Chapter 3- Awaken anew
Cole could here murmurs through his half-sleep. He could here a mingling of voices. After a few minutes of listening to the confusion, he was able to sort out a few of the voices. One, to his surprise was of Phoebe, her sisters and Leo. Others were different. Not only in the tone, but also in the actual voices. They seemed muffled like they were being said through a really crappy built wall. He tried opening his eyes, but he found he was too tired to open them. He got about half way, then his eyes fell shut.
"Is he awake?" somebody to his to his right said.
Suddenly, his mind was thrown into a dozen different dimensions and realities. The pain was too much for him as he grabbed his head in pain and rolled off the couch.
"What happened?" someone said. As the person got closer, he felt like she was familiar and he curled into the fetal position next to her. As he felt her arms wrap around him, he breathed in her familiar scent and just relax. He suddenly felt a horrible pain coming over him again.
"Get Get away" Cole gasped through the pain. He crawled away from her because he was afraid he'd hurt her from trying to get away from the pain.
"Cole" Phoebe started, then stopped.
"No how could you get out what's" Cole mumbled as he gripped his head harder. He was digging so deep, he drew a small amount of blood. As he saw scenes from different dimensions and realities, his emotions ran wild. He saw himself, with Phoebe, and his daughter. He saw Phoebe, as the Source, and him having to kill her. He saw all of humanity being destroyed, and humanity reaching a level of such purity. His heart wrenched between all the scenes, plunging Cole into a state of confusion. He began to rock furiously.
Phoebe stared at Cole, rocking back and forward, his eyes darting from left to right in his sockets.
"What's going on Leo? What did he accept? And what the hell was that guy in the white get up talking about? Leo?" Phoebe asked desperately of Leo.
"Well, I stopped by on the way here, when Paige called me. It seems that the powers that Cole received from the wasteland had advanced" Leo said, relaying what the Elders had told him.
"Advanced?" Phoebe repeated, slightly afraid. After all, she was determined not to let Cole hurt anyone else.
"Yeah, but that's just the beginning of it. It seems that a higher power of good, had seen Cole. When you weren't able to vanquish him, they decided to offer him something," Leo said, taking a breath.
"Something? C'mon Leo, spill" Piper said impatiently.
"Well, there is a gate to a hellish demon dimension. The gate needed a guardian in order to guard a great evil trapped inside. The only problem is that the last 5 guardians had died trying to protect it. When they saw how powerful Cole was, they thought he would be strong enough to protect it" Leo said sighing.
The three sisters stared at Leo in disbelief. They then turned to Cole's figure that was huddled in a corner of his apartment. Then they turned back to Leo. It was Phoebe who spoke up first.
"Why would they trust Cole? Don't they know that he's evil?" She asked, her voice breaking slightly on the word 'evil'.
"Well, it seems that 'they' think he's worthy enough to be trusted" Leo answered solemnly. The sisters continued to stare at Leo, and then Cole, and then back to Leo.
"What did the guy mean that Cole would be able to look into different realms and realities, Leo?" Paige asked.
"I'm not really sure Paige. I'll go ask" Leo said before orbing out.
"Well, then I guess we have to stay here with him. I don't want to be responsible if he becomes loose like that" Phoebe said referring to Cole's condition.
Throughout the whole conversation, Cole kept rocking back and forth, watching the different scenes play before his eyes.
Cole could here murmurs through his half-sleep. He could here a mingling of voices. After a few minutes of listening to the confusion, he was able to sort out a few of the voices. One, to his surprise was of Phoebe, her sisters and Leo. Others were different. Not only in the tone, but also in the actual voices. They seemed muffled like they were being said through a really crappy built wall. He tried opening his eyes, but he found he was too tired to open them. He got about half way, then his eyes fell shut.
"Is he awake?" somebody to his to his right said.
Suddenly, his mind was thrown into a dozen different dimensions and realities. The pain was too much for him as he grabbed his head in pain and rolled off the couch.
"What happened?" someone said. As the person got closer, he felt like she was familiar and he curled into the fetal position next to her. As he felt her arms wrap around him, he breathed in her familiar scent and just relax. He suddenly felt a horrible pain coming over him again.
"Get Get away" Cole gasped through the pain. He crawled away from her because he was afraid he'd hurt her from trying to get away from the pain.
"Cole" Phoebe started, then stopped.
"No how could you get out what's" Cole mumbled as he gripped his head harder. He was digging so deep, he drew a small amount of blood. As he saw scenes from different dimensions and realities, his emotions ran wild. He saw himself, with Phoebe, and his daughter. He saw Phoebe, as the Source, and him having to kill her. He saw all of humanity being destroyed, and humanity reaching a level of such purity. His heart wrenched between all the scenes, plunging Cole into a state of confusion. He began to rock furiously.
Phoebe stared at Cole, rocking back and forward, his eyes darting from left to right in his sockets.
"What's going on Leo? What did he accept? And what the hell was that guy in the white get up talking about? Leo?" Phoebe asked desperately of Leo.
"Well, I stopped by on the way here, when Paige called me. It seems that the powers that Cole received from the wasteland had advanced" Leo said, relaying what the Elders had told him.
"Advanced?" Phoebe repeated, slightly afraid. After all, she was determined not to let Cole hurt anyone else.
"Yeah, but that's just the beginning of it. It seems that a higher power of good, had seen Cole. When you weren't able to vanquish him, they decided to offer him something," Leo said, taking a breath.
"Something? C'mon Leo, spill" Piper said impatiently.
"Well, there is a gate to a hellish demon dimension. The gate needed a guardian in order to guard a great evil trapped inside. The only problem is that the last 5 guardians had died trying to protect it. When they saw how powerful Cole was, they thought he would be strong enough to protect it" Leo said sighing.
The three sisters stared at Leo in disbelief. They then turned to Cole's figure that was huddled in a corner of his apartment. Then they turned back to Leo. It was Phoebe who spoke up first.
"Why would they trust Cole? Don't they know that he's evil?" She asked, her voice breaking slightly on the word 'evil'.
"Well, it seems that 'they' think he's worthy enough to be trusted" Leo answered solemnly. The sisters continued to stare at Leo, and then Cole, and then back to Leo.
"What did the guy mean that Cole would be able to look into different realms and realities, Leo?" Paige asked.
"I'm not really sure Paige. I'll go ask" Leo said before orbing out.
"Well, then I guess we have to stay here with him. I don't want to be responsible if he becomes loose like that" Phoebe said referring to Cole's condition.
Throughout the whole conversation, Cole kept rocking back and forth, watching the different scenes play before his eyes.