Cruenti Surrexis
Disclaimer: I own Charmed out right, that is why I am writing a fanfiction about it and why I am making no profit whatsoever on this.
For those of you to daft to understand that, that was sarcasm, no I do not owned charmed nor do I own its characters and unless I add an OC of my own nothing will be mine save the idea.
A/N: Heres chapter one, hope you liked the Prologue!
Chapter one – I'm from the future!
"Chris. Chris Perry. I'm from the future!"
That was one of the very first things he'd said to the sisters when he arrived through the portal, he hadn't really been expecting them to be engaging in battle with one of the Titan's of all people at the exact moment he'd stepped out though. To be honest he had thought it was just his luck to emerge in the heat of battle, though at the time it looked as if it was pretty one way. He had thanked the heavens Bianca had sent him prepared if she hadn't equipped him with the most powerful potions she could find, he'd probably have been dead before his mission had even began along with two of the charmed ones instead of just one. He threw a few of his strongest potions at the Titan and managed to shock her enough that she actually disappeared.
If this is the mighty Charmed Ones when they were young, I'm sure I'll have my work cut out for me. He had thought and almost snorted at his own sarcastic and hugely out of place humor, and then Piper had walked in and it was suddenly very hard for him to keep his cool.
"Oh my god, please tell me that's just a really good likeness of Paige," came Piper's voice and it was exactly how he had remembered it. Chris could almost feel his self-control slip away through his fingers like one of those raging rivers in his San Francisco that had pushed through the surfaces of even pavement. All that had been Wyatt's doing of course.
"Oh, it's Paige, no doubt about it," Phoebe had said with her usual candor. Chris thought he should interject with something since Piper had yet to really even notice his presence and that he had decided wouldn't do.
"Titan turned her to stone," Chris said and then he had realized with a skipping of his heart that this was the day his Auntie Paige had died. He had already changed the future, even if it was only in a minuscule way, but no Aunt Paige surviving was a lot more then changing it just a little that had been huge, because if she'd only turned to stone it meant that the power of three had survived. That he hadn't already failed his missions, and that Bianca would be proud.
It was funny to see how far they'd come along now, how even though they barely knew him he was almost, almost, fitting in with the family.
"Piper, you just need to relax and let it happen," That was Phoebe as always the one with the best advice for her sister and the worst for Chris. He hung back a little longer to hear the ending of their conversation, enjoying how they bantered even though he was on a tight schedule and needed to research his newest lead.
"Yeah, easy for you to say, you weren't the one sleeping with an angel for three years!" Piper exclaimed heatedly, but underneath that Chris could see she was enjoying the banter just as much as her other two sisters were.
"Yeah, but you were nervous when you and Leo first started, you know. I seem to remember that you used to freeze him during all the good parts, right? Hey, maybe you should, uh…" There was Phoebe again and Chris decided he should probably stop listening in on the sister's conversations from now on. This was not information he needed to know about his mom and dad's s relationship; to be honest he liked it better when they weren't together but he wouldn't think of that.
"No, I'm not freezing Greg. I'm so nervous I'd probably blow him up!" Piper said and Chris couldn't help but snigger a bit, the man from beside him glanced at him briefly then raised his eyebrows and turned back to staring at his mug of beer.
"Well…" Phoebe said suggestively and Chris decided it was definitely time to move in.
"Gutter, gutter, gutter Phoebe, what would gram's say?" Piper said mock chastising and they all laughed.
He walked towards them and stopped just behind them waiting for one to notice his presence, Phoebe was first (of course) and she smiled at Chris when she saw him.
"What are you guys talking about?" He asked, knowing all too well just what they were talking about and deciding he'd like to burn that conversation out of his mind forever
"Stuff." Phoebe said and then burst out into giggles. Chris couldn't help but smile inwardly at that, he'd always admired Phoebe's never ending childishness and how when the situation called for it she wouldn't hesitate to completely change her demeanor. Still she had held onto her childishness and that's what had kept her alive the longest, at least that's what he liked to think.
He didn't really ever get to judge who was strongest and who really lived longest though because the year after his mother died was a blur and so many of his family members had died it was hard to keep count.
It was ironic that they had died at the hand of their own family too.
Chris mentally shook himself and cleared his mind knowing thinking about his past would eventually lead to Bianca and Bianca would lead to the resistance, and thinking about the Resistance meant he would start to think about Wyatt. Then after thinking too hard on Wyatt he'd have to go vanquish at least ten demons until he was composed completely and ready to handle another day.
So no he had to keep himself together and think ahead instead of the past… actually no that didn't work there, look at what could happen that's good, what he could change, instead of what did happen that was bad (for his future at least)?
Shaking my head and rolling my eyes, I turned to leave but didn't expect the sisters to stop me.
"Hey, where are you going?" Paige asked and gave him a look that clearly said 'Chris-get-a-life-you-loner.'
"I got to go work on the next demon," he said and then realized he was still in the middle of a very busy club and cursed his idiocy as he'd already attracted a few unwanted gazes. "-Stration."
"Chris, why don't you relax and come have a drink with us?" Phoebe asked and though it was meant as a friendly gesture he felt ganged up on and decided he would definitely not stick around any longer.
"Thanks, but I didn't come here to relax," He said calmly, because it was the truth through and through even though he didn't really want to spend more time then necessary with the sisters. Usually when he did that it lead to questioning and they would just get fed up when he said his classic line of 'Future consequences' he actually smirked at that thought, who knew such a simple word could rile them up so much. After making sure no one was going to stop him this time, he turned around, once again and walked off to the back room of the club, his… sanctuary of sorts.
When he opened the door everything was dark but he had expected that and fumbled blindly for a few seconds until he found the light switch. He still hated the dark ever since that… unfortunate event.
He surveyed the room and when his eyes landed on the form of a woman dressed all in black the blood drained from his face. She looked to be his age and had dark hair, her clothes would have reminded the sisters of demon's clothing if they'd been there. Chris on the other hand knew exactly who this was and knew she was good it was just a shock for him. His left hand absentmindedly pulled the door shut behind him and he shuffled into the room, and another, he recognized it as his right hand reached up to where a chain dangled from his neck, barely visible underneath his clothes, and clutched it as if it was his life line.
"Bianca?" Chris asked softly, unsure of what to believe since Bianca was not supposed to be here. "I don't understand. W-what are you doing here?"
"Chris… I-I… There'll be time to explain later, but for now please just let me do this…" She said softly and Chris looked at her, completely oblivious to ulterior motives, as if a pot of gold had been plunked down right in from of him. She moved a bit closer and trailed a finger down his chest until she stopped and Chris smiled at her, albeit half-heartedly and kissed her quickly just to make sure she was real.
Chris looked down at her hand and sighed remembering just how much he had missed Bianca and her beautiful birthmark tattoo.
So that's why he wasn't expecting it when she drove her hand into his chest, he was about to fight her off in a panic but when he saw her face he just couldn't. It was so torn, as if something inside her had broken and it was only showing on her face. Chris of course knew what she was doing too, she was stripping him of his powers, and yet he couldn't find it in him to fight her.
Abruptly the door bumped open and Piper walked in her mouth opened to scold Chris's anti-social ways, "You know, All work and no-" she looked at Bianca and then at Chris and his vulnerable position and reacted immediately opening her hands and blowing Bianca up. Chris just hoped she was ok, because even though Bianca could survive almost everything Piper was strong, before falling to the floor too exhausted already to stand up. "Hey, Chris, you okay?"
"Yeah I think so." Chris replied and couldn't help thinking how anyone would thing he was ok, he most definitely was not okay, but Piper didn't need to know that if she was oblivious enough to not see he was in pain.
"What happened? Who is she?" Piper asked impatiently, obviously thinking he WAS fine and perfectly up for an interrogation.
"I don't know." He replied absentmindedly, and thought about what Bianca had just done trying not too focus to hard on the fact that if she didn't fully strip his powers then he would die a long and painful death. Why had she done it in the first place?
But he didn't even need an answer to know in his gut what had made her do it. Wyatt, one tiny name that he sometimes hated so much, maybe he'd gotten to her and more then likely tortured her into complying, Chris had to get out of the club and find her fast.
If Piper had been surprised when Chris orbed out of the room, she wouldn't have shown it since she'd already grown accustomed to Chris's weird ways.
Maybe she would have been a bit more worried if she knew where Chris had orbed.
A/N: How is it? Urgh I think it sucks, and it's too short again…. URGH I can't write sorry guys. Its like 10 at night and I have school tomorrow though so I can't be bothered to fix this piece of crap. Enjoy!