Fix you
Halliwell Manor
Kitchen
"Good morning, sweetie," Piper told Phoebe, as she prepared a bottle for Wyatt.
"Morning," Phoebe said sleepy, sitting on a chair. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine…" Piper sighed. "But I'm worried about Wyatt and about you."
"About me?" Phoebe quietly asked.
"Yeah, about you… Why are you still here? You were supposed to be with Jason, you have a flight to catch," Piper said in frustration.
"I won't go back to Hong Kong today. I already talked to Jason about it," Phoebe informed her.
"What?" Piper looked at her in disbelief.
"I didn't break up with him… I just said that I still have a couple of things to do here," Phoebe explained.
"Cole…" Piper sighed.
"I can't just ignore what happened last night," Phoebe started to say and, when she noticed the anger in her sister's face, she added: "I'm not saying I want him back."
"I hope not!" Piper shouted, her eyes growing wide.
"But I definitely still love him, Piper…" Phoebe said softly. "And yesterday when I saw him again, when I felt his feelings, when I learned about the Source's possession… How could I not notice it? He's right, I should know… I just thought he wanted the power and vanquished him. He was suffering and I did nothing to help him…"
Piper sighed. "I already told you, it's not your fault… You loved him, you cared about him…"
Phoebe let out a sad smile. "But my love wasn't enough to save him from the Source. And I think that hurt him more than his vanquish…"
It's only a matter of time until she forgave him, Piper thought. "Sweetie, I know you're confused. Cole was a big time of your life... Look, we can use a spell or a potion to help you…" she suggested.
"A spell or a potion?" Phoebe frowned. "For what?"
"To make you forget Cole… Maybe we can cast a spell to make him forget you too. What do you think?" Piper asked.
Phoebe looked at her sister in disbelief. How could she even be imagining this? "This is craziness," she shook her head. "You can't use magic to erase our feelings for each other."
"Phoebe," Piper said softly.
"No," Phoebe picked herself up. "I know you're trying to help, but this is insane!"
"I have a son, Phoebe. A son who needs my help. I don't believe Wyatt will turn evil, but… what happened yesterday…" Piper let out a deep sigh. "He healed Cole… Gideon said…"
"Gideon is an idiot!" Phoebe said angrily. "Wyatt did nothing wrong! He helped someone who needs be healed… Cole didn't attack us, he was caught in the middle of our problems… The Order wanted Cole, because of his human soul."
Piper rolled her eyes. "Yeah, they wanted him to turn my son evil… Don't forget this little detail."
"It was a ritual of sacrifice, where Cole was the victim!" Phoebe said impatiently. "It wasn't his fault, Piper. Maybe that's why Wyatt healed him…"
Piper breathed. It was almost impossible to argue with her sister. "Okay, okay… I understand that Cole wasn't involved in Wyatt's kidnapping. And I believe that he was possessed by the Source. He was under the truth spell and couldn't lie about it. But he's still evil and dangerous. He killed innocents, Phoebe. I know he tried to be good. But it wasn't enough…"
"Maybe the powers he collected in the Wasteland drove him insane…" Phoebe said.
Piper shook her head in frustration. "I don't believe that, Phoebe. You need to accept the truth. He just couldn't resist to the temptation to do evil. It's in his nature."
"I could have stripped him from his powers…" Phoebe said.
"Yeah, you could, but you didn't," Piper said softly. "Cole crossed some lines, sweetie. There's no coming back…"
Phoebe sighed. "I know…"
"I'm sorry," Piper said.
Piper watched as her sister walked away and sighed. Phoebe was always blind when it came to Cole.
Attic
Chris looked at the Book of Shadows and sighed. He didn't have much time, not only because of the spell his brother cast on him, but also because his parents were not together anymore. The damaged he had caused to Piper and Leo's relationship was putting in danger his own existence.
Chris did the math. If Piper didn't get pregnant soon, he wouldn't be born, which meant he wouldn't be coming back from the future to warn the Charmed Ones about Wyatt turning evil.
He needed to find a way to put them together again.
Before it was too late.
But what he could do?
A potion?
A spell?
Chris spent the next two days trying to figure out a way to put Piper and Leo together. He decided to cast a spell to make them sleep together. However, he seemed to have done something wrong, because they fell asleep next to each other on the couch.
And when they woke up, they just started a little fight, because Piper refused to put Wyatt at the Magic School.
Great, just great!
After his failed attempt to use a spell, Chris tried to use a potion. But then things went out of control again and Piper suddenly felt attracted for her neighbor, a seventy year old man.
The situation was awkward. Chris noticed a twinkle in the old man's eyes, as his mother tried to seduce him. When the potion lost its effects, Piper's face flushed red in embarrassment and she locked herself in her room.
Fortunately, the Charmed Ones were too busy with their own problems and didn't blame him for all this mess. Phoebe was confused, because of her feelings for Cole. Paige was having a hard time dealing with her boyfriend, Richard, and Piper was in constant denial about what would happen to Wyatt in the future.
And there he was, in the manor attic again.
"Chris, are you here?" he heard Phoebe's voice.
"Yeah," he replied.
Phoebe slowly walked to him. "Looking for something?"
He just nodded.
"You're still looking for the demon you think will turn Wyatt evil," she said.
Chris nodded. "I know you don't believe me…"
Phoebe shook her head. "It's hard to believe… I mean, Wyatt is part witch, part Whitelighter. He's like you and Paige," Phoebe told him.
"But he'll turn and I need to stop it," Chris said.
But first I need to keep myself alive.
Phoebe looked up at him and noticed how tired he was. "You have been through a lot in your life, haven't you?" she asked.
Chris sucked in a deep breath, then looked at her. "You have no idea…"
Phoebe was about to say something, but when she touched a page of the Book of Shadows, she had a premonition.
It was a nightclub, a man secretly put something in a woman's drink at the bar. The woman drank it.
"Are you okay?" Chris asked in concern.
Phoebe gasped. "I have a premonition," she said. "It's weird…"
"Why?"
"I saw a man putting something in a woman's drink…" she explained.
"Do you know this man?" Chris asked.
"No… I…," Phoebe muttered, then stopped, as she looked at the book. "It's him… I was holding this page when I got the premonition."
Chris looked at the page and started to read it: "Faustus. A powerful and evil magical being, who lures his victims into his dark cave, where he tortures and kills them," he closed the book and sighed. "Do you know where he attacks this woman?"
"In a nightclub," Phoebe said.
"P3?"
"No… Another one, I know the place… Le Chat Noir," she replied.
"Call your sisters, we need to go there," Chris said.
Le Chat Noir
Cole Turner shimmered in front of the nightclub and sighed. He didn't want to go back to San Francisco any time soon, but he needed to vanquish this demon. He was the only one who kidnapped him and took him to the Order.
And he would pay for it.
He was about to enter the club, when the Charmed Ones orbed in with Chris.
"Cole?" Phoebe frowned, as she saw him standing at the entrance of the club. "What are you doing here?" she asked in surprise.
Cole stepped back. He wanted to ask the same question. "Demon hunting. And you?"
"Demon hunting? Are you looking for Faustus?" she asked.
How did she know?, Cole wondered. "You can go back home, I can handle it," he said, turning his back to them.
Paige crossed her arms against her chest. "Don't be arrogant, Cole," she said.
"I had a premonition… He'll attack a woman," Phoebe said softly, looking at his eyes. "Why are you after him?"
"Because he was the one who kidnapped me and took me to the Order," Cole quietly explained.
"Did this bastard take part on what happened to Wyatt?" Piper asked angrily.
Chris rolled his eyes. "We don't have time to argue, we need to save the innocent, remember?"
"And who are you?" Cole asked. He had seen this guy at the manor, but didn't know who he was.
"He's our new Whitelighter," Phoebe explained. "He's from the future… It's a long story."
"And we don't have time to explained it to you," Paige said impatiently. "C'mon, we need to save this woman. Let's pretend it's like the old times, when you wouldn't try to kill us," she looked at Cole with a smirk.
Cole rolled his eyes. "Fine, but I want to vanquish Faustus," he said.
Paige shurugged. "Agree. C'mon, we can't waste time," she said firmly.
A/N: Thank you for the reviews, follows and favorites. I'm glad you're enjoying this story.
Piper will find out soon that Chris is her son. Let's see how she'll react.
