Light and Dark (Charmed AU)

Chapter 6

They managed to get Chris onto the couch and Leo unbuttoned his shirt, revealing the wound.

"Oh my god, what is that?" Phoebe asked, shocked.

"Doesn't matter," Piper snapped. "Just heal him."

As the golden glow appeared, Paige spoke up.

"Why didn't he tell us about that?"

"Why doesn't he tell us about a lot of stuff?" Piper replied.

The gold glow was still there but the wound wouldn't close.

"What's the problem?" The oldest sister asked.

"He's not healing. Something's draining his powers and blocking mine. Like a virus."

"A virus named Bianca."

"You think she did this?" Phoebe asked.

"It's gotta be."

"Yeah but it doesn't explain why she'd come back from the future just to kill him." Paige frowned.

"Well somebody must've sent her, she's a hired gun."

"Well we'll have to find her if-"

Phoebe gasped as she looked at the whitelighter. His appearance seemed to be flickering.

The other looked at him too.

"A glamour." Leo muttered.

He would've been mad that he was keeping something so important as his appearance from them if not for the fact that he didn't really look different as the glamour failed, just much worse for wear.

He was paler, his cheeks hollow and he was so skinny they could see his ribs. His chest was littered with scars.

As the glamour fell, Phoebe also got a read on him.

"Oh my god, she was his best friend, practically his sister.

Leo saw a small lump in the breast pocket of Chris' shirt and reached in to find a silver ring. A wedding band.

"I think you might not be getting the extent of their relationship Phoebe."

The empath looked up.

"No, I can tell they aren't together. This however," she said, pulling an athame from his pocket, the hilt decorated with a Phoenix, "is hers."

"C'mon, let's go scry for her. Leo, watch Chris."

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A few hours and an inhibition releasing spell later, Bianca was finishing a chalk drawing of a triquetra on the wall of her childhood home.

"Do you really expect me to jump in there like before?" Chris asked disbelievingly.

"Not without a fight, no."Bianca replied, knowing that without his powers there wasn't much he could do.

He scoffed.

"How can you be so cold? How can you pretend we weren't best friends for the past decade?"

"I don't have a choice."

"Bianca, please don't do this. Please don't give up on everything we fought for. I don't think I'll be able to leave again." The fear, pain, and exhaustion was clear in his voice.

Bianca frowned at how weak her pseudo brother sounded before she put on the emotionless mask on once more.

"I'm not giving up, I'm hoping we'll find another way. You're strong Chris. We will fix it. Just not like this."