Disclaimer: If I owned Charmed, maybe we wouldn't have had to suffer through Season 8, even if it did bring Adult Chris and Wyatt back to us in the end.

Ch. 17:

Clothes were strewn all around as Greg and Piper lay on top of the fire engine, kissing.

"Wait." Greg said, pulling away. "Hold it."

"Why?" Piper asked.

"Because I just want to make sure that you're sure about this." He told her.

"What's the matter?" she asked. "Am I not acting sure?"

"Yeah, it's just that…well, you've been a little reluctant until now," he said, "and I guess I'm just curious why the change?"

"Um…who knows?" Piper said. "Who cares? All I know is I want…"

She broke off as she heard the sound of orbs and saw Leo hovering between two vehicles.

"Oh, my God!" she exclaimed, quickly freezing Greg. "What-what—are you out of your mind? What are you? A peeping Elder now?"

Leo didn't say anything, he just threw a vial at Piper's feet. It broke and Pier was covered in a blue-white glow as the spell broke.

"What's going on?" Piper asked, looking around, confused. "What am I doing here? Um…what are you doing here?"

"Counteracting a spell that Bianca apparently cast on you." Leo replied.

"What kind of spell?" Piper demanded.

"One that lowers your inhibitions." Leo told her.

Piper turned and looked at the naked Greg under the blanket before turning back to Leo, her cheeks burning.

"Oh-h-h-h, boy!" she sputtered.

"Yeah." Leo said, smirking. "Yeah."

"Well, so did she get Chris?" Piper asked.

"Yeah, and Meredith." Leo replied. "But I'm hoping that if we can break the spell on Phoebe and Paige, we might be able to get them back, so…"

"Right." Piper said. "Uh-huh. Okay, so let's go."

Leo glanced at Piper, his eyes wide with amusement and humor. Piper pointed to him, motioning for him to turn around.

"Um…you need to around, 'cause you don't get to see anymore." She told him.

He chuckled and complied as Piper quickly began to get dressed.

Piper and Leo orbed in to find Paige and Richard quite…occupied.

"Hi." Piper said brightly. "How's it going?"

"What are you doing here?" Paige demanded.

"Moving you back home." Piper replied, grabbing a piece of clothing and throwing to her, before turning to Leo. "Hit her."

Leo threw the potion at the headboard and it broke, causing the same blue-white glow appeared on Paige as the spell broke.

"No time to explain." Piper told the confused Paige. "Come on. We gotta get Phoebe, or we're never gonna get Chris and Meredith."

Piper tossed Paige her bra.

Back at her mother's condo, Bianca worked on Chris as Meredith lay sprawled on the floor, still unconscious.

"Just let me finish what I started." Bianca said quietly. "You'll feel better soon. I promise." Chris lay still as Bianca fished around in his chest. "That's it. Easy does it."

As she removed her hand, the wound sealed and Chris's eyes opened.

"Slow breaths." Bianca instructed.

"What'd you do to me?" he demanded.

"I just saved your life." Bianca replied.

"By taking away my powers?" Chris demanded.

Instead of answering, Bianca picked up the piece of chalk and walked over to the wall, removing a picture.

Chris sat up and spotted Meredith on the floor. He quickly got up and moved to her side.

"What did you do to her?" he seethed.

"She's just unconscious." Bianca replied. "She'll wake up with a bad headache just in time to face him."

"How are you gonna bring us back anyway?" Chris asked. "That spell's a one-way door. It only goes backwards in time. Even Mer hasn't come up with a way back yet."

"I'm sure you're not putting Meredith at the same level as him." Bianca scoffed as she started drawing the triquetra on the wall. "He created a new spell because of you. One that works both ways."

"I'm touched." Chris said.

"You should be." Bianca replied. "He's gone to a lot of trouble to get you back. He wants you even more than he wants her."

"Then leave her here." Chris pleaded.

"I can't do that." Bianca replied.

"Please Bianca." Chris said softly. "Please, I'm begging you. Just let her go. She doesn't deserve what he'll do to her."

"How can you say that?" Bianca demanded, turning to face him. "How can you keep defending her? She left you when things got tough, and she did the same to him? How is she anything more than a whore who changes sides when it suits her needs?"

"Don't talk about her like that." Chris growled at her. "Don't you dare. You have no idea what happened. Meredith did what she had to."

Bianca stared at him for a moment before turning back around.

"It doesn't matter." She said softly. "This is really for the best."

"Oh, really?" Chris asked, moving Meredith so she was lying more comfortably and brushing her hair back gently. "How's that?"

"Because this is your only chance to live." Bianca told him. "If I fail, he'll just keep sending more assassins back, and all they'll have to bring home is a body."

"Doesn't matter." Chris replied, digging into his pocket. "There's nothing left in the future anymore anyway."

He tossed the engagement ring onto the table before returning his attention to Meredith.

Bianca stared at the ring for a moment before returning to the triquetra.

Bianca finished drawing the triquetra on the attic wall and turned to see Chris stand as he slipped the piece of paper into his pocket.

"What was that?" she asked him.

"Just a memory." Chris replied. "You ready?"

"It's time." Bianca said, nodding.

Chris looked at her and walked straight to her.

"I don't want to go." Chris told her softly. "I don't want to leave you."

Bianca hesitated for a moment before removing her ring and placing it firmly in the middle of Chris's palm.

"Here." she said, folding his fingers over the ring. "This'll remind you of why we're doing this, of what's waiting for you here."

They moved towards each other and Bianca wrapped her arm around his waist as he held her, their eyes shut tight.

"You just make sure you take care of the guards, okay?" Chris told her, pulling away a little bit. "Then get out of here. Because if he finds you, if he know you betrayed him…he'll kill you."

"Don't worry." Bianca assured him. "Come on. I can take care of myself."

He nodded and leaned forward, resting his forehead against hers. After a moment, he moved away and stood in front of the holographic Book. He exhaled and pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket.

"I call upon the ancient power to help us in this darkest hour." He chanted. "Let the Book return to this place, claim refuge in its rightful space."

They both held their breath as they waited. Finally, the real Book fell into its place on the stand.

"It worked." Chris marveled.

"The spell!" Bianca urged. "Find the spell."

Chris opened the Book, frantically searching for the proper spell.

"Hear these words, hear the rhyme.
Heed the hope within my mind.
Send me back to where I'll find
What I wish in place and time."

Chris and Bianca's eyes met for a moment before the triquetra flashed and glowed as the time portal opened. Chris looked at her one last time before walking to the portal. He was about to cross the threshold, when he turned back to see a demon shimmer in behind Bianca, grabbing her.

"Bianca!" he yelled.

Bianca grabbed the demon's arm and turned, twisting him around. She kicked the demon and knocked him down before turning back to Chris.

"GO!" she yelled at him. "Go!"

The demon knocked Bianca to the ground and then stood to stomp her, but she pulled him back down. Chris took one last look before walking through the portal, leaving everything and everyone behind.

The portal closed behind him.

"You really expect me to jump into this thing like before?" Chris asked.

"Not without a fight, no." Bianca replied.

Chris sighed and walked away from her, walking towards the window. Finally, he turned around and looked at Bianca accusingly.

"How can you be so cold?" he demanded. "How can you just stand there and pretend like we never meant anything to each other?"

"I don't have a choice." Bianca replied.

"Bianca…" he said softly. "Please don't do this. Don't give up on everything that we fought for."

"I'm not." Bianca replied softly, her cold demeanor slipping. "I'm just hoping we can find another way."

"Please Bianca." Chris said softly. "Please, just leave Meredith behind. Just tell him she died when you stabbed her. Please, I'll come quietly, just leave her here."

Bianca stared at him for a moment but was distracted by the Charmed Ones orbing in.

"Hey!" Piper called. "Future girl."

Bianca turned as Piper threw a vial at her. An athame appeared in her hand and she threw at Piper, shimmering away at the same moment. The athame shattered the vial and continued on the way to Piper.

Piper quickly froze it in mid-air, but Bianca shimmered in right in front of Piper, grabbing the athame and holding it to the woman's neck.

"Oh!" Piper exclaimed in surprise.

"You were saying?" Bianca said.

"Wow." Phoebe said, impressed. "She is good."

Paige took a step forward, but Piper stopped her.

"Ah ah!" she warned.

"I can kill her in half the time it takes you to even think about it." Bianca told Paige.

"Yeah, well, we still have enough potion to vanquish you." Paige replied.

"Maybe." Bianca admitted. "But then you really will have to hope the Power of Two will do, won't you, Paige? Oh, you'd be surprised what's in the history books. Now, put the vials down slowly."

Paige and Phoebe put the vials down on the floor.

"Bianca, don't." Chris pleaded. "I told you I'd go with you, just let them take Meredith and go."

"Chris, what are you doing?" Paige asked. "Is Meredith alright?"

"She's unconscious and probably has a concussion." Chris told her before refocusing on Bianca. "If you kill her, there won't be a future for either one of us to go back to, and you know it."

"What are you talking about?" Phoebe demanded.

"You'll see if you live long enough." Bianca replied.

She let Piper go and stepped back towards the wall.

"Piper, freeze them." Paige called.

Piper froze the room and Bianca turned around as Chris looked at her.

"Aah!" Piper exclaimed. "Okay, I get why she didn't freeze, but why didn't he freeze?"

"Un-unless he's-he's a-" Phoebe sputtered.

"I'm a witch, too?" Chris finished for her.

Paige's jaw dropped.

"That's right." Chris continued. "Part witch, part whitelighter. Just like you, Paige."

"You lied to us?" Paige asked.

"I had to." Chris replied. "It was the only way I could get you to trust me."

"Trust you?" Phoebe demanded.

"Never mind." Chris said, shaking his head. "It doesn't matter anyway."

"So that's it?" Piper asked. "You're just gonna leave?"

"I don't have a choice." Chris replied. "She stripped my powers. And if I go quietly, Meredith gets to stay."

Piper didn't stay at anything and he just looked at her.

"Looks like Leo's gonna have to fix that floorboard without me." He said softly. "Tell Mer…tell her she's in my prayers, even if they go unanswered."

The sisters stared at him as he turned back to Bianca.

"Let's go." He said.

With a wave of her hand, the portal opened. They turned to walked through the portal and Chris took her hand before turning to look at the sisters one last time before walking though the portal.

"Paige." Piper said softly.

The sisters walked over to Meredith and Paige bent down to touch her before orbing her and her sisters away.

Chris and Bianca walked out of the portal into the attic to be greeted by a half dozen demons waiting for them.

"Welcome home, Chris." A voice said.

The demons stepped away to reveal a young man standing in the shadows. He stepped forward into the light, radiating cold, confidence, and power.

"Hello, Wyatt." Chris replied.

A/N: So there you go. Let me know what you thought and make sure you go and take the poll!

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