Hello everybody. I'm back and even quicker then the las time. Woohoo! I know, I know, it probably still was too long, but hey. Better late then never right?

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Chrissy.W.x, always love to hear from you. And if you read my other reviews you'll see that not everybody got it 100. For one time in the life of this fic I wanted to be nice and not overdo my cliffy and again it's wrong!!Reviewers, you can never please them:-)))))

Dear MissHaunted, don´t you worry! I could never permanently hurt our poor baby. Even thinking about killing him ... uh gives me the creeps. You can keep reading this fic, because that will never happen. But hurting him a little...ok a lot, it can´t be that bad, hu? (smile) How else am I gonna get everybody and with that myself to fuss over him?

Darkemberdagger. Wow, I´m flattered. Hope you are also gonna like it till the end.

And thanks for all the other revs,which have supported me since day one of my baby. God, I can't believe that it's almost been a year.

So, dinner is served. Enjoy your meal!!!

The person you've called...

It had all happened so god damned fast. One moment everything seemed fine and the next she and her sister had been hurled across the room, the aftermath of which had left them crumpled on the floor and unconscious.

But something had happened in between, something important. A tiny detail which Phoebe now realized could be vital for Chris´s and Piper´s survival.

Her head snapped over to the door where her sister was still sitting propped up against the wall. "Paige, he´s right!"

But Paige who hadn´t been able to hear Chris´s complete statement from the other side of the room felt slightly confused about what Phoebe was talking about. "What...?"

"The potion... The demon threw a potion when he shimmered in! Chris thinks that´s the reason why Leo doesn´t come. Remember what happened in the future? Might be the same stuff that kept Leo and Wyatt from hearing Chris´ calls when Piper died!!!"

Paige finally understanding what Phoebe meant nodded. "Yeah, I think you are right. This is not like Leo. He promised he wouldn´t let the elders put us on mute again especially with Chris still sick!!"

Phoebe was trying to think through the pain and fear she felt to find a way out of this. "Paige, can you try to get out of the room? I don´t know if that will be enough, but we gotta try!!! It´s our only chance..."

Paige had already nodded and started moving. As she was sitting right next to the door frame she only had to roll over on her stomach to be far enough in the middle of the door to pull herself through.

But this was no easy task and made her even more aware of the pain she was in because her shoulder and leg were clearly not happy with what she was doing. That´s why she couldn´t help the grunts that managed to escape her lips.

Meanwhile Phoebe, relieved that finally something was happening, turned her attention back to her injured sister and nephew. She quickly checked on Piper again but there was no change, so she concentrated on Chris.

His eyes were still open but glazed over and Phoebe wasn't sure if he heard her when she called out his name. His body was constantly wracked with coughs that sounded nothing but painful and blood curling and pushed more and more precious blood out of his body.

The only thing left for Phoebe to do in this situation was giving him physical contact hoping that he could somehow feel that he was not alone. She held Chris´s hand and cupped the side of his face. He leaned into her touch while she whispered over and over again "You´re gonna be ok. Everything will be fine. I promise."

When Paige was half out the door she turned over onto her back and started calling for Leo again. She cursed when she still didn't receive an answer. "Shit! This is one hell of a potion!"

So she sat up slightly with the help of her unharmed arm and started pushing with her other leg, hoping she could move faster this way. What Paige hadn´t expected was that the moment she pulled her foot through the door all four walls, the floor, the ceiling and even the space between the panels of the door frame started glowing in a shiny shade of yellow only to return to normal a few seconds later.

She exchanged a look with Phoebe. "That must have been it!" Then she turned her head towards the ceiling of the hallway and screamed "LEO!" She sagged back down on her elbows when not even 2 seconds later blue orbs appeared next to her which started forming into her favorite because only brother in law."Finally!"

But he stood with his back to the door so that the only saw an injured Paige on the floor. She didn't even have the time to tell him that she wasn't as badly hurt as certain other people, so fast had he started healing her. "Paige, what happened ?"

She wanted to answer but was interrupted by her middle sister. "Leo! Come on, I need your help over here!" Phoebe called while she moved from Chris's side to behind his head. She lifted him up a little to rest his upper body against her thighs and got him in a slightly elevated position which make his breathing a little easier.

When he heard the desperate tone in Phoebe´s voice Leo spun around and couldn´t believe his eyes when he saw what was going on in the room behind him. "Piper! Chris! What is going on here? "He jumped up and ran over to the rest of his family followed closely by Paige who settled next to Piper close to where Leo knelt down next to Phoebe and Chris.

From what he could see Piper had a head injury which can be tricky and also very dangerous for the baby but his instinct and medical training told Leo that Chris needed help first.

But not even the best training in the world or a life time of experience in war and mayhem can prepare a father enough to see his own child bleeding on the floor hanging on to life by nothing but a thread.

Chris had experienced several close calls since he went up against Scradon, but never had Leo been as afraid of loosing him as he was right in that moment.

His grown up youngest was shaking uncontrollably and clearly already in shock. His skin had developed a frightening shade of gray and his breathing just sounded downright scary despite the better position.

The pain was clearly etched into his features and if it wouldn´t have been for Chris´s open eyes Leo would have sworn that someone with a blood loss as extensive as his son's would have passed out long ago.

Not loosing any more time Leo moved his hands towards Chris's chest and whispered "Don´t worry buddy. You´ll be ok in just a minute."

But before he could apply his healing power Chris grabbed his hands and locked his gaze with his fathers.

Phoebe asked "Chris what..."

"No!" Chris grunt out. His eyes never left his fathers and were radiating pain just as much as fierce determination.

Leo didn't understand why Chris refused to be healed but knew that every minute counted so he tried again.

But Chris just pushed his hands away with more force than anyone would have expected at this point. "NO!!!!" A force which was obviously slightly more than he actually possessed and made him fisting his right hand in a piece of the bed´s comforter he could grab to keep himself from crying out.

Then Leo had enough. He moved his hands past Chris defenses and grabbed his face left and right to get Chris attention. "Chris! Please listen to me! Let me heal you and then..."

But Chris just started shaking his head in his father´s grasp. "I said NO!!!"

"Why!?" Leo was desperate now. He could see how Chris was getting weaker.

And if Leo hadn't looked at Chris face and lips he would not have understood the answer, as the young witchlighter could hardly find the energy to whisper anymore. "Mum ... first!"

At this moment any anger or frustration Leo might have ever felt towards Chris disappeared into thin air. He finally understood. Chris loved his family so much that he was ready to do anything for them, to give anything for them. He was willing to pay any price to save the ones he loved.

And what a price he had paid. Chris had allowed them to question him every step of the way and doubt his motives whenever he did something they couldn't understand. He let them hurt him, even throw him out of his own house when everything he ever wanted was to make sure his family was ok.

He wanted them to have that ridiculously happy future Leo and the girls dreamed of and not the nightmare he had had to suffer every day. So he took it upon himself to right all the wrongs he wasn't ever responsible for.

And now he was ready to give his most precious possession to save his mother. His life.

Leo quickly glanced over his shoulder at his wife´s pale face and than back to Chris pleading eyes. "Please." he practically begged.

And what other option did Leo have, really. They were loosing precious time and Chris wouldn´t change his mind any time soon. Leo should actually consider himself happy. Which father could really say that he knew just how stubborn his child was gonna be before it was even born?

He couldn´t blame it on Piper alone either, because if one of them had given in when they fought for their right to found a family Chris wouldn´t even exist. But neither had and now Chris probably got a share of that strong will from both his parents.

But then again if Chris wasn´t as stubborn as he turned out to be he probably wouldn´t have come to the past either or would have left the day his father threatened him with a sword in a cage.

Boy, was he gonna apologize for that.

So eventually Leo nodded. "Ok." And his face showed Chris that he understood why Chris needed it that way when he ran a hand down his baby boy´s cheek before turning away.

Leo crouched down next to Piper and Paige and quickly started to heal the cut on her forehead and any other internal damage their might have been. When she started to wake up he didn´t lose any time and left Piper in the arms of her baby sister knowing she was safe there to finally help his son.

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The first thing Piper felt was the warm and tingling feeling of Leo´s healing powers. After all this time she knew exactly what that felt like. It always left her lingering in that cozy sphere of pure happiness and satisfaction. At least when he brought her back from unconsciousness. But it only ever lasted until she opened her eyes.

And today, coming back was especially rude. "Oh God, Chris!"

Because the first thing she saw after her vision had cleared was her bleeding son in her sisters arms and her husband kneeling next to them. Piper wanted to get over to them immediately but she felt an arm around her shoulders holding her back. When she looked at the owner of the offending limb she found Paige who tried to keep her calm.

"It´s ok Piper. Give it a minute. Think about the baby. Leo is handling it now, he´s gonna heal him." Hearing that Piper decided to stay where she was for the requested minute.

She still felt a little dizzy and her lower back was giving her some trouble so maybe it wasn't such a bad idea to get a little more rest. After she had made that decision she leaned a little more towards her sister, who hugged her a little closer, and put a protective hand on her stomach.

Meanwhile Leo moved his hands back over Chris´s chest and looked at Chris for confirmation that he could finally heal him now.

Piper didn't understand why Leo wasn't doing anything until Chris looked at his father and nodded muttering a weak "Thanks" Obviously something had happened between the two and she made a mental note to ask them about it later.

Everybody released a breath of relief when the golden glow finally started to flow from Leo´s hands right into Chris´s body and the sickening blood that had spread over his shirt and pooled around his body slowly but steadily disappeared. Especially Chris as he was now actually breathing instead of drowning on his mother´s bedroom floor.

Chris visibly relaxed back into his aunts arms and weakly smiled at his father who beamed back down at him. Phoebe was really sick of her headache by now and lightly tipped her brother in law on the shoulder and motioned towards her head once she got his attention. The extra strong 'Help me, I´m suffering over here' pout on Phoebe's face spurted Leo into action and he reached over to help her.

That done Leo wanted to start getting his son back into bed and his wife taken care of but stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Chris pulling his forehead into a frown. "Chris? What's wrong buddy?"

But Chris couldn't really say what it was. He suddenly felt just ... wrong. "I...uh..."

"Chris?" Now Phoebe, too, realized that something wasn't how it was supposed to be. And that's when the pain started.

It forced Chris to squeeze his eyes shut. It was racing through his body, seemed to find it´s way into every nerve ending there was in his body. It was so bad that it forced his back to arch of the floor and his hands to ball into tight fists. But the epicenter, so to speak was located in his head, which felt like it wanted to explode any second. It was the kind of pain that made hitting your head against a hard surface in need of some self-controlled pain suddenly sound very appealing.

Chris couldn't believe it. His torture had just moments ago been stopped by his father and now it started all over again? Can't you cut me some slack for a change????

Leo didn't understand what was happening . He had just healed Chris for heaves´s sake. He should be fine!!! But here he was cramping on the floor. Leo tried calling Chris name a few times, but when neither that nor both his aunts calls seemed to work, he cradled his son´s face between his hands again and forced him to look at him.

"Chris? Chris, come on... Look at me! What is happening?"

But all Chris managed to get out was "I... God!... I don't know!... God Dad!..."

"Shh... It´s ok Chris. Just hang on a minute. I´ll try healing you again."

And he did, again and again. But nothing seemed to work. He could hear Paige mumbling a few "Oh god"s and "What's wrong with him?"s behind him and there was the marginal thought why he hadn't heard or seen anything from Piper yet, but got distracted when without apparent reason Chris stopped convulsing. He just slumped back against his aunt and his eyes became unfocused before they finally closed and his entire body went limp.

Leo was pretty sure he had seen enough of Chris blood for one day...Hell for a lifetime. But of course fate wasn't very considerate of that (when was it ever really) and provided him with another near heart attack when Leo saw the crimson red liquid that started pouring out of Chris nose. Chris's head was now slightly leaning to the left side so it left a bloody trail down his cheek in direction of his neck were it for would start soaking Phoebe's trousers for sure.

But then he was pulled out of his shock when he suddenly heard Piper behind him. "Oh god no! Leo!!!"

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A few moments earlier

Piper was happy that her family was ok now that Phoebe was healed too. Chris had looked bad but now he seemed to be better...Tired but better. It was so back to bed with him no matter how much he would fight. She was his mother no matter how old he was.

But before she could say any such thing Piper was suddenly hit with a wave of dizziness and if she hadn't still been sitting on the floor she would now for sure be. She also couldn't see clear anymore. Everything was fuzzy and unfocused. Any noises there might have been seemed to come from a mile away.

It had happened so quick that she didn't have the time to warn anybody and now she didn't seem to be able to concentrate enough to form a coherent sentence.

Her back was nagging her more and more now and sitting in that position became really uncomfortable. And then there was that weird pain in her stomach as well. Like the baby was kicking, but really painful.

And then it all just came together for her. The baby, my baby. Oh god no! Please don´t let me lose my baby.

As if to confirm her suspicion she sluggishly moved a hand between her legs and when it came back up, all she could see was her hand coated in blood.

"Oh god no! Leo!!!"

Leo spun around and if she could have seen his face Piper would have recognized a mirror image her own shock and fear displayed on his. Piper was wearing a pair of black trousers so nobody had been able to see the blood.

Paige now also realized what was happening and held on tighter to Piper when she slumped to the side suddenly on the verge of consciousness. Her clean arm was now tightly wrapped around her stomach while the stained one had fallen to her side.

Within seconds Leo was by her side applying his healing glow to Piper and the baby all the while begging whatever power might hear him: Please don´t let me be to late. I can´t lose him. Please don´t let us lose our baby, our son, before he´s even born!!!

Paige shifted behind Piper so that she was holding her like Phoebe held Chris. And the two younger sisters had something else in common: They were holding onto their precious cargo while tears were cascading down their cheeks at the sheer terror of the situation.

And then they changed into tears of happiness when they saw the blood on both their sister and nephew fade away which meant that the damage was undone and Chris was safe. They both had seen Chris slowly cease to exist when his conception had been in danger, and this Chris was definitely still solid and very much alive.

When Piper was fully healed she slumped against Paige exhausted. Her youngest sister grabbed her even tighter, grateful that the tables had been turned in the last second. Leo fell back on his knees. He was still in a daze from what had just happened. He squeezed Pipers hand and whispered "I'll be back in a second" before he let go of the women he loved carrying his second child and moved back to his son and Phoebe.

Chris seemed to be asleep in his aunts loving embrace. He was still awfully pale, but not deathly pale anymore and the shades under his eyes stood out more than ever. Leo carefully caressed his face trying to rouse him to see if he was ok.

"Chris? Hey Chris, can you hear me?"

"Dad?" came the muffled reply.

"Yeah, it's me. You ok buddy?"

"Tired... wanna sleep..."

Chris sounded like a four year old which made Leo smile. "I know Chris. Just a minute than you can sleep all you want."

And with that Leo scooped his twenty two year old son up and lifted him into his arms. Once he stood he turned to Phoebe. "Hey, could you help me with the covers?"

Phoebe instantly jumped into action and helped Leo to get Chis into the much warmer and more comfortable bed. There Chris turned onto his side and instantly fell asleep, too tired to stay awake any longer.

Once Leo made sure Chris was fine he moved back to Piper who stared at her resting son and crouched down besides her. "We almost lost him Leo. I never would have survived that." That was the last thing she said before she lost control and she started sobbing. Leo carefully removed her from Paige's arms, who stood up and stepped on shaky legs over to Phoebe, and cradled her into his own and just let her cry into his shoulder.

"Ssh,Piper. Everything is alright now. He is save. Nothing will happen to him. Come on, you need to get some rest."

Leo carried her over to the bed and settled her next to Chris. She instantly put one of her hands on Chris´s heart and the other on her belly, as if to make sure that he was really still there and alive.

Then Leo turned back to his sisters in law. "Why don´t we all get some rest. Judging by that scorch mark over there the danger is over and we've all been through a lot just now."

Phoebe and Paige had no problem with that and after some thinking Leo helped them to move the little couch next to the bed where they both found some space.

After what had just happened and everything they had been through since Chris collapsed in the first place they just needed to be together. Nothing else mattered. Knowing that they were all safe was what what was most important now.

Leo found his place with his wife and son on the bed. He put one arm around Chris from where he was positioned against Chris´s back and grabbed Pipers hand that was still pressed over his heart. This way they could both watch over him.

There is one more chapter coming. Probably some sort of epilogue. So please keep reviewing and I´ll keep writing. That a deal?