Hey I'm back again, made this chapter a little longer, since I don't know
when I'll get chapter 6 written, due to the whole my-exams-are-getting-
really-close thing!
Dark Fires (you are usually always the first person to review my new chapter lol thanks!), lil-whitelighter111488 (thanks! Don't worry I'm not planing on stopping anytime soon!), xx*an*insomniacs*nightmare*xx (you know you're probably right!), Chrisoriented (yay a new reviewer! Thanks), Pheniox-skye (you wanted more, so here you go...), X3 (thanks, and you'll find out soon!), buffspike (you love it? Wow I smile every time someone says that!), Sci fi fan (thanks), darcy101 (soo glad you like my stories!), Charmed Fan (here's the next part, hope you like it), Kandie-Spirit-Dragon (thanks so much!), Gryffindor620 (I know Piper and Leo are made for each other!! I had fun writing that part!), Feline-Feral (thanks and you'll have to keep reading to find out!), Random insane person (thanks, that's really sweet of you, cos I'm soo nervous about my exams!)
And on with the story...
Chapter 5
Piper was woken when Paige came barrelling down the stairs from the attic demanding why no one had woken her – she obviously hadn't noticed that she was the first one up – then she quickly left the house muttering something about being late.
Piper rolled over and looked at the clock; it read 9.37am.
Piper turned back to Leo, and noticed he was awake.
"Morning. How you feeling?" Piper asked quietly, they were huddled under the covers, facing each other, their heads sharing the same pillow.
"Not great." Leo said, he wasn't looking any better, his eyes had dark circles around them, and he was so pale.
"Do you know what's making you sick?" Piper asked hoping he did so they could fix it.
"No." Leo replied, his voice cracking slightly. His whole body ached, and he felt like he was on fire.
Piper placed her hand on his cheek; it was hot under her touch.
"You've got a temperature too." Piper felt so helpless, she didn't know what to do to make him feel better. But she saw how weak he was and she knew he hadn't eaten in a while. "Honey do you think you could eat something?"
"No." Leo said as he closed his eyes again, then he whispered so quietly Piper nearly didn't hear him at all. "So tired."
Piper kissed him on the forehead. "Go back to sleep." She crawled out of bed, and left to get Wyatt.
Piper was in the kitchen trying to feed Wyatt, trying being the operative word as most of the food was splattered all over the table, when Chris appeared. His clothes were creased and his hair was sticking out in odd places.
"You look a mess." Piper stated as her son sank into the chair beside her.
"Thanks!" He replied mid-yawn.
"Where's Phoebe?"
"She's still asleep." Chris' eyes darted around the room, as if looking for something. "How's Leo?"
"Worse." Piper said sadly as she picked some of the banana she had given to Wyatt out of her hair.
"I checked the book, and there's nothing in it about what's making him sick, or what's causing our little disappearing acts either." Chris said as he rubbed his eyes, trying to keep himself awake which was a difficult task since he had only had about three hours sleep. And of course it didn't help that his hangover had returned in full force.
"Did you vanish again?" Piper asked as she got up to pour herself another cup of coffee.
"Yeah, about five minutes after you." Chris said. "It was weird, cause you were yelling one minute than the next you glowed red, then you were gone."
Piper sighed, it was like a cycle in her life now, she had times when things were almost normal and she was happy, then something demonic came and ruined it.
Phoebe came wandering into the kitchen, looking in a similar state to Chris; a mess.
"Hey." She mumbled as she grabbed the coffee mug out of Piper's hand and gulped down half of it contents, then she gave it back and wandered back out of the kitchen.
"Your welcome!" Piper shouted sarcastically at her sister.
"Gotta go to work, gotta pay the bills!" Phoebe shouted back.
"I gotta go too." Chris said as he rose from his chair.
"Where?"
"The usual." Chris simply stated as he orbed out.
Piper hated it when he did that, she knew what 'the usual' meant, it meant he was following another lead on who was going to turn Wyatt evil. And she was always worried because she knew how much danger he was putting himself in to save his brother.
"Okay honey lets go see how Daddy's doing." Piper said as she put down her mug and picked Wyatt.
When she got to her room she almost dropped Wyatt, as Leo was convulsing on the bed like he was having a seizure or something. Quickly she put Wyatt down, and ran over to her husband.
"Leo? You have to wake up!" Piper shouted as she placed her hands firmly down on his shoulders, pinning him to the bed, but Leo continued to violently shake under her grasp.
Piper didn't know what to do, but then suddenly Leo's body relaxed, and he lay still, his breathing returning to normal.
"Leo?" Piper called trying to wake him up, but there was no reply.
"I can't cope! This is too much!" Piper rambled as she sat down on the bed beside Leo.
Her husband was seriously sick, and she didn't know how to help him, Chris was off demon hunting, she was missing time, and she was worried all of this stress was hurting the baby, remembering what had happened when she was pregnant with Wyatt.
"I'll be right back sweetie!" Piper grabbed Wyatt and rushed downstairs to the phone.
With Wyatt in his playpen, she dialled Phoebe number.
"Hello, this is Phoebe Halliwell."
"You have to get home now!" Piper urged the panic showing in her voice.
"Why? What happened?"
"It's Leo, he had a some kind of seizure, and I don't know what to do."
"Oh my god, I'm on my way!"
"Pheebes can you call Paige too?"
"Yeah, I'll be there as soon as possible." Phoebe said as she hung up, and began to dial Paige's number.
Piper was about to go back up to Leo when the demon shimmered in, he was tall and butch, dressed all in black, and probably could've passed for human if it weren't for the slight greenish tinge to his skin.
"Where is the traitor?" He boomed.
Piper flicked her wrists, intending to blow him up, but all that happened was a small explosion on his chest, burning a hole in his shirt.
"Uh-oh!" Piper attempted to freeze him, but again her power had no effect. Realising she was powerless she screamed at the top of her lungs, "CHRIS!"
Chris orbed in immediately.
"There you are!" The demon sneered as he took two steps towards Chris, grabbing him by the throat and slammed him against the wall.
Quickly regretting calling for Chris, Piper ran over and tried to pull the demon off of her son.
"Let him go!" But the demon only squeezed tighter, as Chris struggled under his captor's grasp, trying desperately to breathe, he couldn't even orb.
"Don't hurt him!" Piper shrieked at the demon.
In two swift movements the demon let go of Chris, letting him tumble to the floor, he backhanded Piper sending her skidding across the floor, then turned back to Chris.
"Blow him up." Chris said through laboured breaths.
"I can't, he's too strong, he won't freeze either!" Piper said as she tried to get to her feet.
The demon smirked, then grabbed Chris by the collar of his shirt, pulling him to his feet.
"You should never have betrayed me."
He punched Chris in the stomach, causing him to double over in pain, then he threw him across the room, where he crashed into the wall.
"Chris?" Piper cried in alarm but before she could take two steps the demon shimmered out and then back in directly in front of her.
"Don't!" He advised, with that he pushed Piper backward, where she crashed into the playpen. Wyatt tumbled out of the playpen and began to cry.
"Leave her out of this!" Chris shouted.
Piper grabbed hold of Wyatt, and before another word could be said, Wyatt orbed himself and his mother out of danger.
"Alone at last." The demon took Chris by the throat again.
"He's a powerful kid, but is his worth your life?" Chris just glared at the demon, struggling to get free.
The demon smirked, then threw Chris with all the force he could muster. Chris went flying through the sun room windows, landing painfully on the grass outside. The shattered glass rained down on him, leaving small cuts all over his body, but the worst was the large shard of glass that was sticking out of his neck.
The demon stepped up to the window and looked down at Chris, he let out a small laugh then shimmered out.
"Chris?" Piper came running down the stairs – Wyatt had orbed them up to Leo – as fast as she could, which was difficult considering how pregnant she was.
Seeing the broken window, she rushed over.
"Oh my god CHRIS!" She shrieked when she saw him but before she could get to him she glowed red and disappeared, leaving Chris alone and bleeding.
Chris spat out a wad of blood, then called to the only person he knew who could help him now.
"Leo?" But he didn't come; he was still unconscious upstairs.
"Dad?" Chris called, but it was barely above a whisper as the darkness took over him.
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Hope you liked this one, I actually found the beginning of this chapter hard to write, so if it doesn't really flow, that would be why! Ok people I need your help, I have a new character coming in the next chapter but I don't know what to call her, so any hints on some good girls names would be a big help! Thanks! Hyde school reunion was such a sweet episode...and I'm looking forward to seeing Spin city (3 days) even though I'm arachnophobic (I think that's how you spell it!) and will probably be hiding during the spider bits! lol...anyway gotta go so bye!
Dark Fires (you are usually always the first person to review my new chapter lol thanks!), lil-whitelighter111488 (thanks! Don't worry I'm not planing on stopping anytime soon!), xx*an*insomniacs*nightmare*xx (you know you're probably right!), Chrisoriented (yay a new reviewer! Thanks), Pheniox-skye (you wanted more, so here you go...), X3 (thanks, and you'll find out soon!), buffspike (you love it? Wow I smile every time someone says that!), Sci fi fan (thanks), darcy101 (soo glad you like my stories!), Charmed Fan (here's the next part, hope you like it), Kandie-Spirit-Dragon (thanks so much!), Gryffindor620 (I know Piper and Leo are made for each other!! I had fun writing that part!), Feline-Feral (thanks and you'll have to keep reading to find out!), Random insane person (thanks, that's really sweet of you, cos I'm soo nervous about my exams!)
And on with the story...
Chapter 5
Piper was woken when Paige came barrelling down the stairs from the attic demanding why no one had woken her – she obviously hadn't noticed that she was the first one up – then she quickly left the house muttering something about being late.
Piper rolled over and looked at the clock; it read 9.37am.
Piper turned back to Leo, and noticed he was awake.
"Morning. How you feeling?" Piper asked quietly, they were huddled under the covers, facing each other, their heads sharing the same pillow.
"Not great." Leo said, he wasn't looking any better, his eyes had dark circles around them, and he was so pale.
"Do you know what's making you sick?" Piper asked hoping he did so they could fix it.
"No." Leo replied, his voice cracking slightly. His whole body ached, and he felt like he was on fire.
Piper placed her hand on his cheek; it was hot under her touch.
"You've got a temperature too." Piper felt so helpless, she didn't know what to do to make him feel better. But she saw how weak he was and she knew he hadn't eaten in a while. "Honey do you think you could eat something?"
"No." Leo said as he closed his eyes again, then he whispered so quietly Piper nearly didn't hear him at all. "So tired."
Piper kissed him on the forehead. "Go back to sleep." She crawled out of bed, and left to get Wyatt.
Piper was in the kitchen trying to feed Wyatt, trying being the operative word as most of the food was splattered all over the table, when Chris appeared. His clothes were creased and his hair was sticking out in odd places.
"You look a mess." Piper stated as her son sank into the chair beside her.
"Thanks!" He replied mid-yawn.
"Where's Phoebe?"
"She's still asleep." Chris' eyes darted around the room, as if looking for something. "How's Leo?"
"Worse." Piper said sadly as she picked some of the banana she had given to Wyatt out of her hair.
"I checked the book, and there's nothing in it about what's making him sick, or what's causing our little disappearing acts either." Chris said as he rubbed his eyes, trying to keep himself awake which was a difficult task since he had only had about three hours sleep. And of course it didn't help that his hangover had returned in full force.
"Did you vanish again?" Piper asked as she got up to pour herself another cup of coffee.
"Yeah, about five minutes after you." Chris said. "It was weird, cause you were yelling one minute than the next you glowed red, then you were gone."
Piper sighed, it was like a cycle in her life now, she had times when things were almost normal and she was happy, then something demonic came and ruined it.
Phoebe came wandering into the kitchen, looking in a similar state to Chris; a mess.
"Hey." She mumbled as she grabbed the coffee mug out of Piper's hand and gulped down half of it contents, then she gave it back and wandered back out of the kitchen.
"Your welcome!" Piper shouted sarcastically at her sister.
"Gotta go to work, gotta pay the bills!" Phoebe shouted back.
"I gotta go too." Chris said as he rose from his chair.
"Where?"
"The usual." Chris simply stated as he orbed out.
Piper hated it when he did that, she knew what 'the usual' meant, it meant he was following another lead on who was going to turn Wyatt evil. And she was always worried because she knew how much danger he was putting himself in to save his brother.
"Okay honey lets go see how Daddy's doing." Piper said as she put down her mug and picked Wyatt.
When she got to her room she almost dropped Wyatt, as Leo was convulsing on the bed like he was having a seizure or something. Quickly she put Wyatt down, and ran over to her husband.
"Leo? You have to wake up!" Piper shouted as she placed her hands firmly down on his shoulders, pinning him to the bed, but Leo continued to violently shake under her grasp.
Piper didn't know what to do, but then suddenly Leo's body relaxed, and he lay still, his breathing returning to normal.
"Leo?" Piper called trying to wake him up, but there was no reply.
"I can't cope! This is too much!" Piper rambled as she sat down on the bed beside Leo.
Her husband was seriously sick, and she didn't know how to help him, Chris was off demon hunting, she was missing time, and she was worried all of this stress was hurting the baby, remembering what had happened when she was pregnant with Wyatt.
"I'll be right back sweetie!" Piper grabbed Wyatt and rushed downstairs to the phone.
With Wyatt in his playpen, she dialled Phoebe number.
"Hello, this is Phoebe Halliwell."
"You have to get home now!" Piper urged the panic showing in her voice.
"Why? What happened?"
"It's Leo, he had a some kind of seizure, and I don't know what to do."
"Oh my god, I'm on my way!"
"Pheebes can you call Paige too?"
"Yeah, I'll be there as soon as possible." Phoebe said as she hung up, and began to dial Paige's number.
Piper was about to go back up to Leo when the demon shimmered in, he was tall and butch, dressed all in black, and probably could've passed for human if it weren't for the slight greenish tinge to his skin.
"Where is the traitor?" He boomed.
Piper flicked her wrists, intending to blow him up, but all that happened was a small explosion on his chest, burning a hole in his shirt.
"Uh-oh!" Piper attempted to freeze him, but again her power had no effect. Realising she was powerless she screamed at the top of her lungs, "CHRIS!"
Chris orbed in immediately.
"There you are!" The demon sneered as he took two steps towards Chris, grabbing him by the throat and slammed him against the wall.
Quickly regretting calling for Chris, Piper ran over and tried to pull the demon off of her son.
"Let him go!" But the demon only squeezed tighter, as Chris struggled under his captor's grasp, trying desperately to breathe, he couldn't even orb.
"Don't hurt him!" Piper shrieked at the demon.
In two swift movements the demon let go of Chris, letting him tumble to the floor, he backhanded Piper sending her skidding across the floor, then turned back to Chris.
"Blow him up." Chris said through laboured breaths.
"I can't, he's too strong, he won't freeze either!" Piper said as she tried to get to her feet.
The demon smirked, then grabbed Chris by the collar of his shirt, pulling him to his feet.
"You should never have betrayed me."
He punched Chris in the stomach, causing him to double over in pain, then he threw him across the room, where he crashed into the wall.
"Chris?" Piper cried in alarm but before she could take two steps the demon shimmered out and then back in directly in front of her.
"Don't!" He advised, with that he pushed Piper backward, where she crashed into the playpen. Wyatt tumbled out of the playpen and began to cry.
"Leave her out of this!" Chris shouted.
Piper grabbed hold of Wyatt, and before another word could be said, Wyatt orbed himself and his mother out of danger.
"Alone at last." The demon took Chris by the throat again.
"He's a powerful kid, but is his worth your life?" Chris just glared at the demon, struggling to get free.
The demon smirked, then threw Chris with all the force he could muster. Chris went flying through the sun room windows, landing painfully on the grass outside. The shattered glass rained down on him, leaving small cuts all over his body, but the worst was the large shard of glass that was sticking out of his neck.
The demon stepped up to the window and looked down at Chris, he let out a small laugh then shimmered out.
"Chris?" Piper came running down the stairs – Wyatt had orbed them up to Leo – as fast as she could, which was difficult considering how pregnant she was.
Seeing the broken window, she rushed over.
"Oh my god CHRIS!" She shrieked when she saw him but before she could get to him she glowed red and disappeared, leaving Chris alone and bleeding.
Chris spat out a wad of blood, then called to the only person he knew who could help him now.
"Leo?" But he didn't come; he was still unconscious upstairs.
"Dad?" Chris called, but it was barely above a whisper as the darkness took over him.
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Hope you liked this one, I actually found the beginning of this chapter hard to write, so if it doesn't really flow, that would be why! Ok people I need your help, I have a new character coming in the next chapter but I don't know what to call her, so any hints on some good girls names would be a big help! Thanks! Hyde school reunion was such a sweet episode...and I'm looking forward to seeing Spin city (3 days) even though I'm arachnophobic (I think that's how you spell it!) and will probably be hiding during the spider bits! lol...anyway gotta go so bye!