CHAPTER EIGHT

Phoebe got up from where the demon had knocked her, and immediately helped Paige vanquish the demon she was fighting. Paige then used her orbing telekinesis to vanquish the demon Leo was fighting, and at the same time Wyatt managed to rid himself of his demon as well.

The four weary fighters looked around making sure that no more demons had appeared, and then urgently ran to Piper and Chris.

Wyatt quickly checked Chris, who was lying on his back unconscious, and was very relieved to find he was still alive. Leo gently turned Piper over, who had been lying on her stomach, and immediately noticed a very bad cut and bruise on her forehead.

"Is Chris okay?" Leo asked Wyatt.

"He's alive, I can't see any injuries as yet." Wyatt replied as he quickly checked Chris over.

"There's blood underneath him." Paige observed, pointing to some blood seeping on the floor from his back.

"Piper seems to have a pretty bad head wound." Leo said as he too was checking her over.

Wyatt gently turned Chris over.

"Oh my God!" Phoebe exclaimed when she saw the wound on his back.

Before anyone had a chance to react, Chris suddenly started to cough, and was struggling to breathe as he became conscious.

"Moving him must have woken him." Wyatt said. He then spoke gently to Chris, "It's okay, Chris, you're going to be fine."

"Wyatt, is Mum okay?" Chris asked in a forced whisper, in between coughs.

"She's fine Chris, you saved her. She's fine." Leo said to him, and then said more quietly to Wyatt. "Can you heal them?"

"I don't know, I haven't healed anyone since Zankou took over, I don't know if I remember how."

"That's your new future, what about your old future, you must have been able to heal then?" Leo questioned him, hoping for a positive response.

Wyatt said nothing.

"Wyatt?" Phoebe asked. "Your brother needs you to remember." She looked down and noticed Chris was unconscious again. "Quickly." She added.

Wyatt looked down at Chris, "Don't you think I know that?" He snapped at her. "I'm trying to remember, but there's just so much going on in my head at the moment."

"And the pressure wouldn't be helping." Leo said, looking at Phoebe. "Just take deep breathes and calm down, Wyatt. Work through your memories and it'll come to you."

Wyatt did as he was told and closed his eyes taking deep breaths, trying to calm himself down. They all watched, as he seemed to be in deep concentration. Then, without opening his eyes he put his hands out over Chris' back and they started to glow.

Everyone remained silent, allowing Wyatt the time he needed to heal Chris. Finally after a couple of minutes the wound started healing. It took a lot longer than it used to with Leo, but eventually the whole wound disappeared.

Chris slowly opened his eyes, as Wyatt immediately moved over to his Mother and went through the same process on her.

Chris tried to sit up with Paige's help, and was about to speak when he saw Wyatt with his eyes closed healing his Mother.

Finally her wound disappeared also, and Piper slowly opened her eyes.

"Wyatt?" Piper said. "You healed me?" She asked.

Instead of answering, Wyatt fell back exhausted. Leo caught him, "Hey, watch it buddy, just take it easy for a few minutes. What you just did would have taken a lot out of you."

"You're not wrong!" Wyatt replied.

"You healed both of us Wyatt." Chris said. "I had no idea you knew how to do that."

"Neither did I, really." Wyatt replied.

"I taught him when he was a child in the other future Chris, but for a while there we didn't know if he remembered how to do it." Leo explained. "And you're going to feel exhausted for a while now. You are not a true Whitelighter, so healing is not something that comes easily to you, and requires great power. You're only half Whitelighter by birth, so it takes a lot of energy for you to do what you just did."

"Thank you Wyatt." Piper said, and then suddenly she remembered Baby Wyatt, "Has anyone checked the boys?"

"No, I'll go now, you just take it easy." Leo said as he got up to leave the room.

"I'll go to," Phoebe said as she stood up as well.

"Be careful of the crystal force field I put around them." Piper called out as they both left the room.

"Crystal force field? Why did you do that?" Paige asked Piper.

"Phoebe's not the only one who can sense danger." Piper replied. "I just had a feeling tonight that Zankou was going to do something like this."

"We've really got to do something about him." Paige insisted.

"Yes we do." Piper said, but her thoughts were not the same as Paige's. "In the meantime, I think we should all go downstairs, plan what we're going to do tomorrow, and then go to bed." Piper then looked at Chris. "And thank you, Chris, for saving my life. It wouldn't have been much of a murder investigation if I had already died tonight."

"No problem, Mum. But what you just said is interesting. I wonder who saved you from dying the first time?" Chris pondered.

"Don't even go there, Chris." Piper said as she stood up.

Chris, Wyatt and Paige, also all stood up.

"Everyone okay?" Paige asked.

Piper and Chris nodded, but Wyatt seemed a little unsteady.

"Wyatt?" Paige enquired.

"I'll be fine. Dad was right about it taking a lot out of me, I feel completely exhausted!" Wyatt told them.

"How about I just orb us all downstairs?" Paige suggested, as she touched Piper and Wyatt on the shoulder.

"I'm fine to orb myself, I'll see you down there." Chris said, as they all disappeared in a cloud of white orbs.