The Wrong Kind of Hero
Disclaimer: I do not own the Charmed characters… this story is for entertainment only.
Chapter 4: You Are Okay Now
"Piper?" Cole said softly. He was in shock. Piper Halliwell was the beautiful brunette? How did that guy manage to attack Piper Halliwell? She was a powerful witch, not a regular girl. Why didn't she just freeze him? Or yell for Leo? "The drugs," Cole said out loud. They must have messed up her abilities.
"Piper, can you hear me? It's Cole Turner. Piper you are okay now. " Cole took the coat he had used to clean her face up, and draped it around her naked upper half. He felt rage boiling inside as he saw her arms were scrapped up like her face. The Halliwells had meant a lot to him at one time, and it tugged at places he thought were dead in his heart to see Piper hurting.
Cole felt anger towards himself. He wasn't thinking straight in the bar. He should have known that guy was slipping drugs in her drink a lot faster; he could have stopped all of this from happening.
Cole sat down on the cold ground and gathered Piper in his arms. He pressed her close to him. "Piper, can you hear me? Wake up Piper."
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Piper felt herself waking up, she could feel strong arms wrapped around her. Her first thought was if she was okay now? Was Todd gone? What about that demon? She heard a voice that sounded like it was far away. "Wake up Piper."
"Leo?" she mumbled. She opened her eyes slowly. Everything was swimming in a fuzzy haze, her right eye hurt so badly she had to shut it again.
She looked out through her left eye. The man holding her was fuzzy, but she could make out dark hair. 'Not Leo,' she thought. 'The demon? But I don't feel afraid of him, if it was the demon I would be afraid.'
Cole watched Piper wake up. Her right eye was swollen, and she had to close it right away. He could tell she was confused and didn't recognize him.
"Piper, It's Cole. I have you now. The guy is gone Piper, your okay. I need you to call for Leo. That guy scratched you up pretty good Piper." Cole told her.
"Leo's gone. I can't call for him," Piper said, but it came out sounding like a bunch of moans, her tongue numbed from whatever Todd had slipped in her drink. Piper started crying again, this time from relief.
"Ssh, it's okay Piper. Nothing can happen now. We need to get you help, and if you can't call for Leo, I'll get you to your sisters, they can," he said, although he didn't want to go to the manor. He was hoping Piper could call Leo to them. Cole didn't want to see Phoebe, but getting Piper help was more important. He felt a strange and overwhelming need to protect her.
"Come on," he said as he stood up, holding Piper tight to his chest. He quickly shimmered them out of the dark alley.