TITLE: Vanquish of a Son

SUMMARY: Cole comes back to Phoebe with their two and half year old son; Benjamin. He cries out why Phoebe had willing turned her back on them and their precious unborn son. He holds out Benjamin for Phoebe to take; Phoebe is about to take her dead son when Benjamin cries out why his mother so willing allowed him to be stolen from her and vanquished.

But than Cole turns back into Belthazor and Benjamin turns into his demonic form and Phoebe knows that she has to vanquish Cole yet again; and she has to vanquish her son. This time when her son is vanquished she has to be face to face with him. At the last moment before he explodes into a fiery heap; Benjamin turned back into the sweet child.

Phoebe has to work through the vanquish of her own child; knowing what she did was the right thing.

PAIRING: Phoebe/Cole

CATEGORY: Family / Angst / Hurt/Comfort / Drama / Tragedy

RATING: T

PROLUGE RATING: T

PROLUGE

It had been two months since Wyatt had shape changed Paige into a chimpanzee. It had been two months since Piper and Phoebe had learned that Paige was going through a mental breakdown because of her break up with Richard. It had been two months since Phoebe had her premonition that Cole was going to come back with his and Phoebe's son; Benjamin. It had been two months since Phoebe had learned that she would have to vanquish Cole once more; and also her very own son. It had been two months since Phoebe learned that she would have to be face to face with her son when she vanquished him.

It had been one month since Piper and Leo slept together on the ghost plain and Leo had decided to be a full time Elder. Leo would only come back to the manor only when it was necessary to see if Cole had arrived yet or if the sisters needed help to keep Paige at the manor. It had been one month since Piper learned that Chris Perry was actually her second born son Christopher Perry Halliwell; Leo still didn't know the truth.

Paige was still set on moving out of the manor; but she had told her sisters that she would remain until Cole arrived and they vanquished his sorry ass. She also told Phoebe that she was deeply sorry for the dilemma that she was in and that she could feel for her. But once Phoebe was free and clear of any fear that Cole would come back; she would be leaving the manor and the sister hood behind. Forever. But she would of course remain in the power of three. Paige had shut herself completely off from her sisters since she had shaped changed back from being a chimpanzee. Although she had started spending more time with Wyatt. Only Wyatt could feel Paige's love and compassion.

REMEMBRANCE

PREMONITION

Belthazor shimmers into the attic holding a two and half year old boy in his arms. He walks towards Phoebe holding out the boy and roars. "How can you turn away from Benjamin, Phoebe how can you turn from me?" Belthazor morph's into Cole.

END PREMONITION

Phoebe awoke with a cold sweet. She looked quickly around fully expecting to see Cole with their son in his arms reaching out to her. She breathed in a deep calmly breath as she saw that her premonition hadn't come true. Yet. But she was very well aware that Cole would be arriving and very soon. Her son was two in a half years old in her premonition and it had been two in half years since he was vanquished.

Phoebe knew her duty. She knew that Benjamin had to be vanquished because although he was half witch he was also half demon. When he was inside Phoebe she felt his awesome demonic powers and knew deep within herself that there was no way she could have raised her and Cole's son to be good. He made it painfully obviously when he kept attacking Paige; he was a little more than a fetus when attacked his half white lighter aunt. So when her son was stolen from her womb and into the seers; Phoebe came to herself once more and didn't truly grieve for her son that wasn't meant to be.

"I'm sorry Piper; all I can tell you is that you three are going to have to vanquish Cole and Benjamin again. It will be very difficult on Phoebe when she has to look her son in the eyes when she vanquishes him." He swallowed as he saw the pain in his mother's eyes. "I'm sorry." With that he orbed out to once again find demons to vanquish so they won't get near to Wyatt to be able to turn him into the Source of all evil that Wyatt was in his present time.

Phoebe thought back to what Piper had told her that Chris had told her when he finally confessed that Phoebe's premonition really did happen. She also remembered how tears feel freely from her older sister's eyes as she told him that it would be very difficult for her; Phoebe; to have to vanquish her son face to face. Phoebe had prepared her heart for this tragic event hoping against hope that she wouldn't to truly broken hearted with what she had to do to protect not only her family; but from the world.

Phoebe knew if she allowed Benjamin to leave than he would become the new source of evil when he grew up and he would be hell on earth to vanquish. He would be more powerful than any source that the sisters had vanquished in the past; because not only did Benjamin process demonic powers but witch powers. And not just any witches but one of the Charmed Ones. Benjamin would be impossible to vanquish if he was allowed to grow into man hood. If the girls could vanquish him while he was still a toddler than the world would be safe.

From what Chris has finally told them about the future; Wyatt was the all the source of all evil that the earth could ever image. And Wyatt couldn't be vanquished unless they prevented which ever demon that had gotten to him in this present while he was still a toddler himself. One future source of all evil in the family to prevent was enough for the Halliwell family to handle. So in order to save her beloved nephew; Phoebe; was willing to sacrifice her own son.

END PROLUGE