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Chapter 6: Wheels Within Wheels
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 triquetra glowed blue and opened into a swirling portal. Wyatt walked confidently through the portal and faded from sight. "I'll see you soon little brother" promised Wyatt, "And you'll be evil, the way I always wanted you to be."
"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."
Chris waved a hand, gesturing vaguely to the city, "This is what I've been fighting for; the world back to how it should be - evil."
"I'm glad you like it." replied Wyatt, "but this is just a taster of what this world is like. I've so much more to show you."
Chris grinned, "Well let's get the show started then!" he proposed giddily.
"We can't sense Chris." apologized Zola. The other two other Elders with Zola shook their head as well.
"Damn!" exploded Leo viciously, "Wyatt's got him. But Chris wouldn't just have left with Wyatt and a darklighter without a fight."
"How about with a half-darklighter who is Wyatt?" asked a new voice.
"You attended one of my meetings before." stated Wyatt.
Chris nodded, "But that was in my world with the good version of you" he pointed out.
"Precisely my point." agreed Wyatt, "So now you're gonna attend one of my meetings, in which we will have the same views and will be able to work together as we should; as brothers."
Chris slumped back in his chair and watched as the witches filed out of the meeting room. The interaction with other people in this parallel world seemed to have reattached him to reality; the fact that none of this was real in his world.
"Well?" questioned Wyatt, watching Chris closely.
Chris opened his mouth to speak, paused, and then shut it again. He shrugged his shoulders, unsure of how to put his feelings into words.
"Did you enjoy it?" persisted Wyatt.
"It was…it was…oh I dunno." muttered Chris. He paused again to gather his thoughts. "I liked us working together." he admitted, "But it doesn't really matter. I mean, when I go back you're still gonna be evil. It feels like all you've shown me is what we can't have."
"But we can have this." contradicted Wyatt, "And it's all up to you; your choice and yours alone."
"What do you mean?" asked Chris, a little uneasily.
"To make all this real in your world all you have to do is join me; or, well, my opposite to be more precise."
Chris sneered, "Well, I'm not gonna do that." he replied.
"Why not." asked Wyatt calmly, "it's what you want; you just said so."
"No," contradicted Chris, "I said I wanted us to be evil; not for both of us to be good."
"Actually, you said you wanted us to work together and for that to happen…" corrected Wyatt, raising his eyebrows significantly at the end.
"No, Wyatt…just…No. No way." stated Chris firmly, crossing his arms defiantly across his chest.
"Chris…" began Wyatt placating.
"This was your plan all along wasn't it?" accused Chris, "All this was to try to get me on your side."
"What else?" replied Wyatt evenly, "You knew there had to be a reason behind all this and my aim all along for you has been to get you on my side; you know that."
"And you really think that after showing me your world all you have to do is ask and I'll turn?" asked Chris contemptuously, "I don't think so."
"No?" asked Wyatt simply.
"No." answered Chris defiantly.
"Ok then." acknowledged Wyatt shrugging his shoulders.
Chris stared in both amazement and confusion at Wyatt. Maybe it was just this version of Wyatt, maybe because he was half-darklighter, but then his version of Wyatt could completely throw him at times too. "That…that's it!" Chris spluttered, "'Ok then?'"
"I told you before, remember, that I wasn't going to keep you here against your will." pointed out Wyatt, "And I can't force you to turn so I don't have much option. I was just hoping that you would want to work with your brother; the way we're meant to."
"You can't guilt me into turning evil, Wyatt." replied Chris, "and you're getting repetitive with the whole 'we're meant to fight together' thing. Anyway you're good; why would you want me to be evil?"
"Because, since everything in these worlds are exact opposites and parallels, when you swap with your opposite, the Chris from my world will be good."
Wyatt's words hung on the air and Chris nodded grimly. "Of course, there had to be something in it for you." he spat, "Otherwise why bother? But I don't believe that you're just gonna let me walk back through the portal and then back to the underworld." Chris paused, considering "Even though you can apparently enter the underworld whenever you please." he added.
Wyatt smirked at this last bit, "You didn't really think that the minimal defences our beloved father and his friends put up could keep me out for long, did you?"
Chris rolled his eyes, sighing impatiently at Wyatt's arrogance.
Much more seriously Wyatt continued, "Chris, you trusted me to bring you here so trust me to get you back. I'm gonna let you walk through that portal, I promise."
Chris nodded slowly, "I want to go back now." he stated.
The supposedly soothing white lights of the Overworld did nothing to calm Leo down. He was still worried sick about Chris. Noticing Zola, Leo angled towards him.
"Can you sense them now?" asked Leo hopefully.
"Leo." sighed Zola, "We will tell you if we manage to sense either Wyatt or Chris. Wyatt must be shielding them both. Anyway, I've spoken to the head Elders and they agree that we shouldn't go looking for the Chris from the alternate world. He's evil and more likely to be a threat to us than to help us, especially considering that he's half-darklighter. And besides we mustn't do anything that might shift the balance; it was almost disastrous last time."
"Isn't what Wyatt's doing putting the balance in danger of being shifted?" asked Leo.
"Possibly, but we must assume that Wyatt will know what he is doing. If he has found a way to contact his opposite self they will be able to work together, mirror each others actions, to keep everything in balance." replied Zola, then seeing Leo's far away gaze, "Leo, what are you thinking?"
"You just said that Wyatt's working with his opposite to keep the balance, right?"
"Yes, probably." replied Zola.
"So he must have a way to contact his opposite." explained Leo.
"Well, yes, that would make sense but how…?" Zola shook his head, still confused.
"When Gideon used the parallel world to try to kill Wyatt he contacted his opposite through a mirror in his office at magic school." Leo paused to emphasise his next point, "And as far as I know; it's still there."
Understanding showed on Zola's face. "Wyatt must be using that mirror to contact his opposite."
Leo nodded and orbed out before Zola could stop him. "Leo!" called Zola, but Leo's orbs had already disappeared.
Wyatt's black orbs and Chris's white orbs appeared in the small room in Wyatt's penthouse.
"There's the portal." Wyatt gestured atthe triquetraand Chris stepped closer to it."
"Aren't you gonna open it?" asked Chris, still not completely trusting of Wyatt.
"I was leaving that honour to you." replied Wyatt. He pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket and handed it to Chris, "Here's the spell."
Chris took the piece of paper and unfolded it slowly. He glanced at Wyatt who smiled encouragingly. Chris took a deep breath and opened his mouth to chant the spell.
'Please forgive me for this brother' thought Wyatt as he watched Chris chant the spell.
"Hear these words, hear the rhyme,
Open this portal through space and time
Let my powers cross the line
Switch my essence through the air"
The portal opened casting a blueish light over the room. Chris stepped forward cautiously, and was about to enter the portal when a dark light swept out of the portal, leaving it closed behind the shadow. Chris gasped as the dark light engulfed him and he fell to his knees before keeling over unconscious.
Wyatt looked coldly down at Chris's unconscious form. 'This is what I have to do little brother.' he thought grimly, 'It's the only way to get you on my side.'