AN. Last chapter! Sorry for the English. Enjoy!

Chapter 14

Everyone was silent, even the demons watched with bated breaths at the fire that consumed the little family. As the fire and smoke cleared all you could see was Chris's form lying on top on his family, as if he had been protecting them. The family, thinking they were all death, got more angry than ever before and within seconds the remaining demons had been vanquished. Tears had appeared in everybody's eyes as Piper ran to her son, sobs wracking her body. "No, nononono, please no!"She said as she neared the bodies.

A groan was heard, some coughs and moving could be seen from under Chris. "Mommy?" Sophia asked, Jason was coughing and Bianca was trying to move. The only one remaining silent and unmoving was Chris. "Chris?" Bianca asked, trying to move the body above her. Chris didn't move, "Chris?" Bianca asked, this time more urgent, fear creeping in her voice. "Jason? Sophia?" She asked then, getting two answers. Bianca sighed in relieve, if they could talk they should be okay at least. "Chris, sweetie, please wake up!" Bianca said, still not really knowing what was wrong with Chris and if he was even alive.

Lynn and Prue had gotten Sophia and Jason from under their parents and were now scanning for injuries, they hoped that hey had come in time, and it seemed like they had. The twins only had some bruises. "Oh, thank god, I don't know what would have happened if they had been seriously injured" Lynn said, but she was still afraid for her daughter and son-in-law. Wyatt, Paige were starting to heal the twins, while Leo got Bianca. Bianca had been hurt some more, but it was pretty obvious that Chris had succeeded in protecting his family. Bianca had an broken arm from the fall and some burns. Sadly Chris wasn't so lucky, the skin that was visible had all been burned, and it seemed like his clothes had melted into his skin. It was truly an awful sight.

Piper hugged Chris to her body, crying, begging desperately for him to wake up. Soon Bianca joined her. "Piper, Bianca I need you two to move away from Chris" Wyatt said, motioning for the family to help him. Wyatt then felt for a pulse. "Come on little brother, you aren't one to give up, think about your family! Please Chris give me a pulse" and after some searching Wyatt got his wish. He found a pulse, a very weak one, but still a pulse. "O thank god!" Wyatt yelled, he immediately started to heal, Leo and Paige joining is fairly quickly. It took a long time, which showed them how close Chris had gotten to death, but in the end Chris coughed, and opened his eyes. "Ahhhh, my head" were the first words he spoke. Bianca laughed through her tears. Soon her laugh stopped and she advanced on the poor man.

"How dare you scare me like that! If you ever even think about going to the brink of death I'll make sure to revive you just to kill you myself! Are you crazy? Do you know how scared I was, I thought you we're dead! Dead Chris! Jumping on us like that, don't you see how stupid that is!" Bianca said, stopping only to take a breath. She wanted to rant on but quiet words from Chris stopped her. "I'm so sorry" was all Chris managed to whisper, before falling asleep, he had been healed, but he had totally exhausted himself and his magic by saving his family.

Carefully Wyatt took Chris in his arms, and together with the rest of the family they orbed to the manor, where Chris was laid in bed. Chris slept for 2 days straight, but in the end he made a full recovery.

Chris and Bianca both physically made a full recovery, but they never let Jason and Bianca out of their sight anymore, their sleep was full with nightmares. They weren't the only ones affected, it had shaken everybody, especially the close call of Chris. But the two that were most affected were Jason and Bianca. The family had tried to talk to them a lot, but they never really got straight answers as what to had happened in the cave. Though they had found the kids almost unharmed, and the few bruises they did had were healed quickly it was pretty obvious the kids were still horribly shaken from the whole event.

They didn't want to be alone anymore, they didn't talk as much as they used to, resorting to only talk when something was directly asked. They didn't play with their toys much and were often found just sitting on a chair staring at nothing. After two weeks Bianca and Chris had enough, there kids had a problem, and they couldn't watch them and do nothing.

Chris made an appointment with a psychologist, one that was also a witch, so that the children could talk freely about what happened. Jason and Sophia didn't really react to the therapy at first, it seemed that it wouldn't help, some sessions made it look that the twins only got worse. The therapist had also decided that group session was in order, to make sure the kids know how much their parents love them, and care for them. Bianca had been mad about this, she always let her children know that they were loved, but still they went.

"I would like for you and Bianca to talk about what happened from your point of views" Alan said, he was the twins psychologist. "You want us to tell them what happened? During the fight or before that?" Bianca asked, she wasn't all that happy with the question. "before" Alan answered. Chris thought it would be best if he began talking, Bianca would just rather forget everything, and would have a hard time talking. "well we heard you two yell, I thought my heart stopped, that the world had stopped. As soon as we heard you we ran, but we were too late. Your mother began crying, she was so worried" Chris said, both Bianca and he felt guilty that their kids could have been taken away, they felt like they failed to protect their children. "We started searching for you two immediately, everybody was informed and got a task, we worked as fast as we could, and by the end of the day we finally had everything in order and found you." Chris said, he wasn't sure he could talk about the fight, everybody thought he had no recollection of what had happened, but he knew everything, he knew he had almost been killed by a huge fireball.

"The whole family helped to save you two, and well after some fighting we got you two and made our way out of the cave" Bianca continued, knowing Chris couldn't. She didn't want to tell the kids about the fire, and about how their father had almost died to save them. But slowly they were coming around. They had made sure the kids didn't know about the fireball, they knew it was wrong, but did it anyway, neither Chris nor Bianca could live with the knowledge, so how were two 5 year olds to live with it? It had been a hard session, and it hadn't been the only one, but step by step the family got better. It were tiny baby steps, but it were steps none the less and Chris couldn't be happier.

It seemed that an awful event was all that was needed for the Halliwell family to really accept Bianca into the family, even Piper had accepted her. Piper had told her sisters that seeing her child laying unmoving and not breathing because he had thrown himself above his family to protect them she couldn't really not accept Chris. She was so afraid to lose him, and she knew she would if she didn't accept Bianca. In the end Bianca and Piper found that they quite liked each other, and you could often find them talking about raising magical children or cooking. Bianca had, just like Piper, a hard time accepting she would never be really normal, and that her live would always be interrupted for demon hunting.

Slowly the whole family started to heal, not just from the kidnapping of the twins, the event as it was now called, but also from the past. Chris really wanted to be a part of this family again, but he always had this nagging voice in the back of his head that told him stories about the past, and made him afraid of trusting them. He had told Bianca so.

"I really want to forgive and forget you know. I love to see everybody happy and healthy. It is great and all, but I just can't totally relax, I can't totally give myself to them. I am so afraid that they will hurt me again, I don't know if I could handle it if they did" Chris said one afternoon, voicing one of his greatest fears. "Sweetie you don't need to feel guilty about that, it is totally understandable. I know I would feel just like you would I be put in that situation" Bianca replied, she was happy Chris had told her this, she had wanted to talk about it for quite some time now, but she wasn't sure how to broach the subject. "Sweetie, I know something that might help you" Bianca proceeded cautiously, she didn't know how Chris would react to her idea. "What?" Chris asked, but at the same time he feared the answer. "Well, maybe you should see a psychologist, get some therapy. I know you think your youth wasn't all that bad, and it wasn't abuse in your eyes. But I know better okay, I can see how it affected you and how it still affects you" Bianca answered. "WHAT?" Chris said, not happy with her answer. But somewhere deep down he knew she was right. "Just think about it okay? For me?" Bianca said, getting up. She would give Chris time to think about it.

In the end Chris listened and he had made an appointment. He was now anxiously waiting in the waiting area. He really didn't like this, his youth really wasn't that bad, not bad enough to take therapy. He was doing it to make Bianca happy.

After his first appointment though, Chris wasn't so sure about his youth anymore. The stuff the psychologist said had gotten Chris thinking. He had to tell her about his youth, about how his parents had treated him, and then Anna, the psychologist, had asked him if he never felt the need to press charges. As she said it, his parents had abused him, maybe not physically but sure emotionally. Chris had never really thought about it like that. In the end Anna had convinced him to come back, only this time not for Bianca but for himself. She had pointed out he really did have some issues, issues that he would never had if he hadn't been treated like that. And so he went, once a week. He found that he really liked the session with Anna, and that they actually seemed to help.

Life turned to normal after some time, though Jason, Sophia en Chris still went to therapy, the family couldn't avoid getting back into their everyday routine from before. It seems to help too, soon the children went back to school. Bianca and Chris, though still a bit more worried about their children than before also managed to continue with their lives, getting back to work etc.

Though routines came back, there were some changes. Firstly the Halliwell family became a part of that routine, with weekly visits. Changes were also made in the Phoenix clan, fighting against demons had changed their views, and now they worked together with the Halliwell family, never had the light and good side of magic been so strong. Demons stood no change against their combined forces. They even had made battle plans together, no demon got away now, and for both parties life was a bit easier, the group was so big now, that they had thought of shifts, so people would know when they were on call, and the other knew they could go on with their plans without interruption, it worked out rather brilliantly.

New friendships were made and old prejudices were forgotten. Life was good for the Phoenix and Halliwell clan.

AN. And that was the last chapter. I hope you liked it. PLEASE REVIEW!