Wow, it's been almost 2 months since I updated. I am very sorry about that. I had absolutely no idea for the longest time what to write for the next chapter. I made the stupid mistake of starting the story without giving any thought as to what was going to happen in future chapters. Anyways, now I have a pretty good idea so I will try to update when I can. Sorry for the shortness of this chapter by the way.

Thank you to charmed1s-halliwells for reviewing; you are a very kind person.

Disclaimer- I do not own Charmed or any of its characters. They are all owned by Spelling Television.

Back in the real world, after the spat between him and the Elders, Cole had orbed down to the manor. He knew that Leo didn't come down because he was probably getting yelled at by the Elders for bringing such a demon to Elderland.

Cole rolled his eyes then rubbed his head. He was supposed to be the best demon in the Underworld, how could he not be able to tell where the Charmed Ones were? Cole shook his head and sighed. A few seconds later, Leo orbed back down with a frown on his face.

"Sorry about that, Cole," said Leo sitting down on a chair. "The Elders can be real asses sometimes."

"That is an understatement," muttered Cole.

"Anyways, the Elders said that they know that the sisters aren't dead because their death would have caused an upturn of the amount of power in the world."

"Come again?"

"The Charmed Ones are the basis of most of the magic for Good. The Source is the basis for most of the magic for Evil. If the Charmed Ones die, then Evil will have more power over Good. The Elders have this big hourglass in the main hall."

"I saw that," muttered Cole.

"The amount of sand in it represents the distribution of power between good and evil. At the moment, both sides were more or less the same meaning that the Charmed Ones aren't dead and the Source isn't dead."

Cole grinned inwardly at the mention of the Source. "That's good news," he replied. "I mean that the sisters aren't dead."

"Yeah I know and…"

"You ok, Leo?" asked Cole. Leo had just slumped down into the chair like he had fallen asleep.

Leo's eyes snapped open a second later. "That was weird. I sensed the sisters in the house…but they weren't exactly in the house."

"Is that possible?" asked Cole.

"I don't know, it's never happened before."

There was silence then Cole looked at the dining room where the sisters had disappeared and said, "Is it possible that they could be in a parallel universe and be in this house right now in that universe?"

Leo looked thoughtful for a moment and said, "I suppose so, but even still, the Elders would never give us a spell to get to that other universe."

"Not even if you tell them that the Charmed Ones' lives are at stake?"

"Regardless of who it is, their job is to keep the natural balance of the world and sending people to a parallel world increases the imbalance already created by their disappearance."

Cole stood up and said, "Well, seeing that you are a whitelighter, you can't do wrong, can you?"

"What?"

"There's no one to say that I can't though," said Cole more to himself than to Leo. He looked up at Leo and said, "If you don't hear from me within the next 24 hours, assume that I have succeed at what I'm about to do."

"Are you ok?" asked Leo. But he didn't get an answer because Cole had turned into his Belthazar form and shimmered away.

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