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Post by halliwellwyatt on Oct 17, 2009 11:03:45 GMT -5
Paige spoke softly, "Phoebe Sweetie I'm sorry but Cole is a demon. We are supposed to protect him from this threat but you can't have a relationship with him".
Phoebe was shocked.
Prue hugged Phoebe, "I'm sorry."
Piper joined them, "Sorry Sweetie. I wish you didn't have to get hurt. I know what it feels like to find out that the one you love is not who you think he is".
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Post by MagicalEdgemaster5 on Oct 17, 2009 15:56:41 GMT -5
Okay, I've got my half-vampire-whitelighter character set to play here. Can I do it? If yes, then consider this the start of him…
"No… no… no. That, is completely irrelevant here."
The deep male voice which interrupted the moment caught the sisters and Leo by surprise, alerting them to the presence of red orbs appearing and materializing into a long-haired and decently built tall blonde guy in a red leather trench coat, black red-framed sunglasses, and blue jeans.
"Uh… okay, who are you, and what are you talking about?" Piper demanded.
"Let's just skip past who I am and get to what I'm talking about," the shaded stranger replied.
"Alrighty, then. So then, what in the world are you talking about?" Paige tried again, willing to humor this guy but still wary of him.
"Great job, Paige. First try," he responded in full wit mode. "Now; you guys may have just found out what Cole is, but do you know what your little summit at the top told you about who he is?"
"He's a demon and so are you?" Prue retorted in sharp distrust of him. Her guess was not too far off, he thought, if they were still talking about what.
"Even simpler - not a thing," he instead replied.
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Post by holly3marie3gyal94 on Oct 17, 2009 16:11:18 GMT -5
"Look...i dont care who you are...i rather kill you..." Phoebe got ready to shoot lightining out. "Phoebe wait...if he's here to kill us he would of killed us by now..." Prue prevented her sister...
"Piper i'll check with the elders about this man...Cole's safe for now..." Leo stated as he orbed out. Phoebe couldn't keep her anger and kicked the demon... "Who are you what do you want? Answer my question or i'll kill you..." The strange man grabbed Phoebe... No one knew what he was going to do next
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Post by MagicalEdgemaster5 on Oct 17, 2009 16:32:21 GMT -5
He red-orbed up to the attic with Phoebe, then let her go. She went for a couple high kicks on him, but he dodged them both, then quickly placed his hand up to stop her.
"Would you stop kicking at me? I'm actually trying to help you!" he shot.
"Help me do what, die faster?" Phoebe retorted.
"Enough, okay? For future reference, let's not get fantastical about me wanting to kill you, because I don't," he seriously stated, which actually surprised her. "In fact, this is where you and I can actually work together."
"Why would I wanna work together with a demon who just sneaks into my house and tries to lecture me and my sisters on how we don't know anything?" she questioned him.
"Because people are after Cole; the kinda people that you know how to vanquish. They want his dark side to come back, and again, I don't," he explained. "I need him alive, and good. It presents an opportunity for me."
"An opportunity?" Phoebe repeated, seriously quizzical.
"Phoebe!?" she could hear Piper calling from the staircase.
"Up here," she called back, and within seconds the sisters were there with her.
"What happened? Did he attack you, or-"
"No, and apparently he wants us to help Cole be good," Phoebe answered, cutting off Paige.
"Wait, help a demon be good? How can that happen?" Piper asked in rambling tone.
"Enter my point- Cole and I are living proof that it can," the man said sharply.
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Post by holly3marie3gyal94 on Oct 18, 2009 7:48:10 GMT -5
"What do you need Cole for Mystery man?" Phoebe asked.
"Forget who i am for a second Phoebe...What i'm trying to say is if we work together we can eliminate the threat and keep Cole good" the man explained.
Paige looked around...this man seemed weird...she went up to the elders and decided to make Leo's search faster.
"Look we cant trust you until we find out who you are" Piper stated.
"Let me try reading his mind..." Phoebe stated
"Go for it Phoebe!" Prue stated
Phoebe tried to but this man somehow blocked her signal...
"Look i know about your powers...i came prepared in case some one over here tried using her empath powers." He stated.
"Lets just vanquish him or blow him up which sound fun?" Piper asked.
" I say give him a slow and painful death..." Prue stated.
"Guys...stop it! Were not sure about him ok!" Phoebe looked shocked at her sisters actions almost as if somehow evil was taken over them...
"Shut up Phoebe we make the decisions ok..." Prue used telekenisis and threw Phoebe across the room.
The mystery man protected Phoebe from piper's blowing up power... He red-orbed Phoebe out of there in a safer place.
Phoebe looked around and became cautious; looked at the man in front of her.
"I'm going to ask you some questions; i want them answered immediantly" Phoebe bellowed
"Who are you? What are you? Where am i? What are you to Cole? What just happened to my sisters?" Phoebe asked looking really angry.
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Post by MagicalEdgemaster5 on Oct 18, 2009 10:55:16 GMT -5
"Okay, fine! I was meaning to tell you myself to begin with. That's why I took something to block your empathic powers in the first place, and it's also why I took you to this mausoleum," he quickly shouted, hoping that would make sense to Phoebe and calm her down. Somehow, it did, as she was no longer looking like she was ready to jump an athame down his throat.
"Somehow, I actually believe you," she admitted, much to his relief as he sighed.
"I'm a half-vampire, half-Whitelighter that's been living in the Underworld for a couple of years. My name's Derrick Brady, but in the Underworld I usually go by my middle name of Serkan," he began to explain.
"Usually? And don't you mean your demon name?" Phoebe questioned him.
"Actually, I mean both," Derrick replied. "See, I still don't know which of my parents was which, cause they died before I could walk or talk, but I know that whichever one of them was the vampire, was very smart, because they actually put my demon name in my middle name. I don't know exactly what that does, but somehow that was smart."
"Hey! Focus, edgester! I still have questions for you!" an impatient Phoebe quickly shouted to interrupt his ramblings.
"Relax. I'm not hiding anything," he said. "Now, as far as your new demon to protect goes, Cole and I have never spoken to each other, but-"
"Then why are you so interested in seeing him stay good? Is he your new charge or something?" Phoebe instantly asked.
"No, but he is the key to me helping someone I seriously care about realize something that she needs to know. That someone would be a seer, but not the one that works for the Source. She's actually pretty harmless," he answered with a smile briefly coming on. "Now, as far as what happened to your sisters… I have no idea."
"What?" she near-yelled at this point.
"Well, I mean, there's nothing I know for sure," he defended. "But if I heard of this correctly, I think those two demons you guys just took care of may have just put something in the air and your sisters caught a whiff of it. That, along with the fact they don't trust me, could've done the trick."
"So you're saying that now vanquishing demons can turn us evil?" she guessed, clearly none too pleased.
"No, not really evil, per se. Just base. Though, since they came for Cole, that was obviously intended to turn him evil," Derrick presumed.
"Well, then it's a good thing frozen men don't turn around, huh?" Phoebe tried her hand at a joke.
"I get a feeling he wasn't really frozen, and he knew what was going on all along," Derrick stated. "From what I've seen, Cole Turner's actually a pretty smart man."
"From what you've seen? How do you even get to see anything?" she asked finally.
"Like I said," he replied, a wide grin coming on now, "I have a good seer."
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Post by holly3marie3gyal94 on Oct 18, 2009 11:12:13 GMT -5
"Okay...But i can't help you sorry bye-bye" Phoebe began walking away but Derrick appeared before her.
"Phoebe...wait if we work together we can save Cole and the seer" Derrick explained.
"Well to help you...we would need the power of three...and why exactly am i not evil?" Phoebe asked.
"Phoebe..." Derrick began talking but Phoebe cut him off.
"I mean i was possessed by the Woogey....and i got turned into a banshee its obviousley because i was born in the manor why arent i evil right now?" Phoebe wondered to herself.
"To become evil...you need a bit of evil inside you...look Phoebe...your sisters didn't trust me so they were easier to turn against me...But you seem to trust me more which means you can't be turned evil that easily....Do you trust me?" Derrick asked
Phoebe wondered around thinking whether she should trust this man or not...Well dont know proper who he is besides he's half vampire and half whitelighter...But he saved my life which was a good thing...i guess i can.
"Okay...i trust you..."Phoebe slowly let out
Derrick signed...which bought him relief at least one charmed one trusted him.
"I have a question though...You won't bite me right?" Phoebe asked waited for Derrick's response
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Post by halliwellwyatt on Oct 18, 2009 13:24:10 GMT -5
Paige tried to sense Phoebe but could not, "What happened?". Paige orbed back into the manor in to find her sisters, "Where is Phoebe?".
PIper raised her hands and Paige orbed out.
"Ok gotta find Phoebe. " she tried so sense Phoebe and suddenly got a faint signal and prbed for it. She found herself in a mausaleum, "Pheobe what happenedn to PRue and Piper?".
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Post by holly3marie3gyal94 on Oct 18, 2009 13:37:11 GMT -5
"Paige!" Phoebe ran to hug her sister.
"Thank godness your not possessed too..." Phoebe continued hugging her sister...Paige still gave her sister an confused look.
"Ok...You see those two demons before they put some evil dust in the air...which turned them evil and since they dont trust Derrick this made things worse."
"He's half vampire and half whitelighter..." Paige whispered to Phoebe.
"I know Phoebe...But he's going to help us get our sisters back and to prevent Cole from being evil..." Phoebe stated
"Phoebe! Don't get involved with him he's half vampire he could suck your fangs in you! How are you sure you can trust him?" Paige asked.
"I don't Paige...but its a risk i need to take to save my sisters...If he does any weird moves then we will kill him." Phoebe reassured her sister.
"Hello...i'm right here" Derrick stated.
Paige began to orb out.
"Paige were you going?" Phoebe asked.
"I'm going to the elders...I need to inform Leo of the situation and ask the elders to help...I'll be back soon" Paige stated
"Great...its just me and you buddy...Any ideas?" Phoebe asked
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Post by MagicalEdgemaster5 on Oct 18, 2009 14:00:29 GMT -5
"Before I get to that; you kinda misconstrued quite a bit of what I said," Derrick trailed off. "I didn't say they actually turned evil, per se, but more like base, instinctive. They basically do the first thing that comes to mind, shoot first and ask questions later."
"So how do you explain their powers working on me?" Phoebe asked.
"Well, the stuff that must've got into them that's blocking their inhibitions is evil, so that might have something to do with it," Derrick surmised.
"Okay, well I'm still saying they turned evil. It's easier to process," Phoebe stated.
"Fair enough," Derrick conceded with a chuckle. "You have any idea where Cole lives?"
"I thought you and your seer were watching him," Phoebe reminded him.
"Yeah, but we've never been there, or even so much as learned the address. How am I supposed to orb somewhere I don't even know?" Derrick contended.
"So we're just waiting for Paige and Leo to get back here," Phoebe figured since they had no ideas. "Fine. Well, can you at least tell me if you're gonna bite me or not?" Much to her surprise, Derrick easily let out a laugh at that question.
"Nah, I don't really need to," he stated once he'd calmed down. "See, when you've got the epitome of light and the epitome of darkness coexisting inside your every blood cell, there's a lotta stuff that cancels itself out."
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Post by holly3marie3gyal94 on Oct 18, 2009 14:23:15 GMT -5
"Gosh your so confusing..." Phoebe stated
"I'm not confusing it's just hard to understand if you think about it..." Derrick replied.
"I still don't fully trust you...you know...so i'm going to keep my guard up...i still can't believe Cole's a demon...I really liked him" Phoebe signed sadly.
"Cole's not evil you need to know that...and he can remain that way if we find him...ok" Derrick replied.
"Seriously....you sound like some Cole stalker...what are you his brother? I mean how come you know so much about him?" Phoebe asked.
"Well...you see..." Derrick began but got cut off again.
"And have you ever sucked blood before? I know you said you don't need to...but...I just want to know if you have." Phoebe asked
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Post by MagicalEdgemaster5 on Oct 18, 2009 17:15:49 GMT -5
"Actually, I have. Twice, I think," Derrick answered. "But they were demons, they were pissing me off about a plan to hurt witches, it was one hell of a bad day, and I was pretty much being starved."
"Starved? But I thought you didn't-"
"I know, I don't actually need to stay in the dark or taste live flesh and blood to survive," he explained, cutting her off. "But I do have an unusually fast metabolism. I actually learned how to make a kind of red potion to drink that fills it up and slows it down for awhile, but other than that I usually take in lots of meat saved up for me in Canada."
"Who would save up a ton of meat for you in Canada?" Phoebe inquired.
"Quintina. She's the witch that took me in," Derrick replied. "And before you ask, because of what she's done for me I vowed to myself that I wouldn't use my powers to harm innocents or good witches. So I wouldn't have attacked you guys in any more than self defense even if I wanted to."
"That still doesn't answer how you know so much about Cole," Phoebe continued to question him. He was prepared for this, though, in all honestly. Halliwells didn't trust easy from what he'd learned.
"Much of it's by reputation. In the Underworld, he's very much renowned as his demon half, Belthazor. A serious killer, too. But in recent years he's rediscovered his humanity and stepped away from the Underworld," Derrick went on. "Yes, I said demon half. As in, he's half human too. Ever since we found out about him stepping out, my seer and I have been using the powers of her seeing pool to keep an eye on him from time to time. He's got a job as an ADA, and he's actually pretty good."
"Okay, stop. All this seer talk just sounds like like you reek of stalking," Phoebe commented with a little disgust in her voice.
"Aside from what I'm doing being the equivalent of what most whitelighters do anyway, anyone who's a seer or the company of a seer and has a magical tool for that power can do it," Derrick countered in his own defense. "It's something to get used to, especially since I'm pretty confident the Source has exactly the same done for him on a regular basis, probably on you guys, and Cole, and multiple others at the same time."
Suddenly, Leo and Paige orbed back to the mausoleum, Paige shocked to see Derrick and Phoebe still talking.
"Phoebe! What are you doing so close to this guy? I told you not to trust him!" Paige scolded her big sister.
"So, come on. Tell me. What do you know about me," Derrick quickly asked Paige and Leo to diffuse that situation.
"Well, for your information, though I'm not so sure you deserve it, the Elders were very dismissive when we talked about a blond-haired demon that orbs red, and they almost sent us back without telling us anything," Paige explained.
"But Zola, one of the higher-ranking Elders, decided it was worth telling us," Leo continued. "Apparently there was a whitelighter who got involved with a vampire up in Toronto, Canada, and together they had what the Elders call a 'double edged child'."
"Seriously. Compared to that, witch-and-whitelighter seems like blonde-and-brunet," Paige commented, making reference to how she came to be and subtly slighting the Elders' rule against witch-whitelighter romance that forced the family to give her up at birth and put Piper and Leo's love in jeopardy.
"Keep going," Phoebe instructed, eager to know if Derrick was telling her the truth.
"Thanks," Leo acknowledged. "Anyway, once the Elders caught wind of it, they went to take out the vampire cause it was a big pride issue at the top. Unfortunately, the vampire's clan showed up too, and in the fight that followed, both parents were killed. Neither side wanted to really touch the baby at all. The vampires didn't care for a two-sided kid, and the Elders didn't think a part-evil, part-whitelighter baby was worth soiling their hands either way, so they basically left him alone."
"Looks like you got me," Derrick confirmed. "But did they say anything about the witch that took me in right after that and helped me in so many ways to control and become myself?"
"Well, they said somebody took you in, but they stopped paying attention to you after that," Leo replied.
"Well, it figures they'd be so pompously incompetent that taking out people's parents and not even caring to know how the kids turn out looks like a good idea to them," Derrick verbally sniped at the Elders, not respecting their authority very much after what they did, though he'd long ago realized that shooting for revenge on the Elders was a worthless cause.
"So you're telling us the truth," Phoebe realized aloud.
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Post by holly3marie3gyal94 on Oct 19, 2009 10:50:25 GMT -5
"Of course...I may be really smart but do i look like i have an iq of einstein Phoebe?" Derrick asked.
"Well of course not...Stop yelling sheesh." Phoebe replied
"I'm still struggling to find a way to bring Piper and Prue back..." Paige stated.
"But we managed to locate were Cole is if i am correct he should be finishing a case." Leo stated.
"Great thanks Leo...I'm going to find him see you guys later i'll meet you back here." Phoebe stated as she ran out the door.
"Phoebe...wait it could be dangerous i'll go with you." Leo stated but Phoebe was too far ahead.
"No...wait Leo we need something to help us you need to come with me" Paige stated.
"What?" Leo asked still trying to sense Phoebe.
"The book of shadows." Paige stated.
"Ok...it shouldn't take too long lets go Paige." Leo stated but before Leo could orb out Derrick stopped him.
"I'll come with i always wanted to see the big book of spells." Derrick stated.
"Sorry no can do...the book doesn't allow evil near it...which means you understood bye bye...Make yourself useful and i don't know find Cole...no you cant do that its too hard for you why dont you cook us a barbeque." Paige stated as she orbed to the manor with Leo.
Derrick was totally pissed great Leo Paige and Phoebe went off on their goose chases no ever listens to him.
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Post by MagicalEdgemaster5 on Oct 20, 2009 0:51:43 GMT -5
"You have got to be kidding me!" Derrick shouted in frustration at the complete disrespect and mistrust shown to him by the Charmed Ones. He should've expected this, though, as the only variation in their relationships with demons over the past couple of years have been "how quickly can we vanquish them". And to be honest, demons with an ounce of goodness in their actions, not very common even to anybody who may have been at this for an entire life of fifty.
Since they weren't going to accept his offer for help just on his promises, though, he knew that he had to do something to earn the sisters' trust. He had to give them reason to confide in and respect him. He had to actually find Cole and talk to the guy.
And contrary to the little verbal jab Paige just took at him, he actually did have a very good idea how to do that.
So he orbed out of the mausoleum and into a lair in the Underworld, where a beautiful and somewhat tan brunette with long wavy hair wearing a midriff-showing, one-sleeved purple dress was waiting for him. She stood hovering in front of a cauldron-like pool filled to the brim with some sort of boiling whitewater-esque liquid material.
"Welcome back, handsome," the lady greeted him with a smile. "So, how'd it go?"
"It didn't. Though I'm pretty sure you could've seen that," Derrick replied, the irritation from what just happened coming out clear in his voice as he approached her.
"Hmm. Kinda guessed they wouldn't be so receptive to a demon," she calmly affirmed. "But hey, don't be so down about it. I was able to get a good glimpse of where we could find Cole right now, and I think it's at a courthouse in a part of town that's not to far from where the sisters live."
"Do you know the exact address? Because if not, you're gonna have to let me see how it looks so I can get there," Derrick asked. She shook her head. "Well, then, Kyra, it looks like you're gonna have to do your stuff."
"Now, what could you possibly mean by that?" Kyra asked a bit seductively.
"Hey, hey- no teasing me right now. We gotta take care of business," Derrick immediately rebuffed her advances, walking off into a secluded spot in the corner where he could change.
"Aw, come on. Can't you stay a little while? I'm getting bored just standing here looking at everything," she complained, obviously wanting his company. Seconds later, he re-emerged with a black leather polo shirt on instead of the coat and shades.
"Sorry, but I'm not looking to stay cooped up here and do nothing," Derrick declined, though he had a suggestion. "If you're really that bored when I'm not around, though, you're welcome to go anywhere you want. I can't stop you. You can shimmer. This is your place first, after all." He then finally emerged, a black leather polo shirt taking place of the trench coat and shades. "And if you can't think of anywhere you wanna go but you still need out, just go to Cherry Beach. You remember when I showed it to you, right?"
"Yeah," Kyra nodded.
"Good. Now, do you mind, um… using those awesome talents of yours so I can see the court building? I get a feeling he's gonna be in the parking lot pretty soon," he requested, remembering some details he got from the Halliwell encounter.
"Sure," she said, before turning to the pool and waving her hand over across it. The water then waved a bit, before a vision was seen through it. It was a clear view of the building from several points, including the parking lot, which sent Derrick grinning when he saw that it was empty for the time bieng.
"Thank you, Kyra, cause this is perfect," he said, before orbing out.
Once he reappeared in the parking lot, he looked around, fortunately catching sight of a big support post nearby. This gave him somewhere to comfortably lean on as he waited for the courthouse to start clearing and Cole to arrive.
This in turn allowed him to distract himself in thoughts of Kyra and the latest instance of the failed seduction routine that he was way used to between himself and Kyra by now. As tempting as it was to just take her, especially to his vampire genes, he never actually gave in to her advances in any way beyond periodically allowing the tease. This was particularly because he wanted more than just something physical with her, but he could never tell her until he got her to realize that she was actually capable of giving it. This was where they both felt Cole would come in, though the idea of how each of them saw it would work was vastly different.
Speaking of Cole, the courthouse did indeed start to clear and the parking lot get crowded just seconds later. It was only a matter of time now before Derrick would catch sight of the dark-haired ADA…
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Post by holly3marie3gyal94 on Oct 20, 2009 11:06:29 GMT -5
Phoebe finally got to the parking lot, and saw a massive crowd. Great now how can she get Cole safely away from this crowd?
Phoebe looked around and caught a glimpse of Cole, a few minutes passed; the parking lot was cleared. Phoebe "accidently" bumped into Cole whilst he was going to his car.
"Phoebe what are you doing here?" Cole asked.
Great how was she supposed to answer. Oh hi Cole im stalking you to keep you safe from demons.
"I'm...waiting for my...b...boyfriend! Thats it boyfriend...so Cole how was your day today?" Phoebe signed it relief.
"Fine...you ok you seem kind of tensed." Cole asked.
Of course im tensed Phoebe thought to herself...im next to the boy i like. Something seems weird she thought to herself it feels like someone was watching them.
A figure approached them slowly...
"Phoebe is that your boyfriend?" Cole asked.
Phoebe turned around and spotted Derrick.
"What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be helping Paige?" Phoebe asked.
"I wanted to meet Cole here instead...I was waiting for the moment to meet you." Derrick smiled.
"Don't blow your cover!" Phoebe responded.
"What cover? Whats going on Phoebe?" Cole asked.
Oh my god what was she going to tell him she cant expose herself as a witch...not just yet anyway
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