Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:46:18 +0000
From: juan guzman <qt2004_423@hotmail.com>
Subject: The Mutant Chronicles

The Mutant Chronicles
All personal thoughts of the characters are enclosed in these**, telepathic 
conversations in these<>, and outloud voices in these " "

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titles are the property of Marvel Comics, part of the Marvel Enterprises 
company. I earn no money writing this story and hence none of the statues of 
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enterprises Company. All Charmed characters and related titles are the 
property of Spelling Entertainment. Only original characters like David Van 
Cartier, Jonny Falsit and Missy, are my property. OH, and If you're under 
18, or 21 Depending on your state laws, you shouldn't be reading this...BLAH 
BLAH BLAH. Well, here goes nothing.

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LAST TIME....

Chris: "Mom, I want to go to a school that goes beyond Magic School. They 
teach things...like attack patterns, and all of this other stuff."

Piper: "Well....."



[A Manor in San Francisco]

Male Voice: "Piper!!!! DEMON!!!!!"

The group rushed upstairs, to an attic, in the middle stood a podium with a 
very antique book opened to a blank page.  A man with blondish hair stood 
protectively by the book, a look of quiet defiance on his face.

Piper: "Leo, get out of here. Christopher, get Wyatt!!!!"

Leo began to disappear, in a bunch of white orbs. A man with jet black skin 
and blue, white and and silver markinhgs, stood threateningly, looking on 
the rest with hatred and despise, beyond all normal human capabilities.
Suddenly a blue-ish ball appeared on the man's hand, he shot it at the 
women, the one called Phoebe levitated 5 ft into the air, dodging it by only 
a couple of inches, the one called Piper jumped off to the side, dodging a 
second "energy-ball", and Paige disintegrated into white lights, and 
re-integrated seconds later.

Piper: "PAIGE, GET THE BOOK!!!"

Paige: "BOOK OF SHADOWS!"

Phobe: "Hiah!!!" As she screamed she jumped into the air and landed a 
roundhouse kick on the man's back, sending him flying out the window. Right 
before he hit the stained glass window however he disappearead, in a shimer.

Piper: "Damn!! That's the third demon TODAY!!! I can't even get a break? I 
want this 'threat' dealt with. WYATT, CHRIS!!!!"

Two streams of white lights flood the attic, and Chris, a brunnette man of 
about 20 with hazel eyes, and Wyatt, a blond, with gorgeous green eyes, 
materialized. They had a similar build, muscles that didn't buldge, but 
defined, almost same height, and the family resemblence would not be denied.

Paige: "I hate it when they Shimmer out!! We had him!."

Phoebe: "I think I need some healing here Wyatt, I might've broken my ankle, 
he was made of like..stone or someting."

The blond man walked over and knelt next to Phoebe, he placed his hands over 
her ankle, and almost immediately they began to glow with a yelow light, the 
rip in the boot, and the blood coming from the site, began to slowly revert. 
In a few seconds the glow was gone and so was Phoebe's pain and broken 
ankle.

Piper: "I know this is gonna seem crazy, but I think Chris is right, he and 
Wyatt should go to this...school. We have to be prepared, I don't want any 
of this happenning again. Summon one of the witches, we'll talk to them 
about the school, and what its about and all that."

Chris: "I only know the nickname of one of the students, I don't know any of 
the teachers'  names or nicknames, what am I supposed to do? Call him?"

Piper: "He's all we got, so, if you must call just a simple student....well 
I guess you'll have to, now go. Paige, Phoebe, we have to make a powerful 
potion, if this is a demon school, then we'll have a demon, who's prepared, 
and we have to vanquish him...or is it a her Chris?"

Chris: "Him, now go....Wyatt, set up the candles....aunt Paige, can we have 
the book?"

Paige: "Here."

The women walked away and the men began to set up what looked like an altar, 
there were candles, incense, vials with multicolored liquids, powders, and 
many other things, all organized to a T.

Wyatt: "Are you sure about this Chris? I mean, what if they don't want 
anyone doing this type of thing? What if the only way you can go there is by 
being recruited?"

Chris: "Look Wyatt, if you don't wanna do it, don't. I loved the way these 
people fought off those witches that came to try to harm them, they just 
knew how to do it all so well, they flew, fought, and won!!! I just want a 
part of that, just a piece of it. I'm doing it, whether you help me or not 
its your decision."

Wyatt: "Fine, fine. I'll do it, I just hope there's cute guys and girls 
there, or i'll kick your butt lil' bro."

Chris: "Believe me, from what I saw, there's a WHOLE LOT of them, ain't no 
slim pickins' at this school."

Chris and Wyatt in Unison: "Powers all from far and wide we call thee now, 
bring us he whom we seek, from far or near stretch your reach brings us the 
one we seek!!"

The room began to shake, a strange wind began to bolw, swarm of white lights 
dropped into the center of the room, revealing a human figure as they 
parted.

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[Location: Unknown]

I woke up, and found myself in the middle of what looked like an attic, 2 
georgeous guys sat across from me, with candles, and other....ritualistic 
things. I was spooked, and frankly I was ready fro a fight, however I would 
let THEM make the first move, if they were looking for a fight they'd just 
found one.

Brunnette: "My name's Christopher Halliwell, this is my brother Wyatt 
Matthew Halliwell. We summoned you. We have some questions to ask you."

David: "My name's David Grey...you what? I need a chair!"

Just as I said it, Wyatt moved his hand and an antique chair slid neatly 
across the hardwood floors and stopped right behind me.

David: "Wow, you're psionic? I didn't even sense it. What else can you do?"

Wyatt: "I'm not  a Zionic I'm a witch."

David: "Ummm.....I need help.....not to offend you guys or anything 
but....well I think its best if Jean or the Professor come here to 
.....asses...your powers."

Chris: "Ok, if they can get us into your school, then you can phone 
them...or whatever"

David: "My telepathy should work....wait...where are we?"

Chris: "San Francisco, we're at the Halliwell Manor....you know...the 
Charmed ones."

David: "I will have to use your phone after all....where is it? The what? 
Can I just get the phone?"

Wyatt: "I'll get it....Phone!"

The phone materialized from a swarm of blue lights right into Wyatt's hand. 
That was a power I'd never seen before. It was both psionic and Magicks, 
there were VERY few cases of mixed powers in those strands, or so we'd 
learned from Hank McCoy.

David: "Wow, that's hot! I'll call Jean, I think she's my safest bet."

I dialed the number to Jean's cell phone, I hoped against all hope that she 
might actually have it with her.

Jean: "Hello?...This is Dr, Jean Grey, I'm away from my phone right now, 
leave your name, phone number, and message after the tone, I'll get back to 
you as as possible. Thank You."

David: "Damn! Jean a cellphone is for...I mean mom, please start carrying 
your cell phone once in a while, otherwise, there's no point in having one. 
Bye."(To Wyatt and Chris)" I'll try the Mansion's direct line, if that 
doesn't work....we'll fly there, or something."

Wyatt: "You're gonna willingly EXPOSE your powers?"

David: "What are you talking about? EVRYONE knows about us....where've you 
been the past three months? It's all over the news!!!!"

Chris: "He's right Wyatt it has these...mutants have 'opened' the doors to 
magical creatures everywhere, they're fighting for equal rights for all of 
us."

David: *Magical creatures? these guys must've blown a fuse or 
sumethin.....maybe it's their up-bringing...I need back up.*
            "Well I'll call the Mansion now."

I dialed the number and again hoped against hope that someone would be close 
enough to the line so they a) hear it ring and b) answer it. one ring....two 
rings....three rings...

Storm: "Charles Xavier's institute for gifted Youngsters, this is Ororo 
Monroe, how may I help you?"

David: "Oh Thank God!!! Storm.....it's David. I need you to send someone 
to...."

Chris: "1329 Prescott Street San Francisco CA"

David: "To 1329 Prescott Street in San Francisco California."

Storm: "How in hell did you get to San Francisco?"

(Background)Johnny: HEY! HEY! SOMEONE!...STORM DAVID JUST VANISHED RIGHT IN 
FRONT OF ME!!!!! HE JUST...HE WENT POOF!!!!!"

Storm: "I know how you're there, now can you tell me WHY you're there?"

David: "I was brought here by two guys , they wanna attend the institute and 
well....what can I say here I am. It's a residential neighborhood, so the 
Blackbird's out of the question...how're we dealing with this Ororo? you're 
my godmother now....tell me, how are you dealing?"

Storm: "I'll get Warren down there, he'll come and get you, and scope out 
the others prospective students, if he thinks they're a right fit, then 
we'll inform the professor about it ok?"

David: "If it was that I was worried about I would fly there myself, I need 
help with the prospectives, I can get myself home easy, I need a recruiter 
to come and sorta 'sniff' them out. They're really eager, and believe me 
when I say they have potential. Just get Rogue, or Logan, or Warren or 
Mikhail or someone here so they can see what I'm talking about and deal with 
it."

Storm: "Fine....I'll do my best ok?"

David: "I want out of here Storm, I'll go stir crazy, and you know it."

Storm: 'Fine, I'll get help from...Blink...I know you don't like the fact 
that sh'e a double agent, but she can get us there in a heartbeat."

David: "Whatever just do something. Oh and I think the best way to go is to 
bring the Professor here straight out, he needs to see this."

Storm: "Fine. I'll see you in a couple of seconds."

David: "Bye, thank you."

I knew Blink was a double agent, she had infiltrated Magneto's ranks on 
Xavier's orders. She now resided in the Brotherhood's heaquarters. She'd 
gone in before I had even found out about my powers, she'd come by the 
mansion a couple of times and she had gained my absolute and complete 
mistrust, there wasn't a specific reason why, I just couldn't trust her. Her 
power was great, she was able to teletransport anyone fron any place to any 
place, she doesn't even need to know what the place looks like, she only 
needs to know the exact location,and poof she takes you there.

A pink glowing light appeared and slowly expanded into a spinning circle, 
big enough to fit a fully grown man in it, and from it came Johnny, Ororo, 
Charles, and Jean, they all looked exactly how they always did, but queasy, 
that was one of the side effects of Blink's teletransportation, you got 
awefully queasy once you came to where you were supposed to be.

Professor: "David, we're here. Now what is the fuzz about? Why did you ask 
for me to come here personally?"

David: Wyatt, could you get the professor a glass of water please?"

Chris: "I'll get it, want ice professor?"

Professor: <David, where is all this going?"

David: <If he does what Wyatt did you'll know.>

Professor: "Sure Wyatt, ice would be great."

Chris: "My name's Christopher, this is Wyatt."

Professor: "Sorry. Chris, ice would be fine."

Chris: "Iced Water!"

Just like it had happenned with the phone the glass of iced water 
materialized in Chris's hands, I thought that was all, but Chris had more in 
mind, instead of simply walking the glass 3 steps towards the professor he 
decided to telekinetically float the glass to him. I could see in the 
professor's eyes that he was more than impressed, he was amazed. I knew 
right then and there that these guys would be going back to the institute 
with us. I was happy for them they had gone through all the trouble of 
bringing me here and now they would get what they wanted.

Piper: "Wyatt, Chris is everything all right up there?"

Wyatt: "Yes, mom everything's all right."

Professor: "I think we should have a word with your parents. We'll explain 
everything about the institute, and how things will work."

Chris: "Should we call them up, or should we move downstairs?"

Professor: "Whatever is best for you, will be good for us."

Chris: "MOM, AUNT PAIGE, AUNT PHOEBE, DAD COME TO THE ATTIC PLEASE!!!!!"

Piper: "COMING!!!"

In the same lights that the phone and the iced water had come came 4 people, 
3 women, all brunnette, all average height, but all georgeous, all 
strong-looking and all sophisticated. The man however was blond, blue eyed 
and about 5' 9" tall. I couldn't believe my eyes, a whole family of mutants, 
every one of them. I heard the attic's door open and through it came a 
beautiful girl of about 16 or 18 she must've been about 3 or 4 years younger 
than Wyatt and 2 or 3 years younger than Chris.

Piper: "Melinda, why are you here so early?"

Melinda: "I was just thrown out of school, my projection powers acted up 
during Social Studies and Geroge Washington appeared in the middle of the 
classroom. Now what?"

Professor: "I'm sorry for interrupting, but I think I might be able to help. 
My name is Charles Xavier, I am the founder and Principal of The Charles 
Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters. It is a facility where people like 
us can learn to control and nourish their powers. I would be honopred if you 
were to allow your children to come with me. There they would complete an 
intense training course and all of the subjects necessary to lead a 
fulfilling life in the normal world, while being able to use their powers 
freely."

Storm: "I was a student there a long time ago, now I'm one of the teachers, 
and I've seen what Charles does every day for the students, belive me when I 
say that there is no better place for your children to learn control of 
their powers, and to be trained to handle surprise situations."

As Storm finished her little speech, a machine gun style ambush began. Fire 
bursts revealed horribly misfigured creatures, some looked human, some were 
far too horrifying to describe, but they all had one thing in mind, to kill 
these people.

Piper: "Demons!!!"

Wyatt disappeared in the same lights the phone and water had appeared. Piper 
moved her hands in a close/open motion and one of the "demons" turned to 
dust, Melinda put her index and middle fingher on her temples and a blue ray 
shot from her forehead, it hit another one and it also turned to dust, one 
the demons came towards me, fireball in one hand and a knife in the other, 
instinct took over and I immitated Piper, focusing my molecular combustion 
powers on my fingers, and the demon turned to dust, I was amazed at how I 
felt, I felt guilty, it was the first time I'd ever felt guilty about 
killing in self-deffense, but at the same time I knew it was in 
self-deffense, I was so caught up in my guilt that one of the demons managed 
to grab my neck, he lifted me into the air, I felt his hand begin to get 
hotter, then I saw Wyatt send a knife flying towards him, he turned to dust 
and my airway got a rush of air as I breathed deep to regain what little 
strength I could. My anger boiled over.

David: "TEMPUS MANIPULATO!!!"

Time froze and i went around the room stabbing every one of the demons, 
watching them turn to dust, I was no longer feeling gulity, now that my life 
had been put in real danger I didn't care. The last demon turned to dust, 
and right then I ended my control.

David: "Tempus retorno."

As time began to flow on its own again an explosion hit a chair, one of 
Melinda's rays hit an old vanity, Wyatt fully reapperaed, Phoebe came to the 
floor with a thud, Paige hit a wall, the man finished turning around, and 
Chris crashed into me, with enough strength to crush a normal man, 
thankfully my Earth powers kept me from fully losing my balance."

Piper: "What just happened?"

David: "I Froze time, killed all the demons, unfroze time."

Phoebe: "But....how come we froze?"

David: "Whaddayamean?"

Paige: "Well, normally when Piper freezes stuff me, Phoebe, Leo, Chris, 
Melinda, and Wyatt don't freeze."

Professor: "I beleive that might be because Piper doesn't freeze time, she 
freezes the moleclues in an object, or person. David here can manipulate 
time itself, causing it to go forward, or backward, or come to a 
stand-still, all depending on what he wants."

Leo: "That's a lot of power for just one person, how can he remain 
so....normal?"

Wyatt: "Dad, he must know how to deal with it, just like I know how to deal 
with it."

Leo: "Yea, I understand that Wyatt, but even your powers have a limit, I saw 
him imitate Piper's powers, and I can sense that's not everything he's 
hiding underneath it all. he has more power than even you Wyatt, well more 
potential at least."

Professor: "I see you can sense powers Mr. Halliwell, that's quite a power."

Leo: "I'm not..."

Piper: "Halliwell isn't leo's name, it's mine, his surname's Wyatt."

David: "So you're name's Wyatt Matthew Halliwell Wyatt?"

Wyatt: "No, just Wyatt Matthew Halliwell."

David: "I don't get it."

Professor: "I think I understand what's going on here. These gentlemen and 
ladies are not mutants, they are witches, which makes Leo here, a 
whitelighter, and by the last name I'm guessing you three are the Charmed 
ones, and Wyatt here is the heir of Xcalibur."

Piper: "You seem to know an awefull lot about us, and yet, I've never even 
heard of you before."

Professor: "Well Piper, that's because Penny never wanted to confuse you, I 
came here 30 years ago, Prue must've been 4 at the time, you were only 2 so 
you don't remember, but i came here because there was a great concentration 
of 'mutant' energy, or so i thought. Patty and Penny received me and Magneto 
with a welcome I'll never forget, you see they thought us demons, and Penny 
sent us both flying right out of the atrium windows, we apolgized and I 
telepathically explained the situation to them, and they in turn explained 
to me that your bloodline had magical powers and not mutant abilities, since 
then I have stayed clear of your home, to honor Patty's and Penny's wishes 
of raising you as witches. I recently found out abouit Prue's death, and by 
further investigating, about Patty and Penny, I extend my deepest 
condolensces to all of you for the many losses you've suffered."

Phoebe: "Thank you, but....isn't it the same?...to be a mutant and a witch I 
mean"

Storm: "No, even though we both have abilities, ours are genetical, yours 
are spiritual, they repeat in the family, just like Patty had Piper's power, 
and Penny had Prue's and so on, in mutated strands of DNA, each mutation is 
different, even in a whole family. Powers are classified into Psionic, 
Elemental, Physical and Mental, only rare cases, such as David here, are all 
of them present at the same time."

Paige: "So, am I a mutant? I mean....I'm confused....I have uniqe...well not 
really, just forget it."

Jean: "I understand your confusion Paige, I went through it myself, but like 
the Professor said, we have genetic mutation which cause us to have powers, 
yours are spiritual, they come from genetics, yes, but from the strands that 
make the soul, not from the ones that make up your chromosomes, which is OUR 
case."

Paige: "Oh, ok"

Professor: "How rude of us. This is Jean Grey(points to Jean) and to my left 
is Ororo Monroe(points to Storm) and that young man is Johnny Strom(points 
to Johnny) this is David Grey(points to david) pardon the late 
introductions"

I was astounded, the whole mutan/witch thing and the fact that the professor 
seemed to know such intimate details about the Halliwells, I was not in my 
element, I felt self-conscious, even Johnny had recruited people before, I 
was the only one who had never been in a situation like this before, and I 
felt about the size of a tic.

Piper: "If I were to allow you to take my children to this institute of 
yours, how much would I have to pay?"

Professor: "The institute is a privately funded organization, we receive 
government stipens, plus we've come to make many wealthy friends, such as 
the Worthingtons, and I mysef have ammassed a small fortune, by helping the 
government in certain things. All that to say that the institute is a free 
service, offered to everyone whose abilities have alienated them from the 
normal world."

Paige: "So, let me get this straight, you feed and educate hundreds of 
children for free? And you have a Mansion? Can I work there?"

although it had only been a joke on Paige's part the professor smiled, he 
knew it was a joke, but he was forced to give her an honest answer.

Profesor: "Yes Ms. Matthews, indeed you can, as a matter of fact, all of you 
can. If you ever wish to do so, I'd be glad to have people like you on my 
teaching staff."

Piper: "Wait, your telling me that if we wanted to, we could just come there 
with you, teach your students, and live for free?"

Storm: "Yes, Piper, but there's much more to it, you must understand, 
because you have lives set up outside the Institute, you can't just blank 
out from the face of the Earth and hope no-one finds out., you have to make 
a careful decision about it, otherwise the consequences of it could 
avalanche onto the institute and that could be hazzardous to both you and 
us."

Paige: "All right let's say we decided to teach there by day and just come 
back down here act like we've simply been working, would that work?"

Jean: "Yes it wold Paige, however, you must also be willing to help us stop 
threats to the mansion, other mutants, and the world, I know it sounds VERY 
dramatical, but that's what we do, we fight to keep those who think that 
they can take power by force, from achieveing their goal, sometimes at our 
expense. We don't lead very quiet lives."

Phoebe: "We don't either, demons come in here every 5 seconds, we've already 
been attacked 4 times, just today. I have my  readers anyway, and talking 
about readers, I'm late for work. Paige could you swing by the loft later 
and tell Coop that I'll be late for dinner today?"

Paige: "Want them to come and have dinner with Henry and I, I mean last time 
Coop cooked it was..well...disastrous."

Piper: "We'll make a night of it. Bring both families, and we'll have a 
Halliwell dinner, plus with all the hectic attacks, I think it'll be safer 
that way. You're all welcome to stay, Wyatt and Chris can orb you back after 
dinner, and if they still want to go, then, well they'll pack up and stay 
there, if Paige wants to teach there and you come to an arragement then be 
it."

Storm: "Professor, if you want, I could stay here with David and you and 
Jean can go back and finish the set up for Susan's treatment."

Professor: "I think, because it is after all a family dinner that Jean 
should stay here with David, they are family after all, and you are family 
as well, I think the three of you should stay here and I'll go back to the 
Institute and help Hank with the rest of the preparations."

Jean: "But, you need...I mean...."

Professor: <Never mind that Jean I want you and Ororo to stay here and make 
sure that Magneto is contained if he shows up here for any reason, if he's 
like me at all, and he is, he will sense our presence here and send someone 
to investigate.>

Jean: <Fine, but I want you to order David back to the institute, I don't 
want him here, if Darrel shows up, he'll lose control, this is a resedential 
neighborhood, I don't want anyone to be in danger, and I don't the 
Halliwells exposed.>

David: <Thanks for the vote of confidence mom, it's nice to know you trust 
me. Oh, and by the way, if you want these conversations to be secret, you 
should use a private wave, every telepath within a 1 mile radius just heard 
what you were saying, including the ones in the room.>

Professor: "I will leave for the institute with Johnny, Jean, Storm, Core 
you will stay here, enjoy, and help the Halliwells fully understand our 
institute and mission statement."

Strom: "yes professor."

Jean: "Charles are you sure about this?"

Professor: "Yes Jean absolutely."

David: "I'll go back with you professor, after all Susan needs me to heal 
her, and I promised I would."

Johnny: "No David. I think you should stay here and have a family night, 
you've been through a lot sh...tuff lately, you deserve a change of pace."

Piper: "Hey, I wanna know who's staying, I gotta start cooking now, and I 
want to know how many plates....c'mon,c'mon."

Professor: "It'll be three Ms.Halliwell, and we're sorry for intruding on 
your dinner plans."

Piper: "The more the merrier, plus, I think David here has more to say than 
he lets on."

David: "Oh, you've no idea. I want to stay, I need time to figure out these 
wonderful people."

Jean: "We'll stay...if that's ok with you...we'll finish our business here 
then take whoever's coming to the institute with us."

Piper: "So that'll be three extra settings?"

Storm: "Yes Ms.Halliwell it will."

Piper: "Call me Piper....Ms.Halliwell was my mom."

David: "LOOK OUT!!!!"
While we were talking a squad of demons had stealthely surrounded us, now we 
were cut off from the others, the professor looked back as he stepped into 
Blink's portal, but it was too late, they'd gone through, only me, Jean, 
Stom, and the halliwells were there, and we were outnumbered 10 to 1. The 
odds wen't in our favor, hopefully power was.

Piper: "PHOBE, PAIGE!!!!!!"

Wyatt: "They left to get the rest of the Halliwells like 20 minutes ago!!"

Chris: "Mom, I'll orb you out, we need the power of three alive, Wyatt and i 
can handle this, c'mon!!!!"

Piper: "Are you dense? You and Wyatt get out of here I'll take care of this, 
plus I'll have them as back up, GO NOW!!!!"

Wyatt: "No way, mom, I'm not leaving you alone. XCALIBUR!!!"

The legendary sword appeared in what they called orbs and Waytt charged into 
the line of demons head on swinging Xcalibur left and right, turning the 
demon army into dust as he went, taking his lead Chris went waving his hands 
adn sending Demons flying all over the place, pretty soon the only 
indication that they were alive were the sudden jolts of orbs, or the 
incidental demon flying out and turning into dust.

Jean: "David, go and help as much as you can, me and Strom will stay here 
and help Piper to help you guys out, GO! GO!GO!"

David: "Please be careful Jean, Ororo, I love you both."

Those were my partng words, I headed into the mass of demons, blasting left 
and right, watching them turn to dust, and to my amazement, there it was 
again, the guilt, I knew they would the same to me if they had the chance, 
but something inside of me rejected the killings, it kept nagging at me 
about killing these beings, it kept making me weak against killing them, I 
was losing strength, my powers were diminishing, my strength and 
determination were failing me, I felt my powers slip from my consciousness, 
I felt a knife enter my stomach, i felt the blood rushing out, and i felt my 
powers coming back to me, re-surfacing, the guilt was fading, and then I got 
it, my powers were tied to my emotions, and the guiltier I felt the weaker I 
became, the demon readied another knife, making materialize from smoke.

He lifted his hand high and brought the knife down into the top of my head, 
instead of it penetrating into my brain and kill me, it shattered, I'd 
tapped into my Earth powers, and even though it wasn't visible my skin had 
turned to granite, mixed with marble and bedrock, I don't know how i knew 
what was there...I just did.....and I also knew that my eyes had turned into 
swirling clouds of lightning, my hands now burned in blue flames, my whole 
body was surrounded by a gentle breeze, my clothes had turned to water, and 
my feet now resembled the roots of a tree. This was me, the ultimate me, I 
was made of rock and metal, dressed in water, protected by wind, and fire, 
rooted to the Mother and literaly shooting thunder and lightining from my 
eyes. I was ultimate.

Core: "How dare you?"

I swong my had and the demon evaporated into nothing, I made my way through 
the ranks, and slowly suppressed all my powers, if any of the Halliwells saw 
me in that estate, they would surely try to vanquish me, and I knew that I 
would  fight back if it happened. I knew that now I was myself again, I 
looked like I always did, blond hair to my jaw, fair skin, defined muscles, 
stormy green eyes. I kept diminishing the demonic ranks as I moved from the 
sunroom to the living room, finnaly catching up to Chris, who had a broken 
hand and a cut above his eye, he was still sending demons flying onto broken 
pieces of furniture, or wall hooks, or just plain old throwing them. I got 
close enough and created a pisonic shiled around us, causing fireballs and 
other things to deflect back to their owners, further damaging their ranks.

Chris: "I need to get Wyatt, or my aunt Paige....my hand's broken, and my 
eye's starting to swell shut....I need healing."

David: "That I can do."

I looked at his hand and concentrated my power to hel on it, slowly it went 
back to the normal estate, and the blood evaporated into the air, then I 
concentrated on the cut above his right eye, and it happened again. But for 
the first time I noticed his eyes weren't really hazel, they were a dark, 
dark green, they looked hazel, but in reality were not. The sheer beauty of 
it made me realize I truly, absolutely, and completely, was in love with 
Johnny Storm, for the first time I knew that beyond all truth and lust I 
loved Johnny more than I loved anything or anyone, even more than I'd loved 
Bobby.

Chris: "David...David are you ok?"

David: "Ummm...whaddaya...huh? Yea...soryy I guess I...trailed off....we 
have to get to Wyatt, we have to get back to our moms....where's Melinda?"

Chris: "She left with Paige....let's go"

We got up, shield still in place, Chris kept sending demons flyin and i kept 
killing them, the guilt had gone,and I wanted to save everyonme in the 
house, no matter the cost. We finnaly found Wyatt, he was fully surrounded, 
but keeping his own, and right then a demon shimmered in behind him, and for 
some reason I saw the past, I saw a brunnete woman, she had the gift of 
telekinesis, she was a Halliwell, and she was fighting, she was a fighting 
alongside Piper, and they were protecting a man, but it wasn't enough, I saw 
Piper get hit with what looked like an energy ball, but it wasn't one, she 
flew into the wall, the man got hit with the next one and was sent flying 
out the window, then the woman used her power, to no avail, the demon simply 
moved and she missed, then he threw one his energy balls at her and hit the 
wall, more than that she took the wall with her, and then i was back, in the 
present.

David: "Wyatt!!!"

Chris: "Athamey!!"

A knife that looked like the ones the demons were using appeared in Chris' 
hand, he threw it, and it hit bull's eye, right on the demon, it turned to 
dust and they began to retreat, in a matter of seconds they were all gone, 
and we were standing in the living room, Jean, Storm and Piper were in the 
foye, and for the first time, I realized this was a distraction, the 
Halliwells might've been the target, but THESE Halliwells weren't it, they 
had been purposely distracted, and the true victims might right now be dead, 
or kidnapped. I knew what we ha to do, and we had to do it quickly.

David: "Piper....call paige and Leo, Wyatt contact Phoebe, Chris find as 
much of your family as you can and bring them here, this attack wasn't meant 
to kill you, it was meant to distract you, the true target could've anyone, 
we need a way to find all the Halliwells at once, use magfic or whatever, 
just get every Halliwell here A.S.A.P. we have to find out if anyone was 
hurt."

Piper: "Chris get the map and the three crystals, we'll each scry.....no 
better yet get me the book, there's a spell for magic to magic summoning, we 
can concentrate on present Halliwells and that oughta bring them all here at 
the same time....call Phoebe at work, we need to know that she's ok, and 
that she can be summoned here without exposing us.....Wyatt you do  
that....Where's Melinda?!"

Melinda: "Mom....help......"

Melinda came stumbling down the steps, she was bloodied, hurt, and she was 
fading....literaly she was bexoming more and more transparent.

Melinda: "I'm in the attic, next to the book, behind Melinda Warren's..."

She had fully faded, Chris and Wyatt orbed towards the attic, Piper took the 
steps two at a time, I flew, followed closely by Storm and Jean, we caught 
up to Piper half way up, I extended my hand and she took it, I flew faster, 
sensing the urgency in her eyes, we got to the attic, Wyatt was holding 
Melinda's body, trying to heal her, but his uncontrolable crying kept 
interfering with his power, making come on and off, like christmas lights on 
a tree.

Jean: "David you have to heal her, he can't and she's dying, GO!!"

I ran to Melinda's side and took her body from Wyatt, I could feel her pulse 
fading quickly I needed help, I could get her better, but with my power 
alone there could still be trauma left over, she was too badly hurt, and I 
had to heal each single wound separately, and she wasn't strong enough to 
hold on.

David: "Piper, can Leo heal?"

Piper: "Yes...why...LEO!!!!!"

Leo orbed into the attic and immeadiately looked to melinda, he ran over to 
me and began to heal her, I began to do the same, I focused on the cut she 
had about 1/10 of an inch from her aorta, i knew I had to get as much of the 
major damage as I could, I saw many of the smaller wounds were healing shut, 
I kept concentrating on major injuries, I thanked God for the Anatomy and 
Physiology lectures we had with Beast, I was targeting every lethal area, 
hoping that Leo's and My combined powers could bring Melinda back from the 
edge of death. the phone rang, Piper ran downstairs, I heard her scream 
"Phoebe" and knew that Piper was breathing easier, a stream of orbs like no 
other I'd seen flooded the attic, Paige and others had orbed in, they all 
looked pretty healthy and unharmed, so far it seemed like Melinda was the 
target.

Piper: "Paige!! Oh my God, are you ok?"

Paige: "Yea, I've been dodging demons since I got to the loft, youknow how 
hard that is when you gotta orb 6 teens all over with you?"

Piper: "I can imagine.....could you go and get Phoebe, she's at work, a 
demon came inot her office, she was lucky she had a potion in her desk, no 
mess....but the second one...well let's just say Coop just erased some 
memories. Go get her."

Paige: "Sure"

Just then Phoebe and a hunk of a man appeared out of nowhere, he was tanned, 
brunnete, brown eyes, and muscles that filled out every part of his pants 
and shirt, but even then the only thought in my mind was Johnny...weird as 
that was for me.

Paige: "Phoebe...are you ok hun?"

Phoebe: "Yea...I just need a bit of healing on my knee, the third one 
slashed me with an athamey, it didn't go too deep, but I think it was one of 
those fire-realm athameys, and its hurting like a bitch!"

Paige: "I'll get it."

Phoebe: "What's wrong with melinda?"

Piper: "They ambushed us...there were hundreds of them....we fought them off 
best we could, I thought Melinda had gone with you, I...I let them do this 
to my daughter, I left her unprotected!!! I KILLED MY DAUGHTER!!!!! if she 
dies I'll never EVER forgive myself!!!!"

Paige: "Oh hunney, ot's ok!!!"

Paige began to comfort Piper and Phobe fainted, I knew she waws losing 
blood, but Melinda wasn't fully healed yet, I looked at Wyatt, he understood 
what it meant he got toPhoebe and began to heal her, I kept on healing 
Melind, I had to save her, now more than ever, PIper looked so mortified, it 
broke my heart just to look at her.

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[Halliwell Manor, San Francisco.(3 Hours Later) Attic]

Piper: "Thank you. I owe you my daughters life, thank you."

David: "You owe me nothing, its our job right? we protecet the innocent, she 
was hurt, I did my job."

Piper: "Yea, but you exhausted yourself into the point of fainting. You 
didn't have to, you could've just let Wyatt or Paige take over, but you 
didn't, you kept going. Thank You."

David: "You're very welcome, I just hope you understand how much the 
Institute can do for Wyatt, Chris and Melinda, and in time for all of you."

Piper: "Yes, I see that, if we knew pre-emptive strikes maybe Melinda 
wouldn't have needed that much help. Let's go down to dinner, its getting 
cold by now. Thank You again David, you don;t know just how much you've done 
for my family."

David: "C'mon Piper, I gotta taste your food, oh and by the way, thanks for 
not telling them about my having been Chris' boyfriend, I mean they know I'm 
gay, but they never knew I lived in San Francisco, or much less that Ilived 
with the Charmed ones."

Piper: "Hey, you're my favorite son-in-law, and that little trick with the 
telepathy, that was...very you. We've missed you here you know, you were a 
big part of keeping this family together, I mean right after Prue became a 
demon, you helped us so much in getting over it, in conquering it all. And 
then one day you just disappear, I mean why did Selena and Oswald just whisk 
off like that, one minute you're here having tea, the next there's movers 
takin away all your stuff."

David: "Well, its complicated. My mom found a man lying in your backyard, he 
was pretty hurt, and when she stepped forward, she saw you come to the 
window and blow him up, she fraked and came home screaming we were living 
next to mutants, she packed up our stuff and just drove away we ended up in 
Westchester New York. They found out about my being a mutant, denied me as 
their child and I came to find out that I was adopted like 3 months before 
that, and then I found out Jean was my birth mother, and here we are."

Chris: "Mom, can I have a word with my husband please."

Piper: "Chris, you know this wasn't his choice, and well....hey wait...did 
you just call him your husband? I thought you told me you'd orbed him the 
divorce papers"

Chris: "I meant to...anyhow, can I have some privacy please."

Wyatt: "Christopher, mom get out, I have to talk to David alone"

Chris: "I have to talk to my husband first, now evryone OUT!"

Wyatt and Piper looked at Chris and knew they had to go. I was left alone 
with my spiritual husband, and I knew I had to explain so much to him, we 
had so many unsolved issues, we'd never even said good-bye.

Chris: "Why didn't you call me? I could've orbed anywhere you were, at least 
to say goodbye, or just to tell me we couldn't see each other anymore, 
you've been gone for three years, and that's that, not a single anything, 
and then today you show up and act like you don't know what's going on, how 
do you think that made me feel? We were married for almost 4 years, and then 
you went poof."

David: "Christopher Halliwell-Van Cartier you've gotta calm down, I didn't 
call you because my mom didn't leave me alone whenever I was home, and while 
I was at school i was surrounded by people all the time, then when I was 
finnaly in a place where powers were second nature to every one I fell in 
love with someone or so i thought, then I fell for someone else, I fell so 
hard that even Coop didn't get so much as a gasp out of me. I need a divorce 
Chris....I love you, but, we've drifted apart, you know that just as well as 
I do, please, just let me go."

Chris: "I was actually gonna ask you the same thing, I also found someone 
else, she's a georgeous creature. Papers!.....here I've already signed 
them."

David: "All stands by the pre-nup, we keep all powers we have at the moment 
of the divorce, even if their dormant?"

Chris: "Yes, all stands by the pre-nup"

David: "Have an athamey, I gotta prick myself."

Chris: "Ice-poker!!!....this oughta do better than an athamey."

David: "Thanks."

All right I have some explaining to do. You see I knew the Halliwells since 
I was 1 they were there everyday of my life until I turned 14 and Selena 
found them out. I relized I had the ower of precogntive visions when I was 
10 and Piper and her family teached me how to live with them, with time the 
visions suppressed themselves Phoebe said they would return once I was 
ready, adn today nI'd had a vision of the day Prue died, I never met her, 
but she was always a heated discussion between Piper and Paige, Phoebe 
mediated them. Chris and I fell in love somewhere around that same time, in 
the magical world homosexuality is nothing more than a step forward, 
same-sex marriages were accepted and performed, age didn't matter, all that 
mattered was that the love was pure and sincere, and at the time ours was. 
from then we were married 4 years and the rest you already know.

I pricked myself with the ice-poker and used it to sign the divorce spell, 
Chris cast it and we were once again free, of each other, although we both 
held a different kindof love for each other, we didn't love each other like 
we once had. It hurt to lose him, but I knew he was in love, and so was I, 
that part of my life was now fully closed.



AUTHOR'S NOTE

Hey everyone thanks for sticking with me through this BS with me, the 
Halliwells will be out of the picture next chapter (somewhere half-through) 
so no worries. Well as always I am yours. e-mail me at 
qt2004_423@hotmail.com or Davidknosall224@aol.com all feedback is welcome. 
TOODLES.

				Juan David De La Brea Van Cartier