A Destiny To Fulfill
Summary: Set after "It's a bad bad world". Chris died, but he is sent back to fulfill his destiny to save Wyatt (Gideon wasn't the one who turned him in my story). Will he be able to make everything alright?
Chapter 12: The premonition
Chris sat on the old couch in the attic with the book of shadows in his lap. He was tired and exhausted but he still couldn't stop researching. If it would be just his life that was concerned he wouldn't be that obsessed with it but he already knew from the Angel of destiny what impact his death would have on his family – especially on his dad. And he was determind to prevent this from happening.
Suddenly his head bent down on its own and Chris quickly sat up straight when he realized that he almost fell asleep. It was then he also realized that he wasn't even reading the book but was just flipping through it. He closed his eyes for a second to concentrate but found it so relaxing that he thought that he could keep them closed for a few seconds more. Before he could even stop himself he was falling into a peaceful slumber.
"Hey, Chris!"
Startled Chris shot upright and let the book fell down to the floor. He cursed himself before he picked it up again and finally looked over to Phoebe who was walking over to him with a concerned face. Great, that's what he needed now. In the last two months everyone was so damn protective towards him that it started to annoy him even though he knew that they just wanted the best for him.
"Shouldn't you be sleeping?" Phoebe asked while she sat beside him. It was already two in the night and Piper had sent him to bed an hour ago. Of course she had made sure that he was really in his room and going to get a little rest but Phoebe had somehow known that he would come up here again.
"I did" Chris answered while he began to leaf through the book again. It was almost as if his hands would already make this automatically whenever he was near the book.
"Sure, maybe an hour. You go back to bed right now mister or I'll tell your mom" Phoebe warned only half joking. She was really worried about her nephews health.
Chris sighed. "You already sound like Wyatt."
"Wyatt is right" Phoebe said firmly. "Chris I know that you are scared and worried about what will happen but you are not alone with this. Everyone here wants to help you and I promise that we won't let this happen to you. You're going to get the life you deserve, okay?"
Chris looked at her and smiled slightly. "I hope so" he said, now glad that his aunt was here to comfort him.
"And I – " Phoebe started to say but when she touched Chris' arm she was thrown into a premonition.
Baby Chris was sleeping peacefully in his small bed in the nursery. Bright light shone through the window. It seemed like the baby was just resting after lunch. Baby Wyatt wasn't there so Chris was totally defenceless when a man with a long black coat and dark hair shimmered in front of him. Phoebe wasn't able to see his face because the man stood with his back to the door and from that point she was seeing the room.
For a few seconds the man just stared down at the baby but then he reached over to the babyphon to turn it off. He then put a hand to Baby Chris' head and stroked his hair away from his forehead – with an almost gently touch. "I'm sorry" the man whispered to the sleeping baby. "But this has to be done." His voice sounded somehow familiar but Phoebe couldn't even think about it any further because what came next filled her with horror.
The man lay his hand now over Baby Chris' mouth and nose to prevent the baby from breathing. After a few moments the baby's eyes flickered open and tears started to stream down his small face while he tried desperately to cry out loud. But the man didn't let go. After an anguishing half minute Baby Chris stopped struggeling and the man finally put his hand away before he shimmered out of the room leaving the baby lying motionless in the bed…
Phoebe was thrown out of the premonition but couldn't even notice it. The horrible images of her dead nephew were still before her eyes and in connection with her empath powers she had also been able to feel the baby's fear and pain which made the horror of what she had just witnessed even bigger.
"Phoebe!" Chris shouted for the third time and shaked his aunt slightly when she didn't reacted again. She had gotten obviously a premonition and it seemed like it had been terrible because she was crying and sobbing heavily.
Finally Phoebe snapped out of it and looked at her grown-up nephew. She hugged him tightly while she still tried to deal with what she'd just seen. "Oh Chris" she sobbed in his shoulder. "I'm so sorry sweetie, I'm so sorry that this happened to you."
Chris swallowed hard before he asked "What exactly did you see?" He was scared of the answer but he knew that now they may had a better chance to find the demon who's after him. Of course only if Phoebe's premonition had been about his death.
"Don't worry" Phoebe responded soothingly. "We won't let this happen to you, we won't…"
Chris pushed her slightly away from him so he could look into her eyes. "Phoebe, what did you see?" he asked again now more urgent than ever.
Phoebe didn't wanted to talk about it but she knew she had to if she wanted to save her nephew. But still she didn't wanted to be forced to tell her story twice so she answered with a shakened voice "I'll tell you. But could you first get the others? I don't want to explain everything twice."
Chris nodded and quickly went downstairs to get the his parents, Wyatt and Paige. In the meantime Phoebe breathed in heavily and tried to get her composure back. The premonition had been horrible but she knew she had to be thankful for it. Now they knew when exactly it was going to happen even if they didn't know who the demon was. Her thoughts were interrupted when Chris came back with the rest of the family.
"Okay what's going on here?" Paige asked while she yawned. "Did you notice the time?"
Piper immediately sat down beside Phoebe and looked sternly at Chris. "Yeah and didn't I sent you to bed already? I promise, you're in so much trouble young man. If you don't…"
"Phoebe had just a premonition" Chris cut her off. "I think it's about the day I died – or will die in that case."
With that he had everyones full attention and no one was even thinking about sleep any more. Piper quickly glanced over to her sister and finally she noticed the tears in her eyes. "What did you see?" she asked barely audible.
Phoebe took a deep breath before she finally told them what she had seen. "I saw Baby Chris lying in his bed. He was sleeping but it was during the day. I think he might just get his rest after lunch or so. Then a man shimmered in and turned off the babyphon. And then – he…" For a second she was unable to continue.
"What?" Wyatt asked impatiently. "What did he do!" Chris flinched a little at the harsh tone in his brothers voice. It remembered him almost of the other Wyatt, the evil one. Chris could easily imagine what Wyatt would do to the demon once he'd get a hand on him.
"He put a hand over Chris' mouth so he couldn't breath" Phoebe chocked out between sobs. "God, I could feel the baby's fear – it was so horrible."
Piper was now also crying and quickly stood up to hug her son. Chris hold her tight while he wished for what seemed like the hundredth time that Wyatt wouldn't have persuaded him to tell everyone about what will happen. They don't needed to know, it was just causing them pain. "Mom calm down, I'm okay. We still have time" he tried to comfort her.
"He's right Piper" Leo said while he fought with his own tears. "We will change this. There's always a reason why Phoebe has her premonitions and that means that it's our destiny to save our little boy and that's exactly what I intend to do."
Paige also walked over to them and squeezed Chris' arm gently. "Yeah, we'll save you kiddo."
Wyatt was the only one who couldn't share the calm determination that was coming over the whole family. "I'm gonna find this bastard and kill him!" he shouted outraged. "How does he look like?" he asked his aunt harshly.
"I couldn't see his face" Phoebe answered while she tried to remember the man. "But he was tall and had dark hair. And he was wearing a long black coat."
"That's all!" Wyatt yelled in disbelief.
"Wyatt stop yelling at her" Chris said sharply.
"I can yell at her whenever I want so shut up!" Wyatt continued to scream.
Chris sighed and put a hand on his brothers shoulder. "Please calm down. You're not helping me with this." Then he turned back to Phoebe. "Did you see or notice something else?"
Phoebe nodded. "Yeah, it was somehow really strange. Before he – he attacked Baby Chris he said that he was sorry but that this had to be done…"
"Had to be done!" Wyatt exclaimed furiously but shut up after a look from his brother.
"Something else?" Chris asked. Every little piece of information could be important.
Phoebe remained silent for a while then she spoke again "He was somehow familiar" she admitted. "I don't know how he looks like but his voice – I'm sure I've heard it before."
"So we know him?" Paige asked terrified.
"I think it's possible" Phoebe answered. Everyone in the room was in utter shock. They had already once experienced how a friend of the family had betrayed them when Gideon had tried to kill Baby Wyatt and in the end it had cost Chris' life. And now it seemed like this would happen again.
"But who?" Leo asked the question everyone was thinking about.
"Maybe it's another of this damn elders who claim to do this for the greater good" Piper spat angrily.
Chris shook his head. "No that doesn't make sense. If they would be after one of us then it would be Wyatt. I'm not that powerful so I don't think that they want me out of the way."
"And the man shimmered so it can't be an elder" Phoebe threw in.
"But why did this man in Phoebes premonition say that he was sorry and this had to be done?" Paige asked confused.
"It would fit with what Gideon said before…" Leo admitted but couldn't finish his sentence. The memories of that day were still too painful. "It can be an elder who stole some demonic powers" he added bitterly. Since Gideons betrayel he was thinking quite a bit differently about the elders.
"Well I think we can't exclude the elders but I still don't think that it's one of them" Chris said, but then he added "At least not this time."
There was a short silence before Wyatt asked with a low voice "And what are we going to do now?" Chris looked over at him and could see the fear and worry in his brothers eyes that has replaced the anger from before.
"I think we should go and get some sleep" Piper finally answered. "Phoebe try to clear your head and then maybe you can remember tomorrow a bit more. And Chris, you also go to bed now, okay?" Chris nodded reluctantly.
"Fine, okay everyone downstairs now" Piper ordered and one after the other they went back to their rooms until there were just she and Chris left.
Piper smiled at him. She had to be strong now. There were still four months left til Chris' birthday and now they also had a clue when exactly it was going to happen. That has to be worth something. "How are you feeling?" she asked her son worriedly.
"Not too bad mom" Chris answered. "Really" he added after a look of disbelief from his mother.
"Chris you don't have to play strong. I mean it's okay to let it go and allow your family to take care of you" Piper told him.
Chris shook his head slightly. "I'm fine mom. And I think you should stop worrying so much."
"You're my son, it's my job to worry" Piper said and was pleased when she saw a smile appear on Chris' face.
What she didn't know was the real reason he was smiling. Chris could clearly remember the day almost two years ago when he had wanted to go back to his own time. It has been before he had known that he was actually dead and at that time they had all believed that they had just saved Wyatt from the Gamemasters. When he and his dad had made the last preperation for his journey Leo had said the same thing Piper had just said and it somehow made him smile every time he heard that words.
"Well I think I should really get some sleep" Chris said and laughed slightly about his mothers stunned face.
"Who would have thought that I could actually bring you to listen to me?" Piper asked jokingly.
"Don't get too used to it" Chris quickly cut in. "Wyatt and I will grey your hair, I promise."
"I already thought so" Piper sighed while she and Chris went downstairs to their rooms.
TBC… (The question number 1: Who was the man in Phoebes premonition? Was it an elder? Or a demon? I promise this story will have a little surprise at the end… Please review!)
