Soon after, in a cave in the underworld, Tempus was pacing in front of the four girls who were lined up like soldiers being drilled.
"That was incredibly stupid going directly after them. If you want to destroy the Charmed Ones, you're going to need to have more stealth. Now that I'm in charge, you're going to do what I say and when I say to do it. Do you understand?" He said, looking each of them in the eye.
"You've failed to destroy them before, if memory serves." The blond girl, Sarah, said.
"I wasn't ready for how powerful they were. This time is different. They've already leveled the playing field by going back in time and bringing Prudence back with them. We'll have to destroy them by temporal means." He said, appearing to think.
"How do you mean 'temporal means'?" The redhead, Susan, asked.
"That is simple, my dears; we're going back to an earlier time in the Halliwell line and wiping them out." He said, looking satisfied with his plan.
"Balthazor already tried that, and failed miserably. Melinda Warren was born with the witches help." The longer dark haired girl, Sophia, intoned.
"We'll be going after much easier pickings than that, my good ladies." Tempus said, and walked away with the girls in tow.
Meanwhile, the Charmed Ones were fixing up the major damage to the house.
"Let the object of contention become but a dream, as I cause the scene to be unseen." Paige said, and the hole Piper blew into the floor disappeared.
"You're pretty good at the spell thing." Prue said, walking around with Paige and helping her tidy up.
"Yeah, well Piper and Phoebe really went out of their way to teach me. I owe them a lot and you too." Paige said, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Me, I wasn't even around to teach you anything." Prue said, picking up pillows and putting them back on the couch.
"You inspired me, to be a better witch, and a better sister. There were a lot of times that I asked myself what you would have said or done. That answered a lot of questions for me. You have some really huge shoes to fill you know, lady." Paige said, moving over to the hole in the living room wall.
"Let the object of contention become but a dream, as I cause the scene to be unseen." They both said in unison.
Not only did the hole in the wall mend itself up, they heard the front doors come zooming back into place, and the vase Paige broke on Sarah's head came back together again.
"Wow, did we do that?" Prue asked.
"Now that you're the power of four, your powers are stronger than they've ever been." Tim said, looking through the book of Shadows.
"Only together, or our individual powers as well?" Phoebe asked, standing behind him.
"Both actually, here touch me. Who knows what you might be able to get now?" Tim said, holding out his arm to her.
Phoebe tentatively touched his arm, and froze in place. This was the strongest premonition she'd ever had in her entire life. She wasn't just seeing a specific event. She was witnessing nearly everything he'd ever done, including his brief affair with their grandmother. Then the vision ended with a catastrophic explosion.
"What did you see?" Piper asked, helping Phoebe up off the floor, where she'd fallen with the force of the premonition.
"Everything, I saw his entire existence, but then it ended in a huge fireball. An explosion bigger than anything I've ever seen. I swear I feel singed from it." She said, rubbing her temples hoping to get rid of the headache brought on by the force of it.
"That can't be good, that sounds like a temporal explosion." Tim said, looking concerned.
"Ok, have we just walked into a Star Trek episode or something?" Paige asked, looking confused.
"Time manipulation is a delicate thing, we've changed countless events by bringing Prue back here. The shockwaves from that will reach us soon enough. Hopefully it won't mean too many changes will be happening." As he said that, the color of the living room walls changed from an off white to a pale green.
"Whoa! That was bizarre, I'll bet Trading Spaces would love to learn that trick." Piper said, smiling because she liked the change.
"There's bound to be other changes, your memories should be splintering as well. You'll still have the memories of the last two and a half years, but now you'll have a spare set of memories with Prue in them." Tim continued, watching them for reactions.
"I told you that Cole would never amount to any good, why did you marry him?" Prue suddenly said and punched Phoebe in the arm.
"Hey, I'm not the one who dated a werewolf, and nearly became one herself." Phoebe retorted, punching her back.
"I think my head is about to explode." Paige said, and sat down.
"It will take some time, but eventually you'll be able to process all these things, and incorporate them into your own identity." Tim said, as each girl sat down to sort through their new memories.
Then it happened, all four girls at once had their looks change. Phoebe's hair went from dark brown to a medium blond, and her outfit changed from low rise jeans and a t-shirt to a black skirt, matching blazer and a white blouse. Piper's hair stayed the same color but suddenly shortened six inches, now stopping at her shoulders. Her outfit changed from khaki pants and a peasant blouse to a business suit in deep navy. Prue's hair got three inches longer, and her outfit changed from jeans and a shirt to a long green dress, with heels. Paige's hair lengthened four inches, turned a deeper red, and got curly. Her outfit went from jeans and her prom queen t-shirt to black corduroy pants and a black t-shirt that said Marilyn Manson on it.
"Ok, that was incredibly bizarre. Wow, we vanquished the Source, three times!" Prue said, getting up and running to the nearest mirror.
"Hopefully those are all the changes we can expect." Piper said, as Leo orbed in.
"I just got back from visiting the Elders, they said there's a major temporal change event going on. They're looking for Tim." He said and was nearly bowled over by Piper rushing into his arms.