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Witch Way Now?

Chapter 20

A gigantic bolt of lightning cracked from the sky and smashed into the Manor blowing it to pieces. Cole covered his face with his arms to block the falling debris landing all around him. After the debris stopped falling so rapidly Cole moved his arm and began looking around.

There was nothing left but thousands of different pieces scattered around and a fiery black area. In the middle of the arena stood Leo crouched over and grieving loudly. Lightning bolts exploded from the sky and smashed into his back fueling his rage. The lightning flickered and cracked around his body like electricity surging from his arms and feet into the ground around him.

Thunder roared and bellowed matching Leo's every shriek and howl while the sky was dark and cloudy giving signs of rain. Leo finally looked up from the ground and stared at Cole as if he had just realized he was standing there. Cole took a step back shaken by Leo's sudden glare.

Then Cole felt something he hadn't felt in ages…fear. An eerie feeling that maybe, just maybe Leo had enough power to really take him on and kill him.

Cole watched Leo slowly stand to his feet, his eyes never moving and almost unblinking. Cole watched the lightning crack from his body slamming into the ground sparking more small fires all around the area. Cole watched every slow, almost childlike step Leo made towards him.

Cole felt the fear inside him grow a little more every step Leo took. Cole grinned and chuckled a little, laughing more inside. 'Finally,' he thought. 'A real challenge.'

Leo stopped a few feet away from Cole and took a strangely deep breath. Everything immediately ceased, the skies cleared up instantly. Leo just stood there with tears leaking from his eyes staring blankly at Cole.

"You've taken everything from me," Leo whispered softly. Cole could hear the pain and agony in his voice. The grin quickly left his face.

"Why?" Leo said in the same tone after taking a long and drawn out pause.

"For peace," Cole replied simply. "Destroy and rebuild."

Leo's face twisted into an ugly mixture of pain, agony, and anger. Lightning sparked from the sky and rushed downward but this time Leo stretched his hand up and caught the bolt in his hand. Cole's head cocked to the side while he watched Leo throw the bolt forcefully towards his own chest.

Cole's blue flame barrier sparked and spread just before the bolt struck his chest. The lightning bolt exploded shattering the barrier and driving Cole backwards into the ground. He dug deep into the ground pulling up the earth and rubble behind him.

Finally he stopped but he had no time to rest, Leo was gripping a second lightning bolt in his hand. Cole hopped to his feet and sent a stream of lightning from both hands and Leo threw the massive Zeus lightning bolt quickly.

The two attacks met and exploded in a dazzling display of power that ripped the ground between Cole and Leo apart. Both men stood staring and unmoving as the wind and debris sped past them from the explosion. Wind surged from behind Leo and pushed forward sending everything directly at Cole.

Cole blocked the wind with his arms and dug his feet in the ground to stand tall against what was already proving to be his greatest challenge yet. Cole thought defeating Nexus and stopping Armageddon was his greatest accomplishment but somehow he had forgotten how powerful Leo possibly was.

There Leo stood in the distance controlling the very power of nature itself. So far Cole could put together Leo could control thunder, lightning, rain, wind, water, and wielded Poseidon's trident. Those powers alone were enough to defeat any foe but he also had the powers of the Elders at his disposal, whatever those were.

Cole had defeated dozens of Elders at once but this before him was damn near a GOD. Good thing Cole was as well. He grinned and created two massive fireballs in both his palms and flung them both forward.

Leo spread his fingers and fired a burst of water dousing one fireball and dodging the next with a quick role. Leo rolled to the side and stopped immediately flinging a bolt of lightning directly at Cole.

Cole leaned caught the bolt and tossed it back catching Leo in the chest pushing him into the ground. Cole ran forward charging an energy ball in his hand when Leo spun on the ground and drove his fist into Cole's stomach. Cole gasped for air then drove the energy ball down into the side of Leo's face causing an explosion to engulf them both.

Leo flew from the smoke and landed roughly on the ground while the smoke cleared and Cole came stomping out holding his stomach. Cole pointed his right hand forward and released a burst of flames that surrounded Leo's fallen body. The flames kept surging into blue lines of water began to push the fire back. Leo struggled to get to his feet, he was sending water from nowhere directly into Cole's beam of fire.

Cole stopped shooting the fire and dived sideways dodging the powerful stream of water. Leo was immediately on him attacking. Before Cole could stand he felt a foot stomp down on his head pushing him back into the ground.

Leo stood over him and reached for the heavens catching another lightning bolt in his palms. The lightning sparkled and cracked in Leo's hands before he drove it downwards into Cole's fallen body sparking another explosion.

Cole crawled out of the hole he was laying in coughing a little and writhing in pain. Leo did not stop. This man had killed his sons, his wife, and women he considered to be his sisters. All Leo's life he had been a pacifist, a turn the other cheek kind of guy. No, Cole would suffer long and hard for his crimes. Leo would make sure of that.

Leo shot another quick jolt of lightning down into Cole's struggling body followed by another one. Electrical pain tore at every inch of Cole's body, his eyes sparked like fire and he roared loud finally giving into the demonic rage that he fought back all this time.

Having all those demonic energies surging through him caused Cole to have an extreme amount of rage and evil boiling in him. But, over the years he had learned to suppress it since he was alone. Now was not the time, Leo was on the verge of killing him and now he had to call on every bit of power that flowed through his veins.

All pain ceased as Cole stood slowly to his feet, his body leaking a powerful blue fire-like aurora. Leo watched half hypnotized and half intrigued by Cole's sudden transformation.

"You've done something no living thing has accomplished in decades Leo," Cole's voice was deep and demonic and his eyes burned like hell fire. "Piss me off."

The fire like aurora around Cole flashed forward and sliced over Leo's body causing several gashes to appear in his clothing. Cole created another huge fireball in his hand but this time the flames were all blue. Leo looked up and noticed the change in the color of the fire just before he watched the ball fly towards him.

At the last second Leo was able to backhand the ball barely slapping it away and saving himself. Cole had already charged an energy ball and tossed it forward, Leo had no time to move. The huge energy ball slammed into his chest and exploded sending him sailing into the air tumbling as he flew.

Leo smashed into the ground and was not given a moments rest. Before he could get his bearings straight he felt another energy ball collide with his back and explode forcing him down into the ground creating a hole.

Cole walked slowly to the edge of the steaming hole half way expecting to see Leo dead in the bottom of it. Once he reached the edge he was greeted by a hard wall of water that tossed him 20 feet into the air. Leo sprang from the hole bruised and bloody his shirt was now destroyed and his body was scarred like Coles.

Cole stood up in the distance and Leo could hear his laughter in the air. "Good show Leo," he heard Cole say. "You really know how to show a guy a good time." Leo's face twisted in anger.

"I'll show you a good time," he murmured.

Lightning began to spark from Leo's eyes as he stretched both arms up directly to the sky. The clouds pulled together and lightning began to flash in the distance. Finally huge jolts of lightning began cracking from the sky and slamming down into the area around Cole. Cole stared in amazement for a moment at Leo's magnificent power but was forced to dodge a lightning bolt.

Several bolts shot down from the heavens and crashed into the ground nearly hitting Cole and sparking more fires around the area. Cole could do nothing but look up and jump out of the way before he was struck by lightning from above.

"Having fun Cole?" Leo shouted sarcastically.

"Loads!" Cole shot back barely being missed by another bolt.

Cole landed and stepped in a muddy patch of ground slipping backwards. "Shit," he grumbled as he fell backwards. He looked up knowing a lightning bolt was probably heading towards him. He was right.

The lightning bolt streamed down and slammed into Cole's body blowing up the area. Leo sent another lightning bolt down into the same spot doubling the power of the explosion. Leo then sent a third bolt of lightning down, this time he had to cover his face and turn around to dodge the aftermath of the attack.

Dirt, debris, dust, and everything filled the air Leo could see nothing. He let his vision be blurred for a moment before summoning wind to clear out the area. Leo could only see the edge of a deep crater the lightning bolts had created. A giant pillar of smoke twisted & turned through the air while it stretched for the sky.

Leo stood their unmoving, catching his breath and waiting to see if anything would happen. He breathed in deeply and released attempting to slow his heart rate while he waited. Leo knew Cole wasn't dead but he had to be hurt at least.

Cole's fingers stretched up and gripped the edge of the crater followed by another set of fingers. His head slowly appeared as he struggled and dug into the ground pulling him self up inch by inch.

Minutes later Cole was standing at the edge of the hole staring Leo in the face. The two warriors stood there for a moment each bloody and tired both bodies shaking with pain. A few fires still burned around their crater filled arena.

"It seems our powers aren't strong enough to kill us," Leo commented finally breaking the silence.

Lightning stretched from Leo's right palm and suddenly took the shape of Poseidon's trident. Cole grinned a little and held out his right hand making Excalibur appear in his grip. Leo's face twisted as he looked at the sword once wielded by his oldest son.

A slow gust of wind flew over the area blowing Leo and Cole's hair to and fro while they stared at each other gripping their weapons. Neither saying a word nor muttering a sound and both knowing deep inside them this was the greatest battle of their lives. They both had the power to kill each other; this fight would go to the one who gets the fatal blow first.

Leo lifted his foot and began running forward, Cole did the same. They cleared the distance between them in seconds and immediately locked in battle. Leo swung the trident straight for Cole's head but was blocked by Excalibur. Cole countered and leaned back trying to drag his sword across Leo's stomach but missed.

The two paused them came back together swinging their weapons together forcefully then pausing again.

Leo brought the trident downward from the heavens hollering as he put as much strength as he could behind his swing.

Cole blocked and staggered backwards and quickly ducked Leo's second strike rolling on the floor. Leo pointed the trident and shot two quick bursts of lightning down at Cole as he rolled on the ground missing every shot.

Cole barely made it to his feet in time to block the trident again saving his life. Leo lifted the trident and slammed it down again, then a second and third time trying to force through Cole's defenses. Cole held strong using his left and right hands to brace Excalibur for the mighty blows.

Every time the trident and Excalibur collided thunder and lightning snapped and growled in the sky and the fires burning flared with intensity. Even the very elements around them were victim to their control and controlled by their fierce anger.

Cole swung left and slapped the trident to the right then drove his elbow into Leo's cheek forcefully. Leo spat out blood and spun around barely blocking Excalibur from impaling his chest. Cole didn't quit, instead attacked again but this time Leo charged the trident with lightning and when it connected with Excalibur it sent Cole flying off in an electrical explosion.

Leo fell to his knees exhausted and in need of rest but the anger, adrenaline, and blood thirsty lust for revenge would keep him going as long as Cole was able to stand of two legs.

Cole stabbed Excalibur into the ground and used it to pick himself up from the dirt grimacing in visible pain. He watched Leo silently making mental notes of every little detail that he could work to his advantage in this battle. Cole now realized that this fight could truly go in any direction and he needed to assure victory was his.

Cole had come to far now to be killed at the final test. Time seemed to slow all around him as his mind slowly left his body and drifted back to flashes of all he had killed in his path for peace.

Cole pointed his hand and let lightning rip through Susie and Malcolm sending high voltage pain tearing through their bodies. Malcolm tried to resist but the pain was too much and he exploded in a cloud of dust, Susie fell to the ground her skin charred black and steaming…

Cole caught the nearest Elder in a stream of lightning bolts with his right hand and fired a massive fireball at the nearest Elder to the left…

Cole stomped from the hole and sent massive fireballs in all directions knocking Elders down like dominoes…

Cole opened his palm and fired lightning bolts into a few demons instantly finishing them off…

Cole flipped upwards and sent a massive fireball down at Grimace smashing it into his chest. This time Grimace screamed and pain and his body flew backwards as it dissolved into ash, Pinnacle watched in horror and anger…

Cole smoothly dodged and stepped to the side on Pinnacles defenseless side… Suddenly a burst of flames erupted from the spark and burned Pinnacle to a crisp vanquishing him on the spot. Pinnacles screams of agony echoed repeatedly through the cavern…

In moments Cole was standing to his feet and had Chris gripped by the neck hanging over the ground…flames came from Cole's hand and began moving around Wyatt…

Cole caught the black avatar in the head with a lightning bolt vanquishing him instantly…

Thor stirred a little from the vibrations and climbed to his feet. In a moment he had sprang up behind the avatar and bit down into his shoulder biting it clean off. The old avatar cried out in pain and fell to his knees screaming in agony. Cole walked over to him and stared down for a moment then finished the job with several large jolts of lightning…

Wyatt swung; Cole ducked and placed his hand on Wyatt's stomach… Flames flickered then gushed out of Cole's palms eating Wyatt alive instantly…

Cole blocked the strike easily then sent a massive fireball into Nexus chest knocking him completely to his back… Cole's blade float downward and impale him in his stomach then felt it twist. "No," Nexus whimpered sadly then exploded in flames…

Cole laughed and pushed more flames from his palms making the beam grow to monstrous proportions. The cleaner's eyes grew wide as he watched the nearly 6 foot wave of fire dispatch his beam and slam into him. He was instantly vanquished… The cleaner coughed and gagged for air seconds before his body was engulfed by the blue flames that exploded from Cole's hand. In the blink of an eye the cleaner was completely gone and all the shocking had ceased…

"So be it," Cole said sadly. Phoebe stretched her arm back about to throw the second knife but Cole caught her in a stream of lightning immediately turning her into dust…

Cole suddenly snapped back to reality as adrenaline began pumping through his veins. If he had the power to kill all those major factors in the magical struggle for dominance he could kill Leo.

Cole rose to his feet and pulled Excalibur from the ground griping it tightly in his hand while he stared at Leo. Leo stood to his feet and held Poseidon's Trident over his shoulder with his right hand. Lightning sparked through his fingertips on his left hand.

Blue flames poured out of Cole's hand and flowed all around Excalibur lighting the sword like a torch. Leo sent a surge of lightning that Cole easily dodged and countered with his own lightning barrage. Leo rolled to the side and Cole was on him swinging the blue flame Excalibur for his neck.

Leo barely leaned his head back dodging the swing sending Cole into a quick twist and giving Leo time to stand up.

Leo began hacking away at Cole with the trident but every strike was easily deflected by Excalibur and returned with a deadly strike. The two continued going back and forth, exchanging powerful blows in rapid succession for minutes on end. Sweat rained from their bodies and their muscles flexed showing clear use of strength.

Leo turned the trident sideways and caught Excalibur in-between the prongs thenhe jerked the trident down and to the left leaving Cole's right side exposed. Leo lifted his foot and drove it hard into Cole's ribs forcing him to stumble backwards. Leo rushed forward attempting to strike Cole while he was off balance but Cole slapped the attempt away and leapt back a few feet.

Leo kept running up shouting as he charged. Cole began running forward as well and at the last moment instead of swinging he ducked and rolled underneath the trident quickly standing up behind Leo.

Leo turned around just in time to see the massive energy ball speeding towards him. The same moment he saw the ball it struck him instantly exploding and sending Leo into a deep trail carved into the ground by his steaming body.

Cole reached up and wiped the ocean of sweat from his face breathing a little easier. He couldn't see Leo behind all the smoke and dust in the area and he assumed the elder was dead but wasn't sure.

Leo lay in the ground not moving the small piles of dirt and debris that surrounded him. His eyes were closed and his chin was in his chest.

For a brief moment he gave up and accepted defeat…for one second Leo said in his mind he couldn't take anymore and had met his end.

"Stand up Leo,"

Leo didn't open his eyes. "Piper?" he knew his wife's voice.

"Get up dad,"

Leo's eyes blinked a little. "Wyatt,"

"Dad you can do this,"

"For us Leo,"

"Chris," Leo's eyes popped open. "Phoebe, Paige?"

His entire family was standing before him but they were all ghosts. Leo burst into tears sobbing a little. He was happy to see them again but hurt that they were dead.

"Get up Leo," they all said in unison and began fading away.

"CHRIS!"

"PIPER!"

"NOOOO!"

Cole immediately got ready for battle hearing the names being screamed out. He tightened his grip around Excalibur and stood tall. Something dripped on his head and he dragged his head up to see what it was. Almost immediately rain began to pour down from the suddenly cloudy skies. The rain was gradually falling harder and harder as the time went by.

Cole returned his vision to the battle field and his eyes met Leo's. Leo had Poseidon's trident held firmly beside him standing and staring at Cole. Cole did not know how long he had been standing there but he knew why Leo had not attacked.

The two men standing here were the last two true warriors standing in the final battle. Leo had put aside his pacifist ways long ago when he was away praying in the clouds for forgiveness. Revenge was the fuel driving him now and seeing Piper being eaten filled him with an endless lust for it.

Cole and Leo had never been on any bad terms while Cole was around. Leo secretly had loved having another male to be on his side against Piper and the other girls, and even when Cole was secretly doing evil Leo upheld his belief that Cole wouldn't do it and was one of the last to change his mind.

They had a lot in common and it brought them together in the past sort of bonding them like brothers. Both immortal with rough pasts, in love with a Halliwell that occasionally did them both wrong, had similar likes and dislikes…it had seemed as though they had grown up together and that formed a friendship.

Cole surely had never had the feeling of a brother-like companion. As Balthazar he was the alpha male or leader of the pride so he was always killing for dominance. Leo hadn't either being a white-lighter then leader of the Elders didn't leave Leo much time for brotherly companionship.

How fitting then that the two brothers ended up being the most powerful beings in possibly the universe and were now locked in a fight to the death.

Leo opened his palm and reached up into the rain. The rain around his hand began to swirl around and form a giant water ball. Cole's eyes widened and he created a giant blue flame fireball in his hand to match the attack. Leo through the attack forward but it sucked up the rain around it and formed a huge beam of water.

Cole flung the fireball forward but it was dispersed by the torrent of water speeding towards him. The water slammed into Cole's body wit the force of a train and took him into the house next door bringing it down on him.

Leo took a deep breath and noticed Excalibur was blade down in the ground in front of him. He ran over to it dropped the trident and gripped the handle yanking with everything he had in him.

Excalibur didn't budge…Leo gripped with both hands and yanked again and again but nothing happened.

KABOOOOOOM

Leo looked up and saw two giant pillars of flame exploding from the wreckage of the home Cole had landed in. the rain was falling to hard now and Leo couldn't make out Cole's body anywhere in the distance.

"SURPRISE!"

Leo looked up just in time to see Cole flying down at him with a huge blue fireball gripped in both hands. Cole forced his hands in front of him and a powerful stream of blue flames slammed down into Leo engulfing him and several feet around him. Cole was being held in the air by the power of the fire beam he was releasing downward.

Cole stopped and flipped safely to the ground a little bit away from Leo's smoking body lying on the ground. Cole grinned and walked towards the new burnt crispy Leo. The rain had stopped now but the clouds hadn't left the skies. Cole took five steps towards Leo and noticed his eyes blink.

Thunder roared louder then Cole had ever heard before and lightning lit up the sky above him. "Oh shit," Cole whispered looking up in the sky.

Seconds later a bolt of thunder and lightning crashed down above him exploding on impact. The explosion was so big Leo's body got lifted and tossed several feet away grinding in the ground. Cole's body flew limply through the air and slammed into the ground a few feet away from Leo's body.

Excalibur came flipping through the air, since the explosion had destroyed the ground around it, and landed directly next to Cole.

Neither of them moved or even made a sound for a long time. Their bodies were bloody and steam was floating off them into the air. Hours later Cole opened his eyes and looked around remembering where he was and how he ended up like this. he turned his head sideways then lifted it and looked around until he saw Leo was laying not to far away from him on the ground.

"LEO!" Cole shouted. "YOU STILL ALIVE OVER THERE?"

"LET'S FINISH THIS!" Leo replied back.

Cole sighed and rolled over onto his side using Excalibur to slowly drag himself up from the ground. He finally got himself up and easily lifted the sword from the ground standing proudly. Leo had watched Cole get up and looked around for Poseidon's trident grabbing it up the moment he saw it.

Cole started counting down in his head and unknown to him Leo was doing the same thing.

10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…

Both charged towards each other giving off monstrous battle cries as they charged. Seconds later Excalibur clashed with the trident giving off a brilliant display of sparks that flowed around the area. Leo jumped back then dashed forward with the trident pointed in front of him.

Cole ducked under and rolled around behind Leo. Leo turned around and didn't see Cole for a split second. Leo felt Excalibur rip through his stomach forcing him to cry out in pain. Leo looked down and saw that Cole had stayed low to the ground near him.

Cole stood up and yanked the sword from Leo's stomach letting blood flow freely from the wound. Cole then spun around and slid Excalibur's blade through Leo's neck. Leo's body fell roughly to the ground and his head rolled off somewhere in the distance.

Cole closed his eyes and exhaled deeply while silently thanking whoever in his mind. He dropped Excalibur and fell to the ground bursting into tears and crying out. His emotional breakdown was a mix of pure joy that his struggle was finally over and sorrow for the horrible things he had done.

A bright light began shining over his back warming his cold damp body. Cole looked up quickly and shook his head putting it back down. The Sisters of Fate were floating in front of him.

"Please don't tell me you bitches wanna fight to," Cole said wirily.

"No Cole Turner," the red haired sister said.

"You destiny has been fulfilled Cole Turner," the white haired sister added.

"You are the most powerful being in this realm," the dark haired sister said.

"And only you can watch over this world like a god and keep peace and tranquility in the world." All three sisters said as one.

"Watch over it like a god?" Cole sounded confused. "Did you three have this planned all along?"

"It was one of the many possibilities that we knew could happen Cole Turner,"

"So like I said in the beginning I was entertainment for you hags," Cole grumbled.

"All of existence is entertainment for us Cole Turner,"

"We used you to bring about a new era of entertainment,"

"An era of things we have not foreseen,"

"Things that you get to write in the history books Cole Turner," all three sisters said in unison.

Cole cocked his head to the side and pondered their words for a moment. In his entire struggle and all his plans to eliminate all who oppose his peace he never stopped to think about what he would do afterwards.

"The world is mine," Cole said laughing.

"The world is yours Cole Turner," the red haired sister said.

"But we are always watching you," the white hair sister added.

"Farewell Cole Turner," the dark haired sister concluded and the three disappeared.

"The world is mine," Cole repeated happily, laughing a little afterward. Then he suddenly remembered something he had forgotten about. He sprang to his feet.

"THOR!" Cole hollered. "HERCULES!"

He started running around the area frantically hoping to find a sign of his pets. Nothing…there was nothing left. Cole fell to the ground and began to cry, mourning the loss of his only loves.

He heard a familiar sound and looked up to see his pets limping badly over to him. When Leo blew up the house Thor and Hercules and been sent flying off into the distance badly injured. Thor's front leg was curled up how animals do it when their hurt and Hercules back leg was doing the same.

The two were in St. Bernard form blood splattered all over their bodies along with deep cuts and lacerations. Cole sprang up and bolted to them wrapping his arms around their necks happily.

"We did it guys!" Cole exclaimed. "The fighting is finally over!" his pets barked loudly and licked his face. The trio laughed and barked together, their long mission for peace was finally over.

"THE WORLD IS MINE!"