A/N: Ok. I'ver been busyier than crap. So I'm taking this breath of fresh air to post. Loved your reviews and I would aprriecate more. They really brighten my hetic days. This is the second to last chapter. We're wraping up soon.

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The Plan

Chap 8

"And to think that it didn't occur to him that killing is bad! He just thought that he could come waltzing back in here!" Piper ranted.

Phoebe watched concerned. "Sweetie, are you sure you want to do this?"

"Phoebe, it's the one thing that I'm sure about in this mess. I love him,and that will never change. I don't want to kill him, and I never will. But the truth is, is that he killed an innocent. That's it. You were so strong t-to-to…do it when you had to. You could; I can. I'm just following in your footsteps," Piper said as she didn't noticethe gentle tears flowing down her cheeks.

Paige sat quietly. She wouldn't let herself cry anymore. She was sick of it. If any demon even dared to think about killing Kyle, she would've killed them on the spot. Revenge would've been swift and cunning. She knew that deep down inside her all she wanted to do was fight, but the bloodlust quickly ran cold. No matter how much she wanted revenge… it was Leo.He was her brother-in-law.He helped her whenshe had first met the sisters. Heguided herwhen she didn't know what todo. Andhe hadbeen her guinny pig that one time when she tried to vanquish Cole. He was everything this family was about...good.Hell, he was sogood that They made him anElder even!Sure, Leo had jumped off the deep end awhile ago, but they thought he was better now."I can't believe this is all happening," she whispered.

Piper too was lost in her thought of how utterly ridiculous the notion was. She couldn't believe it either. "We're going to save the world this last time, and then I'm done," Piper said simply.

Phoebe and Paige nodded. Fighting and love were complicated when their Wiccan duties came into the mix. It only equaled sorrow, and they couldn't handle any more sorrow.

Cole lost interest and turned the television back on. What Leo proposed was pure madness but so tempting at the same time. All these years Cole had longed to be with Phoebe again. He knew that he had done some pretty despicable things in the past, but deep down he was a good person. Phoebe would never believe that let alone take him back. He knew it, but Leo thought that he could change that. He thought that maybe Cole and Leo could have their loves back and Kyle would have his life back. Cole didn't know how it would work.

As Cole channel surfed, Leo paced. "If I rewind time so far back that it would waste all the surplus power. That way the Avatars wouldn't be able to bring us back."

Leo was on to something that Cole had never tried before, but Cole was still skeptical. He tried to play devil's advocate. "How far back are we talking? Because if you do it wrong, you could screw up a whole hellva lot. Destiny always gets its own way. It's not as easy to change the past as you think. If you do it incorrectly, everything will change."

"We won't screw up. This isn't our destiny. We both know that."

"Okay, so how far back?

"To the last time that they couldn't get either of us."

"So like when the girls defeated the Source?"

"No, like when Prue was alive. But before I can rewind, I need you to change some things in the past."

"Like create an alternate reality because the last time I did that, I got killed."

"We're going to live through this," Leo reassured. "No one else will die because of me." Cole shut off the TV again.

The Halliwell attic operated in a hushed manner. Phoebe was the only one in it. Using Leo's belongings and strong scrying spells, she searched for him.

Piper, Chris, and Wyatt, were in her and Leo's room. Piper loved them all so much. She tried to play with her sons in an attempt to remember the good that Leo once had. Wyatt and Chris would never know all the good he had done. They would just know that Mommy had to vanquish him because he killed an innocent, and killing innocents wasn't the example she wanted to set for her sons. If she had to vanquish Leo for their future, she would.

In Paige's room, Paige lied alone on her bed. She promised herself she wouldn't cry anymore. She lost a person she loved very much. He was the only mortal-no, person, magical or otherwise-that accepted her. He was perfect. If he had just given up on those damn Avatars, he wouldn't have been dead right now, but she also would've never known him. Was it truly better to have loved and lost than not love at all? "Look at Phoebe and Piper," Paige thought. "They had both lost the love of their lives to evil. They both had to vanquish their soul mates." Love wasn't kind to the Halliwell women.

Back in the attic, Phoebe finally found Leo. Something in her recognized the address. For the third time in days, she felt Cole's presence, but for the third time in days she brushed it off. She knocked on Piper's door, "It's time to go, honey." Then she walked down the hall to Paige's room. "Okay, I've scried and now, Paige, you're going to orb us there." Phoebe said delicately to Paige. She walked out of her door where Piper finally met up with them. Paige took both of her sisters' hands and orbed away to the address.

They found themselves in an elevator rising to a penthouse on the top floor. The hair rose on the back of their necks and they felt a weird déjà vu sensation. The door went "Ping!" and opened. Paige surveyed the surroundings. It all felt vaguely familiar until it hit her. "Are we where I think we are?"

"Cole," Phoebe whispered.

"Why would Leo hide here?" Piper said distractedly looking around wondering why she knew it.

"No, Cole." Phoebe pointed.

Cole thought he had heard the elevator. He and Leo stood just by the French doors, right in plain sight. They weren't ready yet. "Shit. Leo now!"

Piper heard Cole call her husband's name, and it became too real. She stood frozen. Leo was an Avatar and he was working with Cole. How long had he been gone? How long had she been making excuses? How long had she been making a fool out of herself?

Phoebe's adrenaline kicked in to gear the moment she saw him. She forced herself to not remember the good. He was evil. "Paige, the potions," she ordered.

Cole telekinetically stole the potion vials. He thanked God that the girls had brought two vials. He would need them later. He shoved them into one of his pockets. "Leo, I said now!"

Leo ignored him. He saw the look on Piper's face. "This will all change soon, I promise." He began to concentrate on his memories. Slowly the past became the present once again.