"Whoa, why are we here?" Piper asked as they materialiazed. She looked around, realizing at once that they were Up There. "Are you crazy, taking her here?" she asked Julius.

"I can't heal her alone." Julius responded, his voice strained. "Look at her. The poison is already getting to her."

He was right. The baby had gone almost completely limp in Paige's arms. She was breathing, but only faintly. It was obvious that the poison was working it's way through her tiny body in a matter of minutes.

"So, can't Leo and Paige help you?" Phoebe asked. Like Piper, she was wary of bringing Angelie anywhere that the Elders could find her.

Julius shook his head. "They aren't powerful enough. You know how deadly darklighter poison is to Whitelighters, and Angelie has Whitelighter genes from both parents. That makes her twice as susceptible. We need to act fast."

Piper, Paige, and Phoebe exchanged glances. They knew what was coming, but somehow they were hoping the Elder had come up with a different course of action.

They were disappointed.

"We need to inform the other Elders. I know, it's dangerous, but we don't have a choice." he said, his tone becoming more and more grave as he spoke. He sighed, clearly wishing there were some other way. There wasn't, he reminded himself. He cleared his throat, making sure he had not only Leo's attention but that of the girls as well. "Without the help of the other Elders, Angelie will die."

He walked swiftly, with Leo and the girls following behind. He came to the meeting-room, where the Elders were assembled. Wordlessly, he set the baby on the table, and joined hands with two of the Elders, signalling for the rest of them, as well as Paige and Leo, to form a circle around the table. They did, seeing what bad condition the baby was in, and healed her. It took a long time, but finally she was healthy again.

Julius handed her to Piper. "She'll be weak for a while, but she'll live."

"Thank you." Piper murmured, on the verge of crying over what could've happened to her neice.

One of the Elders, Gnaius, spoke up. "Who is this child? I sensed an amazing amount of power as we were healing her."

"She's ours." Piper said, holding the baby to her protectively.

"You don't mean yours and Leo's?" Gnaius questioned. "Even the daughter of a Whitelighter and a Charmed One wouldn't be that powerful, nor would she be that vulnerable to darklighter poison."

Paige looked from Angelie to Gnaius. She remembered Prue's visit with her in the attic. Her oldest sister had been so afraid of this moment. Paige had to do something to stop it. "Cole has Phoebe." she blurted.

This, of course, got their attention. They started making plans to get her back, but realized most of them were futile when they remembered Cole's no-magic barrier.

After the first half-hour of deliberation, Leo took Angelie and orbed her home. They had apparently forgotten about her in the excitement over getting her aunt back, but Piper and Paige didn't want to take any chances.

Octavia, one of the newer Elders, suddenly had an idea. She hadn't forgotten about the infant, or the overwhelming power they'd felt while healing her. "I think I know how to get your sister back." she said excitedly, keeping her voice low so that only Piper, Paige, and Julius could hear. "None of us knew it was possible for one person to have as much power as Angelie seems to, right?"

Piper nodded cautiously. What was this girl getting at?

"Probably Cole didn't know, either. Probably his protection spell isn't that strong." Octavia continued.

Paige saw where this was going. "We've been through this before. She can't say the spell. I still don't get how this works."

"We tap into her powers." Piper explained. "We'll say the spell while holding her, and-"

"No." Octavia interrupted. "You can't. You won't be able to. There's only one person who can tap into a baby's powers. Her mother."