Another chappie! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: rub it in why don'tcha. --;;
One month later...
"Morning all!" Paige said, walking into the kitchen. She took a deep breath in. "Piper you made pancakes!" Piper smiled.
"This is true. I was up early today." she put the plate down on the table as Phoebe walked in, still in her pajamas and robe. She sat down at the table and started to fill her plate. "Morning" she said shortly, smothering them in butter and syrup.
"Oh sweetie. Another rough night?" Piper said sympathetically, sitting down across from her with coffee as Paige took the end seat. Phoebe grunted and put the syrup down rather roughly.
"You know, I really don't know what to do about these dreams. They won't quit. The worst part is that it's not even like I'm not getting sleep. I do sleep I just don't," Phoebe fumbled for the right words. "Sleep! My mind stays up all night and my body rests. With most nightmares at least you wake up." the sound of orbing filled the room as Piper reached for the syrup. Phoebe took a bite and made a face.
"Chris! You look like you haven't slept in weeks!" she said concerned. She pulled on the chair next to her for him and patted it. "Come! Join the club."
"He hasn't." Paige said sending him a look. "I caught him sneaking into the kitchen three nights in a row."
"And I caught him all last week in the attic." Piper said, putting down her fork to look at him. Phoebe shrugged.
"Huh. Wouldn't know. I've been having my own sleeping problems."
"Insomnia?" Chris asked tiredly, taking some pancakes. Phoebe snorted and picked up her fork again.
"I wish. Quite the opposite. I keep having terrible nightmares." Chris sighed deeply.
"I won't sleep till I find her." he mumbled, taking a bite. Piper patted him lightly on the arm.
"Why don't you go take a shower, and try and wake yourself up more, and we'll go get the Book." Piper suggested, taking the now empty plate from Chris. She looked down at it, then back up at him strangely. "Do you always eat like that?" Chris nodded. "I wish they made vacuums like you." she said smirking as she washed the plate. Chris chuckled.
"My mother used to say that." he said, a touch of nostalgia in his voice, before he orbed away upstairs.
Chris came back down a while later looking cleaner and more awake. He sat down in the sunroom with the map and the scrying crystal. Piper, Phoebe and Paige sat down around him as he took a small baggy out of his pocket. It had a few clips of dark brown hair in it. He glanced up at them. "It's Patience's baby hair. The only thing her mother got to keep from the demon." he sat back as he started to circle the crystal around the map.
"Chris... you've tried this a million times with a million different objects." Piper said softly. "Face it, maybe you just can't find her with tha-" the crystal dropped on the paper, then started to gently drift across the map. Chris jumped to his feet, reading the street name. "Main Street." he announced, then closed his eyes. He was silent for a moment, then, "Shit. She's running from the cops. Goddamn it Patience!" he said frustratedly. Keeping his eyes closed he sighed. "I'll wait till she goes around this corner then orb in and catch her when they can't see her." he said. There was a moment when he turned around getting ready, then all of a sudden he ran across the room before disappearing into orbs. Phoebe shook her head.
"That was really strange." she said with a smirk. Piper nodding laughing, before the group jumped as the orbs reappeared dropping two people on the couch.
"NO LEMME GO I'M SORRY PLEASE LEMME GO PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!" Patience screamed frantically. Chris sat on top of her, holding her wrists as she twisted frantically.
"PATIENCE! CALM DOWN PATIENCE IT'S JUST ME!" Chris said shaking her a little. Slowly she calmed down and looked up at him, breathing hard. Chris looked her over carefully. She was emaciated from a month with little, if any food. She was pale and a bit green. Her pupils were going crazy. Chris frowned.
"Patience, are you ok?" she shook her head wildly.
"NO! I'm not! I think the guy slipped something into my water bottle when I wasn't looking I was just trying to get something to make my head stop pounding and my stomach ohh! My stomach Chris please make it stop!" she moaned. Chris got off her and picked her up, princess style and started up the stairs. He headed down the hallway and into the main bathroom. He placed her on the bathroom floor carefully. She moaned. Chris turned around and nearly ran into all the Sisters in the small bathroom.
"Chris, what's wrong with her?" Paige said, making a face. Chris shrugged.
"I'm not sure, but I think I know how to fix it." he took the stairs three at a time and dashed into the kitchen. He started to pull out herbs and mixed them in a small broken and chipped bowl from the back of the cabinet.
"What are you doing?" Piper asked, going to stick her finger to taste the paste.
"NO DON'T!" Chris yelped. "I'm making an old herbal remedy. It's like... an herbal magical Ipatk." because I don't know how to spell, I'm adding this authors note. It's that pill that they give you that makes you throw up right away.. Piper made a face.
"Why don't you use a better bowl?"
"After I make it in a bowl, the taste and the ingredients never really get out of the bowl, which means if you make something in it, you'll get sick." Piper nodded slowly.
"Good choice!" she said finally, patting him on the back. He took a little on a spoon and started up the stairs.
When he entered the bathroom Patience was right where he left her. She looked up at him with sapphire blue eyes, and when she spotted the spoon in his hand, she started to shake her head.
"Chris, no!" Chris sat down next to her and slowly put the spoon into her mouth, saying very softly,
"Come on Paye, just a little..." as soon as she swallowed she turned to the toilet and emptied the contents of her stomach. Paige and Phoebe flinched as Piper rushed off, coming back with a hair tie and a cool clothe. She handed them to Chris who took them with a grateful, 'thanks'. He tied her long hair back and rubbed her back slowly.
"It's ok Paye. It's ok." he said softly, as she cried.
A few hours later, Chris placed the sleeping Patience on the bed in the guest room. He sat down next to her, watching her. As he drew the covers around her, he kissed her softly on the forehead. "It's ok Paye. You're home now. You're safe."
-pokes Chris- I turned him to mush! -feels bad- that was kinda OOC for him, but I needed to show his split in the way he acts, when it comes to his cousin. Next chapter good ol' Chris comes back, don't worry all. :) Read and review please!