"Phoebe," Piper said, watching her little sisters eyes close.

Neither Prue nor Piper paid attention as the man continued to fight with the demon that had taken down the youngest.

"No," Prue said in a voice barely louder than a whisper. "No."

Piper reached forward and checked for Phoebe's pulse. It was faint, but it was still there. "She…she's still alive. She's still alive Prue. Leo!"

Meanwhile, the man fought with the demon. "You hide your true nature and protect them," the demon said. "Don't fight what you really are. Embrace it. Embrace the evil."

"I'm not evil," he said, shooting another energy ball at her.

"Yes, you are, Belthazor," the woman said. "You're as evil as I am, more so even. Don't fight it."

He threw an energy ball at her, but she dodged out of the way.

"Leo!" Piper called again.

Prue was simply staring down at Phoebe in shock. She couldn't have gone through all that just to fail. Finally Leo orbed in and Prue looked up. They made eye contact and Prue knew in an instant that Leo remembered everything. The changes of her trip to the past didn't affect him.

He shot a fleeting glance at Cole and his demon mother and then knelt on the ground. He held his hands over Phoebe and the glow slowly appeared. It took a few moments and the elder Halliwell's waited impatiently, but finally Phoebe's eyes fluttered open.

"Ugh, did anybody get a good look at that truck?" Phoebe asked as Prue helped her sit up.

Prue and Piper smiled with relief. Then they all turned their attention to Cole and his mother, who were still fighting furiously. A fireball flew through the air toward Cole, but Prue used her power to deflect it away from him. The two opponents looked over.

"Piper," Prue said, signalling for Piper to freeze the demon. She did so and they all stood.

"Are you okay, Phoebs?" Piper asked.

"Yeah, I think so," the youngest replied. "Now what the hell is going on? Prue, you said something about going to the past before I blacked out."

"I'll explain later," Prue replied. "We have to vanquish her, and we don't have much time."

"We don't know how to vanquish her," Piper said.

"Are you up to writing a spell, Phoebe?" Prue asked.

"I'll try," she replied. "Uh, demon unknown, no longer shall we see. You are defeated by the Power of Three."

"That's it?" Piper asked sarcastically.

"You try it," Phoebe shot back with a smirk.

The sisters said the spell just as the demon started to break out of Piper's freeze.

Cole watched in awe, the marvel of the Power of Three. He had heard of them, because their ancestors had raised him, but he didn't know they existed yet. Finally his demon mother exploded under the power of the spell and that part of his life could now be closed.

"Well, I suppose I should thank you," he said, turning to the sisters. "I wasn't sure I would ever get to meet the Charmed Ones."

Piper and Phoebe were confused, but Prue and Leo knew Cole had connected the dots.

Phoebe was ready to get some answers. "Okay, could somebody explain what's going on? Like who was that demon? Who's this guy? What does Belthazor have to do with anything? What the hell is going on?"

"Okay, Phoebs, calm down," Prue said. "Let's go back to the Manor. I'll explain everything." They started to walk away, but Cole didn't move. "You coming Cole? I think you deserve an explanation, too."

He didn't know how she knew his name, but he trusted her, if only because she looked familiar to him. He couldn't place her in his memory, but he definitely knew her. So he followed them to the car.

"So I thought that she was vanquished, but turns out she survived somehow," Prue said.

"He's a demon?" Piper asked, pointing to Cole.

"Part demon," Cole replied. "I was raised by your ancestors and taught to use my powers for good…thanks to Prue."

"And you remember everything, Prue?" Phoebe asked, sympathizing that Prue had to suffer through both Piper's and her death's.

"Yeah, I do," Prue said. She looked at Leo, as he offered a smile. "And Leo does too, apparently."

Piper looked up at her husband, offering a sympathetic smile and a squeeze of the hand.

"I still don't understand how a demon can be good?" Phoebe asked.

"Well, remember when you were possessed by the Woogyman, Phoebs?" Prue asked. "It's probably like that. You had to fight the darkness."

Phoebe nodded her head and then made eye contact with Cole. There was something about him that just pulled at her, urging her to want to know more about him. She felt a connection to him.

"So, Cole, you're over a hundred years old?" she asked with a smirk.

He nodded his head with a smile.

"Well, you don't look a day over 80."

Everyone chuckled, and Prue smiled inwardly. She knew that Phoebe and Cole had something that went deeper than what one could see on the surface. Nothing would stop them from being together, ever.

"Okay, one thing I don't get is the whole changing the past thing," Piper said. "When we went back to the past to change it, it wasn't as easy as we thought it was."

"Exactly," Leo said. "Prue wasn't able to change exactly what she had intended. She had intended to vanquish Cole's mother. But the balance of things wouldn't allow that. Sadly, the innocents that Belthazor would have killed and murders he committed in the past hundred years, had he been evil, were committed by her." He smiled at Piper. "Most of the innocents anyway."

"Well, at least three lives were spared," Prue said, referring to Piper, Phoebe and Cole.

"I really do owe you one, Prue," Cole said. "I can't imagine what I would be like if I was evil. How can I repay you?"

Prue smiled mischievously. "Take Phoebe out to dinner," she said.

Phoebe gawked at Prue's less than tactful response. "Prue!"

"What?" Prue said defensively. "Come on, humour me and go."

Piper and Leo just laughed. Phoebe looked over at Cole, who shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm up for it if you are," he said.

Phoebe smiled. "All right," she said. "But not tonight. I'm really tired."

"Okay, tomorrow? Pick you up at six?"

"Sounds good," Phoebe said.

Cole stood and started to head for the door. Phoebe followed him, shooting a look at Prue before leaving the room.

"That wasn't exactly subtle, Prue," Piper said with a smile. "Why'd you tell him to take Phoebe out?"

"Oh, I've just got a feeling about those two," Prue replied.

Leo chuckled and Piper just looked at the two of them, confused. But she knew they wouldn't give her any further information.

"Well, I'm tired," Piper said. She looked up at Leo. "Can you stay tonight?"

"Absolutely," Leo said.

They both stood and Piper hugged Prue. "Thanks, Prue," she said. "I love you."

"Love you, too," Prue replied.

Piper and Leo headed upstairs as Phoebe returned. "Okay, Prue, spill," Phoebe said. She sat on the arm of the chair Prue was sitting in.

"Spill what?" Prue asked, trying to play ignorance.

"Don't give me that. You're trying to hook me and Cole up," Phoebe said, smacking Prue playfully on the arm. "Is there something I should know?"

"Nothing you won't find out soon," Prue said cryptically. She stood and grabbed Phoebe's hand. "You know you're one of my two favourite sisters in the whole world, right?"

Phoebe smiled. "Really?" The two of them hugged. "I love you, Prue. No matter what happens, you'll always be my big sis."

"Don't you ever forget it," Prue said. She pulled away, gave Phoebe a kiss on the forehead and then the two of them went up to their bedrooms, content that they'd be able to face another day as sisters and as the Charmed Ones.