Chris looked up at his mother, silently pleading for help that she could not give him. Piper banged on the shield, she knew it wouldn't help, but she had to try. She had seen her son tortured once, and here she had to watch him die!
Peyden laughed, knowing what was going through everyone's mind. "Save Chris! Save Chris!" she found it hilarious. Wow things were different in the past.
"That's enough Prue. Remember? Wyatt wants him alive and mostly well. Come on." Little Prue had seemed completely fixed on killing her older cousin, but if Peyden said that she had to stop, then she would stop, even if she didn't want to. Prue allowed Chris to breathe, but he collapsed anyway. To long without air had taken its toll. Peyden kept the shield up to keep the Charmed Ones out. She walked over to Chris's limp body while Piper shouted for her to get away from her son.
Peyden only chuckled a bit to herself and then reached down to grab a hold of her old friend. Chris quickly shot up and kicked her feet from under her. When Peyden landed on her back, he took out an atheme and brought it to her throat.
Little Prue was about to make a move to save her friend, but Chris told her to stop. He then turned his attention back to the person he had under his control.
"Put the shield down." He commanded Peyden. She didn't seem to show fear, but she wouldn't have done what she was told if she wasn't. "Take Little Prue, leave." He said. Chris wasn't bothering to try and hide that having a knife up to one of his best friends throats was terrifying him. He wasn't trying to hide his heavy breathing, or the beads of sweat on his forehead.
Peyden kept herself under control as she held out her hand, never letting her eyes leave Chris's. Little Prue took her hand, glaring at Chris as memories of what Wyatt had told her came to mind. How Chris had been so cruel as to try and turn the family against Wyatt. When they fell for it, he slit her mother's throat in front of Wyatt with a laugh.
"You think that I'm just gonna be a good girl and go back to the future?" Peyden asked.
"No, but I have a plan." Chris responded.
"Looking forward to it." Peyden smiled and shimmered out with Prue. As soon as it was a sure thing that they were gone, Chris dropped the atheme and allowed his body to relax, letting out a long, much needed sigh of relief. The girls ran over to him, making sure that he was okay and of course he shrugged it off like it was nothing.
Chris jumped back up again after only about a minute of taking a break. "Okay, I have to go get help."
"Wait, what?" Piper asked. "No, you can't just go out! What if they know what you're going to do and are waiting for you?"
"Peyden sucks at anticipating other people's moves. She only thinks about what shes going to do, and doesn't take the time to care what her enemy might be planing. Don't worry, I'll be fine. If I see them, I'll orb." Piper was about to say 'no' but was cut off by her son orbing out.
"I swear, if he keeps doing that I'll..." she gave a sign of ringing his neck but the girls simply laughed. "Not a time to be laughing. My son is going to get himself killed!"
"And my daughter is going to be the one to do it." Phoebe said sadly.
"Or my other son." Piper pointed out. "What is up with everyone being evil in the future?"
"They turn evil out of fear." Paige said. "What's the deal with Chris's family trying to kill him?"
"Wyatt knows that family is his weak spot, so he uses it." Phoebe said. The girls sighed.
"So, what do we do until Chris gets back?" Paige asked.
"Make a better plan then what he has." Piper told her. "We need some vanquishing potions."
"We don't even know what kind of demon Peyden is. All we know is that shes upper level."
"Well, then we'll make just powerful potions. We have to help somehow. Chris thinks that he can handle all this on his own, but he can't." Piper said, worried for her son. They began to work on potions, mixing all sorts of powerful ingredients to make it powerful. By the end, they had about ten vials full of black, blue, purple, and that sort of color.
"Okay, you think we have enough?" Paige asked, looking at the witches handy work.
"I would think so." Phoebe said with a smile, proud that they were going to forcefully help their nephew.
"He better be grateful." Piper said.
"I'm really doubting he will be." Paige told her. Piper went to Wyatt when he started to cry and Phoebe decided to take a whack at cooking something to eat. Paige labeled each potion so they knew what to get and then decided to relax, a rare moment.
A little while later Chris orbs into the living room with Peyden next to him.
"Whoa! Piper! Phoebe!" Paige calls, jumping up at the sight of the demon. "Potion!" she calls.
"Paige, wait!" Chris tries but she throws the potion. Peyden catches it with one hand and starts to look it over.
"This is very powerful. Only a Charmed One could do it. Nice job." She tosses it back to Paige who catches it.
"Chris, what is she doing here?" Piper asks, who has ran in with Phoebe.
"This is past Peyden, not the evil one whos trying to kill me." He explained.
"Hey! I'm still evil! I just think it would be cool to fight myself." Peyden explained.
"Whatever." Chris said, knowing that Peyden was able to be good, if she wasn't just so damn stubborn. "Now is when we go looking for our enemies. Just remember, don't hurt the little girl. Just the older version of you. Got it?"
"Yeah yeah." Peyden says annoyed that he is bossing her around. Betraying this boy form the future might be fun.
"I have a question." Phoebe asks. "Why did you attack us a few days ago when you've known Chris this whole time?"
She shrugs. "Thought it might be fun. I'm always looking for someone to match my power."
"Yeah, that's a great reason." Paige mutters. "So, now we go to get the bad guys?"
"Yeah, now that we have someone who is powerful enough to protect me."
"Only you?" Piper asks.
"Yeah. I'm not taking any of you. It's way too dangerous. Anything could happen, and if you die Piper, then I'll never exist."
"Well we can't just let you go! You could be killed!"
"If I die, I'm sure you'll know when I don't come home."
"That didn't make me feel any better! Now listen, I'm not letting you go with an evil demon and a psycho little girl! I'm going with you weather you like it or not, now lets go."
"I'm going, too." Phoebe chimed in.
"Me too." Paige followed. Chris gave a loud annoyed sigh.
"Fine, but if something happens to any of you, it's not my fault." Chris orbs, Peyden shimmers and Paige orbs with her sisters. They arrive at the Great Wall of China.
"Oh, I don't think we should be here." Phoebe says, nervous. "Why are we here?"
"Because I can sense that my future self is here." Peyden says, annoyed by her asking. "Piper, freeze the place."
"What? I can't freeze the entire Great Wall of China!" Piper exclaimed. She felt a sudden power surge within herself. "What?"
"There. Now you can. I lent you some of my energy, freeze the place before one of the guards sees us up here!" Piper flicked her hands and everything around them froze.
"Whoa." She said, amazed that that was possible.
"Hi, Chris. I didn't think that you would come looking for us this fast. Wow your-"The future Peyden was gloating, but when she saw her past self, she stopped. Why didn't she think Chris would do that?
"I look exactly the way I do now." The present Peyden said. "Do I like, stop aging or something?"
"No, see, you died and Wyatt brought you back, so after that you stop aging." Piper explained
"Oh. Well that was really nice of him."
"What is she doing here?" Future Peyden commanded angered that her past self was here. If she kills her past self, then she will never exist and she wasn't very willing to die for this.
"Shes here to help." Chris said, happy to see that he had finally gotten his enemy to be afraid.
"I get to fight her now?" Peyden asked and Chris nodded. She smiled and charged at her future self, eager to fight someone at equal strength as herself.
