Author's Note: This is a story I've been working on for some time. It starts at the end of Chris-Crossed in Season 6 of Charmed. A few lines were taken from the episode, but I don't intend to do a rewrite of the same episodes or to take any further language from the show. In all the stories I have read, not once does Chris attempt to save Bianca by bringing her back to the past with him. This is my attempt at writing that scenario and how it changes things. I hope you like it. Even more I hope it inspires more stories with Chris and Bianca. Let me know what you think.

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Chapter 1: Love and Loss

"No!" Chris screamed and flung Wyatt across the room with extreme force. A second blast crashed a nearby table against his brother knocking him out cold, but Chris barely noticed as he ran to Bianca.

"Haven't we been here before?" Bianca managed voice trembling as she knew she was dying. After all, a Phoenix could regenerate after a magical death, but not a non-magical one.

"Maybe we will be again," Chris returned as tears fell from his eyes and he pressed his forehead to hers.

"Take the spell so he can't send anyone else back," Bianca instructed him as he leaned into her.

"I can't lose you," he whispered moving back and using his telekinesis to lift her, keeping the debris in place so she didn't bleed out before he could get her to Leo. Bianca shuddered at the movement, and her eyes closed. "Stay with me," he pleaded as he rushed to the book incanting the spell that would take them home as he carefully held Bianca in place beside him. He heard a groan from across the room and looked up just in time to see his brother raising his head to glare at him before he disappeared with Bianca through the glowing portal.

"Heal her now," he ordered while exiting the portal using all his concentration to keep her aloft and minimize any movement that might cost him her life. Leo responded quickly and the two worked seamlessly to remove the stake from her sternum as Leo's hands glowed and began the process of healing her. After several moments, Bianca took a shuddering breath before her eyes flickered to Chris's before closing again.

"Is she?"

"She's alright. It was close, very close. I think she just needs to rest," Leo stated moving back slightly and watching in amazement as the sleeping witch came to rest in Chris's arms. Leo had never observed a witch using telekinesis to such a degree to literally carry another person without touching them. The control and strength involved both impressed and scared him, and he wondered what other surprises were in store for them from the time traveler.

"What happened?" Paige voiced the question the sisters most wanted to know.

"She saved my life," Chris replied simply and moved across the room to Aunt Pearl's couch where he laid the sleeping witch gently. He pulled the blanket from the back down to cover her knowing she hated to be cold, and placed a soft kiss on her forehead before letting his head lean down to touch hers taking in the scent of her hair and reassuring himself that she was still there, warm and alive. He drew in a shuddering breath remembering he had an audience, and wiped the remains of his tears away with one hand before standing and turning back to his family.

"Are you hurt?" Leo asked quietly. Chris was surprised at the question. The other man had never really expressed any concern for his health before that moment. In fact, over the last few months he had even given Chris several bruises and cuts in anger. Chris didn't know how to respond.

"Don't lie to us," Piper stated emphatically somehow sensing that Chris may not mention if he were hurt. Chris paused then and took stock. He had never been good at disobeying a direct order from his mother. His body hurt especially his throat and his right shoulder that had slammed into the floor and furniture of the attic taking the brunt of the attack. Being choked telekinetically didn't leave the same finger marks that would traditionally be there, but it still ran the risk of damaging the airways and vocal chords. Wyatt hadn't held it long enough to do serious damage this time. He knew that from experience. He marveled that he had escaped relatively unscathed with only some minor aches and pains compared to many of his injuries in the future when there wasn't always access to a whitelighter for healing, let alone an Elder.

"Just some bruises and aches," Chris revealed finally, though Leo was already moving closer and the warm golden glow appeared again as Chris's physical pain faded away. He had almost jerked away, but held himself still not wanting to draw more suspicion. "Thanks," he said softly emotionally drained though his body felt better than it had in a long time. Even his throat didn't hurt anymore. He never thought about how much he ignored minor aches and pains from close calls with demons rather than calling on Leo to heal him.

"You have some serious explaining to do," Piper reminded him once she was sure he was healed.

"I know," Chris's voice was still soft. "And I want to, but I can't say too much."

"Yeah, we know, future consequences," Paige huffed crossing her arms and staring intently at him. 'She really hated those words.'

"Do we need to worry about her?" Piper wanted to know tilting her head towards the sleeping witch.

"No." Chris assured them with conviction. He watched as Piper's eyebrows rose.

"She hurt you. She stole your powers. She forced you to return to the future with her. She threatened to kill me earlier today. How is she not a threat?"

"Would you know if she were?" Phoebe asked before Chris could answer. "You love her, I can sense it, and anyone could see it just now," she added looking back and forth between Chris and the sleeping witch. She had remained quiet observing the young man carefully this whole time. She wondered if he was as much of a mess emotionally as she imagined she would be if she had just nearly lost her fiancé. She almost wished she could read him better, but the most she ever got from him were vague impressions unless his emotions were really strong like his fear moments ago that the witch would die and his obvious love for her.

"She isn't a threat to us," Chris stated again clearly his voice stronger this time.

"How do you know that? She could have killed you."

"If she wanted me dead, I would be dead," Chris informed them knowing it was true. "Look, will you trust me on this for now?"

"Chris knows her, and he has a point. She could have killed me earlier, but instead she knocked me out," Leo explained thinking over the events of the day. "She'll probably sleep for the next several hours, and we can regroup in the morning. I'll stay to keep an eye on things." Chris really didn't know what to think at the supportive words from Leo. He really wasn't used to that. He rubbed his eyes tiredly, and decided he would worry about it later. The last twenty-four hours had been brutal, and taken their toll on him both physically and emotionally.

"Fine," Piper agreed after several long moments, then added, "everyone stays here until I get some answers." Her eyes swept the occupants of the room stopping longer on both Chris and Paige, the usual suspects for disappearing though for different reasons.

"Are we leaving her there with a crystal cage just in case?" Paige asked curious already moving to retrieve the crystals to set them up around the sleeping witch.

"That works for me." Piper replied firmly thinking the matter was settled.

"Actually, Paige, could Bianca and I take your room while you stay with Phoebe?" Chris surprised himself a bit with his forwardness, but he knew he needed to hold his fiancé and reassure himself she really was alive and here. Paige stopped and Piper looked startled at his request, but Phoebe and Leo did not seem so surprised.

"He needs this," Phoebe stated picking up on his feelings with her empathy, something she was only able to do when those feelings were incredibly strong. Understanding seemed to filter through the eyes of the other occupants of the room as they realized the implications of Phoebe's statement.

"You will be keeping an eye on things, Leo?" Piper wanted reassurance. After all, nothing was more important to her than her family, and she really did not want them all murdered in their beds by a deadly assassin.

"I will," Leo assured them. 'Nothing was more important than keeping his family safe.'

"Alright, then, if Paige agrees," Piper stated and Chris felt something inside him relax at those words. He hadn't realized how tense he was as he waited on his mother's agreement to his plan. Piper's agreement he admonished himself.

"I'll just get my things out of the way," Paige remarked and hurried off to her room to do just that. Since she had been staying at Richard's so much, there really wasn't much to do. She hadn't spent a night in her own bed in a week or more.

"You did the right thing," Phoebe reassured her eldest sister as the two watched Chris turn back to the Phoenix witch.

Chris carefully gathered Bianca into his arms, and hugged her close against his chest. He knew he was likely to break down soon and he really didn't want to do that in front of the remaining sisters or Leo. He left the attic swiftly, heading to Paige's room careful not to jostle his precious cargo too much. Paige had turned down the covers, and he placed Bianca on the bed removing her shoes as his future aunt backed out of the room quietly. He whispered a spell to replace her leather outfit with one of his shirts before stripping down to his boxers and crawling into bed with her. He pulled the covers over then both and pulled her against him marveling at the miracle of just being able to hold her again. He had missed her so much these last few months. Wanting to talk to her, needing her to encourage him or reprimand him, to just be there. And then the last twenty-four hours happened. Seeing her at P3 was amazing, though what followed left him wrung out physically and emotionally. He could feel his body start to shake as silent tears wet his pillow and her hair until he finally slipped into sleep.

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Later that evening Piper opened the door quietly and stared at the sight of her neurotic whitelighter, no witch-whitelighter, holding the assassin close as the two slept. It had been an eventful day, and she was tired, but there was something about the young man from the future that was niggling at her mind. He'd been very protective of her earlier. And she wondered at his remark that if Bianca killed her, they wouldn't have a future to go back to. And then the young witch had taunted them. There was something she and her sisters should know, but for the life of her, she couldn't quite pin it down. She hated time travel, and the phrase future consequences. She just wanted to keep her family safe. Still uneasy, she stepped back further and pulled the bedroom door shut allowing the two some privacy. She moved off to her own room down the hall checking on Wyatt before going to bed herself. Tomorrow she would get some answers one way or the other.