Phoebe Halliwell-Turner felt fear enter her system as she saw her husband and the Wizard doing some sort of magical ritual. A part of her wanted to stop him from doing whatever the hell they were doing, and the Seer had the same intention as well, "Save your husband...for your child..." Phoebe felt a pain in her stomach, but she ignored it as she took a look at the ritual in the Grimore. It looked like a spell to transfer the powers of the Source. She sharply looked towards the Seer, "Its almost too late..." As she felt a sharp pain in her stomach increase, she let out a punch hard across the Seer's jaw. The smaller woman crumpled to the ground, and the Middle Charmed One couldn't help but feel pride that she was able to hurt the Seer in a mortal way.
"Shoulda seen that coming," Phoebe hissed at her as the ritual was completing. How could she not notice that Cole was acting strangely? How could she not see that the love of her life was fighting for control and to protect her? He let out a painful growl as the Source and his powers were forcefully ripped from him and slammed into the Wizard's body. "Cole!" she shouted, running over to him. She bent down, and saw him look blearily up at her. He looked so weak, but there didn't seem to be any of the Source left in him. "Leo!" she shouted, hoping her brother-in-law would hear her. "Paige!" she called out, and as her sister's name left her lips, two sets of orbs came into her condo.
"Didn't think it would be that easy to gain his powers..." the Wizard said his voice full of pride. Before he could even mention resurrecting his fallen brethren, he clutched his stomach in pain. He was suddenly up on his feet once more, the black eyes in place. "This puny wizard thought that once he had my powers he could do anything he wanted..." He glanced down at his new body, and then towards Phoebe and Cole, "and here I was thinking you were weak for falling in love with the witch...yet you managed to thwart every attempt I made to kill her. But you have been a thorn in my side for far too long Belthazar..." He summoned a fiery ball of energy, and Piper flicked her wrist at the globule making it explode.
"Paige...call for the crystals," Piper instructed.
"Piper...I've never orbed something that far with my telekinesis..." she whispered. Her older sister threw her a look, and shot her hands out making an explosion hit his chest. He flew backwards into the wall.
"Paige just do it," Piper commanded as The Source brushed his chest off. She ran down to Phoebe and Cole. "Phoebe, you are pregnant stand back," she said, as she and Leo hefted Cole towards Paige. They had the Power of Three, and the Source wasn't at his full strength. Paige concentrated on the crystals at home they used to trap the Source the first time.
"Crystals!" Paige called out, and they orbed to different parts of the condo. "Shit..." she murmured.
The Source gestured at one of the crystals, making it blow up. "I wouldn't worry about that baby so much...its not even theirs..." he flamed out of the condo and left the Charmed Ones with a question; what the hell did that evil being mean?
A couple hours later, Cole and Phoebe were back in their old room at the manor. Cole had been healed by Leo, but had been sleeping a majority of the time since they had come home. Phoebe paced around the room, wondering what she was going to do; how was Cole ever going to look at her the same way again? As she continued to pace, he started to stir. "Phoebe?" he questioned, as he groggily tried to sit up.
"Hey..." she whispered, walking over to him. Before she knew it he had his arms tightly wrapped around her. He buried his face into her neck, murmuring apologies over and over again. "Cole...stop apologizing...its not your fault," she tried to assure him.
"Phoebe...I'm sorry," he apologized once more, "I tried so hard to gain control..." he couldn't bring his wife close enough. "But he was so powerful..." his hand traveled down to her stomach, and hoped that the baby inside of her knew that even though everything that had gone on that he loved the small child inside of her.
"Its not your fault," she assured him, "I didn't see when there was something wrong with you...I'm sorry babe," she murmured, pressing kisses on his face. She bit her lip, still wondering what the Source meant about their child not being hers and Cole's. After what seemed like hours, he pulled away to look at her face.
"It looks like we are back to square one again..." he said to her. "What's wrong?" he questioned, brushing hair from her face, "well besides the obvious..." he sighed. She bit her lip wondering if she should tell Cole what had happened while he was unconscious. She decided to leave it out until she decided that what the Source said was true. "Phoebs?" he prodded gently.
"Nothing..." she whispered, "Why don't you get some rest?" she questioned, "I'm going to go see if I can go help my sisters find a way to vanquish the Source once and for all," she attempted to get up, but Cole refused to let her go. "Cole..I really need to find a way to protect you too,"
"Phoebe...you know that I am not going to run away just because things are hard..." he whispered.
"And you nearly became the full fledged Source of All Evil," she shot back, "I almost lost you...I don't know what I would do..." he softened the look on his face, and pressed a loving kiss on her lips.
"I won't stop wanting to protect you Phoebe...its just the way I am," he murmured, "but I will promise to be careful ok? I am not going to go away....not ever again," he was dedicated to stay a mortal; for his and Phoebe's sake. "I don't want to leave you for one moment," he sighed, and finally let her up. He grabbed her hand, and they walked towards the attic. As they approached the door, they heard Paige and Piper talking.
"Paige...its alright," Piper assured her, "what matters is that we saved Cole and Phoebe in time," Paige still looked distraught, "I know you still feel bad about the harboring those thoughts about Cole being evil..."
"Yeah...and my crazed thoughts nearly got Phoebe and Cole turned evil," Phoebe smiled sadly; she knew that already, but seeing the look on Cole's face made it all the while. All he wanted ever since they fell in love was to be accepted; and seeing Paige's guilt like this made him actually feel complete once more. She squeezed his hand, and opened up the attic door.
"What's our progress?" Phoebe asked, as she felt Cole stiffen lightly. He was probably nervous about being around her sisters; especially Paige.
"Well...we put crystals around the house, but that is only a temporary fix," Piper said, "I was thinking maybe another Power of Three Spell..to protect Cole....when we vanquish the Source once more, that he won't just go and possess him again," Cole frowned; this is one of the many times he had wished he had his powers still. He wouldn't be a burden on them, and suddenly felt Phoebe's hand squeeze his. "Hey you guys," Piper said and it looked like Cole had heard everything. She walked over to them, and pulled out two small crystals. She had looped a piece of leather through the hole on each crystal. "Just wear these around your necks...and hopefully this will be enough to ward off the Source...its only a temporary fix though..." she said sadly. "Look..I'm going to go down to the kitchen to see if there is any herbs I can use in conjunction with a spell," she hugged her sister and then Cole as well. He was shocked; he thought he wouldn't get any sympathy from her, but here she was. "Don't worry you two...we'll find a way to stop the Source,"
Paige had buried herself into the Book of Shadows once more, trying to avoid Cole and Phoebe for as long as she could. "Paige..." Phoebe said, pulling away lightly from her husband. Before she could reach her younger sister, the Seer appeared. She looked into Phoebe's eyes and she let out a gasp of pain, and felt herself being drawn towards the familiar pull of evil; it was inside of her.
"Phoebe..." Paige said, looking in between the Seer and her, "I'll orb you out of here," she attempted to walk towards her, Phoebe threw out her hand and fire exploded from her palm. The youngest witch barely managed to orb out of the way of the fire.
Cole tried to approach her, but she grabbed his neck with inhuman strength. "You mere mortal should have never given up the power of the Source," Cole was thrown backwards and Phoebe; no longer in control of her body, walked towards the other for-teller of the future. Flames surrounded them and they had disappeared.
Another Charmed fic in the works :D Anyways, I hope you enjoy Phoebe/Cole shippers.