Back in the Fold
Kenzie sighed as she rubbed her eyes. She tried to roll over but found she could barely move. She gazed down at her enlarged abdomen. It had been seven long months since Wyatt had nearly killed her and Chris had saved her. No, he had saved the baby she often had to remind herself.
"What are you doing still lying there?" Elza snapped, appearing in her daughter's line of vision.
"I can't fucking move. I'm a goddamn balloon," she whined.
"Mother, I'm seven months pregnant. Leave me alone!" she added grumpily.
"Stop complaining. Get up. I want to make sure the child is developing appropriately," Elza ordered, ignoring her daughter's tone.
Kenzie struggled to her feet and begrudgingly followed her mother. They moved through several tunnels and caves until they came to the lair of the demonic seer.
"Seer," Elza called, startling the decrepit woman leaning over a pool.
"Elza. What do you need?" the Seer questioned before looking at Kenzie.
"Show us the progress of the child's growth," Elza ordered.
"Of course," the Seer murmured. She stepped towards Kenzie, taking her hand and holding it over the pool. A surprising image appeared before them in the pool. Not one but two miniature lives were wriggling in her womb.
"Twins," Kenzie breathed.
"How...fortuitous," Elza snickered.
"I told you I'm not letting you use my children for your twisted plots," Kenzie hissed before black orbing out.
"She will be back," Elza muttered, starting to walk away.
"Don't count on it," the Seer whispered under her breath.
In San Francisco the Halliwells were going about their daily lives as if nothing had happened in the last seven months. Chris hadn't seen Kenzie at school and he felt it was easier to move on that way. He did think about the child growing inside her every now and then. He was presently in the living room, flipping aimlessly through the channels. He was bored out of his mind. Suddenly, a knock on the front door jolted him back to reality. He was about to get up when Wyatt .orbed in from upstairs. He pulled open the door and he immediately shut it.
"Who is it?" Chris asked.
"I thought we told her to fuck off," Wyatt snapped.
"Who the hell is it?" Chris repeated.
"Kenzie," Wyatt spat.
Chris shoved Wyatt aside and opened the door. Sure enough, Kenzie was standing there on their front porch, significantly more pregnant than when he'd last seen her.
"What are you doing here?" he questioned, trying to keep his voice level.
"I can't stand going through this without you," Kenzie said, resting her hands on her stomach.
"Why should I believe you?" Chris spat.
"Please I want to explain everything…to you and your whole family," Kenzie pressed, looking anxious.
"What do you think?" Chris asked, addressing his older brother.
"I can keep everyone in my shield," he remarked.
"Ok," Chris muttered and opened the door. The two boys led Kenzie into the sun room where Piper, Leo, Paige, Phoebe and Coop were playing monopoly.
"What is she doing here?" Piper asked, looking up. She and Phoebe instinctively grabbed Paige.
"She wants to talk to all of us," Chris informed her as Wyatt put up his shield. All eyes were now on Kenzie.
"I know you were hoping I was rotting somewhere in the underworld…and I feel that way a lot," she began.
"And I'm getting sick and tired of my mother trying to control me through my children," she continued, clamping her hands over her mouth when she realized she let it slip she was having more than one child.
"Children? Since when you are having more than one?" Chris asked.
"Since there were two? I don't know," Kenzie answered.
"Look missy, you have caused enough damage to this family," Piper shot.
"I know…believe me Mrs. Halliwell I know. But that's why I came. I wanted to set things straight so that maybe…these children can know the family they really deserve to know," she explained.
Piper shared a skeptical look with her sisters, husband and brother-in-law.
"Let's hear her out, Piper," Leo suggested. Even though the girl standing before him had ruined his son's life, she did have a right to explain herself.
"Thank you," the darklighter expressed her gratitude.
"Well, go on," Piper urged.
"I really never mean to hurt Chris…or any of you. I had never intended him to find out I was part darklighter," she began.
"We've heard this before," Wyatt muttered.
"I didn't ask to be part darklighter. I would have been happy to be just a witch. My mother vanquished my father when I was about three," she murmured, her eyes tearing up. She received a sympathetic look from Paige.
"I have never shot a darklighter arrow. I have never attacked anyone. I want to help the Greater Good," she continued. Piper raised her eyebrow in shock.
"A darklighter that wants to fight for the Greater Good. Now I've heard everything," Phoebe mused.
"I know it sounds unreal but it's true. My mother is the biggest bitch I've ever known. She made me watch her kill my father. From then on I swore I would never be like her. And to this day, I have kept that promise to myself," she explained.
"Alright, you…go in there," Piper ordered, pointing Kenzie in the direction of the front hall.
"Do you really believe her?" Piper asked the rest of the family present.
"I don't know," Phoebe answered, looking at Coop.
"Well I think she is telling the truth to some extent. She does seem to have a decent heart…and it's very strong whenever she looks at Chris," Coop interjected.
"What do you think honey?" Paige asked Chris.
"I'm having twins," Chris breathed.
"Anyone care to interpret that?" Piper queried.
"I think that means he believes her," Wyatt answered.
"You can come back now," Piper bellowed. Kenzie reappeared and Wyatt lowered his shield.
"I guess that means you believe me?" she asked, watching the glowing force field dissipate away.
"For now," Piper remarked, only to be nudged by her sisters.
"Hey, do you guys mind leaving us alone…?" Chris trailed off.
"We'll be around if you need us, son," Leo answered and began to usher the sisters out of the room.
"I didn't expect them to accept me so easily," Kenzie murmured as she lowered herself down on the couch.
"Don't be fooled. My mom is good at hiding her feelings just to make other people happy. But, she'll turn around," Chris assured her.
"What about your brother?" she asked nervously.
"If he gives you any shit, tell me and I'll kick his ass," Chris answered with a smirk.
"So we're having two of them?" Chris breathed.
"Guess so. I think they're boys from what I could see," she muttered.
"Should I go to a doctor?" she blurted suddenly.
"It might be a good idea. I'll go see if my mom can take us," Chris responded, getting up and wandering towards the kitchen.
"Mom," he called.
"In here," Piper answered and he followed the sound of her voice to the dining room.
"Um…can you drive Kenzie and I to the doctor…" he trailed off.
"Doctor? You mean gynecologist?" Piper corrected.
"Yeah…that," Chris answered, blushing.
"I'll take her. You stay here," Piper ordered.
"But Mom, they're my kids, can't I see them?" Chris complained.
"We'll bring the ultrasounds back," she muttered over her shoulder as moved to the living room.
"Are you ready to go?" she asked the girl bluntly.
"Yes," Kenzie answered, heaving herself to her feet.
Several minutes later, the two women were in Piper's car pulling up to a stop sign. Neither had spoken since they'd left the house. Kenzie twisted the hem of her shirt in her hands while Piper tapped the steering wheel.
"Chris probably told you that I like to bottle up my emotions," she said, breaking the silence, causing Kenzie to jump slightly.
"Something like that," the mother-to-be replied.
"He's right. You hurt my son and it's going to take a while for me to forgive you," Piper explained as she eased the gas pedal and continued down the street.
"I understand. If I was in your place, I would feel exactly the same way."
"You know, this is going to sound weird but I only knew my dad for a few years. I don't really have many memories of him but somehow he instilled in me his sense of good," Kenzie orated.
"And yet you lived in the underworld?" Piper asked, raising an eyebrow in shock.
"Yeah…I orbed away from home a lot when I was little. I had to force her to enroll me in school. I needed something to do to get away from them all," she expounded.
"Well we're here," Piper announced, cutting the conversation short.
"Christ that's cold," Kenzie exclaimed some fifteen minutes later as the doctor spread gel over her bulging stomach.
"Just lay back," the doctor instructed as he examined the ultra sound on the monitor in front of him.
"Well we've got two healthy looking babies here. How far along did you say you were?" he commented.
"Seven months," Kenzie replied.
"They look pretty big for their gestational age and given that they're twins…this one right here, Baby A looks to be about five pounds and Baby B, this one right here, is about five pounds two ounces," the doctor informed her, pointing out the two babies.
"Oh god they're huge!" Kenzie exclaimed.
"Do you want to know the gender?' the gynecologist inquired.
"Please," this time both Piper and Kenzie answered.
"Looks like we've got two boys," the doctor murmured, pointing out the appropriate indications and after cleaning Kenzie up, the two women left in quite high spirits.
"I thought I was having two boys. I wonder if they're identical?" Kenz mused as she climbed back into the car.
"We'll find out soon enough. Did they have any powers from the womb?" Piper blurted.
"Um…really early on…I was able to like telekinetically send my mother flying into a wall," Kenzie admitted.
"Well they've definitely got Chris's telekinesis then," Piper said with a chuckle.
"But nothing else since then…not really," she answered as the arrived back at the Manor to greet the expectant father and rest of the family.