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Chapter 23Goodbyes Aren't Forever

The battle lingered on as the sisters fought with all they had. They tried the vanquishing spell for the source to no avail. Something about his resurrection must have changed him. Cole was even right there beside them. He shot energy bolt after energy bolt, which only gave them seconds to reposition.

"Pheobe duck." Paige warned her sister just seconds before a fire ball came blazing past her. Pheobe dodged it as she dove behind the sofa in the sun room. There all four sisters sat crouched down just a few feet away from Cole who was slightly visible behind the door frame.

"Anybody have a plan?" Prue asked.

No one had time to answer as the front door squeaked open. Billie entered in with a hand full of books.

"Get down." Piper motioned for her. She had hoped the source hadn't seen Billie come in.

"What's going on?" Just as Billie got the words out of her mouth she felt the sting from a fireball that slammed into her shoulder.

"Billie!" Paige screamed. Billie's bruised body orbed from the door way to directly in front of the sisters. Paige reached her hands out and quickly started to heal the painful looking wound.

"He's going to kill us, we have to do something." Prue watched as her sister's faces showed the same fear she felt.

"What's he doing here?" Billie asked confused.

"He's looking for his son. Do you know where he is?" Prue knew that Billie had been out trying to see if her sister's intentions were truly good.

"I saw her earlier. She was trying to find a place for her and Damien."

"You've been talking to the sources baby's momma?" Piper was less than thrilled.

"Long story, bitch later." Billie said as she peeked around the corner of the couch. She watched as Cole continued to throw bolts at the source. Each one the source dodged, leaving the bolt open to destroy whatever was in its path.

Upstairs Leo sat with Melinda. He listened as the sound of explosions shook the floor beneath him. He hated not having powers, he was torn between staying there with his daughter, or leaving her with this stranger to go help fight a battle he couldn't possibly win.

"They will be alright." The woman spoke.

"How do you know that?" Leo looked at the woman who was now placing a blanket over a sleeping Melinda.

"I saw it. I have the powers of a seer, though I'm not evil. I never have been. I've just been trapped down there for so long." She tried not to let the pain show in her voice.

"Well, you never have to go back." Leo walked over to her but stopped in his tracks as the sound of the latest explosion.

The girls were horrified as they watched the mixture of cotton and feathers fly across the room. That last shot from the source had made the sofa literally explode.

"That was my moms couch asshole." Piper raised her hands and blew the source up yet another time. She knew he would be back together in a matter of seconds.

"What do we do?" Pheobe was out of hope.

"I don't know." Prue watched the other side of the room as the source rematerialized just across from them.

"Looks like I win this one." He smiled as he raised his hand to reveal a huge fireball growing bigger by the second.

"Stop!" Cole shouted. "Take me in place of them. I know you've wanted revenge every since I betrayed you." Cole now stood between the source and the sisters.

"You think your life could make up for how they vanquished me? Why kill only you when I can kill all of you? I can take this family out of evils way forever."

"You'll have to go through me first."

The source turned to see Christy standing to his right, baby Damien was no where to be found.

"Give me my son!" He ordered, the huge fire ball still hovering above his palm.

"I won't let him grow up to be evil. He's my son too." Christy watched as the source turned back to Billie and the sisters.

"Then watch them die." He hurled the fireball at them. Christy was so horrified at the sight, without thinking she ran and dove between them and the fireball. The collision of the two sent a wave though the house that caused every window to shatter.

Each sister was thrown in a different direction. Billie was the first to stand and run to her sister that lay in the floor with a gaping wound in her chest.

"I'm….sorry." Christy spoke through clinched teeth, trying to block out the pain. "I wanted….I wanted to do what was right."

Piper stood up and could see the source lying there, he held the same injuries as Christy.

"Hold on Christy, they can heal you." Billie looked up to Prue, tear filled eyes pleading with her to save her sister.

Prue knelt down, hands ready to heal but she stopped when Christy pushed her hands away.

"You have to let me die Billie. It's the only way to kill him too." Christy tried to smile as Billie pulled her closer to her.

The sisters watched through their own tears, this was the second time Billie would loose her sister. To them this was the worst part of being magical.

"I won't let you die." Billie rocked Christy in her arms, trying so hard to keep her alive.

"Goodbyes aren't forever Billie. Keep him safe." Christy closed her eyes as her body began to disappear.

The source however did not go so peacefully. "NO!" He screamed as his body erupted in flames.

Prue knelt down and wrapped her arms around a very somber Billie. "She's in a better place this time. She proved to you she was good."

"I know." Billie wiped the tears from her cheeks. "I think I need some time to think." Prue helped her to her feet and watched as she headed for the stairs.

"Think she'll be ok?" Pheobe asked putting one arm around Piper and one around Paige.

"She's a strong kid. I think she'll be just fine." Prue smiled as she joined her sisters in a group hug.

"Everything alright?" Leo asked as he passed Billie on the stairs.

"It will be." She walked by him saying nothing more.

As Leo came into view Piper gave him a stern look. "Where's Melinda?"

"She's right here." The young blonde followed behind him, holding the baby in her arms.

"LEO!" Piper shouted as she ran to get her daughter.

"Piper, she's a good guy. They held her prisoner down there. If it weren't for her, no one would have taken care of Melinda."

Piper thought carefully and instead of ripping the child from her arms she smiled at her. "Thank you." She said just as she leaned down to kiss Melinda on the cheek.

"Do you have a name?" Cole asked as he walked up to join the rest of them.

"I was once called Mary Ellen." She fidgeted with her fingers. Being around someone as great looking as this man made her nervous.

"Ok Coop, its safe to come over now." Pheobe called to the room.

There appeared Coop, and Henry, each holding a baby.

"I thought you'd never call." Coop leaned down and kissed his wife.

"Everything turn out alright." Henry asked as he looked around at what was left of the manor.

"Yea, but the hard part is going to be watching all you guys put the house back together." Prue smiled as she saw the men's faces change from happiness to dread.

"Henry, Coop, this is Mary Ellen." Pheobe motioned for the two men to meet their new friend.

Henry extended his hand. "Pleasure to meet you."

She smiled back at him.

Coop reached out his hand. "Have I seen you before?" He asked, he knew this woman looked familiar.

"I…don't think so." The woman looked closely at him now.

Coop smiled as he realized who she was. "The woman in the dream."

"Honey, what dream?" Pheobe asked slightly concerned.

"Ask your daughter when she gets older." Coop smiled back at Pheobe.

"Well I would say I'd fix us dinner, but I think the stove was blown to pieces. Piper tried to joke, but the thought really didn't seem that funny. She loved that stove.

"Well I think we should go out and celebrate." Prue smiled as she held Andy's hand. He showed up just seconds after Henry and Coop, "My treat."

"You have no money Prue." Cole pointed out.

"It was a figure of speech." Prue shot back.

"I'll go see if Billie wants to join us." Paige started up the stairs to the attic. She gently knocked on Billie's door. "You wanna join us for a celebration dinner?"

"No thanks. I think I'll just hang out here."

"You sure you're gonna be alright." Paige could still see the dried tear trails on Billie's face.

"Yea, I just want to be alone right now." She watched and waited on Billie to close her door. When she did she pulled the blanket back.

"I promise to keep you safe little guy. I just have to figure out how to tell them about you." She leaned forward and kissed her nephew on the forehead. He had now fallen fast asleep there on her bed.

"Sweet dreams Damian." She smiled as she watched him sleep. Innocent and peacefully, at least she hoped he was.