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Chapter 27-Dying Slowly
The next couple of days were spent either in the NICU or Pheobe's hospital room. Prue and Piper took turns staying with Ben and Cole, making sure that neither were left alone at any time, afraid that they would be taken. Cole spent half of his time with their son and the rest of his time sitting by his wife's hospital bed, talking to her and begging her to wake up.
After being informed that Pheobe would have severe brain damage if she didn't regain consciouness in the nest twenty-four hours, Cole got desperate, resorting to the last person he wanted to see.
"Leo!" he shouted from the manor.
After screaming his name for five minutes, Leo finally orbed in.
"I'm not allowed to be here," Leo said, half whispering.
"I don't care. You go to that hospital and heal my wife!" Cole screamed at him.
"I can't," Leo told him.
"So, now you're just abandoning your family. For what? The Greater good. What the hell happened to you? Your family used to mean more to you than the Precious Elders," Cole yelled. "Were you in on sending the Cleaners to take my son. Your nephew, an innocent baby?"
Leo looked down, ashamed.
"You were, weren't you?" Cole asked, a disgusted look on his face. "Get the hell out of here! You're not welcome in this house."
An energy ball flew from Cole's hand and towards Leo, but he orbed out before he was hit.
Cole shimmered back to the hospital, trying to figure out another way to save his wife.
Ben was ready to come home, perfectly healthy, which Cole was thankful for since he knew Pheobe would put Ben's life before her own and never would have forgave herself if something was wrong with him.
Cole packed the baby up and then took him to Pheobe's hospital room, hoping that her son being near her might cause her to wake up.
"Hey," Cole said walking into her room, Prue not far behind him. "Look who I have with me," he said showing the newborn baby to his wife's sleeping form.
Of course, she didn't move.
Cole took the infant out of his carrier and sat in the chair beside Pheobe, holding the baby up to his mommy.
"Say hi to mommy," Cole said as he laid the baby on his mother's chest.
He hoped that somehow she could feel her son's heartbeat and that it would shock her back to reality, knowing that her family needed her.
"Baby, you gotta wake up. I need you to wake up...now. Your son needs you," Cole said picking up the baby, who immediately started crying.
Cole tried to soothe the baby, but it was clear that a father wasn't what he needed.
"Cole, come on. I think we need to get this little guy home," Prue said taking the baby from him and putting him back in his carrier.
"What are we supposed to do at home, wait for the call saying she's gone? I need to be with her. She can't d...die alone," he choked out, barely able to say that horrible word.
"What would she want you to do, Cole? Would she want you to sit by her, moarning her or would she want you to take care of her son, what's left of her?" Prue asked, knowing that he would breakdown if he sat and watched the love of his life die.
He reluctantly left with her, knowing that she was right.
At the Manor
Cole tried to focus on the baby, but his thoughts kept going to Pheobe, unconcious, in a hospital bed alone. Her chance at survival was getting smaller as each second passed by. And he was just sitting there, doing nothing to help her. He felt so useless, so betrayed by life. How could they take away such a perfect being? She had done everything in her power for good, but they were letting her die...slowly.
Piper was searching for a way to bring her baby sister back, so Prue was in charge of watching Ben and Cole.
"Please just leave me alone. It doesn't matter if they take me. Just make sure Ben is safe," Cole screamed at her.
"No, I'm not going to let them. You are my brother. I can't lose my sister and my brother and Ben can't lose his mom and dad. We all need you," Prue told him.
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