Another dimension

The room of P3 was usually dark and quiet in the morning, but now an alarm clock tried to wake up a young man rudely. The man looked up with tired eyes and with an eye narrowing the clock was blew up.

"Oh, crap!" Chris muttered eyeing with the little pieces of the clock. He rubbed his tried eyes and sat up slowly. He winced a little when the pain of his wound which he got yesterday remained him to be careful. He checked the bandage and made a grimace that it had to be changed. He stood up and went to the bathroom to have a shower. While he stood under the hot water he checked his injure again. His system healed himself quite rapidly, but unfortunately it would be too soon for him to have betterment too. After ten minutes under the shower he stepped out and wrapped a tower around his waist. He looked into the mirror and grimaced at his image. He had ugly dark circles under his eyes, which were losing their lights rapidly. He closed his eyes and used cold water to refresh his skin, but it didn't have much effect, just he became a little bit more awake. He went back to his new habit; he counted how many days have passed since he was in the past. Fifteen and he wasn't any closer to his goal.

He shook his head quickly. Don't think like that! Pessimism isn't accepted in your mission! He scolded himself. He looked down at his left wrist. He wore a medal on a black belt. This medal looked like an Egypt cross, which should have been the symbol of immortality and health. He didn't want to think about the event when he got it, but he remained himself that this medal could be a weapon, he just had to think it to be. It was connected to him like Excalibur was to Wyatt. How ironic!

Sighing he tore himself away from the mirror and his thoughts. He walked back to his 'room' and thought clothes onto himself. Jeans, white trainers and a blue shirt with a white t-shirt were always perfect.

He wanted to go to the Manor for research. (After the incident yesterday, he wasn't afraid of the consequence of his demon hunt), but his stomach started to object. Oh crap, again! He muttered angrily. He didn't like weaknesses like tiredness and hungriness. (Few years in his world has effect on your soul!) But he couldn't ignore them. He orbed out with this annoying feeling.

He went to a fast food restaurant which he knew from his childhood. He ordered something and paid with money which he conjured by a spell. He was always the master of personal gain and he always found a way around this. At least he can annoy the elders to no end.

After his breakfast, unfortunately Mr. Meiror need more time to improve his cooking skills, he orbed to the Manor for a talk with Piper or Paige. He didn't even want to think about Phoebe. For his surprise the Manor was quiet. He sensed around and found the sisters sound asleep. Chris looked at the clock with a frown. It was 7 o'clock in Saturday morning. Why weren't they up? However, his presence woke somebody up. Soon he heard the little, happy calling of his baby brother. With a smile he headed to the nursery.

"Hay, little guy!" he greeted the little kid.

"You didn't come yesterday evening." Wyatt replied on his baby language and stretched out his little arms for being picked up. Chris smiled and leaned forward to do what he was asked for, but when he wanted to lift the little kid up, sharp pain stopped him rudely.

"Damn it!" Chris hissed angrily. He put a hand on his side and he grimaced when his shirt became bloody red. His wound started to bleed again. When he sensed the fear of his little bro, he quickly glanced down at him. Wyatt looked up at him with terrified and wide eyes.

"You hurt" he babbled. Chris forced out a smiled.

"It's okay, Wy. It's just a little cut. I don't even feel it." He lied. Little tears started to appear in Wyatt's eyes.

"You hurt, you pain." He babbled. Now he was crying and Chris could not do anything, he just stood there with wild eyes. Damn it! Our connection as strong now as it was with big Wyatt. He feels what I do too. He slowly walked closer to the crib and sat down to the floor.

"Don't cry, Wy! I don't like it. Your crying hurts me." he said gently. Wyatt looked up with teary eyes, but he stopped crying. He wouldn't hurt Chris on purpose. Suddenly an idea popped into his little mind. His father always came and healed everybody with his bright light. If dad could do that, than he could do it too. Chris was sitting close to the crib so the little kid could easily touch his side. He stretched out his little arm and called for the bright light what he saw. After a second it appeared and started its work on the wound. Chris gasped in surprise when he saw what was happening. He didn't know that his brother had his healing ability at this age. Wyatt pulled back his hand when the wound disappeared with the blood and smiled up to his soon to be brother.

"Thanks, Wy!" Chris said with a smile and picked up the little kid and they stayed like that, embracing each other until the sisters woke up.

It happened an hour later. Paige was the first who woke up. She headed to the bathroom. So Chris put Wyatt back to his crib and after he said his goodbyes he orbed down to the living room. He sat there waiting for the sisters. He didn't had a clue that showering took that much time, but girls and things like that… after half hour, while Phoebe and Piper woke up too, Paige finally arrived downstairs. She was surprised when she saw him.

"No offense, but you look horrible. I thought whitelighters don't have dark circles under their eyes or even get tired. What's wrong with you?" Just you, Aunt Paige.

"Nothing is wrong with me. Today is Saturday and as far as I know Saturday is weekend. Emerko is waiting for us!" he replied coldly. Paige rolled her eyes.

"Aren't you a little bit neurotic? But okay, we promised. Just wait until we get ready. Will we need a potion?" she asked. She still had the guilty from yesterday and she thought that they should be nice to him after how Phoebe acted.

"No. I have the spell though. Power of Three one." Paige nodded and headed to the kitchen. Chris watched as she left with little bit narrowed eyes. He could read Paige's intentions and knew that she wanted to make up for yesterday, but he didn't like how she didn't care about the demon. All of the sisters thought that they are invincible, but they weren't. His thinking was cut off by Piper's happy voice.

"Oh, hello Chris! Do you want breakfast?"

"Thanks, but no." he replied. Note to yourself: For God's sake search after what happened with her! (But she is nice like that! Shut up!)

"And watcha do there?" she asked with a jingly ling voice.

"Demon" he mumbled.

"Great!" Piper cheered and walked after her sister.

"Not grate, crap!" Chris added. Two Charmed Ones okay, just one remained. Soon Phoebe walked down too. She didn't say anything when she saw him just stood where she was.

"You should eat something. Demon hunts." Chris broke the silence without looking at her.

"Okay." She said and walked away. Don't be so rude, Chris! I'll try.

After another half hour they orbed out together. Chris chose to go with them. Emerko was a strong and sly demon. He wanted to be sure that the sisters don't get hurt. This time they didn't go to the Underworld, their demon leaved up on Earth and he could open dimensions. That was what made him dangerous.

They were walking in a forest where Chris was sure that they will find their enemy while everybody was silence, just Piper spoke sometimes talking about birds or who knows what.

"Where is he?" Phoebe asked annoyed.

"Never ask that! You know that bad things happen when you ask that." Paige warned her.

"You mean bad things like that?" Chris asked pointing at the dark vertical lights around them.

"What's that?" Phoebe gasped, but before they could reply, the forest disappeared from around them.

When Chris looked around again, he found themselves surrounded with wolves.

"Oh, My grate God!" Paige muttered staring at the animals. There were at least ten of them.

"Piper! Blow the ground in front of them, Now!" Chris ordered firmly. Piper did what she was told and luckily the blast frightened the wolves away.

"Where are we?" Phoebe asked. Good question. Chris examined the grey rocks dark sky with narrowed eyes.

"I think it's the third dimension." He said.

"Third? How many of them exist?" Paige asked. "And how do you know which one is that?"

"I don't know exactly how many dimensions are there, but few years ago in my past I did a research about that and this is why I now which is that." Chris explained. Phoebe looked at him with narrowed eyes.

"How did we get there? Did the demon send us there?" She asked. Chris nodded.

"We can say that. He made a gate in which we walked to and that's how we got there." Phoebe wanted to yell and that made Chris looking at her.

"Why didn't you tell that to us? This could have killed us!" she yelled at him finally. Paige looked at her unsurely.

"Phoebe?" she started.

"What?" Phoebe snapped at her.

"He did tell us…" she said slowly watching how her sister's face became red and her eyes wide.

"When?"

"You know, in the kitchen… everybody was there…" Phoebe became as red as possible and turned away from them. Chris just watched her back without emotions on his face. After a while he broke the silence.

"We have to find another gate. I know how we can go back to our dimension." He said and he started to walk away. Paige and Piper followed him and Phoebe walked after the group slowly.

The walk was long and Paige found the situation very awkward, because of the tensed silence, but she couldn't do anything if she hadn't wanted more trouble. After a while they heard a familiar sound.

"The sea is near!" Piper cheered loudly. Chris just glanced at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeh, it's near and the gate too. Come, we are almost there." He said.

"Finally!" Paige muttered. They reached the water quite quickly and while Piper watched the sea with wide and happy eyes, Chris tried to find the gate. Suddenly his senses started to send alerting signs to him.

"Hey! Be careful! The demon is near! Do you have the spell?" he asked nervously. Paige reached into her pocket and pulled out a paper.

"Here it is!" Chris nodded. He walked to the rocks and continued the search when an energy ball collided with the rock next to his head. Too close! He spun around and glared at the demon which stood between him and the sisters.

"How dare you disturb my work?" the demon hissed at them.

"Like that!" Chris snapped. "Read the spell!" Paige wanted to pull out the paper, but she had to orb out when the demon threw an energy ball at her too.

"Piper! Blast him!" Phoebe shouted. "Or at least freeze him!"

"But he looks so funny!" She laughed. Chris saw as an energy ball flew towards Phoebe, who was arguing with Piper. Damn it! He quickly orbed next to her and pushed her to the ground.

"Watch out for God's sake!" he said angrily.

"Sorry." She mumbled. Fortunately Paige orbed back with the paper next to Piper, so Chris orbed Phoebe to them too. The three sisters chanted the spell and he watched with pleasure how the demon burst into flames.

"Is it over?" Paige asked.

"It will be soon." He said. He walked back where he now knew the gate was and touched one of the symbols on the rock. He let that take some form his magic and soon lights appeared around them again and they were send back to the Manor.

"How come we arrived there and no to the forest?" Paige asked with a frown. Chris shrugged.

"I thought we can save an orbing." He replied.

"Chris?" Phoebe started hesitantly.

"Yeh?"

"Can the two of us have a talk ?" She asked looking at her younger and older sisters. Paige nodded and orbed out with Piper. Chris tilted his head to the side and watched her waitingly.

"I wanted to apologize. I haven't been fair with you since the titans. I know when you send us to demon hunts it's just because you want to help, but I'm so scared that this life will lock me away from the mortal world. "She said while she played with her fingers. She looked at him nervously. Chris sat down to the coach and for Phoebe's surprise he smiled at her warmly.

"You know, there was a time for me too, when I didn't care about all of this. I had a loving family and I didn't want more. But for me times have changed and it has nearly killed me. It killed lots of human and magical being too. I just want to prevent this. I know it's hard for you, but it's your future. I just want to save you from the pain what I felt when things went to bad. I want to save everybody, but for that I need you help." This was the first time that he showed his real feelings and his real self to one of the sisters, but he knew that it was necessary.

"Oh…" Phoebe replied and sat down next to him. She was taken aback by his opened behavior and that she wasn't the only one who felt like this. It was comforting to know that Chris was a normal human before he died. (Poor Phoebe)

"Can you tell me, how you died?" she asked. He looked at her with sad eyes. I am alive. But you are right. Part of me died that day. Just Wyatt and Amaranth were the reason of my survival. Why didn't they let me go?

"Darklighter." He sad softly and looked down.

"A darklighter? Weren't you a human?" Phoebe asked.

"I was a witch. And it's a long and painful story. I don't want to talk about this." He said and stood up. Phoebe grabbed his hand and made him look down once more.

"I'm sorry again. Can we start that whole thing again?" she asked with a shy smile.

"Yes, we can." Chris smiled back. Yes, we can, Aunt Phoebe.

In the next chapter the sisters realize that Leo is missing and they start the search. Phoebe will get her empathy power, Piper go crazy (if you watched the series you know what I mean), and Chris and Freyja have to find out something before it will be too late.