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Everyone follows Krista into the kitchen and Piper looks at her, " How old are you anyhow? "
Krista sighs, " Fourteen, Reilly and Rider are twelve. "
The twins grin, " Yep, and now, our dear older, decrepit, sister is solely responsible for our safety. " Rider says.
Krista spins around to face him and Rider gulps, " Crap, " he says, seeing her eyes, " Now, Krista, my kind, caring, young sister, don't go all phoenix on me. "
Reilly moves away from his twin, " Dude, that was stupid. When she's this bad only mom can stop her. "
Krista conjures an athamé and lunges for her brother. Rider conjures his own athamé and fends her off as best he could. Reilly sighs, " Well, Dad, you better call mom, otherwise she'll kill him before she stops. "
Chris blinks and orbs away, he knew where to go by now. Bianca arrives moments later, " What's up. "
" We have three future children here and one is trying to kill the other. Apparently when she gets this bad only you can snap her out of it. " Chris says.
Bianca blinks and allows Chris to orb her to the manor. Rider had just been disarmed and was now dodging for his life, " Mom, oh, thank god. Stop her! " Rider snaps as he continues to dodge his sister's furious attacks. Rider was the only one that could match Krista in a hand to hand fight. Bianca could beat all her children. Bianca stares at this and then shimmers in front of Krista.
The fourteen year old halts immediately, eyes still snapping. Bianca grins,
" Krista Ashley Halliwell, if you don't snap out of it this minute I'll strip you of your powers. "
Krista's eyes clear, " You could try. Power of Realities, it would never happen. Now, Rider, come here. "
Rider shimmers behind their father and Krista orbs behind him, " Rider, have fun reforming. " With this said Krista blows him up.
Reilly shakes his head, " Ride, that was just stupid. "
Rider reforms behind his mother, " I know, dammit, I didn't realize she was still so damned touchy. "
You didn't have to watch dad die, I did. Krista snaps off.
Rider winces, Would you tone it down?
Hell, no! Krista fires back.
The next generation Halliwell siblings hole up in the basement and no one could get in. Bianca looks at Chris, " That's what we're in for? "
" Apparently. " Chris says.
Down in the basement, the three Halliwell survivors look at each other, " Krista, you never told us what happened before you saved us. " Reilly says.
" We'd like to know. " Rider says.
Krista sighs and starts her tale.
Flashback:
Krista Ashley Halliwell grins as she shimmers home from her gran's house. Gran had taught her more about her phoenix heritage. It takes a full minute for the carnage in front of her to register, " No, " she whispers as she races through the manor.
A slight movement caught her eye and Krista stops and looks fully at what had caught her attention. Her eyes widen, " Dad. "
Christopher Perry Halliwell moans as he forces his eyes open, " Krista, sweetie, get your brothers and get out. "
" What happened? "
" Wesley, he snapped, he's lost it. He has Excalibur. He already killed your mom and sister. No, don't bother, I don't have enough time left for you to save me. Save your brothers, go to the past, stop Wy from dying. Maybe if he had his father this wouldn't happen. "
With that said Christopher Perry Halliwell breathed his last. Krista swallows back her tears and races to find her brothers. She could soon hear the sounds of a fight and finds her brothers holding their own with Wesley Percival Halliwell. They were the Thrice Blessed Twins after all.
" Hand over Linny, Rider. "
Krista's eyes widen at this, Melinda Penelope Halliwell, Rue's youngest child was still alive. " Hell no, Wes. " Rider snaps as Krista attacks Wes from behind.
" Reilly, Rider, get ready to get out of here. " Krista snaps and places the Seal of Realities on her own cousin, it would effectively bind his powers.
" Krista, Dare, he's still alive. " Reilly calls out, having gone to his cousin.
Krista nods and goes to heal her cousin, " Krista, damn, thanks. "
" Dare, take Linny. Get out of here. My bros and I will handle what's to come. It's best if everyone thinks only we survived. Now, while Wes is still stunned. "
Dare nods and hearts out with little Linny. Krista conjures an athamé and draws the Triquatra, " Get the book. "
Rider goes to get it and Krista places the seal of realities on it as well. " We have to say the spell together. " Krista says.
Rider and Reilly nod, " Hear these words, Hear the rhyme, Heed the hope within our minds, Send us now to where we'll find, What we wish through place and time. "
The siblings walk through the portal and get ready to do what they needed to do.
End Flashback:
Rider sighs, " He told you to get us and go. God, he protected us with his dying breath, if not for you, we would have died, along with Dare and Linny. "
Krista sighs and Reilly looks at her, " Sis, we'll fix it, we'll save him. "
Krista looks at them, " Only you two will be going back alive. "
Rider looks at her, " God, you actually know what'll happen. "
" I'll die in a week. " Krista says.
" No, does that mean you won't remember anything that happened. " Reilly asks.
Krista looks at them, " I will remember, power of realities, guys. You won't lose me, not really. "
Rider looks at her closely, " Let it out, sis, before it poisons you. "
It's reached bedtime for the Halliwell siblings and Drake had stuck around, wanting some time with his lovely, though temporarily blind girlfriend. He hearts out and the twins sit up talking about Chris' future kids, " What's Krista's deal anyhow? " Chris muses, he'd felt, for just a moment, a heartbreaking sorrow from her, much deeper than grief. Kristin sighs at this.
" Her mind was open for that moment. She watched you die. Your only thought was to save your sons, you ordered her to save your sons, and to get out. Then come back and save Wyatt. To make it so our nephew wouldn't go crazy and kill us. "
Chris inhales sharply, " Damn, fourteen and she's taking on all this to save the future. "
" We were nineteen. " Kristin reminds him.
" I know. " Chris says.
The next morning Miss Holt calls in sick and Wyatt heads off to school, now on his guard, because of the information Krista had given him. He wanted to be alive to see his son grow up, to raise his son, and to prevent him from being evil. He also knew that Krista would have to sacrifice herself for that to happen.
Today it was Wyatt's French teacher that corners him after school. Wyatt's shield goes up instantly and he vanquishes his French teacher only to find three more teachers he didn't know had shimmered in behind him. Wyatt keeps his shield up and fights for his life. Then he gasps as he falls to his knees, what the hell was happening to him.
The lunch lady grins, " Binding potion in the corn, Mr. Halliwell. "
" Aunt Paige, Chris, Krista, Rider, Reilly. "
Rider and Reilly answer the call immediately and go on the offensive. The Thrice Blessed Twins finish things up easily, " Krista! "
Krista shimmers to the site and groans, then she waves her hand and Wyatt has his powers back. Krista shimmers away again and the twins sigh, " What's up? " Wyatt asks them.
" Other than the fact that Krista had to watch dad die and is refusing to deal with that, nothing much. "
Wyatt blinks, " She watched Chris die? "
Rider and Reilly nod, " Yeah, in his dying breath he asked her to save us. "
" Damn, and she has to live with that? "
" Yeah, but she won't let go. She's kept everything bottled up ever since we got here a year and a half ago. " Rider says.
" She just told us last night. " Reilly adds.
The next day Wyatt walks into the high school and gets himself cornered in the principal's office, by the principal and school nurse. Wyatt groans and his shield activates instantly, until someone physically attacks him and slices his arm open with an athamé. Wyatt punches this opponent and then gasps when his shield flickers and fades. " A power sucking athamé, damn! " With this said Wyatt remembers all his lessons with his aunt Phoebe and fights back. Without his powers he couldn't summon Excalibur to help him out. So, he grabs the letter opener on the desk as he rolls over it and continues to fight.
By the end of the school day Wyatt is exhausted and barely able to make the drive home. Chris looks at his brother, " What the hell happened to you? "
" Oh, I just fought for my life all day today at school. " Wyatt says, " To top it all off I got scratched with a power sucking athamé and lost my powers, so I had to use a damn letter opener to vanquish demons! "
Kristin walks in and heads for her older brother, " Dial it down a bit, please. "
Wyatt sighs, her other powers were compensating for the loss of her sight, which meant her empathy was more sensitive, " Oh, Chris, whatever happened with Pallas and Patience, I was a little distracted. "
Chris grins, " Mom, Aunt Paige, and Aunt Phoebe went in, kicked demon ass and rescued them. They're a little shaken but no worse for the wear. "
" Chris, you need to talk to Krista. " Kristin says.
Chris sighs and focuses on his eldest child. He orbs to the basement and Krista looks straight ahead, she just couldn't face him. " Krista, I know. "
" I was hoping my guard wasn't down long enough for Aunt Kristin to get anything. " Krista says.
Chris sighs at this and sits beside her, " Krista, look at me, you can't keep it all bottled up. Let it out. "
" I can't do that. " Krista says softly.
" Why, because doing so admits that I am gone. "
" No, because doing so means admitting that someone stopped me from sensing what was happening. I'm the only one with the power to stop Wes. I could have stopped him before anyone died. "
Chris stares at her, " You're that powerful? "
" Thrice Blessed, I have power over all reality. Wes is powerless in the future now, but I still have to ensure that uncle Wyatt lives. There's only one way I can do
that. "
Chris' eyes fill with horror, " No, you can't sacrifice yourself. You're only fourteen, dammit. "
" I was also asked to protect Rider and Reilly. It was the last thing you asked of me. Get them and get out. It was too late for Mom and Tatiana. "
" Tatiana? "
" Your youngest at eight years old. " Krista answers.
Chris winces, " You're here to stop all that. "
" No matter the cost. " Krista says.
" There has to be another way. " Chris says.
" There isn't. " Krista murmurs.
" Don't do it, Krista, don't sacrifice yourself. "
" I have to, it's the only way. I know my fate. "
Chris sighs at this, " Krista, I can't stand the thought of you getting hurt, let alone dying. "
Krista blinks at this, " Even now, you're exactly the same. There were times you nearly died just to keep me safe. It was really bad when I was younger. All of evil wanted to convert me, but I was very much my father's daughter when it came to moral standing. No one could make me turn against you. "
" I believe it. I can feel the bond between us, even though you don't exist yet. " Chris says, " You were closer to me than anyone else, except maybe Rider. "
" You're right. I did what I had to do. I saved Rider and Reilly. Got us back in time. Then we had to wait for the right time. " Krista says, " No one could get near me when I was younger, not when I was tired or sick, except you. It frustrated mom no end that her own daughter preferred her father over her mother. Tatiana was always closer to mom, always ready to go shopping with mom or something else. Me, I hated shopping, by the time I was seven I was blowing up any dress brought near me and anything pink, remember that. "
Chris grins, " Like my twin, I see. You cook and bake, I bet you got along well with my mom. "
" Grandma, yeah, she loved me. The rest of her grandchildren, except for Rider are a disappointment to her culinary soul. "
" Krista, just let it out. You haven't mourned and you need to. " Chris says.
The fourteen year old stubbornly refuses to let her emotions out. She wouldn't.
" Krista, honey, it's time to let someone else be strong for you. "
That was all it took. Chris found himself comforting his fourteen year old daughter as she finally let her emotions out of the cage she had leashed them in. When she cries herself to sleep, Chris tucks her into the bed they had been sitting on, Krista had converted the basement for the duration of their stay, and kisses her forehead. She was so like him, she might look like Bianca, but her personality came from him.
Wyatt, meanwhile is looking through the Book of Shadows when he comes across a spell that said it had been written by Chris in late 2003. " Power Return Spell, " Wyatt mutters, " Why not? Power of the witches rise, Come to me from across the skies, Return my magic, Give me back all that was taken from the attack. "
Wyatt glows blue briefly and he waves his hand, sending a pillow flying,
" Thanks, bro. " Wyatt whispers and heads back downstairs.
" So, how'd it go with Krista? " Wyatt asks when he reaches his younger siblings.
" She's a lot like me. " Chris says, " More than I realized, with some of Kristin thrown in too. "
" Like we really needed another Chris in the family. " Wyatt says.
Rider, in the kitchen, is whipping up a chocolate peanut butter cake for his three favorite relatives, his dad, his sister, and his aunt. When the cake is done, Kristin was the first one into the kitchen. Kristin waits patiently at the table and Rider grins, handing her a fork and plate with a slice of cake on it. Kristin takes her first bite and moans in pleasure, " Damn, if you bake like this you'll have every female in a mile radius after you when you're older. "
" Already do to a degree. " Rider replies.
Chris groans as he walks in, " Tell me you're not dating at twelve. "
" Dating, no, but there are a lot of girls in my grade and older that have enormous crushes on me. Krista wasn't the only one to inherit empathy from you. I seriously don't want to know. "
" Try knowing the thoughts yet too, just wait until high school, it only gets worse. Way worse. " Kristin says.
Drake hearts in just then, " Rider, are you trying to steal your aunt away from
me? "
" No, I'm not, but she is my favorite aunt. " Rider says, " Dad, where's Krista, I'd've thought she'd be here by now. "
Chris sighs, " Sleeping off an emotional drain. "
" You got her to let go! " Rider yelps in shock, " How the hell did you do that? "
" Okay, no swearing until you're fourteen. " Chris says.
Rider sighs, " I can't help it. I'm more like Krista, which means I'm my father's son. "
Wyatt laughs at this as he walks into the kitchen, " True enough, now, I think I should go visit my girlfriend and take her assignments to her. "
" Go ahead, she's going stir crazy anyhow. " Drake says, " Take her a piece of Rider's cake though. "
Wyatt accepts the plate from Rider and orbs away. Drake sits beside Kristin and tries to steal some cake, only to have her barrier repel him. Rider grins and hands his uncle a slice, " You'll never get away with it, except at your wedding. "
