Chapter 1 Condemnation
Phoebe stood silent as the heat from the underworld went in and out of her with every breath. The look on Leo's teary face after discovering Pipers dead body in the hospital made her blood run cold. Questions raced through her mind.
"Leo..." Phoebe whispered.
Leo walked over to Phoebe and put his hand on her shoulder. Phoebe turned and nodded her head. It seemed as though they could read each others mind. Then simultaneously they turned to Cole who was watching them from a distance.
"We have to go back Cole. Prue is alone in the hospital with Pipers' body. I need to be with her god knows what trouble she's in all alone." Phoebe said as she looked into his eyes.
"The Source is willing to make a deal, he will command Tempis to reset time but you will have to remain in the underworld."
As Cole explained, Phoebe felt a knot form in her stomach.
"Cole...how do we know he's telling the truth?" Phoebe asked walking towards him slowly.
"He's desperate...your sisters exposed magic. Both sides are scrambling for a solution. The source.."
"Is the reason we are here Cole!" Phoebe yelled as she cut him off.
"...look if he hadn't sent Shax, Prue and Piper wouldn't have been caught vanquishing him on the news! Face it Cole...the Source put us here." Phoebes' words echoed in Cole's head. He took a deep breath and turned to Leo.
"Leo, please hear me out...you want Piper back and reverse this situation. This is our only chance."
Leo wiped his eyes and turned to Phoebe.
"Phoebe, he has a point. You didn't see Piper. She had her life ripped from her because of all this. We owe it to her to bring her back." Leo placed his arm on Phoebe and in that instant the world around her flashed and a premonition came on in full blast. Phoebe saw herself in the underworld with Cole and Leo. In the other room she saw the Source. Surrounded by his demon body guards. With an outstretched hand she heard the guards begin a chant in a language she couldn't understand. Within moments a hooded figure appeared in flames. In the presence of the Source, the figure removed his hood and bowed.
"My Lord, how may I serve you...",The white haired demon said.
"The world knows of us, of magic, we must reverse time..." The Source replied. Tempis looked up, his powers were weakened from his previous mission the Source sent him on.
"My Lord...my powers are not what they were, if we reverse time it may destroy me."
The Source formed a fireball in his hand and raised it to his face.
"Yes your failures are well known. But now is the time to make this up for me and help us reclaim the world above. And as for your death, you can obey my wish and die for the continuation of demons, or I can put this fireball through your putrid body and find another way to remedy this situation."
Tempis's head shot up and his eyes narrowed on the fireball. He knew then if he were to die he would not die a traitor.
"Very well my Lord. I will do as you ask."
Tempis walked to the center of the room where a fiery pit blazed. As he looked into the depths of the earth he reached into his robe and removed a small vial of glittery sand from his hourglass and poured it into the palm of his hand and began the chant.
"harena tempore audi, iter invertere potentie tenebræ, te invoco"
(sands of time hear me, reverse your path, powers of darkness descend, i invoke thee)
As the sand fell into the fire a large crackle of thunder and lightening filled the room. The electricity fell into the ground and surged to Tempis's feet. He did not scream through the pain as his body caught fire. He turned to the Source and bowed one last time. Then in a burst of light and flames his body vanished with only a crimson red shadow remaining. The shadow dispersed and time began to rewind on the surface world. Then all of a sudden Phoebe was in the manor. She stood in front of Prue and Pipers' lifeless bodies. This was the moment she called Leo to heal them when Shax first attacked them. She looked up at the stairs waiting to see herself come down but as minutes passed there was nothing. Suddenly behind her the familiar sight of orbs came into the room and there stood Leo and herself. Quickly Leo rushed to the ground and attempted to heal them both. Suddenly the glow from his hands faded and Piper gasped as she woke. Leo grabbed her and hugged her tightly. Piper then pushed him back quickly.
"Prue!" She screamed.
When both of them turned to her Prue lay lifeless on the ground her wounds not completely healed and Phoebe clutching her in her arms sobbing uncontrollably. Leo rushed in and placed both hands on her wounds and tried to heal her. Nothing was working.
"It's too late..." Leo pulled his hand away slowly and with that Phoebe's eyes filled with tears and she sobbed as the premonition faded.
She wiped her eyes and saw she was in the underworld again. Her hand was clenched on Leo.
"We can't do this Leo..." Phoebe said silently.
"What did you see?" Cole asked from the corner.
"I saw the future...we have to find another way. Piper is gone...let's find another way to bring her back. Leo we have to get to Prue."
Leo stared blankly into Phoebe's eyes. In his mind she was asking for the impossible, he saw the only chance of reuniting with Piper fade away but did as she asked. Then out nowhere a bounty hunter demon shimmered in the room. The Source must have had it listening to everything and attacked them. With an energy ball in its hand it raised it up to throw at Phoebe and Leo but Cole tackled him to the ground and the energy ball went flying towards the wall inches from where Phoebe and Leo were. They then orbed out while Cole fought off the demon.