speech - "chrishalliwell"
thoughts - chrishalliwell
GOODBYE- chapter 3!!
Leo carried his son up the second pair of stairs to the attic. He had to search the Book of Shadow's for the demon that attacked Chris. As he sat Chris on the old couch, Chris asked, "Wh-what are you gonna do, Leo?" Leo didn't answer, just handed a heavy blanket to him.
He headed over to the withering book and flipped it open. "What did the demon look like?"
"What are you --?" He started, but was cut off immediately.
"What did it look like, Chris?" He repeated, demanded even.
The boy sighed in defeat. "Um," he tried to remember through his clouded mind, "Fangs and claws, long red hair, and yellow snake-like eyes?" Leo flipped through the old, yellowed pages till found an ink drawn picture of the women Chris described. The heading read, 'Snake Charmer'.
The offspring of a Snake Demon and Mortal. A weaker level demon, though her claws hold a large amount of poison that, when attacking its pry, enters the bloodstream and after a period of time will be killed. Than the Charmer will return to feast upon the victims...
Leo couldn't read anymore, he looked to Chris, whom was dozing off, with a strong sense of fear. He decided to look back at the book again. There at the bottom of the page was an antidote and a vanquishing potion. The potion was a Power of Three spell, so he went to get Piper, Paige, and Phoebe, but first walked back over to the half-asleep Chris. "Chris?" he opened his eyes, "I'll be right back, ok. Will you be alright for a minute?" he didn't do anything at first but than nodded and closed his eyes again, seeking sleep. This little response worried Leo, so he hurried to get the sisters.
When Leo orbed into the foyer, he was greeted by the sound of a babies cry. It was Baby Chris. Leo rushed to see what was wrong. Piper was trying to shush him, but to no avail. Leo took him and he soon quieted."Shh, its ok, Buddy," he looked back up at Piper, "Why was he crying like that? Did something happen?"
Piper shook her head. "No, he just started crying. You know how babies are, Leo," she said with a small smile.
"Yeah..." he rushed to get the girls upstairs. "You all have to get up to the attic. Right now!"
"Why's that?" Piper asked suspiciously.
Paige stepped forward. "Is it Chris?!"
Piper and Phoebe turned to their sister. "What?!"
Leo nodded. "He was poisoned," the three started up the stairs, walking past him, "by that demon yesterday." They made it to the attic in record timing. Paige went to the book and Piper fussed over Chris."I already found an antidote and vanquishing spell." The youngest named off the ingredients as Phoebe pulled them out of the cabinet, one by one. He left them for a moment, walking back down the first pair of steps and into Wyatt and, now, Chris' nursery. There, Wyatt waited in his crib. Leo set Baby Chris in the crib with Wyatt, kissed them on the head and said, "Take care of him, ok?" To show he understood, Wyatt put up his barrier around himself and Chris. He smiled, "Good boy."
Leo re-entered the attic to see Phoebe and Paige busily stirring and mixing their concoctions. And Piper, she was gently washing off Chris' face, murmuring over him. The scene made his heart ache. He lowered himself onto the edge of the ratty old sofa that creaked softly. Chris gave a dry cough, which made Piper cringe. Leo moved his attention from the young man to his wife. "Piper, why don't you help your sisters?"
Piper immediately shook her head without turning away from her future son. "No. I don't want to leave him." She took his hand in her's. Chris flinched at the sudden touch of coolness, but soon relaxed.
Leo knelt beside her, "Piper," he redirected her face toward him, "You can be there for him even more if you get up and help Phoebe and Paige finish the potions." She thought about it for a moment then, without a word, stood and made her way to the cauldron her sister's were hovering over. Leo than took Piper's position next to the couch, taking Chris' shaking hands into his warm ones. "Hold on, Chris. Everything will be alright soon. You're going to be fine," he whispered so as only his son could hear him.
"I'm done!" Paige exclaimed. Before Leo could even turn his head to see which potion was finished, a cry of terror came from down the stairs. Everyone immediately knew where it'd come from. "Wyatt!!"
That's it for Chapter 3. Wow, can you say cliffhanger?
Sorry, but you'll have to wait to see what happens to Baby Wyatt and Chris. SEE YOU IN CHAPTER 4!!
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Here's the rest of Chapter 3 of Goodbye!
Piper and Leo scurried down the stairway followed by Phoebe and Paige close behind. They burst through the nursery door to see Wyatt crying with his barrier around Chris and himself. Beside them was a young woman, with long bright green hair, trying to attack the boys. "Hey!" The she-demon turned to Piper who'd spoken up. "You wouldn't by chance be a Snake-Charmer, would you?" she asked with a rude-cocky attitude. The demon hissed loudly. "Yeah, I figured," she took the potion from Paige's hands, 'By the way," she glared with a mother furry, "Never touch my son's!" and threw the small bottle at the stunned being, and the demon fell into flames.
"Alright," Phoebe worked past Piper and picked up Wyatt who'd just let down his barrier, "That's one potion down."
"Now, let's go save Chris." Piper returned to the attic first. She sat down next to the sick young man, giving him a short check-up, before placing herself in front of the small cauldron with the smoking antidote inside.
Leo sat next to Chris holding his hand and working on keeping the man awake. Not long later, he heard Paige give him an update on the potion. "We're almost done, just a few more ingredients. How's Chris doing?"
He couldn't tare his eye away from his youngest son. "Not the greatest, Hurry," he said softly. At first he wasn't sure if they'd heard him, but then saw, from the corner of his eye, them picking up pace.
"L-Leo?" He heard a soft voice near him.
He leaned in closer to the young man. "Hey, Chris!" he said, equally soft. "Are you--?"
"Promise me..."
Leo gave him a questioning look. "Promise you what, Chris?"
Chris gulped, but then winced at the sting . "P-promise ... you're going to ... to be there this time!" he seemed determined to get an answer before falling back into unconsciousness.
His father smiled sadly, though you could see the determination behind his eyes. "You'll see that to be true once we get you back to your time. There's no need--"
He was quickly cut off by Chris' weak response, "Just promise me now. Can't you see...? Can't you tell ... I'm not going to be able - able to see it myself?!" he closed his eyes for the last time.
"Chris? Chris?!!"
His last word left his lips in only a whisper. "Please..."
"Chris!!!"
"Leo, what's wrong!?!" One of the sisters asked from the center of the room.
He didn't even turn to see whose voice it was. He was too busy trying to wake his son from an eternal slumber. "Hurry up! He's slipping!!" At that moment, Paige ran up next to him and slipped the potion down the young man's throat, but nothing happened. No change, no breath, no pulse. Just nothing but tears.
Piper fell to her knees, hick-uping through the tears, not even trying to hide it. Pheobe knelt down next to her, burrying her face into Piper's back, allowing and seeking her sisters comfort. Then there was Paige, who stood over the cold body of her nephew from the future, still waiting for the potion to work, but it never did.
Leo held Chris in his arms, crying into the croak of his limp neck, sobbing uncontrollably and mummering to his passing son. "I promise. I'll be there this time, Chris. I promise..."
Kitten - kk. So theres chapter 3! Sad eh?
Chris - So, why did i have to die?!
Kitten - I don't know. Ask the writer!anime vein
Chris - . . .Aren't you the writer. . .?
Kitten - . . . . . . . . . . ANYWAY!! -
Chris - sigh #-# ;
Kitten - So stay tuned for the epilouge. Its pretty sweet. . .!!