"Hmmmmm. Danny's spirit, he's around. He senses his loved ones here." The psychic moaned.
Gerald had to force himself not to roll his eyes. But his wife and him were deeply in debt. Great Uncle Dan was a cheap bastard. Rumors were he had a fortune, but never put any of it in any banks. Gerald never believed in this crap, but he was desperate.
"Uncle Dan. Is he happy?" Cynthia asked. Out of all the family, Cynthia was the only one that truly loved him.
"Oh yes." When two knocks came out of nowhere, the medium jumped. "Oh! He's here!"
Cynthia's eyes went huge watching the blowing curtains.
"Uncle Danny?"
"Just get to the point." Gerald wanted to watch the late show, it was on at ten.
"Hummm." The medium puts her hand on the Ouija Board. "Place your hands on the board." When Cynthia put her fingers on it, Cynthia closed her eyes. "Uncle Danny. Are you here?"
Gerald couldn't help it.
"She's pushing the damned thing!" When the pointer pointed to 'Yes.'
The medium forced herself to ignore him, he wouldn't be the first skeptic she encountered.
"He's here! He's so happy! Where he was, even Paradise was boring without you!"
"Uncle Dan. Oh how I missed you!" Cynthia was so happy. "Is Sadie alright?"
"Sadie's been dead for forty years. Why would a damned dog be here!"
"Don't be so rude! My apologies. He always hated dogs."
"Don't worry, he's not alone. His best friend is happy to be reunited with her owner." She smiled.
"Screw the dog! Where is the money!" Gerald demanded. When the medium felt a cold chill, she immediately takes her hands away. "Oh god." Her vision, it was coming true.
"What? What is it?" When Cynthia saw the pointer float up, both her and Gerald watch in horror as it stabs the psychic in the neck.
The last thing the psychic saw was the ghost smiling down at her.
A Few Months Later
"Awwww!" Jenna holds up a baby baseball uniform. "How cute!" She holds it up to her swollen stomach. "We may have a athlete here."
"Smile!" Jenna smiles huge as Paige takes her picture.
"Here's mine." Phoebe eagerly hands her a pink gift.
"Oh my god!" She holds it up. The room awwing. The tiny coat was adorable with a leopard print design. "Maybe we'll have a fashion fantasia instead!"
Piper smiles as Jenna opened gift after gift. She and Dean refused to find out what the baby's gender was, Jenna said gender reveals were tacky. She said when the baby is born is when they'll announce the baby's gender.
"It's perfect! Thanks Sis!" Piper gifted her a baby genie. "That way Dean doesn't complain about changing diapers." She was almost jealous, but her and Sam were getting ready for their niece/nephew's birth.
"Whatever your baby is, he/she will have enough supplies to last them till college!" Piper joked. The room was filled with presents.
"Speaking of college, how's your studies?" Jenna was ooing over a toddler friendly tablet. Piper and Phoebe went to the kitchen to have a drink. Luckily Dean kept a few beers.
"Good. Junior year already. Damn. Next year is my final year, then I have to apply for residency." Phoebe couldn't believe how fast time was going. "My grades are better than ever, I hope to be on the Dean's list." Phoebe was terrified, but very excited. "I can't believe how quie-" She shut up when Piper slapped her hand on her mouth.
"Don't jinx it!" Piper didn't want to hear it. "We finally could relax. It's all over." These last few months were blissful. "We hadn't hunted, or did our hobbies." She moved out of the way when a party guest took out a pop. "We are retired. Finally."
These last few months were heaven. Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Sam, Dean. None hunted, or fought monsters anymore. Paige, knowing she couldn't use magic anymore gave her two weeks and quit Sacred Meadows. She said Castiel was ecstatic to become the new Director. He wanted to be close to his family, Claire was thinking of quitting hunting herself, after hearing what Paige told her, she said she wanted to attend college. The Observatory was closed up, none of them had anymore use for it. Dean, he was excited to be a dad, his wife was due after New Years. As for Sam and herself, they were thinking of going on one last vacation before Jenna's birth. Both were the godparents.
"Can you pass me one? Thanks." After opening her can, Paige took a a long sip. "Ahh. That hit the spot." She grins at her sisters. "Whatcha talking about?"
"Nothing."
"School."
"Seriously? You can't still be thinking about that?" Paige, she missed her job, but she needed a change. She wasn't working at the moment, she was staying at the Manor back in San Francisco collecting rent from her tenants. "I thought we were just having a break!" Paige was glad for the time off, especially after Piper got better, but she wasn't ready to call it quits just yet. She waited till Jenna's friends went back to the living room. "You know it can be a trick!" She did not trust God, not one bit.
"Would you stop! You weren't there! It's real. I know it." Piper and Sam were living quiet lives, Sam was attending school to become a teacher, he used his credits from Stanford to earn his degree. "No more anything, the only thing I want to worry about is my job." Piper was now the district manager at the restaurant where she worked, she was working practically everyday. Ever since the tornado. Luckily the town was okay, but their home was damaged, her and Sam were living here with Jenna and Dean on a temporarily basis.
"I don't see why you don't move back home, there's tons of room."
"I am home. Besides, we can't. We have a life here." Piper hated having no privacy, Jenna was always getting up to go to the bathroom. Plus her and Dean every night, she and Sam slept with a fan on to drown them out. "Besides, the roofing company is almost done, Sam and I will be outta here before the baby comes." Piper couldn't wait. "Have some faith." She tosses her can in the recycling bin. "Is there any cake?" She slices a piece. "I love vanilla." She baked this cake herself, Dean hired her as the caterer. "Breaks over. Back to work." Piper was a guest, but she wasn't about to let Jenna's friends think she was lazy.
"Lighten up Paige! You have all this free time! Think about what you want to do next!" Phoebe was flying home tomorrow, she had a huge essay due next week. "No more evil. Except my professor." A twenty-five page essay, single space, Phoebe barely had enough time to come to this party. "In a few months, Christmas! Luckily Amazon exists."
"I just can't." Paige couldn't help it. She couldn't shake that feeling off. "Look, I admit. I enjoyed myself. But, my intuition, it's telling me it's too good to be true." Paige had a dream, that the dead were coming back, and there was nothing that she could do.
"What? You had your vision?" Phoebe missed them, she had them for years. But since there was no need for magic, Phoebe used her free time for school. "Tell me about them." She laughed when Paige fumed. "I'm kidding! You couldn't afford me." Her tuition cost a fortune, she had scholarships, but she still paid a lot. Especially with her condo. "A few more years, than I can pay off my fees."
"You really believe it's all real. That's it over."
"I promise. Prue said she was having the time of her life. Who would have guessed China would give her inner peace?" She sent Phoebe and her sisters postcards. "She's traveling the world, she said her and Andy are finally enjoying themselves." Prue and Andy weren't hunting anymore, they said they were just living a simple life. "Did you know Andy is studying Chinese?"
"Really?" The hell was she doing! Paige forced herself to clear her head. "Look. I gotta go. Tell Jen I apologize for taking off." She puts on her jacket.
"Where are you going?"
"Home." She had a plane ticket, but she wasn't planning on using it. "I have new tenants flying in last minute. You know how rowdy hunters are. Bye."
"See ya."
Paige goes outside, and after looking around, drinks her emergency potion. Once the magic flowed through her body, uses its powers to orb away. Once she got back to San Francisco, she looks up.
"Sorry, but I can't." She couldn't shake off that feeling. The Manor was empty, Paige turned away some hunters, telling them that there was no room. "Ki sa ki verite a?" (What is the truth?) She threw her bones on the table. She felt bad about using this kind of magic, but she was desperate.
"New York? Seriously?" She took out her Ouija Board. She hated this thing, but in these times, anything is possible. "Spirits, what do I need to do?"
L - I - L - Y -D - A - L - E
"Lily Dale? Who's that?" She quickly writes it down. After web searching, she got a hit. "Lily Dale, New York? A lead's a lead I guess." She takes out her cell. "Hello? Hi Claire, I need a favor."
Lily Dale, New York
"Now entering the terminal, thanks for traveling Moose Bus Lines."
Paige hated buses. But she couldn't afford gas to drive her car to New York State. She needed a change anyways, she was sick of doing random work. After getting off the bus, she called her on/off boyfriend Richard to let him know she was safe.
"I know. I miss you too." Paige missed him a lot. He was wealthy like Charles, but unlike Charles, he never took Paige for granted. He liked using magic. "I'll be staying with some girl, her grandma died and left her a house. No I don't know why she died. Probably old age." Richard, he was so nosy, which is why Paige liked him. "Yeah I guess." Richard told her what kind of town this was. "Maybe I can be a psychic myself." She wasn't as good as Phoebe, but she can see the future. Somewhat. "I'll be fine. I have savings." Unfortunately it was getting depleted, she loaned her sisters large sums of cash. She had just enough to live off for a few months. "I'll find a job while I'm here." New York wasn't her dream home, but it was a start. "I have to settle in, I promised to pay rent for the first month, then find a job. Okay. Love you too. Bye." Once Paige hung up, she waves to a taxi. "Taxi!" Once she climbed in, she tells the driver the address.
Melanie Golden walks downstairs. She hated to come back, she had a blast in Vegas. But competition was tough down there. But she would have came back anyways, her grandma's death was devastating.
"So when is your new tenant coming in?" Her best friend asked.
"Soon." It was only temporarily, that Paige girl was moving back to San Francisco the end of the month. "I'm renting this place out, no way I can afford the mortgage by myself."
"You thinking about selling?" Camille Thibideaux asked. She was in the same business as Melanie, but her stick was a voodoo priestess.
"I don't know yet." She missed her grandma, her memories were cherished.
"I would stay. Open this up as your new storefront." Camille suggested.
"Maybe." She was reluctant to, she hated to tarnish her childhood memories. "I see a taxi. Must be Paige."
"I'll let you two get acquainted, I have a appointments at four. See ya."
"Bye." She waved goodbye to Camille. Once the doorbell rang, she goes and answers it. "Hi. Are you Paige Matthews?" She asked.
"And you are Melanie Golden?" Once she nodded, Paige was relived. She never been this far by herself in years. She was always with someone. Her sisters, her cat, even in Berkeley she had a roommate. "Pleased to meet you." She looked around. "So where can I put down my bags?"
The next day Paige was eating breakfast when she looked up.
"And in other weird news, another death has been reported. A man was found dead in a apparent suicide. Why am I reporting this you ask? This time around it was a town's pawn shop owner. He slept with a bag of human bones in his bed."
"Huh?" Paige was about to call Sam, he specialized in weird cases like this. But before she can dial, remembered he was done hunting, same with Dean. She puts down her phone. "What do I next?" She wondered out loud.
"You can wash the dishes." Melanie suggested with a smile.
"Oh! You scared me!" Paige was embarrassed someone heard her. "I thought you were at work." She and Paige were already friendly, they were talking about what being a psychic was really about. Melanie only did this for kicks, she was saving money for the FBI Academy. She said she read body language, she made a good living doing this.
"Soon." She looked at Paige. "Hmm. I can read you."
"Hmm? Do tell." She was no psychic, but she was curious about what Melanie was going to tell her.
"You are shouldering a huge burden. You are afraid and distrustful of everyone and everything at the moment. Especially now. You are worried about the future."
"You saw all that just now? Damn your good."
"Last night actually. Is that why you are here?" Melanie saw a runaway when she saw one.
"Long story." Paige doubted Melanie would ever believe her anyways.
"Well whatever is bothering you, don't worry so much. It'll get better." She finishes her coffee. "Gotta go. If you are on vacation, there's a festival in town. Every psychic in the city will be here." Melanie was performing as one of the headliners.
"I'll think about it." She waves goodbye to Melanie. A festival? She knew most of the psychics were fake, but maybe one of them can tell her what to do next.
"Wow." This place was amazing. "It's like a fair!" She couldn't believe it. If only Phoebe could be here.
"It is. Hey Angel." Paige turns around to the voice.
"Pamela? What are you doing here?" She couldn't help it, she hugged Pamela. She and her sisters were thankful she saved Piper's life.
"Here on a invite." She takes off her sunglasses. Her eyes were white.
"Can you see with those?" Paige thought Pamela looked cool, but she was most likely blind with those contacts on.
"No. But if want to make some cash, I have a lot of competition around here. Just waiting for my seeing eyes. he was supposed to meet me sometime ago. Luckily the organizer gave me a hand."
After ten minutes Pamela asked Paige if she liked to work as her assistant.
"You want to make some money? I could tell you need some cash." Pamela figured he'll ditch her, he was a 'psychic' himself.
"What do I need to do?"
"You can lead me to my booth to start."
Paige was taking Pamela's money in a tip bowl, she had a long line of people just waiting to get their fortunes told. Pamela was pretty well known, she was one of the headliners. Pamela was sitting with her white eyes holding one of her client's hands.
"Hmm. I see you at a hospital."
"What? What is it?" The old woman asked in worry.
"I see a place of joy. Your daughter, she is holding a small bundle."
"A baby? I'm gonna be a grandma? Oh bless you!" She shakes Pamela's hand. "She and her husband been trying for years."
Once she left, Pamela asked Paige to send in the next client.
A few hours later Pamela handed Paige a thick envelope.
"Here you go." She smiled when Paige's eyes went big. "You were a great assistant. We made a fortune." Pamela never had that much success, Paige's presence must have attracted a lot of customers. Even if most of them were men.
"I don't know what to say."
"Just enjoy yourself." Her contacts were gone, her work was done for the day. "I gotta get back to my hotel, I have to work tomorrow." The festival was on for two more days. "Once this is over, I have a concert to go to." The Ramones were holding their reunion concert at Madison Square Garden, Pamela had front row tickets.
"Well, then I'll see you tomorrow." Paige was working with Pamela all weekend. "Need a ride?" Paige was calling for a Uber.
"I can walk, my hotel is a block away. Have a good night!"
"Night!"
Once she cleaned up her booth, she goes outside to have a quick puff. She was glad it was finally legal.
"Ahh." Nothing like home grown stuff. She let out a satisfying puff. She turned around at a man's voice.
"Hi.''
"Hey." He was cute, but not Pamela's type.
"Mind if I have a puff? Good green is hard to find around here."
"Sure." Pamela wasn't greedy. She hands him her joint.
"Phew." He coughs. "Stuff's strong." He takes another satisfying puff. "Wow." He hands her back her joint.
"Thanks. Grew it myself." She finishes the joint and stomps out the roach. She was about to walk away till the guy stops her.
"Mind if you tell me my fortune? Just got into town, I missed my chance to attend the first show. I can pay."
"Sorry. I'm off the clock." Pamela was exhausted. "Come at noon tomorrow, I'll be here all weekend."
"I can pay extra. I have to work all weekend, and today was my only day off. New job."
Pamela was exhausted, but she figured to humor him. She wasn't worried about getting hurt, she was trained hard on every self defense course there was, plus her background as a hunter.
"Fine. It's sixty bucks." She was a pro. "I'm working overtime, I have to charge double. What do you wanna know."
"Can't you read minds?" He teased.
"I'm good, but not that good." She knew of one person that could channel emotions. She was jealous of Phoebe's gift.
"I want to know what's next."
"Give me your hands." Pamela used her mind to see his future. When she saw the murders, she yanked her hands away and kicks him in the balls. "You." She grabbed a silver blade from her ankle. "We been searching for you."
The wraith smiles a cold smile.
"I been dining on psychics all week. Unfortunately all were fake. Except one." That pawn shop guy, his ghostly friend couldn't stop him. Shame she was dead, he would have feasted on her brains as well. But you. You'll make a fine meal." He takes out his talon.
Pamela snarls as she avoided his attack. She, Bobby, and many hunters were after this wraith.
"You killed my friend." Her fellow psychic was in a mental hospital recovering from a bad car accident. His entire family was killed by a drunk driver. His body was discovered by a hunter disguised as a janitor to protect him. Unfortunately it was too late to save him, the wraith was long gone.
"Total accident." He licked his talon. "He was delicious. I'm sure you'll taste just as good." He dives into her slamming her body to the ground. He grunted as Pamela cut him on his chest. "Ugh." He felt the burning from her knife. "You'll suffer slowly for that."
Pamela was about to attack again when she got caught off guard. The wraith anticipated her next attack and broke her arm. He smiled when Pamela screamed.
"The last psychic I killed, he had a rare gift. He could see everything before it happens. I can't wait to see what you have." He grabs her head.
"Please!" Pamela begged. "You can't be selfish!" Her visions. The wraiths, they need to fight.
"What? No way am I wasting a good meal. You're a hunter. That will be a good advantage before I reach that witch." Phoebe Halliwell, once he ate her, her sisters were next.
Before Pamela died, she whispered Paige's name.
"Paige. Protect your sisters." She closed her eyes when she felt that talon.
Paige was at home when she heard her name.
"Pamela." Oh no.
She watched with grim eyes as Pamela's body was taken away. Once she heard her name, she takes out her potions from her bag she always carried. She was planning on buying some more herbs, unlike her sisters, she was always prepared for the inevitable. Once she had enough, she takes a taxi back to the fair grounds.
"No." Pamela's eyes were staring up in the sky, her dead eyes frozen in fright. She knew she was dead, but she checked her body anyways. "A hole?" She had no choice, she had to call her sisters. But not before calling 911.
A few days later she was back in San Francisco. Piper was home as well, when Paige told her what happened in Lily Dale, she wasn't happy with Paige.
"Really Paige! We told you, we're done." She wasn't sure who to be more angry at, Paige or that wraith. "I told you about what the Angel of Destiny said. That it's over!"
"You sure?" Phoebe was worried about what Paige said. She told everyone that after she went home after finding Pamela's body, she used her tarot cards for answers. The Tower Card kept showing up. Same with the Priestess. "Was your intuition correct?" Phoebe wanted a normal life, better than anyone. But if Paige was right, then it was all a lie.
"I don't know." Paige said honestly. "But there is a monster out there that we need to stop."
Piper was furious.
"See! This is why I can't have a baby! Too much shit keeps happening!" She looks up! "Hey! Get down here right now!" When they saw a bright light coming through a the manor window, a man with blue robes was smiling serenely at Piper.
"You called?"
"You said it was over. That we're done." Piper was annoyed.
"You are. It's just that we have no control over monsters."
"But He does." Paige knew her instincts were right.
"Maybe. But He was already gone when that wraith started killing. He's doesn't always interfere, you know Free Will and all." God wanted everyone to have that freedom. "Whatever you decide is in your hands." He then disappeared in a ball of golden light.
"Tch. Guess we have a hunt to do." She already was on vacation, she wanted to spend time with Sam before he graduated college in January. He was hired to teach as a substitute teacher till September. After that was teaching junior high at one of the local schools on a full time basis. "Where is this Lily Dale?"
Phoebe was writing her paper when she got a phone call.
"Hello?" She was writing about psychosis. She had to prove to her professor that psychiatry wasn't so black or white, that thinking outside the box was beneficial for mental health. She ignored the news station playing in the background, she used the background noise to study.
"Hey Phoebe!" Phoebe's former assistant, and good friend said cheerfully over the phone.
"Hey Leslie." After the Bay Mirror Newspaper shut down, Leslie and half the staff were laid off. Digital was way cheaper to run, and the website only ran with one eighth of the staff these days. "Can't really talk, I have to finish this by Monday at eight am sharp." Her professor was a hardass. She was almost done, she was planning on dropping it off at her office mail before she headed to New York. Luckily Professor Lyons worked this weekend.
"I won't keep you long. I just have a question."
"Shoot." Dammit! She forgot to credit her sources. She had to go back and search online.
"There's this guy I'm seeing, and I think he wants to propose."
''Oh, that's great!" Good thing she didn't delete her history. She had to go back several days to find that webpage.
"But, I got a job offer in Salt Lake City."
"So what's the problem? You can say yes, and move away together.''
"Yeah, but there's a problem. He just got a huge promotion and wants to stay here."
"Ooo. I see." Ah! There it is.
"Yeah. I love him. Really I do. But this job, I been waiting for years for this." Phoebe knew Leslie dreamed about being a reporter. "I been offered a job as a news anchor."
"Ohhh. So what do you want to do?" She copied and pasted the source on her paper.
"You remember all that horoscopes you used to read?"
"I thought you didn't believe in that stuff." Leslie teased Phoebe about it, but was never malicious. She often asked what her next step should be.
'I'm afraid that's what you have to ask yourself. No mumbo jumbo can answer that for you." Phoebe had her powers, or used to be. But it was mostly used to fight evil or do good deeds.
"I was afraid of that." Leslie sighed. "Okay. I have a question since you are becoming a doctor."
"Shoot.'' She was almost done. A few more paragraphs, a grammar, and spelling check, plus a double check over, she was ready to submit it.
"Will I regret my life, if I pick one over the other?"
"Whoa." Phoebe was caught off guard. "What do you mean?" She needed a break anyways.
"I been seeing Adam for awhile now. And I believe he is the one. I see myself getting married, having his children, growing old with him. But I also have this dream of reporting. Ever since I was a little girl, I been pretending to report the news. Ever since grade school, I been working on every school newspaper there was. Then in college, I got my degree in media arts. You know as as well as I do that competition is tough around here."
"Don't I know it." Her former job as a column writer, she got that by chance when the former writer quit. Phoebe never would have guess that a demon would change her life. "Remember Karen?" She was the former column writer who's job Phoebe took over.
"Karen Young? Oh yeah." Back then Leslie was just a intern. She was working on a unpaid internship hoping to get hired after school ended. Phoebe at the time was in a middle of a divorce, she and her half-demon husband, Cole Turner were finalizing their paperwork to end their marriage.
She just graduated college, and with her degree, she felt like it was time to let go of the past. But like Leslie, she had trouble finding work, plus her duties as a Charmed One kept her mind distracted from her life which she felt like Cole destroyed.
A Couple of Years Ago
Phoebe was sitting in the Manor listening to Cole's pathetic pleas.
"Phoebe. I there any way we can talk? Just a discussion. I know I said I'll sign the papers, but I just need to talk to you, please. BEEP."
"Phoebe, it's me again. Sigh. Look, I need you to sign some papers in the morning. The sooner you can do them, the sooner I'll be out of your life. BEEP.''
"This will be my last call. I...sigh. Never mind. Goodbye Phoebe. BEEP."
"Are you still listening to that?" Piper demanded walking in. She turns off the machine. "Cole is out of your life! Out of ours! It's time for a new beginning!"
"Easy for you to say, you're not the one going through a divorce." Phoebe pushed the emotions down. She didn't want to admit that she still missed him. Cole, she had no doubt that he still loved her, but fate clearly had other ideas.
"Hopefully not! This marriage will be my only one." Piper smiled at her ring.
"I wish you and Leo all the best." Phoebe looked out the window. She was newly single, a college graduate, and a unemployed woman. What was her next step? Just then she heard the door slam.
"Phoebe!"
"Mmm hmm?" She wished Prue was here, but she was out of town authenticating a rare statue. She won't be back for a few weeks. But their half sister Paige was a nice addition, all three loved and cared about her.
"These are for you."
"Toss 'em." They were from Cole, Phoebe knew it.
"You sure? They're beautiful." Paige was about to sniff the flowers till Piper slapped them out of her hands.
"Ah ah! No. Remember what Cole did a few months ago?" They all discovered that Cole used a lust potion on Phoebe to get her pregnant. Luckily, it was a dud, before Phoebe could eat it, a earthquake came and Leo orbed them out of the Manor for their safety. Luckily damage was minimal, Leo was able to repair the damage in the living room. But Piper never forgot the rage Cole had on his face.
"Better safe then never." Leo orbed in and kissed his fiancee.
"How's it going Leo?" Paige said cheerfully.
Phoebe tuned them out. She had no interest in watching Leo and Piper smack lips. She couldn't help but watch a Dodge Challenger go by.
"Nice car." She said absently. She remembered her senior year at Baker High School, she was on a trip with her Grams looking at colleges. When they drove by Stanford, she begged her Grams to stop, she wanted to check out the campus.
"It's a long shot." Grams was always so realistic.
"I know." Her shenanigans in high school, she was lucky to graduate. She was very close to getting expelled, luckily Grams talked her Principal out of it. All it cost was community service at a call center at a teen crisis line. Funny, when Phoebe worked there that weekend, she found out she liked listening. There was troubled teenagers like her, all just wanted someone to listen. Which probably why Phoebe wanted to major in Psychology in college. "Wow. It's so beautiful." The green grass, the students tossing handball, many circle of students studying in groups.
"Yes it is." Grams was staring at a black Impala. "Wonder who's the driver?"
"Grams. You just broke up with Nate." Naming another one of Gram's many flings. "I was talking about the school." Looking around, she vowed to come here someday. Maybe grad school. She looked at the car. "That is a nice car." License plate read KAZ 2Y5. Her former friend Rick was a classic car fan. "Let's pick up some brochures."
She didn't go to Stanford, instead she wanted to attend NYU. How she got in, she had no idea. But remembered her excitement opening her letter. Her screams must have shook of all San Francisco. Sadly, she only attended one year, after their grandmother died, she came back to San Francisco to live with her sisters. That night changed their whole lives, especially after they awakened as witches.
She needed a gap year to find herself, and used her duties as a Charmed One to make excuses to not find a job. She did work, but it was mostly temp jobs. After getting fired from her tenth low wage job, is when Phoebe decided to buckle down and make something of herself. She wanted to attend Berkeley, but wasn't sure she wanted to handle the stressful work load, and chose another well known university. It was during her first week as a sophomore that she met Cole Turner.
Her and her sisters were in a dark and dirty alley. Phoebe had a premonition that demons were attacking their friend, Daryl Morris, who back then was a new friend. They managed to save Darryl, but unfortunately lost an innocent instead who unexpectedly got caught up in a crossfire.
"You okay Daryl?" Prue left to chase after that demon who took off running. Prue was the strongest, she told her sisters she can track him down using the Book of Shadows.
"Yea, I'm fine." Daryl brushed himself off. Ever since Andy's death, he wanted the sisters help with unusual cases. Especially cold ones. He looked up. "Heads up, it's the Assistant D.A." He warned.
When Phoebe saw the DA's face, she was struck on how fast her heart was beating. He was gorgeous. She mentally kicked herself for not wearing makeup.
"Cole Turner. Assistant to the District Attorney. May I ask what happened around here?" He asked everyone that question, but his eyes never left Phoebe's.
"I can answer that!" As she inadvertently raised her hand. She ignored Daryl's and Piper's dirty looks.
That was the start of their flirtation. After the supernatural drama in the court room, she met Cole again at her college campus a few days later.
"Hayahh!" As a self defense mechanism, she turned around and went to kick the person in the face. Her instructor was strict about self defense. When she saw who was holding her leg, she almost died of embarrassment. "Oh. Hi!" It was that hot lawyer from the alley.
"Hi. Nice calf you have there." Cole was holding her ankle.
"What are you doing here?" Cole's hands were as soft and strong.
"I just came here to say hi. Plus I remembered you mentioning you go to college here."
"I said that? I don't remember." She let out a nervous laugh. "Um, may I have my leg back now?"
"Of course. Sorry." Cole let out a chuckle.
"Thanks. So, how did you know I was here?" Phoebe was racking her brains on her limited conversations with Cole.
"I have my ways." Cole said mysteriously. "I was driving by and saw you walking. I wanted to say hi before you went back to class. Plus give you my card." He hands her his business card.
"Thanks." Phoebe was so glad he made the first move. Grams always thought her that men should always do the chasing. When the campus bell went off, Cole looked disappointed.
"I won't keep you. But before we part ways, may I ask you for yours?"
"Oh sure!" She said nervously. Luckily she had a pen and paper. Once she gave Cole her number, she and him waved goodbye. "I have to get to my class, but maybe I'll see you around?" God she hoped so.
"I will." He waves as Phoebe walks away.
If only that Cole wasn't there by chance.
What Phoebe and her sisters didn't know, that Cole was a demonic hybrid. Raised by evil, he was sent to the surface world to spy on the sisters. His boss, the Source of All Evil ordered Cole to romance one of the sisters to destroy the Charmed Ones. What no one in the Underworld expected was Cole falling in love with Phoebe.
Their relationship wasn't hearts and roses. Especially when Phoebe found out about his true identity.
"What are you?" Phoebe was backing away from Cole. He transformed into a hideous monster.
"Phoebe. I, I can explain." He turned back from 'Belthazor,' Cole's demonic self.
"No. No. No." Phoebe didn't what to believe it. "You, me. Was it all a lie?" She was holding the potion to vanquish the evil demon.
"No. Not at first. Phoebe. Please. Please. What I feel for you now, it's different. I never felt anything like this before. I swear." It was Cole that took Phoebe away when that demonic bounty hunter came to kill Belthazor. Phoebe was about to be killed, and Cole had to make a drastic decision.
"Explain." She was holding on to the potion. "Now. Before I call Leo and my sisters." She couldn't decide to be hurt or pissed.
"Okay. Yes it was true, I was sent to spy on you. But it wasn't all a lie. I really did like you after getting to know you."
"Lies." She was about to throw the potion, when Cole begged her to listen.
"Please! Just give me two minutes!" He begged.
"Hurry." Phoebe couldn't help but feel resentful and used.
"I tried. I really tried, but I couldn't bring myself to kill you. Not even when I tried to end your bloodline."
"That was you?!" Melinda Warren, her death would have wiped them all out.
"That wasn't the only time. I had dozens, if not hundreds of chances. But I couldn't. It was then that I realized I fallen in love with you."
Phoebe was about to throw the potion, but for some reason stopped herself.
"You bastard." She said instead.
"It's the truth." Cole was staring in her eyes. "My father, he was human. I'm half human."
"You're lying." Phoebe said, but Cole's eyes, they never left hers.
"I'm not. I was taken away by my demonic mother. I only knew evil. But as much as she tried, she never been able to kill my human side. Phoebe, I feel. No demon ever gets those emotions. I love you." He holds up his arms. "If you what to do your duty, I understand."
Phoebe was debating on what to do, when the demonic bounty hunter attacked.
Seeing Cole hurt is when she made her decision.
"Cole!" She screamed. Her heart, it was telling her what to do. She threw a rock at the demon's head. "Cole, get us outta here."
Once the demon was vanquished by her and her sisters, she told Cole she needed time to think. Cole understood, this was the first time he tapped into his human side. They swore to keep Cole's identity a secret, Phoebe needed time.
It was two months later when Phoebe told her sisters the truth.
"Really!" Piper screamed. "He's a demon! How could you!" She remembered how Belthazor tried to kill them, over and over again.
"Imagine what Mom and Grams would say." Prue was so disappointed.
"Yeah Phoebe, you don't know what you are getting in to." This was new to Paige, she just met them a few weeks ago. She was living in a small apartment downtown.
"You don't see what I see. Cole, he never had a chance. He wants to be good. He wants 'Belthazor' gone, once and for all." Phoebe told Cole she only will take him back if he becomes human. Although she had no clue if a cambion can be cured completely. "I have a power stripping potion. With this, Cole can suppress his demon side.''
"This is insane. Prue, make her listen. Prue?" Prue was deep in thought.
"I saw how Cole looks at Phoebe. Evil, it cannot love. Ever."
"Jeremy was a warlock." Unlike most witches, warlocks were evil. "He was almost human, and still tried to kill me." Piper couldn't believe it, he and her were dating for a few months. When she found out she was just another notch, she swore to never date bad boys again.
"Remember Brendan?" He was a former warlock that had a mild flirtation with Prue.
"That was different." Piper hated warlocks.
"He was a good man. Once he took his vows, he completely suppressed his evil side." To Prue's disappointment he became a priest. But it was the only way to save himself from his evil half brothers. "Cole is human somewhat. If he's an innocent, then we need to protect him."
"But.."
"I'm not supposed to exist. A whitelighter and a witch. The Elders were afraid of what the offspring would be like. But I'm here as a force of good." Back then, no one knew about angels and Heaven.
"Piper?" Phoebe was staring at her with hope.
"Fine. But one wrong move..."
"Thank you, thank you!" She hugged her sister. "Let's find Cole."
It was two months later when Cole proposed. Belthazor was gone, the sisters vanquished him, leaving Cole behind.
"Really?" She was staring at Gram's ring. "You know she's been married six times." The ring was beautiful, but all of the sisters refused to wear it. Stating it was bad luck.
"Then she wore it for good reason. Us, we'll be different. So will you?" He was holding on to the ring. "Fine." He gets down on one knee. "Phoebe Halliwell, will you marry me?"
"Yes." She and Cole hug.
Unfortunately the bad luck from the ring didn't go away. Their relationship was doomed from the start.
It was two years in their relationship. It was close to a year that Phoebe realized that she made a mistake.
"So, whattaya say. A baby?" Cole was dying to expand on his family.
"I need to think about this. Cole, I'm still in school." Phoebe was just thinking about her career, what she should do next. She was almost done college.
"Look, I know you're afraid. But you can finish school. We'll have our baby, and in a few years you can start a career. If its money you're worried about, I can provide for all three of us."
"I don't know. It seems like we are still newlyweds." Phoebe loved Cole, but he was moving way too fast. "I have my Charmed duties, and my schoolwork, can it wait a few years?" She was frightened when Cole threw a chair.
"How long Phoebe! How long! A year! Five, let's make it ten! We don't know what's coming next! I gave up everything for you!" He was pacing around angrily. "I gave up a promotion to spend time with you! What do you want with me!" He grabbed her shoulders and shook her.
"Cole, you're scaring me." Phoebe never saw this side of him before.
Cole realized what he was doing and let her go.
"I'm sorry. Phoebe, I'm sorry." He cried on his knees and hugged her. "Forgive me." He sobbed on her belly.
Phoebe, she was terrified. But she had to placate Cole.
"Shh. It's okay. Shhh." Phoebe, she had to make a decision. She allowed Cole to cry. "Get up, you'll ruin your suit."
"I don't care. I love you."
"I love you too." Phoebe, she had to leave. At least for a few days.
Once Cole left, she quietly packed a bag and left a note, saying she needed a few days with her sisters. Piper and Leo were waiting downstairs, they were afraid for Phoebe.
Cole, he was angry when he found that note. He had plans for his wife. His evil advisor, The Seer told him he had to impregnate Phoebe to become the new Source of All Evil. Now that she was gone, he had to make a new plan.
He waited a few days to woo her.
"Cole." Phoebe was wearing her workout outfit, she exercised a lot more to pass the time. Cole was standing on the doorway holding flowers and chocolates.
"Phoebe. I...I know you're still angry at me, I deserve it. But, these are for you. Forgive me?"
"Cole, you didn't have to bring me presents." She looked at Cole with a unreadable expression.
"I wanted to see you. I know. You deserve more. But, we can go to Tiffany's afterwards if you want. May I come in?" He was relieved when she moved aside. "Thanks. Phoebe, I..." He was interrupted by Leo who walked in after him.
"Cole, hey! Nice car! Is it yours?" Leo walked here, Piper said she wanted him to exercise more, especially since both gained a few pounds from all those stay at home dates they been having.
"What car?" Cole and her shared a car, a black Jaguar, but it was currently in the shop. Cole rented a car since then.
"It was supposed to be a surprise."
"Nice car. The law firm must be paying you a lot." Piper remarked walking in.
"A Porsche. Company car. I wanted to take you out for a drive, maybe have a picnic. I ordered a gourmet lunch from the vegan delicatessen downtown." He sighed. "Can we talk?"
"Leo, lets have some smoothies."
Once they were alone, Cole gestures Phoebe to sit down.
"Phoebe. I know these gifts won't make up what I did. You didn't deserve any of that."
"No I didn't. You really scared me." To Cole's relief, Phoebe was holding the flowers. As for the chocolates, Cole was holding on to them. The Seer placed her tonic inside the chocolates, saying it was absolutely fool proof for Phoebe to fall deeply in love again.
"I know. I was a monster. It's just that, I really want to start a new chapter in our life. I thought having a baby would complete it."
"Cole. I love you, I really do. But this is going way too fast. I'm still in college."
"I know. But what about after college. You can still work, I can hire a nanny for the baby, maybe some housekeepers, so you don't have to worry about the chores."
"I don't know." Cole knew Phoebe wanted a baby, but not for a few more years. "Can it wait? I know I'll be ready then." They only been married for a few months.
"If that's what you want." Cole already threw out her birth control, replacing them with harmless fakes. "Want a chocolate?" He opened the box. He saw Phoebe drooling.
"I'm on a diet." Phoebe, she spent her evenings watching TV with Piper and Leo to Piper's chagrin. She didn't eat any of the snacks Leo brought, she ate healthy. But she worked out everyday.
"One chocolate. That's it." He took out a chocolate bon bon, waving it under her nose.
"Mmmmm. Those sure smell good." Phoebe missed junk food. She was tempted, especially when Cole kept waving it under her nose.
"Just one bite. For me? Hmm?" Before Phoebe could take a bite, a earthquake shook the living room.
"It's a earthquake!" Leo shouted. "We got to get outta here!" He was holding Piper's hand. "We have to go!" He orbed them all out of there.
Once they were far away, Paige was already there, she orbed everyone out of the social services office where she worked, (she used memory dust on them so they won't remember a thing), Leo doubled checked if everyone was okay.
"I'm fine." Piper was shaken. She hated earthquakes.
"We're fine." Paige was relieved everyone was okay.
"We're okay. Cole?" His expression, Phoebe never saw him so angry. He looked like he was about to kill someone. "You okay?"
"I'm fine. I just wanted to impress you." Cole was furious. His plans were ruined. Plan B then.
Later that night, (it was dangerous to go back to the house, so Cole paid for everyone to stay at a local hotel) Cole was charming Phoebe over a candlelight dinner. They had lunch earlier, Cole kept making everyone laugh with his crazy stories during his days doing law school. His plans to woo Phoebe was working, she kept cuddling. He silently thanked Leo and Piper who kept groping each other. Paige declined to come, she had to return to work once everyone went home.
"Mmm." I love oysters." They were in a private booth, Cole spent no expense on his wife.
"Here is the main course." Once Cole charmed and romanced her, he asked what she wanted to do next.
"Go home I guess. I mean back to my room." Phoebe hated to leave, she was having a good time.
"It doesn't have to end. You can stay with me at my hotel. I have the Penthouse suite for the night. I have a on suite hot tub. Plus twenty four hour room service."
"Really?" Cole looked so sexy in the candlelight. Phoebe wanted nothing more than to jump his bones. "I don't have anything to wear."
"Good thing there is a gift shop in the lobby, it's earthquake proof."
"Let's go then!"
"Check please!"
Afterwards, both were having champagne in the hot tub when Paige orbed in with a stranger.
"Oh my god! Paige!"
"Oh god." Paige turns herself and the woman around. Phoebe and Cole were naked.
"A phone exists." She and Cole get out of the hot tub.
"Sorry, I called, there was no answer. I already called Leo and Piper, they agreed to help."
"Give us a minute. Okay. Turn around."
Paige waited a second, she had to make sure. She was relieved when they were wearing robes.
"Okay. We have our innocent. This is Karen Young. I think she is under a spell."
"Okay. Cole is it okay if we take a raincheck?"
"Of course. Duty first." Cole already did his job, he was sure he impregnated Phoebe. "Good luck."
It took them awhile to figure out what was wrong with Karen. She was under a spell, she was holding a demonic power caused by a Power Broker demon.
"A what?" Phoebe couldn't believe it.
"Those demons, they specialize in stealing powers from evil creatures. They hide by hiding their goods in innocent humans. If the innocent doesn't have the power extracted, they become fearful, paranoid, and eventually die in twenty four hours. There the demon takes the magic, becoming powerful." Power Broker demons were in the lowest hierarchy of the Underworld, they possessed no magic or strength. They could only possess humans, then used a demonic bracelet to steal magic from warlocks, monsters, or demons. "I can ask the Elders on how to cure Karen, you three keep her close by." Once Leo left, Phoebe asked how Karen what happened.
"I was coming home from the bar, I was stressed out about my job. Elaine, she's a major bitch."
"Elaine?"
"My boss at The Bay Mirror. I was walking down an alley when a man threw something at me. It's a blur after that. Look, I have to go, my column is due in the morning, and I have to get it done before Elaine bitches at me." She was about to get up, before Paige stopped her.
"No. You stay here. We can help you."
"She's right. Phoebe, I'll get the ingredients for a potion." The Manor still wasn't safe, so they were using Paige's kitchen to make potions. The Book of Shadows was already there, Leo grabbed it for them.
"I can't! I'll get fired! Elaine comes at the office at three am! The paper prints at five! I have to go!" She gets up.
"What column do you write for?" Phoebe asked.
"I'm a advice columnist."
"There was a earthquake and the newspaper still runs?" Paige asked. She knew some businesses still remained opened, like bars and restaurants.
"Like I said, she's a bitch."
"I'll go."
"Do you know anything about relationships?" Paige asked.
"I'm almost done my degree, why not use it for good?" That was the point where it changed Phoebe's life.
It was weeks later when Phoebe got the news. She was working part time as the new columnist for "Ask Phoebe." She was still attending college, but didn't need to be at the office to submit her assignments. Karen was fine, they managed to save her in time before the power she was carrying killed her. Once they vanquished the demon responsible, and saved the person that was possessed, Karen thanked Phoebe by recommending that she take over the column. Luckily Elaine loved Phoebe's advice, called it quick witted and humorous.
She was feeling sick those days and went to the doctor to see what was wrong was her.
"So doctor? What's wrong?" She was feeling sick and nauseous these last days. Especially her fever. What was wrong with her? This was no flu.
"Well, I finished your results. Congratulations Mrs. Turner. You're pregnant."
"I'm, I'm..." Seeing her vision getting dark, she fainted on the chair. Last thing she heard was the doctor calling for a nurse.
"Reina! Get some smelling salts!"
If only that was good news. That was the beginning of the end of their marriage.
Phoebe was horrified when the fireball appeared in her hand. She knew Cole still held his powers, but didn't know he was the new Source of All Evil.
"Phoebe!" Daryl whispered in a sharp tone. They were in his office, Phoebe was there to give a witness statement about a dead body she found. Daryl's boss remarked that Phoebe may be a person of interest in the case since she was alone in the park at three am. She needed to be alone, she was deciding what to do with her life. As she was walking, she saw a man getting killed by another man. Luckily she was too far away for anyone to see her, so she waited till the man drove away before she checked the body. Unfortunately, he was already dead by the time Phoebe got to him, but she called 911 anyways.
Phoebe was holding on to the fireball, and quickly tosses it in a wastebasket. Luckily the Lieutenant didn't see her.
"Fire!" Daryl ushers Phoebe away while everyone else put the fire out. Once they were outside, Daryl demanded what was wrong with her.
"I don't know." What Rosemary's Baby was she carrying? She felt like her insides were on fire. "I need to call my sisters."
It was a week later that her and her sisters were taken to the Underworld along with Cole. What Cole didn't know he was getting double crossed by The Seer.
"Why?" He was powerless, The Seer took all of his powers away as a precaution. But that wasn't the only thing she did, she stole the fetus away from Phoebe.
"My baby." Phoebe had mixed emotions about that. The Seer said it was hers, but Phoebe and Cole created it out of love.
"I'm sorry." Piper knew how conflicted Phoebe was.
"I can live with it." She refused to look in Cole's direction, she hated him for everything he did.
"What do we do now?" Paige was watching the ceremony. The Seer was getting crowned as the New Source of All Evil.
"We have to tap in the baby's powers." As much as she hated to do this, sacrifices had to be made. "Power of Three Spell?" It was the most powerful spell she knew.
"I can help." Cole knew he lost Phoebe forever, but he'll be damned to let her die. He closed his eyes and concentrated in his heart and soul. He knew what he was, a half-demon hybrid was more powerful than any demon there was. A Weapon of Hell, they can destroy entire cities. Once they started chanting, he concentrated hard.
"The Power of Three Will Set Us Free."
While they chanted, Cole felt the walls breaking down. He then combined his powers to theirs.
The Sisters got no satisfaction when the demons were destroyed. Cole would have killed as well, but he was immune to the magic, even from the Source of All Evil.
"Phoebe, I..."
"NO. It's over."
"I understand." Once Paige took the Sisters home, Cole looked at the Grimoire. Luckily he knew a good place to hide it.
Phoebe looked away from the window.
"Can we go out for lunch? I need to get outta here."
"Sure sweetie! Lets go." Piper grabbed her car keys. Leo and her already ate, but they needed to cheer Phoebe up.
The last time Cole and Phoebe met is when they finally vanquished Cole once and for all.
Cole was completely invisible to the Sister's Powers, he tried hard to die. He even tried to commit suicide, till the Avatars stopped him.
"Why? You know what I am."
"We don't care about good or evil. Cole, you have great power. We want you to join our ranks." The Avatars were very choosy on their members, only a select few were chosen to join their ranks. "What do you say?"
"On one condition."
"Anything."
"I want my wife back." Cole, he had to see once and for all if they were meant to be. What he didn't know was the future that was coming.
Cole, as the Source of All Evil, he was enjoying a cigar with his demonic friends when he saw Phoebe heading upstairs with another man. Flooded with jealousy, he was about to follow them when time stopped still.
"What the...Phoebe?" Phoebe was frozen solid on the staircase with her beau, same with everyone else. Who he saw next, he immediately goes on one knee bowing in respect. "My Lord." Cole had no doubt Who He Was.
"Cole." God was standing in the foyer. "We need to talk."
God took him to a mountain countryside.
"Where are we?" It was beautiful, although cold.
"Alternate Universe. You thought you changed time, I brought you here instead."
"If I'm here, then where am I?" His alternate self, where was he?
"In Hell, he is the New King of Hell. Lucifer didn't want the Throne, so he gave it to you. You happily accepted."
"He gave up Phoebe for That?" Cole would never, ever give up on her.
"Long story. You two hated each other anyways. Especially after she got her abortion. Good thing too, that kid would have killed you both."
Cole was getting a headache.
"Then why am I'm here? Did Alpha ask You?"
"He doesn't know. No one does. I came here on My Free Will." He looked across the field. "Cole I have a task for you."
What God told Cole, Cole's eyes went wide.
"No. Phoebe." Ugly visions, it was the most horrible thing Cole ever saw. Not even the Underworld, or even Hell was that bad. "What do you need me to do."
"Lie. When you see Phoebe again, tell her you were sleeping in The Empty. In reality, I need you to do one thing."
"Anything." Once he went back to the Manor, he watched as Phoebe vanquished his alternate self with her potion. He was invisible, he used his new powers as a Avatar to stay hidden. He shook his head as his Alternative self was vanquished. Once Alternate Paige disappeared, he watched as Phoebe woke up Piper.
"Ugh. Where am I?" Piper was getting let up by Leo and Phoebe.
"The Manor."
"Paige?" Piper looked around. "Where's she? What happened to Cole?" There was ashes where Cole was.
"Gone. Paige went home, and Cole is finito."
"Really? Lucifer will be pissed. That makes the forth one." Piper was woozy. Cole was strong, out of the leaders of Hell, Cole was the strongest one.
"Then that leaves us to clean up his messes. We have some vanquishing to do."
Cole had no idea how to get back, he was only a Avatar for a day. He had no choice but to see the one person to help him go home.
Lucifer was staring at Cole with a blank expression.
"You're alive? Guess the Avatars in your universe got to you first." Lucifer was sitting in the Bunker in Lebanon, he just killed Sam's brother Dean who shot him with The Colt. He was inside Sam Winchester's body wearing a white suit. "You want the Throne? I have a vacancy." Lucifer couldn't care less about Hell, he preferred to live on Earth. Shame about Dean, he would have to love to have him as his right hand man, he promised Sam to keep Dean safe. Unfortunately, his Father's Word made him break his promise. "You can start by cleaning the mess behind me." Dean's charred skeleton was laying on the floor behind Lucifer.
"That's not why I'm here."
"Really?" Lucifer looked up. "Micheal." He looked back at Cole. "I'll send you home, Michael is on his way. My brother is dead in this world, I killed him a few years ago. But this Michael, he is a strong bastard. He'll be here to collect on the souls in this world. Why, I have no idea." He heard Sam's cries. "I'll let you say goodbye to your witch. Why you let Piper go is a mystery to me." He knew Piper and Sam had a affair, but when Piper broke things off to go back to her husband Leo, Sam was so distraught, especially after The Source took over, he said yes to Lucifer to protect Dean and Piper.
"Who are you talking to?"
"My vessel. The soul is still inside." Lucifer gets up and stretches. "If you don't want The Throne of Hell, then what do you want?" Lucifer knew that Cole and this Cole were both dead, they became one when 'Cole' took over. This Cole, he must have came right after that one. God must have altered reality a little bit.
"To go home. I don't belong here." Phoebe, Cole swore to protect her.
"Very well. Ruby!"
"Yes my Lord?" A blonde woman wearing a long black leather coat was on one knee bowing to Lucifer. Lucifer preferred her other two vessels, the spunky blonde and the saucy brunette, but they were both dead.
"Get me the Seal of Solomon."
"Yes sir." She shimmered away.
"Azazel!" Cole was surprised to see a attractive blonde appear.
"My Lord." Unlike Ruby, she didn't bow, instead she bowed her head in respect.
"Tree of Life. I need a bushel."
"Yes sir." She disappeared in a flap of wings.
"She's a former angel, when I fell, so did my Army. Ahem. Crowley!"
A man wearing a blue Hawaiian shirt and Bermuda shorts appeared in the room wearing chains. To Cole's amusement, he had a gag in his mouth.
"Puppy. This is Cole Turner. You never been acquainted, I had him demoted when he tried to kill me. Poor puppy." He smirked as he got on his knees. "Not one word, or I'll send you to Squirrel World." Lucifer went there on a accident, he never wanted to go back. It was disgusting.
"I have a task for you. Bring me a vial of a Blood of a Holy Man. Don't try anything stupid. If you do this, I'll give you back the Throne of Hell. You know I won't lie." Lucifer never did, but when God commended it, he had no choice but to obey. "No funny business. And don't hurt the Priest too much. I need him. Not many holy men left." After Crowley shimmered away, Lucifer asked about his Father.
"I don't know." God made it clear that no one knows about Him or what Cole saw.
"He sure keeps His Secrets. He'll never change." Unlike his brothers, Lucifer couldn't care less about God. He didn't love him or hate Him, he was indifferent. "Just a question then. Is it true?" When Cole nodded in reluctance, Lucifer closed his eyes. "I see." That's why Michael is coming here. He wants to kill God. "Good luck out there." Once everyone came back, Lucifer ordered them away.
"Okay. I'll use my grace to let you go home. I'm a dead man anyways. Michael needs all the Power he needs." Lucifer was glad to see Michael again, even with his death, Lucifer didn't regret anything. "Take care." It was a fitting ending, one brother kills the other, at least Sam and Dean could be happy that Lucifer was gonna die.
Cole, he had no choice, he waited at his apartment to be "vanquished." Once the sisters appeared, he knew it was over for him. He was a bomb, he was going to send the Sisters away before he used all of his powers to destroy himself and the demons and monsters that lived in this building.
Phoebe was sobbing as she laid on her bed. The divorce was finalized, Cole was dead. Why wasn't she happy? She didn't notice her sisters holding her as she cried.
When she went back to work the next day, she was surprised to see Karen.
"Karen? What are you doing here?" Karen swore to never step in The Bay Mirror again.
"I thought you need a assistant." A shy blonde woman was standing behind her. "I talked to Elaine, I told her you were overwhelmed by all the paperwork. I convinced her to hire Leslie here." Leslie was finally getting paid to work here. "Good luck you two." Karen was just released by Natalie at Sacred Meadows. She had to be watched over carefully, just in case she still had remnants of the acid magic she was carrying for the Stock Broker demon.
Present Day
"So you want to get married, and be a reporter. Wow. That's tough decision."
"It is, Phoebe. What do I do?"
"Phoebe."
"What?" She wondered what else Pamela wanted.
"You know. What do I do? If I pick one, I regret not picking the other one."
Phoebe hated this. Decisions like this, one choice was no better than the other. What would Linda Martin say?
"Okay. You feel like you must accept this job and move to Utah."
"Yes."
"But you love this man, and want to be with him."
"I do very much."
"Okay. Your heart. Close your eyes and look deep in yourself. What is that you want."
Leslie was silent for a long minute.
"I want to get married. Thanks Phoebe. San Fransisco is a big city. I am working right now at Adam's television station as a writer. Maybe I can audition."
"Wait a minute. Are you talking about Adam Prinze?" Phoebe met him at the Teacher's Ball in New York. He tried to kill her. Wasn't his fault he was under a spell by the Wicked Witch, but Phoebe still resented him. Luckily he didn't remember a thing.
"Yeah, you know him?"
"Met him once." She knew he owned several newspapers and television stations.
"Thanks Phoebe! Looks like San Francisco is getting a great doctor in the future."
Once they chatted for a few minutes, Phoebe hung up.
"Where was I?" She had no choice but to over the paper again.
"Phoebe."
"Paige, I'm busy. I promise you that I'll help kill that wraith, but not until I hand in this paper." Why she wanted it printed, Phoebe had no idea. Emails were free.
"Phoebe."
"Huh?" The news reporter was red, and shaking like he was possessed.
"You're in danger. Run. Run away." That voice. It couldn't be.
"Cole?" That was impossible.
The wraith smiles as he killed Missouri. Shame she didn't put up a fight, her son fought hard. Lucky bastard was saved by a few hunters last minute. These new abilities, he was a lot stronger now.
"Who should go first?" Patience or Phoebe? With these new hunter instincts, he knew he was practically invisible now. Patience was the closest, there was hunters there he could feast on. Especially that lady cop.