Chapter 6

"DAMN IT!" Paige yelled into the air as she threw the crystal down to the floor.

"I can't believe this" Leo spoke while running his hand over his hair.

"What are we going to do now?"said Piperas she put baby Chris down next to his older brother not wanting either of her children out of her sight while the two evils roamed around freely ready to strike again.

"First of all we need to stay calm…" the young man started before being cut off.

"CALM? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" Leo Wyatt exploded.

"THOSE BASTARDS ALMOST KILLED YOU AND YOUR BROTHER AND YOU WANT ME TO CALM DOWN!" he continued as the group look on shocked by the Elder's outburst.

"Dad please, relax" the boy pleaded as he moved to stand in front of his father.

"Hey look at me" he said now grabbing the man's arms. "Dad I know that this must be hard for you to deal with right now but you've got to get it together. Now both me and Wyatt are safe and Gideon and Barbus know that we're all on the look out for them so their not going to make a move so soon. So I say we go down stairs and get something to eat while Mom and the Aunts put together a plan" the boy said hoping that he was getting through to his father.

Looking into his sons eyes Leo could sense an extreme amount of concern that the boy had for his father's sanity so he reluctantly agreed.

"Fine" he started before turning to the girls. "We'll be right down stairs if you need us" he called to the three women as he followed his sons lead out of the door.

"I really hope Chris is able to help him" Phoebe spoke as she moved to sit on the attic sofa.

"So do I, I mean it was so hard for Leo to coupe with everything that happened the last time around and I don't think that he'll be able to handle it if it happens again" Piper said looking down at her two boys.

"Don't worry Piper, this time we know what we're up against and there's no way that we're going to let Gideon or Barbus hurt either Chris or either Wyatt" Paige responded as she joined her sister by the children's playpen.

"Speaking of Wyatt I wonder why he left so quickly after saving Chris?" the middle sister questioned.

"I don't know but we have bigger issues to deal with right now. Do any of you have an idea on how we're going to trap those two?" Piper spoke again while keeping her gaze fixed on the two brothers.

"Not a clue" Phoebe replied.

"Well we need to think of something fast before they come after my boys, again"

"I wish we had someone else here powerful enough to help us out to where we don't even have to get involved and we can stay here and watch over Wyatt and Chris" Piper said not wanting to leave the side of her children.

"Wait a minute. There is someone here who's more powerful then any demon or force of good that we know" Paige spoke as her sisters followed her gaze, leading them to the smaller version of the twice blessed son.

In the kitchen Leo and Chris had fixed themselves some sandwiches and where sitting at the table exchanging glances between bites of food as a thick cloud of silence continued to surround them.

A long while had pasted before the Elder was tranquil enough to speak.

"Chris" the father spoke softly to his son as he lifted his head to look him in the eye.

"Yeah Dad" the boy replied mimicking his father's pervious motion.

"I'm sorry for talking to you the way I did earlier"

"It's ok Dad, you were just upset and I know you didn't mean it" Chris responded with a half smile.

"No, it's not ok Chris. I was completely out of line. No matter how upset I am I don't have the right to take it out on you" the man said now avoiding his sons gaze as the guilt of his past mistakes welled up inside of him causing a lump to form in his throat.

"What happened wasn't your fault you know" Chris spoke knowing exactly what his father was thinking.

"Yes it was Chris and you know it" the man said almost angrily. "If I had helped you instead of trying to hurt you or have you sent back to your time every fucking second of every fucking day then maybe we would have found out about Gideon before he…" the man trailed off as tears began to blur his vision. "Before he killed you"

"But he didn't kill me Dad and how were you supposed to know that an Elder, a paragon of all that is good was after your son" Chris spoke as he stood up and moved to sit directly next to his guilt ridden father.

"How do you do it?" the man spoke softly to his son as the tears slid down his face. "How can you be so forgiving after all I've done to you? I brought someone into your life that could have killed you and your brother but yet you sit here like everything's ok. How?" the man said as he shook his head unable to comprehend his son's logic.

"Because I love you Dad and I know now that you did what you had to, to protect the family. And that whole thing with Gideon, well, he was an Elder, he had the perfect cover and there was no way that any of us could have possibly known what he was up to" the boy replied.

"I don't deserve your love Chris, I failed you and you were right to hate me all those years. Let's face it I'm a horrible father and both you and Wyatt deserve so much better" Leo said still incapable of looking his son in the eye.

"Dad, please look at me" the boy pleaded. When his father's eyes were fixated on him, he spoke once more. "First of all you didn't fail me. Gideon betrayed us all and it was his fault that I almost died. Secondly I did hate you, but after my trip back here to the past I can see that I was wrong and maybe the whole thing with Wyatt made you want to be closer to him, to protect him like you weren't able to so in the original time line. Thirdly yes both my self and Wyatt do deserve a damn good father, and we have one"

Leo didn't know exactly how to respond to his son's comments and even if he did he would have been interrupted by their third party that now stood in the doorway of the kitchen.

"I couldn't agree with you more Chris" a voice came from the doorway and instantly both Leo and Chris knew exactly who the voice belonged.

The figure took a few steps forward them as both father and son they looked on in a state of shock.