The Lost Ones

Chapter seven: Revelations:

"Okay we'd better get started on finding out what's wrong with your nephew if were going to help." Piper said to Ellie trying to ignore the look Chris had given her, it made her uncomfortable the way he would look at times, like now his look could only be described as complete admiration and love. But right now with none of her sisters standing with her she was glad he was there that he respected and would stand by her and her choose to help both Ellie and Ben. She knew her sisters wouldn't 'God Paige will say something about how they are demons and that we shouldn't help them, and Phoebe…Phoebe will be no help she won't want to do anything God only if she would let go of what happened with Cole she might be of more help. God she…ahhh…makes me so mad she won't admit that a part of her still loves him. I mean does she honestly think that I wanted that to happen to them, to her. She honestly thinks she was the only one hurt by what happened. We all were. We were really starting to get to know him when he became the Source, and after his return from the wasteland he was crazy. But before that it had been good. Leo finally had another guy around who had seen the same things he had and was also in love with a charmed one even though it was against the rules. A part of me thinks that things would have been different if Cole never became the Source, maybe Leo would still be here he wouldn't be an elder, maybe Chris wouldn't need to be here nothing would have, no will happen to Wyatt. I know it's silly to think it but I can't help it, I can't forget the fact that Cole had helped us even if the cost could have easily been his own life. In fact he's still helping us, I never told Phoebe or Paige what the wedding gift Cole had given me was, I still can't help but smile at the way he gave it, and I can't help but smile when I use it, I mean a demon gave me an antique blessed silver bowl to use in preparing the herbs for the positions we use. It's kind of ironic that it was the same bowl I used for making the vanquishing position we used on Cole in the end. Oh… come on Piper this isn't the time for these thoughts span out of it. Cole is gone good or bad he's gone, and we have a different problem at hand we have a child that's dying and a woman who is blaming herself for something that she really shouldn't. I mean people need to work, wait a minute people need to work, she works! What the hell does she do please don't tell me she's a contract assassin of the underworld. Well Piper if you really want to know you might as well just ask her.'

"Umm…Ellie when you said the job was more important, what exactly did you mean by job?" Piper asked Ellie trying to not make it sound accusing or nervous. Ellie measured Piper with cool blue eyes, eyes that seemed to twinkle with amusement, Ellie smiled showing a row of straight white teeth, and said"I'm not murder by contract if that's what you're thinking I'm a teacher."

"Oh…demons send their spawn to school." This came from Paige who had just orbed into the living-room, the scowl that marred her face showed her disgust at the entire situation. "Is that your attempt at a bitchy put down you need to work harder. Like I don't know off the top of my head … If you're a blond how come your eyebrows are black? ... Or with a statement like that you're going to win the next noble prize for genius, or is your hair color a representation of your IQ….but considering the stress I've been under lately that's the best I can do. But if you ever call my nephew demonic spawn. You'll have yourself to blame for the end of the charmed ones to I make myself clear?" Ellie's voice was filled with contempt, her threat seemed scarier because she said it all in a cool and collected tone of voice, behind a sweet smile. Paige just nodded her head and moved to stand by Piper.

"Right…well seeing as how you all seem to have reached an understanding maybe we should try helping …umm…I wasn't here when the introductions were had. I'm Chris." Chris said extending his hand to Ellie.

"Ellie" Ellie went to reach for Chris's hand again shifting Ben to make it easier to shake hand with whitelighter. As soon as they shook hands and Chris let's go Ellie looks at him with a raised eyebrow and a smirk, "so a time-traveling whitelighter, what ever will we see next."

Chris just smirked back and said, "Well only time can tell."

"So I see."

"What do you mean so you see?" asked Piper and Paige, both shocked that Ellie knew that Chris was from the future.

"Well short version is that I get a read on people or beings I come in to contact with when I have skin to skin contact. We all do, well actually not all it is…was mostly Cole and my power beside others."

"Well I guess there was a lot Cole never told us." Was Phoebe's comment who had just come down now.

"What was he meant to tell you everything? You knew for how long two years? And in that time you were meant to learn everything that had happened to him in a hundred and fifteen years? He told you his birthday and what did you do? Oh…wait you vanquished him. So if you don't mind could you please forty-six with the pity me mode you're in." was Ellie remark. Phoebe couldn't believe it much like Piper she never got a good look at her in the alley but seeing her now there was no doubt in her mind that the woman sitting in front of her was anything but Cole's sister the color of the hair, the eyes, the features so much like Cole's but different more feminine, softer, fuller, and the same sarcasm.

"Listen there isn't time for your I hate Cole let me count the ways. Someone or somethingreally wants Ellie dead, and someone else doesn't. Forget about Cole a second and find away of helping Ellie now people." Came Chris interruption it was obvious that the whitelighter was at the end of his rope. All those in the room got withering, annoyed glances from the young man all save Piper and Ellie. 'It wouldn't do to get her angry with me she knows everything that is going to happen I need her help, I need her to work with me not against me. And frankly hearing Aunt Phoebe complain about how Cole never toldher anything too personal gets old and old fast. I mean what does she really think? Yes I will tell you everything about my family so that when you're done vanquishing you can vanquish them to. God what the hell is in the water in 2002, or are they really that stupid and I never noticed it. No that's not fair to Mom she's at least moving in the right direction.Wellnow that Ellie is herethings are moving in the right direction, and with Will now dating Paige, things are starting to look up. Finding who turned Wyatt evil will be easier with them both on board. And then there's Cole who has always been a wild card but with both Ellie and Will, they be enough to sway him. Will's helping depends completely on Paige and as long as she doesn't blow him off when she learns the truth…well this isn't the time to think about that, let's try and sway Phoebe and Paige into saving Ben. Okay here goes nothing.'

"Ellie why don't you tell us why they want dead?"

"Yeah I think we would all would like to know why six demons were sent to kill you and nephew?" asked Piper who was still sitting next to Ellie one hand on her shoulder the other was slightly creasing Ben's cheek, who had once again fallen asleep. Piper couldn't help but notice that the boy was cold to the touch almost ice like. It was then she noticed that he was wrapped in three thermal blankets, and was wearing a thick sweater. He was wrapped up as if it was below zero, not a nice comfortable spring day. Ellie caught Piper's reaction and knew that Ben's temperature had yet again dropped, she turned be concerned pale blue eyes to her nephew and saw that his lips were taking a blue quality to them. She quickly hand Ben over to Piper and then took off her own jacket, she then began to chant in a language unknown to the sisters then blow on the jacket, she then threw it on the child bundling himup in her jacket when the edge of the jacket's sleeve brushed Piper'sarm she felt her entire body start to burn up it was as if she was burningup from the inside out. Ellie then took her nephew back into her arms she kissed his forehead and began to whisper words in his ear. Phoebe and Paige who were straining to hear what she was saying caught just a few words, words like don't leave me, your all I have left, I lost him I can't lose you too, Auntie Ellie loves you. When they turned there attention to their older sister they saw that she was sweating. "Piper honey what's wrong?" Came Phoebe's concerned question.

"I don't know I was fine then the jacket brushed against my arm and them it was like my temperature just spiked. I fine now. Ellie could you answer our question now?"

"Yeah" it was obvious from her reply that she was distracted, "would you mind if I called my brother first, he didn't want me to move Benny he said that this would happen and if he probably felt it the last thing you need, we need is for him to come charging in hear ready to blow you up."

"Yeah sure."

With that Ellie picked up her purse and pulled out her mobile phone, she hit a number on her speed dial, "Hey Liam, no…no he's fine now… Liam we've talked about this he needs his mother I know…uh…yeah I know…Liam you know I wouldn't let anything happen to him, not after… I know….I know…Liam you no matter what you say I can't help the way I feel…I know…I love you too. Yeah I will…I promise…Bye."

Taking a deep breath she turned back to the sisters and said, "What do you want to know?"

"First things first, who wants you and the sp…kid dead." Paige said in a business manner to get both demons out of the house as soon a possible, she couldn't believe that Piper had let a demon into the house and was actually sitting next to her, with her hand on her shoulder, 'what is she trying to do? Make her feel better?'

"Well that's easy Ben here was prophesied to be the strongest magical beings in history, and when he reaches adulthood he's meant to become so powerful that there will be no Source of evil, he's prophesied to be the true Source."

"Okay so why do they want him dead? Wouldn't they want to proclaim him the Source from now?" came Paige's perplexed reply

"They want him dead because the true Source isn't like the previous sources that were trying to destroy good and take over the world. The true source will strive for balance, peace, if he becomes the source there no longer be a battle between good and evil. He wouldn't, no that's wrong couldn't choose a side, how could he his father may have been a demon, but his mother was a witch. That is way they want him dead if he were to become the source of allevil, demons would be trapped in the underworld, unable to escape."

The sisters were stunned, today had been a day of revelations and looked as they were going to keep coming.

To Be Continued….