Chapter 2

Christopher Halliwell was one of thee most powerful witches in the universe. In fact the only other person with powers stronger then his was his brother Lord Wyatt, who controlled everything good and evil. Wyatt was the only person in the world that Chris loved and admired. In his opinion Wyatt hung the sun and the moon. He didn't believe that his brother would ever do anything that would turn Chris against him. Although there was a brief moment that he felt very afraid of him.

After the death of their mother and their aunts 2 years ago, something inside his brother snapped. What was once his calm loving in control demeanor there was now chaos and a new cold, cruel, and unfeeling attitude bounded by an unbreakable shield. Soon after he started killing innocents and destroying the city. When he first heard of the things that his brother was doing Chris didn't believe any of it. There was no way in hell that his brother, his protector, would ever do anything that these witches were accusing him of. Until he saw it first hand.

He had followed Wyatt to a cave in the northeast underworld. There he saw him making a deal with a demon, promising him a top level position in his new power driven faction only if the demon and his men helped him kill all elders and demons alike that opposed him. After a little more talk about the details of the kills, the two parties shook hands and parted ways.

Chris couldn't believe what he was hearing. His brother, his best friend, one person that he loved and looked up too had turned into a monster almost over night. This wasn't possible, he said to himself as he shook his head. Chris knew that Wyatt was hurting because of the lost of his mother, but that was no excuse, he was grieving too but you didn't see him destroying cities and taking innocent lives. Closing his eyes and sensing where Wyatt was, Chris orbed to his brother to get the answers that he so desperately needed.

What he saw when he arrived scared him more then any demon ever could. His own brother was standing side by side with demons killing elders. "NO, he screamed out what are you doing?" he called out to his brother. But Wyatt was too busy with his torturing of the elder named Zarick to hear him.

"You all will bow down before me or die" the older Halliwell boy shouted.

Through his tear blurred vision Chris could see some elders standing off to the side, he took a guess that these elders chose to stand by Wyatt and the 4 being tortured were not willing to join so easily or not at all. He watched in horror as the 22 year old formed an energy ball in his hands ready to get rid of the disobedient elder.

"OK, the elder spoke, I will not oppose you Wyatt, I will do as you ask.

"That's Lord Wyatt the young man replied before using his telekinesis to throw the elder into a column.

At this point Chris was crying uncontrollable. It was then that the older boy finally noticed his brothers' presents. He moved over to the boy immediately. He tried to put his arms around the boy to pull him into a hug, but the boy pushed him away.

"What kind of monster are you, the boy cried out. How could you do this Wy? After everything mom taught us, after everything Aunt Paige and Aunt Phoebe taught us, why would you turn you back on the very core of you existence?" he finally finished before sinking down to the ground pulling his knees into his chest.

"You mean everything they died for" the older of the two yelled.

Seeing that this frightened the boy even more he softened his tone while grabbing the boy and forcing him into a tight embrace.

"Listen we can't change the fact that mom and the aunts are gone, he said trying to fight back the tears himself. But I can make sure that nothing ever happens to you Chris. You're all I have and I'm all you have. We've got to make sure that nothing and no one can hurt us again. There is no such thing as good or evil Chris. It's all about power and as long as I have it, you'll never have to worry about loosing me to that useless fight between good and evil, like we lost everyone who had ever matted to us. Please little brother I need you to see that I'm doing this for your own good. I love you and I want to make sure that you'll always be protected."

After a few seconds the younger boys' breathing returned back to normal. Pulling away from his brother he spoke in a whisper "I don't think I can condone what you're doing Wyatt, even if it is for me in fact I hate it and I hate you for doing it."

The words cut the older boy like a knife, Chris could see it in his face. With that he stood up and tried to orb out, but Wyatt stopped him.

"I'm not giving up on you Chris, you're coming with me, with that Wyatt flamed them to

their new home in the underworld.

It seems as if it took Wyatt forever to convince him that this was for his own good. He loved his brother so much that it hurt him to treat Wyatt the way that he did sometimes, but how was he supposed to feel. Fortunately the older sibling made a deal with him that he would not take part in any of the killings of the witches that opposed him and Wyatt had agreed. Recently they had spent their nights together talking about their childhood and how much they loved their mom and how much they missed her.

It felt so good to have his brother back. It was true that he still hated what Wyatt was doing, but he was starting to change his mind. His best friend and his protector that he grew up with were finally coming back. Just when he thought everything was going well, he walked in on the worst thing he had ever seen in his life. And it was a scene that would haunt the young boy for the rest of his life.

Standing there in shock and sheer horror at what he was seeing, Chris became paralyzed. Even six months after the incident he still can't believe what he saw. Wyatt was using his telepathy to force a witch into using her own telekinesis to peel the skin from her body. Damn him, he thought at that time. How could he? His promise meant NOTHING! He's still the same evil bastard he was 2 years ago. How could he have believed him? He paused for a second answering his own question. It was because he was his brother and he wanted to believe that there was still good in him, that his older brother wasn't completely lost to him. But indeed he was.

There was nothing left of the brother he once knew and loved. There was only this monster who had to be stopped (deep down he wanted to be wrong, and part of him knew that even after this revelation, that he would stop at nothing to save his brother). At that moment Wyatt threw an energy ball at the witch for a quick finish and started walking towards his brother with an expression of sadness and guilt.

"Chris, the young man began. I can explain" but he didn't get the chance to finish, the younger boy had, had enough.

"I KNEW THAT I SHOULD NEVER HAVE TRUSED YOU WHYATT" the tone of his voice shocked even him. I'M DONE WITH YOU, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME, DONE!

The older boy sank down to his knees begging him not to leave him alone like others had. Part of him wanted to stay there with his brother and never leave, but the other side of him screamed to leave that place and never come back. He gave the man on his knees crying once last tormented look whispering I still love you, which he could tell gave Wyatt a little hope. Then he left the underworld for good, or so he thought.