Chapter 37
"Had enough, guardian?" Lukas sneered.
Angie responded by spitting the blood from her mouth at his face. The, a force smacked her across the face as more blood appeared on her face. A smile appeared on her lips, "Getting sensitive, are we?"
"Shut her up. But –don't kill her." Lukas warned.
Angie bit her lip from screaming as she felt her arms stretch and the whips flying across her naked back. She wouldn't scream. She wouldn't give Lukas the satisfaction of her pain. When it was over, Angie spitted out more blood on the ground. "Having fun yet?" Lukas asked.
"Not yet," Angie smirked back at him but noticed his eyes staring at her body. After the demons tied her up, Lukas ripped her blouse off and left her hanging there, literally, hanging with jeans and her bra. "You know, that's sexual harassment."
"The last time, we met –a thousand year, you were a little bit older –"
"And fully clothed?"
"But stubborn," Lukas continued. "My scars –you did this to me, instead of killing me, you cursed me!" He roared his face inches away.
"You deserved it then. Ugh!" Angie said.
"Enough!" Chris growled, his sight finally returning. "Leave her alone."
But Lukas ignored Chris and placed his hand under Angie's chin, staring at her beautiful and powerful eyes. "Perhaps you can heal me and…I've been lonely for a very long time." His hand slide down from her neck passing her breasts to her stomach. Lukas smirked, seeing the hatred and fury in Angie's eyes but then his smile vanished when he sensed something wrong. He put both of his hands against Angie's stomach: "You're…already with child?"
Chris stared at Angie, wondering if it was true but she looked shocked as well. All of a sudden, the chains vanished from Angie's wrists and ankles as Lukas carried her to the floor. He ordered one of his minions to get a healer quickly. Angie could feel Chris's eyes on her but she couldn't pay attention to them. She's pregnant with his child.
"I'm pregnant," She thought, placing her hand against the small bump. "And the child is yours, Christopher." Angie said to Chris.
"Who is the father?" Lukas asked.
Angie scoffed, "Like I'm telling you."
The healer came in and placed her hand against the stomach, "She is with child."
"Who is the father?" Lukas asked Angie again.
The healer chuckled, "She isn't going to tell you if you speak to her like that. Whoever the father is, he must be pretty powerful because I sense a lot of aura coming from this child."
"Chris…"
"So if she's pregnant, then let her go!" Chris yelled, ignoring the pain in his body as he tried to break the chains wrapped around his wrists.
"You should teach that boy some discipline." The healer said to Lukas.
"Oh, trust me I am."
"There now." The healer sighed of relief. "Your wounds are now clean. However, your clothing is a wardrobe malfunction." And suddenly, the healer pulled out a beautiful light blue gown. "Perfect for the Angel of life."
"Where the hell is Wyatt?" Chris thought.
"Can we go now?"
"Wyatt, have patience."
"But –"
"No buts, young man!"
Wyatt cringed at his mother's tone. "Chris and Angie don't have much time for damn patience!"
"Hey, watch your mouth young man!" Paige yelled at her nephew. "She is your mother."
"Sorry but I am losing patience here." Wyatt admitted. "I just –"
"You just what?" Phoebe asked, her empathy powers kicking in.
"Nothing." He said and Phoebe sensed him blocking the worry for his baby brother and best friend. "Please, tell me you're done."
"Now, we are!" piper said and grabbed her potions. "Let's kick some demon ass."
Wyatt sighed, "Finally." And he orbed the Charmed Ones to the spot where he and Angie was.
"Phoebe can you get a premonition from here?" Piper asked.
"I'll try." Phoebe said as she touched the dry blood on the boulder. "It's the same as last time."
"Huh?"
"I had a premonition a few hours ago and I saw …"
"You saw what?"
"I saw Angie holding Chris as he dies." Phoebe told Wyatt and noticed him turned a little pale.
"Try again." He ordered and the sisters shivered at his leadership tone as if they were his demons, not family.
Phoebe placed her hand on the ground but nothing happened. She tried again on a different boulder but nothing again. Suddenly, Phoebe grabbed Wyatt's hand to help her up but gasped with shock:
Chris screaming in agony as Lukas put his hand through Chris's chest and Angie on the ground, his demons holding her off, as she screams at Lukas to stop. Blood is dripping on the ground.
Phoebe snapped out of the vision and stared at Wyatt, who was staring back at her. "You saw that too, didn't you?" She asked but he just nodded. "We have to hurry. Chris isn't going to last any longer."
"Do you know where?" Paige asked.
"I do." Wyatt said and grabbed everyone's hands and orbed away.
They arrived somewhere dark but ahead, there were light and different voices. Wyatt put his finger against his lips, telling the sisters to be quiet. "Let me go, you bastard!" Angie's voice yelled in the cave. Wyatt hid himself against the wall and noticed two demons standing next to Angie, who was wearing a beautiful gown.
"Chris!" She cried as the other demons moved Chris up and down, causing his wounds to widen and bleed even further. Wyatt couldn't believe his eyes, his little brother was getting tortured and yet, he was still fighting back...in a way.
Piper stopped her son before he could take a step. "You have to concentrate on saving Chris, not revenge. That's what got him here in the first place."
"You are absolutely right, Piper Halliwell." The sisters spun around and Lukas was standing right behind them. "I was wondering what took you so long. Please, enter."
"Wyatt –"Chris coughed when he saw them. "You guys suck…at…rescue…missions."
"Glad to know you personality is still there." Wyatt smirked but he was pretending to smile as he noticed his brother's wounds and the bruises on his face. Chris looked like hell.
"This isn't how I imagined the Charmed Ones rescuing on of their own." Lukas said. "But I also didn't expect the Angel of Life to be with child."
"You…you're pregnant?" Wyatt asked.
Angie stared at her, tears falling. "Yes."
"Let…them…go. You want me." Chris said, weakling. He was losing energy just by talking.
"Drop the potions." Lukas ordered. "Including you, my lord." Slowly, they put the potions down but Piper put one in her pocket without Lukas noticing it. "I was just asking Christopher here if he understands revenge. But you never gave an answer."
"Screw…you. AH!" Chris screamed again as the chains moved.
"What about you, my Lord?" Lukas asked Wyatt. "Do you understand the feeling of revenge? To hurt somebody with the feeling of accomplishment?"
Wyatt stared at Chris and he could see from Chris's eyes to not answer that question. "What do you want with her?" He said instead. "You could've killed her."
"True but this child, she is carrying in her womb is powerful and will become powerful once he or she is raised by me." Lukas smiled.
"You know, we are from the future." Angie reminded him.
"Who is the father, guardian?" Lukas asked, ignoring her side comment. "Tell me!" Suddenly, a gust of wind blew him across the area to the wall.
"Wyatt, get Chris!" Angie yelled as she put her hands against the demons' legs and burned them.
Wyatt blew an energy ball at the other demons and slowly, pulled Chris down, feet touching the ground. He untied the chains and quickly, caught him for falling. "Next time, you…will be…the damsel." Chris coughed as he put his arm around Wyatt's shoulder.
"Hopefully, there won't be a next time. Can you walk?" Wyatt asked but got his answer when Chris began to wobble down.
"Wyatt, take Angie and Chris and go down!" Piper yelled as she and her sisters hid behind a boulder from getting attack by Lukas.
"We can't…leave them. He knows…who I am." Chris coughed. "He'll…kill…her."
Wyatt sighed, feeling the pressure on his shoulders. He wants to save his brother and Angie but if Piper dies, so will Chris and Melinda. And if Phoebe and Paige die, they will never meet Henry or Coop, and his cousins will not exist. No matter what he's going to lose somebody soon?
"Wyatt Matthew Halliwell! Get them out of here." Piper yelled as she blew a demon up.
"Damn it," Wyatt cursed and he orbed with Chris to Angie. "Give me your hand."
"We can't just leave them." Angie yelled.
"I have to get you and Chris out of here so Leo can heal his wounds. I'll come back for them."
"Angie –the baby." Chris gasped.
Her hand went directly to her stomach and stared at Chris then at Wyatt. "Alright," She said softly.
"No!" Lukas yelled, noticing them about to leave. And he threw an energy ball at the dark orbs, causing the three to separate and fall hard on the ground.
Wyatt groaned in pain, trying to stand up. He watched as Lukas was walking to Chris and pulled him up by his hair, causing Chris to grunt a little in pain. Piper pulled the potion out from her pocket, ready to kill this demon. "You killed my brother –my twin. Tell me, Lord Wyatt –do young know what it is like to lose a family member?"
Phoebe noticed Wyatt shift a little and not trying to look at Piper. "Let him go. Do you want me? Then, you have me."
Suddenly, Lukas put his hand through Chris's chest as if he was searching for his heart. "Stop it!" Angie screamed. "Stop, please!" Phoebe gasped, realizing her vision is coming true. As if it was in slow motion, Lukas pulled his hand out and stabs Chris with a knife. Wyatt's screams echoed in the room as Chris fell on the ground, the knife close to his heart. "Now I have you." Lukas smirked. Quickly, Piper threw the potion at Lukas and Phoebe and Paige grabbed the rest and threw them.
The flames of the potion surrounded him but didn't vanquish him. Lukas laughed at the sisters, showing off his invisibility. Angie felt anger boil in her veins and other emotions she can't explain but she knew she wanted to kill Lukas. A gust of wind blew around the liar, flowing her hair around and Angie's tattoo began to glow. Her eyes quickly changed to a white blue and put her hand out to Lukas.
"What are you doing?" Lukas screamed as his body twitched around and the fire exposing to his skin. The vines on the ground, took hold of his feet and finally, he roared as Angie's powers tortured him to his painful death until he turned to ash.
Angie fell on the ground on her knees as she panted for air. She looked up and saw Chris staring at her like he was proud of her. "We have to get out of here before more demons come." She said to the sisters.
They orbed to attic, Chris holding Angie's hand. "The knife –poison."
"He's right." Wyatt said. "It belongs to a darklighter. One of you has to pull it our." He said to Phoebe and Piper.
"Wyatt, it's close to his heart! Even if they do manage to pull it out, he will die much sooner at the loss of blood." Angie said to him.
"Damn it," Wyatt cursed again.
"We have to do something." Angie said, feeling Chris's pain in her chest.
"Let me think –just let me think for a moment…" Wyatt rambled.
While he was thinking, Angie put Chris's head on her knees, staring down at his beautiful jaded eyes. She hoped their child will have those same eyes. Chris's hand went to her cheek, wiping a fallen tear that escaped from her eye. "Stay with me, please." Angie whispered.
"Always." Chris whispered back, smiling a little.
"We need Leo and a bucket of water." Wyatt ordered. "We may not take the knife out just yet but we can still mend his other wounds."
"GO!" Wyatt yelled at his aunts.
"I'll call for Leo." Piper said softly as she left the room.
"Please hang in there, little brother." Wyatt thought.
A couple of minutes later, Paige and Phoebe came back with a bunch of small towels and a bucket of water. Piper also came back but no sign of Leo at her side. Angie wiped the sweat off of Chris's forehead as Chris began to pant and burn with fever.
"I can't control the bleeding." Paige said. "That bastard tortured him like hell."
"He's getting weaker by the second." Phoebe added in.
"The poison is doing this." Wyatt said. "Angie, talk to him."
"What?"
"Say something –anything. Just…keep him awake."
"Um, so do you want a boy or girl?" Angie laughed quietly.
Chris smiled weakly at her. "Definitely both."
"You are going to live through this, Chris. You have to." Angie whispered but felt Chris's body not fighting the poison. "You have to for our future."
"We'll have one?" Chris asked and Piper's heart broke at the sound of his voice. It sounded like a little boy looking for his mom.
"Yes, yes we will. And we will live in a world with good and with out annoying mothers alive." Angie chuckled. "Live for me, Chris."
"But…you're already dead." Chris reminded her. "I can be…with…you forever."
"No! You can't. Think about your family –think of Mel."
"But we will be together forever."
"This fever isn't making him think straight." Angie yelled. "Stay with me. Please stay with me."
Piper stood up, "Leo!" She yelled. They needed him right now. They needed his guidance. "Leo!" Piper's eyes moved around the room until they fell on Chris.
He was staring at her with admiration and...love? Chris reached his wavering hand out towards her as if he was trying to reach her. "Piper…mom." Chris gasped.
"Chris? Chris?" Angie said, shaking him only to feel his body go numb and feel her heart break. Time seemed to stop as her hand went to his neck and there was no pulse. Chris's chest stopped moving. "He's dead," Angie spoke, her voice filled with pain and her eyes watering again.
"Chris is dead."
"No, no!" Wyatt yelled. His brother can't be dead. He shouldn't be!
Piper stood where she was as everyone tried to fight the tears but no tears came from her. Chris's eyes were still open, staring at her and she was staring at him. His jaded eyes were so lifeless. She wouldn't hear his neurotic voice anymore or his annoying comments. But right now, staring at him it was like she was staring at someone similar and familiar.
The photo she saw in his memories….
"Well, are you going to answer me, Christopher Perry?"
"Are you going to give me an answer?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
She has seen his eyes before…jaded green…
His comments…
His stubbornness…
His powers…
A tear slipped down from her cheek and landed on the ground. Chris is her son.
"My son is dead."