Chapter-13 What?!
"What?!" Cole and Phoebe exclaimed in unison. Phoebe looked from Cole to Kara. She was frantically searching her mind, trying to figure out how this could be possible. Though there was a part of her mind that was calm and going, 'cool'. For some odd reason, she had expected that Kara was her and Cole's daughter. Still, the other part was going crazy.
Cole on the other hand, was pretty happy. He loved Phoebe, and on some level, he loved Kara too. He looked Kara over and saw how much she looked like him and Phoebe. How did he not notice? She had the same color eyes, hair, and posture as him. Her skin color had been a nice blend of his and Phoebe's. Now that he was sure that he was her father, somehow, she looked even more beautiful.
He glanced over to Phoebe and she looked like she was about to faint, the way her eyes were darting about. Good thing he noticed too, or else he wouldn't have caught her when she did faint.
Phoebe was once again taken over by the dream. She was back in that meadow, with Cole and Kara. She was feeling so fulfilled and happy at that moment, just laying back, looking up at the light blue sky. Her happiness was once again shattered by that faceless demon that stabbed and killed her Kara. Now that she knew that she was Kara's mother, she understood why she and Cole were crying so hard. It ended again as she slowly lifted her eyes.
Cole noticed that Phoebe was waking up from when she fainted. He had put her onto the couch, and then began talking to Kara. He wanted to find out how it could be possible for Kara to be here. From the way that Phoebe and his relationship were going, it looked like she was going to kill him, instead of having a child with him. Let alone a high-ranking force of good.
She had explained to Cole that where she had come from, the place was in a loop of time. It loops from far in the past, into far into the future. Unlike mortals, the beings who are there are able to sense where they are in the loop, and travel along it, to any point in time as long as the loop was there. Since she was so powerful, being the daughter of a Charmed one and he, she was strong enough to live there too.
Cole took his time absorbing the information she had just told him. As he saw Phoebe wake up, he was wondering how he was going to tell Phoebe. He went to her side and gently held her head.
"Cole? What happened?" Phoebe asked, as soon as she could make out Cole's handsome features.
"Well, you fainted," Cole said, not bothering with the avoidance thing.
"Oh. So, why did I faint?" Phoebe said, forgetting that Kara was her daughter.
"Wait, don't tell me. Kara is our daughter?" Phoebe asked looking towards her. Cole nodded in response.
"What she said, it wasn't a dream?" she asked. Cole shook his head.
"Oh. Thanks for telling me," Phoebe said. She went back into shock and fainted once again. She fell back onto the couch with a thud.
"I'm guessing it was too much for her?" Kara said questioningly, looking at her mother who was passed out on her father's couch.
"Yeah. I guess we'll have to wait until she wakes up again," Cole said, getting up to sit on a chair. Kara sat next to him, and he lifted his arm, to allow her to curl up in the crook of his arm. They sat there in silence waiting for Phoebe to wake up once again.
45 minutes later
Piper orbed in, along with Paige. They looked from Cole to Phoebe who was still passed out. Kara had gone to the kitchen to get a glass of water.
"What did you do to her?!" Paige exclaimed. She then orbed a few choice objects at Cole, trying to force Cole away from her. One of those objects a scissors that went flying into Cole's chest.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Cole asked angrily, as he calmly pulled the scissors out of his chest. The wound quickly sealed itself back up once the blades were out.
"Um....so, what's going on?" Kara asked, coming back in holding her glass of water, looking from Paige to Cole who was still holding the pair of scissors.
"What happened here Kara? What did he do to Phoebe?" Piper asked worriedly, rushing to her sister's side at the couch.
"Well, actually Cole didn't do anything. It was more of my fault," Kara said, as she walked over to Cole. He set the scissors onto the light stand that he was standing next to. Kara than proceeded to take a sip of water while Cole guided her to the seat across from her mother. She was a little too concentrated on her glass of water to watch where she was going. She nearly ran into the glass table, before Cole quickly stepped in and guided her to the couch.
"Thanks Cole. Or should I say dad? It just feels a little weird to me, that's all," Kara said, looking up at Cole apologetically. "No offense," she quickly added.
"None taken. If it makes you feel more comfortable, you can just call me Cole," Cole said, looking down at her understandingly.
"Thanks," she said before taking another sip of water.
"Dad? Okay, what are we missing?" Piper said, stepping in.
"Well, I said I was the reason Phoebe fainted, right?" Piper, Paige and Leo nodded. "I kind of told her that I was her daughter, and she kind of fainted from the news. And of course, as you apparently got, I'm also Cole's daughter," Kara said, calmly sitting down and taking another sip of water.
The three just stared at Kara. They then took a slow glance to Cole and then Phoebe. Then back to Kara.
"Wha....ho..wow," Piper said, not knowing what to say. Suddenly, she realized something.
"Wait, then that means that you're my....," Piper stuttered.
"Niece? Yeah, I'm you're niece, along with Paige's," Kara said, finishing Piper's sentence. They were all reflecting on this newly found information, when Phoebe stirred awake.
"Ugh!" Phoebe grumbled, propping herself up by her elbows.
"Hey, mom, you okay?" Kara said staring at her mom, concerned.
"Uh, I'm fine. Hold on, you just called me mom?" Phoebe questioned, slightly dazed.
"Yeah, and try not to faint again. You want some water to keep you from fainting?" Kara asked holding her glass out for Phoebe.
"Huh? Oh, no thanks," Phoebe answered, holding her head.
"Hold on! Phoebe, when, how did this happen? Most importantly, how?!" Piper asked in and exasperated tone.
"I guess I'll explain it, because I think Cole is still in shock about having a girl and Phoebe's been unconscious for about the past hour. So she doesn't know how. Basically, in the future, Phoebe has a little girl, namely me, and then, I'm brought up 'there'. There was something screwed up in the past, so my colleagues told me to travel back and correct the problem. Mainly, this," Kara said, waving her hand at their surroundings. Piper was about to ask what was wrong, but Kara held her hand up.
"Sorry Piper, but I can't go into anymore detail than that, you know, rules," Kara said. Her eyes told her that she knew that Piper knew all about the 'rules'.
"Oh," Piper said. Paige rolled her eyes in the hint.
"Wow, I guess than we have a niece," Paige stated, trying to believe her words
"Yeah, and Phoebe managed it without losing her figure," Piper said jokingly.
"Hey. Wait, hold on. Does that mean that me and Cole...." Phoebe said, trailing off, suddenly realizing what that meant.
"Oh, don't worry. I may come from a different reality or something. So you may not get back together with Cole. You see, that loop thing I told you about, it spans throughout the infinite number of realities and dimensions, so I don't know what's going to happen in this reality. The only reason why I'm even in this one is because this particular Cole had reached a level of power that we thought could handle the gate," Kara said, reassuring Phoebe. She was kind of sad though. She was hoping that she would be reborn here when she died. But the way these two were going, it didn't look like it was going to happen anytime soon.
Suddenly a thought came to mind. 'Oh crap! Don't tell me that I have to wait for their next lifetime to be born here!' a voice in the back of her mind whined.
After Kara had explained, she had gone into deep thought that she did often. Her brows would slightly furrow and she would get this serious look in her eyes. Much like Cole would, Phoebe thought as she compared the both of them. She actually wouldn't mind having Kara as a daughter.
"Kara, does that mean that our Cole here, is the only one to achieve so much power?" Paige asked.
"Um...yeah, unless you count the Coles that are sort of..well, evil," Kara said, not wanting to put that little bit of information out.
"What?!" Paige, Phoebe, Piper and Leo exclaimed, again. Cole sat on the couch solemnly, absorbing all of the info. Cole knew that now, Phoebe and her sisters would be even more wary of him. 'Damn', he thought. 'Just when I was starting to win back Phoebe's trust!' He would give up everything just to be with her, and without her, there was nothing to live for. That's why he made that elaborate plan, that tricked them into killing him. Unfortunately, he was too strong and then this whole ordeal began. He lied back down against the couch and closed his eyes. He breathed in deeply and tried to clear his mind.
Kara saw the contemplating look on her father's face and became sad. He had come to the same conclusion that she just had. 'Like father like daughter' she thought, chuckling sadly. She knew that Phoebe and her sisters would not trust him so easily now. She let out a labored sigh and sat down next to her father. Cole felt her next to him and wrapped his arm protectively around her. Kara smiled at this and leaned into his embrace.
Phoebe took a look at the two who were sitting on the couch across from her. She glanced at her sisters and knew they were thinking similar things. 'If the other Coles were as powerful as he and were evil, then how did they know that this Cole wasn't evil?' Suddenly, something Kara had said struck her and she smiled slowly. Kara had said that she could sense that they could trust Cole and that he was good. Phoebe may not have trust Cole, but she trusted Kara. She would even trust her if she was asking her to trust Cole. A thought crossed her mind. 'Doesn't all this come down to trust?' She took one more glance at Cole who was lying on his back and Kara who was sitting in his protective arm.
"Kara, I know that everyone is thinking the same thing. I may not trust Cole, but I do trust you. If you're asking me to trust him, then I will," Phoebe said. Everyone turned to Phoebe and they stared in shock. From what Cole had heard, it made him open his eyes and quickly sit up. Phoebe looked back at them and gave a 'what?' look.
"Okay, can we go home now? I'm tired now," Phoebe said, exhaustion taking her over.
"Um, sure. Wait Phoebe, what about your premonition?" Leo said, suddenly remembering why they had come in the first place.
"Oh. Um..." Phoebe said turning to Cole and Kara, who were looking so happy together. Kara looked to her and Phoebe saw a gleam of understanding in the blue depths of her eyes.
"I know Phoebe. Don't worry. I saw it too. I saw my death," Kara said, her face becoming sad.
"What?!" Cole and Phoebe exclaimed in unison. Phoebe looked from Cole to Kara. She was frantically searching her mind, trying to figure out how this could be possible. Though there was a part of her mind that was calm and going, 'cool'. For some odd reason, she had expected that Kara was her and Cole's daughter. Still, the other part was going crazy.
Cole on the other hand, was pretty happy. He loved Phoebe, and on some level, he loved Kara too. He looked Kara over and saw how much she looked like him and Phoebe. How did he not notice? She had the same color eyes, hair, and posture as him. Her skin color had been a nice blend of his and Phoebe's. Now that he was sure that he was her father, somehow, she looked even more beautiful.
He glanced over to Phoebe and she looked like she was about to faint, the way her eyes were darting about. Good thing he noticed too, or else he wouldn't have caught her when she did faint.
Phoebe was once again taken over by the dream. She was back in that meadow, with Cole and Kara. She was feeling so fulfilled and happy at that moment, just laying back, looking up at the light blue sky. Her happiness was once again shattered by that faceless demon that stabbed and killed her Kara. Now that she knew that she was Kara's mother, she understood why she and Cole were crying so hard. It ended again as she slowly lifted her eyes.
Cole noticed that Phoebe was waking up from when she fainted. He had put her onto the couch, and then began talking to Kara. He wanted to find out how it could be possible for Kara to be here. From the way that Phoebe and his relationship were going, it looked like she was going to kill him, instead of having a child with him. Let alone a high-ranking force of good.
She had explained to Cole that where she had come from, the place was in a loop of time. It loops from far in the past, into far into the future. Unlike mortals, the beings who are there are able to sense where they are in the loop, and travel along it, to any point in time as long as the loop was there. Since she was so powerful, being the daughter of a Charmed one and he, she was strong enough to live there too.
Cole took his time absorbing the information she had just told him. As he saw Phoebe wake up, he was wondering how he was going to tell Phoebe. He went to her side and gently held her head.
"Cole? What happened?" Phoebe asked, as soon as she could make out Cole's handsome features.
"Well, you fainted," Cole said, not bothering with the avoidance thing.
"Oh. So, why did I faint?" Phoebe said, forgetting that Kara was her daughter.
"Wait, don't tell me. Kara is our daughter?" Phoebe asked looking towards her. Cole nodded in response.
"What she said, it wasn't a dream?" she asked. Cole shook his head.
"Oh. Thanks for telling me," Phoebe said. She went back into shock and fainted once again. She fell back onto the couch with a thud.
"I'm guessing it was too much for her?" Kara said questioningly, looking at her mother who was passed out on her father's couch.
"Yeah. I guess we'll have to wait until she wakes up again," Cole said, getting up to sit on a chair. Kara sat next to him, and he lifted his arm, to allow her to curl up in the crook of his arm. They sat there in silence waiting for Phoebe to wake up once again.
45 minutes later
Piper orbed in, along with Paige. They looked from Cole to Phoebe who was still passed out. Kara had gone to the kitchen to get a glass of water.
"What did you do to her?!" Paige exclaimed. She then orbed a few choice objects at Cole, trying to force Cole away from her. One of those objects a scissors that went flying into Cole's chest.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Cole asked angrily, as he calmly pulled the scissors out of his chest. The wound quickly sealed itself back up once the blades were out.
"Um....so, what's going on?" Kara asked, coming back in holding her glass of water, looking from Paige to Cole who was still holding the pair of scissors.
"What happened here Kara? What did he do to Phoebe?" Piper asked worriedly, rushing to her sister's side at the couch.
"Well, actually Cole didn't do anything. It was more of my fault," Kara said, as she walked over to Cole. He set the scissors onto the light stand that he was standing next to. Kara than proceeded to take a sip of water while Cole guided her to the seat across from her mother. She was a little too concentrated on her glass of water to watch where she was going. She nearly ran into the glass table, before Cole quickly stepped in and guided her to the couch.
"Thanks Cole. Or should I say dad? It just feels a little weird to me, that's all," Kara said, looking up at Cole apologetically. "No offense," she quickly added.
"None taken. If it makes you feel more comfortable, you can just call me Cole," Cole said, looking down at her understandingly.
"Thanks," she said before taking another sip of water.
"Dad? Okay, what are we missing?" Piper said, stepping in.
"Well, I said I was the reason Phoebe fainted, right?" Piper, Paige and Leo nodded. "I kind of told her that I was her daughter, and she kind of fainted from the news. And of course, as you apparently got, I'm also Cole's daughter," Kara said, calmly sitting down and taking another sip of water.
The three just stared at Kara. They then took a slow glance to Cole and then Phoebe. Then back to Kara.
"Wha....ho..wow," Piper said, not knowing what to say. Suddenly, she realized something.
"Wait, then that means that you're my....," Piper stuttered.
"Niece? Yeah, I'm you're niece, along with Paige's," Kara said, finishing Piper's sentence. They were all reflecting on this newly found information, when Phoebe stirred awake.
"Ugh!" Phoebe grumbled, propping herself up by her elbows.
"Hey, mom, you okay?" Kara said staring at her mom, concerned.
"Uh, I'm fine. Hold on, you just called me mom?" Phoebe questioned, slightly dazed.
"Yeah, and try not to faint again. You want some water to keep you from fainting?" Kara asked holding her glass out for Phoebe.
"Huh? Oh, no thanks," Phoebe answered, holding her head.
"Hold on! Phoebe, when, how did this happen? Most importantly, how?!" Piper asked in and exasperated tone.
"I guess I'll explain it, because I think Cole is still in shock about having a girl and Phoebe's been unconscious for about the past hour. So she doesn't know how. Basically, in the future, Phoebe has a little girl, namely me, and then, I'm brought up 'there'. There was something screwed up in the past, so my colleagues told me to travel back and correct the problem. Mainly, this," Kara said, waving her hand at their surroundings. Piper was about to ask what was wrong, but Kara held her hand up.
"Sorry Piper, but I can't go into anymore detail than that, you know, rules," Kara said. Her eyes told her that she knew that Piper knew all about the 'rules'.
"Oh," Piper said. Paige rolled her eyes in the hint.
"Wow, I guess than we have a niece," Paige stated, trying to believe her words
"Yeah, and Phoebe managed it without losing her figure," Piper said jokingly.
"Hey. Wait, hold on. Does that mean that me and Cole...." Phoebe said, trailing off, suddenly realizing what that meant.
"Oh, don't worry. I may come from a different reality or something. So you may not get back together with Cole. You see, that loop thing I told you about, it spans throughout the infinite number of realities and dimensions, so I don't know what's going to happen in this reality. The only reason why I'm even in this one is because this particular Cole had reached a level of power that we thought could handle the gate," Kara said, reassuring Phoebe. She was kind of sad though. She was hoping that she would be reborn here when she died. But the way these two were going, it didn't look like it was going to happen anytime soon.
Suddenly a thought came to mind. 'Oh crap! Don't tell me that I have to wait for their next lifetime to be born here!' a voice in the back of her mind whined.
After Kara had explained, she had gone into deep thought that she did often. Her brows would slightly furrow and she would get this serious look in her eyes. Much like Cole would, Phoebe thought as she compared the both of them. She actually wouldn't mind having Kara as a daughter.
"Kara, does that mean that our Cole here, is the only one to achieve so much power?" Paige asked.
"Um...yeah, unless you count the Coles that are sort of..well, evil," Kara said, not wanting to put that little bit of information out.
"What?!" Paige, Phoebe, Piper and Leo exclaimed, again. Cole sat on the couch solemnly, absorbing all of the info. Cole knew that now, Phoebe and her sisters would be even more wary of him. 'Damn', he thought. 'Just when I was starting to win back Phoebe's trust!' He would give up everything just to be with her, and without her, there was nothing to live for. That's why he made that elaborate plan, that tricked them into killing him. Unfortunately, he was too strong and then this whole ordeal began. He lied back down against the couch and closed his eyes. He breathed in deeply and tried to clear his mind.
Kara saw the contemplating look on her father's face and became sad. He had come to the same conclusion that she just had. 'Like father like daughter' she thought, chuckling sadly. She knew that Phoebe and her sisters would not trust him so easily now. She let out a labored sigh and sat down next to her father. Cole felt her next to him and wrapped his arm protectively around her. Kara smiled at this and leaned into his embrace.
Phoebe took a look at the two who were sitting on the couch across from her. She glanced at her sisters and knew they were thinking similar things. 'If the other Coles were as powerful as he and were evil, then how did they know that this Cole wasn't evil?' Suddenly, something Kara had said struck her and she smiled slowly. Kara had said that she could sense that they could trust Cole and that he was good. Phoebe may not have trust Cole, but she trusted Kara. She would even trust her if she was asking her to trust Cole. A thought crossed her mind. 'Doesn't all this come down to trust?' She took one more glance at Cole who was lying on his back and Kara who was sitting in his protective arm.
"Kara, I know that everyone is thinking the same thing. I may not trust Cole, but I do trust you. If you're asking me to trust him, then I will," Phoebe said. Everyone turned to Phoebe and they stared in shock. From what Cole had heard, it made him open his eyes and quickly sit up. Phoebe looked back at them and gave a 'what?' look.
"Okay, can we go home now? I'm tired now," Phoebe said, exhaustion taking her over.
"Um, sure. Wait Phoebe, what about your premonition?" Leo said, suddenly remembering why they had come in the first place.
"Oh. Um..." Phoebe said turning to Cole and Kara, who were looking so happy together. Kara looked to her and Phoebe saw a gleam of understanding in the blue depths of her eyes.
"I know Phoebe. Don't worry. I saw it too. I saw my death," Kara said, her face becoming sad.