Chapter Six

Wyatt and Chris immediately rushed up to the attic, heading for the Book of Shadows. They flipped to the back of the book, looking at another paragraph that hadn't been there.

"It says here that the Charmed Ones were killed while their whitelighter was injured…in 2003," said Wyatt. "Their whitelighter wasn't able to help them, and they were killed."

"Wait a minute," said Chris. "Dad was injured in 2003? I don't remember that. The only time he was injured was when he and Mom were stuck in that alternate reality thing. But that wouldn't explain how the Brothers killed the Charmed Ones."

"Wait, 2003," said Wyatt.

"Yeah?" asked Chris, not getting it.

"That was the year you went back to save me," said Wyatt.

"So their whitelighter was me," said Chris. "I was injured."

"And when was that?"

"When wasn't it?" asked Chris. "The spider demon, Bianca, Gideon…"

"Let's just hurry," said Wyatt.

"Right," said Chris. They each grasped Coup's ring.

"In this time and in this place," they recited, "take us through time and space. Take us to that place in time as soon as we say this rhyme."

A pink glow enveloped them and they found themselves in the living room by the conservatory.

"I'm telling you, this little girl had a tattoo of a phoenix on her wrist, just like the girl that attacked Chris," said Piper.

"Bianca it is, then," said Chris.

The four of them turned and spotted Wyatt and Chris standing in the corner.

"Chris," said Piper. "Are you okay? And who is that?"

"Actually, we're from the future," said Chris.

"We know that," said Paige.

"No, I'm another Chris," said Chris. "Speaking of, you'd better get ready."

"For what?" asked Leo.

"I'm about to orb into the foyer," said Chris. "Three, two…"

White lights appeared in the foyer, and Chris appeared in the room, falling to the floor.

"Chris!" Paige called. The four of them rushed over to Chris, and Paige turned him over.

Chris's eyes were closed, and he was wincing. "Bianca…"

Piper looked immediately at the Chris with Wyatt. "What happened to you?"

Chris frowned. "Do you mean me, or him?"

"Him," said Piper.

"My powers are being drained," said Chris. "It's this girl named Bianca. She's from the future also. She's trying to take away my powers so she can take me back to the future with her."

"Why?" asked Phoebe.

Chris hesitated. "Because Wyatt wants me back there…He doesn't want me to save him."

"You know Wyatt?" asked Piper.

"Of course I do," said Chris. "Why do you think I came back to save him?"

"And who is this?" Leo asked, motioning to Wyatt.

"Um…" began Chris. "He's…"

"Wyatt," Wyatt answered.

Piper's eyes widened. "You're Wyatt?"

Wyatt nodded. "From the good future. Not the one he came from." He pointed to the Chris on the floor.

"Bianca…" Chris muttered from the floor.

"Okay, let's get him to the conservatory," said Piper.

Leo and Wyatt hurried forward to pick Chris up off the floor, and they carried him to a couch in the conservatory.

Chris walked to the doorway and stared down at himself. "This is so weird."

"You're telling me," said Paige.

Leo opened Past Chris' shirt to reveal an infected wound on his chest much larger than before.

"Oh, my God," said Phoebe. "What is that?"

"I don't know," said Leo.

"Doesn't matter," said Piper. "Just heal him."

Leo put his hands over Past Chris to heal him. Chris and Wyatt exchanged glances, letting the situation play out for now.

"Why didn't he tell us about that?" asked Paige.

"Why doesn't he tell us about a lot of things?" asked Piper, shooting Chris a glance.

"Don't look at me," said Chris. "I can't say anything."

Piper noticed that Leo was having a difficult time healing Past Chris. "What's the problem?"

"He's not healing," said Leo. "Something's draining his powers and blocking mine. It's like a virus." He pulled his hands away.

"A virus named Bianca," said Piper.

"You think she did this?" asked Phoebe.

Piper glanced at Chris to see him looking at his past self and avoiding their gazes. "It's gotta be."

"Yeah, but it doesn't explain why she would come back from the future just to kill him," said Paige. She turned to Chris. "You want to explain?"

"I told you, I can't," said Chris.

"Well, somebody had to have sent her," said Piper. "She's a hired gun."

"Well, we have to find her to save him, figure out what she did—" said Phoebe. She suddenly stopped and held her hands out. "Whoa." She moved forward and knelt next to Past Chris on the couch.

"What is it?" asked Leo.

Phoebe stared at Past Chris. "Oh, my God. He loves her." She looked up at Chris. "You love her."

"Loves who?" asked Paige. "Bianca?"

"Yeah," said Phoebe, still staring at Chris. He was avoiding her gaze. "She broke your heart." Past Chris moved on the couch, and Phoebe looked down at his hand and saw that he was holding something. Phoebe reached out and removed it from Past Chris' grasp. "Engagement ring." She held it up for them to see.

Chris leaned forward, snatching the ring out of Phoebe's hand. "I'll take that."

"Obviously an acrimonious split," said Paige.

"Chris, you can't keep that," said Wyatt. "You'll mess everything up."

Chris rolled his eyes and held the ring up in front of his face. He looked at it lovingly before nodding and reluctantly holding it out towards Piper.

Piper reached for the ring. "Well, at least we have something to scry for her now. You guys work on the vanquishing potion in case she's not in the mood to help."

"Uh, we kind of need to talk first," said Wyatt.

The girls and Leo looked at him.

"About what?" asked Phoebe.

"About why we're here," said Chris.

"Bianca…" Past Chris mumbled. Everyone looked at him as he squirmed on the couch. "Bianca…"

"Ignore him," said Chris. "We came here to stop the Brothers."

"The Brothers?" asked Piper.

"These two demons who have been traveling into the past over and over to try to kill you three," said Wyatt. "We need to stop them when they show up."

"Like now?" asked Leo, pointing behind them.

Wyatt and Chris looked over their shoulder to see the Brothers standing in the living room.

"Will you two ever give up?" asked one.

"Not likely," said Wyatt.

They began fighting with the demons, using their powers again and again. The brothers finally gave up and disappeared.

"That seemed a little too easy," said Piper.

"I don't know," said Chris. "All I know is I'm sick of doing this."

"Alright, you guys help Chris," said Wyatt. "We need to go."

"Wait a minute—" began Chris.

Wyatt grabbed a hold of his arm and orbed them up to the attic.

Chris looked around. "The attic? Really?"

"Well, the house is about to change, so we might as well wait—" began Wyatt.

The shimmer ran around the room once again.

"—here," said Wyatt.

Chris and Wyatt walked over to the Book of Shadows again and looked in the back.

"It says they were killed when Phoebe got turned into a mermaid," said Wyatt. "That was in 2002. We gotta go."

Chris and Wyatt stood together and recited the spell.