Chapter 20
"Are you really prepared to find out that the ones you think you can trust your lives with are trying to destroy you Phoebe?" he asked. "Not everyone is as trustworthy as they seem. Some are prepared to make sure you die in order to protect what they think is right. Terrorizing becomes protecting when the only way to keep what's left that matters in the world safe." Wyatt finally replied after several moments of thinking over what she had said to him.
"Is that what you really think Wyatt?"
"Welcome to my world Phoebe. It's what I know. Chris and Izzy are trying to save what can't be saved. No matter what they do, he'll find another way to get to me and everyone else."
"Who will?"
"Who do you think Phoebe? Think about it, I don't have to tell you, the clues are all there. You just need to see them." He looked back at his younger self, "You weren't able to before and he won in the end. I became the person you see now. Chris and Izzy think that they can change it by stopping Morian. What they don't see is that someone else is pulling the strings and if he doesn't succeed then he'll find another way and it won't matter what they've changed."
Phoebe remained quiet. The clues were all there...they just needed to see them. It was someone they already trusted who did this to Wyatt. "Why won't you just tell me?" she asked.
"Because it's not my place too."
*****
"Gideon? What are you talking about?" Leo questioned.
"I think Gideon has something to do with this." Izzy said looking directly at Leo.
"Gideon wouldn't do anything to harm Wyatt or the girls." He said shaking his head.
"Wouldn't he? I mean God Leo you wouldn't listen to either of us when I said I got the creeps from him then! It makes sense you wouldn't listen now either! You never change, you didn't listen to us when we needed you and you were never there!" Izzy shouted as she let her anger finally come out.
"Izzy—"Chris started.
"No Chris! I'm so sick and tired of it! If Leo listened when you first tried to warn him maybe none of this would have happened! Call me crazy but maybe just maybe if he had been around when the demon attacked then Piper, Paige, and even mom wouldn't have died when they did! And then we wouldn't have been left alone, Wyatt would have never gone to that school and we could've gotten to know our cousins!" Tears were streaming down her face as she let her guard down finally, "Well I'm through, I'm sick of pretending that things will be better. They never do anything unless Leo is behind them and he obviously isn't this time. I'm not gonna live that life!" she finally stopped and no one said a word. Izzy continued staring at Leo for a few seconds longer, then left the room. Not again, she wouldn't let history repeat itself again. She wasn't going to lose her mother now or ever.
Piper, Paige, and Leo all remained quiet. Izzy's words really struck home with them. Gideon had told Leo that leaving the Manor was for the greater good, that it had to be done, but maybe his leaving the Manor started everything. Obviously Leo was meant to become an Elder eventually if he was gone in the future as well, but if it had that much of an effect on Izzy and Chris then....he wasn't gonna let it happen again. Izzy's outburst had been directed at him, no one else, and Leo felt the guilt begin to set in even though he hadn't necessarily done anything yet.
Chris uneasily looked around. No one said anything. He hadn't expected Izzy to go off like that. Quietly he muttered, "Um...I'll go talk to her."
*****
As Phoebe stood contemplating all Wyatt had just told her Izzy appeared. She was obviously upset and pissed off. "What does Gideon have to do with it?" she demanded. Wyatt remained quiet and stared at her. Phoebe was confused. "Damnit Wyatt, I'm not gonna do it again! I'm not gonna lose them." She broke down losing all self control, "Don't make me lose them again."
Any coldness of emotion he had disappeared as he watched Izzy let out all her pain and anger for essentially the first time. Phoebe moved to hold her but Wyatt pushed her aside taking Izzy himself. He pulled Izzy close in a tight embrace attempting to console her. Phoebe could see the bond they shared as cousins, one that hadn't been shared between them in a long, long time. Wyatt looked at her as the sister he never had and wanted nothing more then to protect her. Chris appeared in the hallway and stopped, staring in shock. He hadn't seen this side of Wyatt in a long time. He thought it had disappeared long ago. Phoebe looked back and saw Chris, the shock and confusion evident in his face.
"Gideon hired Morian to kill them. He then convinced Leo to send us to magic school so he could get to us, but you and Chris refused to stay. Gideon couldn't try to hurt me or the girls as long as you two were still outside his reach so he tried to control us instead." Wyatt whispered after holding her for several seconds. Izzy stepped back breathing slowly and frowning. Wyatt held her gaze as he continued, "Gideon would have killed us all had you two stayed at the magic school. They don't care about good and evil, all they care about is power and we had too much. Everything I have done, has been to protect what's left of our family. I never wanted to kill the girls, it was an accident. Morian convinced me that it was easier that way...that they had to die because they wouldn't have been able to survive the aftermath of what I had done in order to protect you all."
Chris slowly sank to the floor, he had never believed it had gone that far. Wyatt had been right all along, there was nothing either of them could do to save Wyatt. What happened to him would've happened no matter what they did because the sisters would never go after Gideon. And he would win out in the end, Wyatt was right...he didn't need saving.
Wyatt was well aware that Chris had heard all that he had said as well. "Now will you two come home?" he asked. Izzy glanced behind her and saw Chris look up at them. He silently nodded giving in and pushed himself up. Izzy looked back at Wyatt, tears still in her eyes. He held out his hand and she took it. Wyatt looked back at his younger self one last time, then said the spell. A portal appeared and Chris walked over to the two of them. They started walking towards the portal when Phoebe finally said something, "Wait!"
Chris and Izzy glanced back at her and Izzy stared at her mother for a moment. Wyatt knowing what she was thinking said to her, "There's nothing we can do."
"No, there has to be something we can do! Piper and Paige, they'll listen I know they will!"
"Prove us wrong then Phoebe." Chris answered, "Our future lies in your hands now." Chris walked through disappearing into that horrible future. Izzy stared at her mother a moment longer, sadness written everywhere in her eyes. Wyatt moved to go and she stepped through. The portal disappeared leaving Phoebe alone in the hallway.
"Are you really prepared to find out that the ones you think you can trust your lives with are trying to destroy you Phoebe?" he asked. "Not everyone is as trustworthy as they seem. Some are prepared to make sure you die in order to protect what they think is right. Terrorizing becomes protecting when the only way to keep what's left that matters in the world safe." Wyatt finally replied after several moments of thinking over what she had said to him.
"Is that what you really think Wyatt?"
"Welcome to my world Phoebe. It's what I know. Chris and Izzy are trying to save what can't be saved. No matter what they do, he'll find another way to get to me and everyone else."
"Who will?"
"Who do you think Phoebe? Think about it, I don't have to tell you, the clues are all there. You just need to see them." He looked back at his younger self, "You weren't able to before and he won in the end. I became the person you see now. Chris and Izzy think that they can change it by stopping Morian. What they don't see is that someone else is pulling the strings and if he doesn't succeed then he'll find another way and it won't matter what they've changed."
Phoebe remained quiet. The clues were all there...they just needed to see them. It was someone they already trusted who did this to Wyatt. "Why won't you just tell me?" she asked.
"Because it's not my place too."
*****
"Gideon? What are you talking about?" Leo questioned.
"I think Gideon has something to do with this." Izzy said looking directly at Leo.
"Gideon wouldn't do anything to harm Wyatt or the girls." He said shaking his head.
"Wouldn't he? I mean God Leo you wouldn't listen to either of us when I said I got the creeps from him then! It makes sense you wouldn't listen now either! You never change, you didn't listen to us when we needed you and you were never there!" Izzy shouted as she let her anger finally come out.
"Izzy—"Chris started.
"No Chris! I'm so sick and tired of it! If Leo listened when you first tried to warn him maybe none of this would have happened! Call me crazy but maybe just maybe if he had been around when the demon attacked then Piper, Paige, and even mom wouldn't have died when they did! And then we wouldn't have been left alone, Wyatt would have never gone to that school and we could've gotten to know our cousins!" Tears were streaming down her face as she let her guard down finally, "Well I'm through, I'm sick of pretending that things will be better. They never do anything unless Leo is behind them and he obviously isn't this time. I'm not gonna live that life!" she finally stopped and no one said a word. Izzy continued staring at Leo for a few seconds longer, then left the room. Not again, she wouldn't let history repeat itself again. She wasn't going to lose her mother now or ever.
Piper, Paige, and Leo all remained quiet. Izzy's words really struck home with them. Gideon had told Leo that leaving the Manor was for the greater good, that it had to be done, but maybe his leaving the Manor started everything. Obviously Leo was meant to become an Elder eventually if he was gone in the future as well, but if it had that much of an effect on Izzy and Chris then....he wasn't gonna let it happen again. Izzy's outburst had been directed at him, no one else, and Leo felt the guilt begin to set in even though he hadn't necessarily done anything yet.
Chris uneasily looked around. No one said anything. He hadn't expected Izzy to go off like that. Quietly he muttered, "Um...I'll go talk to her."
*****
As Phoebe stood contemplating all Wyatt had just told her Izzy appeared. She was obviously upset and pissed off. "What does Gideon have to do with it?" she demanded. Wyatt remained quiet and stared at her. Phoebe was confused. "Damnit Wyatt, I'm not gonna do it again! I'm not gonna lose them." She broke down losing all self control, "Don't make me lose them again."
Any coldness of emotion he had disappeared as he watched Izzy let out all her pain and anger for essentially the first time. Phoebe moved to hold her but Wyatt pushed her aside taking Izzy himself. He pulled Izzy close in a tight embrace attempting to console her. Phoebe could see the bond they shared as cousins, one that hadn't been shared between them in a long, long time. Wyatt looked at her as the sister he never had and wanted nothing more then to protect her. Chris appeared in the hallway and stopped, staring in shock. He hadn't seen this side of Wyatt in a long time. He thought it had disappeared long ago. Phoebe looked back and saw Chris, the shock and confusion evident in his face.
"Gideon hired Morian to kill them. He then convinced Leo to send us to magic school so he could get to us, but you and Chris refused to stay. Gideon couldn't try to hurt me or the girls as long as you two were still outside his reach so he tried to control us instead." Wyatt whispered after holding her for several seconds. Izzy stepped back breathing slowly and frowning. Wyatt held her gaze as he continued, "Gideon would have killed us all had you two stayed at the magic school. They don't care about good and evil, all they care about is power and we had too much. Everything I have done, has been to protect what's left of our family. I never wanted to kill the girls, it was an accident. Morian convinced me that it was easier that way...that they had to die because they wouldn't have been able to survive the aftermath of what I had done in order to protect you all."
Chris slowly sank to the floor, he had never believed it had gone that far. Wyatt had been right all along, there was nothing either of them could do to save Wyatt. What happened to him would've happened no matter what they did because the sisters would never go after Gideon. And he would win out in the end, Wyatt was right...he didn't need saving.
Wyatt was well aware that Chris had heard all that he had said as well. "Now will you two come home?" he asked. Izzy glanced behind her and saw Chris look up at them. He silently nodded giving in and pushed himself up. Izzy looked back at Wyatt, tears still in her eyes. He held out his hand and she took it. Wyatt looked back at his younger self one last time, then said the spell. A portal appeared and Chris walked over to the two of them. They started walking towards the portal when Phoebe finally said something, "Wait!"
Chris and Izzy glanced back at her and Izzy stared at her mother for a moment. Wyatt knowing what she was thinking said to her, "There's nothing we can do."
"No, there has to be something we can do! Piper and Paige, they'll listen I know they will!"
"Prove us wrong then Phoebe." Chris answered, "Our future lies in your hands now." Chris walked through disappearing into that horrible future. Izzy stared at her mother a moment longer, sadness written everywhere in her eyes. Wyatt moved to go and she stepped through. The portal disappeared leaving Phoebe alone in the hallway.