Disclaimer: Don't own Charmed
Reminder: OK this is going to be Chris' Darkest Hour!!! I know it has dragged on but this is going to hopefully be worth it… this might be the last chapter I'm still deciding, tell me what you think… ok well as I mentioned Chris' Darkest Hour is fast approaching and the sisters and trying to save him, SO let's get on with it!
"OK we have one more hour before Chris is gone… COME ON PAIGE HOW MUCH FREAKING LONGER?" Phoebe screamed at her sister.
"Phoebe, PLEASE don't! I need to concentrate, it's too dark to make a mistake, so it would help if you weren't howling in my ear," Paige placed her hand on her ears.
"Well, I've done my bit! I have a fantastically written spell right here!" Phoebe flicked a bit of pink paper proudly.
Paige snatched it off with her free hand while stirring a bubbling potion with the other in the dim lit Haliwell manor's kitchen.
"Phoebe… Wyatt could have wrote this!" Paige said slowly.
"What… why?"
Paige grimaced then read off the pink paper in a baby voice holding it near a candle to read it properly, "So please mr demon go back to hell?"
"Hey!" Phoebe snatched it back off her.
"Phoebe, why don't you try the one Piper wrote?" Paige asked.
"Because we don't know the effect that would have on Chris." Phoebe replied.
"That's why your spell sucks?" Paige asked angrily.
"Umm… I just don't want him getting hurt…"
"Phoebe! That's all that's happened to him! Need I remind you stabbed, kidnapped, possessed… now he is losing his body. Oh yeah! And the Shaman says his Darkest Hour is going to torture him beyond the limits of any human." Paige used her fingers to count them off.
"FINE! I'll write another one, don't need to bite my head off."
"Phoebe, you're the one who the one who took those classes, I think you should know we are all a little stressed." Paige referred to the psyche classes Phoebe had taken when repeating college.
"I just don't want him to suffer anymore." Phoebe muttered glumly.
Paige walked over to her sister and wrapped her arms around her shoulders, "He won't we are going to save him properly this time." She said softly.
"Hopefully…" Phoebe mused.
"Ok, so after Phoebe has pulled Mastiphal from Chris' body, I say this spell?" Piper asked Leo as she paced around in the attic.
"Piper, you can't vanquish his spirit only trap it, like the other forces of good did. They put him in the nexus." Leo replied wearily.
"So… we have to let him take Chris' body then…" Piper clasped her hands together irritated.
"You know that's not an option Piper." Leo replied glumly.
"I KNOW!" Piper cried angrily.
Piper looked at her husband and her hung her head, how did they know any of this was going to work? She sighed and folded her arms over her chest.
"Ok…" she said still staring at the ground, "I am going to write a spell to vanquish a spirit without having to be a spirit and THAT is that!" She stamped her foot angrily.
Leo sat on the stool reverently staring at the sky, out of the attic window, it was pitch black, the moon shone over San Francisco, all the lights were off they were still in darkness with candles being their only illumination, through the dim light he could see his wife glaring at the ground angrily, her hair scraped into a messy pony tail, strands hanging over her creased face. She glared at him suddenly staring him straight in the eye, "We will save him." She muttered in a determined.
Leo smiled slightly at her will, he hoped her words would make it true.
Chris had been standing on the bridge for an hour or so, Mastiphal refused to kill anymore souls until he had taken complete control over Chris' body, Mastiphal occasionally quipped at him annoying comments to pass the time like, Tick-tock Chris, or just a little more time, then you'll be gone or Chris' personal favourite, this body had better be worth it.
The city was black, no one was out, every light had been extinguished thanks to Mastiphal, the skyline was barely visible in the midnight sky.
Chris looked at his blood caked watch again, 20 minutes left, then midnight. Then show time.
"Well then time to go to a more comfortable place then, don't want to fall off the bridge now do we?" Mastiphal sneered shimmering to Golden Gate Park in a tree area.
There he stood waiting the Charmed ones were coming soon, he could sense it, they were running out of time. They wouldn't miss this opportunity to save an innocent and the world, would they. Mastiphal waited in the darkness, this was his territory.
Piper raced down the stairs quickly, even though the manor was plunged in darkness she knew her way, Leo followed less confidently. Piper skidded into the kitchen holding a piece of paper in her hand high above her shoulder, it had taken some effort but she had managed to write a spell to vanquish a spirit without being one, at last.
Paige and Phoebe who were sitting at the wooden table nervously fiddling with the vials Paige had poured the potion into.
"Ready?" Piper asked confidently.
"As we're ever going to be!" Phoebe replied cautiously.
"Good, Leo can you sense him?" Piper asked turning as he appeared at the kitchen door.
"No, there isn't much Chris left to sense."
"Try harder." Piper growled.
Leo closed his eyes and took a deep breath, he tried to use all he paternal feelings and tried to at least have a tiny sense where his son was. He could sense pain, darkness. Where they too late? He wondered, then suddenly a burst of pain shot through Leo causing him to gasp slightly, what was this? He suddenly knew it Mastiphal, it was Chris, he was where he had attacked him in Golden Gate Park. Leo nodded solemnly opening his eyes. Piper glanced at him concerned but brushed it away as the group huddled together and Leo orbed them to the location
"They're here." Chris muttered to himself as the white orbs illuminated the clear patch of grass they materialised on.
"Followers, come to me. Help me out, while I claim my body."
The girls materialised in a clearing, it had a large clump of trees to their left and the bridge loomed over them, Phoebe looked around, it was too quiet, too clear. She looked around to try and see Chris, studied the clump of trees to her left, he saw a shimmer of light. Was that an energy ball?
"Duck!" she screamed, piercing the silence of the park.
The group threw them selves out of the way as an energy ball came hurtling towards them. Then a group of followers shimmered in around them.
"I thought we vanquished these guys!" Paige groaned as the followers circled them.
"Apparently not," Piper replied. "Leo get outta here!"
"What? Why?" Leo asked angrily.
"Because we don't want Chris summoning another darklighter crossbow to kill his father now do we?" She growled.
Leo looked at the situation nervously then sighed and orbed away.
"Now!" Phoebe ordered, kicked the demon straight in front of him in the stomach knocking him into several other demons, Piper quickly blew 3 up with a flick of her wrists.
"ATHAME!" Paige yelled orbing one to her then sending it into a demon in front of her, one swung a scimitar at her she orbed away on the spot, barely missing contact with it, then after watching Phoebe fight loads she grabbed the demons elbow and wrist twisting it and thrusting her knee up, hearing a satisfying crack and the demon scream dropping the scimitar, Paige orbed it quickly to her hand and plunged it into the demon's chest. It burst satisfyingly into flames. Piper approached demon after demon blowing more up several advanced on her.
Phoebe was kicking and attacking as many demons as she could. Some dodging causing her to attempt some more dangerous moves. One as she kicked knocked her kick away with his fist causing her spin round, this made her back face it, the demon lunged at her she quickly swung and powerfully kicked it in the chest sending it back onto the floor, grabbing it's athame from it's belt and plunging it in the demons chest causing it too to burst in to flames.
Piper paused and suddenly realised what was going on, she flicked her hands angrily and froze the scene, Paige inched away from a demon who was about to throw an scimitar at her and Phoebe cautiously plucked an athame out of the air as they walked over to their sister.
"What's wrong?" Phoebe asked, brandishing her new athame.
"Paige look at your watch! What is the time?" Piper barked.
"It's 20 minutes to 1am." Paige replied unsure.
Phoebe's hand flew to her mouth.
"Yeah. That's right!" Piper growled, then she flicked her wrists and entire scene of demons exploded into a mass of flames.
"Nice one!" Phoebe applauded.
"Why, don't you ever do that before we start to run out of time?" Paige asked condescendingly.
Piper shrugged and marched over to the trees, she knew her son was there. It was the only place they hadn't been able to investigate, the rest of the area was barren.
"How do you know he's there?" Phoebe asked jogging slightly to match her sister's pace.
"Because, who else threw that energy ball?" Piper asked, "Potions ready?" She asked holding hers up.
Both her sisters nodded meekly as they continued to follow her, "Good! Now then, let's go!"
Mastiphal felt Chris' anguish, the Darkest hour had finally descended, the boy was feeling every single thing he had ever thought wrong, done wrong and wished to do wrong, with 10 times more agony.
It made Mastiphal smile to hear his whimpers of pain, this was where the furies had received their powers. The female followers were sick of being mistreated by the men, so Mastiphal granted them with this power, they had left him and morphed into different forms. They had used their power to serve him but, about 100 years later they thought only evil should experience it, so abandoned him, their creator. As far as he could tell they still existed and were thriving well in this world full of evil. Mastiphal could only applaud their efforts to stay alive.
Chris continued to sob as the darkness consumed him, Mastiphal held up his hand.
"They are coming," He hissed.
Chris through all the agony could feel a glimmer of hope, they had come to free him, then he remembered Bianca's death, her pain. He felt none of the love they shared just her last scattered breaths as she told him to go and take the spell so that Wyatt couldn't send anyone else back. Chris ached for his fiancée. Then Mastiphal twitched as he heard running, they were here. Chris tried to push his anguish aside.
"HEY YOU! GET OUT OF MY SONS BODY!" Piper yelled as she spotted her son standing in the trees half hidden by a branch.
She heard him sigh then watched as he shimmered away, "Phoebe, Paige watch out!" She screamed as he shimmered behind them brandishing an energy ball, Paige quickly orbed behind her nephew and threw her potion at him, Chris fell to his knees and cried out in pain, it didn't sound like the low sing song voice of Mastiphal it sounded like…
"Chris!" Piper cried.
"Mom…" Her son whimpered.
The smoke from the potion disappeared and Mastiphal was free from it's effects, they hadn't had time to say the spell, two more chances. Chris scrambled to his feet quickly, then another energy ball appeared in his bruised fist and he hurled it at Phoebe who flew through the air and landed heavily on some tree roots that were sticking out of the muddy path. Piper gasped and saw Phoebe bring her hand away from her side whimpering in pain, her hand was stained in blood.
"LEO!" Paige screamed without even thinking.
Leo orbed in beside Paige and she feverishly pointed Phoebe who lay helplessly on the floor. Chris turned and spotted his father as he orbed away, he swore loudly then threw Paige against a tree trunk with his telekinesis. Paige grunted and got to her feet rushing to Piper's side.
Phoebe after being healed got to her feet and joined her sisters as Leo obediently orbed away. Piper threw her potion as Chris advanced through the trees towards them, Phoebe fumbled in her pockets and then looked at the sisters terrified, "I can't find the spell," She muttered, her face stricken with terror, Chris had once again fallen to his knees in pain from the potion.
"It must have fell out of my pocket when he hit me with the energy ball." She said flustered, still grabbing her pockets childishly.
"Paige and I will find it, you hold him off!" Piper barked and before allowing her sisters to object raced to where Phoebe had fallen before.
Phoebe pulled out the athame from when Piper had frozen the scene before, she held it tightly in her fist. She walked over and looked at her nephew breathing heavily on the floor as the potion took effect, Phoebe felt extreme sorrow for her nephew, the past day had been probably the toughest he had experienced yet, then why, when she stood over him did she not stop herself when she thrust the athame into his stomach barely missing where he had already been stabbed earlier that day, Chris' mouth opened to scream or something but no noise escaped his cut lips, he collapsed onto the floor in front of her and lay on the floor lifeless, then his head twitched and turned to his aunt sorrowfully, his eyes changed from concrete grey to his usual deep green. Phoebe stood over him as he stared at the athame protruding from his chest, then he looked back his aunt. He was breaking her heart, but she couldn't let Mastiphal win, they had to do this.
Paige and Piper scrabbled around in the mud on the limbs searching for their sister's lost incantation, then Piper saw the familiar scrap of rose pink paper her sister had scribbled the spell onto, she reached over and snatched it out of the undergrowth,
"I got it!" She hissed to her sister who was opposite her on her hands and knees.
Paige reached out and grasped her sisters hand and orbed them over to where their sister stood.
Piper gasped as she saw her green eyed son lie dying on the muddy floor, he looked at her painfully, Piper saw an athame protruding from his stomach she glanced at Phoebe who stood staring unblinkingly at her nephew, "Throw the potion," Phoebe instructed.
Piper threw her potion and gave the now tattered remains of Phoebe's spell to her.
"Soul that lives in a vessel not belong
Remove you now let my nephew stay strong
Banish your darkness return whence you came
Know only your darkness, know only your pain."
A smile flitted across Phoebe's face, that was influenced from Melinda Warren. She grinned, a couple of days ago she had been flipping through the Book of Shadows and spotted it, she must admit it was much better than what she had first attempted.
Chris' body flinched, Paige whipped out her watch and glanced at the time,
"Oh boy…" She groaned, it was 5 past 1am, they were too late.
Chris rose to a standing position, he face contorted into a malevolent grin, his body morphed. His arms covered in grey dragon-like scales, his shoulders grew spikes his torso widened and his skin grew sickly yellow colour in the moonlight he looked like a werewolf, his legs grew more muscular and grey, then his face twisted and shaped into a yellow egg which then, two grey eyes appeared with a flat nose pressed against his skin, with two slits for nostrils and spikes rose from his skull, he opened his mouth which showed razor sharp blood stained teeth, about 2 rows of them, Phoebe recoiled at Chris' transformation. The sisters were practically frozen to the spot.
An energy ball formed in his hand…
Then a force threw him against a tree, causing him to smash straight through it. Splinters flew everywhere from the impact, a fog of sawdust appeared. The sisters looked around confused to see who had thrown Mastiphal away.
Ok so I guess it won't be the last chapter then… well let me know who you think threw Mastiphal and stuff and what happened to Chris and your views of course.
I promise when I update that will be the last chapter.