Chapter 16: A Different Paige

A/N: Hi! I'm back. Well… I hope you like this chapter. Thanks all you nice reviewers. I'm trying to make this chapter longer, but I'm not very good at long things. On with the show!

Both Pipers were no longer arguing. Quite the contrary, they were now equally as determined to save their sister. Past Piper still had some questions for her future counterpart. She had seen that Piper's worst memory, she had seen her sisters and some unknown man die. She still didn't know of the context. She had only seen that one memory. She knew nothing else of what this future version of herself was hiding.

Future Piper wasn't divulging anything else. She had gotten her past self on her side. That was all she needed. Together the two Pipers had managed to convince Leo to orb them and Phoebe to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge. Past Piper didn't know how Chris would help them, but she would do anything to stop the memory she had just witnessed. They were about to leave when Paige orbed into the center of the attic.

"Paige!" both Pipers shouted in unison. Paige did a double take when she saw both Pipers. She looked at them both for a moment, confused. She totally ignored Phoebe and Leo. "Huh?" she asked. Phoebe answered her best that she could.

"Well basically, cliff notes version, the older looking Piper is from the future, about 3 years. She's here to fix something. She won't tell us what, but she showed our Piper", Phoebe said. Paige blinked twice, hard.

"Oh", she replied softly.

Future Piper was grateful at her youngest sister's instant acceptance, but she really did have to get going. "Paige", future Piper said quickly, "we need to orb to the Golden Gate Bridge to get Chris. He can help us. We'll be back soon." Leo, Phoebe, and the Pipers prepared to orb away, but Paige raised a hand to stop them.

"Wait", Paige said, "future girl. Stop. I'm a bit curious about some things."

Future Piper stopped dead. She knew what it was like to wonder what the future had in store. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't even bring herself to think about what Paige's future had in store. Her baby, her death…it was all too painful. She would change it. She had to. If she didn't, she would have no future to go back to. "Honey, you know I can't tell you anything…" Piper began.

Paige gave her a pouting look that clearly said that she still wanted to know. "Am I married? Do I have kids? Do I have a job?" asked Paige excitedly. Out of her sisters, she was the only one who didn't mistrust this future version of Piper.

"Nice try Paige, I can't tell you anything..." Piper started to explain.

"Future consequences", the sisters said in unison.

Paige smiled. She had heard this speech from Chris many times before. "Can't blame a girl for trying", Paige said with a wink. "Hurry back with Chris", she added. As the two Pipers, Phoebe, and Leo disappeared in a swirl of blue lights, Piper thought it was a cruel irony that Paige would ask about kids when she died while pregnant.

When the four of them reformed, they were on the top of the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a spot where both Leo and Chris liked to come and just think. It was on thing that Piper's youngest son had inherited from his father. In looks, her adult son was his mother. He had inherited some of the more dominant Halliwell traits as well. Yet…sometimes he was so much like Leo that it was scary.

Chris looked up when he heard the tinkle of orbs behind him. Phoebe waved nervously at him. She still didn't fully trust the young whitelighter from the future. Leo cleared his throat and slightly gesturing to the Pipers, he said, "They need to talk to you." Chris nodded, and beckoned to the Pipers to the other side of the pillar. First, he addressed the future Piper.

"How much did you tell her?" he asked.

Piper replied, "I just showed her the reason I'm here." Chris' sigh of relief was palpable. Future Piper knew that he thought his mission would be damaged if they knew his identity.

"Why are you all here?" asked Chris, only slightly annoyed.

"We need your help with those Jorgen demons…remember?" Future Piper said.

Chris looked slightly ashamed of himself. Looking at his mother's feet he said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have reacted that way. I should have been used to that by now." Piper frowned slightly at the way her husband had treated her youngest son. She missed the future boy dearly, and she would do anything to protect her sons at any age. Tears of pent up grief rolled down her cheeks as she pulled her so into a one armed hug.

Chris calmed slightly in his mothers arms. It had been eight years since he had last found comfort in his mother's arms. Eight long years since she'd hugged him. Eight long years since she died in his arms. Chris didn't move as his mother stroked his hair. It was something she used to do when he was younger to calm him down when he had a bad dream. He missed her.

Mother and son stood there for a moment, finding solace in each others arms. Past Piper looked on awkwardly, and Leo and Phoebe were still where Chris and the Pipers had left them. Suddenly, Chris stiffened and pulled out of Piper's embrace. He got that look that Phoebe had gotten many times before. They were both sure that he was having a premonition.

"I didn't know that you had premonitions. I thought that you were a whitelighter", past Piper said in confusion.

"Never mind", future Piper said quickly, "I didn't know you had premonitions. This time she was talking to Chris. "I get that power when I'm ten", he whispered to future Piper. Chris looked around quickly, as if expecting someone else to be on top of the bridge. "We have to leave", he whispered harshly, this time to both Pipers. He urged both Pipers forward to Leo and Phoebe.

"We have to go", Chris said urgently.

"Why?" Leo asked, some of his old suspicions returning, despite his best efforts to keep them at bay.

"Trust him", both Pipers said, again in unison. That was getting a bit creepy. Phoebe nodded. She wanted desperately to trust Chris. With one last quick glance around Chris grabbed Phoebe and future Piper's hands. Past Piper held onto her husband. The five of them orbed into the manor, greeted by a smiling Paige. That's when the ground began to shake…

TBC…

Coming up…you can probably all ready guess…

Chapter 17: There's still a Woogy in the House