Chris' Little Sister

Chapter 12

I was upstairs with Wyatt while Piper was dealing with the demon downstairs. After Piper took care of everything she called me down. Shortly after Paige, Phoebe and Chris came home. I ran and hugged Chris and he and I looked through the book of shadows for the demon.
"So wait, a vortex did all of this?" Phoebe asked.
"Vortex, whirlpool, I don't know, whatever." Piper said.
"Well if it was a whirlpool, there'd be some water." I said.
"The fineries of what almost killed Piper aren't important. The point is she was almost killed and no one was here to help." Chris said. "No KC you don't count. Sorry."
" You're right, I'm sorry, I was kind of tied up... or cut in half." Paige said.
"And I was interviewing the most fascinating woman." Phoebe said.
"Oh, the orgasm lady. That show was great, at least what I saw of it until the TV was sucked into oblivion. I hope you brought home that book."
"Mm-hm."
"Piper, doesn't it bother you had to vanquish that demon alone?" Chris said.
"Yeah, well, sure, but, you know, we all have lives which is why I need this place cleaned up before my guests arrive." Piper said.
"Who's coming?" Paige asked.
"Mary has designed a fashion line and she wants to show us all."
"I love clothes."
"Not so fast, we've got a demon to hunt. If I could just find him in here." Chris said.
"Okay, but regardless of what you find in there, I'm gonna hang out with my friends because I will have a normal life if it kills me." She slammed down her hands on her thighs. "Ow."
"Piper, why don't you have Leo heal that when he comes to pick up Wyatt." Phoebe said.
"Because I don't need magic to heal a cut."
"I'd use magic for everything if I could." Paige said.
"Well, if I had done this fighting a demon, that would be one thing. But I did it in the kitchen. The chef did it in the kitchen, so that person will wear this bandage for the shame of it all."
"Well, this book is not going to help us. But I've seen vortexes like that before." Chris said. Paige put a huge bunch of roses on the table.
"You know, this job would be so much easier if there weren't so many roses." She said.
"What's with all the roses?" Piper asked.
"I think Jason thinks that he's losing me. And as an empath, I don't know who's feeling what anymore and I just, I have my guard up." Phoebe said.
"You should be aware that these vortexes suck their victims into pocket realms of alternate realities." Chris said.
"You know, sometimes guys can be funny like that, you know. The more you pull away, the more they come back at you." Paige said.
"Yeah, but I'm not pulling away, I really like him." Phoebe said.
"Dangerous alternate realities, people. Based on fantasies, desires, dreams." Chris continued.
"So stop worrying about it and let him wine and dine you. I mean, a little wooing never killed anyone." Piper said.
"But a demon can, so can we please, please, let's focus. Piper, you were almost sent to another world, that takes serious magic."
"Magic. Brilliant idea. "Let the object of objection become but a dream, as I cause the seen to be unseen." Paige said and the mess orbed away. "Well, call me butter 'cause I'm on a roll."
"Wow, that's much better, thanks Paige." Piper said.
"Yep, well, gotta get back to the temp job. Don't know how much longer those old folks are gonna be alive." Paige said and headed for the door.
"And I'll walk you out because I have to meet Jason for lunch." Phoebe said as she followed Paige.
" No! No, no, no. We have a demon to hunt, get back here." Chris said.
" See you later, Chris." Paige said and the two left.
"We'll talk about it later." Phoebe said as they closed the door. Piper walked over to Chris and leaned on his shoulder.
"You are our new favorite Whitelighter and all, but you need to lighten up." She said.
"No, you three need to get serious, because if you keep putting your personal lives before your wiccan duties, you're gonna pay for it." He said.
"Maybe so, but not today. I scared away the demon, he's not coming back, I have friends coming, and I also have chocolate chip cookies in the oven." Then Piper left for the kitchen.
"Ooooh." I started to follow her when Chris grabbed my collar and pulled me back.
"Stay." He said. I crossed my arms and huffed. He turned and looked at Wyatt. "It's your fault I have to do this now." Then he had me hop on his back and he orbed us out.
~o~
We ended up in Gith's cave. He was tucking towels under his shirt on his wound.
"You!" He yelled when he saw us.
"Wait, before you-" He suddenly opened a vortex and Chris and got sucked in but Chris orbed us out just before it closed. He orbed right next to him and I jumped down. "Would you just relax? I didn't come here to vanquish you."
"How did you find me here? No one's ever been to my lair."
"I don't have to find you, Gith, I know you. I'm from the future. I came here to give you what you want. The Charmed Ones."
~o~
"You must think I'm pretty low on the evolutionary ladder." Gith said while I help him clean up his wound.
"That's not true." Chris said,
"A minor horned demon, a lesser slime devil, or some other common fiend with no power."
"I have the greatest respect for your power."
"Then don't insult me. Whitelighters don't kill their charges."
"Well, I'm not your typical Whitelighter. I came from the future because I needed the power of the Charmed Ones."
"To do what?"
"None of your concern. All you need to know is they're drifting apart."
"How do you mean drifting apart?"
"They're putting their desires before their duties and that makes them useless to me."
"You said desires?"
"You caught that, huh? That is what you feed off of, right? But I never quite understood how one could eat a desire."
"Do you know how much energy is contained in an unfulfilled desire? People spend their whole lives wanting something, usually never getting it, I feed off that energy."
"Just think how much power the Charmed Ones pack."
"You know their desires?" Chris pulled out a piece of paper. The farther this went the more I had a bad feeling about this.
"It's all right here. With this, no messy vortexes, you can bring them into your world with the comfort of your own cave." Gith took the piece of paper and walked across the room. Chris took the bloodied cloth from me and put it in his pocket.
"They'll die, you know. Victims of their own desires. Is that what you want?"
"I'm counting on it. Why else would I offer to help?" Chris took a piece of parchment and put it in his pocket. "So good luck and for the sake of both our lives, don't screw this up." Then Chris grabbed my hand and we orbed out.
~o~
He orbed us to the attic.
"That was stupid Chris!" I said and backed away from him. "What are you thinking? He's gonna kill 'em!"
"No he won't. I'm gonna get 'em ok? Now I need help to make the potion. Come on." He said and went to the book.
"I hope you know what you're doing Chris. I wanna be born too." I said before helping him with the potion.
~~
As we were finishing the potion Leo orbed in.
"We need to talk." He said.
"Sorry, not now." Chris said.
"Oh, yeah, now." Leo held out the Valkyrie pendant. "Look familiar?"
"I don't have time for this."
"You had time to kill a Valkyrie. Whitelighters don't kill, or did you not read the manual?"
"But it's alright for an Elder? You had Valkyrie blood on your hands too."
"Fighting to protect the sisters. You went out, hunted a Valkyrie to steal her magic."
"Oh, so that makes you the noble one, right?"
"Face it, Chris, I got you this time. This is enough to get your Whitelighter status stripped and your soul sent back down to earth for recycling."
"You do what you have to do."
"I already did. I arranged a hearing with the Elders tonight. I expect this to be your last day as a Whitelighter."
"That's quite possible."
"Chris. It's done." I said.
"Excuse me." Chris said before getting the finished potion.
"Why are you making a vanquishing potion?" Leo asked.
"To help the sisters."
"Why aren't they making it?"
"Because they're busy."
"I can't sense them."
"Don't worry, I'm on it."
"You know Chris, if I can't sense them it means they're not in this world."
"I said I'm on it." Chris and I head for the door but Leo stops us.
"Where are you going?"
" To bring them back, now lay off."
"Until I find out what's going on, I'm not gonna let you out of my sight."
"You don't trust me. Fine, I get it. But get this, if we don't show up where we're supposed to be alone, they'll die. Your call." Then Chris grabbed my hand and orbed out.
~o~
"I don't understand." Gith said as we orbed in. Chris pushed me behind him and took the potion form my hands.
"Something wrong?" Chris asked.
"The boyfriend took the bullet. It was meant for the witch."
"You tried to kill one of them already?"
"I create worlds, I don't control them. They work in their own way, in their own time. This is the first time a victim's ever escaped a direct attempt on her life."
"Yeah, well, pretty good, aren't they?"
"It's okay. Their desires will kill them eventually. After all, that is what you desire, isn't it?"
"Actually..." Chris pulled out the vanquishing potion and a crossbow materialized in Gith's hand. Chris went to throw the potion but Gith shot him with the crossbow, hitting him in the stomach. Chris fell to the ground and dropped the potion.
"Chris!" I went to his side quickly.
"I could sense your desire from the beginning. You never wanted to kill your charges, just teach them a lesson."
"A fever?" I said as I noticed he was heating up quick.
"That's right, Darklighter arrow." I saw the potion and went to grab it but Gith smashed it with his foot before I could reach it. "Poison shouldn't take long but with luck, you may just live long enough to watch the Charmed Ones learn their lesson after all." He looked at me. "Now what do I do with you? You're not a Whitelighter."
"Chris." I said slowly standing up.
"I'm sure there's some use to you." He took a step towards me and I took a step back.
"KC, run." Chris said out of breath.
"I can't just leave you!" I said. "And run around the underworld alone." Gith backed me up into a wall and grabbed my arm. "Chris!" I yelled as he pulled me somewhere.
He grabbed a piece of rope and tied my hand together before shoving me to the ground.
"Leave her alone." Chris said. He was getting weaker. You could tell by his voice.
"Don't worry big brother. She's fine right now."
~~
"We're gonna get you out of here." I heard Phoebe's voice.
"An empath. You didn't tell me the middle sister was an empath." Gith said looking at Chris. He was a lot worse now.
"Sorry."
"She must have been feeling his desire when I created her world. It's no matter, my worlds always kill their victims. You know why? Because desires are empty. They lack foundation. This world will fall too, it's only a matter of time."
"I'm getting thirsty." I heard another voice followed by Phoebe's again.
"Okay, I'll try see if I can find something." Chris waved his hand and it must have done something because Gith wasn't happy.
"No!" He kicked Chris and he looked unconscious.
"No! Chris! Stop it!" I yelled at Gith.
"You're on my last nerve. Can't stand listening to you." He walked over to me and grabbed me by the arm again.
"No!" He started pulling me somewhere. "Chris!" Then I felt something hard hit my head before everything went black.

Chris' POV-
"Chris!" Then I couldn't see her anymore. I couldn't hear her either.
"KC." Gith came back a few minutes after. "Where's my sister?"
"She's fine, for now."
He started watching the sisters again.
"You've ruined everything. Now they'll find the oldest sister and come for me. Unless I get to her first." He pulled out a knife and went into one of the worlds.
~~
"Where are we?" I heard Paige's voice. I opened my eyes to see the sisters and Wyatt were safe. I try and say something but don't have the energy.
"Who cares? Where's Jason?" Phoebe asked.
"Jason?" Piper asked.
"Yeah, he was in my world and he should've come out when we got the demon, right?"
"Are you sure it's really Jason?" Paige asked.
"I don't know, what do you mean?"
"I mean, in my world, there's all these people that I know from the old folks home, maybe your Jason is just a creation of your world."
"Oh, god, I hope so." Then Wyatt coughed.
"Wyatt needs help." Piper said. Then Paige looked over at me.
"Oh my god, so does he." She says and runs over to me. "He's still breathing."
"Leo!" Piper yelled and Leo orbed in.
"You're back, where were you?" He asked.
"Heal now, ask later" Piper said and he started healing Wyatt and then he healed me. I sat up and looked around for a moment.
"KC?" I got up and started looking for her.
"Chris what are you talking about?" Piper asked.
"After he shot me with the arrow he took KC somewhere."
"Is she alright?" Leo asked.
"I don't know. I don't know how long it's been since Gith took her." I ran my hands through my hair.