CHAPTER 32:

2003, at the Halliwell Manor.

When they were done talking Chris walked back in with Joey. She smiled to Paige and asked while she pointed to Leo "So the thing he did with his hands made you all better?" Paige nodded and jumped off the couch to show how well she was feeling again. "We still have a demon to vanquish", she said looking to Chris. He nodded and took Joey's hand to orb her out.

They saw Paige walking to Piper -who gave Leo a quick kiss on his cheek- and Phoebe and took their hands. Joey stared at her parents and if it wasn't for Chris orbing her out at that precise moment she probably would have told them who she was.

2003, somewhere in the underworld.

Orbing to the underworld, they were back where they started: the little room, next to the big one. "We have to go back in there", Piper whispered. "It might not have looked as if the master was in that room, but I don't think all those guards were there for no reason." The others nodded and Joey asked "But what are we going to do? I mean all those demons that were there are killed but I am sure that by now there are new ones standing there, waiting for us. What are we gonna do? Just walk in again?"

"Yes we are", Paige said. "So I had a little bad luck last time, but as you can see I got over it. I know we can take them down. And I assume they putted the most powerful ones on guard and we already killed those. So no big deal, right?" "O I don't know", Piper started, but Paige already was gone, followed closely by Joey. Piper turned around and looked at Chris. He shrugged and followed them too.

This time there were no guards at the door and it was as if they could walk in easily. However -as expected- inside the demons were waiting for them. Last time there were maybe twenty, this time at least twice as much. But the sisters vanquished the demons as easily as before and this time Joey used her power to blow them up immediately and they had a big advantage. Chris watched Joey in surprise. He was impressed by the way she used her new power so easily.

Within no time and without any injuries for the Halliwells they had killed all the demons. "Piece of cake", Joey said as Paige knocked out the last demon and Joey blew him up. They curiously walked further into the room, to another door. "Well", Joey said. "They were guarding this, any chance the big bad is in here?" "Big chance", Phoebe said as she took the spell out of her pocket. "Piper freeze him as I open the door", she said as she turned to her sister. Piper nodded.

Phoebe opened the door and Piper froze the master who only got a chance to turn around and look at who had entered. The sisters, Chris and Joey took the potions in their hand and said the spell out loud. At the same time the master unfroze, for some reason Piper's power didn't work well on him. Before they could finish their spell he attacked them with flame balls, hitting Chris full in the chest.

When Chris got down with a scream the others finished the spell and threw their potions. Suddenly flames surrounded the master and he burned until there were only ashes left on the floor. A wind began to swirl and took the ashes with it.

The second they were finished with the master Joey heard Chris scream and when she turned around she saw him lying on the floor and she thought he was dead. Joey ran towards Chris and took his hand. "No, no, no", she said as she felt tears welling in her eyes. Suddenly she felt herself orb out, and she knew it was Chris' doing. Which meant he was still alive.

2003, at the Halliwell Manor.

They ended up at the manor and Joey looked at Chris who now lay very quiet on the floor. When Chris didn't open his eyes Joey felt the tears rolling down her cheek and she called for Leo, who didn't show up. She shook Chris by his shoulders, but he didn't respond. She started to talk to him, trying to get him to wake up. "You can't leave me here", she sobbed. "After all these years I find out I have a brother, you can't just go away." She swept with the sleeve of her shirt over her eyes, trying to dry them. Still talking she went on "And what am I gonna tell all the others? That you came back to the past to save your brother and I am your long lost sister? If they'd be so kind to send me back? I need you Chris."

Leo did respond to Joey's call for help, he walked in with Wyatt in his arms the moment Joey began to talk. He was frozen in the doorway; he listened to all she was saying. He couldn't believe it.

Joey hugged Chris and whispered "Please don't go, please don't go". Suddenly she felt a weird tickling feeling in her hands. She opened her eyes and saw her hands were glowing a yellow light, just like Leo had before when he healed Paige. 'Can I make him better?', she thought surprised. She laid her hands above the wound and she saw it slowly closing until it completely disappeared. She saw Chris opening her eyes and she stared at her hands which didn't glow anymore and back to Chris. "Wow", she said as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Don't ever do that again."

Chris opened his eyes and saw Joey leaning over him; it looked like she had healed him. When she saw he was better she hugged him and he tried to sit up straight. Suddenly he saw Leo standing in the doorway, hardly moving. Chris smiled at him, letting him know he was alright when Leo opened his mouth. "Son?", he asked while his voice breaked.