Cole woke up and looked next to him to see Phoebe sleeping peacefully. He sat up and looked over at the clock. 6.59 am. He was about to go back to sleep when he noticed the clock change to 7.00 am and then the alarm went off. Cole groaned and got up to switch it off. He heard Phoebe stirring and she sat up, yawning. She looked over to Cole and smiled.

"Morning," she said softly as she got out of bed and stretched.

"Morning," Cole said walking over to Phoebe and putting his arms around her. She kissed him gently before moving away to get ready for work.

Cole decided to go downstairs and get breakfast ready. He walked in to the kitchen and saw Piper was already up and making breakfast for the family.

"Piper," Cole said as he walked in to the kitchen, causing Piper to turn around in surprise.

"Hey," Piper replied as she carried on making breakfast, "breakfast will be ready in about ten minutes. Where's Phoebe?"

"Upstairs getting ready for work," Cole said as he sat down and poured himself a cup of coffee out. Piper nodded and then walked out the kitchen to go and shout Paige. A few minutes later Leo orbed in.

"Hey Cole," he said, "Where's Piper?"

Cole nodded and at that moment Piper walked in, causing Leo and Cole to smile slightly at each other.

"Hey Honey," Piper said, hugging Leo, "breakfast?"

"Yeah sure."

Soon everyone was in the kitchen eating breakfast, but shortly after Paige and Phoebe had to leave for work. Piper cleared away the breakfast things before leaving to check on the club, leaving Cole and Leo standing in the kitchen unsure of what to do.

Cole cleared his throat. "I might…er…go for a walk." He headed towards the door but, when he heard a noise behind him, he stopped and turned around, seeing Leo standing there.

"Mind if I come with you?" Leo asked. Cole looked surprised and shrugged his shoulders.

"Sure."

They left the house and headed for the city centre. It was a normal sunny day with few clouds in the light blue sky. There were a few people around, making there way to work, but it was fairly quiet this time in the morning. Leo and Cole were walking along in silence when they heard a scream down a nearby alleyway. They glanced at each other and ran towards where the scream had come from.

They stopped when they saw a man in a black suit trapping a young woman against a wall and holding a gun to her head.

The woman had cuts and bruises all over her. Her clothes were slightly ripped and bloodstained and she was breathing heavily as she struggled in an attempt to escape the man. This resulted in her crying in pain as he strongly gripped her wrist with one hand, pushed her roughly against the wall and held the gun closer to her head. He moved closer to her, trapping her even more and stopping her from struggling as much.

"Tell me where he is!" the man growled.

"I don't know…please…let me go," the woman cried. The man threatened her and then noticed Leo and Cole standing there. Stepping away from the woman, he looked at her and smiled. Her face filled with horror as she realised what was about to happen and she covered her face with her hands. The man held the gun out in front of him and pulled the trigger. The bullet hit her straight in the head and she slid down the wall. She fell to the floor, dead. The man then turned to face the two men.

Leo felt sick at the sight of the women and what he had just seen. He wanted to help but the gun stopped him. Cole on the other hand had seen plenty of things like this and even killed many innocent people himself. He ignored what he had just seen and focused on what the man would do next.

"You saw nothing!" the man said fiercely, pointing the gun at them. Cole laughed and moved his hand up before remembering that he could no longer throw energyballs. He sighed and put his hand back by his side. He looked at Leo who was clearly worried about what had happened to the woman and hadn't seemed to notice that the man was now talking to them. "I wouldn't laugh if I were you."

Cole looked back at the man, watching him carefully. "What did you want with the woman?"

"None of your business."

"Why did you kill her?"

"The Boss told me to find her, but she was useless so I killed her. Got a problem with that!?"

Cole realised he was a gangster and, as a demon, he had had to deal with many gangsters and often helped them, though now he was good and this was very different. Cole stepped back and grabbed Leo's arm.

"We're going," he said in almost a whisper, as he pulled Leo backwards and out of the alleyway.

"But…the woman," Leo started.

"It's too late. They wanted information from her and she wouldn't help." Seeing how worried Leo was he decided to forget about what had just happened and just get them away from there. There was nothing either of them could do.

Leo hated to leave people like that. He knew deep down he couldn't help or have done anything to stop it, but he really felt that he had to go back and try. Cole sensed this and decided to change the topic. "Nice weather today huh?"

"Er…yeah," Leo mumbled. The two headed back to the Manor and soon after Leo was called to help a charge. Cole, now alone, sat and watched TV for a bit, but his thoughts were still on the woman and he soon decided that he was no longer going to just sit around.