Chapter 3
"He wouldn't! He wouldn't risk the future."
"His future has already been risked. He doesn't want any mistakes this time. He's coming himself, which means he knows that Melkor failed and he knows where I am."
Chris sighed, "You shouldn't have come, Izzy."
"Chris if I didn't, you could've died. You know the Charmed Ones can't defend against him. Piper's explosive power isn't enough and there's nothing in the Book of Shadows about Melkor either."
"Izzy, I knew what I was getting into, and I know that I'm probably gonna die if I get caught."
"You already did get caught once and you escaped by lucky chance. Chris you can't do this alone, you need my help and you know it! God why are you so stubborn!"
"What can I say? I'm a Halliwell. Living with them all these months, I forgot how stubborn they can get when they want something." He replied with a smirk on his face.
Isabelle smiled, "They don't know, do they?"
"No, and they can't. The less they know about the future the better. Phoebe just found out that she's pregnant, so if you're gonna stay you can't let on to the truth. I know how hard it is for you to lie to your parents."
"Don't worry about me, Chris. If Phoebe just found out, that means Piper is about to find out about you too."
"I know. At least we have a slight advantage over Wyatt."
"What's that?"
"He won't risk hurting the Charmed Ones."
****
When Isabelle and Chris returned to the Manor they found Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Leo and little Wyatt in the living room. "There you are!" Piper said.
"Ya mind telling us who she is Chris, and who that demon was." Paige said.
Chris glanced at Isabelle and back at the girls, "This is Isabelle, she's a friend of mine from the future. She came back to save me from Melkor."
"Who's Melkor?" Phoebe asked.
"Melkor is demon that was sent back to stop me, he isn't in the Book of Shadows and there was nothing the three of you could've done to save me if Izzy hadn't shown up when she did."
"So you came back to help Chris save Wyatt too?" Leo asked her.
"Yes, Wyatt and the future as well," Isabelle replied looking at Leo.
"What is so terrible that happens in the future?" Paige asked. "I mean first Chris comes back and is followed by a Phoenix assassin who happens to be his fiancée, and now you, seriously I think it's time we got some answers."
"I agree." Leo said.
"Look guys I'm sorry but we can't tell you what's going to happen, Izzy shouldn't have even come in the first place!"
"You could've died Chris and you know it!" Isabelle said to him.
"Look, Izzy if you didn't come to stop Melkor, then we wouldn't have the problem that we've got now." Chris said to her.
"Chris, remember that little chat we had about you telling us when you're in trouble?" Piper asked.
"I'm not in trouble Piper."
"Not in trouble? Excuse me Chris, did you not understand when I said he's coming, cuz I wasn't kidding. He's not risking anymore mistakes this time." Isabelle said.
"Whoa hold on here, who's coming? Who's not risking anymore mistakes?" Phoebe asked trying to break up the shouting match forming between the two of them.
"He wouldn't be coming if you weren't here!" Chris continued ignoring Phoebe.
"Don't be so sure about that Chris!"
"Ok you two break it up!" Piper said coming in between them. "Let's start with you," Piper continued looking at Isabelle, "who's coming from the future?"
"Don't," Chris said with a warning tone in his voice.
Isabelle sighed, "Someone very dangerous, who wants us back. His patience is getting very thin and he isn't willing to risk anymore mistakes."
"Is this the same demon that gets Wyatt in the future?" Leo asked.
"Not exactly."
"Look guys, Isabelle and I can handle this on our own, don't worry about it."
"Chris-"
"Isabelle, the less they know about the future the better. I'm done talking about this." And with that Chris orbed out of the room.
"Wanna tell us what's going on here now that he's gone?" Paige asked.
Isabelle looked at little Wyatt in his playpen and then glanced at Phoebe and sighed. "He's right, I can't tell you as much as I want to." She said walking out of the room.
"She's really conflicted inside about something." Phoebe said when Isabelle was gone. "She wants to say, but she won't."
"Why did she look at you like that Phoebe?" Paige asked.
"I don't know, but it felt weird."
****
Isabelle went upstairs to the attic. She walked over to the book and looked down at it. Chris orbed in. "Sorry, I shouldn't have gotten all pissed at you like that." He said. Isabelle remained quiet. She opened the book, lost in thought. "What are you looking for?" he asked her.
"Nothing." She replied closing it again. Isabelle looked at him, "I don't know how you do it. Lie to them every single day, they're your parents."
He sighed, "I do it because I have to, but it's not easy, especially lying to Leo, but it's not like he'd listen anyway. But we can't tell them the truth; they can't know what happens to Wyatt. They can't know he turns evil."
"But Chris, we can't defend against Wyatt by ourselves."
"I know that, but they don't need the truth about him. If he really is coming, they'll help us no matter what. We don't need to tell them."
"But what if he does?"
"He wouldn't risk it. He won't change the timeline, he knows what could happen. Don't worry about it. No matter what, I won't let him hurt you too." Chris said hugging her.
After a while she pulled away from him, "What are we going to tell them?"
Before Chris could answer they heard a crash coming from downstairs, "Never mind that now." He said orbing downstairs. Isabelle quickly ran downstairs to see a warlock, two of Wyatt's warlocks attacking Chris.
"Chris no!" she shouted blowing up the warlock behind him. The other standing in between her and Chris turned back to see her on the stairs. He sneered and with a wave of his arm threw her against the wall and another warlock appeared behind Chris.
"Looks like you didn't win this round, Christopher, Wyatt's waiting for you." He said grabbing Chris from behind. He disappeared as Piper blasted the remaining warlock before he could go for Isabelle. Phoebe ran to the unconscious Isabelle. "She's still alive." She said.
"What the hell was that?" Piper said.
"I don't know but they were only interested in Chris and Isabelle. It was like they didn't even care about us." Paige said.
"Well maybe she'll tell us something." Phoebe said looking at her. Then Isabelle's necklace caught her eye. It was a ring on a chain. The ring looked exactly like the one Jason had recently given to her. Phoebe frowned as she looked at it; she picked it up and suddenly saw:
"No!!!!!" a younger Isabelle screamed as an older Jason held her back.
"Izzy, no, there's nothing we can do now!" he yelled.
A boy stood there in shock with a horrified expression on his face. The demon looked up with a smirk on his face. Then an older boy orbed in, and he started chanting. Within a few moments the demon had been vanquished. Jason let go of her as she collapsed to the floor crying.~~~
"Phoebe? Are you ok?" Piper asked.
"What did you see?" Paige asked.
"I saw..her and Jason held her back..a boy was there, and another boy orbed in, he vanquished the demon..the demon..that killed us." She replied looking at the two of them.
"He wouldn't! He wouldn't risk the future."
"His future has already been risked. He doesn't want any mistakes this time. He's coming himself, which means he knows that Melkor failed and he knows where I am."
Chris sighed, "You shouldn't have come, Izzy."
"Chris if I didn't, you could've died. You know the Charmed Ones can't defend against him. Piper's explosive power isn't enough and there's nothing in the Book of Shadows about Melkor either."
"Izzy, I knew what I was getting into, and I know that I'm probably gonna die if I get caught."
"You already did get caught once and you escaped by lucky chance. Chris you can't do this alone, you need my help and you know it! God why are you so stubborn!"
"What can I say? I'm a Halliwell. Living with them all these months, I forgot how stubborn they can get when they want something." He replied with a smirk on his face.
Isabelle smiled, "They don't know, do they?"
"No, and they can't. The less they know about the future the better. Phoebe just found out that she's pregnant, so if you're gonna stay you can't let on to the truth. I know how hard it is for you to lie to your parents."
"Don't worry about me, Chris. If Phoebe just found out, that means Piper is about to find out about you too."
"I know. At least we have a slight advantage over Wyatt."
"What's that?"
"He won't risk hurting the Charmed Ones."
****
When Isabelle and Chris returned to the Manor they found Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Leo and little Wyatt in the living room. "There you are!" Piper said.
"Ya mind telling us who she is Chris, and who that demon was." Paige said.
Chris glanced at Isabelle and back at the girls, "This is Isabelle, she's a friend of mine from the future. She came back to save me from Melkor."
"Who's Melkor?" Phoebe asked.
"Melkor is demon that was sent back to stop me, he isn't in the Book of Shadows and there was nothing the three of you could've done to save me if Izzy hadn't shown up when she did."
"So you came back to help Chris save Wyatt too?" Leo asked her.
"Yes, Wyatt and the future as well," Isabelle replied looking at Leo.
"What is so terrible that happens in the future?" Paige asked. "I mean first Chris comes back and is followed by a Phoenix assassin who happens to be his fiancée, and now you, seriously I think it's time we got some answers."
"I agree." Leo said.
"Look guys I'm sorry but we can't tell you what's going to happen, Izzy shouldn't have even come in the first place!"
"You could've died Chris and you know it!" Isabelle said to him.
"Look, Izzy if you didn't come to stop Melkor, then we wouldn't have the problem that we've got now." Chris said to her.
"Chris, remember that little chat we had about you telling us when you're in trouble?" Piper asked.
"I'm not in trouble Piper."
"Not in trouble? Excuse me Chris, did you not understand when I said he's coming, cuz I wasn't kidding. He's not risking anymore mistakes this time." Isabelle said.
"Whoa hold on here, who's coming? Who's not risking anymore mistakes?" Phoebe asked trying to break up the shouting match forming between the two of them.
"He wouldn't be coming if you weren't here!" Chris continued ignoring Phoebe.
"Don't be so sure about that Chris!"
"Ok you two break it up!" Piper said coming in between them. "Let's start with you," Piper continued looking at Isabelle, "who's coming from the future?"
"Don't," Chris said with a warning tone in his voice.
Isabelle sighed, "Someone very dangerous, who wants us back. His patience is getting very thin and he isn't willing to risk anymore mistakes."
"Is this the same demon that gets Wyatt in the future?" Leo asked.
"Not exactly."
"Look guys, Isabelle and I can handle this on our own, don't worry about it."
"Chris-"
"Isabelle, the less they know about the future the better. I'm done talking about this." And with that Chris orbed out of the room.
"Wanna tell us what's going on here now that he's gone?" Paige asked.
Isabelle looked at little Wyatt in his playpen and then glanced at Phoebe and sighed. "He's right, I can't tell you as much as I want to." She said walking out of the room.
"She's really conflicted inside about something." Phoebe said when Isabelle was gone. "She wants to say, but she won't."
"Why did she look at you like that Phoebe?" Paige asked.
"I don't know, but it felt weird."
****
Isabelle went upstairs to the attic. She walked over to the book and looked down at it. Chris orbed in. "Sorry, I shouldn't have gotten all pissed at you like that." He said. Isabelle remained quiet. She opened the book, lost in thought. "What are you looking for?" he asked her.
"Nothing." She replied closing it again. Isabelle looked at him, "I don't know how you do it. Lie to them every single day, they're your parents."
He sighed, "I do it because I have to, but it's not easy, especially lying to Leo, but it's not like he'd listen anyway. But we can't tell them the truth; they can't know what happens to Wyatt. They can't know he turns evil."
"But Chris, we can't defend against Wyatt by ourselves."
"I know that, but they don't need the truth about him. If he really is coming, they'll help us no matter what. We don't need to tell them."
"But what if he does?"
"He wouldn't risk it. He won't change the timeline, he knows what could happen. Don't worry about it. No matter what, I won't let him hurt you too." Chris said hugging her.
After a while she pulled away from him, "What are we going to tell them?"
Before Chris could answer they heard a crash coming from downstairs, "Never mind that now." He said orbing downstairs. Isabelle quickly ran downstairs to see a warlock, two of Wyatt's warlocks attacking Chris.
"Chris no!" she shouted blowing up the warlock behind him. The other standing in between her and Chris turned back to see her on the stairs. He sneered and with a wave of his arm threw her against the wall and another warlock appeared behind Chris.
"Looks like you didn't win this round, Christopher, Wyatt's waiting for you." He said grabbing Chris from behind. He disappeared as Piper blasted the remaining warlock before he could go for Isabelle. Phoebe ran to the unconscious Isabelle. "She's still alive." She said.
"What the hell was that?" Piper said.
"I don't know but they were only interested in Chris and Isabelle. It was like they didn't even care about us." Paige said.
"Well maybe she'll tell us something." Phoebe said looking at her. Then Isabelle's necklace caught her eye. It was a ring on a chain. The ring looked exactly like the one Jason had recently given to her. Phoebe frowned as she looked at it; she picked it up and suddenly saw:
"No!!!!!" a younger Isabelle screamed as an older Jason held her back.
"Izzy, no, there's nothing we can do now!" he yelled.
A boy stood there in shock with a horrified expression on his face. The demon looked up with a smirk on his face. Then an older boy orbed in, and he started chanting. Within a few moments the demon had been vanquished. Jason let go of her as she collapsed to the floor crying.~~~
"Phoebe? Are you ok?" Piper asked.
"What did you see?" Paige asked.
"I saw..her and Jason held her back..a boy was there, and another boy orbed in, he vanquished the demon..the demon..that killed us." She replied looking at the two of them.