Chapter 2
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Italics – Premonition/ flash back/forward
Part One – Secrets reveled
Leo dabs a damp cloth across Chris' pale, white forehead. He is shivering as if he is cold and sweat is running down his face.
"Hang on there, buddy." Leo whispers to him. Alisa is sitting in a chair on the other side of the room. Still in shock over what is happening. After her melt down, she has completely blocked herself out from the world. She has been staring at Chris for over three hours and hasn't moved. Leo looks over his shoulder at her and shakes his head in worry. But before he can say anything Paige, Phoebe and Piper enter the room. Piper had returned home from work two hours ago to a distressed stranger in her living room and her whitelighter on death bed and had been informed of the situation.
"We found Bianca. She's at her mother's." Is all Piper says as she enters the room, also taking a glace at the distressed Alisa.
"Got the vanquishing potion, so after we orb over there, I'm gonna ..." Paige begins before she is interrupted by Alisa.
"I'll do it!" Alisa says firmly, as she stands up. Four sets of concerned eyes look at her.
"Sweetie, are you sure you want to help us, maybe you should just stay here with Chris" Phoebe says, while walking over and placing a hand softly on her shoulder.
Alisa looks up at Phoebe determination in her eyes "If it means killing the bitch, then yes I want to help." Out of nowhere Bianca shimmers in. All three sisters plus Alisa stand in fighting position. "About freakin' time" Alisa whispers. Bianca slowly walks closer to Alisa.
"Ah…Nice to see you again Alisa. Hmm…The girlfriend with the ex-girlfriend. Pity Chris won't be able to see his loved ones die." Bianca says evilness definite in her voice.
"That's what you think, Bianca! Throw it!" She yells at Paige. Paige does just that at Bianca's feet. After all the smoke and fog has cleared they see that Bianca is still standing there, a smirk on her face.
"Nice try. But not good enough!" She laughs and throws all four of them back into the wall, knocking them all unconscious. She walks over to where Leo and Chris are. "If you know what's good for you elder you'd leave" She says to him as she throws him into the wall again. "Ah, Chris I'll make that all better for you" She whispers to him before grabbing his hand and shimmering away them both away to her mother's condo. Bianca moves him over to the couch as starts to work on him; she places her hand in his chest finishing what she started before. She whispers to him quietly "Just let me finish what I started. You'll feel better soon. I promise."
"That's it. Easy does it." When she has finished Bianca removes her hand and his chest wound seals. Chris' eyes slowly flutter open and he gasps for breath.
"Slow breaths." She instructs to him.
"What'd you do to me? Where's Alisa and the sisters?" Chris asks in confusion.
"I just saved your life." Bianca says accusingly.
"By taking away my powers?" He almost shouts at her while sitting up on the couch.
"You know, you don't have to believe me, Chris, but this really is for the best" Is Bianca's reply.
"Oh, really? How's that?" Chris says sarcastically.
"Because this is your only chance to live. If I fail, he'll just keep sending more assassins back, and all they'll have to bring home is a body." Bianca says to him. Faking concern for his welfare. Suddenly the Charmed Ones and Alisa orb into the condo.
"Hey! Future girl." Piper shouts at her. Bianca turns around just as Piper throws the newly made potion. The Athame appears in Bianca's hand and she hurls it towards Piper and shimmers out in one smooth move. The athame breaks the vial mid-air on its path to Piper. Piper waves her hand and freezes the athame just as Bianca shimmers in front of piper. She picks the athame out of the air, turns around and holds it against Piper's neck.
Paige, Phoebe and Alisa stand shocked, while the athame is held against Piper's neck. "Wow she's good" Is all Piper can manage.
"You were saying?" Bianca asks.
"Wow. She is good." Phoebe replies impressed with the demons attack.
"Hey, leave her alone Bianca. This is between you, me and Chris. Let's keep it that way. Don't want any future consequences" Alisa says winking at the sisters, while she takes a step forward.
"Ah! I wouldn't do that if I were you. I can kill her in half the time it takes you to even think about it." Bianca shouts out at Alisa's sudden movement.
"Bianca, don't. Let her go, and I promise I'll go with you." Chris says as he moves over the where the fight is taking place. All four girls look at him with shock at seeing him better.
"Chris, what are you doing?" Paige interjects confused.
"Chris! Go where?" Alisa shouts out worriedly.
"If you kill her, there won't be a future for either one of us to go back to, and you know it." Chris says trying to back Bianca away from his future mother.
"What are you talking about?" Phoebe asks.
"You'll see if you live long enough." Bianca says as she throws Piper to the ground. She walks over to the far wall and starts chanting out a spell to open the gate to the future.
"Piper, freeze them." Paige shouts over the chanting. Piper freezes the room, Bianca turns around and Chris is still unfrozen.
"Aah! Ok, I get why she didn't freeze, but why didn't he freeze?" Piper says confused.
"Un-unless he's--he's a—" Phoebe stumbles out.
"I'm a witch, too?" Chris says hoping that they will believe him. They look at him gob smacked. "That's right. Part witch, part whitelighter. Just like you, Paige."
"You lied to us?" Paige asks accusingly.
"I had to. It was the only way I could get you to trust me." Chris shouts back at the sisters.
"Trust you?!" Phoebe shouts right back at him.
"Never mind. It doesn't matter anyway." Chris says while sighing.
"Chris, you can't go with her. She'll kill you!" Alisa says rushing over to him, trying to make him see the light.
"I don't have a choice. She's stripped my powers." Is all that Chris says.
"Chris, you can't go! Because…then…Chris what about our baby!" Alisa shouts at him. Beating her fists against his chest with tears streaming down her face. "You're just going to leave us. What are we going to do?" She cries into his shoulder. He wraps his arms around her in a hug, tears also streaming down his face. He smiles down at her and whispers.
"We fight back" He whispers it so softly that only she can hear him. He pulls away from her and moves over to his future aunts and mother and pulls them into a big hug. He secretly reaches for the vanquishing potion in Paige's pocket and says a quiet goodbye.
Bianca, getting frustrated with all the waiting says "Are you done with the sentimental crap. Let's go!" She then turns her back to the sisters starting the chant again. Chris moves over to her side and before she finishes he throws the vanquishing potion at her feet. She turns around in shock and looks at him in the eyes before blowing up into tiny little pieces.
All five of them stand silently staring at the remains of Bianca. Alisa finally rushes over to Chris and captures his mouth in a steamy kiss. The three sisters, seeing that they are invading a private moment join hands and orb back to the manor.
After breaking their kiss Alisa leans into his chest and says softly "I thought you were going to leave us. I was so scared. When I saw you on the couch with that gapping hole in your chest I thought you were going to die" she beings sobbing into his chest loudly and he quickly orbs her away from the condo and into his bedroom at P3. He holds her tightly to his chest.
"If I could take it all away I would baby" He says softly while stroking her hair. She calms down and they just stand there happy to be in each others arms. So suddenly steps away from him and slaps him across the face.
"If you ever! Ever! Do that again I swear to god Chris you won't have to worry about a demon killing you" She shouts at him, before snuggling back into his arms. He winces from the hit but chuckles quietly and holds on just as tight.
Part Two – "You told her!"
Chris paces the manor floor as a DEMON in a black cloak has his hands over Wyatt in his crib, beams of bright white lights shine down on Wyatt. The front door opens and Leo and Paige walk in. The demon looks up and stops what he is doing. He shimmers out of the room just as Leo and Paige get a good eye-full of him. Leo heads for the crib to check on Wyatt. He shouts out angrily at Chris "What the hell is going on?!"
"Wait. I can explain." Chris replies as Leo leans into the crib.
"You ok, buddy?" Leo says to Wyatt.
"What was he doing?" Paige asks urgently to Chris.
"Nothing. I mean nothing bad. I swear." Chris says to both of them, trying to make them understand.
"Nothing bad? There was a demon in the manor! Doing something to Wyatt none the less." She shouts out at him.
"But he wasn't hurting him. I promise. Wyatt's shield wasn't even up."
"I trusted you. I vouched for you." Leo shouts at him angrily.
"Look, just let me explain."
"Get out of here." Leo growls at him.
Chris turns to look at Paige "Paige please." He pleads with her. Leo noticing that he isn't leaving takes a threatening step towards Chris.
"Now!" Leo shouts out.
Chris looks at Leo. Feeling his anger and knowing that it won't do any good to
explain any further, he orbs out of the room. Paige walks over to the crib.
"Is he ok?" Paige asks softly.
"Yeah, I think so. Listen, I'm gonna take him up there, where it's safe.
Do you mind…"
"Getting Phoebe? No, not at all. I just hope there's all of her to get." Leo grabs Wyatt and orbs them up to magic school. A few minutes' later Chris orbs back into the manor hoping to catch Paige alone. Paige hears someone orb and moves into the kitchen and finds Chris in the middle of it.
"What are you doing here?" Paige asks cautiously.
"I need your help." He says to her.
"My help? That's rich, with what you pulled. Listen, I have enough
juvenile delinquents to take care of at magic school, thanks."
"Hey, please. Just hear me out. I'm running out of time." Chris says to her, trying to get her on his side.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Is her reply.
"Exactly that. Don't you see? That's the only reason why I went to the demon. He can scan for evil, and maybe figure out who's gonna turn Wyatt, since we haven't been able to."
"Ok, you're not making any sense." Paige says confused.
"Paige, listen to me. I need you to trust me. And I need you to get Piper and Leo to trust me, too. Before it's too late."
They are both interrupted from a call from Alisa.
"Chris! Paige! It's Phoebe! Hurry!"
They both orb towards Alisa's call. The end up in P3 and Phoebe is lying on the floor unconscious. You can see her eyes moving under her lids. Paige and Chris move over towards Phoebe.
"What the hell happened, Alisa?" Chris shouts at her accusingly.
"We were just talking and then she froze up as if she was getting a premonition and then she fainted" Alisa says worry in her voice.
"So tell me about how you and Chris got together" Phoebe asks Alisa as they stock the bar for tonight. Alisa smiles to herself and replies.
"Ahh, always the matchmaker. That's future consequences, I can't tell you." She tells Phoebe. Phoebe sighs and puts a box of beer down on the bar. She walks over to Alisa.
"Come on! You and Chris with the consequences. It drives me insane. I know you want to tell me something I can feel it. Remember I am an empath."
"Phoebe. I want to believe me, but Chris would kill me! Don't look at me like that."
"Look I already know about the thing" Phoebe says secretly.
Alisa's head shoots up quickly "Know about what thing?"
"You know…the baby. Paige may have not heard but I heard loud and clear after we vanquished Bianca" Phoebe says to Alisa grabbing one of her hands in her own.
"You can't tell anyone Phoebe. Promise me you won't!" Alisa almost shouts at her. Phoebe suddenly freezes up. "Phoebe are you ok?" Phoebe's eyes roll up into her head and she faints to the ground. "Phoebe! Oh my God!"
Phoebe's premonition begins as she walks into the Conservatory, her body entering into her vision. She feels herself becoming real and gasps. She looks around and sees a small boy sitting in the center of the room on blanks spread out on the floor. On the blankets are toys -- a soccer ball, an etch-a-sketch, and pieces of a train set. But the little boy isn't playing with any of them. He's looking up at an older boy standing next to him playing a hand-held game. Piper then enters the room.
"Wyatt, let your little brother play with the game, too, please." Piper tells her eldest son firmly.
"Little brother?" Phoebe says to herself confused. Paige walks into the room wearing magic school teacher's black robes.
"Hey, Piper, can you take Phoebe to the doctor, instead? I have so many papers to grade. Thank you." Says Paige before she exits again.
"The doctor?" Phoebe says again confused.
" Yeah. We need to make sure our little niece is doing ok."
Phoebe then looks down at her own belly and notices that she is extremely pregnant. She pulls her blouse up and touches her belly. A little boy walks up to her and looks at her with big eyes.
"Aunt Phoebe ..." Phoebe looks up and finds her young nephew standing in front of her with imploring eyes.
"We need your help." He says to her. Phoebe stares at him shock in her eyes.
"Phoebe! Wake up!" Chris shouts at Phoebe's unconscious body.
"Yeah, I'm sure yelling at her will get her to wake up" Alisa says annoyed standing with her hands crossed.
"Well no one else is doing anything." Chris shouts back at her. Alisa doesn't say a word just glares at him. Suddenly Phoebe's eyes start to flutter open and Chris helps her to her feet and then into a chair.
"What did you see Phoebe?" Chris asks.
"What seemed like my future. There was Wyatt. An older Wyatt and another little boy…I think it was you Chris." Phoebe says. Everyone looks at Chris shocked. "Chris, you're Piper's future son." Alisa and Chris look at each other worried.
"What!" Paige cries out. They all look at eachother silently confusion over everyone's faces.
"Phoebe you can't tell anyone, or you Paige!" Chris says forcefully to them both.
"Great now to secrets to keep from everyone. Jesus! You're preaching to the wrong girl people." Phoebe says throwing her hands up into the air.
"What secret?" Chris asks.
"The one where your girlfriend is pregnant. Duh!" Phoebe says, not realising that she has spilled the beans.
" Phoebe! You promised" Alisa screams out.
"You told her!" Chris shouts.
"She found out. She an empath what did you expect!" She shouts back at him. " And don't you start with me Chris I have a lot of dirt on you mister!"
Phoebe and Paige look at the couple and then at eachother "It's the hormones" They both say while the couple continue to fight.
Later at P3, Piper, Phoebe and Paige are sitting at the bar talking about the days events.
"You're gonna make a really good teacher one day, Paige." Phoebe says hinting. This startles PAIGE as she whirls around to look at PHOEBE.
"Teacher?" Paige asks confused.
"Yes. In magic school. I saw it with my very own ... vision." Phoebe tells happy she can divulge some of her vision.
"Hmm. Well, I don't think she's gonna be teaching Wyatt any time soon.
Suddenly, I'm more concerned about separating him from his family than raising
him as an only child." Piper interjects in sadly.
"Actually, uh, there might be a day that you don't have to be concerned
about that." Phoebe says walking off after seeing Chris orb into the back room.
"Ooh. I think I'll join you." Paige says quickly rushes off.
"What are you just saying? Excuse me!"