Bring on the Demons

Chris and Cady sat as close as physically possible to each other on the love seat across from the charmed ones on the couch, without ending up with Cady on Chris' lap. Neither had any objection if Cady were to end up on Chris' lap, but Chris could sense that she'd rather not anger the Charmed Ones any more than they already were…who could blame her?

Chris' grip on Cady's shoulder tightened slightly in a comforting way as she rested her head on his shoulder. He gave a small smile, resting his head against hers. He knew that this was completely out of character for him, but he couldn't help it. The need to be close to her was making him act odd, not that he minded. Even now, just minutes after meeting her, he never wanted to let go of her…never wanted her to be alone.

As if sensing his thoughts, Cady squeezed his hand that was currently entwined with hers. The charmed ones rolled their eyes at all the affection going on between the two.

"Alright," Piper started, "So we're all here, what is going on? And what does Phoebe's 'spell' have to do with this?"

"Like I said, it helps people find their soul mates." Chris said watching as Cady's eyes flutter closed.

"And…" Paige said.

"Cady is mine." He said simply.

"How can you tell?" Phoebe asked, wondering just how well her future spell worked.

"It's an effect of the spell. When two people who are 'meant to be', as the spell went, meet something just…clicks…" He glanced down at the girl next to him, "You just know…deep down…"

"So if you're just supposed to know what does that have to do with your…reactions…" Piper asked, unsure of how to phrase the lip locks of before.

"Different people realize their soul mate in different ways," he explained, moving a piece of hair from Cady's face, earning a gentle smile from Phoebe, "Shy people usually just act more shy around each other, dominant people usually argue a lot but know that they love each other…it's different for everyone…but somehow you just know…"

"So will you two be lip locking all over the house?" Piper asked, thinking about Wyatt walking in on that.

"Not really…at first it's…hard…to leave the other person, to be away from them for very long. You're just overwhelmed…" Chris trailed trying to find a way to explain what he was feeling, "…by a feeling of love and meaning. You just want to spend every second with them until you're certain that it's real. As soon as that hits…everything calms down a little…"

"What did you mean by 'it's complicated', when we asked you if you knew Cady?" Paige asked, "Did you know her in the future?"

"No, I only met her today," Chris said, tearing his gaze from Cady to look at Paige, "But once you meet your soul mate, you feel like you have known them forever…but not. You sense things about them that are familiar. You might know what their favorite color is or what their favorite food is without them ever mentioning it."

"Well, I'm glad that one of my spells turned out good…" Phoebe muttered, smiling at the care and affection she could see between Chris and Cady. But then, the look on Chris' face made her question it. "It is good, right?"

"For the most part, yes." Chris replied, "After the Divorce Boom everything is pretty good, everyone is happy, Divorce is almost non existent." He said trying to soften the blow, "The only bad side affect of the spell is death…"

"Everyone dies?" Phoebe asked, turning white.

"No!" Chris exclaimed, "No, it's just that when two people are connected that deeply, when one dies the other tends to waste away. Depending on the depth of their connection and the possible children present death might be postponed." Seeing their confused faces he elaborated. "If you are deeply connected with no children and your partner dies…you usually die pretty quickly after that. But if you have children to live for, you usually live until the children are old enough and then waste away…"

Phoebe looked as if she were about to say something when a loud crash resounded from the kitchen. The sisters jumped to attention running in that direction as some demons appeared, the first being blown up by Piper. Chris rushed over; making sure that no demon would hurt Cady, who by now had jumped awake.

Cady ran after Chris seeing him run in the direction of the Kitchen. The demons had made their way into the Dining room. There were three there being attacked by Chris and Paige as Piper and Phoebe worked on the two still in the kitchen.

Cady hid around the corner of the archway to the dining room, watching intently as Paige and Chris finished off two demons, allowing the last one to shimmer out. A call from Phoebe made Paige run to the kitchen to help fight the last demon.

Cady ran over to Chris hugging him tightly while the Charmed Ones finished off the demon. She had been so scared that Chris would be hurt; she was ready to go out there and fight with him. But he had done it; he had fought the demon and won.

The sound of a demon exploding could be heard from the kitchen. Cady turned to see the sisters walk out with green slime all over their bodies.

"What happened?" Chris asked, stepping forward wanting to make sure that they were okay.

"The baby," was all Paige said, glaring playfully at Piper's slight bulge.

"He wouldn't let Piper blow up the demon," Phoebe said, wiping slime off her face.

"Well, you know, at least we had some back up potion." Piper said, trying to shake the slime off her hands.

Chris stepped forward a little more as Cady did as well. Her smile quickly left her face as the demon that escaped shimmered in just a few feet from Chris and the sisters.

The demon formed an energy ball, "Chris watch out!" Cady called hurling a fireball at the demon, effectively destroying it.

Chris turned in time to see Cady throw the ball and kill the demon about to kill him. He picked her up into a thankful hug as the sisters looked on shocked.

"She's a DEMON?" Piper shouted.

Chris finished spinning Cady around in her hug, lowering her to the floor as he rested his forehead on her's, staring into her eyes for the answer. "No…you're…half?" he asked.

She nodded, "Half witch too…"

He smiled and kissed her, completely unaware of the disbelieving stares of the sisters. Their same whitelighter who was hell bent on destroying all demons that entered the house was now making out with one. Granted she was part witch, but still…she was a demon!

A/N – Betcha didn't see that one comin'? Well, hopefully not. Next chappy involves proving that Cady is not a threat to the sisters.