Phoebe gathered Cole in her arms, surprised at her strength, as Piper hopped off the bed behind her.

"Is he okay?" Piper asked, worried.

"I don't know…Cole? Cole! Answer me, damn it!" Phoebe started to shout, hysteria nearly setting in.

Cole stirred slightly before blinking his eyes open slowly. He gazed up at Piper and Phoebe's matching intense stares with his grayish blues, a dazed smile on his face. Phoebe sighed with relief and started to stroke his thick dark hair.

"What happened?" demanded Piper, although she was visibly calmer now that she knew Cole wasn't lying dead in her house.

"I saved your kids life," he looked at Phoebe then, "and ours, what the hell happened?"

"I don't know, C.J. was just gone. I didn't know they took Wyatt though…thank God they're alright, thanks to you…" she kissed his forehead and smiled.

"Phoebe I have to tell you something…" Cole started hesitantly as he struggled to sit up from her death grip on the hard wood floor.

"What is it?"

"I no… I no longer have my powers." Cole grimaced, waiting for the torrent of verbal insults from the Charmed sisters.

"Wow…" breathed Piper, somewhat shocked.

"What?" Cole asked, still waiting for the insults.

"You gave up your powers for Wyatt and C.J., that was really brave of you Cole." Phoebe answered, a smile on her beautiful face.

Cole grinned and finally sat up.

"I thought you'd be mad."

"No way, I'm glad you're okay though."

Cole nodded and winced, reaching for the back of his head he pulled his hand out and looked at it with contempt, blood stained his fingers. He heard an sharp intake of breath from one of the sisters before Piper said, "Lemme get you something for that. Leo!"

Cole smirked as Leo orbed in startled.

"Everything okay? What's wrong?" Leo asked immediately, waiting for disaster.

"Cole's hurt, can you heal him?" Phoebe asked.

"I can try but I can only heal his human half, remember?" Leo responded as he stepped forward to heal Cole's head.

"That shouldn't be a problem then." Piper hinted, laughter evident in her voice.

Leo furrowed his eyebrows at them as he knelt behind Cole and raised his hand to the bloody clump of hair on his head. They watched as the familiar glow of his healing powers took place, grinning in unison when Cole's head was completely healed without complications.

"You're fully human?" Leo asked confused as he stood up, helping Cole with an outstretched hand.

"Thanks," Cole said as he took the hand and stood up, "Yeah."

"How? Why?" Leo asked, looking at the sisters and former demon.

"I saved the kids by trading my powers for their lives." Cole mentioned calmly.

"I didn't know they- what happened? I should have known, why didn't I sense them?" Leo questioned more to himself.

"They were in the Underworld, Leo. Don't beat yourself up over it." Piper assured him, flicking her hair over her shoulders.

Cole raised a large hand up, "Everything is fine now Leo, let's just go check on the little one's o-"

He was cut off when everyone felt the air being distorted behind them, someone was entering the room. They turned around perplexed, a demon had shimmered in behind them, throwing a quick energy ball towards Cole before Piper blew him up with a flick of her hands.

Cole, forgetting he couldn't shimmer, allowed the energy ball to hit him directly in the chest, causing him to fly backwards with a grunt of pain as the air left his lungs. Phoebe cursed loudly as she crouched next to Cole again.

Leo immediately knelt down and set to work on healing him again.

Cole sat up, fully healed again, and smiled contritely, "Sorry, I tried to shimmer…I forgot."

Phoebe shook her head before grabbing Cole's and giving him a kiss.

The Source growled in anger as he paced about the candle lit cavern, having already received the news of the failed attempt on Cole Turner's life. The Seer appeared from a shadow, seemingly, and stepped forward rapidly.

"My liege…" she began but the Source held up a hand to silence her.

"Even as a human, no demon will be able to vanquish Belthazor…the witches and their White Lighter are there to protect him!" he roared.

"A Dark Lighter can take of their White Lighter, while the witches try to save him we could summon Belthazor…you could have the honor of killing him here."

"What about that young blond headed child, Wyatt." He said the named with such disdain it chilled the Seer.

"A Dark Lighter's arrow for him as well…" she quipped.

"Belthazor's spawn? What of him?"

"We could kill him or we could allow him to live, either way it would not matter. He has no healing powers."

The Source nodded, "Cain?" he growled.

"Kill the traitor."

"Very well, we shall start tomorrow, leave me now." The Source waved his hand and she dipped her head in respect before flashing out in a bluish purple light.

Leo awoke early, he rubbed his face and noted that he needed a shave. He shuffled into the bathroom and decided to shower first. Leo started the water and checked the temperature before trying to tug his shirt off.

Leo's shirt got stuck on his head, as he struggled to rip off the fabric a Dark Lighter suddenly appeared unbeknownst to Leo. The Dark Lighter raised his bow, watching Leo's eyes go wide when he finally tugged the shirt off. An arrow tore through the air and plunged itself deep into Leo's shoulder. He fell to the ground with a loud moan, trying to shout for Piper.

Wyatt, sensing the pain his father felt, orbed into the bathroom to check on him. The Dark Lighter stepped out from behind the bathroom door and stabbed the young boy in the back with an arrow the Dark Lighter had clutched in his hand. Wyatt screamed in pain before falling down onto his father's heaving chest.

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