DISCLAIMER: Yeah I own charmed and Chris is not on season 7 cuz I have Drew Fuller locked up in my basement, for my own personal pleasure. Do you believe me? No.. I didn't think so. More so cuz we know Chris is coming for episode 7 YEPPI! (though apparently his part is so tiny, that I am almost sad about it) So..obviously I don't own charmed!
CHAPTER III: FADING AWAYPiper was crying. She felt everything was so unfair. She, more than all the other sisters, always wanted a normal life, for her, and for her sons. She knew how the denial for one's destiny worked. And she didn't even had to go through a quarter of what Chris did, mainly thanks to him. She was incredibly angry and in pain that her little boy had had to go through all that and now they were asking even more of him. She wanted to go up there, and give the elders a piece of her mind. But she knew it wouldn't help at all.
-"I know that is how you feel right now, sweetie. But you are, if someone is strong enough, that one is you, I know that. You are as strong as it gets" She said pulling him into a hug.
- "Well, that is not strong enough" he said sadly.
Wyatt and Sophi had been watching the whole scene from the door frame. His eyes looked watery. She had her eyes closed with an expression that seemed to condense pain, frustration and anger. Wyatt run to his baby brother's side.
-"You won't be alone, bro. We will all be with you. We will share the "weight of the world" with you. Don't worry. Everything will be fine, ok? I will take care of you. Right?"
-"Cool. Considering the last time you said those words, you ended up killing our aunts the next day and turning evil. It's so comforting" He said half serious, half joking.
Wyatt made a claw with his hands and let go a roar.
-"YEAH.. I am soo scary, right? Lighten up Chris. We'll go through this together. This time, I will be by your side all through it."
Chris hugged his brother
"You promise?" He said sounding like a five year old scared boy.
"All the way, bro" said Wyatt hugging him even tighter. "All the way..."
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Thousands of demons were walking towards them, destroying everything they came across with. Golden Gate Park was burning. Chris feared for his men lives, and also for his own.
He remembered he had promised Prue to be brave and strong, but it was hard.
The battle begun and he could feel the cries of pain around him. He kept on deflecting energy balls and throwing demons into the air with his TK.
He could smell the burning flesh around him... He wanted to throw up. But he needed to focus. He couldn't get sick at that moment.
He heard a cry and, instinctively, turn his head to the place where the noise came from.
He felt someone pushing him. He looked, it was Prue that was trying to throw him to the floor. She was too little and weak and all she could do, was move him a couple of inches. But that was enough, at that moment, the energy ball hit her right in the middle of her stomach.
-"PRUE" he yelled.
He woke up. He could hear someone whispering and caressing his hair.
-"shh.. its ok.. it's just a nightmare... Calm down... Calm down..."
He opened his eyes
-"What are you doing here?" he asked
-"You were having a nightmare" –Said Sophi, sympathetically. Though she tried to keep the cool exterior, he could see the pain in her eyes.
-"I am sorry you had to see that"
-"Oh... It's ok, I guess. It's just sad that you had to go through that, I am soo sorry" She said caring. Then, something clicked in her and she turned to stone mode, again. "See I told you it wasn't worth it. And yeah, you are right. I shouldn't be here. What do I care if you have a nightmare?"
-"You know you don't have to have this all "I don't care about anything and anyone" attitude around me, right? First.. girl, I kind of feel what you are feeling, thanks to this all "connection thingy". Second. Invented that charade. I should probably have a patent for it." He smiled widely at her. Trying to loosen her up a little.
-"Yeah? I thought your trademark was "I can't tell you that. Future consequences"" She said with a little smile.
-"Hehehe. Yeah that one too! But it got kind of old. Specially, since now I am back in the future and all that. Somehow they don't buy it any more. I don't understand why"
-"No kidding?!?" She laughed
-"You know? You are a pretty cool chick when you are not pretending to be a bitch."
-"Gee! Thanks! Right back at you, man."
-"Yay.. everybody tells me I am such a good bitch!"
-"One of the cutest I saw. Ok, little bitch. You should probably go back to sleep. Try not to scare me too much, k?"
-"Nah.. I won't be able to sleep for a while. Are you?"
-"Spooky! Of course not. If I am not tormented by my own nightmare, I am sure yours will keep me company. So no way..." She said with a smile, kind of teasing, kind of serious.
-"Wanna entertain me for a while? You know.. so I don't fall asleep and give you more nightmares" He said, still with a smile and jokingly.
-"No expeditions to the attic today?"
-"Nah! Besides, I thought you were suppose to do the research on the demon thingy. If I remember correctly, you promised to look for them. Soo.." he said jokingly, doing an impersonation of a general at war "Where is my status report?"
She laughed
-"Status report? Dude, the whole leader stuff went right into your head, right?"
-"Serious stuff" Still pretending to be all sober and grand
She laughed some more and then got serious.
-"Actually, I did went through the book last night. And there is nothing about them in there, I am sorry."
-"Well, don't worry. We will get them.. So, does that mean that you now know all the book by heart?"
-"Apparently so."
-"Yeah Lucky me! Now I don't need to ever go through the book again, cuz since you are my adviser, you can always tell me what I need to know" he stuck his tongue at her
-"he he he"- she said sarcastically-"Lucky Charmed... don't push, k? What do you think I am.. your walking encyclopedia? Or something?"
-"You are not? I thought that was the whole purpose."
-"Yeah.. that is scarily close to the job description, right? Doesn't the job sounds hell of fun?? I should change my business cards to "Sophia Frigg- AK Goddess of wisdom. Reincarnates every hundreds of years as a walking encyclopedia""
-"AHH I am SOO jealous. How did you get to land the COOLEST job in the world?"
-"Shut up!!" She pushed him slightly, joking
It was 5.30 am, when they realized they were so tired they couldn't keep their eyes open. They had been talking and telling each other funny stories and jokes for over two hours.
-"Ok, now I am going to bed. Its always nice to have another insomniac in the house. Think about nice things before falling asleep, k?" Said Sophia as she left for her room.
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It was midmorning. Everybody was at work or at school, except Sophi that was reading in the bedroom; Chris that was laying on the sitting room's couch; and Piper that was walking towards Chris with a glass of water and some pills in her hand.
She was in the arch that lead to the sitting room, when 2 of the same mind controlling demons appeared in front of the table that faced the couch, where Chris was resting . The glass of water crashed into the floor loudly as she flicked her hands to blow them up. So did Chris.
But their fire power went right throw them, blowing the wall and a chair, respectively.
Sophi ran downstairs.
They tried to freeze them, again, with no effect.
Suddenly, one of the demons walked right into Pipers body, possessing her. Seconds later, she threw an energy ball at his son.
Chris deflected the energy ball with his TK, and it explode at the frame of the stairs.
Piper grabbed her head, and looked like she had a headache. But the demon regained control of her in like 5 seconds.
Wyatt orbed besides his brother and protected both of them with his force field. Right while Chris was screaming -"Help!".
Both of the demons try to get through the force field without any luck. Seeing that, they turned around, moving towards Sophi, that was still looking at this whole scene from the stairs.
Wyatt blinked, trying to make the demon that wasn't possessing her mother, spontaneously combust. But, of course, nothing happened.
At that point. blue/white light started appearing all over the room, as the different members of the manor started responding to Chris' cry for help.
The demons saw themselves completely out numbered, and fade away. Taking Piper's body with them.
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CALIFORNIACHICK: I don't know if I should be sorry that I brought tears to your eyes. Or feel flattered. For some weird reason, apparently, I love putting my characters through amazing amounts of psychological drama. Besides, I just felt that in the show, they never gave Chris enough credit for what he did, or for what he had to go through. Don't you think?