A/N: Just so you know, I've been noticing that when I upload things onto it doesn't load everything. Like periods, exclamation marks, questions marks, etc... Seem to disappear and I'm not sure why. Hopefully it'll stop soon, but if you notice something like that in my story, that is probably why. (P.S. All you Prue/Andy fans, you're in for a treat, after this sub plot!)
peanutlb: Yeah, I know, I'm sorry. As far as the mention of Pru Calling, it was genius, and even though you may not have them all the time, the ones you do come up with are always awesome!
sugah-crystal-101: It's the ability to freeze things in ice (Prue's power in her past life).
wyatt333: No problem. lol I just love that title! As far as the others are concerned, you'll just have to read and find out, now won't ya? ;)
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The
Children Of Light
Chapter 20: Back To The Future
"I have an idea," Robert Parker announced, stepping towards his daughter, Melinda.
Melinda looked up, meeting her father's eyes. "Dad?"
"I once heard it theorized that if there was enough psychic movement, there might be a way to open a portal that would move a person through time."
"But how would we do that?" Melinda asked warily.
Robert looked around the vast white mist of the afterlife. "How many of us here have telekinetic powers?" He stepped forward, raising his arm. "I, myself, am a telekinetic."
Melinda, Prudence Wentworth, and Laura Greenburg raised their arms.
"What do you propose, grandfather?" Prudence asked, bewildered.
"I propose that we send your mother back to the future." Robert replied, as he gently took his granddaughter's hand. "Who, besides Melinda, has the ability to freeze?"
"I do," replied a gray haired woman, Astrid Sylvester.
"Good, we'll need you too."
"Why?" Astrid asked, confused as to what her great great grandfather had in mind.
"Just trust me," Robert replied.
"We do, father." Melinda surveyed the group. "What do you want us to do?"
"I need the telekinetics to form a large circle, a connected circle," Robert answered.
Melinda, Prudence, and Laura joined hands. Robert finished off the circle by taking the free hands of his daughter and granddaughter.
"I need everyone else to stand back. We need a lot of space."
The remaining Warren witches took steps back, away from the quartet.
"On four, we must focus all of our telekinetic energy into the center." Rober explained, motioning his head towards the center of the foursome. "All right!"
Prudence, Laura, and Melinda nodded.
"Four, three, two, one!" Robert yelled, as he narrowed his eyes and focused massive amounts of telekinetic energy into the circle.
Prudence, Melinda, and Laura did the same.
Then at the same time, the connect group raised their hands, sending even more telekinetic energy into the circle, until they could see a massive ball of telekinetic energy in their mind's eye. With so much energy, the group could feel the air being shoved past them and pushing their clothing tighter to them.
"Astrid!" Robert yelled, over the whipping wind that had been summoned from such a massive collection of telekinetic power. "Freeze the telekinetic energy!"
"What?" Astrid gasped. "I-I don't think I'm powerful enough!"
"Hurry! Try!" Robert replied, as he shut his eyes.
Astrid raised her arms and closed her eyes tightly, focusing all her power and magic into the invisible force that so strongly shook in the center of the foursome. Then she flicked her wrists, in a Piper like manner. The wind stopped, as the telekinetic mass frozen.
However the foursome could feel little wisps of air rush past them, as the energy was breaking free of the freeze, because it was so strong.
"Melinda, hurry! Use your power; you're the strongest!" Robert yelled.
Melinda broke the circle and raised her hands, reinforcing her great granddaughter's freeze with her own freezing ability.
"That won't hold it for long." Robert informed, as he looked around. "We need someone to 'jump start' the energy. I'm confident that there is enough to open a time portal, but it needs to react with something, in order to do that."
"Would an electric charge work?" Helena Freeman, Astrid's daughter, asked.
"It might. What are you thinking?" Robert asked.
"Well, I have the power of electrokinesis." Helena replied, as she held out her hands and sparks ignited from her finger tips.
"Alan might be able to help." Astrid said, as she pulled her husband forward. "He has empathy. He could channel Helena's powers and they could both send an electric charge into the mass."
"That might work," Robert agreed. "But we have to hurry, I can all ready feel Melinda's freeze wearing off." He moved Helena and Alan into position.
Alan cleared his mind, focusing his mind on his daughter, and channeling her emotions; with them, came her electrokinetic power. "Okay, I'm ready." He said.
"Good." Robert motioned to everyone else. "Form a huge circle around them, with Melinda in the center. Alan and Helena need to be stationed on opposite sides of the telekinetic ball, within the circle as well."
Within a few minutes, the formation had taken place. Melinda stood about four feet from the massive ball of frozen telekinetic energy. Alan stood on the east side of the ball and Helena stood on the west; their hands poised. Robert had also thought of a spell that the remaining family members would chant, to get Melinda to go to the right place in time.
"Now!" Robert cried out.
Instantly four massive beams of neon energy flew from the hands of Alan and Helena; two beams on each side. The telekinetic ball of energy exploded into a vast power, sending powerful air blasts everywhere. The telekinetic energy shifted and crackled, then became a glowing yellow burst, before finally forming into a lemon yellow glowing portal.
Melinda stood, facing the portal, with only one thing on her mind. I'm going to save my family! She thought, blocking out the rhythmic chanting going on around her. She took one step forward, feeling the tug of the portal that was calling her near.
"Go now, Melinda!" Robert yelled to his only daughter.
Melinda took a deep breath and ran into the portal. There was a loud burst of electricity and then the portal closed, leaving the rest of the group to wonder if it would actually work or if Melinda Warren would be lost forever.
TO BE CONTINUED….
