Chapter 10

"So everything's ok now?" Chris said to the man that he thought was his father.

"Yeah, the sister's and your brother are just getting some things straight with the Elders and they should be here soon.

"Well I'm glad we're all on the same page now and once they get back we can go find Gideon" Piper said as she made her way to her feet. "Listen sweetie I'm going to check on Wyatt so call me when they get back, alright"

"Ok Mom" the boy responded as the woman took her leave. "Dad do you think that you and Mom will ever get back together" the boy questioned studying his father's face.

For a moment he thought that he saw a look of disgust come over the man, but it disappeared as quickly as it appeared. "Umm, maybe" the fake Leo responded.

"So Christopher, how does it feel to have your brother here with you?"

Ignoring the fact that his father used his whole name, something that he never did, he answered the question.

"It's feel pretty cool, I guess"

"That's nice to know. Listen since it's going to take all that we have to fight Gideon I was wondering if your brother had any special powers that could help us?"

Now he was getting worried. His father could handle Gideon all on his own, at least he saw that much in the vision quest, so why was he so interested in Wyatt and his powers. Then it hit him, unless it wasn't his father at all. The boy was about to do some investigating of his own until he saw the orbs floating down from the heavens confirming what he knew all along.

"Chris get away from him" his father spoke as the rest of the group formed. Immediately the imposter grabbed the boy from behind and put an athame to his throat.

"If anyone takes even thinks about trying anything I will kill the boy" Gideon spoke as he took his true form.

"Please don't do this Gideon, Chris is innocent in all of this, so just let him go" Phoebe tried to reason with the man.

"Sorry Phoebe but sacrifices must be made for the greater good" he replied sounding full of himself. It took all Wyatt had not to blow the man to pieces right then and there, the only thing that stopped him was knowing that if he did so, he would be killing his baby brother as well.

"Be smart Gideon" Wyatt began giving him the look of death "you don't want to hurt him because you know that if you do I will have no choice but to make your worst nightmares of me come true" he continued through clinched teeth.

"See that's what I'm trying to stop. He's truly evil Leo, that's what I've been trying protecting us all from"

"How dare you? You say that I'm evil, that I'm a threat, but I'm not the one who killed an Elder, I'm not the one holding an innocent boy hostage. That's you Gideon, so I guess in the end you're no better than I am" he spoke as he dared to take a step in the man's direction.

"NO, I'm doing this for the greater good, you did it just to satisfy your own personal quest for power and domination" the Elder snapped back.

Hearing all the noise, Piper made her way up the attic stairs. As she walked into the room she screamed "What the hell is going on up here, I'm trying to get Wyatt to sleep" but as she took in the scene around her, she started to fill sick and unsteady.

After a few seconds the woman found her voice "Gideon, please just let my baby go, please, he didn't do anything wrong. I'm begging you, please just let him go" she finished as the tears rolled down her cheeks and her body began to jerk slightly.

"Piper honey, you have to calm down before you go into labor" Paige said as she put an arm around her sister trying to comfort her.

"Sorry Piper but your son cannot live. Now go get the child and trade him for Christopher" Everyone looked at the man as if he had three heads. He didn't seriously expect them to had the child over so easily, did he?

"No there's no way in hell I'm going to give you my son" the woman yelled as she tried to lunge for the man only to be held in place by her husband and sister.

"Damn you! Just let Chris go and we can settle this man to man" Wyatt hissed.

"No, there's no way I'm doing that" the man replied.

"What's wrong Gideon? You're not man enough to take me on so you'd rather go after a helpless toddler instead" the man taunted.

"Do I look stupid to you Wyatt? I know you're more powerful than I, so yes I do intend to kill the younger version of you one way of another. So you all have a choice to make, either give the child to me in three hours time or Christopher will DIE!" with that the Elder orbed out leaving a distraught Halliwell family behind missing it's youngest member.