Chapter 29:
(JESSICA'S POV)
I turned around very slowly. I rotated around and the foreign voice's owner was revealed.
"Hi." He said
I looked at him
"Uh, well…my name's Christopher Perry, and I've been sent here to help rescue a Jessica Elizabeth Halliwell…daughter of Prudence?" Chris introduced, looking at a piece of paper.
"You seriously wrote that down?" Were the first words that came out of my mouth.
"Oh, so you do speak." Chris smiled
I blushed a bit. "Yes, I do. But I wasn't expecting any visitors to come blowing through my room today." I replied
"Ah, s'okay. Most of them don't." Chris said
"What do you mean by most of them? Do you help with a lot of witches?" I asked curiously
Chris sort of looked around as if trying to avoid my question.
"Sometimes…I've been sent to people who will help me find my way to my destiny. People who will help me find my family." Chris explained quickly
"Oh…I think I get it. So your mission of helping others is basically a mission for you to help yourself? In a sense?" I asked
"Well, I guess so. I also have a really big feeling that you are a major piece missing from the puzzle called my life." Chris said
I smiled "Well, join the club. I bet my life's just as messed up as yours."
"I bet not." Chris replied
So, I told him my whole story. "And that's how I got here. Hey, how is it that the rest of my "family" hasn't heard you? I think by now they'd think it'd be weird if I just started talking to myself." I said
"I sound-proofed the room so they can't hear anything." Chris explained
"Ah, gotcha." I said, and an awkward silence came after that.
"So, now we have to come up with a plan. No one else here can see me but you, so we've got that on our side. They can't hear me either. Just you. But if you stay here too much longer, you might never get back home, which would screw up a lot of things in the magical community." Chris said
"Oh great, so then when we walk down the street it'll look like I'm talking to myself." I commented
"Wow, I just love how you ignored everything else that I just said." Chris replied sarcastically
"I didn't ignore it. It just wasn't as important as me looking like I'm talking to myself." I shot back
"So getting home isn't important to you?" Chris asked
"Well, of course it is!" I said, then realizing his point. "Oh fine you win." I sighed, defeated
"Wow…I'm surprised that you're not so stubborn as I thought you'd be." Chris joked
"Well, I can be very stubborn, it just so happens that that's not really my main focus at the moment. I'm trying to get back home and out of this crazy joint." I replied making a face.
"I guess that's true." Chris said a little more seriously. "Because as I said, we're running out of time. We need to get back so that you can end this mess once and for all."
"What mess?" I asked
"The mess whose name I believe is Cole Turner." Chris replied
"Oh. You mean the mess called my father." I said
"Yup." Chris said
"Cool. Well, we should probably come up with some sort of a plan, but I wouldn't know what as I am new to magic and have never been caught in an alternative universe before." I replied
"Well, I believe that your father has a very big part in this. Actually, I believe your father is the reason you are here in the first place." Chris commented, sitting on the chair at my desk that Scott was sitting in not too long ago.
"I would definitely agree with that. Even though I only met him for a few hours, I could tell exactly what kind of a guy he is. I mean, he put his own daughter in a cell! What kind of a father would do that besides an evil one? Oh, by the way…he's here." I said
"Here? Where here?" Chris asked, confused
"I mean here in the Manor. He's Prue's husband. And my father." I explained
"Uh-oh. That is not good." Chris said
"Yeah, I know. And I'm pretty sure he's still the Source or something, because he acts like he belongs to this universe, but he's given me some evil looks and has acted differently enough for me to believe otherwise." I finished
"Oh…well, maybe if we get rid of him, we'll be able to get back home." Chris suggested
"Wait…why can't we just get back home the way we came?" I asked
"Because this universe will still be here. You could just as easily be kidnapped and put back in it again. We need to destroy so that risk is no longer in existence." Chris explained
Oh…I get it." I replied, sighing
"Hey, don't worry. We are going to get you out of this mess, and I am going to find my family. So don't give up hope just yet. We're two smart, powerful witches who can defeat this once and for all. So are you with me?" He asked
"Yeah…I'm with you. We better get out of here, though." I said
"We will, Jessica. We will." Chris replied, smiling.
A/N: So, that chapter was longer. Hope you liked it and I think you'll be surprised at the part Chris plays in this story. Please REVIEW!!!!!!!!!