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A/N: Hey, thanks for the reviews. I've been trying to get them up ASAP, so excuse the spelling errors. Here goes. . .drum roll please. . .
"Phoebe. . ." Cole whispered. The look in her eyes when she looked at him was unrecognisable. He guessed it was too wishful to hope that she'd be happy to see him.
"I don't believe it!" Paige shouted. "How could you--" Cole cut her off, glaring.
"I had to come back!" He shouted, trying to be heard over Paige. "I knew she was in danger!"
"Why was she in danger?" Piper asked, surprisingly calm.
"Is it not obvious? Kill a charmed one - preferably the weakest one, and your path to the dark throne is open. Especially now when the underworld is in ruins." Zarian said, obviously having been enjoying the bickering they had going on. "Thanks to you. . ." He said, turning to Cole. "And you." He said with a glance to Phoebe. "Because if it weren't for you, he would still be here. Probably on the verge of killing you." He said. Phoebe looked up, and Cole saw tears flowing freely down her cheeks. She looked at him for a second.
"Phoebe, I came here to help you. This wasn't some plan to try and get you back into my li--" Cole started.
"Silence! Did I say you could talk!" Zarian shouted, throwing an energy ball at Cole, which missed his face by only a few centimetres. Cole looked up at Phoebe again.
"You have to believe me. . ." He said, ignoring Zarian's fuming face.
"Maybe the only way to shut you up is to kill her." Zarian said advancing on Phoebe. He formed an energy ball above his hand, ignoring Piper and Paige's shouts.
Cole tugged at his restrains, urging them to release him. He saw Phoebe lock eyes with him, not hurt or pain, more like forgiveness. He pulled harder at the restrains, causing them to cut into his arm. Zarian stood a metre from Phoebe, smiling crazily. "The end . . ." He said, pulling back the energy ball. Crash! Cole came tumbling to the ground, as his restrains broke apart. Zarian spun around and hurled the energy ball at Cole, which he dodged by inches as he threw himself to his right. Cole chucked an energy ball back at Zarain, hitting him in the chest and throwing him to the wall. He took this opportunity to free Piper from her restraints, as she was closest to him. While he and Zarian continued to fire random energy balls at each other, Piper rushed to Phoebe and Paige, and with much difficulty freed them.
With one last effort Cole's energy ball caught Zarian on the chest, forcing him to the ground exhausted. Cole waved his hand and Zarian was pinned magically to the wall. He swallowed hard and turned to Piper.
"Your queue. . ." He said stepping back. Piper nodded in thanks as the three of them stepped forward and read out the vanquishing spell, Phoebe avoiding eye contact with Cole. As they finished reading out the spell, Zarian writhed in the flames that engulfed him. What happened next, neither of them could have foreseen. With one last burst of energy Zarian sent an energy ball flying at Phoebe, who was thrown to the ground unconscious as Zarian disappeared among his own ash.
"Phoebe!" Piper shouted kneeling next to her sister. Paige knelt beside her, glaring up at Cole.
"Did you know that was--" Paige started.
"I didn't plan this!" Cole shouted exasperated. He ran his hand trough his hair and knelt down next to Phoebe, despite looks from Paige.
"Phoebe?" Cole whispered urgently. "C'mon. . ." He urged her as he took her hand in his.
"Leo!" Paige called out helplessly.
"He can't hear you down here. . ." Piper said shaking. Cole looked up at her, his teeth clenched.
"So let's get her somewhere where he can hear!" He shouted, gathering up Phoebe in his arms. He shimmered them to the manor, followed closely by Paige and Piper. He lay her gently on the couch as Piper called out for Leo. Leo orbed in and saw the scene before him.
"What hap--" He started.
"Heal her!" Cole shouted stepping back. Leo looked surprised at Cole, before stepping forward and holding his hands over Phoebe's abdomen. Seconds later he stepped back, his face blank.
"What? Why isn't she. . ." Cole stopped as he saw the look on Leo's face.
"No. . .not again." Piper mumbled to herself as she collapsed onto the armchair, hugging herself.
"She can't be. . ." Paige said firmly. "Not now." Leo shook his head in defeat.
"I'm sorry." Was all he could say before Piper started sobbing helplessly. Paige sat down next to her, her eyes brimming with tears, and pulled her into an embrace, and Piper locked her arms around her.
"No." Cole said resolutely. Leo turned to him, his eyes also held tears. "No." Cole said again. He refused to believe that he had lost her. Not now, after all this time. Not by a demon who had been in the midst of dying. "No. . ." Cole felt his arms go limp before he realised what was happening, and then everything went black.
Okies, there's another one gone. Hope you guys liked it. So what happened to Cole? You'll just have to wait and see. . .mwa. . .ah. . .ah . . .yes, review!
A/N: Hey, thanks for the reviews. I've been trying to get them up ASAP, so excuse the spelling errors. Here goes. . .drum roll please. . .
"Phoebe. . ." Cole whispered. The look in her eyes when she looked at him was unrecognisable. He guessed it was too wishful to hope that she'd be happy to see him.
"I don't believe it!" Paige shouted. "How could you--" Cole cut her off, glaring.
"I had to come back!" He shouted, trying to be heard over Paige. "I knew she was in danger!"
"Why was she in danger?" Piper asked, surprisingly calm.
"Is it not obvious? Kill a charmed one - preferably the weakest one, and your path to the dark throne is open. Especially now when the underworld is in ruins." Zarian said, obviously having been enjoying the bickering they had going on. "Thanks to you. . ." He said, turning to Cole. "And you." He said with a glance to Phoebe. "Because if it weren't for you, he would still be here. Probably on the verge of killing you." He said. Phoebe looked up, and Cole saw tears flowing freely down her cheeks. She looked at him for a second.
"Phoebe, I came here to help you. This wasn't some plan to try and get you back into my li--" Cole started.
"Silence! Did I say you could talk!" Zarian shouted, throwing an energy ball at Cole, which missed his face by only a few centimetres. Cole looked up at Phoebe again.
"You have to believe me. . ." He said, ignoring Zarian's fuming face.
"Maybe the only way to shut you up is to kill her." Zarian said advancing on Phoebe. He formed an energy ball above his hand, ignoring Piper and Paige's shouts.
Cole tugged at his restrains, urging them to release him. He saw Phoebe lock eyes with him, not hurt or pain, more like forgiveness. He pulled harder at the restrains, causing them to cut into his arm. Zarian stood a metre from Phoebe, smiling crazily. "The end . . ." He said, pulling back the energy ball. Crash! Cole came tumbling to the ground, as his restrains broke apart. Zarian spun around and hurled the energy ball at Cole, which he dodged by inches as he threw himself to his right. Cole chucked an energy ball back at Zarain, hitting him in the chest and throwing him to the wall. He took this opportunity to free Piper from her restraints, as she was closest to him. While he and Zarian continued to fire random energy balls at each other, Piper rushed to Phoebe and Paige, and with much difficulty freed them.
With one last effort Cole's energy ball caught Zarian on the chest, forcing him to the ground exhausted. Cole waved his hand and Zarian was pinned magically to the wall. He swallowed hard and turned to Piper.
"Your queue. . ." He said stepping back. Piper nodded in thanks as the three of them stepped forward and read out the vanquishing spell, Phoebe avoiding eye contact with Cole. As they finished reading out the spell, Zarian writhed in the flames that engulfed him. What happened next, neither of them could have foreseen. With one last burst of energy Zarian sent an energy ball flying at Phoebe, who was thrown to the ground unconscious as Zarian disappeared among his own ash.
"Phoebe!" Piper shouted kneeling next to her sister. Paige knelt beside her, glaring up at Cole.
"Did you know that was--" Paige started.
"I didn't plan this!" Cole shouted exasperated. He ran his hand trough his hair and knelt down next to Phoebe, despite looks from Paige.
"Phoebe?" Cole whispered urgently. "C'mon. . ." He urged her as he took her hand in his.
"Leo!" Paige called out helplessly.
"He can't hear you down here. . ." Piper said shaking. Cole looked up at her, his teeth clenched.
"So let's get her somewhere where he can hear!" He shouted, gathering up Phoebe in his arms. He shimmered them to the manor, followed closely by Paige and Piper. He lay her gently on the couch as Piper called out for Leo. Leo orbed in and saw the scene before him.
"What hap--" He started.
"Heal her!" Cole shouted stepping back. Leo looked surprised at Cole, before stepping forward and holding his hands over Phoebe's abdomen. Seconds later he stepped back, his face blank.
"What? Why isn't she. . ." Cole stopped as he saw the look on Leo's face.
"No. . .not again." Piper mumbled to herself as she collapsed onto the armchair, hugging herself.
"She can't be. . ." Paige said firmly. "Not now." Leo shook his head in defeat.
"I'm sorry." Was all he could say before Piper started sobbing helplessly. Paige sat down next to her, her eyes brimming with tears, and pulled her into an embrace, and Piper locked her arms around her.
"No." Cole said resolutely. Leo turned to him, his eyes also held tears. "No." Cole said again. He refused to believe that he had lost her. Not now, after all this time. Not by a demon who had been in the midst of dying. "No. . ." Cole felt his arms go limp before he realised what was happening, and then everything went black.
Okies, there's another one gone. Hope you guys liked it. So what happened to Cole? You'll just have to wait and see. . .mwa. . .ah. . .ah . . .yes, review!