A/N: Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, it makes me feel like there is a purpose in carrying on this story.

A/N2: Okay if you don't like torture I am warning you now, so please don't read this chapter! (Well not all of it) So don't say I didn't warn you!

Disclaimer: See first chapter for disclaimer.

Chapter 4 – Helpless

Her scream echoed through the dark tunnels of the underworld, as the hot poker burnt her bare skin. Phoebe thought she might pass out from the pain again. But she couldn't seem to, although she knew it would be a lot less painful that way.

"Please stop!" she pleaded, the pain still burning the flesh away on her arm. The awful smell drifted towards her and she thought she might vomit.

"I don't think so this is fun." He smiled wickedly looking her over for another part to burn. "Maybe I'll burn you here." He said holding the hot poker near her neck "Or here." He said as he came to bring the poker just above her stomach.

She could feel the heat and winced at the thought of the pain all over again. "Yes I think here." He said as he slowly began to push the hot poker in to her soft skin, lifting her top up, and exposing her stomach to unbearable pain. Phoebe tried to suppress another scream with no such luck; She only ending up making her lip bleed and then screaming afterwards. Gawd the baby! She suddenly thought, as he began to drag the poker across her stomach.

"Please stop, you might hurt the baby, please!" she pleaded through tears of pain.

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"Leo maybe you should go and ask the elders if they know anything about this Prophecy, I'm not sure I want to know what will happen if Melinda is shown the path of evil." Said Piper breaking the awful silence that hung in the air, as Cole thought a mental battle, about what those monsters could be doing to his wife, and Melinda if they had got this prophecy thing wrong! What would a demon want with Melinda? She is only 4 years old, Cole kept thinking. He did relax a little at the thought that Melinda will be safe if they were right, but there was no hope for Phoebe, she was just a toy for evil, and he knew what sort of things demons used to do captured witches, he used to do them too!

Leo gave Piper a peck on the cheek, a reassuring smile, and orbed out to see what the elders had to say about the Prophecy.

"We don't even know if they are in the underworld though." Said Paige as the blue orbs finally disappeared.

"Paige why don't you try to sense them." Said Cole, his voice cracking under the pressure, at the thought of what they might have done to Phoebe already.

Paige concentrated really hard on Phoebe and Melinda; she couldn't sense them anywhere and she knew exactly what that meant. She didn't want to break their hopes again but she had too.

"Nothing." She sighed.

"Okay." Said Piper "Well a least we know something." She said indicating at the book of shadows. "Thanks Grams"

"How do you know it wasn't someone else?" Said Paige with a small smile.

Piper smiled a little too, as she knew whom Paige was revering too. It had taken her a long time to get over Prue's death, but now she had finally understood that she couldn't change what happened, and that's why she knew there was no way she was going to loose another sister to evil, or her own daughter. There was no way she would let that happen…no way…

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"Hey how is my Prophecy girl?" asked the source as he slowly walked towards Melinda. Who had now be moved to a cell, much like Phoebe's except for the fact that there was a bed in the middle. Which was covered with Blood red sheets. Melinda didn't understand what the word Prophecy meant so she just looked away, and continued staring at the watch on her arm trying to understand the concept of time.

"So what are your powers Melinda?"

"I never told you my name" the little girl replied shaking a little, her mommy had always told her not to talk to strangers, and Melinda swore she never would.

"You didn't have to I already know…but how, is my secret." He replied.

Melinda was starting not like this man very much, she didn't understand why he didn't let her go home, and why he kept saying that she was part of his family now. And she would win some kind of battle in which darkness would fall and she would have great power.

"So what powers do you have?" he repeated.

"I don't know." She replied.

"Now you wouldn't be lying to me know would you Melinda?"

"No, I don't know, my mommy said she would bind them when they began to show any signs."

"Well your mommy won't have a chance to do that now." He replied coldly "Because I am going to teach you how to use them, and receive great power."

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"Please no more" she struggled against the chains that held her from running, even though her wrist was burning with pain, she continued to tug, as the hot poker ran up the inside of her leg, scolding her skin through her jeans.

"Okay maybe you're right this is getting a little boring." He replied.

She saw his evil eyes flicker with joy, as he looked upon her battered body. She knew that her body was covered with a hundreds of cuts and bruises caused from the fight in the alley, her attempt to escape when they had unchained her to use the toilet, well if you could call it a toilet! The worst thing was that now her body was riddled with burns along with cuts and gashes that hadn't been cleaned.

She couldn't stop worrying that he might of hurt Melinda like this, or that maybe that her baby was dead, if she could hardly take the pain, how could her unborn child survive? Salden then placed the hot poker on the cold floor, and Phoebe sighed with relief. Hoping that it was finally over for now, but no such luck as she saw him pull a glass from his pocket. He threw it against the wall before Phoebe even had a chance to blink, just missing her by inches; Phoebe feared what was to come…

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"But we have no idea how to save them." Sighed Cole as he sat down in one of the old rocking chairs in the attic. Placing his elbows on his knees and his face in hands.

"Cole I know we will save them." Said Paige with a slight tinkle of hope. She wasn't really sure why she had a positive feeling right now, but something told her soon there luck would change for the better.

"But even if we save Melinda and Phoebe." Said Piper "We have to deal with this prophecy thing and well then when Melinda turns 16 it starts all over again."

"Yes, but maybe time can change it Piper, maybe Melinda isn't the prophecy child." Said Paige.

"Maybe…" Said Piper, with not much hope. She knew Phoebe wasn't really planning to have any children. And well Paige, wasn't even married yet, or had a boyfriend for that matter. She took a seat on the old couch next to Paige. "Its just I don't know about you but I feel pretty helpless, I mean I can't even help my own daughter and I promised I would always be there for her." Tears began to well in her eyes, as she thought of Melinda helpless. "We have hardly anything to go on, how our we going to save them, what if we're to late?" she almost cried. Piper had done well up to now, hiding most of her fear towards the incident, she had tried to convince herself at first that there was a logical explanation. Then she had began to worry herself into a emotional state when she was left alone, about how useless she was, and how she couldn't help them, it just felt like her world was crashing down around her.

"We are not helpless Piper, we have hope and if you have hope anything is possible." Said Paige comforting her sister, and giving a warming smile towards Cole, trying to make him feel a little better, as she knew he was struggling with emotions just as bad as Piper.

"Hope." Cole nodded, with a half smile towards Paige, I hope you're with us hope… he thought, he could of almost laughed at that if he wasn't so worried.

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Leo was tired of waiting to see the elders, he was hoping from foot to foot nervously, he had to find out soon or he would explode. He had to get back and help find his daughter and Phoebe, he didn't want to think what would happen if they were to long! Time is vital people, Come on! He sighed as no one had yet returned; as he could see from the empty room he was waiting in. Leo was also worried about Piper he knew she would be getting really upset and he didn't blame her but he knew she needed him now and he wasn't there.

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Salden bent over to pick up a piece of glass, from the shatter glass that lay by Phoebe's feet.

"Why you are tough." He stated "And there you were thinking you might die of fear…Well there is still time…lets hope I don't get carried away, I'm sure the source won't mind anyway."

He picked up the sharp piece of glass and carefully turned it over in his hand, looking for the sharpest edge. Phoebe felt the fear twisting in her stomach once again, gawd! She wished Cole were here, he would surely kick Salden's ass for this, and she missed him so much. She kept having the nagging thought that Cole would never get to be a daddy cause she would be dead before this was over…and so would her baby. She only hoped her sisters; Cole and Leo would at least save Melinda from this hell!

She let out a tortured scream as the glass cut in to her shoulder deeply; Salden just laughed and began to push the glass in further. Please I can't take anymore of this just let me die…please I just want to die. I'm sorry Cole, Piper, Paige, Leo, Melinda and I'm so sorry baby, I'm sorry for putting you through this. She screamed again in agony as the broken glass began to cut into her arm deeply. She was pleading with Salden for it to stop now, she couldn't take anymore she just couldn't go on like this. She began to feel something strange begin to tingle through her body, at first she wondered if she might pass out again. Then she felt something she recognised, the familiar feeling of a shimmer. As she began shimmering out of the chains that restricted her from running, she thanked god, something was finally going her way, and even if she didn't know how, she didn't care. She reappeared on the other side of the gate to her awful cell, with a small smile.

"What the hell?" He screamed as he turned to see Phoebe, dropping the glass angrily, and running towards her.

A/N 2: I know…I know I am really mean to torture Phoebe. So please let me know if you hate this chapter and if you hate me for writing it, or if you think its good. And remember if you think its good, don't hesitate to review either, I have written the next 2 chapters, so if you wanna find out what happens to Phoebe let me know.