Chapter 17: Stop

Disclaimer: Well Paige is showin her true colors and turnin' evil against the real Charmed Ones. I just may own that after all. As least I wish I did.

A/N: Um, okay then. I'm not even gonna bother apologizing cause 1. There's really nothing I can say to explain how sorry I am, 2. I don't really have a good reason for taking like 2 months to update, and 3. There are only like three people still reading this, and if you are, forgiving me probably isn't something you particularly feel like doing.

Phoebe and Cole stayed close to each other as they waited watched the Source with wary eyes. Pam, Prue, Piper, and Leo were frozen in fear, not sure what to do.

"You will live in fear of me, live looking over your shoulders every minute. I'll kill everyone around you while you watch them suffer. Everyone will die and it will all be because of you. We'll see how strong your love is when you have no one else, and you'll know it's your fault they're gone. You'll beg for death before the end."

At his last words Pam stepped forward.

"I think you've forgotten who we are," she said.

"Coffin!" she yelled as she orbed a stone top of a coffin toward the Source.

But with one hand he sent an energy ball flying at the stone, and watched a fire ball materialize in the other. He motioned as if he were going to send it at Cole, but then sent it in another direction.

The ball hit her in Pam directly stomach, leaving her near death.

"Pam!" Piper and Prue bellowed as they rushed over to her body.

"Why go for the kill when I can go for the pain?" he cackled and turned his gaze at Cole and Phoebe, "Who did you think you were dealing with? Never forget."

With that he flamed out.

"Leo heal her!" Prue screamed, "Do something now!"

Leo ran over to Pam, watching the familiar golden light appear is his hands.

"Come on, dammit," he cursed under his breathe.

Her wound was deep, and her life was faltering, and Leo began to give up hope that his powers could cheat death.

"Work, please work," Prue and Piper sobbed near her. Prue held her hand while Piper tried to not look at the body.

Phoebe stood way from it all, next to Cole, trying to make sense of everything.

"Why?" she said quietly through deep tears, "she didn't do anything, it wasn't her fight."

She looked over at Cole, who seemed as deep in thought as she was.

"He's going for the pain," he said in silence, "the pain, it's too much. I should end it. I started this, I need to end it."

Cole looked down at the athamae in his hand and rose it to his chest.

"Cole, what are you doing?" Phoebe questioned

"Cole!" she said even louder. But he wouldn't hear her.

"He said we wouldn't be safe. But you can. You can be safe. If I end it. Everyone will be safe."

"Cole no!" Phoebe yelled as she realized what he was doing. Prue and Piper turned around to see what was going on, but Leo wouldn't stop trying to save Pam.

Cole raised the athamae over his head, and swiftly jabbed it down towards his heart.

Everything seemed to go in slow motion for as the blade got closer and closer to Cole's heart.

"Stop!" Phoebe screamed as she couldn't help but just stand there watching the man she loved kill himself.

Suddenly, all had stopped.

Phoebe turned around to see Piper with her hands spread out only revealing her palms.

A/N: So more is coming soon. I'm serious this time. I know the other times I kept saying I'll be good with updates and then don't put a new chapter on for like a year, but this time I mean it cause Christmas break is coming up and everything so it should all work out fine. Please give me some suggestions as to where you want to story to go.