Post by StoryGirl83 on May 4, 2010 23:15:10 GMT -5
Flashback
Chapter Four - When Mommy Said "Good-Bye"
Paige Matthews was sitting on the floor holding baby Chris while nearby little Wyatt played with his toys. Piper Halliwell and Phoebe Halliwell walked in from saying good-bye to their dad.
“Hey,” Piper greeted.
“Hey,” Paige returned as she looked up. “How’d it go?”
Piper smiled down at Wyatt, so Phoebe answered, “As well as can be expected.”
“You know we’re doing the right thing,” Paige reminded her.
“I hope so,” Piper replied, not sounded quite so confident as her sister. She knelt down in front of Wyatt. “Hey, baby, can I see you for two seconds?” she asked as she moved his fire truck out of the way. “Come here, come here. Just two seconds. Come here. Come here.” She helps him stand up on her knees. “Listen . . . I want you to know that mommy will always be close, okay? I will always be with you.”
Wyatt played with the zipper teeth on either side of his jacket.
“ Okay, give me a hug. Quick, quick, quick.” Piper hugged Wyatt, causing Paige to cry as she watched.
Phoebe’s face was stoic.
“I love you so much,” Piper told her son.
“We have to go, you guys,” Phoebe reminded them.
“Okay,” Piper sighed. “Be a good boy,” she told Wyatt as she set him down. She turned to Chris and held out her hands. “Baby, come here.” She took Chris from Paige. “Be a good boy for Grandpa, okay?” she requested, running her fingers gently across his cheek. “Please, sweet baby?” She hugged him tight and sighed. “Okay,” she said quietly, her voice filled with emotion as she stood and carried Chris over to the crib.
Paige stood up, placing a hand on Wyatt’s head for a moment before she walked over to where Phoebe was standing in the doorway.
Piper put Chris down in the crib and with a sad last look she went to stand next to Paige and Phoebe. “Let’s get this over with.”
Paige took her sisters hands and orbed out.
Wyatt watched them disappear in silence.
Sometime later Leo Wyatt called.
“Hi, Daddy,” Wyatt called out as he answered the phone.
“Hi, Wyatt,” Leo replied. “Can you get Grandpa for me?”
“Okay,” Wyatt replied in a bright voice. He set down the phone next to its cradle and ran across the room. “Grandpa! Daddy’s on the phone.”
Victor entered the room with Wyatt on his tail and quickly grabbed up the phone. “Leo, is everyone all right?”
“I don’t know,” Leo admitted. “I’m worried. I think something went wrong. They were supposed to confront Zankou at magic school, but I heard that there was an explosion on Prescott Street. I’m about a block from the Manor, but there is a crowd. I can’t see the Manor very well from here, but the crowd does seem to be centered around it. There’s Darryl. I’ve got to go.”
“That was the last we heard from him,” Wyatt informed Sam. “We don’t know what happened after that. We don’t even know what they had planned.” Wyatt gulped. “Mom promised she’d always be close, but I thought she’d return and then all this happened. Anyone who got too close to the Manor died.”
“Has anyone gotten near the house and not died?” Sam wanted to know.
“Other than us?”
Sam nodded.
Wyatt nodded back. “A few people have been thrown across the yard onto the curb, but usually they just die.”
“How?” Sam asked. “I asked you before, but you didn’t answer. “So how are they dying?”
Wyatt blew out a breath. “I’ve only heard small things. It’s not like they could get to the bodies.”
“Then, why didn’t I see any bodies when I was there?”
“Did you see the scorch marks?”
Sam’s eyes narrowed. “What scorch marks?”
Wyatt sighed. “From what I’ve heard, sometimes the bodies would lie there for days and then they would seemingly just catch fire.”
Sam frowned. “Why days later?”
Wyatt shook his head. “I don’t know.”
Sam scowled. “Okay, you said, you could get close to the house? How close?”
“The porch,” Chris announced.
Wyatt nodded. “We can get onto the porch, but if we touch the doorknob, it’s red hot.”
“Spontaneous combusting bodies and hot doorknobs,” Sam repeated. “Sure sounds like fire’s involved somehow.”
Victor groaned. “You are not involving my grandsons in some scheme. There is nothing in that house, but death.”
“Then, I’ll leave them behind when I try to enter it,” Sam replied unconcerned. “I don’t care about dying myself. Right now, I need all the knowledge they can arm me with, because I’d rather live.”
Victor looked at his two grandsons. “Boys, do you mind going to your rooms? I need to talk to him.”
“We’re not going anywhere,” Wyatt informed him.
“You are going to leave the room,” Victor gave him a look.
Wyatt scowled.
Chris kicked the ground and turned around. He headed to his room without a word.
Wyatt sighed and followed him.
Sam turned to look at Victor. “You have something to say that might help?”
First flashback is from "Something Wicca This Way Goes". Second flashback is from that time frame, but not actually in the episode.