Prue was the first to reach Phoebes side, as she lay unmoving on the floor.

"Phoebs, sweetie." She looked down at the pale features of her sister. Despite all that was going on Prue knew her sister didn't have an active power to fight back with. And to see her now crumpled was just the same if the accident had never happened. "Phoebs?"

Piper held a crying Chris in her arms as she sat down beside pure and Phoebe. "She ok?"
"Yeah she will be. How's Chris?"
"Scared."

Bane and Leo ran into the nursery seeing the four of them sitting on the floor.

"You guys ok?"
"Yeah, Leo can you please heal Phoebe? She was being slammed into a wall as we walked in." Piper asked as she held Chris close, his cries quieting down.

Leo bent down and said nothing as the glow appeared from his hands, but to his surprise and everyone else's nothing happened.

"Leo?" Prue looked up at him as she held on to Phoebe in her arms.
"I don't get it. She was hurt by a demon it should heal her." Leo pleaded in how own defence.

Piper looked at her husband and then the fallen form of her little sister, "So what's going on?" Piper asked as she held her eyes to Phoebe.
"I don't know. But I am going to find out." Leo placed a hand on Piper before he disappeared in a glow of white and blue orbs.

Prue looked up and saw Bane standing in front of Patti's crib. His look was one of defeat, panic. One she had never seen in her husband before. She gently eased Phoebe towards Piper and stood and went to her husband.

As she looked in the crib her world spun out of control as she looked inside the empty crib.

Piper looked up from her place beside Phoebe and knew instantly what was going on. The look on Prue's face said everything, "Prue?"
"He…He took her." The tears ran down her face as she felt her legs buckle from under her. Bane's quick reaction stopping her from falling completely.

Piper watched helplessly as her oldest sister went through what every mother feared, someone taking your child from you. But with them it was different, Prue's child had been taken by a demon.

Prue took in a deep breath. Despite everything she knew she needed to be strong. With her sisters help they would get Patti back. Right now she needed to focus on her other baby.

Prue moved over and placed her hand on Phoebes check. "Bane can you take her to her room?"
"Sure." He knew what Prue was doing: Focus on Phoebe to keep her mind off Patti. Bending down he lifted her up in to his arms. Carefully taking her across the hall to her own bed. "I'll leave you three alone."
"Prue go with him. I got Phoebe for now."
"No. He's hurting, he needs to deal in his own way. I want to be here when she wakes up."
"Well you won't have to wait very long." Piper looked down as Phoebe started to stir.

Prue ran her hand through Phoebe's hair, "Hey baby. You ok?"
"Bad man."
"Yeah we know. But how are you?"
"Hurts Pwue."

Prue saw the tears welling in her sisters' eyes. As she gently started to rub Phoebes back. hoping it would ease the pain. She hadn't been thrown any harder then any other demon attack, but now to Phoebe it was just worse. She was sore and she didn't understand how to shake it off.

"Piper, go run her a hot bath. We'll watch Chris for you."

Piper leaned down and gave Phoebe a kiss on the forehead. "Be good for Prue. And thank you for watching out for Chris and Patti."

Piper gave Prue a reassuring look and gently squeezed her hand, "We'll get her back Prue." She spoke softly before leaving her sisters alone.

"Pwue?"
"Yeah baby."
"Where's Patti?"

Prue just looked at her sister. What could she say? Phoebe had done all she could to stop the demon from getting at her daughter. And despite the conversation earlier that day she knew that Phoebe didn't really want Patti gone.

"The bad man took her sweetie. But Piper, Leo, Bane and I are going to get her back."
"Me too." Her voice strong, reminding Prue of her old sister.
"You too sweetie. But first lets get you fixed up. Piper is running you a nice hot bath and I'll throw in your special bubbles. And then we'll get your niece back ok?"
"Ok."

"What is this?"
"The child."
"I can see that, but there are TWO in that house!"

Silence filled the dark cavern none wanting to explain.

"They were not alone. One of the Charmed Ones was with them."
"Liar. The spell was specific. It was to send the message to me when the children were alone. No witches in the room."
"The youngest was there. She bite me."
"She bite you?
"Damn near took a chunk out of me arm. And look at this scratch. For a witch with no active powers she holds her own."
"A Witch, with no active powers, stopped you from grabbing the other child? Tell me know why I should not just vanquish you for them?"

He had no answer. It was something he had expected. He had failed in his task and knew the price.

The flames consumed him before he could even get a chance to reply.

"Find out what happened. Why the spell did not work. I want that other child!." The shimmer of the air was all that was left leaving his demons to deal with the screaming baby.

Piper flipped another page of the BOS trying to find the demon that had the nerve to attack their children, and take Patti. Prue was sitting in front of the map with the crystal swaying gently as she scried for the demon. Phoebe was sitting right beside Prue with her elbows on the table and her hands cradling her head as she watched intently to what Prue was doing.

"Got him." Piper quickly read down the page. "Looks like the lower life forms are making a run for the job of head demon. He comes from a faction of demons that have been around longer then the Source was. I would guess that the leader thinks it's his time to lead the underworld."
"And what better way to do that then with our kids at his side." Prue had stood up and was reading over Pipers shoulder. "Well let's show them what its like to be the leader of the underworld."

"Now Phoebe remember what I said. You stay here with Bane and Chris. You need to watch out for him ok."
"Me come."
"No sweetie. You need to stay and look after Chris and Bane ok."
"Ok Pwue." Phoebe wasn't happy about being left behind, but she knew better then to argue.
"Ok. Lets go." Prue turned to Piper and Leo before they started to orb to the underworld.

The first thing Prue heard was Patti screaming.

"Shut that thing up before I vanquish it!"
"It won't stop."

He threw a fireball in the air letting its sparks fill the air around them. For a moment Patti stopped screaming fascinated by the sparks.

"Now someone we tell me why the spell didn't pick up the fact that a Charmed one was in the room."
"We still have no idea sire. Even the alchemist can't understand. A witch that powerful would have been read immediately."
"FIX IT!"

His loud voice startling Patti from her stares and her lungs filled the air once again.

"SHUT IT UP!"


"She wouldn't be crying in the first place if you hadn't taken HER from its mother." Prue walked around the corner, her power immediately coming from her arm as she swung the demons around Patti against the far wall.

"The Charmed Ones."
"The Dead ones." Piper replied sarcastically as she blew up the closet demon.

Leo picked up Patti and made his way towards the sisters. "Lets get going." He took Pipers hand and felt Prue taking hold of the arm that held Patti. And as fast as they had entered the cavern they were gone. Leaving a carnage of vanquished and injured demons behind them.

As soon as they appeared Prue took Patti from his arms and held her tight. "Oh baby. I was sooooo scared." She looked up at Piper and Leo, "Thank you."
"Hey no need, you're my sister Prue you would have done the same for me. Now let's get her cleaned up and I'll make a celebratory dinner."

"You may want to hold off on that Piper." Bane said as he walked in the attic quickly making his way to Prue and his daughter.

They all looked at him wondering what else could go wrong. "Bane?" Prue saw worry in his eyes.
"Phoebe. She decided to go and look for Patti on her own. At least I think she did. She was talking about going with you to get Patti from the bad man. I was changing Chris' diaper and when I turned around. She was gone."

"Gone?" Prue and Piper both looked at each other.