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Chapter 4: Trusting

Previously:

Wyatt reached up and pulled the cloth off revealing a mirror. His good self looked back at him, his expression of disgust mirrored on evil Wyatts face.

The two Wyatts stared at each other for a moment before evil Wyatt spoke. "I said I would get him on my side…"

"…one way or another…" finished good Wyatt.

"…and I will…"

"…even if this…"

"…is how I have to do it."

The only way that Wyatt could use the full power of the Halliwell line was for him and Chris to work together. 'That will never happen unless Wyatt is good' promised Chris.

Clearing his throat slightly to get Chris's full attention Leo continued, "About Wyatt, I think the only thing we can do is bind his powers."

The triquetra glowed blue and opened into a swirling portal. Wyatt walked confidently through the portal and faded from sight. The portal closed leaving a tall figure with shoulder length blonde wavy hair.

'Now, where will I find him?' Good Wyatt asked himself, before realising the answer. Chris would be in the Overworld. "I'll see you soon little brother" promised Wyatt, "And you'll be good, the way I always wanted you to be."

Chris turned around; the sight that he saw causing him to freeze in shock.

"W-Wyatt?" stuttered Chris.

"How are you gonna show me…whatever it is you want to show me?"

Wyatt looked straight into Chris's eyes before replying, "By taking you back to my world."

Wyatt's words continued to echo through Chris's head even after the faint echoes from the room had died down. He couldn't think straight. For so long now he had been fighting to turn his brother back to good and now there he was; good, yes, but part darklighter also. Chris didn't know if he could trust him.

Wyatt watched Chris considering his words for a moment before breaking the silence. "It's not a trap." he reassured Chris, "We have to go now though, before Dad comes back."

"Why?" asked Chris.

"Because he'll try to stop you from coming with me." answered Wyatt. He hoped Chris wouldn't pursue this line of questioning as the reason simply was that Leo didn't figure in his plans; it was Chris he wanted. "When have you ever trusted dad over me?" asked Wyatt, "I was the one who was there for you when you were growing up, not him. And it can be like that again; you and me together."

Chris couldn't deny that he wanted to go with Wyatt; to find out what this Wyatt was like. To get to know Wyatt the way he should be; not evil but good.

But still. "You said that I could trust you because you're the opposite of the Wyatt I know but what's going to happen if I do go with you? After you've shown me your world what are you gonna do? Keep me prisoner til you swap back with the other you?" Chris asked suspiciously. "What are you gonna get out of this? No matter what you show me I'm not gonna turn evil and so my other self won't turn good."

Wyatt just smiled. "I'm not gonna hold you against your will." he assured Chris, "I've already tried that and, well, it didn't work; and I don't want to force you into doing something you don't want. After I've shown you my world and you come back, you can go if you want."

Wyatt met Chris's eyes and tried to convey his honesty. 'And I'm not even lying.' he thought, 'he'll see that when the time comes.'

Chris flexed his hand, the whitelighter he was sensing in Wyatt making him want to orb a crossbow to him. Ignoring that though, Wyatt was strong; he was powerful; he wasn't good and this was what his objective had been fro the past few years; to get his brother back. He nodded slowly. "Okay." he agreed, "Show me."

Inside Wyatt smiled to himself. His plan was working. "Follow me." he instructed orbing out.

Chris shuddered briefly at the sight of his brother's white-orbs before black-orbing out after him. When they materialised they were in Wyatt's penthouse.

"Chris!" called out Leo as he entered the room to see Chris's white orbs swirling through the floor before disappearing from sight. For some reason a feeling of dread hit Leo; he was worried. 'Where did he go?' Leo asked himself, 'and why? He wouldn't just leave, would he?'

Leo surveyed the room looking for a reason why Chris would have left. The books were left lying open across the table and there was nothing out of place. However, Leo could still sense…something. There was a presence lingering in the room that made the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. Closing his eyes to concentrate he sent his senses deeper.

Leo's eyes flew open as he realised that it was Wyatt he could sense…and a darklighter. He frowned it didn't make sense. Why would Wyatt have been here? How did he get here without anyone sensing it? Why could Leo sense the unmistakable presence of a darklighter? And why had Chris gone? Chris wouldn't have gone with Wyatt without a fight and a fight would surely have attracted, if not his then someone else's, attention.

Leo came to the decision that he couldn't answer these questions by himself. He sent a mental message to one of the head Elders, "Zola, I need your help."

Good Chris watched as Wyatt entered a small, dark and almost empty room. There was a large triquetra drawn on the wall and Wyatt strode over to stand in front of it. Chris hesitated, glancing over his shoulder, before stepping over the threshold into the room.

"Having second thoughts?" asked Wyatt, turning round to face Chris.

"Maybe a few." admitted Chris, "I don't know where I'm going here. Hell, I don't even know why I'm doing this. I don't trust you, not completely and I'm just about to step into a portal with you that could take me anywhere."

Wyatt refrained from yelling in frustration. "You can trust me." he insisted, "I'm your brother, aren't I? Maybe not the one that you know but you can sense I'm still Wyatt, can't you?"

Chris nodded silently.

"And I can makethe portal work correctly." continued Wyatt, "After all, I came through it didn't I?"

Chris nodded again. He couldn't describe the feeling of reluctance creeping over him. He could almost hear his mind screaming at him, telling him not to trust Wyatt, but he wanted to see this other world; he wanted to get to know this Wyatt so much that he ignored it. "I'm ready." he announced.

Wyatt smiled at Chris. He was getting closer to his goal; almost halfway there - getting Chris to the parallel world.

Wyatt turned back to the triquetra, sensing Chris come to stand to the side of him.

"In this place and in this hour,
I call upon the ancient power,
Open this door through time and space,
Create a path to another place."

The triquetra glowed and opened into a swirling portal. Wyatt gestured silently to Chris to go before him. Chris stepped hesitantly through the portal with sideways glance at Wyatt. When his brother's figure had vanished from sight Wyatt smiled coldly and walked through after him.