Phoebe lifted her head. She was at the kitchen table, sleeping. A half read book was beneath her on the table, it had been her pillow for the past hour. Phoebe rubbed her neck.
"That is not the way to sleep." Phoebe mumbled and looked at the clock on the microwave. It was midnight.
Phoebe rubbed her forehead and walked sleepily to the stairs. She had almost made it when Leo orbed in.
"What? It's late." Phoebe said. She was cranky when she was tired.
"There's an innocent." Leo said.
Phoebe sighed.
"Aren't they any other witches out there that can do it?" Phoebe asked. She didn't really mean it, she was just so tired.
"No, you've got to." Leo told her.
"Fine." Phoebe said. She walked over to the stairs and yelled, "Cole! Cole!"
Leo gave her a confused look.
"What? Do you want me to premonition the demon to death?" Phoebe asked sarcastically.
"Somebody better be dying." Cole mumbled as he walked down the stairs.
"They might be if you two don't hurry up." Leo told them.
"Oh, it's you. Our little ray of sunshine." Cole said with a fake smile.
"Just go." Leo said.
"Where?" Phoebe asked.
"The abandoned Anderson Warehouse." Leo replied.
"What is it with abandoned things and evil?" Phoebe asked.
"I don't know. You've just got to go." Leo told her.
"Yeah, yeah. We're going, we're going." Phoebe told him and took Cole's hand. "To the warehouse." Phoebe said and Cole shimmered away. Leo sighed and orbed out.

When Phoebe and Cole arrived, they saw a purple demon talking to a man and woman, who were both tied to chairs.
"And then," The demon said, "you're going to give me the child's powers."
The two people had cloths tied around their mouths so they couldn't speak, but they were both angry and mumbling objections.
"Don't bother. Your deaths won't be so painful." The demon turned to the woman. "It'll be less painful than your mother's was anyway."
The woman became outraged and started yelling through the cloth. The words were jumbled and couldn't be deciphered, but they could tell she was angry.
The demon pulled out a knife.
"I just need one of you to give the blood." The demon said and walked over to the man. "You just annoy me." The demon said and raised the knife.
"Hey!" Phoebe yelled and stepped out in the open.
"Ooh, it's a witch. Just another person to destroy I suppose." The demon said.
"You would hope that, but it doesn't make it true." Phoebe said.
"Hope? I don't know the meaning of the word." The demon said and threw a chair magically at Phoebe. Phoebe ducked and Cole came out in the open looking angry.
"You made him mad." Phoebe said.
"Ooh, I'm so scared." The demon said in a fake scared voice.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Phoebe warned as the demon moved the knife closer to the man's face.
"Why not? Is the big, bad angry man gonna do something about it?" The demon asked.
"Don't tempt me." Cole warned. The demon just pushed the knife closer to the man's face. Cole shimmered.
"What the?" The demon said. Cole shimmered behind the demon and put his arm around his neck. The demon dropped the knife and put a hand on Cole's arm trying to pull it away.
Phoebe raced forward and picked up the knife. She cut the ropes that tied the man and woman and they removed the cloths gagging them themselves.
"Thank you." The woman said and looked at Phoebe.
"Your welcome." Phoebe said.
"A. Little. Help. Here." Cole said. The demon was struggling.
"'Scuse me." Phoebe said and went over to help Cole.
Phoebe and Cole together managed to knock the demon unconscious.
"I'll get rid of him." Cole said and shimmered away with the demon.
"How can we ever thank you?" The man asked.
"Trust me, we go through this a lot. There's no need for any thanking." Phoebe said. Before another word could be said, Leo orbed in.
"You okay?" Leo asked.
"We're fine." Phoebe replied.
"Where is he?" Leo asked.
"He's taking care of the demon." Phoebe replied.
"I just want to say thank you again." The woman said.
"It was nothing, I swear. We go through this all of the time." Phoebe told her. Cole shimmered back in.
"He, uh, won't be coming back." Cole said.
"Good." Phoebe said. Phoebe looked at the man and woman and asked, "Why was he after you anyway?"
"We really don't know. He said he had some plan for us and our son, but he never really gave specifics. He said our son had some kind of powers." The man explained.
"What kind of powers?" Phoebe asked.
Before the man could answer, Leo put in, "Phoebe, you're not meant to know about that. Leave it be."
Phoebe nodded and said, "All right. So, what now?"
"I'll take care of them. You can go home." Leo told her.
Phoebe smiled and said, "Well, when you're done, tell me." Then Cole shimmered them back home.

They were in the kitchen and Phoebe poured herself another cup of coffee.
"Are you sure you don't want to go to bed?" Cole asked and yawned.
"I want to hear about those people." Phoebe told him.
Cole was going to say something, but Leo orbed in.
"Well?" Phoebe asked anxiously.
"They'll be fine. I told them all they needed to know and that is all you need to know." Leo told her.
"Okay, good. They'll be all right then?" Phoebe asked.
"Yes, they will be fine. It's one thirty in the morning, so I'm going to go home now." Leo said.
"All right, bye." Phoebe said. Leo said good-bye and orbed out.
Phoebe put her coffee cup on the counter and they went to bed.