Lina sat on the sofa staring at her twin. He'd told her everything. Why he'd come back, how he'd come back. Chris paused when he was finished.
"How did you end up here again?" he asked.
"Wyatt cast some spell and then...I don't know. I ended up here."
"Did you hear the spell Wyatt was casting?"
"Duh. I'm not deaf."
Chris laughed. "You really are a bitch, you know that?"
"And you're an asshole, so we're even."
He stood up and went to the drawer of the hutch. He pulled out a pen and a notepad and tossed both to his sister. "Write it."
"That you're an asshole?"
Chris rolled his eyes. "Very funny, no. The spell you heard Wyatt casting."
She sighed and began to write.
"Okay, so how is it possible that a twenty-two year old Lina is downstairs if she died at sixteen?"
Phoebe sat on Aunt Pearl's old couch, her legs curled beneath her. She twisted, folding her arms over the back of the couch to face Leo and Paige.
"Well Chris told us what happens. My guess would be that Leo made sure to listen to his kids every time one of them needed something," she said.
"Only knowing Leo he probably goes completely overboard when it comes to Lina and absolutely shelters her from everything remotely possible," Paige said.
Piper nodded. "And she rebels in the only ways that she can. The clothes and the attitude."
"Okay, first off, I am standing right here," Leo said, his hands on his hips. "Second, if our daughter is dressing like that, it is not my fault. No way in hell would I let her out of the house like that."
"Oh and I would?" Piper asked.
"Time-out! The damn clothes really don't matter, okay? What matters is how and why Wyatt would send her back."
"We think we know," a pair of voices said.
The twins had orbed upstairs and stood staring at the group. Lina's arms were crossed defensively over her chest, but she'd changed into jeans and washed off the makeup. Her eyes were red from crying.
"Sorry for…everything," she mumbled.
"Oh, honey, it's okay," Piper said. She rose from her place beside Phoebe and hugged her daughter to her.
Lina smiled and looked at Phoebe. "I borrowed some jeans. I hope that's okay."
"Of course it is."
Leo stood with tears in his eyes.
Lina laughed when she saw his face. "Would you rather I go back downstairs and get the leather pants?"
Leo shook his head. "You look exactly—"
"Like Aunt Susan. I know. You've been telling me that since I was three years old."
"Aunt Susan?" Paige asked.
Phoebe shrugged.
"They have an Aunt Susan?" Piper asked.
Leo nodded, smiling. "My kid sister."
A blast erupted into the attic and a man stood before them dressed in black. He carried a crossbow.
"Darklighter!" Phoebe shouted. Paige orbed out.
"Chris, Lina, come on!" Leo shouted as he orbed out.
The man fired an arrow. Chris dove to the ground, narrowly escaping. Piper blasted him. "Stay the hell away from my son!"
Phoebe frowned. Piper's blasts could usually vanquish Darklighters. She ran for the box of crystals. The man glanced around the room and saw Lina standing near the Book of Shadows. He raised his bow only to have Piper blast him again.
"That does not mean go after my daughter!"
He didn't disappear. Instead, he hurled an energy ball at Lina.
"No!"
Lina was caught off-guard and slammed to the ground with a thud. Piper blasted the attacker. Phoebe dropped two crystals on the ground a few feet apart. Piper noticed and ran to the other side of the attic, distracting the man. Phoebe waited for him to turn around and placed two more crystals on the floor, caging him in.
Chris had crawled to Lina and began trying to heal her. "Dad!"
Leo orbed back in and rushed to the twins. "It's okay. What happened?"
"Energy ball."
"From a Darklighter?"
Piper nodded. Leo held his hands over Lina. She took a deep breath and sat up. "Where is he? Mom vanquish him?"
"No. Funny story, he doesn't vanquish. At least not from me blasting him."
Chris helped Lina to her feet. Lina saw the attacker caged in.
"Crossbow," she said calmly. The crossbow orbed to her.
Paige smiled. "Hey, look at that. She takes after me."
Lina flashed her a quick smile before turning back to the man. "Now, you stupid son of a bitch, you wanna tell me why the hell you're after me?"
"Lina, that's what Darklighters do. Go after—"
"He's not a Darklighter. Just some stupid ass poser. This is the same prick who tries to kill me in the future. The one who attacked me just before Wyatt sent me here."