Phoebe reached behind her, and grabbed onto Jason's hand as they traversed over towards her sisters. Nothing was stronger than the Power of Three, so if it came to it they could at least spirit him away. "You have our attention...so what do you propose we do about this situation?" Phoebe demanded, squeezing her boyfriend's hand.
"We are not negotiating with evil," her raven haired sister whispered sharply. "you almost got killed last time he tried to help you," she said, pointing a finger at the half demon inside the crystal cage.
"Prue, Piper...if magic is at stake, we may have to make a temporary truce," she snapped back at her. "So what are you suggesting we do about this situation here?" Phoebe asked, placing a free hand on her hip. Before the Source could even begin bargaining what he had wanted to do, three sets of orbs came next to the sisters.
"How about we level the playing field?" Leo questioned; he had ditched his normal earthwear and donned his elder robes. It made Piper's blood boil, and she had really itching to blow something up. She felt her older sister stiffen next to her when she saw the other male whitelighter; Andrew Trudeau. "Let Cole out," he said to the sisters.
"Are you out of your mind Leo?" Piper shot at him, and felt Phoebe slid closer to Jason. The elder gestured towards the young female whitelighter in the room, and she looked at him.
"Paige...just orb it away," Leo demanded. She sighed sadly, and waved a finger at one of the crystals and it orbed a few feet away from Cole. He stepped towards the Source, but still even after all these years, he looked like he didn't belong there. The Source waved his hand at the surrounding shield around Dan and Mel. Piper and Prue walked towards them, and Piper picked Mel up. The raven-haired Halliwell telekinetically lifted Dan from the floor, and onto her shoulder. Once they were over by the sisters, Leo questioned, "What do you propose we do?"
"I'll have Belthazor and Shax-," he started until Prue stepped in.
"We aren't going to work with them," the eldest Halliwell stated. Source just smirked at the threesome, and shook his head.
"Either they work with you, or they can duke it out with you three right now," the Source growled.
"There is no need for threats," Leo said, as Shax stormed in. The Charmed Ones glared at him; he was the reason why that they had lost their innocent years ago. Paige turned towards the three women next to her, and sighed. Leo wasn't handling this situation right at all.
"So do either sides of power doesn't know where this person is at all?" Phoebe asked, "whats the point of this truce then?"
"My top seer will agree to work with you, while your sisters go looking the mortal way. Shax and Belthazor can accompany them,"
"Agreed," Leo said, "Andy, you and Paige will stay with the Charmed Ones," Piper let out a low growl, and he just looked at her. He just didn't have the time to try and make her understand the full plan. "Explain it to them, and orb if there is any problems," Leo and the Source disappeared, and left the Charmed Ones in Shock.
Shax came in a storm of wind, and a seer shimmered in. "We are actually agreeing with this," Phoebe whispered to her sisters.
"Come child, the sooner we get this done, the sooner we can get back to normal," the seer snapped irritably. She gestured towards the clairvoyant Halliwell.
"You can just as easily perform your magic here than in the Underworld," Paige stated, just as Phoebe was about to walk over to her. "I think I'll stay here and watch over the seers, Andy go with Piper and Prue with the demons,"
"Fine..." Phoebe said, glad for once to have a magical out just in case things went wrong. "Jason...you should go back to the apartment," she whispered to him. He immediately shook his head, he didn't want to back down. "Jason I'm serious...there is no way in hell if things get hairy I can vanquish a seer by myself," she whispered, placing a hand on his chest. "I am not going to lose you. Just go home...I'll call you when I get a chance," she promised.
"Phoebe..." Jason whispered, placing his hand on her cheek. "I can't leave,"
"You will leave for your own protection," Phoebe said, trying to gently push him away. He wouldn't budge, and she sighed, "Jason...I love you," she whispered, "I just don't want you to get hurt,"
"Phoebe I know that," he said, "but I'm not going to leave," she sighed, finally letting up.
"If things get any hairier, I will spirit you out," he nodded, and placed his lips against her forehead.
"Before we do anything, heal them," Piper said to the Whitelighters in the room. Paige went over towards Dan and Mel who were slumped on the floor. She put her hands above both bodies, and white light flooded from her open palms. Piper was immediately next to them, and when Mel woke up she was instantly in her mother's arms.
"Mommy?" she murmured, rubbing her face into her shoulder.
"I gotcha baby," she whispered to her daughter, looking as Paige continued to heal Dan. She had no idea how Dan was going to react to being around magic again. She was afraid that he would run out before she had the chance to even attempt to explain. He hadn't taken well to her being a witch at all, and she knew that the outcome would be the same.
"Stay down," Paige said, placing a hand on his shoulder restraining him from getting up.
"Whats going on?" Dan groaned, as the young Whitelighter continued to heal him. "Where's Mel?" he asked, still going against Paige's wishes to try and find her.
"She is fine, just lay still," Paige said, finishing healing him. Piper walked over to them, and bent down next to him.
"Dan...are you ok?" she asked, laying a hand on his shoulder.
"I...I don't know," he asked, "what happened?" he asked, slowly sitting up. The last thing he remembered was picking up Melinda, and getting hit with something. "What's going on?" Dan repeated. Piper whipped a hand and froze the mortal on the spot.
"What am I going to tell him?" she asked, pointing her finger at him.
"How long can you keep him frozen for?" Prue asked, not looking at Andy. "Never mind it doesn't matter, we need to go look for this person," she growled, glaring at the demons in the room. Piper walked towards her and Andy.
"Phoebe...you are going to have to explain it to him when he unfreezes," Piper said.
"Mommy I wanna stay home," Mel said to her mom.
"Mel, sweetie you can't," she responded in a strained voice. She didn't want her daughter to be around any more evil, and at least with Cole she could watch Melinda.
"I can watch her," Jason offered, pulling away from Phoebe.
"Well...ok," she said, placing her down on the ground, "be good for Uncle Jason," she said, as she walked next to Prue and Andy. "Call if you need anything ok Phoebs?"
"I still don't understand why I have to tell him," she complained.
"Because you have already told one mortal!" she snapped as they orbed away. Cole and Shax disappeared moments later following Piper, Prue, and Andy. Phoebe turned around looking towards the seer, and sighed.
"Alright, what do we need to do?" she questioned.
"Come over towards me, and place your hands on top of mine," Phoebe walked to her, and did as she asked. As she did that she felt her own Charmed power hum inside and felt the seer's immense clairvoyant ability as well. Lights exploded from each clairvoyants hands, and Phoebe felt her eyes flutter closed. Jason looked at them and towards Paige.
"Is that normal?" he asked, picking up Melinda.
"I don't know..." she whispered, looking towards the seers. "I don't sense anything wrong with her, but who knows?" she murmured back. She was more focused on the clairvoyant Halliwell; she wasn't sure why they didn't yet know about her existence. She shook her head, and focused on her sister.
Alleyway
Andy sighed as he felt himself, Prue and Piper come back together. He noticed that his one time girlfriend had immediately pulled away. Shax and Cole shimmered moments later, and Piper shot a glare at them. Prue rolled her eyes, "You two are going to stand out like a sore," she said, "can't you at least look like you are somewhat human?" Shax growled, and waved a hand in front of his face, instantly changing his appearance.
"So I don't even understand what the hell we are doing right now," Piper grumbled, "why are we working with those two anyways?" she snapped at Andy.
"You do know we are here still don't you?" Cole grunted, folding his arms across his chest. "The least you can do is at least be a little nice to me considering that I have saved your asses so many times during these past couple years," Shax looked at him, his eyes once again turning back towards their demon form.
"I don't know what the hell you are talking about, and I don't really care either," Prue snapped. "We can easily track without you," Cole just shook his head.
"Prue, you need to focus on completing the task at-," Andy started, but she just glared at him cutting him off instantly. "What the hell did I do?" he growled in her ear. Andy sighed when she didn't answer, and Piper threw her hands out, freezing the area.
"Prue, will you lay off Andy?" she growled, smacking her sister's shoulder.
"What?" Prue said, rubbing her shoulder.
"He hasn't done anything wrong," Piper snapped, "and you are treating him like shit,"
"I am not Piper, I am being professional," she shot back, "and besides, there isn't anyway we can do anything after we are done with doing this," She flipped back her long black hair, and sighed; she wished she could be with Andy again. He was the only one that had wormed his way into her heart.
"Fine whatever, lets just get this over with. I am not comfortable with Mel being at home with that Seer around," Piper unfroze the scene and continued to walk on. Prue looked towards Andy, and frowned. Maybe she should be nice to him; who knows what will happen to him once they complete their task they were assigned.
"You guys go ahead," Prue said, "Andy, can I talk to you for a second?" she asked, gently placing her hand on his arm.
"What is going on?" he questioned, rubbing his neck with his hand. He wasn't so sure how this was going to go, especially since he had felt everything Prue had gone through after his death. He had peeked in on her from time from time. It hurt him just as much as it hurt her; he just wanted to make her pain go away.
"Are you going to be able to stick around after we do this?" Prue asked softly.
"I don't know Prue," he said, lightly placing a hand on her cheek. "I think they wanted to see how well you worked with a whitelighter again," he sighed.
"Those Elders have always been manipulative bastards," she shot, running a hand through her hair. Andy sighed, wishing that he could make her feel better. It used to be so simple, just to pull her in for a hug, and hold her. Screw the Elders, he thought to himself. He placed an hand on her shoulder, and gently pushed her towards his body. She instantly went to him her body buried against his. Even after all these years apart he couldn't help but feel that this was right.
"As much as I love this feeling," he murmured, running a hand through her hair, "we need to focus on the task, but I promise we are going to talk ok?" the eldest Halliwell nodded her head, and once again got her head focused in the game.
"I don't understand why we are even out here," Piper grumbled, mostly to herself since her sister wasn't there to complain to. Well at least she kept Cole away from Phoebe; that would not have been great having him with Phoebe and her current boyfriend. Shax went ahead to look for this person; it didn't really make any sense for them to be just looking around on Earth for this particular being.
"Is...is Phoebe happy with the mortal?" he asked suddenly.
"Belthazor, if you wish to keep your lower parts in tact, I'd suggest not saying anything more about my little sister," Piper growled, tempting to blow him up. The Middle Halliwell let out a sigh, and Cole put a hand on her shoulder. She didn't bother telling him to let go, she flicked her wrist and an explosion hit him fully on the chest. "I am not going to do this," she snapped, "I should be home, with my daughter and telling Dan about us being witches,"
Cole brushed his chest off, and patted the fire off his chest. "Didn't have to do that Piper," he coughed as Prue and Andy came towards them.
"I can't deal with this right now, orb me home," Piper snapped at Andy. He waved his hand at Piper, and she was orbed home.
"Alright lets just get this over with..." Prue trailed off, "Where's Shax?"
"He said he would go off ahead and look-," the half-demon started to say.
"And you let him go?" Prue snapped at him, "god, this is the last time I leave you alone with anything..." she growled at the half-demon.