Raw Emotions

Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed or the characters.

A/N: Dude, I am really on a roll with this story and more importantly, I'm enjoying writing it. Please enjoy and review if you can :D

Piper paced the kitchen floor, not listening to her various family members suggestions, and then demands to calm down. First Chris went missing and then Wyatt flames out to go find him and now he's been gone for ten minuets and hasn't been answering her calls. "Damn it!" Piper shouted again, in pure frustration. This whole situation was taking a serious toll on her. She was angry, but more importantly Piper was worried out of her mind. Everything was just happening so quickly. First they find out who Chris is and then BAM! Wyatt's in the present too! Then their being nice, then Chris is missing, then Wyatt goes to save him... what next? Piper sighed with exhaustion and threw her head back with frustration.

Leo, of course, was fairing no better. He was equally worried about his sons, but he was more worried about his relationship with them. Wyatt had seemed comfortable around him, but he got the feeling that there was some resentment from Chris. Leo's worried eyes turned to the younger version of Wyatt as he vowed to find out why he and Chris had a falling out and what he could do to fix it.

Paige and Phoebe were very worried about their nephews as well, but they also felt a bit more confident about the situation. Wyatt would do anything for Chris, that much was obvious. They were reasonably sure that Wyatt wouldn't hurt him.

Before any of them could get any further in their musings Wyatt and Chris dark orbed in, neither looking happy with the other. As soon as he could Chris broke away from Wyatt with a dejected, then angry, look on his face. Making up his mind, and realizing how dangerous his plan was, Chris charged at Wyatt slamming him into the ground and startling his mother to jump out of the way.

"I'll give you one chance Christopher," Wyatt began furiously, ready to pound Chris into dust. "get off of me now, and I wont kill you." He threatened seriously. Chris growled back and him, raised a fist, and slammed it into Wyatt's face. Piper gasped and Leo hurried forward to try to break up the fight. Angrily, with blood gushing from his nose, Wyatt hauled off and slugged Chris right back. Chris tumbled off of Wyatt and onto the floor, his right eye swollen shut.

"Give me back my damn powers already." Chris demanded as Wyatt's nose began self healing. Chris watched bitterly knowing that even with his powers he couldn't do that.

"What?!" Piper demanded, rounding on her eldest. Leo stepped back, not daring to get in Piper's way. Especially not at a time like this.

"Christopher, stop acting like a child, now!" Wyatt demanded as Chris got on his feet and into a fighting stance. Chris knew that he was treading on thin ice, but years of anger and frustration were finally catching up with him and he couldn't stop himself. He shook his head defiantly, readying himself for a fight. "Christopher, I don't want to hurt you, but if you force me to then you know I will." Wyatt said seriously. Chris's eyes widened and he paled dramatically, hearing truth behind the threat. Quickly Chris dropped his arms submissively, but he wasn't quite ready to give up yet.

Chris was about to make some sort of snappy retort when Piper finally had enough. She finally exploded. She had had enough. Her boys were beating the crap out of each other and if there was anything Piper wouldn't tolerate, that was it. "CHRISTOPHER PERRY HALLIWELL!" She screamed, smirking in satisfaction at the collective wince that went through the room. Chris's eyes widened comically and his head snapped towards her. "WYATT MATHEW HALLIWELL." Wyatt's head also reflexively snapped towards her but, unlike Chris, he had an eyebrow raised in a 'What now?' gesture. "You will stop this nonsense right now!"

Chris nodded quickly, remembering from his childhood Piper's temper and not wanting to mess with it. Piper smiled at him, pleased that he seemed to respect her, before turning towards Wyatt who quickly grabbed Chris and said, "Somewhere more private, I think." and orbing them out.

Piper's eyes widened in anger. "DAMN IT!" She screamed as several things blew up at once.

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Chris and Wyatt appeared in the attic and Chris doubled over the second they formed. He hated any form of evil transportation and doing that without any powers really sucked. Quickly regaining composure Chris backed up several paces and stayed a good distance away from Wyatt. He knew that Wyatt meant what he had said down there. Wyatt had tortured him once before and it was an experiance that Chris never wished to go through again. He had nearly broken him in a single minuet and Chris shuddered, never wanting to remember that dreadful hour.

Wyatt watched as a tremor of terror ran through Chris's body and sighed. He knew that what he had said back there was low. He hadn't enjoyed that torture any more then Chris did. It had killed him seeing Chris in so much pain, and being the cause of that pain. He hadn't been able to hold out any longer then an hour before finally giving up, healing him, and letting him go. It was an experiance that still gave him nightmares. Not that Wyatt would admit to the nightmares of course, because being an evil overlord meant you had to be perfect, fearless.

"Christopher come here. Now." Wyatt demanded trying to re-establish some control over the situation. A chill went up Chris's spine, but he shook his head defiantly. Chris's mouth went dry as his mind flashed back fearfully to that hour with Wyatt. He had heard of Wyatt's torture, but until that night, he had never really believed that Wyatt could be that cruel. However, that changed real quick and Chris had seen a side of Wyatt that he wished he never had.

"Bite me." Chris said in a falsely confident voice. Wyatt's eyes narrowed at him dangerously and he took a deep breath, trying to calm himself.

"I'm going to say this one more time." Wyatt began, his voice slightly less dangerous. "Get over here." At Chris's incredulous look Wyatt rolled his eyes and reiterated. "All we're going to do is talk. I promise." Wyatt said genuinely sincere. Chris took a hesitant step forward and when Wyatt nodded encouragingly, Chris strode forward, completely confident. He had always seen Wyatt as a brother and as a father since his real father had never been around. Promises meant a lot to Chris and anyone who knew him knew that. They knew that if you make a promise to Chris you'd better keep it. Lord knows enough people haven't followed that rule already.

"Good." Wyatt said, his voice less dangerous and taking on a stern, parental quality. "Why did you go after those demons?" He demanded. Chris shot him a 'duh' look.

"I was trying to save you." Chris elaborated, exasperated. He was really getting tired of having to repeat himself. Apparently, Wyatt felt the same way because suddenly Chris felt himself being swept off his feet before being unceremoniously dropped on his ass. Suppressing an 'ow' Chris dug into his pouch and pulled out a telekinesis potion. Quickly he sprang to his feet and threw the potion at Wyatt, who was sent hurtling back into a table. The table broke under his weight, sending Wyatt crashing to the ground.

Feet thundered up the stairs, the Charmed Ones and Leo quickly entered the attic expecting to find a demon, but instead seeing Wyatt get out of the wreckage of a broken table and angrily hurl an energy ball at Chris. Chris bounced behind the old couch quickly and roll around it. He quickly stode up to Wyatt and punched him squarely in the face, right were he had moments before.

Wyatt's head snapped back reflexively as the charmed ones and Leo gasped in surprise, fear, anger, and worry. Wyatt retailiated quickly and he was fighting furiously with Chris, just hand to hand combat. They were fighting so quickly it was a wonder they could see what the other was doing. Eventually they were thrown onto the floor in a full out sibling wrestling match.

Piper and Leo moved forward to try to break up the fight, but they had to jump back several times. Piper began to feel as if everything in her world was falling apart. Leo left, she had treated her son like crap, the other son turned evil and it appeared as if the two of them hated each other. Piper shook her head with a sob as Paige strode forward with a fire extinguisher.

"I've always wanted to try this!" Paige exclaimed happily. She then lifted the extinguisher and doused Wyatt and Chris in the frothy, cold, white foam. Wyatt and Chris jumped apart quickly and sprang up furiously, looking for the source of their discomfort. Wyatt's look became incredulous and Chris's became grumpy as they saw their family howling with laughter, Paige on the floor.

"You two look ridiculous!" Phoebe chocked out between her chortles.

"Very funny Aunt Paige." Wyatt sneered nastily and he looked at himself and then Chris. Apparently being evil meant you had a bad sense of humor. Wyatt wanted to get away from his family right then and there before he said something he would regret. Being an evil overlord meant never showing weakness and that included always looking presentable. Wyatt was feeling extremely uncomfortable and said, "I think I'll shower." Before starting to walk out of the attic.

As Wyatt passed her Piper grabbed his arm in a tight grip. Wyatt looked surprised as he looked down at Piper's arm. His look changed to one of boredom however as he said, "What?" Annoyance crept into his being when Piper smiled at him sweetly.

"No one is leaving this attic until this is settled." Piper said sweetly, determined to help her future sons. She wanted them to be a family, to get along. Chris burst out laughing at the look on Wyatts face. It was a look he had almost forgotten, defeat at the hands of his mother.

"Shut it." Wyatt ordered harshly and Chris, still shaken up, decided to close his mouth.

"What is going on with you two?" Piper asked, terrified of what these two would be like as teenagers. "Yesterday it was like you two were best friends and now you can't stop fighting. What is going on?" Piper demanded of her children who were staring in oposite directions. Piper released Wyatt, crossed her arms over her chest, and said menacingly, "I'm waiting." Chris and Wyatt began speaking at once and then stopped, sending death glares at each other. Paige snickered and Piper slapped her arm lightly, causing Paige to stifle her giggles. It was then that Leo decided to intervene.

"One at a time." Leo told his sons calmly. "Chris you go first." Leo said, giving his youngest the floor. Wyatt glared at his father, but allowed it to pass. Chris smirked at Wyatt before beginning to speak.

"Should you tell them or should I?" He asked cockily. Chris was sure that his parents and aunts would back him, not Wyatt, up this time and that thought alone gave him confidence.

Wyatt glared at him silently for a moment before Piper interrupted. "Wyatt you tell me what is going on right now or else!" She threatened her son, her patience slowly wearing thin.

"Or else what, Mother?" Wyatt asked, amused. There was nothing Piper could do to hurt him, he was twice-blessed.

"Or else I'll ground you." Piper answered seriously. Phoebe, Paige and, especially, Chris burst out into mirthful laughter. Leo grinned at Piper's maternal commands before Piper quickly put a stop to the teasing, "Careful Chris. I can ground you too." Chris quickly shut his mouth and cleared his throat, his smile disappearing in an instant.

"What is it with this family?" Wyatt boomed incredulously, shaking his head in disbelief. "Are you all insane?" He asked seriously. He was a 25 year old ruler of the world. His mother was nuts if she thought that she could threaten him like that.

"Hey, you apologize." Piper demanded angrily. She did everything for him and she would not stand by and allow him to speak to her and the rest of her family like that. "Now."

"No" The word was spoken quietly, but there was fight behind it. A fire of rage lit in Pipe'rs eyes as she regarded her son. She took a few steps closer and while he was taller she was, she managed to make it look like she was towering over him. The rest of the room looked on wearily realizing that a war was about to break out.

"How dare you?" Piper started dangerously. "You are my son Wyatt. I love you no matter what, but I can't say that I like the decisions you've made with you life. I'm surprised that future me allowed you to become this. If I didn't know who you were when you got here...," Piper took a deep breath, not wanting to say this to her own son, but knowing that she needed to make an impression, "I would want to vanquish you!" Piper stormed out of the room never once looking back at her son.

Silence followed her pronouncement and Wyatt's eyes began to water. Chris saw the distress and pain in Wyatt's eyes and his mouth dropped open. It was the extremely sad truth, that much was true, but that doesn't mean that Piper had to say it quite like that. Chris bit his lip as Wyatt stared longingly after his mothers back, his eyelids twitching.

Leo ran after Piper, unable to register what she had said. As he walked past his son, Leo looked at him with disappointed eyes before continuing down and after Piper.

Phoebe was unable to believe her ears. How could Piper say something like that. Phoebe wanted to walk up to Wyatt, wrap him in a hug, and deny what Piper said, but unfortunately she couldn't. Paige's thoughts were along the same line although she was secretly thinking 'it's about time.'

No one dared move or make a sound, waiting for some kind of reaction from Wyatt. Instead Wyatt flamed out silently with his eyes tightly closed. Chris stared at the spot were his brother disapeared and felt awful for him. How could Piper say that? He felt his brothers misery, having felt the same rejection from Piper not to long ago. Chris wondered worridely were Wyatt was going before thinking happily that he was probably going to the future and he could get back to his demon hunts. Then Chris felt guilty for feeling happy that his brother was in distress. Of course then, to add to his never ending confusion, Chris felt a spasm of pain run through is body, reminding him of Wyatt's bad choices. Needing some space to think Chris quickly pulled out a potion, threw it at his feet, and misted out to the Golden Gate Bride, his santuary.