A/N: Okay, guys, I'm out of town for four days without a compture ::sob:: So, I'm leaving you with this Chapter Six. I've begun 7 and it'll be up in... five to six days. Don't lose intrest okay? I'll try and make it a good chapter!

Chapter Six.

A chunk of plaster and wood blew apart above his head as Zack stood terrified with his back against the wall. Atleast Piper wasn't actually aiming for him. That was a good sign. She wasn't trying to kill him... not yet.

"What the hell did you do that for?!" she demanded.

Zack attempted to answer but she blew up another part of wall next to him.

"Why?"

"Because that was Chris!" he shouted before she could blow anything else up.

Paige walked up to him and grabbed the front of his shirt. "Have you gone crazy? Of course it was Chris! Who else would it be?!"

"No," he said quietly. "It was really Chris."

She scoffed. "You said it yourself, your friend is gone."

"But I saw him!" Zack shouted. "I saw him in that body. It wasn't for long, but it was there. Paige, he asked for my help. He-"

"Was trying to get to you!" she yelled. "And he did."

There was nothing he could say. It was true, Chris has gotten to him. He had allowed him to escape into the world where they would likely never find him again. But if Chris was still in there, he couldn't kill him. He just couldn't.

"I know it was him," he told them all. "I know it was him. I... I can hear him sometimes. He's shouting for help. But I can't do anything. And it hurts so much... I want to help him but I just can't do it."

"Those attacks," Phoebe said.

He nodded. "I'm supposed to help him. But I can't. And it just hurts so much..." Tears welled in his eyes. "I'm sorry I let him get away," he told them. "But I couldn't let you kill him. Not if... not if Chris still has a chance."

Zack wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.

Then, looking to the sisters, he said, "I'm sorry. I won't bother you again. This is my fight alone now. I shouldn't have dragged you into it. It isn't worth losing you again."

"Phoebe, stop him-"

But it was too late. Zack disappeared in a blur of blue and white light.

***

"Any luck?" Piper asked as she bounced her son on her hip walking into the attic.

Paige threw down the scrying crystal in aggitation. They had been trying to locate Zack or Chris for three hours. Neither one of them had being located. "No," she responded harshly. "Not with either of them."

She sighed. "So basically we've got a witch killing demon on the loose and a renagade Whiteligher."

"He's not actually a Whiteligh-" Phoebe began but at the looks from her sisters, stopped. "Sorry," she said quickly.

Piper handed Wyatt to Phoebe and went over to flip through the Book of Shadows. Slightly rocking the baby, she looked to her sister. "What are you looking for?"

Again, Piper sighed. "Zack said that the 'real' Chris was still in there," she said. "Maybe the Book can help us figure out what he meant."

"Can the Book tell us why Chris was calling him Leo?" Paige demanded. "What is he hiding from us? Why is he hiding it from us?"

"No," she asnwered. "The Book can't. That's why you need to find him... them. Whichever."

Her youngest sister huffed and continued her scrying attempts. The crystal just spun around, never making a mark. She gave up her attempts to finding Chris and tried Zack again. The crystal spun several times and then landed directly on the Golden Gate Bridge.

"Hey! I found him!" Paige yelled.

"Chris?" Piper asked.

She shook her head. "Zack."

"Where?" Phoebe asked.

"Golden Gate Bridge," she answered.

There was a poof of green light and the dwarf nanny walked over to Phoebe. "Honestly," she said. "Running in and out of this place... what kind of growing enviroment is this for a young child?"

Piper glared at the dwarf and then sighed as she took Wyatt from Phoebe and headed downstairs. "Come on," she said. "Let's go. Paige, orb."

***

"You shouldn't have come."

The three sisters stood only a few yards from the young man. He kept his back to them, staring at the bridge ahead. Zack saw no reason to face them. If they wanted to kill him now, they could. You can't exactly stop the Power of Three.

"We want answers, Zack," Phoebe said. "Leo... Zack. Who ever you are."

"I told you who I am," he responded, still looking ahead at the bridge. "I'm a friend. Whether you believe it or not... I can't help that."

Someone took a step forward. He spun around to face t hem. "Look. I told you to stay out of this. I let him come here, it's my job to stop him. I will. Just... go away."

"You're telling the Power of Three to 'go away'?"

"Yes!" Zack shouted. "I am! Go-Away!"

Then, he attempted to take off running. Piper sighed and raised her hands. She wasn't supposed to be able to freeze witches, but... There was a 'sing' sound and Zack stopped dead in his tracks. "Not a real Whitelighter?" she jested her sister.

The three sisters walked over to the frozen Zack. They exchanged looks and then Piper unfroze the boy's head.

"Why didn't I just orb," he muttered.

"Hey! Want me to freeze you again?" Piper threatened.

He looked like he would say something, but held his tongue. "Look, let me go," he said. "I shouldn't have come to you in the first place. Let me take care of my mistake."

"That's the mistake?!" Paige exclaimed. "What about letting Chirs get away?"

"I couldn't let you kill him," he repeated. "If Glenn were take over by some evil force, would you so easily kill him?"

She recoiled. "How do you know about Glenn?"

Zack's face fell as he attempted to cover up the mistake. But the cat was out. "Look," he said. "Just let me go."

"No," Piper said.

He shrugged. The freeze had lifted quickly. "You can freeze me again," he told her. "It won't do any good. Please, don't come after me."

Zack began walking away from the sisters towards the street.

"Wait!" Piper shouted as he left. "I have one question."

He stopped and turned to face her.

"Why did he call you Leo?"

"It's my name," Zack answered. "Leo Zackary, Jr.... I was named after my father." He gave her one last glance and then turned back around.

Paige started after him.

"Paige," Piper said.

"We can't just let him leave!" she shouted.

"I... think we have to," Piper told her sister.

Her sister made to move after him but hung back. Exasperated, she walked off. Phoebe followed her, unintentionally giving Piper a moment alone.

A tear streamed down her check.

"Leo..."

***