Author's Note: I saw the season premiere of Charmed. It was great.
3:00 pm
At the manor, Cole sat in the kitchen. He was worried about the sisters. Barbus was getting stronger. There had to be something that he could do. Chris walked in, reflecting Cole's thoughts.
"There has to be something we could do. Barbus is strong now." He said, pacing around the room.
"Maybe we should go underground?" Cole suggested.
Leo, who had overheard the conversation from the next room, came in and said,
"No. It's too dangerous."
"But Leo, what if the sisters..."
Leo cut him off and said,
"The sisters will be fine. They're capable of handling almost anything."
Cole sighed and wondered what was going on underground.
The sisters stood in the chamber.
"So what's our next move?" Paige asked Phoebe.
"We attack him when everyone else is gone." Phoebe replied.
When they were left alone with Barbus, they moved to the center of the chamber. Barbus was sitting in his throne. He noticed them standing there and so he said,
"Can I help you with something?"
Each of the sisters was holding onto a vial behind their backs. Anastasia was watching all of this from behind nearby door.
"We have another gift for you, Barbus." Paige said.
The three of them threw their potions at Barbus. A cloud of smoke engulfed Barbus, causing him to cough madly. When the smoke cleared, he was still there.
"How come it didn't work?" Piper muttered worriedly to her sisters.
"Good question." Phoebe said.
Barbus stood up, looking furious.
"Who are you?" He demanded.
"We were just kidding!" Paige lied. "We were trying to see if our new leader has a sense of humor" She smiled weakly.
Barbus was angry.
"Take them away!" He said to the guards.
The sisters were grabbed by three guards and thrown into a jail cell.
"Now what do we do?" Piper asked.
Back in the chamber, Anastasia walked over to Barbus.
"Those three that tried to attack you...who are they?" Anastasia asked, already knowing the answer.
"Who do you think it is? It's the Charmed Ones." Barbus replied.
Anastasia ignored his rudeness and then said,
"Well, aren't you going to do anything about them?"
"Don't worry, my dear." Barbus said, standing up from his throne. "Once I am the Source, those three won't me a threat anymore!"
5:00 pm
At the manor, Cole paced around the kitchen as Leo sat at the table.
"So are we just supposed to sit around here and do nothing while the sisters are risking their lives?" Cole said to Leo.
"Cole, they risk their lives almost everyday. They'll be fine. Don't worry." Leo said.
"But what if something goes wrong? Maybe we should go down there..."
"No. It's too dangerous. The sisters would want us to stay here."
"Leo!" Piper called from the jail cell. "Chris!"
"Piper! Are you trying to get us killed? What if Barbus finds out about our disguise?" Paige whispered to Piper.
"Barbus already knows that it's us."
"How do you know?"
"He's not that dumb, Paige."
"So, what should we do?"
"What else?" Phoebe said. "Break out of here. Piper, blow up the cell bars."
Piper hesitated but then blew the cell bars out.