Piper gasped. "I have two kids?" She cried.
"But wait . . .that still doesn't answer the question of why you kidnapped Piper and then tried to take yourself from her . . .your baby self," Phoebe said, confusion on her face.
Parker shook her head. "I wasn't trying to take myself. Wyatt is older.by about five years. He's the one that's inside you right now."
Piper gasped again and placed a hand on her stomach. She blinked and looked at Parker. "What were you going to do? Magic him out of me? Then what?"
"I was going to-to . . ." Parker paused. "Well, whatever I would have had to do to get rid of him. I know he's your son, and my brother, but he's evil in a major way in the future. He's the one who sent the demons after you three in the future, the ones who killed you all."
Piper could hardly take all of this in. She felt dizzy and sick. How could her son be so evil in the future? What had happened to make him that way? It was almost too much to comprehend.
"There's more, though . . ." Parker said weakly.
Piper, Phoebe, and Paige all looked at Parker. Leo, who was standing back from them all, kept his eyes locked on Parker.
"Wyatt will realize I'm gone soon. When he does, he'll send demons to come and get me. And he won't stop sending demons until I'm dead," Parker said softly.
"We won't let that happen. But you need to come back to the manor with us. We can protect you better if you're there with us," Piper said gently.
Parker hesitated, then nodded. "Alright. I'll go."
Piper smiled and looked at Leo, who walked over. They all linked hands and Leo orbed them to the living room of the manor.
Parker sat on the couch, sighing. Piper sat next to her.
"You okay?" She questioned soothingly.
Parker glanced at her mom. She opened her mouth to say something, then closed it. Piper frowned, glancing at her sisters and her husband.
"Leo, go see if the Elders know how we can protect Parker from Wyatt . . .and see if they know what we should do about Wyatt, the future one and . . . "She placed a hand on her belly.
Leo nodded and orbed out.
Parker glanced down. She was tired and hungry. She felt almost as if she shouldn't have come back to the past.
"What are we going to do about Prue? I mean . . .I don't think the Elders are going to change their minds too quickly," Paige said suddenly.
Piper closed her eyes. She had almost forgotten about her older sister. She glanced at Paige. "I don't know. I'm hoping Leo will sort it all out while he's up there. I mean, why send her back to us just to take her away again?" She asked softly.
Phoebe frowned and stepped over to Piper. She sat next to her sister and hugged Piper tightly. A shower of blue light interrupted the hug as Leo appeared in the living room.
Piper dried her tears and turned to face Leo. "What happened? What did you find out?"
"First, we can't stop Wyatt from being born. It has to happen or the scale between good and evil will tilt. But I think we can protect Parker from future Wyatt. Except it won't be easy . . .and I don't know if she'll like it," Leo replied.
Parker blinked, frowning at Leo, her dad. "What do I have to do?"
"You need to have your powers stripped . . .and your memory wiped clean," Leo said softly.
Piper's eyes narrowed. "But why? I can understand her powers but why her memory? Then she won't remember us."
"It's the only way," Leo sighed.
"I-I'll have to think about it," Parker grumbled, looking down.
The room grew silent for a moment. Phoebe looked at Leo and was the first to break the silence.
"Leo, what about Prue? Why did the Elders take her away from us again?"
Leo sighed and didn't answer right away.
"They wouldn't tell me. I don't think we'll ever find out. Not for a long time, at least. I'll do everything I can to bring Prue back, I swear. But I'm not sure how much good it will do. The Elders are very strict when it comes to this sort of stuff. They even blocked the Summoning Spell so you can't summon her," he said slowly.
"I can't believe them! She's our sister, Leo!" Piper cried angrily.
Paige listened in silence. She wasn't sure if she was glad Prue wasn't coming back, or if she was sorry that Prue wasn't coming back. She felt overshadowed with Prue around, but Piper and Phoebe loved her very much. Paige shifted uncomfortably; remembering how angry Prue had been when she had first appeared and found Paige. She shuddered with the thought and drifted back to the conversation, looking from Piper and Leo, who were yelling at each other.
"What do you want me to do, Piper? I'm just a Whitelighter. I'm told what to do and I do it. I love Prue just as much as you and Phoebe and if I could do something to bring her back I would. But what do you expect me to do? What do you want me to do?" Leo snapped angrily.
"Go up there and tell your bosses that if they don't give Prue back, I quit!" Piper shot back.
"You can't just quit Piper. This is your destiny! Yours and Phoebe's and Pa-"
"And Prue's! But she isn't here, is she? They took her away from me three years ago, Leo. And on the three-year anniversary of her death, they sent her back, only to take her away again a few days later. That hurts! They can't keep doing this . . .they can't keep messing with our hearts, Leo!" Piper shouted, tears in her eyes.
Parker cleared her throat. "Mom, I'm tired. I think I'm going to go take a nap in your room. Unless you don't want me to, then I can just-"
"Go on, Parker. You don't need to be hearing this," Piper said calmly, glaring daggers at Leo.
Slowly, Parker stood and left the room and headed upstairs. She walked into the bathroom and shut the door. She turned the faucet on and splashed cold water on her face, dried up, then left the bathroom and went to Piper's room. She flipped the light on and closed the door behind her. Piper's room was exactly how Parker remembered it to be. Some of the pictures on the walls and night table were different, but that was to be expected.
She took a deep breath. It still smelled like Piper's perfume. Slowly, Parker made her way around the room, examining everything.
"For a lowly little witch child, your hard to find," said a low, harsh voice from behind Parker.
Parker jumped and gasped, spinning around. When she saw who had spoken to her, she nearly screamed. "Wyatt!"
"But wait . . .that still doesn't answer the question of why you kidnapped Piper and then tried to take yourself from her . . .your baby self," Phoebe said, confusion on her face.
Parker shook her head. "I wasn't trying to take myself. Wyatt is older.by about five years. He's the one that's inside you right now."
Piper gasped again and placed a hand on her stomach. She blinked and looked at Parker. "What were you going to do? Magic him out of me? Then what?"
"I was going to-to . . ." Parker paused. "Well, whatever I would have had to do to get rid of him. I know he's your son, and my brother, but he's evil in a major way in the future. He's the one who sent the demons after you three in the future, the ones who killed you all."
Piper could hardly take all of this in. She felt dizzy and sick. How could her son be so evil in the future? What had happened to make him that way? It was almost too much to comprehend.
"There's more, though . . ." Parker said weakly.
Piper, Phoebe, and Paige all looked at Parker. Leo, who was standing back from them all, kept his eyes locked on Parker.
"Wyatt will realize I'm gone soon. When he does, he'll send demons to come and get me. And he won't stop sending demons until I'm dead," Parker said softly.
"We won't let that happen. But you need to come back to the manor with us. We can protect you better if you're there with us," Piper said gently.
Parker hesitated, then nodded. "Alright. I'll go."
Piper smiled and looked at Leo, who walked over. They all linked hands and Leo orbed them to the living room of the manor.
Parker sat on the couch, sighing. Piper sat next to her.
"You okay?" She questioned soothingly.
Parker glanced at her mom. She opened her mouth to say something, then closed it. Piper frowned, glancing at her sisters and her husband.
"Leo, go see if the Elders know how we can protect Parker from Wyatt . . .and see if they know what we should do about Wyatt, the future one and . . . "She placed a hand on her belly.
Leo nodded and orbed out.
Parker glanced down. She was tired and hungry. She felt almost as if she shouldn't have come back to the past.
"What are we going to do about Prue? I mean . . .I don't think the Elders are going to change their minds too quickly," Paige said suddenly.
Piper closed her eyes. She had almost forgotten about her older sister. She glanced at Paige. "I don't know. I'm hoping Leo will sort it all out while he's up there. I mean, why send her back to us just to take her away again?" She asked softly.
Phoebe frowned and stepped over to Piper. She sat next to her sister and hugged Piper tightly. A shower of blue light interrupted the hug as Leo appeared in the living room.
Piper dried her tears and turned to face Leo. "What happened? What did you find out?"
"First, we can't stop Wyatt from being born. It has to happen or the scale between good and evil will tilt. But I think we can protect Parker from future Wyatt. Except it won't be easy . . .and I don't know if she'll like it," Leo replied.
Parker blinked, frowning at Leo, her dad. "What do I have to do?"
"You need to have your powers stripped . . .and your memory wiped clean," Leo said softly.
Piper's eyes narrowed. "But why? I can understand her powers but why her memory? Then she won't remember us."
"It's the only way," Leo sighed.
"I-I'll have to think about it," Parker grumbled, looking down.
The room grew silent for a moment. Phoebe looked at Leo and was the first to break the silence.
"Leo, what about Prue? Why did the Elders take her away from us again?"
Leo sighed and didn't answer right away.
"They wouldn't tell me. I don't think we'll ever find out. Not for a long time, at least. I'll do everything I can to bring Prue back, I swear. But I'm not sure how much good it will do. The Elders are very strict when it comes to this sort of stuff. They even blocked the Summoning Spell so you can't summon her," he said slowly.
"I can't believe them! She's our sister, Leo!" Piper cried angrily.
Paige listened in silence. She wasn't sure if she was glad Prue wasn't coming back, or if she was sorry that Prue wasn't coming back. She felt overshadowed with Prue around, but Piper and Phoebe loved her very much. Paige shifted uncomfortably; remembering how angry Prue had been when she had first appeared and found Paige. She shuddered with the thought and drifted back to the conversation, looking from Piper and Leo, who were yelling at each other.
"What do you want me to do, Piper? I'm just a Whitelighter. I'm told what to do and I do it. I love Prue just as much as you and Phoebe and if I could do something to bring her back I would. But what do you expect me to do? What do you want me to do?" Leo snapped angrily.
"Go up there and tell your bosses that if they don't give Prue back, I quit!" Piper shot back.
"You can't just quit Piper. This is your destiny! Yours and Phoebe's and Pa-"
"And Prue's! But she isn't here, is she? They took her away from me three years ago, Leo. And on the three-year anniversary of her death, they sent her back, only to take her away again a few days later. That hurts! They can't keep doing this . . .they can't keep messing with our hearts, Leo!" Piper shouted, tears in her eyes.
Parker cleared her throat. "Mom, I'm tired. I think I'm going to go take a nap in your room. Unless you don't want me to, then I can just-"
"Go on, Parker. You don't need to be hearing this," Piper said calmly, glaring daggers at Leo.
Slowly, Parker stood and left the room and headed upstairs. She walked into the bathroom and shut the door. She turned the faucet on and splashed cold water on her face, dried up, then left the bathroom and went to Piper's room. She flipped the light on and closed the door behind her. Piper's room was exactly how Parker remembered it to be. Some of the pictures on the walls and night table were different, but that was to be expected.
She took a deep breath. It still smelled like Piper's perfume. Slowly, Parker made her way around the room, examining everything.
"For a lowly little witch child, your hard to find," said a low, harsh voice from behind Parker.
Parker jumped and gasped, spinning around. When she saw who had spoken to her, she nearly screamed. "Wyatt!"