Chapter 11

"That son of a bitch!" Wyatt Halliwell screamed into the air as he paced back and forth over the attic floor.

"Wyatt you have to calm down and think that's the only way we can save Chris" Paige said while trying to console the boy.

Pushing her away he yelled "He should have to be saved Paige, he should never have come here in the first place. Damn him for always trying to play hero" the boy said as he fought back the tears that threatened to fall.

"It's ok Wy, we'll find your…" suddenly the father was cut off by his son.

"HOW DARE YOU? YOU HAVE NO RIGHT CALLING ME THE NICKNAME THAT MY BROTHER GAVE ME. I NEVER WANT TO HEAR YOU SAY IT AGAIN DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?"

Everyone looked on silently, except for the boy's mother who's sobbing only got worse after her son's explosion.

"I understand" was all the man could say before falling back onto the couch next to his wife and allowing the salty drops to fall from his eyes.

"Ok guys we have to come up with a plan and fast" Phoebe spoke.

"Well how about we pretend to agree to Gideon's terms and trap him somehow" Paige replied sounding confidante that she was on the right track.

"No because that means that we would actually have to take my two year old child to that man and if something goes wrong then we lose him and Chris for good" said Leo in a voice no one's every heard from him, one of defeat.

"I agree with Leo guys it's way to risky. Besides he's so powerful that he would sense that he was being double crossed" Piper added in the same somber tone as her husband.

"Not if it's isn't really him" Phoebe spoke looking at the adult version of her nephew.

"What?" the man questioned with a confused look on his face.

"Well you are all powerful aren't you, so can't you shape shift into your younger self?" Paige continued for her sister.

"I've never tried it before, but I can give it a shot" the man said as he closed his eyes and began to change form. Within seconds he was the carbon copy of his younger self.

"Piper quick go get baby Wyatt" Phoebe said as she picked up her nephew off of the floor. Once the present Wyatt was in the room Piper and Phoebe stood side by side with the children in arm so Leo and Paige could study them and point out any discrepancies, with none found Phoebe put future Wyatt back on the floor allowing him to turn back into himself.

"So?" he spoke. "It was amazing, you did a phenomenal job. Now all we have to do is summon Gideon and tell him that we want to make the switch" Paige said sounding very optimistic.

"That's the problem, he's going to want the trade to go down at magic school where he can't die" Leo informed the group.

"Well it doesn't matter because he's going to have to go somewhere else to kill Wyatt and when he does he's going to have a big problem on his hands" Piper responded.

"Ok so when do we do this? And who's going?" Phoebe questioned.

"I will. All of you would have to stay here to make it look like you're struggling with your decision and that you're too upset to be there for the actually trade off" Leo said as he began to pull himself together.

"Alright, but be careful Leo, just in case it's a trap and he tries to go after you as well" Piper spoke bracing herself for the worse.

"Alright, are you ready Wyatt?"

"Yeah, whatever it takes to get Chris back."

Turning to the girls on more time Leo add "And make sure you put surround Wyatt with the crystals just in case something does go wrong" with that adult Wyatt then shifted into his younger self and the two were off.

"Gideon?" Leo yelled while standing in the middle of his office. "Come on this is hard enough without you prolonging it you know" he spoke as he began to let the fake tears fall. Suddenly Gideon appeared with a badly injured Chris in hand.

"I know you don't believe me Leo but I am truly sorry about this and one day soon you'll see that I was right. Now hand over the child" the man said as a demon shimmered into the room.

"Wait, let me say good bye first" knowing that he had to be convincing Leo spoke carefully

"I'm so sorry Wyatt, but I tried everything I could not to let this happen. And I know that you would want your little brother to be safe and happy and this is the only way to make that happen. I pray that one day you will forgive me for what I'm about to do son, but know that if there was any other way I could have save you, I would do it in a heart beat" Chris looked on in amazement at the scene in front of him.

Every fiber of his being wanted to kill his father for giving up on his brother so easily but his injures were too server for him to even speak all he could do was watch as his father handed over the only person he could ever count on in his entire life, his big brother. How could they, he thought, this isn't possible, my family would never give up this without a fight, they love Wyatt to much to do this to him he continued as tears started to fall.

"Always remember Wyatt, Daddy loves you. No matter what I will always love you" now looking to his mentor and other wise fallen angel the man spoke again "Give Chris to me first"

"I'm sorry Leo but that can't be done until I know for sure that this is in fact Wyatt" he finished handing the injured man over to his demonic friend for safe keeping.

"And once I am sure that it's him, I will hand young Christopher over" he said holding out his hand and reaching for the child causing his shield to go up.

"Wyatt put the shield down sweetie" his father said now sobbing heavily as the boy did as he asked.

"Good boy Wy" he said as he handed the boy over. The Elder looked him over for a second before giving the demon the ok to hand Chris over.

"Once again Leo I'm so sorry that things have turned out the way they did, but luckily for you, you still have Christopher, who will turn out to be a champion for the greater good. I'm sure of it" with his disingenuous words of comfort spoken, the man orbed out as Leo worked quickly to heal his son.

"Damn it Dad, how could you do this?" Chris yelled pushing the angel away as the tears fell heavily from his eyes.

"Chris would you please just listen to me?" he pleaded as his son backed away from him.

"You gave my brother over to that psychopath and you want me to listen to you? No, I don't want to hear a damn thing that you have to say LEO!" the boys words cut like a knife but the man was not going to give up without a fight.

Grabbing his arm roughly the man orbed them both back to the manor. Chris was about to give his father another ear full, that was until he saw that his brother was in fact sitting comfortably in his aunts lap. Suddenly an immense amount of guilt washed over him. How could he believe that his father would do such a thing? Turning to the man they boy spoke

"I'm so sorry Dad, I should have known that you would never do anything like that"

"It's ok Chris" the man said as he hugged his youngest child.

"You had now way of knowing"

Pulling back the boy questioned "Well if that wasn't Wyatt then who was it?"

"Well it was Wyatt, but it was your Wyatt not ours" his mother replied.

"I don't understand you mean Wy shape shifted into his younger shelf?"

"Yeah that's exactly what we mean" Piper said smoothing down the child's hair.

"Ok so what do we do now" Chris asked.

"Well Phoebe is scrying for him and once she does you guys are going to go to him and wait until he needs your help or if he needs your help" his mother informed him.

"Got him" Phoebe said sticking an athame into her pocket.

"Ok guys it's time" Paige said grabbing her sisters hand as the foursome orbed out.