Chapter 2: New Dawning, Part II
Piper held her magical crystal over the map of San Fransisco as she and Prue sat in the living room.
"Nothing." Piper said. "And I've been scrying for a freaking hour. Something's blocking us from detecting Phoebe's dead body."
"But why would evil do that?" Prue wondered. I mean, if Phoebe's dead, why would they block her body?
"I'm not sure, but Leo's up there trying to find out for us." Piper said.
In The Underworld, Phoebe entered the chamber of The Source. She was wearing a very different outfit- black and red leather.
"You rang?" she asked him.
"I have your first assignment, Phoebe." The Source said.
An image of a young boy appeared before the three of them.
"Kill a kid?" Phoebe asked him. "Why?"
"The child shall grow up to be one of the most succesful peace negoitatiors, sparing many innocent lives that otherwise would have died in war." The Source said. "He has much too goodness to allow to live, even as a boy he touches those who might grow up to do great evil deeds. He must be killed."
Phoebe nodded.
"I understand." she said.
But inside of her, the goodness she still had, since she was only half- Demon, was clouding her mind with doubts.
Can I really bring myself to end the life of a young child? Phoebe thought. And if I fail, will The Source use the spell to reverse Tempest's set-back of time?
She made a slight bow before shimmering out.
Phoebe shimmered in a large cave, where Cole and Aerox were waiting.
"Well, did you find out who your innocent is?" Aerox asked her.
"Yeah." Phoebe said. "A little boy who will grow up to be a skilled peace negoitator."
"Makes sense as to why The Source would want him dead, then." Aerox said. "Better to nip this one in the butt, so to speak, early on."
"I guess." Phoebe said.
"Aerox, can you give me some time alone with Phoebe?" Cole asked him.
"Yeah, whatever." Aerox repiled, and shimmered out.
Cole turned to Phoebe.
"I know the good inside of you must be beating the evil hands-down on this one, Phoebe." Cole said. "Even half-demon, you're too good a person to not care about killing a child. Especially since this is your first kill. I suspect The Source gave you such a harsh mission to test you."
"First kill?" Phoebe said questionably. "So do they get easier for you as you go along?"
"Yeah." Cole repiled. "You start caring less and less about the innocent, as you slip more into evil."
"That's probably a blessing in my case." Phoebe said. "I can't go back to being good anyway, mine as well make it easier on myself."
"Then like I said, you should allow your Witch half to turn evil as well." Cole said. "My human half can't turn evil, so I'll always be half-good. You, however, can choose to be fully evil."
"But like I said, then I can't love you." Phoebe said. "And loving you is worth all the pain."
Cole smiled and the two kissed. As they kissed, Aerox shimmered back in.
"Can you two half-good lovebirds stop with the sappy shit and get on with the mission?" Aerox asked them.
They broke their embrace to stare angrily at Aerox.
"Yeah, whatever." came Phoebe's reply. "Follow me."
Phoebe shimmered out, followed by Cole and then Aerox.
Meanwhile, back at the Manor, Leo orbbed into the living room.
"The Elders know nothing." Leo told them.
"Well, I want to get my sister's body." Prue said. "So, the only way is to go to the Underworld and find Cole."
Crap. Leo thought. I wish I could tell them the truth, that Phoebe isn't dead and that's why they can't sense her body, but if I do the spell breaks and time goes back to as it was, and that can't happen. Plus, if they find Cole maybe he can tell them, and if he tells them, no spell is broken.
"Alright, I'll orb the two of you down there." Leo said.
"And did The Elders find out anything else about my amulet?" Piper asked him.
"Not yet." Leo said. "Hopefully soon they will. Now, come on, we have to get going."
Prue and Piper nodded, and they each grabbed onto Leo as he orbbed out with them.
The three orbbed in to an underground hallway.
"Where did you orb us to?" Prue asked him.
"I can't orb to locations in the Underworld, you should know that." Leo said. "I can just Orb to the Underworld and it randomly picks a spot to send us."
"Great." Piper said. "Well, let's go find a guard and see if he knows where to find Cole."
"Belthazor isn't here."
Prue, Piper, and Leo turned around to see a young, man, early 20-ish, in a red-and-black almost uniform-like outfit, with bright white hair (not the dull, old-man kind).
"Who are you?" Prue asked him.
"Oh....crap." Leo said.
"What?" Piper asked him. "Do you know who he is?"
"No, but I know *what* he is." Leo said. "He's a Fallen Angel. A regular spirit who got kicked from the Above for evil behavior or intentions. They are incredibly powerful when they enter The Underworld but they must kill someone who is good to get back to the surface. Which is rare in the Underworld."
"My name is Kailos, actually." he said. "And, you two Witches happen to be good."
Piper raised her hands to make him blow up, but Kailos merely raised his left hand in front of him, and a bright white light flashed in front of his body.
"What happened?" Piper asked him.
"He protected himself from your power." Leo said. "I told you he was powerful."
Kailos raised his left arm, and then tossed a bolt of white lighting at Piper's chest, sending her down to the ground.
"Piper!" Prue yelled.
Leo went down to heal him, but then remembered something important.
"Prue, my healing powers don't work in The Underworld!" Leo yelled. "We have to get out of here!"
Prue raised her hand to try and use her power, but Kailos raised his left hand again and the power was again blocked by the flash of white light. As Kailos had to use this moment to protect himself, Leo grabbed Prue while holding onto Piper, and orbbed out with them, just dodging a white energy ball thrown by Kailos.
"Shit!" Kailos yelled out.
Leo orbbed back into the Halliwell living room with Prue and Piper. He quickly healed Piper's chest wound.
"Question." Prue said. "If Fallen Angels are so powerful, how come The Source doesn't just bring them good people from above and let them kill them?"
"Because The Source hates Fallen Angels." Leo said. "They're powers are still good in nature, as you saw by the white flashes and the like. So they are rejected because their powers come from good, not evil. They have just found a loophole to use these powers for their own desires."
"And man, those are some powers." Piper said.
Phoebe, Cole, and Aerox all shimmered in a surbubian house, in an empty kitchen. They peered to see the young boy quietly watching TV in the living room. Aerox looked around the other side, seeing that the mother was on the phone in the dining room.
"Kill him now, while the mother is occupied." Cole said. "We don't want to leave a body trail. Publicity isn't evil's friend anymore than it is good's."
"Good point." Aerox said.
Phoebe took a deep breath, and raised one arm, preparing to send a stream of fire at the little boy. The boy screamed, and Phoebe hesistated. In a panic, Phoebe reached one arm out to the boy's shoulder instead and shimmered out with him. The mother ran into the living room, screaming as her son was gone.
"What the hell is she doing?" Aerox angrily whispered to Cole.
"I don't know." Cole whispered back. "But let's go find out."
Cole and Aerox both shimmered out just as the mother entered the kitchen.
The two demons shimmered back in the large cave, where Phoebe was standing over the boy, who was unconcious.
"Is he dead?" Cole asked her.
"No, just unconcious." Phoebe said. "I can't bring myself to kill him."
"I can't believe this!" Aerox shouted.
"Aerox, would you give her a break, she's still half-good and it's her first kill." Cole said. "I had a lot of trouble with my first kill as well, and making it a little boy didn't help either."
He turned to Phoebe.
"Do you want me to kill him for you?" he asked her.
"NO!" Aerox screamed. "SHE has to do it! She must learn to be evil!"
As they were arguing, Kailos appeared in a brilliant flash of white light.
"Thank you for the innocent." he said, and with an evil grin, raised one arm.
"No!" Cole yelled, but he was too late.
Kailos shocked the boy to death with a blast of white lightening.
"That's not one of those Fallen Angel things you told me about, is it?" Phoebe asked him.
Cole's look gave her the answer.
"Shit!" Phoebe yelled.
They watched in horror as the boy's spirit flew into Kailos, making him glow with whtie light.
"I'm free." Kailos said.
Cole threw an energy ball at him, but Kailos dissapered in another white light, dodging it.
To Be Continued....
Next Episode: New Dawning, Part III
Cole and Aerox end up working together with Prue and Piper to bring down Kailos, but will they be enough to stop his great powers? Also, Phoebe gets re-assigned to another child, and tries to connect with the Demon within her in order to gain the strength to kill him.
Piper held her magical crystal over the map of San Fransisco as she and Prue sat in the living room.
"Nothing." Piper said. "And I've been scrying for a freaking hour. Something's blocking us from detecting Phoebe's dead body."
"But why would evil do that?" Prue wondered. I mean, if Phoebe's dead, why would they block her body?
"I'm not sure, but Leo's up there trying to find out for us." Piper said.
In The Underworld, Phoebe entered the chamber of The Source. She was wearing a very different outfit- black and red leather.
"You rang?" she asked him.
"I have your first assignment, Phoebe." The Source said.
An image of a young boy appeared before the three of them.
"Kill a kid?" Phoebe asked him. "Why?"
"The child shall grow up to be one of the most succesful peace negoitatiors, sparing many innocent lives that otherwise would have died in war." The Source said. "He has much too goodness to allow to live, even as a boy he touches those who might grow up to do great evil deeds. He must be killed."
Phoebe nodded.
"I understand." she said.
But inside of her, the goodness she still had, since she was only half- Demon, was clouding her mind with doubts.
Can I really bring myself to end the life of a young child? Phoebe thought. And if I fail, will The Source use the spell to reverse Tempest's set-back of time?
She made a slight bow before shimmering out.
Phoebe shimmered in a large cave, where Cole and Aerox were waiting.
"Well, did you find out who your innocent is?" Aerox asked her.
"Yeah." Phoebe said. "A little boy who will grow up to be a skilled peace negoitator."
"Makes sense as to why The Source would want him dead, then." Aerox said. "Better to nip this one in the butt, so to speak, early on."
"I guess." Phoebe said.
"Aerox, can you give me some time alone with Phoebe?" Cole asked him.
"Yeah, whatever." Aerox repiled, and shimmered out.
Cole turned to Phoebe.
"I know the good inside of you must be beating the evil hands-down on this one, Phoebe." Cole said. "Even half-demon, you're too good a person to not care about killing a child. Especially since this is your first kill. I suspect The Source gave you such a harsh mission to test you."
"First kill?" Phoebe said questionably. "So do they get easier for you as you go along?"
"Yeah." Cole repiled. "You start caring less and less about the innocent, as you slip more into evil."
"That's probably a blessing in my case." Phoebe said. "I can't go back to being good anyway, mine as well make it easier on myself."
"Then like I said, you should allow your Witch half to turn evil as well." Cole said. "My human half can't turn evil, so I'll always be half-good. You, however, can choose to be fully evil."
"But like I said, then I can't love you." Phoebe said. "And loving you is worth all the pain."
Cole smiled and the two kissed. As they kissed, Aerox shimmered back in.
"Can you two half-good lovebirds stop with the sappy shit and get on with the mission?" Aerox asked them.
They broke their embrace to stare angrily at Aerox.
"Yeah, whatever." came Phoebe's reply. "Follow me."
Phoebe shimmered out, followed by Cole and then Aerox.
Meanwhile, back at the Manor, Leo orbbed into the living room.
"The Elders know nothing." Leo told them.
"Well, I want to get my sister's body." Prue said. "So, the only way is to go to the Underworld and find Cole."
Crap. Leo thought. I wish I could tell them the truth, that Phoebe isn't dead and that's why they can't sense her body, but if I do the spell breaks and time goes back to as it was, and that can't happen. Plus, if they find Cole maybe he can tell them, and if he tells them, no spell is broken.
"Alright, I'll orb the two of you down there." Leo said.
"And did The Elders find out anything else about my amulet?" Piper asked him.
"Not yet." Leo said. "Hopefully soon they will. Now, come on, we have to get going."
Prue and Piper nodded, and they each grabbed onto Leo as he orbbed out with them.
The three orbbed in to an underground hallway.
"Where did you orb us to?" Prue asked him.
"I can't orb to locations in the Underworld, you should know that." Leo said. "I can just Orb to the Underworld and it randomly picks a spot to send us."
"Great." Piper said. "Well, let's go find a guard and see if he knows where to find Cole."
"Belthazor isn't here."
Prue, Piper, and Leo turned around to see a young, man, early 20-ish, in a red-and-black almost uniform-like outfit, with bright white hair (not the dull, old-man kind).
"Who are you?" Prue asked him.
"Oh....crap." Leo said.
"What?" Piper asked him. "Do you know who he is?"
"No, but I know *what* he is." Leo said. "He's a Fallen Angel. A regular spirit who got kicked from the Above for evil behavior or intentions. They are incredibly powerful when they enter The Underworld but they must kill someone who is good to get back to the surface. Which is rare in the Underworld."
"My name is Kailos, actually." he said. "And, you two Witches happen to be good."
Piper raised her hands to make him blow up, but Kailos merely raised his left hand in front of him, and a bright white light flashed in front of his body.
"What happened?" Piper asked him.
"He protected himself from your power." Leo said. "I told you he was powerful."
Kailos raised his left arm, and then tossed a bolt of white lighting at Piper's chest, sending her down to the ground.
"Piper!" Prue yelled.
Leo went down to heal him, but then remembered something important.
"Prue, my healing powers don't work in The Underworld!" Leo yelled. "We have to get out of here!"
Prue raised her hand to try and use her power, but Kailos raised his left hand again and the power was again blocked by the flash of white light. As Kailos had to use this moment to protect himself, Leo grabbed Prue while holding onto Piper, and orbbed out with them, just dodging a white energy ball thrown by Kailos.
"Shit!" Kailos yelled out.
Leo orbbed back into the Halliwell living room with Prue and Piper. He quickly healed Piper's chest wound.
"Question." Prue said. "If Fallen Angels are so powerful, how come The Source doesn't just bring them good people from above and let them kill them?"
"Because The Source hates Fallen Angels." Leo said. "They're powers are still good in nature, as you saw by the white flashes and the like. So they are rejected because their powers come from good, not evil. They have just found a loophole to use these powers for their own desires."
"And man, those are some powers." Piper said.
Phoebe, Cole, and Aerox all shimmered in a surbubian house, in an empty kitchen. They peered to see the young boy quietly watching TV in the living room. Aerox looked around the other side, seeing that the mother was on the phone in the dining room.
"Kill him now, while the mother is occupied." Cole said. "We don't want to leave a body trail. Publicity isn't evil's friend anymore than it is good's."
"Good point." Aerox said.
Phoebe took a deep breath, and raised one arm, preparing to send a stream of fire at the little boy. The boy screamed, and Phoebe hesistated. In a panic, Phoebe reached one arm out to the boy's shoulder instead and shimmered out with him. The mother ran into the living room, screaming as her son was gone.
"What the hell is she doing?" Aerox angrily whispered to Cole.
"I don't know." Cole whispered back. "But let's go find out."
Cole and Aerox both shimmered out just as the mother entered the kitchen.
The two demons shimmered back in the large cave, where Phoebe was standing over the boy, who was unconcious.
"Is he dead?" Cole asked her.
"No, just unconcious." Phoebe said. "I can't bring myself to kill him."
"I can't believe this!" Aerox shouted.
"Aerox, would you give her a break, she's still half-good and it's her first kill." Cole said. "I had a lot of trouble with my first kill as well, and making it a little boy didn't help either."
He turned to Phoebe.
"Do you want me to kill him for you?" he asked her.
"NO!" Aerox screamed. "SHE has to do it! She must learn to be evil!"
As they were arguing, Kailos appeared in a brilliant flash of white light.
"Thank you for the innocent." he said, and with an evil grin, raised one arm.
"No!" Cole yelled, but he was too late.
Kailos shocked the boy to death with a blast of white lightening.
"That's not one of those Fallen Angel things you told me about, is it?" Phoebe asked him.
Cole's look gave her the answer.
"Shit!" Phoebe yelled.
They watched in horror as the boy's spirit flew into Kailos, making him glow with whtie light.
"I'm free." Kailos said.
Cole threw an energy ball at him, but Kailos dissapered in another white light, dodging it.
To Be Continued....
Next Episode: New Dawning, Part III
Cole and Aerox end up working together with Prue and Piper to bring down Kailos, but will they be enough to stop his great powers? Also, Phoebe gets re-assigned to another child, and tries to connect with the Demon within her in order to gain the strength to kill him.