Chapter 15

Chris awoke to the sound of muffled cries coming from the farthest corner of his bedroom. At first he thought it was a mouse or something but listening closely he knew exactly who the source of all the pain was and the person that was responsible for it. What did he do now? He thought instantly recognizing the sobbing as that of his sister in laws. He felt so sorry for the woman. She loved his brother so much and all she ever got from Wyatt in return was cold, cruel and unfeeling acts that his brother called love. Acts, crimes and abuse that he to knew all too well.

Slowly the boy began to open his eyes and take in the seen around him looking for anything that might tell him what took place minutes or even hours before he regained consciousness, but there was nothing to be found. That was until he was able to focus without trouble and take in the appearance of the woman in question.

There she was sitting on the floor with her knees curled into her chest rocking back and forth as if she were a mental patient incapable of perfecting any other action. She was staring straight ahead aimlessly into the fire as if it held the answer to the one question everyone in Wyatt Halliwell's life always seemed to ask "Why". All these things frightened the youngest Halliwell. Even when his brother was at his worst Autumn always managed to keep it together but now it looked as if she had been shattered and damaged beyond repair.

Gathering all the strength he had Chris sat up gradually tossing his legs over the side of the bed inching down until his feet met with the cold floor and he was now sitting on the edge of the bed. Only this time there wasn't any blood under his feet. Suddenly the boy was hit with images of his dead fiancé laying at the foot of his bed and her horror filled expression but he knew that he couldn't let the images keep him for his mission at hand. No, his best friend needed him and there was no way that he was going to let her down, so he would have to grief for the love of his life at another time.

With his feet firmly planted on the ground Chris made his way over to Autumn trying not to look down but when he noticed that there was nothing underneath his feet, his curiosity got the best of him and shifted his gaze down towards the floor. Seeing that the woman's body had been removed made the boy sigh in relief before he continued to approach the woman with extreme caution. And the closer he got the more her actions or lack there of, seemed to make sense.

In the place of her silky, flawless brown skin there were now bruises and cuts. Nothing major, but enough for him to know that the woman had in fact, been beaten. She must have known that someone was near her because the woman instantly tightened the grip on her self and began to shake violently with fear and anxiety in anticipation of the pain that she thought was going to follow. Chris knew the signs all too well and he was now fully aware of what his brother had done to the woman. Not only had he beaten her, but he had raped her as well. But what else was new?

"Autumn" Chris spoke softly as he knelt down in front of the woman now clearly seeing the bruise on her cheek and cut on the side of her eye.

When he didn't get a response the man brushed the hair out of the woman's face trying to show her that he wasn't there to hurt her but instead it had the opposite affect.

"NO!" the woman yelled pushing away from him or who she thought was her husband.

"Autumn it's ok, it's me. It's Chris" the man said as he tried to reassure her.

"Please don't. I'm sorry" the woman said looking through him rather than at him.

"It's ok, it's me" the boy said again as he took a chance and pulled the woman into a tighten embrace while holding back tears of his own.

How could his brother destroy the one person that loved him more than life it's self? Bastard! Chris thought to himself as his own assault at his brother's hands came flooding back to him.

The pair stayed in the embrace searching through their own thoughts for almost an hour before the woman spoke.

"I'm sorry Chris" she said in a voice that was just above a whisper.

"You don't have anything to be sorry for. None of this was your fault. You know how he is" was the only words that Chris could come up with.

"No, tonight he was different. He was more evil then I've ever seen him Chris. It was so scary. This was the first time in my life that I thought he was going to kill me" the woman said as more tears escaped her dark brown eyes.

"Hey, no matter what Wyatt would never kill you" he said trying to convince both his sister in law and himself.

"You didn't see the look in his eyes Chris. It was dark and twisted. Devoid of any feelings other then hate and the need for dominance and control"

"I know that look" replied the boy in a somber tone.

"I wish I could just get away from him" the woman lied not only to herself but to the person she trusted most in the world.

It wasn't that she enjoyed the torture at the hands of her spouse it was just that she loved the man for so long and she can remember the good times that were had before the evil took over. Wyatt was loving, caring, handsome (and still is) but most of all he loved her with everything that he was. Now he only wanted to control her and did whatever it took to keep her "in line". But deep down she loved him and still wanted to be by his side no matter what. A sad but yet very true fact.

The words get away struck a cord with the boy. His family was being held captive by his sick and twisted older brother and magically there was nothing that he could do to help them. But Autumn was the queen of the universe and the guards holding his family would never question her motives or her commands. She would be able to save both him and his family and once they were back in the past he could continue on with his mission to save his brother and stop the woman's pain and torture at his hands.

Although the woman was hurting right now she would help if it meant saving his brother. Taking a deep breath and hoping for the best he decided to voice his idea to her.

"Autumn I have an idea"

"What is it" the woman said eager to do anything to save her husband.

"You're going to have to be one hell of an actress to pull this off. Complete with black leather and everything" the boy said with a smile as the woman held a "yuck" look.

After a few second the woman reluctantly replied "Alright Chris, what do you need me to do?"

An hour later

Autumn walked down to the dungeon after changing into her black leather pants and matching halter top. She always hated wearing the scantly clad outfit but she knew it was her husband's favorite and when the two of them were getting alone and she was comfortable in her role as queen she always wore this particular get up and the guards knew it.

"How did I let Chris talk me into this" the woman thought as she made her way down the dark hall nodding to the guards as she walked by. Suddenly she heard loud screams coming from a few cells down.

"What cell is that coming from" she questioned the demon closest to her in her best no nonsense voice.

"Third one down my queen" the demon replied.

Hoping that it wasn't the cell that held Paige and Phoebe the woman continued walking and stopped in front of the cell. There they were, the two Halliwell sisters were tied down to beds while a group of demons appeared to be fondling them.

Knowing that she had to act fast the woman commanded the two demons that stood guard outside to open the cage.

"What's the meaning of this?" the woman yelled causing the group to go silent.

"Lord Wyatt said that we should show these two women a good time" said a demon with grey skin and red eyes.

"When my husband gave that command I doubt this is what he had in mind" the woman said as she made her way further into the cage.

"My queen" one began before the woman cut him off.

"You wouldn't be questioning my authority would you?" she warned.

"No my queen I just"

"JUST nothing, I demand that you let them go immediately"

"But Lord Wyatt" another demon began.

"Lord Wyatt would be very displeased to know that his minions were questioning their Queen. Now let them go or I shall deal with you instead" Autumn said in a low growl as she stood toe to toe with her subordinate.

Instantly the demons used their black magic to undo the magical restraints that held the two charmed ones down before leaving the room as their queen instructed.

Once they were out of sight Autumn turned back to the two very confused witches.

"Listen we'll do anything you want. Please just don't hurt us" Phoebe said moving to stand by her sister's side.

"It's ok. I'm not here to hurt you" the woman said with a slight smile.

It was at that moment Phoebe recognized the woman's features. She looked so much like someone she knew, but who?

"Who are you? I mean I know that you're married to our nephew but you seem so familiar to me" Phoebe said causing Paige to look the woman over with intense scrutiny.

"You did know me, or will know me" replied Autumn who was having a lot of trouble with whole time travel thing. "You also know my parents. Daryl and Sheila"

"Oh my God, this is so cute. Well it would be if Wyatt wasn't so certifiably insane" said Phoebe in such a way that all three women had to laugh.

"Wow, Daryl must have had a fit" added Paige.

"Yeah he did" the girl giggled some as she remembered the look on her father's face as she told him of her plans to marry the witch. "Anyway I would love to sit here and reminisce about old times but unfortunately we're working on borrowed time here so we really have to get a move on other wise we'll be found out before we can get to Piper and Leo" the woman said looking down the hall way making sure no one had heard their conversation.

"Ok, what about Chris?" questioned the younger sister as the girls started to make their way down the hall.

"He's going to have to stall Wyatt so we're going to have to get him last"

Stopping in front of one of the guards the woman informed him that she was going to take the prisoners to the chamber where the most painful and heinous acts were performed and she should not be disturbed, just in case some demons tried to drop in unexpectedly.

With part one of the plan working out better then expected, the three women made their way to the room where Piper and Leo were held being sure to maintain their act along the way so no one would get suspicious.

"Open the door, now" the woman commanded before phase two was put into action. "Two down, one to go" the woman whispered to the other two before the three made their way into the room.