callmeles | The (un)Holy Trinity (with Inframundo)

It would be a long time before Piper would forgive herself for nearly losing Jordan and David that night. She'd had a dumb and ridiculous argument with Jordan that was partly caused by stress, exhaustion from their jobs and simple young adult miscommunication but that had left them on the outs with each other. Piper regretted not going on patrol with them the moment they stepped out of the door. It had been her pride that kept her from going after them. And, honestly, historical knowledge that once they spent a few hours apart, they'd be good to go.

They were lucky (they all were) that Ben and her arrived when they did when the ambush happened. Before it got any worse or the two were overwhelmed, between the four of them, they were able to clear them out. Truthfully, the time from when they arrived, fought and returned to Majestic with David and Jordan out for the count was a blur. They'd laid the two on one of the beds upstairs and Ben had assured (and reassured) her that they were both alive but were exhausted.

At least, that's what she was certain he'd told her the last time she asked if he was sure they were okay.

She had watched as he forced some of his blood down David's throat then walked over to where Jordan lay next to him. She hated when they fought and while she knew that fighting and arguing were par the course, it didn't make their situation any easier. Truth be told, Piper didn't know what she'd do if they had lost either of them. Truthfully, she had to push down the urge to not go after everyone involved right away who wasn't already dead. Instead, she reached out and took one of Jordan's hands in her own and shared some of her magic with her. Hoping that it would help speed up her recovery.

"I'm so fucking sorry," she whispered to her then looked at David and reached over, picking up his hand in hers. "I should have been there from the beginning."

There was no use in playing the pity game and 'shoulda/woulda/coulda', she knew that. Still, it was hard knowing they could have lost them both. And there was, admittedly, a part of her that worried that they could still lose them both.

"I swear to every single holy power that I know of, if either of you die on me... on us, I will bring you back and kill you myself," she muttered.

"That's definitely going to make them want to wake up - threats from Piper Allison," Ben remarked dryly, walking into the bedroom. Though truth be told, he was worried about them too. Things were shaky until Jordan's birthday in a few months. Until she was twenty one, she wasn't quite as immortal as Piper and they hadn't fully come into their powers yet. He was sure that was one of the reasons why the ambush happened tonight because they knew that they had limited time to take out one of the Enchanted.

For once, Piper didn't have a sassy quip in response and just sighed. "I know," she said and squeezed both Jordan's hand and David's hands gently. "I just... want them to wake up."

That Night