Chapter 69: The Demon Who Came In From the Cold
At Payson's, Buffy, Prue, Piper and Leo are standing around the bar.
Phoebe walks up to them. "I don't think we're gonna be able to pull this off."
"We have to." Leo says.
Prue nods, "We've been in tighter jams than this before."
"But we're running out of time, I don't think we're gonna make it." Phoebe says.
Buffy shakes her head, "Phoebe, we can do this, okay? I mean, if we just get a quick bite to eat at Red's, we can still make the 9:30 Faithless at the Avalon."
"The foreign film? I thought we were gonna go see a thriller." Leo says.
"No, Leo, I wanna stop thinking about Cole and his demon dodging, not be reminded of it." Phoebe says.
"Piper?" Leo says.
"Leo, it is three votes for Faithless." Buffy says.
"Well, a thriller would be okay." Piper says.
"Okay, wait a second, the vote's two against two?" Prue says.
Phoebe nods, "That's new."
Piper looks to Buffy, "Looks like you're the deciding vote."
Buffy shrugs, "I think I will just abstain."
Cole comes down the stairs.
"Something tells me you're not gonna wanna see either movie now." Leo says.
Phoebe goes over to Cole. "Hey."
Cole smiles, "Hey."
Phoebe hugs him. "I was so worried."
"I know, I'm sorry. I couldn't come back until it was safe." Cole says.
"Is it safe now?" Phoebe says.
"I think so. For the moment." Cole says and Phoebe kisses him and they walk over to Buffy, Prue, Piper and Leo.
"Hey, welcome back." Prue says.
"Thanks. Glad to be back." Cole says.
Piper smiles, "Love to chat but we're late for a movie."
"Wanna go? We could use the tie breaker." Leo says. "Buffy abstained."
"Actually, I was hoping Phoebe and I could catch up, alone." Cole says.
"Works for me. Chao!" Phoebe says smiling as they leave.
"Look at Phoebe and Cole trying to be a normal couple." Piper says.
Leo nods, "You know what that means."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're gonna go see the thriller. As if we don't have enough scary bad guys in our real life." Phoebe says.
Buffy smiles, "Yay. I really didn't want to see a foreign film."
Later back at the Manor Cole and Phoebe walk into the conservatory.
"You know, Cole, there's plenty working against us. I just thought at least I could count on you being honest with me." Phoebe says.
"I am." Cole says.
Phoebe sighs, "Okay, so you just forgot you had a brother?"
Cole shakes his head, "He's not that kind of brother."
"How many kinds of brothers are there?" Phoebe asks.
"It's complicated." Cole says.
Phoebe shakes her head, "You know, I hate that word."
Buffy and Prue flame in as Piper and Leo orb in.
"Alright, we were just about to find out who the real killer is and the pager goes off, so this better be a really good emergency." Prue says.
"Well, I'm the real killer. I just vanquished Cole's brother." Phoebe says.
Buffy blinks, "Whoa, this is so much better than the movie."
"I didn't want him to see me." Cole says.
Phoebe sighs, "And we lost an innocent because of it. Some poor street prophet. He was ranting about the brotherhood."
"Brotherhood? Of the thorn?" Leo asks.
Cole nods, "Yeah. I was a member... am a member."
Piper frowns, "What does that mean? What does he mean?"
"You should have told us." Leo says.
Cole nods, "I've done a lot in the last hundred years, it's gonna take a while to catch you up."
"Okay, so who are they?" Prue asks.
"They're a lead gang, they answer directly to the Source. He selects the members himself. Then they take a blood oath, life long pledge of loyalty." Leo says.
"Oh, that kind of brother." Buffy says.
Cole nods, "All that matters now is that they're surfacing. They must have something big in the works."
"So why kill a crazy old street preacher?" Piper asks.
Cole nods, "Because not all of them are crazy, or human. Some of them are magical sears who can pre-see actual events. But they're loud, dirty, so people ignore them. If you call Inspector Morris, I bet he'll tell you other prophets have been killed too."
"For what? Just by talking about your... this gang?" Phoebe asks.
"The brotherhood can't risk anyone figuring out what they're up to." Cole says.
"Okay, so what are they up to?" Prue asks.
Cole shakes his head, "I have no idea. I'm not exactly a member of good standing anymore."
"The Prophet that I was trying to save was talking about Lockserom." Phoebe says.
"The Internet provider? What, the demons want their own website now?" Buffy asks.
Prue shakes her head, "No, there must be more to it than that. Alright, Phoebe, you check the net, Piper and Buffy, you got the Book of Shadows."
Cole sighs, "Save it. You can't stop the brotherhood with a little research and your kick, freeze, magical move. No offence intended."
"Some taken." Piper says.
Leo shakes his head, "No, he's right. They're way beyond anything you've dealt with before."
Buffy shakes her head, "So we can't just let them go. There's gotta be a way to find out what they're planning."
Cole nods, "There is one way. For me to go back."
"Cole." Phoebe says.
Cole sighs, "If you want to know what they're up to we have no choice."
Phoebe shakes her head, "Okay, but you'll be exposing yourself to the Source. They'll kill you."
"Maybe not. They've probably already surfaced, set up camp in this world. I won't have to go under completely." Cole says.
Prue nods, "It does kind of make sense."
"Well, if course it makes sense to you, Prue, you're always looking for a way to get Cole out of our lives." Phoebe says.
"Phoebe." Piper and Buffy says.
Cole shakes his head, "This isn't about her, Phoebe, it's about me."
"No, it's about us." Phoebe says and leaves the room.
Later Buffy, Prue, Piper and Leo walk down the stairs.
"I'm worried, and not just about Cole but also Phoebe. I mean, sending him back under is like sending an alcoholic to a kegger. It's just setting him up to fall." Piper says.
Leo nods, "I agree."
They walk into the conservatory.
"Alright, this whole voting together thing would be really really cute if it weren't so annoying. I mean, maybe you guys vote should just count as one for now on." Prue says.
Buffy shakes her head, "I bet you wouldn't mind if they were voting with you."
Prue gives Buffy an evil stare.
"I mean, what if we lose him, Prue, you don't want that responsibility, do you?" Leo says.
Prue sighs, "Okay, look, the only votes that count are Phoebe and Cole's, and Cole has already volunteered."
"Well, then maybe Phoebe can talk him out of it." Piper says.
Prue nods, "Right, which is why we need another plan. So you guys work on the Book of Shadows together and I will call Morris and see what he knows."
Phoebe and Cole are in the attic. Phoebe is getting some ingredients together.
"Phoebe, I have to go." Cole says.
Phoebe shakes her head, "Nope, you can't."
Cole sighs, "Phoebe."
"Remember that power stripping potion you asked me for, like an hour ago, and everything was still wonderful? Well, I have an idea, I just need some time." Phoebe says as she stirs some ingredients together using a mortar and pestel.
"Phoebe, I have to go. And I'll need my powers while I'm gone." Cole says.
Phoebe shakes her head, "Why? What are you gonna do?"
"Just blend in. That's it. I won't do anything evil." Cole says.
Phoebe sighs, "Well, let me make sure you can't." She continues to stir the ingredients quickly.
Cole stops her and puts the mortar and pestel down. "I'll be smart, and careful. I'll check in with you every two hours."
"How? They'll track your shimmer." Phoebe says.
Cole shakes his head, "Not if we meet in the mausoleum. That's the second safest place I know."
"What's the safest?" Phoebe asks.
Cole smiles, "With you." Phoebe sighs. "I thought you'd be proud of me."
"Of what? Being suicidal?" Phoebe asks.
Cole shakes his head, "I am coming back. I always have."
Phoebe sighs, "Yeah, how can you be so sure that you're gonna come back this time? Cole, you've been hiding from them for months. And I don't understand, there's a price on your head and now all of a sudden you're willing to expose yourself? For what?"
"For good. You taught me not to walk away and let evil win, to fight the good fight. That's all I wanna do." Cole says.
"They'll kill you." Phoebe says.
"I have a plan, don't worry. This is the right thing to do, Phoebe. You know that, we both do. Mausoleum, two hours, okay?" Cole says and he kisses her hand and shimmers out.)
Later downstairs in the conservatory Piper looks at her watch. "Poor Phoebe, she must be going out of her mind."
Prue shakes her head, "It's only been three hours."
Buffy shakes her head, "Three and a half. Way past the time he said he would check in with her. Maybe I or Leo should go to the mausoleum and see if she's heard from him."
"Well, she said that she would call if she had." Prue says.
"Besides, I think I should stay here till we figure out what the brotherhoods plan is." Leo says.
Piper frowns, "Oh, and now you're voting with her."
"Um, Lockserom, that's what the Prophet said, right?" Prue says as she shows them an article in the newspaper.
"Merger talks between Lockserom and meta satellite faltered over the weekend." Buffy reads.
"Wait a minute, so Cole is risking his life to preserve stock portfolios?" Piper asks.
Prue shakes her head, "No, it's much bigger than that. According to this, if the merger goes through, the world's affirmation flow will wind up in the hands of one company."
"Well, that sounds evil by itself." Buffy says.
Leo shakes his head, "Except for one of the CEO's, Frank Pirelli, is apparently getting cold feet about it."
Prue nods, "Yeah, what do you wanna bet the brotherhood wants this merger to go through so they can take over the company?"
"Which means they're gonna have to somehow force Pirelli to vote for it." Leo says.
Prue, "Yeah, or kill him. It sure would be nice to be able to compare notes with Cole."
"Well, we could if someone would orb or flame to the mausoleum." Piper says.
Buffy sighs, "I'll go." She flames out and into the mausoleum, "Phoebe, anything?"
"I'm sure it's not as easy to break away from there as he thought. He'll show." Phoebe says.
"It's okay to be scared." Buffy says.
Phoebe shakes her head, "No, I'm not scared. Concerned maybe, a little. We shouldn't have let him go."
"We didn't. He choose to." Buffy says.
Phoebe sighs, "I know, and for what? To prove to me that he's good? He doesn't have to prove anything to me." Cole shimmers in. "Cole." She runs over and hugs him. "Are you okay? Did they buy your story?"
"For now, but I gotta get back. They're suspicious enough as it is." Cole says.
"Well, then maybe you shouldn't go back." Phoebe says.
Cole shakes his head, "I want to, to stop them. Look, I don't have much time. All I know is they're after someone who's gonna be at Pier and Pescadero at 8am. But I don't know who."
"We might. Frank Pirelli runs Lexserom but he doesn't want a big merger to happen." Buffy says.
"The brotherhood does. Makes sense, explains why they've taken over investment banking firm." Cole says.
Phoebe shakes her head, "How does it explain that?"
"The best way for evil to get a foot hold in the human world is to take over their businesses. Work from the inside out." Cole says.
Phoebe frowns, "You just learn that, did you?"
Cole shakes his head, "No."
Buffy nods, "So we need to safe guard Pirelli, till the merger vote at 11:00, and the brotherhood loses."
"Yes, but if you intevene, they might think I had something to do with it. You could blow my cover." Cole says.
Buffy shakes her head, "We can't let them kill Pirelli."
"But you can let them kill me?" Cole asks.
"That's not what I said, Cole." Buffy says.
Phoebe shakes her head, "No, no, Cole, look at me. We're gonna find a way to protect you. You'd better get back."
Cole touches Phoebe's face. "Alright. I'm looking forward to seeing you in your cap and gown." He takes the bottle of water Phoebe is holding. "Mind if I borrow this?" He shimmers out.
Later at the Corner of Pier and Pescadero. Tarkin walks up to Cole. "Nervous?"
"Hmm? Me? No, I was just thinking." Cole says.
Tarkin nods, "Been a while since you've seen this kind of action hasn't it? It'll come back to you. It's in our blood."
"Yeah. I know." Cole says.
Tarkin smiles, "Just execute the plan, Belthazor. No confusion, no consequences. It's no more complicated than that, okay?"
On a nearby street Buffy, Prue, Piper, Phoebe and Leo are nearing the intersection.
"Wouldn't it be nice to save the world at a descent hour?" Piper says.
Phoebe nods, "Okay, well, we have to focus here because if we don't pull this off just right, Cole is screwed."
"Well, as long as we wait until the last second, Cole should be fine." Prue says.
"Well, let's just hope that killing Pirelli isn't all they want." Leo says.
Buffy shakes her head, "Well, if it wasn't he would've told me and you, right? I mean, unless you think he's holding something back."
"You know, this is amazing. First Prue can't sacrifice Cole fast enough, and now you can't wait to sell him out as a traitor." Phoebe says.
"She was just asking a question, Phoebe." Leo says.
Phoebe sighs, "That she should know the answer to. We all should. Cole is risking his life for this. The least we can do is trust him."
Back at the intersection Vornac looks at his watch. "Go." A demon gets in his car. Klea appears beside Vornac. "Well?"
"I haven't been able to prove Belthazor's story one way of another." Klea says.
"That's alright. We're about to find out if he's telling the truth or not." Vornac says as he and Klea walk over to Cole and Tarkin. A black limo drives out of a building car park. The demon drives in front of the limo.
The limo driver stops the car, honks his horn and angrily gets out of the car. "I've got it, Mr. Pirelli." He storms over to the demon's car. "What the hell's the matter with you? Move your car now!"
"What are you waiting for? Kill. Or be killed." Vornac says.
Cole moves onto the road. The demon gets out of the car and moves out of the way.
"Hey, where are you going? Where you going, damn it!" Limo driver says.
Cole throws an energy ball at the limo. Buffy, Prue, Piper, Phoebe and Leo come running around the corner and Piper freezes the energy ball in mid-air. They run over to the limo.
"Alright, Leo, go, go, go!" Prue says.
Leo gets in the limo and orbs out with Pirelli. They head back past Cole.
"Maybe we should take Cole with us." Phoebe says.
Buffy shakes her head, "No, he has to look innocent after the fact. He's gotta figure out a way to get out on his own. Come on."
Buffy, Prue and Piper walk away. Phoebe slips a note in Cole's pocket. She touches his face and then runs off. Piper peeks around the corner of a wall and unfreezes everything. The energy ball hits the limo and it blows up. The driver dives to the ground.
"Go get the body." Vornac says.
Klea disappears.
Cole walks back over to Vornac. "What do you want the body for? There won't be much left."
"But even a trace could alert the humans to the switch." Vornac says.
"What switch?" Cole asks.
Vornac changes into Pirelli. He disappears and reappears down the street. A car drives out of the car park. Men get out of the car and help Vornac/Pirelli into it. The car drives off.
"Feels great doesn't it, Belthazor? Welcome home, brother. You've been missed." Tarkin says and shakes Cole's hand. Klea appears. "Where's Pirelli's body?"
"It wasn't there." Klea says.
"What do you mean it wasn't there?" Tarkin asks.
Later back at the Manor, Leo walks in the living room. "Pirelli's in the basement. He's fine. Phoebe's sleeping potion worked perfectly."
"Name my potions, they solve everything." Phoebe says.
Prue turns on the TV.
"Didn't have any problems?" Leo asks.
Piper shakes her head, "No, Phoebe wanted to bring home a souvenir, but otherwise no."
Buffy looks at the TV, "I wonder is the kidnapping made the morning news?"
"What do we do now?" Phoebe asks.
"Well, I don't know, that's up to Cole. He's gotta let us know what the demon's next move..." Prue says as Frank Pirelli shows up on the TV. "…is."
"It's no coincidence that just last night I changed my mind and decided to support this merger. Now someone's trying to kill me. That convinces me I've made the right choice. This merger will happen. Thank you."
"What was that about Cole telling us everything?" Piper asks.
Later Prue and Piper are sitting on the couch. Buffy and Phoebe walks in and sits down.
"If Cole had knew about the switch he would have told us." Phoebe says.
"I have to agree with Phoebe." Buffy says. "I don't think he knew."
"Are you sure? He's back with his brothers now, maybe he's switched too." Piper says.
Phoebe shakes her head, "Come on, why all of a sudden are you off his band wagon? What's changed?"
"The plan blew up in our faces, that's what's changed." Piper says.
"And Cole is responsible for that?" Buffy asks.
Piper sighs, "Buffy, Phoebe, not knowing the switch is a pretty big detail to miss, don't you think? Aside from the whole he originally tried to kill us thing that's coming to mind right about now."
"Okay, but Piper, Cole's done a lot of good since then. We have to give him credit for that." Prue says.
"Thank you." Phoebe says.
Prue smiles.
"Come on, Phoebe, you have to admit you're a little worried about him." Piper says.
Phoebe nods, "About his getting killed, yes, but not about his betraying us."
"I have to agree, his getting killed is more worrisome than his betraying us." Buffy says.
Leo walks in. "Pirelli's still out cold in the basement. How are things up here?"
"Getting colder by the minute." Phoebe says.
"Okay, uh, we need to work on a plan, alright? And we need to be smart because Cole is counting on it. So the merger voting is at 11:00, that gives us two hours to figure out a way to get the demon imposter out of there." Prue says.
Phoebe nods, "Anything we do could point Cole out as their leak. So we have to let him know what we're up to."
"Do we?" Piper asks.
Phoebe nods, "Yeah, he deserved to know that. Let me tell him to get out of there."
"How are you gonna get him to meet you?" Leo asks.
Phoebe smiles, "I slipped him a note at the attack asking him to meet me at the mausoleum. Let me try."
Prue nods, "Okay, be careful and be fast. And take Buffy with you. And if for whatever reason Cole doesn't meet you there, get back here right away, okay, so we can start working on plan B."
Phoebe nods, "Okay." She and Buffy stands up.
"Okay, be safe." Prue says.
Buffy takes Phoebe's hand and flames out.
At the the mausoleum Buffy and Phoebe have been waiting for a while when Cole shimmers in.
"Cole. Oh my god, I've been so..." Phoebe says.
"No, don't. It's too dangerous." Cole says.
"What do you mean? What's the matter?" Buffy asks.
"Just trust me. Where's Pirelli?" Cole says.
Klea appears near by, but only her eyes are visible.
"At the manor, in the basement." Phoebe says.
Cole nods, "So you do have him?"
"Yeah, of course." Buffy says.
"What's your plan?" Cole asks.
"Our plan is to vanquish the demon that took his place, before the merger vote." Phoebe says.
Cole shakes his head, "No, you can't. That will be a huge mistake."
"Why? Cole, you're scaring me." Phoebe says.
"You should be scared. You have no idea who you're up against." Cole says.
"Oh, don't I? Cole, what's happening to you? What aren't you telling me?" Phoebe asks.
Cole nods, "I'm telling you to stay out of this, alright? Don't do anything. Just go back home, wait to hear from me. I mean it." He shimmers out. Klea disappears.
"That was weird," Buffy says as she takes Phoebe's hand and flames out and into the Manor.
"Hey, how did it go?" Prue asks.
"I'm not sure, actually." Phoebe says.
"What does that mean?" Piper asks.
Buffy shakes her head, "It was strange. He was strange."
Phoebe nods, "Almost mean. But he doesn't want us to go after the demon, he wants us to wait here."
"What? Why?" Prue asks.
Buffy shakes her head, "He didn't say. It doesn't make sense, the whole thing doesn't make sense."
Phoebe nods, "I think he's in trouble. Either that or..."
"Or he's turned." Piper says.
Phoebe shakes her head, "No, I don't believe that. There's gotta be a good reason why Cole's doing what he's doing."
Three men appear and one throws an energy ball at the girls. Prue deflects it back with her power and one of the men go up in flames. He disappears. The two remaining men go for the girls. Phoebe kicks one, and Prue uses her power on the other and crashes into the piano. They get up and Piper freezes them.
"Whoa, whoa." Piper says
"How do they know where we live?" Phoebe asks.
"How do you think?" Piper asks.
"Leo!" Prue calls out as Leo runs in with two bottles of potion. He gives them to Prue and Piper.
"What is that?" Buffy asks.
"Demon be-gone." Piper says.
Prue and Piper throw the potion at the demons and vanquishes them.
"You're right, the potion worked." Leo says.
"What potion?" Phoebe asks.
"Okay, that was way too easy. Oh my god, Pirelli, Pirelli." Prue says.
They run down into the basement. Cole and Tarkin have a hold of Pirelli.
"Cole!" Phoebe says.
Cole and Tarkin shimmer out with Pirelli.
"What do you think now?" Piper asks.
Moments later Phoebe is there staring out the window. Buffy, Prue, Piper and Leo walk in.
"Alright, Phoebe, we need to get going. The merger vote is in less than three minutes." Prue says.
Phoebe shakes her head, "Why didn't you tell me you kept some of the potion to kill Cole with?"
"Well, it's a good thing she did, it came in pretty handy." Piper says.
Prue sighs, "Look, Phoebe, I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but the truth is until recently I didn't really trust Cole. I mean, I sort of felt like I had to protect us just in case."
"Just in case what? He tried to kill us?" Buffy asks, shocked that Prue had done that.
"It wouldn't be the first time." Piper says as Phoebe looks away. "Well, it wouldn't. Look, I know you love him, and we all know that he loves you, but sending demons to kidnap our innocent kind of speaks for itself."
"You're right, we never should had let him go under." Leo says.
"I still think this is all part of some plan of his, it has to be." Phoebe says.
Buffy nods, "I have to agree with Phoebe."
"Okay, but right now we need to stick to our plan, which is to vanquish the demon imposter." Prue says.
"Cole said not to, he said it was a huge mistake and I believe him." Phoebe says.
"Okay, but we don't." Piper says.
"Come on, you guys, we really have to get going." Leo says.
Buffy moves over to Phoebe.
Prue sighs and nods. Out of all of them she knows that Buffy understands better than she or Piper what Phoebe is going through. They both love a demon, or in Buffy's case a vampire, "That's three to two, Pheebs, Buffy. You two coming?"
Later in an office building the door flies open and Buffy, Prue, Piper and Phoebe walk in.
"Vote's in, demon guy, you lose." Phoebe says.
A chair swings around and Cole's sitting in it.
"Piper, wait. Cole." Phoebe says.
"Surprised." Cole says.
Prue shakes her head, "What are you doing here? Where's the demon?"
"He sent me instead. It might be a test. I think he's onto us." Cole says.
"On to us? You make it sound like we're working together." Buffy says.
"Aren't we?" Cole asks.
"Hmm, who you kidding? We should vanquish you on the spot. Where's Pirelli?" Piper says.
"He's safe." Cole says and he stands up.
"Cole, where is he?" Phoebe asks.
"Where else would he be?" Cole asks.
"The safest place you know. The mausoleum." Phoebe says.
"Isn't that what we agreed to?" Cole asks.
Buffy shakes her head smiling, "No, unfortunately, it isn't."
Phoebe throws the potion at Cole.
"Phoebe!" Prue says.
Cole starts yelling. He changes into Vornac. Vornac is vanquished.
"But how did you know? Did you know?" Piper asks.
Buffy smiles, "The safest place that Cole knows is with Phoebe. He said so."
Cole shimmers in. They spin around ready to throw the potion. "Easy, easy. I know I'm not very popular right now but let the condemned man have his last words. I had no choice but to play it this way. They were so suspicious of me I had to make everyone especially you believe I was evil. Or I was dead."
"Some of us still think you're evil." Piper says.
"Alright, so why did that demon impersonate you?" Prue asks.
"He didn't trust me. Wanted to find out whose side I was really on. I knew you wouldn't fall for it." Cole says.
"What about Pirelli?" Piper asks.
"I had to make you think I'd actually betrayed you, to give you motivation to kill Vornac and me." Cole says and then looks to Phoebe. "Forgive me."
Phoebe smiles, "I never doubted you." She goes over to him. "Well, maybe just a little."
"I didn't doubt you, either." Buffy says.
Phoebe and Cole kiss. Klea's eyes are watching near by. They then disappear.
"You'd better get Leo to the mausoleum, get Pirelli back here before the merger." Cole says.
"Can't you get Pirelli?" Piper asks.
Cole shakes his head, "No, I have to get back."
"You can't go back now." Phoebe says.
"Just to cover my tracks. I don't want those guys hunting me down." Cole says and he kisses Phoebe. "I'll be out before your graduation party tonight, I promise." He shimmers out.
That evening at Payson's its Phoebe's graduation party. Phoebe hugs someone and then walks off looking worried. Buffy, Prue, Piper and Leo are watching her near by.
"Why can't we ever throw a party or have a wedding or just live our lives without evil screwing it up?" Piper asks.
"She'll start celebrating as soon as Cole shows up." Prue says.
Piper shakes her head, "What if he doesn't?"
Buffy sighs, "What if he can't?"
They walk over to Phoebe.
"Hey. Look, whatever happens, he did the right thing. He helped get Pirelli back in time to cancel the merger, he helped us stop the brotherhood." Prue says.
Piper nods, "He proved he was good."
"Yeah, but at what cost?" Phoebe asks.
"You can't really think of it like that." Buffy says.
Phoebe sighs, "Why not? Shouldn't I get to protect one part of my life and say this magic doesn't screw with, this I get to keep."
Prue nods, "Yes, you should."
"Last night Cole was back and he wanted to strip his powers, and I was graduating. Yesterday everything was perfect, and today it's all fallen apart. Where is he? What happened to him?" Phoebe says.