Chapter 5

It was now an hour later and everyone was gathered together silently in attic of Halliwell manor. Piper and Leo were leaning against one another as Paige and Phoebe starred helplessly at the book of shadows searching hard to find something that would help them rescue the boy from the clutches of his evil older sibling. Not finding anything right away only added to the extreme amount of emotional distress that each individual was feeling. Sighing heavily and laying her head down the book one of the women began to speak.

"There's nothing in here" Paige yelled out in frustration.

"Let me see" Phoebe spoke pushing her sister aside to check the book for herself.

"Whatever" the woman replied as she sat in the empty space next to her oldest sister. "Hey how is she holding up?" Paige questioned her ex-brother in law.

"I don't know. She hasn't spoken a word since she finished reading the letter" the man sadly replied.

"Piper sweetie, it's me Paige" she said whisking the woman's hair behind her ear. "Don't worry, we're going to get him back. I promise"

The distraught woman raised her head slightly to meet her youngest sister's gaze for only second before looking back down to the floor.

"Piper" the father of her children now pleaded. "Honey you have to snap out of this. You're not doing yourself or Chris any good. He needs you to be strong for him and I know this is difficult but we have to be on top of our game if we're ever going to get him back" the man finished running an affectionate hand over the woman's hair.

"He's right Piper you've got to snap out of it. Chris is depending on you to come through for him"

"Really?" the woman spoke keeping her eyes fixated on the floor. "Like I came through for him when Wyatt came for him or when Wyatt touched him the way that he did or the way I put up such a huge fight when his brother dragged him back to the future"

"Would you stop this Piper, there was nothing that you could have done to stop Wyatt and if you had tried you probably would have gotten yourself killed" Paige tried to talk some sense into her sister.

"Yeah maybe but at least Chris would have known that I gave a damn about him instead of just handing him over to his sick demented brother"

"Of course he knows that you care about him Piper. Did you not read the letter? Chris loves you and he knows that you would have given anything to save him"

"I don't deserve his love Leo. He went through so much for us, for this family and I treated him horribly in return. What kind of mother does that to her son?" the woman sobbed.

"You didn't know who he was Piper, none of us did" Paige tried to comfort her sister once again when Phoebe's voice broke in.

"Hey I think I found something" Phoebe said pulling a loose page from the book as she moved over to join the rest of the group.

"That's Chris's handwriting" Leo announced as he studied the paper over.

"What is it?" Piper questioned hoping that it was a clue that would lead her to her son.

"Well it…" Paige began before tailing off as an eager look crept across her face. "It looks like a time travel spell"

Christopher Halliwell grabbed a towel from the rack as he stepped out of the shower and made his way into his old bedroom. Nothing had changed since the day that he left for the past. It was almost as if it was his brother's shrine to him. But that didn't matter any more nothing did as the boy knew that his life was going to be a living hell until the day he died.

Chris was trapped in this particular hell with Wyatt in the staring role as the devil himself. There was no longer any hope left for him, he would have to get used to being his brother's right hand man and whatever else that he commanded of him. His will was no longer his own but rather an extension of his evil brother's and with that came a whole other set of problems that he just simply didn't have the strength to deal with at the moment for Chris knew that the worse was just seconds away.

Making his way over to his bed the youngest Halliwell son didn't even bother to put dress seeing as how he wouldn't have the need for clothing tonight anyway. He just slid under the silk sheets that covered his large bed and pulled a vile out of his jean that lay on the floor beside his bed.

He had made the special potion to numb his mind and body the second that he found out his brother had found a way to capture him. The instant that the last drop of liquid fell from the vial and into his mouth Wyatt entered the room sporting the same attire as his brother. "Hello Chris. I think it's time that we pick up where we left off, don't you?" was all the boy remembered hearing, as his mind, body and soul disappeared and the darkness surrounded him.

When everything was said and done Wyatt lay quietly at his brother's side while Chris stared blankly at the ceiling. "Why so quiet little brother? Didn't you enjoy our little session together" the older man asked running his fingers through the boy's hair. "You got what you wanted. So just go away" Chris spoke softly still looking upward. "There's no need to get nasty Chris. I love you and this was just a way of proving it to you"

"A card, a gift or maybe even my freedom would have been more than enough to suffice" the boy shot back. "And exactly where would the fun be in that" the man laughed as he made it to his feet. "I would love to stay her with you all night and perhaps give it another go but my wife's waiting for me. Oh and don't worry Chris, I will always have enough energy left for you" Wyatt smirked evilly before flaming out and leaving a violated, hurt and destroyed Chris alone to cry silent tears.