"Vanquish COLE!?" Piper cried. "We can't do that Leo! Please tell me you told them we wouldn't do it. We can't kill Cole. What are we going to tell Phoebe?" Leo crossed to Piper and grabbed her shoulders. "Piper calm down! You have to stay calm if we are going to help Phoebe." Piper narrowed her eyes at her husband and Paige stepped up to them. "Help Phoebe? What do you mean help Phoebe? I thought we were trying to save Cole here, what's wrong with Phoebe. Spill it Leo." Leo looked at the sisters with sadness and worry in his eyes. "The Elders said that based on Phoebe's past and her feelings for Cole they were afraid of her going with him when he turned Evil" "WHAT?!" Both girls interjected. "That's ridiculous, Phoebe would never leave us! We're her sisters." Piper said and Paige nodded vigorously in agreement. Leo put both hands up in front of himself, defensive. "That's what I told them but they said they weren't willing to take any risks so they are going to . . ." He was interrupted by a crash and a scream from downstairs.
As the girls and Leo came running around the corner into the kitchen they saw a glimpse of orbs disappearing and looked around. The room appeared to be empty. "What happened? Where's Phoebe?" Paige asked. Leo walked around the table and looked down. "She's over here." He said grimly. Piper and Paige rushed over to join him. Phoebe lay unmoving on the kitchen floor. Piper immediately knelt by her sister, placing her hand on her neck. "Oh my God she's not . . ." "No, but her pulse is unbelievably slow. Leo would you please?" She gestured to Phoebe. Leo had looked down at his wife with sad eyes. "I can't"
Piper stood and stared at him. "What do you mean? Heal her!" Paige yelled but Piper just looked into Leo's eyes. "It was them wasn't it." She said quietly. "What? Who? What is going on?" Paige asked looking from Piper to Leo. "I didn't think they'd act so quickly. I'm sorry girls, but there is nothing I can do. It's a kind of a whitelighter tranquilizer. She will stay unconscious until she gets the antidote." Piper nods. She had expected something of the sort. It was just like the Elders to think they knew best, without even consulting those that were affected by their actions. Paige however did not have as much experience as Piper and Leo with the Elders. "This is such Bullshit!" She yelled. "Leo get back up there and make them give us the antidote!" Piper gripped Paige's arm lightly. "It's going to be OK Paige. We will get through this." She turned to Leo. "Orb Phoebe upstairs onto her bed, would you?" Leo nodded and grabbed his sister-in-law and orbed out.
Cole flamed into the Seer's chamber and gripped her by the throat. "What have you done to me?" He roared. "It would be much easier to answer you, if you would put me down, my liege." She answered and he lowered her to the ground. "Don't call me that. I'm not . . .not him." She smiled and touched her neck. "Oh but you are. He is in you, taking control. You can feel him. He is filling the void within you with power beyond your wildest dreams." Cole turned away. She was right, he knew it. "I'm going to fight it. And I will succeed." He said, with his back to her. "Do you forget who I am?" She asked raising her eyebrows. "I know the future. I see it. And yours is here, as the greatest Source that has ever been." He turned back to her furious. "I can't! I won't! I'm in love with a witch, I'm good. I won't turn." She crossed to him and looked up at him. "You don't have to turn. Because you are evil. No amount of good deeds can change that. You don't belong with a good witch. You belong down here. You can never change your nature." He shoved her back. "No." He growled. But deep within his soul he felt a doubt. The same doubt that had always been there. He didn't deserve to be good, to be loved. How could he ever think he deserved Phoebe? In despair he built up a fire ball in his hand, ready to throw it at the Seer. "It is not me you are angry with." She said. "But it is good that you are connecting with your powers." Disgusted with himself he threw the fire ball against the wall. He cried aloud and flamed out.
As the girls and Leo came running around the corner into the kitchen they saw a glimpse of orbs disappearing and looked around. The room appeared to be empty. "What happened? Where's Phoebe?" Paige asked. Leo walked around the table and looked down. "She's over here." He said grimly. Piper and Paige rushed over to join him. Phoebe lay unmoving on the kitchen floor. Piper immediately knelt by her sister, placing her hand on her neck. "Oh my God she's not . . ." "No, but her pulse is unbelievably slow. Leo would you please?" She gestured to Phoebe. Leo had looked down at his wife with sad eyes. "I can't"
Piper stood and stared at him. "What do you mean? Heal her!" Paige yelled but Piper just looked into Leo's eyes. "It was them wasn't it." She said quietly. "What? Who? What is going on?" Paige asked looking from Piper to Leo. "I didn't think they'd act so quickly. I'm sorry girls, but there is nothing I can do. It's a kind of a whitelighter tranquilizer. She will stay unconscious until she gets the antidote." Piper nods. She had expected something of the sort. It was just like the Elders to think they knew best, without even consulting those that were affected by their actions. Paige however did not have as much experience as Piper and Leo with the Elders. "This is such Bullshit!" She yelled. "Leo get back up there and make them give us the antidote!" Piper gripped Paige's arm lightly. "It's going to be OK Paige. We will get through this." She turned to Leo. "Orb Phoebe upstairs onto her bed, would you?" Leo nodded and grabbed his sister-in-law and orbed out.
Cole flamed into the Seer's chamber and gripped her by the throat. "What have you done to me?" He roared. "It would be much easier to answer you, if you would put me down, my liege." She answered and he lowered her to the ground. "Don't call me that. I'm not . . .not him." She smiled and touched her neck. "Oh but you are. He is in you, taking control. You can feel him. He is filling the void within you with power beyond your wildest dreams." Cole turned away. She was right, he knew it. "I'm going to fight it. And I will succeed." He said, with his back to her. "Do you forget who I am?" She asked raising her eyebrows. "I know the future. I see it. And yours is here, as the greatest Source that has ever been." He turned back to her furious. "I can't! I won't! I'm in love with a witch, I'm good. I won't turn." She crossed to him and looked up at him. "You don't have to turn. Because you are evil. No amount of good deeds can change that. You don't belong with a good witch. You belong down here. You can never change your nature." He shoved her back. "No." He growled. But deep within his soul he felt a doubt. The same doubt that had always been there. He didn't deserve to be good, to be loved. How could he ever think he deserved Phoebe? In despair he built up a fire ball in his hand, ready to throw it at the Seer. "It is not me you are angry with." She said. "But it is good that you are connecting with your powers." Disgusted with himself he threw the fire ball against the wall. He cried aloud and flamed out.