Author's Note: Okay, so I lied to you guys, this is winding down and is
going to end soon. But fear not! I am planning on starting another fic
soon, for those of you who have read Defiance, you know what I'm talking
about. This chapter is pretty crappy, but is shows a new side of Wyatt.
It's the next to last or second to last chapter. I don't know how it's
going to end yet. Since I just got out of school I'll have a lot more time
to write so the updates will be more frequent. Keep those reviews coming
and maybe tell me how you would like to see this end.
Three things happened at once, Wyatt's finger squeezed the trigger, orbs appeared in front of Chris and Chris heard a desperate call in his head. The orbs formed Leo and a split second later the Darklighter arrow pierced his shoulder. He stumbled back and Chris caught him.
"Dad!" Chris and Wyatt shouted. If it had been anyone else Wyatt would have shown no emotion.
"I," gasped Leo, "I came...because I heard Wyatt...calling, and I...wanted to see if...you knew if it was...good Wyatt or evil Wyatt."
"Come on, we have to get you out of here, get you to the house and then I have to go help good Wyatt," said Chris, supporting his father. He tried to orb but he still couldn't. "Wyatt let me orb or dad is going to die!"
"Give him to me Christopher, I can heal him," said Wyatt.
"So can I if you would just let me take him to the manor!"
"No," said Wyatt shaking his head, "as soon as you get him to Manor and heal him you'll go and heal my good version...if he still can be healed."
"You're sacrificing dad's life for that?!"
"I'm not the one doing it, you are, if you would just hand him to me he won't die. You have to choose, dad or the dimwit and the future you always wanted."
Piper was pacing the floor, she kept checking the clock, it was almost midnight. She sat down between her sisters and sighed. It had been a long day and it hadn't really ended, just spilled over into the next day. She grew restless and stood back up and started pacing again, chewing her lip. "I don't understand why they're not back yet. It's been an hour since Chris left and almost two and a half hours since Chris went to go help good Wyatt and he still hasn't shown up yet. Now Leo's missing too!" She threw up her hands in frustration and blew up a potted plant sending soil and plant pieces everywhere.
Phoebe silently picked a leaf out of her hair and brushed some soil off of Paige's shoulder. "I'm sure they're fine," said Phoebe, "You heard Chris, Wyatt is doing something, I don't know what though, and Leo and Chris are probably having some father son bonding."
Piper snorted, "Right, from what I've seen and heard from Paige they aren't too friendly. At least Chris isn't." She placed a hand on her stomach. Phoebe saw what she was about to do and stopped her.
"No Piper, don't try to find them, they may be in trouble and you could get hurt if you go to them," said Phoebe.
"If they're in trouble that's just more reason for me to go help them!"
"There's nothing you can do Piper, not in your condition," said Paige.
"It's not a 'condition'!" shouted Piper, "It's a state! I'm pregnant, not sick!" She went on ranting until Phoebe finally got fed up. She recited the same sleeping spell that that Piper had used on Wyatt earlier. She caught her sister before she could hit the ground.
"Was that really safe?" asked Paige, looking at her sister who Phoebe had placed beside her.
"I don't see why not," said Phoebe shrugging.
"What if a demon attacks?"
"For some reason I don't think one is going to. Now come one, get up, we have to go find our nephews and our favorite Elder."
"We can't just leave Piper here, completely defense less."
"Wyatt!" Phoebe called. Little Wyatt orbed into her arms. She placed him beside his mother and said, "There, not defenseless anymore. Now let's go and find older Wyatt." Paige sighed and grabbed her sister's arm and orbed them both out.
"Wyatt, you can't do this you can't make me choose!" yelled Chris desperately. He was still holding Leo in his arms, the Elder was fading fast and Chris knew he was running out of time. He couldn't loose his father, but there was no way he could sacrifice the future he had always wanted, the future he had gone back to save.
"Tick tock, little brother," said Wyatt tapping his wrist.
"Wyatt I—"Chris began, but then he seemed to sway on the spot and fall asleep. Wyatt watched as he fell off the beam. He sighed and shimmered and grabbed his brother before he fell too far. He shimmered them back to the beam they had been on. His brother was fast asleep.
'Well since he can't make the decision, I'll decide for him,' Wyatt thought, 'and I pick dad.' He went to his father and pulled the Darklighter arrow out, then he healed Leo. Before Leo fully came to his sense Wyatt waved a hand over his face and said "Sleep." Leo immediately relaxed, just as out of it as Chris was. "Well, now that Chris is asleep I'm sure he won't be playing hero and try to save his good brother any time soon,' thought Wyatt. He gave Chris back all of his powers. He was about to shimmer when he noticed Chris shiver against the cold wind that was constantly blowing up there. He grabbed his brother and father and shimmered them to the Manor. He placed Chris in the guest room bedroom and Leo in Piper's bed.
When he had done this he listened intently, expecting to hear his aunts or his mother. He didn't hear anything, the house was completely silent. Wyatt sighed with relief, he didn't want anyone to see this softer side of him.
He left the Manor and orbed to the basement that was beginning to be like a second home. His good version was no where to be seen. "Can't anyone I try to kill just stay dead?!" he yelled to no one in particular, he jumped when he got a reply.
"Apparently not," said good Wyatt stepping out of a corner where he had been hiding, invisible.
Wyatt sighed wearily before saying, "Who saved you? I had Chris and Leo with me."
"In case you had forgotten our dear Aunt Paige can orb too, when she found me she orbed Up There and a handy Elder healed me."
"Fine," said evil Wyatt forming a fire ball in his hand, "This time I'm going to do it properly and make sure that you are dead, permanently."
Good Wyatt put up a hand and said, "No I don't feel like fighting you right now. I'm going to orb back to the Manor and be with my family, and if you come near them again, I promise that you won't live to see the next second."
"They're my family too, and I'm not scared of you, I am you, remember?" said evil Wyatt crossing his arms and leaning on the wall.
"They aren't you family as far as they're concerned, and you're some twisted version of me, but not me." He orbed out.
Evil Wyatt sighed, of course he could have gone after him, he didn't fear him, but it was all pointless. Everything he had tried to do, had failed. His brother was technically dead, but he wasn't gone. Every time he fought with the good version of himself it was a draw, they were evenly matched. He couldn't win, not being able to win made Wyatt feel like a caged animal. He decided to let out his anger with a bit of target practice in the under world. Not caring which demons he killed or how it would affect the future. 'The future I know is screwed anyway,' thought Wyatt before he shimmered.
Three things happened at once, Wyatt's finger squeezed the trigger, orbs appeared in front of Chris and Chris heard a desperate call in his head. The orbs formed Leo and a split second later the Darklighter arrow pierced his shoulder. He stumbled back and Chris caught him.
"Dad!" Chris and Wyatt shouted. If it had been anyone else Wyatt would have shown no emotion.
"I," gasped Leo, "I came...because I heard Wyatt...calling, and I...wanted to see if...you knew if it was...good Wyatt or evil Wyatt."
"Come on, we have to get you out of here, get you to the house and then I have to go help good Wyatt," said Chris, supporting his father. He tried to orb but he still couldn't. "Wyatt let me orb or dad is going to die!"
"Give him to me Christopher, I can heal him," said Wyatt.
"So can I if you would just let me take him to the manor!"
"No," said Wyatt shaking his head, "as soon as you get him to Manor and heal him you'll go and heal my good version...if he still can be healed."
"You're sacrificing dad's life for that?!"
"I'm not the one doing it, you are, if you would just hand him to me he won't die. You have to choose, dad or the dimwit and the future you always wanted."
Piper was pacing the floor, she kept checking the clock, it was almost midnight. She sat down between her sisters and sighed. It had been a long day and it hadn't really ended, just spilled over into the next day. She grew restless and stood back up and started pacing again, chewing her lip. "I don't understand why they're not back yet. It's been an hour since Chris left and almost two and a half hours since Chris went to go help good Wyatt and he still hasn't shown up yet. Now Leo's missing too!" She threw up her hands in frustration and blew up a potted plant sending soil and plant pieces everywhere.
Phoebe silently picked a leaf out of her hair and brushed some soil off of Paige's shoulder. "I'm sure they're fine," said Phoebe, "You heard Chris, Wyatt is doing something, I don't know what though, and Leo and Chris are probably having some father son bonding."
Piper snorted, "Right, from what I've seen and heard from Paige they aren't too friendly. At least Chris isn't." She placed a hand on her stomach. Phoebe saw what she was about to do and stopped her.
"No Piper, don't try to find them, they may be in trouble and you could get hurt if you go to them," said Phoebe.
"If they're in trouble that's just more reason for me to go help them!"
"There's nothing you can do Piper, not in your condition," said Paige.
"It's not a 'condition'!" shouted Piper, "It's a state! I'm pregnant, not sick!" She went on ranting until Phoebe finally got fed up. She recited the same sleeping spell that that Piper had used on Wyatt earlier. She caught her sister before she could hit the ground.
"Was that really safe?" asked Paige, looking at her sister who Phoebe had placed beside her.
"I don't see why not," said Phoebe shrugging.
"What if a demon attacks?"
"For some reason I don't think one is going to. Now come one, get up, we have to go find our nephews and our favorite Elder."
"We can't just leave Piper here, completely defense less."
"Wyatt!" Phoebe called. Little Wyatt orbed into her arms. She placed him beside his mother and said, "There, not defenseless anymore. Now let's go and find older Wyatt." Paige sighed and grabbed her sister's arm and orbed them both out.
"Wyatt, you can't do this you can't make me choose!" yelled Chris desperately. He was still holding Leo in his arms, the Elder was fading fast and Chris knew he was running out of time. He couldn't loose his father, but there was no way he could sacrifice the future he had always wanted, the future he had gone back to save.
"Tick tock, little brother," said Wyatt tapping his wrist.
"Wyatt I—"Chris began, but then he seemed to sway on the spot and fall asleep. Wyatt watched as he fell off the beam. He sighed and shimmered and grabbed his brother before he fell too far. He shimmered them back to the beam they had been on. His brother was fast asleep.
'Well since he can't make the decision, I'll decide for him,' Wyatt thought, 'and I pick dad.' He went to his father and pulled the Darklighter arrow out, then he healed Leo. Before Leo fully came to his sense Wyatt waved a hand over his face and said "Sleep." Leo immediately relaxed, just as out of it as Chris was. "Well, now that Chris is asleep I'm sure he won't be playing hero and try to save his good brother any time soon,' thought Wyatt. He gave Chris back all of his powers. He was about to shimmer when he noticed Chris shiver against the cold wind that was constantly blowing up there. He grabbed his brother and father and shimmered them to the Manor. He placed Chris in the guest room bedroom and Leo in Piper's bed.
When he had done this he listened intently, expecting to hear his aunts or his mother. He didn't hear anything, the house was completely silent. Wyatt sighed with relief, he didn't want anyone to see this softer side of him.
He left the Manor and orbed to the basement that was beginning to be like a second home. His good version was no where to be seen. "Can't anyone I try to kill just stay dead?!" he yelled to no one in particular, he jumped when he got a reply.
"Apparently not," said good Wyatt stepping out of a corner where he had been hiding, invisible.
Wyatt sighed wearily before saying, "Who saved you? I had Chris and Leo with me."
"In case you had forgotten our dear Aunt Paige can orb too, when she found me she orbed Up There and a handy Elder healed me."
"Fine," said evil Wyatt forming a fire ball in his hand, "This time I'm going to do it properly and make sure that you are dead, permanently."
Good Wyatt put up a hand and said, "No I don't feel like fighting you right now. I'm going to orb back to the Manor and be with my family, and if you come near them again, I promise that you won't live to see the next second."
"They're my family too, and I'm not scared of you, I am you, remember?" said evil Wyatt crossing his arms and leaning on the wall.
"They aren't you family as far as they're concerned, and you're some twisted version of me, but not me." He orbed out.
Evil Wyatt sighed, of course he could have gone after him, he didn't fear him, but it was all pointless. Everything he had tried to do, had failed. His brother was technically dead, but he wasn't gone. Every time he fought with the good version of himself it was a draw, they were evenly matched. He couldn't win, not being able to win made Wyatt feel like a caged animal. He decided to let out his anger with a bit of target practice in the under world. Not caring which demons he killed or how it would affect the future. 'The future I know is screwed anyway,' thought Wyatt before he shimmered.