Chris' Little Sister

Chapter 31

"Okay, so I just sent our evil twins through the portal, although-" Chris stops when he sees Phoebe on the couch bleeding. "What happened?"
Phoebe wakes up and gasps.
" Thank god." Paige said and went to Phoebe.
"Stay with Wyatt." Dad said.
" I got him." Chris said and looked over at Wyatt. Phoebe slowly sat up.
"You okay?" Paige asked.
"Yeah. Just remind me to never park on Mrs. Noble's driveway again."
"Will someone please tell us what the hell is going on here?" Chris said.
"The neighborhood patrol shot her point blank and nobody so much as blinked an eye." Paige explained.
"What?"
"Why?"
"Because by getting us all to the evil world, Gideon screwed up the balance, messed up with the grand design." Dad explained.
"Well, if you ask me, the grand design is pretty messed up in the first place." Paige said.
"No kidding." I mumbled to myself. Elders trying to kill my brother, causing the whole mess.
"Wait, so are you saying because of what he did, our world is bad now, too?" Phoebe asked.
"No, on the contrary. It's good. Too good. Where every little infraction is a capital offense and everyone just accepts it."
"Oh, so we're starring in a little movie called "Pleasantville"?" Paige said sarcastically.
" Okay, how come we weren't affected?" Chris said.
"Because we must have been crossing over when the shift occurred."
"Well, that must mean Gideon's not affected, either." Paige said.
"No, he wouldn't be, he's an Elder." I said.
"How do we know he's not using the situation to his advantage, you know, come after Wyatt again?" Chris asked.
"Because I'm going to find him first." Dad said.
"No, you can't hurt him, Leo, not until he shifts the balance back, and you know he knows how to do that." Phoebe said.
Everyone was silent for a moment.
"Oh, my god. We totally forgot about Piper. We have to get to the hospital." Paige said.
"Who's going to watch Wyatt?"
"I will." Chris said. "Look, we didn't come all the way from the future just to lose him now, all right?"
"I'll stay with them too." I said.
Dad nods and orbs out. Phoebe stood up.
"I think we should drive. I don't want to risk orbing." Phoebe said.
"Hey, just watch your speed, okay?" Chris said and they left too.
~o~
We were in the attic, Chris and I were scrying. Dad walked in with Wyatt.
"Anything?" He asked.
'Yeah, thought I had him for a sec, but then I lost him."
"Well, keep looking. Gideon's bound to surface again." He put Wyatt in his playpen.
"Well, maybe you should ask the other Elders for some help."
"It couldn't hurt." I said.
"No." Chris stopped scrying.
"Huh. Trouble in paradise?"
"Let's just say we're not seeing eye to eye."
"Well, then maybe you should...I don't know, quit. Look, the girls are going to need another Whitelighter the moment I'm gone anyway."
"That's not why you want me to quit, Chris."
"Okay, fine, I admit, we would like to go back to a future where my parents are still together, all right?"
"It's just like I said when I was making the potion...the potion..."
"What about the potion?" I asked.
"Well, Gideon didn't want it to work, right? But he did want us in this other world, which means it probably does work, which means we can get you home."
"No. I'm not going back."
"Me either."
"You guys have to."
"Not until we finish what we came here to do, and that's to save Wyatt from tur...turning evil."
"What?" Dad asked.
"Well, what I don't understand is, if Gideon always viewed Wyatt as a threat,"
"Why did he turn him evil in the future?"
"I don't think he did intentionally. I think Gideon tried to kill Wyatt in your future...only just like in this time, he found out that Wyatt can protect himself. So, he probably had to get him away so he could figure out how to do it."
"Kidnap him." I said.
"Imagine being taken away from us for weeks, maybe even months." Chris leaned forward and put his head down. "Constantly fending off Gideon's attack."
We all looked over at Wyatt.
"I had no idea." Chris said.
"Nobody did Chris." I said and put my hand on his shoulder.
"We're going to change that future, Chris... for all of your sakes."
Chris gave dad a smile.
Chris and I went back to scrying while dad paced the floor. Then Paige and Phoebe orbed in.
"What are you doing here? Is Piper okay?" Dad asked.
Paige and Phoebe went to the Book of Shadows.
"No, but she will be, thanks to us and our evil twins." Phoebe said.
"Wait, you saw them? Where?" Chris asked.
Phoebe opened the book.
"In Gideon's office. Talk about your vanity mirrors." Paige said.
"We have a plan."
"Yeah, we're going to shift the world back from Gideon so he can't use it to his advantage."
"How?" Dad asked.
"We're going to use a spell to-" Before Phoebe could finish they started to glow for a moment and Phoebe starts giggling and Paige smiles.
"What just happened?' I asked.
"I don't know." Dad said and looked at them. "Are you guys all right?"
"Yeah. Yeah. I've never felt better." Paige said and Phoebe nods her head.
"Okay, so back to the plan. You were saying?" Chris said.
"Yeah, the plan was just to go see Piper in the hospital." Phoebe said.
"That's a really good plan." Paige said and Phoebe starts giggling again.
"I know." Then they just left.
"Uh-oh." Chris and I said.
"No time to dawdle. There's a baby on the way." Phoebe said as we followed them down the stairs.
"This is crazy. You can't leave like this." Dad said.
They start to walk toward the first floor.
"Well, we can't very well ignore Chris' birth. We have to celebrate." Paige said.
"I'm the baby. I give you permission not to." Chris said.
"What? And miss all the excitement? Seeing you for the first time, burping you, picking out a name?"
"I already have a name."
"Oh, gosh. You do, don't you? Well, now would be the perfect time to change."
Dad walked past them and put Wyatt in the playpen.
"How did you get your name? It doesn't start with a "P."" Phoebe asked.
"It was Leo's father's name." Chris explained.
"Aww"
"That is so sweet." Phoebe said.
"I can't wait to tell Piper. I'm going to get her bag."
"It's in the kitchen, all ready to go." Then Paige leaves the room. "Oh! You are going to be so cute!!" Then Phoebe starts baby talk. "Yes, you are. Ooh! Yes, you are. Doo-doo, doo doo-doo doo."
She walks away from Chris, who has a dumb folded expression on his face.
"Okay. We need to snap them out of this fast."
"Piper must have cast a spell. She's the only one who could do this to them."
"Why would she do that?" I asked.
"She wouldn't unless...Gideon wanted her to, to distract them like he did before, so he can go after Wyatt."
Paige and Phoebe came up with Piper's bag.
" All set!" Paige said and Phoebe held the car keys.
"Let's go."
"Wait. You guys can't leave yet. Gideon might be coming for Wyatt any minute."
"Oh, is he baby-sitting?"
"No, he's trying to kill Wyatt. Don't tell me you don't remember?" Chris said. Phoebe and Paige start laughing. "You're laughing. That's great. Your nephew's almost killed, and you're laughing."
"You're silly. Yes, you are. Ooh, yes, you are." Phoebe said.
"Like an Elder would ever, ever do that." Paige said.
"It must be the spell. They don't remember because Gideon doesn't want them to." Dad said.
"A spell? What spell?" Then the doorbell rings.
"Visitors." Paige and Phoebe headed to the door.
"Hey, stay with Wyatt." Chris told dad and followed them. He stepped in front of Paige and Phoebe. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait. Stop, stop, stop, okay? You cannot open that front door. What happens if it's the patrolman?"
"That's a good point. I forgot to move my car." Phoebe said.
"Finally."
"Well, I'll just have to take whatever's coming to me."
" What?"
Phoebe opened the door and It's Darryl smiling.
"Hi, ladies. Chris."
" Hi."
"We thought you were the patrol guy come to shoot Phoebe."
"Sorry. Actually I'm here to get Chris. I'm afraid I'm going to have to take him into custody for assaulting me."
"Dude, I didn't assault you." Chris said.
"No, but Evil Chris did." Paige said.
"That wasn't me."
"You're still a fugitive anyways." Phoebe said.
"Okay, you're not helping, thanks."
"You know, I'm only giving you this chance because we used to be friends." Darryl said.
"That is so sweet, Darryl."
"And, evil double or no, someone has to do the time. Take him away, Darryl."
Phoebe and Paige just leave the house.
"So, what? You're just going to leave?" Chris said.
"Listen, young man, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. Your choice."
"I don't have time for this." Chris used his powers to throw Darryl out the door. "Have a nice day." Then used his powers to slam the door.
"I was thinkin' if Gideon did get to Piper, maybe he left a trail I could follow." Dad said.
"Hurry." Chris said as he nodded his head and dad left.
~o~
Chris and I took Wyatt back to the attic and put him in his playpen. Chris is looking through the Book. We hears a floorboard creak. Chris looked up.
"Hello?" Nothing. He looked back at the Book and there's another creak, like someone's walking. Chris goes over to the playpen and looked around the attic. I can still hear the walking.
"Chris." I said looking around. I could sense something was wrong.
"Okay, it's time to get you outta here." Chris goes to grab Wyatt but is suddenly magically thrown across the attic. Before I could react I was slammed into the wall. I could feel some blood coming from the back of my head.
"Chris!" I yelled as he fell on a wooden table and Gideon appeared in front of Wyatt. He looked at Chris.
"Don't make me sacrifice you both." He said.
As Gideon turned to pick up Wyatt, Chris used his power to throw Gideon. Gideon makes an athame appear and vanishes from sight. Chris rushed toward Wyatt as I started getting up. Suddenly, Gideon appeared next to Chris and stabbed him in the stomach. Chris fell to his knees, groaning in pain.
"Chris!" I ran over to them as Gideon pulled the athame out, but before I could reach them I was thrown back again. The pain in my head being worse. I could barley see.
"Dad!" Chris said as he fell to the floor. Gideon stood up. shortly after dad orbed in.
"Oh, god." He turned Chris onto his back and Chris groaned.
"Uhh...Wyatt. Uhh! Wyatt."
Dad looked over to see Gideon holding Wyatt.
"It's for the best, Leo." Gideon says then orbs out with Wyatt. I finally get up and rush to Chris.
"Chris? Chris?"
Dad took Chris to one of the bedrooms and tried to heal him.
"You have to find Wyatt." Chris said.
"We're going to find him together." Dad said.
"It won't work. You've already tried. Gideon's magic did this to me. He's the only one who can stop it." Chris pushed Dad's hands away. "Just...go. Saving Wyatt saves the future. You know that."
"Gideon doesn't know how to kill Wyatt, remember? We still have time."
"Only until the trauma turns him."
"I am not going to choose between you and Wyatt, Chris. I can't."
"You don't have to." I said and dad looked at me. "Find Gideon and you save them both."
Dad looked at Chris, who nodded his head.
"All right. All right, but I'm not leaving you two alone. I'll be right back."
"Where are you going?" Chris asked.
"To get one of your aunts to watch over you." Chris started to breathe heavily. "You're going to be fine. Okay? I promise." Dad leaned over and kissed his forehead before he orbed out.
I looked at Chris and felt the tear form in my eyes.
"It'll be ok KC." Chris said and grabbed my hand.
"You know what'll happen if Gideon doesn't heal you Chris. If dad kills him." I felt the tears start to fall.
"I know. It'll be ok. I'll be back home waiting for you."
"What if you're not?"
"We came here to save our brother. We did our part. Dad'll make things right KC. We'll be ok." Chris squeezed my hand and I just sat there with him, keeping his awake. We both knew he wasn't going to make it. Not much longer a bunch of cops came into the room and took me away from Chris.
"No! Stop!" I fought them as much as I could. "He's dying! Just stop!" I ripped out of their grip and stayed by Chris. He was sweating really bad. He didn't have much time left.
"Chris." I looked back and saw dad rush in the room.
"Hey." Chris said, weakly.
Dad knelt next to him and Paige stood in the doorway.
"Hey. I'm here now. You can...hold on, okay? Hold on...hold on. I'm here. You can hold on, okay?" Chris nodded, tears forming in his eyes. "Don't give up, okay?"
"You, either." Chris' eyes started to close. I felt more tears fall down my face as I held onto my brother's cold hand.
"No, no, no. Please...no. No, please." Then Chris stopped breathing all together. "No."
Dad put his head down, crying. Chris slowly vanished until I was gripping the air. Dad looked up at where Chris was laying before.
Dad and Paige left the room. I couldn't. This wasn't like the last time. He wouldn't just appear back and everything would be fine. He was really gone this time.
I just sat there looking at the bed where he vanished. Not even his blood was there anymore. I heard my father screaming and destroying things in the attic, I didn't care. All this time we assumed a demon had done this to our family. This whole time it was an elder. And elder who caused my family so much heart ache. Destroyed my oldest brother, killed my other brother, and was the cause of so many deaths.
After Dad went to go get Wyatt, I went with Paige to the hospital.
"Fade away? What-what do you mean he just faded away?" Phoebe asked.
"In Leo's arms, after he died, he was still holding KC's hand." Paige told her.
"Yeah, maybe he didn't die. I mean, maybe he was just going back..." I shook my head at Phoebe and she sighed. "Oh, god. Ohh. Poor Leo." Then Mom's doctor came into the hallway. "Dr. Roberts, how's Piper?"
"Well, that depends on how you look at it, I suppose. Me, I like to think she's moving off to a better place." He said.
"What?" Paige and I said. No. No this can't happen.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Phoebe asked.
"Well, I think you know what I mean. She's hemorrhaging. We can't stop it. It's everywhere. But let's all try to think positively, shall we?"
"Now you listen to me. You get your ass back in that room and you save my sister and her baby! You understand me?!" Phoebe yelled to the man.
"Security!'
"Okay. They shoot people here, remember?"
"We got to get Piper out of here. We've got to get her to Leo."
"We can't. We don't know where Leo is."
"We can't just do nothing!"
Suddenly everything slows down.
"What's going on?" When the slow motion ends, the security guards walk past us. "Phoebe, it's night."
"Everything's back to normal?" We turn towards the doctor.
"I'll do everything I can. I promise. Excuse me." The he left.
"Leo must've done something." Paige said.
Yeah. He did.
Later dad came in with Wyatt.
"He found him." Phoebe said and took Wyatt.
"Is he okay?" Paige asked.
"Yeah. He wasn't with Gideon long enough to do any damage."
"What happened to Gideon?" Dad was silent but I knew what happened.
"How's Piper?" Then Dr. Roberts walked over to us.
"She's resting comfortably."
"Is she okay?"
"We stopped the bleeding, obviously had to perform a c-section, but I think she's going to be okay."
"And the baby, is he all right?"
"You tell me." The doctor turned to the recovery room and pushed a button on the wall to open the double doors. He stepped aside and mom's bed wheeled into position. A nurse carried a baby wrapped in a blanket over to us. "Congratulations. He's perfectly healthy."
"Really?" Dad asked as the nurse put the baby in dad's arms.
"Oh, look...he's beautiful. Baby Christopher." Phoebe said. Dad looked down at Chris and smiled.
"Looks like we didn't lose him after all." Paige said crying a little. I felt tears in my eyes but held them back.
"Can we see Piper?" Phoebe asked.
"Well, maybe just two of you for now."
"Go tell her we love her." Phoebe said to dad. Dad smiled and held his hand out to me. I took it and we walked inside to mom.
~o~
We waited a few day for mom to be out of the hospital before I went home. She wanted to see me off as well so I decided to wait. Today was the day.
"Be careful ok?" Mom said as she hugged me. "Try not to cause too much trouble."
"You forget I have two older brothers." I pulled away laughing. She laughed a little too.
"I'm so proud of you, KC, and Chris. You guys did good. Tell him I love him when you get there ok?"
"I will." I said my goodbyes and the stood with Dad facing the wall, ready to go home.
"You ready?" Dad asked me. I nodded my head and he threw the potion, opening the portal, and stepping through.