From there, everything took place incredibly fast; the last thing Phoebe could remember is fire;
Large waves of fire surrounding them.
She opened her eyes very slowly; her head ached terribly. "Phoebe" Piper's voice if only just a whisper, echoed loudly in her ears.
Phoebe turned to Piper and then looked around them, "where are we? What happened?"
"They got us; and probably got Prue too." Piper said, her voice sounded sadly in defeat.
Piper stood up, pulling herself while holding against the wall.
They were in a cave of some sort. The same torches burnt all around them, handing in mid-air.
Piper reached her hands out to Phoebe and helped her stand up. The cave was round without any curves at all. As they listened more closely, they could hear horrible cries that seemed to sound from afar, but were in fact not very distant from them.
"Oh Piper, you just had to open your mouth, didn't you?" Phoebe remarked cynically and put her hand around Piper's shoulders.
Piper smirked with ridicule and turned around, "Gremlins�? Gremlins!?" she grouched, "I thought they are working for the source!"
"Yeah, well not much makes sense here" Phoebe answered and looked around.
"Where do you think they took Prue to?" Piper wondered, suddenly stopping in her place in shock. Her mouth was open as she turned to her right without taking her eyes off it, pocking Phoebe on the shoulder with her finger.
"What? Stop it Piper! Come on th� a�" Phoebe mumbled as she looked at the shadow.
"Sit". The voice ran a shiver down their bodies as suddenly, two chairs appeared behind them and Phoebe and Piper were shoved back into them. In less than a heartbeat, large chains reinforced onto their wrists and ankles.
"What the�?"
"Hell?" The voice said and came out from the darkness.
Phoebe and Piper exchanged fearful looks and then turned back to it. "So, witches� in my World� oh there, there, you don't really think your powers will work against me, now do you?" it asked in answer to Piper attempt of using her powers.
"Who� are you� The�" Phoebe mumbled.
"Oh, don't be scared witch� I won't hurt you� yet" The voice changed in progression while speaking. It began to sound more and more like a human's voice.
"Piper, it's� it's The� The�" Phoebe stopped as an echo of clenching fingers sounded all round them; immediately, three men appeared from smoke, they all bent down on one knee, facing the shadow. "Deal with them" The voice spoke as the shivers ran through Phoebe and Piper's bodies again. "We have to get out of these chains!" Phoebe said, twisting in the chair that suddenly disappeared beneath her. Phoebe fell down on the ground, looking desperately at Piper then back at the men who approached her.
Meanwhile; The Shadow blend in the fog that suddenly prevailed up above them; covering the dome of the cave to the absolute. It all happened just in front of Piper's eyes, who couldn't tear her eyes away from it for some reason; Phoebe screamed as the Men too a hold of her. A wave of fright came over Piper, her heart pounded hardly as she looked at her sister. She tried getting out of the chains but nothing happened. "Phoebe!!" Piper yelled, swirling in the chair with anxiety. They couldn't be separated, not now, when so much depends on it.
"Let go of me!!" Phoebe screamed; she tried fighting them, but it was useless while she was bound to the chains on her wrists and ankles.
"Take these chains off of me! What, are you afraid I'll use my powers on you! Come on, fight like the Demons you are!" Phoebe yelled, taking a chance, but when nothing happened, she frowned and started backing off towards the wall slowly.
Suddenly, the chains on her an on Piper, disappeared, as if eaten by live flame.
"Whoa�." Astonished Phoebe ran towards Piper and walked slowly away from the Men, who now appeared to be at ease.
"You think you're so clever, now do you?" The voice returned from above of them.
"Oh, it is really a clich? that you're talking to us from up behind the fog" Phoebe said; looking up.
Piper nudged Phoebe with her elbow, with her fear showing clearly.
Suddenly, the sound of the clenching fingers was heard again; this time more loudly. As the echo spread all around the fog, the men disappeared into the smoke they came from, leaving Phoebe and Piper alone. Well, not very alone.
"Why have you come here? What do you wish upon your arrival?" The voice strengthened.
"A�" Phoebe mumbled, "Well, We are here t� to� join�" Piper put her hand on Phoebe's mouth, shushing her from saying anything that would jeopardize their lives even more.
"If you don't speak; you will suffer. How did you arrive here? This, is a the most hidden, sacred place that no Demons dwell in. Yet, you� witches. Nevertheless, you wait, not just witches I hear, but The Charmed Ones. Your poor reputation drags itself all the way down here. What do you have to look here? Speak."
Phoebe glanced at Piper and then looked back up. "Show yourself." she said with much hesitation.
About ten seconds passed and still nothing, no response whatsoever. All of a sudden, Cold wind howled abruptly, pushing both Phoebe and Piper brutally against the same wall; a large fire started beneath them, and grew quickly consuming parts of the wall on the way.
The Shadow lowered itself down, now being hidden behind the smoke coming from the fire.
"Burn witches� Burn!"
"No!" Phoebe screamed. They were glued to the wall with no option of escaping.
"Now, now child�" Another voice; this time it was a woman's voice. Two claps sounded and the shadow disappeared, along with the fire. Phoebe and Piper fell down on the ground, bumping on it strongly.
They got up quickly, looking around in fear. That voice quivered down Piper's spine whilst Phoebe's heart pounded strongly.
"You didn't really assume that you'll get down here easily, now did you?"
Phoebe gazed at Piper, and then turned around with fright as she felt a hand rubbing against her back. There was nothing there, nothing but air.
"Prue?" Phoebe asked; but the beams of light weren't anywhere in sight.
"How was it possible for the Gremlins to see Prue?" Piper asked silently.
"I don't think they did. But she saw them, that probably attracted them to her; but Piper, I think we have much bigger worries on out heads now" Phoebe answered as suddenly she felt an abyss opening below her legs.
Piper looked at her in fear; she reached her hand to her as Phoebe called her name but something was blocking Piper from reaching to her.
"Phoebe!" she called; Phoebe looked down, not understanding exactly what was keeping her from falling down into it. Fire burnt down below her and deafening screams sounded loudly from down the Abyss.
"Please, stop!" Piper yelled, looking around.
"Oh, why should I?" The voice asked in a humorous tone.
"You'll never know why we're here if you don't" Piper blurred out, regretting her words.
That'll get me out of here� Phoebe thought to herself; but that wasn't the time or the place to even think such things. "Whoa Piper!" she called as suddenly the earth closed shut.
"I believe you're underestimating me. See, you're in my world now Piper and Phoebe".
Phoebe turned to Piper in shock, "A� how� w� how did you know our names?" she asked.
"Oh, I know so much about you. More importantly, I know why you are here. Witches, hmm� you don't believe you can take me down, just the two of you. Two miserable witches who think they can defeat me!" A horrifying laughter echoed all around the cave, piercing sharply into their ears.
Piper's heart rested partially assured, at least she did not know of Prue.
"Just let us �" Phoebe pleaded being cut off by a large explosion.
"It�s the Devil's playground!" The voice echoed to their ears followed by a stressful laugh.
"Should we panic?" Phoebe asked, holding onto Piper's arm tightly. "A� a..." Piper mumbled in confusion as they were quickly surrounded by heavy fog; that after clearing up revealed a large maze before them. "Oh, why can't she just get little Devils to fight us?" Piper grouched and turned to Phoebe, "don't give her any ideas. Let's just go" Phoebe insisted and pulled Piper in after her. "Wait, don't� wait!" Piper ordered; she stopped Phoebe by the arm and looked at her, "we have to save Prue".
'We have to play by her rules, Piper; unless we do that, we can kiss our lives and Prue's goodbye" Phoebe said firmly and looked at Piper.
"Okay" Piper whispered, nodding her head and followed Phoebe.
Prue turned around; she was still at the same spot she was in when The Gremlins got her sisters. Total darkness prevailed around her; even the lights above her head were fading quickly. They could not hold when she was apart from her sisters. Prue searched around for any recollection of Piper and Phoebe, or for any openings that might lead her to them.
Dammit! She yelled, obviously, no one could hear her. She walked forward in great surprise to the thought that The Gremlins didn't take her with them, or that they didn't even see her.
After a while of pointless searching, Prue stopped. She closed her eyes and concentrated hard on her sisters. If she could hear their thoughts once, she could do it again, and this time it just might lead her to them; Prue thought to herself. It took her some time, but finally she was able to hear Piper's thoughts. She opened her eyes in shock and looked around. To her great surprise, she was standing inside a large maze; a few feet away from her sounded Phoebe's calls to Piper.
Prue hurried there as fast as she could, looking carefully at her surroundings; which in fact were made of hard dark wood, that sprawled for approximately three feet above them.
"Piper, look out!!" Phoebe screamed and jumped up onto the fiend, cutting her arm by the two horns that protruded from his head. He was dressed in black long pants; his chest was uncovered, showing the burnt red color of his skin.
He threw two large pitchforks at Piper's direction. It hit perfectly, stabbing Piper's coat just a few inches above her shoulders. "Ah! Phoebe!" Piper yelled, looking down on her shoulders. She lifted her hands quickly and aimed it at the fiend.
Phoebe fell flat on her face with the palms of her hands being the only thing separating her face from the ground. She stood up quickly and walked towards Piper. "Hurry, hurry!" Piper rushed her, waving her hands in the air in worry.
Phoebe took both pitchforks into her hands and pulled them towards her; the second they untouched Piper, they vanished into dust, in Phoebe's hands.
"Are you okay?" Phoebe asked.
Piper nodded and looked at her. The lights above Prue's head were now completely burnt out.
Phoebe exhaled and asked, "So how many more do we have to fight off? This is getting kind of ridiculous".
"Shh! She could hear you. What we need right now, is to find a way out of here, and get to Prue" Piper said and headed right in a one stream turn.
Prue looked at them, and then down at the ground. She tried to pick up a small rock off the ground but her hand just went right through it.
She left the idea for now and followed her sisters, catching up to them quickly.
The view before them uncovered as they stopped in their place. "Wow" Piper whispered as she looked at a very wide well before them. It appeared to be very deep; however, as they looked closely in, instead of water was fire. Hot waves of flames reached all the way up to them, as the screams were beginning to sound again, passing a shiver through their spines.
Phoebe looked backwards; everything was gone, as in a wave of a hand. All that she saw was darkness; total darkness.
"A� Phoebes� I think we're in a bit of a problem here" Piper squealed.
"Step backwards two steps".
Phoebe and Piper exchanged looks to the sound of The Voice and paced backwards slowly.
"You will have one chance to do your best. Fail and you will be thrown into the wall, and I assure you that is not a pleasant place to spend eternity in for two good witches" She paused, "what will it be?"
"W� We agree" Phoebe said and looked up.
Suddenly, thunders sounded loudly above their heads and a great fog descended to them.
Phoebe and Piper looked around as their eyes stopped on a woman. She was dressed in a flaming red cloak; similar to the one the first Gremlin they saw was wearing. A hood was covering her face and no illumination whatsoever reflected on her face.
The light from down the wall reached up, illuminating bits of the surroundings along with more torches.
Phoebe took a deep breath, without taking her eyes off her. "You know why we're here, don't you?" she asked with much more confidence in her voice then in her heart.
"Yes, and let me state that the reason I don't vanquish you witches right here on the spot is that you showed courage. More courage than I have seen here in a while. However, the attempts before you failed miserably".
Piper looked at Phoebe and then turned back to her. Prue stood beside her sisters, looking at The Devil herself. Fears and chills ran through her bones.
"As I have heard, The prophesy states that killing me or my child might bring to life one who is treasured".
"Oh, so you're familiar with The prophesy, huh?" Phoebe murmured, taking deep breaths.
"Crap! Now what?" Piper whispered.
"Whose life are you trying to save witches?" She asked in a low and firm voice.
"I don't think we should answer that!" Phoebe said quietly, looking at Piper.
"Yeah� too late for that, don't you think?" Piper said, "We have to stick to the plan" she whispered in between her teeth.
Phoebe nodded and turned to look at The Devil as suddenly, another appeared just before their eyes. "You will have the courtesy of witnessing the killing of these witches, child" said The Devil.
"You� you're The Devils descendant" Piper said and looked at them.
"Piper, go!" Phoebe rushed her. Piper looked at her and tried to use her powers. Nothing happened; it neither froze nor exploded a thing.
"You try to use your powers on us!?" She raged angrily, and rose her hands up in the air.
"No, no, no! Wait! Please!" Phoebe yelled.
The Devil looked at her and slowly lowered her hands.
"Thank you, thank you�" Phoebe exhaled; "Never thank The Devil, witch" she said firmly and looked at Piper and Phoebe.
"I have had a change of heart," she spoke loudly, "you will duel my child; both of you. So it shall be done".
Phoebe turned to Piper and nodded. Piper knew what Phoebe was thinking of, and so did Prue.
Piper approached The Child, whose height was almost twice as Piper's; its head was covered with a hood as well, but Piper couldn't be mistaken of the piercing eyes before her.
Before noticing, Piper was halfway up in the air, hovering. The Child swung her fingers and slammed Piper into a wall. "Piper!" Phoebe yelled and ran towards her, but she didn't get to her.
She too was hurt but by fire this time; Fire that surrounded her, without ability for her to move.
Piper stood up slowly, leaning onto the wall and looked at The Child angrily.
"Now you've really pissed me off" she said and tried using her powers again; but nothing worked, It was immune to her powers.
Piper looked at her and then ran towards Phoebe. "Phoebe, are you alright?" she called.
Phoebe looked at her through the flames. "I'll get you out of here!" Piper yelled and tried to freeze the fire. "Ha! It worked, it worked!" she gloated happily and reached out to Phoebe.
They walked towards The Child, preparing to maneuver it somehow.
Piper ran towards it, but The Child worked swiftly, it pushed Piper away, but not before she could take it down.
The Child clenched its fingers as a large knife appeared in its right hand. It turned to Piper with devious eyes. It rose quickly, but Piper stood up and pushed it backwards, after being slightly injured by the knife.
They Child stammered on its feet, and stumbled backwards on Phoebe, who rushed there quickly, and flipped fully, kicking The Child in the stomach.
"No, No!!!!!!!" it screamed as it fell down the pit.
"No! What have you done!?" The Devil screamed. Suddenly, she rose to incredible height and size. Fire burned in her eyes as she looked at Phoebe and Piper.
Prue had to work fast, the rest depends only on her; she ran as fast as she could towards The Devil. She reached out towards her body but her hand went right through it.
"No!" Prue yelled and concentrated all her strength and powers. It had to work; it was their only chance. It was now or never. Vulnerability was the time to act in.
Suddenly, Prue felt piercing pain running up and down her body, "Aaaaggghh!!!" she screamed and opened her eyes. Coldness ran through her entire body. She looked down in shock. She did it. She was in.
Prue looked at her sisters through The Devils' eyes.
She twisted her head and moved towards them. "What's going on with her?" Phoebe whispered to Piper without taking her eyes off Prue.
"I don't know!" Piper whispered back, focusing on Prue.
Phoebe dropped down to the ground and grabbed the knife that The Child dropped while falling.
She rose quickly and aimed the knife at The Devils' heart.
"No!" Prue yelled, holding her hands in front of the body she was in; she twitched her face in pain, breathing heavily as The Devils' soul fought on its rightful place.
Phoebe and piper looked at each other in shock. "Phoebe, Piper, it's me. It's Prue" Prue said and looked at her sisters.
"You did it!" Piper said with relief. Prue smiled and looked at her sisters, "hurry. I don't have much t�" The pain returned to her body, "time�" she completed her sentence taking shallow breaths.
"What are you gonna do?" Phoebe asked and looked at The Devil, trying to see beyond her eyes and to her sisters'. "Is it really you in there?" she asked.
"Yes, honey. It's me." Prue said, "Give me the knife, Phoebe" she continued and reached her hand to Phoebe.
Phoebe paced slowly forward, and handed Prue the knife with hesitation.
Prue took the knife into her hands, while taking a deep breath.
"Prue, you're gonna kill yourself?" Phoebe asked, almost taking the knife back to her again.
Piper approached them, and put her arm around Phoebe's shoulder.
"I'm already dead" Prue said and looked at her sisters. That was it. The decisive moment, either it fails or works, Prue thought to herself as she picked the knife up and without hesitation swung it quickly into her heart.
Piper opened her eyes, and looked at Phoebe. They were back at home.
"Phoebe?" Piper asked and looked around, "we're back".
"What does that mean?" Phoebe asked and looked at her. Piper shook her head and walked towards the living room. "Prue?!" she called loudly and looked around.
Suddenly, they heard footsteps coming from the Parlor. They ran out there in anticipation; "You're back!" Cole said and looked at Phoebe.
"Cole" Phoebe said with disappointment in her eyes. "Are you alright? Where's Prue?" he asked and looked around, he thought he might be able to see her.
Phoebe looked into his eyes and then looked away at Piper.
"Prue!?" Piper yelled; her heart raced quickly as she walked around the whole floor. Prue was nowhere to be found.
"Piper, Phoebe".
They all turned around, to the living room facing Leo. "You're back. Where is Prue? Didn't it work?" he asked. He looked worried and just as surprised as they were.
"I don't� I don't know" Piper mumbled.
"Wait, let me just fix that" he said and held his hands above Piper's bleeding hands and soaring neck. He then turned to Phoebe and healed her arms.
Leo stood up straight and closed his eyes. He tried sensing for Prue.
"I can't sense her" he said sadly after several seconds and looked at Phoebe and Piper.
"This can't be� this can't be happening!" Piper screamed with fury. "Not after everything we've been through" she raged in tears, "Prue!"
"Wait!" Leo said and closed his eyes once more. Piper and Phoebe watched him with anxiety.
A smile appeared on his face as he opened his eyes, "I sense her. She's alive".
A wave of relief ran through Piper's entire body, she felt as if a rock fell off her chest.
Phoebe turned to Piper and smiled, and then they hurried upstairs as fast as they possibly could.
"Prue?" Piper yelled and burst into Prue's bedroom.
Prue was lying by the foot of the bed; she opened her eyes and tears of joy ran down them as she saw her sisters. She stood up and ran towards them, hugging them tightly to her.
"Oh, Prue" Piper cried, squeezing her arms tightly around Prue's back, she didn't want to let go. She was still afraid that once she did, they would take Prue away from them again.
"I've missed you so much, Prue," Phoebe whispered, crying.
"I've missed you too" Prue said and smiled with happiness, "I love you so much" she said and kissed Phoebe and Piper.
They were together, charmed as sisters, again.