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Resurrection, Resuscitation, & Renewal
by Juliet3:16
Sweetvalley99@aol.com, Juliet_316_2000@yahoo.com
Prologue
L.A. The day after Unforgiven 2002.
Stephanie McMahon - Helmsley stood ontop of the roof of hotel that she and her father, and her father's company, the World Wrestling Federation were staying for the PPV show earlier that evening with one of the wrestlers, Kane. The night air was blowing slightly, bringing a chill to the brunette's arms through the sleeves of the thin shirt she'd been wearing for the Unforgiven PPV earlier in the night.
"Are we ready yet?" She asked her masked companion a bit impatiently.
"Almost," Kane answered. "The stars need to be aligned before we can do anything."
"Well, let me know when the stars are in place," she said, walking back towards the edge of the roof. Kane grabbed her elbow tightly.
"You do remember our deal don't you princess?" the masked man asked.
"Yeah, yeah," Stephanie shot back, "you help me resurrect Hunter, I do the same and help you bring back your brother." That had been the bargain struck between the Big Red Machine and the Billion Dollar Princess for each to get what they wanted: They would first perform a resurrection spell to bring back her husband, Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Then, Stephanie would help Kane perform the same spell to resurrect his brother, the Undertaker.
As Stephanie gazed out over the lights of the city, her thoughts centered on what was about to happen and the benefits to her, the WWF, and Kane.
But nowhere in her thoughts lay what the consequences of her and Kane's selfish actions would ultimately be.
San Francisco, same night, same time.
Piper Halliwell - Wyatt sat in the middle of her family's attic, arranging the ingredients for the spell she was about to cast in a circle around her. Family, Piper thought bitterly, Two dead, one evil and one sister that's flakier than a prissy cat.
Piper sighed. She knew her thoughts concerning her sister Paige really weren't fair to the currently absent sister. In fact she'd started getting more and more serious and accepting about her destiny and mixed witch/whightlighter heritage, especially after -
Piper resolutely shook her head, knowing that if she thought about the events of the last month, events that forever shattered the bond and lifeline of three sister witches known as the Charmed Ones, she'd never be able to do what she was about to do properly.
As she reached for the bottle of whiskey to her side, Piper was secretly glad that Paige had accepted Darryl Morris' invitation to dinner. Not only was the lieutenant's budding relationship with Paige good for the youngest Charmed One, but it also got the now redheaded Halliwell out of the house, allowing Piper to do what she needed to do to cast the spell she was about to perform. Although Paige was supportive to what ultimately needed to be done, she'd never condone what Piper was about to do to achieve those aims.
But they needed help, Piper reasoned with herself. They needed their oldest sister, Prue back to reform the Power of Three and vanquish the new Source of All Evil.
To destroy the woman formerly known as Phoebe Halliwell - Turner.
A woman long dead as far as Piper was concerned. A demonic creature living in a shell that resembled, only in appearance, the kind sister Piper once knew.
As Piper went to make the final preparations for the resurrection spell, she had no way of knowing what she was about to do would impact, not only her, Paige, Darryl, and Phoebe's lives, but lives not far away currently working on the same spell in Los Angeles.
End Prologue
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