Cole thought to himself about why was the cupid was saying Phoebe's heart could never be opened? Also, why was he referring to his companion as Uncle?
The odd man laughed in enjoyment and continued. "After you were down there long enough to gather enough power for the elders to consider you invincible, I had the ancestor of a sticky fingered old acquaintance, threaten your," he paused, "beloved."
Cole socked the man as hard as he could, causing him to instantly sink to the ground. However, he didn't quiet down as would be expected, he continued to giggle, uncontrollably. Shocked at the man's resolve Cole looked around the bar, the crowd seemed to be getting rowdy, in eager anticipation of the ensuing scuffle. He put his hands up and attempted to freeze them, however as before nothing happened. "You know who I am?" asked Cole before kicking the stranger in the eye.
"The former source of all evil," the man responded mockingly, "for a total of four weeks. Nothing to go around bragging about, you hold the record for shortest reign down there. Even Lucifer, the ex elder lasted longer than you!"
"You're confusing quantity with quality," responded Cole, as much as he abhorred his possession by the Source, he couldn't let whoever this was harm his reputation.
"The Source, did more in those two weeks than the previous Source did in the one hundred years before. The power of three was nearly ended forever. And all without releasing the Hollow, without being permanently disfigured in a power struggle."
The man responded, "the underworld was in such chaos during your reign that nobody cared about you and your ascension. No one cared enough to give you any permanent disfigurement."
"Your predecessor was taken down because of his mistakes. He had no right, meddling in matters that weren't his to meddle in." He paused, and then sourly continued, "copying the elders by appointing demons as horsemen, in his Omega projects. It wasn't his place to end the world by staring wars without consulting proper authorities. I warned him to stop but he never listened! If he wanted to collaborate on anything involving the military, all he had to do was ask, but he didn't."
Cole carefully looked at the man, wondering exactly who this being was who had the gall to meddle in the affairs of the Source. Was he serious?
"The Power of Three," the man laughed, "was never a threat, he just perceived it to be because we had his faithful seers telling him they were.
" If he really wanted them gone, he could have just mounted a surprise attack and taken them out one two three. Actually he managed to get rid of one of them, only to find that there was a long lost fourth." He glanced at the cupid, "fixing Patty up with that whitelighter of hers was a stroke of brilliance, nothing like the prospect of an illegitimate Halliwell to get him crazy enough to use this," he said producing the Hollow out of thin air.
Cole gasped in horror then stepped back, staring at the box responsible for his possession by the Source. "How did you get that?" he asked.