So basically I'm trying to include as many characters from Charmed as possible which is why this is set just before Prue's death (end of series 3) as by then Paige was looking for her family and they were after the source. In future chapters there will also be future Chris and Wyatt. I know baby Wyatt wasn't born when Prue was alive as Piper and Leo were barely married but he is important for the story so I hope you will understand. Anyway I hope you enjoy! :D

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Charmed.

Prue's determination to stop the source was beginning to consume her but her sisters barely noticed. Piper was too busy with her new born son whilst Phoebe was drawing up plans to save Cole. Only Leo seemed to have noticed Prue's obsession with making the most powerful vanquishing potion, or her permanent attachment to the scrying crystal- seeking out any evil lurking in San Francisco.

"Prue..." He began as he healed he from yet another energy ball wound. "Don't you think your being a bit reckless?" Prue frowned at him as she stood up.

"What are you talking about?" She asked with a small frown on her smudged face.

"I'm talking about all these obsessive hunts Prue." Replied Leo, injecting a little more confidence into his voice. "At some point your going to get yourself seriously hurt and I may not be around to heal you!"

"You know Leo, I would have thought you of all people would be supporting me in killing as many demons as possible." She stated defensively. "I mean don't you want little Wyatt to grow up safely?" Leo sighed, knowing he wasn't going to be able to convince Prue but he didn't give up.

"Of course I do, but I also want him growing up knowing both of his aunts, and I think he would be a lot safer of he were protected by the power of three." Prue frowned at him, knowing he was trying to guilt her into stopping.

"Leo, I promise you it will be fine." She said, resting her hand on his folded arms.

Before Leo could reply there came loud crash and a scream from upstairs. Without thinking Leo grabbed Prue and orbed up to the source of the disturbance. They reappeared in Wyatt's nursery and were confronted by the scene of three large, frozen demons all surrounding Wyatt's crib. Wyatt had raised his forcefield large enough so it not only protected him but also Piper who was standing behind the crib, her arms raised, frantically flicking at the frozen forms, an expression of concentration and frustration on her face.

"Why... won't... you... blow... up...!" She spat, with each word she made another frantic gesture with her arms as she still hadn't managed to master her new power. Finally the one closest to her exploded, cleating a small pile of ash on the nursery floor.

At the same time however the two other demons unfroze, turning around to deal with the arrival of Prue and Leo. Prue quickly swiped her arm through the air- sending both demons flying, she then pulled out two vanquishing potions from her bag and throw them at the groaning figures. They both instantly burst into flames as Prue turned back to face Leo, a smug smile on her face.

"How do you feel about my anti demon crusade now?" She asked superiorly. Leo ignored this remark however, walking over to his son who had begun screaming and crying, picking him up- stroking his hair gently to try and reassure them.

Piper looked furious, she slowly walked around the crib, an expression of murder on her face.

"I have had it with all these demon attacks!" She declared, gesturing forcefully with her arms, causing a vase to explode in the corridor. "Why do they constantly come after us?" She continued, "What did we do to deserve this?" Prue saw that her younger sister was close to tears and she quickly embraced her in a comforting hug.

"I know sweety, but we pissed of the source and this is the price we have to pay." Piper clutched Prue closer to her, clenching her jacket as if it were the source's neck.

"Then we need to vanquish that bastard before he sends any more demons after my son." As Piper spoke Leo heard more smashes from the corridor and he had a feeling he was going to need to replace all the light bulbs.

Prue found her self feeling almost nervous at the voice her sister had used. It was so angry and filled with venom that Prue could scarcely believe Piper had said it, but she guessed it was Pipers maternal instinct to protect her child that was making her so determined.

"I know sweety and we will." Prue assured her. "I already wrote most of a power of three spell and I think that that, combined with the potion I have been working on should be enough to defeat him.

Leo sighed. He wasn't happy with the idea of the sisters facing the source so soon. He knew they were strong witches but the source was clever, hey would never be able to defeat him in the under world, and he would never leave there unless he was well defended. As much as he wanted the source gone so Wyatt would be safer, he also didn't want to risk his wife and sister in Law's life either.

"Look even if that would work." He began, knowing he was going to be out voted no matter what he said, "how do you prepose your going to get to him, he will be protected by half the under world."

Piper's determination seemed to flicker slightly at his words, Prue however was not at all phased. She gave her brother in law a cunning smile before turning and walking out of the nursery. Hastily Leo put Wyatt back into his cot and then he and Piper followed Prue up to the attic where they found her flicking through the book of shadows. They watched in silence for a second until finally Prue found the spell she was looking for.

"Remember a while ago when Phoebe was trying to summon Cole?" She asked. Both Leo and Piper nodded, "Well I thought that instead of going to find him we should tweak that spell slightly and then summon him here and trap him in a crystal cage." Although it seemed like a simple plan Leo frowned.

"Yes but Prue that spell didn't actually work, Cole was able to fight against it and the Source will be a lot more powerful then him." Prue just shrugged again.

"Ok, so we add a bit extra on- I don't know calling for magical assistance from the spirits or something." Leo considered this. In theory it could work, and the cage wouldn't need to trap him for long only long enough for them to say a spell and throw the potion.

Piper watched her husband contemplate the plan for a minute and then when he didn't appear to find any holes in it she clapped her hand.

"Great then that's a plan." She declared. "Prue, are you certain your spell and potion will be strong enough?" She asked, not wishing for them to summon the source but then have no way of defeating him.

"Yes, defiantly." Said Prue, knowing if she was the slightest bit hesitant then Piper wouldn't want to risk it. "But we'll really need the power of three and I haven't seen Phoebe all day." Piper frowned in concern as she realised she had also not seen her sister since late last night. She turned to Leo expectantly, he closed his eyes for a moment, trying to sense for her location. When he opened his eyes again however they were clouded with concern.

"I can't sense her." She informed the sisters, "Where ever she is she is shielded from me and that means..." He didn't need to finish as both girls knew what that meant, either a demon or warlock had her and had manage to block their location or she was in the under world.

Phoebe hastily pressed herself to the wall as two enormous brute demons rounded the corner. She had found a spell that had transported her into the underworld and had been wondering around all day in search of Cole. The spell should have taken her right to him but she guessed his location must be magically protected as she had been in the underworld since early in the morning and her hunt had still been unsuccessful.

She had originally considered bringing her sister or Leo with her but she knew they would try and talk her out of it, as much as they claimed to believe her about Cole being good Phoebe knew deep down that they would never trust him like she did. Instead she clutched the return spell to her closely in case she needed to make a fast get away.

Hesitantly she peered around another corner and found herself face to face with two lower level demons. Forcing back a yell she quickly stepped back from the corner but she was too late. The two demons let out a shout, alerting all near by demons of the witch intruder. Instantly Phoebe found herself surrounded by five menacing demons each leaing at her, conjuring fireballs in their deformed hands.

Peobe quickly unfolded the spell and began to say the words.

"In this time and in this place..." She was suddenly interrupted by a fireball that came flying past her, colliding with the wall behind her. Quickly she ducked as another almost hit her face and then she launched herself into the air as a volly of fireballs began coming at her. One more accurate demon did however hit her hand, causing her to fall out of the air in shock, dropping the spell as she fell. Scrambling around she tried to find it but before she could a second fireball hit her leg.

"Leo!" She cried desperately, although she knew Leo wouldn't be able to hear her as she was in the underworld, "LEO!" She screamed again, closing her eyes, praying that she would escape. "Cole!" She yelled when she had decided Leo would not come, "Cole please I need you." Still no one came but Phoebe wasn't about to give up. As the Demons advanced on her she scrambled further away from them. "Cole, please! I know there is still good left in you, PLEASE!" Tears rushed into her eyes and her voice broke. Terror filled her as the leader of the demons conjured another fire ball. "Cole, please, I love you!" She cried hopelessly, fear paralysing her, preventing her from getting up and making one last stand.

The lead demon drew back his arm but before he could fire it he exploded before them. Confused, the other demons looked around them as a second and then a third was vanquished before their eyes. In fear the final two demons shimmered away leaving Phoebe shaking, pressed against the wall, her eyes tightly shut- about to pass out from the pain.

"Phoebe." Came a familiar, soothing, voice. Phoebe felt someone's hand on her head then it moved down to her cheek as the figure crouched down besides her. Hesitantly Phoebe opened her eyes to look at her saviour.

"Cole." She breathed before the pain in her hand mixed with the fear finally caught up with her and she fell into unconsciousness.

Back in the manor Prue was once more flicking through the book of shadows, praying she would be able to find a spell that would help them locate Phoebe. Leo had orbed down to the underworld in the hopes of sensing her there whilst Piper was in Phoebe's room, using her hair brush to try and add more power to her scrying despite the fact they were fairly confident that Phoebe was no longer on this world.

Suddenly she spotted a demon shimmering in out of the corner of her eye. Quickly she spun around, flicking her hands and she did so, accidentally freezing Cole who had arrived clutching the unconscious form of Phoebe in his arms. Piper called out for Prue as she tried to unfreeze the half demon, accidentally blowing up Phoebe's mirror as she did so. Eventually as Prue entered the room she succeeded in unfreezing Cole then he carefully lowered her on to her bed.

"What happened?" Asked Prue as she ran into the room, immediately taking in Phoebe's burnt hand and the return of Cole.

"I don't know." Confessed Cole. "I heard her screaming for me and knew she was in trouble. When I found her she was surrounded by a gang of lower level demons who were about to finish her off, I got most of them, but there are still two I need to take care of." The look of malice in his eyes as he spoke of those who had hurt Phoebe reminded them of how much he truly loved her.

"Leo!" Called out Piper, making both Prue and Cole jump. "Leo, get your ass down here now!" As Piper angrily called for her husband, ignoring the fact that as he was in the underworld he wouldn't be able to hear her, Prue sat down on the bed next to Phoebe, gently holding hand, stroking it with her thumb.

After about half an hour Leo orbed in. After trying to take in the simultaneous yells of all three conscious occupants of the room he hurriedly bent down by Phoebe, healing her many cuts and bruises and burnt hand. Once he was done he, Piper and Prue went to leave the room, knowing Phoebe would need to rest but Cole stayed by her bed, determined to stay with her.

The other three returned to the attic instead Piper began work on editing the summoning spell whilst Prue worked on completing the vanquishing spell and potion. Now that Cole had returned it meant they would not only have to deal with all the demons the source was sending for the Charmed ones but also any that came looking for Belthazor. And with that in mind they had decided they would deal with the source sooner rather than later- as soon as everything was ready and Phoebe was awake, the source would meet his match.

In reality it was still a few days before they were definitely ready. Cole kept on pointing out ways to improve the potion and spell and he refused to let them do it until he was confident of it's power.

Eventually however they were ready and all five of them stood in the attic, potion bottles and crystal in hand. The plan was simple. Once the source had been summoned, Prue would use her telekinesis to move the last crystal in place as Phoebe threw the potion at the source. Together the three of them would then read the spell and in theory he would go up in flames.

Leo was still hesitant of the plan especially as Wyatt would still be in the house. Their father was away, Darryl had to work and since Wyatt had started using his powers they couldn't risk leaving him with anyone who didn't know their secret. Instead he was in his play pen in the attic, just behind where Leo was, meaning if anything went wrong he could immediately orb him away to safety. Because it was a full moon however the witches had decided the extra power boost would make the risk worth it and so the sisters began chanting the summoning spell.

"Witches of the Halliwell line, throughout all of space and time,

Lend us all your help and power, in this darkest ever hour

Magic Forces black and white, reaching out through space and light,

be he far or be he near, bring us the the source of Evil here."

Nothing happened for a moment and then suddenly the candles all around the room began to burn, the flames growing tall before suddenly going out again. Nothing happened for another minute but then there was a bright light, spiralling around an indistinct figure. As it cleared, Prue dropped the last crystal in place trapping the man. Cole however gave a small gasp.

"Wait!" He cried, taking a step forward and grabbing Phoebe's wrist to stop her from throwing the potion. Ignoring the sisters protests, Cole took another step forward, taking in the tall man's appearance. He was dressed in a tight black t-shirt and black genes, with long dirty blonde hair, a small beard and a very confused look on his face. "This isn't the source." He informed them flatly, having have many dealings with the cruel demon.

"What are you talking about?" Asked Prue, whose suspicions of Cole were resurfacing. "Of course that's the source why else would he have been summoned?"

"I don't know." Replied Cole, "but believe me this is not him."

"Then who the hell is he?" Cried Piper, furious that their plan had failed. As one Prue, Piper, Phoebe, Cole and Leo took a step towards the trapped figure. Similarly the man in the cage was surveying his surroundings, his eyes widening as they flicked from the book of shadows, to Phoebe, Prue and Cole, they paused briefly on Leo who had still not moved far from Wyatt's crib, and then they settled on Piper, the man's look of shock suddenly mixed with a look of sadness as he opened his mouth disbelievingly.

"Mu...Mum?"

Okay, so that is the first chapter, I'm on a bit of a holiday at the moment so if you like it then please review/ follow so I know and if I get a response I will definitely update before the weekend- and the next chapter has future Chris before he even has the idea of going back and saving Wyatt!

Any way thanks for reading and please review!