Chapter 2. The Lonely and the Revived
Paige was lying on the ground, her hands tied. She opened her eyes slowly to see if anybody was there, but the cell was empty;
"Where the heck am i?" said Paige in darkness looking around "I must be in the Underworld Crap!"she sighed and struggled to get her hands free but failed.Not knowing what to do, she tried to orb but she had no powers in there or because of the potion Cole threw at her. After an hour of struggling, she finally freed her hands and managed to get up. She gazed a while on the walls and saw a light flickering inside the cell. "This is not a cell, it's definetly bigger than a cell"she said to herself.
Slowly she moved towards it, carefully not get caught and when she reached the light, she saw a coridor which led to an entrance. Paige approached it, creeping near the dark walls to see from where the light was, when she heard a shimmering behind her and the next thing but she was lying again on the ground. Dizzy she woke up and tired to being stalked,she cried for some answers.
"Why are you doing this to me? Cole, i know it's you so you'd better shimmer your sorry ass down here!"
"No need to be rude Paige!" said Cole just shimmering behind.
Head still spinning and anger mixed with fear coursing through her veins reaching her heart, Paige turned to face Cole and overcoming her fears she started to question him.
"Where are Phoebe and Piper? I swear if you did something to them, I'll-" Shakily, she shuffled towards him with threating voice
"You'll do what, Paige? And don't worry they are fine, they don't even know you are here! "What do you mean?
"You see, i took care to this problem; I morphed into you, I know how they think, and it's much safer that way!" said Cole approaching her.
"What?" Paige's eyebrows shot up and her mouth became a disgusted line. "Okay, that's sick." said Paige crossing her arms, moving away from him. "What do you want? And why the hell did you kidnapped me?"her tone become angrier and scary.
"Tuttut, curiosity killed the cat, Paige!" he said grinning.
Paige was now even paler and bothered than she was, hitting the cave's wall with her back. Anger and frustation filled her head and realised that she was still wearing her nightgown, she tried to cover herself because of the chill and seeing that Cole was staring at her who was now less then a metre away, she made an attack and punched him in his stomach.
But then, altough he was a little in pain, he shimmered a Dark Lighter's bow in his hands and pointed it at Paige.
"Look what we have here...an arrow just for you Paige!" he said knowing she was half whitelighter.
"You just love to torture, don't ya demon?" she looked at it and quickly jumped backwards.
"You guessed very well, Paige!" he cried and looked for her behind a giant rock were she hid.
She continuated to orb rocks, metal bars at him, but he was winning. Paige dodged an incoming fireball and fell on the cold ground, behind a huge rock receiving a harsh bleeding on her leg. Paige used her limited energy to throw rocks at Cole and dodged his fireballs attacks, and Cole seeming to enjoy this fight very much.
An hour passed, and with a final energy ball thrown in her stomach, Paige collapsed on the dirty ground of the Underworld, and Cole looked at her and shimmered away with carrying her body.
"Time to pay a visit to your dear sisters, Paige!" he whispered to an unconcious Paige, and left.
Meanwhile at the manor, Phoebe and Piper were starting to doubt that 'Paige'/Cole was the 'real Paige'.
"Didn't you notice something strange at Paige?" asked Phoebe casually, not wanting to worry Piper too much with all the Billie and Christy stuff stuck in her head.
"What do you mean?" replied Piper preparing herself a cofee.
"I mean, I think she is…I don't know, not herself lately."
"Well, she said she is just too tired after a long day of work and I don't have any trouble with that! She just went to sleep, relax Phoebe!" said Piper setting down at the table followed by Phoebe.
"But… I think I'm gonna go and check on her" said Phoebe lifting her purse and settling it on the table. "Make me a cofee too. I think I'll need it"
"As you wish, I'm too tired to deal with Paige right now, the band just drove my mind crazy today!"
Piper didn't have time to finish her sip of coffee, when a shimmering light appeared in front of her and cried for Phoebe who was climbing the stairs to Paige's bedroom.
Cole was now standing with Paige in his arms, pressing an athame at her neck.
"What-What? Whoa!" cried a shocked Phoebe and looked at Paige.
"You – son – of – bitch!" Piper cried louder than Phoebe and stoped frozen in the hallway.
"Long time, girls" said Cole smirking
"Don't listen – " whispered Paige who was now hald concious but stopped when Cole pressed the knife more into her skin and she became to feel dizzy and she passed out because of the poison on the blade.
"What do you want Cole? Apparently you changed since I last seen you" said Piper moving towards him, her hands prepared to blow him.
"People change, Piper" he said and looked at Phoebe
"What do you mean? 'Since I last seen you' Piper? What the hell?" asked Phoebe confused
"Long story, tell you later, now back to Paige, Cole what do you want?" said Piper in a threating voice.
"I want you to suffer like I suffered when you vanquished me Phoebe!" he muttured
"Excuse me? You were evil! And by the way I didn't vanquished you, the other 'perfect' Phoebe from your 'perfect' world without Paige did!" said Phoebe approaching him
"That doesn't change anything – "
"How the bloody hell are you here Cole – huh, now I'm starting to turn into Harry Potter
"Actually Ron, Piper –"
"Not now Phoebe!" said Piper rising her voice seeing that Cole was still standing there with the bloody athame
"What are you up against now? Killing us? Killing Paige?" Phoebe asked Cole rubbing her eyes because of the lack of sleep
"Me and Paige wanted to pay a visit to you," he smirked at them "I want you to stay out of our – erm…how to say it…maybe relationship?"
"Save it- w.h.a.t d.o y.o.u w.a.n.t Cole?" said Piper harshly
"Why are you doing this to her?" aked Phoebe angrily
"You know I've always hated Paige, and now, when I have the chance to be back, I want Paige to be my delightfull wife!" he said, smiling at the girls.
"I think I'm going to be sick!" muttured Piper silently while Phoebe froze.
"You – what?"
"I'm going to marry your sister"
"Why are you torturing her, Cole?" said a quietly Piper trying to regain control over the conflict..
"I'm not – I started to like her you know..but not love. I can't love anymore I'm the most powerfull member of the – oops I don't have to say to you!" said Cole laughing
"No you're not!" said Phobe loudily "You just want to destroy us again"
"No –"
"Yeah, right" said Piper "Cole, trust me, we will vanquish you again if it needs to"
"You can't destroy me!" Cole smirked and looked at Paige "I think it's time to go, See ya!" he said and with a final smik he shimmered with Paige in his arms.
"I don't believe this Piper! How can he be alive?" said Phoebe in disbelief
"Calm down sweety, you call for the Elders and I will go to make the vanquishing potion" said Piper and went to the attic
"I just hope Paige's allright" she said and headed to the atrium