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Chapter 13
"Wanted:... Baby Demon." Part II
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When Cole appeared in the underworld, where he knew he would find the brotherhood, he looked around and found himself surrounded by demons.
"Well, well, well... Look what we got here... The most powerful demon on earth... but still so weak when it comes to humans." The chief of the Brotherhood said as he advanced towards him. Cole noticed that Prue was in a demon's arms, she wasn't crying but she was looking around and she seemed scared.
"I want my daughter back." Cole stated.
The chief demon chuckled as he came closer to him. "Brothers for more than a hundred years, but still you betray us, and turn your back to your kind..." he said. "But everything can't be that bad, because in your run, you fooled around and well, I think it wasn't bad at all to screw the witch, right?" he commented.
Cole was furious. "Leave her alone." He warned.
"Or you what?" the demon pressed.
"I want my daughter." Cole repeated.
"I don't think that's possible. Do you have any slight idea of how powerful and valuable this little one can be?"
"I know what she is and I know how powerful she can be, but she's good and I'll never let you trick her to evil." Cole coldly said.
"Oh, really? Do you think that you and your witch can raise her with the value of the good side??" He asked and let out a laugh. "Come on Belthazor, you're evil, in every fiber of your being, you are purely evil and you want me to believe that you want to raise a child who has your genes? No matter what you do, deep inside of her, she'll be evil, thanks to her dear father." The demon added.
Cole looked down... Maybe the demon was right, maybe Prue would never be able to be good because of him.
"What is it? Hit by the realization that your daughter might want to join us?"
'No.' Cole thought, it couldn't be true, Prue wouldn't join them; he and Phoebe would make sure of that. Prue is surrounded by love and she would never be evil.
Cole looked up and smiled at the demon. "What about you let her go and I stay here?" He proposed. He was willing to do anything to safe his baby.
"Why would we accept something like that?" the demon asked.
"Well, think about it. She's powerful, it's true, but her powers are bounded and she's still too young to even think about use them properly. You'll have to wait at least eighteen years so you can really use her." Cole explained. "Me, on the other hand. I'm already a legit member, I know how everything works and you won't have to wait, if you want me I could kill anyone right now."
"Really?" the demon followed still not convinced.
"Besides, she's half witch, she'll have this tendency to the good side..." he tried to persuasive.
The demon thought for a while, it was true, she was too young to even use powers, it'd be a waste of time, they wouldn't do anything with her, besides, Belthozar would stay and he wouldn't make a step in wrong knowing his daughter was in the middle. If he accepted he'd have a good warrior on his side and with the time, he could seduce the daughter himself when older to join evil.
"Agreed." The demon said after a pause with an evil expression.
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She was starring in the space with an empty look. She had her hand on her lips, where Cole had kissed her before going for Prue, and still she didn't know anything. "I can't take this anymore!" Phoebe shouted. She was terribly concerned, it had been more than four hours since her baby girl had been taken and she was dying with all the doubts and concerns because her baby might be hungry, alone, scared, cold... the worries were driving her insane.
"I can't not keep like this." She kept repeating. "I can't keep just waiting..." she said. "I want my baby back!" she said hitting the wall.
"Phoebe, please, calm down..." Paige tried.
"Don't ask me to calm down!!" she yelled. "My daughter might be cold or hungry or scared, being watched by demons and I'm here just waiting!!" she yelled.
"I know... I know it's hard... I don't have a baby, but she's my little niece and I'm scared as well, but I do believe in Cole, I know he'll bring her back and I know he'll take care of her. It's the hardest thing to do, but you have to wait, she'll be back." Paige told her.
"I can't, I can't wait like this... She might be hurt, he might be hurt, or they could be in danger and we're doing nothing." Phoebe replied.
"Nothing..." She repeated as she sat down on the bed, put her head in her hands and started to cry.
Paige wrapped her arms around her big sister and rocked her gently.
"It's gonna be okay, he'll bring her back." She told her.
"I'm so scared." Phoebe whispered.
"She'll be okay Phoebe, in a matter of time you'll have her in your arms." Paige said as she brushed Phoebe's hair out of her eyes.
Suddenly, Phoebe got up and said: "Damn it, I have to do something, I can't take it anymore, I need to see them. I'm so worried..."
Paige just hugged her tight in a comforting embrace.
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Cole shimmered to the penthouse with Prue in his arms, he was followed by two more demons to prevent him from playing any tricks and making sure he'd come back. He used his powers to forced Alex to shimmer back there.
"What the hell?" Alex asked but then she realized what was happening.
"You have to take Prue with you and give her back to Phoebe, everything will be fine." Cole explained.
"What about you, can't you do it yourself?" The young demon asked her big brother.
"No." Cole replied.
Then Alex glanced at the demons that were with him. "Regie..." she said recognizing one of them.
"Should we take her as well?" the other demon asked the one named Regie referring to Alex.
"No, she's not part of the deal!" Cole intervened.
"What's this guy doing here?" Alex asked Cole.
"He's here to make sure I come back." Her brother half explained.
"Come back? Cole, what the hell are you talking about?" She almost yelled.
"Listen, I made a deal... They will free Prue if I come back to them, embrace evil again and work for them." Cole finally explained.
"No, I can't let you do this... this is crazy." Alex said.
"Alex, you know why I'm doing this so don't argue please." Cole told her. "Now I want you to listen to me carefully. When I get down there, they'll probably take away my soul and my humanity, I'll probably never see you again but I want to make sure that you'll protect Prue and Phoebe with your own life. I want to know that they'll be both safe." He said with tears in his eyes.
Alex simply nodded, she was silently crying, realizing that her big brother was sacrificing himself to save his daughter, how brave and how strong he was.
"Here, take her in your arms." He said handing her Prue.
He kissed his little girl on the forehead and whispered: "I love you."
He looked up at Alex and said: "I love you too. Maybe I never told you before, but I'm very proud of who you are, of who you've became. A beautiful good young woman who opened her heart to the world."
They were both crying now and Cole hugged her tightly.
"I love you too Cole." She told him.
Cole reluctantly pulled away and kissed his daughter on the cheek and said: "Listen to your mom and be a good baby girl." And with that he shimmered away with the demons.
Alex was still crying. She then hugged her niece tightly and kissed her in the cheek. She was so happy she was back, and that her brother had brought her back. "Hey little niece. You'll be fine, now we'll take you with your mommy." She talked to Prue and kissed her once again. After that she didn't wait and shimmered back to the manor, she had to tell to the sisters what was happening, she had to save Cole.
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Phoebe was still passing around angrily. She was desperate, it'd been hours and she didn't know anything about her baby.
"This is not fair...." She started weeping. "I don't know anything about my baby and I don't know if she needs me. She's soo tiny and she needs her mommy..."
In that moment no one caught Alex shimmering in.
"She's around demons and maybe she's scared and hungry or-" she cut herself when she heard babbles. They were baby's babbles. "Is that what I think it is?" she nervously asked. Maybe she was getting crazy and she started hearing babies.
"If you think you heard me, yeah, because my daddy and my auntie got me back." Alex said in baby voice from the back.
Phoebe just turned and run to get Prue in her arms.
"My baby..." she took her in her arms and kissed her everywhere. "Baby, are you ok? Did you miss mommy?" she questioned her. She was crying by now. But this time it was of happiness because she had her baby back.
"Phoebe, there's something you should know..." Alex tried to bring up the subject about Cole but she just ignored her. She was too busy making sure Prue was ok.
"What did they do to you? It doesn't matter, because you're back." She said smiling and kissing her again.
Paige, Leo, Alex and Piper saw smiling at the touching scene. It'd been so hard to see Phoebe suffering, but now she had her daughter back.
"You can come over guys..." Phoebe said smiling when she noticed everyone starring at the other side to give her some space with Prue.
Paige came over and took her niece in her arms. "Hey little Prue, I knew I'd see such a pretty girl again..." she said kissing her in the cheek.
Then Leo and Piper came and tickled her niece as well. "Phoebe... please, we should talk about-" Alex intervened not getting any attention. With all the commotion, Prue started crying.
"Oh, come here my little sweetie..." Phoebe said taking her in her arms. "We'll go upstairs, and mommy will give you the greatest bath, and then we'll put you on clean clothes and then we'll call your...." She started saying as she took her upstairs. She was going to say 'Daddy,' when she realized and turned back.
"Alex, where's Cole?" she directed to her. She couldn't believe it, but she had been so happy about her daughter, that she had almost forgotten about him. Not that she didn't love him, but she had felt soo happy when she saw Prue again, alive and safe that she forgot about everything else.
"That's the other part of the problem..." Alex directed to them concerned. "We have to save him."
"What?? What's wrong? What happened?" Phoebe immediately asked.
"In order to save Prue... He... He made a deal with the brotherhood." Alex explained.
She looked down and started to cry and she added: "They're... they're going to take his soul back, that's the deal, he'll become evil again... He... he asked me to take care of you and Prue."
Phoebe frooze when she heard those words. She looked down at Prue and the little girl was not longer smiling, like she was feeling that there was something really wrong.
"We have to save him... please... we can't let him die. I know he made mistake in the past but he's everything for me... please help me to save him, he's everything for me." Alex pleaded.
Paige immediately ran to Alex sides and hugged her tight.
"We'll help him, we'll save him and he'll be okay." She told her.
"Leo, you stay here with Prue. Piper, Paige, Alex and I will go down there and save Cole." Phoebe stated.
"We can't go there like this, we need to get prepared, we need spells and vanquishing potions, it'll be hell, we have to be ready before we fight them." Piper said.
Phoebe nodded and said: "Let's do this now." And with that, they all went in the attic.
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"Very good. Welcome back, Belthozar." The chief demon said.
Cole just stood there quite. He couldn't manage to say anything. There were so many thoughts inside his head. He felt sad, mad, angry, so many emotions debating in his mind. Even if he had the release that his precious Prue was safe, he felt angry because it was because of him that she had gotten into this in the first place. Now he didn't know what his life would be like.... Maybe he wouldn't see Prue, Phoebe or Alex again, and it hurt, but he didn't see them they'd be safe.
"So Belthozar...." the black dressed man started. "Just out of curiosity... this witch, the mother of your precious jewel..." he sarcastically referred to Phoebe.
Cole just turned into a dark and mad expression.
"Do you... I mean..." the demon corrected. "Is there something between the two of you?" he then asked.
"That's not of your business." Cole coldly barked.
"Is there or not?" the other insisted.
Cole just looked down. True there wasn't anything between them anymore, but he still loved her with all his heart and soul.
"But you still love her, don't you Belthozar?" he questioned him.
"Maybe." Cole replied quietly looking down. 'Of Course I love her. I'd do anything for her, I'd die for her.' He thought.
The expression was enough for an answer. "Uh... too bad." The demon said with dramatic sarcasm. "Anyway, I don't care how you do it, just bring the body down here. You got one hour." He said.
"What, what are you saying? Whose body?" he questioned confused.
"Hers." He replied. "That's your first mission. You'll have to kill the middle Charmed One." He said with a grin.
"What?"
"At least you want your little one and your little sister to pay the consequences." The demon warned. "So, which one will it be, the little sister and the demon or the slutty witch?" he ironically questioned.
Cole couldn't believe what he was hearing. How would he kill her? He was desperate, but he couldn't do this.
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The Charmed Ones, Alex and Leo, had been working on a plan to safe Cole. They all worked for a good part of the night, while Phoebe just watched Prue sleep. It was hard to separate from her after all that had happened. It was pretty early on the morning and Phoebe working on potions in the attic, while Prue was safety, tucked and tight sleeping in a crib that was there in a point where Phoebe could keep an eye from, while the rest were downstairs taking breakfast.
Suddenly she gasped when she felt him shimmering in.
"Cole...." She was speechless. 'He's back, he's back!' she thought. She wanted to jump everywhere, but she didn't. "You... you're back." She said. She wanted to jump on him and hug him and kiss him and...'what the hell?' she thought. And she impulsively went to him and hugged him.
Cole welcomed her in his embrace and hugged her tight.
"Phoebe..." he said running his hand on her hair.
She felt so much comfort in his arms, she didn't notice it, but she started crying.
"Phoebe, please, don't cry." He said. She cried harder. "Phoebe..." he took her by her shoulders and look in her eyes. "Phoebe, I need you to be strong. I can't stay and I don't have much time either."
"What?" she questioned. "Why, you're here, you don't have to go.... I mean you-"
"No Phoebe." He cut her off. "It's not like that."
"Cole, what's going on?" she questioned concerned.
"I need you to take Prue and vanish to another reality or realm, it's the only way for you to be safe." He said.
"Why?" she questioned.
"There's not time to explain, you have to go fast." He repeated. "Please..."
"Cole, what's happening?" she asked him again. "I have the right to know."
"They want me to... they want me to kill you." He slowly said. "Or they'll kill Prue and Alex." He added.
She tensed and was speechless.
"Phoebe, I couldn't even think about... that's why you have to leave." He tried to explain.
She didn't say anything. She was deep in thoughts.
"Phoebe, we're running out of time, please, take Prue and leave, I'll take care of everything here." He insisted.
"No." she calmly said.
"No what? Phoebe you have to go." He said in exasperation.
"No, I have an idea." She said as an idea started to form in her mind.
"Phoebe you can not risk-" he started and she cut him off with a light impulsive kiss on the lips.
"Everything will be ok." She said looking in his eyes.
He looked at her with a worry expression. Then Prue cried letting know she had awaken and she needed attention.
"Prue is awake. Take her to Leo and tell him to take her up there. I'll come back in ten minutes, it'll be fine." She asked with hope. He just nodded and she headed downstairs.
Prue started to cry in her crib and Cole looked down at her. When she saw her father, the little girl giggled.
Cole took her in his arms and said: "Never thought I would see you again little one. I've missed you."
He kissed her on the cheek and said: "I don't know what your mommy has in mind but you don't have to worry, she'll be okay, I won't let her do anything that might put her life in danger."
He sat down and said: "You think she'll find a new boyfriend while I'm gone? Coz the last one wasn't pretty good. Or at least, that's what Auntie Alex told me. All I wish it that he's nice with you and you know a good daddy."
He took a huge breath and tried to contain his tears.
Prue smiled at him and he said: "And with that beautiful smile, he wanted you to be evil..."
He shook his head and added: "That's because he never saw you before, you're too cute."
He kissed her on the cheek again and said: "Let's go downstairs like mommy asked otherwise, she'll be mad at me."
"I love you." He told her. He got up and walked downstairs. No matter how much he would suffer in the underworld, it'll be worth it, it'll be worth to save the life of his daughter, because her and her mother were the most important persons in his life, those he would die for.
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"Extract your soul from your body?" he reacted.
"Yes, I drink this potion... and my spirit will be separate from my body... Prue did that once when she had to kill this spirit coming from Alcatraz..." she remembered. "... And then you'll take my body to them."
"What?! That's crazy." He said shaking his head.
"My love for you is crazy." She said with a little smile, trying to cool out the moment, it didn't work.
"This is totally insane, I won't let you do that." He denied. "Your soul could disappear on the nowhere, your body could be possessed by any spirit or it could be impossible to put your soul and body together. Absolutely no, I won't let you do this." He complained.
"Whoever takes it can be revived by CPR. The only catch is it has to be done within four hours to avoid Brain damage." She told him.
"I can't let you do this." He insisted sadly. He was deadly scared of what might happen to her if they went through with this. "Your soul won't last too long out of your body." He added.
"It's the only way. If I don't do this, they'll go after you and they'll never let Prue or Alex alone. All, They and you need my help, and I can't let anything happen to any of you." She said with tears in her eyes. "Please, for me, for Prue..." she asked looking straight on his eyes.
"Cole, I know you'll bring me back... I trust you'll save me and I'll be fine." She told him.
Cole sighed and closed his eyes for a couple of seconds. He then nodded in agreement.
"I trust you'll find a solution before is too late, but if something happens to me, please don't let anything happen to her." She begged. "Don't let anything happen to Prue."
He had tears in his eyes but still nodded. He stroked her wet cheek. He pointed her to sit down and she drank the potion. As she drank the last of the potion, they shared one last look before everything went dark for her.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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Chapter 13
"Wanted:... Baby Demon." Part II
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When Cole appeared in the underworld, where he knew he would find the brotherhood, he looked around and found himself surrounded by demons.
"Well, well, well... Look what we got here... The most powerful demon on earth... but still so weak when it comes to humans." The chief of the Brotherhood said as he advanced towards him. Cole noticed that Prue was in a demon's arms, she wasn't crying but she was looking around and she seemed scared.
"I want my daughter back." Cole stated.
The chief demon chuckled as he came closer to him. "Brothers for more than a hundred years, but still you betray us, and turn your back to your kind..." he said. "But everything can't be that bad, because in your run, you fooled around and well, I think it wasn't bad at all to screw the witch, right?" he commented.
Cole was furious. "Leave her alone." He warned.
"Or you what?" the demon pressed.
"I want my daughter." Cole repeated.
"I don't think that's possible. Do you have any slight idea of how powerful and valuable this little one can be?"
"I know what she is and I know how powerful she can be, but she's good and I'll never let you trick her to evil." Cole coldly said.
"Oh, really? Do you think that you and your witch can raise her with the value of the good side??" He asked and let out a laugh. "Come on Belthazor, you're evil, in every fiber of your being, you are purely evil and you want me to believe that you want to raise a child who has your genes? No matter what you do, deep inside of her, she'll be evil, thanks to her dear father." The demon added.
Cole looked down... Maybe the demon was right, maybe Prue would never be able to be good because of him.
"What is it? Hit by the realization that your daughter might want to join us?"
'No.' Cole thought, it couldn't be true, Prue wouldn't join them; he and Phoebe would make sure of that. Prue is surrounded by love and she would never be evil.
Cole looked up and smiled at the demon. "What about you let her go and I stay here?" He proposed. He was willing to do anything to safe his baby.
"Why would we accept something like that?" the demon asked.
"Well, think about it. She's powerful, it's true, but her powers are bounded and she's still too young to even think about use them properly. You'll have to wait at least eighteen years so you can really use her." Cole explained. "Me, on the other hand. I'm already a legit member, I know how everything works and you won't have to wait, if you want me I could kill anyone right now."
"Really?" the demon followed still not convinced.
"Besides, she's half witch, she'll have this tendency to the good side..." he tried to persuasive.
The demon thought for a while, it was true, she was too young to even use powers, it'd be a waste of time, they wouldn't do anything with her, besides, Belthozar would stay and he wouldn't make a step in wrong knowing his daughter was in the middle. If he accepted he'd have a good warrior on his side and with the time, he could seduce the daughter himself when older to join evil.
"Agreed." The demon said after a pause with an evil expression.
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She was starring in the space with an empty look. She had her hand on her lips, where Cole had kissed her before going for Prue, and still she didn't know anything. "I can't take this anymore!" Phoebe shouted. She was terribly concerned, it had been more than four hours since her baby girl had been taken and she was dying with all the doubts and concerns because her baby might be hungry, alone, scared, cold... the worries were driving her insane.
"I can't not keep like this." She kept repeating. "I can't keep just waiting..." she said. "I want my baby back!" she said hitting the wall.
"Phoebe, please, calm down..." Paige tried.
"Don't ask me to calm down!!" she yelled. "My daughter might be cold or hungry or scared, being watched by demons and I'm here just waiting!!" she yelled.
"I know... I know it's hard... I don't have a baby, but she's my little niece and I'm scared as well, but I do believe in Cole, I know he'll bring her back and I know he'll take care of her. It's the hardest thing to do, but you have to wait, she'll be back." Paige told her.
"I can't, I can't wait like this... She might be hurt, he might be hurt, or they could be in danger and we're doing nothing." Phoebe replied.
"Nothing..." She repeated as she sat down on the bed, put her head in her hands and started to cry.
Paige wrapped her arms around her big sister and rocked her gently.
"It's gonna be okay, he'll bring her back." She told her.
"I'm so scared." Phoebe whispered.
"She'll be okay Phoebe, in a matter of time you'll have her in your arms." Paige said as she brushed Phoebe's hair out of her eyes.
Suddenly, Phoebe got up and said: "Damn it, I have to do something, I can't take it anymore, I need to see them. I'm so worried..."
Paige just hugged her tight in a comforting embrace.
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Cole shimmered to the penthouse with Prue in his arms, he was followed by two more demons to prevent him from playing any tricks and making sure he'd come back. He used his powers to forced Alex to shimmer back there.
"What the hell?" Alex asked but then she realized what was happening.
"You have to take Prue with you and give her back to Phoebe, everything will be fine." Cole explained.
"What about you, can't you do it yourself?" The young demon asked her big brother.
"No." Cole replied.
Then Alex glanced at the demons that were with him. "Regie..." she said recognizing one of them.
"Should we take her as well?" the other demon asked the one named Regie referring to Alex.
"No, she's not part of the deal!" Cole intervened.
"What's this guy doing here?" Alex asked Cole.
"He's here to make sure I come back." Her brother half explained.
"Come back? Cole, what the hell are you talking about?" She almost yelled.
"Listen, I made a deal... They will free Prue if I come back to them, embrace evil again and work for them." Cole finally explained.
"No, I can't let you do this... this is crazy." Alex said.
"Alex, you know why I'm doing this so don't argue please." Cole told her. "Now I want you to listen to me carefully. When I get down there, they'll probably take away my soul and my humanity, I'll probably never see you again but I want to make sure that you'll protect Prue and Phoebe with your own life. I want to know that they'll be both safe." He said with tears in his eyes.
Alex simply nodded, she was silently crying, realizing that her big brother was sacrificing himself to save his daughter, how brave and how strong he was.
"Here, take her in your arms." He said handing her Prue.
He kissed his little girl on the forehead and whispered: "I love you."
He looked up at Alex and said: "I love you too. Maybe I never told you before, but I'm very proud of who you are, of who you've became. A beautiful good young woman who opened her heart to the world."
They were both crying now and Cole hugged her tightly.
"I love you too Cole." She told him.
Cole reluctantly pulled away and kissed his daughter on the cheek and said: "Listen to your mom and be a good baby girl." And with that he shimmered away with the demons.
Alex was still crying. She then hugged her niece tightly and kissed her in the cheek. She was so happy she was back, and that her brother had brought her back. "Hey little niece. You'll be fine, now we'll take you with your mommy." She talked to Prue and kissed her once again. After that she didn't wait and shimmered back to the manor, she had to tell to the sisters what was happening, she had to save Cole.
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Phoebe was still passing around angrily. She was desperate, it'd been hours and she didn't know anything about her baby.
"This is not fair...." She started weeping. "I don't know anything about my baby and I don't know if she needs me. She's soo tiny and she needs her mommy..."
In that moment no one caught Alex shimmering in.
"She's around demons and maybe she's scared and hungry or-" she cut herself when she heard babbles. They were baby's babbles. "Is that what I think it is?" she nervously asked. Maybe she was getting crazy and she started hearing babies.
"If you think you heard me, yeah, because my daddy and my auntie got me back." Alex said in baby voice from the back.
Phoebe just turned and run to get Prue in her arms.
"My baby..." she took her in her arms and kissed her everywhere. "Baby, are you ok? Did you miss mommy?" she questioned her. She was crying by now. But this time it was of happiness because she had her baby back.
"Phoebe, there's something you should know..." Alex tried to bring up the subject about Cole but she just ignored her. She was too busy making sure Prue was ok.
"What did they do to you? It doesn't matter, because you're back." She said smiling and kissing her again.
Paige, Leo, Alex and Piper saw smiling at the touching scene. It'd been so hard to see Phoebe suffering, but now she had her daughter back.
"You can come over guys..." Phoebe said smiling when she noticed everyone starring at the other side to give her some space with Prue.
Paige came over and took her niece in her arms. "Hey little Prue, I knew I'd see such a pretty girl again..." she said kissing her in the cheek.
Then Leo and Piper came and tickled her niece as well. "Phoebe... please, we should talk about-" Alex intervened not getting any attention. With all the commotion, Prue started crying.
"Oh, come here my little sweetie..." Phoebe said taking her in her arms. "We'll go upstairs, and mommy will give you the greatest bath, and then we'll put you on clean clothes and then we'll call your...." She started saying as she took her upstairs. She was going to say 'Daddy,' when she realized and turned back.
"Alex, where's Cole?" she directed to her. She couldn't believe it, but she had been so happy about her daughter, that she had almost forgotten about him. Not that she didn't love him, but she had felt soo happy when she saw Prue again, alive and safe that she forgot about everything else.
"That's the other part of the problem..." Alex directed to them concerned. "We have to save him."
"What?? What's wrong? What happened?" Phoebe immediately asked.
"In order to save Prue... He... He made a deal with the brotherhood." Alex explained.
She looked down and started to cry and she added: "They're... they're going to take his soul back, that's the deal, he'll become evil again... He... he asked me to take care of you and Prue."
Phoebe frooze when she heard those words. She looked down at Prue and the little girl was not longer smiling, like she was feeling that there was something really wrong.
"We have to save him... please... we can't let him die. I know he made mistake in the past but he's everything for me... please help me to save him, he's everything for me." Alex pleaded.
Paige immediately ran to Alex sides and hugged her tight.
"We'll help him, we'll save him and he'll be okay." She told her.
"Leo, you stay here with Prue. Piper, Paige, Alex and I will go down there and save Cole." Phoebe stated.
"We can't go there like this, we need to get prepared, we need spells and vanquishing potions, it'll be hell, we have to be ready before we fight them." Piper said.
Phoebe nodded and said: "Let's do this now." And with that, they all went in the attic.
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"Very good. Welcome back, Belthozar." The chief demon said.
Cole just stood there quite. He couldn't manage to say anything. There were so many thoughts inside his head. He felt sad, mad, angry, so many emotions debating in his mind. Even if he had the release that his precious Prue was safe, he felt angry because it was because of him that she had gotten into this in the first place. Now he didn't know what his life would be like.... Maybe he wouldn't see Prue, Phoebe or Alex again, and it hurt, but he didn't see them they'd be safe.
"So Belthozar...." the black dressed man started. "Just out of curiosity... this witch, the mother of your precious jewel..." he sarcastically referred to Phoebe.
Cole just turned into a dark and mad expression.
"Do you... I mean..." the demon corrected. "Is there something between the two of you?" he then asked.
"That's not of your business." Cole coldly barked.
"Is there or not?" the other insisted.
Cole just looked down. True there wasn't anything between them anymore, but he still loved her with all his heart and soul.
"But you still love her, don't you Belthozar?" he questioned him.
"Maybe." Cole replied quietly looking down. 'Of Course I love her. I'd do anything for her, I'd die for her.' He thought.
The expression was enough for an answer. "Uh... too bad." The demon said with dramatic sarcasm. "Anyway, I don't care how you do it, just bring the body down here. You got one hour." He said.
"What, what are you saying? Whose body?" he questioned confused.
"Hers." He replied. "That's your first mission. You'll have to kill the middle Charmed One." He said with a grin.
"What?"
"At least you want your little one and your little sister to pay the consequences." The demon warned. "So, which one will it be, the little sister and the demon or the slutty witch?" he ironically questioned.
Cole couldn't believe what he was hearing. How would he kill her? He was desperate, but he couldn't do this.
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The Charmed Ones, Alex and Leo, had been working on a plan to safe Cole. They all worked for a good part of the night, while Phoebe just watched Prue sleep. It was hard to separate from her after all that had happened. It was pretty early on the morning and Phoebe working on potions in the attic, while Prue was safety, tucked and tight sleeping in a crib that was there in a point where Phoebe could keep an eye from, while the rest were downstairs taking breakfast.
Suddenly she gasped when she felt him shimmering in.
"Cole...." She was speechless. 'He's back, he's back!' she thought. She wanted to jump everywhere, but she didn't. "You... you're back." She said. She wanted to jump on him and hug him and kiss him and...'what the hell?' she thought. And she impulsively went to him and hugged him.
Cole welcomed her in his embrace and hugged her tight.
"Phoebe..." he said running his hand on her hair.
She felt so much comfort in his arms, she didn't notice it, but she started crying.
"Phoebe, please, don't cry." He said. She cried harder. "Phoebe..." he took her by her shoulders and look in her eyes. "Phoebe, I need you to be strong. I can't stay and I don't have much time either."
"What?" she questioned. "Why, you're here, you don't have to go.... I mean you-"
"No Phoebe." He cut her off. "It's not like that."
"Cole, what's going on?" she questioned concerned.
"I need you to take Prue and vanish to another reality or realm, it's the only way for you to be safe." He said.
"Why?" she questioned.
"There's not time to explain, you have to go fast." He repeated. "Please..."
"Cole, what's happening?" she asked him again. "I have the right to know."
"They want me to... they want me to kill you." He slowly said. "Or they'll kill Prue and Alex." He added.
She tensed and was speechless.
"Phoebe, I couldn't even think about... that's why you have to leave." He tried to explain.
She didn't say anything. She was deep in thoughts.
"Phoebe, we're running out of time, please, take Prue and leave, I'll take care of everything here." He insisted.
"No." she calmly said.
"No what? Phoebe you have to go." He said in exasperation.
"No, I have an idea." She said as an idea started to form in her mind.
"Phoebe you can not risk-" he started and she cut him off with a light impulsive kiss on the lips.
"Everything will be ok." She said looking in his eyes.
He looked at her with a worry expression. Then Prue cried letting know she had awaken and she needed attention.
"Prue is awake. Take her to Leo and tell him to take her up there. I'll come back in ten minutes, it'll be fine." She asked with hope. He just nodded and she headed downstairs.
Prue started to cry in her crib and Cole looked down at her. When she saw her father, the little girl giggled.
Cole took her in his arms and said: "Never thought I would see you again little one. I've missed you."
He kissed her on the cheek and said: "I don't know what your mommy has in mind but you don't have to worry, she'll be okay, I won't let her do anything that might put her life in danger."
He sat down and said: "You think she'll find a new boyfriend while I'm gone? Coz the last one wasn't pretty good. Or at least, that's what Auntie Alex told me. All I wish it that he's nice with you and you know a good daddy."
He took a huge breath and tried to contain his tears.
Prue smiled at him and he said: "And with that beautiful smile, he wanted you to be evil..."
He shook his head and added: "That's because he never saw you before, you're too cute."
He kissed her on the cheek again and said: "Let's go downstairs like mommy asked otherwise, she'll be mad at me."
"I love you." He told her. He got up and walked downstairs. No matter how much he would suffer in the underworld, it'll be worth it, it'll be worth to save the life of his daughter, because her and her mother were the most important persons in his life, those he would die for.
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"Extract your soul from your body?" he reacted.
"Yes, I drink this potion... and my spirit will be separate from my body... Prue did that once when she had to kill this spirit coming from Alcatraz..." she remembered. "... And then you'll take my body to them."
"What?! That's crazy." He said shaking his head.
"My love for you is crazy." She said with a little smile, trying to cool out the moment, it didn't work.
"This is totally insane, I won't let you do that." He denied. "Your soul could disappear on the nowhere, your body could be possessed by any spirit or it could be impossible to put your soul and body together. Absolutely no, I won't let you do this." He complained.
"Whoever takes it can be revived by CPR. The only catch is it has to be done within four hours to avoid Brain damage." She told him.
"I can't let you do this." He insisted sadly. He was deadly scared of what might happen to her if they went through with this. "Your soul won't last too long out of your body." He added.
"It's the only way. If I don't do this, they'll go after you and they'll never let Prue or Alex alone. All, They and you need my help, and I can't let anything happen to any of you." She said with tears in her eyes. "Please, for me, for Prue..." she asked looking straight on his eyes.
"Cole, I know you'll bring me back... I trust you'll save me and I'll be fine." She told him.
Cole sighed and closed his eyes for a couple of seconds. He then nodded in agreement.
"I trust you'll find a solution before is too late, but if something happens to me, please don't let anything happen to her." She begged. "Don't let anything happen to Prue."
He had tears in his eyes but still nodded. He stroked her wet cheek. He pointed her to sit down and she drank the potion. As she drank the last of the potion, they shared one last look before everything went dark for her.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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