CHAPTER IX: IN THE NAME OF THE SONS.
Dinner was awesome, everybody had the best of times, they had so many reasons to be happy!
Paige and Alexia were talking about something related to magic school. Phoebe, Prue and Piper were catching up, while Piper was breast feeding. Chris, Victor and Leo were involved in a conversation about movies from the fifties, while Chris was doing a real effort to avoid watching his mother, breast feed him. It was a situation that made him extremely uncomfortable and Alexia and Paige were getting a kick out of that, teasing him any time they could.
-"Do you want me to change Chris dippers, Piper?" they would say looking at him or..."Do you wanna be breast fed?" Though Alexia, after seeing Piper's and Prue's look the first time she said, she decided it was probably better to not joke with that.
-"You two are SOO funny! Till now I had to deal with one or the other. Together, I don't know.. don't you have some innocent to save somewhere in Katmandu?"
-"Ahh Piper.. the baby is whining" They would say, sticking their tongue out.
Alia and Wyatt were playing in the playpen.
Suddenly Leo bolt out of his chair.
-"Ok, I made my mind, though I need all you guys to help me, specially you Chris"
-"Sure Dad, what is it?"
-"I am going to ask for a meeting with the elders, and explain them, that I need to be demoted to whitelighter again. I am sorry Chris, we didn't have time to get you a birthday present and that it seems like Wyatt always steals all your moments. Even when he doesn't mean to. This was your birthday and we spent it saving Wyatt!"
-"Dad don't worry"
-"Let me finish, son. But I really hope it means something to you, to know, that I am demoting myself to whitelighter. So, I can spend more time with my second son, that I was lucky enough to have, and apparently dumb enough to never appreciate. Because I am REALLY, really proud of being your father Chris. And hopefully, if I am a whitelighter, dedicated exclusively to the charmed ones, I will have more time to be with my sons. I'll tell the elders, that when Chris' leaves, the charmed ones will be left without a whitelighter, and I want to be their whitelighter exclusively, no other charges. I am not let it happen again! I won't have an evil son, and most definitely I WONT have a son that hates me!"
-"It does, Dad" Said Chris with watery eyes.
-"UH?"
-"You asked me if it meant something to me, the fact that you demote yourself to whitelighter to spend more time with us, and I am telling you, it does, it means the world to me, dad. It means SO much, that you want to be there for me. Thanks, dad. That is a great birthday present."
-"Anytime, son. You are a great boy, so... you deserve a great father, and I'll do my best to deserve that tittle." Leo smiled at his son, he smiled back at him "Ok, I need everybody to help me plead my case, specially you Chris. I need you to explain them how my absence, contributed to turn Wyatt evil"
-"But your absence didn't contribute at all!"
-"Then just LIE ,son! Cuz it contributed to hurt you and him, and that in my heart is as bad as contributing in turning him evil, but the elders are a little nearsighted sometimes. So just LIE!"
Chris looked shocked at his father. Still he felt tremendously happy. He knew how much it mattered to him being an elder or lying to an elder, for what it mattered.
Leo left to arrange the meeting and Chris' smile couldn't be more evident to anyone. He was glowing. And that made the people around him, a little sad.
Alexia sat down by his side.
-"Hey BABY.. and I mean it literally" She said teasingly.
-"Nothing you say, can ruin the moment right now."
-"OUCH, that hurts , come on... I was just joking, I wasn't trying to ruin the moment. You know that, right?? On the contrary. But yeah, its nice see you so happy"
-"yeah. You weren't trying to ruin the moment. I know.. I just don't want to set my hopes up"
She smiled at him, lovingly.
-"I know.. but come on, he is a good man. I don't understand how he could ever became elder! He is just too good to be one! I guess, too much time inhaling clouds.. kind of clouds their visions, if you get what I mean. Everything will be peachy this time around"
-"PEACHY?" He laughed
-"I love that word, isn't it cute. It's like saying Marvelous.. it's just something with the sound of the word that makes it even more "Marvelous" "
-"You are crazy" he laughed again.
-"Yes, maybe, but I made you laugh. That according to the Halliwell's gossip, its not an easy task. So... as long as I can make you laugh. I'll die crazy and happy"
-"Yeah, please, stay just like that. You are fun, I lost that a long time ago"
-"Oh, sweetie, don't say that. You are fun! I love hanging out with you, or well.. I loved it for like the three days and... six hours and... three minutes and " She looked at her watch, pretending to know when they exactly met "Fifty-two second that we've been together." She smiled brightly.
-"yeah well.. you are fun-fun, I am fun in a lets crack some smart ass comments, while we vanquish another hundred demons, type of fun"
-"Hey, dude.. demons LOVE my jokes" She laughed.
-"Yeah, the last one couldn't stop laughing"
They heard incoming orbs.
-"Good luck, sweetie" She said "I really mean it"
-"Thank you"
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-"Ok, you will take care of the babies, and call Leo or Chris if anything, at all happens, or if baby Chris wakes up" Piper instructed
-"yes, we will" Said Alexia and Victor
-"So.." Victor asked Alexia "I saw you and Chris talking, something going on between you guys?"
-"GOD that' s a popular question! The dude is leaving right now to the future. I just met him like three days ago!"
-"So?? I know his situation, I meant if you had feelings for him. What if he wouldn't be leaving, would there be something going on between you guys?"
-" The dude is leaving right now to the future. I just met him! His fiancé died ten months ago, he is still hoping he might find her alive in the future. It would just be ridiculous."
-"You didn't answer my question"
-" I know" She smiled.
-"I think he likes you"
-"Do you?" She smiled "Either way, he is still waiting for Bianca."
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They arrived in heaven .And it was cloudy.
-"Leo, this better be good. Calling for an emergency meeting and then bringing all this people up here. This is completely unheard of"
-'Good, so you will be prepared for more unheard of type of things"
-"So what's the meeting for?"
-"My youngest son, Christopher. Was born today. As most of you are aware, Chris came all the way from the future, to save us from a terrible fate. My older son, Wyatt, was suppose to turn evil, and tyrannize the world. Killing everybody that opposed him. Including the elders. Today, my youngest son, also saved his brother."
-"Congratulations for everything, Leo. Still.. that doesn't explain why you had to call an emergency meeting" Said Gideon, while deep inside he thought there was no way, that Wyatt could have been save, that much power was bound to turn him evil, and he should be sacrifice. Though better, he wait till the kid was back to the future, to make his move and kill Wyatt.
-"Let me finish, Gideon. Anyways... Chris will to return to the future now. And my sister in law, Prudence, will be my two boys' whitelighter. But my wife and her sisters will be left without a whitelighter. And I am here to plead that I am named the Charmed ones whitelighter, without any extra charge to take care of"
-"WHAT? That is unheard of, you are an elder, not a whitelighter. And whitelighters don't have only one charge!"
-"There won't be one, they are three. And then, most whitelighters are not in charge of Charmed ones! They need a full time whitelighter. They DESERVE IT! Besides, I am a father now. My kids are also my priority"
-"The kids already have a whitelighter!"
Piper was holding Leo's hand tightly, giving him strength. With the corner of his eyes, Leo could see Chris. Leo was astonished, to see, Chris eyes were full of tears, fighting to come out. That made him want to fight harder. He wasn't going to let his baby boy down again.
-"NOT THAT type of priority!! My sons are my priority as a father, not as a whitelighter"
-"Well you should have thought about that, before having sons. You are an elder, you made a commitment"
-"I was already a father, when I became an elder. I made a commitment to wife and my son, first. And if I became an elder, was mainly because my son was kind enough to use me to save some of you. Since you would have all gotten KILLED by the Titans. And even the very few that would have survived, would have been killed afterwards by Wyatt. So I think, you owe my family, owe my son. And OWE THE WORLD to make sure that we avoid this from happening, and my absence as a father, will contribute to turn Wyatt evil. So in order to avoid that chance. I am asking you, to demote me to whitelighter."
-"Your sons already have a whitelighter and a family, that will protect Wyatt, making sure he won't turn evil."
-"None of them are his FATHER, no one can replace me"
-"We veil for the greater good, Leo. We can not get disturbed by earthly things. What we do is more important!"
-"Sine when Wyatt not turning evil, is not for the greater good. Since when ensuring that the man that saved the word doesn't have to endure a horrible childhood is not for the greater good? One way or the other, there is nothing more important to me, than to be a father for my kids, how can you keep me here, when you know that? I could never be a real elder again"
-"Leo.. I am sorry"
-"Are you?" Chris interrupted his father, he was angry beyond reason and the tears were now flowing "You couldn't care less! How could you do that to me, you selfish bastards? You don't care that Wyatt is going to turn evil, you don't care about what might happen to a whole family, because my dad leaves. And not any family, the freaking Charmed family! And you say you care about the greater good? YOU LIE All you care is about being comfortable. And you say you want to thank me cuz I saved the world. This is how you thank me? By depriving me of my father? That is not the greater good, that is the greatest selfishness."
-"And it's not selfish of you, to want your father to yourself, Chris?"
-"I am not claiming to play my tune for the greater good, at LEAST! Besides, I risked everything to save each one of your holly asses. I think it's not much to ask, to let me have my father!"
-"So, you came all the way from the future, to save your relationship with your father?"
-"No, I came to save the world, I even came to save YOU guys. I think I deserve it" Chris was hyperventilating "I WANT MY FUCKING FATHER, he is MY FATHER.. you don't even care about him. For you it's just another elder, how many elders are around? I just have ONE father."
-"Leo, I think you ought to learn to control your son"
-"Well, that would be easy, if I would get to raise my son." He said sarcastically. Still he walked to Chris, fearing he might faint, unless he started breathing normally. He put a hand on his shoulder, as Piper grabbed Chris' hand.
-"You owe it to me. I don't care what you say. I can go back to the past and tell my other self to come a little later and let the titans kill you all"
-" Are you threatening us?" Chris didn't answer, just looked at them furious "You wouldn't!"
-" No, if you guys for once, play with fair rules, when it comes to us! We give, give, give, and every time we ask for something in return, you always have a lame excuse to deny us, what we deserve.
Or worst. Do you guys wanna know how a world darkness, a world of evil feels like? Wanna go take a look into my head and see how a world with Wyatt being looks like? I am sure you are going to love it! Leave my dad here, and its probably going to happen"
The elders got together, discussing, it finally seemed they were getting to an agreement.
-"Ok, Leo. We think you presented your case fairly enough. And it's true the charmed ones and their progeny need strong protectors. You can stay as their whitelighter. And you'll keep your elder's power. Now leave. I believe you were celebrating some things"
They all smiled as they orbed back to the manor.
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son gomay vidal goku: Hehe.. thank you!!! Yeah...Chris dying was a very dramatic ending, but it left us without Chris.. Though he is going to the future in my story too. But not yet!! This part of the story its not finished yet. And my story... well.. is far from done.. my summary says a trip to the future, one to the past and more.. and he hasnt even begin to work on leaving to the future :)! Thank you for all your support.. It means A LOTTTTT. I hope you liked this chappie too. If we are going to have a happy ending in 2004, lets make it happy in every angle