CHAPTER THREE: An Elder's distrust
Prescott Street.
"I can't believe that guy had the nerve to say that he didn't use phones." Scoffed Phoebe.
"Ogh, Pheebs, give it a rest. You've been ranting for the whole trip home. Besides, who cares? If he doesn't like you, then he's not worth it." Paige tried to shut her sister up with friendly advice.
"Thanks. But you're only saying that because you got your dancer's number."
"True that Phoebe, true that." Paige smiled.
"Okay, score settled, now can we be quiet now? I'm getting confusing signals." Leo asked of them.
"Yeah honey, I know my sisters are confusing but..." Piper was cut off.
"Heh, no not about that, I am talking about the signals in my head. I sensed someone here or someone calling me, but now it's gone and I have no clue who or what it was."
"Was it a charge?" asked Phoebe.
"No. I didn't recognise it." Leo went silent, but then heard a jingle. "I guess the Elders heard it too. They're calling. I'll be back." Leo said with a smile and orbed out while Piper was driving.
'Damn, I didn't even get to kiss him goodbye' thought Piper. She didn't say it out loud though, because if she did, Phoebe and Paige would start blabbing about their dances tonight.
The Manor.
They pulled up in the driveway just after Leo orbed out. The sisters got out of the car and headed inside.
"Chris? Are you home?" Phoebe yelled out.
"No, sorry, I'm not." Chris said back from up on the landing.
Phoebe gave him eye daggers. "Oh, good, we don't need him anyway."
"Hey!" Chris gave Phoebe eye daggers back. "So, what are you guys doing home now? It's only Midnight."
"Did you find out anything about that sense you had before?" Piper asked.
"No." Chris lied.
"Oh. Well I had another one of those feelings. I still don't know what it means, Leo has gone to find something out."
"Okay." Chris answered.
'Why are you answering me so abruptly? You got something to hide?' thought Piper.
"Okay, um, I'll go check the book about these things we don't know about." Paige suggested.
"I'll come with, it's not like I have a guy to get back to." Phoebe said sarcastically. Chris was looking at Piper. "You look like you need to talk."
"Actually, I was hoping I could get you to talk." She said back.
"Me? Why?"
"Well because you're hiding something, I can feel it."
"Hiding something? No, there's nothing I need to tell you." He tried to say that so he wouldn't sound like he was being cheeky to his mother.
Piper paused for a moment. "Fine. But you'd better not be keeping secrets like you were before Chris okay?"
"Yeah, okay." Chris smiled to soften her up, it worked.
2030, 'up there'
"What do you mean he's evil? He's not!" Lila yelled.
"How did you get up here?? You're not allowed to be up here. Go away; this is none of your business."
"None of my business," Lila laughed to herself. "Jude is my partner, of course this is my business!"
"Not anymore it isn't. We don't trust you anymore than we trust him. Goodbye." The Elder had spoken; and with a raise of his hands, Lila was thrown out of the heavens.
"Hey! You can't speak to her like that. And she can be trusted, she's good – just like I am!" Jude protested.
"No more talking. This is the end of the road for you. How the others even thought of voting you in as an Elder in the first place is a wonder to me. I was against you coming to be one of us. You're evil, you work with evil, you can't be trusted and now you're going to go where you belong."
"Don't you dare do it. You can't kill me, the other Elders trust me." Jude tensed up.
"Not anymore they don't." Jardosh smiled and other Elders closed in on Jude.
"What did you do to them?" Jude looked at the others, "He's brainwashing you!"
"Stop lying you demon!"
"Demon? What is this? I'm no demon." The Elders were edging closer and closer... "Don't make me hurt you." Jude said out of defence.
"See, he is evil, he said he would hurt you. Now it's time for him to leave the council of Elders." Jardosh was determined to kill Jude.
2004, the Manor.
It was two o'clock in the morning, no one had found out anything about the senses. It didn't seem too much to be worrying about, whatever it was. Everyone retired to bed. Leo orbed in to find his wife asleep.
"I won't wake you baby. Goodnight." Leo whispered. Then he hopped into bed. Piper subconsciously bear hugged her husband.
Chris had a sleepless night. He couldn't help but think about Lila. Visions of what had happened in the hidden hall were replaying in his mind over and over: "The person who killed Wyatt...it was me." "we could have, I dunno, saved him instead of losing his life." "Piper is our Mom. She's not doing so well these days. I really wish I could help her," "You didn't exist." "So I guess you're not the only Halliwell to alter history." "Chris, this is my Soul mate Jude." "The Elders...a few of them don't trust me as you know." "Is he evil?" "You saved my life." "I'll come back one day."
It was breakfast and everyone was up and in the kitchen, except for Chris. "Was your sleep okay Piper?" Paige asked.
"Yeah, it was fine thanks." Piper replied. She was happy to find her husband by her side when she woke up 10 minutes before.
"That's good because we didn't find anything in the book last night. Maybe what you felt was a one off so I think you'll be okay. Unless the Elders know something, do they Leo?" Phoebe asked her brother-in-law.
"I don't think so. They called me up there last night because they did sense something, something big but then it disappeared. They want me to keep an eye on Piper in case she feels more but other than that, I don't think it's that big of a deal." Leo smiled, he now got to spend more time with his wife.
Chris was sitting on the top of the stairs listening to what Leo had just said. 'Oh it's a big deal alright.'
Prescott Street.
"I can't believe that guy had the nerve to say that he didn't use phones." Scoffed Phoebe.
"Ogh, Pheebs, give it a rest. You've been ranting for the whole trip home. Besides, who cares? If he doesn't like you, then he's not worth it." Paige tried to shut her sister up with friendly advice.
"Thanks. But you're only saying that because you got your dancer's number."
"True that Phoebe, true that." Paige smiled.
"Okay, score settled, now can we be quiet now? I'm getting confusing signals." Leo asked of them.
"Yeah honey, I know my sisters are confusing but..." Piper was cut off.
"Heh, no not about that, I am talking about the signals in my head. I sensed someone here or someone calling me, but now it's gone and I have no clue who or what it was."
"Was it a charge?" asked Phoebe.
"No. I didn't recognise it." Leo went silent, but then heard a jingle. "I guess the Elders heard it too. They're calling. I'll be back." Leo said with a smile and orbed out while Piper was driving.
'Damn, I didn't even get to kiss him goodbye' thought Piper. She didn't say it out loud though, because if she did, Phoebe and Paige would start blabbing about their dances tonight.
The Manor.
They pulled up in the driveway just after Leo orbed out. The sisters got out of the car and headed inside.
"Chris? Are you home?" Phoebe yelled out.
"No, sorry, I'm not." Chris said back from up on the landing.
Phoebe gave him eye daggers. "Oh, good, we don't need him anyway."
"Hey!" Chris gave Phoebe eye daggers back. "So, what are you guys doing home now? It's only Midnight."
"Did you find out anything about that sense you had before?" Piper asked.
"No." Chris lied.
"Oh. Well I had another one of those feelings. I still don't know what it means, Leo has gone to find something out."
"Okay." Chris answered.
'Why are you answering me so abruptly? You got something to hide?' thought Piper.
"Okay, um, I'll go check the book about these things we don't know about." Paige suggested.
"I'll come with, it's not like I have a guy to get back to." Phoebe said sarcastically. Chris was looking at Piper. "You look like you need to talk."
"Actually, I was hoping I could get you to talk." She said back.
"Me? Why?"
"Well because you're hiding something, I can feel it."
"Hiding something? No, there's nothing I need to tell you." He tried to say that so he wouldn't sound like he was being cheeky to his mother.
Piper paused for a moment. "Fine. But you'd better not be keeping secrets like you were before Chris okay?"
"Yeah, okay." Chris smiled to soften her up, it worked.
2030, 'up there'
"What do you mean he's evil? He's not!" Lila yelled.
"How did you get up here?? You're not allowed to be up here. Go away; this is none of your business."
"None of my business," Lila laughed to herself. "Jude is my partner, of course this is my business!"
"Not anymore it isn't. We don't trust you anymore than we trust him. Goodbye." The Elder had spoken; and with a raise of his hands, Lila was thrown out of the heavens.
"Hey! You can't speak to her like that. And she can be trusted, she's good – just like I am!" Jude protested.
"No more talking. This is the end of the road for you. How the others even thought of voting you in as an Elder in the first place is a wonder to me. I was against you coming to be one of us. You're evil, you work with evil, you can't be trusted and now you're going to go where you belong."
"Don't you dare do it. You can't kill me, the other Elders trust me." Jude tensed up.
"Not anymore they don't." Jardosh smiled and other Elders closed in on Jude.
"What did you do to them?" Jude looked at the others, "He's brainwashing you!"
"Stop lying you demon!"
"Demon? What is this? I'm no demon." The Elders were edging closer and closer... "Don't make me hurt you." Jude said out of defence.
"See, he is evil, he said he would hurt you. Now it's time for him to leave the council of Elders." Jardosh was determined to kill Jude.
2004, the Manor.
It was two o'clock in the morning, no one had found out anything about the senses. It didn't seem too much to be worrying about, whatever it was. Everyone retired to bed. Leo orbed in to find his wife asleep.
"I won't wake you baby. Goodnight." Leo whispered. Then he hopped into bed. Piper subconsciously bear hugged her husband.
Chris had a sleepless night. He couldn't help but think about Lila. Visions of what had happened in the hidden hall were replaying in his mind over and over: "The person who killed Wyatt...it was me." "we could have, I dunno, saved him instead of losing his life." "Piper is our Mom. She's not doing so well these days. I really wish I could help her," "You didn't exist." "So I guess you're not the only Halliwell to alter history." "Chris, this is my Soul mate Jude." "The Elders...a few of them don't trust me as you know." "Is he evil?" "You saved my life." "I'll come back one day."
It was breakfast and everyone was up and in the kitchen, except for Chris. "Was your sleep okay Piper?" Paige asked.
"Yeah, it was fine thanks." Piper replied. She was happy to find her husband by her side when she woke up 10 minutes before.
"That's good because we didn't find anything in the book last night. Maybe what you felt was a one off so I think you'll be okay. Unless the Elders know something, do they Leo?" Phoebe asked her brother-in-law.
"I don't think so. They called me up there last night because they did sense something, something big but then it disappeared. They want me to keep an eye on Piper in case she feels more but other than that, I don't think it's that big of a deal." Leo smiled, he now got to spend more time with his wife.
Chris was sitting on the top of the stairs listening to what Leo had just said. 'Oh it's a big deal alright.'
