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Meanwhile, Chris and Leo are still in the attic. Leo was now looking angry rather than extremely unhappy.

"You could've at least told me you're my son!" he shouted at an extremely guilty and rather frightened looking Chris.

Yet still, Chris corrected him: "I'm going to be your son. You know, it's not like you're going to be that much of a father to me!"

"What do you mean, not that much of a father?" asked Leo in a loud voice.

"I'm not supposed to tell you this, but in the future you're only there for Wyatt. You know, you'll never ask me how I feel, or help me with my powers", Chris was now really getting into it. "You care ever so much about Wyatt, perfect little smart, brilliant Wyatt, that you close your eyes to his imperfections and you won't listen to my warnings. I'll tell you over and over again that you're in danger, but you don't listen to me and you'll get yourself killed by a darklighter arrow shot by the son you thought you could trust...Understanding only too late that the real trustworthy son in being held and tortured in the next room by mates of your murderer!" He paused, brushing his brown hairs out of his eyes and meanwhile secretly whiping his tears away. "You see", he continued in a cold voice, "you may not trust in the present. You may not trust me in the future. In the end you'll realize you would have done better if you had..."

In the silence that followed these emotionless words, Leo took one step forward, so that Chris was facing him. He extended one hand to lift up Chris' face to make him look in his eyes. Chris, nevertheless, jerked his head and walked away, but Leo used powers he'd gained by becoming an Elder to push Chris against the wall and this time Chris looked up.

"I will do better this time", said Leo, while extending his hand again to brush Chris' hair out of his eyes, a one gesture of affection.

"I certainly hope so, Dad", said Chris, the last word not without sarcasm.

"You're not the only person I need to do better for", said Leo, "I will need to-" He was interrupted by Paige, Piper and Phoebe orbing in. All three of them looked outraged at Chris' nerve to enter the Manor again.

Yet as Piper opened her mouth to shout at Chris, Leo took matters into his own hands. He kissed her passionately and puts one protective arm around her middle before orbing out. Last thing the other see, is Piper settling down to Leo's passion...

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"Um..." said Chris, clearly at a loss of words. "Yeah..." said Paige, no less knocked off her feet. Phoebe, however, had found her speech back rather quickly. "Well, I don't know what you were doing here, but you'd better leave right now, Mister!" Chris orbed out, but not after casting his 'please-trust-me- guilty/innocent/regretting-look upon them.

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Chris reformed where he had sensed Leo and Piper; they were in the bedroom they had once shared. They were kissing, but looked up as he took one step forward.

"Hey..." he said hesitantly.

Piper opened her mouth, but Leo cut her words off: "We need to tell you something, Piper."

Chris cast a warning look at Leo and shook his head the tiniest of an inch, not sure whether Leo had understood his hint.

"Chris is telling the truth about Wyatt. He is going to turn evil, but it doesn't mean we can't stop him. Chris has always been there when evil tried to harm him."

"And why should I trust someone from the future? He could be the evil that tries to turn Wyatt!" shouted Piper.

"You should trust your own son!" replied Leo.

Chris personally felt this was the right time to leave, so he orbed away. Not quick enough for Piper, though. She grabbed him by the ankle and pulled him out of his orb. He landed hard on the floor.

"You're not going anywhere, boy!" she said in her you're-in-trouble voice.

'Geez', thought Chris to himself, 'guess I can't orb myself out of thís!'

He felt rather powerless with his mother towering over him.

She wasn't as tall as he was, but even when he'd outgrown her, she'd still managed to intimidate him or Wyatt, whenever she wanted to. Even as Wyatt tried to kill her, slowly because he was hardly powerful enough, she'd preached to him about family bonds and nearly talked him out of it...Had it not been for the Sensor Demon (Wyatt's right hand) sensing Wyatt's weakness and finishing the job.

The memory of his mother's death was so painful and powerful that the Chris on the floor in the attic shivered and fainted.

Look at me
For I have done
Long-time travel, endless crusade
Demons have turned and evil's gone

Say the name
You gave to me
Not in present but in future
For it's your son from which I flee

Touch my body
Feel my muse
Feel the son you left behind
Gave you a chance you can't refuse

Feel me now
'm here on the floor
Feeling weak, towered upon
Only love can heal this powerful soar

I've dealt with demons
I've dealt with evil
Took decisions that hurt me much
So will you please give me everything else I'm here for

He felt dark, lost, as if he'd never see them again. He now felt that saving Wyatt wasn't the only thing he was here for. All this time, inside of him, there had been a secret hunger for the thing he wanted so much, but was never given by them:

Love

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