Fear

Chapter three

Halliwell Manor

"You should talk to us before do this, Paige" Piper started the lecture. "Now Barbas has Cole's powers, he becomes invincible. This is a freaking nightmare!"

Paige drew a breath. "I only tried to help Cole…"

"Paige was only trying to help me, what happened is not her fault," Cole defended her.

Piper glanced at him. "And you… What the hell you were thinking? You shouldn't give up on your powers! This is your fault as well."

Cole rolled his eyes. "You Charmed Ones are crazy!"

Phoebe rubbed her forehead. "Okay, it's enough! Piper, you're right, Paige should listen to us, but… I think… Hell, she was only trying to help. Barbas… he was already playing with our fears. He was the only one after Cole… "

Leo nodded. "Phoebe's right. Barbas know how to play this game, he chose Cole because of his powers and because his connection to you…"

Phoebe cleared her throat. "You were afraid to hurt someone," she said, staring at his eyes.

Maybe, just maybe, she was being too hard on him. After all, he was trying to be good…

"I know you don't believe me," he said quietly. "But I don't want to be evil… I…"

"We walked this road before," Phoebe said. "Sometimes I think that you have no choice…"

Cole shook his head. "I'll do everything to help you to vanquish Barbas… I promise," he said firmly.

Phoebe let out a slight smile. "You can't help us… You don't have powers anymore…"

"O-kay, so this Barbas… He plays with our fears…" Paige said calmly.

Piper sighed. "He was the demon of the fear… One of the worst demons we ever faced. Now… Oh, God, he's much more than that…"

"Prue vanquished him by overcoming her greatest fear," Phoebe explained.

"But it will not be enough, not anymore" Leo said. "What are we going to do now?"

Piper shook her head. "I don't know, Leo… I don't know."

The Underworld

"So you'll destroy two of the Charmed Ones," Albertus said, a nasty smile on her face.

Barbas nodded.

"But I'm really curious, my friend. Which one will you choose to save?"

"The only one who helped me to come back…" Barbas explained.

"Paige…" Albertus said.

"She's beautiful, don't you think?"

The demon shrugged. "She's a Whitelighter… I don't like them…"

Barbas laughed. "Yeah, she's an angel… But she will turn, she'll work for us…"

Albertus looked at him skeptically. "She's an angel and a Charmed One… If we were talking about Phoebe Halliwell… But her…"

"I'm going to pervert her heart. You'll see," Barbas assured him.

Halliwell Manor

"And what about him?" Piper pointed to Cole. "He can't stay here!"

"Piper," Phoebe said softly, gently resting her hand over her sister's shoulder. "He can't go back to his apartment."

"Why not?" She frowned.

"It's dangerous," Leo said. "He's only human now…"

"He was human when he took the Source's powers," Piper said shaking her head. "We can't trust him… Even as human, he's dangerous!"

"I didn't take the Source's powers…" Cole said angrily. "He possessed me… I tried to fight him, but I couldn't… You have no idea how much I tried, but I failed. He was too strong…"

"Don't give me this crap…" Piper shook her head.

"Where did the Source go?" Paige remembered the day they vanquished the Source for the first time. "Into the void…"

"Into the void…" Phoebe repeated. "The void inside of him after he lost his powers! The Seer… She tricked us… You," she looked up at Cole. "You should tell me… You should tell me what happened! I would help you, we would help you!"

"I tried," Cole said with pain in his voice. "But he… little by little… It was like I was disappearing…"

"If what Cole's saying is true, we need to protect him," Leo remarked.

"We need to avoid history repeats itself," Paige said.

A/N: Thank you for the review. I hope you're enjoying this story.