Chapter 4: Not So Much

"Phoebe, you heard what he said, he's gonna kill us, help us!" Phoebe heard Piper's voice from the bathroom of Cole's apartment where she was leaning against the door, dizzy from the time jump. She waited till the she could see from the darkness that momentarily clouded her mind and stepped into the living room where she could see the fragments of Cole pulling back together. Phoebe picked up the crystal that rolled furthest away from floor.

"Phoebe?" Piper enquired about her sister's stance.

"Oh, guys," Phoebe ran to her sisters, "it's so nice to see you."

"What?" Leo said confused.

"Crystal!" Paige commanded the object from Phoebe's hand to complete the circle and activated the trap.

"No, no, no," Phoebe objected, "you don't understand. If we kill Cole now the aliens will think we are violent and we won't be able to save the earth."

"Phoebe," Piper fretted, "say the spell for god's sakes, cause if not, we are dead."

"No, you'll be dead if you vanquish Cole. Can't you see he's standing there without any inclinations to harm you?"

"Phoebe, you can't convince them right here and now, you know that," Cole shrugged, "they don't know where you're coming from. But one step in making them believe what we came here for to do, is saying the vanquishing spell. As I'm no longer the Source, it can't harm me. Not to mention the invincibility factor..."

"He's no longer the Source? But we've seen him disintegrate a few seconds ago. Prudence, Penelope, Patricia, Melinda..."

"Are you sure about this Cole?" Phoebe asked as flames emerged next to him. To him nodding and staring into her eyes encouragingly she continued, "Ashford, Helen, Laura and Grace..."

"What's going on here?" Paige frowned, but went along with the spell nevertheless, "Halliwell witches stand strong beside us."

"Vanquish this evil from time and space," the three sisters finished the enchantment, making an explosion that smashed the windows and sent Cole onto the floor.

Phoebe ran over to him, "are you ok?"

"What? What happened?" The other three people asked chaotically.

"I'm invincible, not unaffected," Cole groaned, "just how many times I have to heal myself in two days?" He sat up, moving his head around as if to see if he was able to use his neck muscles.

"The Source is not invincible, we proved that before," Piper argued.

"Who said he is the Source?" Phoebe stood up to face her, "he is not the Cole you know and I'm not the same Phoebe. I'm not pregnant and we come from the future. We need to work together with demons to save the human race. I know that sounds unbelievable, and completely..."

"Absurd?" Leo asked.

"Yes. But it's true. Now Piper, could you get the spell that changes our powers so you can get my premonitions, touch me and see it for yourselves?"

"I better go and let the Seer see the future as well," Cole offered, "we know she is willing to compromise if both sides are equally at stake. It kinda like a similar situation as it was with the Hollow."

"Meet you at the manor," Phoebe told him as he blurred out, fazing the rest of them and sending them into a complete frenzy to jump over Phoebe with several questions at the same time.

tbc