Chapter-9 So What Was That?
When Paige had orbed Phoebe and Piper, they were ready to hurt Cole for whatever he might of done. As the sense of Paige's orb died down, Phoebe took a step forward scanning the penthouse for Cole. She saw Kara bent over Cole, who seemed to be in pain. 'I knew he wasn't responsible' Phoebe thought. Her heart rejoiced at this fact, but her mind told her to be cautious. Paige on the other hand just felt like bursting out right on the spot.
"What the hell is happening Cole!" Paige exclaimed, even though she could see pain over his handsome features.
"Paige, would you hush. Cole is going through the first pain he'll have to endure. He's suffering so he can save your asses, not to mention the rest of the world!" Kara hissed at her.
Paige stood silent from the harsh words that came from such a bright girl, who seemed to have changed so much. There was a streak of worry and pain that seemed so alien on her face.
"What's happening Kara?" Phoebe asked, looking from Cole's pained face to Kara's furrowed one.
"I'm sorry Phoebe. I desperately want to help you and Cole at this very moment, but, I just can't" Kara replied desperately. At that moment, she looked like a normal 13 year old girl who was really afraid.
"All I can tell you now is that this is a test," Kara said, snapping Phoebe out of her little world.
"Test? What kind of test?" Piper asked stepping in.
"That I can't tell you. It will begin once Cole has awakened. Then, I must see if the information I had given you in the first lesson had really implanted itself into your cortexes," Kara said looking at Cole sadly. She only knew a fraction of the pain that he was going through.
"What will happen then?" Phoebe asked fearing the answer. As soon as she asked, Cole's eyes flew open and looked around wildly, not sure of where he was. He saw Kara's face and it brought a small amount of relief. Though that relief had been quickly swept away when he saw the look of pain and worry on her face.
"What will happen then?" Phoebe asked fearing the answer.
As soon as she asked, Cole's eyes flew open and looked around wildly, not sure of where he was. He saw Kara's face and it brought a small amount of relief. Though that relief had been quickly swept away when he saw the look of pain and worry on her face.
"Kara, what's happening? What's wrong?" He asked, not wanting anything to hurt her in anyway. Which, by the way, he still had no idea why he felt that way.
Phoebe had noticed the anxiousness and concern in Cole's voice when he talked to Kara. She couldn't quite believe it, but it seemed that she was actually envious of her. She shook her head to clear those thoughts.
"Kara, now will you tell us what's." Phoebe began again, but was cut off by a demon that appeared in a pillar of smoke.
"What the crap?!" Paige exclaimed. They could easily tell he was a demon by the looks of it. Large claws that extended an inch or two. Fangs that gleamed when he grinned wickedly. He also had certain demonic symbols that ran from his face to his arm that Paige recognized as death, destruction and other apocolypse sort of things. Cole quickly stood up and threw two energy balls at him. They merely disappeared in a puff of smoke as Cole and the rest stared in horror.
The only one who didn't seem surprised was the demon who just laughed, and Kara who looked on, hoping that the lesson truly did connect. Paige tried orbing a few objects at him, but that didn't work either. Piper tried to freeze him, but he just took a step forward, unaffected. Phoebe tried to kick him away, but he just caught her foot and flung her back. Everything they tried, didn't seem to work on him.
Phoebe looked on in horror as he kept walking towards Cole. She tried to get back up, but the pain that shot up from her leg told her she had broken it. She looked down and could see blood oozing from a very large cut down her right thigh. As she looked closer, she could she a small piece of bone covered in blood jutting from the cut. Phoebe looked back up at Cole and an emotion she hadn't shown him in a very long time shone through. Love. Cole nearly cried out in pain.
He grabbed his right leg. It seemed that connection that Kara spoke about seemed to be kicking in. 'Wonderful timing', Cole thought sarcastically to himself. As he looked back up to the demon, he saw he that he was drawing closer to him. Suddenly he felt this urge, that told him he desperately needed to get up. Cole fought the pain he felt in his leg and got up. His usual handsome features were contorted into a mask of pain and anger.
Phoebe had seen Cole fall to his knees and grab his right leg. She gasped, suddenly remembering about the slightly stronger bond between Cole and herself. 'NO!' she screamed in her mind. The pain she felt was too much and she couldn't yell out for him to get away. She looked on, dreading what would happen next. As she saw him get up, she thought how could he stand up? The pain that was in her leg prevented her from speaking, let alone stand. And yet, there he was getting up as the demon closed on him. His face was so concentrated, and showed anger and pain.
All of a sudden, Cole brought his left hand up making it face upwards. His right hand made small symbols above his left hand. Cole was thinking, 'what the hell am I doing?' He found that his mouth was moving and a language was coming out that Cole didn't understand. He gave a ragged yell and all of a sudden, the space next to him distorted and began to rip. Soon, there was a savage looking beast standing on it's two hind legs. It was about half of Cole's height, and had piercing yellow eyes. It had two small arms that had wicked looking blades jutting from it's forearm. It had a spiky frill going down from the base of his neck, all the way down to the beginning of it's stubby tail.
Cole looked to his right, and stared at the creature oddly. It looked up at Cole and gave an odd throaty noise. Cole then looked back to the demon that had stopped dead in his tracks once the creature had appeared. The creature then turned it's gaze to the demon and bared it's sharp, fangs. It then lunged at him and drew it's blade across his throat. The demon barely had enough time to give much of a struggle before he lay dead. Phoebe, Piper, Paige, and Cole stared at the lifeless corpse that lay in the middle of the penthouse's carpeting. Kara though was smiling with relief.
All of a sudden, the corpse burned up and there was no trace left of him except for their memories. The odd little creature was still there and it went back to Cole's side and gave out a little cheep. He looked back up at
Cole and saw that there was no more danger anymore. Another distortion appeared, followed by a rip in the space. The little creature hopped back into the rip in space/time, which closed immediately.
No one said anything for a few minutes. Phoebe even forgot she was still on the floor with a broken leg as she let what happened sink in. They heard a clap, which startled all of them nearly all to death. Evidently, it was Kara who seemed awfully happy.
"Well done! Much better than what I had expected initially. I'm very pleased," Kara said. She glanced at Phoebe and called out Leo. If she were to yell, it would probably sound like a thunderclap to the poor whitelighter. After all, mortal voices were much softer than those of her, shall we say, status.
Suddenly, Leo appeared before her. She pointed to Phoebe and Leo rushed over to heal her. Still, nothing was said between the four and Leo was feeling very awkward.
Paige interrupted the odd moment by speaking her mind, which she often did. "So what was that?" She asked, not being able to think of anything else to ask.
Cole glanced at her and then collapsed from the effort.
When Paige had orbed Phoebe and Piper, they were ready to hurt Cole for whatever he might of done. As the sense of Paige's orb died down, Phoebe took a step forward scanning the penthouse for Cole. She saw Kara bent over Cole, who seemed to be in pain. 'I knew he wasn't responsible' Phoebe thought. Her heart rejoiced at this fact, but her mind told her to be cautious. Paige on the other hand just felt like bursting out right on the spot.
"What the hell is happening Cole!" Paige exclaimed, even though she could see pain over his handsome features.
"Paige, would you hush. Cole is going through the first pain he'll have to endure. He's suffering so he can save your asses, not to mention the rest of the world!" Kara hissed at her.
Paige stood silent from the harsh words that came from such a bright girl, who seemed to have changed so much. There was a streak of worry and pain that seemed so alien on her face.
"What's happening Kara?" Phoebe asked, looking from Cole's pained face to Kara's furrowed one.
"I'm sorry Phoebe. I desperately want to help you and Cole at this very moment, but, I just can't" Kara replied desperately. At that moment, she looked like a normal 13 year old girl who was really afraid.
"All I can tell you now is that this is a test," Kara said, snapping Phoebe out of her little world.
"Test? What kind of test?" Piper asked stepping in.
"That I can't tell you. It will begin once Cole has awakened. Then, I must see if the information I had given you in the first lesson had really implanted itself into your cortexes," Kara said looking at Cole sadly. She only knew a fraction of the pain that he was going through.
"What will happen then?" Phoebe asked fearing the answer. As soon as she asked, Cole's eyes flew open and looked around wildly, not sure of where he was. He saw Kara's face and it brought a small amount of relief. Though that relief had been quickly swept away when he saw the look of pain and worry on her face.
"What will happen then?" Phoebe asked fearing the answer.
As soon as she asked, Cole's eyes flew open and looked around wildly, not sure of where he was. He saw Kara's face and it brought a small amount of relief. Though that relief had been quickly swept away when he saw the look of pain and worry on her face.
"Kara, what's happening? What's wrong?" He asked, not wanting anything to hurt her in anyway. Which, by the way, he still had no idea why he felt that way.
Phoebe had noticed the anxiousness and concern in Cole's voice when he talked to Kara. She couldn't quite believe it, but it seemed that she was actually envious of her. She shook her head to clear those thoughts.
"Kara, now will you tell us what's." Phoebe began again, but was cut off by a demon that appeared in a pillar of smoke.
"What the crap?!" Paige exclaimed. They could easily tell he was a demon by the looks of it. Large claws that extended an inch or two. Fangs that gleamed when he grinned wickedly. He also had certain demonic symbols that ran from his face to his arm that Paige recognized as death, destruction and other apocolypse sort of things. Cole quickly stood up and threw two energy balls at him. They merely disappeared in a puff of smoke as Cole and the rest stared in horror.
The only one who didn't seem surprised was the demon who just laughed, and Kara who looked on, hoping that the lesson truly did connect. Paige tried orbing a few objects at him, but that didn't work either. Piper tried to freeze him, but he just took a step forward, unaffected. Phoebe tried to kick him away, but he just caught her foot and flung her back. Everything they tried, didn't seem to work on him.
Phoebe looked on in horror as he kept walking towards Cole. She tried to get back up, but the pain that shot up from her leg told her she had broken it. She looked down and could see blood oozing from a very large cut down her right thigh. As she looked closer, she could she a small piece of bone covered in blood jutting from the cut. Phoebe looked back up at Cole and an emotion she hadn't shown him in a very long time shone through. Love. Cole nearly cried out in pain.
He grabbed his right leg. It seemed that connection that Kara spoke about seemed to be kicking in. 'Wonderful timing', Cole thought sarcastically to himself. As he looked back up to the demon, he saw he that he was drawing closer to him. Suddenly he felt this urge, that told him he desperately needed to get up. Cole fought the pain he felt in his leg and got up. His usual handsome features were contorted into a mask of pain and anger.
Phoebe had seen Cole fall to his knees and grab his right leg. She gasped, suddenly remembering about the slightly stronger bond between Cole and herself. 'NO!' she screamed in her mind. The pain she felt was too much and she couldn't yell out for him to get away. She looked on, dreading what would happen next. As she saw him get up, she thought how could he stand up? The pain that was in her leg prevented her from speaking, let alone stand. And yet, there he was getting up as the demon closed on him. His face was so concentrated, and showed anger and pain.
All of a sudden, Cole brought his left hand up making it face upwards. His right hand made small symbols above his left hand. Cole was thinking, 'what the hell am I doing?' He found that his mouth was moving and a language was coming out that Cole didn't understand. He gave a ragged yell and all of a sudden, the space next to him distorted and began to rip. Soon, there was a savage looking beast standing on it's two hind legs. It was about half of Cole's height, and had piercing yellow eyes. It had two small arms that had wicked looking blades jutting from it's forearm. It had a spiky frill going down from the base of his neck, all the way down to the beginning of it's stubby tail.
Cole looked to his right, and stared at the creature oddly. It looked up at Cole and gave an odd throaty noise. Cole then looked back to the demon that had stopped dead in his tracks once the creature had appeared. The creature then turned it's gaze to the demon and bared it's sharp, fangs. It then lunged at him and drew it's blade across his throat. The demon barely had enough time to give much of a struggle before he lay dead. Phoebe, Piper, Paige, and Cole stared at the lifeless corpse that lay in the middle of the penthouse's carpeting. Kara though was smiling with relief.
All of a sudden, the corpse burned up and there was no trace left of him except for their memories. The odd little creature was still there and it went back to Cole's side and gave out a little cheep. He looked back up at
Cole and saw that there was no more danger anymore. Another distortion appeared, followed by a rip in the space. The little creature hopped back into the rip in space/time, which closed immediately.
No one said anything for a few minutes. Phoebe even forgot she was still on the floor with a broken leg as she let what happened sink in. They heard a clap, which startled all of them nearly all to death. Evidently, it was Kara who seemed awfully happy.
"Well done! Much better than what I had expected initially. I'm very pleased," Kara said. She glanced at Phoebe and called out Leo. If she were to yell, it would probably sound like a thunderclap to the poor whitelighter. After all, mortal voices were much softer than those of her, shall we say, status.
Suddenly, Leo appeared before her. She pointed to Phoebe and Leo rushed over to heal her. Still, nothing was said between the four and Leo was feeling very awkward.
Paige interrupted the odd moment by speaking her mind, which she often did. "So what was that?" She asked, not being able to think of anything else to ask.
Cole glanced at her and then collapsed from the effort.