I LOVE YOU, PIPER
Summary: Leo got lost in the reality where Piper was married to Cole. He showed her his sincere love and tried to win her back.
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A/N: Thank you very much for your reviews. Here's a long part. The spell is extracted from "Witch Trial" when The Charmed Ones used it to get the book back from Abraxas. Please keep supporting me!!!
Summary of part 4:
- Cole helped The Charmed Ones to get their powers back.
- Leo's back to the Manor after collecting enough information.
- Piper was keeping two men in her heart, but she thought she shouldn't love any of them!!!
Part 5
A long-lost cousin.
Prue was taking photos people on a beach. She happened to recognize a girl through the lens of her camera.
"Laura!" – called Prue.
Laura turned to see her, but running off.
"Hey, Laura!" – Prue ran after her, she's about to stop since her cousin Laura Bennett didn't seem to like talking to her. But two ferocious men appeared and took Laura with them. Prue pursued them till the lane where they suddenly vanished.
She leaned against a tree and projected an astral to a warehouse. She saw her cousin was hit by those men, one of them had an index finger transfigured into a drill. Prue flung them away, Laura took the chance to run out.
Astral Prue entered her body again. She remembered a warehouse nearby and rushed toward there. Two cousins ran into each other on their way.
"Prue!"
"You're safe now!" – assured Prue.
"They want to kill me!" – panted Laura.
"Calm down, look, you're bleeding!" – said Prue – "Leo!. . . Leo!"
Her husband orbed in.
"Thank God! You answer me this time!" – smiled Prue – "Heal her, Demon attack."
Leo nodded and raised his hands on Laura's bruises.
"You're witch?" – asked her.
"Yeah!" – answered Prue – "Why did they attack you?"
"I saw them kill my friend. She's a witch."
"Maybe they want to rub their trace out." – said Leo.
"I have to flee all the time. If I'm in somewhere alone, they'll show off." – added Laura.
"OK, stay with us until we vanquish them." – suggested Prue turning to her husband.
Leo grabbed Laura's hand, Prue held him on the other side. They orbed to the kitchen of the Manor.
He loosed both of them as they materialized in. Piper's cooking there, lunch was almost done.
"Hey, look who's coming!" – said Prue.
"Oh, Laura!" – Piper came to hug her cousin – "Long time no see. Where do you live now?"
Laura hugged her back: "Hi, Piper!"
"You look pale! Wait, You two offered her an orb lift?" – asked Piper.
"She knew our secret. Two demons were going after her." – said Prue.
"Shhhh. . ." – interrupted Piper – "He's home."
Leo and his wife understood who she's refering to. According to their agreement, demons wouldn't attack them anymore and vice versa. Of course both sides still kept their works sneakily.
"Who?" – asked Laura.
"My. . . husband." – said Piper.
"He doesn't know you're witches?"
"He does. But he doesn't like talking about witches and demons."
"Sound like demons abstain from rushing into your house." – doubted Laura.
"Yeah, our place is absolutely safe." – assured Prue – "That's why you can get a rest, honey!"
Phoebe joined them.
"Smell delicious here!"
"Pheebs!"
"Laura!"
They hugged each other.
"Where've you gone for 10 years? You didn't leave me a word." – said Phoebe.
"I just want to go way, after I lost my first love." – spoke Laura to all of them.
"At least this trouble gives us a reunion." – said Piper.
"Where's Paige?" – asked Laura.
"It's a very long story, hun!" – Prue grabbed her shoulder – "We'll tell you later."
Some footsteps, and another showed up. The air suddenly sank in silence as if he frustrated their exciting moods.
"He's Cole, my husband." – introduced Piper – "Laura, our cousin."
"Hi!" – greeted him staring at her.
"Hi!" – said Laura in a tiny voice.
Prue squeezed her hands to keep her calm.
"I think you need time to chat." – he cleared his throat – "I should go. Piper!"
He turned away, she followed him going to the living room.
"Is she human?" – asked Cole.
"Certainly. She's from my father's side."
"I sense she used to kill people." – warned him – "Be careful!"
Cole shimmered out.
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Leo, the sisters, and Laura joined together for lunch.
"I knew my friend, Sally, was a witch by chance." – said Laura – "Two days ago I was with her in her flat when those demons came. I'd had no idea about their resentment or who they had been until Prue told me they're demons. I just ran away as Sally asked, and they started to chase me. I guess she's dead now."
Laura sniffed, Phoebe gave her a tissue.
"Thank you!" – she wiped her tears out – "It's too horrible. I didn't want to be involved in."
"It'll be all right, hun." – said Prue – "We're The Charmed Ones, we'll settle it."
She held her cousin and Laura rest on her shoulder crying pitifully.
"She's still soft hearted." – commented Piper – "When we're children, we just tease her a bit, she could cry all the day."
"And like to be coaxed." – smiled Phoebe seeing she stopped weeping in Prue's embrace.
"I go check with The Elders." – said Leo.
"No need. Demons with drill fingers. They're some low level ones. I think we have no trouble." – protested Prue, she didn't want him to leave her.
"Just want to know about Sally." – Leo orbed out.
"Don't worry. We vanquish them this afternoon. Then we'll be dancing tonight. Piper owns a great club." – said Phoebe.
Laura smiled.
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Laura and Prue were walking at a deserted alley. Piper and Phoebe were after them. The demons appeared behind Laura, Piper froze them. Phoebe pulled her cousin out.
"Go! Go!" – two of them ran away.
Piper unfroze them and blew one up. Prue tk the other, he lifted his finger which changing into a drill up, Prue used her power on his hand making it drilled himself.
"Game over!" – grinned Phoebe.
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P3 that night
Leo walked to the bar where the sisters were talking to each other.
"Where's Laura?"
"Over there." – Prue jerked up her chin toward her cousin and a man dancing with her.
"She didn't tell the whole story. There's a warlock besides those demons. They killed Sally to absorb her powers." – said Leo.
"You assume Laura's the warlock?" – asked Phoebe.
"It's impossible. We know her so well, her parents were very mortal." – insisted Prue.
"Perhap she had left before the warlock showed up." – guessed Piper.
All of them looked out to see Laura laughing joyfully.
"She's light hearted as before." – said Phoebe.
Piper happened to remember Cole also doubted she had killed people.
"Don't worry, she could touch the book. She's good." – Prue grabbed his hand.
"Because she possessed witch's powers." – said Leo.
His wife tugged him to the floor.
"Relax! You're overcautious. But, not tonight, not now!" – she threw her hands around his neck.
"She's out of touch for so long. We don't know how she's changed." – He kept his eyes to Laura.
"The Source wouldn't use a warlock to attack us. Furthermore, we've grown up together. Granted she is, we can vanquish her for an instant."
"I think you're distrustful, not overconfident." – he thought Prue wasn't like what he knew about her.
"I just take precautions against the big bad demon in our house." – giggled her. Leo realized this Prue had lived with Gram and Patty till last year, she wasn't single-handed to protect her sisters as he knew from old memory. It meant he had to be warier as their whitelighter and the oldest brother-in-law. The girls might not be as strong and independent as he thought.
Prue kissed him with her soft and sweet lips. Leo's longing for Piper, but he felt guilty to reject Prue. He kissed her back in some confused feelings.
After their short kiss, Leo looked at his wife, her eyes were twinkling with love. He turned to Laura but she's out of sight.
"Laura!" – whispered him. He rushed to Piper.
"Where's Laura?"
"Go back home! She's tired." – answered her.
He ran hurrily to the office and orbed in the attic of the Manor. Laura was standing near the pedestral and Cole was far in front of her. It's obvious that he's afraid of the book. She gripped it and blinked out.
"You team up with her to steal the book." – gasped Leo.
"What?" – snapped Cole – "If I'm not mistaken, your wife brought her here."
"Isn't that part of your master plan?" – challenged Leo.
"Why don't I think it's your master plan? You make it to break our agreement." – retorted Cole.
"I'll get the girls." – Leo orbed out.
Cole also shimmered out.
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"Laura's gone. With the book." – informed Leo.
Three sisters gaped. They're in Piper's office at P3.
"She talked to Belthazor before blinking out." – added him.
"Cole?" – said Piper – "He said she used to kill people."
"Maybe he wants us not to suspect him in case Laura fails." – guessed Prue.
"What will she do to the book?" – asked Piper.
"She co-worked with those demons to kill Sally, her close friend as well as a strong witch with 3 powers, subzero wind, hallucination, and permutation. They had assented to share her powers equally. But Laura broke her words and absorbed all. Now the book can help her steal all of your powers." – explained Leo.
"That makes her get 9 powers in total?" – stunned Prue.
"Not counting her own gifts." – said Phoebe.
Piper tried to blow the flower pot up, but nothing happened.
"Oh my God!"
"Easy!" – Leo waved his hand – "I've asked The Elders to revoke yours provisionally. They'll give them back after we retrieve the book. But Laura has 3 witch powers now, it makes her powerful enough."
"You're very intelligent." – praised Prue smiling to him.
"If it's The Source's plan?" – worried Phoebe.
"I don't think so. She's interested in not only our powers." – said Piper.
"So what's Cole's role in it?" – questioned Phoebe.
"OK, you three go home. I'm looking for the book." – Leo orbed out.
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Laura was in a cavern searching the book, she had called upon The Charmed Ones' powers, but nothing came. Cole shimmered in. He sent her an energy ball, but Laura permuted their positions, Cole dodged, she blew a subzero wind ball to him, he shimmered away.
"Stop!" – shouted him when he re-appeared – "You're opposing to The Source. There's a rule no attack The Charmed Ones."
It did have that rule because of their agreement. The Source knew low level demons had no luck to succeed. All of assaults against three sisters last year had been conducted by The Source with perfect plans, but he still didn't reach his victory yet.
"I might have regards for you before." – sniffed Laura – "But you're nothing in my eyes now, Belthazor!"
She blew another subzero wind ball. Cole dodged again. Leo orbed in, he ran to the book. Laura flicked her fingers and a lot of The Books of Shadows appeared. He couldn't distinguish which one was true. Cole threw a large energy ball at her, she permuted her post to Leo's. When she took his place, she grabbed the true book and blinked out. Leo appeared where was supposed to hers and receive the energy ball. He reformed from orb dust, pissed off.
"Unequally sharing?" – asked Leo.
"What're you doing here?" – asked Cole.
"Looking for the book."
"Where's Piper?"
"With her sisters." – answered Leo.
"What? You leave her alone. They're helpless without the book. How could she protect herself?" – roared Cole.
"Since when you care for the witches?" – mocked Leo.
"I don't care for anyone else. I just care for my wife." – snapped Cole.
Both of them orbed/shimmered in the Manor.
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Three sisters were sitting around a table hand in hand.
"Hear now the words of the witches,
The secrets we hid in the night,
The oldest of Gods are invoked here,
The great work of magic is sought.
In this night, and in this hour
We call upon the ancient power."
They kept chanting again and again but the book was nowhere to see. Prue sighed.
"It doesn't work since we don't have our powers." – said Piper.
"Why Leo go too long?" – worried Prue.
"I still don't know what Cole has talked to Laura." – confused Phoebe.
"He's helping us." – said Piper.
"Help?" – suspected Prue.
"Yeah, and it's not the first time." – added Piper – "Do you think it's weird that Phoebe always get premonitions about something was up against us in time, but she never get one among his missions to prevent him?"
Phoebe was supposed to have premonitions to save innocents but she never had one to hinder Cole from committing crimes. It seemed he didn't get close to her when he's carrying a task. But he usually got a date with her after The Source had assigned duties to him and some demons in a plan of destroying The Charmed Ones. Relying on that, she saw what was going to happen and prepared for it. Cole never showed up in those plans but the sisters guessed he's behind them. They also received a secret help at the same time that they didn't had a slightest idea who he was. However, Piper had her surmises. Prue and Phoebe were satisfied that they didn't fight demons everyday and they're always well-prepared if they had to.
"You mean he used me to warn us?" – asked Phoebe.
"I don't mean to offend you, Phoebe." – said Piper – "At least it's one of his purposes to you."
Phoebe recollected Cole had asked her to go out sometimes, then she had to put their date off after getting a warning premonition, but he didn't feel disappointed at all to see her gather her stuff and go home suddenly.
Leo and Cole orbed/shimmered in.
"Leo!" – called Prue – "Where's the book?"
"Laura's keeping it."
"We can't retrieve it by the spell." – said Prue.
"What should we do now?" – asked Phoebe.
"Find her and fight." – said Leo.
"Where is she?" – asked Piper.
Leo concentrated for a while, then said:
"North."
"South." – said Cole.
"I can sense the book. It's in north." – argued Leo.
"I can sense evil. She's in south." – snorted Cole.
"We're after the book." – said Leo.
"I think my wife asks where she is." – said Cole.
"They can't fight her without the book. We go north first." – insisted Leo.
"She won't leave the book somewhere else. We go south." – retorted Cole.
"Why we have to trust you, Cole?" – asked Prue.
"You think I haven't killed all of you yet since I'm afraid of this whitelighter?" – challenged him.
Cole's right, if he wanted to kill them, he had no reason to delay now.
"OK, we split in two." – suggested Prue.
"Fine, Piper goes with me." – said Cole.
"Phoebe is good at martial arts. She can help you fight Laura." – said Leo.
"No problem. My wife still goes with me." – emphasized Cole.
"You want to put her in danger?" – Leo clenched his teeth.
"Is she safe with you? You haven't got killed just because you've already been dead." – said Cole sarcastically.
"Stop!" – shouted Piper – "Both of you should go together."
"What?" – said Cole and Leo in union.
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