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Summary: His younger brother is in the past. Trying to save him, but he wouldn't believe in it. He needed to see if he was alright and doing fine. But what he saw made him question all his beliefs.
29. Revealing the Ultimate Threat
NOW THERE ARE TWO BLONDIES?
One day later, the young witch came again to the Manor, now in hope to find some help here. Billie Jenkins was part of a threat the Halliwell sisters would have to face, though they didn't know of that yet. Her older sister Christy had made a visit to the next generation last night and had gained only a little trust of the older boy. It'd take time and this was something both younger sisters had. A lot.
As the doorbell rang, Phoebe answered it as she could see her older sister was busy with her boys. Though she must admit, something seemed off with them, especially the younger boy. His green eyes were frantically looking around as if he was searching for anyone, but this might only be her imagination. "Oh hi Billie, how you're doing? Why are you here, again?" she asked cheery.
"Hey," the blond young witch said. "I'm a student and was looking for your help, to find my sister. She'd been kidnapped as a young girl, yet I can't find without any help. That's why I came to you and your sisters."
Suddenly a ringing sounded through the air and the youngest Charmed One appeared annoyed. "Oh god, these damn Elders! Constantly sending me a teeth pain and I have no idea why. Oh hi Billie, welcome back here!" The ringing increased. "God, oh great. Are you witch, by the way?"
"Yeah, as I said so many times already. I really need your help to find my sister Christy. I can't find her anywhere." Then she looked at Paige. "Maybe you are my whitelighter as the jingling is heard now."
"Might be," Piper said as she came up behind her younger sisters with Chris in her arms, but the boy was afraid all of a sudden. He squirmed in his mother's arms, wanting nothing more than to be away from this woman. She scared him. "Hey peanut, what's wrong? Don't you like her? Okay, then we'll go back to Wyatt, hmhm." Piper's brown eyes narrowed suspiciously at Billie before she went away again.
"Okay, come in," Paige said after she'd shared a knowing look with her older sister. "But I suggest you are quiet to anyone, especially the boys. Or do you know something we don't? After all Chris wouldn't have reacted this way if there was."
Billie swallowed hard. "Well, I can't say. Can we now focus on my sister?"
Again, the younger Charmed Ones exchanged a look, thinking the blond youth was a way too egocentric for their liking but would deal with it. If need be. The three of them went to Phoebe's room where they could discuss everything in quiet and other things.
Meanwhile Wyatt had joined his mother and little brother in the conservatory. Their mother watched his baby brother play with blocks and some soft toys and the blond boy found himself soon doing the same like Chris. He could do something was bothering them.
"Mommy, what wrong? Kwis, you okay?" he asked curiously.
"Nothing, honey. Your brother was just afraid of someone who came to the door today. She's looking for our help, but … he seems not to like her," Piper answered her son. "Can you tell me why your brother reacted that way?"
Carefully the blond moved to his brunette brother who just continued to play with his toys. Touching his arm, Wyatt said slowly to his mother. "He's fearing another blondie, looking almost like the one here. Kwis saying if they together, a great boom happen."
The mother looked stunned and astonished at her eldest son. "Wow, Wyatt, your speaking is well developing." Then she looked at her youngest. "Chris, what's going to happen if we would meet them?"
"A big boom, no house and aunties gone," the younger boy said, in a more mature voice but with big green eyes as he looked at his mother. Then he turned back to his toys and continued to play. Babbling now in his childish voice again.
IN BETWEEN
Shocked, Piper ran out of the room and to her sisters above but was stopped close to the stairs. The mother heard a noise coming from the conservatory where her sons still were. Suddenly a young woman was standing near her boys, looking almost like Billie, yet different. Impressed she saw two forcefields coming up, one blue and one green. It was clear she was that long, lost sister Christy. Meaning the young witch had lied to them!
This made the eldest Charmed One angry and furious and wanting nothing more than to kill her on the spot. Something seemed to hold her back as she just watched the scene developing in front of her. Silently and in fear.
BACK TO THE CONSERVATORY
The little blond and the more little brunette looked at the strange woman who was talking to them. It was boring and Chris was happy to hear a door opening, knowing his Daddy came home. With sweets and so. So, the little boy orbed to his father, surprising the man with his bags and still working the key.
"Whoa, Chris. Careful with Daddy," Leo said as he grabbed his baby boy just in time. "So, what's going here? Where's Wyatt? Mhm."
His little finger pointed to the conservatory where his older brother still was. "Bad woman. Would all make boom!" he said.
As Leo now turned to the place, his baby boy had pointed, he saw indeed a strange woman talking with his eldest. Who seemed strangely not to be afraid of this woman and that made him worry. "Wyatt! Come here!" he called out in fear.
Both turned to him and as Wyatt wanted to go, Christy reacted faster and blinked behind the unexpected father and his little boy in his arms. Without even thinking about it, the woman plunged a poisoned needle into the son's neck and slammed with her fist down. Right then Billie appeared smiling.
"You did it, sis," she only said. "Let's go with those two! They are all we need, to work on the Charmed Ones and their destiny! Which would end soon!"
"You are so right, Billie," Christy said, supporting the man and holding the boy tight as well. "We should go now. Otherwise the sisters will know about our little plan!"
"Believe me, they already do!" shouted Piper furiously, wanting nothing more than to blow them up. "And let my husband and son go! Now!"
"Too late," both blondies said at once and vanished into thin air. With Chris and Leo in their hands.
Piper slid down helplessly as she watched the four of them disappear. She didn't even noticed how her eldest son orb over to her, trying to support her the only way he could. And how her sisters came from above, running to her and asking her what had happened, but she couldn't. Her ability to speak was gone.
Wyatt patted on his mother's arm. "I'm torry, Mommy. Wanna have Kwis and Daddy back. Fortive me, pwease!" He cried and blamed himself for the incident. After all he did trust these blondies, but didn't listen to his instincts. "Mommy?"
Phoebe tried to get her older sister up and with the help of Paige it worked. "Piper, please. Tell us what happened. We can't help you if you don't tell us." She looked around. "Where's Leo? Shouldn't he be home by now? And where's Chris?"
"Piper, please," Paige insisted and pressed more. "Billie just ran away from us as if she knew what was going on down here. Let us help you!"
The mother grabbed her only remaining son and held him tightly in her arms. Trying to hide her tears but wiped his away. "Christy was here and talked to Wyatt and Chris, but my youngest didn't like her and fled to Leo as he came through the entrance from the shopping tour. He told him what he also did me earlier. Meaning Billie and Christy are a great danger for us."
"What?" the younger sisters asked in disbelief together. Stunned they looked at each other before turning back to their older sister.
"Are you saying Chris can talk? Now?" Phoebe asked. "Wait, he saw them as a danger, right?"
"Yeah, he said the house would go boom and the aunties would be gone. Which would mean you both are dead after that battle. Oh, and obviously, both my sons have now a forcefield. Each one in his color. Wyatt's still blue but Chris' green."
"Run that by me again?" Paige requested. For her, it looked her nephews were equal in their powers now. Which would mean, no inferiority complex anymore from Chris. But still, how do you react when you hear from your own death – soon? She sighed. "What are we going to do now? I want Chris and Leo back!"
"I agree. Do you have any idea what we can do now? Obviously Billie just wanted our trust to get her sister closer to the boys, gaining their trust. I mean, both are now powerful what they had proved already. Wow!" Phoebe said in disbelief. She couldn't either of that. It was information overload for her, but that was her way to deal with something like that.
"We need to do something now! I don't wanna imagine what my son and husband have to endure right at that moment." Then a vase exploded near by, but Piper just sank down to the floor again. With her son. "Damn! I should have listened to my instincts! They told me, Billie was not a good witch. What now?"
"I think I can answer that," said a female voice, suddenly standing in their midst. She looked friendly at them, yet sadly and terribly sorry.
"Who are you?" the eldest Charmed One wanted to know as she stood up. Placing Wyatt in a playpen near by.
The three sisters walked to the woman and waited for her answer.
IN AN UNDERWORLD LAIR
The two sisters appeared with their hostages in their lair. The man and young boy were sent rather harshly in one big cage, protected with some crystals. For their luck, both were still unconscious and gave Billie and Christy time to talk.
"Okay, we have them," Christy said annoyed as she looked disgusted at these good people in the cage. "What do we do now with the sisters? You were already in their house. Did you find out anything useful?"
"Maybe, but my time was too short. Piper was so suspicious of me and this little guy over there couldn't stand me," Billie said. "He must have sensed something from me or you as he's now half Elder. Before that he was just a witchlighter, but he returned back in time and changed it."
"Interesting. So, both young Halliwell sons are equal in powers and changed some aspects of the timeline." She looked at her sister. "Do you think one of them would return if his brother is missing? They share a bond after all. Like we."
"I know. It can happen, but I haven't heard anything of it while I was there. Phoebe and Paige just showed some spells and their Book of Shadows, nothing more. Though they were more opened than their older sister, something held them back. They had learned from someone, obviously."
"Wasn't there a rumor that a Halliwell had returned to save his older brother? I think it was a version of Chris, the boy we have here. And didn't his brother come soon also?" Christy asked confused. Though she'd been kidnapped by the Triad long ago but the three men kept her up to date. With the things going around in the magical community.
Billie scrutinized the man and his son and was reminded as she wanted them to let her in, but Piper refused vehemently. Because there were a special event coming up. It was the boy's first birthday and something must have happened during this day. "I think you're right."
"What makes you say that? After all you were longer in their nearness," the older sister questioned.
"Well, when I wanted to step in, Piper and Leo didn't want me to as they were celebrating a special day for their youngest. It was his birthday but I think something had happened during his staying here. Maybe he died or something similar."
However, both sisters were distracted as groans could be heard. They were coming from the man who immediately took his son into his arms protectively and watched the blondies with hate in his eyes. Silently questioning with them about this situation.
BACK AT THE MANOR
"I'm the Angel of Destiny and here to prepare you for your last battle with evil. It concerns the ultimate battle you'll have to fight. Then your destiny would be fulfilled. For good," the woman said in a sweet voice. She looked around and noticed the absence of Leo and Chris. "Where are your husband and youngest son, Piper?"
"They've been kidnapped by Billie and Christy. We don't know their names, but all are gone now. We don't know where they are and what's going here," the oldest sister spat out furiously.
The Angel stood there shocked. Her only answer was, "But this wasn't supposed to happen! I'm here to take him away from you, to motivate you guys." She didn't notice what she'd said until the sisters looked at her irritated. "I'm sorry."
"I want to know what's going on here!" Piper cried out. "In every detail! Otherwise I won't let you go from here!"
"Piper, calm down," Phoebe tried to talk with her sister but she was too furious. Plus, the middle sister felt guilty herself. It was partly her fault her brother-in-law and nephew were gone. She turned to the woman. "Can you at least give us some hints what we're dealing with?"
"All I know is that the ultimate threat is a pair of young witches who'd just learned about their witchcraft. From what I've heard one of them is a student. Does this say anything to you?" she wanted to know. Obviously these two witches were faster than anyone had expected.
"Damn," Paige cursed loudly and looked at Piper. "You were right. And so was Chris who knew what was going to happen! We should have listened to our instincts instead to the promises and begs of this young blondie! Grgr!"
"Why was she here?" All Charmed Ones looked at her confused. "Sorry, just asking out of curiosity. There are some people I need to report to, you know." The Angel of Destiny smiled helpfully.
Phoebe took over as she saw her older sister walking to her son and started to play with him. She knew the woman was emotionally drained. "She was here to beg for our help and to rescue her sister. Out of the underworld, but obviously this had already happened and her sister was here to gain the boys' trust." Tears made their way slowly down her face.
Paige continued as she noticed how her older sisters crumbled away. "But Chris didn't like her from the beginning and had already foreseen our future if we did trust Billie, you know. It seems now they tricked us out when we were unaware. Her sister meanwhile had taken our little boy and Leo, but not before making them unconscious. They're hurt. So what'd you say now?"
"I'm really sorry. I really am," the Angel of Destiny spoke. "But I think you're motivated enough to fight the Jenkins sisters. I'm sure you'll win." And with that she was gone.
"Okay people," Piper said. After she had wiped her tears away, she was ready to fight these dumb blondies and to get her husband and baby back. "We have a task and we should get them. Clear?"
The younger sisters nodded and even Wyatt managed to show a little thumb, agreeing with her. Making the mother smile.
BACK IN THE UNDERWORLD
Leo watched those blonds who dared to hurt his heroic baby boy. The young brunette was still unconscious what made the father afraid and certainly worked on his nerves. A short while later he exploded, "Why have you done this! He's just a baby and definitely no threat to you! Answer me!"
Billie looked at her sister before doing as requested. "You know as well as I do, your son is very powerful. Indeed he himself made him that way." At this the man looked up. "Yep, we know about that as we've put two and two together as we witnessed a certain event not so long ago. Your son's first birthday. If I'm right, it's also the day of his death."
Leo growled angrily. 'How had those witches found out their secret?', he thought bitterly. "If it is this way, what right do you have to kidnap us? And what do you want with my son?"
Christy now spoke. "We'll want to fight the Charmed Ones and what better way to motivate them by kidnapping family members? You'd just happened to stand in the way, old man. We always wanted to have your son. The boy who knows how to time travel right. Isn't that all what the others want from him as well?"
Another growl. "Maybe, but he vanquished already Zankou, the Avatars and with the help of his mother, aunts and brother the Triad. What's there left for you? If you don't mind my question. I'm curious what's your reason. Because there's always one." He smirked at them.
Billie went to the cage and made the electricity zip through both father and son. "Don't you dare? You're just a mortal now and not worth to be in a magical family like the Halliwells. We couldn't find anything about you, Leo Wyatt."
The father tried his best to protect his baby boy but it didn't work so well as he was slowly electroluted. He could at least hide a scream and not scare his son. "Maybe that's best for me and bad for you. As my family knows why I'm here and I'll intend to stay!"
Christy stepped forward and waved her hand at the pair but not before grabbing Billie's hand as well. Making them sleep. They could deal with them later and start a debate if need be. "Leave them be, sis! We should go further with our plan if we wanna succeed. We have a task to fulfill."
"You mean a destiny more likely, don't you?" Billie said, still looking at the mortal and the witch. "So, we're ready for round two?" Her sister nodded. "Let's face the music!"
Christy grabbed her sister's hand smiling and brought with their immense power back to the Manor. Where they wanted to face their strongest enemy. The Charmed Ones.
MANOR
As they stepped in, both blondies were surprised to find no one there. Looking confused at each other, Billie led her sister to the attic where most fights of the Halliwells happened. Again no one was there. "What's going on?" she muttered irritated.
Christy questioned. "Where are they? I thought you knew them a bit, but obviously our task will fail already in the beginning! What now?"
"We're witches and they're witches. So we should be able to find them. I know there's a spell to call a lost witch in the Book of Shadows." She walked over to where the Book lay and wanted to look through it, but to her surprise it closed itself from her. "Okay, that's weird. That's never happened before or has it?"
"They must have done something, don't you think?"
There was a swirling light and a young woman was standing in their midst. Looking like any Halliwell woman, yet unknown by those two blondies. "Nice trick, isn't it? Learned it from my nephew and he was great. After all he did change the future by coming back here. The Book of Shadows is protected from you both, so no need to try further."
Billie and Christy moved closer together. "Who are you?" Billie demanded. "I know the sisters' history as they've told me something about it. With your nephew, I take it, you meant Chris, the boy who came back in time and now is in our hands. With his Daddy! So, what you say now?"
The stranger called out her own telekinesis and smashed her opposites to the wall angrily. "How dare you? To kidnap a baby and a father who just wanted to protect his child? I want you to show me where they are and then fight with my sisters! We'll see at the end who wins!"
Christy stood up at first and called her own powers to fight with this woman. "My sister asked who you are and we don't have to answer you! We can speak for ourselves! And we'll win this fight at the end."
"Oh, because you asked so friendly I'll tell you who I am: Prue Halliwell, the big sister of the current Power of Three. So back off! And now tell me where my nephew and brother-in-law are?"
"You're just a ghost! What might you achieve with that? We could kill you now!" Billie threatened.
"If you do that, then be aware to face all Halliwells from any generation and maybe the Elders too. And now answer me!"
"As if …" Christy snorted in disbelief.
Swirling lights engulfed the oldest Halliwell again and were exchanged with blue lights and instead of Prue, the Charmed Ones were standing there. Ready to fight for their loved ones and to their surprise the little Twice-Blessed had followed them, wanting his baby brother back. Right now!
"Oh, the Halliwells! Finally, you've decided to join us. Unfortunately, you'll never find your son and husband again if you might kill us. Chris and Leo are protected from any magic if you try to find them," Billie said smirking.
To their surprise the three sisters didn't do anything and just waited for them to do something. What didn't happen. The Jenkins decided to shimmer back to their own cave and looked after their victims.
TBC ...
I know I'm evil but you don't mind to having brought Prue back, do you? *grins*
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