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28. Chapter
Cole sighed, he had nochoice and stretched out his hand. When he saw the energy ball on it, he smiled satisfied, because it was much bigger than the last one.
"For heaven's sake, what's that?" Edward Wingrove let out trembling with fear, before he jumped behind the armchair.
"A demon." David Morgan whispered and his self-confidence was dampened a little bit. He stopped and was paralyzed. "Actually I should have known at once."
"Yes, obviously you should have known." Cole explained grinning.
"But no demon helps anyone. So why did you help Amy?" Morgan wondered and was still perplexed.
"Mm, perhaps I just wanted to see your stupid face, when you lose the case." Cole suggested and although it was a pleasure for him to see David Morgan's surprised face, he finally threw the energy ball into Morgan's direction.
Morgan could throw himself aside at the last minute, but he didn't miss the energy ball completely. The cup fell onto the ground and Morgan laid on the carpet motionless.
Cole looked at the door and was satisfied, when it opened again. He turned back to Edward Wingrove coming from behind the armchair and looking at Cole frightened.
"Please spare me, I have a wife and children." He told him in a trembling voice.
Cole shook his head smiling. "Oh me, too. But you didn't care about it, so why should I?" He snapped at him. "Finally it was your decision to throw me to your friend Morgan."
"But I had no choice." Wingrove tried to justify himself.
"Of course you had." Cole replied coldly. "Well, but unfortunately I had to realize that it never agreed with me to kill a human in the past." He explained with a shrug. "It's a pity, but if I ever change my mind, your family will be the first on my list." He turned around to leave the room, when he suddenly faced a woman.
The Voodoo priestess Belva pushed him back into the room. She stopped, when she saw her son lying on the ground. "I knew, that you need my help." She told him with a sigh and helped him to stand up.
Die Voodoopriesterin Belva drängte ihn zurück in den Raum und blieb verärgert stehen, als sie ihren Sohn auf dem Boden liegen sah. "Ich habe doch gleich gewusst, dass du Hilfe brauchst." erklärte sie seufzend und half ihrem Sohn vom Boden aufzustehen.
Meanwhile Cole rushed back to the door, when it was slam shut again. He turned around angrily. "Let me go." He urged her immediately.
"He's a demon mother." David Morgan explained. He was exhausted, but still alive.
Belva laughed. "Oh, what a surprise. My sister visited me today and she was concerned for you." She told Cole. "And thereby you are rather standing on our side."
Cole shock his head furiously. "You couldn't be more wrong. We aren't on the same side, never again." He explained her firmly and decided to vanish right away. He didn't want to risk to fight against Belva and her son. Because he didn't know exactly to what extend he was able to defeat himself at the moment. He wouldn't take the risk, no better he would appear in Siberia than he would be vanquished by Belva or her son.
He started to shimmer away, but at this moment Belva took a thunder stone out of her pocket and held it up. While she murmured a charm, David Morgan burst out in nasty laughter. "Nobody is able to escape my revenge."
Meanwhile Prue and Amy had already arrived at home with their shopping. They had stowed away the things in the kitchen and there was already a pot with a lilac substance on the stove.
Amy looked into the pot carefully and pulled a face. "Well I think I prefer real cooking." She explained. "What is it?"
"A potion to blow-up demons." Prue explained, she sat at the kitchen table and wrote down all spells and potions she could remember. "I've already told you, that I need something to defend us."
"But a demon wasn't responsible for your illness." Amy pointed out.
Prue shrugged her shoulders. "In the widest sense, anyway black magic was involved." She looked at Danny, who played with his magic wand. She didn't know, what she should think that the wand held such a great fascination for him.
Lost in thoughts she nearly missed that the door bell was ringing. Glad about the interruption, she told Amy. "I'll open the door." She left the kitchen and crossed the hall. When she opened the door, she faced Zadie.
"Prue, I'm glad that you are back on your feet again." She told her, obviously happy and embraced the surprised Prue. She entered the hall and looked around. "Is your friend at home?"
Prue shook her head and closed the door again. "No, Cole is out." she told Zadie, and wondered that he wasn't already home yet, he even didn't call. "Why? What do you want from him?" She asked on alert.
"I have to talk to him, I want to warn him." Zadie explained and sighed.
"He is still at work, but what's the matter?" Prue wanted to know forcefully.
"I just met my sister. I wanted to bring her to her senses. But no way." Zadie sighed again and looked at Prue dejected. "I didn't know, that Cole is the lawyer, who inflicted a severe defeat on David."
"David Morgan? Your nephew?" Prue asked. "Was he responsible for my disease?"
"No, no." Zadie shook her head. "The curse was older. But it increased because we have reflected it with the amulet. And when you didn't wear it anymore it could spread out all its power. But David had nothing to do with it But he's responsible for the other harming spell." She groaned. "Actually I should have known, that David had put the curse on Cole's bedroom. Obviously I'm getting old."
"There is another curse? I don't know what you're getting at?" Prue was confused.
"He didn't tell you about it?" Zadie wanted to know in surprise and walked to Cole's bedroom. "There is a harming spell in this room. It makes the owner of his room hurting his girlfriend." She explained and took a bowl out of her bag. She put it onto the nightstand and poured oil into it.
"That's why he... and I thought..." Prue started in surprise, while she watched Zadie in fascination. Zadie placed two pieces of bone in form of a cross on the bowl. Then she wedged a wick in the middle of it. Afterwards she stepped back and looked at Prue.
"I'll have to consecrate the lamp so that it can take effect. I'll call the Loas for help and then the wick will have to burn as long as the work is performed and the curse is cancelled." She explained. "Could you leave me alone, please?"
Prue left the room hesitating, she stopped in the hall and listened thoughtfully. She wondered, why Cold hadn't told her anything about it. Perhaps he had started with it, when she had told him about her talk with Dianne, Prue shook her head angrily.
Soon later Zadie opened the door again and left the room. She looked at Prue with a satisfied smile. "And now we'll have time to talk." she said.
Prue nodded and led Zadie into the winter garden. After they sat down, she looked at Zadie asking. "How could the spell get into the room?" she wanted to know
Zadie gave her a confused look. "A powerful sorcerer can harm everyone, every person, every place, no matter, if he had ever been there." She informed Prue.
"Mm," Prue let out sceptically, "and what could have happened?"
"The curse should make your friend hurt you, be violent against you." Zadie explained.
Prue smiled slightly. "Don't worry, I can defend myself."
"You shouldn't take it so easy, the violence can go to death." Zadie shook her head. "It's a bad magic spell."
"And David Morgan is responsible for it?" Prue asked.
"Yes, my nephew is a dangerous man and if something goes against the grain, he'll plot revenge." Zadie explained unhappily.
Prue looked at her concerned. "And now he'd like to get his revenge on Cole."
Zadie nodded. "Oh yes, and I don't want to know, what's going on in his foolish head." She sighed again. "And my sister would do everything for him. David was taken away from her, when he was a child. And now she wants to make it up for him, although it wasn't her fault."
"I've heard that his father died early." Prue remembered and looked at Zadie asking.
Zadie raised her hand in rejection. "I know, what everybody is thinking, but that's wrong. My sister really loved her husband. She would have never done anything to him. But when he suddenly died, everybody remembered Belva's history. That she grew up in one of the poorest districts of the town and that her relatives perform Voodoo. And immediately they had found the culprit." Zadie shook her head sadly. "Belva had no chance, her parents-in-law had the best lawyers and they got the custody of David. She even wasn't allowed to meet him, his grandparents were afraid of her bad influence." Zadie smiled sadly. "And at that time Belva swore to take revenge."
"And how does this revenge look like?" Prue asked.
"Mm." Zadie smiled unhappily. "After her parents-in-law had turned Belva out, she had to move back to her family. She had to life with us, but it was hard for her, after she was used a higher life style. But then she recalled her roots. Our ancestors always were powerful Voodoo priestesses. It's in our blood. But unfortunately Belva has lost her way. I use my powers to communicate with the Loas and to help people, but she just wanted revenge. She wanted to use her power to get back her son and to get her revenge on the white upper class of New Orleans. The people who had trampled on her, should worship her."
"And you didn't do anything to stop her?" Prue asked in surprise.
Zadie laughed. "Well, these people don't mean a lot to me." She admitted. "Belva made use of them and I didn't care. And in the beginning Belva just wanted to earn money, the more the better. She wanted to show the society, that she was able to allow herself luxury. Today she's the owner of a huge villa in town and only her best friends have appreciation. She wears the most expensive clothes and jewelry and lives a life of luxury."
"That's so great for her." Prue said derisively.
"Yes, but it didn't get her anywhere, she wasn't lucky. But then David was old enough to decide himself, if he wanted to see his mother. And of course he wanted to see his mother. Belva was overjoyed, but David is a power-hungry little bastard." She looked at Prue and smiled in excuse. "It's terrible that I have to say that about my own nephew, but it's the truth. In the beginning Belva was afraid to lose him again and she hid Voodoo from him. But with time he found out, that his mother is a powerful Voodoo priestess. His reaction wasn't like Belva has thought, no he was very enthusiastic about it. After he knew what power his mother had and that the same power lies in him, too, it was getting from bad to worse. He started to manipulate people to win in court and I don't want to think, what worse he could have done."
You shouldn't have refused to see what was happening." Prue explained firmly.
Zadie looked up sadly and nodded. "I know. And therefore it's time to stop them. It's painful to do it to my own sister, but I have no choice."
"What are you going to do?" Prue asked. "And how can I help you?"
Zadie shook her head. "No, my dear. It's my problem and I don't want to drag you into it." She explained resolutely. "Some of my Voodoo sisters and me will get together at a secret place and we'll take care of Belva and David. They aren't powerful enough to be able to take on all of us." She took Prue's hands and looked her deep into the eyes. "But you and especially Cole will have to stay away. I've felt that you have magical powers, but David is strong. Play your cards close to your chest for the moment, otherwise I don't know what David will do to Cole ... or to you ... or to the little boy. I don't want that one of you will be hurt, there would be no excuse for that. So you have to promise me, that you won't take a risk.
"No we won't do that, if you promise me that no innocent will suffer because of Belva or her son ever again." Prue explained firmly. She had always done what she could for the innocents, she had risked her life and her soul to rescue them and she just would hold back, if she made Zadie promise her this.
"I'll do everything I can, that no-one will be hurt." Zadie promised.
"Thanks!" Prue said calmly. She didn't want to expose her family to danger. The mere thought, that something could happen to a member of her family, had always been hell for her. And today her family consisted of Danny and Cole, that was the way it was. And even Amy somehow, Prue thought and smiled, when she saw the young woman standing in the door.
"Oh Prue, could you come into the kitchen for a moment, I think your strange ... soup will soon boil over." She explained and cast a sceptical look at Zadie.
The elder woman stood up and smiled. "Well I don't want to disturb you any longer." She said and followed Amy into the hall. She stopped in front of Cole's room and opened the door again to look into the bedroom.
"The lamp will burn until tomorrow. Then the spell will be broken." She explained. "But so that the magic lamp can protect the house against further harming spells, you have to place it into the hall. And every day at noon, when the sun is reaching its zenith, you'll have to fill up the bowl with oil." Zadie put a little bottle onto the table in the hall. Then she opened the door and went outside. She stopped again to turn around to Prue. "I'll do my best, I promise you. Take care of all of you, I know, you are able to do it." She explained with a confident smile, she turned around again and walked to the street slowly.
Prue looked after her and sighed. How could she run into danger again, she wondered shaking her head. It was a strange feeling to leave the annihilation of Belva and David Morgan to Zadie. But she had no choice, she decided and closed the door slowly. She walked back into the kitchen and was busy with the completion of her potions until the evening. At the same time she told Amy everything, she would have to pay attention to, if she fought against evil.
When Cole wasn't at home late in the evening, Prue started to worry. What if he already fell into David Morgan's hands. She took a deep breath, Cole could defend himself, he had always proved it, finally he had survived a life as a demon for more than 100 years. He could look after himself, he was never at a loss as to what to do, no matter what Zadie had said. Prue had no doubt, that Cole could fight against Morgan. Zadie didn't know as much about Cole as Prue. And even if he wasn't in full possession of his magical powers, he'd find his way out.
But what if Wingrove has set a trap for Cole. Prue sighed, that just couldn't have happened. She took the phone and called resolutely Cole's office number. But nobody answered the call, she just heard the answering machine telling her, that no lawyer was available at this time. Prue hanged up thoughtfully, she didn't know, if she should try to reach the Wingroves. But when she finally made up her mind to do it, a maid told her, that none of the family was there. Prue felt uneasy about it and hanged up. Actually she knew, that Cole would have called her, something must have happened to him.
She still stared at the receiver, when Amy entered the room. "Is everything alright?" she asked.
Prue shook her head. "No, I think Cole is in danger. It was a fault to meet Edward Wingrove." she said thoughtfully. "And I brought him to go there." It suddenly occurred to her, that she had seen Edward Wingrove and Amy's mother together with Belva and David Morgan. Why hadn't she thought of it earlier? She turned around resolutely. "We have to do something."
"And what?" Amy asked in discourage.
Prue looked around. "In your Book of Shadows, there was a location spell, wasn't it?" Prue remembered.
Amy shrugged her shoulders. "I've no idea, but I can take the book." she suggested and ran upstairs. Soon later she came downstairs again with the book in her hand. She opened it and started to leaf through it.
"Did you find it?" Prue asked impatiently.
"Wait, one moment. There it is." She gave Prue the book.
Prue read the spell and looked at the list of ingredients. "Okay." she said. "We have everything here. Now we only need a map and then we can start."
"Oh, I'm sure I've seen some maps on the attic." Amy remembered and ran upstairs again.
Meanwhile Prue went into the kitchen and put the ingredients together. When she was ready, she walked back into the living room, where Amy was already waiting with some maps in her hands.
"Which one do we need?" she asked and showed Prue the maps. "I have New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, North Amerika, the world?"
Prue grinned "Let's try New Orleans first." She decided and Amy put the map onto the ground. "Now you can read the spell from the book." Prue asked her and while Amy recited the spell, Prue strewed the potion over the map.
Amy and Prue stepped back and watched a white whirlwind formed itself, looking like a tiny tornado. It switched over the map and searched for Cole, but it didn't find a place where it could settle.
"Perhaps he is out of the town." Prue thought and took the map of Louisiana. She put it beside the city map onto the ground. The whirlwind started to switch over the new map. It seemed as if he was searching intently for a mark, where he could land, but again he couldn't find a place. Prue put the map of the USA onto the ground and finally even the world map, but nothing happened.
Amy shrugged her shoulders and looked at Prue. "Perhaps it's my fault. I did something wrong with the spell." She excused.
But Prue shook her head. "No, you did everything right. I can imagine, what it means." She said thoughtfully. "If Cole was in danger, he'd try to shimmer away. That could be the reason, why the whirlwind can't find him." She explained and smiled in relief. "Probably he tries desperately to come home and he turns up here and there."
Amy looked at her asking. "I don't know, what you are getting at, but obviously you are relieved. So the message must be good." She said.
Prue laughed. "Yes, he isn't in danger. Just once again, he had a too high opinion of himself." She explained in amusement, but Amy could hear her affection for him in her voice.
"Come on let's go to bed." Prue said. "Probably he can manage to come near to New Orleans until tomorrow morning. And if not..." Prue looked around and decided to let the maps lying on the ground. The whirlwind was still flying around searching for Cole. And if Cole stayed somewhere for a while, the whirlwind would tell her about it and Prue could help him to get home. But actually Prue supposed, that Cole would manage to shimmer home sooner or later.
Satisfied they left the living room and went upstairs. None of them looked around again and therefore they didn't see that the whirlwind finally found a place to land. It settled in the broken thunder stone and the stone started to glow in a brilliant light.