This fan fic is about Cole and Phoebe looking back on their relationship. The italics are the flashbacks and the rest is in either Phoebe or Cole's point of views. Their P.O.V.'s are kinda taking place after Cole has been killed for the final time, but don't ask me how he can narrate stuff when he's dead, ok!
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Discalimer: I'm sure you can all guess what I'm gonna say here; I don't own Charmed. Obvious I know. It was on my xmas list tho, but no luck there!
Chapter 1: The Meeting Of Two Ways
"Ladies. My name is Cole Turner and I'm the Assistant District Attorney assigned to this case. I was wondering if either of you saw what happened here?"
Cole's P.O.V.
This was that first time I saw her. At the time, of course, all I was thinking was how to get the Charmed One's to trust me; I didn't realise that I was looking at the women who would change my life forever. I don't know if I felt something then; my human half was buried deep and my demon half wouldn't allow any emotions like love, so it wasn't love at first sight. I think she felt something then though. Her face lit up and she raised her hand, answering my question with a smile and a perky, "I did!"
I had thought that posing as an ADA was the perfect cover for what I had to do. I had a respectable job so there was no way that I could possibly be a demon, right? And she believed that too. Trying to help the Charmed One's defeat the guardian demons was an ideal way to gain their trust. In their minds, I was just a dedicated ADA, trying to get justice.
In the court room Emilio, the criminal being protected by the guardian demon, was set free by the judge. I knew that the judge was a demon and if I gave them a little nudge in the right direction they would be able to work it out for themselves and if I pushed Emilio enough then I would be an innocent they had to save. Even more proof that I wasn't a demon.
To put my plan into motion I had to make sure that Phoebe would get a premonition of me being attacked. This worked well with my future plans as I had decided that after my first meeting with the Charmed One's that Phoebe would be the most susceptible to my charms. So I went to meet her at the college.
Phoebe was lost in thought as she walked along a path in the college grounds. Sneaking up behind her, someone tapped her on the shoulder.
Phoebe jumped and her instincts screamed 'attack' at her. She spun round and performed a high kick at the person behind her, "Hi-yah!" she yelled.
Cole was standing behind her. Surprised, he automatically grabbed her leg as Phoebe's eyes widened and she exclaimed "Cole!"
Cole smiled, amused. "Hi, how's it going?
"Oh." started Phoebe self-consciously, "wow, is this embarrassing. Uh, I'm…"
"It's okay, I'm okay." Cole assured Phoebe. "Nice calf."
Phoebe gave a little laugh, still embarrassed "Oh, thanks. Um... Can I have it back?"
"Sure. Sure" replied Cole letting go of her leg.
Curiosity overcame Phoebe's embarrassment as she enquired "Uh, how did you find me?"
"Told you I was good at what I do." grinned Cole "Although you probably wouldn't think so after my performance in court." he sighed
"No, I thought you were amazing. It's just you were up against a, uh, an unfair Judge." contradicted Phoebe.
"Free Willy. He's got that reputation" agreed Cole, "Still; I know I didn't put on my best case, that's why I'm here to see if you can help me do a better job."
"How?" asked Phoebe.
"I don't know, you tell me". Phoebe raised her eyebrows at Cole's statement. "Look, Phoebe, I may not be the greatest prosecutor but I've got good instincts, I can sense things about people, things they might not even want me to know."
"And what do you sense about me?" replied Phoebe warily.
"That you're struggling with the truth. That you're a good person who wants to do the right thing here but, for whatever reason, you can't. How am I doing so far?"
Phoebe laughed, nervously this time, but didn't answer. Cole sighed.
"If you think of anything," he said sticking his card in between the pages of a book Phoebe was holding, "Please call me. Home number's on the back." Turning to walk away, he looked back over his shoulder. "Bye."
Watching him leave, Phoebe pulled out his card. She gasped as a premonition hit her. Images passed through her head but one stayed with her; Emilio carving an inverted triangle on Cole's forehead.
"Oh no!" she gasped.
Cole's P.O.V.
After sending Phoebe the premonition I went about my job as a normal ADA would. I knew that the Charmed One's were sometimes helped out by a cop, Darryl Morris, so I went to see him, pretending to want to get his help on the case. I wasn't worried about Emilio. He couldn't kill me however hard he tried, and anyway, Phoebe and her sisters would stop him before he could do anything.
The car park at the police station was dark and gloomy. Cole walked towards his car apparently not noticing Emilio hiding behind a pole, holding a knife. Emilio ran to another pole, taking himself nearer to Cole. Hearing footsteps Cole looked behind him. He could see nothing. With Cole's attention elsewhere, Emilio moved again until he was hiding behind a pole in front of Cole. Shrugging his shoulders Cole continued walking. As he walked past the pole, Emilio jumped out and aimed the hilt of the knife at Cole's head. Cole fell to the ground unmoving.
At that moment, Prue and Phoebe arrived in the car and drove straight towards Emilio. Swinging round at the sound of the car, Emilio jumped out of the way and moved away from Cole, his face drawn in a snarl. Getting out of the car Phoebe ran over to Emilio preparing to fight him. Emilio lashed out with the knife, trying to stab her. Phoebe jumped up to avoid the attack and found herself flying straight up into the air.
"Whoa!" she shrieked, shocked.
Just as amazed as Phoebe, Prue stood staring at her for a moment before realising that Emilio was advancing on them, knife in hand. She lashed out her hand sending Emilio flying back to land on a car.
Phoebe fell back onto the ground. "An active power!" she exclaimed happily. Then seeing the guardian rising out of Emilio, she continued, "not that active. Prue!"
"Hey, catch." smirked Prue as she used her power to send the knife flying straight into the Guardian's rune, in the centre of its forehead. The Guardian exploded in a ball of flame and Phoebe hurriedly ran over to Cole.
"Cole! Cole!" she called.
Cole sat up slowly, his eyes flickering open. "Phoebe?" he groaned" What are you doing here? What happened?"
Cole's P.O.V.
Of course Phoebe didn't tell me what had really happened. Her and Prue modified the events so no mention of the guardian demon or their witchcraft appeared. This meant I would be bringing Emilio to court again, with the same judge, the demon. My plan was working.
"Why would the defendant attack me if he was innocent of the prior charges?" Cole demanded of the defence lawyer, Alan.
"There's no proof he's the one responsible for the attack." countered Alan.
In the background Prue whispered to Piper, "Now"
"Then what was he doing in the police parking lot? And why did myself and two eye witnesses..."
Alan interrupted Cole, "You mean the same two eye witnesses that were here before?"
"Piper..." hissed Phoebe
"Alright.!" muttered Piper.
"And what were they doing there?" continued Alan. Piper tried to freeze the room but nothing happened. "I mean, how is it that they just magically are at every crime scene?"
"Try it again." whispered Prue
"I am trying." muttered Piper angrily.
Cole outstretched his hand to make his point. "Objection, your hon-"
Piper froze the room but only Cole, Leo and Darryl froze.
"It worked!" Phoebe said.
Cole's P.O.V.
Actually it didn't work. Well, technically it did, just not on me. Only Leo and Darryl really froze. I was just pretending to be frozen, as I should be if I was just a normal human. I tried to see as much of the fighting as I could, but without moving I could see very little. The sisters came into my view after all the guardian demons lay unconscious.
"Okay, nicely done." Prue came over to meet Phoebe and Piper.
"You too." nodded Phoebe
"Wait a minute, if they're demons where are they're powers?" asked Piper, puzzled.
The sister's turned to see the judge stride into the chambers. "Come to me." he called.
The guardians rose out of the people and followed the judge into the chambers.
"They're not demons," realised Prue, "they're just protected by them. Come on!" They ran after the guardians.
In the courtroom, Cole lowered his arm and turned to look briefly at Leo and Darryl. They were still frozen. Cole straightened his jacket and shimmered out.
He shimmered back in the judges chamber's just as the judge entered.
"What the hell?" the judge exclaimed.
"Thanks, I'll take it from here." Cole smirked, flicking his hand at the judge. The judge was engulfed in flames and Cole shimmered back into the courtroom just before the sister's entered the chambers. Prue, Piper and Phoebe walked into the chambers in time to see the judge vanquished.
"Okay, how did that happen?" asked Piper.
"Good question, but we're not alone." pointed out Prue.
"We'd better get back before Cole unfreezes." agreed Phoebe.
They walked back to the courtroom and saw Cole, Leo and Darryl just as they had left them, apparently all frozen.
"How are we gonna explain all this to Cole?" enquired Piper.
"Umm..." considered Phoebe. Suddenly an idea hit her. She picked up a police baton and stood behind Cole. "I am so sorry." she whispered. Phoebe hit Cole over the head and he fell down. Grinning slightly at her sister's idea, Piper unfroze Leo and Darryl.
"Oh, Cole, Cole!" Phoebe exclaimed. Cole sat up, rubbing his head. "Are you okay?" she asked solicitously.
"Uh, yeah, I think so. What happened?" enquired Cole, looking confused.
"Something good happened. Can you accept that?" Phoebe thought hurriedly for an explanation.
"It's not in my nature." muttered Cole.
Cole's P.O.V.
That was the first time she lied to me. When she told me that Emilio tried to escape, the courtroom people tried to help him, and that Darryl stopped them. Later I began to use that as an excuse for me lying to her. When I began to fall in love with her. It was ok to lie, I told myself, because she lied to me. The difference was though, that she lied to protect the good she was doing and I was lying to protect the evil I was doing.