Chapter 3

He sat all alone on top of the Golden Gate Bridge trying hard to get the evil smirk that his brother's face held out of his mind. Everything in him wanted to believe that his brother had changed and was just playing a cruel joke on him, but deep down he knew it was just wishful thinking. After everything he had been through to save his brother had been in vein. He felt sick to his stomach as pictures and scenes from the other time line flashed over and over again in his mind. Anger began to take hold of him as he shouted into the wind

"I hate you Wyatt! I hate every mother fucking thing about you, you got damn ingrate!" he continued to shout oblivious to his brother, who now stood behind him.

"I should never have tried to save you. I should have killed you instead!" he said waving his arms around in the air.

"I doubt you would have gotten very far" the man spoke.

"I'm not going through this with you again Wyatt. If you want to destroy the world you go right ahead because I am done with you. All I ask is that you leave the rest of the family alone. If you want to wreck your life that's all well and good but don't you dare take any of them with you" Chris warned as he sat down on the beam with his back still turned to his brother.

Taking a seat by the younger man the older of the two stared down into the traffic below and forced him self to think of the right words to say to his brother.

"You know I tried Chris, I really did" the man spoke feeling as disappointed in him self as his sibling was.

"I don't care Wyatt, really I don't. So why don't you just go to your next little meeting and let someone else take on the role of your savior and leave me the hell out of it" the boy said as he attempted to get to his feet only to be brought back down by the stronger Wyatt.

"Please just listen to me for one second" the man pleaded.

"Fine, just make it quick"

"I appreciate what you tried to do for me Chris but there's something dark and hungry inside of me that no matter how hard I try, I can't ignore. It's kind of like having good and evil fighting a war in your head as you watch the good side continue their losing streak while the evil side does whatever it takes to win. It's so appealing to me. Why continue to be on the losing side of everything if you can have all you've ever wanted if you just switched sides?"

"Sorry Wyatt but that's not a good enough excuse for me"

"It's not an excuse Christopher it's just the way it is. It's just who I am. You know I really am sorry that I can't be the brother that you've always wanted me to be. I just hope that you'll keep a little space in your heart for me, even when I'm at my worse"

"I will always love you Wyatt, but that doesn't mean that I'm about to sit back and let you break Mom's heart either, and what about your wife and children? Do you really think that Autumn's going to support you in this?" the boy questioned his older brother.

"No, not at first but she loves me Chris and I love her so I don't think she'll hold out that long. Besides I won't let her"

"So what are you saying? You're going to force her to go with you?"

"I don't think that she'll have to be forced at all. She knows as well as I do that we were meant to be together, no matter what. And no matter how much she protest or how much she may hate what I'm doing, her love for me and my love for her will always win out in the end"

"As far as Mom and the rest of the family goes they'll have you to keep them together. That's not to say that I plan on turning my back on the family, you guys still mean the world to me and that will never change but I do have to be realistic. I doubt Mom and the Aunts are going to be too thrilled about my decision so whether they have anything to do with me or not is their decision to make" the man continued as he stood up.

"Wyatt please, you don't have to do this. You don't have to throw everything away" the boy pleaded despite his better judgment.

"I love you little brother, please don't ever change, don't become weak like me. You're too good to live my kind of life, so take care of yourself and the rest of the family. I'll be watching you" with those last words spoken Wyatt orbed away leaving a stunned and defeated Chris behind.