A/N: Thank you very much for your reviews! Yes, I'm keeping a happy ending to this story. It's just a matter of time Phoebe will know what's happening to Cole. Please keep patient with me:) :) :)

Recap: After being vanquished in the second time, Cole found his daughter (with Phoebe)'s soul on the Wasteland. He came back and made a deal with the Sorcerer. According to that, his daughter was brought to life, and the Sorcerer got his soul in return. 6 years later, Cole was going to die because of the lack of his soul, he decided to find an adoptive family for his daughter, little Phoebe. He didn't know the girl had secretly contacted with her mother, Phoebe. Now Phoebe came to see Cole and take her daughter back.

LOVE TOKEN
(Part 9)

"Mommy!"

Phoebe turned back to her daughter "I'm here, baby!"

"I'm scared!" the girl whimpered "I can't shimmer out!"

Phoebe pressed her hands on the close door. Although it was evident, she still found hard to believe. Cole getting angry, or a big quarrel might be in her forecast, but she hadn't thought he would detain his daughter and go out. That woman must be very important to him. So important that he's willing to leave his daughter to the one he hadn't allowed her to contact with. Perhaps he's just confident of his powers?

Phoebe had got blocked in Cole's penthouse before, while Piper'd been deceived to strip her powers. This time was different. She stepped back and started composing a spell.

"Door sealed by magic / Close against enemies / Open for allies / Unsealed to me, reveal your entry."

It glowed, but stopped after the spell ended, then glowed again when she chanted again. Nothing really happened. The door remained close.

"Mommy!"

Phoebe nervously repeated her spell with no luck. She knew she couldn't fail, she wouldn't let her daughter stay in fear, plus, she had told Cole it wouldn't stop her. She must be right.

"Door sealed by magic / Close against enemies / Open for allies / Unsealed to me, reveal your entry."

It sprucely glowed, then stopped as in the last time.

Phoebe walked near the door in anger, punching it with all her strength. Her hand automatically reached the knob, as if she could swing it open, she did give it a try, though the result wasn't what she's expecting. A vision tapped her.

Cole grabbed the knob of the door to open it, holding a year old sleepy Phoebe in his hand. The room looked quite different at that time as it's decorated for a toddler. He closed the door, little Phoebe immediately held her small hands out, looking behind.

"Ok, say good night to mommy!"he turned around, his daughter kept reaching out until her father helped her touch a picture.

Phoebe was surprise seeing a real sized photo of hers behind this door. She had never taken it, but she could remember the dress which had been her favorite one 5 years ago. In the picture, she looked affectionate and gentle with a slight smile, it's perfect to show to a little girl. Cole must have taken it by himself then. He had taken it. It meant he had followed her?

The girl touched her face "Mum!"

"Good night, mommy!" Cole said.

Little Phoebe tried to repeat, but she just made some babble, her fingers still lingered on the picture.

"Now go to bed!" he continued, carrying her away. His daughter didn't want to leave, she streched her hands out again.

"Be good, Phoebe! Then mommy will come to play with you!" Cole coaxed.

He laid her down on the bed, covering her with a comforter, and sitting there watching her falling into sleep. The air sank in deep silence. It seemed he would keep sitting still forever, time kept passing in its speed.

Finally, Cole looked up, his eyes were watery. He walked towards the picture "I wish you could be here, Phoebe!"he stuttered.

Her gentle smile was responding to him, he leaned on the picture, his head on hers.

Phoebe never saw Cole cry, even when he'd been in his worst period, she'd seen him try to hold his tears back. Now she wasn't sure, but she thought he's crying, she couldn't see his face though, his shoulders were trembling lightly.

"Mommy!"

Her daughter's call pulled her back to real life. She startled "I'm here.", loosing her grip on the knob. She couldn't open this door on her own, her power alone wasn't enough. However, it wasn't practical to ask her sisters' help now. Wait, there's another witch right here.

"Baby! Did you hear my spell?"

"Yes."

"Can you repeat it with me?"

"Yes."

Their chants combined together, the door glowed brighter, and struck open. Phoebe ran in, holding her daughter. Little Phoebe snuggled up to her, her eyes bathed in tears.

"It's ok. Mommy's here. Mommy'll always be on your side."

The girl clung to her tightly, Phoebe felt proud and happy on one hand. On the other hand she realized she had a great responsibility on taking care of her and making her happy.

"I'm scared." Little Phoebe murmured.

"No worries. Everything'll be fine." Her mother comforted.

The girl had had enough tonight. Knowing her father giving her up, witnessing her parents disputing against each other, and getting imprisoned in her own room. Phoebe didn't have a heart to let her suffer more. If she brought little Phoebe home now, she might be in another debate with Piper and Paige tomorrow morning. And it would make an impression on the girl that she wasn't welcome. She would feel being abandoned absolutely since her father wanted to get her out and her mother's family didn't accept her.

Phoebe tightened her arms around her daughter. This scene won't happen to little Phoebe, she knew Piper and Paige actually were kind-hearted, Piper was a mother in addition, they would sympathise for her, and accept her daughter. But she wouldn't take little Phoebe in until then. She needed to talk to her sisters first.

Did it mean she would leave her here with Cole? He had been so good to the girl, was this loving father still exist now? She's afraid Cole might give little Phoebe to the Lakes again.

"It's time to go to bed, baby!"

"No!"

"I'll stay with you!" Phoebe said, lifting her daughter up, carrying her to the bed.

She set her down, covering her with a warm blanket. The girl grasped her hand in anxiety.

"I'm not going anywhere." Phoebe promised. She rubbed her daughter's hand, smiling encouragingly.

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Eventually, little Phoebe had fallen into sleep. Phoebe left the room, calling home informing she wouldn't be back until tomorrow. She felt rather tired, and decided to rest on the couch. But she couldn't sleep, there were so much for her to worry about. Phoebe tried to arrange some arguments to persuade Cole of giving her daughter to her, knowing she wouldn't achieve it by having a row with him.

The vision had almost calmed her down. Anyhow Cole had taken good care of little Phoebe for 6 years, since she'd been an infant till she became a lovely, and well-behaved girl now. He had taught her good things, especially he never sowed a grudge against Phoebe to their daughter. That's why Phoebe'd been thinking of making peace with him lately. She had just seen on her own eyes a father carrying his little daughter in front of her mother's picture. It looked so desolate. Now she figured the baby had come to her dreams was exactly her daughter, little Phoebe had the power of influencing on the others' dreams, she'd come to play with her mother as her father'd often coaxed.

"Mommy!"

Phoebe saw her daughter standing at the doorstep carrying her blanket.

"Come here!" she waved.

A moment later, little Phoebe set herself down on the couch, her head laid on her mother's lap. Phoebe adjusted her blanket, then stroked her hair gently. Another vision touched her.

Cole came home from work. He was pretty cheerful.

"Phoebe!" he called, putting his suitcase on the coffee table, walking to her room.

The girl was nowhere. He walked back to the living room, looking around. Finally he stopped at an object.

"Whoa! Since when I have this old and ugly lamp?" Cole said jokingly, lifting it with both hands.

The lamp turned into little Phoebe, he chuckled holding her high and revolving a few circles, the girl screamed and laughed loudly.

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Phoebe was dozing off when she heard some footsteps behind. She immediately spun around realizing it was Cole, he obviously hadn't used the door to get in. He walked close to her, bending down to lift the girl up in his arms, then made his way to her room, Phoebe gathered her blanket following him. In silence they helped their daughter lie comfortably on her own bed without breaking her sleep.

Both of them left her after that.

"I see you broke my magic." Cole whispered.

"My daughter and I." Phoebe answered proudly "We won't let anything get in our way."

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A/N: Thank you for still reading :) :) :) I see I'm so much wordy and lengthy. I'll try to be neat!

LOVE TOKEN
(Part 10)

"I'm not something. I'm her father." Cole pointed out.

"The one is trying hard to get rid of her." Phoebe snapped.

"It's none of your business."

"I'm her mother." She emphasized, being ready to start quarrel with him.

How mean he was to deny her role. But the visions rushed back to her mind, she realized she might be her mother, she did nothing in comparison with what Cole had done to their daughter for 6 years.

"Look, I know you're looking for an adoptive family for Phoebe. Why don't you consider to give her to me?" Phoebe tried to be persuasive "While they're some strangers trying to get to know her, I understand Phoebe, and I love her. I'm her own mother, Cole. You know it's easier for her to live with me, she won't have to hide the secret who she really is, plus, I'll help her control her powers."

"Yeah, her powers. Besides the ones she inherited from you, they're demonic." Cole said.

They exchanged a sorrowful look to each other, she found him still feeling hurt. After lots of time, the pain was still whole there. Now their opposite sides had merged together into their daughter, she was the combination of both of them, representing their love, and their heritages.

"It makes no difference." Phoebe answered "I'm partial. I sacrificed my true love for my family. Phoebe's my daughter, she's more important than my family or anything I have."

Cole stepped away avoiding her look, it seemed he didn't want to face their past, Phoebe actually wasn't flattering him calling him her true love. She'd been thinking of him before she knew they had a daughter, before she knew he wanted to give their daughter away, before she got angry at him again. She had dreamed of a moderate conversation between them, and another chance…

Now Phoebe didn't know what feeling was real confronting Cole. She couldn't explicitly keep on anger or love, though anger occured because of love?...

"Give Phoebe to me, Cole!" she pleaded "I didn't know about her before, The Seer said the baby wasn't mine, …wasn't us! Our baby's too cruel and aggressive staying inside me. She even took control over me to attack everyone. So I believed she's The Source's posterity."

Cole turned around to face her. Remorseful tears fell down on her cheek, recalling those dark days in her life "I could believe and doubt anything at that time." Phoebe muttered.

"It's just the effect of the tonics." he said "Our baby is good."

His voice seemed softer, he wanted to wipe her tears out, but managed to stand still.

"What about your sisters?" he asked.

"They accepted our baby, though you're The Source." She replied "They tried to prevent The Seer from stealing her."

"Even she's attacking people?" Cole wondered.

"Included Paige." Phoebe nodded "They made a binding potion. That's all they did. Piper and Paige never thought of destroying her. I believed they would help me raise her. Now they will. She's their niece after all. Everyone is longing for a baby girl."

Phoebe hoped Cole would understand how much their daughter meant to her, and agree with her. In fact, he was more than happy to know she accepted little Phoebe, he did want to give their daughter to her, it's a wish he hadn't thought would come true. Who else could be better than her own mother.

"So you should talk to your sisters now!" Cole said.

Phoebe caught what he meant, and smiled.

"Let Phoebe stay here a few more days, until your arrangement's done." he suggested.

Phoebe wasn't sure if she should go back alone.

"Don't worry, you know I want to give…" Cole couldn't finish his sentence "If you want her, she's yours."

"Will you confine her to her room or… or punish her?"

"I won't."

"Mommy!" little Phoebe woke up finding out her mother wasn't there.

"I go tell her." Phoebe said and walked to her daughter's room.

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Phoebe walked in the living room realizing nobody was there.

"Piper!... Page!"

She took a glance at the kitchen, then went upstairs, calling her sisters again.

"Up here!" Piper's voice echoed.

Phoebe kept walking up to the attic.

"What's going on?" she grasped seeing Piper holding Paige while Leo was healing her.

"Demon attacked." Piper answered briefly.

"Are you ok?" Phoebe knelt down next to her sisters.

"After Leo healed us." Piper replied, she and Phoebe helped Paige stand up.

"Now all of you should be ready when it returns." Leo said.

"What is it?" Phoebe asked.

"Oxtak, an upper level demon. We caused him a serious wound, and got his flesh for the potion." Paige said.

"We didn't expect him to come back any time soon, we planned to use a summon spell." Piper added.

"But he's just attacked again, immune from the potion, and absolutely fine." Paige continued, she still felt unbelievable.

"Perhaps his blood has been transmuted." Phoebe guessed.

"That's right. And he had his wound healed by a demonic doctor." Leo explained.

"Now demons have a healer?" Piper stunned.

"Not just now, her name's Fiona." Leo said "She used to cure countless demons for centuries, then the former Source imprisoned her since she'd doctored his rival, also her lover."

"Why is she here?" Paige asked.

"We don't have an official report, but a rumor that a powerful demon has released her several years ago. Most of demons can't use her service now, she just received some." Leo replied.

"That powerful demon must need her service." Paige wondered.

"It's not easy to break The Source's gaols." Piper resisted "If he needed her service, then he must've got bad injury, more impossible to release her."

Phoebe suddenly thought if she named some demons could be able to free The Source's prisoners, Cole would be the first one on the list.

"He may need her for a different reason." She said thoughtfully.

Piper and Paige looked at each other.

"Whatever. You better prepare for the next attack." Leo said "And make sure he'll be vanquished."

"Why don't we let him escape again, then follow him to vanquish this doctor?" Phoebe suggested.

"Okay, sounds good!" Piper agreed.

Paige nodded, turning around to get out.

"I still have something to talk to you, guys!" Phoebe said quickly.

"I go check the boys!" Leo told Piper.

"I need to listen to your opinion too, Leo!" Phoebe called him.

"We know what you're going to say." Piper said.

"We've been talking about it here." Paige nodded.

"How did you know?" Phoebe was surprised.

"We wanted to call you when Oxtak's going to attack." Piper elaborated "Leo found you at… Cole's house. When he came there, he heard you say you're that girl's mother. Well, the baby demon I couldn't find in the book."

"We decided not to disturb you thinking we could handle the situation." Paige continued.

"You've known all." Phoebe's still amazed.

"Yeah, it's the consequence of the past. We can't change the past, we just accept it." Piper philosophized.

"My daughter is also my present, and my future." Phoebe said "I'd like to take care of her."

"I see. But how? Are you getting back to Cole?" Piper asked.

"No. I'll take her with me."

"Living here with us?" Paige asked.

"She'll live where I live." Phoebe answered.

"Then Cole'll pop up now and then to visit his daughter, and try to win you back. I don't like opposing you, but I hate returning to this period." Paige protested.

"He's moved on." Phoebe shook her head "He wants to give my daughter for adoption. You know I won't abandon her."

"Really?" Piper uttered in surprise. It's strange, they didn't believe a demon could leave his child.

"If you don't like, he can visit Phoebe somewhere else, but I'm sure he won't stalk me again." Phoebe saw her sisters' confusion "My daughter's also Phoebe."

"Phoebe Turner." Paige muttered "I have a feeling it's a trick."

Piper changed her look from one of her sisters to another.

"Phoebe's really my daughter, she has premonition like me. I saw visions that proved our relation. I don't think Cole's playing any tricks with me. Even if he is, I won't desert my daughter because of that." Phoebe determined.

"I support you. We aren't abandoning a Halliwell." Piper stretched her arms out to hug her younger sister.

Paige stared at them for a little while.

"Well, we should be prepared, but I guess we're not leaving a family member alone." Paige joined them.

"Thank you!"

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A/N : Please review! I feel something isn't logical in these parts, is it?