Ok, this is a new fic and although it is a part of my series, it doesn't have a lot to do with it. At first everything seems a bit foggy, but read on, it unfogs later on, I'm working on the next chapter so I hope it will be out by the end of this month. This takes place after Cole proposes and Phoebe says yes, so they are engaged, of course not married yet. Ok, to much blabbering, enjoy the story! J
Desra sat sluggishly on a big leather chair, in an office the Source had provided for him for this particular meeting. He was used to meeting people to do them magical favors, like the ones that sold their souls, he would take care of their petitions, although this particular meeting made him feel slightly on edge. The circumstances under which they were meeting were very unsettling, they seemed all so strange and the lack of information on the Source's part had made him even more suspicious. The source would usually inform him on who and what he was meeting, what he had to do, this time he had said he had to meet a very important person who had requested something of the source, he never said what or why he was requesting it, or what he was willing to give in exchange for this favor. It just seemed very odd to Desra, but his obligations as the source's right hand magical seer was to obey the source in his every request, so he did. Desra heard steps coming from outside the door, he straightened his posture as a young man came in, a briefcase in his hand, his blond hair very well groomed, his athletic body covered in a very expensive black suit. He seemed of about 28, although his blue eyes revealed much more knowledge, knowledge he knew could only be expressed in an immortal soul. "Desra I presume?" he said, his voice very manly, "yes, and you are..?" Desra said getting up, the man came closer to him and extended his hand, Desra took it, "Louis" he said, "ok, last name?" Desra asked, "I don't have one" he said quickly, Desra raised an eyebrow but ignored the obvious lie. He watched Louis sit down, and than he did, "ok, well, the source obviously told you why I was here" Louis said, Desra nodded, "actually he didn't. He didn't say much about you, he told me to meet you and to give you anything you asked for, he didn't say why or how" he explained, Louis looked at him, "that's odd, one would think he would be glad to be doing me a favor" he said, "why? Who are you?" Desra asked, he was very impatient to get this over with, "he didn't tell you who I was either?" Louis asked, Desra nodded no, "well, I can't say much, but let's just say the source owes me a favor" he said, "I need to get a person… or a creature from the dead" Louis said, "I don't magic spells unless I know more about the person's background" Desra said, "trust me, you don't need to know about my background, it's not important" he said arrogantly, "if you don't want to tell me about your background and work under my rules, I suggest you look for another magical seer" Desra said, Louis smiled "I suggest you forget about my background if you don't want to see you and your source and everybody around you dead" he said menacingly, Desra felt slightly uncomfortable under his gaze, he suddenly felt like taking everything back "I don't want to know it because I'm curious, I need to know at least who or what you want to raise, to say the least" Desra said in a softer tone, "well, Desra, the source can tell you who she was, what she was, but I don't think he needs to tell you who I am, I think you know me very well, or at least you've heard of me. You better watch your step, I can bring you down, I made you" he said cryptically, Desra felt his body shiver, he shook it off and regained his composure, "I… I don't know what you're talking about" he said, trying to conceal his fear, "maybe not now, maybe later on" Louis said smiling, "what is it you want me to do?" Desra asked, " that's more like it" Louis said, "about a month ago the source killed somebody very important to me, he bargained that if I didn't destroy him he would bring her back" Louis explained, "you can't raise a person from the dead, it's impossible to any magic" Desra explained, he let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding, "that's the catch, she isn't human, she was something else" Louis explained, "what was she?" Desra asked, "that'll come in time, do the necessary arrangements, I'll pay anything there has to be paid, although I doubt that man in my position will have to pay you anything, here is my card, call me when you're ready, I have an appointment with somebody" Louis said, he threw the card on the table and left quickly, Desra watched him leave, he grabbed the card on the table and gasped.
Cole's eyes fluttered open, he rolled around searching for Phoebe's warm body but she wasn't there, he sat up quickly and looked around the room, "Phoebe?" he called out, Phoebe's head poked out from the closet, "morning sleepy" she said, walking towards him, "morning" he said as he accepted the kiss she planted on his forehead, "why are you up so early?" he asked, noticing the towel around her, "it's not early" she said, as she walked away from him and back into the closet, "It's early for you" he said noticing the time, 11:46 AM, he rubbed the sleep from his eyes and swung his legs over the bed, he got up and put on his boxers and walked toward the closet, Phoebe came out just as he was going in, she was fully dressed "where are you going all dressed up?" he asked grabbing her waist, "I told you last night, I'm gonna have lunch with my friend" she said, "what friend?" Cole asked, "my friend, Louis, from New York" she said, "what friend Louis from New York?" he asked, "I told you last night, my friend Louis" Phoebe said, "oh, well, um, I just, I guess I wasn't listening, but, care to run this whole Louis thing by me so I can seethe in anger" he said, "Cole… he's just a friend" Phoebe said, "ok, can I just say one thing, in New York, you had no guy friends, you had guys who you slept with" Cole said, Phoebe smiled, she loved when Cole got jealous, he was so cute, and she loved going along with him until he got really mad "yeah, you're right, in New York I only slept around, I actually slept with him a lot of times" she said, Cole's eyes grew wide, his face turned red and contorted in anger, "don't get mad, I'm just sharing" she said kissing his cheek, he cracked a smiled in between gritted teeth "I love it when we share", Phoebe smiled, "baby, I didn't sleep with him, I never slept with him" she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed me, he grabbed her and pulled her to the bed, "no, no, I have to go" she said trying to free herself from his grasp, "not until you tell me more about this guy" he said, "you want to hear about this guy while we're trying to do it?" she asked shocked, "I… no" he said quickly, she laughed and got up off the bed, she grabbed her purse "I love you", she blew him a kiss and walked away. Cole smiled at her, she was so perfect, life couldn't get any better than this.
Louis waited patiently for Phoebe at a restaurant she had suggested the day before that when he had called her. They had been great friends in New York, it was a shame they had drifted apart. He saw her walking into the restaurant at a distance, she was as beautiful as she was 4 years ago, even more. She seemed a lot more buff, she had obviously begun working out as soon as she arrived to San Francisco. He figured she must have, being the only sister with a passive power. To think that he was the one that urged her to go back to San Francisco, although back than he didn't know she was a charmed one, if he had he wouldn't have encouraged her to leave NY. After she left and had reunited with her sisters, he banned himself from the underworld, of course, before he left he created someone to take over, and he created minions for this person and he walked away, of course, those years had been very bad, he didn't have any interested in bringing back the memories. He pulled himself out of his thoughts and stood up, he waved hoping Phoebe would see him, she did and walked eagerly towards him, she ran to him and threw his arms around his neck, "Louie!" she said, "Phoebs" he said, he hugged her tightly, "I missed you so much" he said, just indulging her scent, he pulled away from her and looked at her, "my, my, you're even more beautiful than the last time I saw you" he said, she blushed, "thank you, you don't look to bad yourself" she said, he smiled and pulled out a chair for her, she accepted and sat down, "so, tell me, what's new?" she asked as she watched him sit down, "nothing much, I'm here on business" Louis said, he never said much about his business, all of it had to do with the supernatural, "what business?" Phoebe asked, she had never been able to get anything about his job and any time she asked he would get all jumpy and stuff, she used to think he was in the mob or a dealer, but he was to sweet to be in such things. "phoebe, you know I don't talk about my job" he said persuasively for her to just drop the subject, "ok, ok, what else can I ask you? Are you seeing anybody?" she said winking at him, "well, I was, but she passed away" he said sadly, "oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize that…" Phoebe's voice trailed off, "it's ok, let's not talk about it… how bout you, are you?" he asked, "actually yeah, I'm engaged" she said showing off the ring on her hand, "oh, you just killed me" he said pretending to be wounded, "who's the lucky guy?" he asked, "um, you don't know him, his name is Cole Turner" she explained, "oh" he said, of course he knew about him, although he knew him as Balthazor, "well, he better be a good guy or I'll kill him" Louis said, phoebe smiled, "he is, he's great" she said casually. "ok, well, how bout we order?" Louis said opening the menu. The rest of lunch passed in complete bliss. Phoebe had forgot how nice it was to just sit and talk with your friends, in the past this was something she would've taken for granted, now she appreciated so much more due to the fact that there was no time for friends. After lunch they took a nice walk and they parted ways, Louis was going to be in town for a week so he gave her his hotel number and his address so they could get together during the week.
Desra walked angrily into the source's chamber, he saw him sitting on his throne drinking what seemed like wine, Desra walked toward him and threw the appears he carried under his arm at him, "you made me meet this guy? How the hell could you do something like this? What did you do to him? Do you know how serious this is?" he screamed, the source looked at him and bowed his head, "I suppose you had your encounter with Louis" the source explained, "what the hell were you thinking? What did you do to him? Do you know how serious it was to mess with this guy?" Desra exclaimed, "yes, I know, but you have to understand, all we have to do is get him the girl back and he'll leave us alone" the source explained, "girl? What girl?" Desra asked, "he didn't tell you the story?" the source asked, Desra nodded, "he didn't say anything, he said to ask you" Desra said, "oh, well it figures he wouldn't want to get into it, it was probably all to painful" the source said, "what a wuss" he continued, he let out a laugh and turned to Desra who's gaze was still as hard and stern as before, "ok, well, you know that he made me and you, and a lot of the people that surround us come from his blood and if.." he was cut off by Desra, "I did my homework, I want to know why the hell he came to me? Why you sent him to me, what he wants from me?" Desra yelled, "Desra, please, calm down, please. I did something to him, or to his girlfriend, I killed her, well, she was already dead, I just accidentally killed her again" the source explained, "what was she?" Desra asked, "she was a vampire" the source, Desra stared at him incredulously, "what? A vampire? He loved a vampire? What a crock" Desra said laughing, the source cracked a smile, "I'm very serious, if you don't bring her back, he'll destroy us" the source said, "why don't we just destroy him? We kill him and we don't have to do this spell, do you know how complicated it is to bring back a person from the dead? Especially if that person was already dead, that would be so hard, I mean, I don't even think it's possible" Desra explained with great precision, "we can't kill him, if we kill him, we kill ourselves, it's impossible, we come from his blood, we destroy his blood, we destroy ourselves, that is not an option" the source explained, "ok, so, what if I can't do it? I mean, there are very strict rules in magic" Desra said frustrated, "yes, but we also know there are very strong loopholes, you've defied plenty, this time your life is on the line, I recommend you get cracking" the source said arrogantly, Desra felt like killing him, "you know, you always do this, you always make pacts and deals and than make me do the dirty work. Why can't you just stay out of trouble?" Desra said, "Desra, you can't wreak havoc by staying out of trouble" he said knowingly, "why the hell did you kill this girl? What did she do to you? Did she steal your lollipop?" Desra asked sarcastically, "Desra, don't get mad, besides you know I don't eat sweets, they rot my teeth"