Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed. If I did, I would be publishing this and making money from it! This is purely a plot idea in my head and I do not intend to make any money from it.

AN: Okay. So now that I've made the lawyers happy…On with the story!! Please read and review! Lexi (my muse) really lives for getting reviews. I am so very sorry that this took so long to get up, but Real Life intruded! Normally I write 2 chapters a week (1 for this story and 1 for my CSI: NY fic) but over the last 2 weeks, I've only had enough time to write 1 chapter! Sheesh. Hopefully, I can get back to my normal writing schedule!!

Chapter 5.

Plans

When the group got back to the manor, they decided to go into the living room to discuss their options.

"So…" Piper said.

Keahi looked at her. "I'm sorry. If I hadn't come here, then I would not have brought all of you into this madness."

Phoebe sensed her distress and smiled a bit. "Don't worry about it. We're used to the Source trying to destroy us. He's made it his life's work."

Keahi managed to smile a little bit. "That's true. He does seem to really hate you guys." She turned and looked at the entire group. "Let's figure out how to kill him."

The girls nodded and then they made their way to the attic to consult the Book of Shadows.

A few hours later, they were still at a loss in trying to find a way to destroy the Source. Kesia was especially impatient. "Come on! We are eight of the most powerful witches in the world. How can we not find a way to destroy this SOB?"

Piper smiled. "It's not that easy. He has a lot of power to throw at us and we have no idea what to expect."

Kansas snorted. "You got that right. But I think we are missing something. He may have a lot of power, but between all of us…We have so much more. My sisters and I control of the elements. Piper, you have the ability to both blow things up and stop time. Phoebe, you have the wonderful power of premonitions and Paige? You have telekinesis. I really think that we are just over thinking this."

Both Paige and Kim nodded at that. Paige looked down at her watch. "Look. It's getting late. Why don't we sleep on it and look at it with fresh eyes in the morning."

All of the women looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Keahi looked at her sister. "Where are we all going to sleep? I don't think it safe for us to be apart. We're stronger together."

Phoebe and Piper looked at each other. There was a moment of silent communication before Piper nodded. Phoebe looked at the five Daughters. "We have the room here for you to stay."

Kim looked at them. "Are you sure? We don't want to impose."

Paige smiled. "You're not imposing."

The Daughters looked at each other and then agreed. Piper walked down the stairs and went to the linen closet. She called up over her shoulder, "We have a spare bedroom. Three of you guys can bunk with one of us and then the other two can have the spare room."

Quickly, they made their sleeping arrangements. Kesia and Piper were going to share a room, Kim and Paige, Keahi and Phoebe, and Kansas and Kai.

Keahi grabbed her bag and followed Phoebe to her room. She looked around. "I like this. It seems to fit you."

Phoebe smiled. "Yeah. I've lived here for the majority of my life. There was that one time when I moved out. That was before we got our powers, though."

Keahi nodded in understanding. "I understand. I'm the youngest, so I was the last to leave. I almost didn't want to."

Phoebe laughed. "That's the difference between us. I couldn't wait to leave and left as soon as I could."

Keahi smiled. "It's not that. It's just…Before Kronos came to pick me up; I started to get really bad feelings about what would happen when I got to the mortal realm. It seems that my fears were not for nothing."

Phoebe looked at the red head. "I understand. From what I understand, it's possible that you were having a premonition, but with the shields around your mother's fortress were interfering with them."

"I guess that could happen. How do you control your premonitions?"

Phoebe sighed. "Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. When I do control them, I just concentrate really hard and it comes to me."

"I guess I'll have to work on it. It's just like trying to control fire." Keahi began to laugh. "It was the whole joke with the family, that you couldn't have anything flammable around me for a six month period. I couldn't control my power and I kept setting random things on fire."

"That sounds bad."

"The worst part was the time when Kai managed to scare me. I almost burned down the gardens. Luckily, since she controls water, she was able to put the fire out. After that, everyone would make sure to announce that they were coming a good deal in advance."

Phoebe began to laugh. "That brings me to a question. What do your names mean?"

"That's easy. Each of us was named after the element to control. Kesia, earth. Kai, water. Kansas, wind. Kim, metal. Me, fire."

Phoebe nodded as she yawned. "Cool. It's getting late. We'd better go to bed."

Keahi agreed and soon both girls were fast asleep.

The next day, all of the women were up early. Kansas helped Piper cook breakfast while the rest of the women went over the Book of Shadows again.

Kesia was reading some of the spells when she suddenly let out a breath in exasperation. "I don't think that we are going to find what we are looking for in this. As good as these spells are they are not going to come even close to hurting the Source. These are all meant for lower level demons."

Paige nodded. "I see what you're getting at. Let's think about what Gaia showed up. The Source was a demon called Nen. If I remember my Egyptian mythology right; that means that he controlled water. Which would have been why he was so attracted to Aqua. He sensed her power and wanted to control her power."

Kai smiled. "I can see that. So my power would be useless against him. He would know exactly how to counter anything that I can throw at him."

Phoebe nodded. "I agree. But what if we were able to combine our powers, somehow. That would make what we do more unpredictable."

Keahi nodded. "Exactly! He's not going to be expecting us to know that he knows about us. He's expecting to catch us in surprise. I really think that trying to combine our powers is a good idea."

Keahi was interrupted by Piper and Kansas calling to them to breakfast. They decided to bring the two cooks up to speed as they ate. Piper began to get hopeful as she listened to the plan. "I think that it's a good idea. The only question is...whose powers are best combined."

The table became silent as they all pondered that question. Kansas looked at everyone. "Okay. I know for a fact that water and fire cancel each other out, so we can't pair up Keahi and Kai. So we can't pair them up. I think that Kesia's control of the earth and Paige's telekinesis would complement each other."

Kesia and Paige looked at each other. "I think you're right, Kan," Kesia said. "Phoebe and Piper would also make a good team."

Keahi cleared her throat. "I think that Kansas's and my fire would make a volatile combination. That would leave water and metal, Kai and Kim."

Kai nodded. "We've worked together before. I think that it would be the best distribution of power."

Keahi nodded. "Good. Now we just need to train together. We need to get a sense of how each other's powers work. I say we work on that this afternoon and then we can look through the book again tonight. Maybe something will come to mind them.

There was a unanimous decision and quickly to group split into four different teams to began training.

AN: Again. I do really apologize that this took so long for me to write. Between school and my workload more than doubling, I've had precious time to write, much less try to write two stories. I promised myself that before I updated my other story, I would update this one!

lac t-Yeah! A new reviewer! I'm glad that you liked the ending. I hope this is a good place to stop, too. I wasn't happy where I had intially stopped it, so I went back after I had stopped and added the last part. I do agree...There are so many possibilities for where this story is going to go. Thanks!!

bea0001- Another new reviewer! I feel so loved right now. I'm glad you are enjoying it so far. I agree. A lot of the Charmes stories I've read really focus on Wyatt and Chris. I like them, but my favorite part of the series was the early years. I also think that some of the difference comes from the fact that I normally write crime drama. This is out of the norm for me! I hope you like this chapter.

eacstl- Thanks! I'm glad you still like it!

Note to A Forgotten Fairy--I missed your review for this chapter! I hope everything is okay!!

Updated 6/14.07 to correct some grammer and formatting issues. Many thanks to Aphina for betaing this for me!