A/N:
Thanks for the reviews and I am glad you liked the last chapter. This one is just as exciting but will also pull at your heart strings, at least I hope.
Music used:
These are on my webpage if you want to listen to it.
Two Steps From Hell - Protectors Of The Earth when Melinda's power engages.
Two Steps From Hell - After The Fall when everything is being created.
Chapter 52
Hour Seven:
My little kingdom
Episode 5.18
Piper continued to hold Prue as they were surrounded by the transparent shield that had a blue tent to it, while Phoebe tried to stop Cole's bleeding that came from his back. Paige was next to Piper and held Prue's hand close to her chest as she moved strands of hair out of her dyeing sister's face. "Come on Prue just hold on," she said as tears streamed down her face.
"9 seconds."
Chris was keeping his eye on Melinda and felt a surge of fear as the energy around her was becoming more intense, "She's all I have left," he said to himself as Wyatt's lips curled and he placed both hands on the shaft of Excalibur and began to plummet to the earth.
"8 seconds."
Chris eyes were moved from Melinda to Wyatt as someone was coming out of the black smoke in front of their shield. "Bianca, get out of here!" he yelled as she plunged her hand into the shield and a computer voice broke the silence. "Shield down to 97%." Chris realized that she was draining the shield with her power. "Stop it you will kill us all," he pleaded and then grabbed her hand and pulled her in.
"Let go of me," she said as she struggled to get free of him as he pinned her to the ground, "I can't lose you too," he whimpered and then backhanded her to knock her out. "I'm sorry but I need you," he said as he kissed her forehead.
"7 seconds."
"Once he is dead you will be free from him and the spell he put you under," he said and stood back up as Wyatt was half down.
"Come on hurry up," Mel said as she felt herself lift from the ground slightly and hovered in the center of the large transparent energy ball she was creating. The metal bars extended to allow her to hover, "This was not in my hypothesis," she said as she looked at the ground beneath her feet.
"6 seconds."
Leo continued to do CPR on Andy but his condition was not changing, "Dammit Andy you didn't come back to die, now come on breathe!" he said between the breaths of life.
Wyatt hit the ground hard and forced the sword into the soft earth and chunks as large as semi-trucks burst out of the earth in front of him. The large chunks formed into huge creatures that move like guerrillas as they ran towards them, taking everything in front of them out along the way. The creatures opened their large teeth filled mouths as their first pounded the earth in front of them and moved with incredible speed. They heads were shaped like bats but their bodies looked more like hound dogs as their growl caused the remaining trees that surrounded them to shake.
"5 seconds."
"Mel whatever you going to do now would be a good time," Chris yelled as the 50 10 foot creatures were rushing towards them. Wyatt looked up and gave an evil grin as his creations were about the taste blood.
"4 seconds."
"I know I have eyes Chris," Mel replied as the ribbons of light move so fast that they were blurring around her.
"Prue just a few more seconds, please don't leave me," Piper pleaded as Prue's eyes were getting heavy.
"I love you," Prue replied as her body could no longer sustain itself, and a cold sweat along with the feeling of numbness was coming over her.
"3 seconds."
"Cole wake up dammit," Phoebe cried as she rubbed his forearm while little Wyatt was watching the scene unfold, "Wait he can heal you," Phoebe said and she picked up her nephew, "Ok buddy heal Cole." Wyatt put his little hand on Cole but nothing was happening and Phoebe's face fell as little Wyatt began to cry hard. "It's ok sweetie it's not your fault," she whispered as Leo looked up to check on his son.
"2 seconds."
"Ok get ready!" Mel yelled and tightened her body as the creatures were only a few feet away now.
"System ready."
"Engage!" Mel yelled and all the energy that was around her stopped as another ribbon of light that was bluish in color started a circular motion. Melinda's eyes widened and her mouth was agape as the ribbon moved past her. It was then she could see the cosmos itself all the galaxies, dark matter, white matter and all the things in between that made up the universe. And just as quickly as the show of lights and images came they were gone as it initialized. Chris watched as the creatures were now trying to claw away from them as some unseen force was pulling them towards Melinda. Any debris that was not fastened down was being sucked into the force field around Mel and was gone with no trace as she remained unharmed. Tree trunks and large rocks were flying past Chris and bouncing off their shield as it went right to her. The remaining demons were trying to shimmer out but it was no use as the suction was too strong and just pulled them in. "What the hell is that?" Chris asks while his heart pounded so loud that it ringed in his ears.
"A black hole Chris but she is protected from its forces and so are you," a computer voice said that came from the device that was on the ground.
The large creatures were losing their struggle and one by one were broken apart and sucked in until finally the entire area was cleared that was the size of five football fields. Wyatt could now see Melinda clearly and his rage was explosive as he screamed and tried to orb away but he could feel the pull of the black hole generator. "No!" he yelled as he tried to use his sword to stop his movement, the once mighty sword was now cutting through the earth like butter as Wyatt held on to it.
"Come on!" Mel yelled as he was a few feet away.
Wyatt tried one last-ditch effort and with all his might tossed Excalibur over his shoulder and right into Mel's force field but it just disappeared out of sight and Mel smiled wide. Wyatt tried to orb once again but it was his last as he was now being sucked in to the force field and could feel the crushing pressure that a vacuum offers. "No!" was the last thing he said as he disappeared.
"Yeah!" Chris yelled but stayed in the shield for safety.
"Leo heal her," Piper said and he ran to Prue.
"Ok Mel shut it down," Chris said as tears of happiness rolled down his face.
"End program," Mel said and she could hear the power lowering as she was now touching the ground again.
"Sector failure in regions 24, 32, 1, 12, 48." A computer voice replied.
"What?" Mel asks as she started to panic, "Fix it!"
"Unable to do repairs."
"Unhook from the Ley lines," Mel said as she felt pressure on her body.
"Mel what's wrong?" Chris asks.
"I can't," Leo said as his face almost crumbled as he had his hands over Prue.
"No try again Leo please," Piper pleaded as her eyes let loose a sea of tears while Paige just put her hands to her face.
Phoebe tried to use little Wyatt again but again it was no use and she looked over at Prue who was not breathing, "No god please don't do this!" she yelled while looking up to the heavens in the night sky.
"Unable to unattached from lay lines, sector failure 52, 11," the computer voice replied.
"Fuck," Mel said under her breath as it was becoming hard to breathe from the pressure. "Are they protected?" she asks.
"Yes but you are no longer safe Melinda, catastrophic failure in 10 seconds."
"Divert all power inwards and make sure the black hole absorbs into itself," Mel ordered and looked at Chris. He has known her long enough to know just by her eyes that something was wrong.
"Mel fix it!" he yelled.
"Chris fix the second timeline kill Gideon it will be ok," she replied as the sphere began to get smaller around her and her nose started to bleed.
"You're coming back with me Mel," he yelled and wanted desperately to be near her but he would die in the process.
"Hugs and kisses," she said as she went to her knees and the forces began to collapse her lungs and other internal organs.
"Chris what happening?" Piper asks as she still held Prue in her arms.
"I don't know something's wrong," he replied.
"Leo orb and get her out of that thing," Paige said.
"No it will kill him," Chris said and stopped him from orbing.
Mel looked at her hand as her body went numb and she was coming apart in pieces, starting with her fingertips but instead of the normal skin and blood it was pure light. She felt her soul starting to leave her body and a moment of euphoria as her arm was next to dissipate in small bright lights, "MEL!" Chris cried out as he stood helpless and watched his sister; his best friend and his comrade in arms disappear as she gave him one last look. Her light brown eyes were not filled with fear but love and something else, understanding of something beyond even their knowledge as her face was last to dissipate into small bright lights. "NO!" he screamed and went to his knees. Everyone else was in shock as everything around them went silent, no birds no wind, nothing. And then like a flashback from a fire there was one last rush of air and debris as it went to the center of the destroyed field.
"Get down!" Paige yelled as she knew what was coming next.
In the center of the field there was a large explosion but instead of the normal shockwave and fire, it was of colorful lights that even a rainbow would be jealous of as they shot past them and into the air. The shield that protected them was now turned off as the lights fell from the sky like snowflakes.
"Melinda!" Piper yelled as she put Prue's head down gently, "Chris where is she?"
Her middle child just had his head down as tears hit the dirt ground and mixed with the falling lights. "Chris," Piper said again as she shook him.
"She's gone," he whimpered.
"No she went back to the future right," Piper said as her hart was breaking.
Phoebe was kneeling next to Prue as Leo held little Wyatt and all of them were grief stricken but bianca was no where in site. Chris's eyes narrowed as his tear fell on one of the little glowing lights that lay on the brown dirt. It began to transform into a blade of grass that was more vibrant and green then he has ever seen. He stood up as more blades of grass were growing around his feet and started growing more rapidly as the little lights landed.
"What is happening?" Piper asks as she watched the tree line that began to change like it was painting a picture of mountains in the distance all around them. Next water began to pour over the tops of them and created waterfalls 200 stories high as the sound was subdued slightly.
"It's her, I can feel her," Chris said as he held one of the little lights in his hand and placed it to his chest.
All of their wounds from the fight before were also being healed as the little white lights touched their skin. Flowers from all varieties were growing in the grass and near the mountains as trees of enormous-beauty were being created right in front of them. All of them were too busy to notice Prue, Andy and Cole evaporate into the bright lights and float upwards blending with the ones that were falling. In the distance there was a large lake that was filling like a sink was a gazebo. "My little kingdom," Piper whimpered while putting her hand to her chest. It looked identical to the picture she saw in the memory and she could feel her daughter as well, like a warm embrace as the little lights landed on her skin. Butterflies came out of the tall grass and move towards Leo as he held Wyatt who was trying to grab the little lights. They swirled around him and he could feel himself lift off the ground slightly. "Leo?" Phoebe asks as she was not sure what was happening. The butterflies glowed a orange color in they could see his elder power leaving him as Leo heard a whisper in his ear, "My gift to you," it said and he knew it was his daughter as the butterflies flew away going back to their normal variety of colors. They moved in unison and almost rhythmic as they made their way to the gazebo where Prue and Andy materialized out of the white lights but were a little transparent but smiling wide.
"Prue!" Piper yelled and ran to her along with Phoebe and Paige as Leo was letting the little white lights fall into his hand and he squeezed tight. "Thank you and I love you Mel," he whimpered as his eyes closed tight forcing salty liquid to escape.
"She made this for you," Prue said as she and Andy stepped forward to meet them. "And us."
"I don't understand," Piper replied.
"Heaven is any think you want it to be," Prue said smiled brightly.
"Is she?" Piper tried to finish but could not let the final word escape her quivering lips.
"No Piper she is transforming into something beyond time and space. She is here all around you and whenever you want to see her and us, just come here." Prue replied and looked at Chris. "You need to finish this Chris do you understand?"
"Yes," Chris replied and orbed away.
"Where did he go?" Paige asks.
"To kill Gideon," Piper replied coldly.
"Prue does this mean you're dead and where is Cole?" Phoebe asks as Paige put her arm around her.
"Phoebe I do not know all the answers, but I know that Andy and I are where we are supposed to be and so is Cole."
"Oh god," Phoebe said as the thought of hell came to her mind.
"No Phoebe he is not there," Andy said knowing what she was thinking.
"Then where?" Phoebe said frustrated with the cryptic answer.
"You will see," Andy replied.
"We should go check the book, Chris might need our help killing Gideon," Paige said.
Paige noticed Piper's reluctance to leave this beautiful place and her daughter but knew they could always come back to it. "Piper I know this is hard but."
"I know its just hard Paige," Piper replied.
"Sweetie she can be reborn," Prue said and gave one last smile as she and Andy faded away.
"Prue wait," Piper's voice cracked out.
"We will always be here," Prue's voice answered.
Chris orbed up to the elders and was on a mission as his eyes set on Gideon, " I don't know what you did to my brother but it want happen again," he said and fired his lightning bolt at him. Gideon was too fast and orbed out-of-the-way and before Chris could react he felt small particles of dust hit his face and his mind went blank.
"I did nothing to your brother and have no plans to do so, now you will go back and wipe there memories of you ever been here, including Melinda by using her device to do so, and Bianca also went back to the future. And that little place that Melinda created you will forget about," Gideon said and began to step away as the memory dust absorbed into Chris's skin and did its job.
"That was close," a man said next to Gideon.
"Too close," he replied and was thankful they were the only ones up there at the time.
Chris blinked rapidly and then orbed back to the storage unit that Melinda brought with her when he came there. He rummage through the drawers again and found the long metal cylinder with a white light on top. He gave a chuckle as he remembered the movie Men in black as the memory of the conversation about it came to him.
"This is preset with fake memories from before we arrived. Once we are done here I will use this so that the main time line stays on track," he remembered and put it in his pocket as he orbed.
Back at the manner Paige was looking through the book of shadows as Piper held Wyatt.
"So she removed your Elder powers?" Piper asks.
"I think so, I heard her voice say it was her gift to me," Leo replied and could feel his hart broke at the mention of her name.
"She's not dead Leo just evolved into something else and Prue said we can still have her," Piper said as she tried to calm her emotions as well.
"Maybe we can find Cole?" Phoebe asks but before anyone could reply Chris orbed in holding the device.
"Chris is he dead?" Leo asks.
"I'm sorry but I have to do this," Chris replied and raised his hand with the device and it and before anyone could protest he pushed the button. A bright white flash only lasted for a second as all of them stood there blinking excessively. Chris then pulled out a piece of chalk from his pocket and made a triquetra on the wall as the other memories were planting themselves into their minds. He said the spell and looked back at his family that was still in a trance as he felt completely alone and empty, "I will miss you Mel," he whimpered as Gideon gave him a false memory of how she died that was implanted in the dust. "But I will fix this," he finished as he walks through in the triquetra vanished without a trace.
"What were we talking about?" Piper asks as she looked confused at Leo.
"I have no idea," Leo replied and shrugged his shoulders.
"Well I don't know about you guys but I'm exhausted, good night baby," Phoebe said as she walked past Piper and her nephew.
"Me too," Paige chimed in and gave Wyatt a kiss before exiting.
"Ready to go to bed?" Leo asks.
"You bet," Piper replied and walked behind Leo but before leaving she took one last look at the attic and felt like she forgot something but blew it off as she turned off the light and close the door.
To be continued…
A/N:
One more chapter to go and will they find the place Melinda created for them or will it be forgotten along with Prue and Andy's new home. Stay tuned to find out.
I hope no one is mad at what I did here but I needed this to blend seamlessly into season six. Chris comes by himself in that season, but is much angrier and bitter then before when he came with Melinda. He decides not to tell them who is mostly because he cannot get close again, it was too heartbreaking.
