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A demon who likes to kill witches.

Well, that narrows it down to about every page in the Book.

We have one clue.

We know he likes using athame.

How does that help?

Well, it means he has hands. Keep flipping.

So I hear you and Leo are thinking about having a baby.

Where did you hear that from?

From Phoebe.

Oh, did I just break

some sort of sister confidentiality clause?

No, you didn't.

And no, we aren't.

Really?

Don't you want to?

Not to be nosy, but if I'm gonna

be an aunt and all.

You're not gonna be an aunt, all right?

At least not any time soon.

It's too risky.

It would be in constant danger around us.

What does Leo think?

Leo thinks that there's enough magic around here,

we'd be able to protect it.

Maybe he's right.

Maybe he's not. Keep flipping.

I'm flipping.

You know, it's not like having a baby isn't hard enough

even without demons attacking.

But for what it's worth,

there are ways of seeing what it's like

before you actually have one.

Mm-hmm, great.

Well the next time you pass a baby-rental,

pick one up for Leo.

Maybe I will.

( gasps)

So did you find anything out?

PIPER: Uh, yeah. I scried for the location

of the demon using the slime from the last victim,

and Phoebe and Cole are checking it out.

All right. Well, I hope that it pans out

because with two dead witches,

they're pretty concerned up there.

Okay, well, we are very concerned down here, too.

Hey, I think

I got something.

"Upper level demon who likes to kill witches

using an athame, sometimes energy balls."

His name is... Belthazor.

I don't think so.

Why not?

Well, because that's, uh, Cole in his demonic form.

You knew he was half demon.

Yeah, but I didn't know he could turn into that.

( phone rings)

Hello?

We're at Battery and Clay, but there's no sign of any demons.

Okay, I'll scry for him again. Talk to Paige.

Hi, Phoebe.

How's Cole? Morphed into any demons lately?

What?

Paige.

Battery and Clay.

He's still there.

Piper says he's still there.

Piper says he's still here somewhere.

( screams)

Hold on!

Oh, I can't!

( gasps)

Three, two, one!

( both laughing)

We have to stop meeting like this.

Marry me.

What?!

♪ I am the son and the heir ♪

♪ I am human and I need to be loved ♪

♪ Just like everybody else does ♪

♪ See, I already waited too long ♪

♪ And all my hope is gone. ♪

♪ I can hear you thinking what I feel ♪

♪ I know that what we've got is real ♪

♪ And all we need to get us through ♪

♪ Is just to live like lovers do ♪

♪ Just like lovers do ♪

♪ I want to feel that way ♪

♪ Yeah, like lovers... ♪

Don't you think we should talk about this?

Talk about what?

Wow! Looks like you two got a juicy one.

Yeah, but unfortunately, not the one who kills witches.

How do you know?

Because upper-level demons have a human form

and they bleed red, not green.

Ah. COLE: Where are you going?

I'm going up

to take a shower first, and then

I'm gonna check out The Book of Shadows.

I want to ID this demon that I'm wearing,

try to find some answers.

Speaking of unanswered questions...

There is a demon on the loose, Cole.

We don't have time for this.

Shouldn't we make time for it? No, not now we shouldn't.

What are you guys talking about?

Nothing.

Nothing. ( chuckles)

Please, Cole,

let's just focus on vanquishing the demon.

Fine. I'll, uh, go see what I can... find out.

( groans)

Honey, did you two have a fight?

No, he just...

Never mind.

( growls): Witch...! ( screams)

(muffled scream)

( gasping)

You're next.

( growls)

Yes, I'd like to report a terrible murder.

A beautiful young woman

in the alley behind the Cannon Theater.

Hey, are you gonna be long?

What, are you deaf? I need to use the phone.

Um... hold on.

Uh, hurry, please, before anyone else gets hurt.

Okay, so the demon that Cole and I nailed

is a scavenger demon.

Apparently he feeds on the remains

of other demons' victims.

Nice, huh? Well, that explains

why we scried for him accidentally.

Um, are you gonna tell me what happened out there?

Well, there's not much to tell.

I mean, the demon jumped in behind us and...

That's... not what I mean.

What happened between you and Cole?

Oh. Yeah, that.

Um...

I'm not exactly sure.

He asked me to marry him.

What? He-he did what? He did?

More or less. Well...

what did you say?

I didn't know what to say;

I was too surprised.

I mean, all my power of premonition,

and I never saw that one coming.

Uh, wow, I-I don't think

a witch is allowed to marry a demon.

( chuckles): Honey, we can't have a demon in the family.

Piper, that is the least of my concerns right now.

Well, don't kid yourself,

if you decide to go through with this, it's gonna be

a source of huge concern, especially for Them.

I have to be concerned with my own concerns, you know?

I love Cole...

You know I do...

But demon stuff aside,

I just never thought of myself as the marrying type.

You know, it's not something I fantasized about.

Ever. So, then,

what are you gonna tell him?

I don't know.

Well, you have to tell him something,

because a question like that just doesn't go away by itself.

Are you sure? Yeah, I'm pretty sure.

Hey.

Hey.

I'll... be... downstairs.

I couldn't find out who the demon is,

but at least I ruled out the usual suspects.

Any idea of who it could be?

Nah, just another upper-level demon

trying to build a reputation by killing witches

to move up the ladder.

( sighs)

Anyway, I guess I'll keep checking.

No, Cole, wait.

We should talk.

All right.

( sighs)

It's just hard.

It's just me.

( exhales)

Okay, um,

let me ask you a question.

When you...

you know... proposed,

uh... did you mean to,

or did it just

come out in the heat of the moment?

Well, does that matter?

Well, yeah, it matters to me.

It just came out in the heat of the moment.

Oh.

But that doesn't mean that

once I said it, I wasn't serious, because I-I... I was.

Why, I still am.

Cole...

Phoebe, listen to me.

I... I know it was crazy to ask,

and I know it doesn't make any sense

because of who we are, but...

that shouldn't matter.

If it did, we never would've fallen in love in the first place.

I love you, Phoebe,

and... I don't know where

we go from here, but I do know that wherever it is...

I want it to be with you.

( baby crying in distance)

Is that a baby crying?

( crying continues)

Well, you told me to rent one, so I did.

Well, I didn't think that you could.

Where did you get it?

The clinic.

Great. Take it back.

What's going on? PAIGE: Piper and Leo

wanted to try out having a baby

before actually having one,

so I got them a mechanical baby.

We use them in parenting classes all the time.

( crying continues) Wow, it sounds so real.

And so annoying.

Look, Paige, I appreciate

the thought, be we are on

a demon hunt and the last thing I want to do

is protect a fake baby.

Oh, really?

( yells)

( gasping) See?

Your instincts were to save it.

My instincts were to shut it up.

The doll has a sensor; it'll stop crying if you just hold it.

But I don't want to.

Come on, just try it.

If it doesn't work, I will take it back, I promise.

( sighs)

( crying resumes)

Okay, now, you just rock it gently.

Phoebe, I know how

to hold a baby... that is not the issue, thank you.

( crying stops) Just give it a shot.

What have you got to lose?

Another witch has been killed.

Oh, no.

LEO: And the police

found her body behind the Cannon Theater.

Well, we should go there

and see what we can find out.

We got to call Morris on the way,

make sure he can get us in.

And no, you cannot come... someone might

recognize you from when you posed as a D.A.

Well, I don't get to go anywhere anymore.

You were a demon and a lawyer?

Insert joke here.

Where'd you get it?

It's Paige's.

PAIGE: No, it's yours.

You need to figure it out.

Yeah, Daddy...

figure it out.

Excuse me.

( loud crying) Uh...

Don't look at me.

( crying continues)

I can't guarantee you much time on this.

Promise me you'll stay oh the fringe. We promise.

So, what do we know?

A man called 911 from that pay phone

and reported he'd found a body.

PIPER: Looks like she wasn't the only victim.

Scorch mark, definitely demonic.

Looks like one of Cole's, actually.

Don't you mean Belthazor?

Oh, it's too bad Cole can't check it out.

Probably he'll be able to tell us who did it.

Is anyone from the D.A.'s office here?

Yeah, that guy over there is an A.D.A..

MORRIS: He's interviewing one of the victim's friends.

I also found this on the victim.

A triple crescent.

Yeah. Does this mean something to you?

I studied it in one of Piper's quizzes.

It's an ancient wiccan symbol, a cousin to the triquetra.

Could be the mark of a coven.

A coven someone's trying to wipe out.

PHOEBE: We have to figure out who else is in it.

Maybe the victim's friend.

Only one way to find out.

Phoebe... fringe, okay?

Fringe.

And she hadn't complained about any disgruntled friends,

coworkers, ex-boyfriends?

No.

Kari was a beautiful person.

Everyone loved her.

If you think of anything else at all, please,

don't hesitate to call.

I like your necklace.

Do I know you?

No. But you might know of me...

and my sisters.

( quietly): The Charmed Ones.

You and Kari were in the same coven?

Yes.

And your mark is the triple crescent.

( growls) ( gasps)

What is it? Are you all right?

PIPER: What happened? What'd you see?

The demon... he's after her.

Where? Uh...

by the steps

in some park... I think

it was like an old amphitheater or something.

I know that... that's in Stanley Arboretum.

I walk past it every day on the way to work.

What did the demon look like?

Like Belthazor.

I mean, not exactly like him, just...

just similar.

What the hell is going on here?

This is a murder investigation.

Who are these people?

I'll get rid of them.

Come on. ladies, move along.

First time I ask nicely.

We're gone, mister.

SUSAN: I don't understand... if you know the demon

is meant to attack here, shouldn't we go someplace else?

PIPER: Not if we want to get rid of him for good.

PAIGE: Power of Three spell? No.

The only way to vanquish an upper-level demon

is with a potion of his own flesh.

Sounds like you've done this before.

Once, on my fiancé.

PAIGE: Your fiancé?

Yeah, I just wanted to hear how it sounded.

And? Kind of weird.

Yeah. PAIGE: Wait, wait, wait.

Back up. Did you say you once tried

to vanquish Cole? No, Belthazor, there's a difference.

Is there?

Okay, let's review.

I play decoy, demon attacks. Piper freezes,

you slice-and-dice until we get the demon sushi,

and then we get out of there.

Everybody ready?

As ready as I'll ever be.

Okay, I'm gonna need

your coat and your hat.

Um, and your necklace.

Okay, we got to get Susan someplace safe. Leo?

Hi, honey. Could you

orb Susan out of here? Sure.

Any place in mind? Mm,

I don't think home is a good idea.

Actually, you should take her to my old loft.

I don't think it's rented yet.

All right, take my hand.

Where's the baby?

LEO: See?

We can make this work.

Mm-hmm. Go away.

And you drop Robo-kid off at the manor...

please.

Thank you.

Okay, we got to do this fast,

'cause this demon won't stay frozen for long. Ready?

Let's go.

Hello, witch!

Good-bye...

demon.

( roaring)

( grunts)

I had him!

Who the hell are you?!

He used this to kill my fiancé.

It's a ceremonial knife.

The demon left it behind after the struggle.

I've been hunting him down

for the last year and a half.

It's all I care about.

May I?

Look familiar?

He looked familiar to me.

I meant the athame.

It's one used by the Brotherhood.

PIPER: Emma, do you know why

the demon wanted to kill your fiancé?

Because Andrew was a witch.

Are you a witch, too?

No.

But after Andrew died, I studied his books

and devoted myself to the craft.

To continue his work?

To track down his killer.

And you just happened to be in the park at the same time

the demon was going to attack Susan?

I know his MO.

I know when he kills a witch,

he goes after the entire coven.

PIPER: You've taught yourself well.

But still, if we hadn't come along,

we would have lost you both.

Vengeance empowers me.

But it won't save you.

Your desire for revenge

is keeping you from the truth.

You want the demon vanquished,

my advice is to stand back and let the Charmed Ones handle it.

This is my fight.

Then you shall lose it.

PHOEBE: Cole's right.

You have to trust us.

Trust that we want the same thing you do.

It's just...

his face has haunted me ever since Andrew died.

It's the face of pure evil.

I can't let him get away.

Why don't you scry for him again

while we prepare the vanquishing potion.

Once we get a piece of his flesh, he's dust.

PHOEBE: We'll get him.

I swear we'll get him.

( baby cries)

Ignore that.

Piper!

All right... excuse me.

She has a baby?

Actually she's not sure yet.

Hmm.

Inspector Morris, he's based downtown.

I want you to get in touch with his Captain,

and you tell him my office wants to see

all of his recent case files.

Got it.

In fact, better go make that request in person.

This way, they can't duck you on the phone.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

That's okay. Take your time.

I'm going to lure the witch here.

So I'm gonna need you to stand guard

in case the ones

who ambushed me show up.

You understand?

Fortunately, they won't recognize me in my human form.

Your old boss, Belthazor, he was right about one thing.

Posing as a DA

is a perfect cover.

Leave me.

How much longer do you think I'll have to stay here?

I'll talk to your whitelighter,

but my instincts tell me

that everyone in your coven

should break their routine until this threat is over.

( phone ringing) Excuse me.

Hello?

SYKES: Miss Coleman,

this is the Assistant District Attorney, Sykes.

Who is it?

The DA.

Uh... I'm sorry, yes, hi.

I'm calling because I've received some new evidence

and I'd like to talk to you about it if it's all right.

Oh, okay, when?

Can you come over to the office now?

He wants me to come in.

Okay.

All right, I'll be right there.

I'll be waiting.

I feel the crystal pulling.

He's still in the area.

I can't find him in the Book anywhere.

Did you notice how he vanished?

Did he smoke out? Flame out?

Actually he shimmered like, uh... Belthazor.

EMMA: I think I found him!

Where?

He's at Prescott and...

Pine.

How did you know?

That's where we are.

Wait, he's here in the house?

I'll go check upstairs.

You find your sisters, get ready.

Hello?

Ah, Miss Coleman.

Who's this?

I'm a friend.

Is it a problem?

No, no... no problem at all.

Um... why don't you just wait over there,

and, uh... I'll let you know when it's over.

Right this way.

Ohh!

Phoebe?

He's not upstairs.

Not downstairs either.

It's the ADA!

Sykes? He tried to kill her.

I don't know if he followed us here or not.

Watch out!

Take her upstairs!

You're gonna have to do better than that.

Hurry, slice him!

Ooh...

Paige, just do it.

This is no time to be squeamish!

Got it.

Oh...

Oh, my God!

Belthazor, we meet at last!

But not for long.

We'll finish this later.

Is everybody okay?

I'm okay.

PAIGE: Emma?

He's not the demon who killed my fiancé.

He is!

He's a killer!

What is the matter with you people?!

Emma, I know you're upset, but you don't understand.

Let go of me!

You're making a huge mistake.

PHOEBE: He's not who you think he is.

He's the demon who killed my fiancé,

and that is all I need to know!

Whoa... whoa.

Hey!

EMMA: How can you protect a murderer?

How can you live with yourself?

(door closes)

Is she right?

Are you the one who killed him?

PHOEBE: Honey,

now's not the time.

We have to worry about Sykes.

We got what we need.

You guys work on the vanishing potion.

(receding footsteps)

We need to talk.

Don't tell me you're scared of me.

No. Don't be ridiculous.

That's good... because I think Emma's right.

I am the one who killed her fiancé; this is mine.

I don't even remember doing it.

I don't even remember what he looked like.

Didn't matter what they looked like.

It only mattered that I did what I was told.

He was a witch.

The Source viewed him as a threat.

Shh...

You don't have to explain yourself to me.

Yes, I do.

No, you don't.

I know who you were...

who you used to be...

and that's not the person you are anymore.

Aren't I?

Belthazor still exists inside of me.

That hasn't changed, nor does it change

what I've done.

But just think of all the good you've done since then.

Hmph.

Doesn't balance out.

Doesn't even come close.

And now the very thing

I've been trying so hard not to be

is the very thing I might have to become.

What do you mean?

Sykes has done a good job of emulating me,

emulating Belthazor,

which means if the potion doesn't work,

the only way to destroy him is for me to turn into Belthazor.

Yeah, but then afterwards you'll turn back into Cole.

I may not be able to.

To stop him,

I'll have to embrace my demonic self completely.

There may be no coming back from that.

Well, then we'll just have to make sure

that potion works very well, won't we?

I'll be back.

Where are you going?

To find Emma... try to explain.

It won't make any difference.

Well, it will if I can keep her out of the craziness,

keep her from getting hurt.

I'm more concerned with keeping you out of the craziness.

Keeping you from getting hurt.

(sighs)

You still have some of that

Belthazor vanquishing potion left, don't you?

Yes, but...

Get it. Just in case.

It might be the only way to stop me.

Okay, we just need the pigs' feet

over there by the mandrake root.

Poor piggy piggy.

They're sensitive creatures, you know.

Smart, too.

Yeah, not that one.

Ugh.

Okay, so all we need to do is drop in this Sykes flesh.

Go ahead, just drop it in.

Aah.

(groans)

You did that on purpose, didn't you?

Yeah.

Yeah, it happened to me last year.

No substitute for experience.

You girls all right?

Yeah, we were just doing a little sisterly bonding,

that's all. Where's Phoebe?

The potion will be ready in a couple of minutes.

COLE: Yeah, she wanted

to talk to Emma, explain things.

Good luck.

Look, I don't need the guilt from you, okay?

I've got enough of my own to deal with.

What, and you think that covers it? What you did?

Paige, don't.

Don't what, Piper!

He killed a man.

Are you condoning that?

No, of course not.

But it's just not that simple.

He can't change the past.

And you've seen how much good

he's helped us do.

That's who he is now, and we accept that.

If you say so.

(sighs)

Thank you.

You want me to help you find Sykes?

Can you?

If he's still emulating me,

all I have to do is figure out what I'd do next.

Which would be...?

Go after the Charmed Ones.

Oh, that's nice.

COLE: But first I'd have to

regroup somewhere, tend to my cut.

The mausoleum?

Except Sykes will anticipate that.

He'll be expecting you to come after him,

which means he'll probably by lying in wait.

Maybe even set some kind of trap.

One that you could identify?

So let's go.

PAIGE: Wait.

Don't we need Phoebe?

No, all we need is this.

Besides, it's better to keep Emma away from the action.

(baby crying)

Oh, honey, what happened?

Sykes.

Guess you were right.

Oh, sweetie, I didn't want to be right.

I'm sorry.

You're sorry?

Who's gonna pay for this?

Aah.

Well...?

We're gonna go after Sykes,

so you should probably orb Susan

out of here just to be safe.

(doll crying with scratchs and pops)

(doll crying with scratchs and skips)

Emma...

Emma, please, I need to talk to you.

Look, I know that there's nothing I can say

that can change what happened.

But I think there is something that may help.

I want you to know that Cole has dedicated his life to good now.

And I'm not saying that

it excuses what he did.

Damn right it doesn't.

All I'm saying is that the demon you're searching for

no longer exists.

Oh, my God!

Who are you trying to kid?

Are you blind?

Did you not see what he turned into?

That monster still exists,

whether you want to believe it or not.

Technically yes, but...

Not technically.

Actually.

He's alive, and I'm not gonna rest until he's dead

no matter what you say.

All that would do is keep him from doing future good

and put your life at risk

in the process.

Emma, please, please... let it go.

Let it go?

Have you ever lost someone?

To evil, I mean.

Yes.

And did you just let it go?

( door creaking shut)

Any sign of him?

Uh-uh.

Ow!

What?

Trap. Back up.

Where is he?

I don't know.

Well, why would he set a trap for us and not be here?

Unless this was just a distraction.

What do you mean "distraction"?

You said he was after us.

I was wrong.

He's after me.

And the best way to get to me is through...

Phoebe!

Cole?

(gasps)

Close.

What do you want?

The same thing you do,

only I call him Belthazor.

Except I don't need a potion to vanquish him,

I just need you.

Phoebe.

I'll check upstairs, you check downstairs.

You must be something very special...

to turn a demon.

Something very special indeed.

Unfortunately though,

when you made him less evil, you made him less powerful.

Hmm.

I wonder.

Are you gonna have the same effect on me after I kill him?

Hmm?

Well, well, well.

The mighty Belthazor.

You don't disappoint.

I knew you'd figure out what I was up to...

sooner or later.

Cole, get out of here.

He won't hurt me.

He's bluffing.

COLE/SYKES: I can't take that chance.

Ooh. Kind of eerie, isn't it,

how I know you

better than you know yourself?

The student has surpassed his mentor.

I was never your mentor, Sykes.

By reputation, you were.

By your legend.

It'll be an honor

to kill you and assume your rightful place

in the hierarchy.

Remember what I told you?

What I asked you to do?

Cole, please don't.

(roaring)

Did you hear that?

(roaring)

Die!

Cole.

Di...

(groaning)

(loud, sustained roaring)

Cole.

It's over.

You can turn back now.

Cole, you can do it.

For me. For us.

All right, throw the potion. Maybe it'll work on him.

No, don't.

Cole, please.

You can do this.

You're good.

(roaring)

(agonized roaring)

What happened?

That was the power-stripping potion

I made to free Cole.

Are you okay?

No!

You got your revenge.

You killed the demon you were after.

Belthazor is dead,

gone forever.

Cole's a human being.

An Innocent.

(rock music playing)

You know, this baby was your idea.

I know, I know. That's why

I'm paying for half of it.

Still haven't quite figured out

how I'm gonna explain what happened to it, though.

Thank you. Well, at least

it served its purpose.

In spades, unfortunately.

Oh, honey, it doesn't mean that

we can't ever have children.

Just, you know, we'll have to wait till it's safe.

Promise?

Promise.

Oh, that's sweet.

You two ought to get married...

unlike Phoebe and Cole.

You don't think they should?

I don't know. I guess it's not my business.

Probably just reeling from the fact that Cole killed people.

Yeah, but that wasn't Cole... It was Belthazor.

Splitting hairs if you ask me.

LEO: It's not, though.

His human half

had absolutely nothing to do with any of that.

It was totally subjugated.

Phoebe's right, he's an Innocent.

The question is, what does he do now?

(door opening)

Cole.

Oh, my God. I was so worried.

Oh, I'm sorry. I just...

I had to take a walk,

and I lost track of time,

and I tried to shimmer back here and I realized I...

I didn't have my powers any more.

Well, that's a good thing.

Isn't that what we always wanted?

I don't know.

Did we?

I mean, I get it that I'm

finally off the Source's radar and that I don't have to worry

about demons tracking me down all the time, but...

I-I-I'm grateful for that.

Don't get me wrong.

It's just...

What?

Come here.

Phoebe, um...

for all intents and purposes, I've been a demon for...

over a hundred years.

That's all I've ever known.

Or been.

What am I supposed to do now?

Who am I?

You're still the good man that I fell in love with.

But not the one you want to marry.

I love you, Cole.

And nothing will ever change that.

But I'm not ready.

Not yet,

and that's got more to do with me and my issues,

than it does you.

I still don't know where that leaves us, especially now.

Well... just because

you're not a demon anymore

doesn't mean we can't live in sin.