Wyatt looked at his ring. The large pearl and its ornate setting were beautiful, but they had always seemed strange to him. The ring itself felt strange on his finger. He hated it for what it represented, but it was his most valued possession.

While the other witches watched, Jill took off the ring she was wearing, and Wyatt did the same. They placed the rings on the coffee table.

"Are you ready for this?" Jill asked.

"I think so," Wyatt said.

"You know the words," Jill said. He nodded, and they began to chant the spell that they had been given.

"Ancient powers hear our cry,

We call the Elders to our side.

A message now we seek to send,

To ask for healing at life's end.

Accept these rings as our sign

Of the lost and broken times."

The rings briefly glowed white, and vanished.

"Do you think it worked?" Jill asked.

"I hope so," Wyatt said. "We only get one chance."

The witches held their breath as they waited for a response from the Elders. Then, a bright light filled the air, erasing shadows from the room. A figure in golden robes orbed into their midst.

The light faded, and the Elder lowered his hood.

"Wyatt," Leo smiled. He put his arms around Wyatt as tears began to blur his vision. "My son."

"Leo, you made it," Wyatt said.

Leo took a step back and looked at Wyatt. "I thought about you every day that I couldn't be with you. I wish I could've taken you with me. But I'm glad you were able to do so much here on your own. I'm proud of you."

"Hey Leo, over here," Prue said.

Leo looked at her. "Prue, you're alive?"

"I heard about the promotion," Prue said, smiling. "Elder robes look good on you."

"But how?" Leo began to look at the faces of the others that were gathered around him, and he felt his heart jump as he saw the one he had memorized so many years ago. "Piper."

"You are alive," Piper said. "I was so worried about you. Nobody could tell me if you escaped or not."

"I... I thought you were dead," Leo said. He glanced at her sisters, but his gaze returned to Piper. "You're all alive. What—"

Piper threw her arm around his neck and pulled him into a kiss. "Don't ever leave like that again."

"I won't," Leo said, and he kissed her again.

Paige waited for the two of them to release from the kiss before she spoke. "Leo, remember us?"

"Paige, Phoebe," Leo said. "Hi. Sorry, I guess I was a little distracted."

"Don't worry about it," Paige said. "She is your wife."

"Yeah, we totally understand," Phoebe grinned.

"Yes, Piper is my wife, and I love her more than anything in the world," Leo said. "But you're also my sisters now, and I care about you too."

"Aww, Leo," Phoebe said.

Kevin looked around. "Um, I don't want to interrupt, but where's our whitelighter? Why isn't Angie here?"

Leo looked at Kevin and Jill. "I'm sorry, but Angela didn't make it. She tried to stall the demonic attack, to give us time to escape."

Jill edged closer to Kevin, and he put his hand on her shoulder.

Jill shook her head. "I don't know what to say."

"She's gone," Kevin said. "Why? So some demon could impress his friends? What kind of trade is that?"

"She was a hero," Leo said. "She did what heroes do. Without her, a lot more of us would have died."

"Leo," Wyatt said. "How many survived?"

"About thirty whitelighters are left, but only five of the Elders made it, counting me," Leo said. "They've already started doing what they can to comfort and protect innocents that were caught in the crossfire, but there aren't enough of us to heal everyone that needs it."

Leo turned quickly to look at Maggie. They gazed intently at each other for a few moments, then Maggie broke eye contact. Leo nodded.

"This is worse than I thought," Leo said. "We must not have much time."

"Wait, what did she tell you?" Phoebe asked.

"She just helped me catch up on everything that happened while I was gone," Leo said. "Even if you could have stopped the Source, I'm not sure it would have changed anything. There's a war coming, and I don't mean a war between good and evil. Plagues and famines are causing so much death already. A war now could be the biggest disaster in human history."

"Leo, what are you saying?" Prue asked.

"I'm saying the future is still uncertain," Leo said. "But right now, all I can see is pain, even if the Source doesn't attack directly."

"Did Maggie tell you who the Source is?" Piper asked.

"Yes," Leo said. "I don't know how we could have missed it. If he hadn't waited so long to reveal himself, I might have foreseen it before it was too late. But there's nothing we can do about it now."

"Leo, what do you know about avatars?" Prue asked.

"Avatars?" Leo said. "Why?"

"I think Cole is one," Prue said. "Or he was."

"You saw Cole?"

"He was working for the Source," Phoebe said.

"Avatars are extremely powerful beings that try to mold the universe," Leo said. "They think they're beyond good and evil. If Cole was working with the Source, he must have had a reason."

"Maybe he does think he's beyond good and evil, but he definitely seemed evil enough to me," Paige said.

Leo looked at Paige. "Did he kill anyone?"

"He was willing to leave Paige, Wyatt, and Piper with the Source so he could have me," Phoebe said.

Leo's jaw tightened, but he didn't answer.

"What are we supposed to do now?" Piper asked, looking at Leo.

"I don't know," Leo said.

"All that time, all those spells..." Wyatt shook his head and looked at Prue. "It was all for nothing. We couldn't change a thing."

"Magic happens for a reason," Leo said. "And that means that everyone here was meant to be here."

Maggie reached over to Phoebe and put her hand on Phoebe's shoulder. Phoebe immediately felt a vision taking over her senses.

Phoebe felt as though she was standing alone in the darkness. The space around her was so empty and formless that she wasn't able to tell if her eyes were open or closed, except for the fact that she couldn't shut out a premonition.

Then she saw a snake. Its golden body was coiled back onto itself as though preparing to strike, but its red eyes seemed almost compassionate as it looked at her. As she watched it, the snake began to slowly eat its own tail. A moment later, the snake shattered like a glass sculpture, ending the premonition.

"Phoebe?" Piper said. "Did you have another premonition?"

"Yeah," Phoebe said. "But it was strange. I'm not sure what it meant."

Phoebe heard Maggie's voice in her mind. "Phoebe, you've seen everything that you needed to see."

Phoebe looked at her, but Maggie was silent.