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Chapter Seven

Angel Instead

"PRUE! PRUE! PRUE!" the demons chanted as she swept to her throne.

Prue eyed the crowd of demons like a hawk. She was particularly interested in the fact that Hecate was not even bothering to pretend, and was merely glaring daggers at her as she passed. Wyatt and Chris both looked up at her, and she could swear that she saw Chris mouth 'asshole' at her as she passed. Ignoring her nephew she sat down.

"We have suffered some defeats recently yes, but the next plan will ensure the destruction of the Charmed Ones once and for all. Mark my words." Prue said calmly, and the cheering went up again and she dismissed most of them.

Hecate glowered at the Source. The fact that her human half was still fighting for control had to make the others see that she was not fit to be the Source, she was a risk to them all. Who knew how the demons she had taken with her last time had been vanquished? What if her human half had taken over and had killed them? Having a Charmed One as a Source was clearly counter productive. And she wouldn't stand for it much longer.

XX

Deep within Prue, Asmodeus, Candor and Baliel looked at each others, their spirits still in full form despite their amalgamation into Prue's body.

"I am beginning to think this was a mistake my friend...she is too powerful for us to control, and her good part is far too powerful by far!" Baliel protested.

"I agree. We should not have done this Asmodeus. She is too strong to be the Source, and her good self is also far too powerful...it could undo the entire Underworld!" Candor cried.

Asmodeus glowered at them.

"I am aware of the problems, but she's also gotten the closest anyone has to killing the Charmed Ones than anyone has in years. She has also unified the Underworld." He argued.

"By resurrecting many who wont be at all thrilled to see us return. This is very dangerous..." Candor complained.

"There's nothing we can do about it now. All we can do is hope that she can destroy her sisters before she is destroyed herself..." Asmodeus said darkly.

XX

Prue glowered at Hecate as she left.

"She is becoming a too obvious threat to my rule. She'll have to go...but only after I wipe out my sisters." She said, and the Seer, Barbas and Zankou looked at her curiously.

"What do you plan now my lady?" the Seer asked, while Zankou glared at Chris.

"It was something that Barbas said that made me think. It is the destiny of the Charmed Ones to fight against evil, and a fair amount of the time, defeat them. So, why don't we change their destinies?" she asked musingly pacing the room.

"How do you mean?" Zankou asked.

"The Angels." Prue purred maliciously.

Silence met this proclamation as the others exchanged dark looks, and Prue smiled evilly.

XX

"I'm not sure about this my lady...the Angels are very powerful. They may not be able to be tamed by our magic..." the Seer warned.

Prue looked at her disdainfully.

"Please Seer, I am the strongest Source ever. I have all the powers of the Underworld at my disposal, along with my Charmed heritage. As such, I'm strong enough to do this." She said confidently.

"But aggravating death and destiny...they may exact revenge against us!" Barbas protested.

Prue smiled evilly.

"Ah Barbas, that is the beauty of the simplicity of the plan. As they are part of the Grand Design, they cant act against us, as that will mean that they are no longer neutral wont it? As such, whatever we do to them, they will be unable to get back at us due to the fact that they need to remain neutral. It's flawless." Prue said as she wrote down a spell she could use to summon the Angel of Destiny.

"But you will have to do their jobs as well! It's far too risky, you might get swept up plotting destinies or taking away dead people!" The Seer protested.

"No, I will not. All that will happen is that a backlog will develop, and as they cant ask us for help because we're evil, they'll have to ask the other side, keeping any other threats to my plans occupied." She said confidently.

Zankou had to admit she made a good argument. But it was a risky plan...especially with her latent good half still fighting the Source for dominance. It could undo the entire plan.

"Now, that's that. Now..."

The group stood in a half circle, with Prue at the front.

"Spirits of air, sand and sea

Converge to set the angel free

In the wind I send this rhyme

Bring death before me before my time."

A man clad all in black with auburn hair and a dour expression was suddenly brought before them.

"You again? Havent I already taken you?" he asked in confusion as he saw Prue.

Prue smiled tightly.

"Yes you did. By the way, I didn't appreciate the long climb up the stairs at the end of it, I was knackered." She said lightly, and the demons looked at her curiously.

"Aside from that, were there any improvements that could be made on my service?" Death asked, conjuring a pad of paper and a pen.

Prue looked thoughtful.

"Well, you could work on your bedside manner. I mean, whoever you're taking has just died, you could be a little nicer to them." She reasoned.

Death wrote this down.

"Very well. You've been most helpful. So..." Death then broke off, and narrowed his eyes.

"You're with them now? That's...interesting. And if you have been turned evil by being resurrected, it would at least explain how I didn't know about it. But why do you need me?" he asked.

Prue smiled and walked towards him, and placed her hand on his wrist as if guiding him out.

"Well it's simply a little favour I need from you. And don't worry, I know you cant choose who is to die...but it's not only your help I need." She said maliciously.

Death stared at her, then his eyes widened as he realised what she was going to do.

"Take your hands in mine

And with this string I will entwine

Your powers I'll forever bind

From now to the end of time."

There was a sizzling, and then jagged electrical bolts shot out from her hand and surrounded his body, and she gave an evil laugh as the bolts racked through his entire body, as he sunk to his knees.

"What...have...you...done?" Death demanded weakly.

He hadn't actually expected her plan to work. He was meant to be beyond the powers of a mere witch, or of a mere demon...but perhaps the two together enabled her to do this to him.

"Thank you. You've been most helpful." She purred as several Kazi demons came to transport him away.

"You wont get away with this! The Angel of Destiny..."

"The Angel of destiny will soon be in the same mess as you are in. Dont worry, as soon as I have done what I need, you will have your powers back and will be able to go back to your lives. And because you have to be neutral because of your place in the Grand Design, I am perfectly safe. Take him away!" she ordered, and the Kazis dragged him off.

"Well that went well. But just because he has to be neutral does not mean that he will honour that." Zankou warned.

"You worry too much Zankou. Now, let me see if this spell will work the same way..." Prue said musingly.

She stood forward and the others surrounded her again. The Seer frowned at where the Angel of Death had been dragged off from. Prue may think they wouldn't retaliate due to the fact that they have to remain neutral, but she wasn't so sure...

"Prophecy and time converge on me

Hear my cry Destiny

Come here to the sound of this voice

Bring to me the bearer of little choice."

The Angel of Destiny appeared before them, her gaze irritated.

"How dare you summon me? Your position as leader of the underworld does not give you leave to summon me whenever you wish." She hissed.

Prue bowed her head respectively.

"I apologise my lady, but I felt it best to summon you here. The Angel of Death has taken ill." Prue said.

Destiny narrowed her eyes.

"That isn't possible. What are you up to Source? Nothing good I figure." She said disdainfully.

Prue smiled evilly as the other demons looked at Destiny in shock. She had a lot of nerve this one, but they supposed that when you could control everyone's fate, it didn't matter how polite you were to people.

"Just a little affecting of the future that's all..." Prue whispered, and Destiny looked at her expectantly.

The Seer knew that this was very dangerous. Destiny could strike Prue down within a second if she so wished...unless because there were two people within the Source, along with the Triad, she couldn't read all their possible futures, and hence could not discern the Source's next move. Prue then leapt forward and grabbed Destiny's arm.

"Take your hands in mine

And with this string I will entwine

Your powers I'll forever bind

From now to the end of time."

Destiny looked at her in shocked terror, as the same thing that had happened to Death happened to her. Jagged electricity swept between the two, and while Destiny tried to stop it, and blast Prue back, Prue's unexpected attack had weakened her too much before she had started to resist, and with that, the powers of Destiny were in the hands of the Source.

"Thank you." Prue said smugly as Destiny fell to the floor.

"You will not get away with this Source. You will pay for this treachery. You may bring about a magical war, with even the neutral powers taking up arms against you!" Destiny warned as more Kazis arrived.

Prue glared at her.

"It is a small price to pay for the death of the Charmed Ones. With them dead, we shall be untouchable." She growled, and Destiny was carted off.

"Now what?" Barbas asked curiously.

Prue smiled as she headed back for the throne room.

"Now we affect my sister's destiny, and end their threat once and for all." She said evilly, and as she entered the room, Wyatt and Chris began to cry.

XX

It had been several days since Prue's last attack, but Piper knew it couldn't last, and that her older sister would undoubtedly make some new move against them to try and wipe them all out. Everyone had been busy working, arming themselves, helping make potions and preparing for Prue's next inevitable attack. However, the sisters and Leo had not slept as they were full of worry about their boys. They had been down there for about two weeks, and Piper was dreading how scared they would be and what sort of a state they would be in when she got them back. She was petrified that despite everything they had all gone through to make sure Wyatt wouldn't grow up evil, with his prolonged exposure to his evil aunt, she was still terrified that he would grow up to become the evil that Chris had warned them about. And on top of that, she was also worried about how it would be affecting Chris as well, because there was nothing to say that he wouldn't turn evil and be just as bad as his brother could be? This was a constant fear for all of them as they waited for Prue's next move.

They had discussed going after Prue themselves, but until they whittled down her demons a little it would be suicide. And there was still the fact that Piper and Phoebe were determined to get their sister back. They knew that the Source was in charge of her body, but their sister was still there, fighting the Source every step of the way and was doing it a lot more successfully than Cole had ever managed.

"Do you think the Source can get rid of her fully?" Phoebe asked her ex husband as she filled up yet more potion bottles.

Coop patted her stomach as he went past, and Cole rolled his eyes. Even though he knew Cole was of no threat, a small part of him liked to remind the demon of that fact.

"Well yes, as long as nothing devastates the Prue part of her, she will keep fighting, shes too strong willed and powerful to be easily wiped out by the Source." Cole reasoned.

"What do you mean, nothing devastates her?" Victor asked worriedly.

"Like the Source actually managing to kill one of us." Paige supplied.

"But she has done that..." Billie reasoned.

"Not so that it sticks. And I don't think the Source can overwhelm Prue until a power of three is destroyed. As such, there can still be a power of three if one of you dies. If we lose two of you, that could be what defeats the good in Prue once and for all." Cole said.

Piper was about to ask something else as Elise came into the kitchen with Darryl. As such, she leapt in fright when Kevin and Sandra suddenly orbed in front of her.

"Cant you stop that? Why don't you people knock first?" Elise demanded, holding her chest.

Sandra smiled, and Phoebe winked.

"Dont worry Elise, while a pain we don't mind them orbing in. Its when the demons shimmer in that you need to worry about."

"Hi." Kevin said happily, kissing Billie as she came in from the laundry room.

"Hi yourself."

"Oh yes?" Sandra asked interestedly, and Kevin turned away and ignored her, prompting his colleague to roll her eyes.

"What's happened now?" Piper asked worriedly.

Sandra looked at Kevin, who also looked worried.

"Well, don't panic...but we cant find the Angels of Death and Destiny." She said lightly.

And of course, all hell broke loose.

"WHAT!" Piper demanded furiously.

"How the hell did that happen?" Phoebe raged.

"Dont you lot keep an eye on this sort of thing?" Paige asked angrily.

"If Prue has them..." Leo speculated.

"Even if she did she wouldn't be able to do much, she isn't that strong surely?" Coop asked warily.

"What does it mean if she is?" Henry asked worriedly.

"Judging by everyone's reactions, I reckon that those angels going missing is a bad thing." Elise theorised, and Victor nodded in agreement.

"Just calm down!" Kevin yelled, and Billie whistled loudly, quietening everyone.

"Right, now...what does this mean?" she asked, as Kevin winced and rubbed his ears.

Sandra sighed resignedly and turned to look at her.

"Well, if as we fear, Prue has done something to the angels, it means that the Grand Design is in great danger. People might not die, or people's appropriate destinies might not be fulfilled. The move makes no sense...if Prue has taken them, I don't know what she seeks to achieve, we're stumped. All she can do is delay their jobs. Maybe she seeks to cause a backlog that will mean they need to use you lot..." she wondered.

Henry looked at her, thinking that from what he knew of the Source, from what the girls had told him, that just didn't seem right.

"What if she wants their powers?" he suggested.

Kevin shook his head.

"That's impossible, they're beyond the powers of a mere witch." He said.

Victor looked uncertain.

"But she isn't just a mere witch is she? She's a Charmed One." He said.

Sandra shook her head.

"It doesn't matter, she cant do anything, the angels are beyond their powers."

"But...she doesn't just have her witch powers does she? She has the Source powers, and all the other powers shes accumulated, so doesn't that make her a little bit more powerful?" Darryl asked.

Kevin opened his mouth to respond when Sandra suddenly looked very grave.

"That...could be possible...especially if the Angels didn't think it would work, they would defend themselves...they can be rather sure of themselves. As such, she may have been able to usurp their powers without any thought of the consequences...and she'll think shes untouchable because they have to remain neutral...you might be on to their plan." Sandra said in a scared voice.

Paige smiled broadly.

"So this is a new way of telling us we're screwed?" she asked in falsely cheery voice.

"Possibly. Do not worry, we will fix this...somehow..." Sandra said worriedly and she and Kevin orbed out.

"Wait, does that mean that Prue can affect your destinies now?" Victor asked worriedly.

"Yes." Piper said darkly, looking at her sisters.

If Prue could control their destinies, she could easily affect the outcome of their fight with her, and, more of a concern to Piper and Leo, she could accelerate the process of turning the boys more evil.

"What do we do? If she can decide when you lot are going to die..." Henry said, looking desperately at his wife.

Phoebe shook her head.

"No, we aren't going to let her get to us like this. Surely if she wants to come, she'll come for us. But as we know what she's done, all we have to do is affect the circumstances, and stop her deciding that its our destiny to die the next time she attacks. If we do that, we can survive. BOS." She said, taking charge.

"BOS?" Coop asked in confusion.

"Book of Shadows dummy!" she shouted backwards as she led the way up stairs.

"I'm scared Leo." Piper whispered and he held her to him.

"So am I. We'll get through this somehow, we've always managed it before." He whispered.

Piper shuddered.

"She can control our destinies and when we die, and considering the Source wants to kill us, I think we can rule out living out a long and happy life. This isn't anything like we've fought before. When Phoebe turned evil, she wasn't nearly as bad as this, Prue is actively trying to kill us every opportunity she gets. What happens when she succeeds? What will happen to the boys?" she asked tearfully.

Leo sighed. He didn't know any more than she did, but he was not going to let an empowered Prue take his wife away if he could help it.

"Look honey, we will stop this. Everyone is in this together. We will stop the Source, and we will get the boys back." He vowed.

"Before she kills us?" Piper asked half-heartedly.

"Yes, before she kills us. We will stop this, all you gotta do is have a little faith." He said cheerily.

Piper arched her eyebrow.

"Since when were you such an optimist?" she asked.

"I don't know, but despite how scary the fact is that there is now a Charmed One/Source/Angel of Death/Angel of Destiny out there trying to kill us, I actually have a good feeling about it. And look on the bright side." Leo said as they headed for the stairs.

"What bright side?" she asked.

"She hasn't got Avatar powers yet either." He said with a wink, and Piper laughed despite herself.

"So, doesn't this sort of make Prue invincible?" Darryl asked in concern.

"Thanks for that Darryl. We are trying to retain some optimism." Paige said as he looked through the Book.

"Well, I'm just saying, that if they're meant to be beyond your powers, it stands to reason that she might be difficult to stop." He said lamely.

"He could ask Leo, he's ridiculously optimistic for some reason." Piper said as she and her husband entered.

"Well he's right. We're forewarned, which means its time to bring something out of the bag. You girls can do this." Victor said confidently.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence dad." Phoebe said with a smile.

"Why don't we lure her here and whack her one?" Elise suggested hopefully.

Piper laughed. Despite the fact that she was a little scared that she had gotten herself thrown into a war between light and dark, she was handling all this pretty well.

"The simplest plots may sometimes be the best but..." Piper said.

"Well what about how you stopped the Half-Faced Source?" Cole asked musingly.

"Half-faced? Yuck." Coop said in distaste, going to Phoebe's side as the baby kicked.

"Yes, he was as ugly as sin. The Source after him wasn't much better." Paige said childishly, sticking her tongue out at Cole, who rolled his eyes.

"What do you mean though?" Piper asked.

"Well you haven't actually tried to catch her in a crystal cage have you? It might be enough time to vanquish her." He suggested.

"Havent you been listening? We want to try and rescue her, free her from evil, rather than trap her in some hell where she is punished for getting manipulated into becoming the Source. Vanquishing her wont do that. And as good Prue is still there somewhere, we want to save her." Piper said irritably.

"You do know that if you do that you wont be able to keep Prue." Cole warned.

"Yes...but it at least means that we'll one day be able to summon her spirit and talk to her like we do to Grams." Piper said defiantly.

"They can do that?" Elise asked Victor.

Victor laughed.

"Yeah they can do that. Know how most sons in law think they're safe when the mother in law dies? Not this one, she comes down every so often to see the girls." He explained, and Elise looked at the ceiling.

"What did I do to deserve this?" she asked weakly.

"It does have some points...but we still don't know how we can stop her, she's so powerful..." Coop said worriedly.

Billie then stepped forward.

"I could use my projection power again." She suggested.

"To do what?" Paige asked.

"Well it's obvious that Prue is going to be coming here. But, this might not be where you lot die. If I go and see that, I might see what sort of tactics she can use, and then we can undo her and stick her in the cage and see if we can dispossess her." Billie suggested.

"Yeah, but what if you project yourself into the future and she kills you Billie? Then what?" Phoebe asked, sitting down as her feet were killing her.

Billie frowned.

"Phoebe, you know I'm the only person who can do this before all of us are wiped out. This is our only chance, I can find out what she intends to do and then I can come back here and help you guys stop her." She said earnestly.

"It sounds very risky..." Henry said worriedly, looking at her.

"Of course its risky, but its no more risky than just sitting here waiting for Prue to attack. Come on Piper, you know I can do this!" Billie wheedled.

Piper looked at everyone, mostly her sisters, and got their nods of assent.

"All right, you can do it. But if you do...Kevin goes with you." She said firmly.

Billie didn't argue. She wanted to prove to them that she could do this, and besides...Kevin was her boyfriend so it wouldn't be all bad.

"Alright. Kevin!" she yelled, and he orbed down.

"What's wrong?" he asked, looking sick with worry.

"You're coming with me." She said boldly, taking his hand.

"What, where are we going?" he asked.

"The future to try and figure out a way to stop Prue I hope." She said, and with that, she projected herself and Kevin away.

"I don't like this Piper." Phoebe said worriedly.

"Neither do I. But I like the idea of an evil Prue being the Angel of Death and Destiny even less." She said grimly, and started to help the others to prepare for Prue's imminent arrival.

XX

Billie and Kevin flashed into existence in the attic, obviously only an hour or two in front of where they had left, as the sun was still high in the sky showing it was mid afternoon. The others were all clustered around the centre of the attic and the book stand, all ready and waiting to attack.

"Billie, you're alright!" Paige exclaimed happily.

"So do you know when she's going to attack then?" Elise asked, wielding a crossbow.

Billie looked at them sadly.

"I haven't started yet. This is my first projection...meaning...if I did it right..." she whispered.

Victor looked at them all nervously.

"What does that mean?" he asked, his voice cracking.

"It means one of us is about to die." Piper said grimly, and as she said so, the door was blown apart behind them.

"Correct Piper. It's time to end the Charmed threat once and for all." Prue hissed, and conjured a massive energy ball and hurtled it at them as they began to spin around.

Phoebe levitated over the attack and it travelled right through the window. Phoebe smiled confidently, but Prue tornadoed at them like Shax would, a list appearing her hand.

Prue smashed into Victor and he was sent screaming and flying out of the already smashed window out into the street to his death. Prue came to a stop and turned and blasted Elise with an energy ball and she burst into flames and disappeared with a cry of pain.

"This is wonderful fun. Finally, you will all be destroyed!" she crowed happily, as she fired a bolt of electricity into Henry. He gave a small noise of surprise as it left a smoking hole in his chest and he dropped to the ground.

"We're getting slaughtered!" Phoebe yelled tearfully as Piper, looking furious, blasted Prue.

Kevin pulled Billie back, despite her struggling to get free.

"Remember, we're here to watch, not interfere." He whispered, though seeing them get slaughtered was upsetting him too as they fell back to the far end of the attic.

"We cant just leave them!" Billie protested tearfully, wanting nothing more than to help her adoptive family.

"Yes, we can." Kevin said, holding her to him tenderly and hoping it would end soon.

And as he did so, an idea came to him.

Prue shrugged off Piper's attack and flicked them all off their feet. Belthazor appeared form nowhere and leapt at her, and she sneered at him.

"I'm going to take great pleasure in doing something I should have done a long time ago...vanquishing your sorry ass." She growled, and fired an energy ball into his chest, and he was consumed by flames and destroyed.

Leo then attacked her furiously, his own electricity hurtling straight for her. All Prue did was calmly deflect it with one hand, whilst conjuring a Darklighter bow with one hand and giving him a shot right in the heart. He gave a pained gasp and fell to the floor.

Coop and Darryl charged her, but all Prue did was raise her hands and kill them both with lightning, and they yelled in pain in the process. And that left only the sisters...

"Paige, get Piper out of here!" Phoebe yelled, levitating towards her.

"Phoebe, no!" Piper screamed hysterically as Paige took her hand.

Phoebe hurtled at Prue, and she gave an evil laugh and fired a fireball right into her, and Phoebe cried out in pain, and she was gone.

"Phoebe..." Billie said weakly, tears flooding her eyes, as Paige orbed out with Piper, both of them grief stricken.

"Project, now!" Kevin urged as Prue turned towards them.

Prue snarled and launched another arrow at them, and Kevin pushed Billie backwards and blasted it from the air with his electrokinesis. Billie grabbed him and flicked Prue backwards and they vanished into the future once again, hearing Prue curse as they did so.

XX

"They're all gone...they were slaughtered..." Paige said weakly as her sister held her, rocking her on a sofa in Magic School.

"Well it all depends on Billie. If she can figure out a way to save all of us and go back to before Prue attacks..." she said, her own voices choked with tears.

Their husbands, their sister, their brother in law, their father, their friends...had all just been slaughtered by Prue. It was too much to bear. In one swift strike, she had decimated the entire family, and had once again broken the power of three. And now she and Paige were the only ones left, and were on the run. But it was only a matter of time before Prue arrived and attacked again.

Billie and Kevin flashed into existence, and Paige groaned.

"Oh no..." she said sadly, knowing what was coming.

"Guys..." Billie said, going forward.

"No Billie. Remember the original plan. It's the only way we're going to survive this." Paige said.

There was suddenly an explosion form above, and Kevin pulled Billie back from the rubble that cascaded down from above, while Paige and Piper fell back away from the assault. Prue then flamed into existence.

"So this is the magic school...how unimpressive." She said disdainfully, then turned to look at her sisters.

"Oh look, the two of you are on this nice little list here. Now, meet your fate!" Prue roared and fired two energy balls and fired them.

Piper raised her hands in order to go down fighting but Paige had other ideas.

"Away!" she cried wildly, and Piper screamed her name as she was orbed out by her sister.

Paige then turned and caught one of Prue's fireballs head on, and Paige was lifted from the ground and sent spiralling into a book case, which then collapsed on top of her.

"Paige!" Billie yelled, and totally ignoring Kevin's protests, she jumped forward and blasted Prue with her telekinesis.

Prue growled as she flew backwards then rolled to her feet upon impact, and sent a bolt of lightning right at her. Kevin jumped in front of her and created a shield to block the attack, then fired his own attack at Prue, who easily deflected it with her telekinesis.

"Billie, get us out of here! We have a job to do! Remember, we can still stop this happening!" Kevin said.

Billie looked at Prue as she conjured a Darklighter bow.

"I hope you're right." She said weakly, and took his hand and projected as Prue fired.

The arrow missed as the two young lovers faded out of existence, and she cursed. Not to worry, she would soon stop them all.

XX

They flashed to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge, where Piper was standing, tears running slowly down her face. She couldn't imagine what she was going through. Her entire family had been decimated by her own sister, something Billie could hardly being to relate to. And there was the fear that Prue would do something to her children as well which had to be plaguing her, as did the fact that her remaining sister had just sacrificed herself in order to enable her escape so she could survive just a bit longer. It was tearing Billie up knowing what had happened to everyone, but it must be killing Piper.

"Piper...we still have a chance to fix this...it's not over yet..." Billie said tearfully, taking her friend's hands in her own.

Piper looked at Billie and Kevin with red rimmed, tear filled eyes.

"Listen to me. You need to stop her. Find a way, do anything...just stop her before she does all this ok Billie? All of this can be stopped, I'm depending on you, and on you Kevin, to save us...ok?" she asked tearfully.

Billie nodded, and Kevin hugged Piper to him gently.

"I have an idea that might work. It might undo Prue and let us stop her again. Piper..." he said hesitantly, but she shook her head.

"No, go, get her out of here. I'm counting on you two to fix this." She said softly.

Kevin looked at Billie sadly, and she hugged Piper, and he followed suit.

"We will fix this." He said firmly.

"Go!" Piper urged, and Kevin orbed them further away, and waited.

Prue then appeared, smiling smugly.

"One more name on my list. It's fabulous fun being able to affect destinies Piper...it means I can get rid of you at my leisure. And now, the Charmed threat will end once and for all." Prue gloated.

Piper glared at her evil sister.

"Prue, if there's any humanity left in you at all, tell Wyatt and Chris that I love them." She requested, and Prue nodded callously.

"Very well. Now meet your destiny!" she yelled and fired a fireball.

Piper narrowed her eyes and blasted it, creating a shockwave that knocked the two of them off their feet. Piper recovered first, and aimed at her sister venomously, and blasted without hesitation. Prue screeched in pain as the attack blew half of her face off, leaving behind scarred tissue and no eye on the left hand side of her face. Prue screeched and Piper smacked her with another attack, sending Prue to the ground.

"I was going to try and save you, but now you've gone too far. I loved you...but I cant stand what you've done." Piper said hatefully.

Prue looked up at her with her remaining eye, still trying to stop the bleeding.

"Prudence, Penelope, Patricia, Melinda

Astrid, Helena, Laura and Grace

Halliwell witches stand strong beside me

Vanquish this evil from time and space!"

The spell began, and Prue cried out as she feared she was about to be vanquished. However the spell failed to take effect, as Prue's angel powers must have been protecting her. Piper glared at her evil sister as she got back to her feet, and then she threw a fireball at her sister. The fireball hit Piper and she fell softly to the ground, and the half faced Prue staggered to her feet.

"Your kids will pay for that Piper. But first I need to destroy Billie." She spat, her voice muffled due to her missing half her face.

She then flamed out, and Billie turned, grief stricken and tear stained, to Kevin.

"She's killed them all! How do we...?" she pleaded.

Kevin too her cheek gently in his hand and looked intently into her eyes.

"We aren't going to panic. I have an idea. Prue's power and her invincibility comes from the fact that she has the powers of the two angels. So, to stop her, we need to unbind the powers of the angels." He said, trying to calm her.

Billie gave a tear-filled noise as she sucked in breath.

"But...the angels are beyond ordinary witch powers." She said tearfully, tears running down her face.

Kevin nodded, then allowed himself a small grin. He had faith in Billie, and he knew she would be able to fix all this.

"Yeah, but the sisters and you aren't ordinary witches are you? They're the Charmed Ones, and you're half of the Ultimate Power. So, by my reckoning, you should be able to unbind her powers. But first, you'll need to get stronger." He explained.

A small glimmer of hope had reappeared in Billie's eyes. He sounded like he had a plan, and if it worked, they might be able to save the entire lot of them from their death at Prue's hands.

"Well how do I do that?" she asked, calming down, feeling confident in her boyfriend's plan, but not quite knowing why.

"Well because Prue has killed the sisters, the good part of Prue will be dead now as well, and because Melinda hasn't been born yet, they cant create a power of three. So, the power of three is up for grabs. There's a spell in the Book that allows the sayer to create two more copies of themself. So, I reckon that if you say that spell, it will make you and your duplicates a new power of three. Then, you'll have that power melded with your normal powers, and we can project back and hopefully the two powers of three will be able to unbind the angels powers." He explained.

Billie looked at him. It did have some merits, and it might just work...

"Alright, what do we do?"

XX

Piper, Paige and Phoebe, along with the others, were ready for Prue. All they could do was hope that Billie found some way to undo her attack, because there had been nothing inside the Book.

"Dont worry, she's very good. She did kill Phoebe and Paige." Leo soothed.

"That's meant to be comforting?" Elise asked dryly.

Cole turned into Belthazor.

"Prue is going to be very powerful and wont stop. We'll need to hit her at once if we even want to slow her down, or otherwise she'll decimate us."

Coop nodded.

"All of us are ready. All we can do now is rely on Billie and Kevin." He said, looking slightly worried.

Phoebe winked at her husband.

"Dont worry my dear, if I know Billie, she's already got some hare-brained scheme which will help save the day." She said confidently.

Yes Prue would be coming, and would be coming for blood. But the only problem was the fact that she had the power of the angels. If they could get that out of here, they might be able to stop her.

XX

Kevin handed the Book to Billie as they sat in the living room. The two of them hadn't gone to the scene of carnage in the attic, as Kevin had only orbed the Book to him. And, if Kevin's plan worked, they would soon avoid the entire thing all together.

"I hope this works." She said sadly, as she found the spell.

Kevin knelt in front of her and looked at her.

"Billie, I have faith in you. You can do this, then we can go back, and none of this will have happened ok? We can sort this, together." He said earnestly.

Billie looked at her boyfriend. He was cute, kind, caring, and he believed in her whole-heartedly. And as he spoke a rush of warmth spread through her, fighting against the dark coil of grief inside her, dispelling some of the darkness. She leaned forward and kissed him lightly but passionately.

"Thanks. For believing in me." She said softly.

"Any time." He said, smiling slightly.

Billie found the page, and nodded to herself.

"Take my powers, Blessed be

And multiply their strength by three!"

There was a flash an two exact replicas of Billie appeared.

"Whoa, it worked." The real Billie said in shock.

"Of course it did. We're good at this." The one on her left said.

"And he told us the plan would work." The other one said, indicating Kevin, who blushed.

The real Billie looked at him curiously.

"So they're me, but different parts of me?" she asked in confusion.

"I reckon so. I think the one on your left is the more confident one, and I'm assuming the one on your right is the more trusting one. Hmm...imagine the possibilities if I had three of you." He said with a grin, and the three of them giggled.

The real one brought them back to focus.

"So, what now?"

"Use the spell the girls used last week to summon their powers originally, that should give you the Power of Three, and the fact that you're part of the Ultimate Power should mean that you have their most advanced powers...only difference being you'll have the version of telekinesis Prue has rather than the one Paige has." He said musingly.

Billie nodded and found the spell, and her two copies leaned forward to read it with her.

"Hear now the words of the witches

The secrets we hid in the night

The oldest of Gods are invoked here

The great work of magic is sought

In this night and in this hour

I call upon the sacred power

Give your power to we witches three

We want the power

Give us the power!"

Several particles coalesced around the three Billies and went into them.

"Try it out." Kevin urged.

Billie then blasted the table away from them.

"Well that doesn't show us much, you could do that anyway." Kevin said.

"Hey this was your plan don't take it out on us. But see what I can do." The confident one said, and calmly blew up a lamp.

"It worked!" Billie exclaimed happily.

"Of course it did, he said it would." Other one said, and she shot a bolt of love to Kevin, who smiled at her sweetly.

"Cool." The usual Billie said.

The plan had actually worked. Now, if Kevin was right, all they had to do was join forces with the sisters when they projected back to where they left, and if they could get a spell to unbind the power of the angels, it should strip Prue back to her ordinary Source powers.

"Right, come on, we need to get out of here before..." Kevin began.

A telekinetic blast then sent him spiralling away and he smashed through the very same wall Prue had once been thrown through by Shax. He gave a groan as he struggled to get up as the three Billie's turned to face Prue as she entered from the conservatory.

"Oh, that looks nasty. Bet you regret killing your sister now bitch." The confident one said, and Prue, her face a bloodied, scarred mess on one side, hissed.

"Oh thats a bright idea, piss her off why don't you?" the trusting one said scathingly.

Prue groaned, wincing at the pain in one side of her face.

"Look, I don't know why theres two more of you, and to be frank I don't care. All I care is that all; obstacles to my rule die!" she roared and threw three energy balls at them.

The confident one blew her one up, while the real one flicked it back at its owner and the other diffused it with a blast of annoyance. Prue hissed, then sent them all sprawling with a telekinetic blast. The confident one blasted Prue, who merely shrugged it off and conjured the list, and saw Billie's name at the top of the list.

"So die all enemies!" she crowed, and fired a massive fireball.

Kevin then appeared from nowhere and created a shimmering shield that the fireball consumed, but left him unharmed.

"Billie, get us out of here!" he yelled.

"How sweet, you two have clearly fallen for each other!" Prue sneered and wrenched down the ceiling.

Kevin and one Billie raised their hands, the Billie freezing the debris while Kevin's shield warded off the attack. Kevin then glowered at Prue who was advancing on them menacingly.

"Leave...her...ALONE!" he roared and sent a massive jolt of lightning into Prue which sent the Source hurtling through the wall.

Billie then grabbed his arm, kissing his cheek as she did so, and the four of them projected back to the past.

"NOOO!" Prue yelled furiously, and let out a wave of fury that destroyed the living room.

XX

They flashed back to the attic, exactly how they had originally left it.

"Billie! You're back! And there's more of you." Paige said, looking very confused.

"What the...?" Cole asked in confusion looking at the three Billies.

"Right, how are there three of her?" Henry demanded, holding his head as if he had a headache.

"No time to explain. Piper..." Billie began, then Kevin tapped her on the shoulder.

"Which one is the real you?" he asked, having lost track during their fight with Prue.

The three Billies looked at the other, then shrugged.

"I don't know." She said in confusion.

"Typical blonde." Victor said, shaking his head, and Darryl snorted.

"Right, focus people! If you ask me, she's used the Charm of Multiplicity, Prue used it once to avoid getting killed by a Lord of War, but the question is, why did you cast it?" Phoebe asked her friend.

"It was horrible, Prue killed everyone, leaving Piper till last. But you did take off half her face and tried to vanquish her sorry ass, but it didn't work, but that isn't the point. I cloned myself then created my own power of three, and Kevin reckons that if we can combine our powers, we can strip Prue of the angel powers and just make her Source Prue again." One Billie said.

Piper looked at her and nodded grimly. She had no desire to see everyone get murdered, and even less desire to be the last one standing. And despite the fact that there were now three versions of Billie when one was usually more than enough, it was actually crazy enough to work.

"A power of three, three ultimate powers...what are we waiting for?" Paige asked, and they set out preparing for Prue's attack.

XX

An hour later, one of the Billie's nodded as everything was ready. They had a spell that would hopefully unbind the powers of the angels and allow them to fight Prue on level footing. The three Billies, who still didn't know which one was which due to the confusion of the projection, were on the left hand side, while the sisters were on the right, and everyone else was flanking the doors and waiting for Prue to burst in.

There was a crash from downstairs, and everyone tensed, Victor wielding a disc launcher, Darryl and Henry their guns, and Elise wielding a crossbow. Piper and one Billie raised their hands, while Phoebe and another raised a hand to their heads.

"Hey, that's the real Billie!" Kevin said happily, pointing to the one that was left, as he raised his own hands with Leo and Coop, and Cole transformed.

"Yay, I'm me again!" Billie said excitedly, as the door blew open, revealing Prue, Death's list in her hand.

"Ah, nice of you to welcome me. Now, it's time to end all of you." She said silkily, and looked at the list.

The two powers of three then revealed their spells.

"Powers taken but are not earned

The new owner shall pay in their turn

Remove those powers back to whence they came

And return our enemy to normal again!"

Prue narrowed her eyes contemptuously, until she noticed the list in her hand vanish. Two massive orbs of energy, one black one white, flew out from her body. A second later, the Angel of Death and Destiny appeared in the attic behind them.

"Thank you." Destiny said, glaring at Prue.

"NO!" Prue yelled, and moved to attack.

"Crystal, circle!" Paige cried, orbing the crystals around Prue and trapping her inside the crystal cage.

"That wont stop me." She vowed, glaring at them menacingly, while everyone tensed up, ready to move at a seconds notice.

The three Billies and the sisters then attacked as one, knocking Prue backwards into the beams of the cage. Darryl, Henry, Victor and Elise then attacked, while Coop, Leo, Cole and Kevin launched their attack hurting Prue and knocking her to the floor.

"Prue, we don't want to do this! I know you're in there! And we will free you!" Piper cried to her sister, to Phoebe and Paige's nods.

"We still love you Prue!" Victor said, and Prue's face contorted, as if she were in pain.

"Piper...Phoebe...dad...hurry...I cant hold the Source off much longer!" Prue pleaded, and there was then a bestial roar as the Source regained control.

"She is very powerful and stubborn, just like the rest of you. It is time to stop you once and for all!" Prue yelled furiously, back in full Source form, and she conjured a massive beam of flame and launched it at them.

Shaken by their sister's plea, the three of them stood still as the beam started to bend the crystal cage's energy beam. Trapped within the cage, the fiery beam headed towards them, the bubble of energy trapping it within. It stopped an inch away from Piper, and then it bounced back into Prue, making her screech in pain as she was blasted off her feet and into the bubble of energy, which sent a powerful current running through her body. She screamed in pain as she slammed back down and looked up weakly.

"We will save you Prue." Paige promised, and Prue regained control for a moment.

"Thank you little sis." She said kindly, before the Source took control again.

"Drat! Double drat! And triple drat!" she hissed, and used her telekinesis to flick one crystal away and free herself from the cage. She then flamed out before anyone could stop her.

"She's still in there." Piper said as everyone relaxed.

"Yeah, you're right. And we have to save her." Phoebe said determinedly as they all sat down, tired out.

"Saving her from the Source is the only way to make sure her spirit will go back to where it's meant to be. I just don't know how we'll save her." Paige said lamely.

"But she is still there. Dont give up hope, we might still be able to get her back and free her spirit." Kevin said optimistically.

Cole frowned as he returned to his human form and sat down.

"Yeah, thats true now, but it wont always be. Prue cant keep fighting the Source for control over her own body. Eventually the Seer or the Alchemist will figure out a way to separate her from her body and give the Source full control. I know you don't want to think that way, but you have to face the reality that you may have to vanquish her." He said slowly.

Piper glared at him, but knew he had a point. She just wasn't going to admit it to him. Reformed or not, he was still an ex brother in law from hell.

"I reckon you'll do it. After all, you are meant to be the strongest witches ever. You will find a way." Elise said confidently.

The sisters smiled at Elise and then turned to look at the two Angels.

"Thank you for getting back our powers. We were...arrogant to think that she wouldn't be able to harm us. Apparently the mix between Source and Charmed One is not a good one. We are in your debt." Death said thankfully.

"And do not worry, we will make good on that debt eventually." Destiny said with a wink.

"How much damage did Prue cause, messing up the Grand Design?" Coop asked curiously as he let Phoebe relax on his shoulder.

"Enough to be getting on with. I wonder...if we could perhaps borrow two of you. Either that or we'll be working overtime for weeks." Death said grimly.

"Well..." Cole said hesitantly, looking around for someone who could do the job.

"Splendid!" Destiny said and pointed at him, cladding him in the purple robes of an angel of Destiny.

"What the...? Oh you have to be kidding me!" he protested.

"Nice Cole. Purple really is your colour." Darryl said, chuckling.

Cole shot him a dirty look and Death pointed at Darryl, and he was suddenly clad in black robes.

"What! Oh thats just, well thats just great." He said irritably, as a list flashed into his hand.

"Ha! I'm not the only one in a dorky costume!" Cole said triumphantly, though lowered his gaze under a stern look from Destiny.

"Ah, but I have style. You just look dumb." Darryl said, and the others laughed.

"Very well, come along, we have jobs to do if we're to catch up. We're behind schedule." Death said, and the four of them vanished.

Billie sighed as she opened the Book, and recited the spell that got rid of the other two Billies.

"Well it was slightly fun while it lasted." She said cheerily.

Kevin then came over to her, wrapped his hand in her hair and brought her into a kiss. Billie moaned in delight as he did so before they broke off.

"Told you you could do it." He said, grinning at her.

"Well thank you for showing me how." She said, kissing his cheek.

Piper, Phoebe and Paige then went over and hugged the two of them.

"You saved all of us. Thank you so much." Piper said in relief.

"You're welcome. And for what its worth, you were quite cool when you blasted Prue before she killed you. In a fair fight, you'd have kicked her ass." Billie said proudly, to the others grins.

Piper opened her mouth then closed it again. Perhaps Billie had a point...

An idea was starting to form. Not a solution, but it could be the start of one. Piper smiled.

XX

"AAAHHH!" Prue stormed furiously as she retreated into her chambers.

"Looks like she failed again. And infuriating the angels isn't a good idea." The Crone said worriedly.

"Do not worry. I see a great victory is approaching." The Seer said confidently.

Zankou smiled, the narrowed his eyes at Hecate, who was disappearing around a corner.

"Will she see said victory?" he asked her interestedly.

The Seer smiled enigmatically.

"It depends." She said as she went over to feed the children, and ward off Masselin, who was leering at the two of them.

"Asshole." Chris said, pointing at Hecate as she left, and his brother hugged him to him.

Zankou looked at the young boy.

"For once my little nemesis, we are in agreement." He said darkly.

XX

Hecate smiled as she left the assembly chamber. Prue had lost again, and the good in her was as strong as ever. Even the Whisarmer couldn't keep her under control for ever.

Now was the time to strike.

That was close!

If not for Billie, Prue certainly would have won. She's certainly getting ambitious if she's going after the angels. But once again she has been foiled. I hope you like the pairing of Billie and Kevin, this chapter was quite helpful for showing their new relationship.

Dont worry, Cole and Darryl will be back soon enough, and what did the Angel of Destiny mean with her cryptic promise of repaying their debt?

For the meantime, Prue has been foiled. What will be her next move?

What is Hecate up to? Is she about to make her move?

Will the sisters get Prue's spirit away from the Source? What will happen next?

Next time, we see some past events repeated...thats all I'm saying! Until then, please read and review, and we're not far from the end, only four chapters left to go! Enjoy!