Chapter Five
Kira walked into her apartment, exhausted after a long day of research on the Halliwell sisters. All she wanted to do, no, was relax in a nice, hot bath.
She set down her bag and walked into the bathroom and began to fill the tub with water. She walked into her bedroom and proceeded to undress. She felt very comfortable in the new apartment until she heard a low whistle come from the other side of the room. She turned quickly to see Famine in the corner of the room. She didn't seem bothered by this visit, except for the fact that she covered herself from his gaze.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I hear you're doing some work on the Charmed Ones… I would like to know what you're dug up." He walked closer to her.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but my research is for me, only. I won't tell you what I know."
He moved a little closer to her. "Come on. We've known each other for how long and you're going to hide this from me? You can trust me."
She scoffed loudly. "Trust you? Ha! I'd have more trust sticking my arm down a crocodile's throat. Now, leave." She said.
"Why are you hiding this from me?"
"Because I can. Now, leave." She repeated. She raised her arms as he began to get even closer to her. "Get away." She warned him.
"Or what?" As soon as the words had escaped his mouth, he was flung across the room by some magical force.
"That." She said, angrily. He didn't dare move from his spot on the floor, for fear of what else she was capable of doing to him.
"I'll be back and when I do, you'll tell me everything that I need to know."
"Go to hell." He didn't say anything else as he disappeared in a puff of green smoke.
"Any luck with the book?" Piper asked as she still sat with Chris. She couldn't really do much work, since her stomach would usually get in the way, so she decided that comfort was the best thing.
"None." Phoebe said, giving up on the book. She had the book memorized, bow and there was nothing in there about a female demon that could control minds.
"What about on the Horsemen's weakness?" Leo asked.
"No." Phoebe answered.
"Well, there wouldn't be anyway. It was written in the book in my time, but that only after I learned how to write." Chris explained, rubbing his temples as if trying to make himself remember. "And I still can't figure out what I could have conjured to make them so scared."
"Or how they even know about it." Paige said.
"They should know about it." Leo pointed out.
"What do you mean?" Piper asked.
"Well, the Horsemen exist outside of time and space. They can be wherever and whenever they want to. That explains why they're still alive in Chris's time. They knew they were going to be killed in the future, so what better way to save themselves?" It wasn't a question directed toward any of them.
"Why would they go after this Chris and not baby Chris?" Piper asked.
Leo shrugged. "That I'm not so sure about." He said.
Phoebe let out an exasperated sigh. "I give up! There is nothing in here!" She slammed the book shut and rested her head on top of it.
Someone clearing his throat got their attention. Daryl still sat with them, which none of the others had seemed to realize, since he was so quiet. He figured that sitting with them was the best that he could do, seeing as though he exposed them. "I have an idea." He said, meekly, not sure if they would accept it or not.
"Well, let's hear it. We've got nothin' else that's gonna help us." Paige said.
"Chris, you said that you conjured more than one thing in your childhood. Can you remember them all?" He asked.
Paige and Phoebe smiled at the idea. "Daryl, you're a genius!" They both said in unison.
Piper gave them a puzzled look. "What is he a genius for?"
"We could make a list of everything that Chris has conjured and that way we can narrow it down to what the threat is!" Phoebe explained.
Piper nodded at the idea. "Okay, then. Let's get to work."