Chapter 4- Visitor
It had been a few hours since Leo had orbed out to console with the Elders. Cole had fallen into an uneasy sleep where the different realities and realms melded together.
"What is taking him so long?" Piper asked to no one in particular. She was getting impatient, wanting to find some answers. Her sisters were feeling quite the some way.
"Ugh" Cole grumbled underneath his breath.
"Cole" Phoebe asked cautiously.
"Uh Phoebe? What are you doing here?" Cole asked tiredly. The last few hours since the ceremony had been a blur. He could barely remember what happened during the ceremony.Suddenly, he realized that the white figure had said the Haliwell sisters were his witnesses.
"Oh, God" Cole said rubbing his temples. All of a sudden, he jerked as his vision cleared of his surroundings of his penthouse, to strangely enough, the manor.
"What the" Cole started and suddenly, he was pulled back to his penthouse where Phoebe, Piper, and Paige were looking at him with a mix of emotions.
"Cole what just happened?" Phoebe asked staring at Cole who looked like he had a premonition.
"I-I I don't know" Cole answered confused.
"I know what happened" a young voice answered. Cole snapped his head up, looking wildly around. At first, white-bluish orbs appeared, signaling Leo was coming in.
"Leo! Hold on, what's going on? And who was that we just heard?" Piper asked accusingly at her husband. Leo just looked at his wife blankly, not knowing how to introduce his visitor.
"You just heard me, " A voice said before a young girl came from a small curtain of light blue. She had raven black hair with piercing blue eyes and she had a nice golden tan that complemented her nicely. Her hair was cut a little further from the bottom of her ears.As Phoebe looked her over, she couldn't have been more than that of 12, 13 years old. She was dressed in a plain dark blue T-shirt with black pants.
"Just who might you be?" Paige asked looking the girl over. She had a 'who the hell are you, and should we care?' kind of tone. Behind the girl, Leo was doing a 'cut it out' signal with his hands franticly looking to see if she noticed.
"It's alright Leo, she has a right to know who I am" she answered calmly. She seemed to have an aura that screamed 'listen to me and obey'. "Uh, would you like to introduce me to the Charmed Ones, Leo?" she asked, smiling to herself looking over her shoulder towards Leo.
"Oh, uh sorry. Um do you remember when I said there was a hierarchy up 'there'?" Leo asked, looking a little uncomfortable around the young girl.
"Uh, yeah, what about it?" Phoebe asked, her gaze never leaving the girl.
"Well, she's one of the bosses of the bosses of my bosses" Leo said looking down. That just left the three sisters gawking. Cole had too large of a headache to really care. He was really only half listening to the conversation.
"You're you're" Piper stuttered.
"C'mon, keep going with the sentence. I'm, I'm, what?" the girl asked, with a little bit of boredom.
"Huh, cool" Paige said grinning. The girl looked towards Paige. At first Paige was scared she had done something wrong. She was thoroughly relieved when the blue-eyed girl grinned in return.
"Don't act all 'oh my gosh'. It's kinda annoying. I'm not really one for that. Maybe a few of my colleagues, but, they weren't sent on this very unique case" she said glancing at Cole.
"Ah, the reason why I'm here" she said taking a few steps toward Cole. Only then did he actually look up at the girl. His breath stopped, as he looked her over. He felt enormous power radiating from every pore of her small body. He stood up quickly, though a little too quickly.
"Whoa, Cole, you need to sit down and rest a little bit. You've gone through quite a bit, eh?" she said catching him before he collapsed. She was pretty strong for her size and outward age.
"Excuse me, not to be rude or anything, but, uh, why are you here?" Phoebe asked walking to the side of Cole, assisting her.
"Ah, I'm guessing no one told the Elders of my assignment, huh, Leo?" The girl asked Leo. He simply shook his head. "Uh, figures. Well, I guess, first I should tell you what my name is" she said grinning. Phoebe for some reason immediately liked her. She didn't know why, but she felt connected to her. "Well many people call me many things. I guess uh you could call me Kara " she said, as she brushed a stray strand of hair from her face.
"You also know that Cole has taken up an assignment. I'll answer any and all questions that I'm allowed to answer."
"Okay. Um why did 'they' pick Cole to guard this gate?" Phoebe asked.
"Well, you know how powerful he is. Oh, and if you're thinking that he's evil, then I never would have voted for him" she replied turning to Phoebe.
"What do you mean voted?" Paige asked.
"Well you see, we have something you might think of as a council, with an odd number of members. Usually, were cut right down the middle on issues. I usually get stuck with the tie breaker. I looked over Cole's case. True he has a habit of, let's say, making mistakes. Though I usually base my judgements on the heart, soul, mind and actions of the person in question " she said, taking a breath. "From what I heard, saw and felt from Cole, he was the right choice."
Phoebe listened to every word the young girl said. She paused for a few seconds to let it sink in.
"What are these things that I'm seeing?" Cole asked desperately. For the first time, he spoke in the conversation.
"Well, those scenes that you are seeing, are actually windows into different realities. That was the main reason why I was sent here. You see I was to help and guide you until you can control your newly acquired abilities " she said smiling brightly at Cole. She seemed to really like him for someone reason.
"Ah, it hurts sometimes," Cole said, lightly running his right hand through his black hair.
"Well, that's normal, so don't worry about it. Usually, people who become the Guardian, are slightly insane for the first couple of days. I'm impressed, you can form words and think clearly. I knew you were a good choice " she said, still smiling.
"Now it's getting kind of late, and I've got to make all of you people sleep." Leo and the sisters were about to orb out, when Kara stopped him.
"Leo, I need to talk to you tomorrow, so, do you think you could stop by here in the morning?" Kara asked looking at Leo questioningly.
"Um, sure. Are you going to stay here with Cole?" Leo asked in disbelief. To put such a high-ranking person from up 'there' in the care of a demon was just insane. It made shivers run down his spine. When he saw the look on her face, he knew the answer.
"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow afternoon," she said. Leo than orbed out.
"C'mon Cole, you've got to get to bed," Kara said as she struggled to help him towards the bed.
"Wait, when are we gonna start practicing?" Cole asked sleepily. "We'll discuss it tomorrow, " she said.
"Fine" he replied simply.
It had been a few hours since Leo had orbed out to console with the Elders. Cole had fallen into an uneasy sleep where the different realities and realms melded together.
"What is taking him so long?" Piper asked to no one in particular. She was getting impatient, wanting to find some answers. Her sisters were feeling quite the some way.
"Ugh" Cole grumbled underneath his breath.
"Cole" Phoebe asked cautiously.
"Uh Phoebe? What are you doing here?" Cole asked tiredly. The last few hours since the ceremony had been a blur. He could barely remember what happened during the ceremony.Suddenly, he realized that the white figure had said the Haliwell sisters were his witnesses.
"Oh, God" Cole said rubbing his temples. All of a sudden, he jerked as his vision cleared of his surroundings of his penthouse, to strangely enough, the manor.
"What the" Cole started and suddenly, he was pulled back to his penthouse where Phoebe, Piper, and Paige were looking at him with a mix of emotions.
"Cole what just happened?" Phoebe asked staring at Cole who looked like he had a premonition.
"I-I I don't know" Cole answered confused.
"I know what happened" a young voice answered. Cole snapped his head up, looking wildly around. At first, white-bluish orbs appeared, signaling Leo was coming in.
"Leo! Hold on, what's going on? And who was that we just heard?" Piper asked accusingly at her husband. Leo just looked at his wife blankly, not knowing how to introduce his visitor.
"You just heard me, " A voice said before a young girl came from a small curtain of light blue. She had raven black hair with piercing blue eyes and she had a nice golden tan that complemented her nicely. Her hair was cut a little further from the bottom of her ears.As Phoebe looked her over, she couldn't have been more than that of 12, 13 years old. She was dressed in a plain dark blue T-shirt with black pants.
"Just who might you be?" Paige asked looking the girl over. She had a 'who the hell are you, and should we care?' kind of tone. Behind the girl, Leo was doing a 'cut it out' signal with his hands franticly looking to see if she noticed.
"It's alright Leo, she has a right to know who I am" she answered calmly. She seemed to have an aura that screamed 'listen to me and obey'. "Uh, would you like to introduce me to the Charmed Ones, Leo?" she asked, smiling to herself looking over her shoulder towards Leo.
"Oh, uh sorry. Um do you remember when I said there was a hierarchy up 'there'?" Leo asked, looking a little uncomfortable around the young girl.
"Uh, yeah, what about it?" Phoebe asked, her gaze never leaving the girl.
"Well, she's one of the bosses of the bosses of my bosses" Leo said looking down. That just left the three sisters gawking. Cole had too large of a headache to really care. He was really only half listening to the conversation.
"You're you're" Piper stuttered.
"C'mon, keep going with the sentence. I'm, I'm, what?" the girl asked, with a little bit of boredom.
"Huh, cool" Paige said grinning. The girl looked towards Paige. At first Paige was scared she had done something wrong. She was thoroughly relieved when the blue-eyed girl grinned in return.
"Don't act all 'oh my gosh'. It's kinda annoying. I'm not really one for that. Maybe a few of my colleagues, but, they weren't sent on this very unique case" she said glancing at Cole.
"Ah, the reason why I'm here" she said taking a few steps toward Cole. Only then did he actually look up at the girl. His breath stopped, as he looked her over. He felt enormous power radiating from every pore of her small body. He stood up quickly, though a little too quickly.
"Whoa, Cole, you need to sit down and rest a little bit. You've gone through quite a bit, eh?" she said catching him before he collapsed. She was pretty strong for her size and outward age.
"Excuse me, not to be rude or anything, but, uh, why are you here?" Phoebe asked walking to the side of Cole, assisting her.
"Ah, I'm guessing no one told the Elders of my assignment, huh, Leo?" The girl asked Leo. He simply shook his head. "Uh, figures. Well, I guess, first I should tell you what my name is" she said grinning. Phoebe for some reason immediately liked her. She didn't know why, but she felt connected to her. "Well many people call me many things. I guess uh you could call me Kara " she said, as she brushed a stray strand of hair from her face.
"You also know that Cole has taken up an assignment. I'll answer any and all questions that I'm allowed to answer."
"Okay. Um why did 'they' pick Cole to guard this gate?" Phoebe asked.
"Well, you know how powerful he is. Oh, and if you're thinking that he's evil, then I never would have voted for him" she replied turning to Phoebe.
"What do you mean voted?" Paige asked.
"Well you see, we have something you might think of as a council, with an odd number of members. Usually, were cut right down the middle on issues. I usually get stuck with the tie breaker. I looked over Cole's case. True he has a habit of, let's say, making mistakes. Though I usually base my judgements on the heart, soul, mind and actions of the person in question " she said, taking a breath. "From what I heard, saw and felt from Cole, he was the right choice."
Phoebe listened to every word the young girl said. She paused for a few seconds to let it sink in.
"What are these things that I'm seeing?" Cole asked desperately. For the first time, he spoke in the conversation.
"Well, those scenes that you are seeing, are actually windows into different realities. That was the main reason why I was sent here. You see I was to help and guide you until you can control your newly acquired abilities " she said smiling brightly at Cole. She seemed to really like him for someone reason.
"Ah, it hurts sometimes," Cole said, lightly running his right hand through his black hair.
"Well, that's normal, so don't worry about it. Usually, people who become the Guardian, are slightly insane for the first couple of days. I'm impressed, you can form words and think clearly. I knew you were a good choice " she said, still smiling.
"Now it's getting kind of late, and I've got to make all of you people sleep." Leo and the sisters were about to orb out, when Kara stopped him.
"Leo, I need to talk to you tomorrow, so, do you think you could stop by here in the morning?" Kara asked looking at Leo questioningly.
"Um, sure. Are you going to stay here with Cole?" Leo asked in disbelief. To put such a high-ranking person from up 'there' in the care of a demon was just insane. It made shivers run down his spine. When he saw the look on her face, he knew the answer.
"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow afternoon," she said. Leo than orbed out.
"C'mon Cole, you've got to get to bed," Kara said as she struggled to help him towards the bed.
"Wait, when are we gonna start practicing?" Cole asked sleepily. "We'll discuss it tomorrow, " she said.
"Fine" he replied simply.