Ok, this fan fic is nearing the end now, hope y'all have liked it so far!! There's gonna be two more chapters, i think anyway. Could be wrong at that as I havent written them yet!!

Thanx for the reviews karone evertree, phoebe turner,sparkling cherries and nathy1000000: (nathy1000000: Sorry, but I need Wyatt and Chris back now!! Hope you'r orbing's going ok!!)

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Chapter 19: Escape Number Two

Chris was lying on his bed staring up at the ceiling, as he had been for the past few hours. He was glad that Wyatt hadn't hurt Darryl. Even though Wyatt seemed to think that there was no harm in Darryl trying to help Chris, Chris had gotten the impression that as Darryl was leaving he had tried to convey the reassurance that he was working on getting Chris out of there. Chris hoped that Darryl would find a way to unbind his powers although Chris didn't have much hope. As Wyatt had said; he, Wyatt, was the only one able to do that.

He swung his legs over the side of the bed and pushed himself to his feet. 'I'd better get ready for the rest of this meeting then.' he thought.

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Alone in his penthouse Wyatt was studying maps of North America, seeing how far the boundaries of the area under his control stretched. 'I'm getting there.' he thought satisfied, 'soon all of North America will answer to me.'

Getting up he contemplated the problems he was facing with Chris. 'Damn him.' Wyatt swore bitterly, 'why does he have to make things so difficult? All I want is my brother ruling beside me then I won't have to worry about that damn prophecy, cause Chris'll be loyal to me.'

The sound of voices outside the door brought Wyatt out of his thoughts. There was also the sound of fighting. Striding over to the door, Wyatt flung it open but was shocked at the sight that faced him. Leo was struggling with two demons that held him while two others were blocking the doorway to Wyatt's rooms.

"Damn it, let me see him!" exclaimed Leo.

Leo and the demons all stopped their fighting when they noticed Wyatt standing in the doorway.

One of the demons bowed respectfully. "We found him trying to enter your rooms, my Lord. He demands to see you."

Wyatt met Leo's gaze briefly, trying to fathom out the reason why he was here. "Bring him in." Wyatt demanded and then when the demons had done so, "Go, he's no threat to me." The demons backed out the door, bowing their heads as they went.

"So, Dad, what do you want?" sneered Wyatt.

"I want to see Chris." replied Leo calmly, although he was feeling anything but. Emotions of sadness and guilt that he thought he had repressed had resurfaced at the sight of his eldest son. 'If only I'd been around more, spent more time with my family, then maybe I could have prevented this.' he thought guiltily.

"I thought you didn't want to get involved?" queried Wyatt, unintentionally letting a streak of bitterness appear in his voice, "I thought you were too busy sitting on your lofty perch to care what happened to either of us."

Wyatt's verbalisation of the guilt that Leo was feeling only served to make him snap, "It wasn't like that and you know it Wyatt."

"Whatever." said Wyatt dismissively, "No you can't see Chris. You can go now."

"I'm not going until I can see him." Leo stood his ground.

Wyatt sighed exasperatedly. "What is it with everyone wanting to see Chris all of a sudden? Look, I'm assuming you talked to Darryl, right? So talk to him and he'll tell you Chris is fine."

"I want to see for myself." repeated Leo stubbornly.

Wyatt shook his head. "I have a meeting to prepare for and I don't want to waste any time watching you two have a tearful reunion."

"It'll be quick." assured Leo, "I just want to see for myself that he's ok."

"What? Don't you trust Darryl?" grumbled Wyatt, although Leo could see that he was giving in. "Ok, but only briefly. He should be in the meeting room by now. Well, he'd better be."

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Chris was waiting in the meeting room when Wyatt orbed in with Leo. "Dad?" he gasped in surprise. He'd never really gotten along with Leo. Leo had never seemed to care very much for his children so Chris had decided to act like he didn't care either.

"Don't worry, he's not staying." said Wyatt pointedly.

"I just wanted to see if you're alright." Leo said gently to Chris ignoring Wyatt.

"Peachy." replied Chris sarcastically, borrowing a phrase his Aunt Paige had used.

Just then, a demon shimmered in. "Lord Wyatt, I must speak with you urgently."

Wyatt nodded briefly and drew the demon into a corner of the room. He looked at Leo and Chris, "I'm still watching you. Don't try anything." he warned.

Leo walked over to Chris, hoping what he was about to do would work. Wyatt had orbed in here and the demon had shimmered so that must mean that this room wasn't shielded against magic. Chris looked questioningly at Leo as he approached. Leo met his son's green eyes for a moment before closing his own and accessing the powers that made him an elder. Concentrating hard he sensed Chris's powers. Sensed them and unbound them.

Opening his eyes he watched as a golden glow spread through Chris. Chris understood immediately, he had his powers back.

Unfortunately, Wyatt understood too. He had been watching Chris and Leo and understood the significance of the golden glow. "No!" he shouted in rage. At his shout, five more demons shimmered in looking round for the source of trouble.

Leo swallowed nervously. He'd been a full elder for so long he had almost forgotten what it was like to fight demons himself. Chris took a step forward and prepared to fight the demons but Leo grabbed his arm, stopping him.

Surveying the demons in front of him, Leo realised that they could and probably should orb out of there. Darryl, Marc and Kelise were waiting for them in a warehouse in case Leo and Chris needed their help and Leo realised that him and Chris couldn't fight all the demons by themselves.

"Follow me." he shouted.

Wyatt pulled a potion out of his pocket and threw it at Chris. However he was too late and the potion passed through the swirling blue-white orbs and smashed against the wall.

Turning to the demons Wyatt snarled "Follow them."