A/N OK, you got me! I wasnt really planning to kill Piper, because it did
occur to me that by killing Piper, I would be killing Chris (which would be
unacceptable, even though the network did have the nerve to do it).
Anyway, I did halfway come up with a way he would still live, but then it
got to complicated and I got lost....I do that pretty easily...anyway, so
you probably guessed it by now, Piper isnt going to die, but I have a
little emotional bit...well, for me it is, cuz I usually dont do emotional
stuff....I dont do that very well...ok, anyway, enough of me talking and on
with the story!! Oh and by the way, thanks for the reviews guys!
Disclaimer Once again, I dont own Charmed....shouldnt you people know that by now? However, I do have the right to say that I own Kat, since she is a creation of my own little mind.
"LEO!" Chris repeated over and over again. No, no, no, no, this isn't suppose to happen, not now, not yet, Chris kept thinking as he craddled Piper's limp body in his arms. "LEO!" he screamed again, ignoring the burning feeling that tore across his throat, hoping that this time, Leo would come. His mind was overwhelmed by everything that had just happened. He still couldnt accept that it was really happening. Yet everything around him made denying it impossible. From the limp weight in his arms, to the blood that was starting to soak his jeans, to the tears he felt rolling down his face. "LEO!" Chris screamed one more time, anger now creeping into his voice.
Chris was now blind to anything going on outside of his own little bubble. He didn't even notice when Paige and Phoebe orbed next to him and kneeled down beside Piper. Everything now revolved around his mom and what had just happened to her. Why had he not been able to stop it? Why hadnt he seen it coming? Why hadnt Kat seen it coming? Chris's grief was momentarily pushed aside to be replaced by anger. She knew about it. She had to. And she hadnt told him. Yet as strong as his anger towards Kat was, it didnt stay long, because at that moment, orbs appeared in front of him and Leo soon emerged from them.
"Oh God," Leo whispered before kneeling down in front of Piper, concern wrinkling his brow. Chris struggled to push aside all the bitter feelings that had sprung up inside him but he couldnt keep a small "About time" from escaping his lips.
As Leo's hands hovered above Piper, the momentary fear that Leo had gotten here to late sprung up on the edge of Chris's mind. However, those fears were quickly cast away when, merely seconds later, Piper's eyes fluttered open.
"Ok, what in the world happened here?" she asked as she sat back up, wrapping a hand around her bulging stomach. She looked questioningly around, then noticed she was lying on the pavement. Her eyes traveled up to the broken window and her eyes widdened. "Did I fall all the way from up there?" she asked, pointing up at the window. "Wow."
Chris sigh deeply and took her in his arms, holding her tight, and he didnt let go until he had convinced himself she was alright.
"It's ok, honey, I'm alright," Piper said, stroking Chris's hair. "It's ok."
"If you ever try doing something like that again, I will personally hurt you," Paige said, though her humor could barely hide the relief she felt.
"Oh, dont worry, I dont plan to," Piper said as Chris helped her up. "You ok in there?" she asked, looking down at her swollen stomach.
"Well he must be," Pheobe said as she threw a glance in Chris's way. "You know, he....well he didnt poof or anything."
"It doesnt matter, at least you're ok," Chris said, wiping away the tear stains on his cheeks.
"Well, it would matter since the baby's fate is pretty much tied to yours," Leo said, trying hard as always to show Chris that he really did care.
"Like you would care," Chris muttered under his breath, ignoring Leo's attempt at showing concern.
Leo sighed, realizing he wasnt going to get anywhere today, then turned to Piper.
"Are you sure you're ok?" he asked, putting a hand on her arm.
"Yeah, of course. A little sore, but I'll live," Piper said, "so yes, it's alright if you go now," she interupted before Leo could put in a word, reading his mind.
Leo smiled sheepishly, showing he really wished he didnt have to leave yet, then orbed out while Chris rolled his eyes behind his back. Right after Leo had left, the group realized that they were standing in the middle of the sidewalk.
"Maybe we should get inside," Phoebe muttered awkwardly.
"Gotcha," Paige agreed and started for the door.
Once they were all safely inside, Piper looked around.
"Where's Kat?" she asked.
Paige frowned. "Um, I dont know, I guess she must still be upstairs. I dont think she came down."
"I'll go get her," Chris said a bit to quickly. The tone of his voice was nothing like the way it usually was when he talked about Kat. Then he rushed up the stairs, leaving the sisters a bit confused at the sudden change.
As Chris made his way to the attic, a rush of thoughts whirled through his head. He didnt care if he'd ever had feelings for Kat, because that didnt matter now. She'd almost gotten his mother killed because of her stupid demons that hadnt even done anything to them yet. She would have seen it coming, but she hadnt said anything. If Leo hadnt gotten there in time....Chris hated thinking that it was because of Leo that Piper was still alive, but he knew that he couldnt have done anything to help. He would have just had to watch her die, just like before. Chris shaked the idea out of his head. Leo had gotten here in time and Piper was all right, but he still couldnt snuff out the burning anger that lay in the pit of his stomach.
Chris burst through the attic door but froze when he saw Kat standing in front of the broken window, looking down at the glass and blood that littered the pavement. Her shoulders were shaking, and Chris realized she was crying. As simple fact dawned on him, Chris forgot what he had been angry about for a second.
"Um...Kat?" he said softly as he approached her.
Kat straightened up at the sound of his voice and her hands went to her face, obviously wiping away tears.
"Piper's ok. Leo came and healed her," Chris said carefully. He'd never been really good at comforting people. Especially girls. Crying girls were not really in his area of expertise, so he didnt want Kat to start crying again.
"Yeah. I know," Kat said, smiling weakly as Chris came up beside her. This reminded Chris of what he had come up here for in the first place, but instead of the burning anger he had been feeling before, now it was more like disappointment tha anything else.
"Kat? Did you know about what was gonna happen?" he asked quietly, looking down at the ground below through the shattered stained glass window. It really had been quite a fall, he was surprised the impact hadnt killed Piper instantly. But thank goodness it hadnt.
Kat smiled weakly and hung her head sadly, as if she knew the question had been coming all along. Which, technically, she did.
"I guess I did. Well, obviously, I did, but.... Chris I didnt realize this was gonna happen, I wasnt...paying attention, but I should have, it almost cost Piper her life, and I....it would have been my fault."
Her green eyes were now bright with tears again, and as she closed her eyes to fight them away, a single tear rolled down her cheek. She brushed it away with the back of her hand.
"I'm so sorry, Chris. I should have never even told you about those demons anyway, they.... they weren't even going to do anything, I-"Kat froze, realizing what she had just said. "W-well, eventually, they would have, but it would be in a while, and you would have figured it out by yourself, anyway," Kat stumbled, covering up her little slip. Chris, however, didnt seem to have noticed.
"So you knew, but you just weren't...tuned in?" Chris said, frowning.
"Pretty much," Kat said with a small smile.
Chris shook his head. "You know, this whole Sight thing in way to much for me. I'll never be able to understand how that works. I'll stick with Pheobe's premonitions, they're much more simple," he said with a laugh.
"You do that."
Chris looked at Kat, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Come on, the others are waiting for you downstairs."
Kat nodded and headed for the door, but Chris held her back.
"So this whole Kavlar thing. It's over, right?" he said, worry tinging his voice.
Kat nodded enthusiastically. "Oh yeah. Unless they noticed we vanquished one of them and come looking for you, but I think they're too stupid to even realize one of their own is missing."
"Yeah, they didnt look very smart, did they? Especially the one with the head."
That night, Kat sneaked out of the house again and sat down on the sidewalk. Slowly, she went through the same ritual of creating the watery globe and waiting for the man to come. When it finally did, instead of flinching as he shouted his harsh greeting, she stood still and serious until he had finished.
"What are you staring at me for, girl? What is it you want?" the man said when Kat showed no sign of having understood what he had said.
"I'm done. I wont play you little games anymore. You stupid plans nearly got someone I've gotten to care much about killed. I should have never accepted to do this to begin with," Kat said coldly, looking the man in the eye in a way she had never done before. "So that's it. I'm done."
The man inside the bubble looked as if he would explode. Steam seemed to be coming out of his ears and his usually deathly pale complexion turned to a near-purple color.
"You cannot do this! Would you really deny the needs of your own people because one measly witch was nearly killed? Don't you care what happens to us?"
"'My own people', as you call them, have been faring fine for the past 500 years. I believe you still can without me. And as for that measly witch, she matters most than any of 'my own people' ever did," Kat replied, her own face now flushed with anger.
The man snarled angrily. "It's the boy, isn't it? This change of heart of yours is his doing!"
Kat smiled coldly. "Yes, Father. It is the boy. I do hope he is suitable enough for you," she said sourly. She then let the globe fall to the ground. It shattered and splashed on the pavement, creating nothing more than a mere puddle.
Kat stood up, wiped her wet hands on her jeans, and walked back up to the house.
"Goodnight, Father," she said before shutting the door behind her.
A/N Hope you liked it, review review review!....please!
Oh, and also, sorry for any typos, I still havnt installed spellcheck and I probably wont until august...sorry!
Disclaimer Once again, I dont own Charmed....shouldnt you people know that by now? However, I do have the right to say that I own Kat, since she is a creation of my own little mind.
"LEO!" Chris repeated over and over again. No, no, no, no, this isn't suppose to happen, not now, not yet, Chris kept thinking as he craddled Piper's limp body in his arms. "LEO!" he screamed again, ignoring the burning feeling that tore across his throat, hoping that this time, Leo would come. His mind was overwhelmed by everything that had just happened. He still couldnt accept that it was really happening. Yet everything around him made denying it impossible. From the limp weight in his arms, to the blood that was starting to soak his jeans, to the tears he felt rolling down his face. "LEO!" Chris screamed one more time, anger now creeping into his voice.
Chris was now blind to anything going on outside of his own little bubble. He didn't even notice when Paige and Phoebe orbed next to him and kneeled down beside Piper. Everything now revolved around his mom and what had just happened to her. Why had he not been able to stop it? Why hadnt he seen it coming? Why hadnt Kat seen it coming? Chris's grief was momentarily pushed aside to be replaced by anger. She knew about it. She had to. And she hadnt told him. Yet as strong as his anger towards Kat was, it didnt stay long, because at that moment, orbs appeared in front of him and Leo soon emerged from them.
"Oh God," Leo whispered before kneeling down in front of Piper, concern wrinkling his brow. Chris struggled to push aside all the bitter feelings that had sprung up inside him but he couldnt keep a small "About time" from escaping his lips.
As Leo's hands hovered above Piper, the momentary fear that Leo had gotten here to late sprung up on the edge of Chris's mind. However, those fears were quickly cast away when, merely seconds later, Piper's eyes fluttered open.
"Ok, what in the world happened here?" she asked as she sat back up, wrapping a hand around her bulging stomach. She looked questioningly around, then noticed she was lying on the pavement. Her eyes traveled up to the broken window and her eyes widdened. "Did I fall all the way from up there?" she asked, pointing up at the window. "Wow."
Chris sigh deeply and took her in his arms, holding her tight, and he didnt let go until he had convinced himself she was alright.
"It's ok, honey, I'm alright," Piper said, stroking Chris's hair. "It's ok."
"If you ever try doing something like that again, I will personally hurt you," Paige said, though her humor could barely hide the relief she felt.
"Oh, dont worry, I dont plan to," Piper said as Chris helped her up. "You ok in there?" she asked, looking down at her swollen stomach.
"Well he must be," Pheobe said as she threw a glance in Chris's way. "You know, he....well he didnt poof or anything."
"It doesnt matter, at least you're ok," Chris said, wiping away the tear stains on his cheeks.
"Well, it would matter since the baby's fate is pretty much tied to yours," Leo said, trying hard as always to show Chris that he really did care.
"Like you would care," Chris muttered under his breath, ignoring Leo's attempt at showing concern.
Leo sighed, realizing he wasnt going to get anywhere today, then turned to Piper.
"Are you sure you're ok?" he asked, putting a hand on her arm.
"Yeah, of course. A little sore, but I'll live," Piper said, "so yes, it's alright if you go now," she interupted before Leo could put in a word, reading his mind.
Leo smiled sheepishly, showing he really wished he didnt have to leave yet, then orbed out while Chris rolled his eyes behind his back. Right after Leo had left, the group realized that they were standing in the middle of the sidewalk.
"Maybe we should get inside," Phoebe muttered awkwardly.
"Gotcha," Paige agreed and started for the door.
Once they were all safely inside, Piper looked around.
"Where's Kat?" she asked.
Paige frowned. "Um, I dont know, I guess she must still be upstairs. I dont think she came down."
"I'll go get her," Chris said a bit to quickly. The tone of his voice was nothing like the way it usually was when he talked about Kat. Then he rushed up the stairs, leaving the sisters a bit confused at the sudden change.
As Chris made his way to the attic, a rush of thoughts whirled through his head. He didnt care if he'd ever had feelings for Kat, because that didnt matter now. She'd almost gotten his mother killed because of her stupid demons that hadnt even done anything to them yet. She would have seen it coming, but she hadnt said anything. If Leo hadnt gotten there in time....Chris hated thinking that it was because of Leo that Piper was still alive, but he knew that he couldnt have done anything to help. He would have just had to watch her die, just like before. Chris shaked the idea out of his head. Leo had gotten here in time and Piper was all right, but he still couldnt snuff out the burning anger that lay in the pit of his stomach.
Chris burst through the attic door but froze when he saw Kat standing in front of the broken window, looking down at the glass and blood that littered the pavement. Her shoulders were shaking, and Chris realized she was crying. As simple fact dawned on him, Chris forgot what he had been angry about for a second.
"Um...Kat?" he said softly as he approached her.
Kat straightened up at the sound of his voice and her hands went to her face, obviously wiping away tears.
"Piper's ok. Leo came and healed her," Chris said carefully. He'd never been really good at comforting people. Especially girls. Crying girls were not really in his area of expertise, so he didnt want Kat to start crying again.
"Yeah. I know," Kat said, smiling weakly as Chris came up beside her. This reminded Chris of what he had come up here for in the first place, but instead of the burning anger he had been feeling before, now it was more like disappointment tha anything else.
"Kat? Did you know about what was gonna happen?" he asked quietly, looking down at the ground below through the shattered stained glass window. It really had been quite a fall, he was surprised the impact hadnt killed Piper instantly. But thank goodness it hadnt.
Kat smiled weakly and hung her head sadly, as if she knew the question had been coming all along. Which, technically, she did.
"I guess I did. Well, obviously, I did, but.... Chris I didnt realize this was gonna happen, I wasnt...paying attention, but I should have, it almost cost Piper her life, and I....it would have been my fault."
Her green eyes were now bright with tears again, and as she closed her eyes to fight them away, a single tear rolled down her cheek. She brushed it away with the back of her hand.
"I'm so sorry, Chris. I should have never even told you about those demons anyway, they.... they weren't even going to do anything, I-"Kat froze, realizing what she had just said. "W-well, eventually, they would have, but it would be in a while, and you would have figured it out by yourself, anyway," Kat stumbled, covering up her little slip. Chris, however, didnt seem to have noticed.
"So you knew, but you just weren't...tuned in?" Chris said, frowning.
"Pretty much," Kat said with a small smile.
Chris shook his head. "You know, this whole Sight thing in way to much for me. I'll never be able to understand how that works. I'll stick with Pheobe's premonitions, they're much more simple," he said with a laugh.
"You do that."
Chris looked at Kat, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Come on, the others are waiting for you downstairs."
Kat nodded and headed for the door, but Chris held her back.
"So this whole Kavlar thing. It's over, right?" he said, worry tinging his voice.
Kat nodded enthusiastically. "Oh yeah. Unless they noticed we vanquished one of them and come looking for you, but I think they're too stupid to even realize one of their own is missing."
"Yeah, they didnt look very smart, did they? Especially the one with the head."
That night, Kat sneaked out of the house again and sat down on the sidewalk. Slowly, she went through the same ritual of creating the watery globe and waiting for the man to come. When it finally did, instead of flinching as he shouted his harsh greeting, she stood still and serious until he had finished.
"What are you staring at me for, girl? What is it you want?" the man said when Kat showed no sign of having understood what he had said.
"I'm done. I wont play you little games anymore. You stupid plans nearly got someone I've gotten to care much about killed. I should have never accepted to do this to begin with," Kat said coldly, looking the man in the eye in a way she had never done before. "So that's it. I'm done."
The man inside the bubble looked as if he would explode. Steam seemed to be coming out of his ears and his usually deathly pale complexion turned to a near-purple color.
"You cannot do this! Would you really deny the needs of your own people because one measly witch was nearly killed? Don't you care what happens to us?"
"'My own people', as you call them, have been faring fine for the past 500 years. I believe you still can without me. And as for that measly witch, she matters most than any of 'my own people' ever did," Kat replied, her own face now flushed with anger.
The man snarled angrily. "It's the boy, isn't it? This change of heart of yours is his doing!"
Kat smiled coldly. "Yes, Father. It is the boy. I do hope he is suitable enough for you," she said sourly. She then let the globe fall to the ground. It shattered and splashed on the pavement, creating nothing more than a mere puddle.
Kat stood up, wiped her wet hands on her jeans, and walked back up to the house.
"Goodnight, Father," she said before shutting the door behind her.
A/N Hope you liked it, review review review!....please!
Oh, and also, sorry for any typos, I still havnt installed spellcheck and I probably wont until august...sorry!