Chapter 13: An Unexpected Surprise
A/N: Thank You reviewers. You are all so nice! Exam time is approaching and teachers are pilling on projects, so I might not update very often. I hope you like this chapter. I just wanted to add a few more random twists. There will be about 15 to 20 chapters. Enjoy the story!
We were all home. Chris, mom, aunt Paige, aunt Piper and the baby Chris and Wyatt. It was almost like old times. Almost. Leo hadn't come back, but I know he wasn't there when we killed the avatars. Aunt Piper was working on a potion that would bring us back to the future. I was a bit reluctant to go. Things were so good here, and the future was such an uncertainty.
We had killed the avatars, but would that be enough? It all seemed way to easy. I tried to push that thought to the back of my mind. I wanted to enjoy this time with my mother, as a part of me feared I could no longer have anymore. Mom was mothering me unbearably. I was now watching her attempt to cook spaghetti, which was a very funny thing to see. Chris was with me. He was being unusually quiet. I sensed immediately that something was wrong.
What's wrong Chris? I asked telepathically as not to draw attention to ourselves. I tried to keep my attention on my mother so she wouldn't get suspicious. I was just thinking... he replied ... we didn't vanquish that Cole guy. I got an unpleasant sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. This couldn't all be for nothing. What should I do? I asked nervously. Let me handle this Chris thought.
"Aunt Phoebe", Chris said quietly. Mom jumped, clearly used to his silence. "We've run into a little problem. The only way to solve it would be for you to tell us about Cole."
The question had her taken aback. She stammered out an answer. I could tell that she was completely flabbergasted. "Wh...why do you w..wa...want to know?" she stuttered. Chris weighed out his response very carefully.
"He causes some problems in the future and we need to stop him. He is an avatar, but we're not sure if we vanquished him", Chris said as calmly as he could.
Mom was stunned. "We vanquished him!" she ranted, "Several times! What is his problem!". She sat down and took a few deep breaths. "What do you need to know?" she asked quietly.
"If we haven't vanquished him, we need to vanquish him immediately", I said as calmly as I could under the circumstances. His face kept flashing in my mind. Cole's. The cruel hate filled face as he paralysed me in place. The terrifying man who squeezed the life from my mother right before my eyes.
"I still have some avatar potion", mom said taking the vial from her pocket. " If he's an avatar it should kill him."
"Good idea", Chris and I said in unison. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Mom went to answer it. We heard her talking softly to someone at the door. There were footsteps coming towards us. Mom was ushering a young man in the sitting room. When I saw him my jaw dropped.
"Leslie", my mom said gesturing to the man, "these are my cousins Chris and Melinda." He uttered an awkward greeting waving to us.
" Mel, Chris, this is Leslie", she said to us. But I knew who that man was. I had known him my whole life. I didn't need an introduction. I had his stature, his talents, his build, and his nose. Leslie St. Clair is my father...
