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Chapter 16
"Um…Lizzie do you wanna tell them or do you want me to go find my memory dust? I think I have some around here somewhere…" Chris said.
"No, Chris I think it's time to come clean." Lizzie said.
"It would be greatly appreciated." Gordo said before glaring at Chris, "What the fuck did you do to her?"
"He didn't do anything to me. Not yet at least." Lizzie smirked at her now scowling boyfriend.
"Oh I'd assumed that you two had…"Gavin said.
"He doesn't think I'm ready for that kind of relationship." Lizzie told him.
"Could the two of you please focus?" Gordo asked.
"Oh right." Lizzie said.
"Gordo, Miranda, we've been friends for as long as I can remember and I have something to tell you all–"
"She's a witch I'm a Whitelighter. Get over yourself McGuire this isn't Terms of Endearment or some shit." Chris said.
"Lizzie's a witch? Hmm…" Miranda said.
"Yeah I'm a witch."
"So that dream I had a couple of weeks ago on Gordo's porch about this grubby guy attacking us wasn't a dream?"
"Nope it wasn't a dream. That grubby guy was a demon, and so were those two scaly guys that attacked." Lizzie revealed.
"Fascinating. While you two chicks are over here yakking about demons and witches. I'm gonna call in some shrinks. Because all of you need help seriously." Gordo said pulling out his cell phone.
"Are we going to have to have to show him our powers and convince him that magic is real and that I am not CRAZY?" Lizzie asked.
Chris nodded, "I believe so. His skull might be thicker than his hair."
"I resent that." Gordo said.
"I figured you would." Chris smirked.
"Alright let's see these 'powers' of yours," Gordo said doing air quotes.
"Okay." Lizzie said concentrating as she astral projected in between her two friends.
"Believe me now?" Lizzie's projection asked before she became solid again.
"That was creepy," Miranda said.
"That is the ability to be two places at once. I haven't quite mastered it yet. Chris thinks that eventually I'll be able to teleport." Lizzie said excitedly.
"What can you do?" Miranda asked Chris.
"Well, as a Whitelighter I can do many things."
"Just orb already!" Gavin shouted.
"Fine." Chris orbed out and back in the same spot he was before leaving Miranda and Gordo mystified.
"This is getting old fast. The only reason why I booked this gig was because I knew that one of the Charmed Ones owned this bar and maybe they could get me out of this deal and get the Queen off my back." Gavin stated.
"Question?" Lizzie asked rasing her hand.
"Yeah?" Gavin said.
"How did you know that Piper was a Charmed One?" She asked.
"P3 the Power of Three. It's not rocket science it's very easy to figure out." Gavin said.
"Well, I'm the Charmed Ones' Whitelighter maybe I can help. If I can get hold of them that is." Chris said.
"Maybe we should all just go to the Manor. Piper will most likely be there. We can handle this without Paige and Phoebe. We've gotta be supportive remember." Lizzie suggested.
"Alright," Chris said.
Lizzie grabbed Chris' hand and took a hold of Miranda's arm.
"So what are we doing gonna sit in circle and sing Kumbaya?" Gordo snarked.
"You have to make contact to orb," Chris said rolling his eyes.
"Dude, I ain't holdin' your hand." Gavin said.
"You can hold my hand Gavin." Miranda said.
"Are you going to faint?" Lizzie asked.
Miranda simply glared at her.
"Let's go let's go the demons could be back at any minute with a frickin' army. I don't want to get sentenced to play Queen Hitachi's court for all eternity." Gavin said talking a hold of Miranda's other hand.
"This is fabulous." Gordo said.
"Shut up." Chris said putting his hand on Gordo's shoulder and the group disappeared in a blaze of blue light only to reappear in the parlor of the Manor.
Gordo stumbled a bit on impact. Miranda pretended to swoon just so Gavin could steady her. Chris took charge and Lizzie shot Miranda a death glare.
"Get off the musician now." Chris said.
Miranda pouted.
"I think I'm gonna be sick." Gordo mumbled.
"You think you can make it to the bathroom? Piper's a bit picky about her oriental." Lizzie asked.
"I'll be fine can I sit down for a sec?" Gordo asked.
"Yeah sure knock yourself out." Chris said.
Gordo sat down on the couch just as Piper came strolling through with Wyatt on her hip.
"So I see the party is in here," Piper said.
Chris rolled his eyes; he completely realized he got all of his snark from her.
"No, um I've been having a bit of trouble." Gavin admitted stepping forward.
"Yeah you were a bit flat during Chariot in rehearsals." Piper said.
"I was not. I'm having…"Gavin glanced around dramatically, "Demon trouble."
"Oookay." Piper said.
"They know he knows, everyone knows." Chris said.
"Did you guys get attacked?" She asked.
"Yeah they threw these spheres of light at us. One of them singed my hair." Gordo said.
"Gordo quit acting like a wuss." Lizzie said inspecting her own hair for damage.
Chris took control of the situation, "We can handle this no need to find Paige and Phoebe."
"You don't know where your sisters are?" Gavin asked.
"They've decided to strike out on their own; apparently the family home has been a bit stifling for them." Piper explained.
"What she's trying to say is they moved out." Chris said.
"Can we go get them please? A Charmed One, a Whitelighter with TK and witch who can astral does not the Power of Three make." Gavin said.
"We saved your ass at the club didn't we?" Lizzie asked.
"If there would have been more than two of the Queen's men all of you would be dead and I would be performing in the dungeon right now." Gavin pointed out.
"Testy aren't we?" Miranda purred running a hand across Gavin's chest.
"Miranda!" Lizzie squeaked.
"Hands to yourself Miranda! And that's an order." Chris shouted.
"Oh I don't mind. How old are you anyways Miranda?" Gavin asked.
"Twenty one."
"Eighteen."
"Eighteen."
"Liar."
Miranda, Lizzie, Gordo, and Chris all responded at once.
Gavin shrugged, "I just don't wanna end up on trial."
"Age ain't nothin' but a number. And going down ain't nothing but a thing. You should know that better than anyone Lizzie." Miranda said.
"Ugh, I can't believe you said that Miranda!" Lizzie started angrily.
"My parents are just fine with me seeing Chris and I never pretended to be older than what I am just to get him. And there was no going down." Lizzie said.
Chris stepped in between the two girls.
"Uh oh pissed off witch. Chris why don't you and Lizzie take Gavin up to ID his demons and Lizzie's friends can join me in the kitchen while I put together some potions." Piper said.
"But I wanna go with Gavin." Miranda pouted.
"Gavin's on demon duty." Piper said stomping ahead into the kitchen.
Miranda and Gordo followed reluctantly.
"What did you say your name was kid?" Piper paused to ask Gordo.
"Fatso? You don't look very fat to me." Piper said.
"It's Gordo actually, my name is David Gordon but everyone just calls me Gordo…" He explained.
"Okay we've got to hurry before Piper either blows them up or bakes them cookies." Chris said leading the way upstairs.
"I want cookies." Gavin said.
"I wanted a cheeseburger." Lizzie pouted.
"We can get take out after the vanquish." Chris said once they reached the attic.
"Couldn't we have orbed? That third floor landing is a bitch." Gavin said.
Chris shot the man a glare and began flipping through the Book. Gavin and Lizzie came to stand behind him.
Lizzie asked Gavin was every demon on every page his demons. And Gavin shook his head and Chris flipped and flipped until he flipped out.
"Okay! This isn't getting us anywhere!" he shouted.
"Take it easy man." Gavin said.
"We've got potions." Piper said as the three entered the room.
Chris felt a change in the atmosphere the wind started pick up. He turned like the others to gape at a dimensional vortex.
"Aside from the fact that I was just in a kitchen with a woman who was making potions we have a problem." Gordo stated.
"Ya think?" Chris asked.
"Maybe we should get outta here?" Lizzie asked.
"I like that idea. Let's do that." Gavin said as some scaly robed demons stepped out of the portal.
Piper raised her arms and blew up two of the demons.
And a scaly female demon dressed in a purple robe stepped out of the portal.
"I will not have you blowing up any more of my royal guards." The demon said sending a burst of power in Piper's direction that sent her flying into the wall to land unconscious on the ground.
"That wasn't good was it?" Lizzie asked Chris as they rushed over to see if Piper was alright.
"She's just knocked out if anything would have happened to her I wouldn't be standing here." Chris said before he turned back to the demons.
"Uh what do you guys normally do when demons are staring at you?" Gordo asked.
"We fight." Chris stated throwing out his right arm and sending royal guards crashing into furniture.
Lizzie astral projected in between two demons they fired off engery balls at her and she projected back into herself causing the engery balls to hit the demons.
Miranda and Gordo were throwing potions in random directions, Gavin was trying to slip out of the room but Chris caught him and shot him a glare that made him think twice.
Five minutes later, they were locked in a dungeon in a demon dimension.
"We fight he says. And look where we are. See I knew this was gonna happen." Gordo said.
"I was there I know what I said. Do you think I like being shackled to you?" Chris asked.
Gordo scowled at him.
"Guys. The sisters are gonna save us. We've just gotta bide our time until then and not drive each other crazy," Lizzie said.
"Easy for you to say. You got chained to Miranda you guys can sit there and talk about boys for the next hundred years or so." Gordo grumbled.
"The two of you are gonna get along if it kills you." Lizzie said.
"Looks like I'm gonna live to a ripe old age." They both responded and then they looked at each other quizzically.
"Hey Gavin how are you holding up?" Miranda asked Gavin who was chained to the wall.
"Peachy." He said.
"We always find a way we're gonna get out of here." Chris said.
"Yep. Maybe we can think of a spell."
"We're in a magic proof cell." Gavin informed them.
"Which keeps our magic trapped right?" Lizzie asked.
"That means we can't call for Leo we can't call for Paige."
"But we can order pizza right." Lizzie joked.
Chris glared at his girlfriend.
"What? I'm hungry."
"I thought magic wouldn't work in here?" Miranda asked.
"Not to get us out." Chris said, "But maybe his phone will work."
"Now all we need is a rhyme." Chris said looking at Gavin, who just looked at him.
"I said all we need is a rhyme." Chris repeated.
"I heard you! I just don't know why you asked me. Do I look like a spell writer to you?"
"You're a song writer, it's kind of similar." Miranda shrugged.
"Lizzie do you think you can come up with something? Anything I would come up with would be a bunch of random curse words in prose format." Chris said.
"I could try, Gordo toss me your phone." Lizzie said.
Gordo tossed her the phone which she missed but Miranda managed to catch.
"So while Lizzie is pulling a spell out of her ass what are we going to do?" Gavin asked.
"We wait." Chris said.
"Okay haven't we learned anything from listening to him the last time?" Gordo asked.
"What does that supposed to mean?" Chris demanded of the eighteen year old boy that was currently shackled to him.
"What do you think it means? You suck dude." Gavin said.
Miranda nodded in agreement.
"Well, what would the two of you suggest we do then?" Chris demanded.
"Find out what Queen Hoochie Coochie wants from Gavin here and see we can come up with a compromise." Miranda said.
"That's Queen Hitachi. And we will not barter with her." Gavin said.
"It's the only choice we have if we agree to the trial they'll bring us up from the dungeon and out of this cage. Then maybe Lizzie's spell will have a chance to work." Chris said.
"Trial?" Gavin croaked.
"It's not just you. We're in this too." Miranda said.
"Look Chris is right. This is dumb let's agree to the damn trial and figure a way out of here." Gordo said.
"Yo! Scaly!" Gavin shouted.
One of the guards stalked toward the cage. Lizzie moved over to where Chris and Gordo were dragging Miranda with her.
The demon sneered at Gavin who didn't back down.
"Tell the Queen we'll submit to trial." Gavin said.
"You will be no doubt found guilty of lying to Her Excellency and you and your band of witches and thieves will be sentenced to play the royal court for a thousand days."
"Just do it." Gavin said.
"I could kill you where you stand. But the Queen wants you alive for now." The demon said turning to leave.
"Why do I feel like I've made the biggest mistake of my life?" Gavin said.
"Gavin, we are going to get out of this." Lizzie said firmly.
"Oh yeah how?" the group chorused together.
Lizzie narrowed her eyes, "You'll see." She said.
"What did you do?" Chris asked sounding concerned.
"Uh oh. This isn't good she's getting the squinty look she's planning something." Miranda said.
"Maybe it'll be just what we need to get out of here." Gordo said.
"What are you talking about?" Chris asked.
"Oh you didn't know?" Gordo asked.
"When ever Lizzie gets that look she's thinking up one of her crazy ass plans that usually get us into deep trouble at school. Though we usually come out of it better than we went in." Miranda explained.
"Let's hear your plan Liz." Chris said.
"I don't have a plan. We just stall until we go to trial. I sent Piper a text message with a spell attached to it. I know that Piper will have rounded up her sisters and Leo and they will have found us by then." Lizzie said.
"What are you talking about McGuire?" Chris asked.
"Here's a thought why don't you just pay her the money you owe her?" Miranda asked.
"I don't owe her money. A friend of mine got into some trouble. He offered to trade his life for some of the venom that the demons possess. With a little modification the deadly substance can cure any disease and even raise the dead." Gavin revealed.
"His sister was sick and he wanted to save her. I couldn't let him die. So I offered my soul for his. She didn't want my soul she wanted me and the band to play her court. I told her that I would find someone else and trick them into trading their soul." Gavin explained.
"Haven't found any takers yet?" Chris asked laughing.
Gavin glared at him, "No."
"On your feet humans." A different guard throws open the door to the cell and Lizzie grabbed for Chris' hand pulling him up along with Miranda and Gordo.
"The Sovereign will see you now." The demon said, they followed the demon and were flanked by royal guards.
"You humans are moving too slowly." One of the demons said grabbing Lizzie and shoving her forward.
"Hey. Keep your hands off my girl alright." Chris glared at the demon.
The demon smirked, "What are you going to do about it Whitelighter?"
"Oh nothing just this." Chris said making a fist and telekinetically strangling the demon.
The demon fell to his knees, gasping for air until Chris cut his air off all together and the demon slumped forward on the ground.
"Anyone else want to touch her?" Chris asked.
"Thanks Chris." Lizzie said.
"Isn't that sweet he killed a demon for you…" Miranda cooed.
"Move it along." Another royal guard said.
"That's what I thought." Chris said as the whole group was shoved into a huge throne room.
"Finally, you have seen reason. I must admit that I was surprised when you agreed to trial." The Queen stalked toward the group.
Lizzie had to admit the Queen was very imposing, she had a statuesque frame she was somewhere around 5'11 and light green scaly skin. She had the bone structure of a model and a very arresting profile.
Her hair was covered by one of those medieval headdresses that looked very heavy. Lizzie couldn't imagine what it must be like to hold it up.
"I guess you can say that," Chris said shrugging.
Lizzie prayed her boyfriend wouldn't do anything that would get them into trouble. They had just been unshackled. And Lizzie was enjoying the small taste of freedom.
The Queen was about to speak when a dimensional portal opened up and the sisters and Leo stepped out.
"What did I tell you guys?" Lizzie said.
Paige began saying the Power of Three spell it didn't vanquish the Queen it simply bound her and her minions to their own dimension.
"Come on," Piper said, "You've got a gig to play. I'm expecting a packed house. You have just enough time to grab a bite to eat." She told Gavin giving him a spank on his behind as he jumped through the portal.
"I believe you owe us dinner." Chris told Gavin once they'd stepped out of the portal.
"I think he's right." Lizzie said.
"Alright. Pizza's on me." Gavin said.
They got to P3 not long after Gavin had to go and get ready. Chris ordered a round for the group.
"Okay what is this?" Miranda asked about her drink.
"Rum and coke. Minus the rum." Chris said.
"Aww… come on it's not like we can't hold our liquor." Miranda whined.
"It's a bit early to get wasted." Chris said.
Lizzie nodded in agreement.
"Whatever." Miranda grumbled.
"Gavin is getting ready to start." Lizzie said excitedly.
They watched Gavin perform.
And once Gavin's set was through they all hung out with the band.
Chris didn't know who had decided to do shots. But they were all going shot for shot. The guys with JD and the girls with vodka and orange juice.
And before long Chris found himself just this side of wasted. He pulled an equally drunk Lizzie out on the dance floor for a steamy slow dance to a song that was far too fast.
She giggled babbling nonsensical words as he kissed her neck as they swayed to a hip-hop song.
They returned to the secluded corner of the club where the others were gathered. Miranda was sitting on Gavin's lap whispering something Chris was sure was obscene into his ear. Gordo was still doing shots and he wasn't nearly as wasted as the rest of them were.
Chris hadn't been quite that drunk in a long time. He sat down it the booth and immediately got a lapful of Lizzie.
She straddled his thighs and a purred into his ear, "I want you."
"Are you going to take me right here?" he asked.
She laughed and ground herself against him. Which he was sure was more frustrating for him than her.
"Lizzie, baby, slow down 'kay." He said.
Lizzie pouted poking out her lower lip and it was one of the cutest things Chris had seen.
"Later I promise." He said.
He wasn't quite drunk enough to have sex in the middle of a packed club.
"It so convenient that you two are making out instead of doing shots." Gavin said, "I'm beginning to think you can't hold your liquor."
"I smell a bet," Gavin's drummer slurred.
"I can totally hold my liquor." Chris said making his next mistake of the night.
Not long after he spoke those famous last words he found himself singing along with the Def Leopard hit Pour Some Sugar on Me.
He thought he was totally kicking ass everyone was cheering for him. He could hear Lizzie screaming his name; he knew it was one of her favorite songs.
Piper certainly didn't expect to see her Whitelighter crawling across the counter at the bar crooning (quite well) a Def Leopard song.
She sensed something familiar about him. She felt the need to protect him sometimes but mostly she suppressed it.
She knew they all had been drinking a lot. She knew quite a lot of liquor had to have been drunk in order for her usually reserved and snarky Whitelighter to be putting on such a show.
He had the whole crowd on its feet and the girls were going crazy. Piper knew Chris wasn't paying them any mind all of his attention was focused on a blonde girl.
She was glad Chris had someone; she knew he must be incredibly lonely in this time. And the more nights he went out with Lizzie the less he would be pushing for impromptu vanquishes.
But she just knew that him getting on the bar and singing would end badly, he was so wasted it seemed he would pass out any second.
"Do you take sugar–" Chris sang falling off the bar and landing unconscious to the floor.
Piper took that as a sign that she should get the whole group over to the Manor.
She knew Paige and Phoebe would have loved to have seen that so she took a couple of pictures with her phone to send to her sisters.
Piper managed to round up the whole gang and get them back to the Manor with the help of Leo.
She locked Lizzie and Miranda in Phoebe's old room and had Leo put Chris in Paige's old room.
Seeing her sisters' empty rooms still exactly the way they had left them hurt so she made a mental note to do some redecorating in the rooms.
Gavin and Gordo were the least drunk out of the five of them. So she left them downstairs playing cards. She made her own way up to bed after checking on Wyatt.
Once Lizzie was sure that Piper had gone to bed she snuck across the hall to Paige's room where Chris was. Giggling to herself at her success when she had sneaked out of the room without Miranda noticing for the other girl had went to sleep.
Moving as quietly as a drunken girl can she slipped into the room closing the door, only breaking into a fit of giggles when she unzipped her skirt and let it slide to the floor leaving her in only her thong underwear and her tank top.
She climbed into bed with her unconscious boyfriend and snuggled up.
Piper awoke to the sound of the phone ringing groaning at the offensive noise. She rolled over and grabbed the cordless off its base on her nightstand.
"Hello?" she mumbled groggily.
She listened as the woman on the other end spoke.
"They're here. I am so sorry for not calling you last night Jo." Piper said.
She listened as the woman talked rapidly explaining that she was worried that something awful happened. The McGuire's had covered for them with the other kids' families just incase some thing demonic had happened.
"You did." Piper mumbled.
"He is?" she asked a second later.
"He should be there in a few minutes, he was furious I tried to stop him. He said something about 'violating his first born' and he took off." Jo explained.
"They had a bit to drink last night and I let them stay over. I am so sorry about this. I'll go wake them up." She said hanging up.
She threw on a robe and strode purposefully down the hallway to Phoebe's room. She only found one of the teenage girls she had put in there the night before.
"Hey! Get wake up! Mr. McGuire's on his way to pick you guys up. Do you know where Lizzie went?" She said shaking the girl awake.
"What?" the girl mumbled.
"Where's Lizzie?"
"Oh Lizzie? She went across the hall to have sex with Chris." Miranda said.
Piper abruptly let go of Miranda's shoulders causing her to fall back on the bed. She could hear the doorbell ringing down stairs.
She practically ran across the hallway. Throwing open the door. She saw something she definitely did not want to see. Though it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
"Chris!" Piper screeched.
"What in the hell are you doing?" she asked closing the door.
Chris heard his mother's voice he had been having the best dream of his life.
He was dreaming that he was in bed with Lizzie and they were about to–do something they hadn't done as a couple.
It seemed so real. Almost too real. He could feel every caress. He could taste every kiss. He heard every moan. And dream Lizzie seemed so warm and so real.
Chris woke up to find that he wasn't dreaming Lizzie was on top of him kissing him.
Green eyes met hazel shocked gazes mirrored each other.
Lizzie broke off the kiss and got off him.
"Oh my God." She moaned and not the way she had moments ago.
"What–what is going on here?" Piper asked at the same time that the door opened revealing Lizzie's father.
"Dad I can explain." Lizzie said getting out of the bed.
Chris was to afraid to smirk when the girl noticed that she wasn't wearing much.
She blushed and wrapped the comforter around herself.
"This really isn't what it looks like Mr. McGuire." Chris said.
"It looks like you had sex with my little girl."
"I am not a little girl and he didn't have sex with me. I don't think." Lizzie said.
Sam stalked forward, and Chris thought he was going to get his ass kicked.
"I trusted you." The older man growled at him.
"Leo!" Piper called nervously.
Chris didn't know how his father could help. Leo didn't like Chris anymore than Sam did at that moment.
"And how could you sleep with this man you've haven't even known a month?" Sam demanded of his daughter.
Lizzie wouldn't meet her father's angry gaze.
"Answer me. Are you gonna throw your life away sleeping around with men you hardly know?" He asked grabbing Lizzie by the shoulders and shaking her hard enough to hurt.
Lizzie was sobbing quietly and it was too much for Chris to take.
"Don't touch her." he said there was a dangerous edge to his voice.
Chris knew that Lizzie's father had probably never disciplined her physically. And he wouldn't want to hurt her because he was angry.
"If you wanna hit some hit me. I shouldn't have allowed her to drink. We made a mistake and I'm sorry, just don't punish Lizzie." Chris said standing up thankful that whoever had put him to bed when he passed out had been nice enough to leave him in his boxers.
"I just might hit you." He said shooting Chris a glare.
Sam looked back at his daughter.
"I'm sorry Sweetie. I'm just so upset." Sam said letting go of Lizzie shoulders and grabbing her hand.
"We're leaving and you are never and I mean never to see this young man again." Sam told his daughter.
"You can't make me stop seeing Chris." Lizzie hissed wrenching her hand away from her father's grip and violently wiping away her tears.
"Watch me. We are leaving now. If you want to be ungrounded before you're forty I suggest you don't protest."
Lizzie bowed her head and followed her father out the door.
"I'll see you later Chris. Bye Piper call me if you need help with a vanquish." She said loud enough for her father to hear.
Leo arrived late long after Lizzie and the others had gone and Chris had sat down heavily on the bed his head in his hands.
"What happened?" He asked.
Piper waved her ex off and moved to sit on the bed beside the young Whitelighter.
"Chris are you alright?" she asked her voice brought him from his trance.
"I'm fine, I've got to go. I've got some work to take care of." He said orbing away.