The Charmed Sons - Completed

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This is supposed to be seen as some sort of Crossover episode from Charmed as we know it, to the pilot eppy of the Spin Off featuring the 2 sons.

Please note, that it's not done yet and still needs some editing, but let me know what you think and if I should keep you updated.

Enjoy.


We're writing the year 2005 and the life of the Halliwell's is filled with danger. But it's not the usual danger, which they have to fight day in day out - this time it's different. It's bigger and stronger than everything they had fought before. Bigger than demons, Belthazar, the Source, even the Avatars. They can't find it in the Book of Shadows and the Elders can't name it either.

It's old, powerful, and mighty and it has been never beaten. It is the one, which has no name, the one and main evil.

The struggle is hard, the fights are tough - and it seems that there is no end. And it seems that it is the end.

Life's not the same anymore in San Francisco. Times and times again, the Halliwell sisters had to fight against the bloodhounds of the one, who grows stronger with every victory.


This power is one that has never been faced before. A power so strong that even the source would have whimpered in fear. There is no log on it at all, he that has no name. The sisters searched high and low. Literally. How could they fight it, a force that needed to be reckoned with.

A force so mighty, so strong, that all power of the good seems to fail?
What could be strong enough?

There is only one hope left. Only one way to throw it back to where it came from.

The combined forces of the power of the three and the true Halliwell heirs.

It's time. Time to call to arms.

The sisters gathered in a circle and began their chant.

”The powers of three calls to thee
sons of the future
wherever you might be
hear our call, hear the need
see the light and feel the beat
its time to break the chains of time
Time to lead us to victor.”




The future...........

Chris was sitting Indian style on the floor of the attic fixing up a potion. Hearing a noise, more like a distant call of sorts. The air around him was changing. What was going on? " Wyatt?" thinking it was his brother doing some sort of spell again.

Wyatt stands at the Book of Shadows, trying to find something. He hears the voice of his brother, saying his name.
The air seems misty, whirls around. Around the brothers.
Screams are getting loud. Loud, bitter and desperate. The smell of fear and blood lies in the air, a feeling of chaos spreads out and a mighty force is trying to stop whatever was happening to them.

Through the noise, voices were to hear - loud, clear and familiar.
Repeating the same chant again and again:

”The powers of three calls to thee
sons of the future
wherever you might be
hear our call, hear the need
see the light and feel the beat
its time to break the chains of time
Time to lead us to victor.”

Wyatt steps to Chris, takes his hand, with fear in his eyes.

”Hold onto me!” he shouts and all chaos breaks loose.

They disappear with the sound of thunder. And dust falls like rain.

Chris stands up at the more desperate cries of his mother and aunts, the air around them windier, his hair blowing forcefully around him. More so on his brother’s long hair of course. Taking his brothers hand, fear of the unknown. But his mom need him, them. He could feel it. What though, could have them this scared and desperate? His brown eyes full of fear looking at his brother, gripping his hand tighter.

They land in a heap on that same attic floor.....24 years earlier. Looking to Wyatt, than around the attic and his eyes landing on his father. Not being able to help it, he ran to him giving him a huge hug. "Dad", after another moment going to Piper and hugging her and kissed her cheek " mom....what’s the matter?>"

"Chris." Wyatt says. His voice calm, but there was something else in it. A slight tone of ... shock.

Chris turns around, looking at his brother questioning, but Wyatt looks at the sisters. Chris look follows him and now he sees, what has shocked his brother - they were wounded. All of them.

Wyatt steps from one sister to the other, healing them, while his brother looks around in the attic.
Almost everything is smashed. The smell of burned wood and blood fulfilled the air. He looked at his father again.

"Dad? What happened here?"

Leo looks at his son, on the one hand happy to see him again. To see him alive, because the last time he saw him, he was dieing in his arms. But on the other hand....

"Mom? Aunt Phoebe? Aunt Paige? What is it? Why did you summon us? And what about the screams we heard?" Wyatt asks after he is done healing the sisters.

"We have a problem." Piper answers.

Chris hears a baby cry....his face crinkles in curiosity. Me? There was little Wyatt and baby Chris in the play pen. He goes to them, as Wyatt tends to their aunts and parents, and picks Wyatt up. „Hey little guy" and nuzzles him.
„Its okay" it would be a little odd picking himself up.
„Shhh, Chris ....its okay" he says to the baby in the pen...wow that was way weird. Hearing Piper say we have a problem he turns his head looking to them, still holding little Wyatt in his arms. His brown eyes holding a look of fear still, but intense focus ready to listen.

"And the problem is ... what?" Wyatt asks and sits down on the couch, right in the middle of his aunts, while Piper goes to pick up crying Baby-Chris.

"I think we pi...." Phoebe starts, but gets interrupted by Piper:
"Shhh - not in front of Wyatt, Phoebe! You know he picks up the bad words."
"Fine then!" Phoebe says, but turns immediately back to Big-Wyatt, who is getting a bit annoyed.
"We made someone really mad."
"Someone - like who?" Chris wants to know, changes the position of Little Wyatt.
"Gee, we have no clue. That's why your here!" Piper says impatiently.
"We're here ... to do ... what?" Wyatt asks and looks from one to the other.

Leo finally interferes:

"Some kind of power came. Something very strong, very powerful and very evil. The Elders can't name it and I can't find any information in the books at the magic school."
"The book of shadows....?" Chris asks and was up to go there, but Leo only shook his head and stepped to Pipers side, to take over Baby-Chris.

Chris looks too little Wyatt, who seemly calmed down in his 'little big brothers ' arms? Wow that is weird to think too.
„Can you describe it...have you seen it?" he asks his mother. He didn't like the sounds of this.
Looking to his big brother.....the one on the couch.
„Wyatt, I really don't like the sounds of this. Did you see the wounds....hey wait a minute! You still don't have a whitelighter?" he asked looking pretty annoyed. It was way cute at the same time.

Wyatt stands up and goes to his brother's side. Reaching to run a finger down his own nose...the little version.
“Da...I mean gee I was even a cute kid too " he chuckles. Wanting to lighten the mood for Chris’s sake. Make him get annoyed even. Chris rolled his eyes.
„Oh pah-leeez"


"Aunt Phoebe, any visions or anything?" Chris asks.

"Visions? Plenty!" Phoebe asks back and starts to laugh. For no reason and even a bit hysterical.
"He asks me for visions!" she says and nudges Paige into the rips.
Paige just rolls her eyes and leaves the rest to Piper, who goes to Phoebe and sits next to her to calm her down.
"Just tell them, Phoebe, and stop the stupid laughing." she says.

Wyatt and Chris are just looking at their aunt Phoebe - kind of astonished. They've never seen her like that before and she was behaving a bit odd.

"What's wrong with her?" Wyatt asks Leo, who shrugs his shoulders and shakes his head.
They all seem tensed, fidgety and edgy ... and deeply concerned.

"Phoebe - the visions!" Chris says annoyed.

Phoebe looks at him as if he was a ghost, but finally answers. Her voice trembles slightly:

"What I saw was ... destruction, fear, death. Innocent people dieing, screaming for help and mercy. I saw ... saw something ... I don't know, what it was, but it was huge. Not a ghost, but not a man either. And it was no demon, but it was evil. And I felt it. I felt the deep hate and ... it's strong. I mean, really strong. I felt the power ... so ... much ... and red eyes. Red like blood and they were looking at me. Looking at me ... into my soul ... at least it felt like it."

Wyatt and Chris look at each other. Confused and concerned.

"We don't know what it is, but it's big. And it's coming for us. Because we're the only power in its way." Piper says.

As Phoebe tells of her visions, little Wyatt begins to cry and cuddles close on Chris’s shoulder, near his chin. Chris begins to sway back and forth a bit, nuzzling the toddler.
„Shhh" he rubs and his back.

This certainly couldn't be....just simply the one called the one with no name....

"We were told stories of this. By word of mouth though. Why do people not write down things really needed? Sounds almost lay the nexus.”
He begins to pace.
“There was nothing on that either! Stupid people. Do they never learn through mistakes that we need to write things down?”

Wyatt looks to Chris, their eyes lock. He just gives him a look, calm down. The eyes so full of care and strength to fight for his family. Chris began to calm a bit, nodding.
“I’m fine!" almost too loudly scaring little Wyatt again.
“Shhh its okay.“


„The one with no name" Wyatt simple says in a whisper almost in audible.

"The one with no name!" Phoebe repeats, slowly calming down.
"Now that's one way to name it ... him ... whatever it is."

Wyatt takes a better look at his aunt, knowing, that that wasn't it. He knows, somehow, that she has seen more. There was something else, which she didn't tell. Phoebe feels his look, raises her head and replies it.
Deep grief is written in her eyes. Pain and sorrow. She looks at him, tears are filling her eyes and she tries to wipe them of, before he would see them, but it is too late.

Wyatt steps to her, crouches down before her and lays his hands on her knees. Chris eyes are lying on his brother and his aunt. 'What the hell was going on?'

"There is more, isn't there, Aunt Phoebe?" Wyatt asks with a calm voice. Kind of consoling and inspiring confidence.
Phoebe doesn't answer. She doesn't even look at him. Wyatt lays his forefinger under her chin, forces her to look into his face.
"What is it, Aunt Phoebe. Tell me." he says, his voice is almost a whisper.
"I ... I can't." she whispers back and looks at him ... imploring and helpless.
"But you can show me." he says, his voice now almost not hear anymore.
Phoebe looks at him - long, thinking, but then she nods and Wyatt takes her hands, holds them tight and closes his eyes.

Her vision hits him like a sledgehammer. The time seems to go faster; he sees destroyed buildings, corpses on the streets, the Golden Gate Bridge broken in many pieces. Women on the streets, holding the bodies of their beloved ones, crying for help to their God. Nothing but chaos. He sees the Halliwell house, Morris lying on the stairway to the door - dead. The body on the lowest step, the head somewhere else. The living room, his father - lying on the couch, which is red and soaked by Leo's blood. His body isn't whole anymore - the legs are gone and the face is distorted with pain and fear. Wyatt looks around - for his mother, Phoebe, Paige, but can't find them. Then he suddenly sees the attic and two of them on the floor. The Book of shadows torn apart. Everything is smashed. He looks closer to the bodies - its Piper and Paige. But where's Phoebe? He looks around and finds her in a corner. Next to two more bodies - Little Wyatt and Baby-Chris. Phoebe, seriously wounded and only moments away from death, is holding on to them. Both. She's crying and her lips are forming one word, before she passes away. She raises her head, looks at Wyatt and seems to actually see him.

"Help!"
Her head falls, she's dead.

Wyatt screams, falls back on his butt and looks at Phoebe with shocked eyes.

"Now you know." she says and the tears run over her pale cheeks.
"That can't be true!" Wyatt shouts out, jumps up on his feet and whirls around to his father.
"That can't be true!!!"

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Chris watches so intently it’s as if he could burn a hole through anything. Seeing Wyatt fall on his a*s and scream out. He rushed over to him.
„What! What!”
He looks to his father too his eyes so full of fear now. Hello! His brother never is like that. EVER. Okay maybe just when they were really little.....
“Tell me!" he demands.

Wyatt shakes his head...NO, he could never let Chris know everything. He knew he had to know, but not the gorey details....he would keep that to himself.
„It is the one with no name" is all he said to him. He ran his hands through his hair. Trying not to cry. He had to try to be calm for Chris. For his mother, for his family. Walking over to his father and embracing him.
„No, no, no" he kept saying over again into his shoulder.

"Would somebody tell me what the hell is going on? Phoebe!" Chris shouts out. Little Wyatt starts to cry again. Startled by the outburst of the one who was holding him and because he was feeling the incredible danger in the air.

Piper gets up, walks to him and takes Little Wyatt, presses him to her chest.
"Shhh, buddy. It's all right." she whispers to him.

Chris walks over to Phoebe, who was still pale as a corpse. Her hands trembled and she just couldn't sit still.
"Phoebe, what is it? Tell me! What is wrong? What did you show him?"

Phoebe slightly raises her hand, strokes over his cheek and looks at him. Affectionate and still sad.
"I won't let it happen again." she whispers to him and looks directly into his eyes.
"Let what happen again?" Chris asks, really annoyed and impatient.
He takes her hands, hoping, she would let him see, what was tormenting her so much, but she didn't. She frees her right hand, lays it on his neck and pulls him down to her face, so his forehead is lying on her forehead.
"I won't let you die, Chris. Not again." she promises.

Now Chris was completely confused. 'Let him die? Again?'

Even Wyatt was confused; he tilted his head a bit. What was that supposed to mean. He looked directly at Paige and moved over to her and sat back down on the couch.
„What does she mean by that?"

Chris brought his hand to her shoulder.
"Phoebe...aunt phoebe....I'm right here" she sounded so upset and he was bewildered that he was not as annoyed as before , his temper calming just a tad.
“Again?" he said after a few seconds.
He had to ask, you know curiosity getting the best of him.

Piper held little Wyatt closer too her, she couldn't help but cry too. Looking at her grown son, now 24.....he made it! Now to feel that pain all over again.
"Phoebe..." she warned.


Leo went to the side of his wife and wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
„Don’t worry....I won't have it happen again either.” he whispered in her ear. But they were close enough for Wyatt to hear. Now giving his aunt Paige and even more persistent look. Tell me now...it said.


"He died for you." Paige says flat out.

Wyatt looks at her confused and stunned. Chris' head moves also to his other aunt, his hand still on Phoebe's shoulder.

"What? When?" he asks.

"You came from the future to save him. And you died for him." Paige answers, but tears were filling her eyes.

The boys were more than just confused. First, the three were talking about something that never happened, because Chris didn't die, apparently, since he was now kneeling before Phoebe, who was clinging to his hand, and second, because all three of them were crying. Actually all four of them, because a short look at Leo was enough for Wyatt to see, that his eyes were filled with tears too.
What, for Pete sake, was going on here?

"All right, all right. Let's all calm down now." Wyatt finally says.
"Now, when did Chris die and why for me?"

"It happened a couple of months ago. Chris came from the future, made us believe, that he's sent here to protect you and he made us kill a whole bunch of demons, from which he thought, that they could be the one demon to protect you from." Paige finally starts.

"Leo made him our new Whitelighter, since he has become an Elder. But he never let him out of his eyes, because he thought, that Chris wasn't up for something good. He accused him of sending him to Walhalla, which wasn't that wrong, wasn't it, Chris? I still don't really understand, why you did that, but hey!" Piper continues.

"I found out, that Chris was ... or is ... your younger brother. Because I saw him in my vision quest." Phoebe adds, now slowly calming down.
But she didn't let go of Chris hand.
"Chris still didn't tell us the actual reason, why he was here. He kept on saying, he came to change the future."

"It took a while, till he spat out, what the actual reason was. And at first we couldn't believe him." Leo says and takes Pipers free hand.

"Really? Well, and what was the actual reason?" Chris asks and sits down beside Phoebe, since she wouldn't let go of him and it was becoming uncomfortable to kneel all the time.

"You came to change the future, because Wyatt became evil." Phoebe answered.

"I did what?" Wyatt asks astounded and confused.


Chris thought he was bewildered before. He leaned back further sinking back into the couch back .....Yes Phoebe still had his hand. She was holding on so tight, that he knew she was not going to let him go anytime soon.

„I came from the future...to save it." he whispered than looked across at his brother. He was alive and so was Wyatt. And Wyatt was no where's near that evil as it sounded. „I 'm a hero?" he asked almost not believing it.


Paige sighs. „Okay in the short version. The future about 15 years from now, you began to raise a little hell. Not your normal teenage rebellion either"

Piper continues "NOT you...the non existent you " turns to Chris realizing she never answered his question. No one did
„Yes Chris...honey … you died saving it" she speaks all choked up by tears. Not able to continue with the rest of the story.

Leo still holding on to his wife. He couldn't bear to speak and well there was no way Phoebe could say it so then it was back to Paige.

„Lets just say you gave the world one hell of ride...Hell in all sense of the word"


Chris couldn't believe his ears....Wyatt evil. He saved the future. Chris Perry Halliwell. He saved his big brother? The one tha always looks out for him.


"Wow!" is all Wyatt has to say at the moment.
That was definitely something he had to think over.

"But it turned out good ... I mean, see ... you're not evil." Paige adds, as she sees Wyatt’s look.

"And I died saving the future." Chris repeats, still astounded.

"Remember the day, when we summoned you, because your younger version was talking to himself? And you found out, that he was talking to a demon? Remember, that we said, we didn't want to change the future again?" Piper says to Wyatt, calming down and slowly becoming herself again.

There was no time for tears and all this sensitive stuff. They had to find out, what the heck was after them. And how to stop it.

Wyatt nods silently. He still couldn't believe what was just said. He and evil? Why would he turn evil? He was Wyatt!

"Well, that was what we meant that day." Paige continues and shrugs her shoulders.

"But how?" Wyatt finally asks.
"Well, Gideon ... an Elder and my mentor ... he wanted to kill you, because he feared you. He believed that something as powerful as you ... well, however, he kidnapped you from the attic. Chris was the only one there at the moment and he tried so hard to protect you. He fought Gideon as good as he could, but Gideon ... killed him. With a magical dagger." Leo interferes.
He hates to be remembered on that day. That very day, as Chris died in his arms and made him lose his way.
"The wound didn't kill you right away." Leo continued, as Chris opened his mouth to say something.
"It killed you slowly. I didn't want to leave your side, but you've sent me away, looking for Wyatt, because Gideon had kidnapped him. Had taken him to the Underworld, where he wanted to kill him. I came back in time. I mean, before ... you know."
His voice trembled and Leo stops. He just couldn't relieve that moment again.

"I died in your arms, didn't I?" Chris asks, calm and reasonable.
And Leo nods.

"We couldn't protect you, Chris." Phoebe says and looks at him.
Still holding his hand. She raises her other hand, to stroke him once again over his cheek.
"But this time ... we won't let it happen. Not again."

Wyatt sits on the couch next to Paige, his head is lowered and he looks at his two hands. Him evil.

Paige lays her hand on his, whereupon he looks at her.
"Don't think about it, Wyatt. It wasn't you. I mean, it was you ... in a way ... but not you you. You're not evil. It's not good to think about these things."


„It’s not good to think on these things " Wyatt repeats standing up and go directly to the book. He reaches out his hand to touch it. He sighs in relief. „I can touch it" he whispered, shaking his head to clear it. They had to get a move on with things. The one with NO name was getting stronger with every victim it takes.


Chris accepts his aunt phoebes affection for just a brief moment. It was if he felt her anguish of the memory. He turns his head to his big brother. „Wyatt....Of course you can touch it. That was not you...this is you now. „But how did he know about 'dying' in dads arms? Did they mention it before?


Paige stands up and rubs her hands together " okay, lets get crackin' we need to get a potion started or something....Chris" she says than looks down at Phoebe . Dang this chica was not going to let go.
"Phoebe..." she added. Meaning for them to go work on the potion of sorts.


Piper puts little Wyatt back in the play pen, where was Chris. "Oh my god where is Chris" she sounds a little frantic. Well okay more than a little frantic.

"Here, Piper. He's here." Leo says, who holds Baby-Chris, who meanwhile somehow managed to fall asleep.
Piper nudges Leo against the shoulder, gives him a withering look and scolds:
"Don't do that!"
Leo just smiles and lays Baby-Chris to Wyatt into the play pen.

"All right, now. Can we get to work here? We got this major boohoo thingy coming and still no clue what we're facing here." Paige said and steps to Phoebe, who is still clinging to her nephew and wasn't making a move to chance it.
"Would you let go of him now? We need him ... his hand included."

Phoebe looks up to her, the grief was still in her eyes, but she lets go on Chris' hand. Finally.
Chris lays his arm around her shoulders.
"Don't worry, Phoebe. I'll be careful."

Phoebe nods and takes a deep breath.

"All right. Now, how can we find out, what the hell this thing is? And what does it want?" she asks and gets up.
She finally realizes that it's time to get to work. That's time to do something, to face the one without a name, in order to really protect the family.
And so she approaches the book, to look through it one more time. She touches it and Wyatt at the same time, which was still standing at the book.
She jumps, holds her breath and closes her eyes.
A vision overcomes her, more intense than ever before.
She sees nothing. Nothing but an empty darkness, but she was still able to see. So it wasn't that dark, was it? She turned to look around. It was cold, terrible cold, but she wasn't freezing. It was silent and still there was noise. Phoebe feels the intensity of the one. Feels its presence and ....

"Show yourself!" she orders loudly.
"Who are you? What do you want?"
A dark, hoarse, somehow metallic laughter rang through the room … or wasn't it a room?
"Who I am?" a voice asked. Rough and somehow unreal.
"I am the one. I am something, you're not even aware of yet. I am greater than everything and still you can't see me."
"What do you want? Why are you here?" Phoebe asks into the darkness.
She feels someone pulling on her sleeve.
"Phoebe! Phoebe!" the voice slowly comes to her mind and the spell is broken.

The vision is gone and she is back on the attic.
And everybody was staring at her. With fear and concern in their eyes.
Piper stands beside her, her hand in the air, ready to slap her, if it is the only way to bring her back.

"What are you doing? Damned! I talked to him ... it ... whatever."
"You did what?" Paige asks.
"What did it say?"

They all were focused on Phoebe when she shouted that she spoke to it. What no one saw just yet was that Wyatt was standing still, eyes closed barely breathing. The vision...he saw it too. But what he felt was even stronger almost as if they belonged to him. Faces began to form around the darkness. Demons, witches the like....a familiar blonde face appeared. What he knew that face....
"Billie" .....


These are my minions. My subjects, they do my bidding. Some not yet but will. The thing cackles loudly almost as from within his own head. A face comes before him, one he does not want to see " hell no!" He will not get him. He is good not evil and he will rid this earth of him and he and his brother Chris along with his mother and aunts will save the future. OR he'll die trying......

Wyatt jerked a bit coming out of the hold it seemingly had in this vision. All eyes on him, all dumb founded for they heard him call out Billie and scream Hell no.

Chris moved to his brother’s side.
„Wyatt " he said touching his shoulder.
„What is it?"
Wyatt was so pale that maybe he didn't want to know. But they had to know.

"I think ..., I know." he says and looks at Phoebe.
"I saw it. Your ... vision."

Wyatt runs with both hands through his hair, not knowing, how he should explain, what he has just seen. And that he was somehow, in a very macabre way, attracted to it. Could he even tell this his family? Which had risked so much to turn him back into good again. To tell his brother, who had died for him to be good?

"What is it, Wyatt? Tell us." Chris insists, alarmed by the look of his brother.

"Wyatt?" Piper says, with the one voice, which all mothers have and which makes every child submissive.
Wyatt looks at her - long.

"It's coming for the world ... - and for me." he finally says and sits down on the couch.

"Of course, it is." Leo suddenly says, seeming to understand at least a bit.
"Wyatt, you're the most powerful witch on earth and it wants your power. Because with your power, it would become unstoppable. But since it doesn't have it yet ...."

"That means, we can beat it!" Piper finishes and looks at Leo excited.

"You think?" Wyatt asks.
"Wyatt, it is always about power. Yes, it is something, we haven't fought before. Something, which is stronger than everything we met so far. But the fact, that it wants you, tells me, that it fears you." Leo explains matter-of-fact.
"But what if it succeeds? What if it can turn me against you?"
"We won't let that happen, son. We love you. And our love is strong enough to keep you."

Chris tilts his head and gives a nod, reaching his brothers shoulder and giving it a squeeze.
"What he said!"
Of course he loved his brother and would fight for him, fight along side him and his family not just for the greater good but because that's what one does for those he loves.


Wyatt was looking at his father and saw all the love their in his eyes and he knew that he meant what he said. But it was hard to believe it possible. He felt the power and the hate and was too deeply drawn to it so it seemed. As the voice of his little brother - not so much little anymore and a small smile formed his lips. Chris, not much on the ' I love you’s, especially to him but showed concern and care none the less. He knew Chris loved him and would fight for him...just like he would do the same for him. And his family, this feeling in his heart strong now he knew that together they WOULD make a difference. The vision his aunt Phoebe had before and shared with him; where she looks right at him and asks for help.....he knew he will with all his power that vision will not come true. If everything is all about Power, and power was something he did have and he would use it for the greater good.


Paige turns gesturing to everyone
"Okay, time to get to work."
Yes she loved her nephew but time was wasting and this mushy stuff can be saved for later.

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Chris nods, removing his hand and moving to the door
"Phoebe!" he waits for her.
Phoebe looks to him
"Right....let's get cracking" and they both leave to head for the kitchen to work on a potion. Yeah a potion might seem too little for the thing with no name but it was a start, and besides with the two of them racking their brain for a few spells IT won't know what hit him. They were the best on the spells.

"I'm not gonna tell you, Chris." Phoebe says to Chris on their way to the kitchen.

She knows that this was his intention for going with her down to make a potion.

"How am I supposed to fight, if I don't know the facts?" he asks back, using one of the best arguments he had. Himself.
Now knowing that all three sisters would do everything in their power to protect him from dieing, it was the best arguments of all time.
"If it is that big, than I have to know everything, in order to stay alive." he adds, just in case she didn't understand his hint.

Phoebe looks at him, takes his hand and leads him to the living room instead going into the kitchen.

"Sit!" she says and points at the couch.
Chris goes and sits down, looking at her full of expectation.
Phoebe sits next to him, takes his hand again and looks into his eyes.

"Losing you once was hard, Chris. Losing you again would break our heart. You're right, you should know the facts ... at least some." she says serious.

"So you're gonna show me what you've shown Wyatt?" he asks.

Phoebe shook her head. She couldn't show him everything. She did not want him to see all the gory details. But she was not sure if she could only show him parts of her vision. But if she could just think of what she wanted to show him, Chris would be able to see that. If he used his power. All she wanted to do was protect him even from her visions. Seeing the family like that, his parents....she couldn't bare it.

"Only if you promise me one thing .... use your power to see what I show you." she replies.

Chris looked at her puzzled. Why did she just not show him? Phoebe just gave him that look, he nodded.
"Okay alright!"

"Thank you." she says before closing her eyes.

Chris took a deep breath and concentrated. While Phoebe only focused on thinking only of what she wanted him to see.
And what he sees, is definitely enough for him to be shocked.

Phoebe shows him the destroyed San Francisco, shows him the many many people, which suffer under the thumb of the one. She even shows him the vision in which she was talking to the one, but not the death of his family. That would have been too much for him, because even though he's playing the tough guy all the time, he's still sensitive and somehow even vulnerable. He couldn't bare it, or was she wrong?

As Phoebe is done showing him the parts of her vision, he lets go of her hands, sits back and looks at her.

"So, what we're actually fighting, is ... some sort of 'Ghost'?" he asks, but knows, that 'Ghost' wasn't the right word for it. But how else should he call it?

"If this is a ghost, then it is a real creepy one." Phoebe says thoughtful.

"And there is really no information to find about him? Nowhere?" Chris continues and Phoebe looks at him wary.

"Not in the magic school, not in the book of shadows and the Elders are no help either. But we haven't asked the demons yet." she answers, knowing, that his thought were going somewhere else.

"Well, maybe we're looking at the wrong places?" he says and shrugs his shoulders.
"And where should we look? Comic books?" Phoebe jokes.

"Even those are somehow based in the truth, but what I mean is Mythology. Or Legends. Something like that."
Chris shrugs his shoulders again and gets up.

"Well, it's a stupid idea. Let's get on the potion." he finally says.

"Don't you have any questions about the vision? Or complaints? I mean, it's you, Chris. You always complain."


Chris crinkles his nose and looks at her curiously. What the...
"Huh?" he says.
“I do not!"

Okay granted he complained a lot, but as often as she made it out to be. Was she talking about me, the other me? Who was him at the same odd time. This was getting to be a bit confusing. He just turned back and walked towards the kitchen. His mind still on that Mythology thought he had. Not able to forget it just yet. Why, it was a stupid idea. Too far out there....right?


He stops again causing Phoebe to bump into him.
"Oh, you mean whine, don’t you? You showed Wyatt but not me." he says.
“We have other pressing matters. I've seen enough. I am sure I can do without disconnected heads or what ever."
Phoebe had her reasons. He might not be happy about them but she had them. He would oblige.

Phoebe just stared at him.....
"That’s not ...." she was going to say meant.
But he was right they had other very important matters. And there might be something in that myth idea.
„Let’s not throw that myth/legend thought out yet Chris."
She follows him as he starts walking again to the kitchen.
“When did you get so smar...I mean you were always smart...but..." open mouth and insert two feet Phoebe." myths and legends are real...you taught us that." she says.

"I did?" he asks, finally arriving the kitchen.
"Means, I'm good, eh?" he smiles and turns to take out the ingredients for the potion.
All kinds of ingredients, since he has no clue what would be the best to vanquish this ... thing.

"You always were good, Chris, and I'm sure, you're still. Any by the way - I missed you." Phoebe says and gives him a fast kiss on the cheek.
Chris looks at her a bit surprise, but shrugs his shoulders. Whatever it was, that made her behave so totally different from what he knows her, he lets her do it. If she feels comfortable with it .... But secretly he hopes she would stop that mushy stuff. He's not used to it.

"Anyway," she finally says, carrying the small kettle to the stove
"Let's talk about that Myth/Legend thingy you mentioned. Do you think, Leo knows about it?"

"He was an Elder, he should know about stuff like this." Chris says and hands her some ugly greenish liquid stuff and looks at her questioning.

"LEO!!!" Phoebe yells all of a sudden.

Just a few moments later, Leo comes down into the kitchen. And just as he arrives, something happens.

It seems as if fog would form right in the kitchen, but on one specific spot. It got thick, white and it formed itself to a figure.
It definitely wasn't an Elder, because they would have orbed in, so what was it? Leo stepped to Phoebe's and Chris' side, not taking his eyes of the fog.

"Go and get the others!" he whispers to Chris and he orbs out right away and returns a few seconds later with Paige, Piper and Wyatt.

"What is going ....?" Piper starts, but stops, as her look falls on the fog, which seems to grow.
And then, suddenly, it changes into a man.
Old, with a long white beard and in his hand he holds a stick, which is one length of a head taller than him. He wears a white gown and just looks at the wary and amazed looking people.

Piper raises her hands, to blow him up, thinking he's a demon, but Leo stops her.

"Don't ... !" he shouts and pushes her hands down.
"What ...?" she says and looks at him reproachful.
"Look at him!" Leo says and points to the old man, who was just standing there, as if he was waiting for them to start talking to him.
"He's not a demon, Piper." Paige interferes curious.
"And what is he then?" Piper asks back.
"That's a druid." Chris answers.

“It’s a what?" piper asks.
"Druid" Chris says again.

Phoebe looks to the man than back at Chris. Paige remains quiet a moment looking at the strange man.
"You mean those peace, tree worshipper hugging things?" she blurts, looking a bit puzzled.

Chris rolls his eyes.
"The real question here is ....Why you’re here?" he says to the druid elder.

"Magic." the druid answers, as if it was totally clear now and the best answer in the world.

"Oh, really?" Paige says, rolls her eyes and pulls a face into Piper's direction.

"I'm here, because of the one, which is coming closer and closer with every moment." he adds, as he sees, that his explanation wasn't really good enough for anyone of the people in this room.

"You know it?" Wyatt asks calm.
"I'm the one who fought it last. I was its guard." he answers.

"Well, guess what - you really didn't do a good job guarding it, did you?" Paige says and receives a nudge at her upper arm from Phoebe.

"So, what is it? How did it escape? Why is it here? And why us? Is there any chance to defeat it? And if yes, how?" Piper asks curious, till Leo lays his hand on her shoulder to stop her.

"It has no name, although some tried to name it. It is older than the humanity, older than everything. Only a few managed to send it back to where it came from, and those which made it were intended to guard it and to take care that it would never return. We were three, the Elders of my tribe. We died fighting it, but we won. We threw it back to where it came from and we followed to make sure, it will never walk the earth again." the druid explains patiently.
"How did it escape then?" Phoebe asks.
"See, the one, can't be defeated like normal demons. It can't be defeated at all. It can't be vanquished, can't be killed. It can only be weakened and then send back. We were there, guarding it and making sure, that it can't regain its strength. But it did and one after the other fell for its power and then it was only me left. I wasn't strong enough alone, to keep it there and so it escaped."
"And you're still alive?" Piper asks, still wary and definitely not in the mood to listen to creepy stories.
"I was no threat anymore." he just answers.

"Now, why is it here?" Wyatt asks now, because he wants to know, if he was strong enough to fight it.

The druid looks at him and in the depths of his eyes, recognition flares up.
"Ahh, you're the heir, aren't you?" he asks and steps closer.
"It comes for the world, to enslave mankind. And it comes for you. It wants you on its side. But be assured, that it will try to kill you and take your powers, if it won't get you on its side."

"Well, it will get one hell of a fight." Chris says and steps to his brother’s side.


Why us?" Piper repeats, because that is the most important question for her. Why this thing is attacking her family. For no reason, as it seems.
"Because you're the three. Very powerful and a threat as well." the druid answers and leans heavy on his stick.

"So why are you here? How did you know, that it would be attacking us?" Phoebe wants to know, walks around the stove and leads the old man to the kitchen table, so he can sit down.

"You summoned great and powerful magic into this time. I felt it and I followed it. Because the appearance of such power could only mean, that there is a force getting ready to fight the one. And so I came. Came to help you." he says and looks at her.
His look glides through the room, wanders to every face and remains on Wyatt.

"You're strong, young heir. But I don't think you're strong enough.“ he says.
"Not strong enough to fight it, or not strong enough to resist it?" Wyatt asks back, feeling his mother's hand on his arm.
His hands were trembling and he didn't even notice it. But she did.

A smile spreads out in the bearded face of the druid. It even reaches his eyes.
"You're strong enough to resist it, young heir. The strength is within you, within your heart. You have to find it, in order to use it."
Wyatt lays his hand on his mother's, breathes out with relief, and presses it.
"But if you're strong enough to fight it - that I don't know. Your combined power is the greatest power of good I have ever felt, but the power of the one is so tremendous, that you all could fail." the druid continues and looks from one to another.
He is serious.

The old man suddenly gets up, looks around in the room, his eyes are nervous. He lets his hand glide over the table, but barely touches it and an old book, a very old book, appears out of nowhere.
"This is some sort of diary. The three of us wrote it, while we guarded it. It will help you understand, so I hope. Now I have to leave you. I can feel it coming. If it finds me here, then I will not be able to ever return."

The old man steps to Leo, gives him the stick and says:
"Within this wood, the power of my tribe is lying. Use it wisely, Elder."

With these last words he disappears the way he came, just as Leo opens his mouth to tell him, that he is no elder anymore.

Silence is lying over the kitchen and everybody is staring at the place, where the old man has been standing.

"That was ... creepy." Paige says and steps to the table, to take a look at the book.
"It sure was." Piper agrees and follows her.
She's also curious to take a closer look at the old book.

Wait just a minute was Chris the only one to pick up on 'elder' bit to dad? Yes he was curious about the book too, but more curious about his father and the walking stick...gawd, Paige, I've not even been here 2 hours and you already got into my head and thinking like you.....Staff he thought again. Sighing.

He then walks over to Leo.
"Dad?" looking to him then the staff.
„What do you think he meant by that?"
Not in a bad way, just curiously.

Wyatt goes over to the kitchen table and the book just goes to him, quickly like he snatched it with his thoughts or something. Which he didn't. The book was drawn to him as he was drawn to the book.

„I didn't do it" he says as the sisters look at him curiously and as to say what the ...

All eyes were lying on him.

But before he could give any explanation, not that he had one; a loud rumble was to hear in the house. It shakes like in an earthquake, everybody is holding on to something. Dishes are falling out of the cupboards, pictures are falling down, it cracks and rumbles everywhere. Loud, almost too loud.

Smoke appears in the kitchen, which is nothing but a mess. And the smoke forms into something. Something big and something they've never seen before. The smoke changes to a figure, but not to a steady form. It seems visible and still invisible.

Piper tries to blow it up, over and over again, but the holes she blows in, are just closing again. Just like smoke, which it still was.
The hoarse, metallic laughter, which Phoebe has heard in her vision, gets loud, rings through the whole house and is so loud, that it hurts their ears.

But then it becomes visible, because it turns into a steady figure and red-hot eyes are looking at Piper which has still her hands raised, ready to keep trying. It moves its arm, or at least the thing, that looked like an arm and Piper flys through the kitchen. Breaks through the wall and ends up in the hallway, crashing hard against the wall to the living room.

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"Fools!" the voice from Phoebe's vision says and the eyes move on to Paige and Piper.
"You cannot beat what you don't understand."

It moves its arm again and Phoebe and Paige are both losing the floor under their feet. As if they were picked up. Both screaming, because they didn't know what to do.
Paige sees a knife lying in the sink, reaches out with her hand and says loud:
"Knife!" and it orbs into her hand, whereupon she throws it against the one, but it goes through its body, like through smoke and doesn't even harm it.
The one move its arm and Paige and Phoebe are whirled around in the air and while Paige crashes against the basement door, Phoebe follows Piper, who is lying unconscious on the floor, right next to the smashed table.
Phoebe, hurt and wounded, crawls to Piper, tries to wake her up, shakes her and her eyes keep going back to the hole in the wall, through which she can see the kitchen and Wyatt, Chris and Leo, who all three are now facing the one - alone. And Leo was mortal.
"Piper!" Phoebe says and shakes her harder.

Leo screams, angry, furious and desperate, raises the stick of the old druid, while Chris tries to fight it with his powers. The one tries to grab Chris at his throat, but Leo pushes him aside to protect him.

Wyatt stands there, looking at the one. Somehow strangely drawn to it. He couldn't move or do anything. As if he was frozen.
But then he sees how Paige slowly gets up, her arm is broken and she's bleeding on her forehead. He sees Phoebe helping Piper, who is meanwhile conscious again, but badly hurt back into the kitchen, determined to fight it. Trying to use the power of the three. They grabbed each others hands, but one move was enough to separate them.
"Noooo!" Chris screams and wants to attack it again, but it wipes him out of the way like a fly.
He flys through the kitchen and hits his brother, who finally wakes up out of his trance.

Leo raises the stick again, right before the one and all of a sudden the top of it starts glowing. It gets brighter and brighter and Leo seems to grow.
His whole body seems to shine, wrapped in big power and he says loud and clear:
"The thing that has no name, I send you back to where you came, the power here can not be devoured!
The stick vibrated in his hands and Leo tries to hit the one with it. It slowly moved back, but just for a moment.
Loudly roaring and with pure hate in its red-hot eyes, it takes Leo, picks him up and throws him around, smashes him against the cupboards in the kitchen and on the table, which breaks under the strength. Leo remains there and finally Wyatt awakes.

He raises his arms, stares at the one.
"Enough!" he shouts, loud and with the voice of power.

Chris shakes his head and manages to get back up slowly. Even he paused in motion....the whole room didn’t move as Wyatt demanded authoritatively that it be enough. It was like whoa...for a moment silence even fell among the room.


"Just stay where you are, Chris." Wyatt says his hands still in the air.
"Where is it? I can't see it anywhere." Chris asks, but didn't move, just like his brother.
"It pulled back, but it is still here. I can feel it. I just need one good shot."
Wyatt looks around in the kitchen. Kind of odd, seeing his parents and aunts frozen like that. Frozen in time.
They look awful. Wounded, bleeding, partly unconscious. He sees the sisters, trying to get back to each other, to use the power of the three. Frozen right in their movement.

And something moved. Invisible, but for Wyatt still to see. But it moves to fast for him and so it knocks Wyatt to the floor and disappears.

Wyatt gets slowly back up and looks around. Checking, if it is really gone.

"Its gone." he finally says and helps Chris back on his feet.
"For now." Chris adds and looks around.
"Are you hurt?" Wyatt asks his brother, but he shakes his head.
"I'm ok. But you gotta take care of them."

Wyatt nods, moves his hand and everything was back to normal.
Time was running again.
"Where is it? Where is it?" Phoebe asks, gasping and trying to soak air into her lungs.
"It's gone, Aunt Phoebe. It's gone for now." Wyatt says and steps to his mother, who tries to get back up on her feet, but she's too hurt and so she just remains on the floor.
Wyatt kneels to her side and starts healing her, while Phoebe crawls over to Leo, to wake him up. She shakes him, till he finally opens his eyes.

Leo rubs with both hands over his face and sits back upright, looking around to check on everybody.
"Piper!" he says, as he sees, that Wyatt was busy healing her.
She just gives him a dismissive gesture and says:
"I'm all right. I'm all right. I got Superdoc here."

Leo smiles, but his next look goes for Chris, who was next to Paige, helping her up. He breathed out relieved and finally helped Phoebe up.

"Ok, that was definitely too much for us." Paige notices and groans, because her broken arm terribly hurt.
"And what the heck was wrong with you?" she continues and nudges Wyatt with her good arm against the shoulder.

Wyatt just looks at her as if he didn't understand what she was talking about. Debating healing her or not....what not to be mean but he was a little annoyed at her for that. What the .... What was wrong with him? Something like that would not bother him, must be the pressure of knowing you're the one that it is after and the one with no name had such a hold on him, that it was if it was not him doing the thinking right now. Not by himself anyways.
„Just give me your arm already." he says a bit testily.
His hands hover over her arm the recognizable bright light shines under them and over her arm and it is healed.

Chris looks to his bother with a puzzled look as well.
„Take it down a notch bro?" he says. Walking over to little Wyatt who had orbed himself downstairs, and picking him up.
"Hey little guy."

Piper goes to the sink and gets the dishcloth and begins wiping things down.
"What in the hell...oh." she says seeing Chris with little Wyatt.
"Was that"

Leo walks over to his wife and places a hand over her hand that is scrubbing frantically on the counter top.
"Piper..." she looks up at him and he looks at her. She nods, calming a bit.
“Okay, okay." taking a deep breath.
“How is everybody?"

Phoebe still shaken a bit.
„All in one piece ....well now anyways ..." she lets that slip out. „Thanks to Wyatt healing our wounds and such.” she adds thinking quickly before Chris could pick up on anything.

"All right, we're all good and smushy and all healed up ... but what the hell was wrong with you, Wyatt?" Paige repeats, because she wants to know.
And she doesn't bother at all, if Little Wyatt would pick up the word 'hell' or not. He was going to learn it anyhow.
Paige isn't mad or anything, she's just confused, because she saw Wyatt just standing there, while his family was fighting something, which was definitely too strong for them alone. She saw, that he was just watching, while they were about to get killed by a power which was so huge, that it still sent shivers down her back.

But on the other hand, why didn't it just do so? This has been probably the best chance it would ever get. Why didn't it just strike hard enough to kill them all? Paige has the odd feeling that this attack was about something else, but definitely not about killing them. At least not now.

Wyatt gives her an annoyed look. But after looking around and seeing, that all eyes were lying on him, he understands that something went wrong. But what?

"She's right, you know." Phoebe says and raises her eyebrows apologizing.
"You've been standing there and you didn't do anything to help."

"I didn't? Then who fought it back?" Wyatt asks annoyed and slightly getting angry.
There is something going on with him. In his head and he has no explanation for it. As if he wasn't alone anymore. Alone in his own mind. As if there is somebody or something in it. And it fills him with anger. Tells him, that those people standing before him were ungrateful, because instead of thanking him for saving their life, they're accusing him of stuff.

"Yes, you did, Wyatt. But why so late? Why didn't you interfere earlier?" Paige asks and Wyatt looks at her with an indefinable look.
If she wouldn't know better, she would think, that this look was full of anger. And was there ... hate?
She steps back behind the stove and looks at him wary. What was wrong with him?

"Wyatt?" Leo asks and Wyatt turns to his father.
The angry feeling in his mind disappears and so are the thoughts.

"Wyatt? Are you ok?" Piper asks concerned and looks at her son.

Wyatt runs both hands through his hair, lowers his head and looks at the floor. He shakes it and pulls a face, but looks back up and into the faces of his parents. Two concerned faces, but so full of love for him.
"I ... I don't know. Something ..." he says, tries to explain what he felt, but he can't.

"What is it, Wyatt?" Chris asks.
"It's nothing. I'm just a bit ... confused. I wasn't prepared for that." Wyatt finally says and looks around to find the book of the druid.

Leo picks up the stick, his mind already back on the main problem and the fact that he had managed to use the powers of the stick.
Chris turns to Phoebe, who is still a bit shaky, goes to her and takes her arm.
"I wish I would drink after situations like this. People say you would feel better after a drink." she says and smiles tormented.
Chris replies the smile relieved. She was joking again and that meant that she was ok.

Piper turns to Leo, having now little Wyatt in her arm and examining the stick with him.

Only Paige is left. She remains behind the stove and is watching Wyatt. Who apparently couldn't look at her for a strange reason. A reason she doesn't know yet, but she's determined to find out. To find out, what was wrong with him. Why he has been watching his family almost getting killed.

As if he had read her thoughts, Wyatt turns to her.
"Can I talk to you?" he asks and Paige nods hesitating.
He walks out of the kitchen and up to the attic and Paige follows him shortly after.

"Yes?" Paige asks, as she finally is in the attic.
Wyatt stands at the book of shadows, but he looks up, as he notices, that she's there.

"I ... I'm sorry." he says.
Paige walks over to the couch and sits down. She pats on the seat next to her and indicates him, to sit. Wyatt looks at the couch, as if he had never seen one before, but goes and sits next to his aunt.

"What is it, Wyatt? What are you sorry for?" she asks concerned, but still wary.
"I ... I don't know. Aunt Paige, it touched me, before ... before it disappeared. And ... actually ... I didn't fight it back. I mean, I saw everything that happened. You, Mom, Dad - everything, but I ... I just couldn't move. I mean, I don't know, if I tried, but I think I did, because I would never let you all fight it, without helping you." he finally says and tries to sound plausible.
"Just calm down, Wyatt. Take a deep breath and then tell me." Paige says, takes a deep breath herself, as if she wants to show him how to do it, and looks at him waiting.

Wyatt does what she says. He takes a deep breath as well, closes his eyes and opens them again.

"All right, now tell me." Paige says.
"Okay, it is ... after I saw you and Phoebe flying around in the kitchen, Mom on the floor, Dad unconscious and Chris lying in a corner near me - I think he hit me, before he actually hit the ground - it felt, as if I was waking up. I mean, I saw everything, as I said, but it was more like a dream and I couldn't do anything against it. I don't know how to explain it, but that's the way it was. I somehow woke up and I was suddenly able to move again, which I did and I used my powers and ... froze the time."
"You froze the time?" Paige asks surprised.
"Why did you do that for?"
"I don't know. It just ... happened." Wyatt continues and shrugs his shoulders.
"Ok and what happened then?" Paige asks curious.
"Only Chris and I were able to move. I told Chris to stay down, that it was still here and that I was able to feel it. I really was. And I was right, because just a few moments later, I was standing there, waiting for a good shot, and it moved. Very fast and it knocked me down. It didn't try to kill me, or anyone of you, it just knocked me down and disappeared. And as it touched me, it felt as if a lightning bolt was going through my body. But only for a second."
"But you're ok, right?"
Paige looks at him concerned.
"That's the point, Aunt Paige. I am ok, but I think I'm not.” he answers.
"Ever since it touched me, I have the strange feeling, that I'm not alone anymore.”
"Alone? What do you mean? You're not alone - we're here." Paige says, definitely not understanding, what he is talking about.
"I know, you're here, but that's not what I mean. I mean, I'm not feeling alone ... in my mind. You understand?"

Wyatt looks at Paige, questioning and hoping that she is having an answer. Paige always been very smart and she have always been good in that kind of stuff. That's why he thinks, she would know.

"You mean you're hearing something? In your head? Like voices? Or what?" she asks and pulls a face of disbelief.
"Not exactly voices. But I'm having thoughts, I'm usually not having. It's as if something or somebody would think for me. Not all the time, but I had it downstairs in the kitchen, after you asked me, what was wrong with me." he answers.
"That's what the look was for. Sounds creepy." Paige notices thoughtful.
"I don't know what it is. Do you?" Wyatt asks and looks at her.

"We should ask Leo. He's our Braniac here. And we should tell the others." Paige suggests, but Wyatt shakes his head.
"No! I don't want them to worry. They have enough to worry about. Can't we just try to find something to ... you know, get it out of my head?" he says.
"Wyatt, we should really ...." Paige starts, but after a look in his face, she fells silent and shrugs her shoulder.

She can understand him and why he doesn't want his parents to know about it, although it was important to tell them. But maybe, if she and he would find something ....

"All right, Wyatt. We will try. Maybe we can find something in the books of the magic school. But you have to tell me, if that thingy is thinking for you again. And we will go and tell the others, as soon as it gets stronger, ok? I'm really not feeling good about this." she finally says.
Wyatt nods.
"Okay." he agrees.

Little Wyatt looks to his dad and begins „he...“ and muffled sounds as Leo covers his mouth.
“No Wyatt, no icky word.“
Piper looks to the ceiling as if to be talking to Paige. “See, see!" huffs " I aught a....."


Chris rolls his eyes.
„Jeesh mom, not like he’s never said worse" he smirks.
„I mean later .....Of course." when she gives that concerned worried look. Little Wyatt puts his arms out for him. Chris takes him.


Leo just looks at the staff, raising it. How did I do that he thought to himself.

Chris goes upstairs with Little Wyatt at hand; the druid book goes to him.

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Everyone just stops and stares. Wait a minute. This is little Wyatt....what was going on here.

Paige stops in middle of the stairway, surprising enough to make Wyatt bump into her on their way down and almost dropping Baby-Chris.

"Whoa!" she says and points at Little Wyatt, who is holding on to the druid book with both hands.
"I saw that! What was that about? How did he do that? What the ...?"

"Hey, watch out with ... me!" Chris scolds, because he saw, that Wyatt almost dropped him, because of Paige.
"Don't worry; I got him ... you ... whatever." Wyatt says and grins.

"Hello! Answer please! How did he do that?" Paige repeats, pointing again at Little Wyatt and the book.
"It seems that the book is somehow attracted to Wyatt, to both of the versions here. I think, actually more to his power, than to himself." Leo finally answers with a thoughtful face and steps to Chris and Little Wyatt.
"Hey, buddy. Give the book to Daddy." he says and smiles at his son.
Little Wyatt smiles back and let’s go of the book. Leo takes it and steps back.
"Now, go up the stairs with him, Chris." Leo says.
He wants to check out, to which of the present Wyatt’s the book would go to. Chris slowly walks to the stairs with Little Wyatt on his arms, but nothing happens. But as Wyatt moves to get down, the book slowly starts to fly and right into Wyatt’s hand.

Everybody stares at the book and at Wyatt, who was looking just as amazed as the others.

"I think we should see an Elder." Leo finally suggests, with a look at Piper.
She still didn't like the Elder, nor had a good word for them, but she shrugs her shoulders and nods.
"Let's go to the Magic school." Paige suggests and looks at Big Wyatt.
"Good idea." he says and weighs the book in his hand.
"We're safe there and Paige and I can take a closer look at the book of the tree worshipper, while you two are talking to the Elder and Phoebe and Chris can do some research on the one."

Chris was just like his mother, this time, a little wary about seeking the Elders. Although his mom almost always was wary of 'asking' an Elder for help. This time Chris did not know why he disagreed with going to them. Just something fishy going on here. Why did his aunts and mother have a whitelighter? Like come on, little Wyatt could not go with them everywhere and heal them. Absolutely too young to be a ' substitute' whitelighter. And WHERE was Billie?

Chris now remembering, the prior vision Wyatt shared with Phoebe, he said Billie. Not knowing what he saw but could they still trust her? To be honest, he never really did. But Aunt Phoebe said it was okay that she trusted her. They young witch / Whitelighter, always went to his aunt Phoebe with things, more so than anyone. Why? He just always did. They seemingly always had a connection. Well the reason he was so distrustful in the first place was that they rarely saw Billie. Maybe once or twice a month, sometimes three months would go by. Like she was leading a double lifer or something.......


Chris heads to his room for his books on mythology...
"Ahh crap!" he says aware of little Wyatt might be near by. And does not want to hear his mom scold him right now.
„I don't have those books yet...."


Phoebe follows him
"What books?" she asks.
„There’s always the library or the internet"

Chris looks at her
"Mom always frowns on that ..... says that internet should be the last resort." he states with a look of disbelief like saying...duh you should know that.


Phoebe gives him a look back „well in this case....she will approve of it, this is the last resort, no time for a library run." she says.

Chris looks at her rolls his eyes.
"Hel-lo" he waves a hand in her face.
“Phoebe....a run? Wyatt's not the only one who can orb you know" he shrugs
"Whatever ....screen up." he says looking at the middle of the room. "Aww hell....where's your lap top...that’s what it’s called right?"


Phoebe just looks at him, with the most questioning look, he ever saw.

"You turned into a confusing little boy, you know that?" she says and shakes her head.
Chris just smiles and shrugs his shoulder,
"Always been like that, but now I know, whose fault it is." he jokes and makes her laugh.

"We're going to check something out on that thingy called the one. Are you guys going to the magic school?" Phoebe asks the others.
"I guess we are. But take your cell, Phoebe. We might need you two. You never know." Piper answers in a motherly tone.

"All right, laters!" Phoebe says and Chris takes her hand and they orb out and into Phoebe's office at her work.

The editorial office is empty and dark. No one is at work and so they are all alone. Phoebe goes immediately to her desk and turns on her lap top, while Chris turns on the light.

"What do you think, Phoebe, is it just me, or were Paige and Wyatt acting kind of strange?" Chris asks, while Phoebe tries to go online.
She looks up and into his face.
"You mean that constant sticking the heads together and whispering about something, so we won't hear?"
Chris nods.
"Did you feel something?" he asks.
"Plenty. Fear, anger, concern ... but actually ... since you mention it ... there was something for a short moment. Something ... I don't know ... odd? I don't know what it is, but Paige does and since she's not telling us - yet - it maybe isn't that important. I'm sure she would let us know if it was important." Phoebe finally answers and her looks goes back on the screen of her computer.
"What if it gets important?" Chris wants to know.
"In that case you can bet on it, that Paige is gonna tell us. She won't keep it for herself."

Chris nods, not really convinced, but why doubting his aunt? If Phoebe says Paige would let them know if necessary, then he believes her.

"All right, what should I type in? Mythology? Legends? Druids?" Phoebe asks and rips him out of his thoughts.
Chris walks around the desk, pulling a chair behind him, and sits right next to Phoebe, so he can look at the monitor.
"Try 'evil' and 'the one'." he says, whereupon she grins.
"Really? Genius. And you think, the info we need, will pop right up with this?"
Chris grins back and shrugs his shoulders.
"Just give it a try. It could work."
Phoebe looks at him, thinks and finally types in the words 'evil' and 'the one'.

She clicks on one search result after the other. Reading about Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne, ghost stories, bats, Buffy and plenty of other, totally unimportant stuff.

"That's not working, Chris. Think about something better." Phoebe says and nudges him at his thigh.
"Well, it's not that easy, finding something without basic information. What do we know about it? It's big, it's old, it's angry .... " she adds, after she sees the look he gives her.

"Okay, let's try something else." Chris says, lays his hands on the lap top and closes his eyes.
"Whow, what are you doing?" Phoebe asks and lays her hand on his arm to stop him, so he could give her an explanation.
"Speeding things up a little. Now wait, watch and learn." he grins, closes his eyes again and concentrates.

A warm bluish essence flows out of his hands and right into the laptop. Changing the websites so fast, that Phoebe couldn't watch the monitor without getting a headache. It only takes a few moments and then ... poof, something pops up and Chris opens his eyes again.

Both are looking at the screen and there was something: The History of the Devil: Persian Mythology.
Phoebe now hits Chris at his upper arm and scolds:
"Why the hell didn't you do that earlier? We could have saved us a lot of time!"
"I didn't know if it would work." Chris says and finally opens the website.

And Chris starts to read:
Ahriman stood in continual opposition to Ahura Mazda (Lord of wisdom and water of life). Both names melted into one: Ormazd. The Prophet Zoroaster said: "At the beginning of time, there were the ghosts, known as Good and Evil, known in thoughts, words and works. Among them the wise men chose properly, the fools chose wrong. And as both ghosts faced each other, they created life and death, and the followers of the deception should meet the worst form of existence and the followers of the truth should meet the wise Lord."

"Can't we skip that and come to the interesting part?" Phoebe asks and gets up to make some coffee.

Chris continues:
"According to Zoroaster, Ahriman ruined the plans of Ormazd to create an earthly paradise in Iran. In the beginning the creation was wise and freely, but soon it was taken by creatures of Ahriman: Cold in the winter, heat in the summer, illness and all the other plagues which mankind have to suffer from. Nothing pleased Ahriman more, than a soul which rebelled against Ormazd and forfeited therefore the goodwill of this uppermost being."

"Chris! Headache." Phoebe says and gives him an annoying look.
"Okay, okay - I'm looking." he says and finally finds the point.
"I think I got it. Listen!" he says and pulls her on her chair.

"According to the familiar mythology Good and Evil arose from one single spring. Which makes them bigger and stronger and penetrates all laws of nature, but fighting an everlasting battle on the face of the earth. Ahriman is the originator of restlessness, misfortune and death. He is the origin of all evil and the principle of evil. He can never be defeated and only a power of good of unusual strength, undecided between the good and the evil and, nevertheless, determined in the face of the evil to stand on the side of the good, can and will throw him back into the underworld, where he will spend a thousand years, before he can return again."

"So it finally has a name." Phoebe says thoughtful and looks at Chris.

Change of scene. Magic school. Main hall.

Books, books, books - everywhere. On the heavy oak table, the shelf’s, on the couch and even on the floor. Heaps of books, spread out, partly opened and of all kinds and sizes.
And in the middle of the mess of books Wyatt and Paige, bent over the book of the druid, reading the first pages.

Leo and Piper are standing with three Elders in another corner of the hall, not watching what Wyatt and Paige are doing.

"It's all about power." Wyatt reads, loud enough, so Paige can hear him, but not loud enough for the Elders or Leo and Piper.
"We already know that." Paige says and shrugs her shoulders.

Her fingers glide over the apparently old pages of the book. Following every letter of the words, written in an old, ornate handwriting.

"When Conn proclaimed the Dies Irae, the day of the rage, the blood froze in our veins. The tribes gathered, left the land and only we stayed behind. The three of us, not knowing what we were about to face, but ready to give our lives, not just for the King, but also for the whole mankind." Wyatt reads interested, but not really understanding.

He skipped a few pages and starts again:

"Every thousand years Abaddon returns to walk on the face of the earth to subject it, to enslave mankind and to wipe out everything that is good. His arrival is announced in various ways. When the Fomores are unleashed, Balor rides and the Pookens are causing disturbances. When the tribes gather and the sky darkens."

"Skip that and come to the point, Wyatt." Paige says and nudges him against the upper arm, whereupon he whirls around, gives her a withering look and growls; ready to actually yell at her.

The Elders, feeling this sudden rage, turn to him, looking at him wary, knowing, that something has taken control over Wyatt for a very short moment. In the same moment, Wyatt realizes this, closes his eyes and swallows hard, trying to bring it back under control.
Paige slightly touches him at the shoulder. Looking concerned.

"You ok?" she asks and he nods, his eyes still closed.
"I'm sorry." he says.
"I didn't see it coming. It just ... I don't know ... it just popped up."

Paige strokes over the back of his head, smiles encouraging and nods.

"It's okay. I understand. But please, Wyatt, if it happens more often, then we have to tell them." she says.

Wyatt nods, knowing that she is right.
He takes a deep breath and turns back to the book.

"All right, now I would say, we should find out, what those thingy's are - these Pookens, Formores and Balor." she suggests.

"Pookens are misfortune ghost of the Irish mythology. Goblins, causing disturbances. Annoying little fellows." Leo interferes.

He has seen the reaction of the Elders, as Wyatt has lost the control for a moment, and now he was coming over to them, letting Piper deal alone with the Elders.
He knew she would hate him forever for that, but this here seemed more important. Leo feels that something was wrong with his son and he wants to find out what it is. Or be there, if Wyatt wants to tell him.

"Pookens - why does demon always have stupid names? How are you supposed to take them serious with names like that?" Paige asks and looks at Leo annoyed.

Leo smiles and shrugs the shoulder. They have had this conversation before.

"Do you know what Formores are and a Balor?" Wyatt asks his father and looks at him.
Leo nods, walks to Paige and Wyatt and looks into the book.

"The Formores are a group of Gods who are connected to the evil. Abaddon. Very powerful creatures and evil as the devil himself. Also Irish. And Balor is the wildest among them. Their leader. The one-eyed God of the death. His one eye was poisoned once by a druid. If one lifted the eyelid of Balor’s eye which he held mostly closed, one single look could kill the enemy."

Paige nudges Leo at the shoulder, smiling broadly.

"I always knew you're good, Leo, but never that you're that good!" she jokes and Leo smiles.
"Experience and one of the advantages of being an Elder. Well, have being an Elder." he says and shrugs his shoulders.

"So I guess our enemy finally has a name." Wyatt says thoughtful, still looking at the book.

Chris and Phoebe orb in. Both excited looking and with a stupid smile in their faces.

"We know who it is!" Phoebe says and walks straight to the table, where Leo is standing with Paige and Wyatt.

Piper, looking at them interested, comes over, accompanied by the Elders.

"We do too." Wyatt says and points at the book.

"Really? How did you find out?" Chris asks, walking around the table, to look into the book.

"The druids have written everything down. It seems like from the very beginning." Paige answers.

"Well, at least now we know who we're fighting. And that makes me feel much better." Phoebe says and turns to Piper, smiling.

"Great! Would somebody fill me in? Or are we bound to secrecy here?" Piper says, looking from one to the other.

"His name is Ahriman, mom." Chris says, but Wyatt shakes his head.

"No, it's Abaddon." he says.

Chris and Phoebe looking at each other, then at Wyatt. That can't be. They found the information about Ahriman with the help of Chris magic.

"You're both right. Ahriman is Abaddon. And he has many more names. Each civilisation named him differently. But it's basically the same creature you're facing. Evil - the one and only and all-consuming evil." Leo explains, pale as a corpse and shocked.

They've never had such a huge, mighty and powerful enemy. Never before. The Source, Belthazor, the Avatars - nothing compared to this one. This enemy is bigger than everything and he has the power of centuries. This is the one creature that created all evil in the world. Impossible to defeat, to vanquish.
Leo looks at the Elders, knowing exactly what they were thinking.
It is too big and it is most likely, that no one will survive this battle.

"What is it, Leo?" Piper asks, seeing the face of her husband.

She never saw him like that before. The everlasting optimist - silent in quiet terror.

"This 'creature' is bigger than everything you all had to face so far. He has the power of centuries and he is ready to use it - against you. This battle will most likely be the last battle for all of us, Piper. The power of the three is not strong enough to defeat him. There is no defeat and for us - no victory." Leo says and sounds resigning.
"But it is not only the power of the three, dad. We're here. And for a good reason as it seems." Chris says and looks at Wyatt, who nods slightly.

Leo gives his youngest son a thoughtful look. His look wanders to the Elders.

"It is most likely, that this isn't enough either. It would take the power of it's counterpart to throw him back into its prison." one of the Elders says, finally interfering.

"So what should we do? Flee? Seek shelter and hide like cowards?" Paige says, determined not to give up.
"We should find his counterpart." Chris suggests and shrugs his shoulders.

"Before the great Conn defeated the minions of the evil and has thrown Abaddon back into his prison, he walked the earth, burned down everything in his way, killed what lived and devoured all good, to weaken the one which could defeat him. Then Abaddon threw his arch-enemy and counterpart in a prison beyond time. Beyond being. And only one great power, encouraged by deep determination and the cleanness of love and heart is able to open the path for a return." Wyatt reads loud out of the book of the druid and looks at his family.

"Wyatt!" Piper says.
"And now we know why he wants him."

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Wyatt looks up, runs his hands through his hair and shakes his head. He didn't listen to what his family said or the Elder or anybody. The voices calm down, as if he was not really there. His look wanders to his brother Chris, who was participating in the conversation of the others, talking with lively gestures.

Wyatt goes over to him.
"We have to talk." he says, takes his brothers hand orbs out with him, without giving any explanation to the others.

"What? ... Where? ... Why?" Phoebe starts, looking at the place, where the brothers just have stood.
She points at the empty spot, turns around to Piper.
"Huh? Can someone explain ... ?
"Paige?" Piper says, having the same expression in her face.

It was only logical to ask, since she and Wyatt were constantly sticking their heads together, ever since they were up in the attic talking.

All looks turn to Paige, who tries to make an innocent face. But it doesn't convince the sisters.

"Paige - what's going on here?" Piper says with a threatening undertone in her voice.
"Why is my son behaving so strange? And don't even try to tell me, you don't know, because I know you do."

Paige looks at her, then at Leo and at Phoebe. She promised not to tell, but Wyatt wasn't making it easy for her to keep her promise. Darn you, Wyatt! Paige pulls a face, not knowing what to say now.

Change of scene. The attic.

Wyatt and Chris orb in.

"What the he ...?" Chris starts, but falls silent the moment he sees his brothers face.

Lost in thoughts and fighting some kind of inner anguish.

"Wyatt? What is it?" Chris asks concerned and turns to Wyatt.
"There's something you got to know, Chris." Wyatt says, but doesn't look at his brother.

His hand strokes over the book of shadows. Slow and almost caring.

"Well, what is it? And why don't you tell the others too?" Chris asks and sits on the couch.
"Paige knows already. But I don't know how to tell mom and dad."
"But Paige knows it.“ Chris repeats.

Wyatt nods and finally looks at Chris.

"It was kind of unavoidable. Chris, something is wrong with me."
"What do you mean - something is wrong with you?"

He was curious, but also concerned, because he has never seen Wyatt act like this before. So strange, talking almost in riddles and somehow ... different.

"There's something ... in me, Chris. I do not know how to explain it best, so that you understand it, because I don't even understand it ... "
"Just spit it out and we'll see." Chris interrupts.
"I'm trying, ok?" Wyatt yells all of a sudden, whirls around to him with clenched fists and steps closer.

He's full of anger again and wants to hit Chris. His eyes, dark of hate, are looking withering at his brother. Chris jumps up and steps back. Away from Wyatt. Shocked and confused.

"Whoa, wait a sec, bro. What the hell .... ?" Chris says, but in the same moment he realizes what was wrong with his brother.
"Oh my god." he whispers, as he's watching his brother closing his eyes.

Wyatt tenses up, fights the inner evil, which had used the one careless moment to come out.

"He's in you, isn't he, Wyatt?" Chris asks.

Wyatt shakes his head, slowly getting himself back under control.

"No, he's not. But a part of him is. I'm hearing almost constantly a voice in my head, telling me stuff, trying to convince me, that it isn't bad to be evil and that the world can only be better, if I turn and join his side. It keeps telling me, that there actually isn't a good or a bad side, but only him, who is almighty. I'm trying to ignore the voice and to keep it down, but I just can't. And then, just like now, this deep anger and the hate and the lust to kill something, to smell and taste blood .... it just pops up. And it takes control over me and uses me. I don't want it and so I try to fight against it, to keep it under control ... but ... I have the feeling that his strength is growing and that I won't be able to fight it for long. Chris - I think, I'm turning." Wyatt explains and finally looks at Chris.

"We have to tell mom and dad. We have to find something to get it out of you." Chris says.

Change of scene. Magic school.

"Paige, I'm waiting." Piper says.

"Listen, I can't. I promised him not to tell you, until it gets strong ... I shouldn't have said that." Paige says and holds her hand before her mouth.
"Until what?" Leo asks.

Piper steps closer to her sister, looking straight into her eyes.

"Paige, it's my son - if there's something wrong with him, then I want to know. I know you know what it is and I appreciate your loyalty to him, but he is my son. Tell us!" she says.

Paige pulls a face again, shrugs her shoulder and shakes her head.

"If someone should tell you, then it's Wyatt, Piper. ... Piper, stay where you are!"
She raises her hands, her eyes on Piper.

"Chris! Wyatt! Come back here! Now!" Piper yells to the ceiling of the hall and just a moment later the brothers orb in.

"Mom!" Chris starts, but Piper indicates him with one hand to be quiet.
"Hush! Wyatt - explanation. Now. What is going on?"

Wyatt looks at Paige questioning.
She shrugs her shoulders again, shaking her head.

"I didn't tell her. But you should." Paige says and Wyatt nods.
"I know. Thank you."

"Waiting!!!" Piper interferes annoyed.

Wyatt takes a deep breath and finally says:
"Mom, dad - we have a problem."

Piper and Leo look to one another. Phoebe walks closer and stands next to Chris. Her face full of focus ready to listen.

Wyatt looks to all of them and takes another breath.

"Remember when we first encountered Abaddon?"
They all nod.
"Well, I sort of froze time ... everything stopped when I cried ‘Enough’ and then I got knocked over and time went back running and then things began to change ......"

Chris and Paige shared a now knowing look.

"Abaddon must have used that moment as a set up to get close to me, because now part of him is inside me. I feel his hatred and lust for blood. I hear voices in my head .... I fight it ... but now it gets harder to control."

"Leeoo ... ?" Piper says, points at Wyatt but looks at Leo

She's ready to blow up. Not just that there was something out there, wanting to wipe them all out and being stronger than everything that had seen so far, now her son was about to turn evil - again!

"Piper, just calm down." Phoebe says and wants to go to her, but stops, as she sees the face of her sister.

She knows that look. And so she decides to stay next to Chris. He could at least orb her out in case of a terrible Piper-explosion.

"No! I don't want to calm down! How many times do we actually have to protect Wyatt from turning evil? That's the, what, ... third time now? Leo!" Piper yells and nudges Leo against his arm.
"He's fighting it, Piper, and we have to go and find a way, how to get it out of him. It sounds, like it isn't strong enough yet and so we have a chance to get it out of him." Leo says calm and looks at his son concerned.

Wyatt just stands there and waits. Looks from one to the other and is silent. If somebody knows, how to get this thing inside of him under control, then it is his father.

"How? How? I mean, ... how?" Piper asks, throws her hands in the air and in that moment a shelf explodes and all the books are flying around, landing with a loud bang on the floor.

"Whoa, Piper - easy now with the hands!" Phoebe warns, goes to Piper, takes her hands and pushes them down to her thighs.
"Oh, great! Now I'm losing control over my powers!" Piper growls and drops her head.
"That's because you don't have control over your feelings, mom." Chris interferes and steps to her.

He lays his arm around her shoulder and takes her slowly to the couch. He moves some books out of the way, so she can sit down.

"What do you know? You're still a baby." Piper growls and makes Chris smile.
"I can handle only one crisis a day and I think we have more than enough to do with this Aba-thingy."

"Okay now, people. Let's stop the fussing and get doing. Wyatt needs help here and that should be our priority. If I'm right, and I bet my right arm that I am, then this Abaddon will show up, as soon as we try to get this evil part out of Wyatt. So if we do that, then we should be prepared for another attack." Paige finally says and turns back to the books.
"Paige is right. We have to get going, before it grows stronger." Chris agrees and looks at Phoebe.
"Yes, I agree. Don't look at me like this, I wanted to say the same thing." Phoebe says and goes to Paige to help her.
"Wyatt, are you coming?"

Wyatt nods and goes and takes the book of the druid.

"Okay, you're right. We should get going. No more sitting around and complaining. Let's do something. I mean, we're the Charmed ones, right?" Piper finally says and gets up.

She turns to the Elders, who are still there but are only watching.

"Are you guys gonna stand there and watch, or are you gonna help? I mean, just for once you all could be a little helpful. Just to make up for the mess you caused the last years." she asks.

The Elders nod and orb out.

"Great help. Really. Don't you just have to love them?" Piper says to Leo in a very sarcastic way.
"Okay, Leo, Wyatt - try to find out how to summon the counterpart of this Aba-thingy. Phoebe, Chris - you two go through the books and try to find something about Wyatt's problem and how to deal with it. And Paige and I are trying to find a spell, to keep the part of this Aba-thingy in Wyatt under control, till we find a solution. Get going. We don't have much time. Paige - attic."

Piper takes Paige's hand and they orb out.

All of them look astonished at the spot where Piper and Paige just were standing.

"Yes, mon general." Phoebe says, salutes to the empty spot and takes the first book she sees.

Chris looks at her mischievous.
"French?" he asks.
"Couldn't think of anything better."

Change of scene. Attic.

Paige and Piper orb in.

"Now what?" Paige asks, but Piper is already on her way to get the box with the crystals.
"First of all we have to get some protection for the house and us." Piper answers and hands Paige a couple of the crystals.

They go through the house and place the crystals on every possible entrance. Being in position, they glow up shortly and turn white.

Piper goes in the middle of the living room.

"We call the powers of ancient time,
protect the house, protect the line."

Blue light forms, glides through the house, in every room. Up the walls and covers everything. Like a bubble and turns invisible.

Paige looks at her, raises one eyebrow.

"What was that?"
"A chant."
"A chant? Kind of short, don't you think?"
"We don't have time, Paige."
"Don't have time for a decent chant?"

Paige looks at her, smiles mischievous.

"All right, I couldn't think of a better one. Phoebe is the chant-specialist in this family." Piper finally says and wants to throw her hands in the air, but Paige stops her, holds them down to her thighs.

"No hand-throwing in the House, missy."

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Change of scene. Back at Magic School.


Chris and Phoebe are looking through the books to see if they could find anything. Chris just opening them and places hands over them and the pages flip like a windy day.

"Nothing" he cries out in frustration on the hundredth book so it seems to him.

They've been there all day.


Phoebe reaches for the next book, one about old myths and ancient legends, and gasps before she has another vision.
She reaches out and grabs Chris hand before she sees it, so he can see it too.

It’s Billie entering the magic school and searching for a book. She reads it. There is something in this book and she want to take it, but books cannot be removed from the school. This irritates Billie and her eyes glow red, and she orbs ... Orbs! Back into the Halliwell Manor.
She is speaking to someone, but to whom? The phone rings, it's the agent on the other end calling for help ....
Billie says:
"Sure we will be right there...."
She says politely and hangs up. But does not call for the sisters, she goes to the living room and sits down to watch TV. And begins to laugh ... cackle lightly is more like it.


Phoebe and Chris look at each other in shock.

"Abaddon was there all along! In the manor!"

They look shocked and right away Chris orbs Phoebe and himself out of there to inform the others of this new found information.

To be continued …


End of Episode

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Halliwell mansion. Living room. Day.

"And you're sure about what you saw?" Paige asks Phoebe, who sits with Chris on the couch, answering all the questions the others have.

Piper sits on the chair, Leo at her side. Paige walks up and down in the room. Wyatt stands at the window, looks out on the street. Lost in thoughts, but listening to his aunt and his brother.

"How many times do you want to ask me that? Of course I'm sure. Chris saw it too." Phoebe asks back.

"That means he knows us. But how much does he know? Since when is he here?" Piper asks and looks from one to the other.

There were many questions and they had to be answered. Everybody is aware of that. But how? Since they can't just go up to Billie and ask her.
They had to find out, since when Billie was possessed by Abaddon and definitely how much he knew.

"What are we going to do now? We can't just go up to here and ask her." Paige asks and looks around.

"Well, let's see it positive - at least we know now, that Billie is 'different'. That way we can do something about it." Leo says to calm everybody down, but it doesn't work.

"So she wanted this book. What was it about again? Myths and ancient legends? Why would she want a book like this?" Piper starts again, trying to make out the sense.

"Because something is in this book, which Abaddon wants to hide from us." Chris interferes.
"And that's why we should take a look at it." Paige continues for him.
"Yes, I think we should." Piper agrees.
"And how should we find out since when Billie is possessed? And how it happened? And how much this Aba-thingy knows about us now?"

Phoebe raises her hand.

"I think I have an idea." she says and looks at Leo.
"Remember the vision quest? I went into the future, but you went into the past, right?"

Leo nods and understands in the same second.

"How about if we try something like this. You know, not a vision quest, but something like that. I could write a spell, which would send me back to where it started and I could .... well, watch." Phoebe finally suggests.
"That sounds like a plan. What do you think, Leo?" Piper says and looks at her husband.
"It could work, but we don't know, when exactly Abaddon took over Billie. How do you want to hit the right time?" Leo asks concerned.

Wyatt is still standing at the window, but interferes.
"Movies." he says.
"What?" Piper asks back.
"We need something like a remote control. A rewind button." he answers and turns around.
"Now that's a plan!" Paige says, throws her hands in the air and sits down next to Phoebe.

"No, wait - that's not even such a bad idea.“ Phoebe says, gets up and goes to get her pen and paper.

She returns into the living room, sits back down and writes a chant.
Chris looks down on the paper, reads it and shakes his head.

"What's that?" he asks.
"That's a chant, my dear nephew." Phoebe answers and finishes her writing.
"Really? You call that a chant? No wonder that so many of them backfired." Chris says and shakes his head again.
"Well, you go ahead and come up with a perfect rhyme within a couple of moments. And then we'll talk." Phoebe says dry and gets up.
"I'm going." she says to the others.
"You're not going alone." Chris interferes and steps to her side.
"Why? You want to babysit me?"

Chris just looks down on her. He always loved to argue with her, but not this time. He wouldn't let her do this all alone by herself. Not as long as he was around.

"He's right, Phoebe. Chris should go with you." Leo says.

"I'm going." Wyatt says and goes to Phoebe and reaches out for the paper in her hand.
"That's not such a good idea, Wyatt. You got him in you as well and who knows what could happen." Piper says and goes to her son.
"And plus - we will need you here, in case he attacks again. You're the strongest of us. If we fail, then you will have to protect them, till they're back." Leo adds calm.

Wyatt finally nods. Unwillingly, but he nods.

"All right. Let's get on with it. Are the crystals still in place?" Phoebe asks and looks around.

The crystals still are where Piper had placed them. Not much safety, but better than nothing.

"Ready?" Phoebe asks Chris and takes his hand.

Chris nods, whereupon she lifts the paper and both start to read:

"We're calling the power of three,
to bring us back to see.
We can't find any better rhyme,
so send us back in time.
Let us see the whole rewind,
so we can stop when the time is right."

Chris and Phoebe fall to the floor as if they're unconscious.

"She really calls that a chant?" Paige asks and looks at the two bodies on the carpet.
"That's really no wonder that most of our chants backfire." Piper adds and goes to them.
"Let's put them on the couch."

What are we doing now?" Paige asks after Chris and Phoebe were lying on the couch.

"We wait. And we hope that we won't get attacked in the meantime." Leo says full of concern and looks at Wyatt, who stands at the window again.

His hair seems to be a bit longer than before.

Phoebe and Chris holding each others hands, while flying through a bluish vortex. It seems like a whirlpool, but it is bigger. And they can look through, seeing everything moving backwards, as if someone had pushed the rewind button on a remote control.

"It works!" Phoebe yells at Chris, who is right beside her, but still seems so far away.

She can feel his hand in hers, clinging to her, so they wouldn't lose each other.
There is a terrible noise in this whirlpool. Voices, so many of them. And they seem to speak backwards.
Chris nods and looks around, trying to make out Billie.

"Just don't let go!" he shouts at Phoebe and pulls her closer to him.

The last thing he wants now to happen is losing her in this whirl.
Lights sparkle up and they see themselves and the rest of the family in the living room and strangely everything goes backwards.

Piper and Paige in the mansion, collecting the crystals instead of placing them, orbing out instead of in. The magic school and the Elders orbing in instead of out and so they go back in time. Watching carefully for a sign of Billie and then she shows up.
In the living room of the mansion, watching TV and cackling for some reason. Having the phone in her hand, orbing into the magic school, searching through the books.
But the time isn't right yet, but Phoebe and Chris are watching carefully every scene.
They go back in time further and further and watch Billie come and go.

And then they see her in the public library, having an old and thick book in her hands. And Phoebe gasps and presses Chris hand. Blood is on the book and it seems to run back into Billie's finger. She had pricked herself on something and since they go back in time, it seems that the blood is running back into her finger instead of on the book.
But that isn't the reason why Phoebe had gasped shocked.
Billie's red glowing eyes are the reason. Right before the blood had left the page, back to Billie's finger.

"That's it!" Phoebe shouts and Chris nods.
"We have to get out!"

Chris indicates her with his forefinger to wait one more moment and then he ... jumps. He simply jumps and takes Phoebe with him.
A hole opens in that bluish whirl and Phoebe and Chris fall out and land hard on the street before the library.

"Auuu! That hurt!" Phoebe says and slowly gets up, as she notices, that they were really in the middle of the street and lots of traffic was going on.

Chris also gets up, looks at her and sees a car behind her.
Coming directly towards her.

"Phoebe! Watch out!" he yells and jumps to push her out of the way, but it is too late.

The car is already too close - and drives through them.
As if they are ghosts. Phoebe screams, raises her hands and closes her eyes. Expecting the car to hit her and her nephew.
But moments later she is still standing and the car just went through to them.

"What the ...?" she says and looks down on Chris.

Checking that he is all right.

"We're not ... dead? Are we?" she asks and Chris shakes his head.
"Thank god we're not really here. Being a ghost has some advantages." he says and grins.
"You haven't changed a bit, have you?" Phoebe scolds, but sees in the same moment Billie arriving.

"She's here. Let's go!" Phoebe says, grabs Chris hand and pulls him with her, up the stairs to the library and inside.

Meanwhile - Halliwell mansion. Living room.

"How long is this gonna take?" Paige asks nervous and keeps walking up and down in the living room.
"It takes as long as it takes, Paige. Now sit down. You're making me crazy." Piper answers, who's sitting in her chair, looking at the unconscious Chris and Phoebe.

Wyatt still stands at the window. But he's not looking out anymore. He's watching his brother and his aunt. As if the would wake up just in that second.
Leo sits next to Piper, his eyes on Wyatt. He's worried, because he notices tiny changes on his son. The hair is a bit longer; the eyes a bit darker, even the clothes seem to slowly change into a darker colour.
Leo knows that Wyatt is fighting a constant battle against Abaddons part inside of him, but he sees that his son is losing ground. He can see it in every tiny change. And it scares him, because he knows, that they don't have that much time left. He actually asks himself, if they have enough time to wait for Chris and Phoebe to come back.

"We should do something while waiting." he finally suggests and looks from Piper to Paige and then to Wyatt.
"Like what?" Paige asks and stops her wandering through the room.

Doing something sounds good to her. She wants to do something. To take her mind off of Phoebe and Chris. And Billie.

"We could try to find out how and where to summon Abaddons counterpart. What we need and if we need a chant to set him free." Leo answers and shrugs his shoulder.
"That's a good idea. Is the book of the druid still in the magic school?" Piper wants to know and Leo nods.
"Good. Very good. How about if you and Wyatt go and take a closer look at it, Leo? Paige and I are going to make a few ... phone calls."
"Phone calls?" Paige asks and Piper nudges her against the shoulder.
"We'll make some ... phone calls." she says again and grins confused.
"Phone calls." Leo repeats, raises one eyebrow, but nods.
"Okay. Wyatt, let's go."

Wyatt nods and follows his father. But before they can leave the living room, Piper stops his son.
She goes to him, takes his arm and looks up to him. Directly into his face.
She slowly strokes over his pale cheek.

"I know it's hard, Wyatt. But don't give up, okay? We love you and we won't let him take you. You hear me? We won't." she says and smiles.

Wyatt nods again, with tears in his eyes. Yes, he knows. His family wouldn't give up fighting for him. And so he won't give up either.

"I'll try my best, mom. I promise.

Piper hugs him, kisses him on the cheek and turns around to leave, but this time he stops her.

"But, mom." he says and she turns back to him.
"If you can't stop him, then you'll have to stop me. I don't want to turn evil, but if I can't win against him, then you'll have to kill me. Before I turn evil. Because otherwise I'll kill you."
"Do you trust me, son? Me and your father?" Piper asks.
"Yes, mom."
"Do you love us?"
"With all my heart."
"Then he won't make it. We won't let him. We will fight him with all our power. Our love will be strong enough to keep you. You're my son, Wyatt, and if he wants you, then he has to kill me. And you know how hard I am to kill.

Piper smiles again and this time he replies it.

"You're easy to kill, mom, but you don't stay dead." he says, whereupon she gives a dismissive gesture.
"Ya, well, that's a different story." she laughs.

Piper hugs him again.

"I won't let it happen, Wyatt. I won't, your father won't and your aunts won't. Trust me."
"Okay, mom."
"I love you, son. Now go and help your father." she says and he nods.

[brummsumsel]

Public Library

“What in the world is she doing here?” Phoebe asks annoyed and also nervous.

She didn’t like the feeling of being a ghost, although Chris was right – it has some advantages. But at the moment they did nothing else than watching Billie walking right past the front desk, to the back and up the stairs to the stacks, marked with a 'D'. She waited there, for what seemed like hours but only 10 minutes.

“She doesn’t seem to have any idea either. Why did you guys take her in again?” Chris asks back as he sees that all Billie did was looking at the shelves with the books, as if she forgot what they were.

“Don’t be mean, Chris. She’s ... well, different.” Phoebe scolds and doesn’t take her eyes of the blonde witch.

“Just like ‘different’ is the right word for her. She’s more like living hell on earth.” Chris says and receives a nudge against his upper arm.

“Hey - ouch, that hurt!” he says and looks at Phoebe reproachful.

“Easy on the future info, Chris. You know that. Now watch her. We need as much information as we can get here. Only God knows how much time we have.”

Suddenly Billie turns, walks down the way between two shelves and seemed to be oddly drawn to a big leather book. Phoebe and Chris follow her, actually sneaking after her.

“Druids.” Billie whispers and pulls the book out and takes it with her to one of the long tables.

She sits and lays the book before her.
Phoebe and Chris follow her all the way to the table. Chris stands before her and Phoebe tries to catch a look inside of the book.

The book has strange markings on it and Billie just couldn’t resist touching them. Then she opens it and notices that it was not about Druids alone. It has more to do with Abaddon, but the parts about him were in a strange, ancient language.
Billie suddenly raises her head. Looks around. As if she heard something. She frowns her forehead.

Phoebe looks at Chris, who has the same questioning facial play as she did.

Billie gets up, walks to the way and looks around the shelves.

“Hello? Anybody there?” she asks, but gets no answer.
“I could swear ...”

She goes back to the table and sits back down. The book attracts her attention again and she just can’t resist touching the strange markings. They were smooth, almost felt like suede, but she pricks herself.

“That’s what we saw.” Phoebe whispers as if Billie could hear her.

Billie’s finger is bleeding and so she sucks on it, while opening the book.

“Chris ... the pages ... they’re empty!” Phoebe says and points at the blank sheets.

Billie’s finger is still bleeding, but she doesn’t notice it. She wants to turn the page, but being over the parchment, blood drops from her finger down on it and instead of leaving a red spot it seems as if the parchment soaked it up. And slowly an old, ornate handwriting appears. The book glows shortly and a black smoke comes out of it. Billie takes a deep breath and soaks it in.

“Whoa!” Chris and Phoebe make like out of one mouth.

Chris steps back, looking shocked at Billie’s face. Her eyes are glowing red.

“Her eyes! Holy ...!” Chris shouts and points at Billie.

Phoebe runs around the table to look at her and sees the glowing.
She is as shocked as Chris.
Billie’s eyes turn normal again. She gets up, closes the book and brings it back to the shelf from which she took it out. She pushes it back in and leaves.

“We need this book. WE NEED THIS BOOK!” Phoebe says excited and runs after Chris, who is on his way to follow Billie.

The blonde witch which wasn’t Billie anymore. So much was clear now.

Meanwhile - Halliwell Mansion. Kitchen.

“And who are we going to call now, Piper?” Paige asks curious, as Piper finally comes into the kitchen.

“A druid wouldn’t be a bad idea, would it?” Piper answers and sits at the kitchen table.

“Oh yeah, of course! Let’s get the yellow pages and look under ... tree worshipper? What’s wrong with you, Piper?”

Paige throws both hands in the air and looks at her sister, as she had lost her mind.
Piper remains calm and shrugs her shoulders.

“You got a better idea? And no – I don’t mean let’s call Scotland and have them send one over.”
“They still have druids over there?” Paige asks confused for a moment.
“But I actually do have a better idea. Who was the last one to defeat Abaddon? Kong, or so, right?”
“Conn.” Piper answered interested.
“Well, why not summon Conn? If someone knows what to do, than it’s him, or not?” Paige says and joins Piper at the table.

Piper looks at Paige long and thoughtful. She was right.

“All right, let’s do some death calling.” she finally decides and takes Paige’s hand.
“Attic – please.”
“Yes, Ma’am.” Paige says and orbs out with Piper.

Halliwell Mansion – Attic

“Wyatt! Leo!” Piper shouts to the roof, while Paige goes and gets five candles and places them carefully on the round carpet on the floor.

Shortly after Wyatt and Leo appear. Both sisters look at Wyatt. Shocked, because they now also notice the tiny changes on him. But they manage to hide it before him.
Wyatt is pale, has dark rings under his eyes and his hair seem to be longer. His clothes are definitely darker than before. And he seems exhausted. This inner fight eats him up. Bit by bit. And it seems to happen faster now.
Leo steps to Piper, leads her out of the attic to talk to her alone.

“Where are the boys?” Piper asks, although she knows that little Chris and little Wyatt are in the magic school.

She just doesn’t want to hear, what Leo had to say.

“We must do something, Piper. We have to do it fast. We’re losing him.” Leo says, ignoring her question.
“I know, Leo. I can see it. But what? What should we do? We have absolutely no clue how to face Abaddon. Gosh, why does it always have to be our sons?” Piper says and Leo hugs her.

She’s desperate and so is he.

“He’s not lost yet. We still have time. But we really – REALLY – need to find a solution. Otherwise we will lose him.”

Leo looks at Piper questioning, then asks:
“Can you keep him here for a while? I want to try, if I can summon that druid with the stick he gave me. And I have to talk to the Elders.”

Piper only nods.

“Paige will orb you, but she has to come back right away. We’re going to summon Conn.”
“Conn? Why him?” Leo asks.
“Because he is the last one who fought Abaddon and who apparently won against him. Otherwise we wouldn’t be standing here and talking. Paige thinks that if someone knows how to deal with that maniac, than it’s Conn.” Piper answers.
“Good idea. Then let’s go. We don’t have that much time.”

Piper nods and wipes tears of her cheeks.

“Leo, I don’t want to lose him.” she whispers.
“I know, Piper. And we won’t.” he says, lets go of her and both go back into the attic, where Paige has everything prepared.

“Ready?” she asks, as she sees them come in.
“Can you please orb Leo into the magic school, Paige? Then we can start here.” Piper asks and goes to Wyatt.

Paige nods, takes Leo’s arm and orbs out.

“Why don’t you lie down for a while, Wyatt? You look horrible.” Piper suggests and looks at him concerned.
“Mom, I know you know it. I can see it in your eyes. I’m losing, right?” Wyatt says and turns away to the book of shadows.

He strokes over the leather. He’s still able to touch it. But the question is for how long? He takes a deep, relieved breath. He knows that as soon as he can’t touch it anymore, everything is lost.

“Wyatt, we’re doing everything we can. He won’t get you. I’ll be damned if I let that happen. Don’t give up, you hear me?” Piper says.

Wyatt nods. He always nodded, when his mother said something he didn’t believe. Okay, so far she was always right, but what if she’s wrong this time?

“Mom, will you promise me something?” he suddenly asks and turns to her.
Piper nods.
“I know you still got hope and so do the rest of us, but do me the favor, when you see, that everything is in vain – kill me. For the sake of all of us. Kill me. Because if you don’t, then I will kill you. And the rest of the family.”
“Wyatt ...” Piper interrupts shocked, but Wyatt raises his hand and so she is quiet.
“Mom, I know. The last thing you want to do is kill your own son. But actually you don’t kill me. I mean, yes, you’re killing me, but you still got Mini-me and therefore you’re not really killing me. Gee, I’d never thought, I would say stuff like that.”

Wyatt smiles and takes Pipers hands.

“I love you, mom, but it’s the only solution. And then there’s something else. After you killed me, you have to take Mini-me’s powers. For good. That way Abaddon has no chance of using me again. Against you.” Wyatt continues and looks at her urgently.

“Wyatt, you’re expecting a bit much from me.” she says.
“No, mom. I’m expecting from you, what you do best. Kill the evil and safe the innocent. Don’t you remember? Sacrifices must be made for the greater good. That’s what dad always said – well, he will say it.”
“I doubt that he was talking about his own son.”
“Mom – please. I do not want to turn evil. I rather die.” Wyatt says.
“Okay, but only, if there is really no way around it. And I mean NO WAY. I won’t give you up easily.” she finally gives in.
“Thank you, mom.”

Piper hugs Wyatt, holds him tight and kisses him on his cheek.

“I love you, son. But you are as stubborn as your father. Stop that.” she jokes, whereupon he smiles.
“Now go and lie down for a while.”

Wyatt nods and leaves the attic, right as Paige orbs back in.

[brummsumsel]

Back in the past

Phoebe and Chris follow Billie throughout the city. Chinatown, the harbor and even to a cemetery.

“Okay, I’m confused. What does she want on a cemetery?” Phoebe asks Chris, while watching Billie walking through the graves.

She seems to know exactly where to go to and so all Phoebe and Chris could do, was follow her and watch very carefully.

“Why are you asking me? I don’t know.” Chris answers and looks at Phoebe.
“Well, you’re Future-man – you should know everything.”
Chris rolls his eyes and says:
“I might be Future-man, but I am not Jesus. I don’t know everything. But I think she needs something. Maybe bones or dirt or a cross.”

They follow her to a mausoleum. Billie stands in front of it, looks at the locked door, raises her hand and a bright lightning bolt shoots out of her fingers. It hits the door and opens it. Billie turns around, looks around.
Phoebe takes Chris’ arm, gasps and stops.
Billie’s eyes are glowing again, but this time it seems, as if she would see Phoebe and Chris. She’s looking directly at them. A smile spreads out in her face. Unnaturally broad.
“Big mistake.” she says with a deep, tinny and hollow voice.

Billie raises her hand, grabs into the air, as if there was something to grab and suddenly Chris chokes.
His hands go up to his neck, trying to take away whatever was choking him. He looks at Phoebe. Desperate, almost in panic.
Phoebe, astounded for the break of a moment, reaches for Chris’ arm.

“Do ... some ... thing!” Chris presses out.
His face reddens; he’s going down on his knees. He can’t get rid of whatever was choking him and Billie kept smiling.

“The darkness around me
the shadows protect me
take away her blindness and
let her see me!” Phoebe says, ignoring that her rhymes were getting odder with every try.

Phoebe’s body is glowing in a bright, white light and Billie was able to see her.

“Ahh, one of the three. You shouldn’t be here. And he shouldn’t be here either.”

Billie waves with her hand and suddenly Chris doesn’t just show, he also flies over the graveyard and lands hard against the wall of another mausoleum. He remains laying there, coughs and has both hands at his neck.

“You’re no match for me. No one of you is. Not here in the past, not there in the present and definitely not in the future. And you proved it by coming here.” Billie continued and walks towards Phoebe.

Phoebe, knowing that she was right, at least about the momentary past, steps back. Slowly and in Chris direction.
He slowly fights himself on his knees. He has a cut at his forehead and is bleeding. The right side of his face is covered with his own blood. Running down to the collar of his shirt.
He sways, but he’s watching Billie and Phoebe.
He tried to get up to help Phoebe, but he couldn’t. His legs simply refused to follow his will.

“Now I will kill you. And once you’re dead, your family won’t have the power to stop me.” Billie said.

Her face changes. Her face changes into a horrifying grimace. Her eyes are glowing red and her teeth seem bigger and grey.

Phoebe startles. She knew that Billie was ‘different’ – but THAT different?
She moves backwards, closer to her nephew, who is sitting on the ground, leaning against the wall of the mausoleum. He’s pale and the cut on his forehead doesn’t want to stop bleeding.

Billie raises her right hand and a forms a fireball. She swings her arm back and throws it after Phoebe. Phoebe jumps to the side, rolls over the ground and to Chris’ side. She lays her arm around him, as Billie throws another fireball into their direction.
Phoebe holds Chris tight, pressed to her chest and Chris clings to her. Both looking at Billie.

“I summon the powers
that has brought us here.
Bring us back in our time
because the evil we fear
is here.”

She clings to Chris with both hands, the bluish vortex surrounds them and they are gone, right as the fireball hits the mausoleum.

Meanwhile Halliwell Mansion – Attic

“And you’re sure this is gonna work?” Piper asks Paige while watching her lightning the five candles, which stand in a circle on the round carpet on the floor.

“How should I know? But I think so.” Paige answers and steps to Pipers side.

They look wary at the circle of burning candles and finally Piper takes Paige hand.

“If he’ gonna smash something in the house, I will have you pay for it!” Piper warns.

Paige rolls her eyes and nods.

“You got the chant?” Piper wants to know, whereupon Paige waves at her with a piece of paper.

She holds it between them, so both can read the words:

“Conn the great
we summon thee.
Bring us the light –
we need to see.”

Smoke whirls around within the circle of candles. Bright light sparkle up. The whirling smoke grows, till it has the size of a fully grown man and suddenly it forms a man.

Tall, muscular, dark brown hair and very attractive. He wears the uniform of a Celtic warrior and in the right hand he had a wide sword with a long blade. A golden crown adores his head.

“Wow!” Piper says and looks at the stranger.

A smile spreads out in Paige’s face.

The man stands in the circle. Looks confused from one to the other. Then he turns, looks around in the attic and again at Piper and Paige.

“Where am I? How did I get here? Who are you? Speak up!” he suddenly demanded.

“We are ... well, ... witches. And you’re Conn, right?” Piper answers and looks at him distrustful.
“Witches? Creatures of the darkness! Death shall come upon you and you shall never see ...” he shouted and raised his sword, ready to kill them.

“Piper!” Paige says and steps back.

Piper raises her hands and freezes Conn in the middle of his movement.

“Really, Paige. Great idea. Now not just that Aba-thingy wants to kill us, but also our wannabe-king here. Now what?” Piper scolds and turns to Paige reproachful.

Paige grins apologizing and shrugs her shoulders.

“Well, you could unfreeze his head, so we can talk to him. And that way he can’t kill us.” she suggests.

“Next time you want to summon somebody, make sure he’s not going to try to kill us. It’s getting annoying after a while.” Piper says and unfreezes Conn’s head.

“... the light of ...” he continues and notices that he can’t move.

Conn looks at the sisters.

“What did you do to me? Release me, or I will personally kill both of you!” he demanded commanding.

“Hush, buddy!” Piper finally says.
“We don’t want to harm you, but if you keep on cursing us like this, then we might rethink the whole plan.”
“Piper!” Paige says shocked and looks at her.
“What? We don’t have time for that!” Piper says and steps closer to Conn.

“Now listen. We’ve summoned you, because we need your help.”
“Summoned me?” Conn asks.
“Yes, summoned you. You’re dead. A couple of ... how many years, Paige?”

Piper turns to her sister and looks at her questioning. She shrugs her shoulders.

“That info wasn’t in the books. I think a couple of thousands of years.”

Piper rolls her eyes and turns back to Conn, who is totally confused now.
“However, we need your help.”
“My help with what? And why should I help witches?” Conn asks.
“Listen – we’re no evil witches. We’re good witches. We fight demons and protect the innocent. We’re woohoo-witches, no boo-witches.” Piper explains annoyed.
“You fought once against someone that called himself Abaddon, didn’t you?”
“Aye, I did. And I’ve been victorious.” Conn answers.

He’s suddenly calm and even seems interested.

“Well, yes and no. You’ve been victorious, but you didn’t defeat him. And now he’s back.” Paige means.

“Back?” Conn asks whispering.

He’s pale and looks at them shocked.

“Why? How? What did you do? Don’t you know ...?” he starts, but Piper interrupts him:
“We didn’t do anything and we don’t know how. All we know is that he is already back since a longer time. We fought him before. Plenty of times”

Conn is quiet. He doesn’t say a word. He just looks at the sisters. He’s shocked.

“So, now you know why we need your help.” Piper says.
“Will you help us?”
“How? How can I be of any help?” Conn asks back.
“You fought it once and you were victorious. We have to know how you did it.” Paige answers.
“Release me of this curse and I will help.” he decided.

Paige looks at Piper.

“Okay, ...” she says and walks to Conn.

She grabs for the huge sword, takes it out of his hand and lays it on the couch.

“Just incase.”

She waves with her hand and unfreezes the rest of Conn. He stumbles forward, but catches himself before falling.

A loud rumble rings through the house, followed by Phoebe’s loud voice:
”Piper! Paige! Leo! Anybody – HELP!!!”

Piper, Paige and Conn are running down the stairs. Wyatt follows shortly after and they finally arrive in the living room.

Phoebe and Chris are on the floor. Phoebe kneels next to Chris, having his head on her lap. He’s bleeding and can hardly keep his eyes open.

Wyatt gives Conn a fast and confused look, but runs immediately to his aunt and his brother. He kneels next to them and starts healing Chris.

“Phoebe, what happened?” Piper asks and also goes on her knees next to them.

She strokes gently over Chris cheek, which is pale as a corpse.

“I ... I actually don’t know. I mean, I know, but I can’t believe it. He ... I mean she saw us!” Phoebe answers, while watching Wyatt healing his brother.

The cut slowly closes and the bleeding stops. Chris touches his forehead and slowly sits upright. And catches a nudge from Phoebe against his arm.

“Don’t you ever scare me like that again!” she scolds and hugs him.

Chris smiles and replies the hug and finally they get up to sit down on the couch.

“Phoebe! What happened?” Piper asks again.

“We saw Billie and how this Abaddon took over her body. He’s in her. And he saw us! I mean, we were like ghosts there. No one saw us, but he did. And he attacked Chris. He wanted to kill us.” Phoebe answers and her look falls on Conn, who listens attentive.

“Who is this?” she asks, but before anyone could answer, demons show up.

Everywhere. And not just ordinary demons. The strongest demons the underworld has to offer. All of them and they attack all at once.
Everybody has to fight them, but four of them are going for Chris. They grab him and disappear with him.
And as soon as they are gone, all of the others disappear.

“What was that all about?” Paige asks and looks around.

It happened so fast. They had hardly fought.

Piper looks around, confused, astounded and wary. The she sees Chris left shoe lying on the floor before the couch.

“Chris? Where is Chris?” she asks.

She goes, picks up the shoe and looks around again. As if he would hide behind the couch or some other furniture.

“Chris?” she says again, as Phoebe goes to her and takes the shoe.

A premonition hits her right away and she sees Chris.
Chained to a stony wall in a cave. Only in his boxers. He’s bleeding out of many wounds. He has bruises all over. The premonition is so strong, that Phoebe feels as if she is right there with him. In him.
She can feel his pain. His fear and his despair. He has no powers. They are somehow taken away from him.
He looks at somebody – Billie. With red glowing eyes.
Phoebe can see her smile. The same smile that she has seen before.

“He will come to save you.” the tinny voice Abaddons said.

Billie raises her hand and a lighting bolt shoots out of her forefinger and hits Chris at the hips. He screams and the smell of burned human flesh fills the cave.

“He will know that this is a trap. He won’t come. They won’t let him.” Chris presses out with a trembling voice.
“He won’t let you die, Chrissy-boy. He will come to rescue you.” Billie said again and grinned.
“He won’t, but they will. And they will vanquish the living crap out of your blonde ass.” he replied.
“Big words for someone so small. But we will see. And until then, I will have some fun with you.”

Another lighting bolt, which hits him longer this time. And Chris screams.

“Phoebe! Phoebe!” Piper says and shakes her.

She shakes her harder and finally slaps her in the face. And Phoebe is back. Back in the living room.
She shocked, pale and trembles. She drops the shoes and steps back.

“Phoebe! What did you see?” Wyatt asks concerned.
“Did you see Chris?”

Phoebe nods. Stunned.

“He has him. And he ... tortures him.”

[brummsumsel]

In the cave.

Chris notices that he’s somewhere deep in a cave. Only burning torches and a bigger fire in the middle were spending light. He’s chained to a wall. His hands above his head and the legs spread apart.
He’s alone.

His whole body is covered with bruises; his boxers are colored red by his own blood. This Billie hurt him bad. And she somehow managed to take his powers away.
Chris tries to orb, but he can’t. He just makes the chains rattle and stops right away as he hears the clicking sound. He’s afraid it would make her come back. Because every time she comes back, she hurts him. With her lightning bolts, fire, even with simple, non-magical knifes. She has fun doing it. Chris can see it in her eyes, whenever she starts. The sadistic smile in her face and the glowing eyes.

“Come on, Chris. Think! There’s got to be a way.” he says to himself.

His voice trembles. And he constantly looks around in the cave. Checking if she’s back.

Chris looks into the fire. Thinks.

“Phoebe! Come on. I know you can feel me. You can in the future, so you can now. Come on.” Chris whispers towards the fire and concentrates on his aunt.

Phoebe, the empath. She’s all he can think off. He has to make her feel him. He has to get her to see him.

Chris closes his eyes and concentrates. He sees Phoebe’s pretty face before his inner eye.

“Feel me! See me! Feel me! See me!” he repeats whispering over and over again.

It was his mantra.

“And what are you trying to do, Chrissy-boy?” a female voice suddenly asks and Billie appears in the cave.

Right before Chris, who opens his eyes to look at her.

“Stop calling me that, Asshole.” Chris hisses angry.

But he is also scared. He is scared like hell, but he tries not to show it. The last thing he wants her to see was him being scared of her.

“Ts ts ts.” Billie makes and comes closer to him.
“It’s a big no-no to talk tome like that. Don’t you know that?” she asks.

Billie strokes with her forehead over Chris’ face. Over his temple, down his neck and to his chest. Chris trembles, breathes heavily and tries to follow her finger with his eyes. He clenches his teeth together, so he wouldn’t scream. He knows what’s about to happen. Sweat stands on his forehead, his eyes are watering. He is so scared.
Phoebe!!!

Meanwhile the Halliwell Mansion. Living room.

The family sits spread out in the living room. All depressed and worried. Wyatt stands at his usual spot at the window and looks out. His hair has grown and it starts to be curly.

”We have to do something, people! He has Chris. He has my brother.” Wyatt says to the curtains.

Everybody looks at him. Knowing that he is right.

“It’s a trap!” Conn says, who stands in the doorway to the living room.

The Irish King looks from one to the other.
He wants to go in and to try the furniture. It looks so comfortable to him. Way better than the hard wooden chairs, stools and other furnishings in his castle.

“He is my brother!” Wyatt barks and whirls around.

He loses the control over himself more often now. No matter how hard he tries, it doesn’t seem to be enough. He is about to lose the battle inside of him and he knows it. Just like everybody else.

“Abaddon used the same trap on me. He took my brother and held him captive somewhere. He had one of his minions tell me, that if I swear not to fight against him, but to get on his side and follow him, he would let him go. He would send him free – unharmed and healthy.” Conn says calm and finally walks in.

But he didn’t sit down. He goes straight to Wyatt, to look into his eyes.
Conn knows that Wyatt is fighting the same battle he was fighting. And so he understands.

“I was once like you are now, friend. I was also the chosen one and I fought the same fight that you are fighting now.”

“What happened to your brother, Conn?” Leo wants to know.

Chris situation is all that matters to him now.

“Oh, my brother.” Conn answers and turns to Leo, who sits next to Piper on the couch and holds her hand.

“I agreed. I told Abaddons minion to go and tell his master, that I would do everything, as long as he sends my brother free. Unharmed. I would do everything, as long as he wouldn’t hurt him. And I was ready to do it. I was ready to give up the world for the life of my brother. And Abaddons part in me grew stronger the moment I made this decision. My brother was still so young. He hasn’t even lived 18 winters at that time.”

Phoebe and Paige look both at Piper, who just shrugs her shoulders and looks at Leo.

“18 years.” Leo just growls and looks back at Conn.

“Did he send him free?” Phoebe asks.
“Oh yes, he did. Abaddon has sent someone to pick me up and to take me into a cave. And there he hung. Chained to the wall, naked and covered with blood. His own blood. And he cried. He cried like I’ve never heard him cry before.”

Conn goes to the window and looks out. He didn’t want the people around him see, that tears were filling his eyes.

“Abaddon thought he had me on his side, because I decided against the world and in favor of my own blood. He thought he has won the fight about my soul. He didn’t know that I was still in control of myself. I can still hear him laugh. This tinny laughter. It is branded into my mind. He turned around to me. He face all distorted and not human. And he says “now you will see that Abaddon keeps his promises”. And I saw the face of my brother. So full of fear and pain and the next thing Abaddon does is breaking him in half. Literally. He kills my brother before my eyes and was laughing!”

Conn suddenly whirls around, blinded by tears and his voice full of anger.

“That must not happen again. I am the reason why my brother was killed. Because I decided to go there and I was stupid enough to think, that it would help. But my decision to go there and to join him was my brother’s death sentence!”

The King turns to Wyatt, grabs his arms and shakes him slightly.

“If you go there, then your brother’s blood will be on your hands. And you will never find peace again in your life.”

Phoebe suddenly jumps up. She trembles like a leaf, falls to the floor. Her whole body shakes and she stares at something. Her eyes wide open. And pure terror stands in them.

The premonition came out of nowhere and it is so strong, that it literally hurt her.

She sees her nephew. She sees Chris. And she sees Billie. Standing before him and her hands are on him. One is on his head, as if she was stroking over his hair. The other one is on his chest. No, it’s IN his chest. And it seems to suck something out of him. Something white and it’s glowing.
Chris screams. He screams so loud.

Phoebe lies on the floor, trembles and tears run out of her eyes. She feels his pain. This terrible pain. She reaches out, wants to help him, but she can’t. All she can is watch.
And then, suddenly, Chris voice is in her head. She can clearly hear him.

“Help me, Phoebe. I can’t take it any longer!”

Everybody is looking at Phoebe on the floor. She seems as if she is in trance. And she speaks. But it’s not her voice coming out of her mouth. It’s Chris’ voice. And his words are clear.

“He’s expecting Wyatt to come and rescue me, but he must not do that! If Wyatt comes, than I will be dead. He’s going to kill me, as soon as Wyatt is here, that’s why he has to stay away. Help me, Phoebe.”

And the premonition is gone.

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As Phoebe opens her eyes, she looks into the concerned faces of her family. Leo gives her a hand to help her back up and so she sits on the couch.
Everybody looks at her. Stunned.

“I am going to find him. I will use a spell, which will bring me to him.” she says determined and looks at Wyatt, who opens his mouth to say something.

“You will stay here, Wyatt.”

Phoebe looks at her sisters and Leo.

“You are not going alone. I’ll be damned if I let my sister go alone to rescue my son. I will go and I will kill this little witch with my bare hands.” Piper says furious.
“And I will go with you.” Paige says and gets up.
“I am going to make us some potions, which will blow her ass all over the country.”

Paige leaves the living room.
Piper goes to Wyatt, takes his hands and looks directly into his eyes.

“Go with your father and the great one here. We will bring Chris back and then we will get you.” she says.

Wyatt only nods, whereupon Piper and Phoebe leave the living room to follow Paige.

In the cave

Chris hangs collapsed on the wall. He breathes heavy and his he’s eyes are closed.
His whole body hurts.
All he can think off is his mom, Paige and Phoebe. They are his only hope.

Billie is also in the cave. She at the fire and holds her hands into the flames. But she doesn’t burn herself. She stands there, has her hands in the fire and her eyes are closed.

Chris slowly looks up, wonders, why it is so quiet.
He has problems keeping his head up, but what he sees makes his heart beat faster. His mother and his aunts materialize in a corner of the cave. Unnoticed by Billie.
Chris opens his mouth, tears fill his eyes. He wants to say something. To get their attention, but Piper puts her forefinger to her lips and indicates him to be quiet.
Chris can’t help it – he cries. Seeing them here ...

“Aww, poor Chrissy-boy cries? What’s wrong? Did I hurt you too much?” Billie says and turns to him.

And in that moment the sisters walk in. Annoyed, angry and ready to kill.

“Hey, bitch! Take your hands of my baby!” Piper says and raises her hands.

She blows Billie. Again and again. And drives her away from Chris. Paige joins in and throws one power potion after the other. Roots come out of the ground and tie Billie up. Only for a few moments, but long enough to give Phoebe time to release Chris.

Billie turns to stone and Piper blows her again. Another potion and Billie is on fire. A third potion and Billie freezes. And all accompanied by Piper’s blowing power.

Meanwhile Phoebe runs over to Chris. She looks at him and takes the time to stroke over his pale, moist cheek.

“It’s all right, Chris. We’re gonna take you home.” Phoebe says and smiles slightly.

She opens the chains, wonders for a short moment, that they are normal chains, but doesn’t care. Chris just falls into her arms and Phoebe holds him tight. Chris clings to her with both arms.

“Ready!” Phoebe shouts to her sisters, who are still on it winning time for Phoebe.

That’s all they were able to do. Attacking Billie over and over again, so she wouldn’t have to time to stop Phoebe from releasing Chris. All they could do was keeping her busy. Too busy.

As Piper and Paige hear Phoebe’s call, they slowly move back towards her. It is about time, because Paige is running out of potions. But Piper put all her anger, fear and hate into her blows and so she keeps Billie at the opposite wall, while the sisters hold on to Chris and each other and finally orb out.

“Noooooooooooooooo!” Abaddon yells and runs over to the spot, but it is too late.



Halliwell Mansion – living room

The sisters and Chris orb in. He still clings to Phoebe, who can’t hold him any longer and so both go down on the floor. Chris head lying on her lap.

“Honey, everything will be okay. You hear me? It will be okay.” Piper says, kneels down next to him and takes him over.

She hugs him, holds him tight and strokes over his pale cheek. Over and over again.

“I knew you all would come.” he whispers weak and tries to smile.

“You didn’t give us a great choice, Chris.” Phoebe says, who still sits next to him, but is now holding his hand.

She smiles too, but it doesn’t reach her eyes. She was worried to death about Chris and having him back doesn’t really make her feel any better.
He looks awful. So hurt and so vulnerable. So weak and beaten.

“Wyatt! Leo! Get down here! Now!” Paige yells to the ceiling.

And just a few moments later, they materialize together with the Irish King in the living room.
As Leo and Wyatt see Chris on the floor, lying in his mothers arms, they hurry over to him and Wyatt starts immediately to heal his brother.

“What did he do to you? Oh God, what did he do to you?” Wyatt keeps whispering, while his glowing hands glide over Chris’ body.

“It’s ok, bro. It’s not your fault. Just heal me, okay?” Chris says weak.

He looks at Wyatt and sees the changes. It seems to go faster now. The hair is curly and goes down to his broad shoulders. The clothes are almost black and eyes are dark. So dark.

Wyatt nods and does as his brother told him to do and finally he is done healing him.

“Leo – go upstairs and get Chris some of your clothes. I mean, he can’t fight that son of a bitch almost naked, can he?” Piper says and Leo turns around to leave.

But before he does he goes to Chris and hugs him. He takes his face with both hands, looks at him and says with tears in his eyes:

“Don’t you never ever do that again, son. I’m too young for a heart attack. You hear me? Don’t scare me like that again.”

Chris smiles at his father and nods.

“I promise, dad.” he says, whereupon Phoebe snorts.

Both look at her questioning.

“He’s not known for keeping this kind of promises, remember?”

Phoebe shrugs her shoulders and hugs Chris too.

“We have to work on our communication, Chris. I hope you know that.” she says and kisses him on the cheek.
“We will, Phoebe, and we will have a great one. Trust me.” he answers and smiles.

“My turn. Since we’re all in the hugging mood.” Paige says and takes over Chris.

She hugs him and strokes him smiling over the cheek.

Leo leaves the room to get him some clothes, while they sit down to discuss the next step.

As Chris finally sits on the couch, dressed and healthy again, he notices the King standing at the window. Next to Wyatt.

“Who is he?” he asks and points at Conn.
“That’s Conn. Our secret weapon.” Paige answers.

“I am glad to see you returned safely. I’ve seen too many brothers die and it warms my heart to see that you’ve made it. You’re blessed, young friend. The Gods must have an eye on you.” Conn says and smiles.

The sisters tried to suppress a grin and Chris looks at the King confused.

He bents to his aunt Paige and whispers:
”He’s not gonna call me young padawan now, is he?”

Paige laughs, but holds her hand before her mouth immediately.

“Hush now.” Piper hisses and turns to the King.

“Now tell us, Conn. How do we do to Abaddon, what you’ve done to him? You know, this throwing him back into his whole and stuff?”

Conn looks at her and gives her a good willing smile. Piper moves back a bit and raises one eyebrow.

“What you need is a holy place.” he starts, but gets interrupted by Paige.

“Like a graveyard or a church? Gosh, this is so Buffy!”

Conn gives her a disapproving look and shakes his head.

“Abaddon is much older than this one God. Even older than my Gods. You will need a place made holy by the one.”

“The one … what?” Leo asks, who seems to be confused as well.

“The one good. The source of all good. We have places in Eire.” Conn answers.

“Are you talking about these stone circles?” Phoebe asks and frowns her forehead.

“Aye – these are the holy places.”

“Do we have stone circles here in San Francisco?”

Phoebe looks at her sisters, but they all shrug their shoulders.

“I don’t know if we have stone circles here. Isn’t there any other way? I don’t feel like flying to Ireland right now.” Paige asks.


The mansion starts to shake. Rumbling gets loud. Louder. The pictures drop from the walls, the lamp on the ceiling is shaking. Chairs fall to the side. Pots and pans land banging on the floor.

The sisters jump up, looking around. As well as Leo and Wyatt and Conn. Chris stands next to his mother. Her hand on his arm.

“He’s coming.” Conn says.
“And he’s pretty darn pissed.” Phoebe adds.

Conn reaches for his sword, but notices that it is gone. It’s still on the couch in the attic. He turns and runs to the stairs.

“Where are you going? Stay here and fight?” Leo shouts after him.

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Conn stops on the stairway, turns and shouts back:

“A warrior without a sword in his hand is no warrior!”

“Irish men are very confusing people. I hope you all know that.” Paige notices.

The mansion is shaking as if an earthquake would roll over San Francisco. Windows are breaking, the furniture falls and then the whole front door gets blown in. Literally.

It breaks into thousand small pieces, flies through the hallway. Smoke whirls up, mixed with dust.
Stomping is to hear. Coming closer and closer and then Abaddon iss here – in Billie’s body.

He walks in, slowly and his face distorted by hatred.

“You think you can walk in and steal what’s mine?” Billie asks with Abaddons tinny voice.

“Yours? I don’t know, but as far as I know it was me giving birth to him!” Piper hisses back, raises her hands and blows her.

Again and again. They needed a strategy. And that pretty darn fast.

“You really think you can keep me from taking him again? Like that?”

Billie laughs and wipes Piper out of the way with the simple movement of her hand. Piper flies against the wall and lands hard on the floor. Leo, seeing this, attacks Billie. He grabs her at her throat, hits her with his fist in the face. Again and again and with all the strength he could get out of his arms.
Billie laughs, picks him up on his neck and holds him above herself.

“Mortals. Funny little toys. But so useless.” she says and throws Leo through the wall.

“Paige – take Chris and orb him away!” Phoebe orders very commanding and runs towards Billie.

“Come here, bitch and show me what you got.” she yells and starts to fight Billie.

Paige looks at her. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing. That is the second time Abaddon attacks in the mansion and the second time that they couldn’t do anything about it. But what wonders her most is that he wants Chris.
“Do it now, Paige!” Phoebe yells, as she sees, that Paige was still standing there.

Her yell startles Paige and so she grabs Chris hand.

“Mom!” Chris screams and wants to run over to her, but Paige holds on to him.

“I have to help her! Wyatt, do something!” he shouts, as Paige orbs out with him.

Wyatt stands there at the window, watching it. As if he’s frozen. He sees what’s going on and that his aunt Phoebe is fighting a lost fight against Billie, but he can’t move. He’s just standing there.

”You can’t beat me! You can’t defeat me! You’re not powerful enough. No one on this miserable earth is and ever will be. I have waited thousand years. I am moving heaven and hell. Dark clouds will cover the sky and the sun will darken. What was will be again, what is will never be again, because now is the time of the ghastly evil. I am the one and I will be forever!” Abaddon shouts.

Billie picks Phoebe up and throws her through the whole in the wall and she lands right next to Leo, who is lying unconscious on the floor.
But she fights herself back up. Her look goes around, looking for Piper, who is also getting back up on her feet.
Paige orbs back in and sees the chaos. She goes to Piper to help her. Her eyes are on Phoebe, which is slowly coming back into the living room.

Conn storms down the stairs. The sword in his hand and screaming so loud as if he was going to war. He really was a Celtic warrior and the sisters were amazed by his looks.

And he attacks Billie, who is startled for a moment, as she sees him storming in.

“You!” she says.

Her face changes. Becomes inhuman, unnatural again. She seems to grow. Everything seems to change on her, till nothing Billie-like is left. A true monster is standing in the living room. Bigger than everything they’ve seen so far. And it faces Conn. The brave Irish King who showed no fear.

He stands before Abaddon, his sword in the air.

“With Uriel and Raziel. With the powers of this and beyond this world. With the principalities and ruling powers. In the name of all good, I command you - Leave this place!” Conn shouts commanding and an invisible wave goes through the house.

Piper, Phoebe and Paige are taking each others hands and start repeating their most powerful chant.

“The power of three will set us free!
The power of three will set us free!
The power of three will set us free!”

They repeat it over and over again and Conn lets his sword go down on Billie.

Abaddon slowly forms back into Billie and steps back. As closer Conn comes as more she steps back.
Stormy wind came up, blew in a whirl through the house. Lightning bolts go down from the ceiling. Hitting the floor around Billie. A bluish light fills the whirl as it grows stronger.

And there stands Billie. Right in the middle of the whirl. Lightning bolts all around her.
And she smiles.

She reaches her hand out for Wyatt.

“Come with me. It is time.” she says.

Wyatt looks at his mother and his aunts. His eyes wander to Conn and then to Billie’s hand.

“Wyatt – don’t!” Piper shouts.

He takes Billie’s hand and they disappear in the blink of an eye.

“WYAAAAAAATT!!!”

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Silence lies over the Halliwell Mansion. They all stand there, surrounded by the chaos, caused by Abaddon. They’re looking at the spot, where Wyatt has been standing. Just moments ago.
They couldn’t believe what has just happened. Couldn’t believe that Wyatt has left with Abaddon.

A groan is drawing their attention to the stairway and the sisters run over. Leo wakes up, holds his head with both hands and tries to move. He’s bleeding out of a cut on his forehead and his leg seems broken.
“Leo!” Piper says and sits next to him.
“Are you all okay, Piper? Is he gone?” Leo asks and sits upright.

He looks into the faces of his wife, her sisters and Conn. And he sees the pure shock standing in their eyes.

“What is it? What’s wrong? Does he have Chris again? I swear if he does ...”
“No, Leo. Chris is safe. Paige orbed him out just in time.” Phoebe says.
“I better go get him. He’s gonna jump me if I’m not.” Paige says and orbs out.

She didn’t want to be there, when Piper tells him that Wyatt has changed the sides.

“What is it then? Is anyone hurt?” Leo asks concerned and nervous.

He can see that something is wrong. That something terrible has happened.

“We’re all a bit hurt, Leo. But its Wyatt ...” Phoebe answers, because she can see, that Piper is still fighting to overcome her shock.

“What’s wrong with Wyatt? Where is he?”
“He’s gone, Leo. With Abaddon. He turned.” Piper finally answers and looks at Leo.

“What?” is all Leo can say.

Paige orbs in with Chris, who storms over to his parents.

“Mom, dad – are you okay?” he asks concerned.
“I worried my behind off. And Paige, if you ever leave me ...!”

Chris falls silent. He looks in the faces of his parents, his aunts. Conn’s. They all look depressed. Close to break out in tears.

“Where’s Wyatt? Why didn’t that Idiot help? I’m gonna kick his a...”

Piper lays her hand on his and stops him.

“He’s gone, Chris. He went with Abaddon.”

“He did WHAT???”

Chris jumps up and whirls around. And really – Wyatt is gone.

“Oh my God!”
“We’re in serious trouble now and I want some answers. NOW!” Piper says and gets up.

“Chris, help your father into the living room on the couch. I think his leg is broke.”

Chris just nods and helps Conn to pick up Leo and to carry him into the living room, while Piper clears the couch, so he can lay down there.

“Hey! You guys up there! We could use some healing vibes here. And some info, so bring your asses down here!” Piper yells at the ceiling, but she means the Elders.

She is so angry, that she didn’t care about her language anymore. The little ones very safe in the magic school, so no little Wyatt who could pick up the bad words.

A few moments later three Elders orb in. All with a depressed and concerned facial play.

“Heal him!” Piper commands and steps aside, as one of the Elders goes to Leo and starts healing him.

“I have three questions. And I’m dead sure you guys are the right ones to ask. One – why the hell doesn’t Chris have his powers? Two – why didn’t you help us fighting this thing off before it could lay his hands on my son? I’m pretty sure you watched, because that’s what Elders do, right? They sit back and watch. And three – I want my son back, so where is he?”

“We understand your feelings, Piper ...” one of the Elder says, but she interrupts him

“Save that mushy stuff for someone who wants to hear it! I want answers, no counseling. You guys always pretend to be so wise and powerful. Now its time to proof it, buddy. We’re talking about my son! Do I really have to tell you, that it’s gonna be our end, if he turns evil? We all will die. You guys included! The time for talks is over. It is time to act.”

“Piper!” Leo says, trying to stop her.

She is so angry, that she’s about to blow the Elders up.

“No, Leo. Wyatt made me promise, to kill him, before he turns. He saw it coming and he told me, that he doesn’t want it. He doesn’t want to be the Antichrist. As much as it hurts me to admit it – he is right!”

“Mom!” Chris says astounded.

He never heard her speak like this before.

“We have to stop him, Chris. One way or another. Your brother is too powerful. This power in the wrong hands ...” Piper tries to explain.

And she stops. Turns around. Looks at Conn.

“Oh my God! Why didn’t I see it? Why didn’t you tell me?” she asks.

“Piper?” Phoebe asks and looks at her wary.

“You had to find it out for yourself.” one of the Elders said.
“Find out ... what?” Leo asks and gets up.
“You knew all along, didn’t you? Everything? And you let it happen.” Piper says to the Elders, ignoring Leo, her sisters and Chris.

Conn stands in the doorway. The sword back in the scabbard at his side. He looks at Piper.

“Knew what, Piper?” Paige asks and steps closer.
“Mom? What are you talking about?” Chris asks and lays his hand on Pipers shoulder.

“You knew this would happen. All of this. And you didn’t bother of telling us? You let it happen. He kidnaps and tortures Chris and you let it happen. He attacks us since months and you let it happen. He almost kills us twice and you let it happen. What the hell is wrong with you guys?”

And Piper goes and slaps one of the Elders in the face.

“Damn you! Damn you all!” she hisses hateful.

Tears of fury step into her eyes and she spits in front of the feet of the Elder she’s just slapped.

Phoebe and Paige gasp with shock. Chris holds his breath. And Leo steps before Piper, looks directly into her eyes.

“Piper – talk to me. What the hell is gong on?” he asks.

“Yes, we knew, Piper. We knew it would happen and we let it happen, because we knew it had to happen.” the Elder says calm.

“What the hell are you talking about?” Leo roars annoyed and whirls around.
“He’s my son too, so spit it out, or I will kill you myself!”

“...only a power of good of unusual strength, undecided between the good and the evil and, nevertheless, determined in the face of the evil to stand on the side of the good, can and will throw him back into the underworld, where he will spend a thousand years, before he can return again.” Phoebe suddenly says, as if she is reading it somewhere.

Chris looks at her confused, but then he understands too. That’s what it’s all about. It is so clear now.

“He has to turn, Leo. In order to make the right decision.” Piper explains to her angry husband.

“What? What the hell are you talking about?” Leo barks and looks at her.

“I was about to turn evil too. But then I saw how everybody I knew, everybody I loved fought Abaddon. I saw them die and I realized that I couldn’t let that happen. That I had to do something. And I realized that I was the only one, who could actually succeed. Actually it wasn’t me who made the decision to fight for the good. My heart told me to.” Conn finally interferes.

“So what you’re saying is that my son has to turn evil to decide to be good? But what if he can’t make that decision? What if ...?”

“Then we will all die.” Piper answers and sits down on the couch.


The phone rings. Chris goes into the kitchen and picks up.

“Halliwell Residence. How can I help you?” he asks polite.

He always answers the phone like this. He is used to do it this way. Although it feels a bit strange to do it now.

“Hey, it’s Darryl. I need to talk to one of the sisters.” Morris says on the other end.

“Is it important, Darryl? Because we’re having here some sort of serious crisis.” Chris asks and tries to look into the living room.

It was way too quiet in there.

“Who are you?” Morris asks back.
“Chris.”
“Chris? Huh? You’re ... back? But you’re ... you know ... dead.”
“Darryl, can we talk about that later? I really have to go now.” Chris asks, because he wants to go back to the others.

“Listen. I really have to talk to one of the sisters. There is something going on out here on the streets. Something ... strange.” Darryl finally says.

“Paige!” Chris shouts and Paige comes right away.

She looks at Chris questioning, who hands her the receiver.

“It’s Darryl.” he just says and leaves the kitchen.

“Darryl! Hi. Listen, we got ...” she starts, but Morris interrupts her.
“I know, I know – serious crisis. I don’t even want to know about it, so don’t tell me. The reason I’m calling is that some very strange people are running around here. They’re throwing fireballs and setting fire to almost everything in their way. They kill the people as if they were nothing and I and my men can’t do anything against them. Our bullets don’t seem to harm them. They just keep walking and blowing everything they can find. A one-eyed guy is their leader and he shoots lightning bolts out of his sword.”

“Oh, futsch. That’s Balor, Darryl.” Paige says.
“What’s a Balor?” Morris asks back.
“Balor is the one-eyed God of death and these people with him are called the Formores. Darryl, get the hell out of there. Take your men and leave. And for Christ sake – don’t look into his blind eye. You heard me? Leave! NOW!” Paige shouts and hangs up, knowing, that Morris would do what she says.

“We have a problem. Darryl just called. The Formores are loose.” Paige says, as she returns to the living room.
“We have to stop them.”

“No, you don’t. Abaddon has sent them out to distract you from what he is doing. If you fight them, then you’ll give him the chance to completely turn Wyatt and then everything is lost.” one of the Elder says and everybody looks at him surprised.

Even his fellow-Elders.

“We’ve been watching long enough. Piper is right. It is time to do something.” he says

“Okay. We’re really in deep trouble, if the Elders decide to help.” Paige says and closes her eyes.

[brummsumsel]

Halliwell Mansion. Attic.

“Okay, the first thing to do is give Chris his powers back.” Piper starts and goes through the book of shadows.

She’s all of a sudden calm and totally concentrated. Too calm.

“Does anyone of you know what that spell was, we used to give him back the powers when future-girl kidnapped him back to the future?”

“I was kidnapped? By a future-girl?” Chris asks interested and sits down in the middle of his aunts on the couch.

“She stripped you off your powers and brought you back to the future.” Phoebe answers, since Piper ignored those questions.
“Was she good-looking?” he whispers, whereupon Phoebe smiles, but Paige nudges him against his arm.
“No time for jokes, people.” she hisses and gives her attention to Piper.
“She was hot.” Phoebe answers whispering and grins.

“Can we please concentrate, people? The spell!” Piper scolds.

“It’s on the last page of the book, Piper. I wrote it in myself.” Paige answers.

Piper turns the pages, till she finally finds it.

Ahh yes, there it is. Come here, Chris. You have to speak it.”

Chris gets up and goes to her. He takes a look at the spell and reads it loud:

“Powers of witches rise
come to me from across the skies
return my magic, give me back
all those taken from the attack.”

And Chris starts to glow shortly in a bluish light.

“Did it work?” Paige asks and looks at him.

Chris turns to her, moves his hand and dishevels her hair using his telekinesis. He grins as he sees her annoyed look and nods.
“Yup, it works.”
“Oh, really? I didn’t notice that.” she says and tries to bring her hair back into position.

“Okay now – next step. Where are our favourite buddies?” Piper asks and looks around for the Elders.

“They’re back up. They said something about getting prepared.” Phoebe answers.

“Hello up there! Can’t you guys just stop disappearing whenever you’re needed?” Piper shouts at the ceiling.
“And where is our Irish King?”

“He’s downstairs. He wants to give us some space.” Paige answers.

“Jesus! Is it that hard to understand? I don’t want space. I want my son back.” Piper says really annoyed and indicates with a look at Paige to go and get Conn.

Bluish bubbles form in the attic and just a few moments later, one of the Elder forms right before Piper.

She startles for a second, looks at him withering and turns to the book.
Shortly later Paige comes back with Conn following her.
Now that everybody was around, Piper started:

“Okay. Now I want some clear answer and instructions on how to fight Abaddon. How do we get a holy place? What do we have to do to have one here, or are we doomed to orb to Ireland?”

“You can make one here, but you will need five druids to consecrate it. And not just ordinary druids. You will need those, who served the one.” the Elder answers.

“Let me guess – no one of those druids exist anymore, right?” Phoebe says, noticing the look of the Elder.

“That’s right. And you can’t summon them either.
“But you can, can’t you?” Piper asks and looks at the Elder.
“Yes, I can.”
“Well, what the hell are you waiting for then? Get going!” Chris says and jumps up.

The Elder just nods and orbs out.

“Now to you, Conn. You were about to turn evil. How did you manage not to turn and how did you defeat it?” Piper wants to know then.

“My parents, my family – they gathered at this place. Abaddons minions – Balor, the Formores, the Pookens and other demons - were sent to this place to kill them. To stop them from fighting him. But instead they tried to summon Abaddons arch-enemy alone. So Abaddon had them attacked. We were watching everything. I was watching everything. I saw them fighting. Not only to defeat his deadly minions, but also for their lives. It was horrible. And as longer as I watched, as more I wanted to do something. And as I saw my mother fall, my father attacking Balor out of pure despair – my decision was made. I felt this urgent need to help my family, to protect them, to rescue them and so I stepped into the circle. I pulled my sword and then it happened.” Conn explains lost in thoughts.

“What happened?” Leo asks.

“I suddenly knew the right words to summon the one and he came. He took over my body, filled me out completely and the next thing I remember is, that I am lying on the ground and one of the druids is standing next to me. He told me I did great and that we were victorious. But that we still suffered a defeat, because before Abaddon was gone, he used his last strength to throw the one into a prison beyond time and beyond being. And that Abaddon won’t be stopped the next time he rises.”


The Elder orbs in together with five druids. One of them was the druid they’ve already met.

“Now look at that. Our mysterious tree worshipper is back.” Paige says as she sees him.

“Greetings. I am pleased to see, that you have survived. We heard that the time is near and we’ve came to do what we have to do.” the druid says and smiles.

He looks around, sees Leo and raises his eyebrows.

“Where’s the stick I gave you? Its power was supposed to protect you from greater harm.” he asks.

“It’s still in the magic school. I’ll go and get it.” Paige says and wants to orb out, but the druid stops her.

He reaches out his hand, closes his eyes and poof – the stick is in his hand.
“Can we get going now?” Piper asks annoyed.
“We don’t have time for this.”

The druids look at her. Calm and somehow strange.

“We will start right away. The first to do is he has to choose a place.” the druid says.

“Ok, listen ... druid – no riddles, okay? Just spit it out, plain and simple, so we can either get Wyatt back or a heart attack.” Paige says.
“And by the way, what is your name anyway? Or should we just call you druid?”

“Bryan, that’s how I was called a long long time ago.” he answers and smiles.

“Okay – Bryan – now who’s gonna choose the place and for what?” Chris asks.

“He will choose the holy place to where he will return and where he will face his counterpart once again.”
“How? I mean, he’s in a prison. Somewhere.”

The druid smiles again and looks at Chris, who standing impatiently next to Piper. He rolls his eyes, walks over to the couch and sits between his aunts again.

“Gee, I’m either too young or ‘he’ is too old for that.” he growls at Paige, who grins and nods slightly.

“His power is greater than you can imagine. Though he was thrown into his prison beyond time and being, he had the power to help Conn to throw Abaddon back to where he came from.”
“Well, if he is so powerful, why can’t he free his ass and fight Abaddon himself?” Chris wants to know and speaks out, what everybody wants to know.

“That, my young friend, is a very good question to which we don’t know the answer. Now, shall we get started, or do you want to keep on talking, while the chosen one has to fight for his soul?” Bryan asks and looks around.

“No, let’s get crackin’. It took long enough. But one more thing ...” Piper says and turns to the Elder.

“Leo needs his powers back. At least the Whitelighter powers. If he has to go and fight there, than he needs his powers to defend himself and us.”
“It is not on me alone to make this decision, Piper. I will discuss this with the other Elders. I will return.” the Elder says and orbs out.

Bryan looks at Piper with a twinkle in his eye. He smiles and nods.

“What?” she asks, as she sees his glance.
“Wise decision, Piper. The purpose of his destiny is not reached yet. His destiny is not fulfilled yet. The Whitelighter has to go his way.”

All of them look at the druid confused.

“Whatever you’re talking about, old man.” Piper says, rolls her eyes and shakes her head.

“However, let’s get started. What are we doing now?”

“You’re doing nothing, Piper. It’s on us to start. Just be ready.” Bryan says, whereupon his companions start to move everything around, so the middle of the attic is cleared.

Even the carpet gets moved aside.

“A chalk, please.” Bryan says and holds his hand towards the sisters.

They just look at him, but Leo gives him what he wants.

And the druid starts to draw a Pentagram on the floor.

“White candles, please.” he continues and holds out his hand again.

This time Paige gives him what he wants and he hands them out to his companions.

Each one goes and takes position at the five tops of the Pentagram and as they are set and ready, Bryan turns a last time to the family and says:

”Don’t disturb us and don’t talk. Just watch or you may want to leave the room.”

Phoebe, Paige and Piper are looking at each other. But they don’t leave. They go over to the couch and sit down. Leo and Chris follow and take a seat on the armrests. Conn takes position behind them.

The druid nods, turns back to face the middle of the Pentagram.

“So it may be.”

The druids start in to hum. A deep, peaceful humming, almost like the sound of a swarm of bees.

“Fire.” Bryan says.

Phoebe wants to get up to get them a lighter for the candles, but Chris stops her and points at the candles.
They are burning.

The druids step back and put the candles down on the floor at the tops of the Pentagram. They stand completely still and the only sound that is to hear is this constant humming.

Then they raise their arms above their head and Bryan starts to speak. Loud and clear and in a strange language.
He has his eyes wide open and they are white. Completely white.

He keeps repeating the same sentence over and over again as it seems and suddenly the other four druids join in.

A circle of light forms in the middle of the Pentagram. It whirls and grows. Grows beyond the circle of druids, fulfils the whole attic. Surrounds the people in there and suddenly it is gone.

As the family dare to breathe again, they realize that they’re not in the attic anymore. They’re not even in the mansion anymore.

They’re on a hill. In a park.

“Where the hell are we?” Chris asks and looks around, just like everybody else.

“That looks like Hunter's Point Ridge. We’re at the Hilltop Park.” Piper says.

“This is the chose place. Here the battle will take place and to here he will return.” Bryan says.
“We need your blood to consecrate this place.”

The druids move their hands and suddenly a stone circle is standing there. With a stony altar in the middle.

“Now isn’t that cool? We got our own Stonehenge now!” Paige jokes and catches a nudge from Chris.

“No time for joking, remember?” he whispers.

“What do we do?” Piper asks.
“Each one of you from this powerful family has to give a drop of your blood of this altar. It will combine your strength and it will make Abaddon and the chosen one to come here. The blood will lead them.” Bryan answers and hands Piper a dagger.

“Come from the left and pass it to the right.” he explains as Piper walks towards the huge and heavy stone.

She does as he says, walks towards the altar and cuts herself in the inside of her hand. She lays it on top of the altar stone as she walks by and returns to the others, giving Leo the dagger.

And so the whole family goes and so the altar gets consecrated.


Three Elders orb to them. Each one having a serious look in his face.

“We have decided.” one of them says.
“And the decision is?” Piper asks back and looks at them.
“We’ve decided to give Leo his powers as a Whitelighter back. But use it wisely, Leo. From now on you will be the Whitelighter of the three again.” the Elder says.

They reach out for Leo, but instead of touching him, a blue light shoots out of their hands and directly into him. He starts glowing in this bluish light, intensive and bright. And then it stops.
Leo orbs to try it out and forms next to Piper.
He has a huge smile in his face as he looks at her beaming.

“It’s good to have my powers back.” he says and Piper smiles.

He kisses her and turns to the Elders:

“I will do my best.”
“We’re sure you will. We will leave you know for the battle is about to begin. Remember – the power lies within your heart and your blood.” the Elder says and they orb away.

“It is time.” Bryan says as he looks up to the sky.

Dark clouds cover the sky and the sun seems to disappear. An eclipse of the sun, accompanied with the unnatural, uncanny dark clouds that slowly cover the sky.

And then the earth starts to tremble.

[Jamison]

ummmmmmmm.......very nice

[brummsumsel]

The sisters look at each other, not sure what to do now. Not knowing what was coming. It seems big. They move instinctively together, ready to use the power of the three against everything that is about to come to this place.

Leo and Chris are nervous. Standing there, looking into the direction out of which that heavy stomping is coming, which makes the earth tremble. A noise is getting loud. Very loud and it sounds unnatural. Fulfilled with incredible pain. Screaming, crying - the sound of war.

“We are in serious trouble here.” Chris whispers to his father and moves closer to his aunts.

That definitely was the safest place at the moment. Yes, he too has powers, but he knows that he wasn’t strong enough to face whatever was coming there. Not alone. The family had to stick and stay together in this moment of danger. Great danger.

“Dad!” Chris says, as he sees that Leo is still standing a bit away from him and the sisters.

Leo looks at his son, nods and comes closer. Conn pulls his huge sword out of the scabbard. Follows Leo slowly.

No one of the family pays any attention to the druids, who seem not to be bothered by the frightening sound that comes closer and closer. They didn’t seem to pay attention to the trembling of the earth either.

Each and every one is now having a stick in their hand and they’ve started their humming again, while they walk around the stone circle. Just once, till they reached the pentagram position again. One after the other rams the stick into the ground and a white light appears. The tops of the sticks are glowing and the druids make one step back. They start muttering in a strange, but obviously very old language. Their eyes are closed and they seem to totally concentrate on what they were doing.

The incredible noise and the stomping get closer and louder.

“Everybody get ready!” Piper says, looking like everyone else into the direction out of which the noise is coming.

They are tensed up and nervous, but determined to face and defeat everything that was a threat for them.
This is the final battle which would decide the fate of mankind. And the fate of the Halliwell’s.

And it begins.

Demons and Warlocks suddenly appear out of nowhere. Surround them. Some armed with magical atames and swords, attacking right away, others using their powers, throwing fireballs, lightning bolts at the sisters. Darklighters suddenly appear, shooting at Chris and Leo. So many, that it is hard to avoid getting hit by the poisoned arrows. As if the whole Underworld is there. Shape shifters, snake demons, smoke demons, fire demons, shadow demons – all minions of the one evil.

Phoebe starts to fight against the non-magicals, those without the power to throw lightning bolts or fireballs. She whirls around, hits and kicks to all sides, jumps up, uses sidekicks and hard blows. Leo sees her struggling, because there were so many of them and she is alone, so he runs to her, helps her, but always has an eye on the Darklighters, who are after him, just like they are after Chris, who follows his father. Both in a silent agreement to stick together. To help each other once the worst happens. And to help Phoebe, who is the one without active powers, besides the flying.

Piper blows, which she can blow up and freezes those, who she can freeze. She and Paige are fighting together, covering each others back. And also having eyes on the Darklighters and vanquishing them, whenever one is getting too close to either Leo or Chris, who are backing Phoebe up.

Conn running into a group of demons, whirling around his sword, as if it is a part of his arm. Kills, vanquishes and leaves nothing but fire and dust.

There are so many of them. So many enemies and they are more powerful than ever before. And the sisters know that the one evil has given them more power. But they fight. They fight like they never fought before. Once in a while, when they couldn’t prevent getting hit by a bolt, a fireball or a weapon, Leo or Chris run over to heal them as fast as they could. Just to return then to their own fights. It seems in vain. Whenever one demon, one warlock is vanquished, two others seemed to appear to take their place. And the Darklighters seem to become more and more too.

Much to their surprise a group of Elders appear and join the fight against the evil forces and even some Avatars show up, but it isn’t enough. They’re getting attacked from all sides and with the whole power of the Underworld.

And while fighting Piper manages to catch a look at two people, standing outside of the battlefield. Watching everything and she recognizes her son – Wyatt. Evil Wyatt. At least he looks like it. Like the evil Wyatt she faced in the magic school, when they accidentally summoned him to help little Wyatt, who was talking to his imaginary friend, who turned out to be a demon.

She sees him and stops fighting. Just for a short moment, she stops paying attention to her enemies and the warning from Leo comes too late:
“Piper!!! Behind you!” he screams so loud, that she whirls around.
Leo sees the demon, which appeared behind her and he runs. Runs as fast as he can.
The demon swings his arm back, an atame in his hand, wanting to stab Piper, but Leo jumps into his way, pushing Piper out of his reach.
The atame is stuck in his shoulder and he feels the evil, black magic spreading out in his body and in the same moment, the arrow of a Darklighter hits him in the back and Leo falls to the ground. Piper blows up the demon, which attacked her and vanquishes the Darklighter and kneels next to Leo, pulling the arrow out of his back and the atame out of his shoulder.
Tears fill her eyes; blind her, as she looks around for someone to help him.
She sees the Elders, who fall one by one. The Darklighters over them like ants over a piece of sweet fruit.
The Avatars, partly wounded, partly fallen in the battle. Each one fighting not just one enemy but up to six and seven.
Chris back on back with Phoebe, trying to protect each other, both of the wounded and exhausted. But no one is giving up. Fighting bravely against the demons.
Paige, using everything she can get a hold of. Throwing it against the enemies, vanquishing them with their own weapons and powers. Her face distorted with rage and fear.
Never have they been forced to fight such a battle. Against so many demons, warlocks and evil forces. And never before have they been so strong and so hard to kill.

Piper feels Leo on her lap. Feels that he’s in pain and that the life is slowly leaving his body. The poison of the arrows seems to be stronger and faster than before.
“Don’t die on me, Leo. Not yet!” Piper begs desperate and strokes over his pale cheek.

“HELP!!! Someone help here!” she screams as loud as she could.

Faces turn to her, realizing that one of them is about to die.

“Dad!” Chris shouts, as he sees his father down, his mother next to him, trying to protect him from the demons and Darklighters who want to finish their work.

He sees her blowing up the enemies, while holding on to Leo and so he leaves his place on Phoebes back and runs over to help. To heal his father.

Phoebe now unprotected and alone in a circle of demons and Darklighters, is fighting for her life and suddenly feels a stabbing pain in her back. Up at her shoulder. The arrow of a Darklighter has hit her and even though the poison had no effect on her, he still shot at her to bring her down. One way or another.
She turns to face the newest of her enemies, as she feels another pain and sees an arrow stuck in her stomach.
But she doesn’t stop. Although the pain drives her down on her knees for a moment. She fights herself back up and continues. Using her last strength. Using every power she has left.

“Paige!” she shouts, knowing her sister would come to help her.

Both were fighting alone for the moment. And Paige turns, as she hears her sister call her name. Shocked seeing her sister hit by arrows and wounded at arms and legs, she orbs to her, to help her. Conn sees Phoebes trouble and moves back to help her. To protect her as good as he could.

Chris finally arrives at his parents, throws himself on his knees and lays his hands on his fathers wound. The wound of the arrow first, because the poison is spreading out fast. And a white light flows from his hands into the body of his father, while Piper keeps blowing up and freezing everything, which came close to them.
But she couldn’t freeze the arrow that came flying through the air hitting her at the shoulder. She didn’t bother to pull it out, but screamed full of anger and despair. She gets up, plants herself between her husband, her son and the demons and pure hate was leading her actions. Leading her hands and her powers seem to grow in that moment. Normally she concentrated on one demon and vanquished him, but now she blew up more than one. Two, three, even four at once and as angrier she gets as more blowing and freezing power she has.

Meanwhile outside the battlefield. Wyatt and Billie.

“Take a good look at them, Wyatt. They’re weak. They’re not powerful enough to stop me and my minions. Not powerful enough to stop me. To stop the world from changing.” Abaddon says and points at the battle.

Wyatt watches everything. Sees his father fall, his mother fighting furious against the forces of evil. Chris trying to heal his father and trying to prevent getting hit by a Darklighter at the same time. Phoebe badly wounded but still fighting bravely. Paige, using the powers and weapons of the demons against them. He sees the Elders fall one by one and even the Avatars are about to lose. He sees the druids, preparing the circle for the return of Abaddons counterpart, only protected by the shield of their sticks, which was lying around them and the stone circle.

He sees the demons, warlocks and evil spirits running over the place, driving his own family back. And trying their absolute best to kill them. To wipe the power of the three once and for all from the face of the earth.

He feels the inner struggle. Feels the desperate urge to go and help his family, but the evil inside of him is so strong. Is still keeping him from going. The good side wants to help, to save his family, but the evil side wants to see them all die. Wants to see the great evil walk the earth and make every living creature tremble with fear.
What should he do? What should he do?

“They’re my family.” he says.
“They’re fools. They believe they can defeat me.” Billie answers with Abaddons tinny voice.
“Nothing and nobody can defeat me. I am the one and I will be forever.”

Wyatt looks and suddenly he hears horses coming closer. And the unnatural screaming of creatures bringing death to everything in their way.

“A my loyal servants are about to arrive.” Abaddon says and just in that moment the Formores and the Pookens arrive.

Led by the one-eyed-god of death – Balor.

The battlefield.

“Mom, I can’t do it. I can’t heal him.” Chris shouts desperate and looks up to his mother.

He sees that she is hurt too. Arrows are stuck in her body. Her clothes are ripped at many places and she’s bleeding out of many wounds. But she fights and her face is distorted by rage.
Chris is shocked and desperate and looks around. There’s got to be somebody who could help his father. So they could both help the sisters. And he sees the last three Elders, not too far away from him.

Piper didn’t hear the call of her son. She is so into the fighting that everything around here seems too far away to pay attention to it. And then she hears the voice of her youngest son:

“The power of three!”

She turns to him and Chris looks at her. Serious and she nods. He’s right. And while she thinks it over how to get to her sisters, he orbs away to one of the Elders, grabs him and orbs with him back to Leo. He looks down on Leo, sees the problem and kneels next to him. He starts to heal Leo immediately and while the white light is flowing out of his hands into Leo’s body, the arrow of a Darklighter hits him in the back. Deadly hit, but still alive, the Elder continues and heals Leo with his last power.

“Use it wisely.” he whispers with his last breath and falls to the side.

Leo, healed and strong again, gets up. A short look around and he knows what to do.

“Chris, get Phoebe. I’ll get Paige. We need the power of the three.” he orders right away, but smiles at his son.

A slight ‘Thank you’ for saving his life.

Both orb away immediately and just moments later, they orb Phoebe and Paige to Pipers side.
Phoebe almost deadly hit by arrows and wounded by atames, goes on her knees. The strength is leaving her and she is close to fall. Leo grabs her from behind, to hold her and to support her. But he can’t heal her, as long as the arrows are still stuck in her body. One touch and he would be poisoned again.

“The arrows. The arrows have to be pulled out, Phoebe.” he says and Phoebe nods.

“Paige!” she shouts out of breath and Paige turns to her.
“Orb them out and into their asses. Let them taste their own medicine!” she says and Paige nods.

“Arrows!” she says loud and all arrows from Phoebes and Pipers body orb out and Paige throws them while orbing into the group of demons coming towards them.

Leo starts right away to heal Phoebe who was hurt the most, as the sound of hoofs came to their ears.

“We need the power of the three. NOW!” Piper shouts and grabs Phoebes and Paige’s hand.

“The power of three
will set us free!
The power of three
will set us free!
The power of three
will set us free!”

They repeat the chant over and over again and suddenly a wave of magic, of incredible power spreads out. Rolling in a circle like a tsunami away from them and over the evil forces. Vanquishing each and everyone. Burning them, blowing them up. Screaming is getting loud and some of them can disappear before they get hit by the wave of power.

The break to take a breath and gather strength is short. Too short, because the Formores comes closer and the screaming of the Pookens get loud.

And the demons appear again.

Outside the battlefield.

Wyatt struggles. He fights. Fights against the evil inside of him. He sees that his family is facing death. He sees the Formores coming. Sees Conn, the great Irish King, attacking the leader of the Formores, the one-eyed god of death.
He sees the Pookens attacking the last Elders and Avatars standing. Running them over like a horde of ants. He sees the strong Formores, the group of evil gods, attacking the sisters, his father and Chris.
He sees the despair, the exhaustion and hopelessness taking over his family.
Wyatt sees them fighting as good as they can. Sees his father getting hit by a sword, going down on his knees. Sees the blood streaming out of the wound.
He hears the scream of his mother, who sees the love of her life on the ground again. Turning to him, to help him, to be with him, even in this hour.
Wyatt sees the same sword stabbing her in the back and he hears his brother scream. He sees him storming to his parents to help them and he hears the arrow of the Darklighter coming, which hits his brother in the back and makes him fall.
He sees his aunts fighting against the minions of Abaddon, sees them getting wounded and falling and a premonition hits him like a sledge hammer. He sees mankind either dead or enslaved. The cities throughout the world destroyed. Demons, warlock, evil spirits, the Formores walk the earth. Under the leadership of Abaddon. The one great evil and in his head he hears Phoebe’s voice.

“HELP!!!” is all it says and in this very moment, Wyatt makes his decision.

He turns. He changes completely. The darkness disappeared from him. Faded away. His hair gets shorter; his face gets a normal healthy color again. His clothes brightens up again and his mind gets clear. The evil part inside of him is losing strength more and more and Wyatt makes a step forward.

Billie looks at him, pure shock in her eyes. Knowing that he is lost to her. To Abaddon.

“KILL HIM!!!” Abaddon yells, because now Wyatt became the biggest threat to him.

The Formores suddenly stop in their fight against the sisters and the rest of the forces of good, turning their horses and ride like the devil to fulfill Abaddons order.

But Wyatt just disappears and materializes himself within the circle of the druids, who now look up. They stop their singing and golden light shoots from the ground into the sky. Completely surrounds Wyatt, makes him glow and shows all the good inside of him.
He looks at his mother, his father, his brother and his aunts. Smiles and nods and the sisters know, that now the time has come to hand over the scepter of the Halliwell line.

“He needs you powers!” Conn shouts and a short look at the wounded Leo is enough to know that he is right.

Piper, Paige and Phoebe take each others hands. Their eyes on Wyatt.

And they speak their chant like one voice:

“Halliwell’s throughout the time.
Halliwell’s of the Warren line.
Hear our vow, hear our plea –
give him all the power
to set him free!”

And suddenly, around the stone circle, the spirits of all witches of the Warren line appear. Grams, Patty, Melinda, even Prue and the sight of her, the smile in her face and the open arms, gives the sister the strength to fight themselves up one last time.
And they fight their way to the circle and take their place within the spirits of the complete Warren-line.

“The powers are yours, Wyatt Halliwell.” Grams says and they raise their arms towards Wyatt and white light appears.

Flows out and into Wyatt. The power, the greatness and the strength picks him up, makes him hover in the circle. The light surrounds him, fulfills him and he glows.

Leo and Chris are on the ground. They can’t do anything but watch and they are stunned. They’ve never seen something so bright, so pure and so good ever before in their entire life.
Everything seems to be stopped. The time seems to be frozen. The demons didn’t move anymore, the wounds have stopped bleeding; the poison of the Darklighter didn’t spread out ay further in Chris’ body. The Elders and Avatars lower their hands, turn to see what is happening in the stone circle. The Formores stop, watching helpless and Abaddon screams:

“NOOOOO!!!”

Wyatt is completely covered by the golden and the white light. He looks from face to face of his ancestors, his mother and his aunts. And he sees the good willing, the kindness and the warmth in their eyes. He feels the immense love they felt for him and which fulfills him. Which takes him to the next level of power and so he raises his arms into the air, looks into the sky and shouts:

“Powers of the great one rise,
hear my call across the skies.
Feel my powers, hear my plea –
I’m calling you to set you free!”

And thunder makes the earth tremble. Fear is spread throughout Abaddons minions. The demons, warlocks and evil spirits disappear, scared away by the great good, which is about to come. The dark clouds, that covered the sky, move back and the sun shines again.
Shines bright. So bright, that it actually should hurt the eyes of a normal human being, but it didn’t it. It was soft, but strong. Warm, but not burning. And a beam comes down, hits Wyatt and fulfills him.
He comes back down and as his feet touch the ground, he lowers his hands.

Abaddons counterpart, the great good, the only power that can send Abaddon back to where he came from, has taken over Wyatt and is free again.

Wyatt walks out of the circle of light, looks around and sees the many casualties. He raises his hand, slowly turns and everybody is healed.

“We are no longer needed.” Grams says and looks at Piper, Phoebe and Paige.

“My darlings, you’ve did great. I’m proud of you and so is everybody else here. You honored the line of the family.”

Patty smiles at their daughters and breathes a kiss to them.
She stands right next to Prue, who also smiles.

“We miss you, Prue.” Piper says with a choked vice.

Tears have filled her and Phoebe’s eyes. This is the first time they see their sister again after her cruel death.

“And I miss you. You’ve done great. All of you and I am proud. Proud to be your sister.” Prue says.

“We love you.” Grams says and the ancestors disappear.

“We love you too.” Phoebe answers.

Chris and Leo come running. Running into the open arms of Piper. Getting hugged by Phoebe and Paige. Conn walked to them too and pointed at Wyatt and Billie.

Both possessed by the greatest powers of their kind. Billie by the one and only evil. The creator of all evil beings. Wyatt by the one and only good. The creator of all good beings.

“It is time for you to leave the face of the earth.” Wyatt says and he raises his arms.

“It is not on you to decide when I’m going.” Billie says with the tinny voice of Abaddon and raises her arms.

“It is.” Wyatt says and suddenly golden light is shooting out of his hands, but before it can hit Billie, green light is shooting out of hers and it meets between them.

It is pure power that hits each other. Pure evil and pure good power and both fight to succeed.

While Billie seems to struggle, Wyatt just smiles and suddenly the golden light gets stronger. Drives the green light back into Billie’s hand and a loud explosion is to hear. Billie is on her knees, trying to fight Wyatt, who stands over her. Lightning bolts shoot down from the sky and into her. She starts to glow, once greenish, then golden. Her face distorted with pain and fury. Pure hate stands in her eyes.

And then the sound of thunder was to hear. Loud and earth shaking and green smoke flows out of Billie’s mouth, nose and eyes. She falls to the side, while the smoke slowly flows towards the circle and into a small iron chest, the druid Bryan is suddenly holding up.
He closes it and locks it, as the smoke is completely in and smiles at the family satisfied.

“It is over.” he says and hands the chest to one of the other druids.
“You’re destiny is fulfilled. Now it is on the next generation of the charmed ones to take over the scepter and to protect the innocent.”

The druids disappear and with them the chest.

Wyatt comes over, seems to float, and as he stands before the sisters, Chris and Leo, he says:

“This will not be forgotten and you’re sacrifices are not in vain. Your loyalty, determination and love have led us to this place and have finally freed me. Your reward will be great.”

He turns to Conn and smiles.

“You fought again, my friend. Now go to your family and you will see your brother.”

He waves with his hand into Conn’s direction, which bows to the sisters, smiles and disappears.

Then the light leaves Wyatt, gets smaller and smaller and is finally gone. Everything seems to be like before.
The Formores are gone, just like the Pookens and the demons. Wounds are healed and the sun shines again. The Elders, Avatars, the charmed ones, Leo, Chris and Wyatt gather at the stone circle. The only thing left, reminding of the battle that has taken place.

“It was an honor to fight on your side.” the leader of the Avatars said, bowed to the sisters and disappeared.

The Elder just nodded and orbed away.

“Let’s go home.” Leo suggests, whereupon they orb away too.




The Halliwell Mansion. Kitchen.

“I can’t believe it’s over.” Paige says, as they arrive in the mansion.
“Tell me about it. I can still fell the arrows in my body.” Phoebe says and wipes over the particular spots.
“You all did great.” Leo says and smiles at the sister.

His look wanders from face to face and finally remains on his sons.

“And you two – I am very proud of you. My sons.” he says and hugs them both.

Piper goes over to Wyatt and hugs him too. She strokes over his cheek and smiles.

“I knew you would make it, Wyatt. I knew you would never really leave us.” she says.
“Thank you for believing in me. All of you. For believing in me, when I doubted myself.”
“Well, we didn’t have much choice.” Paige means and shrugs her shoulder.
“I doubt we could have stopped you.”
“Paige!” Phoebe scolds, but smiles.

Wyatt just laughs and hugs his aunt.

“I love it when you’re so straight forward, Aunt Paige.”

“Now it’s time to go back, isn’t it?” Chris says and looks at his parents, but Leo shakes his head.

“Not yet. Now it’s the time to celebrate. You can go back tomorrow.”



THE END

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Comments are welcome.

[hollypop]

I don't know why in the world I haven't said anything before about this FanFic.

This is absolutely amazing!! Once I started reading, I couldn't stop and everything was 'unfolding' in my head like an episode (a better written one ).

You stayed very true to the characters and the Battle - I'm just kind of speechless right now because it is that good.... I even started to get 'choked' up at the end when the Halliwell line was called and the sisters' were able to see Prue again..

it is just a great story and I really can't beleive that I didn't read it sooner. I do apologize for that.

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Now you're making me blush.