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"You owe me five dollars and you know it, Col. Give it to me!"
Colin shook his head with a grin plastered to his face. "I don't know what you're talking about, sis. Maybe your memory's on the fritz."
"Uh, Col? The payphone, the soda machine, your lunch? Ring any bells?"
"Nope—ack, there goes the bus!" Colin screamed. The two of them flailed their arms at the bus in a desperate attempt to catch their attention. "WAIT FOR US! HEY, C'MON!"
They stopped running for a moment to regain their breath. "We're—so—dead," Mel gasped. "We're gonna be late!" She started to run towards the school but Colin stopped her.
"Dude, we can just orb," Colin laughed.
"Col...you know what Aunt Prue said. With Wyatt all around and magic revealed, anybody could see us and connect us with him."
"They don't even know who Wyatt is! He's still the nameless villain or something. Just this once...it's not really personal gain since we don't give a crap about school anyway..."
"Whaddaya mean 'we'?"
"Stop being such a nerd and just orb already!" Colin orbed away and Paige, standing next to them, couldn't help but laugh at the disgusted look on Mel's face.
"Aw...bonehead." She looked as if she was going to walk to school then shook her head. "He's gotta point..." She shrugged and orbed after him. Paige followed, ending up in an empty stall in the girls' bathroom.
Just then the first bell rang. Mel smiled a little to herself. "Just in time, I guess..."
Paige fast-forwarded to their third period, seeing that they were making an awfully big mess with watercolors. She zipped through again to lunch; perhaps this would be more interesting. Mel and Colin sat at a table with a bunch of other kids. They were obviously in the more popular crowd of the school, because it seemed that everyone wanted to be around them.
"You missed the bus again, Mel?" asked one of Mel's friends, giggling.
"It was sooo Colin's fault!" she whined.
"You did WHAT with the teacher's grade book?"
Colin's friend clapped a hand to Colin's mouth, shushing him. "Shhh, I don't want anyone to find out!!"
Paige laughed again; her kids were growing up to be pretty funny and good- natured. She sat there, invisibly watching, until Mel abruptly stood up and grabbed Colin's arm. "Woops, forgot something in my locker...Col, come with me..."
"What is it?" asked Colin as she lead them outside.
"Bindle and Bailey," she explained. "I don't know, but something's not right."
"We can't do anything about it. They probably just got detention again—no biggie."
"I hope you're right..."
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"It's been two years, Bianca," Chris complained, "TWO YEARS. We can't just give up! You heard the news yesterday, didn't you? Five people dead, smoldered to ash for no apparent reason—and if you checked a little more closely, they were all a part of the Rebellion. We are losing recruits faster than ever before!"
They walked into an alley where they could talk unheard.
"That's not a reason to stay up every night trying to figure out a way to 'save him'," said Bianca. "He can't be saved. He's evil and that's that. Besides, Chris, you have to realize...we're just kids. The other members of the Rebellion can handle it. They're much more experienced—"
"But they don't know Wyatt like I do!"
"I know, Chris, but we need you to be able to stay awake," Bianca joked ruefully. "Honestly, you have to sleep sometime—"
"That would be giving up. That's what Wyatt wants. He wants us to shrug it off indifference until we're all killed! What are you going to do when the Rebellions are the last ones left? What are you going to say when Wyatt has killed off more innocents than we can spare?"
"Don't talk like that! We'll get it under control eventually, I promise..."
"How long are we going to have it under control?" He took a deep breath and softened his voice. "I don't want to lose anyone else. You saw what happened to Prue and our parents. I'm sure that Leo's disappearance had SOMETHING to do with it, too! I just want to know that for one day in our lives we can go to school and come back home like we used to, without worrying that our own flesh and blood are going to murder us in our sleep."
"We're not going to lose anyone," said Bianca firmly. "Like you said, it's been two years and he's laid off of us. What makes you think he'll kill us all now?"
"He's biding his time. Bianca, he's my brother...there are just some things I've known since we were really little, and one of those things I know is that he'll never give up. He'll fight until every last one of us is dead."
Bianca sniffled slightly at these words. "Let's just...get to school on time for once." She gave him a quick kiss and they hurried out of the alley, walking quickly for about three blocks. They rounded a corner and a high school came into view—
RING!
"Ugh!" said Bianca. Their faces fell (A/N—you guys all remember Drew's exasperated we're-not-getting-anywhere look that he gave the sisters when they wouldn't listen, right? That's the look he's using now!!!).
"So much for being on time," Chris groaned. He turned to Bianca. "See ya at lunch."
They turned in opposite directions and fled to the school building before the custodian locked the doors. Piper and Leo followed Chris into what seemed like math class. Chris, however, was staring off into space and apparently deep in thought.
"Chris, could you tell me the answer to problem number three on the homework last night?" asked the strict-looking teacher in the front of the room.
Chris looked up, eyes focused on her and panic-stricken. He recovered quickly, though. "Uh...3x squared times 4a cubed...?"
"Correct."
He breathed an inward sigh of relief.
Piper turned to Leo. "He's thinking of Wyatt," she said worriedly. "Look at him...he looks dead-tired and way too thin for his age. Why's Bianca the only one noticing?"
"There are six kids in that family now, and only Prue and Mark to handle them..."
"Let's just fast-forward."
"Sure."
ZIP! They went to Chris' lunch. He and Bianca sat in a secluded table far away from everyone else, talking in low whispers. Bianca seemed engaged in her food, but Chris was merely scooting the food around his tray with his fork, too busy talking.
"I was in the middle of science and I swear, I felt this lurch in my stomach. That only happens when one of the younger kids..."
"Chris, stop worrying and eat something. There's nothing wrong. You're neurotic."
Piper grinned. "She's got that right..."
"Bianca, seriously! What if —"
"Eat," she ordered.
"I'm not hungry, I want to know what's wrong."
"Nothing's — CHRIS!"
A blue light surrounded him. "I'm—I'm being summoned to Wyatt!" he exclaimed. He desperately tried to fight back. Bianca grabbed his sleeve, looking around quickly to make sure no one saw, and shimmered away with him to the P3. Piper and Leo followed.
"What's wrong?" demanded Prue upon their arrival.
Chris couldn't respond; he cried out, still trying to remain where he was and clutching onto the couch.
"He's being summoned by Wyatt!" Bianca said breathlessly.
The blue lights stopped and Chris collapsed to the floor in exhaustion.
"He...he stopped a summoning spell," said Bianca in amazement. "I've never heard of anyone doing that before..."
"Yeah, but how long will it last?" asked Prue.
"Something tells me that it isn't going to get much better around here," said Piper, walking closer to Leo for comfort.
A/N—I lied. I've updated...but it might still be a while till the next one. I might respond to the reviews in the next chappie if I can spare the time...I WILL do it eventually, I've just been kinda putting it off...don't hurt me!
R&R!!
Drew ROX!!!
Oh, and if this is in any way confusing to you, feel free to mention so in my review.
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"You owe me five dollars and you know it, Col. Give it to me!"
Colin shook his head with a grin plastered to his face. "I don't know what you're talking about, sis. Maybe your memory's on the fritz."
"Uh, Col? The payphone, the soda machine, your lunch? Ring any bells?"
"Nope—ack, there goes the bus!" Colin screamed. The two of them flailed their arms at the bus in a desperate attempt to catch their attention. "WAIT FOR US! HEY, C'MON!"
They stopped running for a moment to regain their breath. "We're—so—dead," Mel gasped. "We're gonna be late!" She started to run towards the school but Colin stopped her.
"Dude, we can just orb," Colin laughed.
"Col...you know what Aunt Prue said. With Wyatt all around and magic revealed, anybody could see us and connect us with him."
"They don't even know who Wyatt is! He's still the nameless villain or something. Just this once...it's not really personal gain since we don't give a crap about school anyway..."
"Whaddaya mean 'we'?"
"Stop being such a nerd and just orb already!" Colin orbed away and Paige, standing next to them, couldn't help but laugh at the disgusted look on Mel's face.
"Aw...bonehead." She looked as if she was going to walk to school then shook her head. "He's gotta point..." She shrugged and orbed after him. Paige followed, ending up in an empty stall in the girls' bathroom.
Just then the first bell rang. Mel smiled a little to herself. "Just in time, I guess..."
Paige fast-forwarded to their third period, seeing that they were making an awfully big mess with watercolors. She zipped through again to lunch; perhaps this would be more interesting. Mel and Colin sat at a table with a bunch of other kids. They were obviously in the more popular crowd of the school, because it seemed that everyone wanted to be around them.
"You missed the bus again, Mel?" asked one of Mel's friends, giggling.
"It was sooo Colin's fault!" she whined.
"You did WHAT with the teacher's grade book?"
Colin's friend clapped a hand to Colin's mouth, shushing him. "Shhh, I don't want anyone to find out!!"
Paige laughed again; her kids were growing up to be pretty funny and good- natured. She sat there, invisibly watching, until Mel abruptly stood up and grabbed Colin's arm. "Woops, forgot something in my locker...Col, come with me..."
"What is it?" asked Colin as she lead them outside.
"Bindle and Bailey," she explained. "I don't know, but something's not right."
"We can't do anything about it. They probably just got detention again—no biggie."
"I hope you're right..."
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"It's been two years, Bianca," Chris complained, "TWO YEARS. We can't just give up! You heard the news yesterday, didn't you? Five people dead, smoldered to ash for no apparent reason—and if you checked a little more closely, they were all a part of the Rebellion. We are losing recruits faster than ever before!"
They walked into an alley where they could talk unheard.
"That's not a reason to stay up every night trying to figure out a way to 'save him'," said Bianca. "He can't be saved. He's evil and that's that. Besides, Chris, you have to realize...we're just kids. The other members of the Rebellion can handle it. They're much more experienced—"
"But they don't know Wyatt like I do!"
"I know, Chris, but we need you to be able to stay awake," Bianca joked ruefully. "Honestly, you have to sleep sometime—"
"That would be giving up. That's what Wyatt wants. He wants us to shrug it off indifference until we're all killed! What are you going to do when the Rebellions are the last ones left? What are you going to say when Wyatt has killed off more innocents than we can spare?"
"Don't talk like that! We'll get it under control eventually, I promise..."
"How long are we going to have it under control?" He took a deep breath and softened his voice. "I don't want to lose anyone else. You saw what happened to Prue and our parents. I'm sure that Leo's disappearance had SOMETHING to do with it, too! I just want to know that for one day in our lives we can go to school and come back home like we used to, without worrying that our own flesh and blood are going to murder us in our sleep."
"We're not going to lose anyone," said Bianca firmly. "Like you said, it's been two years and he's laid off of us. What makes you think he'll kill us all now?"
"He's biding his time. Bianca, he's my brother...there are just some things I've known since we were really little, and one of those things I know is that he'll never give up. He'll fight until every last one of us is dead."
Bianca sniffled slightly at these words. "Let's just...get to school on time for once." She gave him a quick kiss and they hurried out of the alley, walking quickly for about three blocks. They rounded a corner and a high school came into view—
RING!
"Ugh!" said Bianca. Their faces fell (A/N—you guys all remember Drew's exasperated we're-not-getting-anywhere look that he gave the sisters when they wouldn't listen, right? That's the look he's using now!!!).
"So much for being on time," Chris groaned. He turned to Bianca. "See ya at lunch."
They turned in opposite directions and fled to the school building before the custodian locked the doors. Piper and Leo followed Chris into what seemed like math class. Chris, however, was staring off into space and apparently deep in thought.
"Chris, could you tell me the answer to problem number three on the homework last night?" asked the strict-looking teacher in the front of the room.
Chris looked up, eyes focused on her and panic-stricken. He recovered quickly, though. "Uh...3x squared times 4a cubed...?"
"Correct."
He breathed an inward sigh of relief.
Piper turned to Leo. "He's thinking of Wyatt," she said worriedly. "Look at him...he looks dead-tired and way too thin for his age. Why's Bianca the only one noticing?"
"There are six kids in that family now, and only Prue and Mark to handle them..."
"Let's just fast-forward."
"Sure."
ZIP! They went to Chris' lunch. He and Bianca sat in a secluded table far away from everyone else, talking in low whispers. Bianca seemed engaged in her food, but Chris was merely scooting the food around his tray with his fork, too busy talking.
"I was in the middle of science and I swear, I felt this lurch in my stomach. That only happens when one of the younger kids..."
"Chris, stop worrying and eat something. There's nothing wrong. You're neurotic."
Piper grinned. "She's got that right..."
"Bianca, seriously! What if —"
"Eat," she ordered.
"I'm not hungry, I want to know what's wrong."
"Nothing's — CHRIS!"
A blue light surrounded him. "I'm—I'm being summoned to Wyatt!" he exclaimed. He desperately tried to fight back. Bianca grabbed his sleeve, looking around quickly to make sure no one saw, and shimmered away with him to the P3. Piper and Leo followed.
"What's wrong?" demanded Prue upon their arrival.
Chris couldn't respond; he cried out, still trying to remain where he was and clutching onto the couch.
"He's being summoned by Wyatt!" Bianca said breathlessly.
The blue lights stopped and Chris collapsed to the floor in exhaustion.
"He...he stopped a summoning spell," said Bianca in amazement. "I've never heard of anyone doing that before..."
"Yeah, but how long will it last?" asked Prue.
"Something tells me that it isn't going to get much better around here," said Piper, walking closer to Leo for comfort.
A/N—I lied. I've updated...but it might still be a while till the next one. I might respond to the reviews in the next chappie if I can spare the time...I WILL do it eventually, I've just been kinda putting it off...don't hurt me!
R&R!!
Drew ROX!!!
Oh, and if this is in any way confusing to you, feel free to mention so in my review.