Chapter 22: Save the Baby

Phoebe, Jason, Paige, Kyle, Leo, and Piper stood in the foyer of the manor. The plan was to go out for dinner, but they couldn't all agree on one place. It didn't help Phoebe and Piper both had cravings for different things.

"I say the pregnant women have no say about where we go," Paige suggested. "Other wise we'll never get out of here."

Piper and Phoebe glared at her, so she said, "Maybe not."

"I think we should…"

But Kyle was cut off by Phoebe's cry of "Darklighter!"

The Darklighter poised his bow and released not one, but three poison arrows.

Everyone went into action immediately. Kyle tackled Paige to the floor, narrowly escaping a poison arrow, and in the process, knocking both of them unconscious. Jason pulled Phoebe to him, protecting her and the baby from being hit. As an arrow was about to hit Leo, Piper froze it before it could penetrate his skin.

But what no one realized was that the Darklighter let loose another arrow. It headed straight for Piper. Before anyone could do anything, it hit her in the side, knocking her to the ground.

When Piper went down, the arrow she froze unfroze, hitting Leo in the stomach. He fell to the floor, not even a foot away from Piper.

"No!" Phoebe screamed. She was the last sister standing. She flew at the Darklighter, levitating and kicking him repeatedly. She kicked the bow from his hands and it went flying towards Jason. "Shoot him, Jason!" Phoebe cried. She saw Jason take aim, and she rolled out of the way just in time to avoid being hit. The Darklighter burst into flames and disappeared.

"Piper!" she cried, running to her sister. She cradled Piper's head in her lap.

"The baby…" Piper whispered, shaking uncontrollably. She lifted a blood soaked hand from her stomach that made Phoebe gasp and tears come to her eyes.

"Just hold on sweetie."

"Leo…" she said, looking at her unconscious husband.

"We'll save him too. Just hold on." Phoebe turned to Jason. "Jason, wake up Paige now. We need her to heal Leo so he can heal Piper."

Jason tried to wake her up, but it was no use. "What was that thing?" he asked as he tried to wake up Kyle instead.

"A Darklighter. His arrows are poisonous to Whitelighters."

"Then why was Piper affected?"

"Because her baby is part Whitelighter." Phoebe was crying now, holding the shaking Piper. Piper's breaths were becoming shallower and she gasped in pain every time she breathed. "Hurry, Jason. We don't have much time."

"I am." Kyle finally woke up and surveyed the scene around him.

Phoebe gave him the cliff notes version of what happened and explained why they needed to wake Paige up.

"I have an idea," he said, running to the kitchen. He can back with an armload of spices. "Hold these under her nose. They should wake her up."

Piper gave a shuddering breath and suddenly stopped shaking. Phoebe let out a cry and held her sister closer. "She's not breathing!"

Kyle shoved the spices to Jason. "You do it. I'll start CPR."

Kyle began CPR as Jason shoved the spices under Paige's nose. She immediately had a body spasm, and then finally came to. "What happened?" She asked in a throaty voice.

Jason moved out of her way so she could see Piper and Leo. "Oh my God!" she cried, running to Leo. She grabbed his hand in hers, and held their hands over is wound, letting Leo's healing power flow through her. A golden glow was emitted from their hands, indicating the healing was working.

Leo gasped and opened his eyes. Seeing Phoebe's tear streaked face above him, he asked, "Piper?"

"Hurry," she said. She moved out of the way so he could see Kyle frantically performing CPR.

Leo crawled to his wife's side, tears springing to his eyes. Kyle stopped performing CPR in order to let Leo heal her. "Come on, Piper," he said, attempting to heal her wound.

After what seemed like hours, but was actually only a few minutes, Phoebe asked, "What's taking so long? Is she dead?" Phoebe put a hand to her mouth, unable to believe she let the thought escape.

Leo was now crying freely. "No, she's alive. It's the baby."

"What about the baby?" Paige asked, confused.

"I don't think I can save him."