Chapter one: The outside
2031, San Francisco.
Decades পূর্বে the San Francisco উপসাগর had been overlapped দ্বারা the gigantic Golden Gate Bridge. Night and দিন were perfectly separated and there was a balance between buildings and nature. However, ever since Wyatt Halliwell had taken over community, the city was covered in darkness 24/7. The bridge had been blown up when he’d হারিয়ে গেছে his temper once again, which happened lots of times.
Everyone was scared to death for the চার্মড্‌ Ones son and there were only a handful of people who stood up to him. The rest of the community was murdered on his command অথবা tried to please him দ্বারা spying on the enemy অথবা kill them. The Halliwell manor had become a place to fear and those who tried to escape from the Tiran tried to avoid the house as much as possible. It was also the place where Wyatt had his meetings. Tonight was one of them.
He was sitting at the living টেবিল and had a superiority expression on his face. He impatiently tapped on the টেবিল with his fingers. Than he glanced at the kitchen. “Chris Perry, what’s taking আপনি so long?” In the রান্নাঘর there was a twenty-two বছর old guy walking up and down with plates with বিস্কুট and tea. He walked in in the living room and put the plate on the table.
Wyatt raised his eyebrows as if he wanted to say: “That’s it? Aren’t আপনি supposed to say something right now?” Chris didn’t need any words to get what Wyatt’s expression meant. “I’m really sorry, mister Halliwell. I hope আপনি can still enjoy the বিস্কুট and tea” Wyatt waved with his hand as to make Chris leave.
Chris went back to the রান্নাঘর and sank down on the floor. It had been like this ever since he had arrived in the Halliwell manor. His parents had taken off when he turned fourteen and Wyatt, who was fifteen দ্বারা the time, had let him live in his house. His parents, Leo and Piper, died the same time Chris’ parents disappeared and Wyatt had ব্যক্ত that they should stick together and protect each other.
But doing chores, serve Wyatt and his বন্ধু like they were kings and never get outside, was not what Chris had in mind when Wyatt spoke about sticking together. Wyatt had saved his life and he was paying duty now.
When the meeting was over and all of his minions were gone, Wyatt came into the kitchen. He found Chris, who was still sitting on the floor, and he curled his nose. “You know, Chris, that dishes really aren’t going to clean itself, if আপনি get my point”
Chris crawled up and walked to the sink, where he turned the tap open. Wyatt kept looking at him and it made him really nervous. He swallowed and rotated his head slowly to Wyatt. “Can I help আপনি with something, mister Halliwell?” Wyatt shook his head and Chris continued his work. “I was wondering if আপনি know where your loyalty lies”, he ব্যক্ত coldly.
Chris blinked to make the words sink in. “See, I’ve heard out of a good source, that you’re planning to break the rules and go outside. আপনি have permission to go-” Chris looked up, surprised. “-but if আপনি do, আপনি cannot come back here” Chris got a disappointed expression on his face.
“But that’s not fair! আপনি can’t keep me in here forever! I need to go outside! Please, Wyatt, just let me go outside for one day, that’s all I’m asking for”, he desperately begged. Wyatt squeezed his lips together and a stubborn glance appeared in his eyes.
“You remember the first দিন we met? আপনি were walking down the রাস্তা and it was raining like hell. আপনি were covered in mud and আপনি smelled like hell. আপনি hadn’t been eating for days and আপনি had no place to live. Your parents took off ‘cause they didn’t wanna take care of you. I saved your life, and all I want from আপনি is to stay inside. It’s way too dangerous for a mortal like you, an innocent. It’s full of demons out there and you’d be killed in no time”
“I’m not a little kid anymore. I can protect myself” Wyatt violently and stubbornly shook his head . “I ব্যক্ত no. I will succeed where your folks failed and that’s protecting you” “But-”, Chris started, but Wyatt cut into it: “I ব্যক্ত no” Chris let his head hang, defeated.
Chris went to his bedroom and sank down on his bed. He lay down and stared at the ceiling. He wondered how the world outside would be like. Sure he had a clear view from behind his window, but it wasn’t the same as really be outside. He heard a familiar noise and a few সেকেন্ড later Bianca materialized in the center of his room. He looked up at her, with an angry look in his eyes.
“Thanks for betraying me, Bi” Bianca sighed and shrugged. “I was only trying to help you. Wyatt shouldn’t be treating আপনি this way and আপনি know it” “What can I do about it? He saved my life. He raised me when my parents disappeared. They never wanted me, unlike Wyatt who actually did. If I go out of the house, it’ll break his heart. He’s trying to protect me”
Bianca could not believe he just ব্যক্ত that. “Who are আপনি and what did আপনি do to my best friend? Come on, Chris, আপনি can’t just give up like that” She paused to catch a breath and than continued. “You have to get outside. We can go to the চলচ্চিত্র অথবা eat a hamburger and fries অথবা go to a club. I don’t know, as long as আপনি don’t stay in here”
She saw the look in Chris’s eyes and it encouraged her to keep going. “Just for one day. Wyatt never has to find out” For a moment Chris still hesitated, but than he agreed. Bianca pulled him up and they went downstairs.
They were just about to leave when a cold voice stopped them. They turned around and saw Wyatt, who seemed to be furious. “You weren’t planning on leaving, were you, Chris Perry?”, he authority asked. “It was my idea, Wyatt”, Bianca bravely said. “If আপনি wanna punish someone, pick me. I can handle it”
Wyatt ignored her. He held Chris’ look and said: “Excalibur!” The magic sword appeared in his hands and he walked towards Chris. Chris, who was still standing at the front door, couldn’t সরানো a single muscle. His face went pale when Wyatt stopped right in front of him. For a moment nothing happened. Than Chris felt an indescribable pain coming from his stomach.
Wyatt pulled the sword back and Chris fell down on his knees and than on the ground. He couldn’t breathe and he was choking. Wyatt orbed out and Bianca fell down on her knees to look at Chris. She held his head in her arms and she looked at him, an unkempt glean in her eyes. “You’re not going to die. I won’t let you. D’you hear me? Don’t even think about dying”