What have we done?
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Chapter 12
The others kept quiet for awhile, then Jason looked at Lil. „Good talk." He said and she nodded. But then she materialized out.
She reappeared in her room. Tears in her eyes she laid down on her bed. She actually was surprised by her own words. But she had simply expressed her feelings. She had deeper reasons to believe in family love... and at the moment only Chris knew why. She sighed. This definitely wasn't the time to think about this. She closed her eyes. Focused. And everything was okay again. She materialized back to her family.
Chris had orbed into his room too. The last two days so much happened. A lot he didn't expect to happen. He definitely was exhausted and overworked.
He had to think about Lil's words. Maybe she was right. Maybe he should talk to Piper ... mom... no Piper once again. He hesitated. Maybe the next time. „I really could need a walk." he mumbled to himself as he heard a knock at his door.
„Yes?" Chris said and his cousins entered the room.
„Are you okay?" Pee asked and sat down on his bed.
„After such a talk... as good as it can be." Chris simply said.
„Sorry.. but you deserved it." Lil said with a smirk.
„Probably." Chris said.
They all simply talked. It wasn't about deep real feelings. They all knew each other too well. They knew they all needed some time.
„Well, we actually nevertheless thought about sending them back. Now." Kyle said. Chris looked at him.
„Well you can talk to her first. If you want." Kyle added, but Chris just shook his head.
"No... but you are right. We should send them back. Finally." Chris said. The others nodded.
"Do Uncle Richard and Uncle Jason know it already?" Chris asked. And the others smiled, because it was the first time since he came back that he called them like that.
"Yes." Pee said and together they left Chris' room.
Unexpected they heard yelling and loud noises - like things bursting – as they came near the classroom where the sisters and Leo were supposed to be.
"Oh no." Chris whispered and the four immediately rushed into the room.
They saw with shock that Piper tried to blow up Vince (A/N: Actually unimportant, but he was there in the second chapter), who had an athamate in his hand. But as Piper's powers weren't so strong in this time it only let Vince fly against the next wall. Which – what the sisters could see from the damaged furniture – wasn't the first time.
"You can't fight us forever, Piper." one of the three friends of Vince, who were weaponed with athamates too, said.
Piper actually found it pretty uncomfortable that the stranger, who tried to kill her son, called her with her first name, but this fact was actually pretty unimportant at the moment.
Just as one of Vince's friends tried to attack, Chris awoke from his parallelizations. He tackled the man and managed to throw him on the floor. He took the athamate away from him and used his telekineses power to disarm the three others too. His cousins immediately reached for the athamates.
"What the hell is going on here?" Chris asked angrily as he got up.
Vince and his friends stood in one corner now and the CharmedOnes and Leo with Baby Wyatt in the arm stood in the opposite corner. They all looked angry.
"They tried to kill my son." Piper said with pure anger.
"What?" Kyle looked shocked.
"They came in the room a few minutes ago, all armed with athamates... and he said..." Paige said and pointed at Vince. "He said:"Give us the baby and nothing will happen to you!"" Paige finished.
The cousins looked pale.
"Is it true?" Chris asked.
Vince only looked back, which was answer enough.
"What the hell has gotten into you all?" Pee asked unbelieving.
"Well, Lil said it herself, right?" Vince said and everybody turned around to look at her.
"What do you mean?" Lil asked confused.
"We are not Chris... and we hate Wyatt. So why don't we get rid of him now?" Vincent answered.
"Oh my god... you have to be kidding me." Lil said angrily.
"What the hell has gotten into you?" Chris asked. "He is just a baby. An innocent. We don't attack or kill innocents." he said but then he sighed. "You can go now... we will talk about it later." he said calm.
But nobody moved.
"I said you can go." Chris repeated. Confused.
"With you being here didn't change our minds." Vince only answered.
"He is crazy." Piper said hysterical... which only caused Vince and his friends to smile evilly.
"How is somebody like him allowed to be here?" Phoebe supported her sister.
But nobody paid attention to them.
"Then I guess you have to kill me first. I won't let you harm the baby." Chris said furious. Standing protective in front of his mother, which really surprised the sisters and Leo.
"And us." Pee said and she and her cousins stepped next to Chris. (A/N: I know very stereotyped... but I had no other chance ;) )
"Do you really think I am afraid of you?" Vince asked.
The others indeed had a qualm. - there had hardly been a person in Home except family who had ever spoken to Chris like that. After all Chris WAS their leader (although he didn't want it) ... and Vince owed Chris a lot.
"We will see." Chris said calm. Chris didn't care how Vince spoke to him. For him they were all equal.
But Lil saw it totally different. "My god Vince, what the hell is going on with you? You honestly want to fight us?" she asked.
"Do you feel special? Because of who your cousin is or who your parents were?" Vince asked. "And by the way. Do you seriously think that I am scared of you Chris? A crazy psycho, who ran away from the psychiatry." Vince said angrily.
The words hit Chris like a punch in the face. He got pale.
"What?"Phoebe asked confused.
But nobody else said a word. Pee, Kyle and Lil had went pale the second they heard the words. They immediately looked at Chris, who didn't look good at all.
"What are you talking about?" Kyle tried to save the situation. It must have been a coincidence. A bad choice of words.
"Well a few days ago... even before Chris came back. There had been a rumor between the demons. Chris had been in the psychiatry or better in the insane asylum, for really bad cases and he didn't leave the institution legally. I can't believe that we wanted him as a leader." Vince explained with a smirk. There was a stunned silence.
"You son of a bitch." Lil said furious and attacked Vince, without her powers.
"No Lil don't." Pee and Kyle immediately intervened, as they could think clearly again. They pulled Lil away from the now bleeding Vince.
"So it's true?" Vince asked, still lying on the floor. But nobody answered.
"Chris?" Piper suddenly asked scared as she saw his fuzzy look.
But he didn't react at all and it seemed as if hadn't realized a thing that was happening in his surrounding. She doubted that he had even heard her.
"Chris?" Pee asked now too. But he didn't react to her either, but simply orbed out.
"Chris!" Lil yelled angrily and scared.
"You are going to pay for this... I promise. For gods sake. Did you forget what he has done for you... and your daughter? Is that how you thank him?" Lil asked Vince, furious again.
Vince suddenly got pale. "What have I done?" he whispered.
"Just go okay." Kyle said exhausted.
"I am sorry... I have no idea what has gotten into me." Vince said and he and his friends left the room, shocked.
Now only the cousins, the sisters and Leo were left.
"Oh I know what has gotten into him." Pee mumbled.
"Wyatt." Kyle said sad. It sounded like a simple statement, but for the cousins it meant so much more. They had never expected that Wyatt would go so far.
"Is Chris really crazy?" Paige asked her sisters, but the cousins heard it nevertheless and flinched. They had been so shocked and confused that they had totally forgot that the CharmedOnes and Leo were still in the room.
"It would explain some of his actions." Phoebe considered.
"He is not crazy, okay." Lil answered, but suddenly she was hit with emotions and a premonition, or better a memory.
Lil was about 9 years old. She was standing in the living room, behind the kitchen door and listening to the adults in the kitchen.
"It's all my fault." Lil heard her Aunt Piper crying.
"It's nobody's fault. It has nothing to do with your fight." Her mother reassured Aunt Piper.
"They wouldn't have caught him, if he hadn't run away." Aunt Piper countered.
"Piper... listen to me... Chris is going to be fine. He is a strong boy... he will get over it. And you saved him before they could really harm him." her other Aunt answered.
"Fine? Did he look like somebody who is fine? He was scared to death. As we tried to bring him home, he got crazy and kicked like hell. I am supposed to protect him..."
"Lil." Kyle said shocked as he saw her collapse. He immediately rushed over to her and stopped her from hitting the floor.
"What has she?" Phoebe asked concerned.
"Nothing." Pee said soft as she stroked Lil's forehead. Kyle and she knew that Lil had a vision and they anticipated what it was about, but they couldn't reveal their powers towards the CharmedOnes without risking their identity to be revealed.
"Can you bring her away? I'm coming in a few minutes." Pee asked Kyle and he nodded and orbed away with Lil.
"Could you please tell us what the hell is going on here?" Piper said peeved. It was getting on her nerves that she hardly understood a thing that was going on... and being pregnant didn't really help her mood either.
That was when Pee snapped. She glared at Piper.
"It's all your fault." Pee said angrily.
"What? We don't even know what's going on here. And Chris..." Paige started.
"Don't bring Chris into this. He is totally healthy. But maybe you should think about your actions. First you treat him like shit, while he only tries to save your family and then you come here and you only cause troubles. And on top of that... you left us!" Pee said furious.
There was a deep silence.
"What the hell do you mean with we left you." Phoebe asked after a while.
Pee knew she had gone too far... but there was no way back now... and she actually didn't really care at the moment.
"You ask? Didn't you notice that you haven't met your counterparts here yet. What do you think is the reason? We all – the Resistance – needed you... but you just left us alone. The day Wyatt turned, you simply went away." Pee said now calm, but with tears in her eyes.
"But the other Leo said, that the CharmedOnes are with the Resistance." Leo said confused.
"Well he is an idiot. He knows nothing about the Resistance." Pee said now again angry.
"But... why?" Phoebe asked shocked.
"Don't act so innocent. The whole time you are blaming other people – you feel special, don't you? Well whose child is it that is tyrannizing the world, have you ever thought about that?" Pee said and as she didn't get a response she continued.
"And besides, Chris is right – all your children are screwed up. You shouldn't be proud of yourself, because the Halliwell family doesn't exist anymore." Pee yelled. She just wanted to add something more as she heard the door opening fast and a male voice yelling.
"Prudence Olivia..." Richard yelled.
Pee immediately shut her mouth.
"Prudence?" Piper asked.
"Richard?" Paige asked and finally Phoebe added. "Jason?"
Pee suddenly had to smirk. She knew exactly what Chris would have said to her – and he definitely would have been right. She simply turned around and saw Richard's angry face. He and Jason were standing at the door.
They and a lot other people from the Resistance had followed the fight between Chris and Vince... but had stayed out till now. But Pee's reaction had definitely gone too far.
Pee went over to the men. "I always wanted to know how many secrets somebody can reveal with one word. Congratulation. I would say you are definitely my number one." she said to Richard, who only glared at her. "Well, I guess I should leave you all alone." Pee said and materialized out.
"Richard, is it really you?" Paige asked and stepped forward, while Phoebe followed her.
"Did you just say Prudence?" Piper meanwhile repeated her question and she and Leo followed her sisters.
"This wasn't supposed to happen. This could change the time line more than we want." Richard said frustrated and sighed.
"What do you mean?" Paige asked confused.
"To be honest... I didn't expect to see you here. Did I tell you about magic? Are we married?" Phoebe asked Jason.
But both men looked cold.
"You should go home – fast." Richard said.
"It's the best for everybody." Jason added.
"And by the way... Prudence is just a name. The CharmedOnes are very famous. Are you honestly surprised that there are witches who give their children the same name? As a thank you." Richard asked Piper.
"Oh." she only said impressed.
"Wait! You can just send us home. The stuff Prudence said about us, is it true?" Paige asked and the CharmedOnes looked expecting at Richard and Jason.
"Are we really such bad parents?" Phoebe asked with tears in her eyes as she thought about the words Pee had said.
Richard sighed. "Well, the preparation for you travel home will take at least an hour. Do what you want... but please don't break one f our rules again, please. We have enough problems on our own already... and, you are a great mother, Phoebe..." Richard said with a sad smile.
"Richard!" Jason said angrily, but Phoebe could smile again.
The two men turned around and went away. Phoebe and Paige immediately looked at each other and Piper said: "Go!" and the two other sisters immediately ran after the future parts of their at the moment boyfriends.
"Jason wait!" "Richard wait!" Phoebe and Paige yelled.
The two men sighed, but stopped. They knew better than to run away. They knew the sisters too well, to think they could escape them. It was better to make it quick and easy.
"Can I talk to you for a few minutes?" the two sisters asked at the same time and the men nodded.
Richard gave Paige a sign to follow him. He led Paige to the room, which looked like a park.
"Wow... it's beautiful." Paige whispered and Richard couldn't keep himself from smiling.
"Were you hiding from me the last two days?" Paige suddenly asked and turned around to him.
Richard was surprised for a second, but he kept his mask. "No... I was just busy... Everybody has a lot responsibilities here, so 'Home' can work." Richard said.
"I don't need to be an empath to see that you are lying." Paige said.
Richard looked at her. "The rules were to keep as many people away from you as possible... especially the ones you know... because of..." Richard said.
"Future Consequences? I know." Paige said with an annoyed voice, but she laughed at Richard. She looked at him.
"Wow... what was it 20 years from our time? And you still look the same. Okay... maybe a little bit older... but you still look great. You haven't changed at all." She said. "It seems that it isn't so bad after all that you have your powers? I mean you seem to need them now... and you seem fine."
As Richard heard her words, his face hardened. He looked at Paige seriously.
"You are wrong... I changed a lot. And you have to forget bout all this. There are reasons why we hide the future from you. Especially now, where every single actions decides about life and death. Your knowledge could destroy everything." Richard said.
"Why... Richard. Please tell me what happened. Something that could change all this from happening. Wyatt's turning... I still don't understand... If we only knew everything, I am sure we would be able to help more. How are we supposed to know what we should change, if we don't even know what happened. Do you want us to do the same mistakes again?" Paige asked.
"Chris should never have went to the past..." Richard only said.
"So you want this? This world? A world where nobody knows where the hell my other self is." Paige asked unbelieving.
Suddenly a green light began to lighten the park. It was flashing.
"What the hell is going on?" Paige asked.
"You can see it?" Richard asked surprised.
"Why shouldn't I?" Paige asked confused.
"Never mind... Listen. I need to go. Don't worry, it's nothing you should be worried of. Just, go to your sisters and stay there, please. I promise I will talk to you later." Richard said and Paige nodded sadly. Then Richard materialized out.
"Jason, where are we going?" Phoebe asked as Jason was going down a floor, without talking or even reacting to her. He stopped and turned around.
"I don't know okay. I have no idea." Jason said and hit against the wall. "All this wasn't supposed to happen. I have no idea how to talk to you and about what..." he said frustrated.
Phoebe looked at him sad. "Sorry, sorry for everything you had to go through because of me." she said.
He smiled. "Nothing was your fault, I promise." he assured.
"So are we still together? Are we married? Are you the father of my child?" Phoebe asked.
"You know that I can't tell you that." Jason said.
"Oh no, not you too. You or Chris will probably use memory dust anyway." Phoebe tried to convince Jason.
"Yes, you really saw too much already. But nevertheless we have to be careful. Memory dust doesn't always work." Jason said.
But before he could say anything else, a flashing green light began to lighten the room.
"What the hell is going on?" Phoebe asked surprised.
"Search your sisters and stay in your rooms... Don't worry. In case it's an attack, the light would be red and you would hear the alarm. Just stay. I beg you." Jason said.
He just wanted to turn around as Phoebe grabbed his arm to hold him back. He looked at her surprised, but she only leaned forward and kissed him.
"In case I hurt... or I am going to hurt you... I am sorry." She said and bit her lip.
Jason looked at her for a second - stunned. Closed his eyes, sighed and turned around and ran away.
Phoebe looked after him, but then finally began to search her sisters. She met them where she had left Piper and Leo.
"I guess you don't know what's going on either." Paige said and Phoebe shook her head.
"So what did they say?" Piper asked her sisters.
"Actually nothing." Phoebe said.
"Well nothing that could help us to learn more about the mysterious things that are going on here." Paige added.
"It seems as if we always get more questions than answers." Leo said and the others nodded.
"That's all so confusing. I guess that's reason why the spell hadn't brought us back yet. We still don't know Chris' secret." Paige said.
"You don't really want to search for them now, do you?" Phoebe asked.
"Oh, no. I don't want Leo and Chris to be attacked again. That's enough. We should listen to them... Stay out of it." Piper said.
"Well, actually I may have an idea, which could solve all our problems. And I doubt that the others here would be really against it. I even think we may help them." Paige said and looked at her sisters and Leo.
As Jason finally reached Chris' room, he saw that the other family members already stood in front of his door, trying desperately to get in.
"What the hell is going on?" Jason asked.
"He locked himself in his room. And we can't get in, not even with our powers." Lil said, nearly in tears.
"And we fear that he is just reliving his crazy days." Pee said pale. Jason looked at her shocked.
"Christopher Perry Halliwell! Open the door." Richard yelled.
"Chris, come on... it's us. Your family, remember... and we want to talk." Jason said calm, after Chris hadn't reacted to Richard's call.
But still nothing happened.
"Chris, it's just an illusion. You are stronger than them. Chris!" Kyle now yelled too. They were all scared like hell.
"Damn it Wyatt, how can you do this to him." Lil asked the ceiling.
"Because he knows that he is the person who saved him the last time." Pee said frustrated.
"We can't loose him now." Kyle said desperately.
"Especially now that Wyatt wants to attack. It seems as if everything is breaking apart. He is good. Very good. And he knows us well. Damn it." Richard said exhausted.
"And we have a lot of confused members in the conversation room, waiting." Jason remembered Richard.
"What do you mean?" Pee asked confused.
"Let's say that your fight with Vince was on the screens and we weren't the only ones who heard Vince's accusation – that Chris is a psycho." Richard said.
The others went pale.
"No...no." Lil whispered.
"Of course they expect an explanation now... and as far as I know rumors... now probably the whole Resistance knows." Jason said.
"So you are going to tell them?" Pee asked shocked.
"Chris didn't do anything wrong. And we really don't want trouble now." Richard defended his plan.
"But it's private... At least give Chris the chance to explain it himself." Pee said.
Lil laughed. "Chris would rather die than to tell everybody something about his private life. You can forget that... and besides. If you want him to talk.. you first have to get him out of his room." Lil said.
"Okay. You stay here. Try what you can to get him out of there. We will take care of the others... and the CharmedOnes." Richard said and he and Jason left.
Chris was sitting in one corner of his room. His eyes closed and his hands against his ears. A tear was running down his face.
He hadn't heard a thing that was happening outside.
He had his own problems.
He knew it was just an illusion.
The people in his room, talking to him. Especially the ones who shouldn't be here at all.
It was just a memory, which he had hidden deep inside. A game his mind was playing with him. He could control them. He just had to concentrate.
But slowly the words of the people got to him.
"You are a shame to this family... I can't believe that you are my son." It was his mother's voice.
"No...no. You are fake." Chris whispered. It was just a memory. He was stronger now... he could fight this...
-to be continued-