A/N: Thank you for the reviews. And, yes, Leo's really dead and Prue will appear later on the story.

Without a trace

When Cole returned to the bedroom he shared with Phoebe, she wasn't there anymore. He didn't pay attention on it. But after an hour, she didn't come back.

Cole looked at his watch. It was three o'clock in the morning. Worried, he looked for her in every corner to the manor. He even looked outside.

And there was no sign of her.

He sat down on a sofa in the leaving room. He had no powers, since that woman throw the power stripping potion at him. He felt helpless, unable to do something to help Phoebe, if she got attacked by a demon.

"Cole? What are you doing?", Paige asked, still feeling groggy.

"Phoebe... She was sleeping when I went to the kitchen, and when I came back, she wasn't there anymore... She disappeared", Cole said sadly. Even without his powers, he could feel that something bad happened to Phoebe.

Paige sighed: "I'll call her cell phone. Maybe...".

"Her cell phone is here, Paige... We need to find her. Use a spell, scry, do something. I know something bad happened to her. I can feel it!".

In that meantime, Piper appeared on the stairs: "What you guys are doing?.

And before Cole could say something, Paige lied to her: "Nothing, sweetie. We're just talking. Do you want to join us?".

"No... I'm go back to sleep..", Piper said.

"It's best not worry her. At least, not now. I don't know how she would react...", Paige put her hands on Cole's shoulder.

Cole nodded. "Let's try to find her".

They went to the attic and Paige tried different magical ways to bring Phoebe back home.

Nothing worked.

"Ok, this is a little creepy...", Paige didn't know what to do anymore. "Nothing worked... What's this supposed to mean?", she looked at Cole and noticed how much scared he was.

He closed his eyes, before answered: "She could be trapped in the Underworld or...".

"Or, what?", Paige asked, even she knew the answer.

"She could be dead!", he completed, clinching his fists.

Paige was breathing heavily. That couldn't be true, first they lost Leo and now Phoebe was missing: "The Underworld is a possibility... Maybe that's why the spells didn't work".

"I could ask some demon to help me...", Cole suggested.

"No way, buddy! You're not a demon anymore, Cole! It's too risky! ", Paige warned him.

"I don't care! I need to do something!", he said, frowning.

"Phoebe wouldn't want it this way... Two days ago, we lost Leo. And now we have no idea where she is. The last thing we need is you causing trouble".

"I want to help...", Cole said, feeling more and more useless.

"I have no doubt about that... But you'll help as human... You're not a demon anymore, you can't expose yourself like this", Paige remarked. "I can try to orb down there... I'm still learning how to use this power, but...".

"And you would expose yourself doing this", Cole rolled his eyes. "Let's go together... I know that place. C'mon, Paige. I can help you... I promise I will behave like the helpless human I am".

"Cole, if you're helpless, I'm a mermaid...", Paige grinned. But later she said seriously: "I know it's hard for you... Look, I can try to orb us out, but... If I sense you're in danger, we'll go back. Do you agree with that?"

Cole nodded. Paige took his hand and closed her eyes. She needed to concentrate. Soon they were in the Underworld: "I did it".

"Shhh... here", he took her arm and they hid behind a rock. They could hear two demons talking:

"The rumors are that the Source vanished...", a big red demon said.

"Do you think the Charmed Ones did it?", a similar demon asked to him.

"Maybe... Damn, Belthazor. He got so close to breaking the power of three... You know the rumors that he fall in love for a witch... I never liked that half-breed", he answered.

"I didn't know that demons also like to gossip...", Paige remarked, as the two demons leaved the place.

"Very funny! Now chant the spell you used before. If she's here, it would work", Cole said to her.

Paige nodded and chanted "To call a lost sister" spell.

But nothing happened. "It didn't work", she said with fear in her voice. If Phoebe was there, the spell certainly would work.

Cole gasped: "Try another spell".

And Paige did as he told her.

Nothing.

They were in silence, understanding the meaning of that. "We need to go back to the manor...", Paige finally found the strength to say something.

"Maybe we should try...", Cole started to said something, but the youngest Charmed One interrupted him:

"She's not here, Cole. It's time to go back", she said, with pain in her eyes.

Cole closed his eyes and took her hand. They orbed out back to the manor.

In her chambers, the Seer smiled as she watched them on her crystal ball. "I knew they would come here after you, my queen. Belthazor is very smart, even without his powers, he knew what to do", she turned to Phoebe, who was still unconscious.

"My potion worked very well, This room is blocked against the witches' magic. The queen would be safe here", the wizard said proudly.

The Seer stroke Phoebe's hair: "Now, they probably think she's dead... And soon she'll think that they abandoned her here...".