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: Halliwell Manor, Attic.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Chris asked worriedly to Bianca. He had just gotten home from a demon vanquish and had been updated with the resent events. His first reaction after hearing about the attack on Bianca was to go to the police station and beat the man to a pulp. He didn't give in to the urge but was certain that if he had that annoying cop Sheridan would have been glad. She had been after him, him of all people, knowing something wasn't right and fixed on finding out what.
"I'm fine, Chris, relax," Bianca tried to calm him. Standing by the book with Paige, Phoebe looked up and couldn't let the opportunity pass.
"Yes, I'm fine too. Thanks for asking," she joked faking hurt. Chris turned and glared at her.
Piper, sitting on the couch, decided to interrupt whatever retort he had, "So we all got attacked and they all yelled the same thing. Have any of us actually hurt any brothers of these men?"
"Paul Marx, was the guy's name who attacked us," Phoebe said, "He said to the police that he didn't know why he attacked us. He didn't know who we were or why he yelled, you will pay for what you did to my brother. He do have a brother who lives in Europe and haven't been to the states for over five years."
"Paige?" Piper wondered.
"The old mans name was William Harmer, an old war veteran. He got injured in a battle and had a bad limp for the rest of his life. He could hardly walk so when he came towards me running was a big shocker. He didn't have a brother but three sisters, all which are dead. How about yours?"
"I don't know who he was," Piper began, "he travel as a construction worker for the band that's playing tonight. I have never seen him before."
"Could they have been possessed?" Chris wondered.
Leo shook his head, "No, if possessed, the old man still wouldn't have been able to run, since whoever is possessing takes over the body, and everything that may be wrong with it."
"So, can anyone have been tinkering with their mind?" Bianca asked.
"How can that have worked with the old man?" Phoebe wondered.
"It's common knowledge that in extreme situations the mind has been able to do amazing and impossible things with the body."
"You think a demon took over the mind?" Piper asked. Paige didn't wait for an answer. Instead she began looking though the book again for a demon that may fit.
"She may be on to something there," Leo mused.
"So… possibly a demon wants to avenge his brother," Phoebe stated, "well that narrows it down."
They all sighed tiredly and Piper walked down when she heard Wyatt's cries over the baby monitor. Paige watched her oldest sister and then whined childishly, "I guess I'll have to cancel the date I have with Richard tonight. This will take forever."
Phoebe took the book from her, "go on that date. I'll look for the demon."
Surprised Paige asked, "what about you?"
Phoebe rolled her eyes about her answer, "I was suppose to go to the paper after my shopping trip but Elise found out about the attack and forced me to take the day off."
Paige hugged Phoebe happily and ran down to make herself ready. A few seconds later Leo orbed Up There, thinking nothing more would happen in the attic.
Phoebe looked after Paige, not even reacting to Leos departure, "I wish I had a date," she sighed. A look at Chris and Bianca, also ready to leave, and Phoebe got a strange glint in her eyes.
"You wouldn't know if I'm married in the future, would you?" she asked, "If I am and you tell me who it would save me so much time."
"Sorry Phoebe," Bianca said, "we can't tell you that."
"If I'm married or who I'm married to?"
"Both," Chris said.
Phoebe sighed again, defeated, "So what are you planning to do tonight?" she asked in a dull voice. Bianca smiled a feral grin and conjured an athamé, "we're going to hunt."
"They might know something in the Underworld," Chris continued. Bianca grabbed hold of him and shimmered them both away, leaving Phoebe alone in the attic.
Angry cries reached her ears and she became a little happier, "That's good Wyatt. Keep it up and Piper might be as miserable as I am."
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2004: Underworld.
The dark hallways of the Underworld, only lit up by candlelight's, with the uneven stone walls and crossing tunnels like a complicated labyrinth, made a perfect cover for anyone who was sneaking, spying or killing.
Even though the low-level demons were pretty stupid, even they knew not to speak of certain subjects in the halls. You never knew which walls had ears behind them. Two of these taboo subjects were;
Anything of the Charmed Ones.
Their new Whitelighter had the annoying habit of popping up it you talked about them and killed you for it. So in fear of him the Charmed Ones were no longer discussed. It didn't really help, the Whitelighter killed demons just as much as before but the habit stayed.
The way to the Sources lair.
This rule was actually pretty stupid. The Underworld consisted of a numbers of
levels. The low-level demons operated in the highest levels while the higher-level
demons were in the lower levels. The Sources lair, currently empty since there
was no new Source, was placed in the bottom. Everyone knew this! But they
didn't speak about it anyway.
For Chris and Bianca, sneaking around here wasn't too hard. They were currently in the lower levels looking for a prey. They found it in a big ugly demon, with horns on the head and hoofs as hands. Silently Bianca motioned towards it and Chris nodded in agreement.
Using the shadows they silently stalked their victim for the perfect opportunity to strike. Surprisingly the bull demon walked lower and lower. Both Bianca and Chris knew what lay deepest down and wondered if someone was trying to become the next new Source.
They followed the bull demon to the last level and watched as it turned towards two big steel doors, guarded by three different demons. The guards let him in and for a few seconds, when the doors opened, Chris got a look of the room. He didn't like what he saw. Turning to Bianca he silently told her to shimmer them back to the Manor.
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2004: Halliwell Manor.
Two hours ago Pipers headache had been non-existent. One hour ago it had been the size of Mount Everest and now it was in the size of the galaxy. The cause of the headache? It started with Wyatt.
Two hours ago he had cried out, frightened by something. Of course being who she was, Piper thought a demon might have attacked and immediately checked it out. She had gone to his room, where he was at the time, which was empty except for him. After thirty minutes of tears and frightened sobs she managed to get him to say what had frightened him.
Apparently a monster lived under his bed.
She managed to calm him down and explained that there wasn't a monster under the bed and even if it were, mommy and the aunties would kick it out.
That's when the monster under his bed decided to attack.
Taken by surprise, Piper blew it up by luck. Wyatt began crying again and Pipers first headache came. She was now in the kitchen with an inconsolable toddler and if that wasn't enough the ones in charged of the club called every few seconds for one thing or another. Apparently the microphones didn't work so the band couldn't play, the police had taken Billy to the station for a statement that couldn't be taken at the club so they were without a bouncer and a few early drinkers had started a fight which left the new barmaid Charlotte with a black eye when she got in the way. This was just some of all the stuff they called about.
"Shh, Wyatt, mommy is here," she tried soothing him, "there aren't any more monsters to scare you anymore."
It didn't work and Wyatt kept on crying and that blasted phone rang once again.
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2004: Halliwell Manor.
Two hours! Two boring, long hours and she hadn't even come halfway through the book yet. She would have if she weren't interrupted all the time from the phone. Piper had gotten tired of answering and told her to do it. So far it had been six calls in twenty minutes.
Suddenly the door burst open and Paige stalked in. Phoebe could almost see the black cloud hanging over her sister's head. So when Paige plopped down on chair next to her and started looking in the book she couldn't hold her curiosity.
"Why are you not on the date?"
Paige glared at her and turned a page a little more viciously, "I was on the date until some bimbo decided to ruin it." She turned back to the book and read the page she was on.
Phoebe got up thinking Paige probably needed some time alone to calm down. So she walked down to see if Piper managed to calm Wyatt down.
Piper had now moved to the living room. Wyatt wasn't crying hysterical anymore but was sobbing quietly into his mothers' arms.
When she noticed Phoebe walking in Piper looked up and smiled at her, to Phoebe's surprise.
"I don't believe he remember what he was crying about. He just don't want to leave my arms," she whispered and nodded down where Wyatt was resting. Phoebe smiled at the cute sight.
All three was interrupted, although Wyatt didn't care, when Chris and Bianca shimmered in.
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2004: Halliwell Manor.
"So there is a new Source?" Phoebe wondered. Everyone, even Wyatt who still didn't want to leave Piper, and Leo who they called down from Up There, were in the attic. Paige was still looking through the book while listening to the conversation at the same time.
"Possibly," Chris said, "I didn't see much, except a large crowed of demons."
"What would they do in the Sources lair if someone wasn't trying to become the next Source?" Piper asked. She shifted Wyatt so he was resting on her left arm. He was half asleep and pretty heavy.
"I don't know," Chris said.
Piper sighed, "We have to deal with that later," she turned to Paige, "Have you found anything?"
"Three possible demons," she answered.
Shocked Phoebe blurted, "I looked for two hours and didn't found a thing."
"Well I'm just good," Paige smirked.
"Okay, the demons," Piper interrupted.
"The demons of Insanity, Delusion and Madness," she showed Phoebe the pictures of the three demons while continued saying, "all of them can manipulate the mind."
"Someone has made a mistake," Phoebe said looking at one page.
"Why?" Paige wondered.
"Because we have already vanquished this demon," she took the book and showed the page to Piper.
"We did, or at least someone looking like him," Piper said looking up at Phoebe.
"Can this be a twin?" Phoebe wondered.
"What demon?" Paige asked.
"The one we vanquished was called the demon of Illusion and the one looking like him is the demon of Delusion."
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To Be Continued…--------
AN: Thank you for the reviews, they were wonderful. I'm sorry it took so long to get this chapter up but my father wants me move closer to him and had me looking for schools in Stockholm.
I hope you enjoyed the chapter. We'll see when the next one comes up.
ByeSun.
