CHAPTER X: MADNESS
Chris had to know, he had to see, had to stop whatever madness Wy was probably doing.
He tried sensing him, to his relief and surprise, apparently Wy had found a way to reverse the spell that had been blocking them from each other. He sensed his brother and orbed to him.
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Wyatt orbed into the attic and gasp. This was hard! He hadn't been in the attic since Chris' 14th birthday.
Every inch of that attic remind him of that day. He had converted the house into a museum, as a reminder of the power he came from. Or at least, that was what he would tell people. He wondered if it was just because he wanted to preserve everything intact, as if they still lived there, as if nothing had changed. Still, he couldn't bring himself to set a foot in his family memento.
He had orbed himself to the attic, because he thought it would be better to get over with the shock right away, now he didn't know if it had been such a good idea. The only good thing, the museum was already closed for the day.
He went where the hologram of the book was. His mind filled with memories.
FlashbackA fourteen year old Wyatt orbs into the attic, to find a twelve year old Chris, sleeping on top of the book.
-"Kiddo, wake up, wake up"
-"Wy?" A sleepy Chris answered.
-"Yeah, Chris. Who else? But honestly, bro. I cant keep on doing this EVERY morning. Why don't you sleep in a bed, like the rest of the mortals? If mom finds out that you sleep here every night she'll kill you. And then, she'll kill me for covering up for you"
-"I just need to be prepared, Wy"
-"Prepared for what??"
-"For a demon attack! Now with a new baby in the house. Kyle dead, Phoebe's husband and Dad are out of the picture. I need to be able to protect my family, Wy. I wasn't born double blessed like you"
-"Oh Shut up, Kiddo" he said, while both of them orbed to their room, to get ready for school "I might have the power, but you are the one that was born with this" He touched Chris' forehead "And this" he pointed at his heart "And quite a lot of guts, kiddo. You have more than enough to defeat anybody Chris. And if you ever need more power, I'll always, ALWAYS be by your side. Together we can conquer the world."
-"I don't want to conquer the world. I wanna be able to keep my family safe"
-"That too kiddo, that too" he chuckle "Together, we can do anything together"
Conversations like that would go on almost every morning.
End of flashbackGod, he missed life in the manor. Memories were invading him, and he felt like crying.
-"Focus, Wyatt" He told himself.
He called for the book. And the book appeared. He read
""Hear these words, hear my cry,
Spirit from the other side,
Come to me, I summon thee,
Cross now the great divide."
The wind blew, bringing with it, the imagine of what Wyatt thought, was the best thing in the world.
-"Mom" He gazed amazed. Full of hope, full of joy.
-"Wyatt!" She said, tears in her eyes. She didn't know if her tears were because she was so furious with her son, or because she pity him, since she knew how much he had suffered and how much Barbas instigated him, till he broke. Or of happiness and love, just from seeing him and being seen by him again. Probably, it was a little bit of everything.
-"I missed you so much, Mom" Cried Wyatt, as he hugged his mother with everything he had .
-"Wy, I know I am already dead, so you can't really choke me out of air, but it still kind of hurts"
-"Sorry" he said letting her go a little.
-"How could you, son? I know all you've been through, and how hard it was, but HOW? HOW COULD YOU DO ALL THAT, WY?" She yelled, tears clouding her vision." How could you go against everything I ever taught you. You tortured, and killed innocents. Gee Wy, your people almost tortured your brother to death"
-"But, mom...." He stopped, he was confused. He had been sure his mom would understand. For what she was saying, he could see, she knew everything that had happened. Then.. why wasn't her on his side?
-"Yes? I am waiting for an explanation, son"
-"Dad... sent his mentor to kill you ALL. It was all my fault, you were all killed because of me, by people that you trust, and that only cared about power. The "good powers beyond" and the "bad powers beyond" were all one and the same, they were both complotting against me! Because I was too powerful .That already cost me my family. It was them or me, mommy! The love of your life and his kind killed you, tried to kill your sons, and you don't care? I thought you of all people would understand. I thought you would help me show Chris the truth!"
-"I've seen the truth. I do care about my sons, and what I understand is that Barbas has been playing with your head way too long. Taking advantage of what the other PSYCHO that worked with him, GIDEON, did"
-"Barbas? Gideon? I don't understand, mom. What do you mean?"
-"Wanna know what really happened?"
-"I was there mom, I know what happened"
-"The truth depends on the eyes of the beholder, Honey. And your eyes, not only had a very limited vision, but were clouded by your pain and by years and years of manipulation by the demon of fear. So do you want to know what really happened?
Wyatt looked scared, he felt his sand castle was being hit by gigantic waves, and he was wondering if it would brake any time soon. And if it did, what was going to be left?
-"Do I really wanna know what happened, mom?
-"Oh, my poor boy" She said caressing his face "His been through so much pain, and I am about to cause you more. But yeah, for the world sake, you have to know what happened"
She sat down on the floor and continued
-"Come, lay here with me, let me hug you, my boy" Wyatt was a lot taller than his mom, but he manage to lay on the floor, so that his head was on her shoulders, his shoulders on her chest and she cuddle him, as if he was a little baby, rocking him slightly back and forth. While she told him everything. Who were Barbas and Gideon, how they worked together, since he was a baby. How his father might had not been the best father in the world, but he had always loved them and had nothing to do with the murders. How the majority of the elders didn't think like Gideon. How he had been kidnapped as a baby and how Barbas had been playing with his head for years.
Wyatt had yelled, screamed, cry. He tried pulling away from his mother a lot of times, yelling.
-"NO NO NO, you are lying. Mom, please tell me that you are lying" he would struggled with her to let him go, let him escape from this loving arms that were cuddling him "Let me go, you should be hating me...like Chris, like dad, like everybody I ever cared about" Piper would just pulled him closer and held him tighter, with a strength she was pulling only out of maternal instincts, since Wyatt was a really strong man.
-"It's ok, Wy. I am sorry. I wish it wasn't like this, but you needed to know. And now my job here is done, my baby. Now it will be your choice. You'll decide what to do." She kissed him "Remember that I love you"
-"You shouldn't" he said.
-"Tell your brother that I love him too, will you?"
-"I will mom. Do you really have to go? How am I going to deal with all this alone?" He was crying.
-"You are not alone, you have Chris. He loves you, Wy. A lot, he'll help you" She said as she disappeared into thin air.
Having dropped the bomb, his mom left. Wyatt started crying, his already tortured and broken mind, couldn't take any longer.
He kneeled and hugged his legs, staring blank at the wall, rocking back and forth, completely absent from the rest of the world, muttering
-"no, no, no.. what am I going to do? no. It was all...my family... not real....tortured....murderer...no innocents.. "
Basically, a lot of cut thoughts that didn't make any sense put together.
At this point, Chris orbed in. He was expecting to find Wyatt doing something crazy. But evil crazy, not real life crazy... and the picture that met his eyes, would have fitted pretty good in a quilted room, with guys with white uniforms. What he saw really scared him.
-"Wy, are you ok?" He kneeled beside his brother, and put a hand on his shoulder. Wyatt didn't react at all. "Wy, you are scaring me. What's wrong?" Nothing. Chris was really worried by this point.
He hugged his brother, that kept rocking back and forth in his arms, muttering some nonsense, completely unaware of Chris' presence.
-"Wy, it's ok, everything is ok. I am right here now, ok? We are together. We can conquer the world together, remember?"
-"Chris doesn't want to conquer the world. Chris wants to defend his family" That could have been considered a progressed, if it wasn't that a computer would have put more emotion in that sentence, than Wyatt did. He kept on rocking back and forth, blank, without blinking, apparently unaware of his brother.
But for Chris that was desperately looking for a sign, that meant some hope.
-"Yeah, that too Wy" He chuckle "Together, we can do anything together. I bet your never thought I listened to you, did you Wy? I did...I always listened to every word you said to me. ALWAYS, and I need to keep on hearing them, bro" But Wyatt didn't react.
It was Chris' time to worry now. Chris had always been the less powerful, weaker, even his body complexion was frail. While Wyatt was muscular and well built, Chris was skinny and allergic to muscle. It was understandable that Wyatt had been so worried for his brother the days before. And Chris had enjoyed the power that, that situation gave him. But know, he knew what Wyatt had felt all those days, watching his baby brother and fearing that something really terrible might happened.
The fear that Wyatt might had lost all touch with reality, and might never come back, was starting to panicking him. Wyatt had always had the power and body strength, but as he had told Chris so many times, and just now, Chris was starting to believe, Chris had always had the strong heart, mind and character.
"Come on, Wy. Wake up, come to me. I need you too. Even when you were the source of all evil, there was always some relief in knowing you were alive. Knowing that you were there made feel nothing could happened to me. You were always my hero, my best friend, my brother, my father.
You were always watching my back. Remember, at school when I would just pick up fights with the big bullies, cuz I know you would fight my fights? And then you would end up fighting with guys three times your side. You would tell me to stop picking up fights with guys that were so big, because it was fist-fight, not magic fights...do you remember ,Wy?
But you were my hero, Wy. I knew you could beat the crap out anyone that would dare hurt me, no one was better than you, in my eyes. And then, mom would get mad at you, and never, not once, you told on me, Wy. You would always take the blame.
I could fight demons, human, the whole mother nature if I had to, cuz I knew you were by my side. And nothing scared me then. I just wanted to be as good as you were.
You were my everything, Wy. And I thought I was going to die out of pain, when grandpa told me you died.
And when I found out you were the source of all evil. A part of me, couldn't help but celebrate, so much, the fact that you were alive. The resistance always wondered why I avoided so many things that could have been a threat to your life. But how could I...?... That is why I hided. I knew, if I ever saw your face, it would became evident to me, that you were behind of all this... I would finally grasp what you were doing.
But now I am here, and I don't really care. As long as you are fine. I don't really care, please, Wy. You have to come back"
Chris stopped hugging his brother and grabbed his face, on both sides, and forced him to look into his eyes.
-"Together, We'll find a way, but it has to be together, Wy. I can't do it alone, I need your help. I need you to come back, Wy. DAMIT WYATT, I need you, you CANT leave me alone, you PROMISE!"
That somehow seemed to touch something in Wyatt. Cuz suddenly his lost eyes, regained focus and he looked at Chris.
-"WY?? Are you ok?"
-"NO.. I am not ok, I am anything but ok, Chris." Wyatt eyes filled with the stock of three years of tears, in one second. He hugged Chris, and he hugged him back dearly, and soothingly.
-"Shh, I am here now, Wy. I am here"
-"Yes, and I don't deserve you being here, and still... you are, and I am so glad" Still crying.
-"Do you wanna talk about it?
-"No....Not now, kiddo.. I can't.. later?"
-"Sure, Wy. Whenever you are ready. I'll be right here with you, ok?" He smiled "Now.. lets go back. I really need a nap and It'll give you some time to think about what to say. Ok?"
-"k" Said Wyatt touching his brother shoulder and orbing both of them to his bedroom.
Wyatt helped his "I don't need any help, Wy" brother, to bed and tucked him in. He checked that Nala had given him all the medicines he should have taken in his absence, and handle him a couple of pills with a glass of water.
Chris wanted to hug his brother, tell him that everything was going to be fine. Sooth him, comfort him, and make sure he was feeling better. But he was feeling pretty sick. And he knew, taking care of him helped his brother, cuz it removed the guilt, the pain a little. So he let him.
After Wyatt was satisfied with his brother's comfort, he laid on the bed too. Placing his head on Chris' chest, who started caressing his hair with one hand. Wyatt seemed to need some sleep too.
-"Ahh mom, said hi and that she loves you" Said Wyatt.
-"You saw her?"
-"Aha"
-"Yes was the person you talked before I found you? She was the one that upset you so much?"
-"yes"
-"You know I got really scared, Wy?"
-"I am sorry, Chris"
-"No, its not that, you shouldn't. But I am worried, Wy. I think there is something wrong with you"
-"Aside from betraying everybody I ever loved, doing exactly the opposite they wanted me to do? And becoming an evil tyrant?"
Chris caressed Wyatt hair, without knowing what to answer.
-"And how come mom, upset you so much?" His mom was not the type that would upset her kids just for the sake of it, not matter how mad she might be.
-"She told me the truth about a lot of things that happened. Things that I needed to know. Just that sometimes, truth hurts" Wyatt yawn.
-"I know" Try having your grandfather telling you that your hero, your best friend, your brother, your father, your everything, turned into an unstoppable killing machine, he thought.. but didn't tell him that "So what did she tell you?"
But it was too late. Wyatt had already fallen asleep and Chris didn't want to wake him up.
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FRENCH "Butt kicking" SPARKLES: Yeah... well actually they are like what, 20 and 21, so they are not that old, besides, yeah that was my whole point, like he has been so traumatized, he still has the maturity of a 15 year old boy. Or less.
Hehehehe I'll tell Pukah you'll join the evil ewoks force!
Thanks for all your reviews, girl. I loved them : )
Lex: I AM NOT WORTHY!! Of your marvelous reviews!! Hmm Wyatt making Chris sick... is tempting, it is... but he said so many times he wasn't going to do it. It would make no sense...he still has enough capacity to see that hurting his brother is not a way to show him that he loves him...sad...Yeah...I don't want the story to end either. But there are enough things they can talk about without Wyatt telling Chris everything. And if Wyatt tells Chris anything, the whole plot, of him not knowing what happened, wouldn't make sense. This people from Charmed made it so hard for me!! But thank you for your support. It means A LOT!!
Pukah: Hehehe romeo and Julliet versus Chris and Wyatt. That is flaterring!! So we should tell Chris, Wyatt is asleep, Wyatt is evil...sad... but we know Chris saves him at the end right? Hopefully he doesn't die in the process!!
Thanks it makes me so happy when you point out the parts you really like! Its really nice to see you pay that much attention, THANKS
" I mean, If I was all powerfull and slightly crazy and I'd lost all my family in a tragical way before becoming the ruler of all evil, I would have it..." That was FUNNY.. hopefully you'll never get to live all that.
Piper corpse.. ouch... that was kind of too much, wouldn't it had got rotten by now? Probably Wyatt found a way to preserve it. But yeah I can imagine Wyatt having conversations with his dead mother corpse, spooky!
See I told you all the shrinks run away.. donno know why.. such a sweet boy. I don't get them. Maybe if Chris goes to therapy with him. I bet if she is a girl, bringing Chris would convince her.
"I liked the chapeter because it portrayed an absolutly lost Wyatt nd a very confused Chris."
Well, if you liked that, then you are definitely going to love this one. Though the whole "I am to blame cuz somehow my brother was so hurt when he thought I died, he just took it on the world" issue is not here. Its like, ok Wyatt... is seriously insane and Chris is hella of worried.
Wyatt is thanking the antidepressants, though I think I would add some antipsychotic, just to be sure.
Yeah Gideon is evil... and Barbas.. its just being Barbas... I guess you are right.
"Not such a bad world" its me with another nick, though I don't think I told you before... so.. no, no reason for you to remember it. I thought I did.. but then, after I posted my chapter I remembered I didn't.
I am back in argentina :( so I am also having problems with my internet.... It kind of sucks.. well I mean... I love argentina and all.. but I didn't want to come back.. so I am going to steal some of Wyatt's tea... I mean... the dude is already beyond recovery... so what does he care?
me : THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS... That was super nice. DO you have a nick so I can read your stories... and then I 'll probably find out that you probably could have done it better your self :) I am so glad you like my story.
phoebe turner Thanks.. that was such a nice review. I hope you liked this chappie too, though I am kind of tired, so I am hoping it makes sense! Yeah...I don't want the story to end either. But there are enough things they can talk about without Wyatt telling Chris everything. And if Wyatt tells Chris anything, the whole plot, of him not knowing what happened, wouldn't make sense. This people from Charmed made it so hard for me!! But thank you for your support. It means A LOT!!