Chapter 63: Wrestling with Demons
At the Police Station Darryl and Mr. Chang are in a room. Darryl places a cup of coffee on the table.
Mr. Chang shakes his head, "I don't get it. Who'd want to kill me?"
"We're not sure, but our sources believe that your life is in danger. Protective custody-" Darryl says.
Mr. Chang frowns, "Our sources? What is this? Government surveillance, you have people watching me?"
"Mr. Chang, your picture was in the Metro section today." Darryl says.
"Because I planted some trees." Mr. Chang says.
Darryl nods, "Mr. Chang, there were four brutal murders in the last week. Where the only common denominator is the victims picture was in the Metro section the day that they died."
Mr. Chang nods, "The mayor's in Metro today. You guys harassing him?"
"Mr. Chang, I'm trying to help you." Darryl says.
Mr. Chang sighs, "I don't have any money, I don't have any enemies. Why would anyone wanna kill me? This is crazy."
Outside the room Buffy, Prue, Piper and Phoebe are there.
"Alright, what do we do if Darryl can't convince him to lay low?" Prue asks.
"Oh, well, we follow him and if a demon attacks we kick some wiccan ass." Phoebe says.
Piper sighs, "Look who's back and badder than ever."
"And hope we don't need a Slayer. My strength still hasn't fully returned, stupid Watcher's Council." Buffy says. "At least my Charmed powers are working normally again though."
Phoebe smiles, "It feels good to be back. It's the best way to put this whole Cole thing behind me."
"Well, that's quite a turn around." Prue says.
"What do you mean?" Phoebe asks.
Prue smiles, "Well, it's just that, I mean, you know, up until last week you were kinda quiet and not really interested in things demonic, and now..."
Phoebe nods, "I am back. Bad guys beware. Besides being kidnapped kind of puts things in perspective."
"And too bad we don't know who the bad guy is." Buffy says.
Phoebe nods, "Yeah, well, at least we know who his next victim is."
Darryl and Mr. Chang walk out of the room. Darryl goes over to the girls.
"Hey." Prue says.
"Hey." Darryl says.
Prue smiles, "So did you get anything out of him?"
Darryl shakes his head, "Just a migraine. That's about it."
Piper sighs, "So, what, you're just gonna let him go?"
"I don't have a choice. He declined protection. Phoebe, are you sure he's the guy that you saw get attacked in your premonition?" Darryl says.
Phoebe nods, "Oh, yeah, and it happened at night too, so we can't just let him go."
Mr. Chang leaves the station.
Prue nods, "Alright, then we need to split up in teams. First one to see a demon yells vanquish, okay. Come on." Buffy, Prue and Darryl follow Mr. Chang out in the alley. He walks over to his motor bike. "Ugh, innocents and alleys. Don't they ever learn?"
"Yeah, I know. Come on." Darryl says.
Mr. Chang fiddles with something on his bike. A guy comes around the corner and throws a fireball at Mr. Chang. Prue uses her power and moves it away from him. "What the hell?"
Buffy powers up her own fireball and throws it at the demon. It misses the demon but he runs away. She starts to move after the demon when Prue stops her.
"What happened? Why did you let him get away?" Darryl says.
"I know that demon. I dated that demon. Huh." Prue says.
Later back at the Manor Buffy, Phoebe and Darryl are sitting at the table in the conservatory. Buffy and Phoebe are looking through both Book of Shadows. Piper's watering the plants.
"I think they're lost, Piper. Dead." Darryl says.
Piper shakes her head, "No, they're not completely."
"Piper waters plants when she's nervous." Buffy says.
Darryl shakes his head, "There's nothing to be nervous about. Mr. Chang's in protective custody."
"No, it-it's not him. It's the whole 'my boyfriend is a demon' thing. It kind of hits a nerve with all of us, and obviously I'm not that upset because I'm with Leo, who obviously is not..." Piper says.
"Piper also babbles when she's nervous." Phoebe says.
"Much like one of my friends. I swear Piper you could be Will's twin. That's if you had red hair."
Piper shakes her head, "I resent that. I am expressing a valid concern about this continuing issue in our lives."
Prue walks in holding a year book. "What are you babbling about?"
Buffy and Phoebe laughs.
Piper sighs, "You know, if I could freeze the three of you, I would, often."
Prue opens the year book to a picture of the demon. "Alright, so here's the demon that we're looking for, or at least who he used to be. Tom Peters."
"Wait, I didn't know you dated the captain of the college football team. How suburban." Phoebe says.
Prue nods, "Yeah, he was a great guy."
Darryl nods, "I remember Peters. He blew out his knee three weeks into his rookie year. About five, six years ago."
"Leo!" Prue calls out.
"Rumors about gambling debts and that whole scene. He's also a missing persons. It never got closed. He just kind of disappeared." Darryl says.
Buffy nods, "More like went underground."
"I wonder if his mom still lives in town. Leo!" Prue says before she walks out of the room.
"A woman on a mission?" Darryl asks.
Phoebe nods, "Mmm hmm."
"I guess the captain of the football team was a bigger deal than we ever knew." Piper says as she, Buffy, Phoebe and Darryl follow Prue into the kitchen. "Uh, Prue, are you sure we should pursue this?"
"Ask Phoebe. It was her premonition. Alright, where on earth is..." Prue says as Leo orbs in. "Leo, what took you so long?"
"Hi." Leo says and he kisses Piper. "I had... have a situation."
Piper frowns, "Uh-oh, you mean an us situation or a you situation? Oh, don't tell me they've changed their minds about us getting married because if that is the case, then you can just orb me up there right now and..."
"Babbling." Phoebe and Buffy says.
Leo shakes his head, "It has nothing to do with them. It has to do with me. I sorta, kinda, lost the wedding ring."
"Got a great ring guy down town if you need one." Darryl says.
Piper shakes her head, "He doesn't need one, he has a ring. Mom's ring. I gave it to him so he could give it back to meat the perfect romantic moment."
"Wow, Leo, you lost mom's ring. It's a good thing you're dead already." Phoebe says.
Leo sighs, "I had it in my pocket, Piper. All the orbing in and out..."
Piper nods, "Your orbs are grass if you do not find that ring."
"Alright, hi. Before blood is spilled, can I just ask a business question? Is it possible to turn a human into a demon?" Prue says.
Leo shrugs, "Well, there's rumors, stories about demons recruiting humans."
"So join the evil and see the underworld?" Buffy asks.
Leo nods, "Kind of. Apparently the demons go after humans in need and strike your classic Faustian deal, but then the humans are forced into this training academy. A program that destroys their humanity."
"And turns them into demons." Piper says.
Leo nods, "Right, and when the recruits graduate, they have to kill an innocent to seal the demonic conversion permanently."
"It's like gang initiation. You go out and kill the first person that you see and you're in the gang." Darryl says.
"Well, that explains your four random killings. Maybe it's graduation time at the academy." Phoebe says.
"Well, if it is, Tom is one human they're not going to demonize." Prue says.
Buffy shakes her head, "Prue, how do you know we're not too late? I mean, if we didn't get there on time and stop him..."
Prue sighs, "He would have killed an innocent and then it would have been too late, but we did stop him, so now we still have time to save him. Alright, I'm going to talk to Tom's mother, see if she knows anything. Maybe you guys could come up with, like, a spell to find him or something."
Buffy looks to Prue, "Would you like some company?"
Prue nods, "Sure."
Moments later in Prue's car…
"Prue." Buffy says.
"I knew you wanted to talk to me. What is it?" Prue says.
"The other day after the stupid Cruciamentum thing. You said Charmed Ones when referring to you, Piper, Phoebe and me. Instead of saying Charmed Ones and Charmed Slayer." Buffy says.
Prue nods, "As far as I'm concerned Buffy, you are a Charmed One. You are as much my sister as Phoebe and Piper are. So as far as I'm concerned there is no Charmed Slayer. There is a Charmed One who happens to also be a Slayer."
Buffy smiles, "Thanks, Prue. That means a lot."
Later at Tom Peters' place Buffy and Prue are there talking to his mother.
"He was so fast. His coach said he could have run track too, but all Tom cares about is football." Mrs. Peters says.
Prue nods, "I am sorry that we lost touch but, um, what happened after he got hurt?"
Mrs. Peters sighs, "He was depressed. I understood."
"So the stories that we heard about his being in trouble..." Buffy says.
"The gambling rumors? Don't believe a word of it. No one over came to me looking for money and Mr. Kellman would have told me if there was a problem." Mrs. Peters says.
"Mr. Kellman?" Prue asks.
Mrs. Peters nods, "His business manager. He took such good care of Tom, and he was a wonderful help to me after Tom went away."
"Mrs. Peters, what do you think happened?" Buffy asks.
"I think Tom has some things to take care of and he'll be home when he can. I know it in my heart. My son's a good man." Mrs. Peters says.
At the Manor Phoebe and Piper are sitting at a table. Phoebe lights a candle. Piper is holding onto a crystal.
"Guiding spirits I ask your charity, lend me your focus and clarity," Buffy and Prue walks I, "lead me to the one I cannot find, restore that and my peace of mind."
"Hey, what's all this?" Prue asks.
Phoebe blows out the candle. "Oh, we were just looking for Tom. You know, with a little spell that we created."
"You created." Piper says.
"Wow, you came up with the whole ritual that fast?" Buffy asks.
Piper shakes her head, "Actually, not as fast as you would think."
Phoebe kicks Piper under the table.
Prue nods, "Well, thank you. I really appreciate you guys doing this for me."
"She didn't exactly do it for you." Piper says.
Phoebe smiles, "Okay, what did Tom's mother say?"
Buffy sighs, "Poor lady. She talks about him like he's been gone a week as opposed to six years and she actually think he's coming back."
"Based on..." Piper says.
"Faith, and I would like to prove her right." Prue says.
Phoebe nods, "Well, we're doing everything we can."
"Yeah, and you know what? We have saved bad boys before. I mean, what about the priest with the warlock brothers?" Prue says.
Piper nods, "Yeah, but Prue, he wanted to be saved. Can you guarantee that about Tom or any other demon-human mix..."
Phoebe shakes her head, "This is not about Cole, okay? That's a whole other subject."
"One worth discussing." Piper says.
"Are we missing something here?" Buffy asks.
"Yes..." Piper says.
Phoebe nods, "Yes, actually, we are missing Tom and he's someone we should probably continue talking about. So if this spell works and we actually find him, what do we do? Do we vanquish him?"
"Well, I'm hoping that it won't come to that." Prue says.
"Yeah, but what if it does, Prue?" Phoebe asks.
They hear a bang at the door.
"What was that?" Prue asks.
"You changing the subject." Phoebe says.
They go into the foyer and open the front door. Prue picks up the newspaper. "Huh, alright, since when did they start delivering newspapers in the afternoon?"
They flip through the paper and notice all the pictures are missing.
"Since they started taking out all the pictures." Buffy says,
"Wow, it's a pretty cool spell if I do say so myself." Phoebe says.
Piper nods, "Yeah, except what is it telling us?"
Phoebe turns to the Metro section and sees a picture of a woman. "Oh, that. "Claudia Gibson will discuss the mayor's position on Net News Live today at 2:00." Which is ten minutes ago." She goes inside.
"Hmm? Our next innocent?" Piper asks
Prue nods, "As in Tom's next victim."
Phoebe comes out with the car keys. "Keys."
Buffy rolls her eyes, "Sometimes I wonder about Pheebs."
Phoebe rolls her eyes as she, Piper and Prue take Buffy's offered hands and they flame out.
Outside a building Claudia walks towards her car. Tom follows her from behind. Buffy, Prue, Piper and Phoebe walk from around a corner. Tom throws a fireball at Claudia but Piper freezes it before it can hit her. They run over to them.
"Well, we didn't bring a vanquish, but if we throw him into the street that might do the trick." Piper says.
Prue shakes her head, "We are not gonna vanquish him."
"Prue, he almost killed that woman." Phoebe says.
"Prue as much as I want to save him. Their right he maybe too far gone." Buffy says.
Prue shakes her head, "Almost, but didn't." Prue uses her power and the fireball hits a car. "Alright, we need to get him home."
"Wha- our home? You're voluntarily bringing a demon back to our home?" Phoebe asks.
Back at the manor in the attic, Buffy and Prue are looking through both Book of Shadows. Tom is tied to a chair and is struggling to get free. Piper and Phoebe walk in and Piper freezes him.
"Did you find anything yet?" Piper asks.
Buffy shakes her head.
"Not yet." Prue says.
Piper nods, "Well, while we're waiting this would be a good time to discuss something."
The phone rings downstairs.
"Oh, phone. Piper'll get it." Phoebe says.
"Nope. Machine, remember?" Piper says.
"Leo was right." Buffy says.
"About what?" Phoebe asks.
"About the demonic training academy. It's right here in the Book." Buffy says.
"Oh, really? " Phoebe says.
Prue moves over to Buffy's Book, "A brutal training program which destroys humanity and renders the subject demonic. Alright, so if Tom is completely demonic, he'll have a brand on his arm with six chevrons."
Piper pulls up Tom's sleeve and reveals five chevrons. "He's only got five."
Prue smiles, "Good, that means he's not fully converted."
"We better vanquish him while we can." Phoebe says.
"You know, when Cole was the hybrid in question, you were all about saving him." Buffy says.
"Excellent point." Piper says.
Phoebe nods, "Yes, well, I learned from my mistake."
"And which mistake was that?" Piper asks.
"Believing that I could save a demon." Phoebe says.
Prue nods, "Hmm. Well, like I said before, this is different." Tom unfreezes. Prue walks over to him. "Tom, look at me. Do you remember me from college?"
Tom throws a fireball.
Buffy throws a fireball and the two collide in mid-air exploding. "Don't try that again. Your not the only one who can throw those things."
"Hmm, does that mean he remembers you or he doesn't?" Piper says as the doorbell rings. "What is going on down there?"
"Why don't you guys go and find out?" Prue says.
"And leave you alone with him?" Phoebe asks.
"I can handle him, it's okay." Prue says.
"I'll stay, guys. We'll be fine." Buffy says.
Piper and Phoebe leave the attic.
"You two don't scare me. I've been trained to deal with witches." Tom says.
Prue shakes her head, "I'd forgotten how proud you were when we knew each other."
"I've forgotten you completely." Tom says.
"You don't want to tell us what happened because you don't want to admit how badly you screwed up." Prue says.
"I didn't." Tom says.
"It's obvious. While you were still human, you were stupid enough to enter into some demonic contract." Prue says.
"I was never human." Tom says.
Buffy shakes her head, "You had to have been. Otherwise, you wouldn't have made it into the academy. Yes, we know about the academy. We know about the chevrons. We also know that you haven't killed your innocent, yet."
"I will." Tom says.
Prue shakes her head, "You'll have to get past me first."
Tom shakes his head, "Kellman'll kill us both if I don't."
"Kellman. Tom, I know who you are, the person that you were, alright, and I know that somewhere in there it still exists. Look, Tom." Prue says and shows him the yearbook. "This is who you are, alright? This is who your mother is waiting for."
"Vanquish me, or I will kill you, witches." Tom says.
Buffy powers up a fireball, "Are you really ready to die? I doubt it."
Prue frowns, "Buffy."
"Just making a point." Buffy says.
Prue nods, "Neither is going to happen, alright? I am going to save you from yourself whether you like it or not." She loosens the ropes with her power. She walks out of the attic.
Buffy frowns, "What the heck, Prue!" She follows Prue downstairs into the kitchen, the room is full of stuff.
"Prue, you want too… whoa." Buffy says.
"Okay, so I think I have an idea of how to... whoa." Prue says.
"My lost and found spell's a little too enthusiastic." Phoebe says.
"We're finding stuff all over the house. It's endless." Piper says.
"I don't mean to sound paranoid, but after all these years I think I've earned that right. How do you know your spell is not gonna find demons that you're already vanquished?" Darryl says.
"Oh, you mean like Belthazor." Piper says.
Prue shakes her head, "Okay, one demon at a time. Did you get anything on Tom?"
"Just a missing persons file." Darryl says and hands Prue the file.
"Alright, anything on a man named Kellman?" Prue asks.
They hear a door close.
"What was that?" Piper asks.
"That would be Tom escaping." Buffy says looking at Prue.
"What?" Phoebe asks.
"That's what I want to know." Buffy says.
"Yeah, I loosened his ropes. I'm hoping to track him down to the demon that turned him, break him, break his hold on Tom. Anything that you can get me on Kellman I'd appreciate, okay?" Prue says.
"Alright, I guess we're going now." Phoebe says.
"Shouldn't we reverse the spell first?" Piper asks.
The girls leave the kitchen. The wind blows through the kitchen and freaks Darryl out.
In a building somewhere in town. Tom is making his way to Kellman's office. Buffy, Prue, Piper and Phoebe are following behind. Tom walks inside his office.
"Alright, you ready?" Prue asks.
"Ready for what?" Phoebe asks.
Prue smiles, "To save him."
Buffy, Prue, Piper and Phoebe walk into Kellman's office. No one's there.)
"Where'd he go?" Buffy asks.
Prue shakes her head, "Doesn't make any sense. If he could vanish, he would have done it before."
"I got a bad feeling about this." Piper says.
"So do I. My spidey sense is going off." Buffy says.
Piper picks up a soccer ball. "This is weird. So Kellman poses as a human and then what? Gives athletes a way out of their problems?"
Phoebe nods, "Yeah, a demonic way out."
"Alright, what about your lost and found spell? Do you think you could rewrite it to find Tom?" Buffy asks.
Phoebe nods, "Maybe. Uh, how about, "Show me the path that I cannot find, to save Tom and restore Prue's peace of mind.""
The elevator appears.
"Oh, whoa." Piper says.
Prue smiles, "Way to go, Pheebs."
"Remind me again why we are doing this." Piper says.
Phoebe smiles, "Because your sisters have a thing for saving bad boys."
Piper frowns, "If I die before I get married, I'm gonna be really mad at the three of you."
Buffy nods, "So will I."
They get on the elevator and it goes down to the underground. The doors open.
"Oh god." Phoebe says.
"Okay, I'd still like to point out that I have a really bad feeling about this."
Buffy nods, "My spidey sense just shot through the roof."
They walk out of the elevator and see the demons wrestling.
"What the...?" Prue asks.
"Oh, no." Phoebe says.
"I'm the man!" A wrestler says as he holds a guy on the mat and a hole opens up beneath him. The guy falls into the flames.
"Next!" Kellman says.
Tom goes in the ring.
"Tom." Prue says as she starts to walk over but Buffy, Phoebe and Piper stop her.)
"Hey, hey, hey, hey!" Piper says.
"Where you going?" Buffy asks.
"Whoa!" Phoebe says.
"Are you nuts?" Piper asks.
Phoebe nods, "Maybe we need to go back up top and rethink this whole thing."
"Oh, well, you know what, Phoebe? That would be such a great plan if Tom weren't seconds away from annihilation." Prue says.
Phoebe sighs, "Okay, so we're supposed to risk our lives to save a demon? Of course, it's okay now that it's your demon, right?"
Buffy nods, "The thing is, isn't it silly for the four of us to sacrifice ourselves for one guy, whatever kind of guy he was?"
Prue sighs, "Alright, what kind of witches would we be if we started playing the odds, if we started picking and choosing our innocents? I mean, this is what we do, isn't it?"
"Then let's do it." Phoebe says.
"Okay." Prue says, smiling.
"But..." Buffy and Piper says.
"Tom!" Prue says.
The men start to run over to them and Piper freezes them all but Kellman, Tom and the wrestler. Kellman makes a ball with three sharp blades sticking out of it hover near Tom.
"Your little parlour tricks may work on some of the newer boys but the rest of us will be a little tougher." Kellman says as he pulls up his sleeve to reveal eight chevrons on his arm. "You girls are way out of your league down here. You have no idea."
Prue nods, "Well, we know that you have a deadline, Mr. Kellman. Time to deliver your recruits?"
"And you think you can stop me, hmm? Think you can save him? I kind of admire that level of arrogance." Kellman says.
Prue smiles, "Thanks. We kind of like to think of it as confidence."
"Well, get over it. He's lost." Kellman says.
"I made a deal. I stand by it." Tom says.
The sharp ball disappears. Tom gets out of the ring and stands next to Kellman.
"Now, you see that? Now, that's what I call a quick recovery, huh? Knocked the humanity right out of him and we got a perfect kill for him too." Kellman says.
Piper shakes her head, "Uh, not if we put him on ice." Piper freezes him. "Kind of hard to make him kill an innocent now, huh?"
"Unfreeze him." Kellman says.
Buffy shakes her head, "I don't think so."
Piper smiles, "Nope."
Kellman walks towards Piper.
"Ah! If anything happens to me, he's gonna stay that way." Piper says.
"Is that true?" Phoebe whispers.
"Yes." Piper whispers.
"You're bluffing." Kellman says.
"Are we?" Buffy asks.
Kellman nods, "I'm listening."
"Alright, how about four witches, one of which happens to be a Slayer, in exchange for Tom's soul?" Prue says.
"Prue!" Phoebe and Buffy says.
Prue nods, "If we win, we get Tom back. If we lose, you get Tom and the four of us. Risk one to gain five."
"You really think you can win in the ring?" Kellman says.
Prue nods, "Well, you know, we don't really have much of a choice. But if we do win, we don't go into the training program. We go free."
Kellman smiles, "Did your homework. Okay, you got a deal. You win, you go free. But if you lose, you die. I can't control what happens in the ring, only the Source can."
Prue nods, "Understood."
Buffy, Prue, Piper and Phoebe move away and take off their coats.
"Hey, you know that bad feeling I was talking about? It's getting stronger." Piper says.
"My spidey sense is not getting any better Prue. On top of that I'm beginning to wig out." Buffy says.
"Alright, you need to stay here and keep Tom frozen, okay? Buffy stay with Piper, keep her safe." Prue says.
"I hate this crappy freezing power!" Piper says.
"Okay, our powers seem to have a limited effect on these guys. So we're gonna have to outmaneuver them." Prue says.
Phoebe nods, "And outsmart them and keep our shoulders off the mat. Piece of cake."
Buffy sighs, "Be careful."
Prue smiles, "Always will. So I guess we're as ready as we're ever gonna be."
"Uh, Buffy, Prue, there's one more thing." Phoebe says.
"Now? Now is your perfect moment?" Piper asks.
"Piper, we might die in there." Phoebe says.
"That doesn't mean you should tell them now." Piper says.
"Okay, tell us what?" Buffy asks.
"Cole is still alive. I never really vanquished him." Phoebe says.
"What?" Buffy and Prue asks.
Kellman frowns, "By the way, since you're witches, I think it's only fair that I even the playing field."
Two very large wrestlers come out.
Wrestler #2 yells, "You look at this face! This is the face of pain and I'm the bringer of pain! And I'm gonna destroy you! You can cry for mercy but I don't know the meaning of the word!"
"Alright, and people think this is entertainment." Prue says.
"Prue..." Phoebe says and touches Prue's arm and she pulls away.
"Ooh!" Prue says.
"Are we okay?" Phoebe says.
Buffy sighs and shakes her head. She looks at Prue. They had no better when it came to Angel. Prue had reluctantly kept her secret till Xander had found out and she had been forced to tell everyone. Phoebe and Piper had been disappointed in her to say the least.
"Not by a long shot. Look, Phoebe, it you waited till now to tell me about Cole in hopes that we would die and you wouldn't have to deal with me, you have another thing coming." Prue says.
"Prue, don't be too hard on Pheebs. It wasn't too long ago both of us were in her position with Angel." Buffy says.
Prue looks at Buffy and glares. She turns and walks away.
"I think that went well." Phoebe says.
Prue and Phoebe go into the ring.
"Alright, I am going to win this fight and save your ass. That way I can kick it myself later." Prue says.
"Hi." Phoebe says.
"Oh boy, oh boy." Piper says.
"Your telling me." Buffy says.
Prue jumps up and kicks both of the wrestlers in the head.
"Wow." Phoebe says.
They all start fighting.
"Okay, oh god, oh god, come on, do something!" Piper says.
"Get angry! Focus! Get motivated!" Buffy says.
"Prue, listen to me. She lied to you big time. Big time lied to you. Come on, get angry! Come on, or else we're in big deep. Phoebe, she thinks you're a weakling, like, big time sucker for love. Oh god!" Piper says.
Kellman puts the sharp ball in Buffy and Piper's back. They fall to the floor. Everyone unfreezes.
"Piper! Buffy!" Prue says.
"Called your bluff." Kellman says.
"Piper! Buffy!" Phoebe says.
The wrestlers continue to beat up Prue and Phoebe.
"Let's go see how mom's doing, shall we? Slammer. Yeah, baby." Kellman says.
One of the wrestlers holds Phoebe down on the mat. The hole starts to open.
"No! Aah, Prue!" Phoebe says as Prue kicks both the wrestlers and helps Phoebe up. "Thank you."
"Alright, we have to save Piper and Buffy." Prue says.
"How do we do that?" Phoebe asks.
"By kicking ass." Prue says as they kick the wrestlers in the head and they fall on the mat. Prue and Phoebe hold the wrestlers down. The hole starts to open. "Alright, 1, 2, 3."
Prue and Phoebe move out of the way and the wrestlers fall down the hole. Prue and Phoebe run over to Piper and Buffy.
"Anyone else want a piece of this?" Prue asks.
The demons run away.
"Prue, it looks really bad. I don't know if we're gonna make it to Leo." Phoebe says.
"Yeah, we will, come on." Prue says.
Prue drags Buffy to the elevator as Phoebe drags Piper to the elevator.
In Kellman's office Leo's there looking through his stuff. Prue and Phoebe carry Buffy and Piper out of the elevator.
"Leo!" Phoebe says.
"What happened?" Leo asks running over to them.
"Hurry! I think Piper's stopped breathing." Prue says as they lay Piper and Buffy on the ground and Leo pulls out the sharp ball out of both Piper and Buffy. He starts to heal Piper.
"It's working." Leo says.
"First off, hurry. Second it's not that I'm not thrilled to see you, but what are you doing here, Leo?" Phoebe asks.
"I was looking for you. I thought I'd start with Kellman." Leo says.
Prue nods, "He's the recruiter."
"I figured. The Elders think the key to destroying him is to turn one of his recruits against him." Leo says.
"So first we have to figure out a way to save Tom." Phoebe says.
"Alright, so I'll call Morris, get him to bring Tom's mom to the manor. Then we just have to figure out a way to get Tom there." Prue says.
"Hey, guess what? I found mom's ring." Piper says as she sits up. "Ooh."
Leo and Piper hug. He then moves over to Buffy and begins to heal her.
"Wait, you want them in the same house?" Phoebe asks.
Prue nods, "Yeah, she's gotta be the key to saving him, otherwise why would Kellman want Tom to kill her?"
"Okay, well, maybe I could figure out a way to tweak the lost and found spell again, lure him to the house and after all, Tom's a lost soul, right?"
"She gonna be okay?" Prue asks.
Leo nods, "Yeah, go. I'll take care of Buffy."
"You sure?" Prue asks.
Leo nods, "Yeah."
Piper, Prue and Phoebe walk outside.
A few moments later Leo heals Buffy.
Buffy sits up, "I thought I was done with the dying thing."
Leo shakes his head, "At least this time you didn't die though."
Buffy nods and looks around, "Where is the guys?"
"Manor. You okay to go to them?"
Buffy stands, "A little wobbly but I think so."
Leo nods, "I'll orb you."
At the manor Rasputin is on the couch barking at eerie noises. Darryl and Mrs. Peters walk in.
"What was that? What are those noises?" Mrs. Peters asks.
Darryl shakes his head, "I'm not quite sure."
Piper, Prue and Phoebe come in.
"Thanks for coming, Mrs. Peters." Prue says.
Mrs. Peters shakes her head, "But I don't understand."
"You will soon. Any sign of Kellman?" Prue says.
Darryl shakes his head, "No, but there are plenty of other signs."
"Uh-oh, seems like some lost souls were found." Phoebe says.
Piper nods, "Yeah, we need to reverse this spell quick."
"Where's Tom?" Mrs. Peters asks just as Kellman and Tom walk in. "Tom!"
Darryl stops Mrs. Peters from going over to him. "No!"
"How did you..." Kellman says.
"'Cause we're not done with you yet." Prue says.
"I told you it was too late to save Tom. But thank you for leading us to the victim. Kill her, Tom." Kellman says.
Tom throws a fireball at his mother. Darryl pushes her out of the way.
Prue uses her power on Kellman. "Listen to me. Look at your mother. Remember what it felt like to be human. Remember what it feels like to be loved."
Kellman makes the sharp ball appear near Mrs. Peters' neck. The lost souls fly around the room.
"Prue, we're about to have other problems from other worlds." Phoebe says.
"Tom? Help me!" Mrs. Peters says.
Kellman frowns, "Kill her, damn it."
Tom goes over and grabs onto the ball. He hesitates and then throws it at Kelllman. The lost souls fly around him.
"What the hell is happening?" Piper asks.
"I think there are some lost souls welcoming a new friend. Get rid of them." Prue says.
"I return what I didn't want to find, let it be out of sight, out of mind." Phoebe chants.
Kellman is vanquished and the souls disappear. Tom's chevrons disappear.
"Mom. Mom, I'm so sorry." Tom says as he hugs Mrs. Peters.
Mrs. Peters smiles, "Oh! Oh, Tommy! It's alright. Everything's alright."
"I guess some guys are worth saving after all." Phoebe says.
Later at the Manor Buffy, Prue, Piper, Phoebe and Leo are there. They are looking at their Patty's ring which is now on Piper's finger.
"Isn't that beautiful?" Piper asks.
Prue smiles, "Yes, and it's right where it belongs. So is Tom, by the way, at home with his mom."
Leo nods, "And I got Rasputin back to the family he was living with."
"So maybe the spell wasn't such a bad thing after all." Buffy says.
Piper shakes her head, "Are you kidding? We're gonna have to hold a huge garage sale every Saturday for like the next three months to get rid of all the stuff that came back here."
Leo nods, "Yeah. Who knows what trouble may be caused if those lost souls had stayed around."
"Okay, okay, I will fix it. You guys go and have a nice dinner." Piper and Leo leave the manor. Prue and Phoebe walk in the living room. Phoebe burns the spell in the fireplace. "So now everything's back to normal."
"What about your hair?" Buffy asks.
Phoebe smiles, "Mmm, I'm tempted to keep it but I don't know, I think the blonde's coming back."
"Is anything else?" Prue asks.
Phoebe shakes her head, "No. You were right about Tom and I was wrong about Cole. I'm sorry."
"And you think that just takes care of it? I'm sorry?" Prue asks.
Buffy shakes her head, "Prue neither of us has the right to judge Phoebe…"
Phoebe shakes her head, "Buffy it's alright. You guys had a good reason not to tell us about Angel. Anyways, obviously an apology doesn't fix it, but I'm not stupid, Prue, I know that I made a bad choice."
"A choice that betrayed us." Prue says.
Phoebe nods, "I didn't do it to betray you, Prue, I did it out of love."
"Right. Love. Love that almost got all of us killed." Prue says.
Buffy shakes her head, "You wanted to save Tom after, I don't know, how many years? Why can't you understand how she felt about Cole? It's exactly how I felt about Angel when he came back."
Prue sighs, "Buffy! Phoebe, what I don't understand is how you could have lied to us. Buffy, Piper and me, a lie, that still poses a threat to all four of us. Even when Buffy and I lied about Angel we knew he didn't pose a threat. If I had thought for a moment Angel even posed a threat you would have seen me on the front lines wanting to vanquish him."
"Where do we go from here?" Phoebe asks.
Prue shakes her head, "I don't know."