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Chapter 12- Coins and Glass Hearts
"Chris, I am not going to ask you again, if you don't answer me, she will be dead." Wyatt's voice was flat and final, but patient and sickeningly dull.
Chris flinched physically at this threat.
Struggling to keep his voice calm and level he avoided the scared brown eyes of the witch cowering in front of him. Her blond hair was wet with sweat and blood. Her face and body were cut and bruised everywhere; a large open gash was slashed across her stomach, blood absolutely pouring from it. It pulled around her, staining her dirtied clothes and pooling at Wyatt's feet.
"And what would that solve, exactly?" looking anywhere but her or Wyatt's eyes, "another dead witch, another body to clean up after and I still can't tell you."
Chris wanted to help her but wasn't in any position to. He was chained to the wall and Wyatt had successfully bound his powers. They now were dangling around his neck in Chris' own small glass heart pendant, the one with the triquetta. They took the form of a flickering bouncing little light that changed colors cycling through blues and purples and deep greens that reflected off of the glass and illuminated it, making it stand out. If it wasn't his powers causing that light show, Chris would have thought it was quite beautiful… Wyatt had also fastened a band around his arm that would prevent any of his whitelighter powers from working… He had no choice but to watch as Wyatt tortured the young witch to try and get him to talk.
"I don't think you fully understand the weight of this situation…" Wyatt scowled losing some of his infinite calm. He lashed out with his arm, an energy ball forming mid slash, it released and collided fully with the girl's chest; a crimson flower bloomed and blood poured. Her eyes dilated with fear a second before the ball had made contact, and the lost, hopeless look was not forever etched on her dead, cold eyes.
Chris had seen many, many, brutal, gory murders but in his weakened state it appeared to be too much for him to comprehend at the moment. He leaned forward as far as he could and wretched onto the blood stained floor. He spat out more blood.
"It's not a game, I was being merciful—"
"I'd hate to see what you call cruel." Chris stated lowly, angrily, his head was bent, refusing to look at his brother.
"If you would just tell me…" Wyatt stepped forward menacingly.
That would have been easier… but there were over 100,000 people at the resistance's safe house… it hadn't been the most well thought out plan, but it had worked at least. He couldn't yield the location or Wyatt would take out the entire resistance and all his major enemies since the people who were strong enough to put a dent in Wyatt's regime were all members of the resistance. He couldn't be responsible for 100,000 deaths of innocents… plus his parents and aunts were still there.
"Yes, I was being merciful… maybe this time I should summon… Bianca" Chris lurched forward violently in protest, "Maybe young Ashton? It's been awhile since I've seen our friend." Chris' anger was provoked by his words. How he threatened the only people he still had left.
"You wouldn't kill Bianca… you'd have no leverage over me then… And Ash… he's protected by the resistance's protective spells." Chris muttered hoping that his friend hadn't chosen to leave the resistance walls… he'd promised…
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[flashback
"Chris… please, let us come with you. We can help you, we're a team remember?" His eyes were searching, pleading, desperate. Something that shocked Chris seeing as Ash usually was calm and kept any of his emotions that didn't consist of happy to himself. So much so that growing up, all of their peers had thought that Ash had been incapable of human emotion other than happiness. Chris, Bianca and Wyatt were the only ones who knew different.
"How could I forget? It's not forever, I promise." Chris smiled what was supposed to be a comforting smile.
"Please Chris, I couldn't live if I thought you died or something." Ash continued to plead.
"Ash, I've already tried, he's determined." Bianca placed her hand on her other friend's shoulder, "We'll kick ass back here and you do the same in the past, okay?" The two of them knew she was just trying to be strong, but the tears that were falling down her cheeks gave her real feelings away.
"Babe, don't cry," Chris flicked his finger, a blue light shimmered around her face and flicked the tears away.
"Ash, take care of her while I'm gone." His voice was final but gentle.
"So there's no way I can convince you to let me come?"
"Nope," Chris smiled and was relieved that Ash hadn't put up a bigger fight, "It's the stubborn Halliwell in me."
"Well, it was worth a try… listen… Chris, take this," He held a small round coin up, "It's not really a quarter, just hold it and think of me if you are in any trouble and I will find you ok?"
Chris smiled, "Thanks man," He slipped the small coin in his pocket not really having any intention of using it, "You listen too, stay within the walls of the resistance… not only to keep things orderly… but for your safety… I guarantee that when Wyatt figures out I'm gone he'll summon you and Bi… He'll know the moment you step outside… but if you're here you're safe… so both of you, stay within the walls of the resistance."
Both looked slightly put out but didn't feel like arguing…
"Alright…"
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And they had stayed… For a while. Bianca had been the only one really on duty at the time when one of the mission squads called in for help. She had weighed the situation… there were 30 witches on that squad… Chris' words had played out in her mind but her moral won out. She had flamed to where the squad was and while managed to help all of them escape, Wyatt had captured her.
[end flashback
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"I wonder what you're thinking." Wyatt smirked. Because he had the heart with Chris' powers, he could tap into them. He used Chris' power of telepathy. A wide malevolent grin spread across his face.
Chris paled… had Wyatt seen… what he was thinking about???
Damn…
"I'll show you just how serious I am, little brother." He reached his hand towards Chris' pocket, and retrieved the small silver coin.
Chris paled. Frantically he tried to clear his mind of any thought especially of Ash. But just seeing the coin… reminded him how much he missed his best friend… No, clear mind… Ash…
Wyatt pried open Chris' hand which he had shut instinctively and placed the coin inside forcing his fist closed. As soon as the cold metal touched him Chris' brain reacted knowing what it was… he thought of Ash.
No... Don't come… don't come…
But inside Chris knew that he would because he had promised and they had never broken a promise to each other before.
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"Actually before you tell me anything… Paige… Phoebe… may I speak to you in private??" Ash asked the two sisters. His eyes darting towards the younger two sisters and then back at Piper and Leo, trying to send them a message… thankfully, Phoebe with her empathy powers picked up on it. He had wanted to leave the two of them alone so they could deal with the shock of finding out they had another son… he had begun to see the signs of their shock wearing off.
Phoebe and Paige nodded quietly, shooting one last parting glance at their other half of the party and then followed the brown-haired boy out the door. The second the door was closed the other two rounded on him.
"Okay mister, you better explain." Phoebe said anxiously.
"Chill Pheebs, good thinking, Ash… Let's go sit down and tackle this like people… like normal people… yeah who am I kidding?" Paige groaned in frustration, "Who finds out that their whitelighter from the future is really their nephew???"
"Oh my god, Paige! We were so horrible to him…"
"Yeh… I know…"
Ash watched this exchange silently wondering what his friend went through.
"Why don't you start from the beginning and really tell me everything this time."
They nodded.
Phoebe began to speak and recounted the events of the time they had known Chris.
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"Chris can't be our son… he just… can't… he just can't be our son… oh Leo! Chris can't be our son can he?" Piper wailed quietly her brain on overload, "I mean we're basically divorced for god's sake."
"Unless something happened…" Leo said quietly, "I don't want to believe it any more than you." Leo stated almost shocked by how coldly his words came out.
"But this explains everything really… how he knew... us, the manor… how he knew little Prue from the future… how he knew… me from the future…" Always logical.
"No! He can't be our son… I don't want to believe it… if he is then… then… I've been so horrible to him. "
"We all have… but we didn't know."
"We still don't know… not for sure… That Ashton kid could be lying… Besides… while some things fit together… others are just made more confusing… " Piper scoffed.
"Yeah, I know… if Chris is really our son… which we don't know for sure… why would he not want to be conceived? Why would he have split us up? Why would he have sent me to Valhalla?"
She'd never really liked Chris. She'd always be biased against him; in her eyes because of him Leo had to leave and he was always so neurotic and odd… everything about him constantly annoyed her… the way he was so stubborn… just like her… the way that he was so quick-witted and sarcastic… dammit… just like her… the way he ran his hand through his hair when he was frustrated or stressed… Oh, God… Just like her… the way that his eyes lit up when he was around her… Just… like… Leo… Oh. My.God.
"Leo… Oh, God… Leo, he's ours. Chris is ours…" She gasped the weight of the discovery crushing into her. Chris had only wanted to help and she had hated and not trusted him every step of the way. Oh god, she had kicked him out… of his own house! She had hurt her son. Oh God.
Unable to take it anymore, Piper brought her hands up to her face, squeezing her elbows in, trying to make herself smaller while hot tears ran down her arms and tremors shook her body. And suddenly she couldn't stop thinking about him when just a few days ago all she had wanted was to forget about him and get him out of her life…
Where was he? What was happening to him? Was he hurt? Was he ok? He wasn't… dea—no… she couldn't think about that… that thought… it hurt worse than ever before and a new fresh wave of tears ripped themselves from her eyes.
"Shh… Piper, It's okay…"
"No it's not!!!" She cried and then suddenly Leo's arms were wrapped around her… holding her like he had done so many times before. Whenever she was sad and crying, when Prue died… And oh God, she was so tired, so tired. She wanted to see Chris but she couldn't take it anymore. She wanted to apologize but her muscles were so tired and her whole body ached. She leaned into Leo, unconsciously wondering why she ever let him go and allowed unconsciousness swallowed her.
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Phoebe was not exactly sure how long she talked… but she did… she'd always found that talking had always soothed her nerves when she was in great stress… and she was in VERY great stress right now. And here Ash was, giving her an opportunity to talk and talk and talk and talk until she couldn't anymore and she sure as hell wasn't going to pass it up.
Paige piped in every once and a while but for the most part Phoebe did all of the talking, she told Ash about how mean they were to Chris when he first showed up and what had happened when Bianca showed up and just everything. By the time she was both done she had tears streaming down her face and Paige looked likewise.
"We can't just fix everything… he had good intentions… we were horrible… but we were right sometimes, weren't we??? Were we at all?? Who was wrong? Were we wrong? Was Chris? I mean, he just shows up… what were we supposed to do??? Welcome him with open arms?" She gasped and looked up desperately for any signs she might be right, but Paige was staring the other direction and Ash was looking at her with a blank, impassive expression.
"… We knew nothing… we still know nothing… besides he's Piper and Leo's son… we know we can trust him… but how are we supposed to put all the negatives away and love him? I want to… more than anything… but how wrong is that that we just decided to love him because we found out we're related…"
Ash blinked, "But he can't face rejection, not anymore, now that you know… It'd kill him." He stiffened thinking about his friend, "but the Chris that you will love in the future… for however long or whatever amount… has been dead for so long now anyways." He shook his head at their questioning glances.
"I guess you'll want to deal with this shock." His words were cold, "I'll go check on Leo and Piper." He stood slowly. His penetrating gaze never leaving the faces of the two younger sisters, and just as slowly he began to walk towards the door.
Suddenly, before his hand touched the doorknob, he froze. His eyes dilated for a minute.
"Ash… what's—"
"Chris," The young man whispered. He was calling for him, he had used the coin… for Chris to ask for any type of help… it had to be… it had to be more serious than he wanted to think about… Something had happened, Oh, god. Chris…
He pulled the other coin out of his pocket that he had kept for himself… with his power he tapped into the enchantment that he had placed on the coin—the one that would let it find its brother almost anywhere. His body was lifted into the air and a feeling of weightlessness had overcome him. And then he was gone. Thrown through space to the unknown of wherever his best friend was.
Phoebe gasped… what he the hell had just happened?
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