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About two months had passed since Prue's death and Piper and Phoebe made the power of three whole again by finding Paige Matthews, their half sister.  It was 8 in the morning, Phoebe just got up and went downstairs and turned on the TV.  What she saw on the news made her blood run cold.  "The North and South World Trade Center Towers in New York, have been hit by two airliners, and the Pentagon and Washington Mall is on fire.  The Pentagon, the White House, and the Chicago Sears Towers have been evacuated and closed until further notice.  The FAA has grounded all flights, and will be closed until further notice.  The whereabouts of the President of the United States can not be released until further notice to keep him safe..." said the female reporter in a little box in the top left hand corner of the TV, and the rest of the TV screen had live footage of what was happening in New York City.  At the bottom of the screen was information of what exactly was closed and evacuated.  "Oh my god..." Phoebe whispered as the frightening events displayed themselves on the news.   Phoebe went through a few channels and the news was being aired on almost all of them.  Piper and Paige had already gone to work.  She wondered if they knew what had happened yet.  Phoebe got on the phone and called Piper to see if she knew yet, she would call Paige next.  "Piper!  Oh thank God you answered!  Have you listened to the news in the last hour?" Phoebe asked with fear in her voice.  "No, why?  What's wrong Phoebe?" Piper asked worried.  "Just turn on the TV in your back office or turn on the radio for a minute and listen.  I'm fixing to call Paige and have her do the same.  I love you, bye." Phoebe said hurriedly and hung up.   Piper was worried now about Phoebe's nervous call and afraid of what she'd hear on TV.  Piper went to her back office and turned on the little TV set, and sure enough, there was a picture of the World Trade Center Towers on fire with smoke coming out of them.  All of a sudden, the south tower collapsed in a cloud of smoke.  Piper's jaw hit the floor and she was filled with terror as she saw it go from the World Trade Center towers to live footage of what was happening at the Pentagon.  A reporter's voice came on and started giving up to date information on what was happening.  Phoebe had already called Paige at work and they talked for a few seconds then hung up.  Paige went to the worker's lounge and she gasped as she saw what was on the news.  There was footage of the lone North World Trade Center Tower on fire with smoke coming out of it and filling the sky.  All of a sudden it collapsed in a cloud of smoke just like the south tower did.  It cut to live footage of The Pentagon and showed part of it that collapsed.  There was also a reporter's voice that was giving up to date info.   Paige was terrified, and the coworkers in the lounge had shocked expressions on their face.  Piper had decided that P3 would be closed tonight, she called all her employees and told them they had the night off and put up the CLOSED sign on the front door, and left for the manor to see what Phoebe was doing.  Paige and all her coworkers were given the rest of the day off due to the current events.
Phoebe was up in the attic looking through the Book of Shadows to see if she could find anything on terrorist demons.  She heard Piper downstairs.  "Phoebe?!  Where are you?" Piper called out to her.  "Attic!" Phoebe shouted to Piper.   Piper headed for the attic.  Five minutes later Paige walked in the front door of the manor.  "Piper?!  Phoebe?!" Paige shouted to find her sisters.   "Attic!!" Piper and Phoebe shouted back simultaneously, and Paige hurried up the stairs to the attic.  "What are ya'll looking for?" Paige asked curiously.  "Terrorist demons." Phoebe said, concentrating hard on the page she was on.  Paige walked over to them and looked at the book with them.   After a few minutes, Paige began to get restless and bored.   "I'm going to go downstairs and see what they're saying about what's going on now." Paige said finally, and walked downstairs.  She turned on the TV and the President was on giving a speech.  "Fellow Americans, justice will prevail, I will track down those responsible for this horrendous, evil attack against the U.S., and I will punish them accordingly.  Think of this as a test for our country, a test that we will endure together, and pass, together." said President Bush.  Paige watched the president admirably as he gave his speech.  Her eyes went to the bottom of the screen.  'Terrorist attack on U.S. has destroyed the World Trade Center Towers, has caused a part of the Pentagon to collapse, has caused FAA to shut down until further notice...' the list went on.  Paige turned off the TV and went back up to the attic.   When she got there, she now saw Leo with Piper and Phoebe.  "There are no demons behind this, it's America's fight." Leo said.  "Leo's right, the news is saying it's foreign terrorists." Paige added.
Over the course of the next week, life eased back to the same inside the walls of Halliwell manor, but it hadn't for the U.S.  Patriotism was expressed strongly in many ways.   American flags attached to houses all up and down Prescott Street waving in the slight breeze.  Many people wearing t-shirts with the American flag on it.  The sisters joined in and showed their patriotism by hanging up their own flag and wearing patriotic themed clothes.  America will never be the same.  If the terrorist attacks and the heavy possibility of war wasn't enough, a demon was after the power of three.  Two weeks after the terrorist attacks, Phoebe had a premonition of the three of them fighting a demon with power the likes of which they had never seen nor heard of.   Phoebe found a picture of the demon in the Book of Shadows.  'The evil muse Drakao.  Originally, he was a peaceful muse that inspired many for the greater good, until one day he accidentally inspired death and destruction, and was cursed by a witch whose family was murdered by what he caused, turning him evil.  Since then he has gained the ability to inspire suicide and murder.  He also steals witches' powers after inspiring them to commit suicide, but if a witch is to strong to be pushed over the edge and commit suicide, he uses one of the powers he stole to kill the witch, then steal her powers.  To vanquish Drakao, say the following chant.  Destruction instead of peace, death instead of life, no more may you inspire this, with the power of three, we bend the stolen power of the witches against thee, may their spirits, powers, and our powers soon extinguish thy life that inspires nothing but strife.í  Phoebe looked at the next page and found a spell to summon Drakao.   Out of nowhere, Drakao appeared in front of Phoebe and raised his hand and started inspiring her to commit suicide.  She became depressed in a matter of seconds, but was strong enough to say the vanquishing spell.  "Destruction instead of peace, death instead of life, no more may you inspire this, with the power of three, we bend the stolen power of the witches against thee, may their spirits, powers, and our powers soon extinguish thy life that inspires nothing but strife." Phoebe said.  Drakao roared in pain as balls of light left he body and became spirits of all the witches he killed over the years.   Each spirit held up a hand towards him and a beam of their power hit his body making him double over in pain and fall to the floor.  The spirits turned to light again and then hit his body, causing it to glow from the inside out and then explode in a flash of light.  Phoebe's instant depression disappeared after a few seconds.   She walked downstairs to use the phone.  "Hello?" Piper said into the receiver.  "Hey sis, can you spare me a few minutes?" Phoebe asked.   "Yeah, something up?" Piper replied.  "I just vanquished a demon all by myself, and he made me a little depressed and suicidal, that's all..." Phoebe explained.  "Oh my gosh, Pheebs, I'm glad you're okay.  Why didn't you tell us about the demon before now?" Piper asked.  "I just got a premonition ten minutes ago, then looked in the book to find a vanquishing spell, and as soon as I did, I turned around and there he was, right in front of me." Phoebe explained.  "Okay, well, umm, I'm almost finished here until tonight, so I'll be home in an hour, okay?" Piper said.  "Okay." Phoebe replied.   "See you then, sis, love you." Piper said.  "Love you too, bye." Phoebe said, and hung up the phone.  An hour later Piper came home and found Phoebe asleep in her bed.  Piper smiled at her little sister looking so peaceful, and went over to her and pulled up the covers on her bed and kissed her on her forehead gently and left her room and softly closed the door behind her.