Into the light Part 4

Paige doesn't have her car, so she hails cab. Within about 15 minutes, she was at South Bay Social Services. She walked inside hoping that Cowan would not notice her being late, yet again. When she finally made it to her cubical, she quickly sat down and began to work. A few minutes later Cowan came out of no where, and was standing in front of Paige with his hands on his hips.

"Paige," he begins as he looks at his watch, "Do you realize what time it is?"

"Umm," Paige said.

"It's after 10. Do you realize you are about and hour late for work.When is this going to stop, Paige?"

"I'm really sorry sir, something came up yesterday that was unavoidable, and I guess I over slept this morning."

"I don't care what the reason is," He said. "One more time, and you'll be fired."

"I'm really sorry."

He started walking away, and he stopped. He turned back around.

"One more thing, I don't want you leaving any time you feel like it," He said sternly. "You clear anything with me before you leave! Also, if you do plan to leave, it better be for lunch...Now get back to work."

"Sure thing Mr. Cowan."

Mr. Cowan turned around and walked back into his office. She got back to work really quickly. She was hoping that she didn't lose this job. She can't screw up anymore she told herself.

***

Piper, Prue and Leo were walking down the stairs in search of Paige.

"I can't sense where she is, she's still to knew," Leo said.

"All right, so all we've got to go on is the church that mom mentioned and the nun," Prue said.

"Ok, let's get this straight. I am only doing this to save her," Piper began. "I'm not remotely interested in reconstituting.the Charmed Ones." "I understand, Piper, but we'll see," Prue said. "We've got to find Paige before the Source does."

"Right!" Leo asked.

Piper went into the kitchen to grab the phone book. She began looking in the yellow pages at the churches, hoping to find that church. Leo was pacing as he trying to sense for Paige. Prue was in the parlor trying to get another premonition of Paige. When she did, she saw the Source coming after her. Although, the source had blocked Paige's power from her, Prue could sense that the source was blocking the powers. He quickly shut her out of the premonition with a forceful shock. Prue screamed and then fell to the floor. Leo ran into the parlor. Piper heard the thud, and dropped the phone book to run into the parlor.

"Prue," he yelled.

"What happened," Piper asked.

Prue was unconscious. Leo picked her up and placed her on the couch. Within a few minutes, she had woken up. She quickly tried to catch her breath as she sat up.

"What happened?" Piper asked again, worried.

Prue looked up at Piper with a worried look. She then turned to Leo who had a guilty look.

"Leo you know something, don't you?" Prue asked.

"No, no I don't know anything," Leo said.

Piper looked over at her husband. She placed her hands at her hips. He knew that meant that she knew something.

"I can't tell you. You need to find this out for yourselves."

"LEO, if you know something that'll help with Paige, you've got to tell us," Piper demanded.

Cole appeared over by the door way from the foyer.

"Leo, don't!" a voice said.

The quickly turned around to see it is.

"Cole!" Piper said.

"Why shouldn't we know?" Prue asked.

"This is not the right time," Cole said cryptically.

"What the hell is that so supposed to mean?" Piper asked.

Cole and Leo knew they had to tell them at some point, but it just wasn't the time. They just looked at one another looking for guidance. Leo uttered the first words.

"It's not the time."

"So, when would be a good time?" Prue asked. '

"You'll know it when it's right," Cole said.

Piper signed in frustration.

"All right if you both won't tell us, where's the inspector?" Piper asked.

"He's ok. He's in a safe place," Cole said.

Piper looked at him strangely.

"In a safe place?" Piper asked. "Should I ask where?"

"Piper I think he means," Prue said, as she looked down.

"In the basement," Leo asked.

"No, a bit further then that," Prue said.

"OH COLE," Piper yelled.

"Piper calm down please," Leo said.

"Oh, all right!"

"Come on Cole, let's go get him," Leo said, as they disappeared.

Piper and Prue stood there a few minutes before even saying anything. A few minutes later, Prue began.

"Who needs them? We'll figure it out on our."

Piper rolled her eyes.

"We need to find that church. Maybe we'll find more information on Paige."

Piper decided to the attic to see if it could help them any, as Prue went into the kitchen. She bent down to pick the phone book off the floor; she was suddenly hit with another premonition of Paige at the church. After her premonition, was over Prue begun to breath heavily as she looked down at the page. Her fingers were over the churches name.

"PIPER," Prue yelled as she walked into the sitting room collapsing on the couch.

Piper heard the call, and she ran down the stairs.

"What is it?"

"I had another premonition of Paige at the church," Prue said, still holding the phone book.

She held the book up as Piper was walking closer to the couch. Piper took the book and read the listing.

"What are we waiting for?" Piper asked.

"Let's go then," Prue said, as she grabbed for her keys.

"Wait, Prue," Piper said.

"What?"

"We've got to remove the power of three spell."

"Oh, yeah, I competently forgot about that."

Prue couldn't think of anything so she said the first thing that came to mind.

"Power of Three Spell release me."

White orbs fly out of Prue and into Piper. The other orb flies out the door.

"Let's go," Prue said.

***

In the underworld, Cortez is on a ledge screaming for his life.

"HELP ME!"

He looks down to see a pool of hot magma. Oh my god, he thinks to himself. Leo orbs in, and Cole shimmers in onto a ledge next to Cortez.

"HELP ME!" He screams.

He looks to Cole, "YOU! STAY AWAY FROM ME. STAY AWAY!"

"We're here to help," Leo said calmly.

Cortez quickly turns to Leo.

"You're the one who put me here," Cortez said. Oh my god, what do they plan to do with me, he thought to himself.

"No, no!" Cole began. "Actually, that was just me. Hoping that you'd change your mind about the girls, have you?"

"Killing me is the only way to keep me from trying to stop you!"

"We're not trying to kill you," Leo tried reasoning with Cortez. "But what you don't understand is that by exposing the girls, you're not stopping evil, you're helping it."

"Oh, yeah right," said a stubborn Cortez.

This guy is too stubborn for his own good, Leo thought.

"You do understand that if we take him back, it's all over. It'll be over for you and Piper. I have nothing else to lose, Phoebe is gone," Cole whispered to Leo.

Leo outstretches his hand to Cortez. "Take my hand."

"NO!"

What do I have to do to get this guy to see I only want to help, Leo thought to himself.

"Take my hand," Leo said. "Where else can I take you that's worse than this?"

What do I do? Cortez asks himself. A few minutes later he reaches out to Leo's hand and they orb out, followed by Cole, who shimmers out.

*** In the underworld, the source decides that he needs to deal with the Charmed Ones himself. He lets his minions know he has a plan, and that he'll be surfacing soon. He leaves in a fiery display.

At the hospital, Shane is getting ready to leave, when suddenly someone appears to him in a fiery display.

"WHO ARE YOU," Shane says scared. "WHAT ARE YOU?"

Nothing is said, as Shane because terrified. He tries to the leave, but the figure turns into a black shadow and merges with Shane. His eyes turn black. Shane then leaves.

***

Paige is talking to her uncle on the phone at her desk in her cubicle. A few minutes later a white orb

Into the phone, "So, how's Aunt Julia? Yeah? Oh! Is her hip any better?

A couple comes in and distracts Paige.

"Jake and Carol Grisanti to see Mr. Cowan," Jake Grisanti said.

"Ok. I'll let him know that you are here," the receptionist said.

Paige is still being distracted and she didn't hear what her uncle had said to her.

Into the phone, "I'm sorry. Say that again? I got distracted."

Shane walks into South Bay Social Services. He notices Paige sitting at her cubical. He suddenly disappears. He remerges in her cubical. No one can see him. He watches her as she speaks to her uncle.

Into the phone, "Hey, before you go, can I ask you a question? Do you still go to that church that mom and dad used to go to.Is there still a nun Called sister Agnes there.Yeah, right. The one who found me? No, no, I haven't spoken to her but something's come up and I think I should."

Shane placed his hand above her head, as Paige stopped talking to her uncle. He scanned her for information, a way to get her to come to the other side.

"PAIGE," the uncle called.

Paige came out of her trance like state.

"Uh, sorry Uncle Dave, I've got to go. I'll call you back, ok? Yeah I love you too," she said as she hangs up the phone.

Shane again places his hands over her head. She goes into her trance like state. With in a few minutes, Shane had what he needed. He disappeared. She snapped out of it. She noticed Grisanti going to the bathroom. Paige gets up and walks over to her boss, who notices that she's on her way over to him.

"Hey, look Paige. I got this, ok?"

"No. But you can't let that little boy go home with that jerk."

"Paige, number one, you don't know for a fact that he's abusing the boy. And number two; this is none of your business. You are an assistant, not a social worker."

"That's because you're to cheep to make me one."

Jake walks back toward Mr. Cowan's office. When he sees Paige, she gets a feeling that there's something wrong, but can't figured it out. Jake smiles as he walks into Mr. Cowan's office. Mr. Cowan shuts the door to his office, as Jake stands at the other side of the office window and gives Paige a look. Mr. Cowan closes the blind shortly after as Paige leans again the window of disgust. About an hour later, Cowan comes out of his office. Paige has been there the whole time.

"What's happened?"

"Nothing's been decided. We're gonna meet again tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? You can't let him go home with that little boy?"

"I can, and I am," Cowan began. "Look, Paige, you weren't in there. He was very persuasive."

"Persuasive? What about the police report? What about the counselor's recommendations?"

"Look, Paige, I know how you feel about these cases, but we can't make a decision based on what you think," Cowan said. "We have to base it on face, but right now we don't have enough yet. I'm sorry."

Cowan walks away from Paige, who is not very happy. Jake and his wife step out of the office and he confronts Paige.

"You got a problem, lady?"

"Yeah, I got a problem with people who hit their kids!"

"Oh!"

"Come on, Jake," Mrs. Grisanti began, "let's just go."

"Wait. Wait. Listen, I can do whatever the hell I want to," Grisanti said as he began to lower his voice, "and there's nothing you can do to stop me."

Upset, Paige grabs her purse and turns to leave. Cowan watches her as she leaves.

"What am I gonna do with that girl?" Cowan asks himself out loud.

***

Jake enters the bathroom once again. He finds an old man hovering over Shane's unconscious body. The man looks up to see Jake standing there.

"Can you give me a hand?" He asked. "I-I-I think he must have slipped."

Jake turns the old man's body into flames and is gone. The Source comes out of Jake and repossesses Shane.

***

As the girls were heading out, Leo orbed in front of them, not realizing he'd bump right into them. The girls fell on the floor.

"LEO," Piper and Prue said in unison.

"Oh, sorry," Leo said, as he held out his hand to them.

"Where is he?" Prue asked

"He's ok. Cole's with him."

He better be Piper thought.

"We're on our way to the church, maybe we'll run into Paige while we are there," Prue said.

"Good idea," Leo said, as the girls left.

***

Paige enters an old church with gargoyles on the front of the facade. As she enters, she's really nervous.

"Oh, boy," Paige said.

She sees the nun and walks over to her.

"Excuse me," Paige began. "Are you Sister Agnes?"

Sister Agnes turns around to see a young woman.

"Yes. And who might you be."

"I'm Paige. Paige Matthews."

"No."

"You might not remember me. I've probably changed a bit since the last time you seen me on August 2, 1977. Does that ring any bells?"

"Oh, dear lord," Sister Agnes said. She's come back, she thought.

***

In the car on the way to church, Piper and Prue are talking about why their mother chose to keep Paige a secret.

"Well, maybe mom didn't have a choice."

"We're her daughters. She could've found a way to share that little bit of information with us."

Just then Leo orbed in the car.

"LEO," Piper and Prue yelled.

"What?" Prue asked.

"The source has surfaced," Leo said.

"Oh boy," Piper said as they pulled into the driveway and parked.

"What are you gonna do?" Leo asked.

"Whatever we have to do. We can't let the source get to Paige."

The three enter the church hoping they'd see Paige.

"Leo you stay here," Piper said.

"Sure thing," Leo said.

Piper and Prue headed to the back where Paige was.

*** Sister Agnes takes Paige into an office. She retrieves a box from a trunk. "I was just about your age when they came," Sister Agnes began, as she puts a box on the table.

"They? My mother and father?"

"They came in a swirl of bright white lights, just like Angels."

"White lights, oh."

"That's how they appeared to me, with you in their arms. I was stunned. I-I didn't know what to think," Sister Agnes said. "They said you were in great danger, that they didn't have no other choice, but to give you up to protect you."

"Danger?" Paige asked.

"They didn't say what kind of danger," Sister Agnes began. "But I could tell from their pain that it must have been real. They asked me to find you a good home, a safe home, and to keep their secret. until you came looking."

"But how could they know," Paige asked.

"Because you came from them, my dear. As wonderful and precious as your adoptive parents were to you, you still come from angels," the sister said, as she reached into the box and pulls out a blanket with the letter P on it. "They asked me to save this for you one day. It's what they bundled you up in. Your mother had only one request-that your name begins with a P," she says as someone knocks on the door. She turns around, "Yes, may I help."

"Hi," Piper said as she freeze's the nun. "Hey, what's up? We need to get you out of her."

"What did you do to her?"

"Oh, Piper just froze her. She'll be ok," Prue said.

"Yeah. Lucky I didn't blow her up. My powers have been a little off lately," Piper says sarcastically.

"PIPEER," Prue said, as she notices the blanket, and points to it.

"Is that our blanket?" Piper asked, as she tries to touch it, but Paige pulls away.

"NO! That's mine! Leave me alone," Paige said as she turns to leave.

"All right gee," Piper said sarcastically, as they follow Paige. "Paige! Paige! Paige," Prue said.

"Stop or I'll freeze you," Prue said, as they all stop.

To Piper, "She's a witch, you can't freeze her."

To Prue, "She doesn't know that."

"Will you please just leave me alone," as she continues on to the main exit.

"Look, we know what you're going through. We went through the same things when we first learned of our powers, too," Prue said.

"Look, you just gotta trust us," Piper said. "Somebody very, very bad is after you," Piper said as Paige stops and turns around.

"Trust you! You just froze a nun! How do I know you're not the bad ones?"

"Well, if we are, then you are, sister," Piper said.

"Piper!"

"What fine. You try then."

"You have a power that helps the greater good, Paige," Prue said, as Paige. As Piper and Prue get close enough to talk to Paige, they stop. Mmm. At least if you're really are a Charmed One, you do. And the sooner you learn it, the sooner we'll be able to protect the innocent."

"The premonition?" Paige asked.

"According to the prophecy, the third sister has the power of premonition. Like Phoebe did," Prue said.

"How did her premonition work?"

"Phoebe used to touch things to get premonition. Sometimes they just came to her."

"How will mine work?"

"Try touching something, maybe you'll get a premonition," Piper said.

Paige walks over to a painting hanging on the wall. She touches it, and nothing happens. "Well, maybe I'm not one of you after all if I can't even get a premonition," Paige said, as she quickly disappeared to her premonition. She saw a hooded figure coming to the church and the gargoyles crying out. Leo quickly flies into the chapel, and then she quickly returned when it was over. "Oh my god." "So perhaps the whitelighter in her makes it work differently?" Prue asked. "Half-breed." When Paige finally realizes that she was taken to her premonition, she looked around to find Leo. "Where's your husband, Piper?" "By the front door, why?" "Something very bad is going to happen to him in a few minutes." The girls rushed over in time to see Leo flying across the room into the chapel. The gargoyles cry out as Shane calls out for Paige. Piper and Prue run over to Leo. "LEO," Piper yelled. "Wha- what just happened?" Leo asked. "I think the source," Prue said. Piper helped him up to his feet. Prue quickly looked around. "Where's Paige?" "I don't know. I thought she was with us." "Shane," Paige said, as she rushes to him. "What's the matter? My god, what happened?" "I don't know. Someone's after me," Shane said, as she helps him to his feet. "Paige," Prue called out for her. Prue walked by the doorway as Paige and a young man take off. "Paige." "Come on, Shane, let's get out of her," Paige said. "Come back," Prue yelled. Piper is helping Leo over to where Prue is standing. Shane turned around and fires a red bolt toward them. They go flying back into the church. Prue and Piper are screaming. "WHOOO!" They finally stop. "What the hell?" "Good question," Sister Agnes said. Piper, Leo and Prue get up, and brush themselves off. "Sorry sister," Leo said, as they took off. They step into the car and head off.

*** Piper goes to the freezer and retrieves an ice pack for Leo and gently places it on his neck, as Leo holds it to his neck. "I don't understand how you can keep healing innocents, but you can't figure out how to heal yourself." "It's kinda hard to heal myself when I'm knocked out," Leo said as Prue walks in. "Leo, how is it possible for an angel to get knocked out? I mean, you are, after all, technically dead," Prue said. "Three years together, and you're asking me this?" "Well." "I think the more appropriate question is, how does a whitelighter get somebody knocked up?" Piper asked sarcastically, as Prue lets out a giggle. "What's that supposed to mean," Leo asked innocently. "What do you think it means?" Piper asked. "It's about Paige, I swear, the Elders had no idea that she even existed, or that even she was your sister. "Sister Witch," Prue said. "Half witch, half whitelighter. Let's not forget that little surprize," Piper said, as she helps Leo with the ice pack. "I still can't believe she kept it from us." "Piper, mom was just doing what she thought was best for all of us." "Yeah, I know." The door bell rang. "That had better not be another long lost relative," Piper said sarcastically, as she opens the door. Piper greets Darryl at the door. Prue and Leo followed. "Darryl," Piper said. "Hi Piper," Darryl said. Piper closes the door as Darryl walks in. "Where's Cortez?"

"Who?" Leo asked. "Inspector Cortez-the one I hit over the head, the one you said you would take care of. He's missing. Police inspectors aren't supposed to be missing. Where is he?" "Well, I kinda sent him to." Prue said. "Timbuktu! It rhymed with undo," Piper said sarcastically with a laugh. "Timbuktu?" Darryl asked annoyed. "It's ok," Leo said. "It's OK, he's not here, is he," Darryl asked. "NO IT'S NOT OK!" Cole shimmered in a few minutes later with Cortez, who looks beyond scared. "WHERE AM I?" Cortez asked scared. "Cortez," Darryl said. "Stay away from me," Cortez said as he ran out the door. "Go find him," Prue demanded of Leo and Cole. Leo orbed out and Cole shimmered away. "They had better find him, or I'm gonna have to do some explaining. Something I don't look forward too," Darryl said, as he walked out. "As if we don't have enough to worry about," Piper said sarcastically. *** Back at Paige's loft, she's helping Shane in. "Are you ok," She asked. "Yeah, I'm fine," Shane began. "Aren't you gonna tell me what happened last night?" "No, it's nothing," Paige said, as Oscar, Paige's bird begins to chirps wildly. Paige got up and went over to the cage. "Oscar, what's the matter, sweetheart.its ok, I'm home." "Maybe he just doesn't like me." "He's always liked you before." "Anyway, Paige, it seems like something's bothering you. Would you like to tell me about it?" "Let's just say when I wanted to find out about my parents, I didn't want to know I was a freak," she said, as he pulls her back on the bed. "Look, can we talk about this later? I've got to get back to work." "Of course. Hey, I never got to tell you Thank you for taking care of me," Shane said as they began to kiss, but were interrupted by Oscar's screeching. "OSCAR," Paige said to the bird. She turns toward Shane. "Listen, I better get back to work, before my boss blows a gasket." "Ok, no problem, honey," Shane says. "Ok. Make yourself comfortable. Stop by later if you're up to it." Shane shakes his head. She turns to open the door. Shane waves his hand over Paige. A few minutes later, he moves his hand away. She turns around. "What just happened?" "I don't know," Shane said. "Oh well, I'm gonna go." That was strange she thought to herself. She left and Shane smiled to himself. "She'll be mine," He laughed evilly. When she was on her way back to work, she suddenly felt ill. She couldn't explain it, but she fell to the floor. A few minutes later, she was fine. She got up and went to work. *** Cole and Leo follow Cortez into the SFPD station, so he could make a Phone call. "Look, we really didn't have to bring you back, you know. We could have just let you rot," Cole said. "Cole, I really don't think that this is helping any." "Like your way is?" Cole asked, as Darryl walks up. Cortez into the phone, "This is inspector Cortez. I need a surveillance team around the clock. I'll take one shift." "What are you doing, Cortez?" Darryl asked. "What I said I'd do, before you clipped me in the head," Cortez said. "You're making a huge mistake, Inspector," Cole said, as Leo hears a call. "You have no idea what you are doing." Cortez into the phone, "1329 Prescott Street. Prue and Piper Halliwell. They're murder suspects. "All right. Come on. Come," Leo said as he and Cole leave. "Hey, listen, Cortez," Darryl said, as he points to Cortez. "LET GO OF ME," Cortez said, as Darryl does so. "You make me sick! How long have you been covering up for them, huh.? How many other murders have you ignored to protect them.? You're a disgrace to that shield, my friend. Disgusted with Cortez, Darryl pins Cortez up against a wall. "This is the first time I've risked my career for those girls-my life-my family," Darryl began. "They are the best people that I've ever met, and they'll do more good then you'll ever know. And it cost them their sister!" Two inspectors run over and pry Darryl off of Cortez and hold them back. "Hey, hey Inspector, ease up," Inspector Jones said. "Hey, you all right?" Inspector Rodriguez asked. "I'm good. I'm good," Darryl said, annoyed. *** Later that evening at Paige's loft, she's sitting down on the couch with a blanket wrapped around her. Shane brings her a glass of water and he sits next do her. "Here," Shane said, as he held out a glass of water. "Thank you," Paige said, as she takes a sip. "I'm so sorry to involve you with all of this." "All of what?" Shane asked, as she placed the water on the table. "What's going on?" "I really don't know. I'm so confused." Paige said. Boy I am confused. I don't know what to do. "Don't worry, I'm here now," Shane said, as he held her tightly. "You're safe with me." They begin to kiss as Paige hears I'll take care of you. *** The next morning at Halliwell Manor, Cortez had set up surveillance on the Halliwell's. Cole is looking out at Cortez from the attic, who is leaning on his car parked outside. Prue, Piper, and Leo are all standing by the book of shadows. "Are you sure you don't want me to take care of him? It'll only take me a few minutes. Cole said. Actually, it'd probably take me less time, Cole thought himself as smile crept on his face. "No! He doesn't have anything on the girls yet," Leo began. "Besides, now is not the time to be blurring the line of good and evil." That's all we need Cole, Leo thought to himself. Prue slammed the book down in frustration. "This is useless, she says, as she clears her throat. "We're never gonna find anything without a little help." The book opens and flips through the pages. It finally stops on an Enchantment Spell. "Works every time," Prue said with a smile. "Ok, an enchantment spell. Wait? How is this gonna help?" "Well, maybe it isn't to locate Paige, but to ID the source," Piper said. "Look at the last line, 'So she can reveal the evil within'." "That'll only help if we can't find him." "Maybe we can, or at least you can, Cole," Leo said. "What do you mean, Leo?" Cole walks towards them as he clears his throat. "Demons can sense the source's aura. It reminds us of how powerful he is, his reach. Maybe if I can focus on it." "How will that work? Piper asked. "You're technically dead." "Yes, but I picked up a few powers in the waste land." "Ah," Prue said. "Ok, now, we need something to enchant." "Right, oh, here," Prue said, as she picks up sunglasses of the 80's. "Oh Prue, those are kinda tacky." "What, they are perfect." "Whatever," Piper said. "Let's get this done, so we can get Paige." "Magic forces far and wide, Enchant these so those can't hide, Allow this witch to use therein, So she can reveal the evil within," Prue and Piper chanted. The glasses began to glow before them. "Better make sure they work," Prue said, as she put them on. "Well?" "No, nothing. Nothing has changed," Prue said. "Well, we'll have to hope that they work," Piper said. Prue looks up, "Thanks for the magical assist Grams." "How do you even know it was even her?" Prue smiled. Piper rolled her eyes. *** Paige steps out of the shower with a towel wrapped around her as she stands in front of the mirror. She hears Shane's voice as she stairs in the mirror. "You know who you are now, Paige. This is where your destiny lies," He said in a demonic tone. "It lays not with your sister witches." He appears behind her. "It's for no one but you. This is what you've been searching for your whole life. This is why you have the power." He makes an image of Jake/Source appear in the mirror. "You can't stop me," Jake said. "Use the power I gave you for your own desires, to seek revenge," He said as the image disappears. "Use the power. Call for his heart. Call for his life." He disappears. Paige holds up her hand, as the glass breaks around her. *** At South Bay Social Services, Jake and Carol storm out of an office. Mr. Cowan storms off in a different direction. Paige follows Jake and Carol as Shane looks on. Jake and Carol head for their car, as Paige holds out her hand. Unaware of what she's doing, Paige calls out for the poor man's heart. "Heart." The man falls to the ground clutching his heart. Everyone crowd around him thinking he's had a heart attack. "Jake, what is it?" Carol asked scared. While that's happening, Piper pulls up in the parking lot with Prue, Leo and Cole. They get out and see Paige holding out her hand. "The Source is here, I can feel him," Cole said. Prue puts the sunglasses on and sees the black aura around Paige. "What she doing," Piper asked. "She's got a black aura around her. We better get to her now," Prue said. They run over to Paige. "Jake! JAKE! NO," Carol cries. "Paige! PAIGE, its Prue and Piper," Prue said. "He's evil, he's hurting his child," Paige said in a trance like state. "Oh God, honey," Carol cried. "No, no he's not. You're being seduced into evil," Prue said. "NO! NO! Jake," Carol cried again. "All right. You know what? Hi," Piper said as she put Paige's arms down. "Leo, take her. Go home. Go, go, go, go, go," Piper said, as Leo grabs Paige and orb back to the manor. "Let's get out of her," Cole said, as they walk away. Jake stands up. "All you all right," Carol asks her husband. "Maybe you'd better go lay down." Jake looks to his wife, as if he had just had a wake up call. "I'm not covering for you anymore. You keep your hands off our son," Jake said, as he walked away. At the Jeep, they were all wondering when this would all be over. Cole spoke up. "I think I'll stick around just to make sure things are ok," Cole said. "You sure," Leo asked. "Yeah, the source can't hurt me," Cole said confident. Little did he know the source was nearby and had plans for Cole. Piper and Prue went back to the manor. As Cole is walking away, Shane speeds up behind Cole and watches his every move. Cole suddenly turns around, but Shane leaves in a fiery displace. Cole them shimmers away. He then shimmers behind Shane who notices that Cole is behind him. A sward materializes in his hands. Shane quickly turns around and stabs Cole, who has a shocked look on his face. "But how," Cole asked. "I'm killing you humanity," The Source said. "What?" "That's right! Don't die to quickly, traitor," The Source said with an evil laugh. The source begins to walk away. "Oracle, find Paige at once," As he leaves in a fiery display. *** Piper and Phoebe come into the Manor as Paige freaking out. "Leo, where's.AHHHHH," Piper said, as Piper through a knife as her. "I'm having a hard time convincing her that she's not evil." "I see that," Piper said, as Paige threw a lamp telekinetically. That was mom's crystal." Piper runs after Paige and tackles her to the ground. Prue joins in holding her down. "Where the hell is she getting that power anyway?" Prue asked. "I don't know, maybe the source gave it to her," Leo said. "Relax Paige," Prue said. "We're not evil and neither are you. You've got to believe us." Piper gets up, and Leo takes her place in holding Paige. "We just better hope that there's a Wiccan exorcism in the Book of Shadows, cause. yeah," Piper said as she got to the first step of the stairs. She stops as the lights flicker on and off. The source appears near the stairs.

He turns all black and telekinetically throws Piper through the banner. "Piper," Leo yells. "PIPER," Prue yelled. The source though a high energy ball at her, but she jumps up to avoid it. She tries to kick her, but he sends her landing in to the grandfather clock. Piper gets up and blows him to pieces. Paige stands up and Leo helps Piper. The source restores himself. Prue gets up and grabs the glasses to see if it's the source. She walks over to Piper. "Oh, Oh, it's the.That's the.Look," Prue said. "I know who that is," Piper said, as she pushes her back. "Your powers are strong, but are they strong enough to survive without the Power of Three??" "Shane, what's going on?" In Shane's voice, "It's ok, I'm here." "Stay away from me," Paige said. "She's got free will, and there's nothing you can do about it," Leo said. "Oh, but she's already chosen, haven't you? Come with me, Paige. I'll protect you from everything. You'll be safe forever." "He's lying Paige, he'll kill you," Piper said. "They don't want you, Paige, they want your powers. You don't have to share. They are all yours to do with as you please." He turns into Mr. Cowan, "You've already see what you can do with those powers.You do what no one else can." He morphs into Carol, "You nearly saved my son from his father. From all the pain and suffering he's put him through." He then morphs into the little boy, Please help me, Paige. Don't let him hurt me anymore. You're my only hope. Please help." Paige takes his hand and starts to go with him. "NO," Prue yelled. The source/little boy raise his hand suspending Prue in mid air. Paige pushes the little boy/source away to go help Piper, and Leo save Prue. The clock chimes in the background. "Prue? Ok? Come on, come on," Piper said. The boy disappears and The Source repossesses Shane, who stands up. "I guess Blood is a little Thicker than Evil," Piper said. The source looks to the clock and goes out of Shane, who falls to the ground, to reveal his true self. "I've broken the Charmed Circle, I can do it again. Besides, it wasn't a complete loss, thanks to Cole." "What did you do to him," Piper asked. "Oh my god," Cortez said, holing a camera in his hand. He's amazed by what he sees. The source, Leo, and the sisters turn to see Cortez entering into the house. "Inspector Cortez, get out of her," Piper yelled. When Cortez reaches for his gun, the source flicks his hand and Cortez flies back into the coat rack. He screams as he's knocked on a hanger. They gasp in horror at the site. Cortez falls to the ground, revealing blood on the hanger. The source leaves in a fiery display. Piper, Prue, Paige, and Leo run to Cortez's side. Leo knells down to Cortez, and begins to heel him. "Looks, like evils wins again, huh?" "Not if we can help it," Leo says, as he heels him. Cortez is shocked by the gesture. "How'd you do that," Paige asked, as Leo helps Cortez to his feet. "That's what whitelighters do, they heal good people," Leo said, as he smiled at Cortez. "What about Cole," Prue asked. "Let's go," Piper said. We can't let him die, after all that he's done for us. They all leave except Cortez who checks his where the wound used to be. He also checks the video camera, hoping that it wouldn't be damage. *** A few blocks away from South Bay Social Services, Piper, Prue, Paige, and Leo, they begin walking down the street. After walking for a few minutes, they heard a moan. They run towards it. "Cole," they all said in unison. "Heel him," Piper said. "No, you can't," Cole said. "Why?" Prue asked. "Cause, I'm already dead, the source is slowing killing my humanity, and there's nothing that can be done about it." "There's got to be. We can't just let him die, Leo," Piper said. "Aren't I half whitelighter? Wouldn't that work?" "I guess, we can try," Leo said. They knelt next to Cole. He stopped them. "No, this is the way it was meant. I have done my work. Paige is safe, and I can be with Phoebe now," Cole said, as he disappeared into thin air. There was silence amongst them. No one knew exactly what to say. *** At the SFPD, Cortez comes in with his video camera. Darryl, sitting at his desk, watches him. Cortez looks at him. He looks over to the Captain. Cortez goes over to Darryl and hesitates for a moment before giving him the tape, which he takes. Cortez leaves and Darryl sighs. *** At P3, Piper, Prue and Leo were sitting in their spot. A waitress comes over with their drinks. "Thanks," They all say in unison. "Feels good to be here," Leo said. "Yeah, it feels good to be anyway," Prue said. "I'll drink to that," Piper said, as she lifted her drink. "You ok," Leo asked Piper. "I'm not sure?" "Phoebe?" "Yeah. We barely got through the funeral and then everything started to go crazy and we haven't had a chance to mourn yet. And that's just not right," Piper said. I miss Phoebe. I hope we get to see her again. "I think we'll have the rest of our lives for that," Prue said. Poor Phoebe. I hope we get to see her again. "I'm still not sure about continuing on with this destiny thing. I need sometime to think about it. I hope you're okay with that," Piper said. "Absolutely," Prue said. "And I hope you're okay with it too," Piper said to Leo "They may not be, but I am," Leo said, as he takes her hand, and Paige walks up to them "So does this mean I get free drinks now?" Paige asked jokingly. Phoebe chuckles a little. "Oh, I didn't mean it like that. It's not that I really drink or. Okay. I'm just gonna go." She begins to leave, but Leo stands up and stops her. "No, Paige. You belong here, remember?" Leo said. "You sure? I don't want to intrude," Paige asked. "Mmm. Come on. Come sit right here," Prue said, as she motioned for Paige to sit next to her. "I'm gonna go to the bar, and hang out," Leo said. "Good, you do that," Piper said, as she smiled. "I won't stay long. I just wanted to, uh, come by and thank you," Paige said. "For what?" Prue asked. "For what? You mean, beside from saving my life, she said as she chuckles. "I feel like I should bake you a cake or something." Oh, she cooks Piper smiles. "Do you cook?" "No, no. Not really." Oh, that's a shame, Piper thought to herself. "So how's Shane?" Prue asked. "He's okay, I guess, except I'm not to sure he wants to see me anymore." "Oh, I'm sorry," Prue said. "No. Can't say I blame him. You know? He doesn't know exactly what happened to him, but he knows its something bad and he knows it's somehow connected to me." "Yeah, well, you're not truly one of us until you've dated a demon, so, welcome to the club," Piper said. "Can I ask you a question?" Prue asked "Sure, yeah," Paige said. "Why did you come to Phoebe's funeral? I mean, you never even met her, right?" "No. I never did. I don't want this to be taken the wrong way, but. I just feel like a part of me lost her too and I just. I felt drawn to her, to all you guys. I guess it was just a part of me trying to find out who I was." Piper and Phoebe look at each other. Wonder how she knew, they thought to themselves. "Come on. There's something we need to show you," Piper said. "Show me what?" "What good magic can do, Prue said. They get up and leave. *** In the Attic, Prue is lighting candles in a circle and then joins Piper by the Book of Shadows, as Paige watches on. Piper and Prue began chanting. "Here these words. Hear my cry spirit from the other side. Come to me, I summon thee. Cross now the Great Divide." Patty appears in bright white lights. "There's someone here we thought you'd like to meet," Prue said, as Patty looks at Paige. "Paige!" "Mom?" Patty steps outside the circle and becomes real. She hugs Paige, who smiles after the hug. "Welcome home, baby, welcome home," Patty said as she hugs her again. Prue and Piper watch on the tender moment. A few minutes later, Patty turns to Piper and Prue. "My darlings, you've brought your sister back, for that, I think it deserves a reward," Patty said, as she looks over to the circle. Prue and Piper look over as bright white light appear. "Phoebe," Prue and Piper said in unison as they began to cry. "Prue, Piper, I'm so proud of you for saving Paige," Phoebe said, as she steps out of the circle to become real. "This is what I saw before my death. You three together again as the Charmed Ones." Prue, Piper, and Phoebe hug as Prue and Piper begin to cry. "Phoebe, I'm so glad that we got to see you one last time," Piper said. "I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't." Phoebe hugged Piper. "Prue, stay strong, and you'll be fine, and for Paige, stick with them, and you'll be safe." "Will we see you again," Paige asked, as she began to cry. "Not for awhile. Piper and Prue need to mourn me before that can happen." "Well, girls, it's time for us to go," Patty said, as Cole appeared in bright white lights. "Cole?" Prue asked in confusion at the site of Cole in bright white lights. "Yeah, I know. It's not my style, but I did go. I protected the Charmed Ones, and for that, I've been aloud to remain with Phoebe forever." "Aww, that's sweet, but it doesn't answer one question. Who the hell sent you?" Piper asked. "Ah, that would be me," Phoebe said raising her hand. "Why?" Paige asked. "I saw you in my very last premonition just be." She trailed off. "Just before I died." Piper quickly turned to Leo. "Why didn't you say anything, Leo," Piper asked her husband. "I'm sorry," Leo said. "It wasn't my place to say anything." "I'm kind of glad he didn't say anything," Prue said. "We probably wouldn't have wanted to find Paige in the first place." Prue, Piper, and Paige smile and holding on to each other. "Honey, we must go," Phoebe said to Cole, as they disappear holding each other. "Bye my children," Patty said, as she disappeared. "I love you." The End