INT. P3 OFFICE
PHOEBE is still clutching Chris's jacket. PIPER and PAIGE can tell by her reaction that she is very upset by what she saw.
PIPER
You saw Chris?
PHEOBE
Yeah.
PAIGE
How does that work? You usually get your premonitions BEFORE something bad happens. And Chris is already dead.
PIPER
(correcting her)
Chris's future self is dead...
PHOEBE
Right and I didn't see a grown up Chris. The Chris is saw was little.
PAIGE
How little.
PHEOBE
Wyatt little.
PAIGE
Wow, that is little. Are you sure it was him?
Pheobe pauses, reliving the premonition in her mind, then smiles...
PHOEBE
Yeah, I'm sure. Those were definitely Chris's eyes.
PAIGE tries to bring some levity to the somber situation by adding...
PAIGE
So, I take it our little whitelighter is just as adorable in the past as he is in the present.
PIPER
(correcting her again)
I think you mean, just as adorable in the present as he WILL BE in the future.
PAIGE
Right.
PHOEBE
Oh yeah.
Phoebe grasps Chris jacket a little tighter-hoping to recapture this brief connection she had with the young whitelighter she had grown to love. As she reflects on her premonition, the smile disappears from her face.
PIPER
Pheobe? What is it?
PHEOBE
He was terrified!
PIPER
Of what?
PHOEBE
I don't know. I couldn't see it but he was definitely afraid. He was screaming...Something scared him. Something awful.
PAIGE
Wow, Chris's life really has been a nightmare right from the very beginning. Hasn't it?
INT. MANOR
LEO sits on the couch watching Wyatt play with some blocks on the floor in front of him. Wyatt toddles up to him and offers him a block-an invitation to play. Leo smiles and takes it from him.
LEO
Thanks buddy.
(handing it back)
You do it. Daddy's not feeling so great right now.
As Wyatt shrugs and toddles away, Leo flashes back to the conversation in the attic, the day Chris died and hears his son's voice...
CHRIS
He'll kill me!
Leo blinks and shakes his head-trying to get the memory to fade from his mind. But it doesn't work...
CHRIS
You have to stop him Leo. You have to stop the evil that is coming for him or he will destroy us all.
Leo sighs and leans back on the couch, closing his eyes. As he settles back and tries to clear his mind, the Sisters orb in and he snaps back to reality.
PIPER
Oh Leo, good you're here.
LEO
(sitting up)
What are you guys doing back so soon?
PAIGE
Phoebe had a premonition.
LEO
About what?
Pheobe tosses Chris's jacket to him.
LEO
About Chris.
Leo stands up quickly, looking down at Chris's jacket that he now holds.
LEO
What? Where did you get this?
PIPER
The Club. Chris must have left it there.
LEO
Well, are you sure it belonged to Chris? It could belong to a patron...an employee.
PAIGE
It was in Piper's office.
LEO
So, maybe an employee found it and put it...
PHEOBE
LEO! It's Chris's jacket. I KNOW. I saw him.
LEO desperately tries to hide how nervous he is and hopes Pheobe didn't see something that would reveal Chris's true identity. Not yet anyway. He decided to cut to the chase...
LEO
What exactly did you see Pheobe?
Pheobe let's out an audible sigh before informing him...
PHEOBE
I saw a very frightened toddler.
LEO
(relieved)
That's it?
PIPER
Isn't that enough Leo? Chris could be in danger as we speak?
PAIGE
You know, it never dawned on me that Chris is still actually here until you just said that Piper. I mean, he's not HERE, here. At least not the Chris we knew. But his past self.. or his present self... whatever...he's out there somewhere.
PHEOBE
And he's in danger. The question is...what do we do about it?
PAIGE
We could try scrying for him?
LEO
No! That's a very bad idea!
PIPER
(frustrated)
Why Leo?
LEO
Because we don't even know exactly what it is that Phoebe saw.
PHOEBE
I saw Chris screaming in terror!
LEO
Look , you are emotionally attached to Chris. Maybe what you thought was a scream of terror, was really just a tantrum.
PHOEBE
That was no tantrum.
PIPER
Why are you being so difficult about this Leo?
LEO
Because we can't just interfere in Chris's life. We don't know what affect it will have on his future or ours! Just trust me on this OK?
Having said that, Leo orbs out-taking Chris's jacket with him.
Pheobe turns to Piper and throws her hands up in frustration.
PHEOBE
WHAT is his problem?
PIPER
I have no idea, but I'm going to find out.
INT. WOODS- NIGHTTIME
LEO stands in a clearing. A raging fire that he built himself, rages in front of him. HE holds Chris's jacket tightly in his hands, staring at it, wanting desperately to be able to sense his son the way Pheobe was able to. Finally and reluctantly, he tosses the jacket into the fire.
Almost instantly, THE ELDER orbs in beside him.
ELDER
Do you really think that will stop them from figuring this out Leo?
LEO turns to the elder.
LEO
I don't understand? How did Pheobe sense Chris so far in the future? He hasn't even been born yet and she seeing him as a toddler!
ELDER
You said so yourself. There is a strong connection between Chris and the Charmed Ones. And his soul already exists within Piper. Which is why it is so important for you to figure this out Leo and soon.
LEO
What do you want me to do? Tell them? Doesn't that break the rules and endanger us all?
ELDER
Chris already broke the rules by coming back from the future.
LEO
He said he had too...to save Wyatt.
ELDER
He made a very difficult and desperate decision. And now you have to make one.
The elder orbs away leaving Leo, once again, ALONE.
To be continued...
PHOEBE is still clutching Chris's jacket. PIPER and PAIGE can tell by her reaction that she is very upset by what she saw.
PIPER
You saw Chris?
PHEOBE
Yeah.
PAIGE
How does that work? You usually get your premonitions BEFORE something bad happens. And Chris is already dead.
PIPER
(correcting her)
Chris's future self is dead...
PHOEBE
Right and I didn't see a grown up Chris. The Chris is saw was little.
PAIGE
How little.
PHEOBE
Wyatt little.
PAIGE
Wow, that is little. Are you sure it was him?
Pheobe pauses, reliving the premonition in her mind, then smiles...
PHOEBE
Yeah, I'm sure. Those were definitely Chris's eyes.
PAIGE tries to bring some levity to the somber situation by adding...
PAIGE
So, I take it our little whitelighter is just as adorable in the past as he is in the present.
PIPER
(correcting her again)
I think you mean, just as adorable in the present as he WILL BE in the future.
PAIGE
Right.
PHOEBE
Oh yeah.
Phoebe grasps Chris jacket a little tighter-hoping to recapture this brief connection she had with the young whitelighter she had grown to love. As she reflects on her premonition, the smile disappears from her face.
PIPER
Pheobe? What is it?
PHEOBE
He was terrified!
PIPER
Of what?
PHOEBE
I don't know. I couldn't see it but he was definitely afraid. He was screaming...Something scared him. Something awful.
PAIGE
Wow, Chris's life really has been a nightmare right from the very beginning. Hasn't it?
INT. MANOR
LEO sits on the couch watching Wyatt play with some blocks on the floor in front of him. Wyatt toddles up to him and offers him a block-an invitation to play. Leo smiles and takes it from him.
LEO
Thanks buddy.
(handing it back)
You do it. Daddy's not feeling so great right now.
As Wyatt shrugs and toddles away, Leo flashes back to the conversation in the attic, the day Chris died and hears his son's voice...
CHRIS
He'll kill me!
Leo blinks and shakes his head-trying to get the memory to fade from his mind. But it doesn't work...
CHRIS
You have to stop him Leo. You have to stop the evil that is coming for him or he will destroy us all.
Leo sighs and leans back on the couch, closing his eyes. As he settles back and tries to clear his mind, the Sisters orb in and he snaps back to reality.
PIPER
Oh Leo, good you're here.
LEO
(sitting up)
What are you guys doing back so soon?
PAIGE
Phoebe had a premonition.
LEO
About what?
Pheobe tosses Chris's jacket to him.
LEO
About Chris.
Leo stands up quickly, looking down at Chris's jacket that he now holds.
LEO
What? Where did you get this?
PIPER
The Club. Chris must have left it there.
LEO
Well, are you sure it belonged to Chris? It could belong to a patron...an employee.
PAIGE
It was in Piper's office.
LEO
So, maybe an employee found it and put it...
PHEOBE
LEO! It's Chris's jacket. I KNOW. I saw him.
LEO desperately tries to hide how nervous he is and hopes Pheobe didn't see something that would reveal Chris's true identity. Not yet anyway. He decided to cut to the chase...
LEO
What exactly did you see Pheobe?
Pheobe let's out an audible sigh before informing him...
PHEOBE
I saw a very frightened toddler.
LEO
(relieved)
That's it?
PIPER
Isn't that enough Leo? Chris could be in danger as we speak?
PAIGE
You know, it never dawned on me that Chris is still actually here until you just said that Piper. I mean, he's not HERE, here. At least not the Chris we knew. But his past self.. or his present self... whatever...he's out there somewhere.
PHEOBE
And he's in danger. The question is...what do we do about it?
PAIGE
We could try scrying for him?
LEO
No! That's a very bad idea!
PIPER
(frustrated)
Why Leo?
LEO
Because we don't even know exactly what it is that Phoebe saw.
PHOEBE
I saw Chris screaming in terror!
LEO
Look , you are emotionally attached to Chris. Maybe what you thought was a scream of terror, was really just a tantrum.
PHOEBE
That was no tantrum.
PIPER
Why are you being so difficult about this Leo?
LEO
Because we can't just interfere in Chris's life. We don't know what affect it will have on his future or ours! Just trust me on this OK?
Having said that, Leo orbs out-taking Chris's jacket with him.
Pheobe turns to Piper and throws her hands up in frustration.
PHEOBE
WHAT is his problem?
PIPER
I have no idea, but I'm going to find out.
INT. WOODS- NIGHTTIME
LEO stands in a clearing. A raging fire that he built himself, rages in front of him. HE holds Chris's jacket tightly in his hands, staring at it, wanting desperately to be able to sense his son the way Pheobe was able to. Finally and reluctantly, he tosses the jacket into the fire.
Almost instantly, THE ELDER orbs in beside him.
ELDER
Do you really think that will stop them from figuring this out Leo?
LEO turns to the elder.
LEO
I don't understand? How did Pheobe sense Chris so far in the future? He hasn't even been born yet and she seeing him as a toddler!
ELDER
You said so yourself. There is a strong connection between Chris and the Charmed Ones. And his soul already exists within Piper. Which is why it is so important for you to figure this out Leo and soon.
LEO
What do you want me to do? Tell them? Doesn't that break the rules and endanger us all?
ELDER
Chris already broke the rules by coming back from the future.
LEO
He said he had too...to save Wyatt.
ELDER
He made a very difficult and desperate decision. And now you have to make one.
The elder orbs away leaving Leo, once again, ALONE.
To be continued...