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This is my first attempt so please review. I'll be waiting.
Summary: this story is completely devoted to Cole Turner and to his fans. AU season 5.
Chapter 1
12 people, 8 men and 4 women, were sitting around the big table in the boardroom of BalFor Holdings with one chair still empty. The man in the chairman seat closed the folder in front of him.
"This concludes the agenda of our meeting. As you have noticed our profits have increased by 8% in this quarter and considering current economic situation it is more than satisfactory. Does anybody have any other issues to discuss?"
Silences greeted his question. The chairman sighed and said in a quieter voice.
"Then shall we proceed? "
He got up and went to the massive bookcase, which covered the entire wall of the boardroom. He stared at the middle row of books for a while and a part of the wall in front of him dissolved and showed a staircase going deep down. The chairman started to descend followed by other board members. They came to a massive opening, which had open fire instead of the floor and blue sky with clouds instead of the ceiling. In the middle of the opening a round surface hanged in the air. The chairman had disappeared from the bottom stair and reappeared on the surface dressed in a grey robe with the hood completely covering his face. One by one the other members joined him until all twelve were standing in the circle on the surface. In the middle of this circle there was a piece of parchment hanging in the air.
"Welcome to the Lugels council," said the chairman. "I called this meeting because there have been important developments, which the Council should hear about. "
"We are listening very attentively to you, William," a woman to his right spoke with a soft French accent.
"Thank you, Celina. As you know we have been analysing the situation and the conclusions are quite worrying. It seems that events of the last 6 months have significantly affected the number of magic people around the globe. The worst situation is in wiccan circles. With the Source and his Council being dead the whole Underworld is in confusion. Demons are good in creating anarchy but they are not good in living in one. There have been massive losses on both demonic and also whitelighters' side. Demons know that one of the whitelighters has hidden the Grimore and therefore they are after every one of them to find out which whitelighter was it. Demons also have been fighting among each other constantly. So the results are pretty worrying. If the rates keep to what they are we are looking at a 50% decrease in the numbers of witches, demons and other magic folk in the next 12 months and thereafter it will be very difficult to stop the total extinction. So this brings us to the decision that there is a need for emergency action. It is essential to stop the bloodshed between the forces of dark and evil in order to preserve the balance of forces inside the magic and this way to preserve the magic as such."
He paused for a moment. Everybody was listening very attentively and another female voice asked, "How can we stop this from happening?"
"Well," he said, "you all know that it will take the Chosen Two to stop the bloodshed and create a peace between the Underworld and the mortal magic world. For centuries we, Lugels, were trying to find the Chosen Two using the information, which reached us through generations. We collected the pieces of the mystery, which were scattered all over this realm and other planes of existence. Many of our fellow friends lost their lives during this search but it was not in vain. We have got the information together. Twenty five years ago we accomplished our task and found the last piece," he stretched his hand towards the floating piece of parchment. "All of you know what was said on it but I will say it once again. "It will take one human but not one being, and a magic both black and white which was lost and acquired, the dead one who was killed but survived, and an innocent not by birth but by life, who will stop to be innocent when the love would strike both evil and good, and this love will bring back the hope". Ever since we got this puzzle we were not able to understand what it meant but recently there were some developments." He paused, "the message started to glow 3 months ago, the moment the Source was killed. Not all of the message was glowing," he corrected himself, "just one part of it talking about the "a magic both black and white which was lost and acquired, the dead one who was killed but survived". Initially it did not make any sense to us. So I went to the Underworld and collected some rumours and that's what I found out. The Source himself was killed several months ago by the Charmed Ones. However, the spirit of the Source went into the human Cole Turner. Cole Turner was in the past demon Belthazor, whom all of you heard about. He was half human and half demon. He was the best agent Triad has ever had. They sent him after the Charmed Ones but he fell in love with one of the witches, killed the Triad and since then he's been suppressing his demon half. The Source put a very high bail on his head but he survived all the attempts and actually killed a great number of demons himself. However, then he was stripped from his powers. From that point on everything becomes even more confusing. I think while trying to save his love he became possessed by the spirit of the Source and became the Source himself. From then onwards I don't think Cole Turner had any control, and the Spirit completely consumed him. He was trying to make one of the Charmed ones the Queen of the Underworld. However, when the Spirit threatened her life he got himself killed. Then the Spirit inhabited the unborn child of the Charmed one but was transferred by the Seer. At the end the Spirit, the Seer and the child are dead.
"So you think that the Charmed one is the one," interrupted the man standing opposite the chairman, he had a distinct Slavonic accent, "but the description does not suit her."
"No, Vladimir, no the Charmed one, but Cole Turner."
"But he is dead."
"Well, no, he is not dead. He has a soul and he is stuck in the wasteland clinging to his love to the witch. And this suits the description perfectly. "The dead one who was killed and survived". And if we get him the powers he will be "the magic that was lost and acquired"."
"How can you be so sure?" another Lugel asked with a roaring Australian accent.
"I am not sure but the message started to glow exactly when the Source died and Cole Turner got himself into the Wasteland. It never happened before, and nothing else happened at that time. I read a lot about Belthazor /Turner and collected a lot of rumours. The guy is very unusual. He is less than one and a half centuries old but he was very high in rank. His powers and the way he is thinking are very peculiar. He does not think like a demon and he does not think like a human. He is somewhere in between and very talented. He also knows how to suppress his demonic half. He fought on both sides of good and evil. So I think he might well be the one."
There was quite a lot of buzz around the circle then Celina enquired, "If we assume that Cole Turner is the one of the Chosen Two then who is the other one?"
The chairman's voice was very quiet, "This is not a mystery either. And here I have to apologize," he paused, "apologize to all of you. I have known who is the other one for a very long time."
The whole Council seemed to explode suddenly with voices. The chairman lifted his hands asking for silence and when everybody got quiet he said. "Please, let me explain and try to understand. You know that when we got the last piece of the puzzle my brother died. He managed to pass me the piece but was too late to save himself. I was devastated but I knew that my brother died not for nothing. I went to his house and tried to comfort his family. His wife was taken to hospital and I brought my niece with me to the house. I wanted to put the puzzle together just to show my brother's soul before it left this plane that his death was not for nothing. So I took my niece to the office and left her sleeping in the chair and went to put the last piece on its place. It fitted perfectly and I knew that my brother was now content. But what happened next took me by complete surprise. My niece must have woken up and was now standing next to me. I wanted to take her away from the note but she put her hand on it and the puzzle started to glow. The same way as when the Source died. Only part of the message about the innocent was glowing. That moment I knew that my niece was the one. I did not tell anyone because she had to be kept innocent."
"This is not an excuse to keep it from the Council," the male voice was full of disapproval, which has accentuated his Spanish accent. "You could have died and than we would never have found out. It was irresponsible of you, William."
"I was trying to protect my niece, Carlos. Anyway, I admit my guilt to the Council and will take any punishment. I believe it was better for the girl not to find out too early."
"You should have shared this with the Council," repeated Carlos, "you took too much on yourself. You knew when you became the Secretary of the Council that you had to sacrifice, and you should have done what was better for the goal."
Another female voice interrupted both man. "I think accusing each other is not going to help. So what are we going to do now?"
"You are right, Angela, I have been thinking a lot about it," said the Secretary, "and I would like to put a proposal to the Council. I think that it's time to bring them together. Firstly we have to get Cole Turner out of the Wasteland and give him his powers back and then we will have to bring Nicole to San Francisco. She lives and works in London at the moment. When she arrives we will have to proceed with activation of her powers. She has a lot to learn but I am sure she'll manage. That's my suggestions at the moment. The situation at the moment is very convenient. Underworld is in chaos and in need of a new leader. Cole Turner already kind-of is the Source. It would be possible to make him a new leader of the Underworld. Where as Nicole can become the head Elder. Together they would be able to get the agreement between the good and the evil and the magic world will get the break it needs for restoring the balance. We have been planning this for a long time. It will be very hard work for the whole Council but we have been waiting for this for so long that I am sure we will be able to cope with the stress and provide the necessary guidance for the Chosen Two."
He looked around the hooded figures and spoke again. "I know it is a lot to take in but I would really appreciate your opinion. We will also have a vote on the situation."
Everybody nodded and Australian Lugel said. "I have a problem believing that this half-demon is one of the Chosen Two. Yes, the message started to glow but may be it was to do with somebody born? How do you know it is him? We can't just trust him with this task without the proof."
"Don't worry, Dorian, we will get proof," smiled William, "he is completely powerless now and I am going to make him touch the message and if it glows than we have the proof we need. If it does not he is not one of the Chosen Two and I will leave him to his fate. "
Silence followed his words. He waited for a little while and said, "You all know how important this decision is. Am I understanding right that the Council has agreed to my proposition. "
One after another the hooded figures nodded. Then Angela asked, "Who will go to the Wasteland?"
"I will," the secretary said, "these are my findings and I will make sure it will go right. And not to waste time I will go right now after the Council meeting is adjoined."
This is my first attempt so please review. I'll be waiting.
Summary: this story is completely devoted to Cole Turner and to his fans. AU season 5.
Chapter 1
12 people, 8 men and 4 women, were sitting around the big table in the boardroom of BalFor Holdings with one chair still empty. The man in the chairman seat closed the folder in front of him.
"This concludes the agenda of our meeting. As you have noticed our profits have increased by 8% in this quarter and considering current economic situation it is more than satisfactory. Does anybody have any other issues to discuss?"
Silences greeted his question. The chairman sighed and said in a quieter voice.
"Then shall we proceed? "
He got up and went to the massive bookcase, which covered the entire wall of the boardroom. He stared at the middle row of books for a while and a part of the wall in front of him dissolved and showed a staircase going deep down. The chairman started to descend followed by other board members. They came to a massive opening, which had open fire instead of the floor and blue sky with clouds instead of the ceiling. In the middle of the opening a round surface hanged in the air. The chairman had disappeared from the bottom stair and reappeared on the surface dressed in a grey robe with the hood completely covering his face. One by one the other members joined him until all twelve were standing in the circle on the surface. In the middle of this circle there was a piece of parchment hanging in the air.
"Welcome to the Lugels council," said the chairman. "I called this meeting because there have been important developments, which the Council should hear about. "
"We are listening very attentively to you, William," a woman to his right spoke with a soft French accent.
"Thank you, Celina. As you know we have been analysing the situation and the conclusions are quite worrying. It seems that events of the last 6 months have significantly affected the number of magic people around the globe. The worst situation is in wiccan circles. With the Source and his Council being dead the whole Underworld is in confusion. Demons are good in creating anarchy but they are not good in living in one. There have been massive losses on both demonic and also whitelighters' side. Demons know that one of the whitelighters has hidden the Grimore and therefore they are after every one of them to find out which whitelighter was it. Demons also have been fighting among each other constantly. So the results are pretty worrying. If the rates keep to what they are we are looking at a 50% decrease in the numbers of witches, demons and other magic folk in the next 12 months and thereafter it will be very difficult to stop the total extinction. So this brings us to the decision that there is a need for emergency action. It is essential to stop the bloodshed between the forces of dark and evil in order to preserve the balance of forces inside the magic and this way to preserve the magic as such."
He paused for a moment. Everybody was listening very attentively and another female voice asked, "How can we stop this from happening?"
"Well," he said, "you all know that it will take the Chosen Two to stop the bloodshed and create a peace between the Underworld and the mortal magic world. For centuries we, Lugels, were trying to find the Chosen Two using the information, which reached us through generations. We collected the pieces of the mystery, which were scattered all over this realm and other planes of existence. Many of our fellow friends lost their lives during this search but it was not in vain. We have got the information together. Twenty five years ago we accomplished our task and found the last piece," he stretched his hand towards the floating piece of parchment. "All of you know what was said on it but I will say it once again. "It will take one human but not one being, and a magic both black and white which was lost and acquired, the dead one who was killed but survived, and an innocent not by birth but by life, who will stop to be innocent when the love would strike both evil and good, and this love will bring back the hope". Ever since we got this puzzle we were not able to understand what it meant but recently there were some developments." He paused, "the message started to glow 3 months ago, the moment the Source was killed. Not all of the message was glowing," he corrected himself, "just one part of it talking about the "a magic both black and white which was lost and acquired, the dead one who was killed but survived". Initially it did not make any sense to us. So I went to the Underworld and collected some rumours and that's what I found out. The Source himself was killed several months ago by the Charmed Ones. However, the spirit of the Source went into the human Cole Turner. Cole Turner was in the past demon Belthazor, whom all of you heard about. He was half human and half demon. He was the best agent Triad has ever had. They sent him after the Charmed Ones but he fell in love with one of the witches, killed the Triad and since then he's been suppressing his demon half. The Source put a very high bail on his head but he survived all the attempts and actually killed a great number of demons himself. However, then he was stripped from his powers. From that point on everything becomes even more confusing. I think while trying to save his love he became possessed by the spirit of the Source and became the Source himself. From then onwards I don't think Cole Turner had any control, and the Spirit completely consumed him. He was trying to make one of the Charmed ones the Queen of the Underworld. However, when the Spirit threatened her life he got himself killed. Then the Spirit inhabited the unborn child of the Charmed one but was transferred by the Seer. At the end the Spirit, the Seer and the child are dead.
"So you think that the Charmed one is the one," interrupted the man standing opposite the chairman, he had a distinct Slavonic accent, "but the description does not suit her."
"No, Vladimir, no the Charmed one, but Cole Turner."
"But he is dead."
"Well, no, he is not dead. He has a soul and he is stuck in the wasteland clinging to his love to the witch. And this suits the description perfectly. "The dead one who was killed and survived". And if we get him the powers he will be "the magic that was lost and acquired"."
"How can you be so sure?" another Lugel asked with a roaring Australian accent.
"I am not sure but the message started to glow exactly when the Source died and Cole Turner got himself into the Wasteland. It never happened before, and nothing else happened at that time. I read a lot about Belthazor /Turner and collected a lot of rumours. The guy is very unusual. He is less than one and a half centuries old but he was very high in rank. His powers and the way he is thinking are very peculiar. He does not think like a demon and he does not think like a human. He is somewhere in between and very talented. He also knows how to suppress his demonic half. He fought on both sides of good and evil. So I think he might well be the one."
There was quite a lot of buzz around the circle then Celina enquired, "If we assume that Cole Turner is the one of the Chosen Two then who is the other one?"
The chairman's voice was very quiet, "This is not a mystery either. And here I have to apologize," he paused, "apologize to all of you. I have known who is the other one for a very long time."
The whole Council seemed to explode suddenly with voices. The chairman lifted his hands asking for silence and when everybody got quiet he said. "Please, let me explain and try to understand. You know that when we got the last piece of the puzzle my brother died. He managed to pass me the piece but was too late to save himself. I was devastated but I knew that my brother died not for nothing. I went to his house and tried to comfort his family. His wife was taken to hospital and I brought my niece with me to the house. I wanted to put the puzzle together just to show my brother's soul before it left this plane that his death was not for nothing. So I took my niece to the office and left her sleeping in the chair and went to put the last piece on its place. It fitted perfectly and I knew that my brother was now content. But what happened next took me by complete surprise. My niece must have woken up and was now standing next to me. I wanted to take her away from the note but she put her hand on it and the puzzle started to glow. The same way as when the Source died. Only part of the message about the innocent was glowing. That moment I knew that my niece was the one. I did not tell anyone because she had to be kept innocent."
"This is not an excuse to keep it from the Council," the male voice was full of disapproval, which has accentuated his Spanish accent. "You could have died and than we would never have found out. It was irresponsible of you, William."
"I was trying to protect my niece, Carlos. Anyway, I admit my guilt to the Council and will take any punishment. I believe it was better for the girl not to find out too early."
"You should have shared this with the Council," repeated Carlos, "you took too much on yourself. You knew when you became the Secretary of the Council that you had to sacrifice, and you should have done what was better for the goal."
Another female voice interrupted both man. "I think accusing each other is not going to help. So what are we going to do now?"
"You are right, Angela, I have been thinking a lot about it," said the Secretary, "and I would like to put a proposal to the Council. I think that it's time to bring them together. Firstly we have to get Cole Turner out of the Wasteland and give him his powers back and then we will have to bring Nicole to San Francisco. She lives and works in London at the moment. When she arrives we will have to proceed with activation of her powers. She has a lot to learn but I am sure she'll manage. That's my suggestions at the moment. The situation at the moment is very convenient. Underworld is in chaos and in need of a new leader. Cole Turner already kind-of is the Source. It would be possible to make him a new leader of the Underworld. Where as Nicole can become the head Elder. Together they would be able to get the agreement between the good and the evil and the magic world will get the break it needs for restoring the balance. We have been planning this for a long time. It will be very hard work for the whole Council but we have been waiting for this for so long that I am sure we will be able to cope with the stress and provide the necessary guidance for the Chosen Two."
He looked around the hooded figures and spoke again. "I know it is a lot to take in but I would really appreciate your opinion. We will also have a vote on the situation."
Everybody nodded and Australian Lugel said. "I have a problem believing that this half-demon is one of the Chosen Two. Yes, the message started to glow but may be it was to do with somebody born? How do you know it is him? We can't just trust him with this task without the proof."
"Don't worry, Dorian, we will get proof," smiled William, "he is completely powerless now and I am going to make him touch the message and if it glows than we have the proof we need. If it does not he is not one of the Chosen Two and I will leave him to his fate. "
Silence followed his words. He waited for a little while and said, "You all know how important this decision is. Am I understanding right that the Council has agreed to my proposition. "
One after another the hooded figures nodded. Then Angela asked, "Who will go to the Wasteland?"
"I will," the secretary said, "these are my findings and I will make sure it will go right. And not to waste time I will go right now after the Council meeting is adjoined."