Chapter Ten: Rescue Time

A few seconds later, the group had arrived to the underworld, as they huddled in a small dark corner.

"Okay, this is what we'll do. Phoebe, Piper, and Paige, you all are going to attack together when I signal. And Leo, you and I are going to distract them. First you orb, but don't transform yourself, then I'll come from the back, knock him out with energy balls, you slice, then bring it back to the manor and start on the potion. Then the girls will come and finish off." Cole explained.

"What happened to the other plan?" Paige asked bubbly.

"Screw the other one. This one is better." Cole replied. "All right. Everyone knows what they're suppose to do?"

"Yeah." Phoebe answered. "Let's go kick some demon's ass!"

Unbeknownst to their knowledge, Azariel was behind them, watching their every action. "Your number is up witches." She sneered and shimmered away into a small, secluded chamber.

"Master." She bowed before Azarko. "The witches have arrived."

"Perfect." Azarko, who was standing facing the altar, twirled around with an evil grin. "Release them."

Obeying her master, she nodded, "It has been done. Now all we have to do is sit back and enjoy the show."

In another cave Junior was resting uncomfortably in the back of the cage crying, and suddenly his eyes lit up brightly, as if an idea struck is mind. "Mommy." He whispered. He sensed her, and his aunts as well.

Meanwhile, back with the sisters, Leo, and Cole, they were slowly creeping into another cave, as a massive group of demons charged out of nowhere surrounding them.

"Piper!" Cole signaled.

With a wave of a hand, half a dozen demons rapidly decreased at once, while Cole helped out by flaming demons on the opposite side.

"That was interesting." Phoebe exclaimed. "How did they know?"

"Arazok must have been watching us." Cole stated. "C'mon. Slice and dice time." He then turned to Leo. "We have to get the servants first. Kill her and we'll be safer."

Nodding in agreement, he waited for Cole to kill Azariel first before going in.

In the chamber, Azariel was mindlessly pacing the dusty ground as her master waited patiently for the witches. Cole quietly shimmered in with Leo by his side in a dark corner next. In a fast motion, a fire ball shot out of Cole's hand and hit Azariel's body as she shrieked in agony.

Caught off guard by this, Arazko whirled around and Cole signaled Leo to orb. The bright light caught Arazko's attention as he twirled around again and it was Cole's chance to throw a few highly charged energy balls, which completely knocked him out.

"Leo!" Cole called.

"Oh." He recalled Cole's ordered and sliced the demon's flesh and orbed back to the manor.

"Phoebe!" Cole called from the chamber.

"Cole's calling." Phoebe claimed, and Paige orbed them to where Cole was.

The bright orb lit up the room for a few seconds before it went dark again. As the sisters looked down, they were amazed to see the so-called powerful demon that was in a pile with only a few energy balls.

"What do we do now?" Phoebe asked.

"Leo is at the manor making the potion." Cole said. "You three stay here and guard Arazko, he's pretty knocked out so he'll be vulnerable even if he's awake and you can fight him off. Now give me the potion, and the spell, and I'll get Junior out of the cage."

"Doesn't it have to be the power of three?" Paige questioned.

"Not necessarily. Anyone can do it." Cole replied. "You need to stay here incase you need the power of three. I'll go get Junior."

Considering this, Piper handed Cole the potion and the spell, and he shimmered off to the cage.

"Hey, buddy." Cole greeted Junior. "I'm going get you out of here, okay?"

"Where's my Mommy?" Junior pouted.

"Mommy is getting the bad guy." Cole replied smiling at Junior, whom seemed to like Cole more by the minute. "Okay, here we go." Cole poured the acidic potion onto the bars of cage which made it sizzle and enchanted with the spell. "Let what's bind be unbind, set this soul free to where he should be, far away from this debris."

Suddenly the cage started shaking and Junior disappeared from the cage and was set next to his mother's side. As for Cole, he was still amazed that the spell worked; amazed that it worked for him. Shaking furiously now, the cage was about to explode into millions of pieces of debris before Cole shimmered out.

"The spell worked?" Paige asked.

"Like a charm." Cole replied.

"Oh, Junior." Phoebe hugged him tightly, not leaving room for him to breathe.

"Mommy!" He called out. "Mommy!"

"Oh, I'm so sorry, honey." Phoebe apologized, pulling away just enough to see his face, and caressed it and kissed him all over.

"So, what are we going to do with him now?" Piper pointed to the demon.

Before Cole could reply, Leo orbed in with three bottles of potion in hand.

"All right, we're all set." He stated, handing Phoebe, Piper, and Paige the potions.

"Ready?" Phoebe asked.

"I'm ready if you're ready." Paige replied.

All three sisters smashed the potions on the demon and within a millisecond it burst into flames and turned into dust. The sisters turned their faces away from the fire avoiding its brightness. Junior hid behind Cole's legs, which brought a smile to his face.

"What did you put in it?" Paige turned to Leo and asked.

"I just mixed some of the stuff you have on the stove." He answered. "I think I accidentally put some acid in there."

Paige looked at him and gave him an impressive nod. "I would've never thought of that."

"Okay, let's all go home." Piper announced, and orbed out with Leo and Paige.

Phoebe grabbed Junior's hand, along with Cole's, and they shimmered to the Manor.