Title: Shimmering Light.
Author: Sunniva
Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed or the characters in the series. I make no money on this fic and only write for fun.
Summery: Bianca only pretended being evil. When the truth comes out will The Charmed Ones help her and Chris? AU set in the beginning of Chris-Crossed. Chris/Bianca.
AN: As always in my fics Bianca is only two years older then Chris. That means she is 25 and he is 23.
AN 2: I have done it so that everything Chris has done in the past is reflected in the future.
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2004: San Francisco, shopping mall.
Bianca and Phoebe were walking through the large shopping mall going from store to store looking at clothes, shoes and purchased what they found nice. Of course, unable to not buy something in stores like Prada and Gucci, they didn't have that much money left to spend.
So they decided to spend the rest at a small coffee shop not far away. Not being in a hurry they took their time and did some window-shopping on the way.
The mall was full of teenagers, families and some old couples every now and then. Being only the two of them, Paige was on a temp job, Piper in the club, Leo Up There and Chris on a usual demon hunt, they were relaxing and enjoying their time.
So they weren't prepared when a normal, everyday looking man came rushing towards them screaming, "You will pay for what you did to my brother. You will pay!" He had his left hand raised high and was holding a knife.
Surprised and chocked, Phoebe didn't move. She wasn't used at getting attacked when it wasn't demon related, especially not in crowded areas with eyewitnesses around. Bianca on the other hand had her assassin background to fall back on and dropped the bags to be free to move.
The man was almost upon them, still screaming, and began letting the knife down towards Phoebe. Bianca had anticipated that move and was ready. She got hold of the knife arm with both hands and kicked the man in the stomach. He fell down on the floor and she delivered another kick on his back to make him stay down.
Which he should, but didn't.
Instead he got up like nothing had happened. Bianca and Phoebe, now ready, split so they stood on each side of the man. He locked his eyes on Phoebe and rushed towards her, once again screaming, "You will pay for what you did to my brother. You will pay!"
This man was clearly not able to fight properly. His main attack was rushing forward and yet, every time Phoebe and Bianca would knock him down with blows that would make anyone unconscious he just got up and shrugged it off.
They didn't know how long the fight had been going on but finally Bianca had enough. So far they had tried not to hurt him, it clearly wasn't working so she did a desperate move; she broke his leg. The snap of bones was heard clearly to all those who stood watching, in a safe distant, and some even winced knowing what had happened.
And yet the man got up with nothing but rage on his face.
"That's not normal! I broke his leg!" Bianca exclaimed as she stopped another attack on Phoebe.
"I don't think this guy is normal," Phoebe panted. And it suddenly stopped. The man fell down unconscious and he wasn't even close to Bianca or Phoebe. They looked confused at each other. It was then they heard the sound of policemen making their way through the crowd.
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2004: Paige's temp job.
Paige walked down the hall of the old people's home where she was currently working, wanting to get to the relaxation room. The room where the elders played games, watching TV, or (to be very youngish) hang out.
She had some dessert that she had been ordered to give them. So she was pushing a cart with her.
Just as she was about to enter the room, the doors opened and an old lady, one that Paige knew, stepped out.
"Oh, Paige, lovely weather we have today, isn't it?" Paige looked out the window. The rain was pouring down, the sky dark and wind was howling.
"It sure is, Mrs. Finnery," she said to the old lady.
"I was just on my way to my room. With such nice weather I just have to go to the park."
"That sounds nice. Don't you want some dessert first?" Paige asked thinking of ways to keep her inside.
"I love desserts. I can always go out later today," the lady said and walked back into the room with Paige following. She had hardly gotten inside when one of the older men came rushing towards her, in a surprisingly high speed for such an old man, screaming, "You will pay for what you did to my brother. You will pay!"
"Mr. Harmer?" Paige asked confused. She was too shocked to move so when the old man crashed into her they both fell towards the cart, which tipped, and fell with it down on the floor. In the background Paige heard a nurse scream for help but she was too dizzy to actually hear any words.
Male nurses came in and ran to the old man who made his way back to Paige. They grabbed hold of him and had to tighten it up when he began to struggle. A female nurse helped Paige up on her feet.
The old man screamed a last, "You will pay for what you did to my brother. You will pay!" and then went limp.
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2004: San Francisco, P3.
Piper walked out from her office with a bunch of paper in her hand. She greeted the bouncer Billy, who always came in early although he didn't have to, as she passed him on her way to the bar.
The bartender, David, was behind the bar instructing the new barmaid, Charlotte, some last things before her first night. She looked nervous, with good reason, since her first night also happened to be the night the very popular Shadow Angels were playing.
Men were working on the stage so everything was ready for the band when they would play. Suddenly, a noise, like someone dropped something heavy, came from the stage. Unprepared for that sound, most in the club jumped in fright and turned towards the stage.
To everyone's surprise a man was running down from the stage to the floor, aiming for Piper, screaming, "You will pay for what you did to my brother. You will pay!"
Piper saw no sign from the man of slowing down and in panic took a beer bottle and made it collide with his head. The man fell to the floor but immediately got up again. But by then Billy had made his way over, prepared to defend his boss.
The attacking man ignored him and aimed once again at Piper. But Billy didn't let him near Piper and hit him hard, right in the face. But he didn't even seem phased by it. The man attacked Piper again; Billy was stiff in shock at what happened or what had not happened.
But now Piper was ready. She threw up her hands and froze the room, the man included.
She let out a nervous laugh and wondered what to do next. So she did what she always had done in this situation; she called for Leo.
"LEO! Get you butt down here because we have serious problem," she yelled while keeping an eye on her frozen attacker.
Leo Orbed in worried, "what is it?"
"This man attacked me," Piper said, "I hit him with a bottle to his head and Billy punched his face and he continued like nothing."
"Your not the only one who was attacked today," he sighed, "it happened to Paige, Phoebe and Bianca too. I don't know anything, I just found out," he said when she started asking what had happened.
"Can you help me with this?" she wondered pointing at the man. Leo waived his hand in front of his face. Piper didn't know exactly what he did, must have been something Elderish.
Before he Orbed away so Piper could unfreeze the room he said, "when you can, go to the Manor. The others are on their way," he then disappeared in blue and white orbs.
Piper looked uncertainly at her attacker, braised herself and unfroze the room, hoping whatever Leo did would work at once. It did. The attacker fell down, asleep, to everyone's surprise.
"Boss? Are you ok?" Billy asked concerned.
"Y-yes. I think I'll go home though," she said, "Can you handle the rest?" she asked David.
"Of course. Go home, Piper, and rest. We'll take care of him," nodding to the sleeping man on the floor, "and the police."
"Are you sure you should be driving, Boss?" Billy asked, "I can take you other wise."
"No, I'm fine. I just want to go home."
They nodded and she left.
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2004: Halliwell Manor.
"Anyone home?" Phoebe called out as she and Bianca walked inside. They dropped the shopping bags on the floor and went further inside the house.
"You will never guess what happened to us at the mall," Phoebe said assuming someone actually was home and listening. She was right, Paige came from the kitchen with a cup of tea in her hand.
"I don't know about you but something weird and tragic happened to me," she said stirring the tea with a small spoon.
"Bet it doesn't top ours, but okay, what happened?" Phoebe asked.
"An old man died of heart attack at my temp job," Paige said and took a sip out of the cup.
"Nope, doesn't top ours, but it was tragic," Phoebe agreed only to be interrupted by her younger sister.
"Right after he attacked me."
Both Phoebe and Bianca looked surprised and you could hear it in Phoebes voice, "Ok, that ties with us because that what's happened to us at the mall," she said.
"Funny, that's what happened to me at the club," Piper said behind them. None of them had heard her come in and turned shocked.
"So what are the odds, that the four of us getting attacked in the same day and in different locations, are none demonic?" she wondered.
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To Be Continued…--------
AN: I'm glad you liked it that Bianca survived. For a while I actually had her killed the same way as in the episode and then would end the story with Chris going back to the past. But I really like Chris and Bianca's relationship and is sad that we only saw one episode with them, so I decided to let her live and continue the story.
The majority of you thought I should make my own stuff up so that what I'll do. Hope you liked the first chapter of the made up past!
More of Chris in next chapter, I promise!
Bye
Sunniva.
