Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed
A/N: Ok I know I said it before but now I mean it I'll try to update till Tuesday after that I'll be gone for a week (class trip to Greece) after the week I'll try to update as regularly as possible
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"Gideon? The elder the killed me?" asked a distraught Chris but quickly changed his statement as he saw his fathers face that went pale "I meant the other Chris" he explained as his father approached the golden urn. It was full of ash.
"Am I right to suspect that isn't dust?" he asked his father who still looked quite shocked of the place as a voice alerted both of men to its presence
"You are right that isn't dust" spoke the female as both Leo and Chris turned to see the woman that Chris recognized to be their mystery attacker
"Who are you?" Leo spoke sharply
"You don't recognize me?" she asked
"Should I?" Leo asked with the same tone
The woman removed her hood revealing black curled locks, red eyes and a white and incredibly pale skin
"Rita?" Leo asked dumfounded
"Who's Rita?" asked Chris
"I' am" spoke a voice behind them as the Rita in front of them dissolved revealing that she was only a astral projection and threw a potion at Chris
Before either one of them could react the potion hit Chris and he fell down to the floor with a sickening thud. Leo's hart skipped a beat as he saw his son laying on the floor the words Chris had told him this morning suddenly ringing in Leo's head
"You are a great dad don't worry!"
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The Manor
The family was busy with recounting their recent vanquishes writing all down on a notebook the list itself wasn't that big considering the state the family had been recently in. When Paige had been finished she handed the notebook to Mel their currently only clairvoyant much to Phoebe's dismay when she didn't receive any vision they handed the book to Bianca in hopes she knew something from her days when she was in contact with the rest of the phoenix clan. The names didn't mean anything to her but when she gave the notebook back to Mel their hands briefly touched and Mel was thrown into a vision
Chris chanting a spell/ Leo in tears surrounded by graves/ Chris being stabbed by a man she didn't recognize/The same man teaching a young girl with pale skin and red eyes/ Two Chris's fighting each other/the unknown man standing over Leo's dead body
And with that her vision ended as she looked up to see her family's concerned faces as her eyes filled with tears
"What did you see?" asked her mother
"Wyatt use your thought projection power to show them" she said hurryingly as both Bianca and Wyatt looked at her knowing that Mel hated that
"Ok just calm down" he said to his younger sister as he placed his fingers on her temples
"What are they doing?" asked Paige
"Wyatt can tap into Mel's memory and project her visions with his power of thought projection", explained Bianca as with a swirl of blue orbs a projection appeared displaying Melinda's premonition to the startled family
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The underworld
A blast of lightning went through the second astral projection as the cave shook
"What did you do to him!" yelled the elder wrath edged in every syllable
"You can't heal him and poison won't kill him yet" explained a third projection as she took shape Leo quickly destroyed this one as well and ran towards his fallen son gently he placed his hands over his body not quite able to decide if he should heal or orb first as his mind raced with panic
"You cannot orb and I won't allow you to carry him unless…"
"Unless what?" he snapped at her
"I need your blood", she answered as a small knife appeared next to him as the golden urn disappeared from the pedestal. Not wanting to lose his son a second time Leo grabbed the knife and cut himself across his palm making shore that there was enough blood on the blade and then he threw it to the floor of the cave as it hit the floor it vanished as the astral projection. Leo checked his sons breathing, his breaths were slow and rapid quickly he picked up his son and went towards the cave exit but suddenly he stopped as he heard someone moan
"P-please h-help me"
Leo turned around to se his fellow elder Odin lying on the floor several feet away from them he was being probably obscured by Rita's magic but now he was fully visible his robes were drenched with a red liquid probably his blood Odin looked incredibly pale in the candle light
"I have to help my son first" Leo answered his voice a void without any emotion
Once he left the cave while carrying Chris he orbed out.
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The Manor
"Oh my god! Leo what happened!" shrieked Piper as she saw her husband carrying Chris in his arms
Leo gently placed Chris on to the couch placed his arms at Chris chest and started to heal him. A couple of seconds later the whole family was assembled around them, several moments past but Chris didn't move quite worried Melinda crouched next to her dad and placed her arms over his the warm healing light grew stronger as she added her healing powers the light intensified but Chris didn't stir
"Why isn't it working?" asked a nervous Piper tears coming to her eyes as she looked at her unconscious son Leo and Mel stopped healing as everyone held their breath in the room when Chris still didn't move everyone went pale
"He h-he, he-e is-isn't…" stuttered Bianca uncontrollably as she looked even paler then Piper
"No he isn't he's…"
"Just unconscious" concluded Mel as everyone released a sigh
"Why isn't he waking up then?" demanded Piper
"Probably has something to do with the potion Rita threw at him"
"Who the hell is Rita?" snapped both Wyatt and Piper at once
"I'll explain everything but first we need to go back to the cave in which we were attacked we maybe able to ID the potion" after a couple of seconds he spoke "And we need to save Odin"
"Odin? The elder?" asked Wyatt
"Yes he is wounded" added Leo as he looked pained towards his son his head now resting on Bianca's lap
"You should hurry and get the potion the longer you stay the lesser the chances that you will be able to retrieve it" spoke Paige as she handed Wyatt a small vial
"I'm not going, I'm staying right here with Chris" he answered
"And how do you propose should Leo get the potion of the floor?"
"So what you can orb to aunt Paige"
"But unlike you she has to attend the final hearing about magic school's closing if she doesn't save it will crash our timeline" their argument was interrupted by Mel
"Oh right" he added
"Ok let's go" and with that everyone orbed out leaving Piper, Mel, Phoebe and Bianca to tend the wounded Chris
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Two hours later
"I insist that you release me!" snapped Odin behind a crystal cage courtesy of Piper Halliwell but he was ignored and occasionally shot a dirty look or glare as they went up to the attic passing by stairs
Once Wyatt and Leo found the cave again, Wyatt used his power of telekinetic orbing to gather as much liquid as possible before he put it into the small vial his aunt had given him meanwhile Leo picked up the unconscious elder and dragged him to the cave entrance where once he was joined by Wyatt they orbed out to the Manor where they healed the elder right after they placed him in a crystal cage to get some answers. Paige whose new role as headmistress had become official had however gone to magic school to have the potion identified and Leo had insisted that he would explain everything once the whole family was together and that included the still unconscious Chris whose side neither Bianca, Leo nor Piper refused to leave, had been relocated to the attic and placed under a protective crystal cage just in case of an attack
After two hours Paige finally rematerialized on the attic floor
"I've got good and bad news" she spoke as the whole family turned to look at her their faces once again pale
"The good news he isn't in any immediate danger" she assured them as everyone's color began to return to their faces
"So why isn't he waking up then?" asked Wyatt still concerned for his younger brother
"Well that's the bad news" everyone went pale again "He is on a vision quest" she explained
"Alright but I don't see what the big deal is?" asked Phoebe once having gone on a vision quest herself although it was disturbing but surly nothing her nephew couldn't overcome
"Yeah that wouldn't be a problem but there is a catch"
"Catch? What catch!" demanded Piper
"Ok we all know that the other Chris died and that there was some speculation if his baby version might have inherited any of his powers or memories" started Paige
"We know that Paige get to the point" snapped Piper
"I'm getting to that, well it seems that this potion was specifically designed to trigger those memories and powers"
"Ok how bad can that be in the worse case scenario Chris will get a few memories and a power extra right?" asked Mel optimistically
"No it isn't that simple if Chris is indeed in a vision quest then he is running risk to revive the other Chris's personality" explained Leo
"What does that mean Leo?" asked his wife almost afraid of knowing the answer
"It could drive him insane" concluded Paige for them silently as the whole Halliwell clan plus Bianca turned around looking at Paige as if she said a horrible curse word now understanding what Melinda's vision of the two fighting Chris meant
"How do we stop it?" asked Piper firmly
"You don't if you try he can end up with severe brain damage" explained Paige softly
"What are you saying that all we can do is sit and wait?" asked Bianca incredulously
"Unfortunately… the vision quest is going to last for a couple of hours we should try to rest" proposed Paige
"Paige how can you…" began Piper
"Piper stop don't you think that I didn't check every resource at Magic school I had before I came" countered Paige
Piper's eyes filled themselves with tears as she left the attic Leo followed her. Phoebe grabbed Paige and Wyatt his protests were silenced with his aunt's look telling him to simply follow the only ones left in the room where Mel and Bianca
"So how far along are you?" asked Mel after a couple of moments of silence
"Huh?" asked a distracted Bianca as she looked sadly at Chris
"I meant how long are you pregnant?" continued Mel
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Piper's furry was evident as she descended the stairs finding Odin still in the crystal cage she had put him in
"It was about tim…" the elder began but was promptly blown into glowing pieces by Piper after a couple of minutes he reformed himself as Leo caught up with Piper
"Where is she?" asked Piper coldly
"How there you…" began Odin but was blown up by Piper again this time arrived Phoebe with Paige and Chris in tow as the elder began to reform
"He doesn't know Piper" spoke Leo gently as he grabbed her hands and wrapped her into a hug "She tricked him and left him to die" he whispered trying to calm his wife
"But you know who she is don't you Leo" asked Phoebe gently as Leo released Piper and helped her sit down on the couch
"Yes her name was or is Rita Miller she was one of Gideon's apprentices" he explained as the missing pieces clicked into everyone's heads
"So she is trying to avenge Gideon's death?" asked Phoebe incredulously
"That makes no sense why didn't she simply attack us in her own time what is she trying to do here why time travel?" asked Paige
"She wants to resurrect him" spoke Leo quietly
"Whom" asked Paige, Wyatt and Phoebe in union
"Gideon" stated Piper remembering the projection of Melinda's