Prue tried to fight back until she heard the voice in her ear, quiet but strong. One she recognized instantly. "Cole what the hell?"

"Ssshhh Prue they'll hear you." Piper hushed her big sister instantly for fear of being caught.

"Piper? What? What is going on?" Prue demanded more then anything.

"Just be quiet and we will all get Phoebe back." Piper explained as she motioned her eyes towards the four guards outside the room they both knew held their sisters.

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He moved with the stealth of a trained demon. Though not believing what he was doing.

"I can't believe we are helping a witch, a Charmed One at that."

"It was her orders. Something about being able to rid the underworld of the Source and taking control for ourselves."

"Great, but a Charmed One. Who is to say in the end they won't kill all of us?"

"Just shut up and let's do this. The faster we do the faster we can get this all over with."

Getting themselves into potion he looked up and caught Belthazors gaze. Knowing what would happen next.

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"Ok lets go." Belthazor took hold of Pipers arm as he made himself visible to the guards. "Boys. Been a long time."

"Belthazor. You traitor. What are you doing here?"

"Ah, but I am not the traitor. See. I have brought you all another witch. Older sister to the one I believe Darkin already took."

"It's a trap. You work for the side of good now. Why would you bring her here?"

"If I was on the side of good why would I bring the witch with the power to freeze?"

With that said, Piper reached up and froze the demons before her. The second they were frozen the demons that had slide into place struck out with their own powers, vanquishing the guards instantly.

Though like any good plan there was always a hitch, as one demon decided he was better then the powers of a witch and remained unfrozen. It was then Prue revealed herself from the rocks sending the demon crashing against the wall behind him. The deafening thud and crack telling all just how hard she had thrown him;enough to snap his neck.

Piper watched with little remorse as the demon slide down the wet tunnel wall to the floor before disintegrating to nothing but a small mark on the floor.

She felt Prue's arm around her shoulder but shook it off as she made her way quickly into the chamber they were trying to enter into. She had to get her sister.

Prue ran after her knowing who was in the chamber. And having heard the cries of pain and fear before, she bolted past Piper trying to get to Phoebe. But they had both stopped into their tracks at the sight before them.

Blood. Blood was all they saw. Covering her face and her body. They couldn't even gasp as they starred at the broken version of their baby's sister. They had come so close to have lost her like this.

Cole quickly broke the chains that held Phoebe to the wall before her tormentor could even realize what was going on.

"Belthazor. I might have known you would appear. Now your traitorous way will finally come to an end. With her dead body and yours, to present to the Source." The energy ball came faster then Cole would have liked but he was still able to dodge it in time. Though with some help from Prue.

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Prue watched her sister sink to the floor and everything inside her came boiling out. Her glare at the demon before her was not lost on anyone who had seen it. She saw him flinch just before the energy ball sailed across the room. Reacting with an instinct that had saved hers and her sisters' lives on more occasions then she cared to remember, she flung the ball into the wall.

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Piper froze in horror as she looked at Phoebe. They had come so close to getting her back. Until now, her little sister lay in a heap on the ground, motionless.

She tried to make her way towards Phoebe but the heat of the fire stream pushed her back. She looked up from her place on the ground and watched another energy ball go sailing towards Cole.

She reacted on instinct much as Prue had before as she froze the ball before he had a chance to react.

"Nice trick witch. To bad you won't be around to see the final result." He held Pipers gaze a moment before he even knew what had hit him.

He looked over his shoulder as he saw the victory in Cole's eyes. Not wanting to go down without his revenge he threw one last energy ball towards Phoebe. Hearing the cries of loss as the flames around him consumed him to nothing but a pile of ashes.

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She stood and watched as Cole reacted throwing his energy ball towards Darkin. She watched as seemingly in slow motion it hit him engulfing him in the flames, though she saw him turn and cast one last glance at Phoebe. It was as if she knew what he was thinking as the energy ball emerged from the flames. Only to be sent sailing back into the flames completing his failure and vanquish.

"Cole!" Prue called to him as she quickly made her way towards Piper and Phoebe. "Get her out of here and up to Leo."

"Prue she's…" Piper couldn't even bring herself to speak as the tears ran down her cheeks making their own rivers.

"She isn't Piper Leo can heal her. She isn't I won't let her die on me. Not now."

"Prue even so. She tried to kill you guys." Cole rested his hand on Prue's shoulder

"TAKE HER!"

Cole reached down and picked Phoebe up into his arms. He felt Piper and Prue on either side if him as they simmered from the underworld.

Leo paced once again across the living room floor. He couldn't feel the girls no matter who hard he concentrated, and he had lost track of the length of time they had even been gone. But the ripple in the air beside him brought him out of his thoughts as he watched them all appear: all of them. "What happen?"

"Never mind. Heal her." Prue was more business then she would have wanted but her sisters' life depended on them all moving quickly.

Cole placed Phoebe on the couch and stepped back as Leo held his hands over her body. There was so much blood he wasn't even sure where to begin. But the light glow from his hands let them all know, and giving them some hope.

Prue couldn't move from her sisters' side. She sat beside her as Leo's magic flowed through him and into Phoebe. She brushed back a piece of fallen hair from her face as Leo moved his hands further up healing her face as well as the rest of her injuries.

"Prue. We don't have the potion ready." Piper said as she stood behind Leo watching him as he held her sister.

"We don't need it Piper."

"Um Prue, our little sister tried to kill us. Twice. What the hell do you mean we don't need it?"

"Darkin used it. When they took her from the Manor, he was the one I saw in the attic taking the potion. He used it on her to weaken her demonic powers so he could kill her."
"So what? She's good again?" Cole wasn't sure what to believe as he kept his guard up with the two sisters that were left.

Prue looked from Phoebe before casting her gaze up tp Piper. "I saw the look in her eyes after that little minion jumped her. At first she was confused and dazed. Then when Darkin took her, I saw her fear.

"Like I was." Cole started. "When Phoebe used the potion on me in the underground. Everything in my mind swirled around. I was dizzy, dazed, confused. My evil side tried to fight it but it made the potion worked harder until the good finally took hold." He looked down at Phoebe hoping the same was true with her.

"Not yet darling. They need you."

"No I want to stay with you. It hurts."

"No Phoebe, you need to go back to them. Your destiny lies elsewhere. You will see me one day,but not now." Patty leaned in and placed kiss on her youngest daughter's forehead as she watched her slowly fade away.

She could almost feel the pain wash way. Like when she was younger and Prue would run a hot bath for her after she had fallen and scraped herself up covered in dirt. It was that same warm loving feeling she got from being helped from her big sister.

Her eyes fluttered as she tried to focus on the surroundings around her. The warmth she could still feel through her, but the faces she saw warmed her heart.

"Prue? Pip..Piper?" she saw but her mind couldn't take it in; her sister had died. "What happened?"

Prue cupped her one hand around Phoebes face as Piper came and sat beside her, taking her hands into hers."Oh Phoebe we thought we lost you."

Cole watched the three of them knowing he had to leave. His mother had helped him save Phoebe, now he had to keep his end of the deal, no matter the cost to himself.

Phoebe looked past her sisters seeing the look on her loves face. It was a look she knew. "Cole." She held her arms tight around him fearing she would lose him again.

"I'm sorry Phoebe, for everything." He pulled back taking her face in his hands placing a gentle, yet passionate kiss on her lips. "I will always love you." He didn't even wait for her to react as he shimmered out.

Phoebe stood with her hand still in the air where it was against his face. "Whaa...?" she looked at her sisters for some answer. Answers they couldn't give her.

Piper stepped towards Phoebe taking her in her arms as her sister let out a cry of sorrow for the man she loved and feared would never see again.

As her tear fell and her thoughts were on Cole, she felt something missing in her life. The love of the mother she had known all her life. She looked over Pipers shoulders as she watched Prue leave the room and start up the stairs of the Manor. Leaving the two of them alone.

She wanted to go after her, to call after her but Piper held her hand in hers as she started to pull away.

"Let her be Phoebe. She has her own demons to deal with." Piper held her hand thankful to have her sister back but also knowing that sooner or later Prue and Phoebe would have demons of their own to fight together.