A/N: I hope that everyone is enjoying thus far. Just to straighten things out, this is my version to the end of season six. While some things may change, others are meant to happen and I am going to leave that part of the story as is. Can you guess what those few things are?

Teal-lover- I truly enjoy your reviews. And I totally agree. Would Chris be able to keep it together to save Wyatt if Sara dies? Would the family? I won't keep you hanging much longer. I promise.

I will be putting more thank you note on the next few chapters. But as for now…

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Charmed. Just those that I have given life to in this story do I claim.

Piper Halliwell felt as if her world was coming apart at the seams and there was nothing she could do about it. It had been a few hours since Chris had told her that 'Sara was not so good.' In those few hours she had learned that Gideon was the cause of her eldest son's fall to darkness; an evil son that she was told to be expecting soon. That it was his fault her daughter fought for her life. That her other son was more closed off than she had ever seen him. Wyatt, Gideon, Chris, Sara, the future, it was a lot for a hormonal mother to be to take in.

She had pushed much of the new and cruel information to the back of her mind as she worked beside her frantic family to bring Sara's dangerously high fever down. Now that her future daughter's fever was hovering at 104.2 Piper was milling through her thoughts as she watched the young woman rest in an unconscious state.

Piper gazed at her daughter. There was so much of Chris in her features. Of what Piper had witnessed she resembled her brother in more ways than just looks. Her sarcasm in the attic after they had come careening back into the past, her anger when she had discovered that Chris had let their identities slip, her need to save Wyatt, the way her eyes seemed to carry a hardened resolve caused by years of grief and who knew what else. Piper knew that they were as close as siblings could be, probably closer than she and her sisters. Both felt they only had each other. That is was them against the world and that broke her heart.

She was well aware that she was not in the future to stand by them and comfort them. She just hoped that she didn't leave them to soon. Chris refused to tell her when it would happen. It was a miracle that she had even figured out that much. Her father sure did have a way with Chris. Victor it seemed was the only one who was able to get through to the boy.

Sighing she listened to Sara's slow, raspy breathing and the drip of the i.v. that Leo had hooked up. The sound of yelling in the attic pulled her away from the information that she was trying to process. Chris' voice could be heard clearly as he yelled in frustration at Leo.

"Why can't you get in through your thick skull that this man has every intent of killing your son." Chris hollered in anger. "And I am going to kill him before he has a chance!"

"I think it would be best if we wait and see if he truly is the one." Leo's voice was harder for Piper to hear since he wasn't yelling. "We should let him make the first move."

"What is wrong with you?" Piper got up when she heard Chris' voice getting louder with an angrier edge to it. "My sister is dying and our backwards brother is on his way back here so he can either kill us or lock us up for the rest of eternity. The faster that the threat to Wyatt is destroyed the more luck we'll have of a pleasant Twice-Blessed stepping through a portal."

"I just need to be sure…" Leo began but was cut off by his now verging on infuriated son.

"Do what you have to do." He growled softly. "And I'll do what I have to do, Leo!" Chris turned to storm from the room but was stopped in his tracks by the sight of his mother gazing at him sadly from the doorway. His first thought was that something had happened to Sara.

"Sara?"

"She's still the same." Piper mused.

"Oh," Chris mumbled moving past her heading for his sister's side and as far away from Leo as he could get.

"What was all of that about?" Piper decided it was best to speak with her husband first, before trying to take on her stubborn whitelighter of a son. "I could hear Chris all the they way downstairs."

"He wants to go after Gideon now." Leo watched as Piper nodded but did not look pleased.

"SO why don't you?"

"Because I need to know for sure." Leo began exasperated. He was losing the battle and for the life of him he was having trouble understanding himself. "I need to know that if I kill Gideon that this will all end with him. As an elder I should take him up to the council and have them strip him of his elder status. That's what the pacifist side of me is saying to do."

"And the father in you?" Piper asked.

"The father in me wants nothing more than to destroy Gideon with my bare hands." Leo whispered turning his face from her so she wouldn't see his pain. "I hate knowing that I failed so horribly as a father. That it was my mentor, my friend that has put our two youngest through so much and turned Wyatt so evil."

"This is where you need to decide what you want Leo." Piper stated moving in front of her husband so she could look into his eyes. "Take Gideon to the counsel and continue to be an elder or become the wonderful father that I know you can be. It is your choice but I warn you once you have decided that is it."

"Are you giving me an ultimatum?" Leo asked astonished.

"No," Piper began as she turned to leave the attic. "I'm asking you to do what you think is right by our family. You are both an elder and a father. Follow your heart and I am sure you will do what's right."

Leo watched as she gazed at him sadly then left the attic to try and talk to their son. He felt lost and confused. He was angry that his children had had such hard lives. Their lives, which could have very well been happy, if not for Gideon. With a sigh he orbed away from the manor so he could think.

Piper stood in the doorway to the guest room watching Chris hold Sara's hand, speaking in hushed tones to her. It was obvious that it was tearing Chris up inside that his sister was so sick. Worry was etched into his handsome features. Piper realized how hard it must have been for him to come back to the past. How hard it must have been to leave his sister there having known that she would be in danger. It was also evident to Piper that he had to love Wyatt as well. He could have easily come back and eliminated his brother's infant self and saved the future a lot of pain but instead he chose to compromise both his and Sara's very existence all to save Wyatt.

"Where is he?" Chris' voice broke Piper out of her thoughts and brought her back to the present.

"Thinking." When she didn't receive a response Piper moved to sit down in the chair next to the bed. She was silent as Chris leaned down to kiss his sister's forehead before turning to gaze steadily at her. She wished he would just open up to her.

"We don't have much time." He finally said looking from Sara back to Piper. "From what we know about the virus, it's going to get pretty intense soon."

"How so?" Chris could sense the worry in his mother's voice and wanted to take back his words. He was just so worried himself. He was terrified that he may lose Sara. Something he had promised himself that would not happen. However much he wanted to spare his mother the truth, Chris thought he should come clean about what to expect.

"Next should be a lot of pain and delirium. I can't find a cure so I'm hoping that if we turn Wyatt this will all stop." When she looked at him with such love and sadness in her eyes Chris wanted nothing more than to be her little boy again. For the longest time he had told himself that this was Piper and not his mother but the moment she had found out he was her son everything had changed. She would look at him the same way her future self had.

"Just give him a little time Chris." She said softly. "He'll be right back."

"What makes you so sure?"

"He loves his family and wants nothing more than to be a good dad to the three of you."

"I'll try and hold you to that," Chris said softly to his mother's surprise.

"Do that." Piper watched as he hung his head. It frightened her that he seemed unsure of what to do. Then it struck her. Chris had to have a plan, he always did. "So what do you think we should do?"

Chris looked back up at her startled. He thought for sure that she was going to say that they should just wait for Leo to come around and who knew how long that could take.

"You do have a plan, right?"

"You seem to be getting to know me so well." Chris stated softly.

"Well?"

"I think that we should try to hit two birds with one stone. We should call upon Gideon under the guise that we need his help and advice to heal Sara. That would bring him to our turf where he won't be protected by magic school. It's at this stage that we will have to put our best acting forward. Believe me, I want nothing more that to wipe this man's existence from the face of the earth but only another elder can do that. So on that note we're going to have to hope that dear old dad will become the father I always hoped he'd be. At the point when Gideon is eliminated, Wyatt should become the brother Sara and I once knew a long time ago. And hopefully the future will be the way it was always meant to be."

"I like the way you think." Piper and Chris looked up sharply at the sound of Paige's voice. Paige and Phoebe were both standing just inside the door wearing sad but hopeful smiles.

"Glad you caught all that," Chris said. "I wasn't looking forward to explaining it twenty times."

"So now all we have to do is hope that Gideon is what happened to Wyatt and Leo agrees to go along with this plan." Phoebe stated solemnly as she swiftly moved over to check on Sara's condition. "Her fever starting to go up again."

"I guess it's time we called Leo." Piper said as everyone except Chris nodded their agreement. Looking at her son in understanding she continued. "We are going to need him to give her another shot anyway."

"Leo!" all three witches called in unison. When he did not appear Piper alone hollered for her husband.

"Now Leo!" Again there were no twinkling blue orbs. It was to the surprise of all in the room when Chris raised his eyes to the ceiling and said something no one would have ever expected him to say.

"Dad," Chris called softly. "I need you!"

It was less than a minutes time before Leo orbed in next to Chris. He was wearing the same expression as all three charmed sisters. Disbelief. It was the first time Chris had called him 'Dad' without the least bit of sarcasm or dislike in his voice.

"Sara need's another shot. Her fever's rising again." Was all Chris said before he turned away from all of them to gaze unseeing out the window. His father had actually come to his call. He had been sure that Leo would ignore him just as he had the sisters. Feeling unwanted emotions rising to the surface, Chris cursed himself mentally for being so weak. Pushing the unwanted feelings down he forced his now trademark unemotional mask back across his features. Turning he watched as his father tapped the syringe before moving to Sara's side.

Sara's ear piercing scream caused Chris to drop the Book of Shadows only a moment after he had stooped to retrieve it from its early thrown position. Alarmed, he could only watch as Leo quickly removed the needle from her before she began thrashing around. Her pain was obvious from the look upon her face accompanied by her howls of anguish. The few moments it took for her to calm seemed like an eternity to all in the room. Wyatt had not been joking when had mentioned excruciating pain.

"We're running out of time," Chris whispered when her screams had diminished to whimpers. "She's not going to last much longer."

Each person in the room turned to stare pleadingly at Leo. All of Chris' plan revolved around the simple fact of whether or not Leo agreed to help them. It was obvious that the man was stunned by Sara's outburst and they all waited anxiously for him to speak.

Leo gazed helplessly at his daughter. He barely knew her and yet he loved just as much as he loved Wyatt and Chris. He wanted nothing more than to take all her pain away. It took a moment for everything to click into place. If it hadn't been for Gideon, Wyatt would most definitely be a force of good. Sara and Chris would never have had to go through everything they had. His daughter would not be fighting for her life in so much pain. And Chris would not have had to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders. He decided right then in that moment that he would do as Piper had known he would. Follow his heart.

"So what's the plan?" He asked softly to those who seemed to have been holding their breath.

Chris felt relief flood through him when Paige and Piper took charge and told Leo their plan of attack. He watched as Leo listened carefully to what they were saying. When they had finished Chris waited for him to find a flaw. For him to say that there was no way that this was going to work.

"All we have to do is make sure that little Wyatt isn't here when this happens. I don't think he should be exposed to any of it. Who knows how it would come across to a two year old if we wipe out someone he trusts."

"We can have the nanny take him." Piper said rising from the chair next to Sara's bed. "Since magic school is out, as well as Sheila."

Paige and Phoebe nodded in agreement before they followed Piper out of the room to head for the attic. Chris knew they were going to fetch crystals and backup firepower in the form of potions. Within moments, Chris was left alone with Leo and a mumbling Sara.

"Delirium." Leo stated softly as he lifted the cool cloth to wipe her face. Chris rushed forward and grabbed his arm. Startled Leo looked up, his eyes questioning.

"Those excruciating pains were caused from touching her." Chris explained dropping his vice like grip on Leo's arm. "Only touch her if it's absolutely necessary."

Leo could only nod his head in understanding. Worried he turned back to his daughter. He felt Chris stiffen when she began calling his name.

"I'm here Sara," Chris whispered in a soothing tone that was betrayed by the worry evident on his face. "I'm going to fix this."

She continued to whimper calls for him causing Leo to have to look away. He was startled when she began to call for Wyatt as well as Chris. As for Chris, he showed no surprise when she began calling for Wyatt.

"The last time Sara had a high fever and was very sick, Wyatt and I never left her side." Chris explained softly when he noticed Leo's shocked expression. "It took a few hours for the medicine Mom bought to take effect. Later Sara told us we were the best big brothers ever. She said that the entire time she was asleep she could feel our presence and it was the only thing that eased the pain. That was only a year before Wyatt completely flipped his wig."

"Where was I?" Leo asked even though he was sure didn't want to hear the answer.

"You told us that since it was a natural virus that you couldn't heal her." Chris stated without emotion. "Mom agreed. I understand now that we needed to build up our immune systems from disease and if you healed us every time one of us got sick, we never would. Believe me, Wyatt and I were not happy but we trusted Mom's judgment."

"Oh."

"Deep down we both still love our brother." Leo looked up at Chris' words. "We wouldn't be here if we didn't. Sara would never admit that if she was conscious, but I know she does."

"How?" Leo asked, amazed that his son was being so open.

"Because Sara and I think alike and nine times out of ten we feel the same." Chris sighed. "If she didn't love him she wouldn't call for him."

Leo was sure Chris was about to say something else when Piper, Phoebe and Paige came back into the room.

"Wyatt's with the nanny getting reading for a long walk," Piper said.

"And we have back up in the form of blue, yellow and red potions." Paige sounded as if she was trying to be as light as possible. Phoebe nodded agreement and held up crystals before she began to place them strategically around Sara's bed.

"Just in case."

"So everyone's clear on what they have to do, right?" Chris asked.

"Phoebe and I are going to watch and make sure nobody comes careening through any portals in the attic," Paige stated when Chris' gaze fell on her. "Leo is going to go get Gideon under the guise that we need his advice and help. Piper is going to keep an eye on Sara and as soon as Gideon is in here she will freeze his elder ass and then Leo is going to eliminate that which is a threat to Wyatt."

"Very good Paige," Chris said with an arch to his brow. "Everyone else have as good a grasp on this as Paige?"

"Sorry, but I missed the first part." Chris froze at the sound of the voice coming from the door. "You wouldn't mind repeating it for me would you, Chris?"

"You couldn't have waited another twenty minutes before gracing us all with your presence?" Chris muttered as he turned to where the rest of his family was already staring.

"Not when my dear little sister is calling for me." Phoebe gasped when she understood whom they were dealing with. Wyatt, however, was gazing intently at his mother and father. After a moment though he turned his attention back to Chris. "I can't understand why you and Sara refuse to give up on this whole saving me issue. I don't need to be saved Chris. I was never turned by a demonic influence or decided to join the dark side. This is who I am and both you and Sara are going to have plenty of time to realize that once we get back home."

"I am not going back until I accomplish what I came for or I die trying." Chris voice was low and determined which frightened everyone in the room except whom it was directed at. "Kill me now if that's what you plan to do."

"I don't need you Christopher!" Wyatt howled in rage as he made a fist with his hand. Piper and her sisters could only watch in horror as Chris clawed at an invisible force that was cutting off his air way.

Phoebe was the first to react. With a swift kick to Wyatt's back she managed to catch him by surprise. As soon as Piper saw that Chris was able to breathe her hands froze her eldest seemingly on their own accord.

"That won't hold him long," Chris gasped. "Dad bring Gideon! We have to make this fast."

With a solemn nod, Leo orbed away. Chris turned back to his mother. "On my count unfreeze him."

"No!"

"Just do it!" Chris barked. "Then sit on the bed with Sara where you'll be safe. He won't hesitate to kill any of you."

Piper choked back a sob at his harsh words but did as he said and when he counted to three she released him. With that wave of her hand Piper realized she had let all hell break loose.

Please review. I know that the whole sister thing is overdone but I would still like to know what everyone thinks. Did ya love it or hate it? Tell me, tell me!

Witching Hour: Thanks for the review. Glad you like Sara. I know I make Wyatt out to be very evil. It will all come together though. I promise. Sorry about your neighbors evil dog! Hope you enjoyed this one!