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Chapter twenty: You mean like visions?

The queen's manor, night

Nicky couldn't help but feel like he had jumped out of the frying-pan into the fire. As if meeting his guardian angel, learning about his fathers and Chris past, discovering being adopted and getting another power wasn't enough already for one evening, he now had been kidnapped right in front of his dad's – well, adoptive dad's - eyes! To top that, he had a bad feeling that the surprises of this evening were far from over! When that man carried him in a room and finally let him on the ground he spun around and came face to face with one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen.

She looked surprised at him, like she'd recognize him somehow.

"I think we've found Nicky."

The blond teen glanced at the speaker. Found him? Wait a second, that would mean they have searched for him! But why?

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Lara stared at the kid for a few seconds. Yep, he was Alex spitting image - with a few little differences in the attire.

Alex short hair was spiky, thanks to an amount of hair-gel, she mused, while Nicky's was curly and a little bit longer.

Also they seemed to have a different taste in clothing. Alex biker boots, black jeans and red sleeveless shirt stood in sharp contrast to Nicky's sneakers, blue denim jeans, white t-shirt and the black vest he was wearing.

But the biggest difference obviously was the personality.

Other than his brother, Nicky wasn't alarmed or defiant, but appeared more to be completely frightened.

Lara smiled. Somehow she had a feeling that this twin was easier to handle.

The boys bedroom, night

Alex couldn't sleep. He was dead tired, but instead of slowly drifting of, he found himself tossing and turning on the bed. Well, truth be told, being kidnapped and held hostage wasn't exactly a motivation to sleep.

Suddenly he noticed a light shimmer in the air.

A moment later, two persons were standing in "his" room. Alex pretended to be asleep. Just because he suffered insomnia, didn't mean he would let anybody know about it.

"Here we are.", he heard Lara's low voice. She led the second person over to the other bed.

"Seems like this will be your bed from now on. We'll continue our conversation in the morning. Sleep now and don't wake your brother. It was a long day for all of us."

She ran a hand through his hair and shimmered out.

"Brother?" Alex eyebrows furrowed in the dark.

Nicky tensed. "Has someone just said anything?", he thought.

"No, just thought.", came a voice from the other bed.

Nicky turned towards the direction of the voice. "I thought he's asleep. Did I wake him up?"

"No.", came the answer. "I was awake the whole time."

Suddenly the light on the other night stand went on.

Alex had sat up and reached for the switch.

At first, both boys blinked at the intrusion of light. Then their eyes widened in shock when they finally got a look at each other.

"Oh my God!", Nicky blurted out. He felt like he had just received a blow in the gut.

The two of them had the same height, the same physique, the same face!

Even their facial expression – shocked, unbelieving – was the same!

Although just for a few seconds.

"I also go by Alex.", the other boy replied as his face twisted into a forced smile.

Alex was sure he was just as shocked at this new turn of events as the other one, but he would be damned if let his emotions get the best of him! So, he recovered quickly and forced a smile that felt more like a grimace and a smart-ass answer to hide his true feelings.

Chris old apartment, night

Benji felt very uncomfortable. An hour ago, Chris had gone to help whoever had called him, while he tried to calm down a completely desperate Adrianna.

When her sobs on his shoulder finally deceased, Chris had come back, bringing Nicky's adoptive parents Jesse and Anna along, and quickly explained that the boy had been kidnapped, too and how it happened.

Now both his nephews were gone.

Benji felt horrible for letting them down, although he knew Chris had to feel a lot worse. He never got to know Piper, Chris mother, but from the stories he had heard from both Wyatt and Chris he could tell that Chris took after his mother in taking the blame for everything bad that happened to their family.

As if things weren't bad enough already, Jesse, Anna and Adrianna of course had to ask who had kidnapped their precious children and why – leave it to Chris to explain the true identity of the twins and their problem with Lara to them.

To say they were surprised raising the true heirs of Wyatt Matthew Halliwell, former leader of the whole magical community, would have been the understatement of the year!

And here they were now, Wyatt stiff as a stick, with all three parents shooting him nervous and dismayed glances every once in a while.

Chris and Bianca sat together in the big armchair, both lost in their own thoughts.

Chris had gone back to Adrianna's place, interrogating the demon they had captured earlier.

"So", Jesse finally broke the deafening silence. When all heads turned to look at him he swallowed thickly and asked:

"How long will it take Chris to get information out of this demon?"

Benji knew he was worried about Nicky and he actually wanted to know when he would get "his" son back – even if he knew no one knew the answer to that.

In an afford to give him an honest answer, he said: "That depends on the pain threshold of the demon."

Seeing the stunned looks from the others he added: "Don't worry it won't take long."

Wyatt frowned. "Is that because the demon has a low pain threshold or because..."

"Chris is quite good at getting information out of demons.", Benji answered.

At that declaration, Chris head shot up. "Whoa, wait a second. Does that mean my future-self is torturing that demon?!"

"Yeah, why?", Benji asked confused.

Chris felt a conflict. He despised torture! Sure, it was a demon they were talking about, not an human being, but still...

Apparently something on his facial expression must have shown his inner struggle, because Benji's face relaxed in understanding.

"Family comes always first. That's what you told me a long time ago. You said it doesn't matter what we have to do to protect each other, because this family has already lost enough."

Benji said this with such a fierceness that Chris couldn't help but wonder what has – no, will – become of himself. His future version showed a recklessness that scared the crap out of him.

"Seems like Chris learned from the best.", Jesse muttered as he shot Wyatt a look. Just because he was grateful that Wyatt had spared his life, didn't mean he forgave him all the pain he had caused him and his friends over the years!

Wyatt returned the look. Both man couldn't quite keep the hostility out of their eyes.

When Anna noticed it, she immediately inched closer to her husband and took his hand in hers to calm him down. She had heard what Wyatt was capable of, she didn't need a demonstration on Jesse.

Chris looked hurt at the remark and hung his head.

Bianca watched alarmed the staring contest.

Adrianna glanced unsure at Benji.

Benji sighed. "Please Chris, come back, soon!"

The boys bedroom, night

Nicky was shaking his head. "I so need a head desk.", he murmured as he stared at his new found twin. As he looked him up and down he couldn't help but wrinkle his nose at his brothers attire.

"We may be twins, but I bet if there were different sizes for taste we couldn't be more apart."

"A penny for your thoughts!", Alex grumbled.

"Why when you seem to be able to read every single one, anyway?", Nicky countered. "BTW, how do you do that?"

I've no idea. Normally I can't read other people's thoughts." Alex answered carefully. "What about you?"

"Aside from you? Not that I know of. I just... sometimes I see things before they happen."

"You mean like visions?"

"More like premonitions."

"So you have "the shining" – awesome." Alex hesitated for a moment. "Can you burn things with your mind - like me?"

"No, but since today I can apparently blow things up." Nicky's heart threatened to burst in his chest. It was totally crazy; talking with a stranger about things he kept from his beloved ones for years. And this guy behaved as if they were talking about normal stuff like the weather.

"Funny. Since today, I can apparently teleport myself all over the place." Alex was one step away from laughing and crying at the same time. This whole situation was totally absurd!

Nicky jumped up from his bed and crossed the room to look out of the window.

"This whole day is so fucked up!"

"Really? Tell me more!", came Alex sarcastic answer.

And to his surprise, Nicky did.