Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own charmed, well not the last time I checked anyway. Still trying to find a way of owning Chris.

Thank you to all my reviewers. I know I scared you slightly with that Chapter, but don't worry everything turns out alright in the end. People asked for more Chris angst, so here's a little. Not so great with it at the moment, but don't worry there will be more.

New Surprises

Chapter 5: The Explanation

Earlier:

"Are you sure about this?" Ben asked, eyeing Melinda's blue eyes with worry. He could have sworn he saw tears forming, "I mean if they don't get to the past in time they could die. Then the future will be ruin."

Melinda had pulled him into a corner of the room, while Henry went over the plan again for any of those who did not understand. God knows how they could not understand, it was a simple plan, but this is what you get for working with nymphs, leprechauns and God knows what else was there.

"They won't die. I trust my dad," Melinda looked into Ben's brown eyes, somehow finding comfort, the comfort she found in Ryan, this was why Ryan trust him so much, "He'll be waiting for them. Look, it's the only way I can get Chris back to the past."

"But Henry," Ben acknowledged Melinda's half-whitelighter cousin, "He can heal, and I know for a fact he'll go and heal Paige, he wants to be born."

Melinda shook her head and looked over to Ben's darklighter friends.

"They'll keep hold of him, I've already asked." Then Melinda smirked at the man in front of her, "You know, you have more of a conscience than me."

Ben looked to the ground, feeling himself turning red. He did have a conscience, but that was because he did not want to see any of the Halliwells fail in this, he hated Wyatt's rule and felt a strange sense of protecting the tyrant's family, that had to be Ryan rubbing off on him.

"So, please tell me you'll do it," Melinda pleaded gently, "I'd rather have you do it. I trust you more than any of the others here."

Melinda saw Ben slowly nod his head.

"When they're about to leave, ok?"

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Chris looked at his sister, as he felt the poison taking over. How could she do this? She had told him he was more like Wyatt than he thought, but she was. He could just about see her standing next to the darklighter who had shot him.

"Prue, the spell!" he could hear the fear in her voice, that was when he realised she was doing this on purpose. She had been arguing with him for hours to get him to go back to the past, and she was not going to give up. Injuring him and not letting Henry heal him was her way of saying you WILL go to the past.

Chris looked to Prue, who was reading the spell out loud and then the portal opened.

"Go NOW!" He could hear Melinda's voice, but it was getting fainter, "And take Chris with you, it's his only hope." With that he felt himself being dragged to his feet and pushing into the portal.

Landing on the other side he found himself staring up at Piper, who was running her hand through his sweat drenched hair

"Leo, hurry!" He could hear. They were back in the past.

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Once Melinda had watched her mom and aunt drag her other aunt and brother through the portal, she stepped away from Ben. It had taken far too much strength not to heal him. She felt for him when she saw his pain, she did not want to do that, but he just would not listen to her. That was the only way to get him to the past, right? Yes it was! She constantly told herself as she watched it.

"What was all that about?" Peyton shouted at her cousin, as she saw Henry run to her and push her against the wall.

"Are you working with Wyatt now?" Henry shouted, gripping Melinda by the throat. No wonder she had not been back for three months, she had turned sides.

"Henry…" Melinda choked, her younger cousin's grip getting stronger.

"Henry!" Ben shouted, "She's not changed sides. It was the only way to get Chris back to the past."

Henry eyed the darklighter than had just shot his mother and, running over to him, punched him.

"You nearly caused my life too," Henry shouted, "What made you think of some stupid plan?"

But neither Melinda nor Ben had a chance to explain, as there was a sound of a door being kicked in. Everybody turned towards the kitchen in shock.

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"She did it to get me back here," Chris explained to the Charmed Ones and Leo, who were sat around the attic. He and Paige were now fully healed, thanks to Leo, "But I need to get back to her."

"No you can't," Piper told her son, running to him to stop him pacing, "If you go back, you don't know what she'll do to you. She was evil back there."

"No she wasn't." But was she? Chris had seen a hint of sadness in her eyes, a hint of worry in them while she stood there and watched him dying from the poison. But she had watched him, managed to stop Henry getting to him and watched. He knew deep down that it was to get him back to the past, but something else told him that Wyatt had changed her. Then again, three months under Wyatt's torture now-a-days was more than enough to make someone change sides, he had heard all about it when Ryan went to work on both sides. Ryan would come back, scarred from the horror stories, or was he scarred? Was that a ploy to get Melinda on Wyatt's side…No, stop thinking that way, Chris. In anger, Chris telekinetically threw a table across the room.

"Chris!" Phoebe shouted at him, obviously it had made her jump, but he was too angry to care. He threw an energy ball at the wall, and then another, and finally another until he felt someone grab his arm. He looked to see Piper stood in front of him. He dropped to his knees and cried while she stroked his hair.

"I have to get back to her," Chris sobbed, feeling the soothing of Piper's movements, she had done this when he would have nightmares as a child, "He'll kill her. I know he will."

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Wyatt was stood outside his family's hideout, once again, but this time there was going to be a big attack. It was time to rid the world of his family and the resistance. As he stood outside, with Ryan by his side, he saw a flash of blue. He smirked once the blue light had gone.

"What was that?" He heard a voice behind him. Stupid base-level demons, they were always the idiots, they could not even read or write!

"They've just sent my mother and aunts back to the past, you idiot." Wyatt shouted, looking back causing the demons to bow their heads. Then he looked at the half-manticore beside him.

"Ready?" He smirked, he was not too bothered if he was not ready, he just wanted to drag this out for him. He could see the look in Ryan's eyes that read he was scared. Scared of Wyatt or scared of Melinda? He smiled to himself as he stood at the back door, ready for his surprise entrance, this was going to be a night to remember.

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Ok people, you can dry your eyes now, Chris is alive and well. C'mon, did you think I was capable of killing my oh so favourite Charmed boy? Anyhoo, I know this is a little short, but like I said in Chapter 4, this was meant to be part of that Chapter.

Anyway, the next one will be the big battle, but will Chris get back to help them?

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