Rachel woke up to the sound of copy machines and people's footsteps
parading around the floor. She rubbed her head. "Where the heck am I? CJ?
Sam?? Alex??" she called. She found herself in some sort of business place.
People were in cubicles typing and she saw herself in a room with a couch
and copy machine. "Oh my.." she muttered.
Just then, a black, bald guy came into the room with a clipboard. "Ok, Christina, I'm going to leave you with one of our new social workers.." he said without looking up from his clipboard. "What? I'm not Christina...My name's Rachel. Rachel Matthews..." she muttered. The guy looked up and saw Rachel. "Not on my paper you're not. Female, seventeen, black long hair, green eyes, Caucasian....this describes you. And according to my schedule, you are supposed to be here, in this room, right at this minute, to meet your social worker, so she can find you a good home. Got it?"
Rachel shook her head. "Social worker??? I told you, my name is Rachel. And I really don't know what you are talking about. I'm not supposed to be here...." she started but then was cut off by the door opening. "Sorry I'm late boss..had something to do at home..." the lady who walked into the girl said. Rachel stared at the young woman. She looked exactly like her. The boss noticed it too. They were both staring at her.
The lady noticed this and lifted an eyebrow to the both of them. The girl she saw had her mouth in an o shape. "Um, is there something on my face?" she asked. The boss shook his head. "Nothing, Paige, this is your new client...Christina Daniels. You two look a lot alike. Are you related or something?" he asked. Rachel's heart suddenly leaped at the sound of her name. Paige. It couldn't be her Paige. Her mother, Paige.
Paige looked at the Rachel and started to notice the resemblance between them. "Whoa." She said as the two stared at each other for a minute. Rachel gulped her saliva down. "Paige....Matthews?" she asked, choking on her every word. Paige looked at her confused. "How did you know my name? Do I know you?" she said pointing her finger at her, trying to recall if she had met this girl before.
Rachel's eyes started to water. "I have to go." She whispered as she ran out of the room, quickly. "WAIT!!!" Paige screamed after her. Her boss pointed out the door. "You better go catch her Paige, you can't lose another client." Paige rolled her eyes. "Gotcha." She said as she dropped her stuff and ran to catch up with the strange girl. "Christina!! Wait!! Come on!! Wait up!!!" she screamed after her.
Rachel couldn't stop. "That can't be my mother. It couldn't be, she's dead..." She said as the tears ran down her cheeks as she ran. She heard Paige's calls but ignored them. Until finally she ran out of breath. Her asthma was getting to her. She reached for her inhaler but couldn't find it so she had to stop. Paige caught up to her and grabbed her arm.
"Christina, why were you running like that??" she asked. Rachel took a breath from her inhaler and put it back in her pocket. "My name's not Christina... My name's Rachel." She whispered, hiding her face. "Are you ok? I mean, if you're that concerned about the foster home you're going to get put into, I'm really sure I could find you a really good one.." she started. Rachel shook her head.
"This can't be real. Let go of me!! I have to find CJ!" she said trying to get out of Paige's grasp. "Stop! Tell me where you are going!!!" she said. Then Rachel couldn't take it anymore and her emotions ran haywire, she orbed out of Paige's grasp and ran away, as fast as ever. Paige was shocked by what she had seen. "Oh...my.." she whispered. "This isn't good. Have to call Piper.." she said as she ran back to the Social Services department.
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CJ awoke on a couch in some office he had no idea about. He sat up and shook his head. He ran his hand through his short black hair and rubbed his chin. "Where the hell am I?" he asked himself. "I think the correct question is, who are you?" a deep voice said. CJ got up and turned around and saw a man sitting at a desk.
"I want to know why you appeared in my office, with bright shiny lights and landed on my couch? And that's not a rhetorical question." the man said. CJ automatically recognized who he was. He shook his head. "It can't be.. RACHEL??? SAM??? ALEX??" he screamed. Cole lifted an eyebrow. "That wasn't really answering my question..." He said, getting up from his chair and heading over to CJ.
"Please..don't hurt me.." he whispered, frightened by the man as tall as him, and as buff as him. Cole stopped in his tracks. "Why would I hurt you. Well, there is a possibility that you could be a demon out to destroy me... Then I wouldn't have to kill you." He said in a very calm voice. "I...need to get to the Halliwells." CJ muttered.
Cole then suddenly nailed CJ to the wall by his neck. "Are you out to hurt them, because I can't have that happening, Phoebe is my wife after all..." He said. CJ was making choking noises. "No...let go of me..." he tried to say but Cole just held him tighter. "WHO ARE YOU???" he screamed.
"Your..your.son.." he whispered. Cole's eyes bulged open, and then CJ couldn't take it anymore and let his anger take over. "AHH!" he screamed as he kicked Cole in the chest so he would let go. Cole flew to the other side of the room and slammed into the wall. CJ threw an energy ball to him, but it missed Cole. CJ realized what he had done and looked at his hand.
"I'm sorry.." he whispered as he shimmered out of the office. Cole just laid on the floor still shocked at what the young man said to him. "My...WHAT??" he said out loud. He got up, adjusted his chin and picked up the phone.
"Phoebe..This is Cole. No wait, Phoebe this is important... I think we have a big problem here. I just got a little visit in my office."
****
Sam and Alex walked the streets of San Francisco. "We are never going to find them Sam. Here we are, 26 years in the past, in a strange new neighborhood that we know nothing about. I mean CJ and Rachel and be anywhere!!! Ugh, look at the cars, they don't even have turbo engines..." Alex said. Sam rolled her eyes. "Well, we have to find them so we can go back and see mom. I mean, our goal is to save them, and besides we need them to beat the warlock."
"No we don't. Sam, you and I are two of the most powerful beings on Earth. We're 'special' remember? One of us, we can beat any demon, but two of us are invincible!!" Alex exclaimed.
"You idiot, I don't have my powers remember? MY powers got stripped because some stupid baby gets to have them...And besides, I don't want you getting hurt. I would just..die, if you were...."
Alex stopped Sam and looked her in the eye. "Sam, I'm not going anywhere." He said. Sam nodded and dabbed her eyes. Then suddenly, they heard someone coming towards them, running. They recognized it as no other than Rachel. She was running fast, her eyes full of tears. "Rachel!!!" Sam and Alex shouted together.
Rachel spotted them and stopped. She ran to them and took her inhaler so she could use it again. "Rach, honey what's wrong?" Sam asked hugging Rachel. Rachel's breathing was loud, her asthma getting to her. "I saw her. I saw...my mother." She whispered. Sam looked up at her. "I get it now. Dad did this on purpose. We landed in the attic, and caught a glimpse of our folks too...."
Then, Sam and Alex felt a chill go up their spine and they knew someone had shimmered behind them. The three of them whirled around and saw CJ gasping for air. "CJ!! What the hell happened?" Alex screamed. CJ brushed off the dust on his black suit. "I..I.." He started but he couldn't finish. Sam let go of Rachel.
"Let me guess, you ended up with your....dad." she said nodding her head. CJ looked up at her. "He tried to kill me. Well, he thought I was gonna hurt mom, and he threw me to the wall and almost choked me to death if I hadn't let my anger take over."
"CJ, you know you have to control your anger, no matter what situation it is. You know that you can't let your demon side take over. You have most of your dad's genes after all.."Sam said. CJ nodded and went over to Rachel. "Hey, you ok?" he asked. Rachel nodded. "I just can't believe it. After all these years, we just see them right there in front of us. Although I think they're out on a look for us, cause I orbed out my mom's hands when she grabbed me."
"Same with us, I had to or me and Sam out of there would have been a lot of questioning."
"I shimmered right in front of my dad. But, I kinda told him that I was his son.." he muttered. Sam whirled around to face CJ. "WHAT THE HELL? You weren't exactly supposed to do that CJ!!! We're not supposed to reveal our identities!!" Sam screamed. CJ nodded. "I'm sorry, It's totally my fault. It's just that, I didn't think my dad would take any mercy on me."
"It's ok, but now your dad called Aunt Phoebe for sure, which means they probably know all about us now.. We should.." she started but suddenly stopped in her sentence and gave a gasp. "Sam?" Alex whispered. Sam looked down at her stomach and saw an athame stabbed right into her chest. "Oh god.."
"SAM!!" Alex screamed as he ran to catch her. "SHIT!" he screamed. CJ removed his jacket and went to see who it was who stabbed her. He saw the old warlock that was in their attic. "Sorry kids. But I can't let you guys save mommy and daddy." The warlock whispered and then he disappeared before CJ got a chance to throw an energy ball at him. Night was slowly taking over the sky, and nobody was passing through the streets to help them.
"Alex! Heal her!!" he screamed. Alex shook his head. "I can't! I don't have healing powers!! Sam was the only one. She was more powerful than I was...." he said breaking down in tears. CJ panicked. Rachel carefully lied Sam down on the hard concrete of the sidewalk and took off her jacket so she had a pillow. "Ok, Sam. We're gonna get you some help."
"CJ! We have to shimmer her to mom's house. It's the only way!!!" he screamed. CJ nodded and ran over to Sam and picked her up with his big buff muscles. Sam's blood was slowly spreading throughout her shirt. Her breathing was ragged as she still stared, wide-eyed at her wound. Alex and Rachel put their hands on CJ's shoulder and CJ shimmered out of the sidewalk to the only place the four could go. The Halliwell Manor.
A/N: Thanks for all the nice reviews..Means a lot of me... And if you could people, if you haven't read my other charmed fic yet, could you read and review?? Thanks..
Just then, a black, bald guy came into the room with a clipboard. "Ok, Christina, I'm going to leave you with one of our new social workers.." he said without looking up from his clipboard. "What? I'm not Christina...My name's Rachel. Rachel Matthews..." she muttered. The guy looked up and saw Rachel. "Not on my paper you're not. Female, seventeen, black long hair, green eyes, Caucasian....this describes you. And according to my schedule, you are supposed to be here, in this room, right at this minute, to meet your social worker, so she can find you a good home. Got it?"
Rachel shook her head. "Social worker??? I told you, my name is Rachel. And I really don't know what you are talking about. I'm not supposed to be here...." she started but then was cut off by the door opening. "Sorry I'm late boss..had something to do at home..." the lady who walked into the girl said. Rachel stared at the young woman. She looked exactly like her. The boss noticed it too. They were both staring at her.
The lady noticed this and lifted an eyebrow to the both of them. The girl she saw had her mouth in an o shape. "Um, is there something on my face?" she asked. The boss shook his head. "Nothing, Paige, this is your new client...Christina Daniels. You two look a lot alike. Are you related or something?" he asked. Rachel's heart suddenly leaped at the sound of her name. Paige. It couldn't be her Paige. Her mother, Paige.
Paige looked at the Rachel and started to notice the resemblance between them. "Whoa." She said as the two stared at each other for a minute. Rachel gulped her saliva down. "Paige....Matthews?" she asked, choking on her every word. Paige looked at her confused. "How did you know my name? Do I know you?" she said pointing her finger at her, trying to recall if she had met this girl before.
Rachel's eyes started to water. "I have to go." She whispered as she ran out of the room, quickly. "WAIT!!!" Paige screamed after her. Her boss pointed out the door. "You better go catch her Paige, you can't lose another client." Paige rolled her eyes. "Gotcha." She said as she dropped her stuff and ran to catch up with the strange girl. "Christina!! Wait!! Come on!! Wait up!!!" she screamed after her.
Rachel couldn't stop. "That can't be my mother. It couldn't be, she's dead..." She said as the tears ran down her cheeks as she ran. She heard Paige's calls but ignored them. Until finally she ran out of breath. Her asthma was getting to her. She reached for her inhaler but couldn't find it so she had to stop. Paige caught up to her and grabbed her arm.
"Christina, why were you running like that??" she asked. Rachel took a breath from her inhaler and put it back in her pocket. "My name's not Christina... My name's Rachel." She whispered, hiding her face. "Are you ok? I mean, if you're that concerned about the foster home you're going to get put into, I'm really sure I could find you a really good one.." she started. Rachel shook her head.
"This can't be real. Let go of me!! I have to find CJ!" she said trying to get out of Paige's grasp. "Stop! Tell me where you are going!!!" she said. Then Rachel couldn't take it anymore and her emotions ran haywire, she orbed out of Paige's grasp and ran away, as fast as ever. Paige was shocked by what she had seen. "Oh...my.." she whispered. "This isn't good. Have to call Piper.." she said as she ran back to the Social Services department.
****
CJ awoke on a couch in some office he had no idea about. He sat up and shook his head. He ran his hand through his short black hair and rubbed his chin. "Where the hell am I?" he asked himself. "I think the correct question is, who are you?" a deep voice said. CJ got up and turned around and saw a man sitting at a desk.
"I want to know why you appeared in my office, with bright shiny lights and landed on my couch? And that's not a rhetorical question." the man said. CJ automatically recognized who he was. He shook his head. "It can't be.. RACHEL??? SAM??? ALEX??" he screamed. Cole lifted an eyebrow. "That wasn't really answering my question..." He said, getting up from his chair and heading over to CJ.
"Please..don't hurt me.." he whispered, frightened by the man as tall as him, and as buff as him. Cole stopped in his tracks. "Why would I hurt you. Well, there is a possibility that you could be a demon out to destroy me... Then I wouldn't have to kill you." He said in a very calm voice. "I...need to get to the Halliwells." CJ muttered.
Cole then suddenly nailed CJ to the wall by his neck. "Are you out to hurt them, because I can't have that happening, Phoebe is my wife after all..." He said. CJ was making choking noises. "No...let go of me..." he tried to say but Cole just held him tighter. "WHO ARE YOU???" he screamed.
"Your..your.son.." he whispered. Cole's eyes bulged open, and then CJ couldn't take it anymore and let his anger take over. "AHH!" he screamed as he kicked Cole in the chest so he would let go. Cole flew to the other side of the room and slammed into the wall. CJ threw an energy ball to him, but it missed Cole. CJ realized what he had done and looked at his hand.
"I'm sorry.." he whispered as he shimmered out of the office. Cole just laid on the floor still shocked at what the young man said to him. "My...WHAT??" he said out loud. He got up, adjusted his chin and picked up the phone.
"Phoebe..This is Cole. No wait, Phoebe this is important... I think we have a big problem here. I just got a little visit in my office."
****
Sam and Alex walked the streets of San Francisco. "We are never going to find them Sam. Here we are, 26 years in the past, in a strange new neighborhood that we know nothing about. I mean CJ and Rachel and be anywhere!!! Ugh, look at the cars, they don't even have turbo engines..." Alex said. Sam rolled her eyes. "Well, we have to find them so we can go back and see mom. I mean, our goal is to save them, and besides we need them to beat the warlock."
"No we don't. Sam, you and I are two of the most powerful beings on Earth. We're 'special' remember? One of us, we can beat any demon, but two of us are invincible!!" Alex exclaimed.
"You idiot, I don't have my powers remember? MY powers got stripped because some stupid baby gets to have them...And besides, I don't want you getting hurt. I would just..die, if you were...."
Alex stopped Sam and looked her in the eye. "Sam, I'm not going anywhere." He said. Sam nodded and dabbed her eyes. Then suddenly, they heard someone coming towards them, running. They recognized it as no other than Rachel. She was running fast, her eyes full of tears. "Rachel!!!" Sam and Alex shouted together.
Rachel spotted them and stopped. She ran to them and took her inhaler so she could use it again. "Rach, honey what's wrong?" Sam asked hugging Rachel. Rachel's breathing was loud, her asthma getting to her. "I saw her. I saw...my mother." She whispered. Sam looked up at her. "I get it now. Dad did this on purpose. We landed in the attic, and caught a glimpse of our folks too...."
Then, Sam and Alex felt a chill go up their spine and they knew someone had shimmered behind them. The three of them whirled around and saw CJ gasping for air. "CJ!! What the hell happened?" Alex screamed. CJ brushed off the dust on his black suit. "I..I.." He started but he couldn't finish. Sam let go of Rachel.
"Let me guess, you ended up with your....dad." she said nodding her head. CJ looked up at her. "He tried to kill me. Well, he thought I was gonna hurt mom, and he threw me to the wall and almost choked me to death if I hadn't let my anger take over."
"CJ, you know you have to control your anger, no matter what situation it is. You know that you can't let your demon side take over. You have most of your dad's genes after all.."Sam said. CJ nodded and went over to Rachel. "Hey, you ok?" he asked. Rachel nodded. "I just can't believe it. After all these years, we just see them right there in front of us. Although I think they're out on a look for us, cause I orbed out my mom's hands when she grabbed me."
"Same with us, I had to or me and Sam out of there would have been a lot of questioning."
"I shimmered right in front of my dad. But, I kinda told him that I was his son.." he muttered. Sam whirled around to face CJ. "WHAT THE HELL? You weren't exactly supposed to do that CJ!!! We're not supposed to reveal our identities!!" Sam screamed. CJ nodded. "I'm sorry, It's totally my fault. It's just that, I didn't think my dad would take any mercy on me."
"It's ok, but now your dad called Aunt Phoebe for sure, which means they probably know all about us now.. We should.." she started but suddenly stopped in her sentence and gave a gasp. "Sam?" Alex whispered. Sam looked down at her stomach and saw an athame stabbed right into her chest. "Oh god.."
"SAM!!" Alex screamed as he ran to catch her. "SHIT!" he screamed. CJ removed his jacket and went to see who it was who stabbed her. He saw the old warlock that was in their attic. "Sorry kids. But I can't let you guys save mommy and daddy." The warlock whispered and then he disappeared before CJ got a chance to throw an energy ball at him. Night was slowly taking over the sky, and nobody was passing through the streets to help them.
"Alex! Heal her!!" he screamed. Alex shook his head. "I can't! I don't have healing powers!! Sam was the only one. She was more powerful than I was...." he said breaking down in tears. CJ panicked. Rachel carefully lied Sam down on the hard concrete of the sidewalk and took off her jacket so she had a pillow. "Ok, Sam. We're gonna get you some help."
"CJ! We have to shimmer her to mom's house. It's the only way!!!" he screamed. CJ nodded and ran over to Sam and picked her up with his big buff muscles. Sam's blood was slowly spreading throughout her shirt. Her breathing was ragged as she still stared, wide-eyed at her wound. Alex and Rachel put their hands on CJ's shoulder and CJ shimmered out of the sidewalk to the only place the four could go. The Halliwell Manor.
A/N: Thanks for all the nice reviews..Means a lot of me... And if you could people, if you haven't read my other charmed fic yet, could you read and review?? Thanks..