-Chapter Eleven-

Powerless

"Paige! You have to let me explain!" Clark cried helplessly as Paige slammed the manor door in his face. "Please, it wasn't my fault!"

The door swung open to see Paige stood there her face as red as he hair. "Well, who started it," Paige snapped.

"Phoebe," Clark cried. "I told her to let go but..."

"You didn't look as if you were trying hard," Paige snapped irritably.

"What did you want me to do throw her across the room?" Clark snapped impatiently.

"I would have expected someone with super strength to at least push her off," Paige snapped angrily. Her face growing redder during each sentence.

"Whoa, what's going on?" came Piper's voice from behind the door.

Paige opened the door slightly so that Clark could see the concerned looks from Piper and Leo's faces. "Well, I found Clark kissing Phoebe in her office?" Paige said trying to hold back the anger in her voice.

"She kissed me," Clark replied stubbornly.

"To which you did nothing," Paige shrugged peeved.

"She wasn't herself," Clark protested looking pleadingly at Piper and Leo. "Paige why would I want to have sex with Phoebe when I was about to with you tonight."

"Whoa, this got awkward," Piper exclaimed disgusted.

"Maybe, you wanted a two for one offer?" Paige snapped. "After all you'll be leaving soon. That way you've got a souvenir."

"I wouldn't do that," Clark cried hurt by what she had just said. "Paige you know me."

"Yeah, for a month," Paige snapped angrily to which she flicked her hand at Clark and shouted, "street!"

Clark disappeared a blue light and reappeared in the middle of the street. He watched as Paige closed the door. Clark zoomed to the door and started to bang on it hard. "Paige! Let me in! Let me explain!"

The door opened but it wasn't Paige it was Leo. "Clark, maybe, you should go," Leo said sympathetically. "At least until she cools down." He added as Clark went to argue.

Clark nodded turning and zooming away into the night. Leo closed the door. He turned and walked into the living room where Paige paced up and down angrily as Piper sat watching her irritably.

"Paige, sit down," Piper snapped. "You'll put a hole in the floor. Now, what happened."

"I told you," Paige snapped back angrily, "I found Phoebe on top of Clark and they were kissing."

"But, why would Phoebe do that?" Piper asked doubtfully.

"Paige!" came Phoebe's voice worriedly. Phoebe ran in wearing only the red silk robe and lingerie. "Let me explain!"

"Err… what are you wearing?" Piper said stifling a laugh while, holding her hand over Leo's eyes.

"I couldn't find my clothes," Phoebe blushed wrapping the robe around her.

"Okay, explain," Paige said briskly.

"Well, I can't," Phoebe said guiltily. "I don't know what happened... I mean, first I'm getting Clark article this afternoon and then, I'm on top of him ten minutes ago."

"So, what a demon did this?" Paige scoffed.

"Well, does make sense," Leo said standing up. "I mean, there is an uproar about Clark in the underworld."

"But, why have Phoebe try and seduce him?" piper asked confused.

"To get him away from us," Phoebe gasped blankly.

"The Elders seem to think that if the demons some how stripped Clark of his powers they could take over as the new Source," Leo explained. "Which is what a lot of them want. To over-throw the new source."

"And who is the new source?" Piper asked knowingly although not wanting to hear it.

"Cole," Leo said grimly.

"Cole," Phoebe exclaimed exasperated. "He must have done this."

"Phoebe, sorry I accused you," Paige said guiltily.

"It doesn't matter now," Piper said hurriedly. "We have to find Clark before Cole does or any other demon for that matter."

"But, Clark could be anywhere?" Phoebe exclaimed.

Paige thought for a moment then gasped as a thought hit her head. "I know where he is," she cried.

Clark sat on the San Francisco Bridge watching the cars below passing tranquilly across the bridge. "Lovely night," came a voice from behind him. Clark turned around to see Cole stood before him. Clark stood just as an energy ball hit throwing him across the bridge. Clark hit the floor weakly. Cole held his hand at Clark. He chanted something Clark hadn't heard in years. "Mistu Evenestia Petneto Gevenento Visto Gevenetra Peteso Avolarthdi!"

Cole's arms flew back and he gasped as a bright light shot from Clark. A searing pain flew through Clark as the light continued to flow through him. Clark growled with pain as Cole continued to stand over him his arms outstretched.

BOOM! And explosion hit Cole throwing him across the bridge. Clark got up weakly. He could hardly breathe. He looked up to see Paige, Phoebe and Piper stood there. Phoebe had got changed. Paige ran over to a weakened Clark.

"Did he get your powers?" Paige asked worriedly. They all looked over at Cole. An aroused look in his eyes as he looked at Phoebe. A small smile crept across his face. Suddenly, two red beam shot out at Phoebe. Clark jumped over at Phoebe pushing her down. The two beams hit him. Clark groaned in pain.

"Yeah, I think he got them," Clark grimaced in pain as a searing pain burnt his back. He grabbed his back in pain.

"What gave you that idea?" Piper asked sarcastically hide her fear as Cole looked at his hands joyfully. He was all-powerful. No one could stop him. "Paige!" Piper shouted hurriedly.

Paige ran over to them. Cole spun around and threw an energy ball and two blasts of heat vision at them. Suddenly, a blue force field appeared around them the two attacks rebounding. The girls and Clark orbed away as Cole zoomed out of the way of the rebounded attacks.

He turned and looked San Francisco stretching in the distance. He looked at his New Kingdom.