With Peyton safely tucked into Prue's bed, and finally in a deep sleep, Piper took the opportunity to call her husband. "Leo!" she half shouted half whispered. Leo appeared in a whirl of bright lights, and Piper immediately pounced on him, breathlessly exclaiming the news. "You'll never believe it. Peyton is back!"

Leo nodded with a gentle smile. "I know. It's big news up there." He nodded towards the ceiling. "The return of a long lost charmed one."

"Yes, but where did she return from?" Prue asked, as she softly closed the door to her room and crossed her arms against her chest, leaning against the wall.

Leo broke away from his embrace with his wife and looked his eldest sister-in-law in the eye. "They haven't really released much information yet. Or whatever it is they know. I'm not sure they know anything at all."

"How can they not know anything? Can't they see everything?" Piper asked softly.

Leo shook his head. "No. They can see everything on earth and the realm of all good, which I guess you could call heaven. But they can't see anything in the underworld unless they go down there themselves. Just like I can't sense you in the underworld if I'm still here."

"Well, why didn't they go down there and look for her?" Prue asked.

"Are you kidding? It's way too dangerous for an Elder to be in the underworld. The Source would sense the increase in the good aura. An Elder would be a sitting duck. Besides, I tried sensing her down there for years. There's not much else they could have done."

"Well, they're more powerful, aren't they?"

"Prue," Piper warned.

"No, Piper. I want answers."

"Believe me, Prue, so do I," Leo said. "Do you think I enjoyed watching you guys suffer all these years? I would have saved her in a heartbeat if I had been able to find her."

"But you couldn't. And she spent almost eleven years in HELL, suffering through God knows what! I want answers. I want to know who is responsible for this and make sure they die a very painful death. I want them to suffer the way she has. I want them to suffer the way we did."

Piper strode across the room and quickly enveloped her sister in a hug. "It's going to be okay, Prue. You have to believe that."

Suddenly Prue's sobs filled the air as she finally broke down. "No, it's not. Eleven years, Piper. She spent eleven years being hated and kicked around when she should have been here with us. She should have gotten to know Grams and Mom. She doesn't know what love is."

"I know, I know," Piper soothed. "And we'll make up for it. We can't change her past, Prue. We risk changing too much."

"How can you say that? We risk not changing too much! Can you even imagine?" Prue's eyes once again filled with tears and leaned into her sister's shoulder.

Leo cleared his throat, obviously uncomfortable with watching the stoic Prue have a breakdown. "I'm going to go up there and see what I can find out."

"I think that's a good idea," Piper agreed.

"No!" Prue shouted. "No," she repeated more softly this time. "Heal her first, then go."

"Are you sure that's a good idea, Prue?" Leo questioned. "Exposing her to more magic so soon? She may not understand that there is good magic as well as evil magic."

"If you saw her you would agree with me. Please Leo," Prue pleaded. "Don't let her hurt anymore."

Leo nodded. "You better come with me, just in case she wakes up. Waking up to a strange man would terrify her."

Prue broke away from Piper and followed Leo back into her room. Leo gasped as he caught sight of the youngest Halliwell. "And all you can see is her face and arms," Prue said sadly. "Heal her."

Leo quickly knelt down and held hands over Peyton, a warm white glow hovered above her body and the visible bruises slowly faded. When he was certain Peyton had been satisfactorily healed, he stood up. "I'm going to go now. Find out whatever I can."

"Thank you, Leo," Prue said gratefully. "I'm sorry I blew up at you. I didn't mean to. I'm just—I don't know, I just don't know what to do."

"No apologies necessary. I understand. We'll do everything we can, Prue. You know my family is the most important thing to me. That will never change." Leo orbed out of the room and presumably "up there."

Prue reentered the hall and found that Piper was still standing there waiting. "What about some tea?" Piper asked.

"I think that's a great idea." They linked arms and walked downstairs.