A/N: Thanks to Thunder903 for reviewing.
A/N2: I goofed up last chapter when I was doing the prophecy I miscounted it should have been the eleven instead of the ten. I fixed it though and everything is good to go :)
Chapter 4: Truth Revealed
"Ricky are you sure that you're ok? You're still shaking really bad and I'm worried about you being so hot." Patty asked her boyfriend as they walked into the kitchen of the manor.
"I'm fine babe I'll be even better once I get something to eat." Ricky replied going to the refrigerator.
Eva took one look at her son and she knew what was going on with him she also knew that it wasn't safe for Patty to be standing as close to him as she was. "Charlie don't take this the wrong way but you need to back away from him it's not safe for you to be around him right now."
Derek looked at his wife incredulously. "I thought you said that we were out of the woods when it came to that with him and Em?" he asked.
"I thought we were but obviously we're not." Eva informed him.
"I wish I knew what the hell my parents were talking about right now." Emily said looking between the two of them.
"Not now Em your brother needs to be kept under control." Derek told her.
"Mom, dad seriously you both need to take a chill pill I'm fine I don't know what you're worrying about." Ricky said he was still shaking but the tremors were confined only to his hands.
"Ricky what set you off to begin with?" Eva asked.
Ricky shared a glance with Penny and she subtly shook her head. "It was just some guy at practice it's nothing to worry about." He assured her.
Eva eyed him warily but she had no choice but to trust him she would keep an eye on him. "Ok, if you say so."
"Right because it's normal for him to blow a fucking gasket over the fact that I got pissed at him for drinking milk out of the jug." Emily said rolling her eyes.
"Shut up Em." Ricky warned her he was starting to shake again.
"That is proof enough right there that he isn't fine Eva. This is your cup of tea do something about it." Derek told his wife this was one of those times that he couldn't help out.
Eva thought it over for a minute. "Henry Victor get in here now I need you." she called out and Hank came in a moment later.
"You called?" Hank asked.
"Look do you remember back when you were drinking and I told you that one day you were going to have to repay that favor I did for you?" Eva asked him.
"I don't remember much from my days as a drunk but I remember that." Hank replied.
"Well today is the day that you are going to repay me. Grab Ricky and take him out to the backyard." Eva said.
"Why?" Hank asked confused.
"Don't ask questions right now just do it. I'll be out there with your mom and your aunts in a second." Eva told him in a no nonsense tone of voice.
Hank went to Ricky and put him in a hold. "Hank you big bastard let go of me." Ricky said struggling against him but it was no use he had him in the backyard before he had a fighting chance.
Hank looked at Ricky and he knew what was going on with him. "Ricky if you like the shirt you have on take it off now." he ordered him. He helped him out of his shirt.
Ricky's shaking got uncontrollable and he felt this weird primal feeling on the deep inside. "What the hell is going on?" he asked.
"Ricky don't fight it just go with it." Eva told her son.
Ricky stopped fighting the pull he was feeling and he just went with it. He could feel a burning sensation throughout his body and he was in a little bit of pain. When the shaking stopped and the pain subsided he could tell that something was different. After a minute it hit him instead of seeing things from a normal point of view he was seeing things from the point of view of a dog. "What the fuck is wrong with me?" he asked but it came out as a howl.
Henry had seen a lot of things in his life but nothing had prepared him for the sight in front of him. His baby sister's boyfriend had transformed into a wolf. His coat was coal black and his ears were tipped with silver and there was a silver patch on his chest. "Well I'll say this for him he makes a pretty wolf."
Ricky let out another sharp howl and he looked pleading up at Hank. "Hank what's going on?" he asked telepathically since Hank was the only one who could understand him.
"Aunt Eva he wants to know what's going on and I can't help but be curious myself." Hank relayed the message.
Eva went to her son and put her hand on his head. "Baby I was hoping that you wouldn't have to go through this but I'll explain the best I can. The gypsies have these things known as guardians that protect the tribe from demons and things like that. There are three different types of guardians, an eagle, a hawk, and a wolf. As you can see you're a wolf that is the main type of guardian. The shaking you feel when you get mad is your urge to phase and protect yourself." She explained to him.
Ricky let out a pitiful whine. "Hank ask her how I change back."
"Aunt Eva he wants to know how to change back." Henry told her.
"Well he just has to concentrate on what makes him human and he will change back." Eva answered.
"Aunt Eva isn't he going to be naked when he changes back?" Henry asked.
"Yeah he will be." Eva replied.
Henry took off the shorts he was wearing and laid them on the ground. "Here you can put these on when you change back." That left him standing there is nothing but a white pair of boxer briefs that had shamrocks on them.
Prue looked at her nephew and laughed. "Hank I'm not sure that I even want to know."
Henry looked down at his underwear. "There is nothing wrong with these B bought them for me."
"I can see why she would have." Piper told him shaking her head.
"Yeah Hank you sure do fill those out nicely." Phoebe commented trying to suppress a laugh.
Paige just stood there with her mouth hanging open staring at her son. "Henry Victor Halliwell you need to go find some other pants. I am your mother I don't want to see your goods and I'm seriously afraid they are going to come spilling out of those underwear."
Henry threw back his head and laughed. "That would be the reason why B. Lyn bought them for me mother. She told me she thinks I have a cute ass."
"You do have a cute butt Hank and I mean that in the most platonic way possible." Eva told him grinning.
Ricky let out another loud whine. "Hank stop worrying about your underwear I'm having trouble changing back."
"Aunt Eva he says that he's having trouble changing back." Henry informed her.
"Well I'm no expert when it comes to this shit." Eva replied but she gave Ricky a sympathetic look.
A grin lit up Phoebe's face. "Oh, please you people spend too much time thinking and not enough time feeling." She replied as she went to the door. "Charlie get out here your boyfriend needs you."
"Pheebs that's really not a good idea he could hurt her." Eva cautioned her.
"He could but he won't trust me she is the one thing that ties him to his humanity." Phoebe replied being married to a cupid came in handy in situations like these.
Patty came out of the house with a worried look on her face. "What can I do to help?" she asked. She didn't want anything to be wrong with Ricky.
"Sweetie Ricky turned into a wolf and he's having trouble turning back. We thought that if you were out here that it would help him." Eva said pointing to Ricky.
Patty didn't hesitate she walked over to him so that she was standing beside him. "What do I do?" she asked.
Henry knew that Ricky wouldn't hurt her for anything in the world but he wasn't going to take any chances where his baby sister was concerned so he stayed right by her. "It's ok he won't hurt you. Here give me your hand." He took her hand and placed it on top of Ricky's head. Ricky moved his head underneath her hand and looked up at her with his big brown eyes.
"He is so soft." Patty mused.
"Yeah and he's purty too." Henry said with a fake southern accent.
Ricky could feel himself getting more relaxed and he felt a tingle like he wanted to turn back. "Hank can you get them to go inside so I can change back?" he asked.
"Alright ladies he says he wants us to go inside so he can change back." Henry relayed. They all started back to the house including Patty.
Ricky let out a whine when she started to walk away.
"Sis he wants you to stay with him." Henry told her.
Patty smiled at her big brother. "I know I don't need words to understand him. It's alright you can go like you said he won't hurt me. Plus I would really like it if you put pants on so I'm not scared for life."
Henry chuckled at that. "Charlie if you weren't scared for life when I was married to O I don't think there is anything else I can do that will scar you." he said as he walked in the house.
A nineteen year old Chris was having trouble sleeping but who could blame him after all Paige had just died two days before that wasn't exactly conducive to sleep. When he had woke after what little sleep he did get he felt that something was off with Wyatt and he sensed that he was in the attic of the manor. So he decided to orb over and see what was going on. As he walked up the steps he could hear not only Wyatt's voice but another voice as well. There was something strangely demonic sounding about the voice.
Chris walked into the attic to see Wyatt talking to a demon who was dressed in raged clothing. "Wy what are you doing?" he asked confused.
"I'm not doing anything Chris don't worry about it." Wyatt replied with a menacing tone in his voice.
"You're doing something Wyatt or you wouldn't be talking to a demon." Chris accused him.
"It's nothing for you to worry about little brother just drop it." Wyatt told him coldly there was steel in his blue eyes now.
Chris knew that whatever was going on with his brother and this demon wasn't good. Then realization dawned on him. "Wy you're working with this demon aren't you?" he asked.
"It's no concern of yours what I do Christopher." Wyatt said through gritted teeth.
"Yes it is you're my brother. I'm going to tell dad." Chris replied not backing down.
Wyatt picked his brother up by the throat using his powers. "You will do no such of a thing if you value your life Chris. You have to see that I'm doing this for us." He had softened toward the end of his sermon and he sat his brother back down on the ground.
Chris looked at his brother in shock he had never used his powers against him before. "I don't know how you can say you're doing this for us Wy this isn't who we are. This isn't who we were raised to be. You shouldn't be working with the demons that killed our family you should be helping us vanquish them."
"Chris I'm doing this so we don't have to bury anyone else. Now if you don't like it you can leave." Wyatt growled at him.
Chris turned to go but before he did he said. "Wy I know you think what you're doing is right but it's not and I will save you if it's the last thing I do."
Chris sat up with a start he could feel blood trickling down his lip from his nose. He wiped it away the best he could. He could also feel a blinding headache building.
"Little brother are you ok?" Wyatt asked concern written all over his face.
"I'm fine Wy don't worry about it." Chris said more harshly than he had intended to.
"You're my brother it's my job to protect you and worry about you. Because whatever is going on with you if affecting you a hell of a lot more than you're willing to admit." Wyatt replied locking eyes with him it looked like the sea meeting the sky.
"I said I'm fine Wy, I don't know why you won't just drop it." Chris was not in the mood to talk about this right now.
"I can't drop it Christopher I would like to know what the hell your problem is and why the fuck you've been shutting me out for the last year." Wyatt yelled at him.
Chris couldn't stop himself from saying the first thing that came to his mind. "You're my problem Wy I hope that's what you wanted to hear you're a big part of my fuckin' problem. You can't leave me alone to live my own life you don't have to be my protector. In fact sometimes I think it's my job to protect you." he yelled back.
Wyatt got a stricken look on his face and tears filled his eyes. "I'm just trying to be a good big brother."
"Yeah well try minding your own damn business for once." Chris raged on.
"Chris that is enough." Liz yelled at him very rarely did she step into the middle of one of the Halliwell brother's disputes but she wasn't going to let Chris talk to her fiancé like that.
"Lizzie I love you but stay out of this. You have no idea the things I have been through for him and he treats me like a child whose hand he has to hold." Chris didn't show any signs of calming down any time soon.
"Chris don't you yell at her. This is between you and me now if you want to take it out on someone take it out on me." Wyatt told him.
"God Wyatt this is nothing for you to worry about but you won't just let it drop. I'm protecting you here." Chris yelled back now tears were blurring his vision.
"Chris it's my job to protect you not the other way around. You are just too stubborn to see that. I know that's there is something going on with you and I need to know what it is." Wyatt said standing up to his full height.
Chris not to be undone pushed his chair back from the table and stood up to face his brother. "No you don't need to know Wy, this is the one thing I have to protect you from. I don't want to hurt you but if I tell you I know it will. Trust me it's more my job to take care of you than it is your job to take care of me. "
Wyatt just looked at him unsure what to say. "Chris that couldn't be farther from the truth I'm the older brother."
"Get off of it Wy everyone thinks that since you're the twice blessed that you have to take care of poor little defenseless Chris there is no way he can do anything for himself. I'm sick to death of feeling inferior because you're so much more powerful than me. And you only make it worse with the way you insist on constantly checking up on me. Wyatt you and everyone else can't even begin to comprehend the things that I have been through for you." Chris said trying to will his tears down.
Wyatt felt a tear trickle down his cheek. "I'm sorry if I ever made you feel that way those weren't my intentions." He said quietly but he and Chris were still nose-to-nose.
Prue had let those two carry on for as long as she could stand to. She stood up and pushed them both away from each other. "Chris I think that it's time for you to tell him." She said locking eyes with him. She knew that she could stand between them and be fine they would never forgive themselves if they hurt her.
"No Prue I can't tell him." Chris said.
"It's past that anymore Chris you damn near have to tell him." Prue reasoned with him.
"Tell me what Chris?" Wyatt asked.
"Nothing Wy just let sleeping dogs lie." Chris yelled trying to get his brother to back down.
"No I want to know damn it." Wyatt yelled back at him.
Henry walked into the room and let out a loud wolf whistle. "What the fuck is going on in here?" he demanded.
"Honey I don't think anyone is going to take you seriously when you're standing here in your underwear." Bianca pointed out to him but she couldn't help but admire the view.
"I see you still have one of the nicest asses I've ever seen." Oriana smirked at him.
"Hey this isn't about me or my fine ass. This is about my two older cousins being locked in heated battle. Now someone tell me what the hell is going on." Henry replied.
"Chris is being stubborn again and he won't tell me what his problem is when I know there is something bothering him." Wyatt said.
"And he won't listen to me when I say that it would only hurt him if I were to tell him." Chris told his side.
"That is it I am ending this now." Henry said. "Wy we didn't tell you the full truth about Chris's flashbacks. The truth is…" he began but Chris cut him off.
"No, Hank he deserves to hear this from me. I'll tell him but we'll go in the other room." Chris finally relented he didn't know what else to say.
"I think we should all take a little break, and I think that Hank needs to put some pants on." Prue said.
"Seriously dude I'm about to see your junk and the thought makes me want to puke." Jake told his older cousin.
"You're only jealous because my junk is bigger than yours." Hank replied sticking his tongue out at him.
"Come on Chris let's get this over with." Wyatt said inclining his head in the direction of the sunroom.
"Hold on just one minute Wy." Chris said stepping over to Liz and pulling her into a hug. "I'm sorry that I yelled at you Lizzie that was uncalled for I won't let it happen again."
Liz reached up and kissed his cheek. "It's ok Chris I know you wouldn't hurt me. I also know that you and your brother are both stubborn ass mules."
"Hank I know that you need to put pants on but you and I need to talk." Roman told him.
"Alright you and I will go up to Chris's old room while I look for some pants." Henry replied.
Ricky walked into the kitchen holding on to Patty for dear life. Somehow he knew that if he felt like he was going to lose control again she could stop him. "Hey, Em I'm sorry that I snapped at you." he said looking down at his feet sheepishly.
"There is no need for you to apologize Rick it's really not your fault." Emily replied gently.
"So that's where Henry's pants went." Chuck said when he walked into the room and saw what his brother was wearing.
"I think I would like to know why he has his shorts on." Prue said hanging onto her husband's arm.
"That would be because Ricky can now turn into a wolf when he gets pissed off." Derek answered dryly.
"What do you mean he turns into a wolf?" Lilly asked confused.
"Lilly it's one of those gypsy things that Roman could explain a hell of a lot better than I can." Eva told her daughter.
"That sounds like something out of those stupid books that dad loves so much." Jake chuckled.
"That is exactly what it's like." Eva agreed.
Coop shot a mock frown at his oldest son. "I will have you know that those books aren't stupid thank you very much Cooper."
Jake walked to his mother and took Phil from her. "Hey there big guy it's time for one of our talks. You need to realize that your daddy is silly and he reads stupid books that all teenage girls love."
"Do you two have talks like this often?" Val asked her brother.
"Of course we do Val I'm his big brother I have to teach him how to survive the world." Jake answered like it was no big deal.
"Of course you have undoubtedly been telling my baby brother bad things about me." Prue accused him.
"So before you guys get into it, how is the prophecy coming?" Leo asked.
"It's coming Uncle Leo." Oriana answered.
"That's a real nice answer there O we were kinda hoping for specifics." Frank responded sarcastically.
"Well we've pretty much got it figured out but there are some parts that make no sense at all though we now know which line is talking about Ricky." Liz said sounding distracted. She was worried about Wyatt and Chris.
"And then there is the part about the oldest charmed daughter being the key to one of the three evil souls. That one has me stumped I mean it has to be Prue but that doesn't make any sense at all." Troy shrugged.
"Troy sweetie don't think it's not what they pay you for." Nicole joked with her son.
"That one hurt mom that hurt a lot as a matter of fact." Troy said putting his hand over his heart.
"Who all is the prophecy about?" Carly asked.
"You, Charlie, Mel, Val, Penny, Em, Ricky, Hails, Billy, Chase, and Huck." Calleigh reported.
"Oh hell no, I can't be stuck with Chase and Huck that just isn't fair." Mel groaned.
"Aunt Mel that is one of those things that you're just going to have to deal with. I don't like being stuck with Jack, Al, Dom, and Brady but it happened." Paige chimed in. Being sick in no way stopped her from being a smart ass.
As if they all didn't have enough going on that they had to deal with at that moment Greg shimmered in the room.
"Oh, God you have to be fuckin' kidding me." Jake groaned.
"Aw, and here I thought you would be happy to see me Coop." Greg said oozing smugness.
"I would be more than happy to rearrange your face for you pretty boy." Jake threatened.
"Jake I think one set of Halliwell brothers fighting is more than enough for one day." Parker told him.
"Phil remind me that you and I need to have another one of our talks later." Jake regarded his little brother.
"Yeah you two need to have a talk about you being evil." Greg grumbled.
"Greg don't start." Phoebe told him she was sick of them having this argument.
"Mom I'm just saying you trust him entirely too much with Phil." Greg replied.
"Please Greg no one needs to worry about Phil when he's with Coop. The man would seriously throw himself in front of a moving vehicle for that baby. You need to be more worried about him smothering him with attention." Cole jumped to Jake's defense.
"Cole if I wasn't grateful for you getting my relationship with my little brother I would be mad at you for the last part." Jake said he really had to admit that Cole wasn't that bad of a guy.
"Mom do you at least think it would be possible for me to see my little brother?" Greg asked and Jake scowled.
"Of course," Phoebe said smiling. "Jakie I know this is hard for you but I'm going to need you to let go of your baby brother for just a minute."
Jake grudgingly placed Phil in Greg's arms. "Support his head dumb ass he can't do it himself." He really hated passing his baby brother off to him but he couldn't let his mom know what was up until he had some proof.
"I've got him I'm not going to hurt him." Greg replied. Prue looked on tensely she didn't like him holding her baby brother any more than Jake did.
"So Ro tell me what you want to talk about." Henry said as he stepped into a pair of shorts.
"Yesterday I remembered everything from the time I was kidnapped and I know who the one…" Roman started but Henry cut him off by orbing something into his palm.
"Here drink this before you even finish that thought." Henry told him they couldn't be too careful and he didn't even know that Greg was in the house.
Roman drank it without question. " The one is Greg. When I was trapped in the sources dungeon he told me all about his little plans and he even showed me what Ben looked like that is how I know all of this."
"Dude you don't have to do a bunch of talking to me I'm sold already. You are the eighth member of the thirteen to figure it out we are only five people away from all of us knowing." Henry replied.
"So do Prue and Coop know that their brother is an evil bastard?" Roman asked.
"They don't really consider him their brother but yeah they know they both figured it out at the same time." Henry answered him.
"What was that potion you made me drink?" Roman asked he has a lot of questions.
"That was a telepath blocking potion. As far as we know he has telepathy so we can't have him reading our minds." Henry pointed out.
"Shit I wonder how we get the others to realize the truth. Poor Wy is so dense that he'll never be able to figure it out." Roman mused.
"Ro you're not telling me anything I don't know. And we have tried to think up ways to make everyone see the truth it's just the last time that happened we got sent to the future." Henry explained.
"That's lovely." Roman commented dryly.
"Yeah, I know. But come on we really should be getting back to the others before they think that I needed your help to change my pants." Henry joked.
In the sunroom Chris and Wyatt were in the middle of an intense showdown their eyes were locked and they were both too stubborn to speak first. Something about the look in Chris's eyes made Wyatt back down first. The look that was in his brother's eyes right now was the same look as that of a wounded animal.
"Shit, Chris this isn't getting us anywhere we can stand here and stare each other down until we're old men and we both know that neither of us are going to budge." Wyatt sighed running his hand through his hair.
"Wy, really you just need to let me think this out for a minute I have to break this to you gently." Chris reasoned with him. The last thing in the world he wanted was to hurt his brother with what he had to tell him.
"Chris just tell me I promise you that whatever you have to tell me isn't going to break me." Wyatt said he didn't see why his brother was so hell bent on protecting him.
"You know about my flashbacks and the back story behind them right?" Chris asked.
"Sure I know that another version of you went to the past to save the future and might I add that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree your little girl is following in your footsteps." Wyatt replied.
"God I hope not," Chris said so lowly that Wyatt didn't hear him. "Ok, there is a lot that you don't know. The reason he went back to the past was to save someone that he dearly loved from evil."
"Chris I just don't see what this has to do with me." Wyatt admitted.
"Wy, he went back to save the other version of you." Chris said he couldn't just blurt out that he had been evil it would crush the big teddy bear.
"That is why you thought I would be mad? Because you've been a fool in every time line and he risked himself to save me?" Wyatt asked chuckling.
Chris looked at his brother and he knew that there was no way that goofball could ever be anything other than good. This was the hard part for him because he knew he was going to break his heart. "You see Wy he didn't come back to keep evil from getting to you he came back to keep you from turning evil." He felt his heart break into a million tiny pieces when he saw the look on his brother's face.
"So I was evil?" Wyatt asked with a frown on his face. No wonder his brother had been pulling away from him he knew that he was an evil bastard and he couldn't be trusted.
Chris had to fight back tears he looked like a dog that someone had kicked. "Wy don't even think that there is no way you could ever be evil. There is no doubt in my mind that you would die for me." he explained to him gently.
"Chris I need to know, how bad was I?" Wyatt asked tears clouding his blue eyes.
Chris had to look down at the floor before he could look at his brother and when he did his eyes looked like stormy seas. "You were pretty bad Wy the things that he did were horrible. He sent the whole world to hell and I had to make the tough choice of fighting against him."
Wyatt let a few of his tears fall. "I'm so sorry Chris."
"Wyatt look at me, you have absolutely nothing to be sorry for. You didn't do anything wrong. I want you to understand me so I'm going to put this in language that is perfectly clear even to you. You didn't do one fucking thing wrong you big teddy bear you never have and never will. That person isn't you that isn't who you are. Do you understand me?" Chris asked his brother forcing him to meet his eyes.
"Chris you know as well as I do that on some level I'm that guy. Because you are obviously just like the other Chris the only difference is you haven't had to deal with your older brother being an evil bastard." Wyatt said in a shaky voice.
"No, my big brother is a pretty great guy and this is exactly why I didn't want to tell him what was wrong because I knew he would blame himself." Chris reasoned with him.
"How can I not Chris? I put you and everyone else I care about through unspeakable hell." Wyatt asked reasonably.
"Well I can't speak for anyone else but I really cared about you then and I still do now you big lug. I wouldn't have risked my life to save you if I didn't love you because I just couldn't bring myself to kill you." Chris told him.
"Bullshit you didn't do it for me you did it for Mel and Hank. I was there the night you told her that you would kill for me but you would die for her and Hank." Wyatt replied.
"Well there was a flaw in that statement Wy I just didn't know it at the time but I did die for you. I gave my life so you would be good. If that doesn't prove I love you I don't know what will." Chris yelled at him.
Piper came stalking into the room at that moment with Jack in her arms. "Wyatt Matthew and Christopher Perry what the hell is going on in here?" she demanded of them.
"Oh your son just told me that not only was I an evil bastard but apparently he died for me too. That is what's going on mom I don't know how to live with that." Wyatt shouted.
"Wyatt lower your voice so you don't scare your baby brother." Piper ordered him.
"Mom I have been trying to make the idiot see that he isn't the person that did all those things just like dad isn't the jackass that treated me like shit." Chris explained to her.
"Chris take your brother." Piper ordered placing Jack in his arms. She then went and wrapped her arms around Wyatt. "Sweetie I need you to understand that you didn't do any of those things you are a good boy you always have been and you always will be. I'm sorry that I didn't tell either of you sooner but I didn't you to grow up thinking you had to watch yourself if you got too much power and I didn't want Chris to feel like he was responsible for you."
"Mom I just don't understand how I could have ever done anything to hurt Chris or anyone else that I love. And my God I shudder when I think about the things I might have done to Lizzie." Wyatt cried.
"Shh, baby it's all ok you're not the man who did those things and you have nothing to be sorry for I promise you that." Piper told him running her fingers through his hair.
"Mom this is why I didn't want to tell him I didn't want him to think that I hated him." Chris was crying now too.
Piper somehow managed to snake her arm around him too. "Look at that I've got all three of my boys and I really need my two big boys to be mommy's big helpers. I need you both to look after your sister and help her with this prophecy. But you two just go on and cry as long as you need to because mommy's got you." she talked to them in a soothing tone.
Both of the Halliwell brothers locked eyes and pulled away from their mother. Chris threw his free arm around his older brother. "It's ok teddy bear I know you would never hurt me. I'm more worried that I would hurt you." he assured him.
"I love you so much Chris." Wyatt told his little brother.
"I love you too Wy." Chris replied. Jack let out a little cry he didn't like being trapped between the two giants that were his big brothers.
"Don't think I forgot about you I love you too Jackie. I'll always protect you no matter what." Wyatt swore to the little boy.
"I love you too Jackie I'll always be here for you any time you need anything." Chris promised him. Both young men placed kisses on his tiny head.
Piper had to wipe away the tears in her eyes. "And Jackie loves you both very much he got the two best big brothers in the whole world. One day he will realize just how great you both are. I love you boys and I'm sorry I lied to you."
"It's ok mom." Wyatt and Chris said in unison.
"Wy you know that we're going to have to have a talk with the younger kids right?" Chris asked him.
"I know we might as well get them all together read the prophecy and explain it to them." Wyatt agreed.
"Yeah we're agreed which means we are now going to have to go in the kitchen. And shit we might want to deal with the assassins that are after B. I kinda need her in one piece I love my little girl very much." Chris chuckled.
"I'm kinda fond of the brat myself." Wyatt laughed.
Piper smiled at both young men it was good to see that this wasn't affecting them the way she had feared it would.
The thirteen had assembled all the members of the eleven in the living room. The adults decided that they were going to sit in on the proceedings too hell even the future kids had showed up. The ones who knew about Greg were nervous about him being in the room but there was nothing that they could do about it now.
"At some point one of you is going to tell us what the hell is going on right?" Huck asked sarcastically.
"Noah Puck watch your damn mouth." Calleigh shot out at her brother.
"Yes mom." Huck said throwing her a mock salute.
"I give up with you. I don't know how you survive in the army." Calleigh groaned rolling her eyes.
"Because the army will take any idiot." Chuck threw out.
"Ok, in answer to Huck's original question you're all here because we're about to read the prophecy. Hank you have the floor." Chris said in a business like manner. Hell this was the family business.
" Against three evils as old as the dawn of time shall fight a group of two plus nine. The band of eleven shall be woven tight or surely they shall lose the fight. If the three evil souls prevail the human race shall gnash and wail. For one evil soul the oldest daughter of the power of three is the key. Step in the band of eleven to battle the foes of their mothers again all the way to heaven. The only child of the oldest charmed one shall lead the group into the fray. A witch of the dark arts shall truly help save the day. Add a lover's soul and a seer's eyes surely they will be fine. Two guiding lights shall shine through these desperate times. A key and a guide to fit the lock shall help complete the stock. A secret soul hid in the night shall aid the others in the fight. The heart of a wolf and the soul of a man shall help with the battle at hand. A female whose ancestors wandered shall help the evil three be plundered. The power of love and Salem shall make nine and surely she will do fine. The last carries the Halliwell curse even though she's not immersed. This band of eleven shall aid the bakers dozen through their crusade." Henry read for the third time that day.
"Holy shit that was confusing as hell I don't know how you guys made heads or tails of it." Hailey said in a rare outburst.
"Things like that are why we keep Hank, Chris, and B around. They are three regular professor when it comes to those things." Prue answered the girl.
"Ok can you guys break that down for us?" Phoebe asked.
"Sure thing Aunt Phee. We'll explain it line by line." Chris said.
"Against three evils as old as the dawn of time shall fight a group of two plus nine. That is fairly simple all that is saying is a group of eleven will fight against the triad. The triad of course being the three evils as old as the dawn of time." Henry explained the first line.
"The band of eleven shall be woven tight of surely they shall lose the fight. All that is saying is you guys have to be close and trust each other or you can't win this fight." Chris said deadly serious so they knew he wasn't playing.
"If the three evil souls prevail the human race shall gnash and wail. Pretty much we're all fucked if the triad wins." Wyatt explained.
"For one evil soul the oldest daughter of the power of three shall be the key. We haven't figured that one out yet but we'll get back to you on it." Lilly said.
"I'm sorry to interrupt but that could mean Prue or it could mean Mel we just have to figure out who the triad is." Cole said helpfully.
" The rest of it just explains who is in the group. It goes like this Mel, Chase, Val, Carly, Charlie, Billy, Huck, Ricky, Emily, Penny, and Hailey." Bianca went on.
"The last line we had a little bit of trouble with because it says that the eleven shall aid the baker's dozen in their crusade. But our prophecy pretty much says that we are the only ones who can defeat the one not that we have any clue who that is." Chuck said he was trying to make it sound like they were having trouble figuring it out.
Mel raised her hand. "Do you guys think that we could hear your prophecy just to be sure?" she asked.
"Ro she's your girlfriend you recite it." Troy told him.
"Nine shall set out and lose one along the way but they shall soon find another to take his place. Nine shall feel the call to arms and against a deadly evil they will brawl in the dark of night barely escaping the fight. Then they shall find a hidden one to add to their might. Then they shall recover the tenth making them eleven men strong. For the twelfth they shall not have to wait long this is the return of the wandering son. Working quick they will have to find the last or they shall be doomed to repeat the past. Four son's of the sister's three shall help destroy this evil entity. Surely they must prevail but without the oldest daughter with a lover's heart they will truly fail. Another male they must add to head this evil off at the pass he will be a dark born soul but have a heart as pure as gold. Another female must take part and she shall know a deadly art but carry sorrow in her heart. Add double trouble to the scheme and they shall hold the team together at the seams. To a wandering soul a beacon shall be shone lighting up his way back home. The prodigal will complete the fare being the last known heir to a destiny so fair. The thirteenth is the one that is hard to find but that is the misdeed of the brave and kind. Add a witch with seer's eyes and a mighty band they shall make causing even the source to quake leaving the destruction of evil in their wake. After that their lives shall be more fun as evil shall be on the run." Roman recited from memory they had been over the damn thing enough times that they all knew it by heart.
"Jesus, that is some prophecy." Ricky said whistling.
"But there's more," Parker said. But in his destruction they shall not be done leaving them to fight just one. "The one shall also be the seed from a union of great misdeed and shall be the counterpart of one who is pure of heart. Over this two lovers one of light and one of dark shall separate because one will be unable to stand the strain. But to two lovers true love shall call leaving the others quite enthralled. And that shall be the greatest victory of all. But in the end it shall all work out leaving the thirteen to scream and shout."
"And you guys figured that all out except the part about the one?" Patty asked the wheels in her head turning.
"Yeah pretty much kid." Jake told her.
"That's bullshit I can't believe you guys got a longer prophecy than we got." Carly bitched.
"Well I'm not beings as we're the ones who had to figure it out." Chris replied.
"To two lovers true love shall call? That has to be one the cheesiest lines I have ever heard." Val said shaking her head.
"Yes and we're a group of dumb asses it took us months to figure out it was talking about Wyatt and Liz." Prue chuckled.
"Alright I say we can call it a day right now and we'll hit the path again tomorrow." Piper suggested.
"That sounds pretty good to me sis." Paige agreed.
"Yeah you kids go do whatever it is you normally do. You deserve at least one more day of peace." Prue told her nieces and nephews. She didn't get any arguments out of them about it either.
That night Hailey was sitting on her bed just staring at a picture of her mother she had tears rolling down her face. She didn't know why but for some reason she found herself missing her more in the last few days than she had in a long time. Maybe it was the fact that she now had this prophecy weighing on her and she didn't think she would be able to do a good job. Or maybe it was because she now found herself in a new environment and she was still trying to adjust to it. Whatever it was she wished it would go away and not nag at her so much. She was pulled from her thoughts by a knock on the door.
"Hey Hails I just thought I would check on you before I put the little guy down for the night." Henry said standing in the doorway with Alan in his arms.
Hailey tried to quickly wipe all the traces of her tears away before she turned and smile at Henry. "Hey Uncle Henry." She said trying to keep her voice from wavering. Apparently she didn't do a good enough job.
"Hails what's wrong?" Henry asked concern written all over his face.
"I'm fine Uncle Henry it's nothing." Hailey assured him.
"I don't think you've been crying over nothing." Henry paused when she looked at him shocked. "Don't look so shocked I have two daughters so I know when someone has been crying. Of course you're not as dramatic as Carly. And Charlie would never admit to me that she has tear ducts. But tell me what's wrong." He pleaded with her.
"It's really silly and like I said it's nothing." Hailey replied smiling at him again.
"Henry take Alan and go for a walk Hails and I need a minute." Paige said coming in and sitting on the bed next to Hailey. "I know those men can be so damn infuriating when they want to be." She said smiling at her.
"I'm beginning to see that." Hailey replied meekly.
"I'm not Uncle Henry so you can't fool me. Tell me what's wrong and be straight with me because I will know if you're lying." Paige said gently.
"Like I told Uncle Henry it's silly. It's just I've really been missing my mom the last couple of days." Hailey told her.
"Baby that's not silly that's normal and normal is something that doesn't happen very often in this family." Paige retorted.
"So it's not stupid for me to miss her this much?" Hailey asked her big blue eyes filling with tears again.
"Honey no of course not. My mom died a long time ago and I still miss her a lot sometimes. I was only a little bit older than you when I lost both my parents. I know what you're going through even better than your Uncle Henry does. He remembers the foster care system he was really little when your grandparents died so he doesn't have many memories or them." Paige assured her.
"Aunt Paige you really don't have to sit here and listen to me like this I'm not your problem." Hailey told her.
"Hailey Alice Mitchell don't be such a Halliwell I love you. If I didn't I wouldn't have adopted you. Your Uncle Henry and I don't think of you as an obligation we're happy to have you here. As matter of fact you're pretty much the best behaved teenager in this house." Paige replied putting her arms around her and kissing her on the head.
"I don't ever miss my dad because you can't miss what you never had but I miss having a mom Aunt Paige. There are just some things that I can say to a woman easier than I can say them to Uncle Henry." Hailey had started crying again.
Paige pulled the girl closer to her. "Honey you can come to me anytime you want to I don't want you to hesitate. The same goes for Aunt Piper, Aunt Phoebe, and Aunt Prue any time you need any of them they will be more than happy to talk especially Aunt Phoebe. It's going to be just me you and with Uncle Henry and Al next year. You better get used to talking to me now."
"Ok, Aunt Paige I will." Hailey said giving her a genuine smile this time.
"And another thing Uncle Henry and I don't expect you to sit in this house. The girls are going out you should go with them. Granted I'm not telling you to be like Carly I couldn't take it if you were but have some fun." Paige said.
"Mom," Carly yelled out from down the hall.
"Speak of the devil." Paige said with a rueful grin. "I'm back here." she called back.
Carly came stomping down the hall a minute later "Mom tell your daughter that she is overreacting and I had to borrow something out of her closet because I had nothing else to wear."
"Carly I've told you I don't know how many times not to go shopping in my closet you don't even like most of my clothes." Patty told her sister coming into the room behind her.
"Oh, no we have bigger problems than that right now. Hailey this is your last warning you have been hanging around Mel entirely too much you're starting to act like her. Don't make me and Val have to do an intervention on your ass because we will. Now get dressed we're going out." Carly ordered her cousin.
"Hails if I can say nothing else for the girl she knows how to have a good time. You should go with them. Charlie won't let Carly and Val do anything to you." Paige assured her.
"Mom, Melinda is working tonight I have to control those two it's not an easy job. Hails I need help here you can't leave me alone with those monsters I may kill them." Patty appealed to her.
"I guess I kinda like the two of them sometimes and I can't have you killing them so yeah I'll come out with you. But I really like you and Mel so I can't have you calling her Melinda. 'Cause she'll kill you and then she'll go to jail and I'll be down both my good friends." Hailey explained.
"Hails you sounded like such a Halliwell when you said that I think we might be rubbing off on you." Hank said from the doorway he had apparently just orbed in.
"Victor what are you doing here? I know you have to work." Paige asked her son.
"I do but I just came by to give Goose his goodnight kiss from his big brother. I do it every night mom. Hails I need you to keep an eye on my other two girls for me." Hank said giving her a smile.
"I will Hank." Hailey replied.
"Now ladies what are the rules if I'm asleep on the couch in the morning?" Hank asked them.
"Make as little noise as possible because you're a light sleeper." Patty replied dutifully.
"Enter you in the witness protection program because you've most likely done something to piss B off and she is out for blood." Carly said sarcastically.
"Bubba why would you be sleeping on the couch?" Paige asked not sure she wanted to know.
"Because A) I heard this wonderful rumor that Uncle Andy was ordering us in at four in the morning. B) Paige is over at B. Lyn's tonight and her couch sucks. And C) Possibly the biggest point of all I still can't go back to my apartment because it's pretty much an orgy in there right now." Hank listed.
"Just go to work Hank. Well go kiss your Goose and then go to work." Paige laughed.
"I love all you girls." Hank said blowing them a kiss.
"We love you too Hank." They all replied in unison.
"Mom this is ridiculous I'm ok you don't have to treat me like I'm going to break I can feed myself." Paige bitched from her spot on her mother's couch. Bianca was attempting to feed her soup.
"Paige I really wish you would stop being stubborn like your father and humor me." Bianca told her.
"B I have to say this is a side of you I never expected to see." Oriana told her sister they were hanging out for a little while.
"O if you don't put a sock in it over there I will send you home to mom and dad early I know you don't want that." Bianca replied smugly.
"I think I'm going to call Dom and tell him all is forgiven then at least I'll be out of this hell." Paige bitched she barely had a voice to bitch but she was still doing it.
"Sweetie you're sick please be good just this once. I am very worried about you and you know that I don't really worry." Bianca pleased with her.
"Bullshit mom you're worried right now about Uncle Hank. Let me tell you something the man is crazy about you, you have nothing to worry about. He is just upset right now. but that does not mean that you get to go back in your shell and clam up on him." Paige said she knew damn well how her mother's mind worked.
"Really B you have nothing to worry about. You two have loved each other for forever. I don't want him back sis. I couldn't do that to you again." Oriana assured her.
"You two are a couple of downers tonight new topic." Bianca said.
"Mom I'm going to have to ask if what Uncle Hank said is true did you buy him those underwear he had on earlier?" Paige asked with a smirk on her face.
"Yes because that man has a nice ass." Bianca replied laughing.
"Dom has a pretty great ass it's one of things I love about him." Paige informed them.
"I always thought Chord filled out a pair of jeans nicely." Oriana added to the conversation.
"Oriana you know how Shane men are and that's all I'm going to say about that." Bianca didn't want to see her sister get hurt.
"I'm a big girl now B you don't have to worry about my love life." Oriana countered.
"Yes I do because if Chord hurt you I would have to kill him. Believe me I know how." Bianca told her.
"Then she wonders where I get it." Paige said to no one in particular.
"No I know where you get it from me and your dad. I can't get on to you for loving to hunt demons. You come by it naturally. God help me sometimes I think you should have been named Christina." Bianca said ruffling her hair.
"That's funny B I told her just the other day that she should have been named after you. I swear she has too many Piper and Frank genes in her." Chris said orbing in he was dropping by to check on his child.
"Hi daddy, you have to work." Paige said cheerfully.
"I do have to work but I had to come see about my baby. I wouldn't be a good daddy if I didn't. I trust that you're behaving yourself and doing as your mother says." Chris said with a rueful grin.
"Never you know that." Paige smiled really big at him.
"Ok I give up B she has me wrapped around her little finger. You're going to have to be the hard ass. I brought her the prescription that Aunt Eva wrote her. She says that she has to drink a lot with it." Chris said handing Bianca a bottle of pills. "Actually there's more." He handed her another bottle of pills and then a bottle of cough syrup.
"You gotta love Aunt Eva." Oriana said chuckling.
"Yeah she once prescribed me something for migraines those pills could knock a headache out like no other." Bianca laughed.
"Paige you know why your mother is laughing don't you?" Chris asked his daughter an amused smirk on his face.
"No but I think I need to know." Paige said her eyes were twinkling in the same way that his were.
"Your mom didn't have migraines she had hangovers so severe she couldn't get out of bed in the morning hangovers. Like I'm not kidding the woman would be in bed until five in the afternoon. So after about two weeks of that Maria who was still living here at the time calls me and says Chris I think something is wrong with B. There wasn't a damn thing wrong with her aside from being a drunk. But never let it be said that Bianca Hoyt isn't a smooth talker when the situation calls for it. She somehow managed to convince Aunt Eva she was suffering from migraines." Chris recounted to her.
"Ok we have established that I was a shameless drunk. There is no need to revisit that." Bianca retorted.
"B I think you were worse than Hank." Chris told her.
"You're right I was pretty bad. But that is not the point right now. You need to tell your daughter to eat so she can take this medicine." Bianca said shifting the focus off herself.
"Paige please be a good girl and eat for daddy so you can take your medicine." Chris begged her sweetly.
"What kind of medicine is it?" Paige asked.
"It's an antibiotic for the pneumonia, cough syrup for your cough, and a muscle relaxer so you don't pull something from all the coughing you've been doing." Chris explained.
"Ok fine but I'm only taking the antibiotic you should never orb while on cough syrup it's not pleasant. And the muscle relaxers make me loopy." Paige relented a little bit.
"I'll make you a deal you eat and take your antibiotic and then you can take the cough medicine just before bed and you won't have to worry about it affecting your orbing." Chris ventured.
"Ok I promise daddy." Paige replied.
Chris kissed her on the head. "Ok be good for your mom I have to go. I love you."
"I love you too dad." Paige replied before he orbed out.
A little while later Bianca after Bianca had finally convinced Paige to go to bed, she was sitting out in the living room with Oriana. Neither was saying much it was the first time that they had been alone all day.
"B my death really tore you up bad didn't it?" Oriana asked her sister she needed to know.
"Of course it did Oriana and up until the last couple of days I thought it was my fault. So I did do some things that I'm still not very proud of." Bianca replied.
"I can't believe mom and dad let you get away with being a drunk." Oriana said in disbelief.
"Oriana they didn't know not at first anyway. The week after you died I went out and got rip-roaringly drunk. I was by myself and I thought it would be ok to drive home. Well the next thing I know I'm seeing flashing lights in my mirror. I was too drunk to even care but boy was I ever relieved when I looked up and saw Chris. He wasn't as happy to see me though. We're best friends and very rarely does he raise his voice to me but he yelled at me that night. To make matters worse him and Jason were riding in the unmarked car that night so he had Jay drive my car home and he put me in the back of the squad car. He pulled into mom and dad's driveway and he yanked me out by the arm so hard he left a bruise. Dad was at the door when he brought me up the walk and he didn't look that happy with me either. Dad didn't say anything though he just a gave me a kiss, some aspirin and put me to bed." Bianca recalled.
"You mean to tell me dad just let you get away with that? I don't see that happening Frank Hoyt is where you got your temper from." Oriana asked not believing for a second that her dad was that soft.
"Hell no he didn't O. Now you know that very rarely did that man raise his hand to us growing up. He wouldn't dream of it unless we really deserved it. But that next morning before mom and Chase got up he beat my ass. I'm not even kidding here I was twenty years old and dad spanked me. You know that I got away with murder with him so I knew I was in the wrong that time." Bianca laughed looking back.
"Yeah you could pretty much torture me all you wanted to when dad was home with us and he wouldn't say a damn thing to you but mom didn't let you get away with shit." Oriana laughed.
"That woman is still the bane of my existence I don't know what you're talking about." Bianca replied. The two sat talking for a long time it was almost two in the morning when Oriana shimmered home. But they had both needed that time alone together. Bianca sighed a contented sigh when she crawled in bed next to her daughter.
A/N: Here is the next installment I hope you all enjoy it and I seem to be getting this episode out faster than the last one. So I thought that Hailey has been on the back burner lately that is why we got to see the little tender moment between her and Paige. Ricky turning into a wolf will be explained in greater detail next chapter. Oh boy Roman now knows that Greg is the one too it's only a matter of time before all the others find out. Chris finally told Wyatt the truth about his flashbacks I don't know if that's going to cause anymore problems yet or not. Really there was a lot going on this chapter. Until next time please review.