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Chapter 10
Way to easy
Prue came into Piper's office and sat next to her.
"Leo told me what happened, are you ok?" Prue asks.
"Not exactly, this is ridiculous," Piper replied and put her drink down on the floor.
"Honey I know this is hard right now but Phoebe came up with the spell to kill the source," Prue said.
"Good then lets go," Piper said and stood up as Prue was silent and even Leo seemed uncomfortable. " What?"
"Considering you don't have any powers right now, you can't go with us," Prue replied and Piper bit her lip slightly trying to keep in her anger.
"So I'm supposed to just sit around why you guys risk your life's, I am not going to do that Prue."
"Piper its not your fault and I'm sorry but that's the way it has to be," Prue said and Piper stood for a moment filled with both anger and worthlessness. She shook her head and grabbed her purse and left the office. "Leo could you keep an eye on her, I think it's time we end this?" she asks and Leo nodded and left the office to catch up with his highly irritated wife.
"Piper wait," he said but she ignored him and headed for the car. "Piper you're not supposed to drive while on that pill," he said and got in front of her.
"Leo get out of my way," she said and already missed her ability to blow him up.
"No, give me the keys and we can talk on the way home," he said and held out his hand.
"I don't want to talk, I want to kill the source and have this dam thing off of me," she said but Leo did not move and kept his hand out.
"Piper I want that too, we all do but until that happens we need to be safe," he said and Piper sighed heavily as she took out her keys and handed them to him.
"Fine but once this is over, I want my car keys back," she said and got into the passenger's side.
Phoebe was coming home from school as she finished a makeup test and while at a stop light she saw the homeless man she noticed earlier in the week. Once the light turned green she found a parking place near the street and got out. He was sitting against the wall while feeding some birds. He was talking to them like old friends and she bent down to talk to him.
"Hi my name is Phoebe," she said and he began to name off his birds introducing them to her. She gave a friendly smile as she said hello to them. "Do you need anything, like food or some money?" she asks.
"Nope do you?" he asks and she was a little taken back by the question.
"No but I can get you something to eat," she replied and looked at the deli that was across the street.
"Ok but on one condition, you read my newsletter," he said and handed her a piece of paper that was typed from what she can tell from an old typewriter.
"Deal," she said and took the paper. She then ran over to the deli and got him a combo meal with water as pop would not really be beneficial to him considering the heat outside. After getting her order she ran back over to him and gave it to him.
"Thanks," he said and started eating.
"I need to go now and thanks for the newsletter," she said but he was too busy eating and was mumbling about electrical waves traveling through the air and killing brain cells. She got back to her car and began the drive home.
Paige was first to make it home and flopped onto the couch completely exhausted as for the most part she walked around with the doctor to learn on how to deal with the mentally ill when they are in an episode. Her body was tense the entire time and she could fill knots forming behind her neck. Prue was already home along with Piper.
"Hay sis," Prue said as she came into the living room but all she got back was moans and groans. "Bad day?"
"No just a little draining," Paige replied and sat up as Piper came in.
"You're home early; you did not get fire did you?" Piper asks.
"No I got done early," Paige replied as she did not want to tell her about apprenticing at the hospital. Phoebe came in and went into the living room.
"Good now we can kill the source," Piper said.
"Um Piper we don't know if the spell will work and you can't go with us," Phoebe said and Piper was too tired to fight with her sisters at the moment.
"We don't even know where he is in the underworld," Prue said as Cole shimmered in.
"I have an idea," he said and walked over to Phoebe.
"Hi honey," Phoebe said and kissed him as Leo orbed back after talking to the elders about giving Piper her freeze power back, but his demeanor gave her the answer.
"They said no didn't they?" Piper asks.
"Yeah sorry," he replied as Cole cleared his throat to get everyone's attention.
"Ok what is your idea?" Prue asks.
"I could make the source believe that I turned evil again and trick him into coming up here so you guys could do the spell," he said.
"Like he is going to fall for that," Paige said unconfident in the plan.
"I remember Phoebe telling me about a spell that made duplicates of Prue; we could do that to two of you and make it look like I killed them. I will then go to him with those bodies," he said.
"What about our powers, he will want that," Prue said.
"Remember that lantern we had to put our powers in for that wonderful couple Hannah and Rex?" Phoebe asks.
"Don't remind me," Piper said as they almost died by the hands of those two.
"We put fake powers in a lantern that is the exact duplicate of the original one, the source should recognize it," Phoebe suggested.
"And when he asked how you killed us, how exactly are you going to answer that?" Prue asks Cole.
"I will tell him that me falling in love with Phoebe and making you guys think that I change my ways, was all part of the plan to lower your guard, and with Piper being defenseless right now, I think we should make a double of her as I'm sure he knows about it by now," he replied.
"Of course he knows about it, he did it to me," Piper said.
"That is probably the case but I can't assume that, if I bring it up but and he did not put the spell I could blow the whole thing," Cole said.
"Does he have a truth spell?" Piper asks.
"He may," Cole replied.
"Ok people lets get busy, Paige work on the tracking spell, Piper could you help me with a potion for stopping a truth spell?" Prue asks as Piper was blocked from doing that at the moment.
"Yeah," Piper said and headed for the kitchen.
"Phoebe redo the spell to make a duplicate of Piper and me and we might want to toss in Phoebe for good measure," Prue said and got up to start the potion.
"Do you really think this will work Cole?" Phoebe asks nervously.
"Yeah, he will check to make sure they are dead and then if we do the lantern correctly, it should trick him enough until you guys can vanquish him. I would try to find a way to bring him to the manner as this is where you guys are the strongest," Cole replied and Phoebe hugged him before heading upstairs to work on her part of the plan along with Paige.
Meanwhile in the underworld the seer's eyes were white as she was clearly in a vision why the source waited anxiously behind her.
"Well?" he asks.
"You will succeeded and so will Balthazar," she replied and turned to face him.
"Belthazor?" the source sneered.
"Yes he will bring you three dead sisters and their powers," she replied but her vision was not one of succeeding but losing and that she kept to herself as she had other plans.
"Are you sure it's not a trick, isn't he in love with one of them?" the source ask.
"No from what I can feel from the vision it was all part of the plan," she replied.
"I will reward him greatly if you are right seer," he said and smiled wickedly as she did the same.
"My visions are never wrong," she said.
Back at the manner several hours have passed as everyone was finishing up on their part of the plan. Piper help Prue in the kitchen but had a lot of difficulty concentrating on the ingredients and Prue had to be patient as she struggled to keep the whispers in her head to minimal. When she felt they were getting too strong and occasionally seeing things, she grabbed one of her pills. Even though she hated taking them because of how they made her feel it did keep her mind on track and now was not the time to be stubborn as the entire family was based on every part of the plan working.
"You ok sweetie?" Prue asks as Piper was taking in deep breaths and exhaling slowly.
"Yeah, lets just get this over with," Piper replied as she sat down at the kitchen table.
Upstairs Paige finished the tracking spell while Phoebe tightened up the duplicating spell as Leo returned from the elders with the lantern that was used three years ago. He put it down on the table as Phoebe did a spell that would give the feel and look that would be enough to trick the source.
"We have to make sure we get him up here before he checks it thoroughly," Cole said.
"How?" Paige asks.
"I could get close enough to shimmer him but he will need to be locked in place while you guys say the spell," he replied.
"How about a crystal cage?" Paige suggested as she opened a small box with crystals inside.
"That could work," Phoebe said as Prue and Piper came upstairs with the potion.
"Take this when you get down there and we don't know how long it will asked so don't lolly gag," Prue said as she handed it to him.
"Me lolly gag," he said with a smile.
"Cole if one part of this plan does not work he will come for us," Prue said as she was not sure if he was getting the grasp of the situation.
"Yeah and considering both of them are not all that good at using Piper's powers yet, I don't think we can handle a learning curve," Paige added.
"Phoebe, Prue and Piper stood in the center as Phoebe read off the Charm of Multiplicity spell from the book. She had to make modifications so that there would only be one duplicate set of two.
"Leave my powers intact for me, multiply their strength by deuce," Phoebe said and in a swirl of white lights there were now two Piper's, Phoebe's and Prue's.
"Ok now the hard part," Prue said and took a dagger from the table. She walked over to her duplicate self as her other closes her eyes awaiting what was about to happen, everyone else had to turn away. Prue plunged the dagger into her other and make sure to hit the heart for a quick death. She did the same to the other duplicates but felt completely sick as she looked at the bodies on the ground.
"You ok?" Leo asks.
"No that sucked, I know they're not real but it still felt awful," she replied as Cole moved the bodies so they were close to each other and got ready to shimmer down.
"Cole please be careful if anything goes wrong -," Phoebe said and put her hands to his face.
"It won't," he said and kissed her," be ready.
"Wait the tracking spell," Paige said.
"I don't think I will need it, all I have to do is get close to him and I can shimmer him up here, but like I said don't hesitate or he will leave or fight," Cole said.
"Piper I need to get you out of here," Leo said but Piper folded her arms defiantly.
"No, Leo I can help," she said.
"Piper you already did but sweetie if there is a fight I don't want anything to happen to you and I don't want to be worried about you, so please go with Leo," Prue said and put her arms on Piper's shoulders.
"You better not die, because I will never forgive you," Piper said as Leo orbed her up to the room she hates.
Cole shimmered away and the three sisters awaited for his return with the source. He was now in the underworld with three dead charmed ones or so hoped everyone would think. He drank the potion and then awaited for a demon to come by. After a few minutes his plan was about the come into action.
"You are not welcome here trader," one demon said and then looked at Cole's feet as he changed into Balthazar.
"I have something for the source," he said and the other demon smiled.
"Are they the –,"
"Yes I could only carry three of them but trust me the other one is dead as well, and I have something else," Cole said and held up the lantern that glowed a whitish bluish color.
"I see, come I will take you to him," the demon said and picked up one of the dead charmed ones after kicking the body.
Cole picked up the other two and follows the demon to the sources chamber. Once they were there the seer smiled as Balthazar came in carrying what she saw along with the other demon.
"My leash the impossible has been done," the demon said and put Phoebe's body in front of him.
"My vision has come to past, we are victorious," the seer said but the source had his suspicions. He walked over to the bodies and check for any signs of life. He put his hand on the open wound on Prue and looks at the blood. He then looks at Balthazar.
"Lets see if you are telling me the truth," the source said and stuck out his hand. Cole could feel the sources version of the truth spell kicking in, but luckily the potion did its trick. "Are you lying to me?"
"No my leash and I come bearing gifts besides these bodies," Cole replied and held up the lantern. The source knew the object well and as his lips almost quivered with excitement, he stretched out his hands and coupled the lantern. Cole then took advantage of the source being distracted and grabbed his arm. He then shimmered into the attic as the seer smiled and prepared for the change in power.
"Now!" Cole yelled as the source was now facing down three sisters who were clearly alive and well.
"Crystals, circle!" Paige yelled and the crystals made a circle around the source. Then a force field materialized around him.
"You betrayed me!" the source said and tossed a fireball at Cole but it just reflected back and hit the source.
"Say the spell!" Cole yelled and the sisters did what he asked.
"Prudence, Penelope, Patricia, Melinda, Astrid, Helena, Laura and Grace, Halliwell Witches, stand strong beside us Vanquish this evil from time and space," they all said together and stood in amazement as the source began to implode causing fire to engulf him. He screamed in pain and disbelief as he reaches for the sky while the fire rushed over his body and then he exploded. They all remained silent for a moment as they could not believe it was over. Cole change back to his human appearance and smiled at Phoebe.
"Its over," he said.
"I can't believe we did it," Prue said as for some reason it felt a little too easy.
"Leo!" Paige yelled and he returned with Piper who ran to her family and was happy they were alive and well.
"Thank god," Piper said.
"You guys did it, they're celebrating up there like I've never seen them," Leo said.
"Good hopefully that damn spells gone too," Piper said but unfortunately they would not know until the next day as the temporary healing would go away.
To be continued…
