Disclaimer: Charmed is not mine because I was like 2 when it started.

Jade 10

We landed back in the attic before Phoebe and Paige did and by that time Chris was angry. His eyes flitted around the room, looking for some invisible foe that was lurking in the shadows.

"Barbus – show yourself you coward" he shouted towards the ceiling, anger evident in his voice.

Paige and Phoebe rematerialized beside me just as Chris began ranting again.

"You know for a fear god your acting a little scared – bit ironic if you ask me" He raged, storming around the attic, his feet eating up the floor.

"Um Chris sweetie…" Phoebe started but Chris obviously wasn't done.

"Why are you hiding, huh? Why send demons after the charmed ones instead of going after them yourself, too scared, too weak or do you prefer demons to do your dirty work" he demanded, not stopping his pacing across the attic that was beginning to give me a headache.

"Chris, listen to us hon…" but Chris paid no heed to Paige's attempt to calm him down.

"Get your sorry ass down here" he screamed and by that point I'd had enough.

"CHRISTOPHER PERRY HALLIWELL" I shouted at the top of my lungs. Phoebe and Paige flinched at the loudness of my voice. Chris stopped pacing and turned around to face me, staring at me like he only just realised I was in the room.

"NOW HAVE WE ALL CALMED DOWN?" I demanded. Everyone stayed quiet. I took a deep breath to calm down and to compose myself.

"Good, now Chris shut up, shouting won't change anything except perhaps give us all headaches, we need to think rationally" I implored. I saw Chris give a grudging smile as he peered over at me.

"What?" I asked. One minute he was shouting his head off the next he looked as cool as a cucumber.

"Nothing, just…you haven't changed, Always know how to keep me from being irrational" He replied, biting his lip to stop from grinning like the Cheshire cat.

I rolled my eyes playfully but smirked. Well someone had to stop him from all the reckless, suicidal missions he always wanted to do, the stupid self-sacrificing prick I thought fondly.

Phoebe and Paige watched out little conversation like a tennis match, smiles plastered on their faces.

"So, how exactly are we gonna vanquish him?" Chris asked as he began flicking through the book.

"There's a vanquishing potion but that's not the problem. The problem is finding him. Barbus is good at hiding, concealing himself. We need to find him before we can vanquish him" Phoebe stated, walking over to the potion brewing pot and adding a few ingredients, Paige soon joined her and they were engrossed in her work.

Chris gently tugged on my arm, nodding his head in direction of the corner of the attic. I guess he wanted to talk about what Barbus had made us reveal. I inwardly cringed.

We glided over to the corner and before long Chris was soothing me.

"Jay, you don't need to be worried about anything I promise. You won't have to do this alone because you know why?" He asked but never gave me time to respond.

"I'll be there, every step of the way. There's no getting rid of me." He said jokingly as he embraced me, circling his arms around me. I laughed and buried my head in his chest.

"I know" I mumbled. "But you have to understand one thing" I said and felt his head nod.

"Nothing that has or hasn't yet happened was your fault, okay? You don't need to be scared of what might happen." I said as I stared into his eyes.

He nodded reluctantly but the fear still remained in his green orbs.

"I'll try" he soothed, and for now that was good enough for me.

An hour later the potion was ready and Paige and Phoebe were raring to go – itching to vanquish one of the most menacing demons ever.

Chris strode into the attic looking hopefully at me.

"Jade you know if you just stayed here then…"

"Shut up Chris" I replied, standing next to the sisters.

"But maybe if…"

"No" I replied defiantly.

"It would be more sa…"

"Christopher" I said, my voice low and it sounded almost like a warning. He shrugged and came to stand next to me. I know he wanted to keep me safe but he couldn't wrap me up in bubble wrap – it doesn't work that way.

He sighed and took my hand, squeezing it gently before orbing us away to the underworld, Phoebe and Paige following.

We materialised in a dark cavern, the smell of mould and dampness obvious. We all looked at each other and a sort of silent communication passed between us. Find demon and demand answers. So that was how we spent out next two hours – scouring the underworld.

As we were walking I suddenly felt a presence behind us. As If on autopilot I turned around and raised my deflection shield just as a knife came spinning through the air. The knife bounced off the shield but by that time the others were alerted.

Chris telekinetically threw it against the wall and Paige orbed the crystals we took around the demon. It was trapped with no means of escape.

We all walked forward but Phoebe was the one on front, her eyes glistening with rage.

"Tell us where Barbus is" she demanded but the demon just looked back smugly at her.

"And if I don't?" he asked cockily and Phoebe held up Barbus' vanquishing potion.

"Well… then we kill you" she stated, a wide smile on her face.

The demon soon coughed up the information and within ten minutes we were standing outside Barbus' lair. It was dank, dark and cold – so cliché for a demon's lair.

Chris stood protectively on front of me as we scanned the cave. There was no sign of Barbus anywhere – in fact it was just an empty cave, no evidence that any demon had stayed here. That was until an eerie chuckle echoed throughout the cave.

"Well, well, well what do we have here? The charmed ones – not the complete set though – and their two sidekicks from the future, it's an honour" Barbus said sarcastically as he stepped out of the shadows, his grey hair falling on his forehead.

"Your acting awfully confident for a demon whose about to be vanquished" Paige said, holding up the vial of potion but Barbus just smiled.

"Here to vanquish me again? How many times have you done that" he responded.

"Yeah, except this time it's for good" phoebe said but Barbus just laughed - like the thought of him being vanquished was the funniest thing he'd ever heard.

"Let's see your greatest fears first shall we" He said and waved his hand on front of him whilst humming quietly to himself.

"You all fear for your loved ones, fear for their deaths and oh my, there's a truck load of guilt there too, quite the dysfunctional family is you ask me." He laughed and I felt Chris' hand tighten around me.

"Yeah, but we have figured out that vanquishing you is more important than our fears – which is why this time you'll be gone for good" Paige shouted and threw the potion at Barbus.

He screamed as fire encircled him, slowly burning him away.

"I'll be back charmed ones, just you wait" he screamed before he combusted in a swirl of fire. We all just looked at each other, small smiles on our faces.

"Well, at least now we can relax" Phoebe stated before we orbed back to the attic.

That night at P3 we all went out to celebrate – even Leo and Piper joined us. We all sat around a table and drank, but I was on orange juice, and had a great night.

Then out the corner of my eye I saw some kind of silent communication pass between Chris and his family. It was subtle but I still noticed it, uh oh, a plan was unravelling.

Chris stood up abruptly, placing his drink on the table and turning to me, his hand extended.

"Dance with me" he said, smiling at my bemused expression.

"What?" I replied, I wasn't big on dancing and Chris wasn't the most coordinated person in the world.

"Come on" he laughed and pulled me to my feet. I glanced back at the family but they didn't look confused, they were smiling like this was what they wanted. To say I was confused was a major understatement.

We joined the mass of swaying bodies and he pulled me against his chest.

"Things are nice, peaceful" he commented. I nodded, everything was different. The world where Chris and I came from there was anger, rage and despair. There was hardly ever peace.

"Which is why I wanted to ask you something" he said and I stared up at him.

"Yeah…" I said, feeling a tad uneasy. Chris just smiled and took something out of his pocket and held it up on front of me. With a jolt I realised it was the engagement ring Chris had given me about two months before he left…

Chris and jade were sitting at a table surrounded in sheet loads of paper. Some were spells whilst others documented important events in the past. Jade was immersed in her work, frowning when things didn't add up. Chris then smiled and took Jade's hand causing her to look up.

"You know I love you right?" he asked and Jade smiled.

"Yeah, why?" she asked. But Chris didn't answer; he looked down and pulled a ring out of his pocket. The gem was Jade, representing his love for her.

She gasped and stared at Chris like he was crazy.

"Chr, Chris" she stuttered, completely in shock.

"Marry me" he said "one day all of this will have changed, a world we created and I want you to be there with me" he said, still holding the ring between his fingers.

Jade's eyes glistened with tears as she nodded her head.

"Yes, of course" she said and he slipped the ring on her finger and they kissed, they had each other and that was what mattered.

Then a couple of months later before Chris had disappeared through he time portal jade had given Chris back the ring.

"Keep this, a reminder to what you're fighting for" she had said.

I just gaped at him as he held the ring.

"Marry me?" he asked and I eagerly nodded. Of course I was going to marry the self-sacrificing prick. He didn't need to ask.

He pushed the ring on my finger and hugged me. Right then I realised we would be okay, because we had each other and I was determined that nobody would break that apart.

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