Bite of Poison (Part II)

Bite of Poison (Part II)

Venomia tossed the same green gas that harmed Piper and Phoebe towards Paige.

Paige pulled her arms up to her face; frightened she would die next and vanished with bluish white gleams of light surrounding her.

Venomia groaned.

Paige reappeared kneeling down by Piper. Paige dug into Piper's pocket to grab the spell, she knew she had to do something. "Where is it?" She rummaged through Piper's pocket, and eventually pulled a small piece of paper out of her sister's pocket.

Venomia growled as she approached her Paige kneeling on the ground near her sister's weakened body. Her dark tongue wriggled in her mouth as her scary green eyes glowed.

Paige jumped up with a piece of paper in her hand. She read from the paper:

"Cold blooded creature be no more

Now you crawl among the floor

I take your feet that walked this trail

You be snake or die in hell."

Venomia covered her ears at the sound of Paige's voice and dropped to the ground screaming. Then she transformed into a snake once again and disappeared with a cloud of green smoke.

Paige took a breath of relief, she knew the spell didn't vanquish her but it stopped her for the moment being. Paige looked down at her sisters then at the man that was harmed in the forest before they arrived.

Piper had blood raining out of her nose onto her lips. Phoebe had blood dripping from her mouth down her cheek. The man had blood smeared all over his forehead, which discolored his blonde hair.

"I can do this," Paige assured herself. "I am half WhiteLighter."

She kneeled down near Piper and hovered her hand above Piper's nose. Paige closed her eyes trying to focus but nothing happened. "Come on." Still nothing happened.

"Need a little help?" asked a voice.

Paige gasped when a white light emanated from her hand and the blood that poured out of Piper's nose had vanished. Piper eyes flickered open as she slowly sat up.

Paige turned around and realized that the voice belonged to Cole. "You scared me," Paige said with her hand over her heart.

"Had to get your powers to work someway," Cole remarked with both of his hands in his pockets.

"What happened?" Piper asked then she looked over and saw Phoebe lying on the ground. "Phoebe!" she exclaimed. She crawled over to Phoebe causing the dead leaves lying on the ground to crunch. Piper turned to look at Paige.

"I think you better call Leo for that one," Paige stated smiling slightly.

"Leo!" Piper called looking up at the sky. "Leo!" she shouted.

Leo orbed into the forest and immediately noticed Phoebe. "I got it," he assured Piper and kneeled down and held his hand over Phoebe's mouth and the blood disappeared and Phoebe sat up. He healed the man that was unconscious before they arrived as well. The man was frightened and ran off.

"Did that snake…" Phoebe started then she noticed Cole. "What are you doing here?"

"I just thought maybe you could use a hand," Cole answered.

"We don't need your help," Phoebe frowned standing to her feet.

"I think we should leave them alone," Leo suggested.

"Good idea," Piper agreed motioning for Paige to follow she and Leo out of the forest.

"Should we wait for you?" Paige asked turning to Phoebe.

"No," Cole answered before Phoebe could.

Phoebe shook her head no.

Paige accepted her answer and ran to catch up with Piper and Leo.

"Phoebe I wanted to apologize for not telling you about Venomia," Cole stated.

"I accept your apology but that still doesn't correct the fact that you knew she was after us, why didn't you warn me?" Phoebe asked.

"Is that what you're upset about?" Cole answered with a question.

"I wasn't upset about the relationship you and that snake had, I was upset because if we're gonna be in a relationship you should warn me of danger and vice versa," Phoebe replied folding her arms.

"I agree and I'm sorry for not telling you about Venomia," Cole said apologetically.

Phoebe accepted his apology and hugged Cole. "I love you Mr. Turner."

"I love you too, Miss Halliwell," he said hugging her back. With that they shimmered away.

**

"I wonder how Phoebe's doing with Cole," Piper said flipping through the pages of the Book.

Cole and Phoebe appeared in the attic.

"Speaking of," Paige smirked.

"What's up?" Phoebe asked.

"Apparently Venomia is, you have to devise a plan where you can say the vanquishing spell and be done with it," Leo answered.

"Well it's not as easy as it sounds Leo, I mean she could kick our butts without us allowing her to," Piper added.

"We won't let another demon destroy the Power of Three," Phoebe said staring at the floor.

"So that means we need to kick her…" Paige started when she starting coughing. She fell to the floor sitting on her legs as she continued to cough extremely hard.

"Paige are you all right?" Piper asked.

Paige neglected to answer as she continued to cough with her face aiming towards the ground. No one could see her face because her curly hair swung down and blocked the view.

"Leo," Phoebe urged Leo.

Leo reached down towards Paige.

"Leave me alone!" Paige barked punching Leo away.

Leo went flying to the floor.

Cole shimmered over and caught Leo before he fell to the floor.

Paige face was pale white and her eyes were green. Two poisonous fangs appeared in her mouth and her nails changed to long green venomous claws. Her hair changed to a greenish color and a dark tongue formed in Paige's mouth.

"The venom from Venomia has took effect," Cole said.

"Leo I thought you said you healed her," Phoebe said.

"I thought I did too, maybe the venom was already taking effect on Paige," Leo said.

"Piper can you freeze her?" Cole asked.

"I can try," Piper replied throwing up her hands and nothing happened. "Nope she's immune too."

Paige hissed as she sat on the floor.

Phoebe slowly walked over to Paige. "Paige we're your sisters let us help you."

Paige waved her arm and sent Phoebe flying towards the wall. "I have no sisters!"

"Phoebe!" Cole cried running over to Phoebe.

"What are we gonna do, should we say the spell?" Piper asked.

"But wouldn't the spell vanquish her?" Phoebe asked as Cole held her arm leading her back over to where Piper was.

"No not without the Power of Three, it would only ward her off," Leo replied.

Piper flipped through the Book rapidly. "Here it is."

Phoebe ran over to where Piper was standing and recited the spell from the Book.

"Wait a minute you can't use that spell," Cole added.

"Why not?" Phoebe asked.

"Because that spell turns the demon into a snake forever, you just want to fend her off for now," Cole replied.

"We don't want to fend her off we want to depoison her," Piper groaned.

Phoebe turned towards Piper, "Is that a word?"

Piper scowled at Phoebe.

"So find a spell in the Book to remove the venom," Leo suggested. "And fast."

Piper obeyed and flipped through the Book.

Paige hissed as her dark tongue wriggled around her mouth and her fangs dripped with poison. Paige stood to her feet. The wind picked up, thunder roared, and lightning flashed.

"Hurry," Cole shouted over the thunder.

Piper continued flipping. "A Poison Remover," she exulted.

Phoebe got closer and they chanted together:

"Poison flowing through your veins

Cease its flow and stop its pain

The poisonous claws and your fangs

We take them and toss them out of range."

The storm stopped that came along with Paige's attitude. Then Paige fell to the floor on her knees with her hair covering her face.

"Okay, did it work?" Piper asked.

"Let's see," Leo said. He slowly walked closer to Paige. "Paige," he called lifting her face.

Paige's face was back to normal, the fangs disappeared and so did the claws, the tongue and the green hair changed when Paige's eyes flipped open. "What happened?"

"Let's just say you're the cause of this pain in my back," Phoebe teased.

Paige smiled.

**

"You can't scry for a demon," Cole said.

Piper was moving the crystal over the map. "I'm not I'm scrying for a snake."

The crystal dropped onto the map.

"Where is it?" Phoebe asked.

"Near where you work Paige," Piper answered.

"Got the spell?" Paige asked.

"Sure do, it's time to put this snake back in its cage," Piper answered grabbing her keys off of the table and walking out of the door.

**

Piper, Phoebe and Paige were walking through a park where the snake was to be located. There weren't any snakes there.

"Are you sure this is the spot the crystal landed on?" Paige asked looking around.

"Of course it is," Piper answered.

"You guys look," Phoebe requested pointing over to a sidewalk with a snake slithering on the sidewalk. Piper, Paige and Phoebe slowly walked over there.

"How do you know it's her?" Paige asked.

"We don't but we're about to find out," Piper answered throwing her hands up and seconds later the snake stopped moving. Piper sucked her teeth.

"Well I guess that's not her," Phoebe commented. Piper unfroze the snake and went on about its way.

Then thunder crashed and lightning flashed.

"She's around here somewhere," Paige mumbled looking around.

A green cloud of smoke formed before Piper, Paige and Phoebe then a figure appeared. "Looking for me?" Venomia asked.

"Got that right," Phoebe answered jumping into the air and thrusting her body forward with her leg outstretched causing Venomia to hit the ground from being kicked in the face. Phoebe fell to her feet.

"Low life," Venomia growled tossing green gas at Phoebe.

"Not again," Piper stated freezing the gas in the air.

Venomia growled and slammed her hand on the ground and disappeared.

"Where'd she go?" Paige asked. Then Paige screamed in horror.

"Paige?" Phoebe exclaimed running towards her.

Paige had her hands over her ears as her face turned pale. Her eyes became a vicious green, fangs grew in her mouth and deadly claws formed on her hands as her hair changed to green. Paige screamed some more.

Piper and Phoebe backed away slowly.

"Paige, listen to me you're a good witch you do good break whatever spell Venomia has on you," Piper stated.

Paige shook her head in disagreement.

"We have to remove the poison do you remember the spell?" Phoebe asked.

Piper shook her head no. Phoebe groaned.

"The only way to get her back to normal is to knock her out," Piper stated.

"But how will we vanquish Venomia without the Power of Three?" Phoebe asked.

Piper shrugged, "Bad idea."

Paige screamed with the thunder and began walking towards Piper and Phoebe.

"Stay back," Piper started backing away.

"I didn't want to result to this," Phoebe said jumping into the air and flying towards Paige kneeing her to the face.

"Ouch," Paige cried falling to the ground on her back.

Phoebe dropped to the ground. "You think it worked?"

"Uh, no," Piper answered pointing towards Paige on the ground.

"You shouldn't have done that gal," Paige said throwing poisonous venom towards Phoebe.

"Phoebe!" Piper exclaimed throwing up her hands to freeze the venom.

But instead of freezing the venom it exploded and flew into the air. Luckily, it managed not to get on Phoebe nor Piper but it did get on Paige.

Paige slithered on the ground raging as the venom rained down her body.

"What's going on?" Phoebe asked running closer to Paige on the ground. Piper went to her as well.

Paige slowly changed back to normal form with her eyes barely open. Phoebe allowed Paige's head to rest on her arm.

Venomia appeared once again. "No!" When Venomia screamed and fell to the floor.

Piper and Phoebe looked at each other in confusion, because they didn't do anything to cause her to fall. Then a familiar face appeared behind Venomia as she fell to the ground. Cole was there, he struck Venomia with an energy ball.

Venomia lied on the ground barely moving. "Cole how could you, we're lovers?"

"We were lovers not anymore Venomia," Cole stated.

"Traitor when the Source finally finds you you're gonna regret this," Venomia retorted.

"Let's vanquish her sorry ass," Piper said grabbing a piece of paper out of her pocket. She put the paper closer to Paige who was lying on the ground.

The three recited:

"Cold blooded creature be no more

Now you crawl among the floor

I take your feet that walked this trail

You be snake or die in hell."

The thunder stopped and so did the lightning. Venomia disappeared in a green puff of smoke on the ground.

"She's finally out of here," Piper celebrated.

Phoebe jumped and ran over to Cole giving him a big hug.

"What was that for?" Cole asked.

"For being the true man you really are and not the demon you use to be," Phoebe smiled hugging him some more.

**

"How is that when you were in contact with the venom you changed back?" Phoebe asked as she sipped some coffee from a mug.

Paige shrugged.

"Maybe Leo will know," Piper added.

Then the kitchen was filled with a bluish white shimmer as Leo orbed in. "You needed me?"

"How'd you know we were gonna call you?" Paige asked.

"You weren't spying on us were you?" Phoebe asked.

"Leave my husband alone," Piper teased walking over and hugging Leo.

"So did you vanquish Venomia?" Leo asked.

"Did we, is not the question," Phoebe answered. Leo laughed.

"Leo how is that I changed back when the venom touched me?" Paige asked.

"Because when a good witch is demonically possessed to be a snake instead of the venom poisoning them the venom removes the poison and you turn back to normal, now do I know why, unfortunately no," Leo explained.

"I think I speak for all of us when I say I'm glad you're back to normal," Piper added.

Everyone laughed.

The doorbell rung.

"Oh I'll get it," Phoebe said scampering out of the kitchen.

To her surprise, Cole was standing behind the door when she opened it with a handful of flowers in his hand.

A smile swept across Phoebe's face, "Cole." She reached for him hugging him snugly and kicking the door closed.

"Phoebe who wa…" Piper started as she walked out of the kitchen seeing Cole and Phoebe kissing. "Never mind," she teased walking away with Leo behind her.

"I guess that means thank you," Cole stated.

"I have to apologize for what I said earlier," Phoebe started.

"No I understand," Cole began.

"No I still shouldn't have said that I was dating a demon, you're not a demon half or not," Phoebe said. "I'm sorry honey."

"Apology accepted," Cole smiled hugging her.

Paige stepped out of the kitchen.

"What's the matter Paige?" Cole asked. Phoebe spun around.

"You are!" Paige screamed running towards him with a knife stabbing him in the chest.

Phoebe jumped up in her bed breathing loudly and rapidly. Sweat poured down her face and it tangled her hair, her nightgown wetly stuck to her body. She glanced at the clock it stared back 9:26. She realized she just had a nightmare, she was glad it was a nightmare.

Phoebe pushed the blankets off of her warm body and stepped out of bed with her head facing the ground and her blonde hair hanging down in her face when she crashed into a body, she looked up and it was Cole.

"Whoa," Cole said.

"Oh am I glad to see you," Phoebe stated hugging him.

Cole smiled. "You're something else Phoebe Halliwell." "By the way what time did you go to bed last night I called you and Piper told me you were sleep?"

Phoebe didn't answer.

"Phoebe?" Cole called. He looked down and saw Phoebe sleeping in his arm. "Oh my goodness."

He shimmered over to the bed and lied her down. "Gee you are tired."

Cole wiped some of the sweat off of Phoebe's forehead. Cole smiled as he was caressing a true witch, Phoebe Halliwell.

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