Chapter 7 Trapped
Once again Phoebe was throwing him to the ground. Cole cursed and wished for once he was still a demon. At least then he had that healing power.
Now, he was a witch and could only watch as Phoebe levitated them above the demons who were shouting and hurling fire balls around at them. Anger welled up in him had he only been brought back to life for the both of them to die here and now? But then it hit him, this was Phoebe's mind; she could control what was happening.
"Phoebe this is your mind, you can stop them."
"No I can't!" She ducked her head as did he and the energy ball just missed them.
"What? Yes you can, you created this!" He waved a hand at the scene and nearly got it singed off.
"Read the spell!" Was all Phoebe shouted even as she felt the pain in her shoulder. "Ahhh!" She went hurdling backwards taking Cole with her.
"Phoebe!" Cole shouted and tried to get a look at the injury. She just shoved him back, and called.
"Get the spell now!"
"Right," Cole forgot her mind and fumbled with the paper and then when a fire ball took it he cursed and not thinking just refroze the room.
"Cole?" She asked as she looked at him in question.
"They incinerated the spell." He muttered and she shivered. This was it, they'd die now. Then she felt Cole's body begin to go fluid, and then she was also.
"Mind sharing?" She asked a little surprised.
"Later! We don't have time right now!" He replied even as the room unfroze.
"Ahh!" She screamed as another fire ball came a little too close for comfort.
"Here." He then did something so he was somehow a watery shield all about her.
"I don't know how you're doing that but we have to get out of here."
"I told you this is your mind; just will us out of here." He told her but Phoebe was shaking her head.
"No, it's not; it's more like another realm I think. You know like
That which dreams are kept." She told him and he frowned then things started making sense, the reason the room wouldn't stay frozen, the reason she'd not pulled herself out of it.
"So what your not here because you want to be?" He commented to no one in particular dodging another flame ball.
"Well," She levitated them lower then dodged to the left. "I guess I pulled inward but I've been trapped, it's so hard." She told him and there was a pain in her voice, he could feel it, radiating off of her in waves.
"Well now you're not on your own and..." He locked eyes with her, "we can do this."
"Home and hearth, love and family, free us now from my mind's torture." She said even as he spoke.
"Home and hearth, love and family, free us now from her mind's torture." He echoed at the same time and within seconds they began to fade.
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"Cole." Page burst out and he found they were still there and He was laying on the floor his head in Patty's lap.
"Phoebe?" he asked and there was fear in his voice.
"Here." Came a weak voice rusty from disuse. Cole was up off the floor and kneeling beside her even as the pain in his shoulder hit him. He looked down at the same time Phoebe noticed it.
"The fire ball." She said and he winced at her gentle touch.
"Wait how can that be, you were on the inside of her mind not…"
"The nightmare king." Phoebe told them even as Leo healed his new charge.
"The what?" Pru asked confused and her mother winced.
"The king of nightmares. He's one of the worst demons next to the source."
"Yeah kind of like Freddy." Page told them.
"Ouch." Piper winced at Leo who was healing her sister.
"Yeah exactly."
"You were trapped?" Leo asked frowning and Phoebe nodded.
"I tried to fight him but…"
"She was already weak from all she'd been through." Cole said and Penny nodded sagely adding.
" Her depression must have added to the problem."
"Yeah well I'd love to stick around but our times up." Pru said and Phoebe jumped up a little too fast and Cole had to catch her.
"Easy, you've not used your muscles for a while they're out of practice." He told her gently.
"Yeah well, you guys can't go we'll need your help on this one, how will we defeat the demon if…"
"You have the power of three now and it will be enough." Penny said kissing her on the cheek then nodding to Piper and the others. Patty, Pru, and Page did likewise then they were gone.
TBC
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Ok, I tried to fix the mistakes and added a little that I should have before. Let me know if it's ok plz?