands, something that was definitely not Gremlin nature as Phoebe recalled.
"Prue" Piper said and looked at Phoebe, "they must� want her," Phoebe said, completing Piper's thoughts. "Well, they will have her over my dead body" Piper said and took a deep breath; charging at them with fury.