Author's Note: Three More chapters left for season 4. One BTVS (Pangs - Which was originally a Thanksgiving Episode with a Thanksgiving dinner and modified simply to being a Source/Adam vanquishing feast.) One Angel (I Will Remember You.) And One Charmed (Witch Way Now.) Then it's on to season five starting with A Witch's Tail Pt. 1 and 2. And then Buffy vs. Dracula. "I Will Remember You" has a surprise for Buffy, a surprise that has been done before by other writers.
Chapter 105: Womb Raider
Buffy, Piper, Paige and Leo are sitting at the kitchen table having breakfast. Leo is reading the paper.
"So he asked me out again last night, but he was so quiet during dinner, ugh, I swear I could hear his stomach digesting." Paige says.
"I always preferred quiet men, they make good listeners." Piper says.
"What's that, dear?" Leo asks.
Phoebe walks in.
"Oh, hi, sweetie, come sit, eat." Piper says.
"Oh, no, I can't, that smell." Phoebe says as she sits down and covers her nose.
"It smells good." Leo says.
"Morning sickness, Leo." Buffy says.
"Morning and night. It's more like around the clock sickness." Phoebe says.
"Well, did you at least get a good night sleep?" Piper asks.
"The nightmare came back." Phoebe says.
"With the Seer?" Paige asks.
Phoebe nods, "She wants my baby, I know it. I'm afraid that she's gonna summon me to her at any moment."
"She could only get to you when you chose evil, you're safe now." Leo says.
"I swear to you, the Seer will never lay a finger on your baby." Buffy says.
"Yeah, she'll have to get through us first." Paige says as Piper nods in agreement.
"Thanks, guys." Phoebe says.
"Are you okay?" Piper asks.
"Yeah, you know, pain comes in waves." Phoebe says.
"Honey, you lost your husband, it's okay to be very upset." Buffy says.
"No, I can't, I have to stay strong for the baby. He's all I have left of Cole." Phoebe says.
"I'm gonna go check the Book of Shadows, there might be some magical protection against the Seer." Paige says as she gets up.
"Uh, missy Paige, you need to go to work." Piper says.
"Well, I'll be late, Phoebe doesn't need to be stressed while she's pregnant." Paige says as she leaves the kitchen and Phoebe follows.
Moment later Phoebe walks back into the kitchen. "Oh, whoa." She touches her forehead.
"Another hot flash?" Buffy asks.
Phoebe nods, "Uh-huh, it's when I move too fast."
"Phoebe, that's not really a typical pregnancy symptom I don't think. Maybe it's time we get that baby checked out." Piper says.
"I just haven't had a chance to make..." Phoebe says.
"A doctor's appointment? Well, I have one, it's yours." Piper says.
"Aren't we supposed to find out about the fertility test?" Leo asks.
"Yeah, but, uh, Phoebe needs that appointment more than we do right now." Piper says.
"I have to agree with Piper, Leo. This is something Phoebe should see a doctor for now instead of later." Buffy says.
"How can I go to the doctor when I have a demonically challenged baby? Who knows what effects the Seer's tonics had on the little guy." Phoebe says.
"This is my point exactly, and if it'll make you feel better, I'll go with you so I can put the freeze on if anything goes wrong. You're going. Into the stirrups for you." Piper says.
"I'll go too." Buffy says. "My finals are over as of yesterday anyways."
Later at the Doctor's office Phoebe is laying on a bed, while Buffy and Piper stands beside her. The doctor is looking at her chart.
"Your hormone levels are unusually high for a mother in her eighth week. Have you seen a doctor since you found out you were pregnant?" The doctor says.
"I was under the care of a Seer." Phoebe says.
Piper nods, "It's kind of like a new age doctor."
"Well, you really should've seen a doctor before today, a real doctor." The doctor says.
Phoebe nods, "Do you think that there could possibly be something wrong with my baby?"
"Well, let's just take a peek shall we? Why don't you lie back and I'm gonna do an ultrasound. Now this gel's a little bit cold." The doctor says as he squirts some gel on Phoebe's tummy. The doctor, Buffy and Piper turn away for a second and suddenly flames shoot out of Phoebe's head. She gasps and the flames disappear.
"What? What's wrong?" Buffy asks.
"Hot flash. A very, very hot-hot-hot flash." Phoebe says.
"Not a good sign." The doctor says.
"Well, yeah, she's been getting those a lot lately." Piper says.
"No, not like this one, I mean, it felt like my head was on fire for real." Phoebe says.
"Let's just have a look, okay." The Doctor says as he starts the ultrasound and the baby shows up on the screen. "Oh, there, see?"
"Oh." Phoebe says.
"There's your little..." The doctor says as he suddenly gets electrocuted and he is pushed against the wall.
Buffy goes over and helps him up. "Hi, here you go."
"What-what happened?" The doctor asks.
"That's a good question." Piper says as she freezes him. "What happened?"
"Well, it's about time. My head was on fire like a tiki torch a few seconds ago." Phoebe says.
"What?" Buffy says.
"Do not change the subject. Did your baby just electrocute the nice doctor man?" Piper asks.
Phoebe nods, "Yeah, I think so. But he was just protecting himself because that gel was really cold."
"Protecting himself? Unborn babies don't perform magic tricks in the first trimester, Phoebe." Buffy says.
Phoebe frowns, "What is going on?"
"I don't know but don't panic, okay, we'll wrap up here and we'll go home and panic." Piper says. "Buffy I highly suggest when were done here you flame her straight home."
Back at the manor in the attic Paige has opened to 'The Seer' page in the Book of Shadows. "It says here the Seer has served multiple Sources. Looks like she's been around for thousands of years."
Buffy flames in with Phoebe.
"Hey." Buffy says.
"What's going on?" Leo asks.
"My baby did magic." Phoebe says.
Buffy nods, "And almost killed Piper's doctor. Oh and Piper is driving home we didn't want to take the chance that Phoebe would have another hot flash in the car."
"It was self-defense." Phoebe says.
"Well, I guess that's what you get when you breed with the Source of all evil." Paige says.
"Okay, can we not say breed. You know, I'm not a horse. And Cole wasn't all evil, he was part good, and I'm all good, so this baby has a lot of good in him." Phoebe says.
"What if there's not?" Buffy asks.
Phoebe sighs, "Then there will be. My love was able to save Cole, it'll save our son too."
Buffy nods, "Let's hope so."
"No, we'll make it so. Okay. So what did you find out about the Seer?" Phoebe says as Piper walks through the door.
"Well, she's immune to spells and charms but the book does classify her as an upper level demon." Paige says.
"So we can make a vanquishing potion." Leo says.
"Mm-mm, not without a tissue sample." Piper says as she walks through the attic door.
"Actually, the Seer mixed her own blood into my prenatal tonic." Phoebe says.
"Nasty." Piper says.
Buffy scrunches her nose, "Gross."
Phoebe nods, "Yeah, and Cole kept some extra bottles in the safe at the penthouse."
"You think you're ready to go to the penthouse? You haven't been there, you know, since, since he died." Paige says.
"I don't think I'll ever be ready but I can't keep borrowing your clothes." Phoebe says.
"Okay, let's go." Buffy says.
"Wait, don't you have to work?" Phoebe asks Paige.
"Ah, I'll take the afternoon off, who needs vacation time." Paige says.
"Paige, you can't keep..." Phoebe says.
Paige smiles, "Yes, I can."
"Thank you. Bitch!" Phoebe says as she pushes Paige and she smashes through the window. Darryl is on the pavement heading towards the house and ducks as the glass pours down. As Paige is falling, she orbs out and orbs back in the attic.)
"What the hell was that for!" Paige asks.
"Uh, I don't know, you'd have to ask him." Phoebe says.
"Okay, why did your mommy push Paige out the window?" Buffy asks Phoebe's stomach.
"No, it's not like that. It's just, he took over for a split second, I had no control." Phoebe says.
"But why me? I have nothing against that little f... fetus." Paige says.
"I'm sure he's sorry." Phoebe says. "Aren't you sorry? Kids at this age, they don't know any better, you know."
"Okay, I think I'd better go check with the Elders, see what they know about this baby." Leo says and he orbs out.
"Whatever it is, I'm sure it has something to do with the Seer. Let's go get that blood." Piper says.
They walk down the stairs and Darryl walks up.
"What was that out there? Flying practice?" Darryl asks.
"Baby shoved me out the window." Paige says.
"Wait, hold on a second. I left four messages here, has anybody in this house learned the magic of a telephone?" Darryl asks.
Buffy shakes her head, "Darryl, it's been a very rough week, literally."
"Right. Phoebe, how you holding up?" Darryl asks.
"Uh, depends on what part of the day you ask me." Phoebe says.
"Look, I know you've got a lot to deal with already, but there's some business I don't think can be put off any longer." Darryl says.
"I'm sure it's pressing, but not as pressing as the demon that's after Phoebe." Piper says.
They all walk into the foyer.
"Don't count on it. Cole worked at a high profile law firm. Right now you three are the only ones who know he's dead." Darryl says.
They put on their coats.
"Listen, can this wait, we really need to get to the penthouse." Paige says.
"Good, 'cause that's where I need you to handle this business." Darryl says as they leave.
Later at Phoebe and Cole's old apartment. There is a black stain on the carpet and the windows are still broken. Buffy, Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Darryl exit the elevator.
"It has to look like Cole left in a hurry, that means packing up all of his stuff and personal belongings." Darryl says.
"Are you okay?" Buffy asks Phoebe.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm sorry, so why do you want me to pack up his stuff?" Phoebe asks.
"I, uh, made an appointment for you at missing persons today." Darryl says.
"Wait, you want Phoebe to report Cole as missing?" Paige asks.
"She has to otherwise somebody else will and she'll become the prime suspect in his disappearance." Darryl says.
"So you want me to pack up his stuff so it looks like he left me." Phoebe says.
Darryl nods, "That's right. We cannot give the police any reason to suspect foul play. I mean, technically you four did kill him." He spots the black stein. "What is that?"
"Well, that's where we, you know." Piper says.
Darryl looks around. "This place looks like a crime scene. Is there anything you can do?"
"Let the object of objection become but a dream, as I cause the seen to be unseen." Paige says.
The stain disappears and the room returns to normal.
Phoebe smiles, "Thanks."
Paige moves closer to Phoebe. "I just wish I could make the rest of your pain go away that easily."
"So do I. Murdering witch!" Phoebe says as she hits Paige in the face and Paige is knocked to the floor.
"Phoebe!" Piper and Buffy says.
"The baby made me do it." Phoebe says.
"You know what? Now we split up. Phoebe, Buffy and Darryl go pack, Paige and I'll find the Seer's tonic." Piper says.
"Okay, where is this baby that everybody keeps talking about? Is it an invisible baby? Am I gonna step on it?" Darryl says.
Buffy shakes her head, "No, Darryl, it's a little more complicated than that." She heads into the bedroom with Darryl and Phoebe.
Phoebe moves over to the bed where a huge white teddy bear is. "Cole gave this to me the day he found out I was pregnant."
"Look, I'll start packing his stuff up, okay? And you put your own things together." Darryl says.
Buffy nods, "I'll take the dresser, why don't you get the closet, Pheebs."
Phoebe opens the closet door and a portal opens to the Seer's cave. Phoebe starts to get sucked into it. Darryl and Buffy grabs holds onto Phoebe's legs.
"Piper! Paige!" Darryl says.
"I've been waiting for you." Seer says.
"Get away from me. You can't have him!" Phoebe says.
"I only want what's mine!" Seer says.
"We're losing her!" Buffy says.
Piper and Paige run in and try to pull Phoebe back in.
"Let go of me!" Phoebe says as she grabs the Seer's earring and rips off her earlobe. Buffy, Piper, Paige and Darryl pull her back into the room and the portal closes. Phoebe holds up the earlobe. "Here's your tissue sample."
Back at the Manor in the kitchen Paige is making the potion. Piper picks up a plate of fruit.
"Okay, I'm gonna bring this to Phoebe, you stay here, I don't want you provoking her baby anymore." Piper says.
"Provoking him? Like it's my fault." Paige says.
"Oh, you know what I mean. Piper says as she walks into the dining room where Buffy and Phoebe are sitting. Phoebe is holding earphones to against her tummy. "What are you doing?"
"Shh, I'm playing Mozart for the baby to bring out his peaceful nature. Studies show that babies can hear and remember songs from the womb." Phoebe says.
"Sounds like a load of crock to me. But if it works more power to ya Pheebs." Buffy says.
"How about you eat something since you haven't had anything to eat all day." Piper says.
"No, I've been nauseous all day." Phoebe says.
"You've been a little fresh all day." Buffy says.
Phoebe picks up a piece of watermelon and it changes into a piece of meat. "I'm thinking about trying acupuncture, I hear that helps." She goes to take a bite of the meat.
"Phoebe, don't!" Piper and Buffy says.
Phoebe drops the meat. "Aw, I'm gonna puke."
"Maybe your baby would prefer to listen to Ozzy." Piper says.
Leo orbs in. "The Elders believe the Seer's making a sudden play for the Source's throne but she needs Phoebe's baby to do it."
"The Seer wants to be the Source? What could that possibly have to do with my baby? He's not due for another seven months." Phoebe says.
"Well, it doesn't matter because next time we will be ready for her." Buffy says.
"Next time?" Leo asks.
"Yes, the Seer tried to steal Phoebe from the penthouse. How's that potion coming?" Piper says.
Paige comes in holding a saucepan. "It's done, it just needs to cool a little bit." Phoebe throws fire at Paige and she drops the saucepan. "That baby needs a serious time out."
"Go, go, go into the kitchen." Buffy says.
Paige goes back into the kitchen.
"So much for the vanquishing potion." Leo says.
"How come your baby only attacks me?" Paige asks.
"I don't know, Paige, he must resent you. You know, you never really liked his father." Phoebe says.
"With good reason. Hey, maybe you resent me and the baby's just modeling after mom." Paige says.
"Paige, how can you say that?" Phoebe asks.
"Alright, enough, the two of you will not address each other, you will not set foot into the same room until further notice, got it?" Piper says. "You, you got enough ear left to make another batch of that potion?"
"Yes." Paige says.
"Then do it." Piper says. "You, you're gonna hit the Book of Shadows and you're gonna figure out a way to control Chucky there. Buffy if you please, go help her."
"I can't, I told Morris I'd meet him at missing persons in a half an hour." Phoebe says.
"I would strongly advise against that. Your baby..." Leo says.
"Is fine, just as long as he doesn't feel threatened and doesn't meet anyone with unresolved issues with his father." Phoebe says.
"I heard that!" Paige says.
"Phoebe, how can you say that? How can you risk going out in public with... in your condition." Piper says.
"Because if I don't report Cole missing, someone will, and the police will be knocking on our door. Besides, Morris put himself on the line, I can't let him down." Phoebe says.
Buffy sighs, "I'll go with her, in case there is any trouble." Piper nods as she and Phoebe head for the door.
"And I will hit the book and figure out how to deal with... demonic fetuses." Piper says.
Later Buffy and Phoebe walk into the police station.
"Please be good and I promise I'll eat a huge steak tonight." Phoebe says.
Darryl walks over to them. "You're gonna meet Inspector Miles, he's train to spot liars, so just answer his questions as honestly as you can, okay?"
They walk into a room.
"Morris tells me that you think your husband might have left town?" Inspector Miles says.
Phoebe shakes her head, "I don't know what to think. Last Wednesday we had a huge battle and he just never came back."
"Did he leave anything?" Inspector Miles asks.
"Nothing. I checked the penthouse myself. Clothing, personal belongings... gone." Darryl says.
"What was the fight about?" Inspector Miles asks.
"My sisters. I have three sisters. Well two actually the third is my cousin but she's like a sister. Anyways they didn't approve of me marrying Cole." Phoebe says.
"Why not?" Inspector Miles asks.
"They're just different. Oil and water, you know, fire and ice, heaven and..." Phoebe says.
"Hell?" Inspector Miles asks.
Phoebe nods, "Bingo."
"So you'd say that your husband has a dark side then?" Inspector Miles asks.
Phoebe nods, "Yes."
"Has he ever hurt you?" Inspector Miles asks.
Suddenly, some books fall off a shelf above the inspector and land on him.
"Are you okay?" Darryl asks.
"Here, let me help." Buffy says.
"Stop that right now. Um, Inspector, I know it doesn't seem like my husband's a great guy but I would advise you not to say anything negative about him right now." Phoebe says.
"Listen, ma'am, I've gotta call them as I seem them. You turn up pregnant and he takes off, your husband fits the classic profile of a dead beat dad." Inspector Miles says.
The inspector continues picking up the books and a fireball appears in Phoebe's hand.
"Make it go out." Buffy whispers.
"I can't make it go out." Phoebe whispers as she flings the fireball into the trash can.
"Phoebe? Uh, I'm mean fire!" Darryl says.
"Move away, move away, move away." Inspector Miles says as he grabs the fire extinguisher and puts out the fire.
"Why are you doing this to me?" Darryl whispers.
"It's not her fault, it's just the baby doesn't like when anybody talks bad about Cole." Buffy whispers.
"Ooh!" Phoebe says as she grabs her stomach.
"What's wrong?" Inspector Miles asks.
"My stomach, it's like something's t-tearing." Phoebe says.
"Come on, let's get you outta here." Buffy says.
Moments later back at the Manor Buffy flames in with Phoebe into the foyer. "Piper?" Piper, Leo and Paige race into the foyer. Phoebe is still holding her stomach. "She's getting worse."
"Can you do something?" Piper asks Leo.
Leo holds out his hands and tries to heal Phoebe and then shakes his head, "No."
"Stand back, stand back." Phoebe says as flames shoot out the top of her head. She groans and falls to her knees.
"Alright, you stay out of her sight for your own safety, go." Piper says.
Paige runs around the corner.
"Oh, make it stop, make it stop." Phoebe says.
"Leo, go get some ice water or something." Buffy says as Leo goes into the kitchen. She and Piper holds Phoebe. "It's okay, just try to breathe through it. Breathe, breathe."
The tall man appears.
"Buffy… Piper, look out!" Paige says.
Piper tries to blow him up but nothing happens. "Uh-oh."
Buffy throws a fireball but the tall man seems unaffected by it.
Leo runs back in. "Hey!" He grabs a chair and throws it at the demon. He sucks the whole chair inside of him, kind of like a portal.
"Get up, get up, come on." Piper says as she and Buffy helps Phoebe up.
"Whatever you do don't touch him." Leo says.
"You can't run from me, I'll always find you." Tall man says.
Paige runs in. "Phoebe, I'll orb you out of here."
"Paige, no!" Buffy says as Phoebe kicks Paige and she falls into the tall man. They disappear.
"That wasn't me, it was the baby, I couldn't control him." Phoebe says.
Later in the attic Buffy and Phoebe are sitting on a couch looking through both Book of Shadows as Leo orbs in.
"Did you sense her?" Buffy asks.
Leo shakes his head, "No, if she's in the underworld I can't get a read on her."
"If anything happens to Paige I will never forgive myself." Phoebe says.
Piper walks in carrying some iced tea. "Anything on that demon?"
"I think so, come look." Buffy says.
Piper puts down the tea and looks at Buffy's Book.
"Oral tradition tells of a giant whose body served as a portal to other dimensions. Because he was imprisoned centuries ago, nobody knows what this demon's name is or if he even exists." Piper says.
"It gets worse. There's no known vanquish for him, the Source was so threatened he condemned the giant to spend eternity in a cage." Phoebe says.
"The Seer must have set him free to capture Phoebe." Leo says.
"But he got Paige instead thanks to me." Phoebe says.
"No, that had nothing to do with you. How are you feeling?" Buffy says.
"Uh, better, I think the baby's resting. It's when he's active and using magic that it hurts the most." Phoebe says.
"Here, have some iced tea, it will cool you off." Piper says as she hands Phoebe a glass.
Phoebe goes to have a sip and then throws it across the room. "What the hell? I can't even enjoy some iced tea!"
"Uh, it wasn't iced tea." Piper says. "It was a binding potion. Paige suggested it to help control the baby and I couldn't tell you because if I did he would've stopped you..."
Phoebe sighs, "He stopped me anyway. He knows things that I don't know. He's trying to take control of me."
"You can't let that happen, if he takes control he'll never let go." Leo says.
Phoebe nods, "I know. It's not me and it's not Cole, it's the Source." She suddenly gets a premonition of the Seer killing Paige.
"I saw the Seer, she was killing Paige." Phoebe says.
"How can you get a premonition without touching anything?" Leo asks.
"Leo if I can get them in my sleep, then it's possible to get them without touching anything." Buffy says. "Though it is unusual for you Pheebs to get one without touching something."
Phoebe nods, "Maybe the Seer sent it to me."
The tall man appears.
"That is not all she sent." Piper says.
"Come with me now or your sister dies. You've already seen how." Tall man says.
"No, Phoebe, don't." Buffy says.
"It's a trap." Leo says.
"It doesn't matter, I have to save Paige, it's the only chance left." Phoebe says.
"No." Leo says as Phoebe pushes him out of the way. Buffy and Piper gasps. "You're letting your baby control you, Phoebe."
"That wasn't the baby, that was me. I got Paige into this mess, I'm gonna get her out of it." Phoebe says.
Piper pulls the Seer vanquishing potion out of her pocket. "Oh, no you're not. Not if I kill the Seer first." She heads towards the tall man and a beam of blue light shines out of Phoebe's hands. It hits the tall man and Piper, knocking them to the ground. The potion bottle breaks and Piper cuts her hand. "Damn it! Did that come from you?"
"I'm sorry, Piper, I can't let you take the fall for me." Phoebe says.
"Well, why not?" Buffy asks. "That's what sisters do Pheebs. And you know that."
"You can't use the baby's powers like that." Leo says.
The tall man gets up. "Come here, witch."
The blue light comes out of Phoebe's hand again and starts to vanquish the tall man.
"Phoebe, don't!" Piper says as the tall man is vanquished. "Phoebe, nobody has ever been able to vanquish that demon. Do you realize what you just did?"
Phoebe's eyes turn black.
"Piper, that's not Phoebe anymore." Buffy says as Phoebe flames out. "The baby has taken control."
Moments later Piper closes the Book of Shadows. "There's nothing left, we've tried everything."
Buffy sighs closing her own Book. "She's right."
"Well, there's gotta be something missing, something we haven't thought of." Leo says as he turns his back to her and paces across the attic. Buffy and Piper disappears. "Maybe if we summon a demon, someone who knows the way to the Seer's lair, he can lead us to Phoebe and Paige."
In the Coronation room in the Underworld, Buffy and Piper appears in the cage.
"Oh!" Piper says.
"Oh, thank god it worked." Phoebe says.
"So are we. Where are we?" Buffy says.
"Uh, trapped in a cage." Paige says.
"Mm-hm, okay, so let's bust out." Piper says.
Paige shakes her head, "No, you can't use your magic in here, it'll just bounce off and probably kill us."
"Repeat the oath after me." Dark Priest says.
"Ah, what's going on out there?" Buffy asks.
"The Seer's being coronated as the new Source." Phoebe says.
"Huh." Piper and Buffy says.
Paige nods, "Yeah, then she's gonna sacrifice us."
Piper sighs, "Let's get this straight, you guys summoned us to a cage where our powers don't work, so we can all die together!"
"Well, the plan has some flaws admittedly." Paige says.
"We just have to stay positive. We have the power of four here, there is nothing stronger than that, right?"
The Seer starts glowing and floats up into the air.
"Are you sure there's nothing stronger than the power of four?" Buffy asks.
"Well you were pretty strong the other day, Buffy. You know when you defeated Adam." Paige says.
"What?" Phoebe says.
"Later." Buffy says. "When were not about to die."
The Seer floats back down the ground. She turns to the cage and gets a shock when she notices Piper and Buffy.
"What an unexpected surprise. You just made my..." Seer says as flames shoot out of her head and she groans.
"It's the baby. He has too much power for her. That's how I felt, it felt like I was gonna explode." Phoebe says.
"What are we gonna do?" Paige asks.
"We need to make her tap into the baby's power, all of it." Phoebe says.
"How the hell are we gonna do that?" Paige asks.
The flames disappear as the Seer smiles, "I command all in attendance to witness the power of the Source."
"The modified Power of three spell?" Piper asks.
"Uh, okay." Phoebe says.
"The power of four will set us free, the power of four will set us free." Buffy, Piper, Phoebe and Paige chant as a blue beam of light hits the cage but the spell protects them. "The power of four will set us free, the power of four will set us free."
"What's wrong?" Dark Priest asks.
Seer shakes her head, "Nothing's wrong!"
Buffy, Piper, Paige and Phoebe continue chanting and the blue light rebounds back and hits the Seer. It then rebounds onto every demon in the room and they are all vanquished.
"Where did everybody go?" Buffy asks as she kicks the cage and one of the sides fall off. They get out looking around.
"The blast took everyone out. The Seer, the council leaders." Phoebe says.
"Well, I'd say that the scales of good and evil just dramatically tipped in our favor." Piper says.
"Look, the Grimoire, still untouched." Paige says.
Phoebe nods, "It's time we get rid of that book once and for all."
Later back at the Manor Buffy, Piper, Phoebe and Paige are sitting on the couch in the living room as Leo orbs in.
"Well, the Grimoire has a new home in a mountain of rock in the West Andes." Leo says as he sits beside Piper.
Piper smiles, "Thanks, honey."
"Sure." Leo says as he kisses Piper.
"How many times have we vanquished the Source now?" Piper asks.
"Three, but who's counting." Phoebe says.
"Did we get him?" Buffy asks.
"I think that'd be safe to say based on how the Elders are reacting, it's like a holiday up there. They still can't believe you did it." Leo says.
"Yeah, well, let's not forget the cost." Piper says.
"Well, I gotta say after all this, I'm still looking forward to having a good baby in this house." Leo says.
"Yeah, I haven't had a chance to talk to you about that yet. I heard from Dr. Harris today." Piper says.
"And?" Leo asks.
"And we're in for a rough road." Piper says.
"Rough road? What does that mean? What did he say?" Leo asks.
Piper smiles, "Shh, it's okay, it doesn't mean that we're giving in or giving up, there are a lot of options in the world, don't worry."
"Don't worry, Leo. I'm sure the Charmed line isn't supposed to end with us." Phoebe says.
"I have to agree with Phoebe." Buffy says. "If we all remember Melinda's vision. We will have many more generations of Halliwell witches."
"Um, Phoebe," Piper says as she gets up and picks up the letter, "I found this in Cole's safe. It's for you." She hands it to Phoebe.
In Phoebe's bedroom, Phoebe's reading the letter.
If I'm dead right now, I know it was at your hand. No one else in heaven or hell had power over me. Please don't cry, I was dead before I met you, I was born the day you loved me, and my love for you will keep me alive, forever.
Phoebe lays on her bed. A breeze blows through the window as Phoebe hears Cole's voice.
"Help me."
Phoebe sits up wondering if she imagined it.
"Phoebe."
"Cole?" Phoebe asks.