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**One week earlier**
"I have a plan." A shadowy figure said.
The source appeared by him with a thick low voice he said. "Tell me."
"The Charmed Ones... To defeat them we take away what matters to them the most." He paused. "There love. For each other and everyone else."
"Don't test me Tripocie. You will pay severely if your plan does not work. You are to destroy the power of three and bring me one of the Charmed Ones alive as a trophy. I myself have some ideas."
Tripocie was a tall demon with three eyes and wrinkled brown skin. He was muscular and bald.
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Phoebe sat straight up on her windowsill looking out at the front lawn. With a sigh she got up and walked to her dresser to admire the pictures of her and the man she loved so much... Cole Turner. She lovingly stroked his face with her finger and set the picture back down.
"Cole... where are you?" She murmured to herself trying to contain the tears that she felt sting her eyes.
It had been almost a month with no sign of Cole. Was he ok? 'No!' Phoebe though to herself. 'If he was ok he'd be here!' Piper and Paige had helped her with tracking spells and summoning spells but it never worked once.
"Be positive Pheebs." "Believe" were the words that her sisters had repeatedly given her. But how was she to believe the man that she loved couldn't even take two seconds to let her know that she was ok? "He's just tied up is all..." She reassured herself. "He has some unfinished business and he'll be back soon."
She couldn't hold it in. She let out a long hard cry and fell onto her bed. "I'm supposed to be the strong one." She mumbled and buried her face into the pillow.
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"Piper...." Paige said as she entered the kitchen in a black mini skirt and fuzzy pink halter-top. She eyed her sister who wore black jeans and a black long sleeve shirt.
Piper barely looked up from her pot of boiling water. She tightened her grip that she had on the counter and let a long drawn out sigh. "What Paige?" She asked impatiently.
"Oh... Sorry. If it's a bad time I can you know just head up to my room."
"Well actually-"
Paige cut her off. "I'm just really really worried about Phoebe. She's been crying for the last 2 hours! I'm also kind of worried about Cole. I mean... I don't know him but for Phoebe's sake I hope he comes home."
Piper looked up at Paige with a weak smile. "Me too Paige. You'd think that a man who loved my sister so much could take at least five damn seconds to reassure her of his own safety." She scowled at the thought of Phoebe losing Cole. "If he hurts her..." She formed a circle with her two hands as if she was choking someone. "I'll vanquish him myself! He seems like nothing but trouble. And Phoebe is always so forgiving!"
The water boiled over and splashed on Piper's hand. "Damnit!" She screamed and raced to the sink.
Paige stood in horror as she watched Piper rinse her hand under the cold water. "Err... Piper? Are you ok?"
Piper turned the water off and looked back at her sister standing in the doorway. "What do you think? I lose one sister. My other one's going to go crazy because of her boyfriend and I nearly lost my hand!" She focused her glance at the ceiling now. "So why don't you answer your own question! What the hell do you think?"
Piper turned the stove off and rushed Past Paige. "I'll be at the club!"
She heard the door slam and the car start and didn't even turn around. "Maybe I should have just stayed at my apartment. At least I didn't have people screaming at me." Paige told herself. "Calm down Paige! Piper has every right to be mad." Pulling on her mini skirt she sighed. "Why am I trying to talk reason to me?"
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Phoebe looked up when she heard an urgent pounding on her door. "Come in!"
"Phoebe!" Piper and Paige rushed in together holding hands. "It's Cole!" Piper said. "He's dead! He's Dead!"
