I am so very sorry for the incredibly long wait. I moved and my computer broke so I lost the whole story. I had it all done and I was a genuis and didn't use my flash drive or print it out so I lost it all. Technology really hates me. I will work on updating faster it may be even more difficult with school though. I want to try updating every weekend. Thank you to all my faithful followers who have been so very patient with me. You guys are the reason I write. Sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters except for Matthew.

"NOOOOO!" Wyatt fought against the bonds still holding him. Chris was using the last of his strength to keep Wyatt and his family in place. He was buying death some time. He didn't want them breaking free and saving him, he had suffered too much, he couldn't live. Leo was right, he was a danger to Wyatt and Matthew, he had torn them more apart. He shouldn't be allowed to hurt either of them anymore no matter what Matthew had done.

Wyatt watched in horror as his lovers eyes slid shut and he fell back. The sound of his dead weight hitting the floor echoed in his ears. Finally Wyatt used a burst of strength fuelled by fear to break the telepathic hold and get to Chris. Once Wyatt broke Chris' power the others were freed also.

Wyatt cradled Chris' head in his lap while holding his hand over the wound trying to activate his healing power. Phoebe whispered words of encouragement as Wyatt felt the familiar power of him healing someone washed over him. He let out a silent breath as he saw the wound begin to close and his lover's eyes flutter slightly.

Suddenly Piper cried "NO wait!" she flicked her wrists as she so often had before and aimed her power at her son's fiancé. Everyone looked at her in confusion not understanding what she was thinking. They were even more confused on why Chris could actually freeze. "Demon" Leo hissed, Paige nodded silently in agreement, a determined look on her face.

Piper and Phoebe shot the two of them a glare then turned to Wyatt to see his reaction, but he hadn't noticed or if he did he didn't show it. He was too focused on his lover and finding out why his mother had frozen him.

"Mom what's going on? I was healing Chris; you don't need to freeze him. He'll be fine, He'll be fine." The last part sounded more like he was trying to convince himself more than tell her.

"I know baby, and you're right he'll be okay. I froze him because he still has those damn cuffs on. If you fully heal him when he's still wearing them, then everything that just happened will happen again. It'll be an endless cycle until he or you died, permanently. We have to get the cuffs of before we completely heal him" Wyatt shivered at the idea of losing Chris, he didn't think he could take losing him again.

Wyatt turned back to face the man cradled in his arms and focused his telekinesis on the offending cuffs and tried to break them. To his shock it didn't work. "I don't understand, this worked last time. The cuffs should have broken."

Phoebe said, "Maybe Matthew made them stronger than before. He probably didn't want you to be able to get the cuffs off so easily. He wanted to make it so it would be near impossible to break. Why don't we try the power of three combined with the power of two, that ought to do the trick."

Paige rolled her eyes, "Yeah I'm sure we can go to the future somehow and get Matthew to agree to break his own spell to free Chris. That is if the hordes of demons and witches don't get us first."

Phoebe growled angrily at her sister, she just didn't understand like she and Piper did. She didn't know what it felt like to love someone and then loose them. To be willing to do anything just to save them. "We can use baby Matthew. He maybe young but he is still part of the power of two." That shut Paige up fast.

She silently moved forward and kneeled next to her sister while Piper went upstairs to grab her eldest son. Once she came back down they all crowded around the wounded assassin. The girls began to chant, "The power of three will set you free.", and focused their power on the cuffs. Wyatt chanted "the power of two will set us free." While little Matthews hand was placed on the cuffs to focus his power.

They sat like this for a few minutes, but nothing happened. The cuffs stayed as they were trapping the young which. "DAMN IT! That should have worked. We had the power of two and the power of three and still nothing!" Piper sighed exasperatedly forgetting her own rule on language in the house.

Leo looked down at his feet. He hated to admit it but he was starting to like Chris. He was willing to die to protect his son. He chose to try and kill himself rather than harm Wyatt. He could see the love shining in his green eyes. He had fought and struggled for his love just like he and Piper had. He had always hopped that when he had kids they would find their own Pipers, and Wyatt had in the form of Chris. He knew how much it hurt him to be away from Piper and he could still see her, he couldn't imagine how much it hurt Wyatt to lose him.

He stepped forward hesitantly, "Can I try too? If we all use our powers and really focus I think we can break them. No spell is strong enough to withstand all of us, not even a spell made by Matthew." Wyatt felt pride swell in his chest. His father actually wanted to help him save the man he loved. He would never admit it but that meant the world to him, to have his father's support was something he had strived for, for a long time.

He nodded and watched as Leo sunk to his knees. They turned back to the cuffs and focused all their power on them. Within seconds the cuffs began to crack. "It's working!" a smile spread on Wyatt's face. Slowly but surely the cuffs broke away revealing the sun deprived skin that had been covered for so long.

At that moment Chris unfroze and Wyatt finished healing him. Chris sat bolt up he gasped Wyatt's name so lowly that it was barely audible. "It's okay baby, I'm here you're safe now." Chris stared at his bare wrists for the first time in what felt like forever. "Free", he whispered. He turned twords his true love and threw himself into his arms.

"Oh god, I was so scared. I was terrified I wouldn't be able to stop myself from hurting you. I couldn't take it if I lost you." Chris sobbed into Wyatt's shoulder.

"I thought I lost you again. Don't scare me like that again Chris. I couldn't take it if I lost you again. I need you, I struggled so mush to live without you. It felt as though I was walking around with a piece of my heart missing."

The sisters and Leo watched the scene between the two lovers carefully. They all left the room wanting to give the young couple some well-deserved space. Leo was the last to leave, he looked back at the two with a smile. Wyatt had found his Piper, even if he didn't fully approve it was all he could ask for. He turned and followed his ex-wife into the kitchen hoping that it would end with them together again also.

Wyatt rocked back and forth as he held Chris to his chest. He was half scared that if he let go Chris might dissapear. Similar thoughts were running through Chris' head. He clung to Wyatt as if he was his only life line, in many ways he was.

"It's okay Chris, I've got you now. You're free, we'll save our future together now. We're together now." Wyatt whispered into his lovers ears.

"Free." Chris said the word carefully allowing himself to savor it. So many times he had thought or said that word, but usually with the word not in front of it. He didn't let his hopes get up and think this would last for the rest of his life, but at least for now he could be happy. He was free and with the love of his life.

Okay that's the sixth chapter, I hope you liked it! I'll try to get the next chapter out next weekend. I have a tendency of forgetting things often so I can't promise but I can say I will defiantly try. Thank you to any reviewers and followers that have stuck by me this far. =)

~HDR