Cleansing Part 1
(This is a story I never posted. It is separate from my current series, and is sort of an apology for not posting in a more timely fashion. Anyway, please read and comment. Oh, and thanks again to Nightcrawler, who changed the ending and made it much better than mine.)
This story takes place after the episode "Sam I am". I do not own any of the characters of charmed, I just write about them.
"You can't vanquish me. No one can."
Those words echoed within Phoebe's mind, as fear and anger swelled and bashed against the waves of her psyche. What was she going to do? Phoebe knew beyond a doubt that she and Cole were over. She no longer felt any love, any hesitation when she considered his death. However, she also knew that Cole had not accepted that fact, and would continue to pursue her.
"Pheebs?" a voice said from the doorway. Phoebe looked up to see Piper and Paige standing outside, looking at her anxiously.
Phoebe sighed, and then said, "Come on in."
"Do you want to talk about it?" Paige asked as she and Piper sat down next to Phoebe.
"What is there to say? I have someone obsessed with me who I cannot escape. I can't kill him, and we can't contain him. He will keep coming, and I know sooner or later one of us is going to die," Phoebe commented sadly.
"Don't say that," Piper interjected, "There has to be a way to vanquish him. We will find it, I swear, and once we do..."
"Everything will go back to normal," Phoebe interrupted. "Cole is an evil bastard, and he always has been. I just am sorry it took me so long to realize it. I am finally over him, and I have realized that he is just another demon pure and simple. One who can kill us whenever he wants, one from which we have no defense."
"You can't give up, Phoebe," Paige said quietly. "We have Leo asking the Elders for help. Now, why don't we take another look at the Book of Shadows? There has to be something we've missed."
There isn't Phoebe thought, but she forced a smile onto her face and said, "You're right, let's go look."
****
"I WON'T BE EVIL!" Cole shouted. His clutched his head and tried desperately to quell the voice murmuring inside his, the voice that sounded so much like his own.
'Face if Cole, you are evil. You will always be evil. You can fight it however much you want, but sooner of later, you will accept your fate. Why not spare yourself the time?' the voice spoke reasonably. 'You have no one who loves you, no one who accepts you. You are alone, and you have nothing to fight for.'
"Phoebe, I have Phoebe, Phoebe loves me," Cole said.
'Phoebe hates you, and will never be back with you,' the voice continued. 'She and her sisters are doing everything in their power to destroy you. Phoebe no longer loves you.'
"You're wrong, Phoebe does love me. We are soulmates, and we are destined to be together forever." Cole practically begged, "She just is afraid to admit it, afraid of more pain."
'You're deluding yourself,' the voice retorted.
"No, Phoebe DOES love me," Cole said. As the voice continued to batter him, Cole stood within his mind on that one fact, that one anchor left to him. 'Phoebe loves me. She has to love me. Otherwise all the pain and torment I suffered were for nothing.'
"I'll show you she does," Cole muttered, and shimmered out.
****
"Master, are you sure this will work?" Nisan asked.
"Of course it will," Damon replied. "Cole's mind is fragile, and near the breaking point. He can't take much more rejection and pain. All I have to do is a give him a few more pushes, a few more comments, and he will be no threat. Once Cole is gone, nothing will stop me from cleansing the world."
"What about the witch? Won't she give him the support he needs to stay together?" Nisan commented.
Damon laughed, "Oh, my servant, you just don't get it. Cole's condition is caused by the witch. What she has done to him is an evil I could never even imagine doing. She turned one of the most powerful demons in the history of evil into a shambling wreck. She twisted all his beliefs, and made him afraid of what he was. Then, she shattered all his hopes, and utterly ruined him. I could never have dreamed of this if not for her. Phoebe Halliwell will doom the world."
****
"What about some sort of containment spell?" Piper asked.
"That won't work. Cole can shimmer out of anywhere he doesn't want to be, and come back here faster than we could get rid of him," Phoebe replied. "Face it, Cole can't be stopped."
"You'd think he'd take a hint," Paige commented. "I mean, you've done everything but beat him over the head that you don't love him, and don't want him. Why doesn't he just give up?"
"I don't know, but I am getting sick and tired of it," Phoebe replied. "I mean, who knows what Cole is doing? He could be..."
Suddenly, Cole shimmered into the room, and said, "Hello, Phoebe."
"...here," Piper concluded quietly.
"Cole, get out of here, leave NOW!" Phoebe shouted.
"Phoebe, we really have to talk," Cole said.
"There is nothing to talk about, I don't LOVE you anymore Cole. I want you dead and gone," Phoebe replied angrily.
"Are you just saying that to throw off your sisters? I mean, I would understand if you were, because..." Cole began.
"That's IT!" Paige shouted, "Cole, all three of us are sick of you, and I for one am going to do something about it."
Open Phoebe's heart to Cole Reveal the secret that it holds. Bring forth the passion of love's fire That he may feel her true desire
As the spell concluded, light slammed into Cole. As the sisters watched, a look of horrible comprehension came over him.
"No, no, NO!" Cole shouted, and then he shimmered out.
"What did you do?" Piper asked.
"I just made him understand how Phoebe felt," Paige replied. "I'm sure now he won't be trying to win you back, Phoebe."
"If you really showed him what I feel for him, I am sure he won't," Phoebe commented, "but I am not sure if that is a good or a bad thing."
****
Cole shimmered randomly, going from place to place to place so fast even he couldn't tell where he was. He did it to try and escape the truth, the truth that had been laid bare just now. Phoebe didn't love him anymore.
When Cole heard Paige casting the spell, his heart had leapt. Surely now the sisters would see the truth, and the voice in his head would give way to the sheer force of Phoebe's love for him. Then he started to feel what she felt. Black hatred and white hot anger boiled within him. Cole tried to fight past it, figuring it was because of their past, trying to find what he was sure was underneath. But there was no compassion, no love for him. To Phoebe, Cole was simply another demon.
After what seemed like hours, Cole stopped shimmering. He was tired, and he couldn't run anymore. He looked around, and he vaguely remembered this plane. It didn't really matter; any plane was as good as the next. Cole waited, certain the voice within him would begin to talk to him, to convince him to be evil. But the voice was silent.
"Come on, where are you," Cole said out loud. "Where's the scorn, the 'I told you so'? WHERE ARE YOU?" As Cole shouted, he began to feel something inside of him. The ground on which he had stood against so much pain was melting away. All his support, all his anchors were being destroyed by the reality. He had fought so hard to be with Phoebe, and she didn't love him. No one wanted him, or wanted anything to do with him. Only the voice was there, only the voice wanted him.
"Please, talk to me," Cole begged. "Don't leave me alone. Please, I'll do anything you ask, just talk to me. Say anything, do anything, but don't abandon me like everyone else."
The voice continued to be silent, and Cole began to feel grief and pain welling up inside him, the pain and grief he had been holding back ever since he returned from the wasteland. As it came on, Cole stopped fighting. He gave ground, and let the pain overwhelm him. Cole felt his mind being stretched as it tried to accept the brutal facts. The last thing Cole felt was a sound like a vase shattering on a floor, and then he felt nothing.
****
"DAMN IT!" Damon screamed.
"What, what is the matter master?" Nisan asked.
"Cole has moved beyond my ability to reach. I can no longer communicate with him. I was so close too," Damon commented as he got up and began to pace. "Cole's fragility was at an all time high. One push and he would be lost forever, but then he shimmered too far for me to reach." Damon continued to pace for a couple of seconds, and then he stopped. "No matter, Cole will not come back. I could feel that much. There is nothing here for him. The first part of my plan is complete. Thanks to the Charmed Ones, nothing can stop me now."
TO BE CONTINUED...
(This is a story I never posted. It is separate from my current series, and is sort of an apology for not posting in a more timely fashion. Anyway, please read and comment. Oh, and thanks again to Nightcrawler, who changed the ending and made it much better than mine.)
This story takes place after the episode "Sam I am". I do not own any of the characters of charmed, I just write about them.
"You can't vanquish me. No one can."
Those words echoed within Phoebe's mind, as fear and anger swelled and bashed against the waves of her psyche. What was she going to do? Phoebe knew beyond a doubt that she and Cole were over. She no longer felt any love, any hesitation when she considered his death. However, she also knew that Cole had not accepted that fact, and would continue to pursue her.
"Pheebs?" a voice said from the doorway. Phoebe looked up to see Piper and Paige standing outside, looking at her anxiously.
Phoebe sighed, and then said, "Come on in."
"Do you want to talk about it?" Paige asked as she and Piper sat down next to Phoebe.
"What is there to say? I have someone obsessed with me who I cannot escape. I can't kill him, and we can't contain him. He will keep coming, and I know sooner or later one of us is going to die," Phoebe commented sadly.
"Don't say that," Piper interjected, "There has to be a way to vanquish him. We will find it, I swear, and once we do..."
"Everything will go back to normal," Phoebe interrupted. "Cole is an evil bastard, and he always has been. I just am sorry it took me so long to realize it. I am finally over him, and I have realized that he is just another demon pure and simple. One who can kill us whenever he wants, one from which we have no defense."
"You can't give up, Phoebe," Paige said quietly. "We have Leo asking the Elders for help. Now, why don't we take another look at the Book of Shadows? There has to be something we've missed."
There isn't Phoebe thought, but she forced a smile onto her face and said, "You're right, let's go look."
****
"I WON'T BE EVIL!" Cole shouted. His clutched his head and tried desperately to quell the voice murmuring inside his, the voice that sounded so much like his own.
'Face if Cole, you are evil. You will always be evil. You can fight it however much you want, but sooner of later, you will accept your fate. Why not spare yourself the time?' the voice spoke reasonably. 'You have no one who loves you, no one who accepts you. You are alone, and you have nothing to fight for.'
"Phoebe, I have Phoebe, Phoebe loves me," Cole said.
'Phoebe hates you, and will never be back with you,' the voice continued. 'She and her sisters are doing everything in their power to destroy you. Phoebe no longer loves you.'
"You're wrong, Phoebe does love me. We are soulmates, and we are destined to be together forever." Cole practically begged, "She just is afraid to admit it, afraid of more pain."
'You're deluding yourself,' the voice retorted.
"No, Phoebe DOES love me," Cole said. As the voice continued to batter him, Cole stood within his mind on that one fact, that one anchor left to him. 'Phoebe loves me. She has to love me. Otherwise all the pain and torment I suffered were for nothing.'
"I'll show you she does," Cole muttered, and shimmered out.
****
"Master, are you sure this will work?" Nisan asked.
"Of course it will," Damon replied. "Cole's mind is fragile, and near the breaking point. He can't take much more rejection and pain. All I have to do is a give him a few more pushes, a few more comments, and he will be no threat. Once Cole is gone, nothing will stop me from cleansing the world."
"What about the witch? Won't she give him the support he needs to stay together?" Nisan commented.
Damon laughed, "Oh, my servant, you just don't get it. Cole's condition is caused by the witch. What she has done to him is an evil I could never even imagine doing. She turned one of the most powerful demons in the history of evil into a shambling wreck. She twisted all his beliefs, and made him afraid of what he was. Then, she shattered all his hopes, and utterly ruined him. I could never have dreamed of this if not for her. Phoebe Halliwell will doom the world."
****
"What about some sort of containment spell?" Piper asked.
"That won't work. Cole can shimmer out of anywhere he doesn't want to be, and come back here faster than we could get rid of him," Phoebe replied. "Face it, Cole can't be stopped."
"You'd think he'd take a hint," Paige commented. "I mean, you've done everything but beat him over the head that you don't love him, and don't want him. Why doesn't he just give up?"
"I don't know, but I am getting sick and tired of it," Phoebe replied. "I mean, who knows what Cole is doing? He could be..."
Suddenly, Cole shimmered into the room, and said, "Hello, Phoebe."
"...here," Piper concluded quietly.
"Cole, get out of here, leave NOW!" Phoebe shouted.
"Phoebe, we really have to talk," Cole said.
"There is nothing to talk about, I don't LOVE you anymore Cole. I want you dead and gone," Phoebe replied angrily.
"Are you just saying that to throw off your sisters? I mean, I would understand if you were, because..." Cole began.
"That's IT!" Paige shouted, "Cole, all three of us are sick of you, and I for one am going to do something about it."
Open Phoebe's heart to Cole Reveal the secret that it holds. Bring forth the passion of love's fire That he may feel her true desire
As the spell concluded, light slammed into Cole. As the sisters watched, a look of horrible comprehension came over him.
"No, no, NO!" Cole shouted, and then he shimmered out.
"What did you do?" Piper asked.
"I just made him understand how Phoebe felt," Paige replied. "I'm sure now he won't be trying to win you back, Phoebe."
"If you really showed him what I feel for him, I am sure he won't," Phoebe commented, "but I am not sure if that is a good or a bad thing."
****
Cole shimmered randomly, going from place to place to place so fast even he couldn't tell where he was. He did it to try and escape the truth, the truth that had been laid bare just now. Phoebe didn't love him anymore.
When Cole heard Paige casting the spell, his heart had leapt. Surely now the sisters would see the truth, and the voice in his head would give way to the sheer force of Phoebe's love for him. Then he started to feel what she felt. Black hatred and white hot anger boiled within him. Cole tried to fight past it, figuring it was because of their past, trying to find what he was sure was underneath. But there was no compassion, no love for him. To Phoebe, Cole was simply another demon.
After what seemed like hours, Cole stopped shimmering. He was tired, and he couldn't run anymore. He looked around, and he vaguely remembered this plane. It didn't really matter; any plane was as good as the next. Cole waited, certain the voice within him would begin to talk to him, to convince him to be evil. But the voice was silent.
"Come on, where are you," Cole said out loud. "Where's the scorn, the 'I told you so'? WHERE ARE YOU?" As Cole shouted, he began to feel something inside of him. The ground on which he had stood against so much pain was melting away. All his support, all his anchors were being destroyed by the reality. He had fought so hard to be with Phoebe, and she didn't love him. No one wanted him, or wanted anything to do with him. Only the voice was there, only the voice wanted him.
"Please, talk to me," Cole begged. "Don't leave me alone. Please, I'll do anything you ask, just talk to me. Say anything, do anything, but don't abandon me like everyone else."
The voice continued to be silent, and Cole began to feel grief and pain welling up inside him, the pain and grief he had been holding back ever since he returned from the wasteland. As it came on, Cole stopped fighting. He gave ground, and let the pain overwhelm him. Cole felt his mind being stretched as it tried to accept the brutal facts. The last thing Cole felt was a sound like a vase shattering on a floor, and then he felt nothing.
****
"DAMN IT!" Damon screamed.
"What, what is the matter master?" Nisan asked.
"Cole has moved beyond my ability to reach. I can no longer communicate with him. I was so close too," Damon commented as he got up and began to pace. "Cole's fragility was at an all time high. One push and he would be lost forever, but then he shimmered too far for me to reach." Damon continued to pace for a couple of seconds, and then he stopped. "No matter, Cole will not come back. I could feel that much. There is nothing here for him. The first part of my plan is complete. Thanks to the Charmed Ones, nothing can stop me now."
TO BE CONTINUED...