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 4: Brainstorm.
Chris appeared on P3's back room and sat in the couch without even noticing what he was doing and without seeing that his sister was laying there. He only noticed her when he actually sat on top of her belly and stood up surprised "Dear God, Melinda!"
"I'm the one who should be going 'Dear God!' over you" she replied sitting and letting some space for her brother "how were things in the Underworld?"
"Dark, dangerous and annoying. The usual" he shouldered "but it didn't helped at all, all the Power-blocking Zones belongs to a lot of demons, they have this mutual use agreement, so we are back in square zero" he told disappointed "How was things with Phoebe?"
"Yesterday she had this brilliant idea to get Piper and Leo together and today we are going to try getting Paige to help us" she smiled mischievously.
"What did I tell you about manipulating them?" Chris raised an eyebrow and she laughed.
"That if they find out we are screwed" Melinda kept smiling like it was no big deal "as if they would actually realize what I'm doing" she rolled her eyes " what is your next demon?"
"I don't know, there are too many demons to choose and nothing to make it easier"
"Have you ever considered that we might be looking at the wrong direction?" She asked.
"What do you mean?" he stared at her curious.
"I mean… We should try to find demons that have strong motives to turn Wyatt evil, just like a crime investigation, go first to the ones that have the most to gain with the crime other than the ones who have the means to do it" she explained.
"I'm looking for demons that have motives!" Chris glared at her "all the demons I'm coming after want more power and influence in the Underworld"
"Well, genius, maybe you are looking for the wrong motivation" she retorted rolling her eyes. Her brother was supposed to be the intelligent one, for God sake!
"What do you suggest?" He faced her with crossed arms and a defiant look on his face.
"Well… If we think about what Wyatt managed to do when he rose to power, maybe his results were the demon's goal" she suggested.
"So we are looking for a demon who wants to organize and unite the demons" Chris looked very thoughtful while considering his sister idea "that makes sense"
"I know" she smiled widely "The world just really went to hell when Wyatt turned all the demons into his soldiers. An organized army of demons it's an incredibly strong force"
"Great" Chris hid his face in his hands "now I'll have to change all my plans, notes and demon lists. And my time is still running out"
"I'll help with your notes" Melinda smiled "After all I have a couple of hours before meeting with Phoebe and Paige"
Chris smiled and stood up "Okay, I will go down there and start this new line of investigation" he was about to orb out when he remembered something "Melinda, I fixed your cell phone" he took it out of his pocket and laid it on the desk.
"Thanks Big Brother" she smiled happily "Now go"
"See you later" he waved his hand and orbed to the Underworld.
Melinda stood up and walked over the desk, she grabbed the now fixed cell phone and put it on one of her jeans pockets. She would have time for this later, now she needed to look at all of Chris's data and choose what could be useful and what was useless.
_/The Manor/_
Phoebe was almost jumping in excitement which was getting on Paige's nerves. Piper was in P3 and both of them were in the Manor babysitting Wyatt at Phoebe's request.
"What's up with you?" The youngest Charmed One narrowed her eyes at her older sister and waited for some answers.
"I'll tell you when Melinda arrives" Phoebe answered and whet to the living room to see if everything was ok with Wyatt. The boy was very happy in his playpen and everything seemed ok there.
"And why is Melinda coming?" Paige asked following her sister.
"Because I asked her to" Phoebe explained with a cryptic smile and started to play with Wyatt.
The door bell rang and Paige went to see who it was. Melinda was standing in front of the door smiling friendly at Paige "Hello" she greeted her future aunt.
"Hey" Paige let her come in and closed the door behind her "Phoebe, Melinda is here" she announced once they started walking towards the living room.
"Great" Phoebe looked at them when they arrived "Let's sit" she suggested and both Melinda and Paige nodded.
Phoebe waited until Melinda sat on an armchair farthest away from Wyatt's playpen and then the both Charmed Ones sat on the couch near the arm chair.
"So… What is going on?" Paige asked.
"Well…"Melinda looked at Phoebe and stopped talking.
"Yesterday me and Melinda went shopping, because she didn't have clothes and was wearing her brother's" Phoebe made a little pause to laugh before continuing "and she ended up telling some interesting things about the future"
"Really?" Paige sat straighter and smiled curious "What she said?"
"She said that in her future Piper and Leo are together and because of that it took a longer time for Wyatt to turn completely evil" Phoebe explained.
"And now they are separated and I'm worried" Melinda continued "Because if Chris fail, they being apart could make Wyatt turn evil faster and that's really not a good thing".
"Wow" Paige thanked mentally that she was already sitting, because that was a little too much to cope standing.
"And this leave us to the reason I called this meeting" Phoebe started looking very excited "we are going to make Piper and Leo get back together".
"We are what?" Paige was getting more surprised and confused by the second.
"I know it's crazy, but it is entirely Phoebe's idea" Melinda shouldered "but they really can't be apart, they belong together and well… Wyatt needs them to be together".
"And how we are going to do this?" Paige raised an eyebrow and folded her arms in front of her chest "because, I don't know if you guys remember, but Piper is with Greg"
"Who is Greg?" Melinda looked confused, she never heard of any Greg.
"Piper's boyfriend" Paige answered.
"But…" Melinda was looking from Phoebe to Paige in what was a mix of surprise, confusion and pretty much panic.
"Whoa… Control your emotions future girl" Phoebe asked.
"S… Sorry" the girl took some deep breaths "So… She has a boyfriend… Things just can't get any easier around here" she commented sarcastically.
"Not with us" Paige shouldered "so what is your plan?"
"I'm really not sure if it's a good idea… Now that Piper started to move on and all" Phoebe started, but was interrupted by a huge wave of panic coming from Melinda.
"No! Wyatt needs his parents, Piper and Leo, together. Not Piper and some random stupid guy" she complained looking at the sisters "Can't y you guys see how wrong Piper and Greg sounds?"
"Why are you panicking?" Phoebe asked curious "Why is it so important to you anyway? You're not even family"
Melinda stared at her future favorite aunt shocked, she didn't even know what to say, she couldn't show or feel all the pain that was emerging in her chest, she had to put them away before Phoebe sensed them "you are right" she took a deep breath. Being almost blown by your own mother was already bad enough "But in the future we are good friends. In the future we are all part of the Resistance, and we are like a family over there. Blood relatives or not, we are all a big family ready to fight all the evil that comes in our way and save the world. So yeah, Phoebe. You guys ARE important to me and I DO care about you"
"I'm…" Phoebe was speechless and looked to her sister for support "I'm sorry"
"So… Piper and Leo together" Paige tried to change the subject "That's going to be a tough one. Any ideas?" she looked from her sister to the future girl who was looking at the ceiling.
"We obviously need to make them fall in love, again" Phoebe suggested trying to ignore what just happened "maybe we could prepare a romantic dinner for them".
"Nah! They would find out we are up to something" Paige dismissed her sister idea with a wave of her hand "any ideas, future girl?"
Melinda looked at them, she was serious and indifferent with her eyes cold and emotionless "I'm not worthy of giving any suggestions. I'm not family" her tone of voice was low and almost cold "I'm just here to help, if you allow" then she looked again to the ceiling.
"Cool" Paige forced a smile and looked back the her sister "What about we go out to a family picnic and we 'get called to go back to work' leaving Piper and Leo alone. That wouldn't be so suspicious"
"That's a good idea, It might work" Phoebe smiled excitedly.
"You could talk to her" Melinda said "not about all this 'Wyatt needs his parents together so he doesn't turn evil too fast' thing, but, you know, talk about Leo. Make her admit that she's still love and need him" she suggested.
"Yeah, and maybe after she realizes she's still in love with Leo, we could do this picnic thing and then they could sort everything out" Paige smiled widely happy that Melinda was participating and giving good ideas.
"Perfect" Phoebe cheered and Melinda forced a smile to show that she agreed with the plan.
"Now that everything is fine and you guys have a plan I need to go" Melinda stood and looked at Wyatt's direction "You should change his diaper, he's going to start to cry soon"
"What? How do you know that?" Phoebe narrowed her eyes and Melinda gave her a bittersweet laugh.
"I used to babysit my youngest cousin. I know how babies act like when they need their diapers changed" She answered and then left the living room, but before Phoebe or Paige could follow her they heard the front door being locked and Wyatt starting to cry.
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