Chapter 2

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Chris and Alonna studied each other quietly. She swallowed hard, silently praying for the strength to deal with this. What was he doing here anyway? Why was he looking at her as if she was a stranger? Her brain scanned several possibilities as she fought the rising panic. Does he know why I'm here? Is he angry because I just left without telling him? Is that why he's being so cold? Or could he possibly be under a spell? She had expected everyone else to not recognize her, but certainly not Chris...not her own husband.

She could feel a dull ache in the back of her head that she knew would begin to intensify in the next couple minutes. Chris's expression changed from one of scrutiny to a hard expression with his eyes narrowed. Alonna gasped audibly and backed away. Chris had never looked at her that way before and the pain that sliced through her was hard to suppress. She closed her eyes momentarily and tried as hard as she could to get a clamp on her emotions. Now was not the time to fall apart. So what if her husband didn't seem to recognize her and was treating her like a stranger. She came here for one purpose and one purpose only...and that was to save Wyatt from turning into the person he had become in the future. She would have to deal with Chris later.

Chris took a step closer to Alonna, his green eyes cold enough to make her shudder. "Would you mind telling us who the hell you are," he asked coldly. At her silence, his green eyes turned even colder. "I...asked...you...a question," he said, his voice low and threatening.

Alonna summoned all the strength she could muster. Something was definitely wrong here and to find out what it was she would have to play along a little bit. She could just give them a little bit of the truth without revealing who she was. "My name is Alonna," she replied finally. "I don't mean any harm. I'm not here to hurt you. Actually, I'm...well...I'm here to save you."

Chris raised an eyebrow and smiled sarcastically. "You're here to save us," he said with obvious disbelief in his voice. "Why do I find that hard to believe?"

Alonna sighed loudly. "I know it may be hard to believe, but I'm telling you the truth," she said softly. "I haven't attacked you have I?"

Chris chuckled. "No you haven't...yet."

Alonna grinded her teeth in frustration. How could she forget how cocky and annoying Chris could be? She took a deep breath to calm herself. "Look, I'm not lying to you," she bit out. "I'm here to help you." Suddenly a thought occurred to her. If Phoebe could sense her emotions, then she could make Chris back off a little. "Why don't you ask Phoebe if you think I'm lying," Alonna said, a slight edge to her voice.

Chris looked at Alonna for a moment before turning to Phoebe. Phoebe met Chris's eyes and she nodded slightly. Chris relaxed somewhat, but his expression was still guarded.

"You're here to save us," Phoebe asked slowly, walking forward to stand beside her nephew. "Just where did you come from exactly? One minute we were battling demons, and the next minute you were here in the mix of it all. I know you're not here to hurt us, but you can't blame us for being a little wary of you."

"I agree," said Paige as she walked over to stand next to Phoebe. "You have to admit that's it's just a little weird you popping in here like that." Alonna sighed. She could totally understand where they were coming from. She did just walk into a battle uninvited. Alonna's eyes sought Piper, silently asking for her opinion. Piper looked down at her son and then at Alonna, her face taking on a pensive expression. Piper picked Wyatt up and kissed him on his forehead before walking over to join her sisters.

"I do think that we should be wary, but she did save Wyatt," said Piper, her eyes trained on the strange girl in front of her. "And after the power, she just displayed in here...well she could have eaten us all here for breakfast if she wanted to, but she didn't. The question is though: why did she save my son and most importantly why isn't she attacking us now?"

Alonna averted her eyes as she struggled to come up with something plausible to say without giving away too much information. She sighed once more. "Actually, I'm from the future," she said meeting everyone's gaze one by one.

Chris's eyes widened and then he started laughing. "You actually expect us to believe this bull shit," he said, his tone laced with sarcasm.

"Hey, watch your mouth around your brother," Piper scolded, fixing him with a glare.

"Sorry," Chris mumbled as he rolled his eyes.

"So you're from the future," Phoebe stated cautiously. "Just like my rude nephew over here." Chris threw a glare at Phoebe, but she ignored him. "You said you're here to save us," she continued. "Save us from what exactly?"

Alonna's eyes immediately looked at Wyatt, surprised to see that the baby's attention was riveted on her. She cleared her throat nervously. "I'm here to...well you see...I'm here to save you from...him," she said gesturing to Wyatt. Upon seeing Piper's suprised expression, she rushed to continue. "Oh no...I don't think he's a danger now...at least not purposely, but that will change. You see I come from 30 years in the future. In my time, Wyatt is a full grown man, but you wouldn't like the man he has turned out to be. You see he's...the thing is...he's---."

Alonna stared down at her feet, unable to find the words to tell Piper that her baby boy had turned into something evil. How do you tell a mother that? Alonna had only been pregnant for two months, but already she could understand Piper's distress. She didn't know how she would handle it if her own flesh and blood would fight against her, giving up his moral duty to destroy evil. That was exactly what Wyatt was doing now...joining with other evil forces to track and kill all who oppose him as he strived to become the most powerful being on the planet. He had completely turned his back on his family for only one thing...power.

"We already know about Wyatt turning evil," Pipers said quietly. Alonna's eyes widened as she stared at Piper in shock, before looking to the others to confirm what Piper just told her.

"We've known from some time now," said Paige while gesturing towards Chris.

"You told them," Alonna asked him, flabbergasted. Then it dawned on her. "You came here...to stop Wyatt too...didn't you? Why didn't you tell me you were coming here?"

Chris's eyes widened. "Wait a minute, do you know me," he asked. At her guilty expression, his mouth gaped. "Hold on...who the hell are you and what do you know about my brother!"

Alonna jumped, the volume of his voice startling her. The situation was becoming fast confusing for her. He came here for the same purpose as me, but doesn't remember who I am? What the hell happened?

"Chris, I know you're upset me with me," she said, hesitantly meeting his eyes. "Something's wrong with you because...well...you don't seem to know who I am." She stepped closer to Chris and hesitantly reached out her hand to touch his arm. Surprisingly, he didn't pull away. She ran her hand down his arm and took his hand in her own, giving it a gentle squeeze. "Look, I don't know what's going on, but I'll find a way to fix it," Alonna continued. "You seem to be under some sort of memory spell, but we'll get your memory back. We'll find a way to stop whatever it is that's after Wyatt too."

Chris continued to just stare at her, while she talked. He was still confused. She realized he really didn't know who she was. Her eyes watered again and she dropped his hand, turning away from his beautiful green eyes. She swallowed hard trying to will away her tears.

Chris turned a confused glance to his aunts and then his mom. What was he supposed to say? This woman apparently knows him and knows him well judging by how hurt she was to his lack of response. He didn't mean to hurt her. It's just...he doesn't know her. She could be some evil demon out to hurt his family. But Phoebe had said she was ok. Phoebe would have gotten evil vibes from her if she was destructive, but that still didn't answer the question of who this woman was and how she knows his family.

Chris returned his eyes back to Alonna, watching as she took in deep breaths. He felt a hand on his arm and when he turned it was Phoebe. Her eyes were wet with tears. At his questioning glance, she gestured towards the stranger. A light went off in his head, as he realized Phoebe was able to read off this strange woman's emotions. Seeing the pain on Phoebe's face caused a sigh to slip from his lips. He had to find out what the hell was going on here. "Are you alright," he asked tentatively walking closer to the woman.

"I'm fine," said Alonna, her back still facing him. She roughly wiped away a tear, angry with herself for allowing her feelings to get the best of her. She took a couple more deep breaths as she turned to face him...her husband...her child's father. "I'm fine...really," she replied. "It's just...I didn't expect to see you here...and now I'm just so confused. I don't understand. I expected Piper, Phoebe, and Paige to not know who I am, but you should." His face was still confused, but at least it no longer remained hard. "You really don't remember me do you," she asked. Chris shook his head. "Ok," she said, resigned to her predicament.

"Where do I know you from," Chris asked, the skepticism in his voice apparent. "I mean obviously you're from the future, because you know about Wyatt but I don't know you." Chris raked his gaze over Alonna appreciatively. "Trust me...I would have remembered you if I had met you." Alonna ducked her head as she felt herself blushing. "Always, the flirt," she muttered. "What was that," he asked a smirk on his face. "Oh...nothing," she said, her face returning serious. She was missing something here, but she couldn't put her finger on it. Something was seriously wrong here.

Alonna ran her hands through her hair, scowling as she remembered her hands were still covered in her own blood. Paige noticed her expression and walked briskly to the kitchen. She returned a minute later with a hand towel and handed it to Alonna. "Thank you," Alonna said honestly, before returning her attention to her hands as she began wiping away as much of the blood from her hands as she could. This was not working. The towel would not be able to clean off the blood to her satisfaction. She didn't want to have to look at it anymore. Also, there was no way she could reach around to her back to clean off the blood there. She recited a spell in her head to remove the offensive stains of blood from her body. Alonna glanced down at her hands, relieved to see the blood stains gone. She lifted her shirt to check her abdomen and then she felt it. It was an emotional a wave of some kind...it was small...but she just barely detected it. It was desire. Automatically, she glanced at Chris realizing it was coming from him, only to find him staring intently at her exposed stomach.

She pulled her shirt back down to its original position making sure to avoid Chris's eyes. Instead she turned her attention to Paige. Paige was looking from Chris to Alonna, an almost knowing expression on her face. She too seemed to be aware of the physical attraction between Chris and Alonna. Paige then looked at Phoebe, who raised an eyebrow in understanding. Alonna cursed softly under her breath. Great...so Phoebe and Paige think this is amusing. My own husband is checking me out as if he's never seen me before. How in the world is this funny? She tried to calm down. She had to remember that they had no idea of the inner turmoil raging inside her or the reasons behind it.

"Look," Chris began, forcefully pulling his eyes away from Alonna's stomach. "Are you sure we're from the same time period because I'm from the year 2020. I'm not saying I don't believe you. Maybe we have met briefly somewhere and I was caught up in something, so now I don't remember. A lot has happened since then with us vanquishing demons left and right, plus trying to find out what demon turns Wyatt evil and---."

"Wait," Alonna said abruptly cutting off his rambling. "Did you just say 2020?" Chris nodded. Alonna dropped the towel she was holding and started laughing then...almost hysterically too. That's why he doesn't know me. We haven't even met yet. He's still a kid for Christ's sake...barely over a teenager! I can't believe this is happening to me. Her laughter ceased as she released a shaky breath. Alonna began to look him over carefully. Chris squirmed uncomfortably under her gaze. He didn't understand what the hell was going on and frankly this woman was kind of weird...hot but weird all the same.

Alonna noticed that Chris did look younger. He was even more gorgeous in her time, but he was still a good looking man now. The eyes and lips were the same, but his hair and his body were different. His hair was longer and cut in a funky style, while his body was leaner without a lot of the muscle that she had long become familiar with. He was still hot though. She groaned inwardly, trying to clamp down the wave of desire she just felt. She heard Phoebe gasp and Alonna looked at the woman who was supposed to be like a sister to her. Phoebe smiled nervously, placing a hand over her heart. Alonna frowned as she placed a hand over her own heart, finding it to be beating hard in her chest. Great...just great. Every freaking emotion I feel, Phoebe will also experience. It had been just like that in the future. They were extremely close...always together...shopping and hanging out together...but that was before Wyatt...before he had turned into something ugly. All fun and games had just suddenly ceased.

The sadness hit her full force, as she looked over at Wyatt...so innocent and beautiful. How could such a sweet looking child turn into that...that monster? And now there was still another issue she had to deal with...Chris. What was she going to do about him? They obviously still shared the same attraction to each other, but he's a different person now. She didn't know this Chris. Alonna fingered her wedding band, absentmindedly twisting it around her finger. She stopped abruptly when she noticed what she was doing. She turned around again, her back facing them, and slid her wedding ring off her finger and quickly placed it in her pants pocket. She didn't want him to know that about them... that they were married. God, he's only 20 years old. He's definitely not ready to find out he has a wife and a child on the way. Alonna had made her decision. She wouldn't reveal just exactly who she was...at least not yet.

Alonna spun back around to face everyone. She placed a hand to her head when she felt a wave of dizziness hit her causing her to stagger. She might have almost fallen if Chris hadn't caught her by the arm, his face full of concern. Alonna continued holding her head, feeling the dull ache steadily intensifying. Then came the naseua. She swallowed as she felt the bile rising in her throat. Alonna put her hand on her still flat stomach, pleading for it to calm down. "Are you ok...what's wrong," Chris asked her.

"No, she's not ok," Phoebe said immediately, her own hands holding her stomach. "She's not ok at all."

Alonna locked eyes with Phoebe, appalled to see understanding in her eyes. Oh God! Does she know? Without thinking, Alonna turned nervous eyes to Chris. Oh God! Oh God...please no. Please Phoebe don't. Phoebe felt Alonna's distress, as well as the nausea and headache. Not to mention the way she was looking at her nephew was suspicious. Phoebe felt another wave of emotion and she couldn't stop herself from blurting out her next words. "Oh, my god," Phoebe said loudly. "You're pregnant!" Alonna shut her eyes tightly. This can't be happening. Phoebe did not just say that. Now all hopes of secrecy was just shot to hell.

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