Chapter 3

Leo stared at Lynn.

"What?" Lynn asked.

"Interesting reading," Leo said, referring to the news printouts. "They don't seem like propaganda."

"They're not. Those are legitimate news sources. A lot of real journalists write about Chris."

"You've been referring to Wyatt and Chris so casually. That didn't escape my attention."

"Not everyone here supports Wyatt and not everyone here puts the brothers on a pedestal."

"You did it again. Sometimes, you refer to them as a unit and sometimes you don't. You didn't when you were talking about alignment."

Lynn just looked at Leo.

"Isn't this the part where you tell me I'm reading too much into it?"

Lynn shrugged slightly.

"Chris really isn't evil. He is trying to fix this, isn't he? Does he need my help?"

"That's it? That's all it took to convince you?"

"That's all it took for me to maybe give you the benefit of the doubt. Like I said, I'd like to believe. So, does Chris need my help?"

"What if we needed advice on how to proceed?" Lynn asked quietly after a few seconds.

Leo looked around.

"We're alone," Lynn assured. "I made sure of it."

"What ideas do you have?"

"I suggested that Chris travel back in time to prevent Wyatt from turning evil."

"You think Wyatt was corrupted."

"Yeah."

"We did, too. The Elders considered traveling to the past, but Wyatt cast a barrier that prevents time travel."

"None of these rules ever apply to Chris. Otherwise, I'd want to go, too."

"Of course," Leo realized. "Have you two decided when Chris will travel to?"

"He wants to stop the Titans. We've decided that's a good place to start."

"That's before he was conceived," Leo said.

"Yeah."

"That's dangerous. He'll need access to Wyatt, but could end up creating a paradox."

"He won't tell anyone who he is," Bianca replied.

"How is he going to be in the Charmed Ones' lives enough to look over Wyatt without blowing his cover?"

"You tell us."

Leo contemplated the scenario for a few silent minutes.

"He needs to get rid of me and become their Whitelighter. Banish me someplace without anyone seeing and without anyone being able to track me. He can do that."

"Where do you want to go?"

"Valhalla," responded Leo.

"I'll take this idea to him and see what he thinks. We'll develop it further."

Lynn began to depart, but Leo stopped her.

"Who are you? To Chris, I mean. You seem to care a lot about him."

"I'm his girlfriend, and yeah, I care about him."

"Thanks, Lynn."

"My name's Bianca."