Story Title: Family above all
Author:HannahHell
Genre:Drama, Adventure, Tragedy, Friendship, Family…
Sinopse: If the future was bad when he left it, now it was worse. Chris's time was running out and yet, when everything seemed like couldn't get any worse, he discovered that it ALWAYS can get worse and his family ALWAYS has to be involved.
Disclaimer: Charmed doesn't belongs to me. I don't intend any profit from this story. money is for the weak, what I really need is reviews ;P
Author Note's: Okay, that's my first Charmed fanfic, and one of my firsts fanfics in English, I'm still looking for a Beta Reader for my English fics, so please if you guys find some big mistakes tell me, English is not my mother language so please be patient. If you guys feel like sending
Chapter 1: A Broken Girl.
The situation was worse than ever. And that, was an understanding.
The attic was silent, destroyed and pretty much stained with burn marks and blood, a lot of blood. On the floor, laid without moving, was the body of a young man. A nasty burn mark on his chest, followed by scratches on his face and body and an athame wound on his stomach. His blood was still running down and turning the small pool of blood on his surroundings bigger and bigger.
By his side, was a teenager, she was dirt, with a nasty stab mark on her shoulder, several cuts on her arms and crying a lot. Her hand was holding the young man's and only her sobs were heard for some time.
"I'm sorry, big brother" she said with a weak voice "I never wanted to kill you. I… I was just mad… And…. I lost control… I'm so sorry" and with that she started to cry harder and harder.
His hand was getting colder and his face was ironically serene, it was just like if he was asleep. She ran her fingers through his hair and saw his familiar face once again before getting up and walking over the ancient book that laid on the floor.
"I have to fix this" she said to herself while looking through the books pages "I just have to make the right spell. You will see big brother. Everything will be fine. I just need to talk to him. I just need to hear him saying what I should do now. And then, I will fix everything. You haven't died in vain".
She read several pages for a while, and then she decided what to do. That girl always was the worst spell maker of the family, but desperate times need desperate solutions. And if her spell backfired, it won't be that bad. She didn't have much more to lose anyway.
"In this dark day, in this dark hour
I call upon an ancient power
to find a way to make me be
With the brother who in a long time I don't see" she could almost see an big and awful F on her Report Card and then her mom grounding her for not studying enough for her spell test. And she could almost fell angry for her brothers annoying comments about her lack of spell making ability.
But then, she had a weird felling, like a warm tornado was forming around her, and soon she saw golden lights coming from nowhere and joining the tornado. Her hair was flying, a chill ran down her spine and then… She vanished.
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Chris was looking into the book, trying to find more information about the demon that they were going to vanquish. Phoebe on his side taking notes of the vanquishing spell, Paige was making a vanquishing potion and Piper was playing with Wyatt in his playpen waiting for his neurotic whitelighter and sisters to finish their duties.
"What is this?" Phoebe looked at the weird swirl of golden lights that appeared in front of her.
"I have no idea" Chris answered cautious and curious while looking at the lights. Paige walked to her sister side and Piper got up, ready to vanquish if necessary.
When the golden lights vanished, they saw a teenager girl with a messy brown hair and blood shot eyes. She was dirty, her jeans jacket was dirty and ragged and her cargo pants had some holes, she had an awful and deep stab mark on her right shoulder that was heavily bleeding, her face had lots of cuts and scratches, but nothing as bad as the arm wound. Tears were still dropping on her face when she run towards Chris and hugged him tight "I killed him. I didn't want to. I was so mad, and so sad, and he… He killed Dad and Henry right in front of me. And he turned Prudence to his side. I… I was so lost. I'm a failure. You shouldn't have let me in charge of everything. I'm so sorry. I didn't want to kill him" she started to rant hugging him so hard that he almost couldn't breathe. Her tears and blood were staining his clothes. Her words were starting to get confuse until he couldn't understand nothing anymore.
Phoebe and Piper were looking too shocked to say a word. The girl, that crying and dirt girl looked so much like Piper on her teenager days. It was almost as if she had travelled to the future. But that didn't explained why she knew Chris or who she had killed.
"Excuse me" Paige was the first one to break the silence "What is going on here? Who is she?"
"She is my sister" Chris answered "and calm down, I will answer your questions, just let me first get her back from this break down" he looked concerned and hug the girl back, whispering something in her ear.
"Is there anything we could do to help?" Pheobe walked to them, it was obvious she was feeling the girl's pain, since she was using the book pedestal for support, and her face showed a truly hurtful gaze. She touched the girls shoulder and her eyes closed.
Pheobe was in a cave, probably in the Underworld, that girl was been hold by five demons and was crying and screaming something. Not much far from her a tall man was standing holding a sword. He had a curly shoulder length blond hair, ice cold blue eyes and a sadistic smile that send shivers down the spine.
On the floor was another teenager, he had light brown hair and was almost as old as the girl. He was severally injured, his breath was weak and his eyes were closed, but his face showed he was clearly in pain.
"You sick bastard!" the girl screamed "He's your cousin! How could you?"
"Come on Melinda, you can save him. Join me and I'll spear his life" The blonde stopped smiling and it made him even scarier.
"I will never join you, Wyatt! I'd rather die than be by your side. You genocidal son of a bitch!" she swore looking in his eyes, challenging him to do something with her.
"I'll not kill you. It would be too nice" his sadistic smile was back and, with an accurate wave of the hand holding the sword he cut the boy's head off.
"Henry! NOOO! " Phoebe never heard so much hurt in a scram before. It was almost as if her heart was cut off along with the boy's head.
"Oh my God" she took the hand of the girl's shoulder and covered her mouth "Oh my God"
"What did you see?" Paige asked concerned.
"Something really bad" that was the only thing the middle sister could manage to say. She was looking at the future girl and was wondering whose son that boy was "I think we should discuss it in another place" she knew that talking about that event wouldn't be good for the crying girl "I think we can leave Chris here to calm her down. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to discuss it in front of her".
"Okay" Piper grabbed Wyatt and looked up "Leo" and the man appeared in a swirl of white and blue orbs.
"Yes?"
"Keep an eye on them" Piper ordered white adjusting Wyatt in her arms and she and her sisters left the attic.
_/Sun Room/_
"So, what did you see?" Paige asked obviously dying from curiosity when they arrived the sun room.
"I think we should sit" Phoebe suggested while thinking of how to tell what she saw to her sisters. Paige and Piper sat on the couch and Phoebe in a nearby chair.
"Spill it!" Piper demanded and Phoebe took a deep breath.
"I saw Wyatt. His adult version, and he…" the middle sister stopped and looked away from her older sister.
"He what, Phoebe?" Piper's motherly instincts were all over her.
"He was killing… His cousin"
"What?" Piper's eyes grew wide "How could he? I mean, he's good! He would never do something like this".
"But he did Piper, he cut the boy's head right in front of Chris's sister" Phoebe confirmed with her head down.
"He must be under some kind of spell" Piper said looking to the adorable baby playing in his playpen.
"Chris never told us who the Big Bad in his future was" Paige said suddenly trying to dismiss the fact that the boy who Phoebe saw dying could be her son "what if it was Wyatt?"
"Wyatt is not evil" Piper hissed "I would never let him turn into some murderous monster".
"But Piper, what if something made him turn?" Paige rationalized "Chris said he was here to prevent some evil to get Wyatt. What if that evil instead of killing the boy, like we initially thought, turned him?"
"That makes sense" Phoebe agreed "but why Chris came? I mean, why it wasn't one of us, or our sons?"
"Yeah" Paige put a hand in her mouth "why Chris?"
"Maybe he's the bad guy" Piper started "maybe he and his sister are the bad guys and Wyatt was only trying to defeat them".
"Piper, Wyatt said to the girl: 'you can save him. Join me and I'll spear his life' and she answered: 'I rather die than be by your side. You genocidal son of a bitch' I don't think a good guy could be called genocidal"
"And besides, if Chris wanted Wyatt dead, he would've already done that. He already had dozen of chances" Paige finalized.
"But" the older Charmed one knew it was a lost battle, but she couldn't believe her little and sweet boy could turn into some evil overlord "wait! The girl, she said something about: 'I killed him' what if the 'him' was Wyatt?"
"I think we should go and ask them. And we won't accept 'Future consequences' for answer" Phoebe decided and rose, followed by an energetic Paige and a very worried Piper.
_/The Attic /_
"Chris, who is she?" Leo looked at the girl and felt bad. He never liked to see a girl cry and don't be able to do anything to make it stop.
"My sister" the young man guided her to the couch and made hersit "Mel" he called kneeling in front of her "everything is ok. You are with me. But if you want my help, you need to be calm and say why you are here"
"Ok" she nodded and dried some tears with the back of her hand "but won't it be bad if he hears?" she turned her read towards Leo but looked away before her eyes met his.
"You don't need to tell me everything" Chris smiled apologetically "he turned Prudence, killed Henry and Dad, is that right?" she nodded "okay, could you explain the 'I killed him' part and the reason why you came here?"
She took a deep breath and didn't notice when Leo took some steps closer to them "I was so mad. The sisters didn't want to revenge Henry or Dad, and I was grieving so much. The anger, grief and revenge took over my head and I went to face Him. And then… Then…" her body started to shake.
"Hey! Keep cool. I'm not mad at you" Chris hold her hands and squeezed them a little.
"I lost control. And we started to fight, and then when I came back to myself he was bleeding, I tried to heal him but I couldn't, no matter how hard I tried I couldn't heal him. And… He died. In my arms" she started sobbing again "It was so awful. His face was so peaceful and he was looking like the way he used to be. I felt so sorry for killing him, I never wanted it, but I was just so angry…"
"Okay, we all do stupid things when we lost control. It wasn't your fault. He pushed you too hard and you broke, it is understandable" Chris smiled at her "so how you end up here?"
"Well…" her cheeks became pink and she looked truly embarrassed "I made a little spell. It was supposed to bring you back to me, but I think it back fired" the wall suddenly became interesting to her.
"How was the spell?"
"It had 'Find a way' in the middle. Now that I think about it, I guess it is one of the 'never use words', right?" her cheeks turned red and she was starting to move her hands nervously.
Leo hold his laugh, she was looking truly ashamed and for some reason he knew that she always used the 'never use words' on her spells, especially because Chris didn't looked surprised at all.
Something about her didn't look dangerous and Leo had a feeling that he knew her from somewhere, but he couldn't place quite well where.
"I'm not going to be mad at you, because you were in the middle of a break down" the young man said, but Leo saw how much he was fighting the impulse to scold her "next time, please remember the 'never use words'"
"Yes, Big Brother" she looked at her bloodied hands. Leo could see that her entire right arm was soaked with the blood oozing from her injury and a little blood pool was starting to appear on the floor.
"Okay. I need to take care of your shoulder" Chris got up and walked on the potion table direction.
"I can heal her" Leo offered, after all he was a whitelighter and before that a doctor.
"No" Melinda said in a cold tone "I don't need your help" her eyes were sending a 'back off' sing.
"But you have a serious injury" Leo pressed, but didn't aproach.
"Chris can take care of it. He always does. He fixes everything, not you" the cold tone vanished giving space for a hurt one and Leo had the impression she had something against him, or maybe the future him.
Chris walked back to them holding some bandages and healing potions. He sat beside her and took the jacket off and leaving it on the floor before starting to take care of her shoulder. It took less than ten minutes for him to finish and Leo was stunned. The bandage, the speed, the care and proficiency Chris had reminded Leo of himself when he was a war doctor. And for the first time he realized that Chris, and probably this girl, were much more than siblings, witches or whitelighters, they were soldiers.
"Now rest" Chris said to her and made his sister lay down in the couch "I'll find a way to get you back to the future".
"Why you want to get rid of me so fast? You don't like me anymore? All the times you said I was your favorite –and only- sister were lies?"
"Quit the drama" he rolled his eyes "your presence here is a real danger for the balance".
"Stupid" she smiled and closed her eyes, letting herself rest for the first time in God knows when.
"How you learned to make this?" Leo asked stepping closer to the siblings.
"What?" Chris looked at him confused.
"The bandages, you did it like a professional" Leo tried to smile, but when he saw the resent look on Chris eyes his smile vanished.
"My father thought me" Chris explained feeling deep down the need to complete the phrase with a 'the only thing he'd ever thought me and I'm sure it was out of pity for my inability to heal' but he kept his mouth shut. Leo didn't need to hear that.
"Who was the person she killed?" Leo asked trying to quit the subject.
Chris opened his mouth to give his standard answer, but changed his mind, maybe saying the truth for a change would shut Leo's mouth "The Source, also known as Wyatt, but I think you like to call him son" he gave Leo a dry smile with his eyes daring the Elder deny.
"What?" the man almost yelled not believing Chris's words.
"What you heard, I never said that Wyatt died or what the evil that caught him did to him" Chris answer was cold and almost insolent.
Before Leo could say anything else the sisters entered the room.
"I want answers" Piper demanded scanning the room for the girl "from both of you" she walked to the couch and woke Melinda.
"What's your problem?" Melinda asked with a tired voice, but when she saw the angry and impatient look on Piper's face she got up and walked over to Chris's side.
"Ask away" Chris gave his sister a meaningful look telling her to not spill much. She shouldered and faced the sisters preparing herself.
"And if she lies we will know" Phoebe told.
"She is the worst liar in the entire world" Chris snorted "She's even worse than you Phoebe"
"It's a good thing that I know how to tell the truth, unlike some people I know" Melinda retorted giving him a sharp look "Isn't that right, mister Liar?"
"Stop it" Piper demanded and took a deep breath when both of them looked at her "Is Wyatt really evil in the future?"
"If he is evil?" Melinda laughed sarcastically "He makes Hitler look like an annoying bully. He's like Stalin, but without the mustache and the communist speech and with a lot of very destructive powers. I bet he would make Darth Vader scared" she completed.
"That's not so bad" Paige commented and Piper gave her an angry look "I mean, it could be worse if he had the mustache"
"Totally" Melinda's face lighted up and she smiled widely "everybody knows that the evil mind behind Stalin always was the mustache".
"I'm starting to like her" Paige stated smiling at the girl's commentary, enjoying the fact that another person shared her theory about evil mustaches.
"Stop with the jokes. It's my son who you are talking about!" Piper said getting really angry.
"But I tough we were talking about Stalin" Paige and Mel retorted in unison and soon they both smiled at each other.
"Melinda and Paige, stop with that, it's not time for jokes, it's time to get this conversation over so that I can go back to my mission and stop the world from becoming a living hell" Chris decided to bring everybody back at the main subject even though he really missed how Paige and Melinda always had that way finding something funny to say about anything.
"They are just trying to make the situation lighter" Phoebe said rolling her eyes.
"But this is not a light situation, Phoebe" Chris started walking through the attic "This is serious! So if you want to ask something ask now, because I need to follow some leads AND find a way to send my little sister to the future, since she is the worse spell maker ever".
"Hey! I heard that!"
"You better"
"Okay" Piper interrupted "why were you the one who came here? Why it wasn't one of us?"
"Yeah" Leo decided that was the best time to make his presence known since everybody seemed to have forgotten him.
"I can't tell you that" Chris stopped walking and looked away.
"Because he is the leader of the Resistence, and because we couldn't afford to lose you sisters. The world was already awful, and we needed you to save innocents, so we all decided that Chris would be the best option, since he was the one who knew better about time travel and the one who planned it. And to top everything, he promised future Piper that he would fix everything up, and then promised the future Charmed Ones that he would do everything to save Wyatt. And Chris NEVER breaks his promises" Melinda explained ignoring Chris treats and angry faces.
"She's telling the truth" Phoebe said "I can feel it. But she is holding information".
"Of course I'm holding information" Melinda rolled her eyes "If I told you everything about the future there would be too many consequences and besides, Chris would probably kill me".
"I wouldn't be that drastic. I would only make you mute".
"I can write, and send messages telepathically" she said in a singing voice.
"No, you can't. Your spell wasn't made properly, which means that you are powerless this time around" he gave her a smartass smile.
"Oh".
"So you are here instead of someone from our family, because we asked you to?" Paige asked to make sure that was what she heard "We know you in the future?" Chris and Melinda looked at each other for a moment choosing the best answer.
"Yes, you do. That's why I know so much about you all. We fight alongside trying to keep the mortals safe" Chris answered bored "Anymore questions?"
"I think we will ask your sister" Paige said smiling "she's obviously not the 'future consequences' type"
"Fine" He rolled his green eyes and walked towards his sister and hugged her "I will be back as soon as I can. Don't say too much" he walked away and looked at the sisters "If you need anything, call me" and he orbed away.
"Now" Piper narrowed her eyes in Melinda's direction "you have some explanations to make, Missy"
"I know" Melinda took a deep breath and looked to the wall behind the sisters. That was going to be a hard interrogatory.