Phoebe Halliwell-Turner was furiously typing away at her column; it was the first time in a long while that she had trouble writing. She rubbed her temples lightly, and she sighed. Her cellphone had been going off all day, and she had just go fed up with Cole calling her every couple hours. She turned off her phone, trying to focus on it. Before she could even pick up another letter of someone asking for advice, her assistant walked in, "Hey Phoebe....got your little sister on the phone for you,"
"Can you tell her that-," she started to respond taking off her glasses.
"She says its a family emergency," Phoebe rolled her eyes and nodded her head.
"Ok thanks Jane," she murmured, picking up her phone. "Hello?" she questioned tiredly.
"Hey Phoebs....we kinda have a bit of a problem..." Paige said hesitantly, "The Seer kinda sent us a message," Phoebe felt a shortness of breath as she heard her little sister say that to her. "Phoebe...are you okay?" she questioned.
"Yeah....I'm fine," she managed to gasp out. "I'll be home soon," she nor Cole had stepped foot in the condo since the Source was ripped out of him. So she was missing a lot of her things still, but she didn't want to risk running into a demon. She heard some bickering in the background, and then heard Paige come back on the line.
"I'm going to orb over there...Cole..." she sighed, "fine, Cole wants me to orb him over as well,"
"I can take care of myself you two, I'll be home soon," she slammed down the phone into the receiver. She rolled her eyes, and grabbed her laptop. She walked towards Elise's office, and knocked lightly on her door. "Hey Elise..."
"Heading out?" she questioned, slowly putting off her glasses.
"Yeah..." she said, "I'm going to work from home if that's alright," she said hesitantly. Ever since she returned from the Underworld she had been running on auto-pilot most of the time when she was around people. When she thought she was alone, or Cole was asleep she'd cry. She hated being this weak around people.
"Phoebe...are you doing alright?" she questioned, standing up from her desk.
"Um...Yeah...look I have my phone if you need me ok?" she questioned, making a bee line towards the exit. Just as she opened up the door, Paige and Cole were on the other side. Paige looked towards her sister and her brother-in-law; the tension was obvious between them. "Cole..." she stammered. The witchlighter wondered what was going on with those two.
"Look...I'm going to go back home...you two clearly need to talk," Paige said, backing up slowly.
"Paige wait-," but she had already turned around and was looking for a safe place to orb undetected. Phoebe bit her lip and looked towards her husband. Cole tried to plaster a comforting smile, but deep down he was hurt that she wasn't opening up to him. He grabbed her hand in his, and started to pull her away from the office.
"Phoebe..." he sighed running a hand through his dark hair, "What's going on with you?" he questioned softly. "Its not like you to avoid me..." he sighed, "I know that you are hurting, but magic..."
"Has screwed me over for the last time. We were about to have a baby, and then I come to find out it's not even our child Cole! It was just an evil spawn the Seer and The Source had created within us," she snapped, ripping her hand from his. Before she could storm off like she had been, Cole forcefully pulled her back to him.
"Phoebe!" he said shaking her shoulders, "you need to stop running from me; you aren't the only one who lost something," he growled, tears entering his eyes. "And Piper, Paige, and Leo have been trying to find a way to get our kid back, but its like you don't even care...." Phoebe couldn't believe he was being this open. She wiped the grimace off of her face, and then moved her arms around him. He sagged in her embrace, bringing his head into the crook of her neck. "Just...just stop pushing me away ok?" Phoebe nodded her head, but wasn't sure how to talk to him.
"Alright..." she mumbled, but before she could say anything a demon shimmered in front of them. She pushed Cole to the ground and felt herself levitate in the air as an energy ball soared underneath her feet. "Seriously," she groaned, and pushed herself closer to the demon landing a hard kick on his chest. "Haven't you taken enough from me?" she cried, punching him hard across the jaw. While she was locked in combat with the first demon that had shimmered in, she hadn't noticed another one had shimmered as well.
"PAIGE!" Cole growled, as he tackled the second demon the ground. The youngest witch orbed into the parking lot, and saw the two of them fighting demons. Paige waved her hand at the demon attacking Cole, and he disappeared into a swirl of orbs.
"What the hell is going on?" Paige asked, as she helped Cole up to his feet. "Demons don't randomly attack us," she pointed out. She saw Phoebe wasn't doing well, and she knew that Cole would go after her. "PHOEBE!" she called out, making her disappear in a swirl of orbs, she gestured towards Cole, and the clairvoyant crashed into him. The demon summoned an energy ball, "Energy Ball!" she shouted, orbing it to her. She threw it at the other demon, vanquishing him. She grabbed onto Phoebe and Cole and teleported them home. She had orbed them into the kitchen were they saw Leo and Piper were making a potion of some sort.
"Hey what the hell?" Piper questioned, and then suddenly the demon shimmered after them. The eldest Charmed One flicked her wrists and blew him up. "Alright...you three alright?" she questioned, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear. Cole still had his arms wrapped around his wife. "Well...according to the Elders," Piper started, and then she motioned for Leo to continue.
"The Seer seems to be having trouble holding onto the baby that she stole..." Phoebe stiffened, "Its ok Phoebe...it seems that the Seer hasn't been able to control the baby and its power. Phoebe...its not the Source's child...its yours and Cole's child..." he said, "we just need to reverse the spell that she has cast..." Phoebe looked up from Cole's shoulder.
"I..." she had no idea what to say.
"Phoebe...we can get our baby back," Cole whispered softly. She just nodded her head; she had lost all hope and faith in her magic; she had no idea what to say. "Phoebe..." she just nodded her head once more. "Phoebs..." he whispered.
"Why don't you two look for a vanquish for the Seer?" Piper suggested; she could tell that Phoebe needed time to process this new information. "Paige...come help me with the spell to make get Phoebe back her baby," Paige knew something was up, but from the tone of Piper's voice knew not to question it. Phoebe and Cole went up towards the attic.
"I've never seen Phoebe like this," Paige commented, "Its not like she's even there,"
"Once we save the baby..." Piper said, as she started to mix ingredients for the potion to nourish the baby with light magic. "And we will save this baby," she was determined to help her sister out of this depression. "Phoebe will be back to normal,"
"I hope so..." Paige responded, pulling out a sheet of notebook paper. "How should we try and word this spell?" she questioned. Piper had another piece of paper with a handwritten spell on it already. "What's this?" she questioned.
The eldest sister sighed; "It is a power switching spell; I originally used it to switch powers with Leo three years ago...to save him,"
"That's all fine and well, but how is that going to help Phoebe and Cole?" Paige questioned before she tried to move around words for the spell.
"We just have to re-word it to the point where we call upon the baby's light magic to transport him back to Phoebe....and I was thinking that maybe we can try a wiccaning," Paige looked a her weirdly, "I was looking in the Book of Shadows for potential ways to get the baby back, but it didn't seem like our ancestors dealt with something like this. Anyways," she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, "if we have all of our ancestors bless the baby while he or she is in Phoebe's stomach..."
"You think that will save the baby?" Paige questioned, as she started to re-work the spell.
"I hope so..."