Chris had decided to get to Paige first.
She was the one with the best active powers that Wyatt and his mother needed to survive. Besides, Paige was at the magic school where he could easily orb in and not scare all the children to death while Phoebe was somewhere in a public office where people would notice the orbing human and most definitely panic.
So, he'd chosen Paige.
He quickly orbed into her classroom knowing there wasn't time to spare.
He saw a few students look up curiously as him, but the rest of the class was more interested in the two twin blond girls in the front of the class. There they were finishing up on their oral presentation on how to successfully make it in the real world.
"And so, the best way to make it out there in the real world," said twin number one dressed all in light blue.
"Is to conceal your magic from the normal people so that it will never be exposed. Otherwise, the Cleaners will be paying a visit to your house and will most definitely wipe out your existence," the second twin dressed in dark red ended the speech for her twin with a toothy grin.
Once she was through the class laughed a bit at the thought of the Cleaners ever coming after them.
The first twin in light blue smiled at him, "Hello, Mister. Why are you here?"
"Paige!" he called trying to find her.
She popped up out of one of the children's seats in the front of the class and smiled at him. She was pulling all her grading sheets together as she got up to meet him. "Oh, Chris. How sweet of you to come."
Paige saw his serious face and stopped, "What's up?"
Chris covered the distance to her and pulled her aside so that their backs were to the classroom. All the girls looked up at him fondly having their first crushes on him as he whispered intensely to Paige. "We have a problem at home. A serious problem."
Paige nodded instantly serious, "Okay. Class," she replied as she turned back towards the children who waited curiously to find out what she was up to, "I want you to read the next section in your witches almanac. Be prepared for a pop quiz when I get back."
The class groaned in unison.
"Come on. Come on. Quicker," Chris pestered as Paige started towards the classrooms doors.
"Look, buddy. I have to tell Mrs. Berda that I'm not here so that she can watch my class. Then, I'll be right there."
"Well, hurry. We have a demon to vanquish at home and I don't know how long Wyatt and Mom can keep it at bay." Chris warned instantly orbing away from the Magic School in order to find Phoebe.
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"Is it all you ever dreamed of and more? Tell me how it feels to die by my hand?" the girl with the fiery reddish-brown curls asked. She had not relinquished her hold over his heart.
Right now, she felt it speeding inside his chest trying to keep the blood flowing to every section of Wyatt's body. Soon, it would give up and just explode inside of his body. She couldn't wait to feel his last breath, or even his last heartbeat before he gave up his life to her.
"Let. Me. Go!" he choked out kicking her in the stomach to force her back away from him.
It almost worked, too. Her hold over his heart had loosened for a moment in which oxygen and blood moved freely through his veins. He felt dizzy for the moment he'd been free as the blood rushed in his body to all the veins she'd been blocking it from. But his freedom didn't last long.
A second later she had a hold of his heart again, and this time she placed even more pressure on it. Her eyes slit in anger as she watched him start to crumble all over again. She would not let him get another chance to hurt her.
She smiled, "I'm assuming you have forgotten what you did. What you are still doing to me, haven't you?"
She saw his confusion spread over his face like a disease through a person's body. Anger battered her shields as she threw him against the wall. Anger at having her conscience to answer to if she killed him in cold blood without letting him know exactly what he'd put her through.
She wouldn't let him get off that easily with his ignorance of the past.
Piper came out of the kitchen seeing her moment. She sprang forward at the girl ready to stab her with the kitchen knife if she got the chance to. Piper ignored looking at her son struggling for breath against the wall. If she paid any attention to him she would lose her chance to kill the girl and the girl would kill her instead.
The girl looked at her baffled almost confused at why Piper was even coming after her. It took Piper aback for an instant as she sprang at her.
The girl took a few steps back. "I'm not here for you, you idiot. I mean no harm to you or your daughter," the girl yelled at her.
Piper didn't change her attack. She was only a few steps from the girl when the girl waved her hand yet again sending her power out at Piper. It hit Piper squarely in the chest, but instead of knocking her over like Piper had expected she felt an icy chill spread through her body.
Panic ran through her as she saw the ice start to form over her hands and run up her arms.
In instants, Piper was engorged in ice. Right at that exact moment Paige finally orbed into the Manor from the Magic School. She orbed in right in front of her sister and was able to see the ice sculpture that her sister now had become before ice sculpture Piper fell right on top of her.
Paige went down hard with Piper right on top of her.
Paige stared up at her sister's frozen face of shock. Great, she thought. I'm stuck under a pile of ice. Just great.
She couldn't even orb out either. If she did she had a feeling that the instant impact with the ground that Piper would have would shattered her. Then, she wouldn't be able to save her sister.
She tried to move Piper a little bit off her so she could move towards the demon and try to see what was going on to see if she could use any of her magic to help Wyatt battle it, but it didn't work.
Instead, she was stuck underneath a very heavy Piper and out of breath.
They were in a mess.
"Chris? A little help here!" she cried out in panic.
