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my thoughts...those all belong to Drew...I think about him day and night...
Okay, here's the story before I scare you all:
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"What happened to him?" Piper shrieked.
"Did you listen to a word I just said?" Brian snapped in impatience, looking away from Chris himself. "He messed with demons and...paid the price."
"Kinda like when Piper went nuts after losing Prue," said Leo.
The looked down at Chris. A month had indeed changed a lot—there was a deep wound in his shoulder and several smaller ones across his chest that were bleeding freely through his thin t-shirt. He was shivering and appeared to have lost a lot of weight and there were deep, tired circles under his eyes. His eyes were closed but he seemed to be awake, but miserable. (A/N—Sorry Charmed Melinda Halliwell, I had to kill him again. Got any bandages? And no, Drew's still mine!!)
"Yeah, but Chris is doing it out of grief and for the innocents he's trying to save. But it seems that the grief has consumed him to a whole other level..."
"Why is this particular time momentous?" Paige asked Brian.
"Well..."
A flurry of blue orbs appeared smack in front of Piper's nose. She shrieked and jumped back, but was entirely relieved when she saw future Leo. "I thought he was missing!" she exclaimed.
"Chris!" future Leo gasped in concern. "Oh my god..." He healed him in an instant and Chris woke up groggily.
"Am I dead?" he asked blankly upon seeing Leo.
"No you're not, buddy, oh thank god I found you..." Leo gave wrapped him in a huge hug. "It's been so long...you've grown so much since I last saw you! I've missed you so much..."
"Where have you been?" Chris asked shakily. "You never came back when we called..."
Leo's face turned grim. "Wyatt captured me and several other whitelighters, including Andy and Sam. They're dead now, I just managed to escape right before he...never mind."
"Right before he what?"
"They were going to brainwash me, Chris, and send me out to kill you."
Chris shivered.
"Let's go somewhere warmer, it's cold out here...what are you doing all alone out here in the dead of winter?"
"That's just it. Everybody's dead."
"But Prue and Mark—"
"Dead. Last week."
"Gee, Brian, thanks for filling us in on that," Piper scoffed.
"Sorry, I forgot...too much to remember..."
"Chris...I'm so sorry..." future Leo trailed off. "I saw Bianca."
"She's alive?" Chris asked hopefully. Something seemed to spark in his eyes but it quickly died away. "And still...evil?"
"Yes. She's been sent out to...well, Wyatt wants her to kill you to pledge her allegiance. She came back with a pile of ashes, Chris, I was so afraid I'd lost you...but once I escaped I sensed you and you were still alive."
"Thank you for coming back."
"Nothing could stop me." As they walked out of the alley Leo lowered his voice again. "Is Bianca...under a spell? Is she being brainwashed as I was?"
Chris scoffed. "No. She told me herself that joining Wyatt would be the only way to have a better future."
"Oh. Well, I know the others are gone...we—Sam and Andy, that is—watched the four of them die in Wyatt's lair. We were invisible and in a way, stripped from our own bodies. We were more like spirits of ourselves. But Wyatt made a slipup and now I'm in one piece again...but Sam's and Andy's atoms didn't come together like mine did, probably because they're not elders..."
"Where are we going to go?" Chris asked.
Leo thought for a moment. "I would take you Up There, but that would be almost suicidal...Wyatt can track our orbs if we go all the way. And it doesn't look like anywhere on the mortal plane is exactly safe either. Let's try magic school, then..."
"Wait—Is Gideon there?"
"I'd expect he'd be busy with the elders right now since Wyatt's out there and everything. Why do you ask?"
"I dunno. It just seemed that Wyatt never liked him very much, you know? Sometimes he'd rant about how—I'm just quoting here—Gideon was a backstabbing bastard that should stay out of other people's business. But then he stopped talking about him when I was thirteen or so. I thought that maybe Gideon would be one of the first to go when Wyatt came to power."
"I just heard from Gideon right before I found you, so he's fine. I wonder why Wyatt...? Well, there are a lot of things I'm wondering about him right now."
"Yeah..."
"Well, we'll just go to the Magic School for now. I'll warn Gideon about Wyatt."
They orbed up to the Magic School. Brian turned to the sisters and present- time Leo. "It's time for me to go," he announced, "go ahead and follow them."
The four of them nodded and orbed to Magic School with Leo and Chris.
"You stay in the library, alright kiddo? I'll tell Gideon about the situation at hand."
Paige and Phoebe decided to follow future Leo into Gideon's office, where Leo knocked on the door.
"Gideon? Are you in there?"
The door swung open. "Leo—you're not—you're supposed to be missing!" Sigmund exclaimed. "What happened to you?"
"Wyatt happened to me. I was captured. Where's Gideon?"
"Right here, Leo," said Gideon. "I'm pleased to see that you're back finally. Now you can resume your responsibilities as an elder."
Leo cleared his throat. "Not until I resume my duties as a father," he corrected.
Gideon sighed. "Leo, you're entire family is dead with the exception of Wyatt. You can't stop Wyatt now, that's what the Rebellion is for. Just because you're his father doesn't mean that you can—"
"No, I mean I need to be a father to my OTHER son."
"Other son? Leo...Chris has been missing for a month, starting the day after his cousins were murdered. You won't find him. Not even the Rebellion has managed to track him back."
"My son is right in the library as we speak if you really need proof, Gideon," said Leo. "He's been vanquishing demons and trying to stop Wyatt on his own."
Gideon's eyes flashed. "No one can stop Wyatt," he stated.
"I believe that Chris may be powerful enough to stop him," Leo said confidently.
"Ah. I see...and how old is Chris now?"
"Sixteen."
"Hm. Well, you'd best be going with him...Wouldn't want to lose track of him again, now, would we?"
Leo gave Gideon a strange look. "Okay, then, good-bye." He stood to leave. "Is there an...echo in here?"
Gideon only smiled. "Just the walls vibrating the sound. It's for effect, really, since the room was rather spacious when the last elder occupied it...Good-bye, Leo."
Once Leo was gone, Gideon to turned to Sigmund with a grave expression on his face. "Leo's right. Chris may be just as powerful as his twice-blessed brother, which means that he could take over just as easily as Wyatt did if he manages to stop him...Sigmund, find Chris a place to stay. We need him to be dead by morning."
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Sigmund walked into the library. "Chris, we can let you stay in the nursery. It's not used anymore and it's where your mother stayed with you and Wyatt when she was pregnant. Come with me...Leo, you really don't have to come along, I can assure you that Chris is in safe hands," Sigmund assured future Leo when he began to follow.
"Okay...Well, bye buddy, I'll check on you in the morning." Leo gave Chris a hug and they both departed through blue orbs.
Phoebe and Paige rushed into the room to find Piper and Leo.
"You will never believe what we just heard," Paige gasped.
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A/N—God, this story is OVER 100 PAGES now! That's really creepy. I've never made a story THAT long before. Oh well. I love writing this fic.
R&R, plz! I very much appreciate the many reviews!
Okay, here's the story before I scare you all:
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"What happened to him?" Piper shrieked.
"Did you listen to a word I just said?" Brian snapped in impatience, looking away from Chris himself. "He messed with demons and...paid the price."
"Kinda like when Piper went nuts after losing Prue," said Leo.
The looked down at Chris. A month had indeed changed a lot—there was a deep wound in his shoulder and several smaller ones across his chest that were bleeding freely through his thin t-shirt. He was shivering and appeared to have lost a lot of weight and there were deep, tired circles under his eyes. His eyes were closed but he seemed to be awake, but miserable. (A/N—Sorry Charmed Melinda Halliwell, I had to kill him again. Got any bandages? And no, Drew's still mine!!)
"Yeah, but Chris is doing it out of grief and for the innocents he's trying to save. But it seems that the grief has consumed him to a whole other level..."
"Why is this particular time momentous?" Paige asked Brian.
"Well..."
A flurry of blue orbs appeared smack in front of Piper's nose. She shrieked and jumped back, but was entirely relieved when she saw future Leo. "I thought he was missing!" she exclaimed.
"Chris!" future Leo gasped in concern. "Oh my god..." He healed him in an instant and Chris woke up groggily.
"Am I dead?" he asked blankly upon seeing Leo.
"No you're not, buddy, oh thank god I found you..." Leo gave wrapped him in a huge hug. "It's been so long...you've grown so much since I last saw you! I've missed you so much..."
"Where have you been?" Chris asked shakily. "You never came back when we called..."
Leo's face turned grim. "Wyatt captured me and several other whitelighters, including Andy and Sam. They're dead now, I just managed to escape right before he...never mind."
"Right before he what?"
"They were going to brainwash me, Chris, and send me out to kill you."
Chris shivered.
"Let's go somewhere warmer, it's cold out here...what are you doing all alone out here in the dead of winter?"
"That's just it. Everybody's dead."
"But Prue and Mark—"
"Dead. Last week."
"Gee, Brian, thanks for filling us in on that," Piper scoffed.
"Sorry, I forgot...too much to remember..."
"Chris...I'm so sorry..." future Leo trailed off. "I saw Bianca."
"She's alive?" Chris asked hopefully. Something seemed to spark in his eyes but it quickly died away. "And still...evil?"
"Yes. She's been sent out to...well, Wyatt wants her to kill you to pledge her allegiance. She came back with a pile of ashes, Chris, I was so afraid I'd lost you...but once I escaped I sensed you and you were still alive."
"Thank you for coming back."
"Nothing could stop me." As they walked out of the alley Leo lowered his voice again. "Is Bianca...under a spell? Is she being brainwashed as I was?"
Chris scoffed. "No. She told me herself that joining Wyatt would be the only way to have a better future."
"Oh. Well, I know the others are gone...we—Sam and Andy, that is—watched the four of them die in Wyatt's lair. We were invisible and in a way, stripped from our own bodies. We were more like spirits of ourselves. But Wyatt made a slipup and now I'm in one piece again...but Sam's and Andy's atoms didn't come together like mine did, probably because they're not elders..."
"Where are we going to go?" Chris asked.
Leo thought for a moment. "I would take you Up There, but that would be almost suicidal...Wyatt can track our orbs if we go all the way. And it doesn't look like anywhere on the mortal plane is exactly safe either. Let's try magic school, then..."
"Wait—Is Gideon there?"
"I'd expect he'd be busy with the elders right now since Wyatt's out there and everything. Why do you ask?"
"I dunno. It just seemed that Wyatt never liked him very much, you know? Sometimes he'd rant about how—I'm just quoting here—Gideon was a backstabbing bastard that should stay out of other people's business. But then he stopped talking about him when I was thirteen or so. I thought that maybe Gideon would be one of the first to go when Wyatt came to power."
"I just heard from Gideon right before I found you, so he's fine. I wonder why Wyatt...? Well, there are a lot of things I'm wondering about him right now."
"Yeah..."
"Well, we'll just go to the Magic School for now. I'll warn Gideon about Wyatt."
They orbed up to the Magic School. Brian turned to the sisters and present- time Leo. "It's time for me to go," he announced, "go ahead and follow them."
The four of them nodded and orbed to Magic School with Leo and Chris.
"You stay in the library, alright kiddo? I'll tell Gideon about the situation at hand."
Paige and Phoebe decided to follow future Leo into Gideon's office, where Leo knocked on the door.
"Gideon? Are you in there?"
The door swung open. "Leo—you're not—you're supposed to be missing!" Sigmund exclaimed. "What happened to you?"
"Wyatt happened to me. I was captured. Where's Gideon?"
"Right here, Leo," said Gideon. "I'm pleased to see that you're back finally. Now you can resume your responsibilities as an elder."
Leo cleared his throat. "Not until I resume my duties as a father," he corrected.
Gideon sighed. "Leo, you're entire family is dead with the exception of Wyatt. You can't stop Wyatt now, that's what the Rebellion is for. Just because you're his father doesn't mean that you can—"
"No, I mean I need to be a father to my OTHER son."
"Other son? Leo...Chris has been missing for a month, starting the day after his cousins were murdered. You won't find him. Not even the Rebellion has managed to track him back."
"My son is right in the library as we speak if you really need proof, Gideon," said Leo. "He's been vanquishing demons and trying to stop Wyatt on his own."
Gideon's eyes flashed. "No one can stop Wyatt," he stated.
"I believe that Chris may be powerful enough to stop him," Leo said confidently.
"Ah. I see...and how old is Chris now?"
"Sixteen."
"Hm. Well, you'd best be going with him...Wouldn't want to lose track of him again, now, would we?"
Leo gave Gideon a strange look. "Okay, then, good-bye." He stood to leave. "Is there an...echo in here?"
Gideon only smiled. "Just the walls vibrating the sound. It's for effect, really, since the room was rather spacious when the last elder occupied it...Good-bye, Leo."
Once Leo was gone, Gideon to turned to Sigmund with a grave expression on his face. "Leo's right. Chris may be just as powerful as his twice-blessed brother, which means that he could take over just as easily as Wyatt did if he manages to stop him...Sigmund, find Chris a place to stay. We need him to be dead by morning."
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Sigmund walked into the library. "Chris, we can let you stay in the nursery. It's not used anymore and it's where your mother stayed with you and Wyatt when she was pregnant. Come with me...Leo, you really don't have to come along, I can assure you that Chris is in safe hands," Sigmund assured future Leo when he began to follow.
"Okay...Well, bye buddy, I'll check on you in the morning." Leo gave Chris a hug and they both departed through blue orbs.
Phoebe and Paige rushed into the room to find Piper and Leo.
"You will never believe what we just heard," Paige gasped.
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A/N—God, this story is OVER 100 PAGES now! That's really creepy. I've never made a story THAT long before. Oh well. I love writing this fic.
R&R, plz! I very much appreciate the many reviews!