A Half-Breed's Redemption?
By: Dragonstar/ Lunara Dragon

Chapter 10: Instincts and Kidnappings.

Author's Note: Thank you again to Atlan and mad dogg for the continued encouragement and critiques they really do help. Also to everyone who has been reading and adding this story to their alerts etc. Once again I do not own Charmed or any of the original characters they are © to C. M. Burge as well as The WB, Paramount etc. However the original characters of Lillith, Maria, Telane, Asmodai as well as the villains and this story are mine. Thanks again and on to the story ;). Soon I will have a website up to have this story on as well as others and images, profiles, etc .

P3's

It had been a little over two weeks since Prue started training with Telane and she still was not around much. Telane and Maria both had made it clear that for now her training was to come first and she could not visit again until after. This bothered Lillith but she could not quite put her finger on why and so never voiced her concerns yet. She and Cole had volunteered to help Piper set up for the band tonight while they discussed their plans to try and find out more about Lamia.

"So Piper where do you want me to move the tables to?" Cole questioned as he waved his hands to the area. The band that was playing tonight had taken Piper forever to book, it was a band called Crossfade, and with them being so popular it made Piper extra neurotic about the set up. Lillith was busy arranging different types of flowers around on the booths and then grinned. She glanced around to make sure none of Piper's mortal employees were watching as she began to walk up the stairs and waving her hands in short wave like motions, a small glow erupted from her palms and caused vines to wrap along the wall to the left of the staircase and blossomed with moon flowers.

"That's a nice touch. Are you trying to get exposed though?" Piper whispered to Lillith in agitation. Lillith then motioned to Piper's employees who were all busy setting up the stage and were further from the stairs. Piper nodded then and turned around to Cole "If I knew she could do that I would of made her decorate the restaurant to."

Cole laughed in amusement but continued to move the tables in to circular patterns around the dance floor and placed a few closer to the bar. They were busy decorating as they continued to think things through. In the past weeks Lillith and Piper had grown in to being friends as much as Cole and Piper were getting reacquainted and growing closer to. Piper directed Cole to continue moving the tables while she pulled Lillith to behind the bar to talk to her in private and Cole did not take notice.

"I have a question Lillith why is it again that Prue isn't allowed to come and visit while training? Don't get me wrong I am glad and all but something doesn't feel right, you are not telling me something." Piper whispered while pulling a few bottles of water out for her and the other people working. Lillith glanced back to where Cole seemed to be almost happy to be moving all of the tables, but then again it beat being stuck in another plane unable to talk to anyone. She then was pulled back to the conversation and out of her thought by Piper placing a hand on Lillith's shoulder and pinching her.

"Hello I asked you a question." Piper shot at her.

"Sorry and you're right. I don't know why, honestly I can not think of any reason why except that training takes a lot of time but when ever I trained I was never told to stay away from people I knew. Which was not a problem for me but Telane was still allowed to visit with her friends when she was being tested by Asmodai before she was allowed to take on the role as a trainer of future Soul Guardians. But lately…" She paused in her explanation when Cole walked over to the bar and picked up a bottle of water.

"What are you two clucking about now?" He questioned sarcastically before bringing the bottle to his lips and drinking. Piper and Lillith both shot him a glare which in turn caused his temper to rise.

"Sorry guess I am still not completely part of the in crowd. Great my guardian is accepted before I am." He shot back at their looks.

Piper spoke up with a sarcastic grin of her own "No it's just that you aren't a female." She raised her eye brow at his confused look now. Lillith suppressed a laugh before he shook his head and turned to walk back to finishing up his task.

"That was a good one Piper. I can see why you are not asking him about it. If anything is wrong he will blame himself." Lillith whispered again with the worry returning to her face. Then continued with her earlier response "Lately Telane's been distant and nothing like herself. It might just me being worried but I do not feel right about this whole situation. You know?"

Piper nodded slowly and looked back at Cole "He really did do a great job with those tables. Who would of thought my ex brother-in-law could be so helpful." She said trying to ease the tension.

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Maria's Office

Maria Infinitia was busy arguing with Prue Halliwell about her training as Telane had left her there for the time being. Things were being sent flying across the office as the anger rose from the Soul Guardian in training. Maria responded by floating the thrown objects back in to their rightful place.

"I can do this all day Prue. I suggest you sit and stop yelling at me!" Maria shot at her trying to keep her calm demeanor. Prue glared at her new boss with a look of hatred and shook her head with frustration.

"Why can't I see them yet? If I am training why did Telane leave me here? Furthermore why does Cole Turner get a chance to be alive again but you will not give me…" She paused choking back on her words while staring in to the dark blue eyes of Maria. The eyes of the elder woman sent a slight chill up Prue's spine because even her pupils were blue in color. While the outer rim was navy blue, the inner pupil was close to a light blue where it should have been black. Maria glared at Prue letting her anger slip with this new soul in her care.

"Are you jealous of Belthazor? Do you not get it? You lived a successful if not reckless life and were able to move on. He was stuck because he never lived a life of his own free will long enough to fulfill one destiny or another. Literally, he was stuck!" Maria shot at Prue who now let her anger rise again. Before Prue could move to cause another item to be sent flying Maria stood and moved her hand causing a barrier to be placed around the eldest Halliwell.

"Now all you will do is cause your self injury. You will not get a second chance at life or the right to ever visit your sisters and family if you keep fighting with me. Did you ever stop to think anything through before you let your anger get the better of you? No wonder Piper is better at the role as the oldest!" Maria shouted in anger and let her voice echo off of the walls of her office. She kept the barrier in place until Telane would return later.

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Lamia's Lair

Telane crept around the caverns of The Underworld that connected to where the Lamanians were in hide out and the bustle had picked up since her last visit. She glanced around the corner to watch a few demons working with Zanatos, the eldest of the warlock coven that were now assisting Lamia by going above ground and capturing children of white magic. Lamia was on her throne talking to a few of her stronger demons and Telane tried to make out what was being said.

"I want you to bring me an upper level demon and some serpents. Both will be needed for your new brothers and sisters to be born from those pathetic children that the Warlocks have brought us." Lamia reported to those that were standing with her. She glared in the direction of the crying children who had not passed out from her spell yet. Telane glared but forced herself to not get involved and shimmered out before she was caught. Her plan was going to be set in to motion tonight and she could not take the chance of blowing her cover now.

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Halliwell Manor

Leo sat reading the paper while eating lunch enjoying his peace and quiet. The boys were at magic school for the day with Paige and were beginning a few basic lessons. He had the day off because he was not teaching a class this term and smiled to himself. He looked up startled and dropped the paper when a figure shimmered in and he stood to prepare himself to fight.

"Wait don't attack me mortal man!" Telane shot at him as she settled her hazel eyes on Leo Wyatt. She brushed back a few strands of her light blonde hair before smiling at the surroundings of the Manor. "You have a nice home here. But where is your wife?"

"What?" Leo questioned in confusion still not dropping his guard. "Since when do demons coming to attack us compliment me on my home and do not attack first. A demon with manners that is rare. Unless you are a Phoenix…"

"No you were correct the first time I am a demon, well close enough to one. But I am not here to attack you I need to talk to the oldest sister I have news for her about Lamia but I can not get involved." Telane began to explain forcing herself to hide her anger with herself. "Where is she?" She demanded.

"I will tell you that when you tell me who you are!" Leo shot back in a defensive tone. Telane walked closer to him and smiled softly trying to ease his worries.

"Telane. My name is Telane Scylla and I am a friend of Lillith's. I am also the one training Prue. I guess I can tell you because I don't have time for this and you can relay the message to Piper for me. Will that make you feel better?" She responded to Leo who settled down when she said what her name was. Lillith had talked about Telane enough for Leo to take note that they were very close. He nodded his agreement and motioned for her to sit down with him.

"I don't have time to sit but thanks anyway. Tell Piper and the others that Lamia has jumped a head of what we originally thought. She has started kidnapping children of Good Magic whose parents are not strong enough to over power Zanatos. He is the warlock working with her. That is all I was able to find out…" She paused and then decided against continuing any more of her explanation. The last thing Telane needed was for any of the Charmed Ones or their family figuring out her plans. With that she simply shimmered out leaving Leo behind before he could question her.

"Things are getting stranger by the moment." Leo whispered to himself in frustration before standing and walking over to the phone to call Piper's cell phone. He glanced to where Telane had just stood and shook his head again before dialing the right numbers.

"Hello?" Piper answered after a few rings. Leo let out a deep breath and smiled just at the sound of her voice.

"Hey hon. Ummm you may want to finish up at the club, SOON! Lillith's friend just dropped in and the news she gave me to tell you well its not the best." Leo reported to his wife. Piper let out a sigh of frustration before replying that she would have Cole help her with the sound check and then the three of them would return as soon as they could. Leo and Piper then said their I love yous and hung up the phone.

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P3's

Cole was standing in front of the microphone tapping in to it to do a sound check while Piper and Lillith finished setting up the bar. Piper was agitated about being rushed but knew that duty calls and besides looking at the time the boys would be home soon with Paige.

"We need to hurry this up. Cole you do know usually when one does a microphone check they talk in to it to right?" Piper shot at him letting her frustration fill her tone. Cole looked down at her and shrugged.

He then grinned and spoke in to the mic with his response "How am I supposed to know that? I am a lawyer not a sound check. Remember?" She glared at his answer as it boomed out of the speakers around the club. Piper finished setting up while walking over to Lillith and grabbing her arm. The other employees had left until later that night so they could leave via orbing and shimmering. Cole took the hint and shimmered before Lillith could even catch on to what Piper wanted.

"Move it! I'd like to hurry this up. Whatever your friend reported to my husband needs to be taken care of so I can be here tonight if that is possible." Piper said while hitting Lillith on the shoulder to move it. Lillith grinned to Piper in response before orbing them out in a bluish and reddish toned light.

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Halliwell Manor

When the group arrived in the living room Piper let go of Lillith who stared at her. "Ok that will be five bucks. It's cheaper then cab fair you know?" She said trying to joke with Piper to ease her frustration. Piper shot her a look before shaking her head and walking to find Leo who was standing with Paige on the stairs, with Wyatt and Chris walking up to their rooms.

"What's going on?" Cole questioned with concern when he saw the look on Paige's face. Paige glanced at him not realizing that they had arrived and let some hostility ride in her facial expressions. Cole looked at her confused and shook his head, in the past weeks she had warmed up enough to him to not give dirty looks anymore.

"What did I supposedly do now? I wasn't even here, I don't think." Cole shot at her. Lillith stepped closer to him while Piper walked up the stairs to stand next to them and looked down.

"I do not think that look is directed at you Cole. What's wrong Paige? Christ sakes someone tell me something!" She replied her tone still dripping with frustration and now worry.

"Telane told Leo that Lamia is starting to kidnap children of good magic. Leo went straight to the book to see what he could find before I got here. Being kidnapping children so young is what is the matter!" Paige responded. Cole shot her an apologetic look about assuming it was him and she just continued to stare down at them. Lillith shifted towards the stairs and then shook her head.

"How does she know that? I mean Telane never goes on stake outs without back up of some kind. Sorry it just doesn't make sense why didn't she come to us?" Lillith began taking on her own serious tone. The whole time she had known Telane she preferred to be in the Underworld but if it was a stakeout she always asked either Lillith or someone else to go with her. Cole caught the worry in her mannerisms and walked over placing and arm over her shoulder.

"Why don't you and I go find out what we can from Maria. Paige have you looked in the library at your school for anything?" Cole questioned and Paige nodded.

"That's where I am heading now after I go tell Henry to bring the kids over here. This worries me you know?" Paige answered. Cole nodded his understanding and looked to Piper who was still whispering with Leo about what little he had found in the Book of Shadows.

"Hey you. You go do what you do best Piper make some potions out of that serpent blood and think of a plan." Cole added on to his earlier statement and Piper looked down to him now at the bottom of her stairs. She looked at him closely and sighed.

"Yeah great. I have the recipe in my cook book. Oh wait no I don't!" She shot back at him and he glanced back down to Lillith who was still rolling thoughts in her head, he assumed, about something that had to do with Telane. He squeezed her shoulder gently to pull her out of thought and she glanced up at Piper then.

"Sorry yeah actually you do if I understand correctly it is a combination of the potion for upper level demons but add in serpents blood and instead of pig's feet use the shed skin of a python. Lamia is connected to the Serpent and that is why the potions work." Lillith answered half-heartedly as she waved her hand and a small bag appeared with snake skin inside of it. She handed it to Cole who released his hold on her and walked up the stairs placing it in to Piper's hand.

"I do not like this Cole. Not one bit!" Piper responded and he nodded looking to all of them.

"Well none of us do. But we knew it would happen eventually that is why I am here alive in the first place. Isn't it?" He responded with a firm tone. Piper and Paige both nodded and headed to their tasks. Leo followed Piper in to the kitchen while Paige headed to check on her nephews one last time before orbing out.

Cole walked back down the steps and put his hand under Lillith's chin pulling her face up to meet his own gaze. "Hey you ok?" Lillith just shook her head no, she couldn't find the strength to admit for once in her life she wanted to doubt her instincts. He nodded and removed his hand from her chin and intertwined her fingers with his own to shimmer them to Maria's office but first he wanted to talk to a certain Warlock that he knew and see if he was connected to Zanatos in any way.

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Maria's Office

Maria stood outside the door of her office talking with her employee Telane while Prue was still locked in the office. She was training herself on how to astral out of her body and then instead of calling her spirit to her body, do it the opposite way and call her body to her spirit. It was a way of transport and Maria suggested she practice since she could not shimmer, orb, fade or any of the other modes of magical transportation.

"Are you sure of what you saw Telane?" Maria questioned with an angry tone. She was neutral and did not take sides. But when anything involved children either of dark magic or good magic, she got pissed. She looked at Telane who nodded her head.

"You understand I couldn't get involved right? If I did I would blow our plans before they were even put in to motion." Telane responded softly. Maria sighed and pulled Telane in to a motherly hug and ran a hand through the younger girl's hair.

"I know. As much as I hate it to I think we need to bump up our own plans to match with Lamia's." Maria whispered in to Telane's ear who pulled back to stare in to the deep blue eyes of her Elder.

"How? I do not have a child of magic and now apparently that is out the window." Telane answered with a confused tone. She saw the pain now fill Maria's own face as she glanced towards the office door.

"We knew that it might come to this. That is why you convinced Cole Turner to persuade me to bring her back in the first place. I am not stupid Telane, it was not his idea for her to come back like this it was yours. You get that from your father you know." Maria said with a stern voice and returned the mask of no emotions.

Telane just nodded as she opened the office door and walked over to Prue. "Time to go. We have a new mission and I am going to need your help." Telane said to Prue Halliwell in a stern voice. She let her eyes fill with guilt but kept the rest of her mannerisms masked from her new student. Prue did not realize the guilt and shook her head.

"Fine. After this can I see my sisters?" She shot at Telane who shrugged.

"That will not be up to me." She answered honestly before taking Prue's hand and shimmering them out.

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Underworld

Cole was throwing energy balls at the warlock they had gone to confront as he let the anger rise in himself. Lillith just continued to watch and stay silent for the time being. She was turning over thoughts of Telane and what was going on, the Soul Guardian still could not figure out what her instincts were trying to tell her but nothing felt right to her. She glanced as the Warlock deflected another hit by blinking out and trying to come at Cole from behind.

"What do you want Belthazor? I can't tell you what Zanatos is doing" The Warlock yelled in anger. "Besides you are still technically a traitor so maybe you will do for what Zanatos has asked of me." He added. The Warlock was known as Luten to the magical world, and worked under which ever of his Warlock brethren offered him the best rewards. Cole shot another energy ball at Luten before waving his hand and shifting the floor below him causing the warlock to fall.

"What I want is for you to tell me where I can find him! He is kidnapping children and I am not ok with that if you get my drift!" Cole shot angrily in response to Luten. He then glanced at a boulder and summoned it to fly on top of Luten. "Now answer me or I promise I will kill you."

"Fine fine, just call off the rock it is smashing me." Luten pleaded with rage. Cole shook his head no and then summoned a fire ball this time.

"You can find him in the cavern where the lowest of our kind lurk. I don't know why he's down there." Luten finally gave in and told them then added "I swears, I am not connected to him except that he promised me a hefty amount of power if I brought him a child of magic."

Cole glared down him "Wrong answer." He then motioned and the boulder along with Luten went up in flames. Lillith glanced at Cole and caught the anger in his eyes that was now turning to sheer rage. "Well it was the wrong answer. He was willing to kidnap a kid!" he shot at her.

"I didn't say anything! I agree with you." She shot back her own temper rising again. He looked a bit surprised and shrugged.

"I guess I am just used to someone lecturing me about how he told us what we wanted to know or something along those lines." He answered trying to calm himself. Lillith just nodded as she rested her violet eyes on the now burnt floor and the cavern had returned to a near pitch black area with no light from the energy balls or fire. Lillith brought her hand up and called on a small reddish blue light that echoed the colors of her orbing powers.

"What do we do now. Go check out where this Zanatos is, or go check in with Maria and the sisters first?" Cole questioned as he stepped in to the light to see her face and she looked up to him.

"Follow your instincts where do you think we should go?" Lillith responded with a soft tone. Cole looked around the cavern and realized they were already here and something made him feel like investigating Zanatos was the best thing to do first. He once again grabbed Lillith's arm and shimmered them to the location they needed to be.

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Lamia's Lair in the Underworld

The leader of the Lamanians paced around her throne glaring down at them. Zanatos had left to fetch a few more children for the ceremony that was to take place soon. Lamia lifted her hands to light the room with a few torches that were added more recently to the chamber. She smiled as she could taste her first part of victory almost near and then turned to lithely walk down the stares. Her eyes filled with a malicious glee as she looked at the children trapped in her cage.

She saw a figure shimmer in front of her and was caught off guard for a moment the two figures that stood in front of her now were two women one as tall as she was and the other a bit shorter with straight black hair, eyes that now looked furious and were a bright blue. She had pale skin and once Lamia looked the two figures up and down before she raised her hand and summoned a blaze of green fire.

"Now mother, is that any way to treat your daughter when I brought you a peace offering. I thought about what you said and this time I want to help." Telane said with a scathing tone as she glared at Lamia with hatred.

"Why?" Lamia asked with her own anger. She glared at Telane with malice and behind that a look of envy. She then stared at the other figure of Prue who had caught on to where they were and threw the malevolent spirit in to the air.

"Ah this seems more like a pathetic attempt at a peace offering." Lamia shot with more anger at her daughter. Telane let Prue fight for a bit and throw her mother to the ground before Lamia stood and shot the flame at Prue who dodged most of it but burned her shoulder in the process. Telane walked over and grabbed Prue by the arm. She waved a hand in the air and began to summon a barrier around them. She then quickly stepped out of it leaving Prue inside the cage.

Glancing at Prue she quickly whispered "I'm sorry. You'll understand soon I promise." Telane began then spoke up to talk to Lamia "I have brought you something better then a child. I have brought you the oldest Halliwell sister. Now do you believe me?"

Lamia cautiously approached her daughter and marveled at the barrier cage she had put Prue in then glanced back to her daughter, Telane. Prue began using her telekinesis to break the barrier and it caused sparks to fly back in her face. "I see you have finally accepted who you are. You even used your gift as a Soul Guardian and went against Maria. Yes welcome home I am glad to see you are on my side this time." She finally answered with some anger in her tone. Telane just nodded her head.

What the two figures had not noticed were the other two that had shimmered in to an area just behind the entrance. Lillith and Cole were watching the scene as Lillith's eyes filled with rage. She turned back to Cole who looked just as angry that Prue was now caught by Lamia.

"Let's go we may not have found Zanatos but I can't just stand here." Lillith forced herself to say as she summoned an energy ball and amped it up with her orbing lights. Cole placed a hand on her shoulder and pointed to the kids that were locked in a cage and guarded by two demons and a warlock. Lillith looked back at him and nodded.

"I am just as mad as you. But we need to think logically. There are tons of other demons around here and we are not enough to take them all on. Last thing we need is to get our sorry asses killed. I do not want a companion locked in Limbo with me. Besides Piper and her sisters would never forgive us if I left the kids here! Are you in?" Cole said in a stern voice. He then added on "Technically Prue is already dead so they can only injure her unless you think Telane is powerful enough to recycle her soul?"

"No she isn't. Alright I will create a distraction. You can take out the guards and get the kids out of here since you are powerful enough to shimmer you all out. I will orb out as soon as you get out of here." Lillith replied and shook her head with frustration. She defused her energy ball and then orbed in to the other side of the one she thought was her friend, and Lamia. While Cole snuck to the other side of the cavern where the children were locked in a magical crystal cage.

"Lillith what are you doing here?" Telane questioned when she locked eyes with Lillith she saw the anger in her friend's eyes and stepped back shaking her head. "Don't do this!" She added on in a yell with anger of her own. Her own eyes filled with a pleading look and she glanced back to Lamia.

"Enough, you want to prove even more that your loyal to me now. Fight her I do not care that she is your friend." Lamia said then added "If you don't I will."

Telane shook her head but brought up her hand and shot a stream of sludge towards Lillith who orbed out of the way and summoned an energy ball again but when she glanced back she saw the look on Telane's face and could not bring herself to release the energy ball. She instead released it in the direction of Lamia who felt the scorch by surprise but was only mildly hurt. She glared at her daughter and then back to Lillith and released the serpent from her arm as it slithered towards Lillith.

Across the room Cole saw them in battle and took his chance. He waved his hand turning the two demons that were standing guard in to torches before summoning a stream of fire and lighting them. The Warlock blinked in front of the former demon and glared "Belthazor?

Cole looked up "No actually, Cole Turner now." He then grabbed on to the warlock's head and twisted hearing the curdling crunch of the spine being snapped. He then turned to make sure that Lamia and Telane did not hear him, they hadn't but Prue glared through the iridescent walls of her prison at him.

Cole just moved his gaze back to the children and conjured the crystals to shatter. This caught the others' attention and he then looked at the children. "Take each others hands NOW!" He ordered. Telane was the first to react and ran towards him summoning another stream of her sludgy liquid towards him. Lillith reacted quickly as she placed her hand on the ground and summoned a floral wall to block the sludge.

The kids grabbed their hands and then Cole enveloped them as much as he could before shimmering the eight children and himself out of the lair. He then shimmered in to Halliwell Manor with them. Telane turned to see her mother now furious sending a flurry of flames and sparks towards her friend. Lillith didn't have time to react nor did Telane as she took the hit to her shoulder and fell to her knees in pain.

"You Soul Guardian will pay for robbing me of my victory!"

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Halliwell Manor

Piper walked out of the kitchen with the potions when she heard Cole shimmer in but was surprised to find him with a group of children. She glanced at him suspiciously for a moment and shook her head.

"Cole what's going on? Are you suicidal again?" Piper shot at him with frustration. He looked at her confused and glanced around to see Phoebe and Coop had finally come to the manor at the request of Paige who now stood with Henry. Leo was still in the kitchen and the kids all turned to stare at the group Cole had just shimmered in with him.

"What?" He asked her.

"Well seeing as you have a group of kids with you am I to assume you went to Lamia's lair without us?" Piper shot back at him. He shook his head.

"Piper no I just followed a lead to find the main warlock helping them. It lead me to her lair and things went all wrong from there! What did you expect me to do just leave them there?" He shot at her angrily. Piper folded and shook her had.

"No but you could have come and got us first" Piper added on. The man that knelt with the kids now pushed himself to stand and walked over to her.

"No I am here to protect you not the other way around. Besides none of us are ready to face her yet not with what she is capable…" He paused and glanced at the kids then added "I need you to do what the Charmed Ones do best. Save these innocent kids and get them back to their parents but keep an eye on yours to. Piper you are the oldest sister so get at it."

"What? What the hell kind of answer is that?" Piper shot back at him. Time passed and the two argued. Phoebe and Coop walked over to the group and then turned to Paige.

"Go talk to the Elders see what we can find out about who these little ones belong to. Coop do something to ease their fears with your ring." Phoebe spoke softly to her youngest sister and her husband.

"On it. Henry, honey will you take our daughters home. I think this may not be something they need to be involved in yet." Paige questioned to her husband. He stepped forward and kissed her forehead before nodding.

"Come on girls." He said picking up his daughters and winked back at his wife before turning to head out of the Manor. Paige followed suit and orbed out while Phoebe and Coop knelt with the kids. Piper continued to argue with Cole about what was going on but the taller man could not bring himself to tell them yet because he wasn't sure himself what had happened.

"Dammit all. It's taking to long where is she?" He said trying to side track the argument with Piper. Piper now looked up in to his face with a worried expression.

"Who? Tell me you left Lillith down there." Piper said in a stern voice.

Cole nodded "Yeah I needed a distraction to get the kids out and she volunteered. She even protected me from Telane with some floral wall thingy."

"Telane?" Phoebe and Piper now both questioned in unison. Both of there voices held anger because now they were really confused. Cole just motioned for them to wait.

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Lamia's Lair

Lillith forced herself to stand again as she glared up in to the eyes of both Telane and Lamia. She noted how much Lamia's eyes were similar to a snake or serpents and shook her head in frustration. She now had a burn on her shoulder, cuts along her face from being slammed in to the cavern walls, and blood dripping from her mouth.

"Why don't you just kill me already. Let Prue go!" Lillith tried to spit her words out through the blood and rage. She fought back her own tears at the betrayal by Telane and saw her friend looking towards where Prue was captured. Prue had kept trying to fight the barrier when they were attacking Lillith and Telane had put her under a sleeping spell to keep the corporeal soul from injuring herself.

"No. She is already dead and we need her to lure her sisters down here." Telane answered trying to hide the sadness in her voice. Lillith glared even harder as she locked eyes with Telane's hazel gaze.

"This game of verbal exchange is boring me. So if you do not mind finish it!" Lamia yelled in rage to her daughter. Telane nodded and summoned a ball made of the same sludge and shot it towards Lillith. Lillith did not have enough energy left to orb and frankly let her stubborn streak over power herself. She wanted an answer from Telane about why she was doing this.

"Are you so willing to die before you even save his soul?" Telane whispered so only Lillith could hear her. The injured girl's violet eyes filled with worry now as she shook her head no. But she could not force herself to fight her friend either even if it was one who betrayed her.

"Please don't do this Telane." Lillith whispered in response. Telane looked back at Lamia who stood further back from the two now and released the sludge ball in Lillith's general area. The attack however was deflected by a bright fire ball that turned the sludge ball in to a brown colored smoke.

Telane turned to where it had come from and found herself staring at a tall man who wore an expression of pure rage on his face. His green eyes glimmered in the low light of the cavern as he performed his next attack. He summoned a fireball in his left hand and a energy ball in his right. Cole then merged the two by moving his hands in front of him. This new form of his two attacks radiated with a blue fire that was surrounded by electricity he then released it in the direction of Lamia who was knocked off balance and her human like arm caught in the ball as the electricity radiated over it. She cried out in pain and glared down at her arm.

Cole took that moment to rush to his friends side and pulled her to stand before summoning another energy ball to aim at Telane. "No. Please?" Lillith whispered up to him he saw the injuries on her shoulder and face and glanced back to the slumbering Prue.

"Please go! Your attack was powerful but not enough to kill her." Telane whispered in agitation. She looked to Lillith who was to weak to completely stand on her own but refused to actually fight Telane. Cole glared at her and then scooped Lillith into his arms.

"How could you betray her of your own free will. I will come back and next time she will not stop me!" Cole shot at her angrily before shimmering the two of them out and back to the Manor. Telane looked back to her mother who was now feeding on the remainder of the group that stood closest to her to force a rapid healing process. Telane then looked away in disgust and back to Prue.

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Halliwell Manor

Piper was in the process of making peanut butter sandwiches for the children that were their new innocents apparently on top of whipping up dinner for her own two boys and her niece. She carried the tray of food into the living room where Coop and Leo had rearranged all of the furniture and set out different toys for the children in the large make-shift play room until Paige returned. Phoebe saw her sister enter and forced a weak smile.

"These poor little guys. They were so scared and it took forever to calm them down. Yes it did." She said in her childish baby talk voice. Piper met her with a sarcastic grin.

"Pheebs, I am not one of the kids you can knock that off now." Piper quipped in response before placing the tray down and the kids all took one with a ravish hunger. Piper smiled and shook her head. Coop stood and walked over to them.

"I never thought I would say this. But it is a good thing your ex-husband was there Sweetie." Coop forced himself to admit as he peered around at the different aged children all under the age of eight, and then back to Phoebe who nodded her agreement. She turned to see the back of Cole's figure shimmer on to the landing of the stairs.

"Speak of the devil." She responded but then noticed when he turned to face them he was cradling the figure of a badly injured Lillith in his arms and rage as well as worry filled his eyes.

"Phoebe, Piper! Upstairs now!" Cole yelled down and then shimmered out to the attic before any of the kids could see him. Piper looked up at the stairs in worry and Coop motioned for them to go quickly.

"Go, Leo and I can play with the kids and keep them calm. I am a cupid it shouldn't be that hard." He said reassuringly before the two headed towards the stairs. Leo walked in and caught on to Piper's worried expression.

"Coop fill him in. We need to go upstairs apparently." Piper shot at her husband while leading Phoebe up the stairs.

When the two finally reached the attic they saw Cole sitting on the old couch that used to belong to their Grams with Lillith still cradled in his arms, her face was buried in Cole's chest. She seemed to already start healing but it was very slow, Piper just assumed it was from her demonic half and slowly sat down on the other end of the couch.

"Lillith are you still conscious at least?" Piper questioned to the figure. Lillith pulled her face from hiding and looked in to Piper's eyes. Piper now saw Cole was more worried about the fact she was crying then her injuries. "What happened? Honey why are you crying?"

Piper and Phoebe began to listen to the explanation that her friend had betrayed her and was the only real child of Lamia that had survived those centuries ago. Phoebe's face went from anger to worry and it mirrored Piper's confusion. Cole then reported the fight that broke out and that Lillith refused to directly attack Telane because they had pretty much grown up with each other but how Telane did not hesitate to attack her.

"I was ready to kill her. Damn it all! Why did you stop me Lillith?" He said looking down in to her face with anger filling his bluish green eyes again. The Soul Guardian shifted herself in his lap and now felt strong enough to sit between him and Piper. She glanced to Phoebe to see that the middle sister had moved closer to the two of them and Lillith motioned for her to sit as well.

"Finish telling them Cole. TELL THEM and do your job." She shot at him angrily as she forced herself from his grasp and then pulled herself weakly to sit next to him on the arm of the couch. Cole glared at her when she deflected answering his question and looked to the other two.

"I shouldn't have begged for Prue to come back. It was Telane who gave me the idea in the first place, I just assumed she was trying to help me and you all because of her friendship with Lillith. I was wrong and because of me…." He began and then paused looking in to Phoebe's now worried eyes and then locked eyes with the glazed over medium brown gaze of Piper "It's my fault, I already failed. Now Telane and Lamia have Prue locked in a cage." Cole finished before standing from his seat and walking to the Book of Shadows he hesitantly placed a hand on it and was surprised to find it didn't shock him. He began to flip through the pages to keep his gaze away from the two sisters, his back now completely turned towards them. He was surprised to feel a hand placed on his shoulder and even more surprised to find that it belonged to Phoebe.

"No. You did what you had to. Piper was right earlier stating if you tried to fight them it would have been suicide. Lillith is proof enough of that!" She stated cautiously and he could feel the tension in her touch. She was still rigid when close to him but he slowly turned to wait for Piper's reaction. Piper was now staring at the figure of Lillith who had looked away at the last part of his explanation.

"Damn it Cole! I already told you I believe in you what makes you think I blame you. Either of you?" Piper began letting the fury fill her entire body now. She stood and walked to force Lillith to look at her. "How were you to know? You already said yourself that Telane never talked to you about her mother, only her father. Even then you never knew the names of her parents. We will get my sister back with your help."

Lillith looked up in to Piper's eyes now and slowly nodded "Yes I am with you all the way." Piper nodded her finality of the situation and then looked back to Phoebe and Cole before turning back to Lillith.

"They can't kill her right, she's already dead?" Piper questioned with the rage still dripping. Lillith nodded her head yes. Piper then continued "Good as much as this will kill me. We need time to plan things out, I am not the reckless type and if I know they can not really kill her then we do not need to go barging in there. Prue will understand hopefully, if not she will spend eternity just watching us again. Cole take her back to heal up tonight and come back at dawn tomorrow. We need to get those kids back to their parents first. Pheebs you stay up here and see what you can find in the book or call on someone who can help. You, hang in there ok?" She said the last part directed at Lillith who just shrugged. Lillith tried to force herself to stand but stumbled when she began to walk. Piper caught Lillith and shook her head.

Cole quickly walked forward and wrapped his arms around her again while Phoebe began to thumb through the Book of Shadows. Piper looked back and headed back down the stairs to help Leo and Coop with the children.

Cole looked to Phoebe "Does it bother you if we stay here tonight? If I can avoid it I don't want to move Lillith around anymore." Phoebe looked up from the book and quickly shook her head no.

"I think you definitely earned some points, if nothing else is good about tonight that is I guess." She said softly before returning her gaze to the Book of Shadows. She then added on "You know she is a stubborn one."

"You're one to talk. I heard that!" Lillith shot back through a pained tone as she was helped to the couch. Cole shook his head trying to hide his own amusement about what just happened between his Soul Guardian and his ex-wife. He saw the tears still slowly streaming down her face when he realized she had started to think about Telane again and what had happened.

"Cole the reason I didn't let you kill her is because…" Lillith began before pausing with a tone that was flat from emotions. But the tears gave her away as she glanced to Phoebe who would peer in quick intervals between the book and the two sitting on her Grams' couch.

"Shut up will you." Cole responded to her as his temper rose again. He pulled himself on to the couch while wrapping his arms around her and pulling her in to a comforting hug. Lillith gave in and let the tears fall before glaring back up in to his eyes. It was a new feeling for Cole to be comforting someone aside from Phoebe, but it was a different way somehow. Phoebe always needed him at certain times but this was different somehow because Lillith had mentioned a few times her only real friend had been Telane.

"Let me finish you ass." She forced out through the tears and he glanced over when he heard Phoebe let out a small laugh before quieting herself again. He looked back down in to Lillith's angry gaze and she finished her statement forcing the tears to stop "Telane was my friend. She betrayed me when she went against my charge. I will be the one to kill her!"

Cole just stared at her with his own anger but then nodded his head slowly and looked back at Phoebe. She nodded her head as she brought the book over to the couch "I think I found something that might help." She reported quickly.

To Be Continued.

End Note: I know it was really long but everything just came and so here it is. I hope you don't mind and I hope I worked out some of the problems from earlier chapters I agree that Piper definitely fills the role of oldest better then Prue and so tried to show that a little bit in a few of the scenes in the story. But I also wanted to reveal finally who Lamia's daughter was. Also thanks to Atlan for a few ideas, that is what brought about me revealing who Telane was in this manner ;) Also thanks to Mad Dogg for the idea of combining the fireball with the energy ball for Cole to get a new attack. I hope everyone likes it and let me know. Again I am SO SORRY about it being a lot longer. If there is anything you didn't like also let me know J Question is Telane evil or good?

-Lunara