Chapter 42 - "I don't know."
"Cole?"
Cole couldn't move, and he wasn't even frozen.
"Cole!" Piper didn't know why he wasn't responding, so she blew up a rail on the steps of the court house. "Fine." Piper misted out, and Cole snapped out of it.
"Piper?" Something had stopped him from speaking before and now he was confused.
"Hey Mr Turner, are you okay?" The opposition placed his hand on Cole's shoulder. "You should be, you won..." His attention now turned to the mangled rail. "Woah, what the hell happened there?"
"I don't know." Cole looked kinda dazed and just walked away.
"Yeah, goodbye to you too." The man shook his head and left, after taking another glance at the rail.
(Leo's place) "What's wrong Piper?"
"Cole. He ran into me and he wouldn't talk to me."
"Well that's strange. You'd think he's want to say something, anything. You think he'll tell Phoebe he ran into you?"
"I don't know."
(Halliwell home) Paige and James were still outside talking things over. The moon and stars had just come out.
"Oh look at the stars." Paige stood up and looked upwards while twirling around in a circle and then sat back down.
That amused James. "Yeah, they're beaut. Gosh, we've been talking for ages." He gave Paige a one cornered smile.
"We haven't really gotten anywhere." Paige looked sincerely into his eyes. I don't mind though
"Doesn't matter, we've got all night."
(Inside) The conversation inside between the remaining three had turned away from the premo-dream and towards the two missing in action. The phone started ringing and Phoebe jumped up to get it.
"Hello?"
"Phoebe, it's me. How come you weren't at my apartment?"
Prue whispered loudly to her sister, "Who is it?"
Phoebe answered Prue's question by saying his name and carrying on with her answer. "Cole, sorry I wasn't there or left a note for you. I just had to talk to Prue and Bane about something."
"Oh yeah, like what?"
"Umm, just supernatural stuff. You know how it is." Phoebe was trying really hard not to tell him about what happened in her vision.
"Actually I don't. ..Sorry I don't want to sound rude. I'm just.."
"Just?"
"Needing to talk to you, can I come over?"
"Of course you can." Oh no, dammit
"Thanks. I'll be right over." Cole hung up the phone.
Phoebe put the receiver down and turned back towards the couple on the couch. "I never thought I would say this but, I hope Piper doesn't show up tonight."
"Don't you want her back?" Bane spoke at the same time that Prue said, "What makes you say that?"
"Um, well Cole is coming over. He needs to talk about something. Yes I do want Piper back, I just don't..want Cole to have to 'leave'."
"Ohh Phoebe, it'll be okay." Prue put her hand on her sister's shoulder. But in a way, what she said was also to convince herself.
(Time lapse) "Pipers not here is she?" A gasping Cole asked.
"No, she's not. Was she chasing you?" Bane furrowed his brow and looked at the man standing opposite him.
"No. I just, I ran over here."
"You ran. Hitting the gym next are you?" Prue thought Cole wasn't that desperate to get to their place quickly.
Cole shook his head and Phoebe sat him down. "I think I saw Piper today. Yeah I did see her, I ran into her."
"Piper." Prue was happy to hear that her sister was still around in these parts of the country and not stalking round in the Underworld. "And what happened?"
"I'm not sure. I guess I kind of froze."
"She froze you?" Phoebe grabbed his hand and questioned him with her gaze.
"Well no. She said my name..and..she blew up the railing on the steps of the building I had come out of."
Hearing that, Phoebe pulled her hand away from his and put both her hands on top of her head, she had to take a deep breath.
"Phoebe, what's the matter?"
"I don't know." She took another breath and then had to face the facts she had. "Actually I sort of do know. The real reason I had to go see bane and Prue was because I had to figure out this vision type thing I had in my dream. A vision of you."
"You had a premonition about me?"
"I can't tell if it was a dream or a premonition. And that's what scares me because I need to know. I can't lose you."
Cole raised his hands, palms up, and then slapped them down on his knees. "How will that end up in you losing me?"
"Because..."
Prue knew Phoebe couldn't say it so she filled in the gap for her, "Because you get killed in the dream - by Piper."
"Oh, is that all." He didn't want to be scared, so he quipped instead.
Paige had been listening in on the recent comments in the conversation, since James had gone to the bathroom. "Did this all happen today?"
The four already in the room jumped.
"Yes." Bane confirmed.
"You don't think all of us coming together now means that Piper will be here tonight does it? Because I'm not really intent on having any of us killed by our own sister."
"Pipers no killer." James was back and took his best friend's side automatically.
"Of course you would say that, you've been..."
Phoebe whispered to her boyfriend, "Cole, don't."
Paige looked down to the floor when being reminded of what she had been yelled at earlier that night.
(Outside) "How good is this? I didn't even need to do anything to Turner to get him to take a side."
"Divide and conquer sir?"
"Indeed."
Taij was smiling at his boss as he was thinking all of this through. "So how will the these two guys getting irritated by each other's happenings get Piper to sway?"
"You do the math."
Taij nodded, but didn't let up that he still wasn't sure. Even with his psionic powers, he couldn't tap into what Jasper was thinking.
"Cole?"
Cole couldn't move, and he wasn't even frozen.
"Cole!" Piper didn't know why he wasn't responding, so she blew up a rail on the steps of the court house. "Fine." Piper misted out, and Cole snapped out of it.
"Piper?" Something had stopped him from speaking before and now he was confused.
"Hey Mr Turner, are you okay?" The opposition placed his hand on Cole's shoulder. "You should be, you won..." His attention now turned to the mangled rail. "Woah, what the hell happened there?"
"I don't know." Cole looked kinda dazed and just walked away.
"Yeah, goodbye to you too." The man shook his head and left, after taking another glance at the rail.
(Leo's place) "What's wrong Piper?"
"Cole. He ran into me and he wouldn't talk to me."
"Well that's strange. You'd think he's want to say something, anything. You think he'll tell Phoebe he ran into you?"
"I don't know."
(Halliwell home) Paige and James were still outside talking things over. The moon and stars had just come out.
"Oh look at the stars." Paige stood up and looked upwards while twirling around in a circle and then sat back down.
That amused James. "Yeah, they're beaut. Gosh, we've been talking for ages." He gave Paige a one cornered smile.
"We haven't really gotten anywhere." Paige looked sincerely into his eyes. I don't mind though
"Doesn't matter, we've got all night."
(Inside) The conversation inside between the remaining three had turned away from the premo-dream and towards the two missing in action. The phone started ringing and Phoebe jumped up to get it.
"Hello?"
"Phoebe, it's me. How come you weren't at my apartment?"
Prue whispered loudly to her sister, "Who is it?"
Phoebe answered Prue's question by saying his name and carrying on with her answer. "Cole, sorry I wasn't there or left a note for you. I just had to talk to Prue and Bane about something."
"Oh yeah, like what?"
"Umm, just supernatural stuff. You know how it is." Phoebe was trying really hard not to tell him about what happened in her vision.
"Actually I don't. ..Sorry I don't want to sound rude. I'm just.."
"Just?"
"Needing to talk to you, can I come over?"
"Of course you can." Oh no, dammit
"Thanks. I'll be right over." Cole hung up the phone.
Phoebe put the receiver down and turned back towards the couple on the couch. "I never thought I would say this but, I hope Piper doesn't show up tonight."
"Don't you want her back?" Bane spoke at the same time that Prue said, "What makes you say that?"
"Um, well Cole is coming over. He needs to talk about something. Yes I do want Piper back, I just don't..want Cole to have to 'leave'."
"Ohh Phoebe, it'll be okay." Prue put her hand on her sister's shoulder. But in a way, what she said was also to convince herself.
(Time lapse) "Pipers not here is she?" A gasping Cole asked.
"No, she's not. Was she chasing you?" Bane furrowed his brow and looked at the man standing opposite him.
"No. I just, I ran over here."
"You ran. Hitting the gym next are you?" Prue thought Cole wasn't that desperate to get to their place quickly.
Cole shook his head and Phoebe sat him down. "I think I saw Piper today. Yeah I did see her, I ran into her."
"Piper." Prue was happy to hear that her sister was still around in these parts of the country and not stalking round in the Underworld. "And what happened?"
"I'm not sure. I guess I kind of froze."
"She froze you?" Phoebe grabbed his hand and questioned him with her gaze.
"Well no. She said my name..and..she blew up the railing on the steps of the building I had come out of."
Hearing that, Phoebe pulled her hand away from his and put both her hands on top of her head, she had to take a deep breath.
"Phoebe, what's the matter?"
"I don't know." She took another breath and then had to face the facts she had. "Actually I sort of do know. The real reason I had to go see bane and Prue was because I had to figure out this vision type thing I had in my dream. A vision of you."
"You had a premonition about me?"
"I can't tell if it was a dream or a premonition. And that's what scares me because I need to know. I can't lose you."
Cole raised his hands, palms up, and then slapped them down on his knees. "How will that end up in you losing me?"
"Because..."
Prue knew Phoebe couldn't say it so she filled in the gap for her, "Because you get killed in the dream - by Piper."
"Oh, is that all." He didn't want to be scared, so he quipped instead.
Paige had been listening in on the recent comments in the conversation, since James had gone to the bathroom. "Did this all happen today?"
The four already in the room jumped.
"Yes." Bane confirmed.
"You don't think all of us coming together now means that Piper will be here tonight does it? Because I'm not really intent on having any of us killed by our own sister."
"Pipers no killer." James was back and took his best friend's side automatically.
"Of course you would say that, you've been..."
Phoebe whispered to her boyfriend, "Cole, don't."
Paige looked down to the floor when being reminded of what she had been yelled at earlier that night.
(Outside) "How good is this? I didn't even need to do anything to Turner to get him to take a side."
"Divide and conquer sir?"
"Indeed."
Taij was smiling at his boss as he was thinking all of this through. "So how will the these two guys getting irritated by each other's happenings get Piper to sway?"
"You do the math."
Taij nodded, but didn't let up that he still wasn't sure. Even with his psionic powers, he couldn't tap into what Jasper was thinking.