A/N: Like that little tease at the end of the last chapter? ::evil grin::
Cliffhangers - I love 'em! Sorry, guys, my loyal reviewers. Just one
question before ficness... does anyone know the name of the little dwarf
lady? The nanny? I want to use her (I've mentioned her) but I need to know
if she has a name before I give her one. So, on with the fic!
Chapter Four.
Zack felt another shot of pain shoot through his head. He groaned. Help, help, help, help, help, help... But there was no way to help. He had to do what had to be done.
"Are you okay?" Phoebe asked. "Maybe Paige-"
"No," he said. "It won't work. People have tried. I'm... I'm okay. Really."
"How do we do this?" Piper asked him. "How do we kill him?"
Paige stepped in. "Potion, spell, powers...?"
"I... I don't know," Zack answered. "I've never had the Power of Three to work with..."
"Okay, then," she said. "Standard plan. We confront him, we blow him up. I'll work on a potion."
Piper told them, "I'm going to take Wyatt over to Darryl's. I don't want him there."
"Okay. And Phoebe, you... watch wonder-boy."
"Don't let him see you making the potion," Zack told Paige. "He might catch on."
She glared at him and then took Piper's hand. They were soon gone in a blur of blue and white. Zack and Phoebe watched them go. Then, she came over and sat in a chair beside the bed.
"What's it like?"
"Huh?"
"The future," she repeated. "What's it like? What about me?"
Zack sighed. "Phoebe. I... I don't want to tell you. Any of you. I don't want you to get your hopes up... or down."
"Well, if everything's changed, it won't matter," she rationalized.
"Somethings are fate. Destiny."
She groaned and then gave him a smile. "Is it that bad?" she joked.
"No! Well... not in my time- Hey." He gave her a look. "Almost had me saying something." He chuckled and muttered to himself. "You always were able to..."
"What?" Phoebe asked.
He shook his head. "Nothing."
"You think we can take Chris?" she asked.
"I think so," Zack answered. "I hope so."
***
Paige and Piper orbed into an empty living room. They looked around, then to each other, and quickly went their separate ways. Piper walked softly to the stairs, still looking around for Chris. Not seeing him, she proceeded quietly up the stairs.
Wyatt was still asleep and his nanny no where in sight. She gently picked him up and held him for a moment.
He opened his eyes and looked up at her. "Hey, little guy," she said. "You want to go for a ride? Huh?"
The baby gurgled and smiled.
"Okay," Piper said. "Come on."
She grabbed the diaper bag beside the changing station and walked out of the room. She quietly closed the door and walked back towards the stairs.
"Help... help me, Leo... Help..."
There was a faint voice coming from the stairwell heading up to the attic.
"Chris?"
She looked up the stairs and saw him sitting there on the steps. "Are you, uh, okay?"
Quickly he his eyes seemed to focus and harden. "Yeah," he answered. "I'm fine." Then he saw the bag and baby. "Are you going somewhere?"
"Uh, yeah," she said. "We're going to go over to, uh, Darryl's."
"Paige and Phoebe, too?"
"Paige is hanging around and Phoebe's at work," Piper replied.
He nodded. "Yeah, she is isn't she?"
She told him, "Don't worry, we shouldn't be gone that long. See you when we get home."
"Okay," he said. "Bye Wyatt."
Once she was downstairs, Piper breathed a sigh of relief. So far, so good.
***
Once again, Paige was getting to play super-witch. She hadn't seen Chris yet and was hopeful that he wouldn't come downstairs until she was finished. She took out several viles and herbs and then began to mix them in a small cauldron.
"Paige?"
"Yeah, Piper?" she responded.
Piper walked into the kitchen. "Okay, I'm taking Wyatt to Darryl's house. Meet me there when you're done."
"Sure thing," she said. "Get going so I'm not done before you're there."
"Good luck," her sister whispered as she left.
Paige, however, ignored it. She didn't need luck right now. She needed rosemary...
***
"They're coming back," Zack said a moment before Paige and Piper orbed in.
"How'd you kn-" Phoebe started to ask but was cut off by Paige and Piper.
"Okay," Paige said. "I've got a potion and Wyatt's taken care of. Are we ready to do this?"
Zack took a moment and then stood up. "Yeah," he answered. "We're ready."
Piper nodded. "Then let's do it."
Paige took Piper's hand and Zack took Phoebe's hand. In two seperate blurs of blue and white light, they were off to the manor.
Off to confront Chris.
***
Chapter Four.
Zack felt another shot of pain shoot through his head. He groaned. Help, help, help, help, help, help... But there was no way to help. He had to do what had to be done.
"Are you okay?" Phoebe asked. "Maybe Paige-"
"No," he said. "It won't work. People have tried. I'm... I'm okay. Really."
"How do we do this?" Piper asked him. "How do we kill him?"
Paige stepped in. "Potion, spell, powers...?"
"I... I don't know," Zack answered. "I've never had the Power of Three to work with..."
"Okay, then," she said. "Standard plan. We confront him, we blow him up. I'll work on a potion."
Piper told them, "I'm going to take Wyatt over to Darryl's. I don't want him there."
"Okay. And Phoebe, you... watch wonder-boy."
"Don't let him see you making the potion," Zack told Paige. "He might catch on."
She glared at him and then took Piper's hand. They were soon gone in a blur of blue and white. Zack and Phoebe watched them go. Then, she came over and sat in a chair beside the bed.
"What's it like?"
"Huh?"
"The future," she repeated. "What's it like? What about me?"
Zack sighed. "Phoebe. I... I don't want to tell you. Any of you. I don't want you to get your hopes up... or down."
"Well, if everything's changed, it won't matter," she rationalized.
"Somethings are fate. Destiny."
She groaned and then gave him a smile. "Is it that bad?" she joked.
"No! Well... not in my time- Hey." He gave her a look. "Almost had me saying something." He chuckled and muttered to himself. "You always were able to..."
"What?" Phoebe asked.
He shook his head. "Nothing."
"You think we can take Chris?" she asked.
"I think so," Zack answered. "I hope so."
***
Paige and Piper orbed into an empty living room. They looked around, then to each other, and quickly went their separate ways. Piper walked softly to the stairs, still looking around for Chris. Not seeing him, she proceeded quietly up the stairs.
Wyatt was still asleep and his nanny no where in sight. She gently picked him up and held him for a moment.
He opened his eyes and looked up at her. "Hey, little guy," she said. "You want to go for a ride? Huh?"
The baby gurgled and smiled.
"Okay," Piper said. "Come on."
She grabbed the diaper bag beside the changing station and walked out of the room. She quietly closed the door and walked back towards the stairs.
"Help... help me, Leo... Help..."
There was a faint voice coming from the stairwell heading up to the attic.
"Chris?"
She looked up the stairs and saw him sitting there on the steps. "Are you, uh, okay?"
Quickly he his eyes seemed to focus and harden. "Yeah," he answered. "I'm fine." Then he saw the bag and baby. "Are you going somewhere?"
"Uh, yeah," she said. "We're going to go over to, uh, Darryl's."
"Paige and Phoebe, too?"
"Paige is hanging around and Phoebe's at work," Piper replied.
He nodded. "Yeah, she is isn't she?"
She told him, "Don't worry, we shouldn't be gone that long. See you when we get home."
"Okay," he said. "Bye Wyatt."
Once she was downstairs, Piper breathed a sigh of relief. So far, so good.
***
Once again, Paige was getting to play super-witch. She hadn't seen Chris yet and was hopeful that he wouldn't come downstairs until she was finished. She took out several viles and herbs and then began to mix them in a small cauldron.
"Paige?"
"Yeah, Piper?" she responded.
Piper walked into the kitchen. "Okay, I'm taking Wyatt to Darryl's house. Meet me there when you're done."
"Sure thing," she said. "Get going so I'm not done before you're there."
"Good luck," her sister whispered as she left.
Paige, however, ignored it. She didn't need luck right now. She needed rosemary...
***
"They're coming back," Zack said a moment before Paige and Piper orbed in.
"How'd you kn-" Phoebe started to ask but was cut off by Paige and Piper.
"Okay," Paige said. "I've got a potion and Wyatt's taken care of. Are we ready to do this?"
Zack took a moment and then stood up. "Yeah," he answered. "We're ready."
Piper nodded. "Then let's do it."
Paige took Piper's hand and Zack took Phoebe's hand. In two seperate blurs of blue and white light, they were off to the manor.
Off to confront Chris.
***
