After they were gone Wyatt and the others came over to Chris. Another reason P.J. got the weapon was to hopefully get Chris to at least like her and to stop seeing her as that monster that looked like her in his world. She held it out to him, "Here, I grabbed this for you."
Chris was surprised but took it, "Thanks. We should get back to P3 and decide what to do from here. It's obvious Mom and the others think this is over."
A few hours later they still had no idea what to do. Wyatt again tried to show everyone the memory and then just Chris, nothing. They were surprised by a knock on the door. Chris got up and answered it. He was surprised to see Phoebe standing there.
"Hey, um can I come in?" Phoebe asked.
Chris was reluctant but let her in. "So did Piper send you here to kick us out or tell us you found a way to send us back?"
"Ah no, I actually came here to ask you a question that I've had since Grams gave me the idea."
"What did she say?" Melinda asked.
"She questioned if Piper was really going to have a second boy, why didn't he come back." Phoebe said, eyes staring hard at Chris, watching for any giveaways.
The kids were surprised, and more surprised that if what they were thinking was true, why Phoebe was the only one to figure it out.
"So why are you here?" Chris asked not wanting to give away the truth in case she really didn't know.
"Are you Wyatt's little brother?" Phoebe asked.
"Finally! I can't believe you are the only one that figured it out! I mean how many clues does it take?!" P.J. asked.
Chris glared at her, "P.J."
P.J. looked at him, "What? She already knew she was just wanting to confirm it with you."
Chris sighed, like mother like daughter. He should have known that he couldn't trust P.J., regardless of the timeline.
Phoebe smiled, "So it is true? Why didn't you just tell us? It would have been much easier."
"Future consequences ring any bells? I couldn't just tell you. It might have jeopardized the future even more." Chris said, sighing. He rubbed a hand over his face, worn out from both the fight and the way his secrets bore down on him.
"So do I get to know who they are now?" Phoebe asked.
"Yeah, I'm…" P.J. started before Chris wrapped his arm around her head and clamped a hand over her mouth.
"Someone you will learn about in due time." P.J. glared up at him. She didn't understand why they couldn't tell her.
"Come on Chris! Why can't I know?" Phoebe pouted petulantly, but playfully.
"Do you really think you could keep four secrets vs one?" Chris asked.
Phoebe thought about it and realized Chris was right. Keeping him secret will be hard enough much less trying to keep all four. If she knew all four she'd be ready to bust every time she saw the others wanting to tell them. "You're right. So why don't you at least tell me who we're trying to stop?"
"That's just it, we don't know." Wyatt said. "I've seen the elder responsible but I can't bring the image forward to share."
"Let's try it together. Maybe I can get a premonition." Phoebe offered.
Chris didn't argue as it was their best shot, but he was worried that she might learn who Wyatt was. After two hours of trying different things where nothing worked, Chris was ready to give up on the whole idea.
He didn't think he could ever bond with Wyatt at this point. Every time he told (or in a couple of cases showed) Wyatt his world all he got in return was accusations and questions about why he didn't do this or that. At this point he figured if Wyatt saw what happened to their mother he'd start asking why he didn't call for Paige or orb mom to where he was. Wyatt wouldn't understand that Chris wasn't exactly able to think clearly at that moment. This Wyatt didn't understand anything. He had a soft life with family and friends and a life in general. While Chris had that too until he was fourteen, after that all he got was pain, heartache, a broken, divided and dead family. Not to mention the destroyed city and brother wanting him to rejoin him again in ruling the world.
"Hey maybe there's something or someone at magic school that can help." Melinda said.
Phoebe looked at her, "What's magic school?"
"Like normal school only you learn about magic and some classes help you learn to control your powers." P.J. answered, kind of wierded out that Phoebe didn't know in the first place.
"It's too dangerous. You said that they already are suspicious of you two. If you start asking questions that will make them more suspicious." Chris said.
"I hate to admit it, but Chris is right. If you start asking questions about how to connect a bond or anything they might suspect something. We don't want any of the elders or the one responsible to get wind of this." Wyatt said.
"So an elder really is responsible?" Phoebe asked.
"Unfortunately yes." Wyatt said.
"Have you tried going to Elder land to see if you can find that person?" Phoebe asked.
"It wouldn't work. Even if we disguised him as an elder and he's not caught the odds of seeing any of the other elders without their hoods long enough for him to see are slim to none. Even if he did see them without their hoods and spots the one responsible it doesn't solve the problem of learning that elders name. He couldn't just walk up to the one responsible or even another one and ask who they are. Since they know who is who they'd demand to know who he is and how he got there. Which he couldn't explain." Chris said.
"I see. Well maybe that just means the three of us should sit down and try to connect that way."
After another hour or so of trying Phoebe seemed to get something when there came loud knocking on the door. Startling everyone in the room. Melinda went over and opened it.
"Is Phoebe here? I've been looking for her all over the place." Piper asked.
Melinda opened the door and let her in. "Yeah she's over there helping Chris and…" she stopped herself as she forgot the name Wyatt was going by.
Piper ignored her and walked over to Phoebe who by now was standing looking at her. Melinda breathed a sigh of relief at having narrowly missed being caught.
"I've been looking for you. Elise called and wanted to talk to you." Piper declared, hefting her purse onto the bar to lean on it.
"Oh sorry, I came to talk to Chris and then I stayed to help him reconnect with Wyatt."
Chris' eyes went wide. He was afraid of that when he agreed to let her help. Not only did she learn who Wyatt was she just exposed him like he was afraid of.
"What do you mean Wyatt?" Piper asked, immediately latching onto the statement.
Phoebe made a face, instantly turning to Wyatt to apologize, and giving Piper even more fuel.
"It can't be. You look so different from that vision of the future." Piper said, walking towards her son. She placed a gentle hand on his face, taking in the features, but seeing nothing that resembled her Wyatt. Even so, Phoebe's statement and the subsequent reactions of everyone in the room told her everything she needed to know.
"Wait that means Chris lied about you being evil!" She exclaimed, whirling towards the whitelighter in question.
