Bianca stood shaking in the centre of her living room. She had just shimmered back from the underworld, and was still trying to come to terms with what the darklighter had said.
She placed a gentle hand on her stomach, and drew in several deep breaths in an attempt to calm herself. She couldn't be sure if her suspicions were correct yet, but it all made so mush sense. Her nausea over the past couple of weeks...the darklighter…
He had sensed a whitelighter.
And she was the only one in the cave.
That could only mean one thing…
She was carrying Chris' child…
…a child with whitelighter blood.
Bianca managed to stagger over to the couch and she sat down heavily, placing her head in her hands. Her mind was racing. They didn't need this now, there was already enough to deal with- what would Chris say? Would he be able to handle it? Should she tell him now?
'No.' the rational part of her mind screamed 'Make sure you're right before you tell him.'
Yes, that was what she would do. She didn't need to worry him for no reason.
As if on cue, the familiar sound of orbing filled the room, and Chris appeared, looking much happier than he had before he left.
"It worked!" He exclaimed happily, walking across the room and giving her a deep kiss. "You're brilliant."
Bianca did not respond right away, her body was still shaking, her mind still wandered.
Chris, thankfully, was too happy to notice, and he continued to speak. "I summoned her, and we had a great talk. It was horrible to see her go…but I suppose I'm lucky, I mean, humans don't get to see their relatives after their gone. Plus I can always see her again, if I really need too."
"That's…great." Bianca stuttered, trying to act as normally as possible. She didn't want to arouse suspicion.
"I'm so glad you suggested it…I'm so sorry I've been so distant lately, I swear I'll make it up to you. How about we go for dinner tomorrow? We could go back to the same place as last time."
Bianca tried to smile. "Sure." She replied quietly.
Last time…that restaurant…that night…that was probably when it had happened. They should have been more careful.
"Excellent." Chris said, heading towards the kitchen. "I'm going to grab a coke and go talk to Grandpa, so he can call his friend and make arrangements again."
"Okay."
Bianca watched as he left the room, and listened as, a minute later, he orbed out of the apartment. She gave a sigh of relief- she was alone again.
She was happy to see Chris in a better mood; obviously the talk with Piper had been exactly what he needed, but she knew that he would fall back into this former state if she was indeed with child.
They did not need this extra burden.
Bianca placed her head in her hands once again, and allowed her self to be over come by uncontrollable sobs.
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"Thank you." The young witch whispered as she slowly sat up, trying not to put too much pressure on her freshly healed leg. She brushed her mid length dirty blonde hair off her face and took several deep breaths to steady herself.
Leo smiled, glad that he had been of some help. "You're welcome, it's a good thing we took you out of there when we did." He paused. "I think we still have a few rooms left, if you want to stay here for a bit. It looked like your house was pretty badly damaged."
"Yea, that might be a good idea." The girl replied. "It's obviously not safe there."
Leo nodded, and slowly helped the girl to her feet. He had found her alone in her apartment, bleeding badly and screaming for help as pack of scabber demons encircled her. "I'll have another whitelighter take you back so you can pack what you need." He looked around the room only to see no other whitelighters in sight. He sighed. "I'll call my son, he'll take you."
The girl looked at him in disbelief. "You have a son? Aren't you an elder?"
"Yea, special circumstance." Leo muttered before looking up at the ceiling "Chris!" He called "Christopher, I need to come here right now."
Seconds later Chris appeared in a swirl of blue orbs, looking very annoyed. "What do you need dad?" he asked, folding his arms across his chest. "I was talking to Grandpa."
"Sorry." Leo replied "But you need to take-" he trailed off and looked down at the girl.
"My name is Katie." She said, as an amused smile across her face.
"Right. Sorry." Leo continued sheepishly. "I need you to take Katie to her apartment so she can pack her things. She was attacked there this morning, and I think she may be a target, so she's going to be staying here."
Chris nodded and his expression softened slightly. "Okay. Where do you live?" he asked, turning towards the girl.
"Three eighty nine, Hampton Street."
He gave slight nod, and stuck out his hand for her to take. She gave him a strange look- obviously confused by his gesture. "Umm, what?" she asked, her brow furrowed.
Chris laughed, and even Leo looked slightly amused. "You need to take my hand." Chris explained, grinning. "It's the only way I can orb you to your house."
"Oh," she blushed, instantly grabbing hold of him. "I forgot. Let's go."
The two instantly disappeared in a swirl of blue, and reappeared seconds later in the chaotic living room of Katie's house. Chris sadly surveyed the scene. It was evident that the earlier attack had caused much damage.
"Home sweet home." Kate muttered as she stepped over some of the debris, carefully avoiding a sharp shard of glass from her broken coffee table.
"Do you live here alone?" Chris asked quietly, hoping that no one else had been in the house during the attack.
Katie sighed. "Yep. My parents were killed three years ago, when I was 18, so now it's just me."
"Oh," Chris replied, his eyes downcast. "I'm sorry to hear that. My mom died six years ago. I know the feeling."
"At least you still have your father." The girl returned, looking up at the attractive young man who she already felt strangely comfortable around. "He seems like a nice guy."
Chris shrugged. "I guess…but he's never been around much. My mom was the one that actually raised me."
"So, um, was she a whitelighter too?"
"Hell no." he laughed. "She was a witch."
Katie's eyes widened, and she was obviously impressed. "Wow." She muttered. "So you're-"
"Part witch, part whitelighter." He cut in with a sigh. "Yes, I know, I'm strange."
Katie smiled. "I don't think that's strange. I think it's cool."
"Oh, well, thanks." Chris replied, returning her smile. He was beginning to like this girl. "We probably shouldn't stay here too long; the demons may come back to try and finish the job…why did they attack you anyway?"
"I don't know. I may have been something to do with my power- I have very advanced premonitions. Demons always want to use me for their own benefit." She paused and looked sadly around. "I'll go pack now. Help yourself to anything you want in the kitchen."
"Thanks." He replied as he watched the girl turn and leave the room.
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Wyatt surveyed the dark cavern. Hundreds of demons stood in silence, waiting for him to give his next command. "Tomorrow, it begins." his voice boomed, echoing off the walls. "We will be freed from this condemned place- we will rise up, and make all those weaker than us cower under our power."
A loud cheer rose ups from the crowd, and Wyatt could not suppress the satisfied smirk growing on his face.
"At 7 pm, all of those who are capable of possessing another's body shall rally here, and join me as we force every witch in San Francisco to cause terror among the foolish humans."
Another cheer erupted.
"Then, in due time, we will help the humans to eliminate them all..."
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A/N Yes, I know that this chapter was a bit strange. I hope that the character of Katie is okay, I was reluctant to make up my own character, but I need her for later…so yes, that was my attempt…if you really hate her I will try to use her as little as possible. Like I've said, this is my first attempt at creative writing, so for all I know, my character development skills are crap.
I know I said I wouldn't, but I think I may write one more chapter today (I'm such a horrible procrastinator)…I wanted to stop it at a certain point, but I couldn't make it there in this one…
ilovedrew88- good guesser, I was wondering if anyone was going to get that. Glad you liked the Piper scene!!
Gemini099- Here's your update. Happy to see that you're still reading!
PLEASE REVIEW (thanks to all of you that already have. I love getting comments, they've all been so nice. I would like to hear what you think needs improvement too, as long as you're not downright mean, I'd really appreciate some criticism. Does anyone think that this is dragging on too long? I just looked at my word count and I was sort of surprised I had written so much…and there is much more plot left.)
