When they arrived at the house and Chris noticed the figures making themselves at home on Rush's car, his gait stuttered for just a step. Of all the things he had expected to confront him from a lifetime lost, the Lucian Alliance was not one of them. They generally kept to their own devices and were more than content to deal with things in their own sectors than anything so grand scale as to attract the attention of the Halliwells. On the other hand... when it had been the most powerful of the Halliwells to catch the Alliance's attention, they had certainly gotten in the way time and again for Chris and his allies. They'd been a huge pain in the ass, really.

However, that was all in a time long denied right to exist and Chris placed his hands in his pockets and looked between Simeon and Rush. It was not a good thing that his partner was on first name basis with the Lucian Alliance no matter the reason for it. "Who're your friends?" he asked casually, as if he couldn't read the tension thick in the air. As notorious as the Alliance liked to be, they liked even better to be hidden from anyone they were directly involved with which meant it would be easier to feign ignorance than show his knowledge.