Chapter 15

The two figures stood in the far corners of the lobby waiting for their next victim to arrive as they searched their eerily quite surroundings for any sign of occupants other then themselves. The place in question served as a callous reminder that their was no good or evil because after all if this place was so damn good and above reproach then what was he doing running it?

The man who would tell lies, plot and even attempt the murder of a small child, all in the name of greater good. But that was ok because he wouldn't get the chance now that both brothers knew the truth of what is instead of blindly following their mother's version of morality and with their new found knowledge there was no way that this Elder would succeed in his plans.

"Where the hell is he?" the older witch questioned as he searched the room yet again.

"Patience brother he'll be here soon, I can sense him" the other responded as he held up a hand to silence him.

Following the boy's stare he tried to remain calm as he took in the sight of his father's mentor who had no idea that his life was about to end. The man smiled to himself as he thought about how painful and gut wrenching the Elder's death would be and he knew it wouldn't be a quick one. No, quite the contrary he would enjoy each and every second of the sweet torture and knowing that his younger sibling will now willingly participate in an activity he once saw as immoral, vicious and heinous in nature only widened his smile for with his brother at his side the Elder didn't stand a chance.

Gideon was becoming more and more nervous with each and every second that passed. At first his plan to rid the world of the twice blessed son seemed to be going well. He had aliened several darklighters to aid him in his quest informing them that they too were in danger if the boy was allowed to grow up into the tyrant that haunted his nightmares. He was then able to make a potion strong enough to penetrate the boy's shield, thanks to his evil counter part, which would render him defenseless and make the powerful being easy pray.

He smiled wickedly as he thought about how unproblematic it was to get most of the Elders on his side. He prayed on their greatest fears and thanks to reading young Christopher's mind he was about to show the others exactly what the future held if they allowed the son of the charmed one and an Elder to live. But his last thought lead him to the dilemma at hand or rather the unplanned problem that was now laying at his feet.

For some reason the future versions of Leo and Piper had returned to the past to as they said "set things right" and this worried him. Beads of sweat formed on the man's forehead as he thought about the many possibilities such a statement held but he couldn't allow himself to be dissuaded no, he had to stick it out to the bitter end no matter what. The greater good must prevail and there was no lea way for errors. He knew that he would get one shot and one shot only to handle the "problem" for he knew that the Charmed Ones wouldn't rest until he was dead. In order for that to happen he needed as much help as he could get and with the latest threat taking the magical world by storm he knew that he was working with limited help as everyone was busy working to eliminate the newest problem.

"This could be the perfect time to go after the boy" the man spoke out loud in a voice full of confidence. He could very easily send the charmed ones and Leo out on the trail of witch/demon killers and solicit the help of the future versions while he takes care of the child but first he had to make sure that none of the people in question knew of his plans. The Elder continued to think of various scenarios as one of his many accomplices entered the room.

"Do you see Wyatt? I told you that bastard was out to destroy us, destroy you and everything you worked so hard to build" Chris spoke telepathically to his brother.

"I see that but no matter, he'll be a pile of ashes soon anyway" the man replied as grin formed on the face of his brother before they both turned back to the two men standing just a few feet away from them.

"So were you able to find out why future Piper and Leo are here?" Gideon asked Sigmund, his fellow Elder and sometimes reluctant partner.

"Yeah they came to save their little angel"

"Fuck you Wyatt!" Chris's voice rang out in his brother's head before both continued to listen to the conversing Elders.

"Unfortunately no and apparently Leo didn't even inform the other Elders of their presences here so whatever it is, it has to be major" the man worriedly spoke.

The fallen angel didn't like the sound of this news as he manipulated his futures to convey his feelings.

"This isn't good if Leo hasn't spoken to the Elders than that means that he must have gotten some information from his future self that he didn't like and if this is true then we must act quickly"

"What about the other Elders? I mean right now we're trying to figure out where this major power surge is coming from" replied Sigmund.

"Don't worry Gideon, you'll know soon enough" Wyatt's voice echoed yet again in the younger witches mind before a wicked smile formed on the boy's face.

"Why just stop at Gideon?" the boy questioned instantly receiving a look of intrigue from his sibling.

"Do explain little brother"

"Well as long as there are any Elders then our future, our empire, our true destiny will always be at risk and I don't know about you but I will do anything, anything to prevent that from happening. So why don't we just eliminate the entire Elder population and save ourselves a whole lot of future provocation"

"You know I like this new attitude of yours Christopher and I can't wait to see the looks on their faces when we rid ourselves of their overbearing, self righteous, morally repressed asses"

"Me either" the boy replied as they again focused on the men standing before them.

"This is true. Go back up there and see what the latest developments are" commanded the headmaster before the Elder did as he was told.

That's when the Halliwell brother's decided to make their presence known.

Walking up behind the Elder slowly with a thousand wicked thoughts running through their minds the boy's both spoke in unison completely taking the man by surprise.

"HELLO GIDEON"


"This is taking forever" the Eldest charmed one from the future spoke unable to hold it together any longer. Her trip to the future wasn't supposed to turn out this way. She was supposed to simply arm her son with the knowledge he needed to kill the Elder and return to his time safely. A future where his brother wasn't evil, his parents were still together and where his life was as perfect as possible and he didn't have to constantly save someone or look over his shoulder waiting for his brother, his own flesh and blood to attack him. Warm streams of water became to escape her eyes and slide down her cheek as she thought about what her son had become and she couldn't help but hold herself responsible for it. He was killing innocence's right along side the brother he was trying so desperately to save and all because she was selfish enough to want her baby back.

"It's not your fault you know" the voice of her younger sister, the empath called out to her as she rested an arm over the woman's shoulder.

"Isn't it? If I hadn't…"

"What? Tried to save your child sweetie? You should never apologize for that. So what things didn't turn out the way you expected them to? It doesn't mean that you were wrong for trying. You did what you thought was right and that's all Chris would have wanted from you"

"Yeah but that doesn't negate the fact that if I hadn't shown up here he would be fine"

"Piper this is insane you love Chris and you're doing your best to save him so it's time you stopped beating yourself up for this and focus on getting him back" added future Leo.

"Leo's right Piper besides you said that more than likely they were on their way to kill Gideon so how's that a bad thing? Isn't that what you came here to do?"

"No, we came to let Chris know what was going on and what he needed to be aware of because if Gideon is killed before he's technically done anything wrong then the Elders would hold us all accountable and God only knows what they'll do to us then" replied future Piper as the past version of himself and his wife entered the room.

"How's it going?" the man said as he watched his youngest sister in law scry for his two sons.

"I keep trying to find them but…wait, I think I found something. No, that can't be right" the girl said while looking at the map with a puzzled look on her face.

"What can't be right? What's wrong" asked past Piper who really couldn't handle much more but tried to brace herself for what was to come. But she had no clue how bad things were really about to get.

"It keeps pointing to the sky…" the girl trailed off with a horrified look on her face.

"Paige, what is it?" the woman asked again in an unintended raised voice as her husband answered back in a shaken tone.

"They're in Elder land"

"Oh My God!" replied future Piper who was now shaking with fear and disbelief.

"Ok we have to get to them fast before they kill the Elders" Paige said hurrying to grab the hand of the middle charmed one as both Piper and Leo teams linked hands as well.

Before they knew it they were standing in Elder land now fully aware that they were in fact too late.