CHAPTER 24:

2003, somewhere in San Francisco.

Chris was in shock when he found out he already had found his sister. He wanted to go straight back to the manor to tell her who he was, but he knew he had to get information from the woman in front of him first. And that he needed to get rid of the master to. That way everything would be reversed and he wouldn't miss all those years with his sister. And his dad, he thought with pain in his heart. He also knew that P.J. or Joey, as apparently her name was now, was in safe hands with the sisters at the moment.

"So uhm… Joey is P.J.", he said even though he knew the answer. Wendy nodded as she watched Chris. "So who are you and why did you take her away from us?", he asked. "I already told you I didn't take her away Chris", Wendy said. "You know who did. And I saved her from those demons and brought her up in another time, far away from the danger." "Why not just bring her back to us? My family could have taken care of it, when they knew what was going on."

"No they couldn't", Wendy said repeating what Dronan told her years ago. "The only ones who can destroy those demons are you and your siblings, that's the reason why you were in danger in the first place. I had to get her save so she would grow up and her powers could develop themselves until she was strong enough to defeat the master."

"Hmmm okay", Chris said. "And who were you again?" "I haven't told you that yet, you know that, but I will", Wendy answered Chris' suspicious question. "Like I said I was send by an elder to do this. I myself am not one of those kind. I had other personal reasons to help her. My name is Gwendolyn, but to your sister I am aunt Wendy. There's no need for you to know any more of my life. All you need to know is that I care for your sister and I did my best to bring her up as good as possible."

A silence followed and she saw Chris was obviously waiting for her to give him an answer to all his questions. "That's all I know and all I can tell", she said. "You will be the one who has to explain everything to Joey. I did my job, from here on you have to finish it. If you can get rid of the master in this time you will change the future. He will not be after you guys and none of this would have ever happen. It's all up to you now kid. Good luck." With that she stood up and left Chris alone in the living room.

Chris sighed and looked how Wendy walked away. Still sitting he orbed himself back to the manor, where it was now very quiet. Everyone was sleeping. He silently walked to the guest room and opened the door. He leant against the side of the door and crossed his arms when he watched his sister fast asleep. He felt so relieved he found her, all those years they thought she was dead, but here she was very alive.

He wished he could stand there forever. Everything was fine right now. They didn't need to fight demons, the danger seemed so far away. But Chris knew that that wouldn't be for long. The master's servants would come back for her fast and she needed to be prepared by then, he had to tell her all he knew.

But first he needed a decent sleep himself. He didn't want to go all the way to P3, he needed to be with Joey when she would wake up. He sat down in a chair next to the bed and turned around until he found a comfortable position in it. He kept watching the girl until he was to tired to keep his eyes open.

He fell asleep in the chair and that's how Piper found him the next morning. "Chris?", she said surprised as she walked into the room. He quickly jumped up at the noise and suppressed a yawn as he opened his eyes. "Yes, what's up?", he said as he looked at his sister from the corner of his eyes. She was still there, fast asleep. "What the hell are you doing here?", Piper asked surprised. "Have you been here all night? Did something happen at P3?"

"No everything is fine at P3", Chris answered as he pushed the sides of his shirt that were pulled out back in his pants. "I just wanted to make sure the girl would be safe so I thought I'd keep the guard." "Huh, really?", Piper answered surprised. Chris never showed before he did care for anyone but himself besides purely as their whitelighter. But she didn't say it out loud, it might discourage him to be the new nicer guy he seemed to become. "Good for you", she just said.

"So what's on today's program? Anything you need to inform us about?" "Well as a matter of fact yes, I could really use your help", Chris answered not noticing the sarcasm in Piper's voice. "But I first need to talk to Joey. I think I figured out a few things for her and she really needs to know as much about her powers as possible before she will be attacked again."

Joey woke up and heard the last few things Chris said. 'Before I get attacked again?', she thought annoyed. 'Great.' She wished she could pretend she was still asleep so she wouldn't have to deal with all that stuff for at least another few minutes but she saw Piper watching her and she said a quiet "hi" before she sat up on the bed.

"You wanted to talk?", she asked while she looked at Chris. "Yeah", he sighed. "But in private", he added while he looked at Piper. "Fine", she answered. "I know when I am too much." When Piper walked out of the room Chris closed the door and sat down besides Joey on the bed. "So", he said not knowing how to start.