O.O

Rewards Deserved:

Chapter 21: Big Brothers Never Go Away

The next morning, Future Wyatt had already left, ready to spend some time with his brothers after seeing what pain they had gone through while he was dead.

Chris sat in the living room, trying to write spells that would bring Wyatt back.

He cleared his throat. "Hear my cry, hear my plea, bring my brother back to me. Bring back Wyatt Halliwell, so in my life he may once again dwell."

Leo sighed from the doorway. "Chris -"

"No. This next one. I can feel it," Chris said, writing quickly

Leo walked over to him and grabbed his pencil and paper. "Chris, you're scaring me."

Chris grabbed the stuff, looking Leo in the eyes. "I want my brother back. That's it. Is that too much to ask for?"

"Yes!" Leo said, sighing. "That is too much, Chris. Wyatt's not coming back. And you have to accept that."

Chris put down his pencil and paper, looking down at the floor. He looked up at his father slowly. "I need him."

Leo nodded and pulled Chris close. "I know. We all do. Him and your mother held this family together. And your mother can't do it alone." He pushed Chris back, his hands on his son's shoulders. "You have to step up to the plate now, okay? You have to take over Wyatt's role in the family."

Tears came to Chris's eyes. "I can't do that."

"Yes you can. I know you can," Leo said, pushing some hair behind Chris's ear. "I have faith in you."

Tears slowly started to flow down Chris's face, and Leo held him close again. "Oh, Daddy, I miss him so much."

Tears came to Leo's eyes. "I know, Chris. I miss him, too."

O.O

A week later, Chris walked into the living room where Michael was sitting and watching TV, obviously not really paying any attention to what was goin on.

"Michael, we're about to talk about Sammy upstairs," Chris said, walking over to him.

Michael looked up at him and nodded. He stood up, sighing. "Alright. Let's do this."

Chris smiled at his brother before the two orbed into the attic.

Brian looked up at them from the book. "It's called the Andos demon demon. It feeds off of magical single mothers."

"That's a twisted demon," Chris said, his eyebrows raised.

"I'll say," Michael said, walking over to Brian and staring at the picture.

"What a way to get a date," Leona said sarcastically, smiling.

"Does that mean that I have to stay?" Amanda asked, looking upset.

Chris sighed. "Yeah. Cause you're Abby's mother now. You adopted her. And, even though you're a widow, you're still single."

Amanda nodded. "Okay."

"Well, what's going to happen after we rescue Sammy? Everyone believes that she's dead. They won't really let her buy anything major like a place to live without an ID and stuff," Amy said, her eyebrows raised.

"Well, she can stay with Abby and I. I mean, she is Abby's biological mother and all. And I'm not giving her Abby without knowing where they're goin to end up," Amanda said, looking around at everyone.

"So, what's the plan?" Michael asked, crossing his arms.

"Well, I know where it lives in The Underworld," Brian said, looking over at him.

"Why?" Chris asked suspiciously.

Brian smiled. "We went undercover there together in my time."

"How old were you?" Chris asked, narrowing his eyes at his future son.

Brian chuckled. "Fifteen."

Chris shrugged. "Alright."

Brian rolled his eyes. "I'm years away from being born and you're already overprotective."

The next moment, Breanna walked through a portal and ran over to Brian. "Brian, we gotta talk."

Brian turned to her. "About what?"

"Dad," Breanna said, glancing for a second over at Chris.

"What about him?" Brian asked, crossing his arms.

"We have to go back in time. We, from our time. Future for these people. Me and you," Breanna said, trying to stay calm.

"Why?" Brian asked, looking concerned.

"Magic's out and a darklighter . . . a darklighter . . ." Breanna trailed off, not able to finish her sentence.

Brian looked up at everyone. "Nice seein ya! We gotta go!"

Leona nodded. "Okay. Go save your dad while we save Abby's mom."

Brian nodded before walking through the portal with Breanna.

"Wow. He must care a lot about you," Michael said, turning to Chris.

Leona smiled. "He does. Too much in my opinion, but who am I to judge?"

"Yeah. You're just as bad with Dad," Michelle said, smirking.

Leona turned to her. "Shut up. We gotta save Samantha."

"Wait a minute. Brian knew where it lived. Now what're we gonna do?" Prue asked, sighing.

"Well, let's just say that Michelle tagged along without Dad's permission, and without Grandpa, Uncle Chris and Brian knowing about it," Leona said, smiling, looking over at her younger sister.

"Yeah," Michelle said, frowning. "I almost got myself killed doing that."

Leona nodded, looking over at Michael.

"Wow, Michael, your daughter takes after you," Chris said, smirking, turning to his younger brother.

"But, I didn't know where it was," Michelle said, shrugging. "Sorry."

Chris walked over to the book. "How are we ever going to find this demon?" he asked in a raised voice.

Everyone smiled as the pages started flipping.

"Thanks, Grams," Piper said, smiling.

Grams showed up then in bright lights, turning solid. "Sorry. Wasn't me."

"Who then?" Phoebe asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Wyatt," Grams said, smiling.

"Wyatt? You're with Wyatt?" Chris asked, quickly walking over to her. "How is he?"

"He's doing just fine, Chris. A little shaken up after coming to the terms that he was dead, but fine none the less," Grams said, putting a hand on Chris's shoulder. She looked back and forth between Chris and Michael. "He really misses you boys a lot."

Chris smiled painfully. "We miss him, too."

Grams nodded. "He knows. He watches you. He knows how much pain you're going through. And he can hear everything you say to him. So he sent me along to help with Samantha."

Chris smiled. "Still protecting us even though he's dead," he said, turning to Michael. "Figures."

Michael smiled and nodded. "Yeah."

Dead Prue showed up in bright lights, also becoming whole. She turned to Grams. "Sorry, Grams, but Wyatt sent me, too. He's a little too overprotective of his baby brothers."

"He gets it from you," Piper said, smiling.

Dead Prue smiled. "Yeah. I know. Ain't it great?"

"Back to Samantha, please!" Amy yelled, getting everyone's attention.

"Right," Chris said, walking over to the book. He stared at the spell. "He wants us to bring the demon into our house?"

Dead Prue grimaced. "Yeah. He knew that you wouldn't be to hip with that plan, but he knows that you guys can do it."

"What about Amanda?" Chris asked, looking over at her.

"He suggested that Amanda go far, far away," Dead Prue said, smiling.

"I can do that," Amanda said, nodding, before walking out of the room.

"I'll go with her," Piper said, smiling. She looked over at Dead Prue. "Nice to see you in a body again."

"Thanks," Dead Prue said, smiling.

Piper walked out of the room, following Amanda.

Chris sighed. "Alright. We'll need to get Amanda back in here cause we need the blood of a magical single mother for the vanquishing potion. Also, some ginger, feathers, pig's feet, and acid."

"I'll get the anti acid gloves," Michael said before walking out the the room, his nose wrinkled.

O.O.O.O.O

Guys, I'm sorry, but I don't think that there'll be many chapters left! But, I sequel will be coming right after it! And it'll begin with something exciting! Yay! Anyway, review please!

Hannah