Hi again! Sorry it took so long for this chapter. It's been a little hectic
around my house lately, and I wasn't able to send in this chapter as
quickly as I would've wanted to. Well, anyway, here's the next chapter of A
Guardian's Protectorate. Enjoy, as always!
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Chapter-6 First Reality Trip
Cole woke up to the pleasant feeling of having his daughter in his arms. When he stirred a little, Kara moved a little, making herself more comfortable. Cole smiled down at her, and tried to get out, but Kara kept wiggling so it made it impossible for him to get away without waking her. He tried to get out one more time, before he would wake her up. This time, he was able to get up and stand, but Kara had kept wiggling in search of him, and she accidentally fell off the bed.
"Oww!" Kara grunted, rubbing her head as she got up from the floor. Cole was struggling to keep his laughter inside, but a very large grin spread across his face as he saw his daughter come up.
"It's not funny! Why didn't you wake me up or something before I fell off the bed?" Kara asked, still feeling a throb on her head.
"Sorry, it's just that I wanted to get up out of the bed while not disturbing you. You, unfortunately, kept trying to find me in your sleep, and well..." Cole trailed off, telling her that she knew what had happened next.
"Yeah, well, wake me up next time. It would be a whole lot better than waking up with a bump on your head." Kara grumbled. She massaged the spot one more time, than looked up at Cole.
"Oh, well. You want me to make breakfast?" Kara asked.
"Oh, no you don't. I am not going to let you cook. I'm going to make breakfast, and you," Cole said, pointing at her playfully, "are going to relax, and wait. I'll give you some orange juice while you wait."
"All right." Kara said, walking out of the room, and sitting on the couch. Cole was coming from the kitchen, with orange juice in hand, and he gave it to Kara then sitting on the couch next to her.
"Where's breakfast?" Kara asked suspiciously, raising her eyebrow.
"Well, that's the funny thing you see...I kind of burnt it to a crisp." Cole said, remembering the ashes of the food he attempted to make. Kara looked at him for a moment, and then burst out laughing. Cole looked at her, his pride a little hurt, and then burst out laughing as well.
"As funny as that is, I am still a little hungry." Kara stated, after letting her laughter die down.
"Well, I was thinking of getting our breakfast somewhere, like a buffet, or something." Cole suggested.
"Um...sure. Oh, wait. What about you having to take time off?" Kara asked, remembering their situation.
"Oh, that. Well, we can stop off at my office, and then go and have breakfast. It would look better for my story, actually having you there." Cole said, thinking up the plan very quickly.
"Okay, let's go then. Well, after you change, of course." Kara said, looking at his attire. He was wearing boxers only, and Kara imagined what it would've been if he had gone out. Cole looked down as well, and nearly laughed again.
"Hold on." Cole said, blushing. He had almost forgotten that he had changed shortly after Kara had gone to sleep.
"Okay." Kara responded, hiding her smile, as Cole rushed off into his bedroom to change.
Soon, they were walking the hallway to his office to grab a few things, and then they would file for some leave. Cole had changed into some jeans, and a red sweatshirt. A few of his co-workers looked at him strangely for two reasons, one they'd never seen him in anything other than a 3-piece suit, and second, they didn't know who the little girl was walking next to him.
"Mr. Turner." Kathryn said surprised. 'Damn, he looks hot in those jeans,' Kathryn thinks to herself. She notices the little girl next to him and was surprised. He didn't really seemed like the type to hang out with children.
"Who's she?" she questioned.
"Oh, this is my daughter, Kara. Kara, this is Kathryn." Cole said, introducing them.
"Daughter? I wasn't aware that you had a daughter." Kathryn said. 'I'm just getting a lot of surprises today aren't I?'
"Hello." Kara politely greeted Kara. As they shook hands, Kara got a slight glimpse into her feelings, and she smirked inside. 'So, she has a light crush on my dad, does she?' Kara thought. She thought for a few moments, and thought, 'Eck!'
"Hmm? Oh, well, I was just stopping off here to file for a week's leave to spend some time with my daughter." Cole answered, holding Kara's hand.
"Oh, okay. Why don't I just file that for you, and you two can just go now?" Kathryn offered.
"Thanks Kathryn. I'll see you in a week then? Okay, bye." Cole thanked and then gave her one more smile, and then turned to leave.
"You do know that she has a crush on you right?" Kara asked, grinning broadly, looking up at Cole as they exited the building.
"What? No she doesn't, does she?" Cole asked, not believing her.
"She does Cole. I don't blame her though." Kara asked, smiling some more.
"Hey, what does that mean?" Cole asked. His daughter was good at keeping him in the dark. Very good.
"Well, I have the ability to read some emotions to a certain extent. When we shook hands, I kind of felt that from her, so....." Kara answered, not having to finish the sentence.
"Oh." Cole said, not knowing how to respond to that information. They then went to a local place, where they got their breakfast. Afterwards, they went and spent some time with each other, walking, talking a little.
They soon found themselves at the doorstep of the Haliwell manor.
"Uh....Kara? How did we get here? I don't remember heading here," Cole asked confused.
"Well, it mainly has to do with the fact that you're supposed to be here." Kara answered cryptically.
"Right. Sure, let's just go." Cole said, not wanting to make sense of that. He rapped the door with his fist, and stood patiently awaiting them to answer.
"Hey, I'll get that." Cole heard someone call behind the door. He wasn't quite sure who it was, and hoped it was Phoebe. Unfortunately, it wasn't her. As the door opened, his smile fell into a neutral place, as he saw Paige, standing there a little shocked to see him standing in front of their house.
"What do you want?" Paige asked tersely. She was desperately holding back the urge to throw something at him.
"Um...I'm not sure. Kara, would you like to answer that?" Cole asked, turning behind to look at her.
"Well, what we have to talk about, we have to go inside for." Kara answered.
"Okay, Paige? Do you mind if we step inside?" Cole asked.
"I mind you coming in, but not Kara. So come on, I'll call everyone else." Paige stated, her anger towards Cole hinting through. Both father and daughter followed Paige in quietly, just glancing at each other to exchange quick smiles.
"Phoebe! Piper! Kara and Cole are here!" Paige yelled, calling her two older sisters.
"Coming!" Phoebe called from upstairs. Cole's heart got lodged in his throat when he heard her voice. Kara noticed he wasn't breathing much and nudged him in the ribs.
"Cole, breathe, and relax." Kara whispered.
"Oh, sorry." Cole replied apologetically. He blushed slightly, and glanced at Kara. He found her grinning at him for some odd reason. He was about to ask her about this, but just then, Phoebe and Piper came down the stairs.
"Hey Cole, Kara. How have you been?" Phoebe asked, trying to put a mask over her excitement of seeing Cole again. Naturally, she was happy to see Kara, but Cole...that's another story. Kara could feel the happiness waves, literally, coming off of her mom. She hid her smile and regained her composure and looked at both of them.
"Well, since Cole has no idea why we're here, I guess I have to know shouldn't I?" Kara said, discreetly interrupting the two who were staring at each other. Her voice had broken whatever it had been, and Cole and Phoebe gave a mental shrug, as did Cole.
"So, why are you here, not to be rude, Kara?" Piper asked politely of her niece. She felt silly having to act so politely to her own niece, but after all, she was a little higher on the power chain. Scratch that, she was a lot higher on the power chain.
"Oh, it's nothing really. I sort of guided Cole, indiscreetly, to the manor, because I had to train him and Phoebe to open a rip between dimensions." Kara calmly said, as though it was nothing out of the ordinary. Phoebe and her sisters were staring at Kara with their mouths gaping open. Cole just stood off, sort of to the side, thinking solemnly.
"So, when are we going to start?" Cole asked quietly. Cole's question had shook everyone back to the present and they blushed, trying to cover their astonishment.
"Well, we have to start right away, unless you want Scier to make that gate come very painfully out of your eye." Kara said, speaking to Cole.
"Oh, well, we wouldn't want that to happen." Paige muttered sarcastically. Kara shot her a glance that made Paige regret saying it out loud.
"So, do we have to go anywhere special?" Phoebe asked, remembering where they had to go for their first physical training lesson a year ago.
"Well, actually no. If the situation were different, then I would take you back to the meadow, but since we're running short on time, we'll have to do it here, or at Cole's penthouse. If you don't mind, I'd rather do it at Cole's penthouse." Kara said.
"Oh, okay. Should Piper and Paige come along?" Phoebe asked, stepping closer to Cole.
"Um...sure, why not." Kara answered. They then transported to Cole's penthouse via their own way. Paige with Piper, Kara on her own, and Cole and Phoebe, to Piper's and Paige's displeasure, and Kara's amusement.
"So, what are we going to do?" Phoebe asked, when they all arrived at Cole's penthouse.
"Well, I'm going to show you how to create a rip between the different alternate realities that you'll need to get to in order to stop Scier." Kara answered her mother, in a neutral voice.
"Wait, didn't we already learn this?" Cole asked, as he remembered in the field about something of ripping a hole in two dimensions.
"Well, I taught you something similar to it. I taught you to open a dimensional gate, not a reality gate." Kara answered.
"What's the difference?" Piper asked, not seeing there was one.
"Well, a dimension is completely separate from a reality. The line between this dimension and another is very distinct while with a reality it's a little blurred. The other reality can be so similar to this one, it's hard to differentiate the two." Kara explained as her family intensely listened to her. They all got the feeling that they would need this very soon.
"Now Cole, I want you to first try it." Kara started, but Cole interrupted.
"Sorry Kara, but I want to know something. Why can't we go to that meadow?" Cole asked. He really wanted to revisit that place, because it gave him such a feeling of peace.
"Well, the meadow gives you a boost of magic, and I want you and Phoebe to be able to do this of your own accord." Kara said, looking up at her father apologetically.
"Oh, I see. Okay, then I understand." Cole said, sincerely. Kara flashed him a smile before she continued. "Okay, just try to remember how to rip a hole to another dimension. Only this time, try to rip a hole into this dimension. As you do, you should be sensing slight differences in the air, which are the other dimensions. Try to rip into one of those, and I'll check how you did." Kara said, guiding him through what to do. Cole did as Kara said, and he was concentrating deeply on his surroundings. He detected slight differences in the air, and prodded a few of them. He then decided to rip into one in particular for no apparent reason. When he tried, it took a great deal more effort than he remembered. Suddenly, something Kara had said came to the surface of his mind.
"*The meadow gives you an extra boost of magic*" Kara had said.
He grimaced at that, because everything else would be harder to do as well. 'Except for summoning demons, because you've been doing that for a while now' a voice said, giving him a little bit of reassurance. Cole then refocused all of his thoughts on the rip, and forced it open. Soon enough, there was crackling through the air, and a rip appeared in front of him. By now, he was sweating furiously, but he wouldn't leave a job halfway done, so he continued on.
"Cole, that's enough. It'll remain open for a few seconds, so hold on." Kara said, placing a hand on his arm, giving him a physical signal to stop. She then calmly walked to the rip, and poked her head inside, as though it was like sticking your head in the refrigerator. Phoebe and the rest were staring in shock, amazement, and worry. Kara then promptly pulled her head back out, smiling.
"Very good Cole. Did you bother to use your vision to look into which reality you were opening?" Kara asked, a little amused. Cole was observing her face wondering why she was acting amused. The thought hadn't even occurred to him to use his sight. He was a little embarrassed that he would forget that.
"Um...I kind of forgot I could do that, so no. Why? What was in there?" Cole asked curiously. "Oh, nothing, nothing." Kara responded innocently. Cole thought her response sounded too innocent, so he knew she was lying.
"So, now what are we going to do?" Paige asked, going over what she had just seen.
"Well, Cole and Phoebe will have to travel to the reality where Scier went and fix what ever is wrong with it. I'll send you to the right point in time that he had screwed up, and you," Kara said, indicating Cole, "will put yourselves in the right place. In other words, you provide the place, I provide the time." Kara said smugly. 'At least that part is done' Kara thought to herself.
"Okay, uh, I'm guessing here that Phoebe will know what's wrong if we get to a point before I was there." Cole said, turning to Phoebe.
"Well, of course, it is my life." Phoebe said, rolling her eyes at him.
"All right, so let's get to it!" Kara said, clapping her hands together enthusiastically. Kara connected herself to Cole briefly. He looked concerned at first, but Kara reassured him, and he relaxed. She already knew where Scier was, and when, so she told Cole via their link. Cole nodded, showing that he knew where to go. He used his sight, and shifted through the different realities. He found the correct one, and opened his eyes.
"Okay." Cole simply said. Then he concentrated and began to make another rift. Kara stopped him though, and he looked at her questioningly.
"Uh, there's one thing I forgot to tell you Cole. You'll only have a few of your powers. Those would be, energy balls, blurring, pausing time, and transmogrification. Those will be the four physical powers that you'll be able to use, not counting any telekinetic powers you have." Kara said, informing him of his restrictions.
"Oh thanks for telling me." Cole said, slightly annoyed. He then went back to creating a rift and after a few moments of deep and hard concentration, he created a rip.
"C'mon Phoebe, it's not going to stay open for long." Cole informed, feeling it begin to collapse.
"Okay." Phoebe said, following him. She quickly took his hand and followed him in. As she entered the rift, she felt like she was being ripped apart from the inside. The only thing she could really feel was Cole's hand. She was glad that she had taken hold of his hand before she entered. When she emerged, she took a huge gasp of air, and tried to get oxygen to her lungs. She was crouched down, resting her hands on her knees, when she felt Cole's hand on her back.
"You okay?" Cole asked, concern written all over his face. Phoebe could only nod in response, still a little shaken up.
"Why hello." a voice said from behind them. They whirled around, to find someone standing behind them, with a grin on his face. From the cold look on his eyes, they knew he wasn't human. Especially when his eyes turned blood red.
"Scier..."
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Ooh, another cliffy! :-) I'll try not to keep you in suspense for too long this time, anyway. As always, review, and thank u for the ones you dropped my way all ready. I just love 'em. They keep me writing.
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Chapter-6 First Reality Trip
Cole woke up to the pleasant feeling of having his daughter in his arms. When he stirred a little, Kara moved a little, making herself more comfortable. Cole smiled down at her, and tried to get out, but Kara kept wiggling so it made it impossible for him to get away without waking her. He tried to get out one more time, before he would wake her up. This time, he was able to get up and stand, but Kara had kept wiggling in search of him, and she accidentally fell off the bed.
"Oww!" Kara grunted, rubbing her head as she got up from the floor. Cole was struggling to keep his laughter inside, but a very large grin spread across his face as he saw his daughter come up.
"It's not funny! Why didn't you wake me up or something before I fell off the bed?" Kara asked, still feeling a throb on her head.
"Sorry, it's just that I wanted to get up out of the bed while not disturbing you. You, unfortunately, kept trying to find me in your sleep, and well..." Cole trailed off, telling her that she knew what had happened next.
"Yeah, well, wake me up next time. It would be a whole lot better than waking up with a bump on your head." Kara grumbled. She massaged the spot one more time, than looked up at Cole.
"Oh, well. You want me to make breakfast?" Kara asked.
"Oh, no you don't. I am not going to let you cook. I'm going to make breakfast, and you," Cole said, pointing at her playfully, "are going to relax, and wait. I'll give you some orange juice while you wait."
"All right." Kara said, walking out of the room, and sitting on the couch. Cole was coming from the kitchen, with orange juice in hand, and he gave it to Kara then sitting on the couch next to her.
"Where's breakfast?" Kara asked suspiciously, raising her eyebrow.
"Well, that's the funny thing you see...I kind of burnt it to a crisp." Cole said, remembering the ashes of the food he attempted to make. Kara looked at him for a moment, and then burst out laughing. Cole looked at her, his pride a little hurt, and then burst out laughing as well.
"As funny as that is, I am still a little hungry." Kara stated, after letting her laughter die down.
"Well, I was thinking of getting our breakfast somewhere, like a buffet, or something." Cole suggested.
"Um...sure. Oh, wait. What about you having to take time off?" Kara asked, remembering their situation.
"Oh, that. Well, we can stop off at my office, and then go and have breakfast. It would look better for my story, actually having you there." Cole said, thinking up the plan very quickly.
"Okay, let's go then. Well, after you change, of course." Kara said, looking at his attire. He was wearing boxers only, and Kara imagined what it would've been if he had gone out. Cole looked down as well, and nearly laughed again.
"Hold on." Cole said, blushing. He had almost forgotten that he had changed shortly after Kara had gone to sleep.
"Okay." Kara responded, hiding her smile, as Cole rushed off into his bedroom to change.
Soon, they were walking the hallway to his office to grab a few things, and then they would file for some leave. Cole had changed into some jeans, and a red sweatshirt. A few of his co-workers looked at him strangely for two reasons, one they'd never seen him in anything other than a 3-piece suit, and second, they didn't know who the little girl was walking next to him.
"Mr. Turner." Kathryn said surprised. 'Damn, he looks hot in those jeans,' Kathryn thinks to herself. She notices the little girl next to him and was surprised. He didn't really seemed like the type to hang out with children.
"Who's she?" she questioned.
"Oh, this is my daughter, Kara. Kara, this is Kathryn." Cole said, introducing them.
"Daughter? I wasn't aware that you had a daughter." Kathryn said. 'I'm just getting a lot of surprises today aren't I?'
"Hello." Kara politely greeted Kara. As they shook hands, Kara got a slight glimpse into her feelings, and she smirked inside. 'So, she has a light crush on my dad, does she?' Kara thought. She thought for a few moments, and thought, 'Eck!'
"Hmm? Oh, well, I was just stopping off here to file for a week's leave to spend some time with my daughter." Cole answered, holding Kara's hand.
"Oh, okay. Why don't I just file that for you, and you two can just go now?" Kathryn offered.
"Thanks Kathryn. I'll see you in a week then? Okay, bye." Cole thanked and then gave her one more smile, and then turned to leave.
"You do know that she has a crush on you right?" Kara asked, grinning broadly, looking up at Cole as they exited the building.
"What? No she doesn't, does she?" Cole asked, not believing her.
"She does Cole. I don't blame her though." Kara asked, smiling some more.
"Hey, what does that mean?" Cole asked. His daughter was good at keeping him in the dark. Very good.
"Well, I have the ability to read some emotions to a certain extent. When we shook hands, I kind of felt that from her, so....." Kara answered, not having to finish the sentence.
"Oh." Cole said, not knowing how to respond to that information. They then went to a local place, where they got their breakfast. Afterwards, they went and spent some time with each other, walking, talking a little.
They soon found themselves at the doorstep of the Haliwell manor.
"Uh....Kara? How did we get here? I don't remember heading here," Cole asked confused.
"Well, it mainly has to do with the fact that you're supposed to be here." Kara answered cryptically.
"Right. Sure, let's just go." Cole said, not wanting to make sense of that. He rapped the door with his fist, and stood patiently awaiting them to answer.
"Hey, I'll get that." Cole heard someone call behind the door. He wasn't quite sure who it was, and hoped it was Phoebe. Unfortunately, it wasn't her. As the door opened, his smile fell into a neutral place, as he saw Paige, standing there a little shocked to see him standing in front of their house.
"What do you want?" Paige asked tersely. She was desperately holding back the urge to throw something at him.
"Um...I'm not sure. Kara, would you like to answer that?" Cole asked, turning behind to look at her.
"Well, what we have to talk about, we have to go inside for." Kara answered.
"Okay, Paige? Do you mind if we step inside?" Cole asked.
"I mind you coming in, but not Kara. So come on, I'll call everyone else." Paige stated, her anger towards Cole hinting through. Both father and daughter followed Paige in quietly, just glancing at each other to exchange quick smiles.
"Phoebe! Piper! Kara and Cole are here!" Paige yelled, calling her two older sisters.
"Coming!" Phoebe called from upstairs. Cole's heart got lodged in his throat when he heard her voice. Kara noticed he wasn't breathing much and nudged him in the ribs.
"Cole, breathe, and relax." Kara whispered.
"Oh, sorry." Cole replied apologetically. He blushed slightly, and glanced at Kara. He found her grinning at him for some odd reason. He was about to ask her about this, but just then, Phoebe and Piper came down the stairs.
"Hey Cole, Kara. How have you been?" Phoebe asked, trying to put a mask over her excitement of seeing Cole again. Naturally, she was happy to see Kara, but Cole...that's another story. Kara could feel the happiness waves, literally, coming off of her mom. She hid her smile and regained her composure and looked at both of them.
"Well, since Cole has no idea why we're here, I guess I have to know shouldn't I?" Kara said, discreetly interrupting the two who were staring at each other. Her voice had broken whatever it had been, and Cole and Phoebe gave a mental shrug, as did Cole.
"So, why are you here, not to be rude, Kara?" Piper asked politely of her niece. She felt silly having to act so politely to her own niece, but after all, she was a little higher on the power chain. Scratch that, she was a lot higher on the power chain.
"Oh, it's nothing really. I sort of guided Cole, indiscreetly, to the manor, because I had to train him and Phoebe to open a rip between dimensions." Kara calmly said, as though it was nothing out of the ordinary. Phoebe and her sisters were staring at Kara with their mouths gaping open. Cole just stood off, sort of to the side, thinking solemnly.
"So, when are we going to start?" Cole asked quietly. Cole's question had shook everyone back to the present and they blushed, trying to cover their astonishment.
"Well, we have to start right away, unless you want Scier to make that gate come very painfully out of your eye." Kara said, speaking to Cole.
"Oh, well, we wouldn't want that to happen." Paige muttered sarcastically. Kara shot her a glance that made Paige regret saying it out loud.
"So, do we have to go anywhere special?" Phoebe asked, remembering where they had to go for their first physical training lesson a year ago.
"Well, actually no. If the situation were different, then I would take you back to the meadow, but since we're running short on time, we'll have to do it here, or at Cole's penthouse. If you don't mind, I'd rather do it at Cole's penthouse." Kara said.
"Oh, okay. Should Piper and Paige come along?" Phoebe asked, stepping closer to Cole.
"Um...sure, why not." Kara answered. They then transported to Cole's penthouse via their own way. Paige with Piper, Kara on her own, and Cole and Phoebe, to Piper's and Paige's displeasure, and Kara's amusement.
"So, what are we going to do?" Phoebe asked, when they all arrived at Cole's penthouse.
"Well, I'm going to show you how to create a rip between the different alternate realities that you'll need to get to in order to stop Scier." Kara answered her mother, in a neutral voice.
"Wait, didn't we already learn this?" Cole asked, as he remembered in the field about something of ripping a hole in two dimensions.
"Well, I taught you something similar to it. I taught you to open a dimensional gate, not a reality gate." Kara answered.
"What's the difference?" Piper asked, not seeing there was one.
"Well, a dimension is completely separate from a reality. The line between this dimension and another is very distinct while with a reality it's a little blurred. The other reality can be so similar to this one, it's hard to differentiate the two." Kara explained as her family intensely listened to her. They all got the feeling that they would need this very soon.
"Now Cole, I want you to first try it." Kara started, but Cole interrupted.
"Sorry Kara, but I want to know something. Why can't we go to that meadow?" Cole asked. He really wanted to revisit that place, because it gave him such a feeling of peace.
"Well, the meadow gives you a boost of magic, and I want you and Phoebe to be able to do this of your own accord." Kara said, looking up at her father apologetically.
"Oh, I see. Okay, then I understand." Cole said, sincerely. Kara flashed him a smile before she continued. "Okay, just try to remember how to rip a hole to another dimension. Only this time, try to rip a hole into this dimension. As you do, you should be sensing slight differences in the air, which are the other dimensions. Try to rip into one of those, and I'll check how you did." Kara said, guiding him through what to do. Cole did as Kara said, and he was concentrating deeply on his surroundings. He detected slight differences in the air, and prodded a few of them. He then decided to rip into one in particular for no apparent reason. When he tried, it took a great deal more effort than he remembered. Suddenly, something Kara had said came to the surface of his mind.
"*The meadow gives you an extra boost of magic*" Kara had said.
He grimaced at that, because everything else would be harder to do as well. 'Except for summoning demons, because you've been doing that for a while now' a voice said, giving him a little bit of reassurance. Cole then refocused all of his thoughts on the rip, and forced it open. Soon enough, there was crackling through the air, and a rip appeared in front of him. By now, he was sweating furiously, but he wouldn't leave a job halfway done, so he continued on.
"Cole, that's enough. It'll remain open for a few seconds, so hold on." Kara said, placing a hand on his arm, giving him a physical signal to stop. She then calmly walked to the rip, and poked her head inside, as though it was like sticking your head in the refrigerator. Phoebe and the rest were staring in shock, amazement, and worry. Kara then promptly pulled her head back out, smiling.
"Very good Cole. Did you bother to use your vision to look into which reality you were opening?" Kara asked, a little amused. Cole was observing her face wondering why she was acting amused. The thought hadn't even occurred to him to use his sight. He was a little embarrassed that he would forget that.
"Um...I kind of forgot I could do that, so no. Why? What was in there?" Cole asked curiously. "Oh, nothing, nothing." Kara responded innocently. Cole thought her response sounded too innocent, so he knew she was lying.
"So, now what are we going to do?" Paige asked, going over what she had just seen.
"Well, Cole and Phoebe will have to travel to the reality where Scier went and fix what ever is wrong with it. I'll send you to the right point in time that he had screwed up, and you," Kara said, indicating Cole, "will put yourselves in the right place. In other words, you provide the place, I provide the time." Kara said smugly. 'At least that part is done' Kara thought to herself.
"Okay, uh, I'm guessing here that Phoebe will know what's wrong if we get to a point before I was there." Cole said, turning to Phoebe.
"Well, of course, it is my life." Phoebe said, rolling her eyes at him.
"All right, so let's get to it!" Kara said, clapping her hands together enthusiastically. Kara connected herself to Cole briefly. He looked concerned at first, but Kara reassured him, and he relaxed. She already knew where Scier was, and when, so she told Cole via their link. Cole nodded, showing that he knew where to go. He used his sight, and shifted through the different realities. He found the correct one, and opened his eyes.
"Okay." Cole simply said. Then he concentrated and began to make another rift. Kara stopped him though, and he looked at her questioningly.
"Uh, there's one thing I forgot to tell you Cole. You'll only have a few of your powers. Those would be, energy balls, blurring, pausing time, and transmogrification. Those will be the four physical powers that you'll be able to use, not counting any telekinetic powers you have." Kara said, informing him of his restrictions.
"Oh thanks for telling me." Cole said, slightly annoyed. He then went back to creating a rift and after a few moments of deep and hard concentration, he created a rip.
"C'mon Phoebe, it's not going to stay open for long." Cole informed, feeling it begin to collapse.
"Okay." Phoebe said, following him. She quickly took his hand and followed him in. As she entered the rift, she felt like she was being ripped apart from the inside. The only thing she could really feel was Cole's hand. She was glad that she had taken hold of his hand before she entered. When she emerged, she took a huge gasp of air, and tried to get oxygen to her lungs. She was crouched down, resting her hands on her knees, when she felt Cole's hand on her back.
"You okay?" Cole asked, concern written all over his face. Phoebe could only nod in response, still a little shaken up.
"Why hello." a voice said from behind them. They whirled around, to find someone standing behind them, with a grin on his face. From the cold look on his eyes, they knew he wasn't human. Especially when his eyes turned blood red.
"Scier..."
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Ooh, another cliffy! :-) I'll try not to keep you in suspense for too long this time, anyway. As always, review, and thank u for the ones you dropped my way all ready. I just love 'em. They keep me writing.