Chapter 16
Richard formed and energy ball, "Leave her alone." He said in a cold threatening voice. Wyatt smirked as he held on to Izzy's arm tightly pulling her closer, "Or you'll what? Just try and throw that energy ball Richard, we both know what'll happen if you do."
Richard's face hardened, "You killed them," bitterness filled his voice.
Wyatt laughed to himself, "You really think they would have survived everything that happened without Paige around to protect them? Come on Richard, we both know you wouldn't have been able to handle them alone, I did what I had to in order to protect them!"
"Argh!" Richard shouted as he threw the energy ball at him no longer caring should Izzy get caught in the crossfire. Wyatt's force field went up and the energy ball exploded against it leaving both Wyatt and Isabelle unharmed.
"You never even gave them the chance." Izzy said in a quiet voice that failed to escape Wyatt's hearing. He turned her around to face him and he looked at her as two demons shimmered in behind Richard grabbing hold of him. The force field fell as Wyatt said without taking his eyes from Isabelle, "Maybe now the factions won't be as much trouble to me." He finally let go of Isabelle pushing her aside, he walked up to Richard and looked at him, "That was always your problem, that's why you became consumed with magic, you and the thirst for vengeance you learned from your family. We could have been great together Richard, but no, you had to oppose me instead. Take him to the prisons." He ordered.
"What about her?" one of the demons asked motioning towards Isabelle.
"She's no threat to me," Wyatt answered glancing back at her, "my dear cousin wouldn't dream of trying to hurt me, would you Izzy?"
She stared at him and remained quiet. He was right, she never would hurt Wyatt after everything he had taken away from her. It hurt enough every time she was forced into using her magic against him. Granted it was out of self-defense, but it should have never been like this. The demons shimmered away with Richard, leaving the two of them alone.
"I remember when dad gave us the Manor and left to spend the rest of his days Up There." He said pacing the attic. "Leaving us all alone, pretending like we didn't need him." he added bitterly.
"It was too hard for him, seeing Piper's resemblance in both you and Chris day in and day out." She replied.
"Don't you dare defend him, Isabelle!" he shouted back at her, "He left us alone once I was 18! I was the one who had to care for everyone, you and Chris, Paige's girls!"
"You didn't care for them, you killed them! Richard could've taken care of his daughters," she shouted back at him, "and I had dad, you never even gave them the chance to try!"
"Oh please Izzy!" he looked at her, "Richard? He can barely handle magic and I wasn't about to let Jason raise you, he didn't know the first thing about who you were, what you were meant to be! You could be so much more than what you are if you would only stop fighting it!"
"This isn't what was meant to be Wyatt and you know it. Mom, Paige, Piper, none of them were supposed to die when they did!"
Wyatt looked down and quietly answered, "No they weren't. I was supposed to save them." Isabelle frowned at hearing that, he had never talked like that before. He looked back at her with a hardened face again, "I wasn't about to let you and Chris live in a world where you could be killed by demons. Paige's girls were too young and they would've been targeted, I did what I had too. That's why this is the way it has to be! It's no longer about good and evil, it's about power. We all have it and we shouldn't be fighting amongst each other in a pointless war that no one ever wins. Mom, Phoebe, Paige, even Prue all died by a demon trying to protect those who don't even have power to begin with!"
*****
"So what do we do in the meantime?" Paige asked after Chris disappeared.
Piper looked back at her, and suddenly everything she had been witness to in the last few hours caught up with her. Wyatt so willing to hurt his own brother and cousin, a future where everything she had known was either dead or destroyed, even her own home turned into a museum. She couldn't take it. "I don't know, I.....I don't even care, I need to get out of here." She said turning and practically running out of the attic.
Little Wyatt had been at Daryl's, and she intended to go and get him despite the fact it was really late at night. She grabbed her jacket and keys as she headed to the door as Leo stopped her. "Leo, no! I have to get Wyatt." She protested, and as he looked at her he noticed tears in her eyes. He pulled her close into his arms, "Piper its ok."
"No! It's not, I can't do this Leo! I can't do this alone!" she answered breaking down in his arms.
Leo just pulled her closer, "You're not alone." He said then after a few moments added, "you have me." She looked up at him with her tear-stained face frowning. He met here gaze in his eyes, "You'll always have me Piper." Emotions raged inside as he held her. She felt so conflicted, lost, alone, wanting one and only one thing right now. He pulled her close, "Don't leave me Leo, if you go Up There for good then you saw what happens to us. Don't leave us." She whispered.
"I'll never leave you Piper," was all he said. The two of them stood there on the stairway like that forgetting the world around them and knowing only what they felt, what they wanted. No longer caring about the rules, Leo orbed the both of them to her room.
*****
Chris appeared on an island. He looked around and hoped he was in the right place. It had been hard enough to find Avalon way back when and now it was nearly impossible. It had receded so far back into the mists so people wouldn't find it. Its power was too great to be tampered with, so it remained hidden.
"State your name and purpose," he heard a voice behind him say. He slowly turned and came face to face with a beautiful woman. She had long dark hair and cold green eyes. She wore an outfit similar to the Valkyries, and a bow and arrow was pointed directly at him. "I'm looking for Avalon." He answered slowly raising his hands to show he meant no harm.
"Strangers are not welcome there." She replied still holding the bow.
"Not even to save it?" he questioned.
She frowned, "Avalon is in no danger."
"The sword has left it." He replied.
"The sword left because its keeper was in danger, and now Excalibur is with its rightful owner."
"Did you know that owner is a toddler? His mother is the only one who can pass it on to him and in the world I come from she dies before he receives it. A sorcerer named Morian was chosen to train him, but instead of protecting the magic of Avalon, he destroys it." She lowered her weapon as Chris continued, "Avalon is more danger then you know and unless his mother is saved there is no changing its fate."
"The Lady will decide if you are telling the truth." She answered, "Come."
Richard formed and energy ball, "Leave her alone." He said in a cold threatening voice. Wyatt smirked as he held on to Izzy's arm tightly pulling her closer, "Or you'll what? Just try and throw that energy ball Richard, we both know what'll happen if you do."
Richard's face hardened, "You killed them," bitterness filled his voice.
Wyatt laughed to himself, "You really think they would have survived everything that happened without Paige around to protect them? Come on Richard, we both know you wouldn't have been able to handle them alone, I did what I had to in order to protect them!"
"Argh!" Richard shouted as he threw the energy ball at him no longer caring should Izzy get caught in the crossfire. Wyatt's force field went up and the energy ball exploded against it leaving both Wyatt and Isabelle unharmed.
"You never even gave them the chance." Izzy said in a quiet voice that failed to escape Wyatt's hearing. He turned her around to face him and he looked at her as two demons shimmered in behind Richard grabbing hold of him. The force field fell as Wyatt said without taking his eyes from Isabelle, "Maybe now the factions won't be as much trouble to me." He finally let go of Isabelle pushing her aside, he walked up to Richard and looked at him, "That was always your problem, that's why you became consumed with magic, you and the thirst for vengeance you learned from your family. We could have been great together Richard, but no, you had to oppose me instead. Take him to the prisons." He ordered.
"What about her?" one of the demons asked motioning towards Isabelle.
"She's no threat to me," Wyatt answered glancing back at her, "my dear cousin wouldn't dream of trying to hurt me, would you Izzy?"
She stared at him and remained quiet. He was right, she never would hurt Wyatt after everything he had taken away from her. It hurt enough every time she was forced into using her magic against him. Granted it was out of self-defense, but it should have never been like this. The demons shimmered away with Richard, leaving the two of them alone.
"I remember when dad gave us the Manor and left to spend the rest of his days Up There." He said pacing the attic. "Leaving us all alone, pretending like we didn't need him." he added bitterly.
"It was too hard for him, seeing Piper's resemblance in both you and Chris day in and day out." She replied.
"Don't you dare defend him, Isabelle!" he shouted back at her, "He left us alone once I was 18! I was the one who had to care for everyone, you and Chris, Paige's girls!"
"You didn't care for them, you killed them! Richard could've taken care of his daughters," she shouted back at him, "and I had dad, you never even gave them the chance to try!"
"Oh please Izzy!" he looked at her, "Richard? He can barely handle magic and I wasn't about to let Jason raise you, he didn't know the first thing about who you were, what you were meant to be! You could be so much more than what you are if you would only stop fighting it!"
"This isn't what was meant to be Wyatt and you know it. Mom, Paige, Piper, none of them were supposed to die when they did!"
Wyatt looked down and quietly answered, "No they weren't. I was supposed to save them." Isabelle frowned at hearing that, he had never talked like that before. He looked back at her with a hardened face again, "I wasn't about to let you and Chris live in a world where you could be killed by demons. Paige's girls were too young and they would've been targeted, I did what I had too. That's why this is the way it has to be! It's no longer about good and evil, it's about power. We all have it and we shouldn't be fighting amongst each other in a pointless war that no one ever wins. Mom, Phoebe, Paige, even Prue all died by a demon trying to protect those who don't even have power to begin with!"
*****
"So what do we do in the meantime?" Paige asked after Chris disappeared.
Piper looked back at her, and suddenly everything she had been witness to in the last few hours caught up with her. Wyatt so willing to hurt his own brother and cousin, a future where everything she had known was either dead or destroyed, even her own home turned into a museum. She couldn't take it. "I don't know, I.....I don't even care, I need to get out of here." She said turning and practically running out of the attic.
Little Wyatt had been at Daryl's, and she intended to go and get him despite the fact it was really late at night. She grabbed her jacket and keys as she headed to the door as Leo stopped her. "Leo, no! I have to get Wyatt." She protested, and as he looked at her he noticed tears in her eyes. He pulled her close into his arms, "Piper its ok."
"No! It's not, I can't do this Leo! I can't do this alone!" she answered breaking down in his arms.
Leo just pulled her closer, "You're not alone." He said then after a few moments added, "you have me." She looked up at him with her tear-stained face frowning. He met here gaze in his eyes, "You'll always have me Piper." Emotions raged inside as he held her. She felt so conflicted, lost, alone, wanting one and only one thing right now. He pulled her close, "Don't leave me Leo, if you go Up There for good then you saw what happens to us. Don't leave us." She whispered.
"I'll never leave you Piper," was all he said. The two of them stood there on the stairway like that forgetting the world around them and knowing only what they felt, what they wanted. No longer caring about the rules, Leo orbed the both of them to her room.
*****
Chris appeared on an island. He looked around and hoped he was in the right place. It had been hard enough to find Avalon way back when and now it was nearly impossible. It had receded so far back into the mists so people wouldn't find it. Its power was too great to be tampered with, so it remained hidden.
"State your name and purpose," he heard a voice behind him say. He slowly turned and came face to face with a beautiful woman. She had long dark hair and cold green eyes. She wore an outfit similar to the Valkyries, and a bow and arrow was pointed directly at him. "I'm looking for Avalon." He answered slowly raising his hands to show he meant no harm.
"Strangers are not welcome there." She replied still holding the bow.
"Not even to save it?" he questioned.
She frowned, "Avalon is in no danger."
"The sword has left it." He replied.
"The sword left because its keeper was in danger, and now Excalibur is with its rightful owner."
"Did you know that owner is a toddler? His mother is the only one who can pass it on to him and in the world I come from she dies before he receives it. A sorcerer named Morian was chosen to train him, but instead of protecting the magic of Avalon, he destroys it." She lowered her weapon as Chris continued, "Avalon is more danger then you know and unless his mother is saved there is no changing its fate."
"The Lady will decide if you are telling the truth." She answered, "Come."