Hi guys! Sorry for the long time it took me to post this, but I was really busy with school and had some lack of inspiration, but now I'm back and I promise I'll do my best to post every week from now on.
Letting Cole Go
Prue, Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Leo, Coop, Daryl, Billie and Cole were in the living room discussing.
-How come there's a whole new Triad? I'm tired of vanquishing them! –Piper said.
-They're like Elders, if they die, a new demon takes their place. But this time, the new members are stronger and smarter, so we need to be more careful. –Cole said.
-We? –Prue asked. –Who said you're included in our plans?
-Well, I just saved your life a couple times. I thought I had earned your trust…
-But you haven't; saving us won't undo what you've done in the past, all the suffering you caused.
-Then I'm leaving now, it's clear that I will be better alone. –He said, but Piper froze part of him. –Let me go!
-No. –Phoebe said. –You won't leave, at least not with all those powers.
-I can't believe you're saying this. Are you going to take my powers away or what?
-That's exactly what we are planning to do. –Phoebe said.
-You can't do that! I need to protect myself; the Triad is after me.
-I'm sorry, but you're used to being on the run. –She replied.
-But I don't want to protect just myself; I need them to keep you safe too.
-She doesn't need your protection! –Coop said interfering.
-It looks like she does! –Cole replied. –How many times did she almost die when you were supposed to protect her?
-You back off! –Coop said grabbing Cole by his shirt and unfreezing him.
Cole punched Coop and they started fighting.
-Stop it guys! –Phoebe shouted. –I don't need to deal with you two fighting now! We've got more important things to discuss.
-You can discuss all you want after I'm gone. –Cole said. –Just give me one day to prove that I won't cause any trouble for you.
-No! –Prue and Paige said. –We don't trust you. –The eldest said. –And neither does any of us here.
-I do. –Piper said.
-What?! –Prue said.
-I've seen him before, and I think he deserves a second chance, but if he messes up, we vanquish him. –She said.
-Fine, one day. –Phoebe said to Cole.
-Thanks. –He said looking at Piper and then flamed away.
-I still think that's a mistake… –Prue said finally.
Later, after they had all calmed down, an Elder orbed in the kitchen, where Prue and Paige were talking.
-Oh God. You can't just keep orbing inside here! –Prue said.
-I demand more respect from you, witch! –He said coldly.
-What's wrong? –She asked. –I'm sorry.
-He's here to talk to me. –Paige said slowly.
-No, I'm not. We won't talk to you.
-What?
-You heard me. I'm here to see you. –He said looking at Prue.
-Me? What have I done?
-You and your boyfriend, Andy, are being called to receive a reward for your help against Ducsen.
-Really? –Prue asked. –What about my sisters, they all helped.
-Don't worry, Phoebe and Piper will receive what they deserve too. Now, come with me. –He said grabbing Prue's hand. He orbed away with her.
Prue and Andy were now up there with the Elder.
-Andy? When did you get here?
-An Elder brought me.
-They called me too. Do you know what they're gonna give us?
-I have no idea. –He said.
The Elder came and told Prue and Andy to don't move. He raised his hand and a light filled the room; when he was finished, Prue and Andy were back to their original bodies.
-Wha, what happened? –Prue asked.
-You got your identities back; everyone will think you were involved in a very dangerous case and the witness protection program had to hide you for all those years. You can be Prue Halliwell and Andy Trudeau again.
-Oh my God. –Prue said.
-I can't believe it. –Andy said. –Thank you so much.
-You're welcome. –The Elder said sending them back to the manor.
In Phoebe and Coop's loft, they were discussing while about Cole:
-You don't have to be jealous, he's from my past and he's going to stay there! –Phoebe said.
-I'm not jealous! He's dangerous!
-Not for me, well, at least not anymore.
-Don't you remember all he did to you in the past? Because I've seen it all with you.
-Of curse I do, but even though I don't trust him, I know he won't harm us, I just feel it.
-Then why did you want to rip his powers off?
-It was just a precaution, we can't take any risks, but if it makes you happier, I'll see if he's up to anything, ok?
-Thank you. –Coop said kissing Phoebe.
Piper was in the manor with Paige while Prue was gone; they were sitting on the couch talking.
-How are you doing? –Piper said suddenly.
-What? –Paige asked.
-How are you feeling? With this Henry thing…
-Oh. I'm fine now that I know he's alive and fine, I mean, the Elders won't kill him or anything, but I'm still sad I can't even see him. I'm more concerned about Dean, I sure got him into a lot of trouble.
-I'm sorry, this is all my fault; if I hadn't got hit this would have never happened.
-Don't you dare to say that Piper! It's no one's fault.
-Ok, but we'll find a way to solve this.
-Before we need to solve another problem.
-Yeah, you're right.
-But speaking of which, why do you trust Cole? –Paige asked.
-Long story short, a few years ago, I met Cole in some kind of limbo, and there I realized he was truly sorry for what he had done; the Cole we vanquished was delusional, crazy, and I think he deserves a chance to prove he regrets what he has done. You and Prue have millions of reasons to hate him, but we can't deny that he's been really helpful lately.
-Ok, but still, how are we going to know if he does something wrong?
-Remember that invisibility potion you created some years ago? I'm gonna use it to spy on him.
-I'm going with you!
-No you're not! You just lost practically all your powers.
-I still have some of them.
-No, Paige, it's too dangerous.
-Ok then. –Paige said pretending she had agreed with Piper.
At the same time, Piper, Phoebe and Paige get ready to spy on Cole; Piper use the potion to become invisible and then another one to go to the underworld; Phoebe glamour herself so she'll look like an ordinary demon and then Coop send her down there; Paige uses a spell to shrink herself and then a potion to teleport to the underworld.
Cole was in a dark chamber filled with burn marks, where some demons had just been vanquished; he was looking for evidences that the Triad had been there.
-I knew it. –He said to himself after he saw a syringe fallen on the floor. –They have been doing experiences on demons; I just need to know what for.
-I'm afraid you'll never find out. –A voice said.
-Who are you? –Cole asked creating a fireball in his hand.
-You can call me Omicron. –The demon said coming from the darkness. –I'm one of the Triad members; and you are the one who ran from my brother, Tetrax.
-Yeah, I'm the one who kicked his butt. –Cole said making fun of him. –Just like I'm going to do with yours.
-Let's see. –Omicron said creating a ball made of shadows. He threw it at Cole, but he evaded; the spot hit by the ball disintegrated.
-Nice trick, but I've got one too. –Cole said throwing the fireball. Omicron grabbed it and then crushed it with his own hands.
-Ok, I guess it's my time to go. –Cole said trying to flame away, but he couldn't.
-I've blocked the room, no one can enter or leave.
The three sisters were walking through the tunnels in the underworld, until they reached a dead end where they could see nothing but darkness.
-There's something wrong here. –Phoebe said.
-Phoebe? Are you here? –Piper asked hearing her sister's voice.
-Piper? Where are you? –Phoebe said glamouring back to her normal self.
-I'm here. –She said becoming visible again. –I was here looking for Cole.
-Me too.
-And me too. –Paige said undoing the spell. –I can't believe we all looked but couldn't find him.
-I told you not to come! –Piper said.
-Sorry. –Paige said.
-Ok girls, we can talk about that later, now we have to figure out what the hell is wrong here; what is this dark smoke and why can't we cross it.
Paige tried to orb her sisters there, but she couldn't, and their powers didn't work on the smoke.
-We should try a power of three spell. –Paige suggested.
They chanted and managed to open a small hole in the smoke, but only Phoebe could cross it before the spell was undone.
-Girls! –She shouted after she lost them. –Oh no.
She turned around to find Cole and Omicron fighting and almost destroying the cave.
-Stop! –Phoebe said throwing an empathic ball at Omicron.
He evaded it, but then threw a shadow ball at her.
-No! –Cole said deviating the ball. –What are you doing here Phoebe?
-Looking for you! –She said evading from another attack.
-You need to go!
-I can't.
This confusion got Cole distracted and Omicron attacked him; he thrust his hand inside Cole's chest and he disappeared in smoke after saying one last word:
-Phoebe!
Phoebe would never be able to forget the look in Cole's eyes when Omicron attacked him, the desperation, the pain, and it was all Phoebe's fault.
-Cole… -was all she could say.
-I'll come back for you later witch. –Omicron said disappearing.
The smoke shield disappeared and Piper and Paige came into the cave.
-Phoebe, are you ok? –Paige asked.
-Yes, but Cole isn't…
-Come on, let's go home. –Piper said throwing a potion on the floor.
The moment they got in the manor, they found Prue, Andy and Billie waiting.
-What happened? –Piper asked.
-We've got some news. –Prue said happily.
-We've got some too. –Phoebe added.
…
Cole was trapped in a cave, there was a hole in his chest filled with a dark smoke; he was on the floor fainted and Tetrax and Omicron were looking at him.
-I think he's going to be a great experiment. –Tetrax said to Omicron.
Ok, this episode was boring, I know. But it felt necessary to give some closure to this first story so we can move on. Sorry if it was too rushed or not well developed.