Leo orbed in, "I might have found a way."
The sisters turned around, he didn't know what they had been about to do.
"How Leo? How can anyone but Cole help us? Help Paige?" Phoebe asked.
"I can help you." A voice said and another man appeared next to Leo. A man wearing a long robe.
"An Elder? Why would you help?" Prue asked.
"He's not just any Elder," Leo said, "He's The Elder. The oldest, everyone listens to him. What he says, goes."
"It was my decision to go after Paige. I hated her for what she is. But over this past month, I can't shake off this feeling of wrongness. It's not her, it's me, all of us who condemned her. It is easy for us to hate her because we don't understand her, but then, we are the Elders, the ones who preserve peace and prosperity in the world. I have seen her pain and it perches me to the heart. I have always done good things, helped others, but now, me, and the rest of the Elders have gone to far, we have crossed the line, we have, in a sense turned evil."
Prue, Piper, and Phoebe stared at the Elder. "So let me ask you something. Do you want to let her go to clean your conscience, or do you not hate her anymore, have you actually changed your mind about her?" Piper asked.
"Well, lets just say the we are willing to let it, um, her, go."
"So, in other words, your letting her go because you feel bad, not because you actually had a change of heart." It was more of a statement than a question, the Elder didn't say anything.
"So you're going to convince the rest of the Elders to release Paige? You imprisoned her and now your just going to let her go?" Prue asked. "Please, I beg of you, tell me the catch." She finished with just a hint of sarcasm.
"Oh, yes the catch, it's really nothing, just if she misuses he power, she comes right back up with us. And, um, the four of you will be getting assigned to go after several very powerful demons over the next month or two." The Elder finished.
Piper put up her hands and the Elder froze. "What should we do?" she asked her sisters and Leo.
"It's better than asking Cole, and even if their not doing it out of love, or whatever, we still get her back. The four of us should be able to take on those demons, I mean, we've fought powerful demons before. I'm in." Phoebe said.
"Me too." Both Piper and Prue said at the same time.
"Are you guys sure? You could get killed going after those demons." Leo said, sounding worried.
"So, what else is knew?" Piper said, she was met with a worried look from Leo. "Oh, come on Leo, it's either this or Cole."
"You're right, sorry, I just don't want anything bad to happen to any of you."
Piper unfroze the Elder, who looked perturbed. "You froze me, didn't you?" He asked Piper.
"I can blow you up too if you don't get Paige right now." She said, raising her hands, "Might be fun."
The Elder left hurriedly, even though he would just reform, getting blown up is not a pleasant experience.