Disclaimer: I STILL don't own Charmed!! IT'S NOT FAIR! WHY IS THE WORLD SO
CRUEL!?
(Sigh) Well, here's the story:
"Nothing is wrong," Chris denied, wiping the tears away.
"Chris..." said present Piper gently, "you know you don't have to lie to us. There's nothing left to hide, there won't really be any future consequences."
"That's not why I can't tell you...it's...something else.
"Oh."
Phoebe cleared her throat. "Why don't Leo and Chris go upstairs for a moment and...set things straight?" she suggested.
"Yeah, that might be good," said Chris gratefully. He scrambled up to the attic with Leo close behind him faster than Phoebe could even make a noise.
"Why'd you send them upstairs?" asked Paige.
"I was getting a major migraine between the two of them," Phoebe whined, rubbing her head. "Leo's feeling really sorry and guilty, and that's understandable since we all feel like that. But Chris felt...torn. Like something inside of him was ripping—the only other time I've ever been able to sense him was..."
"...when Bianca came along," Paige and Piper said together.
"But it wasn't just seeing Bianca that rattled him, it was something else...something he feared. Something that he couldn't stand, that he wanted to change. It was pretty bad—and whatever it was, it looks like it's one of the things he was trying to prevent. I don't think he should stay here you guys. Maybe we should send him back."
"Yeah," Piper agreed, face etched with worry. "I've never seen him like that before."
"I'll improvise...uh..." Paige thought for a moment and shrugged. "Worth a shot. Um, Bring the one that we choose back To where he traveled in our past."
Leo came bounding down the stairs in less than a second and panted breathlessly, "Chris is gone! He just disappeared, I couldn't stop it or anything, I tried—"
"We sent him back," Piper explained, "don't worry. We don't think he was all too prepared to be placed back into his memories."
"Yeah, he was really upset," Phoebe added.
"Okay, kids, go work on your summer homework," future Piper instructed. "Your aunts and I are going to be vanquishing another demon, alright?"
"Can I help?" Chris and Wyatt asked at the same time.
"Only one of you, and it's Wyatt's turn this time," future Piper sighed. "Next time, Chris; with that new power and everything...I'm afraid you might get hurt. For now you should go help your cousins' with their work since you're done with yours."
"So am I!" Colin retorted.
"Yes you are, and we're very happy that we have such smart kids here." Future Piper smiled, patting Colin in the head. "Now go do your work!"
"Yes Aunt Piper," came the chorus of preteens before they all headed up the stairs.
"Piper..." Leo said softly. "Chris and I were talking upstairs. I couldn't get much out of him, he was really tight-lipped about what was going on, but before he left, he mumbled something about...death."
A stony silence followed his words, in which they stared at each other, not willing to believe what they had jus heard. Their silence, however, was interrupted by the younger Chris bouncing back down the stairs in search of something.
"Col, I know you hid Mel's books again! Tell me where they are!"
"NEVER!" screamed Colin in a notorious voice.
"Then," Chris said darkly as Colin came down the stairs, "I'll just have to..." He formed his hands together as if about to throw a fireball, then pounced on Colin. "TICKLE YOU TO DEATH!"
"Argh! No...Mercy, oh great one, mercy!" Colin joked, falling to the ground in a fit of giggles. "Alright...they're under...the couch..." he choked between his laughter. "No...more...tickling..." he begged.
"Alright then; thanks for your cooperation. MEL! WE FOUND YOUR BOOKS!" he called up the stairs. "YOU CAN COME OUT NOW!"
"Yay!" Mel walked out of the kitchen and Colin tried to pounce on her, but instead went right through her and hit the wall. Mel laughed and astral- projected back into her own body.
"That's what you get," said Mel, sticking out her tongue and coming out of the closet in her solid form. "Now gimme my books back so I can finish my homework, alright?"
"Yeah, yeah," Colin grumbled, handing them back to her.
"Hey, I'm going up to the attic to see what demon they're vanquishing," Leo announced, orbing up to the attic. What he saw wasn't at all what he expected. Wyatt was in the dark corner, watching his aunts hover over the Book of Shadows. He was muttering to himself; Leo went up to him to get a closer look at what was to become of his baby son. (A/N—Note that Leo already knows that Wyatt is evil).
"Summoning the demons...they'll never suspect it...dead in no time," he mumbled. "Hah." His voice suddenly whispered in a voice so harsh and cold that Leo jumped back, "Come, my minions...now is the time to destroy them."
(A/N—Alright, I know that the whole "minions" thing was TOTALLY corny, but hey—I just turned thirteen and I'm blonde!! And there was a blooper on the other chappie...I'm not turning 14, it's 13...I just read that and realized my mistake!! Sorry, lol.)
"What?" Leo gasped.
Just then, two unmistakably identical demons shimmered in. They both had white faces with a single red stripe that went horizontally across their foreheads. Their red eyes glimmered in hatred and malice, and to Leo's horror, the looks on their faces matched the ones of Wyatt himself.
"No...Wyatt, they're your family!" Leo cried out.
"Kill them. Leave no evidence of your master's command," Wyatt ordered under his breath.
The three sisters whipped around, frightened by the sudden entrance of the demon. The first demon lifted his hand and created a cloud of black smog and floated it towards Piper, causing it to lift in the air. With a sharp jerk of his arm, the cloud sent her hurtling towards the wall.
((((()))))
BANG!
Mel, Colin, and Chris instinctively looked up towards the attic, wondering what was happening.
BANG, BANG!
"Stay here," Chris instructed, "tell the others to stay in their rooms. DON'T GO TO THE ATTIC, it could be dangerous." He orbed away and Paige grabbed her sisters' hands, following him.
When they got there, they saw Chris, horrorstruck, staring at his mother's body. The demon dangled her up in the air by her arms, throwing countless fireballs at her even though she was clearly dead already.
"MOM!" he shrieked, kicking the demon from behind. The demon lost focus and dropped her body on the ground.
"Stop it," he said shakily, "don't hurt her!"
"You can't stop me..." the demon hissed. "You'll just have to watch all of them suffer, starting with this one..." He blasted Piper several more times, Chris' eyes widening and brimming with tears more and the demon laughing even louder with every hit.
"STOP IT!" Wyatt commanded. "You weren't supposed to dawdle—"
"But I feed off of pain! We had a deal! I kill them and get to feed off the kids!"
"You were supposed to kill them first!" Wyatt screamed. "Look what you've done! Those two are still alive and Chris KNOWS!"
"Wyatt, I knew long before now," Chris said softly, getting up to his feet.
Wyatt blew up both the demons in his haste to cover up what he had just revealed. "What do you mean, Chris? What did you know?"
"I've known all my life that you were evil, yet I accepted you as a brother. Even when I told the others, they still loved you. We thought you could change, we thought you were good..." he sobbed. "But now I know that once you turn dark, there's no turning back. You make me sick."
"So you knew?" Wyatt cackled. "I had a feeling...but that's not gonna change anything. Nobody can stop me now." Chris jumped, trying to grab him in mid- orb, but only succeeded in flying headfirst into the wall.
He got up quickly, though, and faced his aunts. "He killed them. I know he did."
"Honey, Wyatt wouldn't..." future Paige tried to rationalize.
"Wyatt's a good boy, this was an accident," future Phoebe choked. "Wyatt would never...he's good..."
"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK! Obviously I'm the only one here that sees him for what he really is, and if that's the way you want it, then so be it! I can only wish you good luck on surviving," he growled, "cuz with him around, you're not gonna last very long. All I know is that I'm the only one that can stop him...Be careful." With that final warning, Chris orbed away as well.
Present Piper found that she was silently weeping, clinging desperately to Leo's shoulder. "It's not fair...he's alone...Why didn't he tell me?
A/N—Mwahahah! Okay, this isn't when of my best cliffies, but it offers SOME suspense, right? Right. Er...Whatever!
(Sigh) Well, here's the story:
"Nothing is wrong," Chris denied, wiping the tears away.
"Chris..." said present Piper gently, "you know you don't have to lie to us. There's nothing left to hide, there won't really be any future consequences."
"That's not why I can't tell you...it's...something else.
"Oh."
Phoebe cleared her throat. "Why don't Leo and Chris go upstairs for a moment and...set things straight?" she suggested.
"Yeah, that might be good," said Chris gratefully. He scrambled up to the attic with Leo close behind him faster than Phoebe could even make a noise.
"Why'd you send them upstairs?" asked Paige.
"I was getting a major migraine between the two of them," Phoebe whined, rubbing her head. "Leo's feeling really sorry and guilty, and that's understandable since we all feel like that. But Chris felt...torn. Like something inside of him was ripping—the only other time I've ever been able to sense him was..."
"...when Bianca came along," Paige and Piper said together.
"But it wasn't just seeing Bianca that rattled him, it was something else...something he feared. Something that he couldn't stand, that he wanted to change. It was pretty bad—and whatever it was, it looks like it's one of the things he was trying to prevent. I don't think he should stay here you guys. Maybe we should send him back."
"Yeah," Piper agreed, face etched with worry. "I've never seen him like that before."
"I'll improvise...uh..." Paige thought for a moment and shrugged. "Worth a shot. Um, Bring the one that we choose back To where he traveled in our past."
Leo came bounding down the stairs in less than a second and panted breathlessly, "Chris is gone! He just disappeared, I couldn't stop it or anything, I tried—"
"We sent him back," Piper explained, "don't worry. We don't think he was all too prepared to be placed back into his memories."
"Yeah, he was really upset," Phoebe added.
"Okay, kids, go work on your summer homework," future Piper instructed. "Your aunts and I are going to be vanquishing another demon, alright?"
"Can I help?" Chris and Wyatt asked at the same time.
"Only one of you, and it's Wyatt's turn this time," future Piper sighed. "Next time, Chris; with that new power and everything...I'm afraid you might get hurt. For now you should go help your cousins' with their work since you're done with yours."
"So am I!" Colin retorted.
"Yes you are, and we're very happy that we have such smart kids here." Future Piper smiled, patting Colin in the head. "Now go do your work!"
"Yes Aunt Piper," came the chorus of preteens before they all headed up the stairs.
"Piper..." Leo said softly. "Chris and I were talking upstairs. I couldn't get much out of him, he was really tight-lipped about what was going on, but before he left, he mumbled something about...death."
A stony silence followed his words, in which they stared at each other, not willing to believe what they had jus heard. Their silence, however, was interrupted by the younger Chris bouncing back down the stairs in search of something.
"Col, I know you hid Mel's books again! Tell me where they are!"
"NEVER!" screamed Colin in a notorious voice.
"Then," Chris said darkly as Colin came down the stairs, "I'll just have to..." He formed his hands together as if about to throw a fireball, then pounced on Colin. "TICKLE YOU TO DEATH!"
"Argh! No...Mercy, oh great one, mercy!" Colin joked, falling to the ground in a fit of giggles. "Alright...they're under...the couch..." he choked between his laughter. "No...more...tickling..." he begged.
"Alright then; thanks for your cooperation. MEL! WE FOUND YOUR BOOKS!" he called up the stairs. "YOU CAN COME OUT NOW!"
"Yay!" Mel walked out of the kitchen and Colin tried to pounce on her, but instead went right through her and hit the wall. Mel laughed and astral- projected back into her own body.
"That's what you get," said Mel, sticking out her tongue and coming out of the closet in her solid form. "Now gimme my books back so I can finish my homework, alright?"
"Yeah, yeah," Colin grumbled, handing them back to her.
"Hey, I'm going up to the attic to see what demon they're vanquishing," Leo announced, orbing up to the attic. What he saw wasn't at all what he expected. Wyatt was in the dark corner, watching his aunts hover over the Book of Shadows. He was muttering to himself; Leo went up to him to get a closer look at what was to become of his baby son. (A/N—Note that Leo already knows that Wyatt is evil).
"Summoning the demons...they'll never suspect it...dead in no time," he mumbled. "Hah." His voice suddenly whispered in a voice so harsh and cold that Leo jumped back, "Come, my minions...now is the time to destroy them."
(A/N—Alright, I know that the whole "minions" thing was TOTALLY corny, but hey—I just turned thirteen and I'm blonde!! And there was a blooper on the other chappie...I'm not turning 14, it's 13...I just read that and realized my mistake!! Sorry, lol.)
"What?" Leo gasped.
Just then, two unmistakably identical demons shimmered in. They both had white faces with a single red stripe that went horizontally across their foreheads. Their red eyes glimmered in hatred and malice, and to Leo's horror, the looks on their faces matched the ones of Wyatt himself.
"No...Wyatt, they're your family!" Leo cried out.
"Kill them. Leave no evidence of your master's command," Wyatt ordered under his breath.
The three sisters whipped around, frightened by the sudden entrance of the demon. The first demon lifted his hand and created a cloud of black smog and floated it towards Piper, causing it to lift in the air. With a sharp jerk of his arm, the cloud sent her hurtling towards the wall.
((((()))))
BANG!
Mel, Colin, and Chris instinctively looked up towards the attic, wondering what was happening.
BANG, BANG!
"Stay here," Chris instructed, "tell the others to stay in their rooms. DON'T GO TO THE ATTIC, it could be dangerous." He orbed away and Paige grabbed her sisters' hands, following him.
When they got there, they saw Chris, horrorstruck, staring at his mother's body. The demon dangled her up in the air by her arms, throwing countless fireballs at her even though she was clearly dead already.
"MOM!" he shrieked, kicking the demon from behind. The demon lost focus and dropped her body on the ground.
"Stop it," he said shakily, "don't hurt her!"
"You can't stop me..." the demon hissed. "You'll just have to watch all of them suffer, starting with this one..." He blasted Piper several more times, Chris' eyes widening and brimming with tears more and the demon laughing even louder with every hit.
"STOP IT!" Wyatt commanded. "You weren't supposed to dawdle—"
"But I feed off of pain! We had a deal! I kill them and get to feed off the kids!"
"You were supposed to kill them first!" Wyatt screamed. "Look what you've done! Those two are still alive and Chris KNOWS!"
"Wyatt, I knew long before now," Chris said softly, getting up to his feet.
Wyatt blew up both the demons in his haste to cover up what he had just revealed. "What do you mean, Chris? What did you know?"
"I've known all my life that you were evil, yet I accepted you as a brother. Even when I told the others, they still loved you. We thought you could change, we thought you were good..." he sobbed. "But now I know that once you turn dark, there's no turning back. You make me sick."
"So you knew?" Wyatt cackled. "I had a feeling...but that's not gonna change anything. Nobody can stop me now." Chris jumped, trying to grab him in mid- orb, but only succeeded in flying headfirst into the wall.
He got up quickly, though, and faced his aunts. "He killed them. I know he did."
"Honey, Wyatt wouldn't..." future Paige tried to rationalize.
"Wyatt's a good boy, this was an accident," future Phoebe choked. "Wyatt would never...he's good..."
"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK! Obviously I'm the only one here that sees him for what he really is, and if that's the way you want it, then so be it! I can only wish you good luck on surviving," he growled, "cuz with him around, you're not gonna last very long. All I know is that I'm the only one that can stop him...Be careful." With that final warning, Chris orbed away as well.
Present Piper found that she was silently weeping, clinging desperately to Leo's shoulder. "It's not fair...he's alone...Why didn't he tell me?
A/N—Mwahahah! Okay, this isn't when of my best cliffies, but it offers SOME suspense, right? Right. Er...Whatever!