For those of you reading…thank you! Thanks to the reviews as well. This might turn into a revelation fic, but not in this chap sorry.
Ch. 5
Piper didn't have to call for Chris, because he somehow knew she was waking up without a signal. He looked at her eagerly as if she would tell him some secret. She gazed at him tiredly. She said quietly, "We're going to have to take turns when it comes to getting these messages, cause' these convos are wearing me out. Ok, well, she said that we need to be extra careful when we deal with the headless horseman, but other than that we can work freely. She still hasn't seen who gets to Wyatt. Can I get some more sleep?" He nodded absently.
He sat down besides her obviously processing the information. Piper listened, but, of course, didn't know what they were actually talking about. Paige sighed giving up her plea of more sleep. She had gone with less, so she really couldn't complain. Chris sat straighter and said, "What do you mean by dealing with the headless horseman? Why doesn't she just tell us exactly what's going to happen and what we need to be careful about?"
Piper frowned a bit and stated bitterly, "These are the questions we ask ourselves every time you utter the words future consequences." He sighed knowing that he could never explain it to where she would understand it.
Paige looked at him curiously when she asked, "Have you had any sleep? I know you still look tired and malnourished. You need to take better care of yourself from now on, especially if you plan on going back to the fixed future. We can't have you half dead going through that portal." He smirked a bit when he saw Piper shake her head disbelievingly.
She still couldn't get over how much this Paige could change so drastically just by being around Chris. She still couldn't over how much Chris seemed to be apart of this family, because he had lied so much. She was slowly coming to terms with these changes her family would undergo.
Piper asked ardently questioned the two visitors, "Why are you and Chris so close? I mean I know you said that you took him in when his mother died, but there has to be another reason. You couldn't have just taken in every orphan in an all out war…could you? What I'm asking is: how is he connected to this family. How come he was sent instead of someone in our family?"
Paige frowned thoughtfully, for she was actually giving Piper's questions some thought instead of answering without consequences. She answered quietly, but still heatedly, "He was my son legally for seven years, but actually he was my responsibility for ten. His mother loved him and he loved his mother. His father however, was the bad parent and openly favored Chris older sibling. Chris lived with me as much as he could before his mother died. Chris is apart of this family. He and Wyatt were best friends before Chris began to live with me. Phoebe adored him and showered him with gifts. He even called her Aunt Phoebe like Wyatt would. He was a brother to my children and a cousin to Phoebe's children. He was the last one of us living, so he was our last chance. However, even if all of the next generation were alive, he still would have been the best option for this trip. Do not question our reasoning. My logic has changed to that of a general as did Chris'. We lead the way for the resistance against Wyatt."
Piper looked away ashamed of how much trouble her son had caused Chris and her own sister. Suddenly her eyes lit up a bit as something she said hit her. She echoed it, "The last one alive of us? Does that mean we are dead? Why didn't you come back in the first place?" Confusion somewhat littered Piper's face as she even went so far as to mental question herself.
Chris spoke up this time, "Wyatt had every Halliwell killed that he could, because he knew they were the only one's who could stop him. They were the only ones powerful enough to defeat him. …He got rid of the power of three first. He was only sixteen. I was the last link to the family who could save them. I almost match his power, but we grew up as brothers…I refused…refuse to kill him unless it is my last option."
Piper understanding more and more about Chris, but still she wanted all of her questions answered, "That still doesn't explain why Paige didn't come back. She's obviously alive, so she must have been stronger than Wyatt expected."
Chris shuddered when Piper said that. He blamed himself for his family's death especially Paige and Piper's deaths. He was with them when they died and Wyatt had been trying to kill him not them. Very confusing but oh well.
Paige spoke up softly. She wasn't exactly thrilled about reliving or retelling her demise, "I did die, but I was brought back to help Chris. I'm still healing from my wounds from my death. It's nothing to be worried about. Anyway Leo can't heal me or any other white-lighter. There like my exchange for being brought back." Piper stood up seeing that there were no more question on her mind. She didn't like the answers she was given, but she also realized how the answers did fit everything that happened since Chris had showed up.
As her mind went over her answers she said sardonically, "Hey, I thought you said that Paige died when the titans attacked!" Chris simply smiled a bit weakly. He only used that situation to his advantage, so he could say he saved their sister so they had to trust him. Obviously that plan backfired on him. He stood up and walked out of the room. He walked pass Piper and said, "It was the only way I could help you without seeming too desperate to be let into your family." She remained shocked and rooted in her spot as Paige and he walked upstairs to the attic.
Thank you for reading!
Em