Hello, hope everyone's well! Okay hopefully soon things will improve for Chris but probably not to soon, maybe a little in this chapter, he's a tortured soul with a lot of baggage and I know that this story is probably depressing at times, it'll be a little while before it gets better but thanks to everyone that's hanging with me. This chapter will be more about Chris waking up, and well you'll see, don't want to give it all away. Anyways THANKS to you all! Will be Chris and Piper POV!
I do not own Charmed or the characters.
CHAPTER 11
Chris nightmare from his POV
I open my eyes and realize I'm no longer at the bottom of the bridge but in the manor, this is moms bedroom, I mean Piper's, what am I doing here? I search my mind and the events of the previous day come back to me, I should be dead, why am I not dead, I gotta get out of here before Piper finds me, she'll kill me this time. As I get up I expect to feel something, pain at least but there's nothing, someone has healed me but who and why? I try to orb but nothing happens and the door to the room opens revealing Piper standing there looking at me, no starring is the more appropriate word, she stares for what seems an eternity before speaking.
"Ah I see you're up, welcome to hell." She smirks with an evil glint in her eyes and I wonder what she could be up to.
"Look Piper, I'm sorry I know I shouldn't be here, hell I don't know why I'm here, but don't worry I'm leaving." I say trying to stop the argument that I know is coming.
"There is no way out Chris, this is your home now and you're not going anywhere ever again." There's that smirk again, I get the feeling that she knows a lot more than I want her to.
"Cut the crap Piper and tell me what you're talking about!" I yell, she can be so frustrating.
"You're dead Chris, you leaped to your death and now your condemned to spend the rest of your life in hell." I must have hit my head harder than I thought.
"This isn't hell Piper, this is the manor."
"Oh but this is your hell Chris, living here with the mother that you love so much, but I'm not her Chris, I'm Piper, the one that you decided to lie to, the one you refused to get close to. I'm not the mother that loved you but the one you turned me into, if only you had told me before it was to late, maybe there would have been a chance for us but now you have ME forever. You know Chris you really brought this on yourself, you have no one else to blame, I could have loved you you know, I could have been your mother, oh well it is what it is. Don't worry though, people will be popping in occasionally for a visit, I think one's coming now." She said grabbing my hand and the next thing I know we're in the attic.
"What are we doing here?" I ask dread building in the pit of my stomach.
"I told you, you have a visitor coming." She hissed looking at the wall, just as it started to glow, a triqueta opened and out stepped the one person I never wanted to see again.
"Hello little brother." Wyatt, the Wyatt from my future, but mom he'll kill her, how am I gonna get out of this?
"What do you want?" I manage to say feeling his eyes burn holes in me, just as he throws me against the wall, I feel my throat closing and know that he's choking me without putting his hands on me.
"You Chris, I want you to suffer, we could have ruled the world together, no one would stand a chance against Piper Halliwell's sons but you couldn't see reason, so you will pay for all of eternity." I turn to see Piper, the evil smirk still on her face as I feel myself slipping, I turn back just in time to see Wyatt raise his hand to throw an energy ball at Piper.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Chris, Chris, sweetie, come on wake up baby." Huh, I hear mom's voice, where is it coming from, she can't be here too can she? "Come on honey, open your eyes, please." She begs and I follow the voice, I have to, that's the voice I miss, so I open my eyes and there she is looking at me with the love I've felt from her since I was born.
"Mom, I'm sorry, did I bring you here too?" I ask but confusion clouds her eyes.
"Honey, you were having a nightmare, you're in the manor baby." This must be another trick, I'm dead I can't be here, she can't be here not like this and where was Piper and Wyatt?"
"No, mom, I'm sorry I shouldn't have done it, I didn't know, I don't want you here." I try to compose myself but my mother in hell because of me is to much.
"I'm not going anywhere, I'm not leaving you Chris." She says though I see the hurt in her eyes that I don't want her here, does she not understand where she's at?
"Mom, you can't stay here, he'll kill you again, I didn't mean it I swear."
"Chris look at me, you're okay, you were having a bad dream, no one is going to kill me, I'm okay sweetie and so are you." I see in her face that she's telling the truth but knowing it and believing it are two separate things.
Piper's POV
"Are you sure?" He ask in a whisper, he sounds so much like a child right now, I want nothing more than to take him in my arms and make him feel better, to chase the monsters away.
"Yeah baby I'm sure."
"Why am I here?"
"Chris, we found you at the bridge, you were almost dead your d.. Leo he healed you, don't you remember?"
"Oh my God Piper." He said trying to pull himself up as the memories returned but was stopped when the pain hit.
"What? I thought you said Leo healed me."
"He did honey, look I'll explain it all to you but first you need to tell me who did this to you, can you do that." I anxiously await his answer, this is one demon that I really want.
Chris POV
She seems concerned, where was her concern when she tried to blow me up, when she and Leo wanted to kill me, I can't take her trying to be a mother to me now.
"Why do you care, you wanted me dead?" I ask and can see the hurt but I'm to mad to care.
"I'm sorry Chris, I wasn't thinking clearly, I didn't know who you were, I never would have, I know that's not really an excuse but its all I have right now. When you told me Wyatt turns evil and takes over the world, all I saw was a boy that had lied to me so many times, I couldn't believe it and I took it out on you. I shouldn't have, I'm sorry, I know that I hurt you, but if you'll just give me a chance I'll make it up to you, please say you'll give me the chance." She reminds me so much of my mother right now and I don't really blame her for not believing me, not even for trying to blow me up but what about after she found out, her and Leo that's what pushed me over the edge.
"I don't want to talk about it." I tell her.
Piper's POV
"To bad Christopher, we're going to, I have to know if you can forgive me." I know I shouldn't be pushing him so hard right now but I get the feeling this will be my only chance.
"You really wanna know, I get it the first time okay and I don't blame you for that, I should have told you the truth right from the start. I know that you'll do anything for Wyatt and I pushed my luck when I dropped the truth on you, you're not the only one with regrets but the second time, Piper, you and Leo, you knew who I was and you said you wanted to kill me yourself."
My heart swelled when he said he could forgive me but then when he started talking about the second time I had no idea what he was talking about.
"What second time? Me and Leo, Chris I don't know what you're talking about." Please I silently beg him to tell me.
"What kind of game are you playing Piper, you know what you did."
"No Chris, tell me what happened, when did I say that I wanted to kill you myself and when was Leo with me, we haven't been in the same room with you since finding out you were my son."
Chris' POV
Why is she making me relive it, wasn't the first time enough? She's waiting for me to answer and she looks lost, is it possible, no, I'll play along with her game for now.
"Fine, I don't know why I have to though, you were there."
"Just humor me." She says and I can see how anxious she is.
"I was at P3 fading away when all of a sudden I was back, fully and I realized that you and Leo, well you get the point." I say embarrassed to be thinking of my parents conceiving me but I looked up in time to see a smile on her face.
"I knew it, I knew I was pregnant with you." She answers the question on my face and it confuses me even more as she circles her stomach with her arms protectively.
"Well, you shouldn't have bothered, since you showed up to kill me, you and Leo, telling me everyone would be better off if I were dead."
Piper's POV
"No, Chris we didn't, I don't know what happened but that wasn't us, we tried to find you but you were blocking us, we tried scying, I even tried the to call a lost witch spell, I changed the wording to call a lost son and even that didn't work. Nothing did until whatever demon you were fighting pushed you off the bridge, which reminds me, do you know who it was, your aunts are trying to find a way to call him but nothings working." I didn't want to change the subject but we really did need to know besides I'll sit here all day repeating the same thing over and over again until he understands that we didn't want him dead.
"They're not going to find one, there is no deamon, inner demons maybe." What? I don't understand what he's telling me, if there was no demon then, oh no.
"Chris, baby please tell me you didn't." He looked so lost as he avoided contact with my eyes for fear of what I would see there. "Chris look at me, CHRISTOPHER LOOK AT ME." I scream, my emotions taking over as I realized my baby tried to kill himself, but I continue, I have to hear it from him. "Tell me what you did, NOW!" I yell but I take his chin gently and force him to look at me.
"Yeah I did it myself, there was no demon, just me, I jumped after my parents said they wanted me dead, WHAT THE HELL DID I HAVE TO LIVE FOR?" He screamed, tears filling his eyes.
"Oh honey, I'm so sorry you had to go through that but you have to believe me when I tell you that… was… not… us!" I say putting emphasis on each word, he's got to understand. "Chris I know it's a lot to take in but we were here looking for you, I swear to you baby, we don't want you dead."
"Then how? Who?" He was wavering, I could see it in his eyes, hear it in his voice.
"I don't know but I promise you that when we figure it out, he'll regret messing with my baby, that's what you are, my baby and I'll do whatever it takes to protect you. You're not alone anymore, I'm here, and I'm never leaving you again." Not knowing what else to say that would make him understand I pulled him to me hoping that he could feel my love and know that it was real, not what happened back at P3, not what happened at the bridge. When he tensed I worried that I had pushed to hard but then the dam broke and he collapsed in my arms allowing me to pull him closer to me heart, to the piece of me he now shared with his brother. We stayed that way until long after our tears subsided and he was sleeping peacefully in my arms, until I heard the orbs outside my door so I carefully laid him down and made my way toward the hallway.
"Leo?" I ask, I can see he has news and its not good.
"Piper, the elders, well they heard Chris say he tried to kill himself."
"What the hell were they doing listening in, that was a private conversation."
"I know Piper but well, it was me, I wanted to make sure he was okay, but Gideon he picked it up and one thing led to another and we're not allowed to save someone that tries to kill themselves."
"You did save him though, what are they going to do?" I'm beginning to panic now and I stand ready to fight anyone that threatens my son. "If they think I'm gonna let them take him from me now, they have really lost it up there. I'LL KILL YOU ALL DO YOU HEAR ME, IF YOU TRY AND TAKE MY BABY I WILL KILL YOU ALL MYSELF!" I scream toward the heavens daring any of them to come down.
"Calm down Piper, no one is going to try and kill Chris, I wouldn't allow it, I'd be right there beside you, protecting OUR son."
"Then what Leo?" I know there's something I can sense it.
"They're stripping him of his white lighter powers."
"But Leo, that's a part of who he is, besides it wasn't his fault, yeah I know he still did it and it's something that we'll have to help him deal with, but there was a demon pushing him, I know it and I'll prove it." My mind is already racing trying to figure out a way to explain all this to Chris not really sure how much more he could take.
"I believe you Piper and I'm going to do everything in my power to help you find out who and then we'll get his powers back. Look on the bright side, he won't be able to orb away while you're talking to him, speaking of which, when do you think I can talk to him?" I can see that Leo's not dealing any better than I am and maybe my earlier idea wasn't the best.
"I'm sorry Leo, I shouldn't have made you stay away, Chris is your son too, you have every right to be here but Leo its not going to be easy, maybe you should read some of his journal, it'll help you see his feelings a bit before talking to him, he has lots of issues and there all gonna be dealt with, there is no way we can allow him to keep pushing them back. One day he'll explode, look at what I tried to do to Paige after Prue died, he will have to deal just as I did. Read the journal and then we'll talk some more, you can let me know how you want to proceed but for now I've got to get in there, I promised him I wasn't going to leave him and that's a promise I intend to keep."
"Okay Piper, be careful, I'll go up and give Phoebe and Paige the new information and get them started on finding the demon that did this."
"Thanks, oh and Leo, we'll get through to him, both of us, I promise." I say with renewed determination to set things right with both my boys as I make my way back to Chris' side.