Chapter 4: He's Back
A/N: Wow! Amazing response! So many reviews in so little time. I shall respond to them all! Since you're so nice I'm updating as quick as I can. I wish I owned Charmed, but sadly I don't. I own Mel and Penny.
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The vision that consumed me brought me away from the manor. I was somewhere completely unfamiliar. By glancing out the window I could tell I was in an apartment, and pretty high up. There was a man staring out the window. I had never seen him before, and yet he was vaguely familiar. He was chanting words in some arcane language. I could see a portal forming. Out of the portal stepped the last person I expected to be.
It was my mother. She looked at the man with a mixture of horror and disgust. Without a word He threw her to a wall. He grabbed her by the neck and began squeezing the life from her body. He was insane. I could see it in his eyes. Pain. Fear. Anger. Insanity. I felt it all. I shut my eyes tight. I didn't want to see anymore. I knew he was killing her, and there was nothing I could do about it.
I was shot out of the vision with the force of a bullet. I nearly knocked Chris over. He looked at me, fear etched in his bright green eyes. "What did you see?" he asked franticly.
I was still in a complete state of shock and disbelief. "Mom", I whispered, "he's going to kill mom..." Chris was flabbergasted.
"Aunt Phoebe?" he asked.
"We have to go now. We have to hurry. To that apartment I saw", I said frantically.
"Okay", Chris said trying to calm himself, "Can you send me a mental picture of the place so I can orb us there".
"I'll try", I said as evenly as I could. I closed my eyes in concentration, envisioning that place once again. Then I pushed that vision into Chris' mind.
"Okay", Chris said extending his hand, "let's go". I grabbed his hand and we orbed away.
We appeared in the apartment just as mom came out of the portal. When I saw that man again I remembered immediately who he was. He was Cole, mom's half demon ex - husband, who was once the source of all evil. He was now an avatar. Without thinking, I jumped in between my mother and Cole. Cole flicked me aside as if I were nothing more than a fly. Then he paralysed me in place. I was helpless. I could do nothing but watch. A sideways glance at Chris showed that he too was paralysed.
The scene from my vision replayed , but this time it was for real. After and agonizing minute, mom was dead. Tears stung the corners of my eyes. Pain welled up inside me, threatening to overflow. With a last look at me, Cole shimmered away. When he was gone, we were able to move again. I rushed to my mother's side. I desperately attempted to revive her. It was no use. She was dead and I had failed.
"There's still a way you can save her", Chris said quietly, his eyes never leaving mom's face.
"HOW!" I yelled a little too angrily. I didn't really think that Chris had a way to bring her back. She was gone and that was that.
You can go back in time. I'm not sure exactly when. If you word the spell right, it will take you when you need to go. Go now. Good luck."
