Serena smiles as she walks through the mall, she had just come from the doctor's office, which had confirmed what she had already felt, she was pregnant, with twins. She was just going to buy some manga and head home when a darklighter crops up. Serena curses at this, normally she didn't have to worry about darklighters, but right now she was pregnant with whitelighter hybrid children, which meant that she could be effected, if she let the damn arrows touch her. Apparently Chris had pissed off the wrong demon this time, and he was currently helping to deal with a valkyried Piper. Plus, Leo apparently wasn't happy with the state of affairs that had sent him to Valhalla in the first place.
Serena ducks into the ladies room and leaps up into the ventilation system, working fast she got to the roof and started to roof hop. The darklighter wouldn't want to expose magic, and she had her disguise field to hide her. According to the doctor she was almost four months pregnant and apparently her children weren't going to let her suffer from morning sickness, though it did explain why she suddenly wanted Chris' chocolate chip pancakes more and more often. The darklighter orbs in front of her and Serena immediately falls back on her years of scouting, dodging at the last moment even as she draws her athame. She would not let this darklighter win.
" Give it up, girl, you can't keep this up forever. " the darklighter says.
She throws her athame just as he fires and both marks hit their targets. Serena got hit in the shoulder and she curses. The darklighter went up in flames and she retrieves her athame, before she stumbles, already feeling the effects of the poison. " Chris! "
In a cage at Valhalla Chris pales while being held at sword point, " Let me go, now! "
Leo pauses at the panic he hears in Chris' voice, " Why should I? "
" Freya, get me out of here, now! " Chris calls out.
Leo finds himself alone, with Chris outside of the cage. Chris orbs off, reappearing beside Serena, he pales even further at this, " No, this can't be happening. "
Without wasting a moment he orbs back to Valhalla, " Mist. " Chris calls out, seeing the Valkyrie.
Mist walks over, " Chris, what… "
" Get the arrow out, now. Is Leo still here? " Chris asks.
" He is. " Mist answers, pulling the arrow out.
Chris orbs off again, fear rocketing through him, he couldn't lose her, not when he had just found her. " Heal her, please, Leo. "
Leo wars with himself and then goes over to the girl in Chris' arms, healing her, and the two lives within, " Who is she, Chris? "
" My other half, dammit, I never thought a darklighter could affect her, a darklighter shouldn't be able to. " Chris murmurs.
" Except for the fact that she's pregnant, Chris. " Leo says.
Chris' eyes widen as his brain finally catches up with that realization. Serena chose then to wake up, " Hey, future boy. "
Chris smiles at this, " Just when were you going to tell me? "
" Today, honest. Stupid darklighter got lucky, though I took him out. Who'd you piss off anyhow, Chris? " Serena quips, just cuddling into him, it would take her awhile to regain her strength from this.
Leo oddly felt like he was intruding, apparently Chris wasn't just a neurotic freak, as Paige had put it. " I'll have to ask Freya if you can stay here while you recover. "
" Do I need to remind you that I'll need you around more often, plus, I need sugary goodness, Chris. " Serena retorts.
" Just rest here for a day, please, so I know you're safe. "
" What about Sammy, it's my job to protect my little brother, Chris, I'm all he has. " Serena fires back.
Chris groans at this, " All right, but can you at least stay here until I can take you home and stay there with you. "
" You really need to learn how to heal, Chris. " Serena mutters.
" Healing is not an easy power. "
" Is for me. " Serena quips.
" Yeah, but you're different, Ren. " Chris quips back, orbing her to a hut, where she could get some rest and be safe.
" Chris, is she from the future? " Leo asks.
" No, she's not, Leo, she's from the past, not the present. " Chris answers Leo, leaving the Elder to puzzle that out. He had to help his aunts get through to his mother. Later that night, Chris finds Freya and Serena talking, after checking on Sammy.
" Ah, Chris, welcome. " Freya says.
" Hey, Chris. " Serena says as he walks over and sits beside her.
" So, what were you two talking about in here? " Chris asks.
" Trading war stories. Freya thinks she can convert my scout tools into Valkyrie weapons, I mean technically I'm already a female warrior, they'd just be making me a sister warrior. Plus, Valkyrie outfits are a lot more practical, wouldn't see a Valkyrie in the north pole in a mini skirt. " Serena says.
Chris actually thinks about this, " That might actually be a good thing, at least for the scepters. The wand would have to stay the same right? "
Serena nods at this, " Do what you can, Freya. " Chris says.
Freya nods, " Serena, you'll need to demonstrate them. "
Serena groans at this but nods, grabbing her Moon Scepter first and she went through all of her attacks, " Yes, we can convert them to Valkyrie weapons. You and your brother will always be welcome here. Chris, you'll have to bring him by and I will personally train the boy some. " Freya says.
Chris nods at this, " I can do that. Now, I need to get my pregnant girlfriend home and feed her. "
" Chocolate chip pancakes? " Serena asks.
" You know, I really should have known when you started wanting them for three meals a day. " Chris mutters.
" Oh, and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream? " Serena queries.
Chris groans, " Here come the cravings. "
Serena smiles at this, " Hey, takes two to tango, Chris. Besides, I'd rather like to be pampered. "
Chris grins and spins her around as he orbs them out. Sammy blinks when they reappear, " Sis, do I need to fear for my life or not. You're bad enough normally, but pregnant? "
" Sammy, could you run out and get some Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream, please. I have pancakes to make for my princess here. " Chris says.
" I'll call if I run into trouble, okay. " Sammy says and races out. He would do anything to keep his sister calm and happy, he knew what she was like hormonal, hormonally charged, well, the thought terrified him.
Chris looks at her, " Is there something I should know about you and your hormones? "
Serena has the grace enough to look sheepish, " Well, if I don't get an adequate amount of chocolate I'm normally an outright bitch, as Sammy learned firsthand growing up with me. However, last several months I've had a certain witchlighter around to keep me from going bitchy, which is why Sammy hasn't said word one about you touching his big sister, plus, he just wants me happy. "
" Okay, now I see why Sammy raced out of here, that kid is going to do everything in his power to keep you calm and happy, isn't he? " Chris asks her while he gets everything together to make her more chocolate chip pancakes, making a note to go grocery shopping in the morning, as he did not want to find out what would happen if she could not have her favorite breakfast food, actually her favorite meal right now.
Serena grins, " Probably, and spend the night at a friends place as often as possible, can't say as I blame him, you however, have no choice but to stick around, as they're your children as well.
" They, wait, they? When the hell were you going to tell me that we're having twins? I certainly don't remember that discussion. " Chris says.
Serena laughs at this, " Hey, I already knew I would have Rini when I turned twenty-two, just didn't expect twins, so suck it up, Halliwell, oh, and you had best be planning to marry me soon. "
" Wouldn't that require me asking you? " Chris teases her.
" I do believe it would, yes, so why haven't you yet? "
Chris rolls his eyes at her, " Don't need to, yet. "
" Christopher Perry Halliwell! " Serena snaps.
Chris flinches, that had sounded entirely too much like how his mother would scold him. " I have some ideas about how I want to propose to you, all right, just let me think this through, you deserve the best, okay. "
Serena looks at him, " I can live with that, for now. Good thing you soundproofed our room, or Sammy would be ready to kill both of us. "
Chris grins at this, " Up for some fun and games later on? "
" Are you, Halliwell? " Serena quips.
Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed or Sailor Moon.