Part 2: Revelations
"And Leo and I…we're her…?" Piper said.
"Her parents? Yeah, you are." He said.
"But when did we get back together? How was she…?" Leo said.
"You came here to help Wyatt?" Piper asked me. I smiled bitterly at her.
"Not quite." I replied.
"Then why are you here?" She asked.
"I have my reasons." I said. Leo started pacing the floor.
"Time travel is something that shouldn't be done unless it's absolutely necessary. You're going to have to go back." He said.
"That's the kind of thing I'd expect you to say. You know nothing about where I was or-"
"She's not going back there." Chris interrupted me.
"She has to. Do you have any idea what could happen if she stays?" Leo asked. Chris glared at him.
"Grace was right when she said that you know nothing about what's back there. She stays right here." He said firmly.
"You guys have any more food?" I asked, trying to change the subject.
"I thought you weren't hungry?" Chris asked.
"That was before. Never mind, I'll go find it myself." I said.
"It's probably better if you walked this time." He told me. With a sigh I stood up and walked out of the room. I came back with an apple.
"You still have some injuries that I couldn't heal. Maybe it had something to do with you being unconscious." Chris said.
"They can heal the normal way then, just like they did the last time." I said, taking a bite from the apple and hoping he wouldn't pursue it. But Chris isn't one to let anything lie, especially something like this.
"I'd prefer to try it while you're awake, that might have been the problem." He said.
"I don't want to talk about it." I snapped.
"Talk about what?" Leo asked.
"Oh, now you want to know." I said sarcastically. He gave me a blank look; he had no idea what I was talking about. I didn't care.
"Come on." Chris stood up. I stared up at him for a moment, then I followed him out of the room and upstairs into the same bedroom I had been in before. And then I stood there glaring at Chris. He knew I didn't want to do this. He turned too looked at me.
"You want to lie on the bed? It might be more comfortable for you." He said. I moved to the bed as I did so I heard Chris clearing his throat. I looked back at him, he was blushing.
"What?" I asked. He gestured with one hand.
"You'll have to take off your pants. I need to see what it is that I'm trying to heal." He mumbled. I stood frozen for a moment, and then I removed my jeans. I laid down on the bed facedown.
"Are you going to do it or not?" I asked. There was a long pause.
"I still can't see it. You're going to have to…spread your legs some more." He said.
"I thought you said that you tried this already?"
"I did."
"And it didn't work the first time. So why are you trying again?" I asked. I felt him put his hand on my shoulder.
"I know this is embarrassing for you. And I know you don't like it. I also know that it's hurting you a lot. If I can heal it then the pain will stop." He said. I lay silently for a moment. I sighed as I turned my face away from him and did as he told me.
"It's not working." He said after a long moment.
"I know that." I said, getting off the bed and pulling the jeans back on.
"Maybe I could get dad to-" he said. I interrupted him before he could finish.
"No."
"But he's an elder; he might be able to-"
"I said no, Chris." I snapped.
"No to what?" Leo's voice came from the doorway.
"How long have you been standing there?" Chris asked.
"I just got here. Piper wants to know if you're ready to go." He replied. I looked at Chris questioningly.
"To find a demon. We think he might be the one who turns Wyatt evil." He explained. He turned back to Leo.
"I'm not so sure that's a good idea with Grace-"
"I don't need a babysitter, Chris." I interrupted. He looked at me for a long moment, and then he nodded.
"Okay, you stay here with Wyatt." He said. I glared at him.
"I didn't come here to babysit him either." I said.
"I know that. But to vanquish this demon we need the power of three."
"Then why can't you stay with him?" I gestured in Leo's direction.
"Or maybe the father from hell could look after the perfect child." Leo gave me that look again; I glared right back at him.
"Stop it, Grace." Chris said.
"Stop what? I'm just supposed to ignore the fact that he-"
"I know, but this is important. We need someone to stay here with Wyatt just in case we're wrong. At the moment the only one who can do that is you." He said.
"Fine, I'll do it. Happy now?" I folded my arms over my chest and pouted.
"Thank you."
The others had been gone over an hour now and I had been left here with him. I looked at the small child in the playpen. He hung onto the edge of it and stared right back at me. It' hard toe believe that one so young and innocent looking could grow up to become the most evil person you know. Chris came into the room.
"What took you so long? Where are the others?" I asked. He shrugged his shoulders and smiled.
"They'll be here later." He replied.
"Great, you're turn to babysit." Without another word I walked from the room and up to the attic. Before he had left Chris had told me that I shouldn't orb or use magic unless absolutely necessary. I was used to it though, where I come from if you're a white lighter or a anyone else who isn't a demon you don't use magic, if you do you risk getting caught by demons. I figured since I was here anyway I should make it my business to look through the book. I flipped through the book, but I wasn't really reading anything in particular.
"Grace, can you hear me?" I whirled at the sound of the voice. A pale, translucent image of Paige stood behind me.
"Yeah, I can hear you. When are you guys going to come back here?" I asked.
"We can't orb out of here. We're on our way out, but it could take some time." Here gaze flicked to the empty playpen in the corner of the room.
"Where's Wyatt?"
"He's downstairs."
"You left him on his own?" She asked incredulously.
"No, I left him with Chris. He told me that you guys were coming ba…what's wrong?" I asked. She ignored me as she turned her head and said something to someone I couldn't see.
"Paige, what…?" I heard Wyatt screaming.
"Get back here now!" I yelled at Paige, then I sank through the floor; one of my many wonderful powers. I landed on the living room floor to see the demon that had passed himself off as Chris standing over Wyatt, desperately trying to get through his shield.
"Get away from him!" I said. I looked down at my hand which was completely empty, I muttered a curse and leaped at the demon and went right through him.
"Let me through Wyatt." I said. His shield disappeared and I grabbed him up. The demon let loose a ball of fire at me, which passed through me and Wyatt; it slammed into the wall behind me and exploded showering debris everywhere. Another demon appeared next to the first one.
"Hurry up, Chris." I muttered. I might have been able to take on one of them, but two? The second demon started muttering something and I had to strain to hear what it was.
"Destroy that power which would aid. They cannot be seen, or heard, or felt. They do not are not real. In time they will cease to exist." He said. He looked at the first demon and nodded, and then they both disappeared.
"What the hell was that supposed to be?" I wondered aloud. I glanced down at Wyatt who had calmed down a little. Chris orbed in with the others and looked around quickly, he moved quickly in the direction of the playpen.
"Where are they?" Paige asked.
"Look behind you." I said. She turned around.
"It must have been a trick." Piper said who stood right behind me. It was her that Paige was looking at, not me. Wyatt was holding his arms out to Leo who stood beside Chris next to the playpen. When his father didn't pick him up he started to yell. They all ignored him, and his screams grew louder. What was going on here? Why were they ignoring us?
"Don't get the wrong idea, Wyatt. I still hate you. But I'm all you get right now." I said to him. I looked at the others who were frantically searching for clues as to where we were.
"Would she take him away herself?" Leo asked Chris.
"No." He replied.
"Are you sure? She doesn't seem to be to…fond of him." Leo asked.
"She has reason not to like him. But she wouldn't do this. They must have been taken by demons." Chris said.
"No we weren't. We're rig…whoa!" I broke off as Phoebe walked right through me.
"Okay. Paige and Phoebe will look for them in the Underworld; question a few demons we know. Chris, can she orb?" Piper said. He nodded in answer.
"You and Leo will try to track her that way. I'll stay here; if either of them uses magic then I'll let you know."
"But we're right here!" I yelled. Wyatt jerked in my arms.
"It's okay." I soothed him. I followed Piper upstairs to the attic; or at least I tried to, my feet sank right through the stairs. I stepped back and tried again, same thing happened. Just what the hell was happening here? I wondered. I looked down at Wyatt, who stared back at me. While I may not like him all that much I knew that I couldn't leave him alone, what if a demon could enter this…wherever or whatever it was we were. We were also; apparently stuck on the ground floor. I turned around and nearly walked right into Leo, except for the fact that I walked right through him. It felt weird, like I'd just passed under a cold shower of water.
"You okay, dad?" Chris asked. After a moment Leo nodded.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine." He replied. Phoebe and Paige reappeared in front of me.
"You found them already?" Leo asked. They both had confused looks on their faces.
"Found who?" Paige asked. Just then Piper came downstairs.
"What was I doing up there?" She asked. Leo looked at them in concern, and then glanced at Chris.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
"We couldn't remember what we were doing in the Underworld." Phoebe said.
"You were looking for Grace and Wyatt." Leo asked. They looked at each other, then at him.
"Who are Grace and Wyatt?" Piper asked.
"They're you're children, remember?" Leo asked.
"I don't have any children. Well, except for Chris that is." Piper said. Almost as if he could sense the world was out of sync Wyatt started to cry. I started in the direction of the kitchen. The followed me into the kitchen.
"You want an apple?" I asked Wyatt. What the hell do you feed a baby anyway? I reached for the fruit bowl set on the countertop and watched it skid across the countertop. I heard Phoebe yelp and duck out of the way of the flying fruit bowl.
"What just happened!" She asked. I had forgotten that I couldn't seem to pick things up here, but why had it moved away from me instead of me moving right through it? Wyatt; who had started giggling at the flying fruit bowl, reached for Leo who was standing near us and he flew across the room and hit the wall.
"Demons!" Yelled Paige. I grabbed Wyatt's outstretched hand. Paige had taken up a potion in hand and the others were looking around the room for whatever threat was there. I stood perfectly still.
"That might have been a little bit of a mistake." I said to Wyatt. Leo stood up.
"Who's there!" He called.
"Y'know I could answer that, but not only do I not like you, but you wouldn't hear me anyway." I muttered. Paige threw the potion in our direction and it exploded, sending us crashing into the same wall that Leo had just hit.
"Got him!" She said.
"It must be an invisible demon." Piper said. Paige grabbed another potion and was getting ready to throw it at me. I had dropped Wyatt who had started screaming again. Babies do that a lot, as I was learning. If she threw that potion then it would hit him first. I flung my hand out.
"Potion!" I yelled. The potion disappeared from her hand and reappeared in mine. At least that was working.
"What…? What just happened?" Paige asked.
"Wyatt, come here." I said. He ignored me; instead he crawled in Leo's direction. Who was moving in ours and his foot accidentally hit him, sending Wyatt falling back. He started crying.
"Wyatt!" I grabbed him up and moved backwards fast and then moved behind Leo. I looked down at him.
"Yeah, I don't understand it either." I put the potion back on the counter, just as Paige came to prepare another one. She stared at the one I had just set down.
"It must be the demon that took Grace and Wyatt." Chris said.
"Stop it! There are no Grace and Wyatt." Piper snapped. Leo glanced at her.
"It must be some kind of spell. But who could do that?" He said. He caught Piper by the shoulders and looked her right in the eyes.
"They're your family, remember? Come on, you have to remember them!"