Cole stood in at the field, blending into background as an evergreen bush. He kept a close eye on Phoebe, who was dressed military camouflage, and brandishing what looked like a machine gun but instead of ammunition, simply contained pellets of paint. She playfully looked around for her companion, who was nowhere to be seen.
As he was watching Phoebe he felt something sneak up on him causing him to involuntarily change shape, from a piece shrubbery back into his human form. He looked around making sure no one would see anything, and then shimmered back to the relative safety of his penthouse.
However upon entering, he quickly discovered that he had been followed. Ares was already lying on the sofa, awaiting his arrival.
"Nice try," he responded as he rose from the sofa.
A white energy ball immediately formed in Cole's hand, he threw it at the god, hoping that it would have some kind of effect. However to his chagrin the god simply caught it in his hand, tossed it up and down as if it were a tennis ball, and then threw it back at Cole, hitting him directly in the stomach.
The hit caused Cole to drop to the floor in pain, he looked back and a sword had materialized in the god's hand. He reached for the nearest shelf, hoping to find something he could turn into a defense weapon. He weakly told his accouter, "the Elders are going to find out about this. They'll vanquish you the moment they see you."
"Will they?" answered the god, "right now they seem rather preoccupied with the Charmed Ones, and the child the oldest one is carrying. It is said be the most powerful magical being ever," he laughed. "They still haven't figured out the details behind your becoming possessed by the Source, for the matter neither have the sisters. Think anyone will bat an eyelid if you suddenly become, evil? Acquire a few new powers?" Ares paused, and then assumed a new shape, that of Cole.
Cole looked on in shock, regretting that he had not pieced things together beforehand, it was a set up all along. How could he not have realized this? He wondered what else Ares and his cohorts were responsible for? There was probably a lot more to Piper falling for Leo then the elders knew.
Ares then morphed back into his own form. Cole waved his fingers and attempted to incinerate the god, however his attempt was futile. The god swiftly struck him with energy bolt, causing him to fall to the floor once again. Before he could get up, he felt a piercing sensation, followed by the sound of cracking vertebra, as the sword was thrust through the back neck. It rendered him paralyzed, unable to utter a sound or breathe. He winced in pain as the blade made it to his throat, and his jugular vein. He immediately felt blood rushing out, and desperately waited for his self-healing to kick in. However just as it began to work, he felt the blade cut the vein again, and more blood rushing out, in addition to a burning sensation caused by the acid in his blood reacting with his skin. Then the dizziness then set in, shortly afterwards, everything faded to black.