Author's Note: Here's the next chapter, it's not the greatest, but it's not
horrible. I'm beginning to run out of ideas so I may start wrapping this
up in the next chapter or so, unless you guys really want me to continue.
The only thing I can think of right now is having Wyatt stick around and
get to know his family in the present, but that's been done a hundred
times. If I do decide to do that this will turn into a series. So tell me
when you review, would you like to see more of this or should I start
winding it down? Read and enjoy.
Leo looked worried, then excited as he got another jingle from the Elders. He was about to orb out but Piper stopped him by placing a hand on his arm and an angry look on her face.
"Where do you think you're going and why do you look so excited?" she hissed, "Our son was just killed and now his body is missing!"
"You'll see," said Leo with a smile on his face.
"You can't just leave! Piper needs you!" Paige and Phoebe yelled at the same time. He didn't bother responding to them, he just orbed out. He reappeared Up There.
"Where is he?" Leo asked impatiently.
"I'm right here," said a voice from behind him.
Future:
Chris slowly reappeared, he looked down at his body and thought 'Okay, I'm back, that's a good thing.' But he felt funny. The rest of his family faded into existence shortly after him.
"We're all back!" cried Phoebe happily. Just then a warlock shimmered in.
"Demon!" shouted Paige. Chris tried to use his telekinesis but nothing happened. Piper blew up the warlock then started panicking.
"What's going on? Why didn't your powers work?" she said frantically.
"I—I don't know," stuttered Chris.
"Well try your other powers," said Phoebe. He tried but none of his Wiccan powers worked, the only power he had was orbing.
"Oh no," he said.
"What?" asked Piper.
"I'm a full Whitelighter." They all stared at him with open mouths.
"Chris!" said Leo, pulling his son into a hug. "Oh I'm so glad to see you again. Ali—well, well. But don't worry, I'm sure once Wyatt fixes everything you can go back to being normal you, have Whitelighter instead of full."
"Wait," said Chris, "What do you mean 'once Wyatt fixes everything'? He's the one that did this in the first place."
"Uh, yeah, things got a little complicated after you died." Leo began to explain everything.
When he had finished Chris said, "So there are three versions of my brother running around? Little version, evil version, and good version?"
"Yeah, I know a little confusing, but once you have gotten used to it, it isn't that bad. I've only known for a short while but I can keep them pretty much strait." Leo knew that he should be sounding a little more worried, but he was just glad to have Chris back.
"Right...Well, I want to go see mom, how did she react when I, uh, you know." It was strange to Chris to talk about his own death.
"At first she was really angry and was about to go hunt down Wyatt, I think she would have too if good Wyatt hadn't calmed her down. After he left to go after evil Wyatt she just broke down. All of us reacted differently."
"Oh wow," was all Chris could say. He orbed out, needing to comfort his mother. He found her crying, being comforted by her sisters. Paige looked up, first to notice the light produced by his orbing.
She gasped and said, "Piper."
"What?" sniffled Piper. She looked up and looked behind her to what Paige was staring at. She immediately let go of her sisters and ran over to Chris, she locked him in a bone crushing hug. A thought occurred to her and she said cautiously, "You're not just saying good bye, are you?"
Chris smiled down at his mother and said, "No, I'm here to stay for as long as it takes good Wyatt to fix this. I'm a full Whitelighter now."
Piper hugged Chris again. "I'm glad you're not gone, but you need to go help your brother, he's facing evil Wyatt all alone."
"What can I do? I don't have any of my powers, and he can heal himself," said Chris almost regretfully.
"But evil Wyatt thinks you are dead, you can distract him long enough for Wyatt to do something."
"Okay, yeah I can do that," said Chris glad to be of some use. He orbed out.
He orbed into the same basement that Wyatt had been in before. He saw his good and evil brothers battling. At first Chris was confused as to who was who, then he noticed they had a distinctly different look and feel about them. Evil Wyatt looked at the orbs and his mouth dropped open as he saw that it was Chris.
"You're—you're—"stuttered Wyatt, he was sure that he had killed Chris.
"I'm my brother's Whitelighter? Yeah, I am," said Chris, knowing that's not what evil Wyatt meant, but it still felt good to see his reaction. He slowly walked around evil Wyatt so that his back was to good Wyatt. Chris could see his good brother over Wyatt's shoulder. It was strange to see how a like and unlike they were to each other. Chris gave a silent signal to good Wyatt
Good Wyatt was so glad to see his brother, and he was a great help. He got Chris' message and formed an energy ball in his hand. Chris shook his head slightly, not enough to alert evil Wyatt, but enough to let good Wyatt know that that wasn't the right move. He extinguished the energy ball and instead conjured five crystals to make a magical cage. He positioned the crystals and immediately the cage was activated.
Evil Wyatt growled when he realized he had been tricked. He shouldn't have let his guard down, especially not around those two. He mentally smacked himself, how could he have been so stupid? He growled again and kicked at the cage, only to be shocked.
Chris and good Wyatt were talking in a corner, "Why didn't you just let me kill him? It could have been all over now," said Wyatt.
Chris hesitated before answering, "Because I don't think we should send him back so soon."
"Why?"
"Because...because I'm not ready to leave yet, okay?" said Chris quietly.
"We can't keep him around here forever, we have to send him back tonight. Besides, we won't have to leave as soon as he goes back. We still have to stick around and save little me."
"Yeah, I guess I'm just sort of nervous too. I don't know how much different your future is from the one I know," said Chris, quickly glancing at evil Wyatt.
"Well, judging by him," said Wyatt nodding towards his evil self, "much different."
"See! How am I going to get accustomed to you and the fact that everyone but you was dead in my future. Then to just suddenly see them and have them have memories of me growing up past the age of fourteen, it's just really weird."
"It won't be that weird, because you get all those memories too, so you will have two sets of memories...wait no that would be weird. Never mind," said Wyatt smiling.
"Oh sure, you're laughing now, but I bet you wouldn't be if it was happening to you," said Chris defensively.
Wyatt blinked a few times then laughed nervously, "Yeah, I can't imagine what that's going to be like for you." Chris looked at his brother suspiciously, what was he hiding?
Leo looked worried, then excited as he got another jingle from the Elders. He was about to orb out but Piper stopped him by placing a hand on his arm and an angry look on her face.
"Where do you think you're going and why do you look so excited?" she hissed, "Our son was just killed and now his body is missing!"
"You'll see," said Leo with a smile on his face.
"You can't just leave! Piper needs you!" Paige and Phoebe yelled at the same time. He didn't bother responding to them, he just orbed out. He reappeared Up There.
"Where is he?" Leo asked impatiently.
"I'm right here," said a voice from behind him.
Future:
Chris slowly reappeared, he looked down at his body and thought 'Okay, I'm back, that's a good thing.' But he felt funny. The rest of his family faded into existence shortly after him.
"We're all back!" cried Phoebe happily. Just then a warlock shimmered in.
"Demon!" shouted Paige. Chris tried to use his telekinesis but nothing happened. Piper blew up the warlock then started panicking.
"What's going on? Why didn't your powers work?" she said frantically.
"I—I don't know," stuttered Chris.
"Well try your other powers," said Phoebe. He tried but none of his Wiccan powers worked, the only power he had was orbing.
"Oh no," he said.
"What?" asked Piper.
"I'm a full Whitelighter." They all stared at him with open mouths.
"Chris!" said Leo, pulling his son into a hug. "Oh I'm so glad to see you again. Ali—well, well. But don't worry, I'm sure once Wyatt fixes everything you can go back to being normal you, have Whitelighter instead of full."
"Wait," said Chris, "What do you mean 'once Wyatt fixes everything'? He's the one that did this in the first place."
"Uh, yeah, things got a little complicated after you died." Leo began to explain everything.
When he had finished Chris said, "So there are three versions of my brother running around? Little version, evil version, and good version?"
"Yeah, I know a little confusing, but once you have gotten used to it, it isn't that bad. I've only known for a short while but I can keep them pretty much strait." Leo knew that he should be sounding a little more worried, but he was just glad to have Chris back.
"Right...Well, I want to go see mom, how did she react when I, uh, you know." It was strange to Chris to talk about his own death.
"At first she was really angry and was about to go hunt down Wyatt, I think she would have too if good Wyatt hadn't calmed her down. After he left to go after evil Wyatt she just broke down. All of us reacted differently."
"Oh wow," was all Chris could say. He orbed out, needing to comfort his mother. He found her crying, being comforted by her sisters. Paige looked up, first to notice the light produced by his orbing.
She gasped and said, "Piper."
"What?" sniffled Piper. She looked up and looked behind her to what Paige was staring at. She immediately let go of her sisters and ran over to Chris, she locked him in a bone crushing hug. A thought occurred to her and she said cautiously, "You're not just saying good bye, are you?"
Chris smiled down at his mother and said, "No, I'm here to stay for as long as it takes good Wyatt to fix this. I'm a full Whitelighter now."
Piper hugged Chris again. "I'm glad you're not gone, but you need to go help your brother, he's facing evil Wyatt all alone."
"What can I do? I don't have any of my powers, and he can heal himself," said Chris almost regretfully.
"But evil Wyatt thinks you are dead, you can distract him long enough for Wyatt to do something."
"Okay, yeah I can do that," said Chris glad to be of some use. He orbed out.
He orbed into the same basement that Wyatt had been in before. He saw his good and evil brothers battling. At first Chris was confused as to who was who, then he noticed they had a distinctly different look and feel about them. Evil Wyatt looked at the orbs and his mouth dropped open as he saw that it was Chris.
"You're—you're—"stuttered Wyatt, he was sure that he had killed Chris.
"I'm my brother's Whitelighter? Yeah, I am," said Chris, knowing that's not what evil Wyatt meant, but it still felt good to see his reaction. He slowly walked around evil Wyatt so that his back was to good Wyatt. Chris could see his good brother over Wyatt's shoulder. It was strange to see how a like and unlike they were to each other. Chris gave a silent signal to good Wyatt
Good Wyatt was so glad to see his brother, and he was a great help. He got Chris' message and formed an energy ball in his hand. Chris shook his head slightly, not enough to alert evil Wyatt, but enough to let good Wyatt know that that wasn't the right move. He extinguished the energy ball and instead conjured five crystals to make a magical cage. He positioned the crystals and immediately the cage was activated.
Evil Wyatt growled when he realized he had been tricked. He shouldn't have let his guard down, especially not around those two. He mentally smacked himself, how could he have been so stupid? He growled again and kicked at the cage, only to be shocked.
Chris and good Wyatt were talking in a corner, "Why didn't you just let me kill him? It could have been all over now," said Wyatt.
Chris hesitated before answering, "Because I don't think we should send him back so soon."
"Why?"
"Because...because I'm not ready to leave yet, okay?" said Chris quietly.
"We can't keep him around here forever, we have to send him back tonight. Besides, we won't have to leave as soon as he goes back. We still have to stick around and save little me."
"Yeah, I guess I'm just sort of nervous too. I don't know how much different your future is from the one I know," said Chris, quickly glancing at evil Wyatt.
"Well, judging by him," said Wyatt nodding towards his evil self, "much different."
"See! How am I going to get accustomed to you and the fact that everyone but you was dead in my future. Then to just suddenly see them and have them have memories of me growing up past the age of fourteen, it's just really weird."
"It won't be that weird, because you get all those memories too, so you will have two sets of memories...wait no that would be weird. Never mind," said Wyatt smiling.
"Oh sure, you're laughing now, but I bet you wouldn't be if it was happening to you," said Chris defensively.
Wyatt blinked a few times then laughed nervously, "Yeah, I can't imagine what that's going to be like for you." Chris looked at his brother suspiciously, what was he hiding?