Chapter 14

His heart stopped when he took in the sight in front of him. At first he thought that maybe the Wyatt from his future had come back to claim him and killed the good version of his brother for revenge purposes. But then he noticed that the black Celtic tattoo was missing from the man's right wrist so knew that his first impression was wrong. How could this be? He thought as he took another careful step into the room as his brother continued to remain unaware of his presences.

"It's all about power" the man said as he continued to stare aimlessly at the reflection in front of him.

Suddenly the air became too thick to inhale as the severity of the situation forced the boy into a full on panic attack. This wasn't possible. How in the blue hell did his world come apart this quickly when only minutes ago it was everything he had ever hoped or dreamt it would be? His brother was good. He loved him and cared for him just like the evil version of his brother had before he changed. The boy stumbled backwards as the pain, confusion and agony of it all came barring down on him threatening to send him into a manic episode.

He wanted to call out to his parents to help him, to help bring his brother back from the brink of insanity. Then again his parents would only complicated things and if Wyatt had truly reverted back to his evil ways. If that were so he knew the painful truth would destroy the couple so he would have to take it upon himself to defuse the situation before it got out of hand. Regaining his composure as much as he could, the boy took yet another step in his brother's direction.

"Wyatt" he spoke while the man continued to stare into the mirror. Not getting a response he called out to the man again. "Wyatt, it's me. Its Chris" he said carefully inching closer.

Without warning the man reached behind him and taking the boy by the throat and forcing him to stand in front of him as he sustained his gaze. "Aren't you going to welcome me back little brother" the man said in a voice that Chris had learned to fear.

Every muscle in his body tensed as he studied the man's cold dark eyes and wicked smile. It was his Wyatt alright but there was something a little off about him. Was it remoras? As Chris focused his empathy power he could feel the other Wyatt fighting to regain control as the dark sprit fastened his hold on his brother's senses.

"Oh don't worry Chris he won't struggle for long. Soon he'll grow tired and weak and then he'll go away. But don't agonize over this unfortunate loss little brother, you'll always have me" he said as his sick, cruel laughter filled the air.

"Wyatt please don't do this. You're strong, you can fight this. Please do it for me" Chris pleaded as a tear feel from his eye despite his best efforts.

Wiping the tear away with mocked sorrow the man replied "Now, now, don't cry Chrissie. I have plans for us. Big, big plans" the man said before turning around abruptly. "But first" he said conjuring a fire ball and throwing it in the unsuspecting demons way.

"Barbus" the younger boy spoke as the demon burst into flames in front of him.

Walking over to the pile of ashes Wyatt Halliwell laughed loudly in triumph. "Stupid demons, they never know when their being set up"

"I don't understand"

"And that's why I'm the Source and you're not" the man smugly replied. "I used him, I used them all and they fell for it, like lambs to the slaughter. You see Chris ever step, every detail was planned. I possessed the Elder who gave Dad the brilliant idea to bring back Gideon and Barbus thinking that it was the only way to save you when in actuality it was the only way I could put my destiny back on track"

"That can't be. Our timelines doesn't exist any more" the boy said still in a state of shock.

"Hey genius try to keep up will you. Once they were resurrected both timelines were made to exist. But now that I was able to show myself the light sort to speak I've put things back to where their supposed to be. Not what my annoying martyr of a little brother wants them to be"

"All I went through was for nothing" the boy replied solemnly as images of what could have been flashed through his mind.

"Oh come now little brother, all isn't lost. You still have me and because this was so much fun I won't kill you. Don't get me wrong you will pay for betraying me but at least I'm willing to spare your life. This time anyway" the man said moving to stand behind his brother again.

"Wyatt? Chris? Is everything ok up there" Piper Halliwell voice rose from the lower level.

"Yeah Mom, we're fine. We'll be down in a minute" Wyatt yelled back. "One word of this to them Chris and I swear to you the hell I put you through the first time around will pale in comparison to what I'll do to you this time" the man warned before changing his appearance back to what it was. "Ugh! You are so going to pay for this. Excalibur" the man shouted causing the sword to return to the sword.

"How did you change him?"

"Stop annoying me with your mindless dribble Chris. Face the facts that you lost and I won." the man said before taking hold of his brother's arm and orbing out.

"Finally!" Piper said showing her frustration with her oldest son.

"What took you so long?"

"I wear contacts and they were drying out so I had to put some drops in" replied evil Wyatt while a look of discomfort formed on his brother's face.

"Chris are you ok son?" Leo asked picking up on his son's distress.

Chris was about to tell his parents the truth but decided against it when his brother tightened his grip on the smaller man delivering a very stern warning.

"I'm alright. I'm just really hungry. Can we go now?" he asked his parents as the group nodded before grabbing their coats.

"Very good little brother. Keep up the excellent work and I might go easy on you once we return home" the man smiled wickedly before moving to wrap an arm around each of his parents.

A distraught Chris watched on from a few feet away. "This can't be happening" he spoke softly not allowing anyone to hear his thoughts. "I've worked too hard for it to ends this way. Think Chris, you can do this, just think" he spoke up again as his parents called back to him.

The smiles on their faces broke the boy's heart. He couldn't tell them that their works had been in vein and that his brother was evil once again. No, he had to find a way to handle this on his own. Now with both timelines existing he knew it was possible to get his good brother back. Now only if he could find a way to do it he thought to himself as he closed the door behind him and set out for what was sure to be one hell of an evening.

Underworld

"Where the hell are you Barbus" an impatient Gideon yelled oblivious to the fact that his "friend" was gone and that he was next on Wyatt Halliwell's hit list.