"Chris..could you let go of me now?" Lena questions. Chris did as he was asked, although he did not realize he'd been holding on so long.
"Yea sorry.." Chris responds. He did as she asked, although he didn't realize he'd been holding on for so long. A part of him didn't want to let go. He wanted to save her and bring back the little girl he was thinking about. A part of him realized that that girl was gone and no matter how hard he tried she was never coming back. 'How did this all happen,' he wondered. It's something he's though about for a while but could never actually ask. He walked over to a chair at the kitchen bar and sat down. Lena followed, sensing his confusion, she says, "It's going to be alright Chris, I'm alright."
"Really, and how would you know? Your not alright, don't say that! Your hurt, you've been with Wyatt for too long and your not the same person I used to know." The last line cut Lena the most. She didn't show it though.
"I am the same person. I'm just not that little girl anymore; I've grown up. I'm loved, learned, and hurt. I may have had some cuts and bruises but everyone gets hurt…even normal people."
"See that's it right there. Cuts and bruises! Who are you kidding what Wyatt has done to you is a little more than skinning your knee or accidentally cutting yourself with a knife."
"Wow..guys what's going on? What are you guys arguing about now?" Phoebe says entering the kitchen.
Ignoring her, Lena continues, "You know what Chris, it doesn't even matter. I'm alive and when we fix this it won't even matter." Redirecting her conversation to phoebe, "Nothing. It doesn't matter."
"Like hell it doesn't matter---," Phoebe replies.
"Just drop it. You wouldn't understand if you haven't lived it,"
"But I'm trying to understand but every time I ask or say something, I seem to be making 'future consequences' as you two so quaintly put it."
"Ugh! I'm sick of this. What do you want to know? Because I'll show you."
"I want to know everything about you," said Phoebe.
"Could you be anymore broader?" Lena asked.
"Well sure---"
"Rhetorical question. Be more specific."
"hmm." Phoebe thought for a moment. What was one thing she never understood but really wanted to know about her daughter. 'Wyatt? No. Chris? No. Future. Too many consequences. Family? No. My husband? Maybe. Ahaa, I got it. Tyler. Well seeing as though my daughter and I are so alike with all this 'evil' and other things, I wonder how her love life is,' Phoebe thought.
"Uhm. Are you okay?" Lena asked her mother.
"Yea baby, just thinking. I want you to tell me about Tyler."
"Ty--Tyler. What about him?" Lena asked as all thoughts and emotions revolving around him came flooding back.
"Everything, like how you guys me and how long you guys have been together."
"I don't think that's wise," Chris implied.
"What's not wise," Paige said stepping into the room.
"Wooh. Major emotions coming off there missy," Phoebe says to Lena. "And Paige, Chris doesn't think Lena should tell me about Tyler."
"Tyler? That's the boyfriend right Chris?" Paige askes seeming to be out of the loop.
"Yea. Ex-boyfriend considering he is dead." Chris responds.
"Uhh…I'll be right back I have to go grab something before I tell you guys." With that Lena shimmers out of the room. Reappearing in her bedroom, she opens her night stand and pulls out a box. The box is black with a gold latch on it. Sitting down on the floor, she unlocks the latch and opens the box. The inside of the box appears to be blue velvet. The top shelf of the box includes folded pieces of paper, pictures and quotes of songs. The bottom shelf consists of jewelry. Tons of jewelry; rings, bracelets and necklaces. Shutting the box the shimmers back into the kitchen.
"Inside this box is many things from Tyler. The top shelf is full of pictures, notes, song lyrics and memories, while the bottom shelf is full of jewelry he has given me." Lena says.
"I've never seen this box," Says Chris.
"I know, I've never shown it to anybody. It was my secret, my memories. I looked at them often, so I could never lose sight of the greater goal. I never wanted to forget that he had to die, for me to save him."
"Can I see it," Phoebe asked outstretching her arms to take the box.
"Be careful with it. It's really important to me."
Touching the box Phoebe got a premonition. This one was different, not like the ones she usually got. She was seeing more then one time and place but a cluster.
"Mel, I got you something," a tall and hansome man said. He looked about 17 and Mel, she look 13.
"You got me something? Why Tyler? It's not even my birthday or anything.
"I know but you've been practicing so hard and you have mastered your new powers, so I wanted to give you a gift. Just take it," Tyler said handing her a small box.
Opening the box, Lena gasps. It was a necklace, a beautiful one. At the end of the long necklace chain was a key. A key made out of 27 diamonds. To Lena it didn't matter if it was real or not, it was the thought that counted. "It's beautiful!"
"Thanks! Do you like it?"
"I love it, help me put it on." Lena takes the necklace out of the box and unhooks the latch. Tyler takes the necklace around Lena's neck, as she lifts her hair off her back. "There," he said.
Coming out of the premonition, Phoebe is being supported by Paige. "What did you see?"
"Just Lena and Tyler."
"Really, what about us."
"I saw him give you the key necklace…You looked really young."
"I was thirteen when that happened."
"You guys were in love, huh?"
"Yea. Were in love…Until Wyatt killed him."
"You still love him don't you?" Paige asked. She didn't understand how someone could not love a person who died. Especially someone who was their lover. When Leo left Piper went crazy. How could Lena not?
"Of course I still love him, but I try not to think about it too much, there's nothing I can do anyways."
"Tell us about him."
"I cant tell you---"
"If you say future consequences, so help me god----" Phoebe ranted.
"Actually I was going to say. I can't tell you, but I can show you. Sometimes, when I'm alone and I can't sleep or something, I watch myself.
"You watch yourself? Coincided much?" Chris offers.
"Shut up. It's not like that. Again I do it to remember why I'm doing all of this. I can watch almost anything and I can project it onto the wall. It's pretty cool actually. Watch."
Show her what she needs to see
Let my love with Tyler free
Show her all we've been through
So I can let my love review
Balls of light formed on her hands after she completed the spell. Outstretching her arm, the balls of light became full length beams extended from there hands all the way onto the wall. White smoke appears as the beams kept contact with the wall. After Lena puts her hands down and the smoke subsided, everyone saw an image on the wall.
The first image
Lena is in her room at Phoebe's loft. Piles upon Piles of clothing lying on the floor. "Ugh." Lena screams.
"What it's wrong?" An older Phoebe says.
"I can't find anything to wear. Why is this so hard? Mom was it ever like this with you?"
"Of course it was. Every time I want on a date. Of course Piper always helped me. Here let me help you. Just go do you hair and makeup, I'll find you something to wear."
"Thanks." And with that. Lena went over to the counter and continued to begin her makeup. She opened two small jar with the word MAC written on them. They were both eye shadow. One in Golden Olive and the other in Golden lemon. She put a little of each into the cap of one bottle, mixing them together she applied them on her eye lid. She then picked up a eyeliner, also from MAC, in the color Smolder and lined her eyelids with it. After quickly applying her mascara, Lena joined Phoebe back into her walk closet.
"Found anything yet?"
"A few things actually. I found your sequined tank tops. The black, silver and gold ones. Those would look great with your skinny jeans. Or we have a couple of dresses.
"Mom, dresses? It's not exactly something formal.
"Your going to diner right?"
"Well yea."
"Listen to me, I have dating experience. Restaurants = semi formal. And since your wearing green eyeshadow, here." Phoebe said tossing a dress at Lena.
Catching the dress, Lena examined it. It was a color block dress. The dress was strappless with the upper part being a Harlequin Green, while the bottom portion was black. Flashing out and back into the same place, Lena appeared with the dress on.
"What did I say about using for personal gain?"
"I didn't want to mess up my hair, I spent hours curling it."
"Fine but never again. You look beautiful sweetie."
"Thanks mom. I gotta go, wouldn't want to be late." Sensing Tyler at the manor with Chris, she orbed there into Chris's room.
"Lena, you look beautiful," Chris says.
"Thanks! Were is Tye?"
"Here," Tye responded, "you look amazing."
"You don't look bad yourself. Shall we?"
"We shall," He said linking arms with her and orbing out.
"Aww, you guys look so cute!" Phoebe says as she watches the scene end.
"Yea, you are quite the hottie." Paige includes.
"Guys, stop!" Lena said turning red. That never happened to her much. She never got embarrassed now-a-days. There was never someone who embarrassed her, her family was all dead.
"That not the end," Chris said, referring to the scene changing on the wall.
"You really think you're a match for me?" Wyatt laughed.
"Together," Chris said, gesturing towards Lena. "We could take you."
"I'm sorry you feel this way, Chris. And I'm doubly sorry that you're leading Lena down the same destructive path the rest of our family went. If she dies, I hope you realize it was your fault."
"You won't ever stop, will you?" Chris asked coldly.
"Not until my family is by my side. It may take you a while to come back to me, but I know I can get our little cousin over there on my side. And then Chris, you'll truly know what it feels like to be alone. To be by yourself in a world out of control, at the mercy of those you used to trust. And let me tell you, Christopher, when that happens, then you'll finally see that there is no 'greater good' and there is nothing more that you can hope for in this life than plain old survival."
Knowing that Wyatt was preparing to leave, Chris leapt forward, hands outstretched in an attempt to grab at the Book. Wyatt pulled it off the podium and slammed Chris against the opposite wall with a blast of telekinesis. As his back hit the wall Chris astral-projected out of his body, charging Wyatt. Wyatt just laughed, throwing energy balls at his brother which hit him in the legs, sending him skidding to the ground. Lena chose that moment to send a wall of fire at Wyatt. Momentarily distracted, he turned to Lena and orbed the attack back at her, forcing her to levitate out of the way. Chris returned to his body and telekinetically threw Wyatt into the wall. Footsteps raced up the stairs as the only remaining Halliwells viciously attacked each other.
"Chris, blow him up!" Lena ordered.
"No!" Chris responded quickly, orbing behind Wyatt and reaching for the Book. The two brothers fought for it, rolling on the floor and aiming punches at each other. Lena stood ready to attack Wyatt if the opportunity arose, but he and Chris were in too close, there was no guarantee she would hit her target. A bolt of lightning shot at the brothers, hitting and stunning both as Alec arrived breathless in the attic.
Lena ripped the Book of Shadows from Wyatt's grasp as he slowly regained control of his body. Wyatt stood, putting up his force-field to prevent intrusion. Chris ran towards Lena, hoping to orb away with her and the Book, but Wyatt had the same idea. Without even looking at him, Wyatt scattered Chris' orbs and sent him reeling back down to Earth, his molecules flying around.
The eldest son of Piper made short work of Alec with an overwhelming psychokinetic blast. His uncle slammed into the wall, unconscious. He then turned his attention back to Lena, who stood completely petrified, the Book of Shadows cradled against her chest.
"Lena!" Chris cried as his body completely reformed. Chris' warning died on his lips, far too late as Wyatt brought Lena into his shield, preventing anyone from reaching them. Powering up his hands with energy, Wyatt latched onto Lena, his power sinking through her skin and coursing through her. She screamed as every nerve in her body reacted, her entire being consumed with unbearable pain, and weakening her. However, she held the Book even tighter, determined to not allow Wyatt to win.
"You should be on my side, Lena, you know that," Wyatt whispered into her ear as her screams died down, her lungs devoid of air and unable to inhale at all. "Halliwells should never be divided. I could kill you right now, but I trust you'll make the right choice – sooner or later." He pulled his left hand away from her arm, ignoring Chris' constant attempts to break his forcefield from the outside. "If you join me, I promise I won't hurt Chris. I know you're worried about him, Lena, but come over to my side and he'll be perfectly fine, I swear it."
Chris shouted horrible things at his brother as he watched his cousin's eyes rolling back in her head. 'Not again, not again, no, no nonononononononononononononono,' his mind shouted, refusing to watch as another loved one died. "Wyatt, stop it! Stop it!"
An athame shrouded in black energy appeared in Wyatt's hand. With a slight smile he stabbed it into his cousin's side, watching as the power on the blade transferred to her. He knew Chris would not notice the change, no one would. Her eyes turned black for one instant before her entire body went limp, the Book falling to the floor. Wyatt carefully laid Lena down, sending the athame away and picking up the book. From within the shield he waved at his brother and then orbed into the basement.
"Tyler!" Chris shouted, pushing aside his worry for family over his worry about what Wyatt was doing. Without waiting for the whitelighter to arrive, Chris followed Wyatt's orb trail.
When Chris finally went back upstairs it was to find Alec and Tyler leaning over an unconscious Lena. "Chris!" Tyler exclaimed as he limped into the room. Tyler looked surprised to see Chris alive, and as well he should.
"Lena?" Chris asked, kneeling beside her. Her skin ashen, and her lips colorless, she looked like a ghost of the young woman Chris knew. Tyler's hands were out over her, glowing warmly as he attempted to heal the girl, but her condition did not improve.
"She won't heal," Tyler whispered dejectedly. Chris knew the hurt in Tyler's tone was for more than the possible loss of his charge, somewhere in the last year, Tyler and Lena had fallen in love. Chris thought fifteen to be an impossibly young age to have a relationship, especially with a whitelighter who looked 21 but was much, much older than that. But so much had happened in the past four years, what did ages mean anymore anyway? She may be young, but in many ways she was so old.
"I can't believe Wyatt could do this," Paige says.
"This isn't the worst of it." Lena says sadly.
"What does this show?" Chris asks.
"I want to see this." Phoebe said.
"But--," He was cut of my Paige saying, "I do too."
Back on the wall
Lena is mixing potions at Magic School.
"What are you doing?" Tyler asked concerned.
"What does it look like? I'm making a potion.
"for?"
"A demon"
Upset, Tyler says, "Why are you doing this? You're going to get yourself hurt."
"I know what I'm doing."
"Do you? Because I don't think so. This is suicide."
"I'm going to be fine. I have been fighting demons years. You gotta give me a little more credit then that."
"Your not invincible, the more reckless you act, the more vulnerable you become. You need to stop."
"I appreciate your concert but---"
"No buts, you need to stop. I love you and I don't want to lose you.""I love you too! But I have to"
"No you don't, you can walk away."
"I really can't Tye! I cant let him get away," Lena said as she finished the potion.
Lena picks up three vials and accidentally drops one. Attempting to clean up the shattered pieces, Lena accidentally cuts herself. Tyler comes over and heals it.
"Aww." Paige says watching the moment.
Lena's hands are shaking as she gets up off the floor.
"Your shaking hands show that you're scared. So am I." Tyler said pulling her in close.
"I'm not scared."
"Yes you are."
"Gosh why are you doing this?" Lena asked beginning to break down. "Let me do what I have to."
"If you going to, then I'm going with."
"No your unprepared."
"I know we're unprepared, but I don't care, you alone are vulnerable. We can do this together"
"Quoting secondhand serenade are we?"
"Yes," he sheeply replied. He had been listening to them everday these past two weeks. The band was old, but it was one of his favorites and hers too.
Next Scene
Lena shimmers outside of an apartment. Lena knocks the door and Tyler opens.
"Hey," he says.
"Hey, can I come in?"
"Of course, What's up?" he said as they walked through the living room and into his room.
"Nothing special. I just missed you." Lena said.
"I saw you the day before yesterday, come on what's really up?"
"Well….I was thinking about some stuff."
"See, I knew it wasn't that you missed me."
"I do miss you, but I actually needed to talk to you about something. You love me right?"
"You know I do."
"And I love you and I was thinking, why should we wait? Love is all that matters right. I mean I want to do this before something happens."
"Wait, Slow down. What are you talking about?"
"I can show you a lot better then I can tell you." With that she kissed him. I twas a passionate kiss, one that was long overdue. She pushed him onto the bed and got ontop of him. Tyler kissed her back passionately as he felt her unbutton his top. Rolling over, he was now ontop of her. "Are you sure about this," he said in between kisses.
"I haven't been more sure about anything in my life," she responded taking off his shirt.
Convinced, Tyler pulled off her top. His fingers traced down her body, starting from her arms to breasts and down to her stomach. Playing with her belly ring, Lena giggled. Moving down to her pants her begins to unbuttons them. Lena rolled over and help pll of her pants. They were skinny jeans so it was hard getting them over the heels of her feet. She blushed as they got stuck.
"I'm bad at this aren't I?" She asked.
"No baby, maybe skinny jeans wasn't the smartest attire for this." he giggle
"This isn't funny," She said hitting him.
"Okay okay, not funny."
"Good."
Intertwining her hands in his, Lena placed a condom in his hand.
"Wow...Too much info," Paige said.
"Yes but I gotta admit, my baby got skills."
"Mom, gosh." Lena said blushing.
"When was this?" Chris asked.
"A while ago."
"You look so young."
"Young is that the best excuse you could come up with? I seem to remember catching you a dozen of times.
"But that's different."
"How?"
"Because--because it just is.
"Good reason."
"It's just, your--."
"I'm what your baby cousin. I'm hardly a baby now. Maybe I should stop this before, you guys see too much."
Chris couldn't believe her. The little girl he used to baby-sit. The one who looked up to him. The girl he look out for all of her life. She was actually growing up, It broke his heart to see because he didn't keep his promise. He could've saved her from the world, but she's seen so much pain.
"It's hard isn't it?" Phoebe asked.
"Yea, seeing that, after all I'm the person who was suppose to take care of her. Make sure she was okay."
"Well you've done a good job, she's grown and alive at least."
"But not happy and healthy."
"Chris, you need to get over this." Lena said entering their conversation.
"How can I? it's all my fault. God, I let Wyatt hurt you and kill Tyler."
"You didn't let him kill Tyler, I DID! It's all for the greater good."
"How can you say that? I remember the times you would sneek out and see him while you were grounded. I mean I can barely move on after Bianca. Since when are you a fan of the greater good?"
"I'm sorry you had to go through that, I really am. But I can't be weak and be with Wyatt. It will kill me." Lena hated lying to Chris, she could see how sad he was from just saying her name. She hated seeing him said, but he couldn't know she was alive, it would ruin everything.
"Weak? You think emotions are a weakness?"
Feeling the tension rise, Phoebe stepped in. "God your emotion are killing me. Enough fighting. I think we have seen enough, can you stop it Lena?"
"Oh, I forgot it was even on." Lean muttered as spell and the image disappeared.
"Just one question," Paige said, "what the hell kind of spell was that?"
"ha, I never use them. So that's the best I could do."