Chapter 3
Cole impatiently waited when Amistad the Wise will visit him again. He started to feel better soon; a magical power quickly healed all his hurts and injuries. Cole felt sorry that such a magical power couldn't heal also his hurtful heart. It was a nice place there, in heaven, and Cole admitted that the angels - or what they were - care about him very well. The food was tasty and bracing; he had never seen such kinds of food before, but he ate everything and felt how it brings power inside him. He could read a book - there were plenty of books in the bookcase - but he couldn't focus his mind. He could watch the television - at first he was a bit surprised that there's also a TV in the heaven - but it didn't bring him the joy he expected.
The first and last thing in his mind was Phoebe Halliwell. No matter how he tried to forget her or at least not to think about her, he couldn't. Memories faded in his mind, hurtful, cruel, sore memories he'd like to draw out of his mind and his heart forever. He didn't feel a desire to live. He didn't feel happy that he's still alive. He wanted his heart to stop beating, he wanted to stop feeling and thinking. He didn't want to exist anymore - without her. And he understood that she will never be his again.
"Good afternoon, Cole!" Amistad the Wise said, looking at him with a careful look. "How are you?"
"Better," Cole shortly replied. Physically, he added in his mind.
"And spiritually?" Amistad asked with a light smile on his lips.
Cole frowned. "How did you hear that? Can you read my thoughts?"
Amistad sighed and sat down in the chair. "Cole, my task isn't to inform you about the powers we, angels, do have. My task is to bring you in life and prepare for your destiny. We haven't got much time; the Underworld has started to move. They will attack, and you must be ready."
"Ready for what?" Cole impatiently exclaimed. "What is my destiny? Can you stop speaking in enigmas? Say clear and loud - what will I have to do and what is my chance you spoke about yesterday?"
"Okay, Cole, I'll tell you," Amistad sighed. "There's a new Source of the Underworld. He is called the "Master" and all I've heard about him makes me think that he's very powerful and dangerous…"
Cole coldly interrupted him. "I'm sorry but I still don't understand how I'm connected with all this. Inform witches and they'll vanquish him. What can I do? If that's the reason why I'm still alive, then…"
"Could you let me to tell you everything?" Amistad's voice was soft but strict. "You're so impatient, Cole, and so spiteful. The situation is more serious you can even imagine. The darkness plans attack the whole world and we have to do something."
"Fine. Great," Cole mumbled. "Of course. You can't even let me die, because you need someone to do the dirty job. Death can wait, sure…"
"Cole!" Amistad exclaimed. "Don't constrain me to use my powers to make you shut up! Aren't you interested in reasons why darkness has become so powerful? Because they have a dangerous weapon. No one could imagine what they plan, but they are very close to overmaster the whole world and destroy all the human race."
"Explain," Cole replied.
"They have got three of four magical elements," Amistad continued. "Every magical element has its image, symbol. They have already found the symbols of Air, Earth and Water. If they get also the symbol of Fire, all elements would link and give them the boundless power. Then the darkness would lay over the world and it would be the end of everything."
Cole listened carefully. "What are these so called symbols?"
"Well, it's always been a secret but the darkness has found it out someway," Amistad said. "The symbol of Air is the bird you have never seen. Its piles are of the real gold, and mortals don't even wit about its existence. As I said, no one has ever seen this bird. It lived somewhere in the Africa, on top of high hills. I have no idea how they caught it."
The symbol of Earth is the magical stone. It looks like all the other stones, but there are lapidary magical words on it. If you say these words, the stone becomes bigger and brighter and shows that it's one of the symbols.
The symbol of Water is the magical pearl that shines brighter than all other pearls in the world. It was located in one of the usual cockleshells deep in the depth of the Caribbean Sea.
We don't know what's the symbol of Fire yet but we're trying to find it out. We must find this element before they do it. If they find it earlier, I'm even afraid to imagine what would happen then."
"I have questions," Cole said, carefully listened all Amistad said. "First - how could they found all these elements and why didn't you stop them?"
"We really had no idea about their plans," Amistad answered. "They worked quietly and seriously, and they hard work was successful. They've looking for these elements many years, Cole, and everyone can do everything with perseverance and patience."
"Second - what is your plan? How are you going to stop them now?"
"All we have to do is - find the symbol of Fire," Amistad sighed. "If we destroy it, all the other symbols would be automatically destroyed too."
"The last question - what will I have to do? What's my role?"
Amistad gave him a friendly, clever smile. "It's your mission, Cole. You'll have to do everything. Save us or ruin us. You are our only hope. You'll have to try to find the last symbol."
Cole surprised looked at Amistad. "Are you kiddin'?"
"Not at all," Amistad stood up. "Cole, it's time to live forward. You have to forget about your spiritually pain and your broken heart. You have to forget about your disaccord with Charmed Ones. We're the good side and we must stand against the darkness," Amistad looked in Cole's eyes. "Together. We can't fight mutually, we have no time."
Cole kept silence.
Amistad sighed. "Cole, I can't say anything else to try to convince you, and I'm absolutely not able to constrain you. But I believe that somewhere in your heart you've always been good and now, when you're fully free of the evil, you'll choose the right decision."
Cole sighed. "Will my choice change my destiny again?"
Amistad quietly laughed. "You know, I already started to think that you haven't understand anything I told you, but now I see that you have. Of course, it's a serious decision and if I'm fully honest - yes, it will change your destiny. Every our choice, big or little, changes something in our destiny. There're always several ways, and when you're standing in the crossroads, you know that something will change. You don't know how and you don't know which is the better way, but…"
"Alright!" Cole interrupted him. "I agree. I will do it."
Light smile flied over Amistad's face and he nodded. "Thank you."
Cole didn't smile. He felt that it's the right choice, but his only wish still was only to die. "Okay. When I will have to start my mission?"
"Soon," Amistad shortly replied. He didn't say anything else but walked out and left Cole alone.
Soon.
Cole impatiently waited when Amistad the Wise will visit him again. He started to feel better soon; a magical power quickly healed all his hurts and injuries. Cole felt sorry that such a magical power couldn't heal also his hurtful heart. It was a nice place there, in heaven, and Cole admitted that the angels - or what they were - care about him very well. The food was tasty and bracing; he had never seen such kinds of food before, but he ate everything and felt how it brings power inside him. He could read a book - there were plenty of books in the bookcase - but he couldn't focus his mind. He could watch the television - at first he was a bit surprised that there's also a TV in the heaven - but it didn't bring him the joy he expected.
The first and last thing in his mind was Phoebe Halliwell. No matter how he tried to forget her or at least not to think about her, he couldn't. Memories faded in his mind, hurtful, cruel, sore memories he'd like to draw out of his mind and his heart forever. He didn't feel a desire to live. He didn't feel happy that he's still alive. He wanted his heart to stop beating, he wanted to stop feeling and thinking. He didn't want to exist anymore - without her. And he understood that she will never be his again.
"Good afternoon, Cole!" Amistad the Wise said, looking at him with a careful look. "How are you?"
"Better," Cole shortly replied. Physically, he added in his mind.
"And spiritually?" Amistad asked with a light smile on his lips.
Cole frowned. "How did you hear that? Can you read my thoughts?"
Amistad sighed and sat down in the chair. "Cole, my task isn't to inform you about the powers we, angels, do have. My task is to bring you in life and prepare for your destiny. We haven't got much time; the Underworld has started to move. They will attack, and you must be ready."
"Ready for what?" Cole impatiently exclaimed. "What is my destiny? Can you stop speaking in enigmas? Say clear and loud - what will I have to do and what is my chance you spoke about yesterday?"
"Okay, Cole, I'll tell you," Amistad sighed. "There's a new Source of the Underworld. He is called the "Master" and all I've heard about him makes me think that he's very powerful and dangerous…"
Cole coldly interrupted him. "I'm sorry but I still don't understand how I'm connected with all this. Inform witches and they'll vanquish him. What can I do? If that's the reason why I'm still alive, then…"
"Could you let me to tell you everything?" Amistad's voice was soft but strict. "You're so impatient, Cole, and so spiteful. The situation is more serious you can even imagine. The darkness plans attack the whole world and we have to do something."
"Fine. Great," Cole mumbled. "Of course. You can't even let me die, because you need someone to do the dirty job. Death can wait, sure…"
"Cole!" Amistad exclaimed. "Don't constrain me to use my powers to make you shut up! Aren't you interested in reasons why darkness has become so powerful? Because they have a dangerous weapon. No one could imagine what they plan, but they are very close to overmaster the whole world and destroy all the human race."
"Explain," Cole replied.
"They have got three of four magical elements," Amistad continued. "Every magical element has its image, symbol. They have already found the symbols of Air, Earth and Water. If they get also the symbol of Fire, all elements would link and give them the boundless power. Then the darkness would lay over the world and it would be the end of everything."
Cole listened carefully. "What are these so called symbols?"
"Well, it's always been a secret but the darkness has found it out someway," Amistad said. "The symbol of Air is the bird you have never seen. Its piles are of the real gold, and mortals don't even wit about its existence. As I said, no one has ever seen this bird. It lived somewhere in the Africa, on top of high hills. I have no idea how they caught it."
The symbol of Earth is the magical stone. It looks like all the other stones, but there are lapidary magical words on it. If you say these words, the stone becomes bigger and brighter and shows that it's one of the symbols.
The symbol of Water is the magical pearl that shines brighter than all other pearls in the world. It was located in one of the usual cockleshells deep in the depth of the Caribbean Sea.
We don't know what's the symbol of Fire yet but we're trying to find it out. We must find this element before they do it. If they find it earlier, I'm even afraid to imagine what would happen then."
"I have questions," Cole said, carefully listened all Amistad said. "First - how could they found all these elements and why didn't you stop them?"
"We really had no idea about their plans," Amistad answered. "They worked quietly and seriously, and they hard work was successful. They've looking for these elements many years, Cole, and everyone can do everything with perseverance and patience."
"Second - what is your plan? How are you going to stop them now?"
"All we have to do is - find the symbol of Fire," Amistad sighed. "If we destroy it, all the other symbols would be automatically destroyed too."
"The last question - what will I have to do? What's my role?"
Amistad gave him a friendly, clever smile. "It's your mission, Cole. You'll have to do everything. Save us or ruin us. You are our only hope. You'll have to try to find the last symbol."
Cole surprised looked at Amistad. "Are you kiddin'?"
"Not at all," Amistad stood up. "Cole, it's time to live forward. You have to forget about your spiritually pain and your broken heart. You have to forget about your disaccord with Charmed Ones. We're the good side and we must stand against the darkness," Amistad looked in Cole's eyes. "Together. We can't fight mutually, we have no time."
Cole kept silence.
Amistad sighed. "Cole, I can't say anything else to try to convince you, and I'm absolutely not able to constrain you. But I believe that somewhere in your heart you've always been good and now, when you're fully free of the evil, you'll choose the right decision."
Cole sighed. "Will my choice change my destiny again?"
Amistad quietly laughed. "You know, I already started to think that you haven't understand anything I told you, but now I see that you have. Of course, it's a serious decision and if I'm fully honest - yes, it will change your destiny. Every our choice, big or little, changes something in our destiny. There're always several ways, and when you're standing in the crossroads, you know that something will change. You don't know how and you don't know which is the better way, but…"
"Alright!" Cole interrupted him. "I agree. I will do it."
Light smile flied over Amistad's face and he nodded. "Thank you."
Cole didn't smile. He felt that it's the right choice, but his only wish still was only to die. "Okay. When I will have to start my mission?"
"Soon," Amistad shortly replied. He didn't say anything else but walked out and left Cole alone.
Soon.