A Chris from the Future:
"The plan is set," Chris informed his cousins. "I'm going back to the past and I will fight for a better future."
All his cousins looked at up him with a worried gaze, yet full of hope that his plan was going to work. A brown haired boy came forward.
"I'll come along Chris. You might need my help." Chris turned to his cousin Henry, turning his head he said. "No Henry, you can't come, this is something I have to do."
Henry continued to speak despite what Chris had said, he insisted on going. Chris shushed him and continued to explain his plan to his dear cousins. They all had grown to be very close; their circumstances had made them more like brothers and sisters instead of cousins. Chris first turned to Henry and apologized to him before he continued to speak.
"This is my fight, he is my brother, and I'm the one who needs to put an end to this hell." All his cousins looked at him almost admiring his bravery. They knew he was doing not just for him, but for all of them. Chris had become like a father to them all, he was the only one who had dared go up against their evil cousin Wyatt, and he was the one keeping them safe from harm. They all had powers, but they didn't compare to his.
Henry still a little angry with his cousin came forward. "You better not make things worse Chris. I think we have lost enough we don't need any more loss." Chris immediately knew who Henry was talking about; they all had lost their mother not many years ago. However, Henry was the one who still couldn't get over the fact that his mother was lost. He continued to remind Chris of the damage Wyatt had caused to the entire family.
"Henry…" Chris said, but before he could continue to speak, Henry interrupted him.
"That was not their fight, what makes you think this one is yours. What if you fail, what if we end up loosing you like we did our mothers because of him? Or worse yet what will happen if he finds out you went to the past to save us, he'll come after us. Chris you know he doesn't want to be safe, don't you get it, isn't the death of our mothers proof enough, that he doesn't want to be saved."
"I need to try Henry…you know I have to….now please just sit down and let me explain what the plan is." All the cousins went to sit in the crowded living area; they were all staying at Phoebe's place after Wyatt took control of the manor and made it into a museum. All of them stared up at their older cousin ready to hear what he had to say.
"Bianca and I will go to the manor and open a portal to go into the past."
"The manor…" repeated a young girl with long brunette hair. "But...you know Wyatt has the manor well protected and he's sometimes there, Chris that's too dangerous." The girl continued. Chris turned to the voice of his cousin Prue; she was Phoebe's older daughter and perhaps the wisest one.
"Don't worry Prue…Bianca and I know for sure that Wyatt won't be there and we have a plan of escape just in case. We're going to do it tomorrow."
"Tomorrow? Why does it have to be tomorrow?" Henry asked.
"Because tomorrow is the day the Titans attacked and it was the beginning of this never ending hell, we all know Wyatt put an end to them, but not after all the damage they caused. If I go back just in time, I will be able to stop them before they gain power."
This time Prue interrupted her cousin Chris. "Chris you know you can't stop them, neither can our moms and we all know the some Elders got killed, besides you can't change the past too drastically or it can change us all."
Chris smiled at his young cousin, he admired her intelligence, she was so much like her mother. "Don't worry so much P…I have a plan and I can almost guarantee it will work." Chris smiled to himself, "I'm not going to stop the Titans, I know I don't posses that kind of power, but and Elder does…"
"But…." Prue was about to interrupt…
"I know the elders get killed that day, but I know of one who can help me stop them. Besides you all know him." Chris paused for a while observing his cousins confused faces; they all knew that Elders were extinct and didn't know of one who had survived after Wyatt took control. He knew he had to tell them that he was thinking of his father. Chris continued.
"The Elder who's going to help me is, Leo…dad…" Chris said almost biting his tongue after saying dad. Everyone turned to face him, confused, with questioning looks….Chris became nervous almost questioning his decision as he was about to further explain his plan.
"I know Leo…" "Dad!" everyone yelled in unison after he called his father, Leo… Chris gave them an annoyed face and just continued to speak, "Like I was saying, I know Leo is not an Elder but I'm going to persuade him to become one. I know of something that will help our moms defeat the Titans, but it can only be done if Leo becomes an Elder. I know this sounds like I want him out of our lives, but that's not the plan, the plan is to kill the Titans and the hero here will be Leo."
Everyone observed Chris, waiting for him to say that it was all a joke; they all knew Chris wasn't close to his father, but to go change his past was out of the question. Prue stood up and confronted Chris, as the second oldest she knew she had to reason with him.
"Chris, that's changing the past drastically, do you have any idea what your plan can cause? Do you know of the consequences, they are lethal, Chris you can't go to the past and make your father an Elder. If you do, he's going to have to leave your mom and Wyatt to live in the heavens and be a full time Elder. Don't you know, that if he leaves, you and Melinda will not be born, what about your mother's pain? Don't you care? Besides if you make him an Elder who's going to help you stop Wyatt from becoming evil. Chris, think of that."
Chris gave his cousin a stern look, and paused before speaking again. Deep down he knew he was risking his and his sister's existence, but he had no other choice. He had been thinking of ways to stop the Titans but he couldn't come up with another solution. It wasn't because he hated his father, but because it was the only way. Chris tried to explain that to his cousins but he couldn't, he believed he had said enough to them and besides some of them were still too young to understand. He was doing this alone and he knew he had to keep his plans to himself, or his cousins would not let him go. The only thing Chris managed to say was, "I will come back, and when I do, you will not remember living in this hell."
Everyone had questions to ask, but somehow they knew Chris was done talking. They turned to look at him but before anyone could speak, Henry Sr. appeared with Coop and to make Chris's day worse, his father was standing right next to them.
"Was there a family meeting?" Leo asked getting closer to where his daughter was standing. He waved his hand at Chris, which he returned with a hypocritical smile. The young girl turned to look at her father, with a smile, "Yes…Chris was…."
"Melinda…" Chris interrupted his young sister. Getting the hint, the young girl shushed her mouth covering it with both hands.
"What's going on here?" Leo asked with a concerned tone. "Chris, buddy, do you have something to say?"
"No…I have nothing to tell you, Leo." Chris responded in a cold tone. Leo looked up at his son, however, he did not asked why he called him Leo and not dad, he was over that minor detail. Leo knew he had not been there for Chris enough, and even though he had always tried to make amends with him, with letters, gifts, and even had tried to speak to him once or twice, Chris couldn't forgive him. Leo ignored the idea of trying to make Chris tell him about whatever it was they had been talking about before they arrived. Instead he focused on telling Chris of a new way to try and save Wyatt.
Chris listened to his father as he talked about a new way he had found to save Wyatt. However, he did not pay much attention to his father's "new" idea and left the room before Leo finished telling him about his plan.
While in his room, Chris could hear as his father complained about his behavior towards him. He heard as his entire family was with Leo instead of him. Why don't they understand where I'm coming from? Chris thought to himself. He's the one who abandoned me, not the other way around. Chris then removed a brown box out of his closet and sat it on his bed, when he opened it, he took out a pile of letters, some opened some unopened all of them addressed as, To My Son, From Dad. Chris scanned trough them and he was able to remember every apology written in those letter, except for the ones he had not opened. He had given up reading them after a while, because every letter contained a promise, his father never kept. Chris then found the letter he was looking for, the one his mother had given him years ago, when he had ran away out of anger. Chris read over it again, this was perhaps the millionth time he had read it, but it was the only memory he had of his mother. He began to read it out loud,
Dear Son, I know that daddy isn't around much, but that
Doesn't mean he doesn't love you. He does, he loves very much, like I love you.
Daddy is only trying to help your brother Wyatt return home
To us, so we can be a family again. You know how much we miss him.
I know you miss him too, but you'll see that he won't be gone for long;
soon we'll be together, you, daddy, Wyatt, the baby and me.
Love Always, Mom.
That letter was from years ago and till the day Wyatt was still not home. Everything had been about finding Wyatt, saving Wyatt that everything else had been forgotten. However, every time Chris read that letter, he had one goal in mind, and that was to bring Wyatt home safe, so he could finally have the family he dream of. With teary eyes Chris remembered, his mother, he missed her a lot since she had died. He remember begging her not to go against those protecting Wyatt, but she and his aunts were ready to finally bring Wyatt home, that they didn't think about anything else. The three of them were killed by demons, Wyatt's demon bodyguards. From that moment on, Chris prepared himself to fight against Wyatt, he no longer felt any sort of love for his brother, only hatred. He had been focusing on fighting off every demon Wyatt put in front of him, but he did not dared go up against their master. Chris knew he didn't have the power to fight off his brother, but now he had a plan, and he was ready to face whatever obstacles put in front of him, even if it would cost him his existence.
Putting the letter down, Chris then removed the ring he had been hiding for weeks; he knew he had to show just how much he loved Bianca before he had to go away. Bianca had been there since Chris lost his mother and she was the only one not afraid to be against Wyatt. Bianca was more than his girlfriend, she was his partner, and together they had planned to put and end to the horrible future they both had grown in. Chris observed the ring and with a smile he placed it in his pocket. He knew that when he got back, the first thing he wanted to do was marry her.
After Chris no longer heard Leo or the other dad's he went downstairs to say goodbye to his cousins. He needed to leave tonight in order for his plan to work. When everyone heard him come down, they knew immediately to go to the living room and wait for him there. Chris smiled at them and once everyone was seated he cleared his throat and began to speak.
"No one can know where I've gone, please make sure you keep the secret safe. Only all of you and Bianca know about the plan. If Wyatt finds out he'll stop me and then we'll never change our future. Do you understand?"
All of them nodded their heads at once, Chris continued, "Make sure you don't tell my uncles, Melinda, make sure you don't tell dad…" Chris said looking at his sister's face. The girl nodded.
"Don't worry everyone, I'll be ok…I know exactly what I'm doing and how I'm going to present myself to everyone in the past. I will be very careful to not change things to much, but you all know that just by going back I'm already changing the future." Once again all heads nodded at the same time.
"That's more like it….now I'll answer a few questions and leave you guys some instructions in case there are some emergencies."
Chris waited for one of his cousins to begin the questioning but everyone seemed to be thinking about what to ask. Chris smiled at them knowing that they probably had millions of things to ask, but he was only going to answer one.
One of the twins spoke up first, "Chris, are you going to stop mom from being turned into a statue? You know Aunt Phoebe and Aunt Piper will need her right away."
Chris thought about that question, he had already planned to let her aunt be turned into a statue and use that as his cover story, but he knew he couldn't tell his cousin that, instead Chris just nodded and simply said, "I'll try."
Prue went next. Chris knew she was probably going to ask something smart; she cleared her throat, "How exactly are you going to present yourself to everyone in the past? Are you going to tell them who you are? What you are?" Chris smiled; it was so like Prue to think of things ahead before they happened.
"I will tell them the truth that I'm from the future, but I will not tell them who I am. I can't, it can make things worse. I'm planning on becoming the sister's whitelighter after Leo becomes and Elder, but I can't even be sure that will happen. It all depends, I might end up telling them who I am, and why I'm there."
Henry Jr. went next, "Chris make sure you tell dad not to arrest mom, and to be nice to her after she becomes his parolee. She always held a grudge against him even though she ended up marrying him." The twins nodded at Henrys' request.
"I hope I'm not there for so long."
Little Phoebe, Phoebe's youngest daughter continued after Henry. "Chris in case you're there for that long, tell mommy to be nice to daddy and to be careful before she runs over him. Make sure she doesn't drink…you know what happens."
"I'm what happens." Prue yelled across the room. Little Phoebe turned his sister and smiled at her saying, "but don't you wish to be born out of love?"
"Ok, ok. Enough." Chris said to the both of them. "I see there are no more questions so now; I'm going to give each of you some instructions. Prue, Twins, and you Henry as the eldest you four will be in charge. Please make sure you're always together, and in case of emergency you know you can call, Leo, and Uncle Coop. For those with whitelighter blood, look after darklighters, you know Wyatt sends them regularly. Also Bianca will be coming to check on you constantly and Darryl Jr. will stop by once in a while to protect you from other minor threats or to seek your help. Make sure you help only if it doesn't have anything to do with Wyatt. Understood?"
All of the cousins stood up and went directly to hug Chris. They gave each other a large group hug and each gave Chris and individual hug and kiss. They all asked for him to kiss their moms' for them and tell them how much they loved them. Chris nodded and began to feel sad about leaving his family unprotected, but he knew he was doing this for them. As he was about to walk out the door, Melinda ran to him and hugged him once more. Chris hugged her back and reassured her that he was going to return and they both were going to have a future. As soon as Chris was about to leave, Wyatt stood in front of him.