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Chapter 10
"Confrontations."

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Paige hurried up next to the cage and asked: "What happened?"
"Brad..." Was all that Cole could manage to say before screaming in pain and turning into Belthazor.
"Bastard." Piper muttered, talking about Brad.
Cole came back to him and looked in Paige's eyes and sadly said: "The things he said... It was so horrible."
Paige noticed Cole's critical state. He had four arrows in the chest, he was breathing heavily as if it was almost impossible for him to breath, his eyes were now completely red and he was all sweaty. It really looked like it was unbearable for him to go through what he was going through right now.
"Let me remove the arrows." Paige told him.
"No, you can't." Cole said.
"Why?" Paige asked him.
"If you open the cage and if Belthazor goes out, he could hurt you or someone else." Cole said.
Paige nodded and said: "Maybe I can use my powers and summon the arrows."
Cole shook his head no and said: "Magic can't go out of the cage."
Paige sighed, she wanted to help him but she was useless.
"I'll be okay." Cole lied.
"You have to remove them by yourself Cole, you can't stay like this." Paige told him.
Cole nodded and he removed the four arrows, each time he was screaming from the pain and he was crying because the pain was unbearable.
He closed his eyes, trying to recover his breath.
"Blanket." Paige said as she used her powers.
The blanket appears in front of her and she gave it to Cole who thanked her with a slight nod.
"Brad said he killed demons to have evil powers, that's how he get the crossbow." Cole said to Paige.
"I could have hurt the kids, or kill Phoebe's little baby, you know." He whispered.
"You didn't, they are all safe and fine, I made sure about that." Paige told him to try to comfort her.
"Liz saw me, Tom saw me... And Phoebe..." He said before looking down.
"Are you sure they are all okay?" He asked Paige.
"Lizzie, she... stopped talking, because she... she's shocked." Paige told him and noticed Cole's tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Tom looks okay, and Phoebe, she's okay as well, but it's not going to be easy for all of them." Paige added.
"I know." Cole said, still looking down.
He was feeling so guilty, everything was his fault, everything went wrong because of him, they were supposed to be happy with this new baby coming on but they lives were a living nightmare, it was hell.
"Paige and I are going to look in the Book, maybe we can find something to stop Belthazor." Piper stated. She knew Cole was weaker and weaker by any minutes and they had to find a way to stop Belthazor, to get him out of this cage and to heal him.
Cole nodded and covered himself with the blanket, all the movements he was doing was very painful for him, he was now feeling very weak. He closed his eyes and both of the girls went upstairs. He sighed with relief once he was sure they wouldn't hear him and burst into tears because of the pain.

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Phoebe entered the manor with Liz in her arms and holding Tom's hand. The little girl hadn't say anything yet. Leo and Will were watching TV in the living room and Phoebe and the kids joined them. Tom sat down on the couch next to his cousin and Phoebe put Liz next to him.
Leo looked at Phoebe and they walked away from the kids.
"Piper told me about Cole, I'm sorry." Leo said, putting a comforting hand on Phoebe's shoulder.
She nodded slightly and asked: "Where are Paige and Piper?"
"In the attic, looking in the Book if there is something about Cole's state." Leo replied.
"Thanks." Phoebe told him before walking upstairs.
Leo sat down back on the couch next to the kids but he heard Piper calling him.
"I'll be right back." He said and then he orbed in the attic.
Liz got up and walked in the kitchen.
"Lizzie where are you going?" Tom asked to his sister but didn't get any answer.
"Don't worry Tom, she's probably thirsty and that's why she went in the kitchen." Will said to his worried cousin.

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Liz walked towards the fridge when she heard some noise coming in from the basement. She walked towards the door and heard that someone was crying. She went downstairs and found her Daddy in a cage. He was bleeding and tears were streaming down his cheeks and he was also looking very hurt. She was wondering why her Daddy was so strange and why he was in a cage.
She didn't way anything and walked in front of Cole, staring at him.
Cole quickly wiped away his tears and looked at her.
"You shouldn't be here little." He told his daughter as he tried to smile, but even smiling was hurting for him.
Liz shrugged and walked closer to the cage, looking deep in Cole's eyes.
She was reminding him so much of Phoebe, she has done the same thing some minutes before.
Cole looked down and said: "I'm sorry baby, I didn't mean to hurt Mommy."
"Did Mommy told you about the bad guy?" He asked.
Liz nodded and Cole said: "I love you little, you know that, and I love Mommy, Tommy and the little baby as well."
Liz nodded one more time and Cole said: "But I have this bad guy inside of me, that's why I have to stay here and I'll probably stay here for a long time."
Cole felt tears streaming down his cheeks and he also saw the tears in his daughter's eyes.
"Now you have to go back upstairs." He said, feeling that Belthazor was about to come back. He didn't want Liz to see the monster he was one more time. She had seen him once, and it was more than enough.
"Come on baby, go upstairs, Mommy is probably looking for you." He told her.
As Liz didn't move, he said: "Please baby, go..."
He never ended up his sentence and turned into Belthazor. Liz jumped when she saw him and ran upstairs.
When Cole came back to him, he hit the cage, cursing himself for having frightened his little girl once again this way.

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Liz ran in the living room and Phoebe walked in it at the same moment. Phoebe knelt down on the floor and Liz wrapped her hands around her mother's neck.
"What's wrong honey?" Phoebe asked.
Liz didn't answer and tighten her grip around her mother's neck.
"Shhh." Phoebe said, patting her back.
Paige and Piper were watching the scene.
Once Liz calmed down, Phoebe handed her to Piper and she said: "Aunty Piper is going to take care of you, Mommy will be right back."
Liz nodded and Phoebe looked at Paige and then she walked in the basement, followed by her younger sister.
Just like Liz did before, Phoebe walked towards the cage and started staring at Cole.
Without looking at her, Cole knew Phoebe was here, he could feel her presence.
They stayed silent for some minutes, Cole looking down, he couldn't look into her eyes, he had a lump in his throat and didn't know if he would be able to talk.
"If you still have some of the potion you made to kill Belthazor, use it." He finally said, looking down.
"I know you hate me Phoebe, I know you are scared of the monster I am, Liz is scared too, she came here and I felt she was scared, I saw it in her eyes too." He added.
"And I don't want to look at you because I'm scared to see the same look our daughter had." He said.
He raised his head to look at Paige and said: "Have you find something in the book?"
Paige shook her head no and Cole looked at Phoebe in the eyes, it was almost painful for him.
"I swear I didn't mean to hurt you, but I couldn't control him, he is too strong. Brad made him came back from deep inside of me and I don't know how to control him." He said with tears in his eyes.
"When... When I came back from the Wasteland, I promised myself to never hurt you again and this is what I just did, I raised my hand on you." He told her.
The atmosphere was incredibly tense. Phoebe felt butterflies inside her stomach, she could see how much he was hurt and sad.
"One day I promised to be a good father, to do everything I can for you and the babies. I failed on that one too, and I'll never forgive myself." He added.
"I promised so much things I didn't do, and you got hurt so many times because of me... because I wasn't by your side..." He continued.
He closed his eyes and said: "He's coming back, I'm sorry." Then he turned into Belthazor again.
Phoebe looked down and Paige hugged her tightly, knowing it was really hard for Phoebe to lose Cole again.
Paige noticed that Belthazor was staying more and more time, the proof that Cole was too weak to control him, or to even try to control him.
She kissed Phoebe on the cheek and said: "We'll find a way to bring him back, I promise."
Phoebe nodded slightly and suddenly an idea hit Paige's head. They had searched in the book for a spell to stop Belthazor, but the demon wasn't back by himself, he was back because of who Brad made him come back and uncontrollable for Cole. They had to look in the book for the demon who had this power before Brad killed him and took it from him.
"Let's go in the attic." Paige said as she orbed there.
She let go Phoebe and started to search in the book.
Suddenly she yelled: "Piper, I got it, I got the spell."

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