Oh My Goddess
P3 was crowded as people tried to force their way inside. Phoebe sat at one of the tables across from an attractive guy. She was desperately trying to get him to sign up for the Bay Mirror Children's Foundation Bachelor Auction.
"I can see why Elise said I should talk to you," Phoebe said with a smile.
"You're smart, funny, charming, attractive...and have a lot of money," she giggled.
"I don't know," Evan murmured.
"Come on, it's a great cause and all you have to do is make a little tax deductive donation to match your lady's bid," Phoebe prodded.
"Will Ask Phoebe being doing any bidding?" Evan asked.
"Well you'll just have to sign up to find that out," she said with a smirk, pushing the pen and clipboard across the table towards him. He gave her a smile and wrote his name down.
Across the room Prue was not having much luck. She'd been having bizarre, fire and brimstone, apocalyptic dreams lately and it was all she could think about. She groaned as the guy she was talking to started to get up and leave.
"Is this some sort of religious charity?" he asked.
"No it's for children," Phoebe said, sneaking up behind him. He laughed nervously and made a quick exit. Prue just let out another groan.
"We're supposed to be signing people up, not scaring them away," Phoebe scolded.
"I know and I'm really sorry Pheebs," Prue apologized.
"I've managed to sign up...six people and you've got..." Phoebe trailed off, looking at her sister's clipboard.
"No people," she sighed.
"I don't know what is wrong with me," Prue grumbled as they both got up and headed outside and headed for the Manor.
Back at home Phoebe was fanning herself with the door in the sun room leading out into the backyard.
"Why can't we get air conditioning," she groaned.
"Because we live in San Francisco where it rarely gets above seventy five degrees," Piper answered from the couch.
"Well it's ninety so can we get it now?" Phoebe replied.
"If it weren't for this little expenditure here," Piper muttered, handing her sibling the phone bill.
"Wow...that's a lot of phone calls to Hong Kong," Phoebe murmured, feeling embarrassed.
"Yeah...it is," Piper agreed with her.
"It's just...I'm trying to figure out where Jason and I stand, you know," Phoebe tried to explain.
"I know sweetie. I understand," Piper assured her.
"Ok...why are you so happy?" Phoebe asked after a minute.
"What, can't I be in a good mood? Wyatt is finally sleeping through the night and Leo and I are...you know..." Piper retorted.
"Back in the saddle?" Phoebe interjected.
"So to speak," Piper said with a smirk.
"God I miss sex," Phoebe bemoaned. Just then Prue walked in.
"Phoebe, you aren't by chance having hot flashes again...like...with the Succubus?" Prue asked.
"I admit it's hot but no...Why?" Phoebe answered.
"I don't know...I'm still trying to figure out what these weird dreams mean. I mean...earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes. Maybe it's the four horsemen of the apocalypse again," she muttered.
"Sweetie, did you ever think that it might be just weird dreams you are having since you are still on hunt for demons pretty much 24/7?" Phoebe asked, a bit of sarcasm in her voice.
"I am not on a demon binge," Prue snapped at her youngest sister. "I am telling you, these dreams are supernatural, not natural."
"Haven't you been having any premonitions Pheebs?" Prue asked a little exasperated.
"No…haven't had a premonition in a while…sorry," Phoebe said, still fanning herself. "Well I did have this one dream…" Phoebe started.
"Yeah…" Prue said interested.
"It was about Jason…" she said snickering.
"Oh so not funny Phoebe," Prue sighed.
"I'm going to hit the Book and see if I can find anything," Prue muttered after a minute, trying to stifle a yawn. With that she turned and headed upstairs, leaving her sisters in the sun room.
"You think she's on to something?" Phoebe finally asked.
"I don't know. But I have to go get ready for Darryl Junior's birthday party," Piper answered, standing up.
In another part of the world, a demon stood between a wall of ice, encasing two figures, one male and one female. He bowed his head before starting to recite an incantation.
"Emergo dormio Libertas caeles diccio," he incanted, the ice on the wall starting to crack and melt. He repeated it one more time and the wall shattered completely, freeing the two beings from their icy prison. The two beings looked at each other.
"How long?" Demetrius asked.
"Three thousand years, give or take a century," the demon answered. Demetrius looked shocked.
The demon opened his mouth to speak again but Demetrius seemed really angry. With a flourish the demon was engulfed in flames.
"I love it when you smite so unexpectedly," Meta breathed, wrapping her arms around his neck. They shared a brief kiss.
"We have to find and free Cronus," Demetrius sighed. Meta pouted but said nothing.
Back in the city, Prue jumped excitedly as the crystal landed on the map. She knew Piper was busy so she needed to find Phoebe. Last she knew, Phoebe was down at the club, setting up for the auction. Taking a breath, she closed her eyes, projecting herself to the club. Prue's astral self spotted Phoebe and flagged her down.
"Are you crazy?" Phoebe hissed.
"No...I scried for evil and I found something. Get home as fast as you can," Prue stated.
Before Phoebe could say anything else Prue's astral self disappeared.
"I hate when she does that," Phoebe grumbled to herself, heading for the parking lot anyways.
Phoebe sighed as she got into her car. She couldn't just have one day of peace without Prue bothering her about some demonic something. Cole and the Triad….and the Source may be gone, but she is still gung ho for fighting demons. In a matter of no time, she arrived at the Manor. She hurriedly headed inside. "Prue!" she called out.
"In the attic!" Prue called back. Phoebe sighed, heading up to the attic. "About time you got here Pheebs. We have to go," Prue said handing her a jacket.
"Prue…where exactly are we going?" Phoebe asked as she pulled it on.
Prue didn't answer, just pulled on her own jacket and grabbed Phoebe. Phoebe gasped, the feeling of Astral Projection hitting her like a premonition, and the next thing she knew she was in an ice cave.
"Oh my god…" Phoebe complained, "It is freezing,"
"Oh suck it up," Prue sighed, and looked around. "See I told you there was something going on," she said triumphantly pointing to a scorch mark on the ground
"Ok...so a demon was vanquished. Big deal," Phoebe grumbled.
"Try and get a premonition off it," Prue demanded.
"But I don't have my gloves," Phoebe whined, her whole body shaking.
"Just suck it up,' Prue repeated. Phoebe rolled her eyes but stuck her hand over the scorched area.
"Anything?" Prue prodded.
"Yeah...frostbite now shush," Phoebe snapped. Suddenly she was pulled into a premonition.
"What did you see?" Prue asked as Phoebe stepped away.
"Two very large someones coming out of that wall," Phoebe replied just as the ground beneath them began to shake violently.
"Get us out of here," Phoebe yelped and Prue obliged her sister's request.
Meanwhile Leo, Piper and baby Wyatt were enjoying the atmosphere of Darryl Junior's birthday party. Piper and Leo sat together on a picnic table bench, chatting with Darryl and Sheila. Suddenly Leo looked up and groaned.
"Piper, I have to go," he whispered.
"Why? We just got here," she protested.
"I know...but it's the Elders," he murmured.
"Ok…well I would like to express to you that this makes me feel a little bit abandoned," Piper expressed.
"I acknowledge your feelings and I want you to know that I love you," Leo answered. Darryl and Sheila laughed behind their hands.
"What's so funny?" Piper asked.
"Marriage counseling. We did it too. We recognize the tools," Sheila answered.
"Yeah...I think I hate the tools. I'd rather snipe later than be open and honest about my feelings now," Piper admitted.
"Piper I really need to go," Leo insisted.
"Ok...go. I will see you at home," Piper sighed. Leo got up and headed for a secluded area to orb.
Prue's eyes popped open as she went back into her body, and got met with a very cold and angry Phoebe. "Thanks a lot Prue," she said sarcastically through chattering teeth, "My fingers are officially freezer burnt."
"Stop over exaggerating Phoebe," Prue sighed. "We need to find out who those two large someones were," Prue said to Phoebe, unaffected by the chills that Phoebe was feeling.
"No Prue…you will go check the Book of Shadows, and I will go get into warmer clothes," Phoebe chattered, and walked out of the attic. "Stupid Prue…with her astral projection, not being affected by Antarctic cold…" Phoebe murmured as she headed for her room.
Piper let out a sigh as she watched Leo walk away, and looked towards Wyatt who immediately became fussy as he saw his Daddy leaving. "Aw Wyatt…" Piper said picking him up, but he still didn't stop fussing. Piper gave Sheila and Darryl an apologetic look. "I'm sorry, but I think we'd better leave, Wyatt is already missing his Daddy,"
"It's ok," Darryl said understanding, "We'll see you soon," he said. Piper gave a small wave, as she walked towards her car, and Wyatt wouldn't stop fussing.
"Wyatt…Daddy is going to be back soon," Piper soothed, and he started to calm down. They finally reached the manor, and Piper saw that Prue and Phoebe's car was still there. Piper assumed Prue was up in the attic, and she and Wyatt went upstairs. They found her standing over the book.
"Still demon hunting I see," she commented, setting Wyatt's carrier down on the couch.
"Uh yeah. Phoebe got a premonition and we're just trying to figure out what the hell came out this ice wall," Prue muttered.
"Ice wall?" Piper asked just as Phoebe reappeared dressed in considerably warmer clothes.
"Yes...Prue projected us to some ice cave and I am now a Popsicle," Phoebe informed her older sister.
"I see," Piper sighed.
"What are you doing home anyways?" Phoebe asked.
"Oh...Leo had to go...the Elders called him and Wyatt started to fuss so I decided we should come home," Piper answered.
"Ah…" Phoebe said, still visibly shivering. "Hey buddy, your daddy will be home soon," Phoebe said to Wyatt, and Wyatt let out a tiny giggle, seeing Phoebe wrapped up in long sleeves in the heat wave. "Is he laughing at me?" Phoebe asked.
"It appears so," Prue said snickering, and Phoebe sent her a glare. Prue stopped at a page, and asked, "Phoebe was this what you saw?" Phoebe glanced at the page, and instantly shook her head.
"No…they were in like Grecian robes…really tall," Phoebe explained.
Just then Leo orbed in, looking at Phoebe oddly but didn't ask.
"A whitelighter has gone missing," he said.
"Hello to you too," Prue muttered.
"Missing like...missing how? Maybe he just clipped his wings," Phoebe suggested.
"We don't know," Leo sighed.
"Well Prue and Phoebe made a little expedition to an ice cave," Piper informed her husband. Leo just raised an eyebrow at his sisters-in-law.
"You know, maybe you should tell the Elders to ground all whitelighters until we figure out what happened to this other one," Prue suggested. Sure she was the first to detest the Elders but she knew the importance of whitelighters to their charges. Leo nodded and disappeared again in orbs.
"Here Pheebs, was it this one?" she asked, and Phoebe leaned over Prue's shoulder.
"Yeah…that would be them," Phoebe said, pulling her clothes tighter against her. Piper walked up next to them, and raised an eyebrow.
"Are you saying that some evil has released the Titans?" Piper asked, shaking her head.
"Well according to Pheebs yeah…" Prue said studying the page. "And it makes sense, all these weather changes…my dreams…"
"Maybe we should wait and see if the Elders have anything to say," Piper said reluctantly.
"Since when have we ever waited for the Elders Piper?" Prue asked shaking her head and rolling her icy blue eyes. She grabbed a pad of paper and a pen to begin writing down some potion ingredients that should vanquish the Titans. "Well it seems like they can be vanquished by a simple vanquishing potion,"
"Uh...the Titans seem pretty powerful, Prue. I mean...maybe even more powerful than the Source," Piper commented.
"Hello...Charmed Ones...most powerful source of good in the world. I think we can take on some mythological creatures," Prue snapped.
"There's that old pride of hers rearing its ugly head again. You would have thought that the sin ball incident would have cured her," Phoebe muttered loud enough for Prue to hear her.
"I heard that," Prue muttered.
Phoebe cringed as Prue glared at her. "I have been working on the pride thing, just so you know," Prue muttered.
"Ok…let's get these potion ingredients together…" Prue said, and they headed downstairs.
They stood together, mixing potions when Phoebe was suddenly hit with an idea.
"How are we going to get the Titans here? I mean...did anybody think of that?" Phoebe asked.
"Well...it sounds like they go after whitelighters. Maybe we could use Leo as bait," Prue suggested.
"We're not using my husband to lure the Titans," Piper protested.
"We could always use Wyatt," Prue muttered.
"Don't you dare, Missy!" Piper spat.
Well do you have any better ideas?" Prue asked. Piper let out a huff.
"No. But we will need to get Leo out of here as quickly as we can. I don't want them hurting him," Piper muttered. Once the potions were ready they headed back up to the attic. Piper took Wyatt down to the nursery.
"Leo!" Phoebe called. He appeared in orbs.
"What is it?" he asked. There was suddenly a fierce wind, depositing Meta in the attic.
"Get out of here," Prue ordered her brother-in-law, sending potions at Meta. He complied, disappearing in orbs. Not two seconds later there was another of orbs and a young man appeared, knocking Phoebe to the floor.
"Don't look into her eyes," he told her, flinging potions at the Titan. He continued to throw potions at Meta until she got fed up and disappeared. He helped Phoebe up and she looked at him weirdly. "Um…thanks, and you are?"
"Chris…Chris Perry," he said simply, and then he turned to where Prue was and cringed.
"Prue…" Phoebe said shocked, as she was met with a life-sized statue of where Prue was. "Is she…?"
"Don't worry she is ok," Chris said taking his sunglasses off.
"How do you know?" Phoebe asked.
"Well in my time…Prue didn't make it when Meta attacked…" Chris explained.
"You're telling me my sister could have died?" Phoebe exclaimed.
"Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying. In the future, Prue died on this day. And so did the Power of Three. The Titans took over and just...it wasn't pretty," Chris lied. If it got them to trust him faster, he didn't mind lying.
"Ok...so uh...how do we change her back?" Phoebe asked just as Piper walked back in.
"What happened...where's Leo...who is he?" Piper rambled.
"Leo is safe...Prue is a statue and this...is Chris...he's from the future," Phoebe answered.
"Just like twenty years or so," Chris added offhandedly.
"Friend or foe?" Piper hissed.
"Not really sure yet," Phoebe muttered.
"What? Hello...I helped save Prue. If I hadn't orbed in when I did she would have died," he called, following them downstairs.
"You call that saving?" Piper snorted.
"Wait...you orb? You're a whitelighter?" Phoebe scoffed.
"Yeah," he said under his breath, and they didn't notice Chris walking back into the attic with the statue of Prue.
Suddenly, there was a loud crash downstairs Phoebe and Piper ran the rest of the stairs to see what had happened..
"What are you all doing here?" Piper asked, irritably.
"Sorry about that...we'll pay for it," one of seven dwarfs apologized.
"Well the Titans are on the loose," he added in response to her question.
"So you just...came here?" Phoebe inquired. They all nodded and Piper groaned. She started herding all of them into the sun room. Once they were all in the room, Piper turned to look at Phoebe.
"Where's Chris?" she asked, just now noticing his absence.
"Upstairs...with the Book," she answered, panic rising in her tone.
"You keep an eye on our magical houseguests. Herd them into the basement or something. I'll go see what future boy is up to," Piper ordered.
Piper trudged back upstairs and saw Chris thumbing through the book. "Hey…what do you think you are doing?" she snapped irritably.
"I am trying to find a way to save your oldest sister," Chris sighed still not looking up from the book. "And we better get her back to normal soon, because you guys are going to need to fight the Titans."
"I am aware of that, but I am more than capable of checking the book myself," Piper said angrily.
"Do you still think I am evil?" Chris asked raising an eyebrow. "I am touching the book, isn't that proof enough?"
"The book has been tricked before," Piper shot back, walking over to the pedestal that held the book. Chris just shook his head. She had always been stubborn.
"What do I need to do to show you that I'm good?" he asked, arms crossed over his chest.
"Because seriously, you're lucky Leo wasn't the third whitelighter victim," Chris added.
"Third? There was only one," Piper snapped and he just raised his hands.
"By the way, you need to update your Goblin entry. I could come in handy one day," he added.
"Goblins?" she asked with a laugh.
"Yeah…it's pretty ugly, trust me," Chris explained.
"Leo!" Piper roared. He finally materialized.
"I'm really sorry that I didn't show up to counseling," he apologized.
"Oh screw counseling. How many whitelighters are missing?" Piper questioned.
"What?" he mumbled.
"How many?" Piper demanded.
"Two," he replied and Chris smirked.
"Who is he?" Leo queried, pointing to Chris. Before Piper could answer, Phoebe appeared with one of the dwarves, a fairy and a leprechaun.
"Ok…I thought I told you to corral all the magical creatures into the basement or something," she addressed Phoebe, momentarily ignoring Leo's question.
"I think they can help get Prue back to normal," Phoebe explained.
"Good," Piper sighed, thinking one thing could maybe actually go right today. She turned to Leo, "That would be Chris. He is from the future," she said sarcastically. Chris just gave Leo a nod. He needed to get Leo back to the Elders. He needed Leo out of the way as soon as he could. It wouldn't do to have Leo interrupting his plans.
"Why don't you and Leo go be with Wyatt and I'll take care of Prue," Phoebe suggested, ushering her sister and brother-in-law out of the attic.
"Ok, next sister," she sighed, turning back to Prue.
"Ok…I got the potion…fairy dust, and some luck and our dwarf with his mystical ax," Phoebe listed off.
"Ok…let's hope this works," she said to the magical creatures. The leprechaun got his gold out activating the luck, the fairy sprinkled some fairy dust and Phoebe tossed the potion. Just as the potion hit, he hit the bottom of the Prue statue. The combination hit Prue and she inhaled, the stone shattering around her into nothing. Prue looked around in confusion.
"Did we get the Titan? Where is she?" Prue asked.
"Uh honey...she got away," Phoebe answered.
"Damn...who is he?" she continued.
"This is Chris...he's a whitelighter from the future," Phoebe answered. Chris just gave a wave. Prue couldn't help but let her gaze give him the once over. Wordlessly, Prue began to drag Phoebe in the direction of Piper's room. Chris followed.
"We need to have a little sister chat," Prue began once they'd walked into the room. Leo was nowhere to be seen.
"Where's Leo?" Phoebe asked.
"He said he felt something wrong and orbed up there. But that was a few hours ago. I've been calling for him but he won't answer," Piper answered.
"Ok...you need to freeze him," Prue instructed her younger sister.
"What, why?" Chris protested.
"Well…since you are following us like a lost little puppy, and won't give us a chance to talk, we are gonna have Piper freeze you?" Prue asked, gesturing towards Piper.
Piper lifted up her hands, and flicked her wrists, attempting to freeze him, but he didn't freeze.
"Oh that's not good," she muttered.
"You can't freeze good magic. Or did that little detail just mysteriously disappear," Chris spat.
"Look, we just need some time right now...so just...go somewhere else," Prue ordered. He had to stifle a laugh.
"Fine...but you're going to need to face the Titans and soon," he muttered, walking from the room.
"Ok...does he seem creepy to anyone else?" Prue asked.
"Yeah...but he seemed to know about the Titans," Phoebe answered.
"Speaking of Titans...what else do you think he knows?" Prue murmured. Piper let out a sigh, looking up to the ceiling.
"Damn it, Leo. If you can hear me! Get your butt down here, now!" she shouted but just like all the other times he didn't come.
Phoebe and Prue back up to the attic, this time finding Chris browsing the potion ingredients.
"Are you some futuristic kleptomaniac or something?" Prue asked.
"No," he answered. Phoebe moved to look at the book some more.
"So how did whoever beat the Titans the first time do it?" she asked aloud.
"Three thousand years ago, the Elders infused a bunch of mortals with a hell of a lot of power, more power than even you have. But the power went to their heads and declared themselves Gods and forced world to worship them," Chris answered as if he talked Greek mythology all the time.
"Ok…so how are we going to beat them then?" Phoebe asked Chris. "Cause I doubt that the Elders are willing to do that again," Phoebe sighed. Just then Piper walked in.
"Doubt the Elders are willing to do what again?" she asked.
"Instill power into mortals to defeat the Titans," Prue answered. Piper just raised an eyebrow, calling out for Leo. Chris had to bite his lip to keep from making some nasty remark.
"Look...if what's happened is what I think it is...then Leo is going to need some serious alone time," Chris informed Piper.
"You know what...enough of the cryptic crap. Go up there and bring him back, now," Piper bellowed. Chris jumped at her tone but disappeared in orbs.
He reappeared in the heavens to see Leo grieving over the dead Elders. Leo looked up to see Chris and rushed at him, thrusting him against a pole.
"You let this happen! Why did you let this happen?" Leo screamed.
Sarah Biglow: "Because this had to happen. So you could do what has to be done," Chris answered.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Leo muttered.
"I think you do," Chris replied. Leo shook his head.
"I can't...the Elders forbid it," Leo rambled.
"Well the Elders are dead so there is no one to stop you," Chris retorted.
"How do I know this won't somehow change your future?" Leo asked, taking a step back.
"You don't. But you just have to trust me before the Titans do more damage than they already have," Chris stated. Leo sighed, knowing he wasn't going to win this battle.
"You should go down to make sure the girls are ok," Leo instructed and Chris disappeared in orbs.
Chris orbed down, and was met with an angry Piper when she saw it wasn't Leo. "Oh it's only you. Where is my husband?" she asked hotly.
"He is up there still…" Chris started to explain.
"What do you mean he is still up there?" Piper thundered.
"You're about to find out," Chris said with a smirk. Suddenly a swirl of light appeared, wrapping the girls in a clouded wind. When it disappeared they were all dressed in Greco-Roman outfits and Phoebe had long blond hair. Prue was clutching a pitchfork.
"That's what that means," Chris said with a smile.
"Leo made you Gods...well Goddesses," Chris explained to them.
"What? Why...why would he do that?" Piper rambled.
"Because it's the only way you'll have enough power to defeat the Titans," he answered. Suddenly Phoebe advanced on Chris, wrapping an arm around his neck, pulling him close.
"You never did tell us, Chris...do you have a girlfriend in the future," Phoebe murmured, flirting with him. Chris had to take deep breaths just so he wouldn't vomit. He knew it was just the essence of the Gods but it was still gross.
"Phoebe...you need to focus on the Titans," he told her, unwrapping her arm and moving around the couch where Prue grabbed him with her triton.
"He is responsible for this...I say we castrate him," she suggested.
"Wh-what? Ladies let's be reasonable here," Chris begged.
"Can't we find something else to cut off?" Phoebe pouted. Chris orbed out of their grip.
"Will you two get a hold of yourselves?" Piper snapped at them, and Chris shot Piper a grateful look. "The sooner we get rid of the Titans, the sooner we get out of these damn costumes," Piper sighed.
"Piper…we should try and come to a peaceful agreement with them," Phoebe said twirling a piece of hair.
"Phoebe are you insane? The only way we will get them to stop is if we fight them," Prue said twirling her triton around.
"Prue…all the world needs is love…" Phoebe retorted. The phone rang and Phoebe let out a little giggle.
"Oh, I'm going to be late for the bachelor auction. Maybe I'll bid on a guy…or two…or twelve," she sighed and disappeared in a giant heart.
"Hmm…I should get in some target practice. I'm going to find some demons," Prue announced, disappearing a flash of lightning.
"You have to go after them," Chris told Piper.
"Me? This is your problem," she answered.
"Your role is to provide balance so they don't go insane. Just…hurry and bring them back here," Chris muttered.
Piper glared at Chris, clearly annoyed that he brought this upon them, and focused on Prue, and disappeared in a gale. She appeared in a forest and saw Prue shooting random demons. "Oh come on…are you even going to try and fight back?" Prue asked in a bored voice.
"Prue…come on. We do not have time for this," Piper sighed, trying to grab her oldest sister's arm.
"Oh come on Piper," Prue whined, and one of the demons thought he could get Prue while she wasn't paying attention, but of course Prue noticed and vanquished him with a swift shot from her triton.
"Prue…I know you enjoy killing demons, but seriously we need to go and fight the Titans…" Piper tried to convince her sister, but at the mention of the Titans Prue stopped paying attention.
"Reminding me of the Titans, we need troops. Hey any of you pansy ass demons that are left, show your selves!" The demons came out, and stood idly in front of her. "Well what are you waiting for? Bow," Prue commanded, and instantly they bowed before her.
"This is ridiculous," Piper grumbled.
"That's enough. Get out of here," Piper ordered the demons.
"We answer only to Prue," one of them answered.
"See...they are very loyal when they're scared," Prue giggled.
"I said go!" Piper boomed, sending them flying with a gust of wind. The few that weren't vanquished, shimmered out.
"Hey! Why'd you do that? I had followers," Prue pouted.
"You can't have followers. None of us can," Piper said, taking hold of her sister's arm and disappearing in a gust of wind.
"Piper you are such the stick in the mud," Prue whined as soon as they arrived home, she said fiddling with her triton.
"Give me that," Piper snapped, taking away the Triton from Prue.
"Give me back my triton," Prue whined, reaching for it, but Piper stopped her with a withering glare.
"No…you are going to poke out someone's eye with it," Piper snapped.
Piper walked into the living room, and nearly dropped the Triton. The whole downstairs was showered with men. "Phoebe what in god's name are you doing?" Piper shot at her youngest sister. Phoebe had her head leaned back and was accepting grapes from one of the shirtless guys. After taking a bite, she turned to Piper.
"Oh Piper…sweetie, you are clearly stressed out," she said in a soft voice. "You look like you need a massage…" she gestured at one of the guys and he started towards Piper.
"No…Phoebe what I want is my sisters back, not some violent crazed older sister, and some Aphrodite wannabe," Piper shot back at Phoebe. Just then Chris walked in, his jaw dropping.
"What the hell is this? Goddesses gone wild? I told you to keep them under control," Chris exclaimed.
"Why does she get to have followers?" Prue complained.
"She doesn't," Piper answered.
"Phoebe, your little groupies need to leave now," Piper ordered.
"But they love me. They want to worship me," Phoebe said with a small smile.
"I said they leave...now!" Piper roared, sending the guys tumbling, landing at the foot of the stairs. They all stood, scrambling to get out of the house.
"Now that is what I like to see," Chris said.
"Ok, so I have them here now what do you want? Because frankly, I want to talk to my husband, now," Piper demanded.
"You can't...not yet. He's not ready," Chris muttered.
"Not ready? What the hell does that mean?" she cried, making the house rattle.
"He's still tracking the surviving Elders and getting them into hiding," Chris explained. Just then there was a jingle.
"Was that a jingle?" Phoebe asked.
"Yeah...that's Leo," Chris murmured.
"He jingles?" Prue asked.
"He says an Elder is under attack. You'd better go," Chris interpreted. Prue jumped at the chance for battle.
"Wait...what about Wyatt? Who is going to watch Wyatt?" Piper questioned.
"Don't worry. I'll keep an eye on him," Chris offered.
"Like hell you will. You're not going anywhere near my son," Piper spat.
Prue decided to step up to Chris's defense and said, "Look I think he has proved himself that he is trustworthy enough. Let's go, we need to go save a freaking Elder," and with that she grabbed her Triton from Piper, and Phoebe stood up next to them.
"You know…I am strongly against fighting," Piper rolled her eyes and they disappeared heading for the Elder.
They appeared to find Demetrius and Cronus attacking an Elder.
"why don't you pick on someone your own size," Prue shouted.
"Gods? That is impossible!" Demetrius gasped. Cronus just ignored his counterpart and attacked.
"I can't move," Prue rasped.
"Me either," Phoebe agreed. They shielded the Titan's attack, and they were pretty much evenly matched.
"Leo…get us out of here now!" Piper shouted, their shield not going to be able to hold for much longer. They were covered in orbs, and were deposited in a sewer like place.
"Um…where are we?" Prue asked, and an elder walked up to them.
"This is sanctuary. A place cloaked from the Titans," the Elder explained.
"Sanctuary. I see points of entry all over the place," Prue remarked.
"It is protected by a web of fairy magic. One of Leo's ideas," he explained.
"I'm afraid I was one of those who opposed his union with a witch. No offense," he said, addressing Piper.
"Offense taken," Piper said coolly.
"Where is Leo anyway?" she asked in an annoyed voice.
"Um…I cannot tell you that," the elder said in a small voice. Piper took a deep breath, trying to calm herself, but really didn't succeed.
"Why the hell not?" she shot at him.
"You know what, don't answer. Leo!" Piper shouted. All she got in response was jingling.
"Don't you freaking jingle me! I am your god damn wife, and you will come down here right now!" she bellowed and instantly the room started to shake.
"What are you trying to do, alert the enemy?" Prue hissed.
"We're leaving," Piper said coldly. Phoebe advanced on the Elder.
"Just one question….what are you wearing under those robes?" she asked. He looked at her strangely.
"More robes," he answered.
"That is so hot," Phoebe gushed as Piper grabbed her arm and they disappeared in a gust of wind.
Upon arriving at the Manor, Piper headed up to the nursery to be with Wyatt while Phoebe and Paige sat down in the sun room.
"How are we supposed to beat them? They totally neutralized my power," Prue grumbled.
"So let's try my power," Phoebe suggested with a seductive smile. Phoebe sighed as yet another simulation failed.
"This is hopeless," she groaned just as Chris walked in.
"How's it going in here/" he asked.
"Not so good. We have run every battle simulation...and with Prue being the Goddess of War...that's like every battle ever fought. No matter how you spin it, warrior princess, seductress, earth mother...it all ends in our death," Phoebe answered.
"You know future boy," Phoebe said, "We really need Leo. He always says the right things to inspire us to go on and keep fighting."
"Yeah, go get him," Prue shooed. Chris sighed.
"He needs to stay up there. Both of you are acting helpless without him." Chris told the sisters.
"Look…what can I do to get you guys over the hump because this is getting ridiculous," Chris sighed.
"Try saying this. It always works when Leo says it. 'Your power comes from your emotions'," Phoebe said.
"Or this. 'Trust in the Power of Three'," Prue added. Chris just backed away slowly, disappearing in orbs. He reappeared in Piper's bedroom.
"I need your help," he said.
"This is my bedroom. You can't just walk in here," she spat.
"I'm sorry, but your sisters are acting helpless downstairs. They are barely focusing on the Titans. Can't you please help?" Chris asked Piper. Piper sighed, putting Wyatt in his bassinet.
"So they are working on the Titans, why the hell do you need me for?" she snapped at Chris.
"Well I need you to go in there so you can keep them focused on it, and not on Leo," Chris explained.
"Face it, Chris. We need Leo," Piper told him.
"If it helps, I get it. You need him. Ok. Your sisters need him, you need him," Chris rambled.
"Don't forget Wyatt. He needs his father," Piper interrupted.
"Ok...fine I'll see what I can do," Chris muttered, disappearing in orbs once more. When he reappeared in the heavens, Leo grabbed him, pulling him behind a pole.
"You're going to expose us," Leo hissed as Cronus and Demetrius wandered around.
"That's the point," Chris answered, stepping into view.
Leo orbed down to Piper, who was lying on their bed. "Why did you leave us Leo?" Piper whispered to herself, not hearing Leo orb in. Wyatt made gurgling noises and instantly Piper whipped out her hands, but stopped when she saw Leo take off his hood.
"Leo," she said, and she fell into his arms. "You heard my calls didn't you?" she whispered.
"Of course…but I had to make sure the other Elders were safe, but then I was being badgered by the Titans," Leo explained, rubbing her back.
"Thank god you're ok," Piper said pulling away from him to get a look at his face.
"You can thank Chris for me being here…he is distracting the Titans now," he said giving Piper a small smile. Piper just stared at his hair and put a hand on a part of it.
"Um…it's white," Piper said in a shocked voice. Leo turned and looked at the mirror.
"Guess it is from staying up there too long," Leo sighed.
"Come on...we need you," Piper sighed, dragging Leo downstairs. They reached the sun room and Phoebe latched onto him.
"Welcome back," she said. Leo gave her a pat on the shoulder and managed to escape her grasp.
"So what do you have for me?" he asked.
"Big fat nothing. We can't do it," Prue sighed.
"Girls, of course you can do this. I wouldn't give you something you couldn't handle," he said, starting one of his famous pep talks.
"Phoebe...you succumbed to the darkest love there was and you came back from it. Is it any mystery why I made you the Goddess of Love?" he continued.
"Prue...you're focused on using power but not gaining it for selfish reasons. You know what you have to do to defeat the Titans," he told Prue.
"We have to declare ourselves Gods," she breathed.
"And Piper...is it any surprise that I made you the Goddess of Earth? You're all that is good in this world. You're the mother of my son," he said. Piper couldn't help but smile a little. Just then Leo started to glow gold until it covered his whole body. It slowly subsided.
"Whoa…whoa what the hell was that?" Piper said after Leo was done glowing. When Leo didn't answer, she turned her head and yelled. "Chris!"
In a flurry of orbs, Chris appeared, looking annoyed.
"This better be good because you're going to lead them straight to us," Chris spat.
"What the hell just happened to my husband?" Piper demanded.
"How should I know...I wasn't here," Chris shot.
"He glowed. Why did he glow?" Prue demanded. Chris nodded in understanding.
"Leo's been given an opportunity to become an Elder," Chris explained.
"No...Elders don't live on Earth...they don't have families. Leo, tell him you're not an Elder," Piper ordered.
"I don't know if I can…"Leo whispered.
"What do you mean you don't know if you can?" Piper snapped at Leo. "You are needed here, Wyatt needs you!" Piper shouted.
"This is a good opportunity for Leo. He did amazing things today," Chris said.
"Cut the crap!" Piper snapped at the Whitelighter. "You knew Leo was going to be turned into an Elder, and seriously this future boy act is really starting to piss me off,"
"Whoah...Piper just calm down ok. I'm only trying to help," Chris said, taking a few steps back.
"Don't tell me to calm down," she roared, sending him crashing into a wall.
"Piper!" Leo gasped, rushing over to Chris, making sure he was ok.
"Uh...I think we have bigger problems," Phoebe remarked just as Cronus and Demetrius appeared. Piper was too busy glaring at Leo and Chris to hear Phoebe's call. Cronus sent a bolt of fire flying, Phoebe and Prue diving out of the way just in time.
"Piper...a little help here," Prue called. Piper was pulled from her anger. She turned around, raising her hands in front of her. The floor opened up into a vortex-like pit, sucking in the chandelier. Prue smirked, shooting a bolt of lightning from her triton, forcing Cronus and Demetrius to fall in.
Leo stood up from where Chris was and smiled. "You guys did it, the Titans are gone," Prue and Phoebe looked happy, but Piper just stood where the Titans once were. Leo orbed what he used to give the girls their goddess powers.
"Now it is time to take it back…" he said.
Without a word, Piper disappeared in a gust of wind. Prue and Phoebe stared at the spot she'd occupied but focused their attention on giving the powers back. Prue heaved a sigh of relief to be herself again.
"Thank god!" she sighed, sitting down on the couch, just as another crash of thunder shook the house.
"This is crazy weather," Phoebe stated.
"You need to find Piper before she destroys the city," Chris informed them.
"How the hell are we supposed to find her?" Prue snapped.
"Where would you go to watch total destruction?" Phoebe asked. Prue nodded her head in understanding and she stood up.
"Come on. We need to stop her," Prue said, grabbing Phoebe by the arm. She astral projected them to the Golden Gate Bridge.
They found Piper raising her hands causing more lightening to strike close to the Golden Gate Bridge. "Piper!" Prue called out.
Piper barely even registered that Prue had called out her name. "Piper, come on, we need to get you home," Phoebe added.
"To what? My husband is off to join those Elders…"
"To us…to Wyatt," Prue said against the wind.
"He has already lost his Dad…" Phoebe said sadly, "Don't let him lose his mom too…"
Piper just shook her head and disappeared again. She reappeared in the heavens. The Elders had returned and were all standing around, clicking at each other.
"Where is Leo?" she demanded to know. Leo appeared and ushered her to a more secluded area.
"Piper, what are you doing here?" he asked.
"How could you do this to me?" she sobbed, the Goddess apparel suddenly disappearing, being replaced by her civilian clothes.
"You know if I had a choice in any of this I'd choose you," he whispered.
"So choose me now...and let's go home," she breathed.
"I can't," he murmured, lifting her face so her eyes met his.
"As an Elder I have the power to your pain away," he said, pulling her into a hug. He briefly glowed gold and the light transferred to Piper.
A few days had passed since the whole Titan debacle and Prue and Phoebe were in the kitchen, preparing dessert for the little get together they were having with Darryl and Sheila. There was a knock on the front door.
"Come on in," Phoebe called. Darryl and Sheila walked in.
"You're sure you want to do this today?" Sheila asked.
"Oh, yeah...it was Piper's idea," Phoebe answered, taking the flowers Sheila offered her. Just then Piper came down the stairs, a broad smile on her face.
"Hey Sheila, Darryl glad you could make it," she said in a happy voice.
"Of course Piper," Darryl said giving Piper a smile. "Leo was…" Darryl tried to say something good in remembrance of Leo, but couldn't. Everyone else stayed silent until Piper sounded.
"Oh come on you guys…Leo got promoted and we should be happy for him. I am," Piper said still flashing a smile.
Sheila and Darryl just nodded, heading into the dining room as Piper ran back up the stairs to grab the baby monitor.
"Something is seriously wrong with her. She's too...happy," Phoebe whispered.
"Yeah..." Prue agreed.
Outside, Chris was sitting on the front steps, staring out at nothing. Leo suddenly appeared in orbs.
"So did the Elders figure out what to do with me yet?" he asked.
"Well we can't send you back to your time," Leo answered.
"I figured as much. Hell, I don't even know what'd be going back to," Chris stated.
"But you've been the topic of heated discussion and we've voted...to make you the Charmed Ones new whitelighter," Leo informed Chris.
"But somehow I think you already knew that," he added, eying Chris suspiciously.
"You better not screw up...just remember...I'll be watching," he concluded and started to orb away. With a lazy flick of his wrist, Chris sent Leo's orbs scattering. He looked around him to make sure no one saw and stood up, heading into the Manor. He sent the door flying shut with another flick of his wrist.