CHAPTER FIVE
Later Piper told us that when she entered the Attic, Chris Perry was paging through the Book, searching for ways to free Paige. Piper insisted that he get away from the Book, but he said he'd looked through it many times and after all, the Book was letting him, so he must be good, right? Piper wasn't sure and neither were the rest of us when she told us about this. Then he slammed the Book shut, growling that there was nothing in there that would help--that the only way to save Paige and vanquish the Titans was by doing it the way the ancients did it--having the Elders infuse mortals with some very, very strong magic, among the strongest magic ever, much stronger than even the magic we Charmed Ones possessed! Now for sure we all thought he was nuts! That much power could not be good for anyone!
But that suddenly helped Piper realize who the Titans were truly after--people a lot more powerful than we Charmed Ones or the Whitelighters! The only ones who could infuse mortals with the power to vanquish the Titans--the Elders! Piper told Leo to orb Up There and warn them, quick, but to also get back, quick, and to be careful!
Well, while we waited for him to come back--because he didn't come back quickly-- we tried to use some of the magical folks to free Paige, but no such luck.
About that time, I'd just about had it. I marched over to young Mr. Perry and demanded that he tell us why he didn't tell us about the Titans being after the Elders. He just rolled his eyes and told us that we'd have to figure out some stuff for ourselves. That just pissed me off--why wait for us to figure things off when it just made things worse? I mean, yeah, the Elders have been a pain in the rear once in awhile, but they have also warned us of bad things many times and do serve a useful purpose. But Chris Perry truly didn't seem to care what happened to them; he just kept that infuriating smirk on his face.
But before I could call him on it, Piper walked in, very upset, the most upset I'd ever seen Piper, even more than when Prue died. She'd been calling Leo for over an hour, but he hadn't answered, something that had never happened before. She demanded that Chris tell her what was up, but when he insisted that he had no idea, she refused to believe him. So he finally admitted that he might know, but if he was right, Leo might need some serious alone-time. That only angered Piper more, demanding that he "cut the cryptic crap." She wanted him to go fetch Leo and bring him back now! He finally agreed, but also told us to work on freeing Paige, since we'd need her soon, then he orbed out. I was still pissed--what wasn't he telling us now??
Piper told me that he better come back with Leo or she was going to blow his ass right back to the future, orbs and all! So I told her to go play with Baby Wyatt and I'd care of everything.
I finally got Piper to leave, and I knew it was time to help my other sister--your stone-cold aunt! So I round up some more of the magical folks and finally with their help, we freed Paige. After I updated her, she got the whole Titan thing, but not the whole Chris Perry thing--neither did I! Not one bit! Oh, if only we'd known then what we know now!