Chris looked at Amaranth questionably, who stared at the demon.
"What do you want from him?" the magical being asked from the demon. It smirked evilly.
"I want him to say out loud his name. Not more, not less." He replied.
"And than you'll have full force over him." Amaranthnodded knowingly. The demon glared at him angrily. The wall situation started to make sense for Chris.
"So, if I say out my name I would agree in with a compact. If it happen I would'nt wake up anymore." He said out his thoughts. Amaranth nodded. The demon held the athame more tightly to his neck. Amaranth growled menacingly.
"Now that you know what will happening to you, say it out!"
"Do I look like an idiot?" Chris asked an raised an eyebrow. The demon raised the athame to stab, Amaranth jumped ahead opening his mouth with sharp tooth. He grabbed the demon's arm, the athame hit the chain which held the boy's right wrist. The chain broke and one of Chris' hands got free. He turned away from the fighters as far as he could. He concentrated to his other hand. He saw bitterly that he couldn't use his powers. He looked back to the fighters. Amaranth tried to show away the demon. "Why he doesn't use all of his powers?" he thought confused. Amaranth threw the demon cross the room.
"Hurry, keep off!" he said to the boy, who did as he said. Amaranth broke the chain with a wave of energy. The demon jumped to his feet in the other side of the room, he held an energy ball in his hand.
"Run, Brat! Now!" amaranth shouted and jumped protectively between them. Chris, however he hated to do, ran out of the room forward the stairway. Chains appeared from the walls rapidly and tried to stop him. He dodged from them, but when he reached the top of the stairway he tripped over one of them and he rolled down from the stairway. His face left side had a bad bruise and he felt pain is his side. He broke few ribs. He fought with the pain and he stood. He tried to run again. The corridor seemed to be endless and dark. When soft light appeared in front of him stopped and waited with strained body. For his biggest dismay Sam's figure materialized from the light. Sam looked around than cried happily.
"I can't believe! I've done it!"ha said in joy. Chris stared at him with wide eyes, than he turned his head to the ceiling.
"I wanna wake up! I can't do with a crazy Sam!"
"I'm not crazy!" Sam defended himself. He stepped to the older boy happily and hugged him. However Chris hissed in pain and collapsed to the floor.
"Are you okay Chris," Sam asked scarred.
"Do I look like that?" he groaned. His broke ribs made other problems. Sam carefully helped him to his feet.
"Come, I take you out of there." The younger said.
"How do you plan to do it? Amaranth didn't succeed." Chris asked. Sam's eyes widened.
"Is Amaranth there?"
"Yep" Sam stared there where from Chris came.
"The demon…"
"Do not mention it!"
"But I must see it, so I can check it in the Book."
"There is nothing to see. I already saw twice and it didn't looked the same. Does it tell you something?"
"It changes its figure." Sam said dismally. He looked at the stairway than he grabbed Chris, who hissed in pain again.
"Wyatt couldn't heal you. You knocked him off" the younger told him guilty.
"I knocked him off?" Sam nodded.
"Close your eyes, and you have to trust me." The boy ordered. Chris did as he said.
"Now I trust you more than anyone."
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He woke in his own bed. If you can call this stage awake.
"He woke up!" he heard his mother's happy voice, but he couldn't see her, maybe because he stared at the ceiling? Than the pain arrived. He screamed loudly. He wanted to reach his hand to his burning chest, but he couldn't move. Than he saw Wyatt's wall-white face, which show pure worry and he started to heal him. Now nothing threw him away. His mother and father's faces appeared too. He didn't want to see the worried faces so he closed his eyes. The exhaustion like an dark shadow surrounded him.
"No, No, Chris! You can't sleep now!" he fought for open his eyes. He wanted to open his mouth to say something, but no words came out of his throat which hurt like Hell.
"Why didn't you heal him?" Piper asked Wyatt. She was angry at him only scared for her youngest. From Wyatt's voice shone the guilt.
"What I could, I healed, but I can't this." He stammered.
"It's okay, Wy! It's not your fault! His father said. Chris turned his head to him and he tried to speak with his eyes. Leo understood his aim.
"And Chris doesn't blame you neither." Wyatt smiled at his little bro gratefully. "Please go to the living room, only Piper and Wyatt stay, okay?" Leo asked the others. They nodded and made their way to the door.
"Patty, please bring a glass of water and you, Penny please bring us a wet cloth. He has a fever." He asked for when he touched his son's forehead. It burned his fingers.
"Of course!" they replied and they left the room. Chris groaned when he heard it. He hated to be ill, but the fate had a very morbid humor because he had a very bad immune frame.
"It's okay, Chris, We will solve it! It's okay!" Chris looked at his mother crabbily. Piper laughed and pushed his hear out of his eyes.
"After this you'll have an haircut!" She said happily. Chris eyes widened. Patty and penny arrived. Leo took the glass than he turned to Wyatt.
"Help me raise him to sitting position." The blond boy moved immediately and They brought the boy up. Piper helped him to drink the water. The boy seemed to be graceful when the water chilled his throat. He tried to say something again, but he didn't succeed again. He looked up disappointedly. His father spook to him and he put the cloth onto his forehead. For some minutes the cloth chilled his burning skin, but than it's effect was gone. He tried to concentrate to his father but he didn't understand what he tried to say. He only heard soft murmured from the distance. He looked at Leo questionably, who saw that and started again his speech.
"Now we go downstairs, and speak with Sam, You can't sleep, okay?" Chris read the sentence from his mouth than he nodded with his eyes. Wyatt promised him that they come back quickly, than Piper too. They left the room.
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Every body was in the living room. The three joined them nervously.
"Sam! Why didn't you tell me?" Phoebe asked angrily. Than she turned to her daughter. "Or why didn't you think, Prue?"
"Seriously, Mom! Would you let him do it?" the girl asked kindly. Phoebe shook her head. Prue only smiled at her.
"Sam, what did you see?" Coop cut them off, when he turned to his son.
"Not too much. It was an old house, but I didn't see the demon." He said and he was looking at the floor. Than he raised his head. "When Chris is awake, he doesn't remember the dreams, but when he is in one, he remembers everything from the others too. He said that if I could saw the demon it wouldn't changed anything.
"Why?" Wyatt asked hesitantly.
"Because he showed himself to him in two figures."
"So we haven't got anything yet! Moreover Chris is vulnerable in his dreams and now he is so weak, that we don't know how long he could stay awake. " Piper shouted angrily.
"In his dream he wasn't that weak. Moreover he isn't vulnerable, because Amaranth takes care of him."
"Amaranth?" Patty shouted. "IS he alive?"
"As you can see!" for a minute, there was silence in the room.
"What do we do now?" Phoebe asked.
"Can you write a spell which for the change's sake make him awake?" Wyatt looked at the Charmed Ones from the corner of his eyes. Piper glared at him (It wasn't dangerous just a watch-your-mouth-my-little-boy glare) The blond looked at her with large innocent eyes.
"Okay, I'll try my best." Phoebe sighed. "Prue will you help me?"
"Of course!" they walked to the kitchen.
"Uncle coop, don't be mad at me, but how did you get there? I thought that you left." Wyatt asked. The cupid nodded.
"We left indeed, but home, when we called them for lunch, so, their room was empty. We thought they would be here." Sam smiled shyly.
"I go back to Chris. It's not a good thing leaving him alone now." Leo said and he hurried upstairs. Who stayed there looked each other. Piper and Coop the two parents (Paige was with her charge and Henry had to go back to the police station. Poor mortals.) Patty&Penny, Sam and Wyatt the four young people. The last four stared at each other without blinking. They didn't have to be Phoebe to know that they were speaking telepathically. Coop whetted his throat. They looked at him questionably.
"Do not speak telepathically in front of another people! It's worse than the whispering!" Piper said in full motherly mood.
"We have a plan…" Patty started hesitantly.
"But Wyatt is selfish!" Penny muttered. The boy stared at them angrily.
"I'm not selfish! I only want good for you!"
"But together we are stronger!" Sam argued. Wyatt shook his head.
"No!"
"I think the others right, Wyatt!" Prue entered to the living room.
"Prue! The spell isn't ready!" Phoebe shouted from the kitchen.
"We do not need it, Mom! Sam's plan is good."
"Somebody can tell us what are you planning???" Piper cried out in frustration.
"They thought and I think they are right, that as like as Sam saved Chris, he can bring us into his dream, and together we can vanquish the demon. " Until Prue spoke, she concentrated to cover her father and mother, and her aunt's worry. She hadn't got easy job.
"No! Sam only takes ME into the dream! My power will be enough!" Wyatt said stubbornly.
"And if it's not? We can not risk that for Chris' sake!" Patty shook her head.
"I said he is selfish!" Penny muttered again.
"And what if you take Paige, Piper and me?" Phoebe asked who was listening from the doorframe.
"It's a better idea! I like it!" Piper said happily. Sam shook his head.
"Don't be mad at me Mom, but I can't"
"Why?" Phoebe asked and hurt shone from her eyes.
"I can't" Sam said and he lowered his head in shame. "I'm not strong enough. MY bond with you is not as strong as the bond with them. "
"Everything will be okay, Mom! Chris and I will take care the demon, and Amaranth will be there too!" Wyatt said hopingly.
"You won't go anywhere alone!'" Pipe said seriously. "If Phoebe agrees" She looked at her sister, who nodded. "So you go with them or we will find another way!" Wyatt stared at her dismally.
"But, MOM!"
"No but! This way or other! It's your chance!" Wyatt sighed sadly.
"I give up! You won!"
"Yeeeee! It doesn't matter. We love you that way!" Penny laughed and the twins hugged tha blond boy.
"You two wait!" Phoebe said. The two girl blinked at her hesitantly. Piper called for Paige without question. The witchlighter arrived in blue orbs.
"What happened?" He sisters told her the plan and the youngest Charmed One looked at her twins. Than she smiled softly. "I don't have other chance, right? But be very careful!" the two girl hugged their mother. Leo broke this nice moment, when he ran down from the stairway.
"We have a problem!" he stammered. Everybody paled. "Chris fell asleep." Wyatt sware and orb up to his bro's room. The others followed him running/orbing/Hearting or what the cupid does. They stopped at the pale boy's bed.
"Than let's do it!" Prue said. The others nodded and the five sat down next to the bed. He gabbed Prue's and Chris' hand, they followed what he did. The brunette boy stared ahead than everybody felt the warmness which took them into the dream.
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Nef: Next chapter is the final battle!!!!!
Chris: Thank God!
Nef: Have you got a problem?
Chris: ooooh, why would I? (looking sarcastic)
Nef: you forgot that I'm the writer!
Chris: A very-very evil writer.
Nef: okay, you wanted it!
