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Chapter 4

The entire Halliwell clan, minus Wyatt and Leo, were gathered in a circle on Paige's basement floor ready to discuss the attack from earlier that day. After helping him carry up the rest of his belongings, the family had left Wyatt to his unpacking, telling him to come home at ten that night so that they could figure out what was going on. It was now 10:15 and Wyatt had not managed to come in yet, and Leo was still Up There with the Elders.

"Where is Wyatt?" Marissa asked impatiently. Chris closed his eyes for a moment before speaking. "He's still in his dorm room. He never could be on time for anything."

"Technically you were late, too," his 8 year old cousin, Samantha, pointed out.

Chris squatted so that he was at the little girl's level. "You're lucky you're so adorable, otherwise I'd have to seriously rethink taking you to the zoo this weekend." The little girl smiled sweetly up at her big cousin; he was too easy. "Besides, I was late because of traffic, not my own personal inability to be on time," he added, sitting on the floor next to Samantha, and then pulling her into his lap. "You make a good head rest," he told her as he rested his chin on her shoulder.

"Yeah right you're always on time, " Patience snorted. "You're only on time when there's food involved!"

The jingling sound of orbing filled the room before Chris could reply, and soon both Wyatt and his father materialized.

"Are you picking on my baby brother?" Wyatt asked his cousin in mock menace. Patience only rolled her eyes and said without emotion. "Oh please, don't hurt me oh great and powerful one."

"My hero!" Chris said in a falsetto voice, clasping his hands in front of Samantha and batting his eyelashes at his brother.

"Anyways," Joel broke in. He knew that once they got started, there was no stopping them. "We all know about the battle that happened earlier, and that apparently they were after the girls, but do we know why?"

"Unfortunately no," Leo said sadly. "The Elders didn't have any solid information, only rumors of some great evil that was rising."

"There's something new." Wyatt rolled his eyes at the threat. There was always some 'big evil' out to get them.

"The demons that attacked today said they had been sent by the source," Chris informed everyone.

"The Source!" Paige shouted. "How many times do we have to vanquish that guy?"

"Apparently this time it's different. Something else is working with the Source. Something big." Leo informed them.

"How big?" Piper asked him, extremely tired of the 'help' they received from the Elders that usually raised more questions than answers.

"Big enough that the Elders' bosses are getting involved. Apparently everyone Up There is extremely worried about whatever is coming enough that they're cutting out the 'middle man'. The Powers That Be are going to start dealing with you guys directly, which is actually why you guys are all of the sudden getting a power boost. It's possible that you're all going to be developing new powers in the near future, maybe even more than one. They say there's no rush though, and whatever cataclysmic event that's going to happen isn't going to happen for quite some time."

"What Powers That Be above the elders are we supposed to be answering to?"

"I'm not sure exactly, and the Elders didn't know either. They said that a guide would be coming to us, one that would allow us to communicate with these Powers, and until then I should just keep getting my information through them."

"When is this guide supposed to come?"

"I don't know when they're coming or who it is. Just that when we find whomever or whatever it is, we'll know. We're supposed to just keep doing what we're doing and try not to get killed or captured."

"What about these powers. I know you don't know what's coming, but what was up with me and Wyatt today?"

The Halliwell girls had bombarded him with so many questions he couldn't answer, Leo was finally glad to have one he knew.

"Apparently you've just been granted the power of deflection, Chris. It's like a smaller version of the shield Wyatt can put up around himself, only instead of it covering your whole body it's just in your hands.

"And me," Wyatt asked eagerly.

"It's called thought projection, and it can be very dangerous, so you're going to have to be careful. Just watch what you say, especially if you're in a highly emotional state, because it'll come true."

Chris and Wyatt looked at each other and grinned. "Sweet!"

"Not so sweet," Leo cut their celebration short. "These can be dangerous powers. Chris, until you learn to control your deflection, it has the potential of working anytime your subconscious feels even slightly threatened. One of your friends unexpectedly throwing something in your direction could cause the blue shield to appear around your hands, and send whatever was thrown flying. And Wyatt, you have to be even more careful. Until you learn to control your power, all of your little sarcastic comments have the potential to come true."

"Don't worry so much, Dad," Wyatt broke off his father's ranting.

"Yeah," Chris added. "We got this."

"You're all going to have to be careful." Leo looked at his boys, and then at the rest of the family. "From what I understand these powers are going to come in fast, strong, and soon so that you learn to control them before fighting this…whatever it is."

"Is there anything else?" Phoebe asked. "I was in the middle of writing and I want to get back to it before I forget."

"I have one more question," Chris said, cutting off Phoebe's retreat back to her work.

"The demons called me the younger of the Twice Blessed, as if insinuating that I was just like Wyatt."

"Well aren't you?" Paige asked. "I mean, you have the same parents as Wyatt. And I know he's supposed to be Twice Blessed also because he was born on the Nexus, but so was Phoebe, and she's not all powerful or whatever. And I've actually always wondered this too. I mean, it's obvious why Patricia isn't, she was adopted, but I've always wondered what Wyatt so much different that you."

"I'm not," Wyatt said. "I know everyone always called me the Twice Blessed prodigal child and all that, but Chris is just as powerful as me."

Piper shook her head at the conversation. "Does it really matter whose twice blessed or thrice blessed or not blessed at all. We're family. We're all equally powerfully because we all have each other to help."

"I second that. Now, everyone go home." Phoebe commanded.

"Wait," Leo spoke again. "You all need to start being more careful, especially at home. Make sure that you're always in your house with someone else, or go to where there are people. You know, kind of like the buddy system. And that includes you two," Leo looked at Chris and Wyatt. "None of this, 'I'm Twice Blessed' or 'I'm old enough to take care of myself" crap. Obviously you can't have someone with you at all times since Chris has his own place and Wyatt is living in the dorms, so keep yourselves connected in here," Leo pointed to his head.

"Relax, Dad. We'll all be fine," Chris said as he turned into a shower of blue orbs, soon followed by the rest of the family making their various magickal exits. Leo held out his hand to his wife.

"We live right next door. I'm pretty sure we can manage to walk," she told him, taking his hand and leading him towards the door.

"But they all got to orb!" Leo whined to her. Piper smiled and kissed her husband as they walked out the front door and across the lawn.

3 Weeks Later:

Rain pulled the keys to her room out of her pocket and smiled as she heard the sound of video games coming from her room. 'Wyatt must of skipped class again,' she thought as she slipped the key into the doorknob and turned it. Much to her surprise, it wasn't Wyatt playing PlayStation, but Chris.

"What are you doing here?" she asked him as she set her things down.

"Hi. Nice to see you, too. Yes, the weather is excellent today," Chris looked at her evilly. Rain just rolled her eyes. She'd only known Chris for a couple of weeks, but she'd already learned that he was extremely similar to Wyatt. There were a few differences of course. Wyatt was a little more outgoing than his younger counterpart, but Chris was much better at controlling his emotions.

"Wyatt and I were playing Need For Speed before he had class and he told me just to wait here for him so that we could pick back up when he was finished. After lunch of course."

"Of course. Mind if I play?" she asked, sitting next to him on the futon they had in their room.

"Have at it," he replied, handing her the controller. "I should warn you though: I rock at this game."

"Bring it on," she replied confidently.

Wyatt walked in an hour later to see Rain and Chris both sitting quietly on opposite ends of the futon, staring intently at the T.V. He smiled inwardly to himself as he grabbed his laptop from his desk and walked to the futon that was under his lofted bed.

"Chris, scoot over."

Chris took the time to glance at his brother before quickly adverting his eyes back to the television. "Sit in the middle," he replied to his brother.

"I can't, my cord won't reach that far. I have to sit on the end." As Chris moved towards the middle of the futon, Wyatt spoke in his mind, "C'mon man. I just gave you the perfect opportunity to get all close to her and be subtle about it."

"Shut it," Chris replied. "I'm trying to win a race here.

"I win…again!" Rain shouted, leaning in to Chris and laughing as she crossed the finish line just seconds before he did.

"Best 5 out of 7," Chris insisted.

"Chris, we just did the best 3 out of 5, and before that the best 2 out of 3. You didn't beat me in any of those, and you're not going to," she said triumphantly, standing up and stretching.

Wyatt waved his fingers ever so slightly, giving Rain a light telekinetic push that caused her to lightly yelp as she fell into Chris's lap.

"Klutz," Wyatt said simply, typing on his computer.

"I'm sorry about that." Rain turned slightly and looked at Chris. "It felt like something pushed me. It was really weird." Chris felt his heartbeat pick up as he gave her a little support, helping her to stand back up before he quickly glared at his older brother, who gave him an innocent smile.

"Time for lunch," Wyatt exclaimed, closing his laptop and standing beside Rain. "Would you look to join us?"

"Sure," she replied causally, grabbing her ID. The three walked out the door with Rain in the lead, followed by Wyatt, who was receiving repeated telekinetic slaps to the back of his head by his little brother.

"You know you liked it."

"That's besides the point."

"You should ask her out. As her roommate, I give you permission."

"I thought about it. She's a really sweet girl, but I feel kind of bad about it."

"I know. It sucks, but oh well. You just have to tell yourself that if you ever get that serious with her that the 'family secret' is something she needs to know, she'll love you so much she'll just except it."

"That's a lot to hope for."

"It's what I tell myself every time I look at Kali."

"We'll see. I do have to admit though. I understand while you wanted to live here. You finally get to be normal and hang around normal people that treat you like a normal person. That's part of why I think I'm attracted to Rain so much. She doesn't ask questions, she just accepts and moves on."

"Trust me, I know. Why do you think I'm living with her."

"Because she's hot."

"Naw that's just an added bonus."

Both boys laughed out loud.

"What's so funny?" Rain asked, turning to face them.

"Nothing," they replied simultaneously. As Rain turned around, the boys looked at each other and smiled.