Sounds of explosions, caused Lillith to stir restlessly, she knew that it was twilight, but something was wrong in her home, eyes fluttering open, she opened the lid, and leapt out of the coffin,
The vampiress walked out of her bedroom to find Piper there trying to blow up Cole, and Cole defending himself by throwing energy balls at Piper.
"What is going on here?" Lillith asks, "How did hell did you get into my apartment!"
"I brought her here," a voice replies, Lillith turned and saw Alec standing there,
"Are you out of your mind, why would you do something like that?" Lillith screeched.
"Because we need their help, Lily, its the only way." Alec replies, "I had some help with this,"
Lillith blinked and looked at the fighting supernatural idiots, she put two fingers to her lips and whistled shrilly, "You two knock it off!"
Cole looked at Lillith, "Not my fault, she's the one who started it."
"I don't care who started it, fire one more energy ball or blast, I will finish it, and you will not like how I will finish it." Lillith snarled.
"What am I doing here?" Piper asks,
"You're here because we need to convince you, to hand on the power stripping potion that your sister used on Cole," Alec answers,
"This is kidnapping!" Piper exclaimed.
"No, I call it divine intervention," Alec replies,
"Sit" Lillith states, "I need a drink."
"You sit too, I have to mend this rift that has come between the three of you, I'll get your drink," Alec states,
"Where are the others?" Lillith asks as she sat down on the sofa, Piper sat away from them on a chair,
"At Tessa's, I didn't return with them last night," Alec replies,
"Where did you sleep, today?" Cole asks,
Alec came over with orange juice for both Piper and Cole, and glasses of blood for Lillith and himself, "I slept in a cemetery during the day, I found a dark mausoleum, which no one has been into for years"
"So who are you?" Piper asks,
"Alec Frost, I'm Lillith's adoptive brother, my other brothers changed our surname to match hers," Alec replies,
"None of my siblings are related to one another, we just share the same creator," Lillith adds, "So Alec, you decided to be an idiot, so why don't you explain this crap, because I have no clue."
"I've done research about power stripping on half creatures, the truth is you never did strip Cole of Belthazar, he's in a dormant state," Alec explains, then goes over to a bag and pulls out a book, he flips to a page, and turns it toward Piper.
"This is what happened to him," Piper states, then looking up at Alec, "I don't understand,"
"This is merely theory, somehow the potion that was meant to strip Cole's demonic side, backfired and bound his powers instead," Alec states, before turning the book toward Cole and Lillith,
There on a page was an image of a human being with a shadow falling out of him,
"I think Cole's infatuation is what kept him from being destroyed in the wastelands, and somehow when he acquired the demonic powers, it's clashing with his own bound powers," Alec states, "Only reason, he's not driven insane yet, is because of Lillith, who has faith in him, when everyone else doesn't"
"What about you?" Piper asks, "And the other members of your family?"
Alec looked at Cole, "We already love him as part of the family, our sister Tessa is contemplating an ambush wedding,"
Lillith groaned. "I better track down Gabe,"
"I heard from him the other night, He's going crazy, he regrets even meeting the vampiress," Alec states, "She's hinting at marriage and they've only known each other for a month or two. But anyway we need the Charmed Ones help in order to unbind Cole's powers"
"This is a lot to think about, I have to gently break it to my sisters," Piper replies, "What do I have in return that he would just kill us instead?"
"Think about it this way, If Cole is driven crazy by the stolen powers, and forced to do something I don't like, for example changing the timeline to get Phoebe back, which I hope he doesn't do, bringing back his old self might be the only way to save him," Lillith states,
Alec coughed, "Lillith, if you want to leave this will be the best time, I can get Mrs. Halliwell back to the manor, but Darius is on his way."
"You're right. Piper, I hope you can convince your sisters, but I need to go now." Lillith states, she didn't stay in the living room long enough for Piper to even ask why she had to leave.
Lillith used her inhuman speed to pack backpack full of the stuff, she would need in England, she wouldn't need her coffin, because she finally remember her parents' old house in which she bought after they passed away, she kept humans there to look after the place,
Lillith ran in a blur to Cole's room and did the same thing, while keeping her mind open for Darius' thoughts,
she came out of Cole's room when the warning thoughts appeared, signaling that Darius was close,
"Shimmer now, just get us to England, and I'll do the rest." Lillith states,
"Lillith, you better be in there" Darius' voice was just outside the door, Cole put his arm around Lillith's waist and shimmered,
Darius felt the stir of magic, "Damn it,"
On the other side of the world, Cole and Lillith appeared in England, the vampiress looked at the time, she would need to be inside,
"Come on, my place is just around the corner," Lillith states,
"Where are we going?" Cole asks as he let Lillith lead him though the crowds of people,
"I can't explain out in the open," Lillith replies, her eyes scanning the crowds for any of the Children of the Night,
Lillith walked over to a mansion, that is a historic landmark, she looks around before prying open the window, and climbing inside, Security Alarms went off.
"Damn it, since when did those mortals install this," Lillith complained, with her inhuman eyesight, she could see the finger prints of the key pad, she quickly presses the code. "What's my excuse going to be this time, oh well better stick to the I'm my own granddaughter bit?" walking over to the door, she unlocked it and let Cole in.
"What the hell?" Cole asks,
"Sorry, I didn't leave instructions about installing a security system, maybe if I did I would have gotten the pass code," Lillith apologize, "But welcome to my mortal home with a few adjustments,"
"Anyone live here, I mean a caretaker or someone?" asks Cole
"No, but I have a whole crew of people to keep up repairs," Lillith answers, "This is a museum, but I still have space to live when it's not open,"
The door bell started chiming,
"Show time," Lillith murmured, "Stay here,"
Lillith opened the door to find a Police officer standing there, "Can I help you?"
"We received a call from the security company," the officer answers
Lillith made her eyes grow wide, "Oh, I'm apologize for causing such a alarm. I just flew over from America tonight, to check this place over, you see my grandmother passed away just recently and this was my only chance to get vacation time, to see the place is properly taken care of, grandma told me this mansion has been in our family for years, I didn't know she left orders to install the alarms, and I never got a key, so I had to break in,"
"Well since you're the new owner, we'll let this slide," officer states,
"Thank you, kind sir. Now I think I must seek my bed," Lillith replies, faking a yawn, "Jet lag and all that,"
Lillith closed the door and turned around and leaned against it, "That was close,"
"What was that sob story?" asks Cole coming into the room,
"Same one, I use since I brought the place, first was that I was myself, then years after ward, I pretend to be my own descendants" Lillith replies, "Come on, I got turn on some lamps, I think this place is exactly where I need to start."
"Start on what?" Cole asks,
"there is something wrong about the time frame of when I was changed and when my father died, something had to go wrong," Lillith replies,
She went into the living area, that held cases about the era of which she lived. Turning a lamp that was there, she began her search and found the family registry of her family, there her mother was listed as well as her siblings from her mother's second marriage, but when she looked for her father, his name wasn't there.
"This isn't right, unless my father was never who he said he was, no wonder mother hated him," Lillith muttered.
"Still doesn't explain how he knew Elizabeth," Cole states looking over Lillith's shoulder,
"She was immortal, so he may have known her before she decided have you," Lillith answers, She threw her hands up in the air, "I need that vampire, so I can tear the information I need out his unwilling mind."
"You're starting to scare me," Cole states,
Lillith turned around, "I'm sorry, but there is something really wrong about everything, why Darius, Alec, Gabe, Nicky, Bryce, Tessa, and I were chosen to be turned, then my father or who I think is my father showing up when he should be in a grave somewhere dust by now,"
"Can I change the subject for a later time?" Cole asks,
"Sure, I don't think I'm getting anything done tonight," Lillith answers,
"Where do you sleep while you're staying here?" Cole asks
Lillith laughed, "There's a secret room, I had built a few decades ago, it's hidden by a door that isn't seen by anyone,"
"Okay, so where is it?" Cole asks,
"You're standing on it," Lillith replies, "It's a trap door,"
Cole step aside, then the vampiress bent down and slide a finger nail under a board, and lifted it up, to reveal a set of stairs,
"I believe my parents built this place over a cave, but they didn't think about what would happen in later years," Lillith explains, as she began to walk down the stairs,
Lillith walked down a tunnel, with Cole holding up an energy ball for light, and they walked into a circler room, where a sarcophagus was resting, "Not a grand as what I have back in my apartment, but I still get rest here,"
"This place looks ancient," Cole states, as he looked around the room,
"That's not all this place has," Lillith replies, then walks over a stone slab and pushes to the side,
inside the alcove was gold of all manners, coins, nuggets, anything a person would dream off,
"I found this stash of treasure, a few years after my parents died, I was in a hurry to find a place to hid during the day, so I found this place, I wouldn't be surprised at all if this was a resting spot for another vampire," Lillith explains,
"I was wondering if an ancient vampires turned you and your siblings, who could have turned him?" Cole asks,
Lillith looked at him, "I'm not sure if it's true or not, but there was a true Queen of the undead, few millenniums ago back before the continents divided, rumor on the vampiric grapevines, say she pissed off the wrong evil spirit and was transformed into first of us,"
"And?" Cole replies,
"And she chose a few of her followers to give the gift or curse too, they are called The Ancients, because of the fact they are so old," Lillith answers, "There were rumors, she could have children, like really bare them herself, but no one in immortal history could prove this, for all we know The Ancients could be her biological children,"
"How do you know all this?" asks Cole
"Mainly from Tessa after She met our brothers, but some I learned from other immortals," Lillith answers, "It's almost dawn here,"
Cole turned to go back to the mansion,
Lillith followed, "I have to leave instructions for the humans, here. Saying you're with me and you know not to disturb me during the day,"
"Might as well tell them not to disturb me either," Cole states, "Because I sleep during the day too so I can be with you,"
"Right-O" Lillith replies going over to a pad of paper by the counter, she wrote down everything that she could think of, telling them that she was in sleeping in a room upstairs, which would really be Cole sleeping in there but, they didn't need to know that, she made sure no one had keys to the rooms, they weren't suppose to be in, mainly bedrooms. After she was finished, she showed Cole were the room is that no one but one person, who knew about Lillith could get into, so it might be a little dusty but who cares.
Lillith quickly kissed Cole and fled to her hidden chamber,