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Chapter Thirteen
Phoebe glanced around the dimly lit chamber, trying to find her fiancé. "Cole!" She whispered loudly. "Cole!" Suddenly, she felt a hand grab her by the throat and lift her up so that her Jimmy Choos were barely touching the ground.
"Witch," Cole/Belthazor growled, turning her around to face him, his grip tightening. Phoebe gasped, choking out his name. "Cole," She gasped. Then she swore she saw something flicker in his black eyes…recognition.
"Phoebe," He said, transforming back into Cole. Shaking, he released her. Phoebe fell to the ground, coughing and spluttering and she massaged her red neck.
"I'm so sorry," He said quietly. "I'm so sorry." He reached out his hand and, trembling, Phoebe took it and let him pull her back up onto feet.
"It's all my fault," Cole whispered. "It's all my entire fault. If I hadn't had let my guard down, none of this would have happened. How could I have thought that she was you? I was so stupid. And now the Devil of Darkness has been born and she will destroy the Halliwell line." Phoebe's eyes widened.
"W-What did you just say?" Phoebe asked nervously. Cole stared at her, his ice blue eyes full of pain.
"The Devil of Darkness is mine and Fleur's daughter," Cole replied. "Fleur did something to me, I think she used some kind of potion to get me to sleep with her. And she became pregnant. Demonic pregnancies only last a couple of months so there was nothing you and your sisters could have done to stop Jade from being born. Did Paige have her daughter? Like the prophesy said she would?" Phoebe nodded.
"Cole, can we get out of here?" The empathic witch pleaded. "Before the Trinity find me here."
"Too late, witch."
Phoebe and Cole spun around to see the Trinity stood there. Fleur was in the middle of her two sisters, holding a baby girl in her arms. The baby's completely black eyes seemed to light up when she saw Cole.
"Jade," Cole said in a pained voice. The baby looked at her mother as if she was asking permission to shimmer over to her father. Fleur shook her head.
"It's time I killed you once and for all," Fleur snarled, placing Jade on the ground and conjuring up an energy ball just as Prue, Piper and Paige appeared in a swirl of white lights.
"Phoebe, what the hell are you doing-," Piper stopped, her sentence hanging in midair when she saw the Trinity and baby Jade. "Here," Piper finished. Prue gasped, pointing at Jade.
"Er, is it a trick of the light or are that baby's eyes completely black?" Prue asked nervously. Paige stared at the baby, knowing instantly who she was.
"The Devil of Darkness," Paige said coldly. "So this is the being that thinks she can kill my daughter." Piper raised her hands about to blow the baby up, but Phoebe pushed them back down and hissed, "Piper, you can't! She's still a baby!" Lila gave a loud cough.
"Hello, we're waiting to kill you here," The blonde said with a toss of her hair. Paige snorted.
"I won't let you hurt them," Cole said icily, stepping in front of the sisters. Katrina laughed, an energy ball hovering over her palm.
"Then we'll have to kill you too," She said angrily, but Fleur pushed her arm away so that the energy ball flew into the wall instead. Katrina stared at her sister with a look of disgust.
"Are you out of your mind, Fleur?" Lila demanded. "He has betrayed us! We have to kill him!"
"No!" Fleur yelled. "He'll come back to me…won't you, Belthazor? For you daughter. Come back to me for your daughter." Cole stared at the baby sat on the ground, looked past the empty black eyes and into the sweet little girl beneath the evil. He had to stay. He had to try and save her.
"You're right," He said sadly. With one last look at Phoebe, he left her side and walked over to Fleur. Prue's jaw dropped.
"You son of a bitch!" She screamed. "I knew you were evil! There is nothing good in you!" With an angry yell, she telekinetically threw Cole across the room. He groaned and jumped to his feet.
Prue raised her arm, ready to attack him again, but Phoebe shook her head sadly. "Let's go," She muttered, a tear rolling down her cheek. With a glare at Cole, Paige grabbed on her sisters' hands and orbed them out.
They reappeared in the manor to find Leo, Andy and Kyle waiting for them. Kyle was holding a screaming Paisley in his arms. "Oh, give her to me!" Paige snapped, taking her daughter from him and rocking her from side to side. Kyle looked surprised at his lover's outburst. Paige smiled as Paisley's screams grew quieter and quieter until the only sound coming from her was her heavy breathing, a sign that she was asleep. Paige placed her beautiful daughter down in her baby basket and flopped down on the sofa with an exhausted sign.
"So what happened?" Leo asked. Piper shook her head slightly and when Leo saw Phoebe stood there with tears streaming down her cheeks, he understood what had happened.
"Oh, and we saw the Devil of Darkness," Prue informed him. "She's about the same age as Paisley and the reason that Cole stayed in the underworld, the son of bitch." Piper wrapped her arms around Phoebe's shoulders and pulled her into a tight embrace.
"We'll get him back, sweetie," She whispered, stroking her sister's curly brown hair. "I promise you. We'll get him back."
The next day Phoebe phoned in sick and told Elise that she'll send in her column from home. Prue sighed as she poured herself a cup of coffee. "Do you think Phoebe will leave her room at all?" She asked Paige, who was breastfeeding Paisley.
"Prue!" Paige exclaimed. "As much as I distrust Cole, Phoebe loves him and I don't think she'll get over him that easily."
"Talking about me?" Phoebe said, surprising them. They looked up to see her stood in the doorway, dressed in a lilac laced top and jeans tucked into pointy-toed black leather boots. Her long brown hair was loose and flowing over her shoulders and she was wearing make-up for the first time in weeks.
"Wow, Pheebs, you look great," Paige said with a smile. Phoebe's face remained expressionless.
"I just came down for some coffee," She muttered. Prue nodded and quickly poured her a cup. Wordlessly, Phoebe took it and left the room. Prue groaned.
"I wish she would snap out of her mood," The telekinetic Charmed One muttered.
Later that day, Piper was pacing up and down her room, waiting for a phone call from her doctor. She had been to see the doctor earlier and he had taken a few tests and said he would phone her as soon as he knew what was wrong.
"Piper, try to relax," Leo said, taking hold of her hand. Piper sighed and sat down on her bed next to him.
"I'm just so nervous," She replied with a laugh. "I don't want to get all excited because I might not be pregnant, but I'm worried that there could be something wrong with the baby if I am pregnant." Suddenly, the phone on her bedside table rang. With lightning fast speed, Piper darted over and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" She said nervously.
"Hello, is this Mrs. Piper Halliwell?"
"Yes, speaking," Piper replied.
"This is Dr. Michaels, I have your test results back. Congratulations, Mrs. Halliwell, you're pregnant with an extremely healthy baby." Piper dropped the phone with shook.
"Piper, what is it?" Leo asked worriedly.
"I…I'm pregnant," She gasped…and fainted.
A/N: Yay, Piper's pregnant! Review please!
Next chapter: Piper tells the family that she's pregnant, Kyle proposes to Paige and the Charmed Ones have a visitor…