Chapter 15 of 19
Confirmation
The cave was dark and dreary like most of the underworld and Chris leaned on the wall. Looking at him you’d think he was relaxed, with his bow hanging loosely from his hand.
There was a noise but Chris did not change his posture. A figure clad in black approached and as he took the scene he smiled, “What do you have here?”
Chris looked at his capture, that was bound and gagged on the floor and looked furious, with a nonchalant air, “Oh, thought we’d have a little fun,” he said walking over and putting a foot on top of his bounty to stop the trashing man. “The ropes have and anti-orbing ward on them.”
The other man smiled evilly, “An Elder, oh, my, oh my.”
“Not just any old Elder. The Charmed ones Elder,” Chris grinned at the man. “Heard someone else tried. Well, I succeeded. Do you know if there’s a bounty?” he asked curiously giving Leo a shove with his foot.
“Unfortunately no,” the other man said sighing sadly. “I heard that we were supposed just to try and get him. Scare him off about something. The client didn’t want him dead. Just to teach him a lesson.”
“Pity,” Chris said. “Well at least we’ll have fun. Unless the Client changed his mind…” he finished hopefully.
“Hardly,” the other man snorted. “I heard that the client was one of his colleagues. A British guy, in teaching robes. How much lamer can you get?”
“Not much,” Chris sighed and with a sudden move he turned the bow towards the Darklighter and Leo orbed out of his ropes appearing at the other side of Chris effectively cornering the Darklighter.
“What’s this?” the man growled.
“A trap,” Chris said calmly. “Now, about that Elder. You wouldn’t happen to have a name to go with the description?”
“You little traitor, selling yourself to those witches-“
“Name!” Leo said furiously and let a lighting bolt scorch the Darklighter.
“NO! I never heard the name!” the Darklighter cried. Leo and Chris traded a look and without blinking Chris set his own set of lightning bolts on the Darklighter vanquishing him.
He looked at the spot were the Darklighter had been and said simply, “This way they’ll think Gideon killed him. You do know Gideon is our man?” he asked Leo firmly. The betrayed look Leo had mirrored Chris’s.
“Yes,” he nodded. “And we need to know exactly what he is planning so we can have him recycled.”
“Well,” Prue said grimly. “At least now we know “the who” and “the why”. What now?”
“We get proof and find out “the how” that Gideon was planning so we can go to the other Elders and have him recycled.” Leo said simply. They were all in the living room, seated at the couch and chairs.
“I think he may want my help,” Chris said. “If I can get him to be explicit and record what he’s saying maybe that will be proof enough.”
Leo nodded, “But be careful. Don’t let him on that we know. Remember he is planning on getting rid of you too.”
Chris nodded firmly and looked at Wyatt playing in his playpen with determined eyes. Eyes that went huge when he saw his brother put up his shield.
“Watch out!” Phoebe cried and Chris ducked as Piper made a motion with her hands blowing up a Darklighter that had showed up behind them. He looked around and they were surrounded.
“Hi there,” he said vaguely to one of them. “What brings you here?”
“We are down one of our own and there was Elder magic were he was vanquished,” one of the Darklighters looked at Leo maliciously. “And there’s only one Elder that likes to butt in where he doesn’t belong.”
“Oh, and attacking the Charmed Ones was your great way for revenge?” Paige asked sarcastically. “Don’t you ever learn?”
“I have no idea what you are talking about,” Leo said vaguely and quickly sent a bolt of lightening to a Darklighter that was aiming at Prue. “But I will defend my family if attacked.”
The leader smirked and fired at Paige but his arrow missed as Chris flung his arms sending the arrow at another Darklighter. Piper blew up another one and soon there was a mess of blows and explosions.
One of the Darklighters that was fighting with Chris hissed, “You look familiar-“ but had no time to continue as Paige orbed another flying arrow at him. Soon the only Darklighter left was the leader but unfortunately he had managed to get close to Leo unnoticed and was about to pull the trigger of his bow when Chris leaped up enraged and blew him up while crying:
“Don’t touch my father!”
The room fell silent.
“Why do you think they killed a Darklighter?” Gideon’s reflection asked.
“I don’t know,” Gideon said slowly. “But I’m glad I was able to convince them I had nothing to do with that.”
“Do you think they suspect?”
“No, Chris is exactly where I want him,” Gideon said. “This was just a coincidence.”