108"Phoebe, go rest honey we'll take care of this." Piper said. She'd looked at her sister in sympathy. Phoebe hadn't slept for a week, for as long as Lexi had been gone. Phoebe shook her head. Her eyes were puffy red and swollen, from crying.
"No, Piper if it was YOUR kid you'd understand. I'm sick of everyone telling me to give up!" Phoebe screamed. Paige shook her head.
"We aren't telling you to do that Phoebe we are TRYING to help you get some sleep. You barley eat, and haven't slept at all. We will keep working." Paige answered. Phoebe opened her mouth as if to say something, but fell back into a faint.
"LEO!" Piper screamed. Leo orbed in and rushed to Phoebe's side in a hurry.
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"How many times do I have to save you sis?" Prue asked. Phoebe looked around. The place was covered forever in white light, and Prue had a gold glow around her.
"Prue? Prue you have to tell me where Lexi is! I need her, I can't let her die." Phoebe exclaimed, almost jumping on to Prue. Prue smiled.
"You're telling me Phoebe they're going nuts up here." Prue exclaimed. Phoebe didn't find her sense of humor at all amusing, and pulled away from her embrace.
"Alright. Phoebe she's in the alley behind P3. If you have Cole shimmer there you can probably save her. Not Leo or Paige they can't go. And neither can Piper." Prue informed. Phoebe looked confused.
"Piper?" Phoebe asked. Prue smiled. Phoebe let out a small grin as she put two and two together.
"That narrows down the list." Phoebe replied. Prue nodded.
"You can do it honey." Prue said. Phoebe nodded, suddenly the white light turned into darkness, but then turned into the living room of the manor. She saw Cole holding her, and Leo trying to heal her.
"Cole, shimmer me to the alley behind P3." Phoebe ordered. Cole nodded, knowing there wasn't any time for anything. Piper looked at Paige.
"Yeah me two." Piper said to Paige. Phoebe shook her head.
"No, you guys can't go. Piper stay here. DON'T GO." Phoebe said. Cole shimmered them to the alley.
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"Shh! Phoebe if you go now you don't have a chance!" Cole said, grabbing Phoebe by the arm. Phoebe nodded. Her heart longed for the little girl that was in the corner of the alley, rocking back and forth with her legs tucked into her chest. Lexi's face was drenched with tears and smeared with dirt. Her hair was damp and laying down in front of her face. Phoebe buried her head into Cole's chest. Sacrah stood in the middle of the alley.
"Lexi, its Lexi right? I really don't get any pleasure out of hurting you any more so if you could tell me where my power is I wouldn't have to." Sacrah said in his deep voice. He looked up, two three darklighters.
"Any sign of the Charmed Ones?" Sacrah asked. Lexi looked up at the name, hoping they would have a reply. The dark lighters laughed.
"I'm beginning to doubt you Sacrah." The darklighter said. Sacrah looked at Lexi.
"Your mommy and daddy don't even care enough about you to drop in. And look where we are, right behind your aunts club. They didn't even check here." Sacrah exclaimed. Phoebe felt the rage inside her start to build up. The darklighters stood in heavy guard. Lexi was beginning to sob even more.
"I told you I don't know." Lexi said, stuttering in between words. Phoebe looked at Cole who nodded.
"DON'T YOU GET IT BITCH SHE DOESN'T KNOW!" Phoebe screamed, coming out from behind him. The dark lighters aimed at her, but Cole killed them off with energyballs. Lexi looked up, and then looked down again. She tried to get even closer to the wall than she already was. Sacrah turned around.
"If its one thing I've learned from our past experiences, it's that you can pretty much beat me, for now." Sacrah exclaimed, shimmering out. Phoebe ran to Lexi as fast as she could. She reached for her but Lexi backed away further into the corner. Phoebe looked at her daughter hurt, and realized the power of Sacrah's words.
"Sweetheart, I'm so sorry. I'm so so sorry. We looked for you everywhere. We thought he'd keep you in more of a hidden place! Honey come here. It's okay." Lexi started crying and let Phoebe wrap her arms around her. Phoebe picked her up, but Lexi cried out in pain. Cole looked down. Lexi's knee was swollen, and bent out of shape.
"Here give her to me and we'll get outta here." Cole answered. Phoebe carefully handed Lexi to Cole, and Lexi caved into him. Phoebe put a hand on his back and around Lexi and they shimmered back to the manor.
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"Hey baby how ya doin?" Piper asked, coming into the guest room that hadn't yet been redone to match Lexi's personality. Lexi looked up, she had been watching T.V in a white terry cloth robe, and her leg was elevated with an ice pack secured firmly to her knee, for some reason, she didn't want Leo to heal her. Her cuts had been taken care of, but the little girl hadn't said anything since she came back home. She looked up at Piper with a frown, and looked back at the T.V.
"Honey, you can cry you know, you can tell me or your mommy or your daddy or Leo or Paige what happened if you need to get it out." Piper exclaimed. A tear rolled down Lexi's cheek.
"If Phoebe and Cole didn't love me they didn't have to adopt me. I'm sorry." Lexi said coldly. Piper stopped breathing. She was taken back by the little girl's reply, she hadn't called Phoebe or Cole their actual names since she asked for permission to call them mommy and daddy.
"What? Sweetie how can you say that? Your mommy and daddy love you so much! Did you know that when you were missing your mommy didn't sleep all week because she was worried so much and trying to find you? And your daddy was barley home because he was checking all the places he could think of where you were." Piper answered. Lexi looked up, and the spark that was in her eye suddenly came back.
"You mean dat? But Satra told me that we were right by your cub. Why didn't you find me if you were looking that hard?" Lexi asked. Piper smiled at the little girls concern.
"Don't believe anything a demon tells you. He was trying to make you feel bad. Think about it this way. If we were playing hide and seek where is the first place you'd look for me?" Piper asked. Lexi looked up thoughtfully.
"Uh, in the car outside in the back seat?" Lexi guessed. Piper shook her head. Lexi got a thoughtful face and then smiled.
"You wouldn't hide in the drier again would you?" Lexi asked. Piper laughed and shook her head.
"What if I hid right under your bed?" Piper asked. Lexi laughed.
"IIII know what you're talking about! If mommy and daddy were looking estra estra hard for me, then they wouldn't think of looking in the easy places!" Lexi explained. Piper nodded, and hugged the little girl tightly.
"I'll send Phoebe and Cole in okay?" Piper asked. Lexi nodded eagerly and turned off the T.V with the remote. Piper smiled and left the room. Soon enough, Cole followed Phoebe into Lexi's room. Phoebe smiled, and sat down on her bed. Cole smiled also and walked to the other side of her bed. Lexi let out a big grin to both of them.
"I'm sorry if I was snot! Piper explanded to me about why you didn't come sooner. Thank you for coming." Lexi exclaimed. Phoebe mouthed 'she's so cute' to Cole, and looked at Lexi.
"Lexi you weren't snotty at all! Honey what happened wasn't at all your fault, you didn't feel like talking and that's okay!" Phoebe said, stroking Lexi's soft smooth hair. Lexi smiled, and looked up at Cole.
"Guess what?" Lexi asked excitedly. Cole smiled, and laid down next to Lexi, and put his nose to hers.
"What?" Cole asked. Lexi laughed and looked at Phoebe.
"CHICKEN BUTT!" Lexi said. Phoebe and Cole laughed, as did Lexi. She suddenly looked at her knee.
"Ouch! Can Leo heal me now?" Lexi asked. Phoebe and Cole nodded.
As the three struggled on Lexi's bed, they weren't able to notice the eyes watching Lexi, as sly as they came, they disappeared into the darkness.
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A/N: Don't ya love me? Cliffy! Hahahaha sorry it took so long.. I've been so busy! Please review! I'm going to write a sequel, about Lexi when she get older. I've enjoyed writing this story, and I bid you farewell... Till next time. ah hahahaha!