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Summary: Short & sweet I hope
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Cole fades onto the beach facing the ocean the wind blowing in his face, his arms outstrected, his eyes closed & the rocks in front of him, Phoebe materializes in front of him. She's laying back, arms raised, her hands locked behind her head. She opens her eyes, & looks around.
Phoebe asks Cole "How did I get here ?"
Cole responds by saying "I brought you here"
Phoebe says their conversation being fast past "This isn't happening ! This goes beyond stalking !"
"I'm not stalking you Phoebe. Paige sent me" he says as he kneels before Phoebe "I know why you ran"
"You don't know anything about me" angrily states Phoebe "Not any more"
Cole says gently "You thought you could escape into this big ocean, that the waves would wash away your pain, but they won't...not until you admit what drove you in the ocean in the first place"
"I already know what drove me into the ocean" she responds
"Yeah, but why ?" Cole asks "And don't say because you're sacred of me, because you're not. Come on now. You don't want to spend all of eternity alone just to avoid the truth. If not for me, be honest for your own sake. Don't lose yourself becuase of me"
Slightly annoyed still Phoebe asks "What do you want me to say ?"
"You don't have to say anything. All you have to do to free yourself is admit how you truly feel about me. in your heart" Phoebe looks deeply into Coles eyes knowing that he's right. She closes her eyes & bows her head. As she admits how she truly feels about her relationship with Cole, her mermaid's taill transforms back into her pair of legs. Phoebe frees herself.
Cole finally stands & holds out his hand to Phoebe. Phoebe takes his hand & also stands up. Cole removes his jacket & tenderly places it around Phoebe's shoulders.
"How could you be so sure ?" asks Phoebe
"I had a feeling" says Cole, Phoebe feels warm wrapped in Cole's jacket, lifts it to her nose & inhales. She smiles & looks up at Cole "This is perhaps the hardest thing I have ever had to say..." taking a deep breath just so he can say it "But I love you Phoebe, I will always love you, but I realize now that sometimes love just isn't enough" a single tear rolling down Cole's cheek, Phoebe wipes it away "And sometimes the odds are just to high" kissing Phoebes forehead "And sometimes the stacks is just to high" Cole fades away leaving Phoebe on the beach, never to be seen in the whelm of mortals again.
Cole Turner fades onto a hill standing in the Wasteland a clap of thunder & lightning goes off in the distance seeing dark blood red sky all around him becoming the new beast of the Wasteland but more cunning & dangerious always holding a special place in his heart for a mortal woman named Phoebe Halliwell as the days turned into weeks, weeks turned in months, months turned into years, years turned into decades, & decades turned into centuries upon centuries, eons upon eons in his self imposed prison never to leave what has became his eternal home. Warlocks & demons having lost his name through the ages but always fearing & never treading into the Wasteland. Legends & Myths say on the longest & shortest days of the year the magical community abroad can hear the beast howl Phoebe Halliwell.
