Second to last chapter here, so be aware!

Disclaimer for all chapters: I don't own Charmed, just the persons you know from my season One. ;) Otherwise we would have had this show.

Summary: One lost, one found. Can the Halliwell brothers each find in time before a new evil manages to hurt one of them? Time is working against them. Is their brotherly bond and the family strong enough to get over this crisis?

21. A look into the Future

GATHERING THE FAMILY

As the Twice-Blessed reformed he called out for the cat who immediately appeared in front of the brothers. "Call the family and some ancestors of us! We've got a huge problem," he demanded while laying his baby brother on the couch.

"Who exactly?" the Hollow requested.

"Melinda Warren, the former lives of all four Charmed Ones, Grams, Grandma, the four Charmed Ones," Wyatt explained as he stroked through his brother's hair.

The cat obeyed and sat on his hind paws, only to clap his front paws with all his strength and right in that moment all requested persons came in as swirling and orbing lights. They were sat in a circle around the Twice-Blessed and his half Elder brother.

"Wyatt, what's going on? Why did you call us?" his mother wanted to know. She looked around and saw to her astonishment and shock her big sister. "Prue?"

"Hi Piper!" she only said. "I'd say we don't have so much time as your son gathered us all for a certain purpose, didn't you?" The woman turned to her nephew.

He nodded to confirm. "You got it, Aunt Prue." The blond swallowed hard. "However, I called you all, because my baby brother is changing. Something is in him I don't recognize. Still to see what he's fighting with I'd need the whole Warren power."

There was some silence before the woman who started it all spoke up. "Wyatt, right?" Again, he nodded. "You did right calling all of us. You two are worth to be a Halliwell, but anyway. Your baby brother is strong."

"I know that already, but still I fear for him and now that's something more evil I don't know yet how to fight," he admitted. He furiously wiped his tears away.

Leo came in and took in his surroundings. "Whoa. So many people here!" He saw his sons. "Wyatt? Chris?"

The older sibling looked up. "Dad!" He hugged the old man. "It seems you already know what's wrong with Chris. Since you're his confidant."

Some feet were impatiently tapping and these only belonged to Piper. "Wyatt, we're waiting here. But first tell us the story behind Chris' strange behavior in the last time." Wyatt looked at his mother incredulously. "I know my children well enough to see changes."

Swallowing and holding his still unconscious brother's hand the blond gathered his thoughts. "As far as I know Chris had a dinner with his girlfriend Catherine. It went well until the night his woman told me after. He began to toss and trash in his sleep, so Cat woke up and tried to sooth him." His tears ran down the cheeks and he caressed his brother's face lovingly. "But Chris in return laid a hand on her throat and threatened her violently. Only a few seconds later he was himself again and apologized in tears. Catherine said nothing but cried as well. They only held each other."

"Okay, that was then, but what's with now?" Paige asked as she'd seen her oldest dead sister wanted to ask as well. Both women grinned at each knowingly.

"Well, it seems that over such a short notice Chris' temper was normal some time but on the other side the same one acted out by running through the underworld and vanquished more and more demons. That helped us but quite often my little brother came home exhausted most of the time, so he fell asleep instantly."

"And he never acts this way towards you," Penny supplied helpfully and her great grandson confirmed nodding. She walked over to both young men and kissed them on their heads lovingly. "I fully understand, son. I really do."

"Thanks Grams. I know we mean a lot to you," the boy said. "But this is never Chris' destiny as you'd said ours is linked."

"If I understand this right and from what I gathered around you'd been evil in another timeline and now Chris could be," Piper's past life summed up.

"Yeah, that's why I called you all or let you be called." He'd received an annoyed glare from the cat, so he changed his words. "Anyway, with all power around I see if I can tap into Chris' power of premonition and try to project this, so we all could see what's bothering him."

Leo cleared his throat. "Alpha showed me a vision of the future where all of us are dead and Chris is in the end killed himself as well. Last time we met I told him about it and he saw it as well with his power."

Piper became furious. "Why did you never tell me? I thought we were a couple!"

"Now it's not the time, Mom!" Wyatt yelled. "Chris is our main concern! You promised us something some time ago."

The mother looked at her son in shock and then nodded. Her ancestors and some dead family members had given her a deathly glare. But she knew what was at the risk.

Right at that moment Chris began to toss and trash in his sleep and Wyatt slipped underneath him, to hold under control. Laying one hand on his little brother's forehead the older sibling concentrated on their bond and the vision the younger boy seemed to have. Nodding and indicating to what he wanted and to the closest family members who were Aunt Prue and his father Wyatt tapped into the premonition power and projected the vision to all.

VISION – FUTURE 2029

It's been more than one year since the double wedding by the Halliwells, but San Francisco was never the same. Within the still beautiful city some dark points were established and these were controlled by Chris. Smirking and satisfied with the result the young man waited for his rebellious and stubborn older brother.

"I see, you've learned well," a voice said behind him. "Only my world had been darker already."

"Working on it." He turned around and faced Wyatt with crossed arms over his chest. "You were always my role model. Why are you here, Wy?"

"My wife is missing her baby sister, your wife! Do you know where she is?"

"Should I?" The younger sibling started to circle the Twice-Blessed. "You know for an all powerful witch you don't seem to get anything around you."

The blond clenched his fists beside him angrily. "Just answer my question, dammit!"

"You're a whitelighter. Sense her!" The brunette challenged and sat finally down on a chair behind a large table. He crossed one leg over the other and waited for a reaction.

Wyatt did as been told and spread out his senses, to find his sister-in-law. He couldn't find her at first, but then there was a little glimmer … in the underworld. "Why is she down there?" He searched for the green pair of eyes. "What do you hope to achieve by that?"

"You'll see soon enough, dear brother." Green and blue eyes locked shortly. "Just a hint: Look into our family history." He stood up. "Leave! I've got work to do."

With a heavy heart and sigh the Twice-Blessed orbed reluctantly away, to his wife in his own apartment. Yes, his brother had left and now lived in a luxurious one. In the highest building in town, but now everything has changed. In a very drastic way. Seeing no other choice the husband collected his wife and orbed both of them to the Manor.

In the old Victorian house the parents held each other tightly while the woman sobbed openly. Both couldn't understand how their baby boy would and could act out like that. Never would they have imagined this timeline would end up with Chris being evil and Wyatt now fighting him. As if on cue an orb cloud formed in front of them and revealed Wyatt and his wife Stephanie.

Leo looked tearfully up. "How did it go? Find anything at all?"

His eldest half shook, half nodded his head. "Well, it seems he's worse than me, I admit. Anyway, I found a glimmer of Cat in the underworld."

"Why did you orb here?" Steph asked as her mother-in-law seemed to be lost in her own world.

"Chris said something that made me direct my orb here. I should look into our family history to find out what he has in mind with Cat."

"What does that mean?" the mother muttered and failed in being strong. She looked at her husband for help before it dawned in both of them, but only Piper spoke it out. "Oh my God! Phoebe and Cole!"

Leo buried his head in his hands, now sobbing.

The young couple stared at each other confused. Steph just leaned on Wyatt to show him he should do the talking. The young wife felt a kiss on her head and smiled.

"Wait. The story of Aunt Pheebs and Cole I remember, but with the child I still don't get," the son explained bewildered.

As the father was lost, the mother started to tell the Source's plan to create an evil child – with immense power. More as it went on and lately in a changed timeline. However, all fates were somehow tied together. Especially both their sons.

Meanwhile, the younger son of Piper and Leo was rather nervous and paced back and forth in his new apartment. His older brother had said some things what worked on his mind. His wife was gone since several months, yet without any signs.

"Hey, young friend. What's bothering you? Your pacing I even could hear in hell," the Prince greeted his young padawan. All other signs that he'd been once a Halliwell were gone and the young man represented a new form of evil.

"Have you seen my wife recently? Wyatt and Steph weren't that worried before, you know."

"What if I have? You're serving me, not the other way around!" Lucifer saw a quick conflict in the green eyes, but it was gone as quick as it'd been there. "If you wanna know, why don't you find out yourself? I've always thought of you as the smarter boy of the two."

In the young man it seemed to bubble. His green eyes reflected the inner conflict, because deep down in his nature he always would be good. "Okay, you don't mind if I follow you right now, do you?"

"And the world?"

"My wife's family is worried. I think once I can be suspicious of you."

The fallen Angel smirked. "If it helps, but I thought they were also your family, you know."

"That's under discussion right now." He looked to the man. "Can we go now?"

"Of course."

Both men transported in their way back to hell. Unfortunately, there was a huge surprise waiting for the younger of the two. It could only come more worse.

Back at the Manor Wyatt couldn't believe his ears. He already knew that everything was linked but never expected that it'd go over generations. "I don't understand how this is possible. I mean we vanquished the Source already! Why would Lucifer want the same? It doesn't make any sense for me. And why Chris?"

Leo looked at his eldest and spoke after a long time of silence. "We know what you did. But apparently Satan now starts to act like any other evil being and as for Chris, we can only guess that it has to do with his time-travel experience. He knows everything about it … well."

"Yeah, that makes sense," Stephanie agreed. "But what's with my little sister?"

"Either he's eavesdropping them when they make … hmhm. Anyway, or he wants to create an offspring of his own," the blond suggested embarrassed. That was so wrong in many ways. Ew.

All snickered a bit but whatever they wanted to say was interrupted as an angry and very furious Chris orbed in. With black eyes and ready to attack.

In hell, around 20 minutes earlier, Chris was confronted with a sight that shocked him – to the core. His wife was hanging in chains and with a naked womb area on the rocks. She looked like she'd been raped – repeatedly. In fury he looked at his companion.

"Yes, use that fury to destroy the ones responsible for it. Like the Halliwells," the Prince said satisfied.

"Why them?" the brunette asked bewildered. "I'm one of them, still. And so is my wife. Why?"

"They're holding you back. You can't live to your full potential. Okay, you already have such great power but you'll gain more. And these are useful."

"Whom for?" His body began to shake suddenly and it was violent. The boy tried hard to fight it but in the end he lost. The evil in him won.

"Now orb to your little family and kill them! No Halliwell should live anymore," he whispered into the boy's ear. "Now go!"

Promptly the young witch orbed to the Manor while the Prince turned to the wife of the boy. "And now to you! We don't come to any solution soon and so … Good bye Catherine!" With a simple wave of his hand he killed the woman and waited for his pupil's return.

Meanwhile at the Manor all hell broke loose. Nothing and no one could escape their son, brother and nephew's path. To his luck all family members had come in between and so all ended up dead.

Too late Chris realized what he'd done. His body began to shake with no control of him and he cried. Sobbed. The shaking increased.

END OF VISION

Wyatt had problems to control the shaking of his baby brother. He'd lost contact with his closest member and he used his powers to get his brother sleep. Kissing him on his forehead Wyatt cried and sobbed. 'This is not be happening,' he swore to himself. This was cruel.

The father found his voice first. "After that he'll commit suicide, because he blames himself what in itself reveals it now as true. Oh God! I can't believe that!" Leo put his head on his hands. And sobbed heavily and out of control.

Piper walked over to her boys. Crying she put her baby boy's head in her lap and stroked over his face and through his hair. "No, we must prevent this future. I don't want him to end like this. As if he hasn't suffered enough already!" The mother turned to her eldest. "Can't you orb this essence out of him?"

The Twice-Blessed whacked his head in a classical H.S. Manner. "Why didn't I think of it?" His mother gave him her patented glare. "Okay, worth a shot!" He held out his hand and called, "Dark essence!" but got only a hard zap back and fell hard on the floor. "Ow! That was unexpected!"

"Everything okay, son?" Leo asked.

"Yeah Dad, I'm fine. Beside, we should more worry about Chris. This is harder tobac, even for me." He looked to his dead and other living relatives. "Thank you for helping, though."

"That means we're no longer needed," Grams spoke up. She waved her hand and all dead relatives vanished smiling, a bit sad with a kissing hand. Penny walked over and kissed her great-grandsons on their heads. "Good luck, Wy!" Then she was gone.

Patty did almost the same but without saying a word. Her eyes, face and gestures did that for her and a second later she'd left. Now the aunts Phoebe and Paige came over and said nothing, just cried.

"Don't worry, guys. We'll win this! This is not going to happen," Phoebe said determined before she bolted out of the Manor, in her car and drove home.

"Yeah," Paige agreed. She wiped her tears away but failed to stop her crying. "I mean, we're the Charmed Ones, the force of all Good, along with the Twice-Blessed witch. We've rarely lost a battle over the years!" Then it became too much for her. She orbed home in a hurry and left Piper and her men alone.

"What can we do now?" the eldest Charmed One questioned after everyone had left. "I don't want him to fight the essence anymore. It's exhausting him."

"Good thinking, Piper!" the cat interjected. It spoke again after a long time. "Wyatt and I should be able to suppress it – for the time being, anyway."

"I agree." Wyatt caught the cat and sat the Hollow in his lap. Both held their hands and claws respectively over Chris' body.

The boy calmed down finally and slept peacefully in his mother's lap while his older brother and their animal guardian let out a breath they didn't know they were holding.

Leo, a moment later, joined his family, because he needed to be close to the son he'd once lost. In this timeline he wouldn't lose him to evil. His youngest was a strong person and both would fought evil tooth and nail to let it win. Now he sat with his wife, eldest son and the boys' guardian named the Hollow to discuss strategies and possible worst case scenarios. They wouldn't want to think of it but it was needed. The night again was long.

ONE DAY LATER

Chris woke up, surrounded by his family. He felt calm like for a long time and so snuggled deeper into his mother. Now he looked forward to the near future when he and his older brother would make their double wedding. Hopefully without any interruption from the evil side.

"Hey peanut," Piper greeted, kissing his head. "How are you feeling? Everything okay?"

The brunette nodded. "I'm fine, Mom. But definitely better. What did you do to achieve that?" he asked curiously.

"Wyatt and the Hollow combined their powers and in an effect you instantly calmed down and slept peacefully through the night. And now you're here." Again, she kissed her son on his head.

"Why are Dad and Wyatt still sleeping? And the Hollow as well?"

"We discussed a lot of things over the night and evening. It was almost morning when we finally fell asleep. So you see why we all are around you." Piper just held her son as right at that moment. Leo woke up and Wyatt as well.

"Hi son. How'd you feel?" Leo asked and took his youngest son in a strong embrace. He just needed to feel him and to held him close by.

"It's okay, Dad. I'm okay." His father tightened his grip. "Dad, you're suffocating me and I want to hug Wyatt as well," he joked smiling.

"Sorry son. I'm just glad you're back and feel well." The old man moved to his wife and kissed her lovingly. They were glad to have such wonderful sons.

"Hey Chrissie. Welcome back," Wyatt greeted and kissed him on his forehead. "I'd be lost without you, you know. Don't scare me please like that ever again!"

"I do and try but can't promise anything, you know." Chris now laid his head on his brother's chest. They were close, very close.

The youngest son wanted to know what's going on and the older people around him told him, except the details of the night talk. They refused to tell him about that. All enjoyed their time together.

TBC ...

A last family meeting and you might guess where this is leading to.

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