Author's Note: I really hate the middle of this chapter, it came out sort of funny and that's not what I intended. I apologize for the crappyness ahead of time, and if you can get through that I swear it gets better. Would I ever lie to you?
Piper looked down at Wyatt sleeping in his crib. 'He's getting to big for that' she thought, they would have to get him a "big boy" bed soon. Chris would soon be moving into the crib anyway. She still couldn't believe that this little boy in front of her grew up to be the man she had just seen unconscious on the floor of a basement. She picked Wyatt up and held him close to her as tears silently slid down her cheeks.
Chris watched from the doorway of the nursery. He watched his mother cry and felt so bad because he couldn't help but think that he had caused part of that pain.
Piper looked up and noticed Chris, her eyes met his, 'I'll save him. I'll fix all of this,' they both thought at the same time.
"I'm sorry mom," said Chris.
"Oh honey, don't be, he deserved everything you did to him." Chris closed his eyes against the words she said to him. 'Good job Piper "Everything you did to him" What were you thinking!' Piper chastised herself.
"I got carried away, I shouldn't have hurt him as bad as I did." Piper saw his eyes icing over, he was putting up his guard that he had perfected after so many years. She couldn't lose him, and she only knew one thing that would break through his barrier, a hug from his dead mother. As strange as it was for Piper to think that way, she knew that he needed it.
Chris felt her arms wrap around him and at first he stiffened, then he hugged her back. And in that moment all of his emotions rose to the surface in the form of tears. In the attic when he had hugged her, it had been brief and most of his emotions were blocked by what he had done to Wyatt. This time he just held her, trying hard not to remember the last time he had done so.
Little Wyatt looked up at his mother and his brother. Chris noticed this and let go of his mother and picked up Wyatt. Piper saw the love in Chris' eyes for this Wyatt, she just wished that he would show the same for older Wyatt.
"Aww, isn't that sweet?" said a voice from the doorway. Piper looked up and saw big Wyatt, she immediately backed up. Wyatt didn't have a cut or a bruise on him.
"Wha-how?" she managed to say.
"Oh come on, you didn't expect Phoebe's little spell to work, did you?"
"I took your hands in mine
and with this string I did entwine
now you've had too much fun
let this magic be undone"
"How pathetic," said Wyatt with and evil glint in his eyes.
Chris was staring at his brother, speechless, part of him was glad that he was okay, but another part was mad that he was okay. He finally handed little Wyatt to his mother, "Take him, Wyatt would never be stupid enough to hurt his little version," he looked Wyatt up and down and sneered, "Or maybe he would be..." Chris actually stuck his tongue out a Wyatt.
"Why you little—"he lunged at Chris. Chris dodged and Wyatt ended up sprawled on the floor.
"Go!" he yelled at Piper, "I got this." Chris jumped on top of Wyatt and wrapped his hands around his throat, Wyatt's hands shot up and did the same to Chris. They started rolling around on the ground like it was a normal sibling scuffle, like they had both forgotten they had powers and were now resorting to their primal instincts. Several grunts came from both brothers as they rolled out into the hallway.
Chris rolled so he was on top and he punched Wyatt. His older brother looked shocked. He gave a yell and the fight was renewed with a flurry of anger. Phoebe ran up the stairs.
"What the hell?" she said.
Piper almost laughed. "I have no idea."
Little Wyatt stared wide eyed at his brother and his older self. He giggled as they rolled past him. They almost rolled down the stairs, but both boys put a hand out and used their telekinesis to stop themselves. Piper looked surprised that they had done the same thing at the same exact time.
Although the fight looked innocent both brothers were doing a lot of damage to the other. Wyatt had a big advantage, anything that Chris did to him he just healed. Chris did a shocking thing and—bit his brother.
"Ow!" howled Wyatt, "Enough! This is ridiculous! I don't fight like this! We haven't fought like this in nearly ten years!" Wyatt began to grow angry that his younger brother had tricked him into acting like a fool.
Chris looked confused, he had no idea what had made him act like that. Then it suddenly hit him that Wyatt wasn't powerless. Wyatt advanced on Chris and Chris backed up against the wall. Piper began to panic. She had been amused by their childlike antics before, but now it was getting deadly serious again. She had no idea what to do, Wyatt was part witch so she couldn't freeze him. Wyatt tried to choke Chris and he started to gasp for air. Piper sobbed seeing her son struggle to survive. She tried to run to Chris but Wyatt put his shield up.
"Wyatt!" she screamed, "Wyatt stop it! He's your brother!" Wyatt's eyes seemed to soften at his mother's voice.
"Please," she sobbed, "Please let him go. Please..." She sunk to the floor, unable to do anything. Little Wyatt wiggled in her arms. She held onto him tightly, trying not to look at or think about the older Wyatt in front of her.
Phoebe watched as Wyatt slowly choked the life from Chris. She knew she couldn't do anything. She watched in horror as Chris stopped struggling. 'No...no he can't be dead' she thought, 'Come on Chris! Get up. Get up!' Her silent pleas did nothing and Chris remained still.
Wyatt looked at his brother's body, then at his mother. He saw her crying and a look that was almost regretful flashed across his face. Quickly it was gone and his stony exterior was back. "Well, I had a nice visit, but now I really must leave." He orbed out and his shield went with him.
Piper finally looked up, when she saw Chris' body she put down Wyatt and crawled over to her youngest son's body. She laid his head in her lap, and stroked his hair as she cried.
"Come on Chris," she whispered, her voice cracking, "Please come back to me."
Piper looked down at Wyatt sleeping in his crib. 'He's getting to big for that' she thought, they would have to get him a "big boy" bed soon. Chris would soon be moving into the crib anyway. She still couldn't believe that this little boy in front of her grew up to be the man she had just seen unconscious on the floor of a basement. She picked Wyatt up and held him close to her as tears silently slid down her cheeks.
Chris watched from the doorway of the nursery. He watched his mother cry and felt so bad because he couldn't help but think that he had caused part of that pain.
Piper looked up and noticed Chris, her eyes met his, 'I'll save him. I'll fix all of this,' they both thought at the same time.
"I'm sorry mom," said Chris.
"Oh honey, don't be, he deserved everything you did to him." Chris closed his eyes against the words she said to him. 'Good job Piper "Everything you did to him" What were you thinking!' Piper chastised herself.
"I got carried away, I shouldn't have hurt him as bad as I did." Piper saw his eyes icing over, he was putting up his guard that he had perfected after so many years. She couldn't lose him, and she only knew one thing that would break through his barrier, a hug from his dead mother. As strange as it was for Piper to think that way, she knew that he needed it.
Chris felt her arms wrap around him and at first he stiffened, then he hugged her back. And in that moment all of his emotions rose to the surface in the form of tears. In the attic when he had hugged her, it had been brief and most of his emotions were blocked by what he had done to Wyatt. This time he just held her, trying hard not to remember the last time he had done so.
Little Wyatt looked up at his mother and his brother. Chris noticed this and let go of his mother and picked up Wyatt. Piper saw the love in Chris' eyes for this Wyatt, she just wished that he would show the same for older Wyatt.
"Aww, isn't that sweet?" said a voice from the doorway. Piper looked up and saw big Wyatt, she immediately backed up. Wyatt didn't have a cut or a bruise on him.
"Wha-how?" she managed to say.
"Oh come on, you didn't expect Phoebe's little spell to work, did you?"
"I took your hands in mine
and with this string I did entwine
now you've had too much fun
let this magic be undone"
"How pathetic," said Wyatt with and evil glint in his eyes.
Chris was staring at his brother, speechless, part of him was glad that he was okay, but another part was mad that he was okay. He finally handed little Wyatt to his mother, "Take him, Wyatt would never be stupid enough to hurt his little version," he looked Wyatt up and down and sneered, "Or maybe he would be..." Chris actually stuck his tongue out a Wyatt.
"Why you little—"he lunged at Chris. Chris dodged and Wyatt ended up sprawled on the floor.
"Go!" he yelled at Piper, "I got this." Chris jumped on top of Wyatt and wrapped his hands around his throat, Wyatt's hands shot up and did the same to Chris. They started rolling around on the ground like it was a normal sibling scuffle, like they had both forgotten they had powers and were now resorting to their primal instincts. Several grunts came from both brothers as they rolled out into the hallway.
Chris rolled so he was on top and he punched Wyatt. His older brother looked shocked. He gave a yell and the fight was renewed with a flurry of anger. Phoebe ran up the stairs.
"What the hell?" she said.
Piper almost laughed. "I have no idea."
Little Wyatt stared wide eyed at his brother and his older self. He giggled as they rolled past him. They almost rolled down the stairs, but both boys put a hand out and used their telekinesis to stop themselves. Piper looked surprised that they had done the same thing at the same exact time.
Although the fight looked innocent both brothers were doing a lot of damage to the other. Wyatt had a big advantage, anything that Chris did to him he just healed. Chris did a shocking thing and—bit his brother.
"Ow!" howled Wyatt, "Enough! This is ridiculous! I don't fight like this! We haven't fought like this in nearly ten years!" Wyatt began to grow angry that his younger brother had tricked him into acting like a fool.
Chris looked confused, he had no idea what had made him act like that. Then it suddenly hit him that Wyatt wasn't powerless. Wyatt advanced on Chris and Chris backed up against the wall. Piper began to panic. She had been amused by their childlike antics before, but now it was getting deadly serious again. She had no idea what to do, Wyatt was part witch so she couldn't freeze him. Wyatt tried to choke Chris and he started to gasp for air. Piper sobbed seeing her son struggle to survive. She tried to run to Chris but Wyatt put his shield up.
"Wyatt!" she screamed, "Wyatt stop it! He's your brother!" Wyatt's eyes seemed to soften at his mother's voice.
"Please," she sobbed, "Please let him go. Please..." She sunk to the floor, unable to do anything. Little Wyatt wiggled in her arms. She held onto him tightly, trying not to look at or think about the older Wyatt in front of her.
Phoebe watched as Wyatt slowly choked the life from Chris. She knew she couldn't do anything. She watched in horror as Chris stopped struggling. 'No...no he can't be dead' she thought, 'Come on Chris! Get up. Get up!' Her silent pleas did nothing and Chris remained still.
Wyatt looked at his brother's body, then at his mother. He saw her crying and a look that was almost regretful flashed across his face. Quickly it was gone and his stony exterior was back. "Well, I had a nice visit, but now I really must leave." He orbed out and his shield went with him.
Piper finally looked up, when she saw Chris' body she put down Wyatt and crawled over to her youngest son's body. She laid his head in her lap, and stroked his hair as she cried.
"Come on Chris," she whispered, her voice cracking, "Please come back to me."