Chris' Little Sister

Chapter 11

When Chris and I arrived at the manor it looked like we came in the middle of a fight.
"You haven't seen Leo? Have you?" Chris asked as I hopped off his back.
"Oh Chris not now." Phoebe said before going into the kitchen.
Chris looks around for Leo before we go into the kitchen.
"So I checked the house, no sign of-" Chris was cut off.
" I should cancel my date." Piper said.
"What? Why?" Phoebe said.
"Because we're having issues."
"No, the issue is you're afraid to date, Piper. But you can't let your fear stop you." She turned to Paige, who was holding a towel to her wound. "You on the other hand should."
"Gee, I wonder why I'm feeling suppressed." Paige said.
"Phoebe, this is ridiculous. It's just getting worse." Piper said.
"I know. So what should I do? Should I just keep all your feelings to myself? Would that make you guys happy?"
"Yes." Paige and Piper both said.
"Okay, then that's what I'll do. Someone's hiding something from me." Chris tensed up.
"Just let me know if anyone sees Leo, okay?" He took my hand and we orbed out.
~o~
Chris found some man who could give us a potion to block Phoebe's empathy powers.
"All sold out I'm afraid. Good for me, bad for you." The man said.
"Well, how long will it take you to make more?" Chris asked.
"The potion you desire is pricey for a reason. The main ingredient is quite rare and hard to come by. What secret are you so eager to hide?"
"Just tell me how long."
"Hard to say. Six weeks or months. Demonic suppliers are notoriously unreliable."
"Well, I can't wait, alright. I need it now."
"The impatience of youth. Then again he takes a young heart to brave grave danger."
"Spare me the Morpheus speech, old man. What are you saying?"
While Chris was talking to the man I noticed something weird by the wall. I couldn't really tell.
(An invisible figure appears near the wall.)
"Fine. I'll get you your damn egg. Just make sure you're ready by the time I get back. Come on KC." I hop in Chris' back and I notice he looks at the wall like I did earlier before orbing out.
~o~
We orbed back to the house when Chris heard Phoebe calling him.
"Yeah." Chris said while dusting off his shirt.
"Hey, I need you to watch Wyatt for me."
"What? No, no way."
"What's wrong? Why you worried?"
"What's wrong? What's wrong is I don't do babies. One and under crowd, not my thing. Leo, however,: Just then Leo orbed in next to us. "Great with kids, especially his own." Chris turned to Leo. "You're not following me are you?"
"Why? Should I be?"
"Oh, there's a lot of love in this room. Okay, so, um, there's a bottle in the fridge if Wyatt wakes up and the diaper rash cream, only if he needs it, okay? We've gotta keep that butt moist." Then Phoebe went into the kitchen and Chris picked me up and turned to Leo.
"Did you get that?" And we orbed out.
~o~
Chris orbed us to where Piper was.
"Seriously can I change?" I asked noted that both of us had mud on our clothes. "This egg better be worth it."
"It is come on." Chris said and started over to Piper.
"Piper." Chris said as we got to the table.
"What are you doing here? Why are you guys covered in mud?" Piper asked.
"Excuse me a second. Who are they?" They guys, who I guess is Piper's date, asked.
"Us? We're from the future." Chris said and I couldn't help but laugh.
"What?"
"Excuse us." Piper grabs Chris and we walk across the room. "Are you crazy?"
"You're not serious about that guy are you?" Chris asked.
"Well, uh... You know what, that is none of your business. Where have you been?"
"That's none of your business. Look, you better get home before your sisters kill each other."
"What? Why? What happened? Oh, no, Phoebe?" Chris and I nodded our heads.
"Kinda." I said.
~o~
Chris orbed us back to the house just in time.
"Well, it's a good thing I did get involved because obviously there's a war going on over there." Phoebe yelled.
"I can handle it." Paige said.
"Oh, really?" Then Piper whistled loud enough and they both stopped.
"Hi, hey, what is this about a war?" She said,
"Ask Miss Buttinsky over there. She was with the Callaways when they killed Richard's dad." Paige asked,
"Paige, I'm telling you they didn't kill anyone." Phoebe said.
"I was there."
"Yeah, so was I." Then Leo walked downstairs.
"Hey, can you guys keep it down? I just got Wyatt to sleep."
"What are you doing here?"
"Okay, in the living room, in the living room, let's go, let's go." Phoebe said and everyone headed in the living room.
"Can I go now?" Chris asked.
"No." Leo said pulling Chris in the living room with me following behind.
"Paige, I'm telling you the energy ball did not come from the Callaways." Phoebe said.
"I saw it come through the Callaways' window." Paige said.
"It couldn't have."
"Oh, she's not only butting in, she's taking sides."
"Look, Paige, it's not only what I saw but it's what I felt. Don't you think if they just tried to killed someone I would have felt some intense anger coming from them? But I didn't."
"I don't know. Are you sensing any intense anger coming at you right now?"
"No, but what I can sense is that maybe your attraction to this Richard guy is clouding your better judgment."
"I hate talking to an empath."
"Wait a second, hold it. Didn't they fire on the Callaway grandmother when you got hurt? Maybe this is just retribution." Piper said.
"No, Richard said his family didn't fire on them. I believe him." Paige said.
"Then where did the energy ball come from? They don't just materialize." Phoebe said.
"Maybe they do." Piper said,
"What do you mean?" Lao asked.
"Well, if Richard says it was no one in his family, maybe it was somebody else, maybe a third party."
"If so, the two families need to know before this escalates any further."
"You've been in both houses, do you think you can get them to come here?"
"What do you mean, like peace talks? Paige said.
"Yeah, why not." Piper said.
"You've got an Elder right here, who better to mediate. Good luck." Chris said before grabbing my hand and orbing out again.
~o~
Chris handed the egg we got to the old man.
"Nicely done. These aren't easy to find." He said.
"Tell me about it. How long before it's ready?" Chris asked.
"You'll have it when you need it." The man cracked the egg and dropped the yolk into the cauldron. Then Chris and I left.
~o~
The old man had finished the potion and was pouring it into a vile for Chris.
"Are you sure this is gonna work?" Chris asked.
"As long as it doesn't make you violently ill. Side effects, you never know." The man said.
"Thanks for the tip." I said.
"You sure it's worth the risk?" The man asked.
"I wouldn't be here if it wasn't." Chris said and took the potion from the man.
"He won't tell me." The man said to someone.
"Tell you what?" Chris asked.
"What you need the potion for." Then Leo appeared. "Other than to hide your secrets that is."
"What? This was all a set-up? Is this even legit?"
"It's legit alright. But I'm afraid you have to answer to a higher power now."
"Go ahead, take it." Chris threw the potion to Leo. "It wasn't for us anyway."
"Really?"
"I got it for the sisters. Phoebe's new power is wreaking havoc on their relationship, or haven't you noticed?"
"You expect me to believe this wasn't meant to protect your secrets?"
"No, I don't. But seeing as you haven't figured me out yet, why would I even need it?"
"Don't get too cocky, kid. Wouldn't want me to clip your wings now, would you?" Then we heard a jingle.
"Whoops, looks like Wyatt needs another babysitter, dad." Then Leo orbed out and Chris turned to the man. "Alright, I have to ask you to make another one."
~o~
Later that night I heard Piper screaming and went to the attic.
"Where is it?" Piper asked Leo when I got in there.
"Give me, give me, give me. Faster." Phoebe said.
"Come on, come on, come on."
"They're really anxious about that potion you got for them." Chris said.
"Yeah, only I think you should wait to take it. Phoebe was given her power for a reason-" Leo said but Piper interrupted him.
"Forget that." Leo gave her the potion and she drank some before passing it on to Paige who finished it.
" Nothing, nada, zilch!" Phoebe said and the girls were happy.
"Yes!" Paige said.
"Hallelujah!" Piper said.
"Well, I have to go finish a game of pinochle with grandma Callaway."
"Maybe you'll run into Richard." Phoebe said.
"I'm sorry?"
"That was a sister thing, not an empath thing." Phoebe got up. "Come on." Then they leave the room.
"So it worked, right? No nausea, queasiness, nothing like that?" Chris asked.
"Nope, nothing." Piper said before she left.
"Looks like we're one big happy family again." Chris said.
"You're not family." Leo said before he left the room. The Chris pulled out the other potion and drank some before handing it to me. I looked at him before drinking the rest of it.