Hello again, wow I got so many reviews, I love you all and all those who read this too!
lil-whitelighter111488 (thanks for your review and the reassurance!)
anonymous-unknown (wow I don't think I've made anyone nuts before...anyway here's my update, hope you like!)
Gryffindor620 (thanks...but I don't get what you meant 'at least Leo was there'? I'm a bit slow sometimes sorry!)
Feline-Feral (I know I'm evil...but it's soo fun!)
Dark Fires (wow loved it? Those two words always make my day!)
Jessica San Martin (sorry to make you crazy...hope this is soon enough for you!)
AJS (thanks so much...hope you enjoy this one, it's a little longer too!)
Kandie-Spirit-Dragon (you're very welcome, thanks for reading!)
Exploded Pen (thanks, yeah I have no clue to how things in the USA work, which can be hard when you're writing fic's like this!)
X3 (thanks, yeah I think our service give advice too, but I have never been in a situation where I had to call 999 – our version of your 911 call!)
jZzRgRl13 (wow I love it when people put me on their favourites list...makes writing feel worthwhile when you know people like it!)
buffspike (Hope you enjoy this...thanks for reviewing!)
Aldrea7 (thanks and yeah I totally agree with you, you may have noticed I mentioned something about it in my first chapter!)
Khayla (hehe yeah well you' have to read on to see if I have killed Chris or not! I'm evil I know! Thanks)
Xxaninsomniacsnightmarexx (thanks and not that I'm not flattered or anything but why 'british people rock', I'm sure we don't all rock...sorry thanks it's always a boasted when I get told I rock, which isn't that often by the way!)
Pheniox-skye (Thanks for reviewing and it would be no fun if I told you so you'll have to read on to see if I killed Chris or not!!)
Random insane person (I'm good at suspense? YAY I wanted to get suspense in this story but it's really hard to get right sometimes, so I'm glad at least one person thinks I got it! Thanks!)
Sorry this chapter kinda jumps around a bit...anyway on with the story...
Chapter 7
"Chris?" Piper called desperately for the fifth time, hoping he would appear; but he didn't.
"Piper, you have to tell us what happened!" Phoebe said grabbing her sister by the arms and looking her straight in the eye, hoping to calm her down enough so they could figure out how to find Chris.
Piper looked back at her sister and took a deep breath. She wiped her tear stained cheeks, god she hated hormones, they made everything she felt ten times stronger. She sank into a chair and began to tell her sisters what had happened.
Meanwhile in the ambulance...
The ambulance - sirens wailing - was flying down the road towards County Hospital at top speed. In the back Chris' weakened form still refused to breathe, while the paramedic continue CPR.
"One, two, three, four, five..."
Meanwhile in the attic...
Paige and Phoebe where looking through the Book of Shadows, trying to find the demon who had attacked Chris, while Piper was scrying for him, Wyatt at her feet.
"Wait, that's definitely the demon in my premonition." Phoebe said as Paige stopped flicking the pages.
"Scavenger Demons." Paige began to read the page. "These demons scavenge the underworld gathering information on different demons and their plans, then sell this information to the highest bidder. They have no powers of their own, but they are resistant to witches magic."
"Why would one be after Chris?" Phoebe asked slightly confused.
"Well he's been going undercover for weeks trying to find out who's going to turn Wyatt, it makes sense he'd use these scavenger demons to get information."
Piper let out a frustrated sigh. "It keeps saying that Chris is here, at the manor!"
"But we checked everywhere, he's not...oh wait...I guess he technically is." Phoebe said pointing to Piper's stomach, as she sat down beside her.
"Great! Now what?" Paige asked, but her sisters had no answer.
"Maybe he just disappeared again?" Phoebe suggested.
"But what if he didn't, and we sit waiting for him to reappear and he's out there somewhere dying for all we know!" Piper was starting to get hysterical again.
"You know what! Screw personal gain and screw the consequences!" Phoebe cried, jumping up from her seat as if to emphasise her point.
"Why? What're you going to do?"
"I'm going to heal Leo, then he can find Chris and heal him! Now is that a plan or what!?!"
"It's the only one we've got."
Meanwhile at the hospital...
The doctors were still working on Chris.
Chris felt light as if he was floating, and all of his pain seemed to wash away. He started to rise from his body.
"Oh no, this is not good!" Chris said, panicking as he looked down at his body lying on the bed.
"Charge the paddles!" A doctor ordered one of the nurses.
"Clear!"
Chris' body jerked, but then lay still once again. That's when something occurred to him.
"Why am I not moving on?" He asked himself, his spirit was rooted firmly to the floor. Did he have unfinished business?
Then suddenly everything around him froze.
"Mom?" He called out, hoping his family had come for him, that he was going to be ok.
"Sorry to disappoint you, junior." Came a voice from behind him, turning around Chris came face to face with the figure from the shadows.
"You?" Chris asked in disbelief.
"Yeah me! Now if you don't mind." The figure said as he held out a small wooden vial. Before Chris could object his essence was sucked into the vial. He closed the lid, and gently placed the vial in his shirt pocket. He then disappeared in a puff of green smoke and the scene unfroze.
"Clear!" The doctor called again.
Chris' body jerked again as the current spread through his body kick starting his heart.
"I've got a pulse."
Meanwhile in the manor...
The sisters were still in the attic when the phone rang.
"I'll get it." Piper said, she had to do something to keep busy, just sitting around waiting for Phoebe to write the healing spell was giving her too much time to panic.
"Hello?" Piper asked as she picked up the phone.
"Hi, I'm Casie, I live next door, and well I'm at the hospital."
"Right." Piper said completely confused as to why this Casie was calling her.
"I'm here with...Chris." Casie said hoping she had got his name right.
"Oh my god! Is he ok?"
"He's stable..." Before she could finish Piper cut her off.
"I'm on my way!" Then Piper hung up and rushed back up to the attic.
"Who was it?" Paige asked.
"Chris is at the hospital, I gotta go, so finish the spell, get Leo and meet me there!" Piper didn't even wait for a reply, she turned and rushed back downstairs, grabbing her car keys as she ran out the door.
Piper got to the hospital as fast as the speed limit would allow her. But on the way over she realised she had no idea who this Casie was. She knew someone new had moved in a while back, but she had never met them, she had no idea what she looked like.
As soon as Piper got to the ER, Casie luckily spotted her.
"Hi, I'm Casie!" She said.
"Piper. Where's Chris?" Piper didn't mean to be rude but she was desperate to find her son. Right then the doctor came over.
"Hello I'm Dr. Harris." Casie realised she should probably go now Chris had family here.
"Err...I'm going to go get something to eat."
"Yeah, thanks." Piper then turned to the doctor. "Sorry, I'm Piper Halliwell, Chris is my son."
Piper had blurted it out before she realised it. The doctor looked at her strangely, the main reason being that Piper looked about thirty, so how could she possibly be the mother of the twenty-something year old male that had just be admitted.
"He's adopted!" Piper hoped he bought it, which he apparently did as he continued.
"Chris had lost a lot of blood, but we managed to stabilise him, but we had to put him on a machine to help him breathe."
"Oh god!" Piper tried to let it sink in. "Can I see him?"
"Yes of course." Dr. Harris said as he guided her to one of the rooms. "He has a number of small cuts and bruises, but he also has a large laceration on his back and neck, neither effected any major organs or arteries, so we just stitched him up. We checked for internal bleeding but he seems ok, it's just a matter of waiting for him to wake up."
"Thank you doctor." Piper replied as she opened the room of the small room and stepped inside.
Her heart broke when she saw him lying there, he looked so helpless. He had so many wires, ones connecting him to the machine that his steady heartbeat was flashing across, he had a drip trying to bring his blood count back up to normal. But what shocked her the most was the tube down his throat helping him breath.
Piper sat down in the chair beside the bed, and gently stroked his hair.
"It's ok baby, I'm here now!" She whispered softly as her eyes clouded up with tears. Although Piper was worried about Leo too, and she loved him with all her heart, her children came first
"Don't worry, your dads on his way, you're going to be fine!"
Meanwhile at the manor...
Paige, with Wyatt in her arms and Phoebe were all in Piper's room looking down at the frail form of Leo. They began to chant Phoebe's spell.
"From unknown origin this sickness came, But now from his body leave, Heal this warrior, So the greater good we can achieve."
"Warrior?" Paige questioned sceptically as she raised an eyebrow, Phoebe just shrugged in response.
A light of brilliant white began to spread out from Leo, until it was blinding and they had to shield their eyes. When the light faded they found themselves looking at two Leos.
"Uh-oh."
One of the two Leos was still unconscious on the bed, the other seemed fine, he looked to Phoebe confusion written all over his face.
"Err...what's going on?"
"Well you were really sick and so was Chris..."
"Chris?" Leo asked in a worried tone.
"Yeah so I wrote a healing spell, but it must have backfired cause you're healed..." Phoebe then pointed to the other Leo. "But he obviously not."
"What the hell kinda spell was that anyway? No wonder it backfired!" Paige said.
"It's was the best I could do at short notice and under pressure!" Phoebe shot back.
"What about Chris?" Leo asked again.
"Yeah your right, we'll deal with the Leos later, lets go!" Paige said before orbing out with Wyatt still in her arms.
Phoebe grabbed the healthy Leo's arm. "Hospital please!"
"Hospital?" Leo echoed as they both disappeared in a swirl of bright light.
Meanwhile at the hospital...
"Oh my god!" Phoebe squealed as she saw Chris, alerting Piper to their presence.
"Good, you're here, heal him quickly!"
Leo rushed over and placed his hands over Chris to heal him but nothing happened.
"What's wrong?"
"He's gone..."
"Gone, what do you mean gone?" Piper demanded.
"Well he's here..." Leo gestured to Chris' body. "But he's not there, there's no Chris inside him."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"Exactly what I'm saying, that's Chris but his soul isn't there!"
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Ok another chapter done...I know there wasn't very much Casie in this chapter but there's more of her coming up! Thanks for reading and please please review, it'll only take a minute and you'll make my happy for hours!!
lil-whitelighter111488 (thanks for your review and the reassurance!)
anonymous-unknown (wow I don't think I've made anyone nuts before...anyway here's my update, hope you like!)
Gryffindor620 (thanks...but I don't get what you meant 'at least Leo was there'? I'm a bit slow sometimes sorry!)
Feline-Feral (I know I'm evil...but it's soo fun!)
Dark Fires (wow loved it? Those two words always make my day!)
Jessica San Martin (sorry to make you crazy...hope this is soon enough for you!)
AJS (thanks so much...hope you enjoy this one, it's a little longer too!)
Kandie-Spirit-Dragon (you're very welcome, thanks for reading!)
Exploded Pen (thanks, yeah I have no clue to how things in the USA work, which can be hard when you're writing fic's like this!)
X3 (thanks, yeah I think our service give advice too, but I have never been in a situation where I had to call 999 – our version of your 911 call!)
jZzRgRl13 (wow I love it when people put me on their favourites list...makes writing feel worthwhile when you know people like it!)
buffspike (Hope you enjoy this...thanks for reviewing!)
Aldrea7 (thanks and yeah I totally agree with you, you may have noticed I mentioned something about it in my first chapter!)
Khayla (hehe yeah well you' have to read on to see if I have killed Chris or not! I'm evil I know! Thanks)
Xxaninsomniacsnightmarexx (thanks and not that I'm not flattered or anything but why 'british people rock', I'm sure we don't all rock...sorry thanks it's always a boasted when I get told I rock, which isn't that often by the way!)
Pheniox-skye (Thanks for reviewing and it would be no fun if I told you so you'll have to read on to see if I killed Chris or not!!)
Random insane person (I'm good at suspense? YAY I wanted to get suspense in this story but it's really hard to get right sometimes, so I'm glad at least one person thinks I got it! Thanks!)
Sorry this chapter kinda jumps around a bit...anyway on with the story...
Chapter 7
"Chris?" Piper called desperately for the fifth time, hoping he would appear; but he didn't.
"Piper, you have to tell us what happened!" Phoebe said grabbing her sister by the arms and looking her straight in the eye, hoping to calm her down enough so they could figure out how to find Chris.
Piper looked back at her sister and took a deep breath. She wiped her tear stained cheeks, god she hated hormones, they made everything she felt ten times stronger. She sank into a chair and began to tell her sisters what had happened.
Meanwhile in the ambulance...
The ambulance - sirens wailing - was flying down the road towards County Hospital at top speed. In the back Chris' weakened form still refused to breathe, while the paramedic continue CPR.
"One, two, three, four, five..."
Meanwhile in the attic...
Paige and Phoebe where looking through the Book of Shadows, trying to find the demon who had attacked Chris, while Piper was scrying for him, Wyatt at her feet.
"Wait, that's definitely the demon in my premonition." Phoebe said as Paige stopped flicking the pages.
"Scavenger Demons." Paige began to read the page. "These demons scavenge the underworld gathering information on different demons and their plans, then sell this information to the highest bidder. They have no powers of their own, but they are resistant to witches magic."
"Why would one be after Chris?" Phoebe asked slightly confused.
"Well he's been going undercover for weeks trying to find out who's going to turn Wyatt, it makes sense he'd use these scavenger demons to get information."
Piper let out a frustrated sigh. "It keeps saying that Chris is here, at the manor!"
"But we checked everywhere, he's not...oh wait...I guess he technically is." Phoebe said pointing to Piper's stomach, as she sat down beside her.
"Great! Now what?" Paige asked, but her sisters had no answer.
"Maybe he just disappeared again?" Phoebe suggested.
"But what if he didn't, and we sit waiting for him to reappear and he's out there somewhere dying for all we know!" Piper was starting to get hysterical again.
"You know what! Screw personal gain and screw the consequences!" Phoebe cried, jumping up from her seat as if to emphasise her point.
"Why? What're you going to do?"
"I'm going to heal Leo, then he can find Chris and heal him! Now is that a plan or what!?!"
"It's the only one we've got."
Meanwhile at the hospital...
The doctors were still working on Chris.
Chris felt light as if he was floating, and all of his pain seemed to wash away. He started to rise from his body.
"Oh no, this is not good!" Chris said, panicking as he looked down at his body lying on the bed.
"Charge the paddles!" A doctor ordered one of the nurses.
"Clear!"
Chris' body jerked, but then lay still once again. That's when something occurred to him.
"Why am I not moving on?" He asked himself, his spirit was rooted firmly to the floor. Did he have unfinished business?
Then suddenly everything around him froze.
"Mom?" He called out, hoping his family had come for him, that he was going to be ok.
"Sorry to disappoint you, junior." Came a voice from behind him, turning around Chris came face to face with the figure from the shadows.
"You?" Chris asked in disbelief.
"Yeah me! Now if you don't mind." The figure said as he held out a small wooden vial. Before Chris could object his essence was sucked into the vial. He closed the lid, and gently placed the vial in his shirt pocket. He then disappeared in a puff of green smoke and the scene unfroze.
"Clear!" The doctor called again.
Chris' body jerked again as the current spread through his body kick starting his heart.
"I've got a pulse."
Meanwhile in the manor...
The sisters were still in the attic when the phone rang.
"I'll get it." Piper said, she had to do something to keep busy, just sitting around waiting for Phoebe to write the healing spell was giving her too much time to panic.
"Hello?" Piper asked as she picked up the phone.
"Hi, I'm Casie, I live next door, and well I'm at the hospital."
"Right." Piper said completely confused as to why this Casie was calling her.
"I'm here with...Chris." Casie said hoping she had got his name right.
"Oh my god! Is he ok?"
"He's stable..." Before she could finish Piper cut her off.
"I'm on my way!" Then Piper hung up and rushed back up to the attic.
"Who was it?" Paige asked.
"Chris is at the hospital, I gotta go, so finish the spell, get Leo and meet me there!" Piper didn't even wait for a reply, she turned and rushed back downstairs, grabbing her car keys as she ran out the door.
Piper got to the hospital as fast as the speed limit would allow her. But on the way over she realised she had no idea who this Casie was. She knew someone new had moved in a while back, but she had never met them, she had no idea what she looked like.
As soon as Piper got to the ER, Casie luckily spotted her.
"Hi, I'm Casie!" She said.
"Piper. Where's Chris?" Piper didn't mean to be rude but she was desperate to find her son. Right then the doctor came over.
"Hello I'm Dr. Harris." Casie realised she should probably go now Chris had family here.
"Err...I'm going to go get something to eat."
"Yeah, thanks." Piper then turned to the doctor. "Sorry, I'm Piper Halliwell, Chris is my son."
Piper had blurted it out before she realised it. The doctor looked at her strangely, the main reason being that Piper looked about thirty, so how could she possibly be the mother of the twenty-something year old male that had just be admitted.
"He's adopted!" Piper hoped he bought it, which he apparently did as he continued.
"Chris had lost a lot of blood, but we managed to stabilise him, but we had to put him on a machine to help him breathe."
"Oh god!" Piper tried to let it sink in. "Can I see him?"
"Yes of course." Dr. Harris said as he guided her to one of the rooms. "He has a number of small cuts and bruises, but he also has a large laceration on his back and neck, neither effected any major organs or arteries, so we just stitched him up. We checked for internal bleeding but he seems ok, it's just a matter of waiting for him to wake up."
"Thank you doctor." Piper replied as she opened the room of the small room and stepped inside.
Her heart broke when she saw him lying there, he looked so helpless. He had so many wires, ones connecting him to the machine that his steady heartbeat was flashing across, he had a drip trying to bring his blood count back up to normal. But what shocked her the most was the tube down his throat helping him breath.
Piper sat down in the chair beside the bed, and gently stroked his hair.
"It's ok baby, I'm here now!" She whispered softly as her eyes clouded up with tears. Although Piper was worried about Leo too, and she loved him with all her heart, her children came first
"Don't worry, your dads on his way, you're going to be fine!"
Meanwhile at the manor...
Paige, with Wyatt in her arms and Phoebe were all in Piper's room looking down at the frail form of Leo. They began to chant Phoebe's spell.
"From unknown origin this sickness came, But now from his body leave, Heal this warrior, So the greater good we can achieve."
"Warrior?" Paige questioned sceptically as she raised an eyebrow, Phoebe just shrugged in response.
A light of brilliant white began to spread out from Leo, until it was blinding and they had to shield their eyes. When the light faded they found themselves looking at two Leos.
"Uh-oh."
One of the two Leos was still unconscious on the bed, the other seemed fine, he looked to Phoebe confusion written all over his face.
"Err...what's going on?"
"Well you were really sick and so was Chris..."
"Chris?" Leo asked in a worried tone.
"Yeah so I wrote a healing spell, but it must have backfired cause you're healed..." Phoebe then pointed to the other Leo. "But he obviously not."
"What the hell kinda spell was that anyway? No wonder it backfired!" Paige said.
"It's was the best I could do at short notice and under pressure!" Phoebe shot back.
"What about Chris?" Leo asked again.
"Yeah your right, we'll deal with the Leos later, lets go!" Paige said before orbing out with Wyatt still in her arms.
Phoebe grabbed the healthy Leo's arm. "Hospital please!"
"Hospital?" Leo echoed as they both disappeared in a swirl of bright light.
Meanwhile at the hospital...
"Oh my god!" Phoebe squealed as she saw Chris, alerting Piper to their presence.
"Good, you're here, heal him quickly!"
Leo rushed over and placed his hands over Chris to heal him but nothing happened.
"What's wrong?"
"He's gone..."
"Gone, what do you mean gone?" Piper demanded.
"Well he's here..." Leo gestured to Chris' body. "But he's not there, there's no Chris inside him."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"Exactly what I'm saying, that's Chris but his soul isn't there!"
............
Ok another chapter done...I know there wasn't very much Casie in this chapter but there's more of her coming up! Thanks for reading and please please review, it'll only take a minute and you'll make my happy for hours!!