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After a lot of walking, Phoebe and Piper finally found Barbus's office or domain. Luckily for them, they had these hood things to wear over their face or else Barbus would have recognized them. As they went inside the room, which was the one which Paige had in fact been in a few minutes earlier, a chill went up their spines. The whole room was now covered with cobwebs and there was a single torch on all four walls. Then Barbus appeared out of nowhere and said, "What do you want?"
Piper was too scared to answer so Phoebe said, "We were told to come here because the Source wants to see us."
"Ah, yes, he does. Is this your first time going there?"
"Yes," answered Phoebe confidently.
"Then go up these steps," said Barbus. Then he waved his hands and a staircase appeared in the wall. "Whatever you do, do not get on his Majesty's bad side. He is in a very foul mood today." Then Barbus gave them his scary smile and Phoebe pulled Piper up the stairs with her.
"Phoebe, what's the matter with you?" asked Piper after they had gone up the stairs.
"I don't know Piper. I just have a really bad feeling about this. And my feelings are usually never wrong."
Piper rolled her eyes and said, "Ok, then what do you feel?"
"It feels like something bad is going to happen to us. I don't know if it's a new power kicking in or not but I can feel a lot of anger and hate coming from up there or from further down. Barbus did say that the Source was in a bad mood today."
"You've got a point there Pheebs, but even I feel that something bad is going to happen. I don't think that you're getting a new power."
"Damn, I was really hoping that I could get a new one. Premonitions and occasional levitation are fine but, I want something more interesting you know?" said Phoebe as she followed Piper.
"Stop whining. Remember before Paige came, you had that premonition of getting burned? Well you had a cool power in the future. You just have to wait," said Piper stopping to retie her shoes.
"Yeah, but the waiting part always sucks. And I- ahhhhh," screamed Phoebe as she collapsed onto the staircase clutching her head in pain. "Piper, it hurts a lot! So much anger and hate! Make it stop! Make it stop!"
Piper lifted the sobbing Phoebe off of the ground and said, "Maybe you are getting anew power after all. I still feel the same." Then she told Phoebe, "Remember what Leo said to Paige when she was still figuring out how to orb? Just concentrate and focus all your power into one area." Phoebe dropped onto the ground once again and squeezed her eyes shut trying to make all the emotions she was feeling go away.
Finally after a few seconds she looked at Piper and said, "It's a lot better now, thanks." Then she got up and said, "That really worked. I should thank Leo when we get home."
Piper smiled at her sister and said, "Let's keep going Phoebe. We need to send this Source to hell." Then the two of them continued walking up the staircase. After what seemed like hours, the two of them got to the top. The pain in Phoebe's head had gotten worse and worse until tears of pain and hate began coming out of her eyes. "Phoebe, are you ok?"
"I don't know," said Phoebe unsteadily. Then clutching her head once more she said, "My head is screaming and I know that once we get past this door, it'll only get worse."
"We'll be out of there soon. Put the mask on, the Source might recognize us even though we're 20 years younger." The two of them pulled their masks back over their heads and opened the door that they had reached. Inside stood a tall man wearing a black cloak lined with gold on the edges. His back was towards the two sisters. "Phoebe is that..." whispered Piper.
"Yeah that's him," replied Phoebe wincing with pain. "All this emotion is coming from him. I don't understand it. So much emotion shouldn't be coming from one person."
All of a sudden, the Source turned around and said in a cold voice, "You're late. What took so long? You know that I could easily kill the two of you if I was in a mood to use my powers?" Piper and Phoebe didn't reply. They were trying to see what he looked but they couldn't since his face was covered by the cloak. "Well, what are you waiting for? Help me clear my mind! That is what your job is, isn't it?"
Piper unsure of what to do nudged Phoebe who had tears streaming down her face and said, "Sit down then."
Then the Source took the cloak off his face to reveal a very young face. He looked about 21 years old and had dark brown hair with greenish blue eyes, similar to the color that Prue's eyes were. He sat down on his throne and put his face into a very child like sulk and said, "Do you have any idea what I am going through?" Piper shook her head. "My mind is like a tornado. I feel so stuffed with all this anger that I wish I could blow up." As he said this Phoebe sank to the floor and she began sobbing uncontrollably.
"I know...sob...how you feel...sob. So much anger...yet so much pain...that someone could betray you like that," sobbed Phoebe unaware that the Source was staring at her like she was a maniac.
"Yeah, that's right."
Phoebe's sobbing ceased and she said coldly, "You feel like you need to kill the person who's caused you so much pain!"
"That's right also," said the Source beginning to frown at Phoebe. "How did you know that?"
Piper went to pick Phoebe back up because she had fallen down again and said stiffly, "She feels things that other people feel apparently."
"An empath?" he asked. Then he frowned and said, "I only know one empath who can tap into my emotions. You couldn't possibly be her because she'd never be stupid enough to come here but..."
"I'm sorry," said Piper her voice rising. "We'll leave if you want us to."
"Yes Piper," said Phoebe softly. "I need to leave. My head is exploding!," she shouted.
"No! Don't leave!" said the Source. "Take off your masks."
"What?" asked Piper.
"Take off your masks," said the Source rising from his seat. When they didn't take their masks off, he yelled, "Take of your masks damn it!" Then he waved his hands and their masks flew off of their heads. "What the...Aunt Piper? M-Mom?" asked the Source clearly shocked. Then his look of shock turned into a malicious smile and he said, "So nice of you two to visit. I've been waiting for this moment for a long time." Then he raised his hand as if to throw a fire ball at them.
"That's much better," said Phoebe. "This is an emotion that I can handle much better."
"What? You mean you can't control your empathy Mom? This'll be easier than I thought," he said; then before they could react, he threw a fireball right in front of them causing the two of them to fly back wards. Then he appeared above them flying and said, "Well Mom, Aunt Piper, say good bye." Then he threw a ball of hell fire at the two. Piper tried freezing it but she couldn't so it kept coming and coming and coming...
