Chapter 9
All different kinds of scenarios ran through her head as she paced back and fourth over the hard wood floor of their bedroom. She was hoping that the meeting between the most important people in her life didn't go badly. Autumn loved both men dearly and didn't want either of them to get hurt. Knowing how stubborn both could be, she just threw her hands up and hoped for the best. She was deep in thought when a upset Wyatt flamed in. She could tell by the look on his face that things didn't go so well. The girl cautiously made her way over to the distressed looking man. Taking his hand in hers she asked "What happened sweetie?" Avoiding her gaze the man responded "I screwed up again." The tears were now starting to fall. "You should have seen him. He was so happy to see me, he was going to come home, he said as much. But before he let me know what he was thinking, we got into an argument and I threw an energy ball at him." he was barley able to speak through his hard sobbing. Autumn guided the man towards their bed as they sat down he continued "He said that he no longer had a brother. Damn it. I can't believe it's come to this, I was so close to having him here, now I've lost him forever." Hearing the man she loved being torn apart like this killed her. She wanted so badly to take all of his pain away, but the one person who could do that, seemed to be lost to him forever.
After a while Wyatt's breathing returned to normal and the two were now sitting close together in silence. Autumn was the first to speak up "Honey, I'm so sorry for everything that's happened." Looking at her made his heart melt. Running his hand softly up and down the girl's face, Wyatt spoke "Oh baby, you don't have anything to be sorry for. It's all my fault that Chris is gone; it's my fault that I can't control my temper. Besides, he continued moving his face closer to hers, you're the only person in the world that I have left and I'm so grateful that you chose to stand by me. The he added with a smirk "Even when I'm at my worse." She returned the smile "It's ok, I don't scare that easily". Inching closer the two shared a soft kiss, that turned rougher when Wyatt became more passionate. Pulling back from the kiss she asked "Are you sure you want to do this right now? I would understand if you needed a little time alone." Brushing her hair out of her face the man whispered into her ear "No, you're all I need." While landing a kiss on her neck and tarring off her clothing. When both were stripped down to nothing, they repeated the events of the night before last. Their screams of lust, love and passion filled the air. Each sent the others mind reeling with licks, kisses, touches, and constant and sometimes rough joining of their sensitive areas until they were both motionless and breathless.
On any other day their loving making would have put her immediately to sleep, but today was different. Autumn smiled as she stared at a sound asleep Wyatt. It was so unfair the way Chris was treating him. If she could make the younger boy understand, then maybe he would forgive his brother and they could all go back to being the family they were before all of this happened. That's it, she thought to herself. Maybe I could talk him into coming back and giving Wyatt a second chance. With that the girl slowly slid the man's arm from around her and rose from the bed. Getting dressed carefully so that she wouldn't wake the man from his slumber, she put on her black leather jacket and left to see Chris.
Once above ground Autumn called for the boy. "Chris, Chris, I know you hear me. Please come talk to me, and no Wyatt is not with me, so don't worry about it." She was about to call out to him again, but stopped when she noticed the orbs forming in front of her. She couldn't believe her eyes, it was Chris true indeed but there was something different about him. He was so skinny and pale. No wonder Wyatt was so scared for the boy. He looked at her closely before crossing to give her a tight hug. Well, she thought to herself, at least he doesn't hate me. Pulling away the boy gave her a half smile and began to speak "I wasn't sure if I should come. But I'm glad I did. It's nice to see you again Autumn. "It's good to see you too." Looking him over once more she conjured 4 bags of food. Noticing the bags the boy looked up at her "Thanks Mom" making both of them laugh. He couldn't believe how much she was like Wyatt, well the good side of him anyway. Knowing who the boy was thinking about the woman spoke up "You know he loves you, right?" He knew this was coming. "You can't keep doing this to him Chris, he needs you, we need you. Please just come back home so all of us can sit down and talk this over. You don't even have to move in right away, just come and talk with us, that's all I ask." Damn her, he thought, she always knew exactly what to say. He also knew that he couldn't do it, not after seeing the side of his brother that he saw earlier. "How about what he's done to others? How about all the people that he's killed, all the children? I can't forget about that. Not to mention the fact that he attacked me, his own brother. I'm sorry Autumn as much as I love you both, there's no way I'm coming back." She tried to stop the tears that threatened to fall, but she was no match for them. Seeing how much he was hurting her made him feel terrible so he walked over and wrapped his arms around the quivering girl. "Listen I'm sorry if I hurt you in anyway. You know that you're like a sister to me and I would never wish you any harm, but I just can't forget all the evil things that he has done." Looking into the boys eye's that were also starting to tear she whispered "I don't blame you Chris, our lives have been very difficult every since Wyatt started to take over, but it has been for our own good whether you choose to believe it or not. But please just consider what I said, Please?" There was no way he could say no to her; she was a weak spot for him as well. "Ok, I'll consider it, just for you." "Thank you Chris, you have no idea how much this means to me". With that she gave the boy a kiss on the cheek and went back to Wyatt.
He sat in the dark room with a candle flickering as he waited or his beloveds return. He couldn't imagine where she could have gone to; he just hoped that she hadn't bailed on him as well. Wyatt looked up as Autumn flamed in with the candlelight showing dry tear spots. This concerned him; whoever was responsible would surely pay. Trying to keep his temper in check, he decided to question her. "Where have you been?" She hesitated before answering "I went to see Chris". It couldn't have been his own brother that was responsible for her current state, or was it? "He hates me doesn't he?" Not wanting to set him off, the girl remained silent, which didn't make the situation any better. "Damn him, Wyatt screamed jumping to his feet. It's not bad enough that he turns his back on me, now he's hurt you as well." He could feel the anger and hatred rising inside of him. "How dare he stab his only family in the back, how dare he join forces with people that want to see me dead?" Walking over to the frozen witch he added "Hurting you has sealed his fate" with that he flamed out to his thrown room.
She didn't want to think about what was going to happen next and she couldn't shake the feeling that this was all her fault. If she hadn't run off to see Chris, none of this would be happening right now. And she could tell by the look in his eyes that Wyatt was out for blood. Hell on a good day he was a force to be reckoned with, but when he's angry he's evil personified. She just hoped that he didn't do something that he would regret. She was then hit with another wave of nausea. Damn it she thought, what the hell is wrong with me? Ignoring it, she flamed out to catch up with Wyatt.
When she found him he was sitting on his thrown mumbling things that she couldn't make out. Until she heard "I would rather see him dead then with those sniveling pathetic wastes of lives" This scared her, she hoped that this was just a bad dream that she would awaken from at any moment. As she sat down on her thrown next to his he continued to speak "Or maybe if I just get rid of them then you'll come back to me" This sounded a lot better to her. Wyatt then called for his army. Once all had arrived he then addressed them "I want all of the members of the Alliance dead" He continued his speech not unaware of the intruder. "Take no prisoners, all who oppose me, must die, with one exception. No one is to touch my brother, that pleasure is reserved strictly for me. We shall attack tonight at midnight and be prepared for anything; these witches are tough and will not go down easily." After a few more words of encouragement and some threats of what will happen if they should fail, Wyatt dismissed his demons allowing the intruder to escape with the information.
Feeling overwhelmed Autumn cried out "this is all my fault, if I hadn't gotten involved you guys would just be angry at each other, not trying to kill one another." Putting his arm around her Wyatt spoke with venom in his voice "No, this isn't your fault, it's his. He's the one who turned his back on us and for that he will pay with the lives of his friends. And when I'm done, I don't care how I have to do it, but I will bring him back to our side. No matter what the cost." Even though she didn't want any harm to come to innocent people at this point her family was all that mattered. "No matter what honey, I'm on your side." Rising to her feet. "We only have a few minutes so, let's get ready to kick some serious ass" At this Wyatt smiled an evil grin and the two lovers left to unleash their brand of destruction on the unsuspecting witches.