Chapter-10 The Transference
The manor was silent as the two Coles, Phoebe, and AR Piper and Leo tried to come up with a way to free Phoebe. They'd all agreed on separating her from the Source, no matter the risk. Now the only problem was how they were actually going to do it.
AR Cole visited Phoebe who was trapped by the Source to make sure she was all right, and that he was still contained. No one had any luck on finding a way to destroy him without certain death for Phoebe. Cole and Phoebe had switched places, because Cole was starting to tire from keeping the force field up. This is how he found them. One Phoebe, sitting comfortably, watching the other Phoebe warily, sitting on the floor. If the situation weren't so desperate, he would have laughed. Any humor that had made its way to the surface in AR Cole's mind quickly dissipated when he saw the cold look in his Phoebe's eyes. It froze his blood cold, even though he was already dead. To see such coldness in Phoebe's eyes tore at his heart like a ravenous bird. It hurt him more than the Source could ever do, by just simply looking at him with Phoebe's eyes. 'Dammit. If he weren't in her body, I'd definitely wipe that smirk off his face' AR Cole thought furiously. The other Phoebe looked up at him, as he sat down next to her, watching the Source calmly sit in front of them, knowing that he wouldn't hurt him as long as he was in Phoebe's body.
"Are you okay?" Phoebe asked. She had startled him and he looked up at her in surprise.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you. It's just that this is all very weird to me, and this must be really hard on you," Phoebe apologized.
"Yeah. It's really hard to accept the fact there's one of you in there," Cole said, pointing at the Phoebe in the field, "and one out here talking to me," he said, indicating her.
Phoebe laughed at this. AR Cole looked up at her to see what was so funny. She waved her hand at him, trying to apologize to him while getting her quiet laughter under control.
"I'm sorry, it's just that you make this sound like I do this all the time," Phoebe said, being able to get her laughter under control.
"Well don't you?" Cole asked. From the way they were reacting, it seemed as though they went through this everyday.
"Oh God no! If we did, I'd be insane from going from reality to reality. You see, this is the first time I've done this, along with Cole," Phoebe explained to AR Cole. Up until now, neither of the two had really explained to any of them why they were here. They were just told to trust them from up 'there'.
"Ah I see. So I suppose that you're feeling just as lost and helpless as I am?" AR Cole asked, looking into this Phoebe's eyes. He could see that she was different from the Phoebe that he knew. This one had seen a lot and survived a lot. She seems to have grown more, and gained more experience.
"You're from the future aren't you?" AR Cole asked out of the blue. She seemed shocked at first, and then relaxed. She formed a smile, as she looked him over. She simply nodded.
"Even though I don't have a connection with you, I seem to be able to read your emotions easily," Phoebe commented, being able to see what he feels through his eyes.
Cole smiled at him, and Phoebe felt herself falling in love with him all over again. This Cole was before all the craziness, before the Source. She remembered being in his arms, and how safe she felt with him. She realized something. She missed that.
AR Cole glanced at his Phoebe, who was still trapped by the Source. How he wished he could just rip him out, and save his Phoebe. The Source looked up at him, and gave him a cold smile. It sent shivers down his spine, just seeing his sweet Phoebe like this. If he weren't a Whitelighter now, he'd give himself up for the vessel. Than an idea struck him.
"Phoebe, is your Cole still a demon?" AR Cole asked the Phoebe who was keeping up the shield.
"Um, technically no. He's really just a human with demonic powers. A lot of demonic powers," Phoebe answered, remembering how many powers he actually had. Especially now that he had the gate.
"Well, I was thinking that maybe your Cole can become the vessel, and then we'd be able to get the Source out of him more easily. But since he's a human...Well, my idea's been shot to hell," AR Cole said, going back into a thinking state.
"So, anyone come up with any ideas?" Cole asked, coming into the living room. AR Leo and Piper followed behind him.
"Nope, not at the moment. Cole here thought of using you as the vessel, but since you're human..." Phoebe explained, not having to finish.
"Yeah, this is one of those times where being a demon would actually come in handy," Cole said, agreeing with his counter part.
"Why don't we just summon a demon?" AR Piper asked. It seemed that they needed another demon to become the Source, so why not just summon one?
"Well, that's because they have to be as powerful as Phoebe here, or the old Source. And if I'm right, I think you had all ready vanquished all of them," Cole explained. AR Piper bent her head down, in dismay. Suddenly, Cole's head snapped up in realization.
"Wait, did you by any chance kill a demon named Kurzon here?" Cole asked.
"Kurzon? Who's Kurzon?" AR Leo asked.
"Kurzon? You mean that demon we vanquished who was like the Source?" Phoebe asked, remembering him well.
"Yeah, I mean he wants to be the Source, and once he is, we can vanquish him," Cole suggested, hope gleaming through his eyes.
"But what about Phoebe? Will she be hurt from the transfer?" AR Cole asked worriedly.
"Um, there's the problem. She might be seriously hurt because she's human, even though she is a witch. And I don't know if Leo will be able to heal her right away because of the residue of evil inside her," Cole explained, examining their situation.
"Well, I'm willing to take that chance, and I think everyone here is willing to do the same," AR Cole said.
The Source, who'd been listening to everything, had become increasingly angry. His eyes widened as he realized that they were planning on transferring his power into one of his enemies.
"What?! You can't transfer me to Kurzon! I won't allow it!" the Source yelled in rage, standing up.
"Well, from where we are, it doesn't look like you have a choice buddy," Piper said sarcastically, sneering at the Source in her sister's body.
"Where's Kurzon though?" AR Piper asked, suddenly realizing that they had no idea where he was.
"Oh, he's in another dimension, banned by the Source here," Cole answered, pointing at the Source.
"Yes, and you won't be getting anywhere near him," the Source spat.
"There, you're wrong. I'm much more powerful than that is necessary to get Kurzon here. We're holding you here aren't we?" Cole answered smugly, seeing no complications in the plan.
"I'll be right back with Kurzon," Cole said, before blurring to the other reality.
They only had to wait about 10 minutes when Cole returned, dragging a demon in a black leather coat.
"Get off me! How dare you do to this to me! Who are you anyway?!" Kurzon yelled at Cole who was ignoring him. When Cole dropped him, he got up and saw the scene around him. He saw the Source being held by someone who looked exactly like her, a witch, a Whitelighter, and two Belthazars.
On the sight of two Belthazars, the witches and the Source, he tried to escape, but was knocked back by some kind of force field.
"What the Hell?" Kurzon said in confusion. When he looked at the group to see who had done this, he saw that one of the two Belthazars had his hand raised at him, and he saw that he was the one responsible for the field.
"What do you want?" Kurzon asked, a little afraid.
"Well, the question is, what do you want?" Cole said, keeping the field up, while calmly talking to him. Kurzon looked at him curiously, intrigued by the clear offer by Belthazar.
"What are you talking about Belthazar?" Kurzon asked cautiously.
"Ah, ah, ah," Cole answered, wagging his finger at Kurzon. "Belthazar is dead. I'm called Cole now. And to answer your question, you want to become the Source, am I correct in my assumption?" Cole asked, putting on his lawyer face. He is one of the most successful lawyers at Jack, McCarter, and Kline.
"Yes, I do. Am I supposed to believe that you, a traitor, is going to make me the Source?" Kurzon asked suspiciously, looking from Cole to the Source trapped by the other witch.
"Yes," Cole answered simply. He added, "besides, if I wanted to vanquish you, I could've done so in that shack where you were. If you may recall, you were nearly begging me to spare you."
Kurzon considered this for a few minutes. His greed for the Source's power soon overcome any caution.
"Fine, I'll take you up on your offer," Kurzon said, accepting it.
"Excellent! Now we need you to get next to the Source if you shall," Cole said, directing Kurzon. Kurzon complied, though looking at the witches and the two Coles cautiously.
Cole than stepped to the Source/Phoebe, and grabbed her roughly by the arm, easily breaking through Phoebe's shield. He took hold of Kurzons arm, and chanted a bit in an ancient and dead language, calling the Source through Cole, into Kurzon. Cole could feel the evil passing through Phoebe into him, then into Kurzon. Kurzon rose a few feet into the air, and his head rolled backward, and his mouth opened up in a silent scream. On the other side of Cole, Phoebe collapsed, with many cuts, bruises, and open wounds all over her body, left by the Source. 'I suppose the Source's parting gift' Cole thought bitterly, knowing that this would happen.
Leo rushed to Phoebe's side, trying to heal her. As he held his hands over her, the warm glow just wouldn't appear.
"Leo, why isn't it working?" AR Piper asked desperately, looking at her baby sister in fear and despair.
"I think what Cole feared is coming true. There is still some evil in her that is preventing me to heal her," Leo answered, his own despair leaking through his voice.
Cole's anger and rage at being unable to help her grew so much. He turned to Kurzon who had settled onto the floor again was looking very smug.
"Well, we did that. I didn't promise you that I wouldn't kill you afterwards," Cole said through gritted teeth. He threw a rather large energy ball at Kurzon before he could do as so much as blink. He turned back to Phoebe, and his eyes softened considerably.
"Leo, please..." Piper begged. She couldn't bear to lose another sister. Not after Prue and Paige.
"Kurzon is dead, and now only time will tell what will happen to Phoebe," Cole said hiding all emotion from everybody. That is, of course, except for Phoebe. She glanced at him, her eyes filled with tears, and worry. Cole looked at AR Phoebe, and a single tear fell down his face. 'How can life be so cruel to us?' he thought to himself. He watched as AR Cole gathered AR Phoebe into his arms, and weep silently into her hair. Cole looked on in horror, hoping to anyone who could hear him that her light will shine again, and erase all the evil that was within her.
The manor was silent as the two Coles, Phoebe, and AR Piper and Leo tried to come up with a way to free Phoebe. They'd all agreed on separating her from the Source, no matter the risk. Now the only problem was how they were actually going to do it.
AR Cole visited Phoebe who was trapped by the Source to make sure she was all right, and that he was still contained. No one had any luck on finding a way to destroy him without certain death for Phoebe. Cole and Phoebe had switched places, because Cole was starting to tire from keeping the force field up. This is how he found them. One Phoebe, sitting comfortably, watching the other Phoebe warily, sitting on the floor. If the situation weren't so desperate, he would have laughed. Any humor that had made its way to the surface in AR Cole's mind quickly dissipated when he saw the cold look in his Phoebe's eyes. It froze his blood cold, even though he was already dead. To see such coldness in Phoebe's eyes tore at his heart like a ravenous bird. It hurt him more than the Source could ever do, by just simply looking at him with Phoebe's eyes. 'Dammit. If he weren't in her body, I'd definitely wipe that smirk off his face' AR Cole thought furiously. The other Phoebe looked up at him, as he sat down next to her, watching the Source calmly sit in front of them, knowing that he wouldn't hurt him as long as he was in Phoebe's body.
"Are you okay?" Phoebe asked. She had startled him and he looked up at her in surprise.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you. It's just that this is all very weird to me, and this must be really hard on you," Phoebe apologized.
"Yeah. It's really hard to accept the fact there's one of you in there," Cole said, pointing at the Phoebe in the field, "and one out here talking to me," he said, indicating her.
Phoebe laughed at this. AR Cole looked up at her to see what was so funny. She waved her hand at him, trying to apologize to him while getting her quiet laughter under control.
"I'm sorry, it's just that you make this sound like I do this all the time," Phoebe said, being able to get her laughter under control.
"Well don't you?" Cole asked. From the way they were reacting, it seemed as though they went through this everyday.
"Oh God no! If we did, I'd be insane from going from reality to reality. You see, this is the first time I've done this, along with Cole," Phoebe explained to AR Cole. Up until now, neither of the two had really explained to any of them why they were here. They were just told to trust them from up 'there'.
"Ah I see. So I suppose that you're feeling just as lost and helpless as I am?" AR Cole asked, looking into this Phoebe's eyes. He could see that she was different from the Phoebe that he knew. This one had seen a lot and survived a lot. She seems to have grown more, and gained more experience.
"You're from the future aren't you?" AR Cole asked out of the blue. She seemed shocked at first, and then relaxed. She formed a smile, as she looked him over. She simply nodded.
"Even though I don't have a connection with you, I seem to be able to read your emotions easily," Phoebe commented, being able to see what he feels through his eyes.
Cole smiled at him, and Phoebe felt herself falling in love with him all over again. This Cole was before all the craziness, before the Source. She remembered being in his arms, and how safe she felt with him. She realized something. She missed that.
AR Cole glanced at his Phoebe, who was still trapped by the Source. How he wished he could just rip him out, and save his Phoebe. The Source looked up at him, and gave him a cold smile. It sent shivers down his spine, just seeing his sweet Phoebe like this. If he weren't a Whitelighter now, he'd give himself up for the vessel. Than an idea struck him.
"Phoebe, is your Cole still a demon?" AR Cole asked the Phoebe who was keeping up the shield.
"Um, technically no. He's really just a human with demonic powers. A lot of demonic powers," Phoebe answered, remembering how many powers he actually had. Especially now that he had the gate.
"Well, I was thinking that maybe your Cole can become the vessel, and then we'd be able to get the Source out of him more easily. But since he's a human...Well, my idea's been shot to hell," AR Cole said, going back into a thinking state.
"So, anyone come up with any ideas?" Cole asked, coming into the living room. AR Leo and Piper followed behind him.
"Nope, not at the moment. Cole here thought of using you as the vessel, but since you're human..." Phoebe explained, not having to finish.
"Yeah, this is one of those times where being a demon would actually come in handy," Cole said, agreeing with his counter part.
"Why don't we just summon a demon?" AR Piper asked. It seemed that they needed another demon to become the Source, so why not just summon one?
"Well, that's because they have to be as powerful as Phoebe here, or the old Source. And if I'm right, I think you had all ready vanquished all of them," Cole explained. AR Piper bent her head down, in dismay. Suddenly, Cole's head snapped up in realization.
"Wait, did you by any chance kill a demon named Kurzon here?" Cole asked.
"Kurzon? Who's Kurzon?" AR Leo asked.
"Kurzon? You mean that demon we vanquished who was like the Source?" Phoebe asked, remembering him well.
"Yeah, I mean he wants to be the Source, and once he is, we can vanquish him," Cole suggested, hope gleaming through his eyes.
"But what about Phoebe? Will she be hurt from the transfer?" AR Cole asked worriedly.
"Um, there's the problem. She might be seriously hurt because she's human, even though she is a witch. And I don't know if Leo will be able to heal her right away because of the residue of evil inside her," Cole explained, examining their situation.
"Well, I'm willing to take that chance, and I think everyone here is willing to do the same," AR Cole said.
The Source, who'd been listening to everything, had become increasingly angry. His eyes widened as he realized that they were planning on transferring his power into one of his enemies.
"What?! You can't transfer me to Kurzon! I won't allow it!" the Source yelled in rage, standing up.
"Well, from where we are, it doesn't look like you have a choice buddy," Piper said sarcastically, sneering at the Source in her sister's body.
"Where's Kurzon though?" AR Piper asked, suddenly realizing that they had no idea where he was.
"Oh, he's in another dimension, banned by the Source here," Cole answered, pointing at the Source.
"Yes, and you won't be getting anywhere near him," the Source spat.
"There, you're wrong. I'm much more powerful than that is necessary to get Kurzon here. We're holding you here aren't we?" Cole answered smugly, seeing no complications in the plan.
"I'll be right back with Kurzon," Cole said, before blurring to the other reality.
They only had to wait about 10 minutes when Cole returned, dragging a demon in a black leather coat.
"Get off me! How dare you do to this to me! Who are you anyway?!" Kurzon yelled at Cole who was ignoring him. When Cole dropped him, he got up and saw the scene around him. He saw the Source being held by someone who looked exactly like her, a witch, a Whitelighter, and two Belthazars.
On the sight of two Belthazars, the witches and the Source, he tried to escape, but was knocked back by some kind of force field.
"What the Hell?" Kurzon said in confusion. When he looked at the group to see who had done this, he saw that one of the two Belthazars had his hand raised at him, and he saw that he was the one responsible for the field.
"What do you want?" Kurzon asked, a little afraid.
"Well, the question is, what do you want?" Cole said, keeping the field up, while calmly talking to him. Kurzon looked at him curiously, intrigued by the clear offer by Belthazar.
"What are you talking about Belthazar?" Kurzon asked cautiously.
"Ah, ah, ah," Cole answered, wagging his finger at Kurzon. "Belthazar is dead. I'm called Cole now. And to answer your question, you want to become the Source, am I correct in my assumption?" Cole asked, putting on his lawyer face. He is one of the most successful lawyers at Jack, McCarter, and Kline.
"Yes, I do. Am I supposed to believe that you, a traitor, is going to make me the Source?" Kurzon asked suspiciously, looking from Cole to the Source trapped by the other witch.
"Yes," Cole answered simply. He added, "besides, if I wanted to vanquish you, I could've done so in that shack where you were. If you may recall, you were nearly begging me to spare you."
Kurzon considered this for a few minutes. His greed for the Source's power soon overcome any caution.
"Fine, I'll take you up on your offer," Kurzon said, accepting it.
"Excellent! Now we need you to get next to the Source if you shall," Cole said, directing Kurzon. Kurzon complied, though looking at the witches and the two Coles cautiously.
Cole than stepped to the Source/Phoebe, and grabbed her roughly by the arm, easily breaking through Phoebe's shield. He took hold of Kurzons arm, and chanted a bit in an ancient and dead language, calling the Source through Cole, into Kurzon. Cole could feel the evil passing through Phoebe into him, then into Kurzon. Kurzon rose a few feet into the air, and his head rolled backward, and his mouth opened up in a silent scream. On the other side of Cole, Phoebe collapsed, with many cuts, bruises, and open wounds all over her body, left by the Source. 'I suppose the Source's parting gift' Cole thought bitterly, knowing that this would happen.
Leo rushed to Phoebe's side, trying to heal her. As he held his hands over her, the warm glow just wouldn't appear.
"Leo, why isn't it working?" AR Piper asked desperately, looking at her baby sister in fear and despair.
"I think what Cole feared is coming true. There is still some evil in her that is preventing me to heal her," Leo answered, his own despair leaking through his voice.
Cole's anger and rage at being unable to help her grew so much. He turned to Kurzon who had settled onto the floor again was looking very smug.
"Well, we did that. I didn't promise you that I wouldn't kill you afterwards," Cole said through gritted teeth. He threw a rather large energy ball at Kurzon before he could do as so much as blink. He turned back to Phoebe, and his eyes softened considerably.
"Leo, please..." Piper begged. She couldn't bear to lose another sister. Not after Prue and Paige.
"Kurzon is dead, and now only time will tell what will happen to Phoebe," Cole said hiding all emotion from everybody. That is, of course, except for Phoebe. She glanced at him, her eyes filled with tears, and worry. Cole looked at AR Phoebe, and a single tear fell down his face. 'How can life be so cruel to us?' he thought to himself. He watched as AR Cole gathered AR Phoebe into his arms, and weep silently into her hair. Cole looked on in horror, hoping to anyone who could hear him that her light will shine again, and erase all the evil that was within her.