Chapter/Scene 3 - The Underworld; the plot begins to thicken.

"What is it now?" a shadowy figured asked Rhett. "Have you been able to find a weakness to the Charmed Ones?"
"No, sir, it's much bigger than that," he replied.
"Well, get on with it. What have you got for me?"
"Today while I was following the sister Phoebe around... I .. he was there," Rhett stammered over the words, as if in disbelief.
"Who was there? Spit it out already!" The demon growled from the shadows and a fire ball appeared.
"Belthazar! Belthazar was there!"
The fireball vanished. "Belthazar? Impossible! He's been dead for a long time."
"I saw him. The witch, she-she was shocked to see him, as well, but it was most certainly him."
"It's not possible Rabio, this must be just your imagination running away with you again," the demon paused. "I didn't hire you to be scouting innocents that look like Belthazar, I hired you to find and destroy the Charmed Ones, how hard can it be to find one vulnerable point? Now, we'll have no more of this Belthazar nonsense lurking around the Underworld, is that understood!"
"Yes, Lord Haide, it's understood," Rabio replied, irritated.
"Now, how close are you to getting me a weakness from the Charmed Ones?"
"Before Belth- I mean.. that is.. before a human came about I had been rather close to pulling the sister, Phoebe, into my shadow world. She was about to take my hand when the Bel-the human.. interrupted us."
"Are you trying to tell me this 'human' was our old friend Belthazar?"
"Lord Haide, it was Belthazar... I can't explain how it was him, but it was. In his human form," Rabio bowed his head.
"There's more you wish to say. Continue," Lord Haide leaned forward and played with a fireball, tossing it back and forth in his hands.
"I think maybe Belthazar was protecting the witch from being pulled into the Shadow world. Afterall, she was his heart's content before he'd been vanquished, was she not?"
"So this Belthazar might atually be real.. but in what form. He was once the demonic soldier of fortune and had become a greater power.. the Source, from the hallow... and after that.. he was neither Source nor Belthazar but a greater being of evil than even I, and what is he now, if not simply Belthazar or simply a human,"
"Sir?"
"I need you to shadow him for awhile... become close to him, let him know you. It would help if you went undercover at the old firm he use to work at. Afterall, the more demons in the district of court justice, the better. It's a shame that our honorable judge was vanquished some years ago.. you should consider taking his place, if not taking Belthazar's as a court ADA," Lord Haide stood up now. "We can't risk him finding us out before we are done with this mission. It is a retrieval mission, Rabio, I expect no deaths in it. Shadow him, gain his trust, find out exactly who and what he is.. and if he's harmless, go after the witch."
"Yes sir, I'll do that sir," Rabio kneeled down as Lord Haide came up beside him. "What if the witch gets suspicious of my knowing Belthazar?"
"Then pull her into the Shadow world, with, or without, the information on Belthazar's status. You will take the sisters out, or fail and die."
"May I request assitance on this mission, my lord?"
"And who exactly, Rabio, were you planning on using?"
"I was hoping that maybe I could take Absalom with me, his power of transmogrification could come in handy in the face of suspicion, even is his invisibility."
"Absalom..." Lord Haide paused to contemplate allowing his best bounty hunter go. "Granted, but, Rabio.. if he is vanquished, you shall follow."
"Yes, my lord, I understand."
"Very well..." the Lord Haide waved his hand. "Absalom. Come to me."
In shimmered the bounty hunter, Absalom. Athame in his hand and an amulet around his neck. "You called, Lord Haide?"
"Yes. I want you to assist Rabio as best as you can. The mission, my bounty hunter, is a information retrival. I want you to make sure Rabio isn't found out, and yourself either. He will be shadowing a man whom is believed to be Belthazar's human form. It's said that he may be protecting the Charmed witch, Phoebe."
"Belthazar, sir?" Absalom raised an eyebrow in question.
"Yes. But I want no word of this mission, or of Belthazar's living status spread around the Underworld, do I make myself clear?"
"Yes Lord Haide, very clear," he replied.
"Good."
"When do we start?" Absalom turned to Rabio.
"Right now."
Lord Haide backed into the shadows and disappeared. "Summon me again when you have furthered in your mission."