**thanks for all the wonderful reviews and comments! Chris's new power to
disassociate things is explained below. ;-) ~abs
Phoebe, Piper and Wyatt were all sitting down to a new batch of pancakes that Piper had whipped up. Wyatt was making a gigantic mess with the syrup and Phoebe commented, "This is why you don't get a bath until after breakfast," he smiled back at her. "So let me get all this straight, Chloe blew Chris up over something about her dad having been vanquished and Chris knew about it?" Paige poured herself a new cup of coffee and joined her sisters and nephew at the table, "Yep, that's what we're saying."
"Wow," Phoebe said a little shocked.
"Yeah, she threw an energy ball at him. And 'poof' he was a cloud of orbs," Paige demonstrated, "and when he was back in one piece, he was so mad."
"I would be too if someone blew me up," Phoebe took a bite of her toast. After she had finished chewing she added, "And Chris threw a plate of pancakes at her through the wall simply by leaning against it?" Nobody had seemed to notice that it was Chloe that was telekinetically moving the vase—much to her favor.
"Yeah, it's like he made the wall not solid anymore," Paige remarked.
Piper finished wiping off Wyatt's sticky fingers, "He disassociated it. Kind of like how I speed up particles to blow them up and slow particles down to freeze them. He simply caused the particles in the wall to separate, and flung a plate of pancakes through it..." then off her sisters' confused looks, "I'm guessing. It makes sense."
Paige got excited and asked, "Do you think you'll be able to do that? You know, when your powers progress?"
"Maybe so. I hadn't thought of that," Piper nodded her head.
"Man, they fight like they're related," Phoebe added getting up from her chair.
Paige dropped her cup of coffee but Piper froze it before it hit the ground, "We are not losing anymore glassware this weekend! Grab it before it unfreezes." Paige wrinkled her face and grabbed the cup and spilling coffee. "What's your problem anyway?" Piper concluded.
"Last night, I borrowed Chloe's ring," Paige tried to cover, "That ring is how they find each other, how they communicate—reading each other's thoughts. Apparently Piper blesses it for them in the future, connecting them to protect them."
"Ooo, now that could be interesting. Get inside Chris's head," Phoebe duly noted from her position by the kitchen sink.
"I don't know if we want in there," Paige got a fresh cup of coffee and sat at the table, "but one thing it did do was take me to Chris and Leo... while they were out investigating. I put the ring on, thought of Chris, and 'zap!' I was there."
"What did you find? Or what did they find?" Piper asked intently.
Paige fumbled with her words, "I'm not quite sure. I wasn't there long enough. It was a demonic market, and I was a tad conspicuous in my p.j.s so I orbed out before anyone could notice. They were talking to some ugly guy named Goran—Chris had him suspended in the air."
"Leo told me about that. He came to check on me last night after Batterak attacked. But he didn't tell me everything they found out," Piper appraised her sisters.
Phoebe had been standing very quietly at the sink, absorbed in her sister's conversation and trying to forget about the dreams she had last night—both about Cole. She had really loved him. She was trying to forget him, but she could not deny she had once loved him—deep within her heart in places she didn't want to see he still lurked. She had been having visions of Cole lately. Last night, Phoebe had dreamed about the date they took in southern France as a break from training to battle the source. Phoebe and Paige had switched bodies in a little freak accident of Paige's, and Paige—as Phoebe—had helped Cole to realize just how hard he was pushing Phoebe to succeed. As a reward, he shimmered them to France. It was perfect! They sat on the beach, entranced by the beauty and each other, and drank a bottle of fine wine they had bought from a vineyard on the side of the road. It was one of her more fond memories of her demon ex-husband. Then came the big bad dream. The dream of how Paige managed to finally get the sisters in a position to vanquish Cole. It was in an alternate reality that he had somehow created. Phoebe knew that he created that world out of his love for her and hopes that it would be their perfect chance to find love again. But instead it was a nightmare for both of them—for all of them. Phoebe was ultimately the one to throw the vanquishing potion at Cole—and watched as he went up in fire and ash. The thought made her shudder. The dream made her remember how she had once believed that he was her soul mate—and deep down, how she still believed he was.
Phoebe stood almost motionless while he sisters continued to talk. She had to say something to them. Tell them about her dreams. "I had a couple of dreams last night," she started
"Oh, yeah? Special dreams? Sexy dreams?" Piper joked.
"No," Phoebe drew out the word, "they were memories... of mine. One hundred percent accurate. None of the normal dream distortion going on."
"What do you mean?" Paige asked now getting concerned.
"They were about Cole." Phoebe answered. The announcement brought lightning quick silence to the room. The silence was only broken by Wyatt pushing his plate on the floor, "Boom," he smiled.
"Wow, Pheebs. I thought you were long over him," Piper commented as Paige got up to clean up Wyatt's mess since Piper couldn't lean over.
Phoebe put her coffee cup on the counter then walked back to the table with her sisters, looking at her feet. She finally looked Piper in the eyes to answer, "I thought I had, too. But he was my soul mate, Piper. And these dreams were so real. It's hard not to think that there was something else behind them. I don't know," she looked away again.
"It's ok, honey," Paige attempted to comfort her, "whatever is going on with all the visions from the past you're seeing, we'll figure it out and we'll fix it. That's what we do," she kissed Phoebe on top of her head.
Leo orbed into the kitchen, "Da-da!" Wyatt was excited.
"Hey there, my little man," he picked up his son in a huge hug, "I'm glad to see one of my sons gets excited to see me."
"Morning, Leo, pancake?" Piper offered holding up the plate.
"No, thanks," he smiled innocently at her.
"Got any news for us? Where are the troops?" Paige inquired.
"I've got a little more information. Chloe and Chris are hunting up some ingredients for a potion that Chloe believes will help us vanquish Batterak. I talked to her about it this morning after he attacked her," he looked at Piper, "He used her powers against her—she was injured with her own fireball."
"Is she ok?" Paige queried.
"She's fine, I healed her. She's very concerned about how to vanquish him. A little obsessively."
"Sounds like another future kid we know," Phoebe said under her breath. "You never told us what you and Chris found out last night, Leo."
"Well, as I told Piper," Paige and Phoebe smile at Leo as he continued talking, "This Goran character is the one who conjured the mercenary demons for Batterak. And Batterak followed Chloe here. Not the other way around. She had originally thought that she was sent her after him to save her father, now I don't think she knows exactly why she's here."
"Bummer," Paige uttered.
"We still have to find some way to vanquish Batterak, even though he is immune to our powers. Hopefully whatever the dynamic duo is working on will some effect," Phoebe finished her second cup of coffee.
"Oh, I think it will," Leo coyly smiled.
Phoebe, Piper and Wyatt were all sitting down to a new batch of pancakes that Piper had whipped up. Wyatt was making a gigantic mess with the syrup and Phoebe commented, "This is why you don't get a bath until after breakfast," he smiled back at her. "So let me get all this straight, Chloe blew Chris up over something about her dad having been vanquished and Chris knew about it?" Paige poured herself a new cup of coffee and joined her sisters and nephew at the table, "Yep, that's what we're saying."
"Wow," Phoebe said a little shocked.
"Yeah, she threw an energy ball at him. And 'poof' he was a cloud of orbs," Paige demonstrated, "and when he was back in one piece, he was so mad."
"I would be too if someone blew me up," Phoebe took a bite of her toast. After she had finished chewing she added, "And Chris threw a plate of pancakes at her through the wall simply by leaning against it?" Nobody had seemed to notice that it was Chloe that was telekinetically moving the vase—much to her favor.
"Yeah, it's like he made the wall not solid anymore," Paige remarked.
Piper finished wiping off Wyatt's sticky fingers, "He disassociated it. Kind of like how I speed up particles to blow them up and slow particles down to freeze them. He simply caused the particles in the wall to separate, and flung a plate of pancakes through it..." then off her sisters' confused looks, "I'm guessing. It makes sense."
Paige got excited and asked, "Do you think you'll be able to do that? You know, when your powers progress?"
"Maybe so. I hadn't thought of that," Piper nodded her head.
"Man, they fight like they're related," Phoebe added getting up from her chair.
Paige dropped her cup of coffee but Piper froze it before it hit the ground, "We are not losing anymore glassware this weekend! Grab it before it unfreezes." Paige wrinkled her face and grabbed the cup and spilling coffee. "What's your problem anyway?" Piper concluded.
"Last night, I borrowed Chloe's ring," Paige tried to cover, "That ring is how they find each other, how they communicate—reading each other's thoughts. Apparently Piper blesses it for them in the future, connecting them to protect them."
"Ooo, now that could be interesting. Get inside Chris's head," Phoebe duly noted from her position by the kitchen sink.
"I don't know if we want in there," Paige got a fresh cup of coffee and sat at the table, "but one thing it did do was take me to Chris and Leo... while they were out investigating. I put the ring on, thought of Chris, and 'zap!' I was there."
"What did you find? Or what did they find?" Piper asked intently.
Paige fumbled with her words, "I'm not quite sure. I wasn't there long enough. It was a demonic market, and I was a tad conspicuous in my p.j.s so I orbed out before anyone could notice. They were talking to some ugly guy named Goran—Chris had him suspended in the air."
"Leo told me about that. He came to check on me last night after Batterak attacked. But he didn't tell me everything they found out," Piper appraised her sisters.
Phoebe had been standing very quietly at the sink, absorbed in her sister's conversation and trying to forget about the dreams she had last night—both about Cole. She had really loved him. She was trying to forget him, but she could not deny she had once loved him—deep within her heart in places she didn't want to see he still lurked. She had been having visions of Cole lately. Last night, Phoebe had dreamed about the date they took in southern France as a break from training to battle the source. Phoebe and Paige had switched bodies in a little freak accident of Paige's, and Paige—as Phoebe—had helped Cole to realize just how hard he was pushing Phoebe to succeed. As a reward, he shimmered them to France. It was perfect! They sat on the beach, entranced by the beauty and each other, and drank a bottle of fine wine they had bought from a vineyard on the side of the road. It was one of her more fond memories of her demon ex-husband. Then came the big bad dream. The dream of how Paige managed to finally get the sisters in a position to vanquish Cole. It was in an alternate reality that he had somehow created. Phoebe knew that he created that world out of his love for her and hopes that it would be their perfect chance to find love again. But instead it was a nightmare for both of them—for all of them. Phoebe was ultimately the one to throw the vanquishing potion at Cole—and watched as he went up in fire and ash. The thought made her shudder. The dream made her remember how she had once believed that he was her soul mate—and deep down, how she still believed he was.
Phoebe stood almost motionless while he sisters continued to talk. She had to say something to them. Tell them about her dreams. "I had a couple of dreams last night," she started
"Oh, yeah? Special dreams? Sexy dreams?" Piper joked.
"No," Phoebe drew out the word, "they were memories... of mine. One hundred percent accurate. None of the normal dream distortion going on."
"What do you mean?" Paige asked now getting concerned.
"They were about Cole." Phoebe answered. The announcement brought lightning quick silence to the room. The silence was only broken by Wyatt pushing his plate on the floor, "Boom," he smiled.
"Wow, Pheebs. I thought you were long over him," Piper commented as Paige got up to clean up Wyatt's mess since Piper couldn't lean over.
Phoebe put her coffee cup on the counter then walked back to the table with her sisters, looking at her feet. She finally looked Piper in the eyes to answer, "I thought I had, too. But he was my soul mate, Piper. And these dreams were so real. It's hard not to think that there was something else behind them. I don't know," she looked away again.
"It's ok, honey," Paige attempted to comfort her, "whatever is going on with all the visions from the past you're seeing, we'll figure it out and we'll fix it. That's what we do," she kissed Phoebe on top of her head.
Leo orbed into the kitchen, "Da-da!" Wyatt was excited.
"Hey there, my little man," he picked up his son in a huge hug, "I'm glad to see one of my sons gets excited to see me."
"Morning, Leo, pancake?" Piper offered holding up the plate.
"No, thanks," he smiled innocently at her.
"Got any news for us? Where are the troops?" Paige inquired.
"I've got a little more information. Chloe and Chris are hunting up some ingredients for a potion that Chloe believes will help us vanquish Batterak. I talked to her about it this morning after he attacked her," he looked at Piper, "He used her powers against her—she was injured with her own fireball."
"Is she ok?" Paige queried.
"She's fine, I healed her. She's very concerned about how to vanquish him. A little obsessively."
"Sounds like another future kid we know," Phoebe said under her breath. "You never told us what you and Chris found out last night, Leo."
"Well, as I told Piper," Paige and Phoebe smile at Leo as he continued talking, "This Goran character is the one who conjured the mercenary demons for Batterak. And Batterak followed Chloe here. Not the other way around. She had originally thought that she was sent her after him to save her father, now I don't think she knows exactly why she's here."
"Bummer," Paige uttered.
"We still have to find some way to vanquish Batterak, even though he is immune to our powers. Hopefully whatever the dynamic duo is working on will some effect," Phoebe finished her second cup of coffee.
"Oh, I think it will," Leo coyly smiled.