Author's Note: Wow. I can't believe I've written this story so fast. Usually, I'll write a couple of chapters, get writer's block for a week, write some more and so on. But I've been finishing almost a chapter a day.

10:30 pm.

"I can't believe that he brought Shax back." Cole said.

They were standing in the kitchen.

"Well, we can just vanquish him the way we did last time, right?" Paige said.

"Maybe. But he might be stronger now." Leo said.

Chris came in and said,

"You guys, Prue's gone."

"What?" Piper said.

They went into the living room and saw that the chair that Prue was tied up in was now empty.

"Where did she go?" Phoebe said.

Prue appeared in the penthouse next to Shax, who was standing in the living room. Barbus was looking at both of them.

"You are both going to attack the sisters and kill them." Barbus said, pacing back and forth. "Don't come back until you are sure that they're dead."

Prue looked at him confusedly.

"What's wrong with you?" Barbus asked sounding annoyed. She didn't answer. "I asked you a question?"

Prue struggled to find her voice but when she did, she said in a hoarse voice,

"Why?"

"Why?" Barbus repeated. He seemed to be getting impatient. "Why what?"

"Why are we trying to kill them?"

'Oh great, now they're starting to question me.' Barbus thought bitterly.

Barbus sighed and then said,

"We are trying to kill them because I said so."

"Because you say so? Why do we have to kill them just because you say so?"

"Just do as you're told and go!" Barbus said angrily, waving his hand at them.

When they both disappeared, Anastasia appeared in the room.

"It looks like your control over them is slipping." She said teasingly.

"Why is she starting to question me?" Barbus said hot-headedly.

Anastasia's eyes turned red and she replied,

"Don't talk to me in that tone!"

Barbus took a few steps back and said,

"I am sorry, milady. Forgive me."

Anastasia regained her composure and then said calmly,

"I do not know why she is questioning you. Maybe you are not powerful enough to control them."

"Well, then what do you propose that I do?"

"That, my dear Barbus, is something that you'll have to figure out all on your own."

And she was gone.

11:30 pm

"I don't feel right about this." Piper said.

"I know, sweetie, I don't either but we need to do this." Phoebe replied.

The sisters had found a way to defeat Prue and Shax but Piper was reluctant.

"I know that it's just a shell of Prue but I still can't. I'll still feel like I'm hurting my sister." Piper said.

"Piper, we don't want to do this anymore than you do but we have to. We have no other choice."

The sisters jumped when Prue and Shax appeared in the room in a whirl of wind and leaves.

"Ready?" Phoebe asked Piper and Paige.

Paige nodded and Piper merely stood there.

Phoebe threw a vial at Prue and Shax. Paige did the same. Piper held her vial in her hand.

"Piper, throw it!" Phoebe said.

Piper took a deep breath and then threw the potion at Prue and Shax. Then the three of them recited,

"Guiding spirits hear our plea,

Destroy these evil beings."

Prue and Shax were suddenly blown up into thin air.

The next day...7:26 am.

The sisters were sitting on the couch. Paige yawned deeply. The three of them had only gotten a few hours of sleep last night. Cole was sitting in a chair in front of them.

"Barbus will have to have a coronation in order to become the Source." Cole said.

"When will that be?" Phoebe asked.

"I'm not sure."

"So what do we do? Just sit around and wait for Barbus to become the new Source?" Piper said.

"No. I'm going to go underground." Cole said, standing up.

"No! It's too dangerous, Cole." Phoebe said.

Cole was taken aback at how worried Phoebe sounded. She actually sounded like she cared about him.

"Listen Phoebe, I'll be alright." Cole reassured Phoebe. "I'll go as Belthazar and tell Barbus that I want to rejoin him. From there, I can stop the coronation."

"You might be able to stop the coronation but Barbus will kill you."

"She's right." Piper said. "We'll come with you."

"But how will you guys get there without being discovered?" Cole asked.

"I'm sure we'll find a way." Paige said.