Barbus paused and the girls waited. Leo was obviously wrapped up in his own thoughts, so he did not notice that the Charmed Ones were becoming more and more inpatient.

"Come on, Barbus!" Piper yelled.

"Patience, girl, patience. I would hate to say something that you would confuse for something else."

"Are you calling us stupid?" Phoebe asked.

"Oh, no! Of course not. It's so obvious that you're the brains of the power, Phoebe." He replied. With his mellow tone of voice, it was hard to catch how sarcastic he was really being. Phoebe didn't seem to notice until a few minutes after.

Barbus got a good chuckle out of that, and then he decided to move in with his information.

"There is some big shot that came out of no where that's commanding all sorts of demons around." He said shortly.

"Why are the demons listening to him?" Paige pressed for more information. The last thing they needed was Piper becoming angry and vanquishing their lead by accident.

"No one knows. I've talked to demons who swore they would never listen to a word he says, and then they are in his army."

"He must have some kind of hold over all of them." Phoebe said. Her sisters agreed.

"But who could control demons?" Paige asked.

"I don't know," Barbus cut in. "But I do know that I'm staying the hell away from him. If you can go against his control, then he has enormous power. I've heard that all he needs to do is look at a demon and he is vanquished." His voice became bitter and angry as he spoke. Even the great Barbus feared this man who had targeted Chris.

"Okay, so we have power and thousands of demons to go up against." Phoebe said.

"Leo, go see if the Elders have sensed a great deal of energy and haven't taken the time to tell us." Leo didn't move. He didn't want to go he had a lot of questions to ask Piper. But she obviously was not in the mood to talk to him. "Go!" she commanded.

Leo gave in. He could always talk to her later. He orbed Up There and was prepared to force the Elders for information. They had a tendency to hold information for "The greater good."

"So he's down in the underworld?" Piper asked Barbus.

"Yes, where else would he be?" he asked. "Out in the open? No, I'm sure he's waiting to set you all up and kill you."

"Well, that's wonderful. I'm sure he thinks he can do this by killing Chris?" Piper asked.

Barbus shrugged. "I wouldn't know his plans. I stay far away from him, and his allies." There was a silence where everyone thought their own thoughts, but didn't bother to voice them. They could do that as soon as Barbus was gone. For all they knew, he was lying about not being in allegiance with this person.

"There, I've answered all of your questions. Can I go now? I have very urgent matters to attend to." The girls looked at each other, mentally deciding whether they should trust such a terrible demon to be free once again.

In the end, they decided he had been good. They could let him go and vanquish him when they had more time.

They moved the crystals and Barbus smiled. He gave a small bow and was engulfed in flames that took him away.

"Okay, game plan?" Paige asked. The two turned to their eldest sister who had been leading them so far, they figured she already knew what to do.

"We wait for Leo, see if he had any information. We find this guy, get a cure for Chris and then kill him." Piper said, clouded by her need to protect her son. The thought that this threat could kill them without even moving didn't seem to cross her mind, but it did her sisters who were already having second thoughts about this.

"Piper, we don't even know who this guy is. We need to figure out more." Paige reasoned.

"A lackey!" Phoebe said. "We could get a lackey, who would know who he is and what he's doing. Get inside information!"

"Yeah, but how do we luck out and get a lackey?"

"Were you not listening to a word Barbus just said? He had lackeys all over! It must be easy to find one!" Phoebe already had this planned out in her mind. "And he calls me the dumb one." She said.

"Alright. But we can't just go into he underworld." Paige continued, bringing down Phoebe's plan.

"Premonitions." Piper spoke up. "Phoebe, get a premonition off Chris. Next time he has a dream, you intercept the magic that is doing that to him and get a premonition of who is doing it."

"Perfect!" Phoebe said.

"Okay, we have a plan. Now, we wait for Leo." Paige said. The girls headed downstairs. There was nothing more they could do then to wait and hope for a good answer.

Chris was laying down on the couch still. His eyes were staring up at the ceiling, he was refusing to sleep. No matter how tired his body was. The thought 'you can escape the pain if you sleep.' continued to invade his mind. No, sleep is where the pain came from.

"Hey, you feelin' okay?" Phoebe asked her nephew. She kneeled beside him and Chris turned his head to her, smiling.

"Yeah." He said quietly.

Phoebe smiled back, trying to reassure him. "Good. We have a plan to figure out how this is happening, but," she paused. Chris looked at her curiously, urging her to continue. "It involves you sleeping." She didn't want to say that. She didn't want him to sleep and hear his scream in pain again.

The hint of hope disappeared from his eyes. But, if it would make him better, then he would do it.

"Okay," Chris said, nodding. "I'll try. It shouldn't be too heard." Chris's eyes looked over to his other aunt and then to his mother who were both watching him. He still felt fear from his mother. These dreams were real, and she had killed him.

Piper saw the fear, and she felt terrible. She hadn't done anything. All she wanted was for him to get better. But now he was scared of her. One more reason for her to find the bastard who was hurting Chris. "We'll leave you alone, then." Paige said. The three walked out and went into the sunroom. They collapsed onto the furniture.

"Rough day." Phoebe said.

"It's not over yet." Piper said back.

"These things never get over fast enough." Paige put in.

There was a silence where they simply rested. "I feel bad," Piper said out of no where. "For just waiting for Chris to get hurt. I don't know how the evil people stand it."

"Well, maybe because it's not their son they want to hurt. And, they're evil. They don't care." Paige told her sister.

"And it's the best way to get this guy." Phoebe said, trying to comfort her eldest sister.

A few more minutes of silence later, they could hear groaning coming from the living room. It turned into mumbling and then small screams. They rushed in to see Chris was asleep and dreaming once again.

"Perfect." Paige said.

"Leo's not back yet." Phoebe said.

"So? We don't need him. We have our lead right here." Paige said. She rushed over to Chris's side and Phoebe followed, but Piper stayed where she was. Chris was able to recognize her touch, and he might freak out. This might be another dream with her in it.

Phoebe placed her had in her nephews, closed her eyes and concentrated. He often attempted to rip his hand away. He jerked all around, but Phoebe was soon pulled into a premonition.

A/N: Okay, this was kind of a sort, maybe meaningless chapter, but oh well. I updated!!!!