He did it for me
Chapter 2
By: teal-lover
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Being twice blessed, Wyatt thought that nothing could ever hurt him. It's devastating to find out how wrong you can be. Takes place in the future that Chris changed.
Chris just turned 19, and Wyatt is three months shy of his 21st birthday.
Disclaimer in chapter 1
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Piper sat back in the family room of one of her closest friend's house. Sipping on a cup of exotic tea, her hands started to shake.
Sheila reached over concerned and steadied her friend's hand, "What's wrong, dear? Are you ok?"
Piper stared into the brown eyes nervously, "I'm just not feeling well all of sudden. I just have this strange, queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach."
Sheila pointed to the heavy rain pounding the outside of the windows, "Well maybe you're just feeling the weather? It is a bit unnerving since we don't really get storms like this in San Francisco."
Piper laughed, "Tell me about it. The last one I can remember this bad was when I became a goddess. And I caused it." She picked up her cup again and tried to focus on the movie.
Moments later, she put her cup down again, as the feeling intensified. "I'm sorry," as she stood up, "I'm really enjoying this little girls night out, but I just can't shake this feeling that something is wrong. And I don't think I'll be able to concentrate on the movie until I go home and make sure everything is ok."
Sheila stood up with her and grabbed her jacket, "Well then why don't I come with you? I'm sure everything is fine, but you're instincts have never let you down before, so let's just be on the safe side."
Piper smiled gratefully, "Thanks. You know it's probably nothing. I probably just left the stove on or something stupid like that. We'll be back here to finish the movie in a few minutes and then I'm going to feel really stupid."
Sheila smiled at her friend and swung open the front door only to be startled backward. Her breath caught in her throat as she took in her oldest godson's appearance.
He was standing on the porch with his hands to his sides, soaking wet from the rain. The fact that he was drenched so thoroughly told her that he had walked instead of orbing, and had most likely been standing outside for a lengthy amount of time. He was shivering under the onslaught as water dripped from every tendril of hair on his head, down his face and into his eyes. But it was his eyes that told her that her friend was correct to be worried. His eyes that were normally so vibrant and mischievous, held nothing but an empty and lost stare.
Sheila reached for him, but Piper sidestepped her and grabbed his face in her hands.
The brown haired witch was shaking with fear nearly as bad as her son, "Wy?"
Wyatt whispered as she stared into his eyes and uttered as much as his voice would allow, "Dad--home…"
Piper dropped her hands and covered her mouth. She knew from his reaction that whatever had happened was bad. He didn't quite look like he was all there, and certainly didn't look like he could take her home. Trying to be strong, she had the presence of mind to ask her friend to look her oldest child as she took off in a dead run toward her house.
Piper's heart was pounding and her legs were shaking so badly, that combined with slippery rain she lost her balance. Landing in the puddle only made her want to loose it further. She wiped the wet strands of dark hair from her eyes as she forced herself to stand. Glancing down the street, the Manor was only a few hundred feet away. 'I can do this', she kept repeating to herself.
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Meanwhile in Hong Kong, Phoebe was frantically trying to reach her family. She tapped her fingers impatiently as she listened, "Damn it, pickup the phone!"
She glared at it and slammed the offending object down angrily as her husband wrapped his arms around her to calm her.
"Honey, what's wrong?"
Phoebe shook him off and paced the floor as she replied, "I had a premonition. Chris is in trouble. And Leo. And Wyatt. And Paige. Aren't answering my calls," her voice got louder, "and DAMNIT EVEN PIPER WON'T ANSWER THE PHONE!"
Jason walked closer and grabbed her arms, "Honey, calm down. I'll go charter the jet right now."
Phoebe was starting to get hysterical, "But it'll take too long. It'll be too late. Damn it, they promised me that if I moved here--they would always come right away when I called! What good is it having four whitelighters in the family if you can't reach them in an emergency!"
Jason tried again, "Phoebs, it'll be ok."
Phoebe yelled again, "IT'S NOT OK", looking up at the ceiling, she tried to call for her family, "PAIGE!!! LEO!!! CHRIS!!! WYATT!!! Somebody answer me! Please!"
Paige orbed in wearing only a towel, "What's wrong?"
Phoebe crossed the room quickly, "Why didn't you answer me?"
Paige held the towel with one hand while she reached for her sister with the other, "Sorry, I was in the shower. What's wrong?"
Phoebe ignored the question as she commanded, "Manor! Now!!"
Needing no further prompting, Paige orbed her sister to their former residence.
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As soon as Piper reached the steps, she barely even noticed the front door that Wyatt had apparently left open. Barging through, she began frantically calling her husband as she took the steps two at a time, "LEO! LEO!!"
Upstairs, Leo had heard his wife screaming his name and knew he had only seconds to prepare for her reaction. He looked up when he heard her soft moans of denial gradually get louder.
Piper thought she felt her heart stop when she entered the room. Her husband leaned up against the wall holding her baby boy up against his chest. His longish dark hair nearly covering the deep red coloring that spread from his chest. "No. Not again. NOOOO!"
She glided over to them quickly as she reached for her son. Leo shifted and allowed her the small bit of comfort to hold him.
"Leo, heal him!" she ordered.
Leo shook his head sadly, "I can't. He's gone Piper."
Piper pulled her son closer as she stroked his cheek. The coldness she felt told her it had been too long, but she still refused to believe it. She turned a hardened tear-filled stare to her husband, "I said HEAL HIM!"
Leo understood her grief, but felt his own and shouted back, "I CAN'T PIPER! I CAN NOT HEAL THE DEAD! I tried, but I--" his voice trailed off as the orbs formed a few feet away.
Before fully materializing, Phoebe started to speak, "Chris is in dang--" She trailed off and cautiously approached the distraught parents, "Oh no. This isn't happening…I had a premonition--this wasn't supposed to happen…"
Paige remained motionless in the center of the room as she cried silently. The scene before her too eerily familiar to be happening again, which was almost an exact replica of a scene she had tried to forget for the past 19 years. It wasn't fair. Was he always destined to die at a young age? She called out to her family, "This isn't right. Not after everything he's done for the world. We have to fix this. We are gonna' fix this, right guys?"
Tbc…
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