Part Six

Summary: The Avatars have turned down Cole's request to stop Richard Montana using his magic after he had a vision of him doing evil. Cole takes matters in to his own hands and returns to Earth, threatening Richard to stop using magic. He enlists the help of future white lighter Chris who agrees Richard needs to be stopped. The sisters and Richard discovered who they're dealing with and in part six there's more shouting…

Phoebe walked forward, staring at the impossible sight before her eyes. Cole, the man she loved more than life itself. He was back in her life once again, not for the first or second time. So often she had tried to move on from him but he always returned to her life, and in a frustratingly annoying kind of way she liked it.

So many emotions, what could she say to him? After all they'd been through together he stood there like he was in a business meeting. No emotion could be seen in them dark eyes, only a focussed stare at his beloved Phoebe.

"Cole…" She simply said, stuck for words. She quickly suppressed her emotion for a moment and greeted him with almighty slap across the kisser. "You bastard!" She shouted at him. "Do you care about anyone other than yourself?" She slapped him again. The only emotion she had now was pure rage.

Chris and Leo looked at each other and stood back, they knew how Phoebe could get when she was angry.

Cole held his cheek for a moment and quickly grabbed his former lover's hand before she could hit him again. "Phoebe please, I don't have a lot of time." He told him, not wanting the domestic.

She pulled her hand away from him and frowned. "No, you're too busy ruining someone else's life with your new found powers. I shoulda killed you long ago, you never could stay on the side of good long could ya!"

"Do you think I wanted to be a damn Avatar?" He grumbled at her through gritted teeth. "It was the only way to save lives; yours, there's." He continued, looking at the whitelighter twosome. "Your sisters!" He calmed down and sighed. "If you want a damn apology for that Phoebe, than I'm sorry!" He backed off her, "Sorry for saving your life." He said in a quieter tone. He turned back to the now silent Phoebe, "But I didn't come back for a domestic. This is big." He warned her.

Phoebe was simply soaking all this information in; she didn't know what to say to him anymore.

"Sorry to interrupt, but he's right Phoebe. We need to focus on the matter at hand." Leo told her.

"I could have come to you at anytime in your life, but I chose now because now is the time Richard is getting too dangerous. He can't control his power, he only thinks he can." Cole said, looking at Phoebe.

It was clear to see Phoebe was still angry but the mission always came before the life. After a long pause she finally found it within herself to speak, "…If he was evil, we woulda known by now. He's not plotting against us." Phoebe reasoned to the group.

"No, but he is hiding things from us." Chris told her. "His power is growing, it's an addiction and eventually it's gonna consume him. That's when he'll start plotting against us."

Phoebe shook her head, "Paige is gonna be so mad."

"She'll get over it." Cole bluntly told her.

"Okay, so I spoke to the Elders and they sensed no danger from Richard. They think assigning him a whitelighter will keep him on the straight and narrow." Leo chipped in.

Cole chuckled to himself, "Assign him a whitelighter, yeah that'll work." He told Leo sarcastically.

"Sounds like a good idea to me." Phoebe replied. "Works for us."

Chris backed away, "Well count me out."

"It won't work; he's not dabbling in good magic. But I know a non violent way of stopping him without using my power…." Before Cole could tell the group his plan he suddenly tenses up and breathed in. The misty room of nowhere began to fade, making the rest of the group disappear before Cole and then reappear again.

"What's going on!" Phoebe shouted towards the whitelighters.

"They've found him." Chris answered, "We have to get out of here!"

"Who's found him? Richard?" Phoebe asked. Cole was beginning to fade away.

"It's the Avatars; we have to leave before we get taken too!" Leo orbed out with Wyatt.

"Lets go Phoebe." Chris said taking her hand.

"Wait, what about Cole?" She asked, seeing him fade away.

"They've taken him, come on!" He took her hand and as they orbed away Cole's voice could still be heard.

"What the hell are you doing?" He could be heard shouting, looking up to the stars as the rest of the group left him alone.

TO BE CONTINUED!