The Mighty Belthazor

"Oh this is getting boring," Piper said, rolling her eyes. She pulled the vanquishing potion out of her pocket, getting ready to throw it at her.

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Elishevara caught the motion. "What do you have there? For me? You shouldn't have." She flicked her hand out, sending Piper flying back several feet.

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Piper flew back, crashing hard into a cavern wall. Once she fell to the ground, the potion vial rolled out of her hand. And she groaned in pain.

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While Elishevara was focused on Piper, Angel aimed a punch towards the side of Bel's mother's head.

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Elishevara's head snapped back, but she kept her footing and laughed. She summoned an athame to her hand, but the blade did not have the gleam of metal. It was carved from wood. She stabbed at Angel's chest.

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Angel leapt back out of the way of her blade. He tried to aim a roundhouse kick towards her knees.

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Bel had conjured a fireball at his mother's approach, but hadn't yet had a clear shot to throw it. At least that's what he told himself, and maybe even believed it. It had nothing to do with freezing up when having to face down his mother for the first time in his life.

Elishevara shimmered away from Angel's kick, reappearing further down the tunnel. "Belthazor," she taunted, "are you going to just stand there uselessly? Or are you going to save your witch? Or maybe it's too late and I already killed her."

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While Elishavara was distracted, Piper reached for the vial. She was still in a lot of pain, but she wasn't going to allow the demon to hurt her sister.

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That was when Phoebe screamed. "Piper? Cole?"

She had heard fighting and she had felt so many approaching emotions, so she knew something was going on. That was when she had heard Elishvera call Cole's name.

"Guys? I'm here!"

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Elishevara turned around and grabbed Phoebe by the hair, yanking her up and holding her in front of her so that Bel, Piper, and Angel could see Phoebe. "I told you I would destroy everything you care about, Belthazor," she said. "If you value that miserable soul of yours so much, then let it cause you as much pain as possible until you're begging to be free of it." She conjured a fireball and held it by Phoebe's face.

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Phoebe had one thought in her head suddenly when the ball of fire is held at her face. Her voice was a whimper.

"Fire bad... tree pretty..."

Seeing Piper, Cole and Angel... and realizing that they were there to get her, she fought past the terror she had been going through since the kidnapping and slammed her head backwards into Elishvera's face.

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Elishevara snarled and thrust Phoebe away from her, dropping her to the ground again. Not to let the fireball go to waste, she hurled it toward Angel.

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Angel dove out of the way. The fireball hit him on the shoulder, but fortunately ~~he wasn't shirtless like some people~~ he had on the leather coat that night.

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Seeing his mother threaten Phoebe and then attack Angel gave Bel the resolve he needed. He shimmered behind Elishevara, wrapping his arms around her, pinning her own arms so she couldn't summon fire or cast a spell.

"Piper! Throw the potion!" he yelled as he struggled with his mother.

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Nadia, Veronica, and Faithful all rushed in after killinating the rat demon, but stopped before reaching the fight royal.

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Piper hesitated. She knew if she threw the potion, there was a good chance Bel would end up vanquished. But she pushed that thought out of her mind and did what she had to. She threw the potion as Bel had instructed her to do.

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Angel couldn't read Piper's mind, but he could see the same problem. Bel had already told him that the potion would vanquish him too.

No way was Angel going to let that happen.

A quick burst of vamp speed, a grab, and Angel shoved Bel out of the way.

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The potion struck Elishevara in the chest. She howled in pain and rage as flames consumed her, then vanished, leaving nothing but a scorch mark behind.

Further back down the tunnel, behind Veronica, Faithful, and Nadia, another rat shifted into human form, took note of what appeared to be both Elishevara and Belthazor being vanquished, and shimmered away.

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Phoebe didn't see where Angel had saved Cole, so she screamed as she watched what she thought was Cole being vanquished as well as his mother. She screamed again as she saw the scorch marks where she had seen him standing, holding his mother.

"COLE!!"

She dropped her head back onto the floor and started sobbing in deep anguish.

He... he was gone.

Cole was gone.

His mother had won in the end.

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Bel picked himself up off the ground, looking at Angel with gratitude and near-disbelief that he was still alive. Then he heard Phoebe call his name and moved quickly to her side. "It's okay, love," he said. "I'm okay. I'm right here."

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Phoebe wasn't sure she heard his voice so it took her a moment to look up.

"C-Cole?" She would have hugged him... except tied up and in pain. "I thought you were vanquished..."

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Cole quickly untied Phoebe and drew her into his arms. "I'm okay," he said again. "She's gone now. Forever."

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