Back at the Manor, Leo and Phoebe talk.
"Phoebe shush! Keep you voice down. Piper will hear and you will wake Chris". Leo gently rocks Chris in his arms as he speaks.
"Are you mad? You think she won't notice that you've gone? What if you don't come back Leo. What do I tell her then? Piper, Leo just slipped off into the future, to visit your, possibly psychotic-stroke-dead, sons and who knows what's happened to him. I didn't bother to tell you at the time, because....."
Seeing his face she stops and gently touched his cheek. "I am sorry Leo. I didn't mean to be flippant. I know what this is doing to you, I just think that you need to speak to Piper about it, she has a right to know, well everything. She still cares about you, you do know that right?"
"I, I can't think about that right now. I can't even be in the same room with her. Listening to her talking to Chris, about how handsome he will be, how brave, what a hero. Speculating about what he is doing now in his shiny new life. You saw what Prue's death did to her Phoebe, how can I even begin to tell her about Chris and I can't lie to her, I never could. Don't you see I am doing this as much for her as for me. I have to know. We both need to know what happened to him. If he's.... still there"
"But what about the Elders, doesn't this break just about every rule there is? I mean of the ones that you haven't already shattered?"
"That's why I need to do it now. I am not exactly on anyone's Christmas list up there, and I don't know how long I will be still able to do this"
Phoebe looks at him appalled "They can't seriously be planning to punish you for, well Gideon, because that's terrible. You stopped a killer, you restored the cosmic balance, you saved the day when they sat on their collective asses, they should be giving you medals and parades. Leo, you have done nothing wrong"
"No?"
"No!"
"Phoebe, Elders, aren't supposed to be violent, Elders, aren't supposed to work alone, Elders aren't supposed to become personally involved in the world, Elders are not supposed to put any individuals above the common good, Elders are definitely not supposed to father children, Oh and Elders are particularly not allowed to murder other Elders. – That's considered quite a biggie. Phoebe you've got to know that Gideon wasn't the only one that thinks my son will become the ultimate evil. To a lot of the Elders his actions were understandable."
"What will they do to you? "
"I don't know. Neither do they, yet. It's a big thing up there, apparently this is the first time one Elder has killed another, but they have to reach some sort of decision soon, that's why we have to do this now. So, will you help me or not? I need you Phoebe." He touches her hand. "Please, I can't do this alone"
OK, Ok. Jees! Now I know where Chris got his ability to wear me down. What do you need me to do?
"I need you to recreate the potions we made to send me and Chris to the future. Gideon somehow tampered with the original ones. I have some things I need to do before I go."
He smiles at her as he puts Chris in his crib. "Thanks Phoebe. I won't forget this" and he orbs out just as Piper opens the door.
"Piper!, Hi! You just missed Leo"
Piper eyes her sourly "He will be devastated"
"Phoebe shush! Keep you voice down. Piper will hear and you will wake Chris". Leo gently rocks Chris in his arms as he speaks.
"Are you mad? You think she won't notice that you've gone? What if you don't come back Leo. What do I tell her then? Piper, Leo just slipped off into the future, to visit your, possibly psychotic-stroke-dead, sons and who knows what's happened to him. I didn't bother to tell you at the time, because....."
Seeing his face she stops and gently touched his cheek. "I am sorry Leo. I didn't mean to be flippant. I know what this is doing to you, I just think that you need to speak to Piper about it, she has a right to know, well everything. She still cares about you, you do know that right?"
"I, I can't think about that right now. I can't even be in the same room with her. Listening to her talking to Chris, about how handsome he will be, how brave, what a hero. Speculating about what he is doing now in his shiny new life. You saw what Prue's death did to her Phoebe, how can I even begin to tell her about Chris and I can't lie to her, I never could. Don't you see I am doing this as much for her as for me. I have to know. We both need to know what happened to him. If he's.... still there"
"But what about the Elders, doesn't this break just about every rule there is? I mean of the ones that you haven't already shattered?"
"That's why I need to do it now. I am not exactly on anyone's Christmas list up there, and I don't know how long I will be still able to do this"
Phoebe looks at him appalled "They can't seriously be planning to punish you for, well Gideon, because that's terrible. You stopped a killer, you restored the cosmic balance, you saved the day when they sat on their collective asses, they should be giving you medals and parades. Leo, you have done nothing wrong"
"No?"
"No!"
"Phoebe, Elders, aren't supposed to be violent, Elders, aren't supposed to work alone, Elders aren't supposed to become personally involved in the world, Elders are not supposed to put any individuals above the common good, Elders are definitely not supposed to father children, Oh and Elders are particularly not allowed to murder other Elders. – That's considered quite a biggie. Phoebe you've got to know that Gideon wasn't the only one that thinks my son will become the ultimate evil. To a lot of the Elders his actions were understandable."
"What will they do to you? "
"I don't know. Neither do they, yet. It's a big thing up there, apparently this is the first time one Elder has killed another, but they have to reach some sort of decision soon, that's why we have to do this now. So, will you help me or not? I need you Phoebe." He touches her hand. "Please, I can't do this alone"
OK, Ok. Jees! Now I know where Chris got his ability to wear me down. What do you need me to do?
"I need you to recreate the potions we made to send me and Chris to the future. Gideon somehow tampered with the original ones. I have some things I need to do before I go."
He smiles at her as he puts Chris in his crib. "Thanks Phoebe. I won't forget this" and he orbs out just as Piper opens the door.
"Piper!, Hi! You just missed Leo"
Piper eyes her sourly "He will be devastated"