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"Colin, Mel—come back!" Bianca screamed. She looked around but they had shimmered out already. She turned to Chris to thank him for the speedy rescue, but saw his limp form and gasped. "Chris...Chris, wake up! I can't lose you too..."
Chris moaned slightly, trying to get up to no avail. "It's okay," he managed to wheeze, "Col's not that powerful yet."
"If we don't get help, you're gonna...you might die, Chris, and I don't want to lose you. We can't lose you. You're our last hope..." she sobbed. "You're the only one that's ever really taken the time to know me. When I first came to the manor, you were the only one that was there for me and you still protect me all the time. There has to be a way...Could we call Leo?"
"No..." Chris took in a shuddering, jagged breath glanced Up There. "He's not ready."
"I don't care!" Bianca cried. "I don't want you to die!"
"I won't." He closed his eyes and rested against the wall, his breathing now shallow and quiet.
"Chris?" Bianca whimpered. He didn't respond. "Chris...don't do this...wake up..." She glanced tentatively Up There and shouted, "Leo! Leo, come down here!" Her face drooped. "He doesn't know me...he never knew I moved in...damn it. Leo, please—LEO WYATT, GET DOWN HERE! Your son needs you, he's dying! After all you've done to him, I'd think you'd at least have the decency to—IT'S ABOUT TIME!" she screamed.
Leo orbed in, frazzled for a moment. "Who are you?"
"It's a long story, but I know you from...other sources. I'm Chris' sister, in a way—"
"Chris doesn't have a sister," Leo objected. Confusion was etched all over his face. "Unless you ARE his sister and Wyatt put me under another one of his spells so I'd forget—"
"Leo, snap the hell out of it! Chris needs you, he's dying," Bianca interrupted furiously. She moved out of the way so Leo could see his son, now frail and lifeless on the ground.
"Chris!" He ran over to them. "Please, I hope it's not too late...I've been so horrible to him already, how could I let this happen?" He began to heal Chris, but he remained unconscious even once the wound closed. "There must be something else that caused this, something besides the fireball—otherwise it wouldn't be taking so long. Got any ideas?"
"Yeah...he was sick this morning, too, but kind of discrete about it. Chris, you're alive!" she screamed once he opened up his eyes. She hugged him.
"Uh, Bianca? Can't...breath..."
"Oh, sorry," she said quickly, releasing him.
Chris looked up at Leo. "Thanks...Dad."
"You're welcome," Leo responded with a slight grin. "Now, does anybody mind recapping what's been happening since I've kinda been Up There and under a spell for so long? I'm a little...lost," he said, looking over at Bianca.
"I don't blame you," Bianca laughed ruefully. "Well, I moved in a couple of years ago one my mom was killed in a weird demonic accident that Piper was involved in. I'm a phoenix, actually, but when I was young, like all phoenixes, I could be shaped into good or evil—which is why I live in the manor. Piper thought it'd be a little hard to explain to adoptive parents why I could shimmer and summon objects and everything.
"That's why I'm here, at least. More has happened since you were gone...all of our powers have advanced, but I'm sure you know that since the elders make those decisions. I just wish...you could've seen all of us. Prue is dead and the twins are possessed. Can you by any chance...?"
"Of course I'll help." Leo stood, offering Chris his hand and helping him up to his feet. "I want to save them just as much as you do. We can scry for them; they're technically still good witches."
"We can't go into the manor," said Bianca. "Those demons are everywhere, I'm pretty sure they can sense us while we're in there."
"It'll only take a little while. C'mon, we want to do this as fast as we can."
The three of them orbed into the manor, finding that it was intact other than the few small burn marks on the walls. The bodies of the Charmed Ones were gone; most likely take Up There before any mortals noticed.
Past Leo, Phoebe, Piper and Paige orbed with them.
"Man, I'm glad everything's back to normal with me and mini-Chris," Leo said in relief.
"I just hope that they can find the twins in time," said Paige, voicing all of their thoughts aloud. "What if...?"
"We've been waiting for you, Christopher and Bianca." The harsh voice came from the shadowy corner of the attic, yet no one in the room flinched. The voice was familiar, yet...foreign. Curiosity overcame their fear, and it made sense as they saw Colin and Mel reveal themselves, wearing the same twisted grin. Their eyes remained emotionless down to the core.
"Our masters know you're every move," Mel spoke, her voice still dull and toneless. "They're watching..."
"...they're here..."
"...and it's time for you to pay the price," they finished in unison. They stepped together and grabbed hands, a beam of green light bursting all around them. "See what our masters have taught us?" said Colin.
"Now we have the power to—"
Chris snapped out of his entrancement at the twins' sudden change and froze the two of them. "What the hell was that?" he asked to no one in particular. To his surprise, Leo answered.
"They were using a kamikaze attack—it would blow up and kill them both, but kill us in the process," Leo gulped.
"How do we stop them?" asked Bianca.
"I don't think there's a way," Leo said grimly.
"There has to be a way. There's always a way — we should know that by now! Look at what came before us; the Charmed Ones, the LEGENDS that stopped demon after demon endlessly —"
"They were killed in the end," Bianca said quietly.
"Yeah, but it wasn't a demon that killed them, it was someone they loved and trusted. Wyatt abused his power and eventually he will pay...but for now, we have to stop and fix what he's done to Mel and Colin. Let's move them out of the way of that beam-thingy, that should spare us a few minutes once we unfreeze them..." He nudged Mel and Colin to the left so they were out of harm's way, making the beam of light disappear without them.
"Phew," Bianca sighed. Her face lit up for a moment. "Wait—the spell you used on Leo. Would it work on them if we changed it?"
Chris shrugged. "I'll try..." He closed his eyes in concentration
"Take away the blind ones' masks,
Make the two warriors remember their task,
Bring back memories from long ago,
So they will understand friend from foe."
He hesitantly unfroze them, and to their delight, the twins' expressions turned from dull to confused. "What...?" asked Colin. "How'd we get here?"
"Where are the demons?" added Mel.
"Wait...what's the last thing you can remember?"
Mel gave Chris an awkward, inquisitive look. "Uh...the demons, you idiot—we were in the P3 and the demons attacked. Where'd they go?"
"You guys got possessed by them!" Bianca retorted.
"Maybe we should go," Leo suggested impatiently, shiftily checking around for demons.
"Right," Chris agreed.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Colin demanded.
"Long story," said Chris. "Orb. Now."
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A/N—sorry for the short chappie. it's gonna take longer for me to update because I'm not at home, I'm away...so in a week I'll update lots lots more. R&R, plz!
"Colin, Mel—come back!" Bianca screamed. She looked around but they had shimmered out already. She turned to Chris to thank him for the speedy rescue, but saw his limp form and gasped. "Chris...Chris, wake up! I can't lose you too..."
Chris moaned slightly, trying to get up to no avail. "It's okay," he managed to wheeze, "Col's not that powerful yet."
"If we don't get help, you're gonna...you might die, Chris, and I don't want to lose you. We can't lose you. You're our last hope..." she sobbed. "You're the only one that's ever really taken the time to know me. When I first came to the manor, you were the only one that was there for me and you still protect me all the time. There has to be a way...Could we call Leo?"
"No..." Chris took in a shuddering, jagged breath glanced Up There. "He's not ready."
"I don't care!" Bianca cried. "I don't want you to die!"
"I won't." He closed his eyes and rested against the wall, his breathing now shallow and quiet.
"Chris?" Bianca whimpered. He didn't respond. "Chris...don't do this...wake up..." She glanced tentatively Up There and shouted, "Leo! Leo, come down here!" Her face drooped. "He doesn't know me...he never knew I moved in...damn it. Leo, please—LEO WYATT, GET DOWN HERE! Your son needs you, he's dying! After all you've done to him, I'd think you'd at least have the decency to—IT'S ABOUT TIME!" she screamed.
Leo orbed in, frazzled for a moment. "Who are you?"
"It's a long story, but I know you from...other sources. I'm Chris' sister, in a way—"
"Chris doesn't have a sister," Leo objected. Confusion was etched all over his face. "Unless you ARE his sister and Wyatt put me under another one of his spells so I'd forget—"
"Leo, snap the hell out of it! Chris needs you, he's dying," Bianca interrupted furiously. She moved out of the way so Leo could see his son, now frail and lifeless on the ground.
"Chris!" He ran over to them. "Please, I hope it's not too late...I've been so horrible to him already, how could I let this happen?" He began to heal Chris, but he remained unconscious even once the wound closed. "There must be something else that caused this, something besides the fireball—otherwise it wouldn't be taking so long. Got any ideas?"
"Yeah...he was sick this morning, too, but kind of discrete about it. Chris, you're alive!" she screamed once he opened up his eyes. She hugged him.
"Uh, Bianca? Can't...breath..."
"Oh, sorry," she said quickly, releasing him.
Chris looked up at Leo. "Thanks...Dad."
"You're welcome," Leo responded with a slight grin. "Now, does anybody mind recapping what's been happening since I've kinda been Up There and under a spell for so long? I'm a little...lost," he said, looking over at Bianca.
"I don't blame you," Bianca laughed ruefully. "Well, I moved in a couple of years ago one my mom was killed in a weird demonic accident that Piper was involved in. I'm a phoenix, actually, but when I was young, like all phoenixes, I could be shaped into good or evil—which is why I live in the manor. Piper thought it'd be a little hard to explain to adoptive parents why I could shimmer and summon objects and everything.
"That's why I'm here, at least. More has happened since you were gone...all of our powers have advanced, but I'm sure you know that since the elders make those decisions. I just wish...you could've seen all of us. Prue is dead and the twins are possessed. Can you by any chance...?"
"Of course I'll help." Leo stood, offering Chris his hand and helping him up to his feet. "I want to save them just as much as you do. We can scry for them; they're technically still good witches."
"We can't go into the manor," said Bianca. "Those demons are everywhere, I'm pretty sure they can sense us while we're in there."
"It'll only take a little while. C'mon, we want to do this as fast as we can."
The three of them orbed into the manor, finding that it was intact other than the few small burn marks on the walls. The bodies of the Charmed Ones were gone; most likely take Up There before any mortals noticed.
Past Leo, Phoebe, Piper and Paige orbed with them.
"Man, I'm glad everything's back to normal with me and mini-Chris," Leo said in relief.
"I just hope that they can find the twins in time," said Paige, voicing all of their thoughts aloud. "What if...?"
"We've been waiting for you, Christopher and Bianca." The harsh voice came from the shadowy corner of the attic, yet no one in the room flinched. The voice was familiar, yet...foreign. Curiosity overcame their fear, and it made sense as they saw Colin and Mel reveal themselves, wearing the same twisted grin. Their eyes remained emotionless down to the core.
"Our masters know you're every move," Mel spoke, her voice still dull and toneless. "They're watching..."
"...they're here..."
"...and it's time for you to pay the price," they finished in unison. They stepped together and grabbed hands, a beam of green light bursting all around them. "See what our masters have taught us?" said Colin.
"Now we have the power to—"
Chris snapped out of his entrancement at the twins' sudden change and froze the two of them. "What the hell was that?" he asked to no one in particular. To his surprise, Leo answered.
"They were using a kamikaze attack—it would blow up and kill them both, but kill us in the process," Leo gulped.
"How do we stop them?" asked Bianca.
"I don't think there's a way," Leo said grimly.
"There has to be a way. There's always a way — we should know that by now! Look at what came before us; the Charmed Ones, the LEGENDS that stopped demon after demon endlessly —"
"They were killed in the end," Bianca said quietly.
"Yeah, but it wasn't a demon that killed them, it was someone they loved and trusted. Wyatt abused his power and eventually he will pay...but for now, we have to stop and fix what he's done to Mel and Colin. Let's move them out of the way of that beam-thingy, that should spare us a few minutes once we unfreeze them..." He nudged Mel and Colin to the left so they were out of harm's way, making the beam of light disappear without them.
"Phew," Bianca sighed. Her face lit up for a moment. "Wait—the spell you used on Leo. Would it work on them if we changed it?"
Chris shrugged. "I'll try..." He closed his eyes in concentration
"Take away the blind ones' masks,
Make the two warriors remember their task,
Bring back memories from long ago,
So they will understand friend from foe."
He hesitantly unfroze them, and to their delight, the twins' expressions turned from dull to confused. "What...?" asked Colin. "How'd we get here?"
"Where are the demons?" added Mel.
"Wait...what's the last thing you can remember?"
Mel gave Chris an awkward, inquisitive look. "Uh...the demons, you idiot—we were in the P3 and the demons attacked. Where'd they go?"
"You guys got possessed by them!" Bianca retorted.
"Maybe we should go," Leo suggested impatiently, shiftily checking around for demons.
"Right," Chris agreed.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Colin demanded.
"Long story," said Chris. "Orb. Now."
........
A/N—sorry for the short chappie. it's gonna take longer for me to update because I'm not at home, I'm away...so in a week I'll update lots lots more. R&R, plz!