Your strength is my guide,
I continue to move on for you.

Without you near, I feel alone,
Your embrace, I always remember.

"You had too many bruises! I couldn't heal you! I screamed out for anyone," he looks to Leo," You were in a meeting and came after she was already dead!" He looks to Paige, "Where were you?!" He screams out, tears in his eyes, as his whole body shakes.

All four of them look to the ground. They are all feeling guilty, a sense of shame, and yet Piper is the first to speak. She looks at him, "I'm sorry," she sighs, "I am sorry that you had to see that."

Leo sighs heavily, "Chris," he moves a crystal, forcing the cage to fall, "I am sorry as well," he goes over to the other man, "I am sorry for doubting you," he leans down holding the man in a hug, "I," he hesitates but continues, "I was wrong."

Chris looks up to the man, only now seeing his father, but unable to tell him who he truly is, "I," he looks down, "thank you." He also holds the man in a hug. Phoebe is the second to embrace the man, Paige is the third, and Piper is the fourth. She would have been the first but she feels guilty. She hated this man because of his lies, but she sees it now. He's still that scared little boy. He was afraid of getting too close because he saw her die. She doesn't think about asking how she knew him, because now she feels too guilty. How dare I behave that way, she mentally berates herself. How dare I hate the man who is risking everything to help my son.

After a few minutes, Chris looks at Leo, "I am truly sorry that I didn't tell you," he looks deep into his father's eyes and, for once, Leo sees the truth, "I was afraid." He looks at the other three, "I was, and still am, afraid that all of this will still result in," he looks over to Piper, "your death. I don't want you to die." Piper looks into the man's eyes and can still see that hurt little boy. Who is he, she thinks, but shakes it off, "It'll be alright, Peanut," she says without thinking but then wonders where it came from.

A laugh is heard from the other side of the attic, "Yes, and they all died happily ever after," a tall, blonde man is standing in the corner slowly clapping his hands, "The things that fairy tales are made of, no?" He smirks, obviously evil. Leo, Piper, Paige, and Phoebe are quickly to their feet. Piper looks at the man, a brief recognition but it quickly fades, "Who are you?" she asks.

Wyatt grips his heart, feigning hurt, "You don't ever recognize your own son," he grins, "Now I know how you feel," he says looking to Chris, who is now just standing up. "Wyatt," Chris says in a warning tone, "You shouldn't be here." Wyatt smirks, his eyes turning black, "I go where I please," he says in a dark, booming, voice. His eyes return to their normal darker shade of blue.

Leo looks at his son, "Wyatt?" He asks, gripping his ex-wife's hand, "How," he shakes his head. Wyatt smirks, "So," he looks to Chris ignoring the shocked past versions of his family, "Dear brother," he says with a creeping of a smile, "Are you ready to die?" Chris looks at him, squinting his eyes, "Our power is evenly matched."

Wyatt's smile grows wider, "No, Chris, it was evenly matched." He looks to the past version of his mother, "Thank you for that, dear mother, I may just not kill you this time around." All five of the others gasp, "You killed her, Wyatt?" Wyatt smiles, "That's right," he looks around at the three past versions of those he knew and says, "Oh, just to say it, yes he is my younger brother. Good job hating him," he smiles, looking at Chris, "Oh yes, I have been watching you. It's been interesting having something to do between the raids.

Chris' eyes grow wide, "Raids? Wyatt, what have you done?" Wyatt smiles, "I finally got rid of the little thorns in my side. All that is left," he points at his brother, "is you." Chris growls out, "Fine! You want me? You got me!" He then begins to run at Wyatt, only to fall backward after running into his shield. Thankfully, Leo and Piper managed to catch him, preventing any major damage. Phoebe looks at him, "Wyatt," she says with remorse, "Why?" Paige just shakes her head, unable to fathom that her nephew is truly evil.

Wyatt smiles, "There is no evil," he looks at Paige, seeming to read her thoughts, "or good," he smiles here, "only power." He looks back to Chris, "Speaking of power," he motions and a darklighter's bow appears in his right hand, "Give in now, Chrissy," he smirks, "or else."

Chris looks at his brother, standing up, "Tell me, Wyatt, why are you stopping me from saving you? Let me save you!" Wyatt just shakes his head, ignoring his brother's pleas, "Your life or hers," his left hand motions and a younger female, looking to be around eighteen, appears in the spot next to Wyatt. She looks like a miniature Piper, with Leo's eyes. Chris' eyes grow wide, "Melinda," he shouts out, trying to get her, but being held back by his parents. My parents, he thinks and then sighs, his shoulders subsiding and he nods, "You have a deal."

Suddenly, no one can move. All of them look helplessly as Wyatt shoots Chris once in the chest and once in the stomach, "It's over," Wyatt says, "good riddance." He then looks to his mother, smiling at the shock, "I suppose I should shoot you in the stomach, too," he shakes his head, "but I'll let him come back again. Let him try and stop me. He always had been a source of entertainment." Wyatt smirks and then disappears in a ball of flame.

Melinda falls over, groaning, "Chris," she calls out, trying to reach him. Leo immediately sets to work trying to heal his son. Piper stays over him, "Please," she says in between sobs, "Please, my little peanut, come back to me." She still doesn't know where the pet name came from, but she saw the hope in Chris' eyes so she continues to use it.

Meanwhile, Phoebe and Paige are over Melinda, her head in Phoebe's lap, "Melinda," she says rubbing the girl's hair, to see if she moves. Paige is looking down at her niece, sobbing herself, when suddenly her hands glow. She begins to heal her niece of her injuries.

Both Chris and Melinda's injuries are severe. It seems like one, if not both, of them will die. Wyatt never had any intention of trading one life for another. He wants them both to die. He hopes they both die. After all, once they are dead there be no family left to keep him from his ultimate goal. What that is, only Wyatt knows.

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Jeffrey. =)