He was kicking and punching her. She couldn't orb. Every time she tried he would knock her down. It seemed like it had been going on for hours. A hard punch to the face made her stagger backwards and tumble to the floor. Then his feet came back into play. He was wearing heavy boots and each kick was agony.

"Please stop!" She scrambled onto her hands and knees trying desperately to get away from him but another well aimed kick to her stomach made her drop back down on the floor. Cole grabbed her by the hair and wrenched her head back so that she was looking directly into his green, hate-filled eyes.

"You ruined everything for me!" Cole slammed her face into the hard floor and smiled evilly as he heard her nose break.

Using the table for support she managed to get to her feet. She dodged as Cole lunged for her with an athame but he still managed to slash her pretty deeply down her cheek. Blood was running freely down her face onto her neck.

She felt dizzy for a moment and tried to steady herself although pain seemed to be throbbing through every part of her body. Before she had time to react she felt the blade of the athame plunge deep into her stomach and she knew all was lost. Cole yanked the blade out and she dropped to the floor. She tried to break her fall but her arm was at an awkward angle and she felt her wrist break. He kicked her over so that she was lying on her back. His eyes bore into hers as he tightened his grip on the athame. She stared up at him, pleading with her eyes for him to stop. She found no mercy.

With a yell he dropped to his knees and drove the athame into her again. Pulling it out, he stabbed her a third time but this time he left it in, holding on to the handle and twisting the blade round.

She screamed in pain, tears running down her bloodstained cheeks. Darkness was closing in around her and she didn't care anymore. Cole gave the knife one final cruel twist before wrenching it out.

"Don't die yet, I have one more surprise for you…" He left the room and came back carrying a large whip with small metal spikes on the end.

She couldn't take anymore, she'd die if she had any more pain inflicted on her. Summoning her last bit of strength she managed to orb out just as the whip snapped down towards her.

Paige woke with a start, gasping for breath. She saw her sisters looking down at her with concern etched on their faces.

Phoebe smoothed Paige's hair back, "Ssh… It's ok honey, you're safe. We're here, everything's alright."

Piper sat down next to her on the bed, "You wanna talk about it?" Paige shook her head. "That was obviously a hell of a nightmare you were having. You woke us both up and it took us forever to wake you"

"Sorry…" Paige glanced at the clock. It was 4am, much too early to get up.

Piper smiled kindly at her, "You don't need to be sorry. We're just worried that's all."

Paige tried to sit up and gasped when a sharp pain shot through her stomach. "When's Leo gonna be back?"

"I don't know, he had to go and see one of his charges. You know how long that can take sometimes, but don't change the subject." Piper took Paige's hand, "If you don't want to talk about it then it's ok but it might help."

Paige sighed, "I was just reliving what happened to me today, that's all." Piper lay down next to her and wrapped her arms around her baby sister, "I won't let him hurt you again, missy Paige, I promise."

Phoebe smiled at them both, "Hey Piper, you want me to sleep on the sofa for a bit?"

"No, it's ok. There's plenty of room here for all of us."

Paige moved over a bit to make some more room. Piper and Phoebe both wrapped their arms round her making her feel like she was in a cocoon. She felt safe and loved though and she soon fell asleep.

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Cole paced restlessly around his apartment. He couldn't believe that stupid witch had escaped! No doubt she'd alerted her sisters by now, he knew he had to move fast if he wanted his plan to work.

She had created another small problem though. Cole stopped his pacing and stood still, his brow furrowed. Now that she had informed her sisters there was no chance to win Phoebe back. She could never love a man who tried to kill her sister.

He rubbed his chin thoughtfully, he could always perform a memory spell on Piper and Phoebe once Paige was dead. Make them think that it was a different demon that killed her. Hell, he could even make them think that he'd tried to save her! This plan could work. But first, he needed Paige out of the way.

He still wanted her to suffer though, he didn't think she'd suffered nearly enough for destroying his and Phoebe's relationship. Another idea formed in his mind and he crossed the room quickly to where he kept his files. He opened one and looked down at the information with a small smile playing on his lips. Yes, that would work. That would break her.

Slamming the file closed again, he grinned evilly. Paige Matthews was going to get what was coming to her once and for all.

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