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Witch Way Now?

Chapter 10

"Oh my god," Phoebe whimpered gripping her hand over her mouth for some reason. Piper fell back fainting onto the couch. Neither of them could believe what Wyatt had just orbed in and told them, Phoebe then broke down into tears taking a seat and staring at nothing.

Leo and Paige rushed into the room hearing Phoebe's crying Leo quickly moved to Pipers side. "Phoebe what's wrong? What's happening?" Paige begged and pleaded with her sister but got no answer, only tears and crying.

"Wyatt what happened?" Leo demanded sternly.

"D-Dad," Wyatt was covered in dirt but thin lines stretched down from his eyes to his chin from tears. "D-Dad Chris a-and I went after Cole," he managed to spit out.

Leo immediately jumped to his feet. "Where's Chris?" his head turned from side to side. "CHRIS!" he shouted then grabbed Wyatt by the shoulders and looked him square in the eyes.

Wyatt could see tears forming in his father's eyes as he stared down at him. "Cole murdered him," Wyatt finally said. Leo fell to his knees gripping his body as if he was being electrocuted, his cries were filled with pain, agony, and sorrow this hurt Wyatt more then anything.

Everyone in the room was crying, except for Piper when the other children entered and rushed up to Paige quickly. "What's wrong?" they both asked at the same time.

"Your cousin Chris is dead," Paige said sadly pulling them both close and beginning to cry again.

Cole stepped from thin air into a new beautiful living room; Thor was sleeping on the couch in St. Bernard form with his wounds wrapped up. Hercules was on the floor with his leg in a sling nibbling on leg of the table beside him. The other apartment was completely destroyed and people were already approaching through the hallway looking at the disaster. Cole orbed his pets anywhere and somehow ended up in San Francisco.

Like the last time the current homeowner was in the building but this time Cole did not kill him. Instead he told the old man his mission and discussed his game plan with the scared human offering him a chance. Cole told the man he would let him live and keep him safe if he allowed Cole to remain here until Thor and Hercules were fully rested.

When Cole showed the man his powers he had no choice but to oblige and continue on as if nothing was even happening. While tending to his pets Cole couldn't think of anything else but those two young men that attacked him. He had at first thought they were bounty hunters but low and behold they were white lighters and he killed one of them.

He wasn't worried about consequence after all every Elder but Leo was dead and he doubted Leo could find him let alone kill him. Cole wasn't afraid he was curious; he couldn't for the life of him piece together why two white lighters would attack him unprovoked.

After nearly a day of thinking about them Cole finally banished the thoughts from his mind and began to relish in his accomplishments so far. All the Elders were dead, more then half the demonic army was dead, two of the three Sources were dead, and dozens of demonic bounty hunters were dead.

With Nexus on the run and so many demons dead Cole knew the bounty hunters would slow down on their attacking. The only thing that bothered him was the grim being free it would most likely go to the most powerful being it could find, Nexus. So he could safely say that the final beings standing between him and his peaceful future could be counted on one hand and possibly defeated with it.

Nexus, the Charmed Ones, and the most dangerous threat was Leo. Cole matched Leo's powers when they fought the first time but they were new to Leo at the time. With all the time that has passed between that battle and today he was sure Leo would have been preparing for the upcoming duel.

Cole laughed a little and smiled big. That didn't matter because he was doing the exact same thing; it seemed as if nothing could spoil his plans or break his pursuit of happiness. Since he felt like he was in the safe zone and would be for a while Cole decided that he would lay low and relax with his pets. Take a week or two off from his mission and go see the new world he was saving a bit.

Before he knew it the sun was slowly setting and the moon was climbing lazily into the sky. The old man with whom he now shared an apartment with came fearfully stepping down the stairs and moved into the kitchen, Cole sprang to his feet.

"Oh no you don't have to cook," Cole said in a hurry. "I'll handle that while I'm here it's the least I can do." He added taking the skillet from the man.

The man nodded his head respectfully and turned to leave the kitchen. "What's your name?" Cole called out to him before he reached the stairs. "Cole Turner," he said when the man turned around.

"Bob Kelso," the tired old man said in a grumpy tone.

"Cool name," Cole replied. "So what do you do Bob?" Cole asked while he made his way around the kitchen preparing to cook.

"I'm retired," Bob answered him taking a seat at the counter. "I used to the Chief of Medicine at a hospital,"

"Oh you were a doctor," Cole said happily. "You saved peoples lives."

Bob laughed as he thought back to different moments at the hospital before answering Cole's question. "Yes I did save a few people." The two laughed and talked together while Cole stood in the kitchen preparing a delicious feast for them and his pets.

"I NEED WARRIORS!" Nexus bellowed throwing a fireball into the demon standing before him vanquishing him. "This Cole Turner will kill dozens of these pathetic demons in seconds."

Nexus stomped angrily around a chamber rubbing his chin and visibly bothered by the current situation. "All of my army," he grumbled to himself. "Most of my bounty hunters," he stroked his chin. "It will take time to formulate a plan of attack on him."

The chamber he was in was disgusting and moldy somewhere in a sewer. Mold could be seen on pipes around the room and water leaked from the roof into large puddles on the floor. Nexus was livid being reduced in to the level of a peasant; he was the Source of all evil and that meant nothing at this moment. His two companions were dead and his was certain Hyraxes had been killed as well.

"summon my generals!," Nexus roared loudly suddenly feeling unsafe alone, before long two bursts of flames appeared before Nexus releasing two demons on their knees bowing before the Source.

One of the Generals was a tall dark skinned demon with red eyes and a long thick braid of hair that fell over his shoulders. He was muscular and large standing an easy 4 feet taller then the other general beside him. The other General wasn't as large but looked just as dangerous because of a huge scar sliding from his forehead to his chin on the right side of his face. His hair and features were clean cut and stern his eyes straight and menacing.

"General Kalian," Nexus said looking at the dark demon first. "And General Magnus it's nice to see you two survived the battle."

"I have been awaiting your orders my liege," Kalian spoke with a deep terrifying voice.

"We want to avenge the soldiers that died," Magnus grumbled.

"I'm sorry to have to tell you this but many of your soldiers are going to die fighting against him," Nexus said coldly. "He is more powerful then any being I have even known," the two generals stared at their master in a confused way. "It will take all of our combined powers to bring him down."

"Are you suggesting we send our soldiers into a battle they will not return from?" Kalian questioned.

"No," Nexus replied. "I'm not suggesting I am ordering," Kalian and Magnus looked at each other then bowed their head obediently to the source. "It's either them or you," Nexus added his voice soaked with evil.

"As you wish my lord," they both said as one.

Nexus opened his mouth to continue talking but was cut off before a word could leave his lips. The grim slowly dragged from the roof and began floating into his eyes, mouth, nose, and ears. Nexus cried out for a moment then fell to his knees while the line of darkness swam into his body merging itself with his insides.

The last bit flew into his mouth and Nexus began climbing to his feet a huge grin splitting his lips. His eyes were all black with actually fire burning in them, flickering to and fro and he looked at different things.

"I have a different plan of action," Nexus said twisting his fingers together and laughing.