Chapter 16: Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are
Disclaimer: The world is coming to an end, my friend, when even in the most dire of situations it's still sufficiently easy to make a ho joke about Alyssa Milano.
A/N: Sorry—sorry for all you who are still reading. I know I took a crazy long time. But when I finally did get my laptop it had to be configured and all this mess—and it's still messed up! But it looks cooler than my old one. And in the last chapter it's Prue who flings Haxor across the room when he's choking Piper, not Pam. Sorry bout' that. And with no further adieu-----On With The Fic!!
Cole materialized in behind a large tombstone. He knew Haxor would come to the cemetery----he couldn't be scryed for there. But headstrong as he was, Haxor knew the Charmed Ones would come anyway, and he'd be waiting.
"We don't have time to sit around," Prue gathered herself and tried to do the same for her sisters, "David doesn't have much time."
Pam spoke up, knowing she should be taking charge. "He most likely went to a cemetery; he knows we can't scry for him there."
"But don't you think he knows that we know that," offered Piper, "I mean, he's probably waiting there for us just so we can watch him kill David."
"Well what else do you want us to do?" Questioned Phoebe, "Wait here and let him kill David anyway? We can't do that. We're here to protect the innocent remember?"
"I know that Phoebe, but we're not supposed to get ourselves killed in the process." Argued Piper.
"That might be a risk we have to take," concluded Phoebe.
"You know you don't believe that Phoebe," Pam interjected, "There's only one thing to do. We go to the cemetery," Piper flashed Pam a disbelieving look, "but we go prepared."
"I'll be on hand for healing," Leo said in a reassuring tone.
Pam nodded her head to Leo, but then a thought crossed her mind.
"Wait, where did Cole go?"
"I was going to go tell him we weren't shooting today when Haxor came," Piper answered vaguely.
"So don't you think that he would have come to get one of us if he had been waiting that long?" rationalized Phoebe.
"Maybe he did," Leo spoke up, "maybe he came and saw what was going on. If he saw Phoebe get hurt--------"
"He would've gone after Haxor," Phoebe finished.
"But if he kills again, this time knowing what he's doing, he'll be lost to evil," Pam explained.
"That can't be right though," Phoebe tried, "he's doing it out of love for me, and he's killing evil. How can that turn him?"
"If killing becomes second nature it won't matter who he's doing it to, just that he's doing it," Pam concluded, "But you may be right about the his intentions clouding the fact that he's killing. Maybe this will redeem him more than turn him. Either way we need to get there fast"
Pam hoped against hope she was right.
"Come out come out wherever you are," Cole prodded Haxor to show himself.
He saw a gleam of leather turn into the door of a mausoleum.
"Gotcha," he said silently to himself.
Cole made his way into the stone sanctuary and looked around for any sign of the demon. Just then Haxor shimmered in behind Cole and stabbed him clear through his gut.
He expressed no sign of pain, just vengeance and remorse. He turned around swiftly and punched Haxor square in his jaw. He pulled the athamae out of his back and jabbed it wildly at Haxor. He would not stop until Haxor had felt his pain. With one swipe Cole cut into his flesh with enough force so that it made him fall to the ground.
"No one," Cole whispered as he watched the energy ball come into his hand. "No one," he repeated.
And then Haxor was gone.
"Cole!" Phoebe screamed as she ran over to him, "you're hurt!"
'They must've orbed in without me seeing,' realized Cole as he looked around and saw Pam, Prue, Piper, and Leo.
"Stay away from him," Prue beckoned, "he might be dangerous."
Phoebe stopped dead in her tracks, remembering what Pam had told her.
"No Phoebe, you don't understand. I had to do it, he hurt you. I did it for good. I'm good! He was going to kill you, all of you! I had to do something......"
"I know you did. It's okay, you're okay." Phoebe made her way to Cole.
A sinister laugh filled the mausoleum.
"You've failed me Balthazar, and now you're going to pay. You and your witch. You'll never be safe."
A/N: So hope that was kind of worth waiting for. As always, please review! (Only if you want to though hint hint paige fan) And I'll be a lot better with the updates.