Goodbye to You

Chris and Kenzie rematerialized in the underworld. He grabbed her arm protectively as they began to wander the caverns. They stopped as demon in mid vanquish went sailing into a wall, finishing the job. Chris winced and Kenzie just shook her head.

"You might want to stay out of sight. She's going to be fucking pissed," Kenzie instructed in a hushed whisper. Chris nodded his consent and watched her move into the open. He stayed within the shadows as Kenzie confronted a really angry woman whom he took to be her mother.

"You little bitch!" Elza roared when she caught sight of Kenzie. Kenzie stood her ground.

"I didn't come here to hear you bitch and moan Mother," Kenzie snapped.

"Then why have you returned? And where are those children," her mother demanded.

"I told you already. You aren't going near my boys. You try and I can promise you, you won't get out alive," Kenzie hissed.

Without a word Elza shot a darklighter arrow towards her offspring. Reacting quickly, Kenzie levitated out of harms way. The arrow lodged in the stone wall near Chris. He backed up a step, suddenly growing nervous.

"What was that?" Elza shrieked.

"My witch powers," Kenzie remarked, hovering out of her mother's aim.

"You never…you are fool," Elza cackled.

"Why's that Mother?" Kenzie queried, looking smug. Chris was sweating now.

"Stop baiting her, Kenz," he muttered under his breath.

"Because I can do this," Elza snickered and send another arrow at Kenzie.

This time she was too slow to move and the arrow lodged in her stomach. Kenzie plummeted to the ground, she tried to move her arms, to pull the arrow out but her limbs would not obey. Chris knew he shouldn't have revealed himself but he couldn't stop himself. He rushed in and glared at Elza through hot tears.

"How perfect. With you out of my way, those children will be mine before the day is over," Elza howled, aiming a third arrow at Chris.

"I don't fucking think so bitch," Chris spat before orbing out with Kenzie.

The pair reappeared in the living room, landing on the floor. At the sound, Piper, Phoebe and Paige rushed in. Upon taking in the scene, Piper's heart stopped.

"Oh no what happened," she cried, falling to her knees beside the girl.

"Her mom shot her with a darklighter arrow but she's dying…she can't be dying…she's not a whitelighter," Chris was sobbing uncontrollably. Piper yanked the arrow from the girl's stomach.

"Paige, heal her," Piper snapped.

Paige knelt over Kenzie's immobile body and began to heal the wound but nothing happened. She concentrated harder and again the wound refused to heal.

"Wyatt!" Chris screamed as loud as he could. Wyatt appeared, looking startled.

"Shit! What happened to her?" he exclaimed. Had the situation been otherwise, Piper would have reprimanded him for his language but Kenzie's life was at stake.

"Can you heal her? Aunt Paige couldn't," Chris begged his older brother. Wyatt bent over her and tried to heal her.

"Nothing's happening. I don't get it…what hit her?" he mumbled.

"A darklighter arrow," Chris answered his voice full of panic.

"I've seen them kill darklighters but her powers are bound," Wyatt mused. Chris gave him a 'how do you know that?' look.

"Mom told me," Wyatt answered.

"Book of Shadows," Paige called. The large tome appeared and she hurriedly began flipping through it until she found the section she was looking for.

"What are you looking for?" Phoebe asked, breaking the silence that had fallen.

"It says that when a magical being's powers have been bound, they are still vulnerable because the powers are still there," Paige answered.

"No," Chris gasped, clutching Kenzie's now lifeless body to him like a rag doll.

"Oh honey," Piper whispered, wrapping her arms around him. When Leo walked in some five minutes later he found them all in a giant family hug.

"What's going on?" he asked. Everyone turned to look at him, parting to allow him to see Kenzie.

"Oh God," Leo gasped, joining them on the floor. Suddenly Chris go tup.

"The twins. We need to get them somewhere safe," he announced, torn between staying with Kenzie, even though he knew she was gone, and protecting his sons. Leo stayed with Kenzie while the rest of the family set up crystals around the play pen. Chris stared down at his children, they looked so innocent.

"It's not fair," he whispered, wiping away fresh tears.

Suddenly there was crash in living room and reluctantly Chris and company went to check it out. Leo was hiding behind a chair, Elza looking livid. She was sneering over her daughter's corpse.

"Get away from her," Chris howled, sending her telekinetically over the couch.

"Clever parlor trick," Elza sneered, getting up pulling out an arrow, aiming at Chris.

"Oh no you don't," a chorus of voices rang out as Wyatt put up his shield.

"You are all cowards," she taunted, black orbing into the sun room. Chris orbed out of the shield and in front of the play pen.

"You aren't going near my children," Chris snarled defensively.

"I'm getting tired of you," Elza sighed, reaching out to grab Chris by the front of the shirt.

"You put him down!" Piper shouted, throwing her hands out to freeze Elza. Between Leo and Wyatt, they dislodged him from her grip. Piper moved to blow up her.

"Mom, let me," Chris begged.

"It's only fair Mom," Wyatt backed up his brother.

"We need to get her away from the babies," Phoebe announced.

"Dining room," Wyatt called and Elza disappeared in blue and white lighters. She reappeared, still frozen.

"Should I unfreeze her?" Piper asked. Chris nodded his consent and in a flash Elza had regained use of her limbs.

"Can't even fight for yourself. Have to have Mommy save you," she heckled, reaching for what seemed like the hundredth arrow that day.

"You know, you're really cocky you know that," Chris remarked.

"And must be really fucking arrogant too. Showing up thinking you can take us on," Wyatt added with a smirk.

"You think I'm intimidated by the likes of you?" Elza questioned haughtily.

"Yes," Wyatt and Chris answered in unison.

"We are the Halliwells after all," Chris added.

"The most powerful witches on the planet," Wyatt continued.

"If I were you, I'd be shaking just to be in the same room as the Charmed Ones," he taunted.

"You're only prolonging the inevitable," Elza managed to interject between the brothers' banter.

"Maybe we like to play with our demons before we vanquish them," Wyatt sniggered.

"I know it's impolite but at least indulge us," Chris said, giving her a pleading look before cracking up.

"Enough!" Elza howled letting her arrow fly. Wyatt deflected it at the ground.

"Come on. Give us something better than that," he whined.

At his request she let arrows reign down on them. Together, Wyatt and Chris deflected each and every one of them, making sure to send them away from the rest of the family hiding out in the sun room.

"Look at them," Leo murmured proudly.

"They're getting along," Piper said, her eyes watering with pride.

"They're taking forever to vanquish her," Paige whined. Just then Chris and Wyatt exchanged a look. The next arrow that came flying at Chris, he sent straight back to the source.

"Goodbye bitch," he hissed as he watched her explode.

"Nice doing business with you," Wyatt remarked, wrapping an arm around his baby brother.

"Thanks. I couldn't have done it without you," Chris muttered, staring at the scorched piece of carpet.

"Sorry about the carpet, Mom," he called over his shoulder.

"Don't worry about it. This house is accustomed demon wear and tear," Piper answered, moving to hug both her boys.

"You did so well," she murmured.

"Thanks Mom, I'd like to be with my kids if you don't mind," Chris muttered, trying to get out of his mother's grip.

"Uh dude, what about Kenzie?" Wyatt asked, his voice soft.

"Let's cremate her," Chris called as he walked back in with Matt and Jake in his arms.

"I thought you'd want to keep it a sort of private thing," Leo commented.

"We can write a spell," Chris muttered. Piper disappeared and returned with a pad and paper.

"You bond, we'll work," she instructed her son, who was now seated on the couch, cradling his sons.

"I love you guys so much," he murmured, kissing the tops of their heads.

"What about an urn?" Wyatt interjected.

"There's on in the conservatory," Leo answered and rushed off to get it.

"Spell's done," Piper announced in record time. Chris held onto the twins tightly as he watched his mother and aunts cremate the mother of his children.

Before my eyes return to sand
The body that lays before my hand
Let these flames create a release
As a weary soul finds eternal peace

Kenzie's body rose from the ground and turned to dust, filling the open urn in Leo's hands. Once all of the remains had been collected he placed the top on and set it on the mantel in the center. At least she would be with them in spirit, through the light and the shadow.