Power Surge

Moments Later- Halliwell Manor Attic

         "Is everyone ready?" Piper asked as she looked up from the Book Of Shadows. "More than ready," Paige announced, seconds before she began to cough again. "Ya know Half-Breed, if you wouldn't have been messing with magic, this never would have happened," Phoebe scolded her baby sister. "Hey, hey, hey!" Piper snapped. "Only I can call her that, Freebie." As Phoebe formed a small, silvery orb in her palm to launch at Piper, Leo spoke, ending the feud. "Ladies!" he shouted. "I'm sure Paige has learned her lesson, and that she won't be this foolish again-"

"Shyeah, fat chance," Phoebe muttered under her breath, interrupting Leo, who glared at her. "You're not totally innocent on the using magic without thinking front, and neither are you, honey," he added as Piper opened her mouth. "Now then, let's get this taken care of so that Paige can get some rest, shall we?" Paige looked gratefully in Leo's direction as she continued to cough. "Piper, the spell, if you would?"

Piper nodded at her husband, and, taking a deep breath, she began to recite the power-swapping spell aloud.

"What's mine is yours, what's yours is mine. Let our powers cross the line. I offer up my gift to share, switch our powers through the air."

"Are we back to normal, now?" Phoebe asked as she opened her eyes. "Let's see," Piper said. "Glenn? I want you to take the squeaky toy on the table there and throw it at me as hard as you can."

"Don't hurt me if things went wrong with the spell and it hits you," he pleaded. "I used to pitch for high-school baseball, after all, and my fastball is a little on the wicked side." Paige nodded her agreement through yet another bout of coughing. "I don't care... just throw it, and if it hits me, we'll discuss your ass-kicking later... just, go!" Piper snapped exasperatedly.

Glenn wound up and threw the squeaky toy at his sister-in-law, giving it everything he had. Piper, in turn, threw her hands out, effectively freezing the toy just centimeters from her face.

"Very nice," Piper said, clearly impressed. "And since I have my powers back, that must mean that everyone else does as well."

"He *cough, cough * told you he *cough, cough * had a wicked fastball, " Paige stated through her coughing fit. *Cough, cough * "Imagine the poor opposing *cough, cough * team member who *cough, cough * faces that without *cough, cough * proper genital protection."

"Aww, Paige!!!!" Piper and Phoebe shrieked in unison. Paige just shrugged innocently and gave her sisters a small grin.

"Anyhow, I think it's time that we strip Glenn here of his 'powers' for a while, just to keep him out of trouble," Piper announced. "One day when Garrett was napping, I composed a spell in case I ever felt we needed it." Before either of her sisters had a chance to react, Piper took a deep breath and began to recite.

"The heights you reached before are now grounded to the floor. Imagination returns from thee, the truth of reality, let it be."

Piper and Phoebe looked on as stars of spiritual light came forth from Glenn and then dissipated, breaking his magical connection.

"One more," Piper said softly. "And then you're free to go downstairs with Paige, Glenn." she took another deep breath and said.

"Thoughts, Beliefs, Ideas, Truths, Images. All of these you hold onto tightly; what I now mention you will not remember: -----"

Piper looked to her sisters and then Phoebe spoke, saying, "You will not recall disappearing for days at a time, doing God knows what, with Paige's powers inside of you, and you will also not recall being possessed by a demon earlier today."