Chapter 3: Love Hurts
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"Do you think he'll come back?" Phoebe asked Cole.
"Yes." He answered, not taking his eyes off of the road.
"Where are we going?" she asked him.
"I don't know, I just felt like driving." He stated.
She smiled and turns the radio up, "I like this song."
"Me too." He told her, even though he had never heard it before, "Who sings it?"
"Nelly Furtado or something like that." Phoebe answered.
"What's it called?"
"I'm like a bird." She started to sing along to the song.
Cole's eyebrows went up, weird name. He thought. As he listened to the song, he realized he could relate to it and began to actually like the song. He took his eyes off the road for a second to look at Phoebe. She looked so happy when she was singing.
The song ended and Cole changed the radio station. The song being played was hanging by a moment, by Lifehouse.
"Now this song, I like." He said with a smile.
"Is he alive?" the second asked Cretz.
"Yes." Cretz stated.
"Did you find him?" the third asked.
"Yes."
"Did you kill him?" the first asked.
"No."
"WHAT?" the first bellowed, "You had the opportunity to kill him and you didn't?"
"No, I couldn't. He was with some girl. The girl fell off of a cliff and he disappeared after her. I had watched them and a whitelighter came, so I left."
The triad was disappointed, "You have one more chance."
"This girl couldn't have been a regular mortal." The second considered, "Maybe she is the reason Belthazor has betrayed our side."
"Go and kill Belthazor, bring the girl to us." The first told Cretz.
He nodded and disappeared from the lair.
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Phoebe and Cole ended up having a picnic in a park that appeared to be deserted; yet they didn't know that someone else was there.
"This is nice." Phoebe said.
Cole nodded. He noticed a shadow in the trees. "Phoebe, I think someone is here." He said quietly.
"Who? The demon?" Phoebe asked, about to turn around and look for herself.
"Don't turn around." He told her in a whisper.
She listened and Cole stood up.
"Sit down." She said.
"I'm going to look."
"Then I am too."
"No."
"Yes." Phoebe stood up with him and started to approach the trees.
Cole shook his head and followed her.
Cretz jumped out from behind a tree and grabbed Phoebe. He took out a knife and put it to her throat, threatening to slit it.
"Let her go." Cole growled, "It's not her you want. It's me. Just let her go."
"No." Cretz said persistently, "They want her too."
"What? Why?" Cole asked shocked.
"They don't know what she is and they think she's the reason for you turning good." Cretz foolishly explained.
"What makes them think I'm good?" Cole asked slyly.
Phoebe's jaw dropped and she hopped he was just playing with Cretz's mind. She quickly threw her hands up and hit Cretz's arm away from her. The knife went flying. Cretz picked it up and threw it in Phoebe's direction. She used her powers to fly above the knife.
"Oh, no." Cole said quietly. Now Cretz knows she's a witch, unless he's really dumb. I have to kill him now. He thought. Before he can tell the triad.
Cole threw a fireball in the demon's direction. "You're dead." He said.
"No, you and your witch are dead, Belthazor." He said throwing the fireball away.
The word stung. Belthazor. Cole couldn't stand being called by that name. How could he leave that life behind if he was continually called by it.
Cretz threw his hand up and suddenly Phoebe was chained to a tree, "You stay put."
Phoebe watched helplessly as they two of them started to fight. Things weren't looking to good for Cole, she worried. Cretz kept pushing Cole farther back. Soon they disappeared into the forest.
A tear started to fall down her cheek. Cole's life was being threatened and she couldn't do a thing to stop it. More tears soon followed the first. They had been in the woods for a while now.
Just minutes later Cretz came out from the woods, grinning.
"Cole." Phoebe whispered to herself. The tears started to flow like rivers, "You killed him!" she screamed at Cretz.
It hurt. Her heart literally was in pain, Cole had died and she couldn't have stopped it.
"Yes." Cretz said evilly.
There was a flash of blue light and Leo appeared with Prue and Piper.
"Phoebe!" her sisters both shouted.
Prue threw Cretz against the tree and Piper went to help Phoebe down.
"Leo were we right is this the demon?" Prue asked.
"Yes." Leo said, "My suspisions were right."
Piper had gotten Phoebe down. "Did he hurt you?" Piper asked her.
"Not me." Phoebe managed to choke out and started to sob on Piper's shoulder.
"What happened?" Piper asked, concerned.
Phoebe could barley speak, the tears, pain, and sorrow overwhelmed her, "Cole."
Piper was confused.
"The spell Piper!" Leo shouted and Piper took a folded piece of paper out of her pocket. She brought Phoebe over to Prue and started to recite the spell, Prue joined in, but Phoebe she was barley able to, although she managed to speak the spell through tears.
"Demon from hell, be gone with our spell. Send you away and let piece be, now you must leave me." They chanted.
"Yes." Phoebe added, sobbing, "Get the hell away."
Cretz burst into flame shouting.
"Phoebe what happened?" Piper asked turning to her sister once again.
Phoebe didn't answer. She ran into the woods, looking for his body. A ways in she found him. Cole was lying on the ground, he was bleeding pretty bad.
"Cole." She whispered running to his limp body she knelt down beside him.
His eyes opened.
"Your alive!" she shouted. The tears slowed, but still flowed. Though they were tears of joy not sadness.
"Yes." He said in pain, "That demon really is dumb. He doesn't check to see if I'm still breathing."
Phoebe managed to smile.
Prue, Piper, and Leo showed up behind Phoebe. Leo saw Cole bleeding. He figured he'd try and help him.
"Leo, it wont work." Prue told him.
"No, it might not. But if he's good, it just might." Leo told her.
Phoebe smiled at Cole and took his hand while Leo attempted to heal him.
Phoebe watched Cole's face. He looked in pain, and looked as if it were getting worse. "Leo it's not helping." She said.
"Yes it is. His wounds are closing up." Leo told her, concentrating.
"He's in pain." She told him.
"I'm fine." Cole grunted.
Leo moved away, "It's the best I can do." He said.
Phoebe looked at Cole's wounds. They looked almost fully healed. She wondered how that could happen. Leo had said if Cole was good they might heal. Does this mean he's good? She wondered, or does it mean he's still a little evil? She dismissed the questions, feeling deep down that he was good.
"Phoebe, Leo told us what happened the other day." Piper said.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Prue asked.
"We had to guess what happened and track you two down." Piper told them, "You can't do this anymore. We have to know where you are."
"It's too dangerous." They both said together.
"Come on, we should go." Leo said and orbed Piper and Prue back to the manor.
"Phoebe." Cole said solemnly, "It's too dangerous. We can't be together, you'll get hurt. The last thing I want to see is you dead."
"Are you breaking up with me?" Phoebe asked sadly.
"I guess so." Cole answered, glumly. He didn't want to do it, but Phoebe was too precious to lose.
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"Do you think he'll come back?" Phoebe asked Cole.
"Yes." He answered, not taking his eyes off of the road.
"Where are we going?" she asked him.
"I don't know, I just felt like driving." He stated.
She smiled and turns the radio up, "I like this song."
"Me too." He told her, even though he had never heard it before, "Who sings it?"
"Nelly Furtado or something like that." Phoebe answered.
"What's it called?"
"I'm like a bird." She started to sing along to the song.
Cole's eyebrows went up, weird name. He thought. As he listened to the song, he realized he could relate to it and began to actually like the song. He took his eyes off the road for a second to look at Phoebe. She looked so happy when she was singing.
The song ended and Cole changed the radio station. The song being played was hanging by a moment, by Lifehouse.
"Now this song, I like." He said with a smile.
"Is he alive?" the second asked Cretz.
"Yes." Cretz stated.
"Did you find him?" the third asked.
"Yes."
"Did you kill him?" the first asked.
"No."
"WHAT?" the first bellowed, "You had the opportunity to kill him and you didn't?"
"No, I couldn't. He was with some girl. The girl fell off of a cliff and he disappeared after her. I had watched them and a whitelighter came, so I left."
The triad was disappointed, "You have one more chance."
"This girl couldn't have been a regular mortal." The second considered, "Maybe she is the reason Belthazor has betrayed our side."
"Go and kill Belthazor, bring the girl to us." The first told Cretz.
He nodded and disappeared from the lair.
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Phoebe and Cole ended up having a picnic in a park that appeared to be deserted; yet they didn't know that someone else was there.
"This is nice." Phoebe said.
Cole nodded. He noticed a shadow in the trees. "Phoebe, I think someone is here." He said quietly.
"Who? The demon?" Phoebe asked, about to turn around and look for herself.
"Don't turn around." He told her in a whisper.
She listened and Cole stood up.
"Sit down." She said.
"I'm going to look."
"Then I am too."
"No."
"Yes." Phoebe stood up with him and started to approach the trees.
Cole shook his head and followed her.
Cretz jumped out from behind a tree and grabbed Phoebe. He took out a knife and put it to her throat, threatening to slit it.
"Let her go." Cole growled, "It's not her you want. It's me. Just let her go."
"No." Cretz said persistently, "They want her too."
"What? Why?" Cole asked shocked.
"They don't know what she is and they think she's the reason for you turning good." Cretz foolishly explained.
"What makes them think I'm good?" Cole asked slyly.
Phoebe's jaw dropped and she hopped he was just playing with Cretz's mind. She quickly threw her hands up and hit Cretz's arm away from her. The knife went flying. Cretz picked it up and threw it in Phoebe's direction. She used her powers to fly above the knife.
"Oh, no." Cole said quietly. Now Cretz knows she's a witch, unless he's really dumb. I have to kill him now. He thought. Before he can tell the triad.
Cole threw a fireball in the demon's direction. "You're dead." He said.
"No, you and your witch are dead, Belthazor." He said throwing the fireball away.
The word stung. Belthazor. Cole couldn't stand being called by that name. How could he leave that life behind if he was continually called by it.
Cretz threw his hand up and suddenly Phoebe was chained to a tree, "You stay put."
Phoebe watched helplessly as they two of them started to fight. Things weren't looking to good for Cole, she worried. Cretz kept pushing Cole farther back. Soon they disappeared into the forest.
A tear started to fall down her cheek. Cole's life was being threatened and she couldn't do a thing to stop it. More tears soon followed the first. They had been in the woods for a while now.
Just minutes later Cretz came out from the woods, grinning.
"Cole." Phoebe whispered to herself. The tears started to flow like rivers, "You killed him!" she screamed at Cretz.
It hurt. Her heart literally was in pain, Cole had died and she couldn't have stopped it.
"Yes." Cretz said evilly.
There was a flash of blue light and Leo appeared with Prue and Piper.
"Phoebe!" her sisters both shouted.
Prue threw Cretz against the tree and Piper went to help Phoebe down.
"Leo were we right is this the demon?" Prue asked.
"Yes." Leo said, "My suspisions were right."
Piper had gotten Phoebe down. "Did he hurt you?" Piper asked her.
"Not me." Phoebe managed to choke out and started to sob on Piper's shoulder.
"What happened?" Piper asked, concerned.
Phoebe could barley speak, the tears, pain, and sorrow overwhelmed her, "Cole."
Piper was confused.
"The spell Piper!" Leo shouted and Piper took a folded piece of paper out of her pocket. She brought Phoebe over to Prue and started to recite the spell, Prue joined in, but Phoebe she was barley able to, although she managed to speak the spell through tears.
"Demon from hell, be gone with our spell. Send you away and let piece be, now you must leave me." They chanted.
"Yes." Phoebe added, sobbing, "Get the hell away."
Cretz burst into flame shouting.
"Phoebe what happened?" Piper asked turning to her sister once again.
Phoebe didn't answer. She ran into the woods, looking for his body. A ways in she found him. Cole was lying on the ground, he was bleeding pretty bad.
"Cole." She whispered running to his limp body she knelt down beside him.
His eyes opened.
"Your alive!" she shouted. The tears slowed, but still flowed. Though they were tears of joy not sadness.
"Yes." He said in pain, "That demon really is dumb. He doesn't check to see if I'm still breathing."
Phoebe managed to smile.
Prue, Piper, and Leo showed up behind Phoebe. Leo saw Cole bleeding. He figured he'd try and help him.
"Leo, it wont work." Prue told him.
"No, it might not. But if he's good, it just might." Leo told her.
Phoebe smiled at Cole and took his hand while Leo attempted to heal him.
Phoebe watched Cole's face. He looked in pain, and looked as if it were getting worse. "Leo it's not helping." She said.
"Yes it is. His wounds are closing up." Leo told her, concentrating.
"He's in pain." She told him.
"I'm fine." Cole grunted.
Leo moved away, "It's the best I can do." He said.
Phoebe looked at Cole's wounds. They looked almost fully healed. She wondered how that could happen. Leo had said if Cole was good they might heal. Does this mean he's good? She wondered, or does it mean he's still a little evil? She dismissed the questions, feeling deep down that he was good.
"Phoebe, Leo told us what happened the other day." Piper said.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Prue asked.
"We had to guess what happened and track you two down." Piper told them, "You can't do this anymore. We have to know where you are."
"It's too dangerous." They both said together.
"Come on, we should go." Leo said and orbed Piper and Prue back to the manor.
"Phoebe." Cole said solemnly, "It's too dangerous. We can't be together, you'll get hurt. The last thing I want to see is you dead."
"Are you breaking up with me?" Phoebe asked sadly.
"I guess so." Cole answered, glumly. He didn't want to do it, but Phoebe was too precious to lose.