Disclaimer: You know, I'm really sick of writing these. I'm running out of creative ways to say I don't own Charmed. I don't own the characters. All I own is this plot, which I'm pretty proud of if I do say so myself. OK, time for some evil Wyatt. Dun, dun, dun!

Chapter 10

Chris scrambled over to where Leo lay. Phoebe was trying to wrap a dish towel around his arm to stop the bleeding. Chris shook his shoulder. "Dad! Wake up! Come on, we don't have time for this!"

Leo groggily opened his eyes. "Chris?" he asked foggily. "You called me dad." He smiled. Then he sat bolt upright as he remembered what had happened. "Where's Wyatt?" he asked. "I can't believe he did that!"

"He's gone, Dad. But we've got to hurry up and find him. He's got Mom." he said urgently, as he helped Leo to his feet and headed towards the attic. Leo tried to fight through his muddled confusion and follow his son. Wyatt had taken Piper? Why?

"Chris! Wait!" Paige called after him, but he ignored her. They all had to run to catch up with him.

"If you'll just stop for a minute, I'll sense for him." Leo said.

Chris shook his head. "It won't work, I'm sure he's gone underground. Normally I'd still be able to sense him, even in the underworld. He must not realize I don't have my powers." Even as Chris spoke, Leo tried to sense for Piper, but came up with nothing. Wyatt was still reading as in his room with the nanny.

"We'll find him, Chris. We've found people in the underworld before, regardless of whether my sensing power works down there. I found him down there once, I can do it again."

"No, Dad, you found baby Wyatt down there. He wanted to be found. This Wyatt knows the underworld better then anyone. If he doesn't want you to find him, you won't be able to. But he took Mom, which means he wants me to follow. There's got to be something in the book to give me back my sensing ability, even for a few minutes!" He frantically started flipping through, knowing it was hopeless. He'd tried all these spells the day before. Damn those Elders for blocking his powers!

"Chris, calm down!" Paige said. "I realize he took Piper, but please slow down. We'll figure this out. In the meantime, I seriously doubt he's going to hurt his own mother." Chris stopped flipping through the book but he didn't answer them.

"There's something you're not telling us. I think you'd better spill, mister." Phoebe said, crossing her arms.

"Come on, Chris, there's no way he would hurt her!" Leo said. "She's still…"

"Yes. He would." Chris interrupted in a gravelly voice. He took a deep breath. "In my past, Wyatt was the one who killed her. He's the one who vanquished the Charmed Ones. I'm pretty sure he killed all the Elders too."

A shocked silence greeted his revelation. "But why would he do that?" Phoebe asked.

"He did it to secure the loyalty of the factions in the underworld. And to show all the good witches that they'd better follow him or get out of his way. Who wouldn't take him seriously after he killed his own family, the most powerful witches in history?"

Then, slowly, Paige said, "But he's still a baby in this time. He's going to need Piper around, so he wouldn't kill her here. It would screw up his own past too much."

"I don't think he cares about screwing up his past. I think he only cares about getting back at me for trying to change it. He can be a bit vindictive."

Leo finally spoke up. "If he killed all of us, why didn't he kill you too? There doesn't seem to be any love lost between you." His eyes were watery and you could see the conflicting emotions on his face. Leo didn't know how to believe that his son had grown up to kill his own family.

"I don't know." Chris sighed. "He could have, easily. I'm not exactly a match for him power-wise. But I think he found my attempts to stop him- amusing. Now he wants me to come after him, to fight a battle I know I can't possibly win. He knows I take him seriously enough that I'm not going to leave Mom down there with him."

"Well, if you really think he will hurt Piper, then Leo, you'd better orb back up there and try to talk the Elders into unblocking Chris's powers. Even they've got to see that this is a dire situation." Paige said, crossing her arms.

"I'm on it. They'll have to give your powers back, Chris. The Elders need the power of three." And with that Leo was gone. Chris resumed flipping through the book, looking for an alternative. Paige and Phoebe got out the scrying crystal, hoping to get lucky.

Piper looked around, confused, as the orbs cleared. She pulled away from Wyatt. "What are you doing? Where are we?"

Wyatt laughed. "Somewhere safe."

"Safe from who?" Piper asked skeptically.

"Safe from Dad and the other ever useless Elders. Someplace where we can have some special bonding time, just you and me." He sneered. "Don't you want to get to know your son a little bit better, Mom?"

Piper gave him a steely look. "No, I don't. I don't know what happened to you, Wyatt, but it sure as hell isn't going to happen this time around. I'm not going to let it."

"How sweet and noble. My Mommy thinks she can rescue me from the big bad wolf. She doesn't seem to realize that the wolf is the one that needs to be rescued from me. I suppose I should be flattered to see that no matter what I do to them, my family still seems to think they have the power to save me. It's easy to see where Chris gets it from."

"No matter what you do to them? What did you do, Wyatt?" Piper asked quietly.

"Didn't Chris tell you? No, I suppose he wouldn't. He wouldn't want to change the past more than he has to. Always does things the hard way, that one." Wyatt paused for dramatic effect, looking at his mother with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes. "I murdered you all. Well, everyone except Chris, of course. After all, every King needs a court jester. He's quite amusing, with all his little plans to stop me or save me. I find it extremely entertaining to let him get just far enough to give him hope, and then quash that hope under my fist. I don't think he ever realized how much his little rebellion helped me out. Brought my enemies out into the open in a united front under one leader, a leader I knew I could keep under control. For all his fire and drive, he really is just a naïve kid."

"That naïve kid is going to be here any minute to stop you." Piper growled. "Along with the rest of his family."

Wyatt laughed as he reached out to play with a bit of Piper's hair. She recoiled, but he just pulled her closer. "I'm counting on it. Though I wouldn't hold your breath about the rest of the clan showing up. I've only invited Chris to this party. He went too far this time, and now I'm going to put a stop to his meddling."