Hi all! I'm back. So, this is my next chapter. I want to thank everybody who read my story. I'd like to ask that you all review more. I won't ever hold out on you, but I do need to know if I'm wasting all of our time by posting this. So please review. Ok, enough of the guilt trip I promise!
Christine Marquez: Chris is in some secluded cave in the Underworld. Gideon found it and he is using it as his place of business in there. Can you imagine him having the demons come to Elderland? I bet you the rest of the Elders still wouldn't notice sighs Oh, well.
Edited to answer recent question. Alyssa: I hope you read this one for your reply. Kat told the girls in Chapter 5 (it's in the 3rd post) that she has the ability to imitate and create powers. Hence, Kat can orb because she has seen (countless of her) family members do it, and she recreated it.
Chap. 10
Phoebe, Paige, and Piper were in the kitchen. "Phoebe! Would you stop pacing you're making me sea sick." Then, she noticed the ingredients of Piper's sandwich. "Oh my G-d. Pickles and hot fudge sauce and mustard, are you seriously eating that?"
Piper, standing behind the island counter, looked down at the sandwich, "That was the plan."
"Well, as nice as it is to drop by, I'm going," Paige declared.
"Where?" Piper asked.
"To my temp job, of course. I'm already late as it is."
"Can't ya blow it off?"
"No, it's important,"
"My demonic ex husband is back from the dead and the father of my future children. I think this is important."
"Well, they can be put on hold for a bit, can't they? My temp jobs are important. It's how people who need help find me. I'll be an orb away if you need me."
"Ok," Phoebe said.
"Tell my niece and nephews I said goodbye." Paige left.
"Speaking of: where are our lovely children?" Piper asked.
"I'm right here," Kat said as she shimmered in followed by Cole and Leo.
Phoebe and Piper jumped and yelled the names of their respective ex husbands.
"What are you doing here?" Piper demanded.
"Aren't you happy to see me?" Leo asked hurt.
"No! I mean, yes, of course I'm happy to see you. It's just that-I thought you were-aren't you supposed to be a full time elder?"
"My daughter-" Cole began.
"Kat. My name is Kat." She corrected.
Cole nodded. "Kat said you needed us," Cole answered Piper, but looked at Phoebe. Phoebe, however, was perfectly content on not making eye contact of any kind and therefore kept looking away every time he tried.
"We don't. You two can go back to doing whatever it was that you were doing." Piper very pushily suggested. "Except you," She pointed at Cole. "You can't go back to killing her."
"I would never intentionally hurt my daughter!"
"Thanks, Dad," she said with sarcasm dripping from her voice.
During the whole exchange, Leo studied Piper. There was something different about her, but he couldn't quite place it. He stepped toward her; she held her ground. "Pickles and hot fudge sauce and mustard? You used to eat this with Wyatt."
"What can I say it grew on me?"
"You're wearing maternity clothes," he pointed out.
Cole was surprised when Kat tucked herself under her father's protective arms bracing for an argument and with Piper and Leo, it was bound to get ugly. He could feel her tense as she prepared for the worst. Suddenly, she was like a shy 3 year old.
"No, I'm not," Piper lied. She was in fact, wearing her favorite maternity outfit. It had no frills or lacy stuff. It didn't have circus clown colors that screamed 'I'm pregnant come and rub my belly!' Instead, it went with combat boots and said 'Expectant mother that kicks ass on occasion.'
"Yes, you are," Leo insisted. She glared. "Ok, if you aren't step out from behind the counter."
"No," Piper answered defiantly. Kat squeezed Cole's arm tighter.
That's when Leo turned to Kat, "You said that Chris was my problem, you said to ask Piper, you said that if I cared about my son…This is what you meant wasn't it?
Before he knew it, Cole spoke up, "You won't bring my daughter into whatever marital problems you and Piper have. Solve it yourselves."
Leo raised an eyebrow, but before he could say anything Piper came out from behind the counter. Leo gaped. Piper stood in front of him about six months pregnant. "Yes, this," She put her hands on her stomach, "is exactly what she meant. And yes, this is Chris. He's your son."
"Our little boy?" Leo asked and Piper nodded.
Hoping that nothing would blow up, Kat nervously said, "On that subject: he's…well…um…he's in danger."
Chap. 11
After Piper was thoroughly satisfied, that Chris was no longer in the house, nor could he answer her calls, they ended up in the attic looking for something in the Book. Paige was back and a little miffed that she was pulled away from her temp job yet again. She stood next to Piper, who still hadn't calmed down.
"I'm still confused. Who is Chris and what's a matter?" Cole asked Kat, the only in person in that room he didn't feel a hostile vibe from.
"Chris is Aunt Piper and Uncle Leo's 2nd kid that traveled back in time to save their 1st kid. However, things didn't go as planned, so I came back to derail things a bit. Now the thing is, is that the person who did the thing knows that I know that he did it and took Chris before he could set my plan in motion, which I've since done anyway," She explained using wild hand gestures.
"Do you follow?" Phoebe asked.
"Not a word," Paige said.
"That's not the point. The point is, is that my cousin is in trouble and he could get killed because I left him with a lying, cheating, scheming, murdering…"
"Focus! Where is my son?" Piper demanded momentarily pausing to look up.
"Somewhere with Gideon."
"Gideon?" Phoebe asked.
"I thought you said lying, cheating, scheming, murdering, so one and so forth. Gideon's an Elder," Paige said.
"Yeah, well, surprise, surprise not all Elders follow the rules. Shocking I know. Listen, this is what needs to be done: I need to shimmer down there and kick some ass. Simple as that."
"Gideon is my friend and mentor. He wouldn't ever hurt me or my family," Leo said firmly crossing his arms
"For all you know Gideon could be helping," Paige agreed.
Kat waved her hand, "Hello? I lived in the future and it ain't bright. I'm telling you Gideon is after your sons! And me for that matter! When it comes to what someone thinks is for the 'Greater Good' they don't care about friends and their families! Hell, half of the time family doesn't even care about family!" She sighed quietly adding to herself, "Mine certainly doesn't." Once she mentioned who was dangering Chris no one seemed to want to listen to her. "I know who I've seen and what they've done. Mom? Dad? You believe me, right?" She desperately turned to her parents for support.
Reluctantly, Phoebe exchanged a hesitant glance with Cole. It was in that moment he realized that she was only being civil toward him for Kat's sake. Therefore, he chose his words very carefully, "I know whoever it was, orbed, and had enough power to bring me back."
"Exactly. In general, bringing a demon back from the dead takes a lot of power because you have to bring them back from the dead and give them their old powers. You're a special case. In your case, one would have to temporarily turn the main reality into the one you created, go to hell and back returning with you, turn the main reality back into ours and bring you with, then replenish you with the powers that you had living in this reality, which is certainly more than most demons. And please let's not get started on this subject."
"Not a word," Paige shook her head,
"How do you know all that?" Cole asked dumbfounded.
"She's a seer," Phoebe shrugged.
"Right, that's why you should believe me!"
"Well, Phoebe's had premonitions that have been wrong before," Leo suggested.
"I'm not my mother," She snapped. "But…that does give me an idea." Kat stomped up to Phoebe and clasped her arm tightly turning both of their eyes opaque. Phoebe hunched over feeling the familiar nausea that came with premonitions only worse. She stumbled as Kat let go.
Instantly, Cole caught Phoebe. She gasped for air. "What did you do?" Cole demanded harshly. Kat flinched; she had never heard that tone in his voice before. He clearly still loved Phoebe and still worried about her.
"It's Gideon. She gave me a premonition. I saw…" Phoebe breathed in more air, "Why'd you leave him there?" She asked coldly shaking Cole off her.
"Because in my time when I freeze people they generally stay frozen," She replied dryly. "Plus, it barely takes a whole five seconds to orb from the Underworld to Elder land. It didn't occur to me-"
"Because you didn't think! If Gideon is all those things you say he is it would've occurred to that maybe Chris might be in danger," Leo yelled at her. It was just sinking in that his best friend could've done this and he was pissed. Of course, it was nothing compared to streaming bolts of electricity. Oh G-d, she hoped it wouldn't come to that.
She rolled her eyes. "First, you were all like, 'he's not my problem.' In fact, if my memory serves me right you beat several times. Then you don't even believe me when I tell you someone is after him. Now you think you can suddenly go righteous on me. I don't think so."
"Kat, stop it!" Phoebe scolded.
"And I'm grounded. Lovely," she threw her arms in to the air. A lamp close to Leo exploded. She sighed, "I'm sorry. I'll fix it." She waved her hand magically the lamp put itself back together.
Chap. 12
"We'll talk about this later," an upset Phoebe scolded again. That was twice in one day. She shook her head half in amusement and half in worry. It was funny last night the idea of Kat, let alone, Cole freaked her out. Now it was very slowly feeling natural.
"You say people don't unfreeze?" Piper said closing the book. She knew it wouldn't be much of a help if Gideon were really after them.
"Without me unfreezing them? No. Actually, it's rare when my powers don't work; it's only happened a few times in my life."
"Maybe it's his powers?" Cole suggested.
"Naw, I can get through shields, but do me a favor, though, and don't tell Wyatt."
Paige thought for a moment. "When don't your powers work?"
"Once when I was 8 The Powers That Be temporarily bound all of us kids' powers and then there are your occasional amulets. I've seen amulets of all kinds: bracelets, brooches, beads, necklaces, pendants, pins, and rings. Actually, I've even seen a tiara before. Few of them work."
"Why would The Powers That Be take away your powers?" Phoebe ignored her last statement.
"Sorry. Future consequences."
"You sound like Chris," Paige stated. "Leo, do the Elders have anything that blocks witches' powers?"
"A few years ago Gideon found the Schermo da luce. He said it was the original, but I've never really believed that. It was controlled by the Source and why would he give it to an Elder? The problem is that feels so real. "
"So you thought Gideon would lie?" Phoebe asked.
"No. I thought he was lied to."
"Well, we can't go into this underestimating it. We need a plan," Piper returned to her station at the Book. Paige followed her.
"Don't bother. I have that whole passage memorized. Wyatt has the original. He turned into a warlock and killed a demon for it," Kat said, but nobody seemed to have heard her.
"Look here!" Paige pointed to the Book. "Whoever has the original gets a power boost and a demonic army." She read further, "And it says that they're next in line to become the Source! Good thing you didn't go, Kat, you could've gotten killed."
"I'm invincible!" Kat cried in frustration, but for the second time that night, no one seemed to notice.
"What about Chris? I want to be able to apologize for how I treated him."
"Aw. That's sweet Uncle Leo, but you don't need to do that. All you have to do is change his past."
"You mean the future?"
She shrugged as if it were an everyday occurrence, "Yeah."
tbc…
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