A/n: Thanks for the reviews!

Fanmania: Yup yup. I liked both Cole and Jason so I had to figure out a way to incorporate them both.

Chapter 5: Struggle and a Sixth Sense

Phoebe was now so over whelmed with anger, grief, sadness and rage that it felt as though she were carrying the world on her shoulders. Her knees began to buckle as she fell to the floor on them.

"Your mortality shows itself oh, Charmed One. I guess you are the weakest link in the chain after all."

"No. Love and loss are not weaknesses. They combine to create a great strength." She rose to her feet and wiped her tears away. "If I can't talk to you, I know someone who can try." She closed her eyes and briefly prayed that her plan would work.

"Hear these words

Hear this cry

Spirit from the other side

Come to me

I summon thee

Cross now the great divide."

The candles flickered for a split second. When the flames ceased to move, the translucent form of a bewildered Cole stood looking around the room. A look of relief crossed his face as her realized where he was. His eyes quickly darted from Alucard to Phoebe, where he smiled, and back to Alucard again.

"You," he commented grimly as he stared him in the face. A look of disgust registered on his face.

"Yes, me," he scoffed in response as he began to slowly walk circles around Phoebe and Cole.

"Phoebe," Cole said as his voice softened.

As her eyes began to water, she looked up and softly, "Cole, thank you for coming."

"I would do anything for you. I'd even go to hell and back, so to speak. You know that I will always love you with all of my heart."

Phoebe cleared her throat and looked Cole in the eyes. "No, Cole. How many times do I have to tell you? I don't love you." She winced as what she had just said sunk in. Deep, down some part of her still did love him. It was one of the biggest lies she had ever told. But, she was with Jason now. No more reminiscing over old memories with Cole. All the demons they'd vanquished together, all the great time's they'd had, everything they had conquered. No, he went back to evil and back to being a demon. She knew that he had done that for her and her sisters; simply for the fact that they would have more power for other demons. But he was drawn back to the side of evil and she had lost all hope. He was vanquished and banished to the spirit plane.

"Phoebe, do you know how much it hurts me to hear you say that?" Cole asked as his voice shook.

"As much as it hurts me to say it?" she questioned under her breath. Tears stung at the back of her eyes as she tried to blink them back.

"Enough of this silly reunion!" Alucard cried as he held up his hands in resolution. "Time to get down to business. Ah, Cole, nice to see you again!"

"Shut it you insufferable little…" Cole chided.

"Little what?" Alucard mimicked. "What are you going to do Mister 'I used to be big and bad'? Nothing. Nothing at all. As a matter of fact, that's all you can do. You are merely just another toy for me to play with. First, I'll mess with your heads. Then I'll screw with your thoughts and minds and last, I'll finally banish every figment of your existences."

"Leave."

"But why when I can have all the fun in the world with you two?" His grin was one that made a huge imprint in the back of Phoebe's mind.

"Alucard, I've had all that I can take from you. I'm not going to stand by and watch you harm the people I love." Cole glared as determination overtook his voice.

With that remark, her heart painfully twisted into something that was spiraling out of control. It hurt her to hear these things not because she didn't want to hear them but because Cole still loved her. Did Cole know what he did in her dream? Did she love him back?

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On the second floor, in Phoebe's bedroom, Jason sat straight up in worry as a deepening pain grew in his chest. He searched the room for any sign of Phoebe. When he couldn't find her, his heart skipped a beat. He sat and quietly listened for the sound of the TV downstairs or mixing noises coming from the kitchen or anything. Silence met with him. Something isn't right he thought. He decided to venture around the house in search of Phoebe. If she was in pain of any kind, he would have to find her and help her through it. He headed to the attic since it was closest. He trekked up the stairs where he could see the open door. He could tell that Phoebe was not alone because of the shadows that were cast by the candles. When he got to the top, he saw the three figures. One was woman and the other two, men. He knew that Phoebe was there but did not recognize the two men.

Seeing that she appeared to be in pain, Jason began to rush into the attic. When he tried to step in the doorway, a force of which he could not see threw him back a few feet, accompanied by a loud shocking sound.

Hearing this bone chilling sound, Phoebe ran to the doorway but was smart enough not to try to exit. "Jason!" she cried. It was no use. He couldn't hear her. He crawled to the doorway and sadly looked at Phoebe.

"Who is that?" Cole and Alucard demanded in unison.

"Jason," she said as tears threatened to spill down her cheeks.

"Why is he here?" Alucard asked.

"He lives here," she momentarily paused, "With me."

"Are you kidding me!" Cole said outraged.

"No," he replied as she held her arm by the elbow. "Please, both of you," she begged. "Just leave. I shouldn't have even summoned you Cole."

"Fine," the said together.

"I'll be back, that's a promise." Alucard threatened. The symbol on the back of his hand glowed once more and he was gone.

"Goodbye, Phoebe," Cole whispered.

"It's not goodbye Cole. It's I'll see you later," she responded, crying. Then, Cole simply faded away.

Phoebe fell to the floor in a crying heap. Jason threw a small piece of wood into the attic doorway to make sure that force field was gone. Successfully, the wood sailed cleanly through the air and landed in the attic. He rushed in and cradled the distraught Phoebe in his arms.

"H-how did you know t-that I was up here?" she asked through her sobs.

"I felt your pain."