A/N : Sorry for the delay!
About my quest to find if it's actually permitted to answer the reviews; I found this in the Content Guidelines:
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CHAPTER XIV:
"He is planning to murder my SON!" He said angry, with glistering eyes. "I trusted him and he wants to murder my baby… and he succeeded in turning him evil in your future… he destroyed my sons and nieces lives… he deserves to DIE!" He said punching him violently.
"Yes Leo… but that's not the plan… if you kill him now, you will be the one destroying our lives…we are probably not even going to be born… please dad…I need you… I need you in my life… I really do, don't destroy that for me… we have to go along with the plan." Chris told him worn out. "Please, for me..."
Leo stopped and sighed. "Thank the powers that be for my son… cuz if not you'd be ground beef by now!" Leo told Gideon, coldly grabbing him by his collar and orbing him to the manor.
Chris orbed with Piper a second later.
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"So was it him?" Phoebe exclaimed anxiously before Leo finished orbing in.
"I guess it was!" Paige said surprised, when she saw the pool of blood that was orbing beside Leo.
Leo threw Gideon unceremoniously on the floor as Chris and Piper orbed into the couch. When Piper saw an open spot, she raised her hands instinctively, ready to blow him up; her anger taking the best of her, she couldn't even think straight.
"PIPER" Chris said sternly, tk shoving her hands back down. Their eyes met for a second her brown ones were tainted with a burning fire that scared Chris a little. "Don't, MOM, DON'T!" He said holding her hands down.
Piper slightly shook her head, like coming back to her senses, she gave one last reassuring look at her youngest and then look around. She felt claustrophobic; she couldn't be inside the same room with Gideon, there wasn't enough air for both in there. If she stayed, her motherly instincts would overcome her and force her to do what she knew she shouldn't; she knew she would make sure he wouldn't breathe anymore.
How could she leave him like that? Sharing the air with her perfect golden little boy, that little boy that he had scarred so badly he turned into the monster Gideon had always feared. Her eyes wandered to the oldest version of Wyatt, the man would have usually smiled at her when she did that but right now all Piper saw was Wyatt's insane evil eyes, sparkling. She sighed. Forcing herself to believe it was for the best, she ran to him and tenderly got him out of the room, fearing what they both might do if they stayed.
"I am going to kill him!" The blond elder said, fumingly.
"Leo you don't understand..!" Gideon pleaded.
"Don't understand WHAT? That you were planning to kidnap my son and kill him? Yeah…I understand it pretty good!" He shouted at him.
"It's for the greater good!" Gideon whimpered.
"The greater good my ass… you have no idea of the repercussion of your actions… because of you… my family's future was doomed to pain and suffering… the world's future was doomed to pain and suffering…" Leo hissed.
"No…look at what Chris came to stop…when I heard about that, I knew that proved me right!"
"Chris came to stop YOU! You are the one responsible for all this! How could you betray me like that? You were my friend!"
"Noo…" Gideon started but Leo stopped him.
"Take him away from here… cuz I am not responsible for my actions right now!" Leo said turning away from him and walking to Chris.
When Leo sat beside him, Chris grabbed his hand.
"I want to kill him, son… I want to kill him so badly for what he did to Wyatt… for what he did to you, to all of us!"
"I know… but you have to control yourself…your family needs you by their side, not hidden from the elders, trust me… I would know… I am your son after all, right?" Chris smiled at him and passed an arm around his shoulders.
Chris nodded and Paige grabbed Gideon.
"Say goodbye, scum!" She said with a disgusted tone as she orbed away.
Five silent minutes later, Paige orbed back in.
"All done… he should be elder dust any minute now!" she said acidly.
"Do you think we are going to see the changes in Wyatt if he is the one?" Phoebe asked.
Chris shook his head tiredly. "Our memories won't be altered until we cross the time portal."
"Then you should be sensing Gideon so you can tell us when it's all over." Phoebe said "I am going to go get Wyatt and Piper."
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"It's all over!" Leo said abraded when Phoebe, Piper and Wyatt walked back into the attic.
"I am sorry, dad… I know he was your friend." Wyatt said caring.
"Yeah…. That's what I call a good friend!" Leo answered sarcastically.
"So it's over?" Wyatt asked Chris caringly, kneeling in front of him and patting his knee. "You are finally done with your crusade, bro?"
All the eyes expectantly focused on the youngest Halliwell member and he felt shy for a second.
Chris focused on Wyatt's baby blue eyes; he was so absolutely convinced his brother had been turned by Gideon, yet Wyatt was so utterly sure nothing had turned him and had done all this just to please him in his "little whim" as he would call it; the moment of truth… the one that would reveal who was right and who was wrong was coming soon.
"Yes." He uttered plainly and softly.
He was done… the pressure was gone, Wyatt was saved; he felt an indescribable happiness and when his body relaxed he was finally hit with years and years of sleep depravation, his fever became patent, his whole body ached.
"Great… ready to go home now?" His brother asked him. Chris looked at Wyatt with hazy eyes, trying to focus them and make one out of the three brothers he was seeing in front of him.
"I think I need to rest a little first, would you mind?" Chris said and everybody looked at him unable to believe their ears, did Chris just said he needed to rest? But the explanation came when as soon as he finished talking, Chris' eyes swirled and his body collapsed, fainting out of exhaustion.
Wyatt managed to get a hold on him before he crushed into the floor and scooping him he placed him lovingly on the couch, caressing his hair, he signaled his dad to come and check on him.
Leo moved to his youngest and used his doctor's knowledge to check that he was fine; after five minutes he nodded to everyone, to tell them that he was fine, just tired and then put his index to his mouth, signaling them to stay quiet.
He lovingly touched his forehead and Chris slightly stirred. "Wy?" He asked sleepily, half opening one eye.
Leo feared that he might wake up again and that they would have to fight to make him sleep one more time, when he so obviously needed some rest.
"Shhh…it's dad…let me take you to your bed." Leo said attempting to scoop him up.
"Wy." He demanded in his monosyllabic sleep talk.
"I am here you brat!" He said lovingly walking beside his father. "Now… put your arms around my neck" He ordered caringly and Chris obeyed. "Close your eyes" he said in the same tone, scooping his brother up. Chris obeyed. "And now sleep." He finished as he orbed away to Piper's bedroom.
The charmed ones and Leo felt tempted to follow, but Leo stopped them, reminding them how light Chris' sleep was, they really had to take advantage of this rare opportunity when they didn't have to fight against the stubborn Halliwell to get him to take care of himself.
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It was already morning when Chris woke up, feeling as good as new. He stirred and stood there, staring blankly at the ceiling for a while, trying to remember everything that had happen and trying to take it all in.
He sighed… this was it…he was ready to go to the future, he thought to himself; he felt really scared, he finally had started to find his place in the past and now he was going back to a future that could be completely different, or even worse, could be exactly the same!
His family finally accepted him, and now he had to leave them, but it was probably better… he couldn't work with his overprotective family around, and he couldn't get close to them, cuz he didn't know if he could handle losing them again.
With one last sigh he stood up, took a refreshing shower and orbed downstairs where his family was having breakfast.
"Morning, sleepy head!" Wyatt said with a huge smile filled with pancakes and dripping syrup.
Leo and Piper ran to him to check his temperature; he sighed, irritated saying.
"I am FINE, for god sake!" But he let them inspect him, none the less, because he was feeling perfectly fine and he was conscious they would stop bothering if they verified it for themselves.
"Ok little brother… dig up that, I have a world to rule in the future!" Wyatt said banteringly.
They all looked at him not very amused, actually not amused at all.
"Things will be different now, bro… you'll see." Chris said absolutely convinced, sitting down and serving himself some pancakes.
"If thinking that makes you happy, Chris…I am glad for you." Wyatt answered dead serious, then he thought about it for a second. "Though… things will be different this time, they will all be alive and on my side…and you will be my brother again."
"You are such a drama queen, Wy. I never lost your brother status!"
"Noo… you just left for the past cuz you couldn't even bear be in the same time frame than me!"
"Great… my nephew the victim versus my nephew the martyr… aren't we lucky?" Paige said sarcastically.
"Can you boys stop it please? It's our last breakfast together; at least in this time frame… can we enjoy it?" Phoebe pleaded.
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Half an hour later…
" Chris…could you help me in the kitchen for a second, please?" Piper said standing up and walking to the kitchen with some cups, all the present people gave her a knowing and almost imperceptible nod.
"I´ll help you, mom." Wyatt said eagerly, getting up.
"Nah... you come help me with the final touches for the time travel, son." Leo said, caringly.
Wyatt and Chris looked around confused.
"Yeah... don't you want to spend some more time with your favorite aunt?" Phoebe said gently grabbing Wyatt's hand and pulling him up and towards the stairs, Leo walked to both of them.
"Yeah... and you never told me I was your favorite aunt... we owe ourselves some bonding." Paige said in a forced bantering tone, while Leo orbed Phoebe and a quite confused Wyatt to the attic.
"What´s all this?" Chris asked perplexed and suspicious.
Piper pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket and gave it to Chris.
"Memorize it!" She ordered him.
"What is it?"
"It´s a spell so you can come back here if something goes wrong. We are almost certain that with the spell we found to get you two to the future, only your memories will be able to travel, your consciousness will fuse with your other selves from the future... so you won't be able to carry anything with you, that's why it's so important that you memorize it, so if something goes wrong, you can come back immediately and fix it, ok?" Paige explained.
"Ok" He said gravely, reading the spell.
"Promise me!" Piper commanded.
Chris looked at her inquisitively.
"Promise me, if anything is wrong, in any way... you won't pull any of your suicide maneuvers and you will come right back here, understood?" Piper had a firmness in her tone she seldom had.
"Sure!" He said casually still studying the spell.
"No... not "sure", look at me in the eyes and promise me you will do it; cuz if not I swear we will all travel with you to the future."
Chris chuckled slightly and looked at her. "Ok, Ok... I promise, don't worry about it, mom!" He told her, smiling.
Piper smiled happily, it was the first time he called him mom and he wasn't delirious or begging her for something.
"Good…cuz I swear I am still not happy with letting you go back on your own!" Piper said caressing his cheek.
"See… that's why it was a bad idea to tell you, you were my mom! You never change, you know?" He sighed pretending to be annoyed, but Piper was delighted to see he was finally smiling happily. "Besides, I am not going alone… I am going with Wyatt!"
"Great… sending my nephew with the potential evil ruler of the world… that's a relief!" Paige smirked.
"Hey… he is your nephew too! Besides…we changed that… and even if we didn't and we go back to his reign, nothing would be safer than appearing besides the lord of all power, right? His minions won't dare to kill me if he is beside me. " He said banteringly.
Piper and Paige looked at him freaked.
"It's ok… everything is going to be ok, calm down…" He told them reassuringly. "And if it's not… I promise on my family, that is the most important thing to me, that I will come back here and we'll solve it, ok?" He said passing an arm around each of the girls shoulders.
"Ok… I take you on that promise and if not… I swear I'll haunt you from the afterlife till you come back!" Piper threatened. "Now Paige, help me with the dishes and you memorize the spell."
"I thought Chris was going to help you with that!" Paige complained in an "it's unfair" tone "Can I go and help upstairs?" She begged.
"No… Chris is going to memorize the spell… you'll help!" Piper said.
"It's ok… I'll help; I already memorized it." Chris offered a hand.
"So fast?" Piper asked, surprised.
"I have a good memory…" Chris shrugged sheepishly and helped with the table.
"The best grades in the whole school, remember?" Paige smiled proudly, moving everything to the kitchen.
Chris stopped dead in his track and blushed beyond red. "How did you know that?"
"You say very interesting things when you are delirious." Paige smirked mischievously and pinching his cheek after leaving everything near the sink.
"Weren't you going to orb upstairs to help them with the time travel?" Chris smirked back.
"Yeah… but staying here and torturing my nephew, sounds a lot more fun!"
Chris stuck his tongue at her, starting drying the dishes Piper was washing.
Paige imitated his childish behavior.
"Kids… behave!" Piper said, smiling happily.
"You know what is more fun, though?" Chris told Paige, mischievously.
"What?" She asked, playfully.
"If we team up and pick on mom!" Chris said, naughtily.
"Ohhh… I like the way you think… no wonder you are my favorite nephew!" Paige smiled, happily.
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Ten minutes later, Paige and Chris walked into the attic laughing their abs off, behind them, Piper pretended to be annoyed.
"Ready to go home, Bro?" Wyatt asked him, with a smile.
"I guess we are ready!" Chris said with an unemotional, steady tone, that couldn't hide his fear and sadness.
Wyatt walked to him and passed an arm around his shoulder "Don't be gloomy, Chris… they will all be there on the other side of the portal!" His older brother told him with his biggest smile.
Chris couldn't tell him that they couldn't be sure of that; he knew Wyatt needed to believe that even more than he did. He knew if Wyatt thought they might not be there when he returned, he might never go back; he was almost certain Wyatt would sacrifice being the ruler of the world for just one night with his family. Chris smiled at his older brother, comfortingly.
"Sure they will!" He said.
"See… no need to be sad or scared!" Wyatt pulled out his best older brother tone, but Chris knew he was trying harder to convince himself than to convince Chris.
Yeah, I am scared of what you might be over there, he thought to himself, but didn't say it. He looked at Wyatt as reassuringly as possible and said, "No need, bro… no need!" He made sure his brother believed him and Wyatt bestowed him with a relieved smile. "Right, mom?"
Piper walked to her blond son and hugged him dearly.
"Everything is going to be great, sweetheart, and always remember how much I love you." The words were barely louder than a whisper in his ear. "No matter what… I always will love you."
Wyatt hugged her dearly and then kissed her cheek, his eyes got glassy and he looked at her apologetically, he wasn't going to admit he had been wrong with words, but his eyes were begging for forgiveness.
"No matter what… right, mom… You will always love me?" He begged with a broken voice.
"Always!" She whispered, looking at the glassy eyes of her 25 year old insane, evil son who was leaving for the future.
Once again she felt the attic didn't have enough air for her to breathe and her body instinctively ran for comfort in a weird place; the arms of her youngest son; the heroic one; the strongest one; who took her in, in his arms, without a word, he kissed her forehead, like reassuring her that everything was going to be ok. Once again, Chris was the one standing still, their rods and staff supporting all the weight on his shoulders. Still he didn't care: his mom in his arms was a precious gift; his brother's healthy, happy smile was almost as priceless.
Chris held his mother even closer as he watched his brother say his farewells.
"Dad…" Wyatt said, his voice still broken. Still the tallest blond one walked to his father, who seemed stuck in his place. His walk was shy, uncertain, as if he was expecting his father to get mad at him.
Leo gulped, swallowing all his sadness and worries and offered him a loving smile. Finally able to move, he wrapped him in a hug.
"Thank you for come and saving Chris, Wy." He said.
"Thank you for letting me do it, dad." Wyatt answered, thinking that if all his father could say to him was 'thank you for coming', when he hadn't willingly come, but they had summoned him, it was because he was mad at him, disappointed, and then he probably was; he only hope he still loved him.
The image of his father running to him when he was hurt gave him a little comfort. Still, he had to say it, even if his father didn't say anything. "I love you, dad." And before Leo could answer anything, he continued with his paranoia speech. "I know you are disappointed with me, and you can't understand my ways… but I did what I had to, to keep my family safe…I always tried my best to be a good son to you… you tell him, Chris… Am I a bad son?" Wyatt pleaded, almost sobbing.
Leo wanted to interrupt, but Wyatt wouldn't let him.
"No, Wy, you are a great son." He said with his softest, calmest tone, almost the same he used with his insane father when he ranted. "I wouldn't let dad live with you if I didn't think he is better off living with you than with me, right?" Chris tried to calm him down.
Wyatt nodded. "See dad… I take good care of you!" He pouted.
Leo just hugged his oldest one more time. "Shhh…" He used the hushing tone he used on baby Wyatt "Shhh boy, calm down…ok…everything is ok, Wyatt. Everything will be ok, I promise." He said cuddling him in his arms soothingly. "You don't have to be scared."
Wyatt answered the hug so tightly, Leo was about to scream in pain. "I just need you so much, sometimes, dad. It's so hard to see you there, beside me, still so far away… It just makes me miss you more! And I don't know what you are thinking… I don't know if you hate me… and I miss you so much. I am so scared you hate me in there… in whatever place your mind is locked in, you might spend your time hating me, cuz it was all my fault!" He sobbed. "I never meant for you to get hurt, dad! I am so sorry!"
"Shhh… it's not your fault, Wy… it's Gideon's…and I don't hate you… I would never be able to hate you… I know that, Wyatt… you are my son and I am bound to love you unconditionally!"
Wyatt just remained in his father's arms for a couple of minutes, without saying a word, his sobs slowly calming down while his father caressed his back soothingly and whispered comforting words to him.
"Ouch… after seeing the state in which you left your parents I am sort of fearing saying goodbye to you." Paige teased him to lighten up the mood.
Wyatt gave her a bittersweet smile and walked to her, hugging her tightly. "I'd never thought I'd see the day when I hear you say you were scared, Paige." He teased her back.
"It was nice meeting you, Wy." She simply said.
"Fights and all?"
"Fights and all… it was nice to know you are going to take such good care of your cousins, and care so much about your family." Paige said with a smile, caressing his cheek, knowing what those words meant for Wyatt's "It's all my fault, If I had been powerful enough to protect them" complex.
"I love you so much, Paige." He said and almost immediately turned to Phoebe, probably to avoid the tears.
Only Phoebe had been crying for a long while by that point, Wyatt engulfed her in his arms and lifted her up a little.
"You better be there when I get to the future, Auntie… you better." He said to her. "Cuz if not I am going to miss you so, so, so, so much!"
Phoebe kissed his cheek. "Have a good life, Wy. I will always be there for you."
Wyatt nodded and put her down, still embracing her.
Piper was still hugging Chris, who was systematically caressing her hair. His emotions were overwhelming him so much, they had shut off and he had turn into an automaton.
"I guess it's your turn now." Piper mumbled sadly buried in his chest, she hugged him even tighter if that was possible, but she couldn't do it. She couldn't bring her goodbye words out of her mouth. Not yet,she thought, holding him close. Not yet. Knowing that if she said them it would become real, he would be ready to leave. Not yet.
Suddenly he backed away. "No… I can't do it." He mumbled, shaking his head. "Don't make me do this, please… I don't want to go!" He spoke to the air, all his usual strength was fading.
Piper looked at him, sadly, she didn't have the strength to tell him he had to. She knew it was necessary, just as Chris knew it; but she couldn't do it, her selfish need of keeping him near and protected was stronger than her sense of right and wrong.
Wyatt slowly walked to his brother, and then suddenly, something in Leo clicked. He didn't know exactly what Wyatt was planning to tell Chris, but he knew Wyatt wasn't the person Chris needed to talk to. The brother he loved, but he also feared, the ruler of a world Chris dreaded, was not the person that Chris needed right now.
Leo forced himself to leave his selfish need of telling Chris to stay in the past with them, where they could make sure he was safe and happy. The elder stopped Wyatt in his path to his brother, putting one arm in front of his body and firmly shaking his head.
Leo walked to his son, trying to ignore Piper's silent pleads: she wanted Chris to stay; she couldn't see him walk away from her. When she saw where Leo was going, she started crying, making things even harder for her ex-husband. She knew someone had to talk to Chris, but she was hoping no one would be able to do it.
Chris eyes were now fixed on Piper's: they were having a silent, loving conversation, they were telling each other all their words couldn't say. It was as if they were sharing the same mother-son bond a new born shares with his mother, in those moments when they are not two different people yet, but one with two different bodies.
"Son." Leo said, with a hoarse voice, placing a hand on his shoulder.
Chris turned to him. "No…dad." He pleaded, almost whimpering.
Leo pulled him into a hug. Chris was rigid.
"It's going to be ok." He whispered in his ear.
"No…" Chris mumbled.
"Yes." Leo whispered back, trying to sound as convincing as he could.
"But what if…" Chris started, but he swallowed his words loudly.
"Look at me Chris." Leo said forcing him to look at him. "What if it's wonderful?"
"What if it's not?" He answered with fear.
Leo whispered in his ear, so Wyatt wouldn't hear. "You can come back any time you want, we'll be waiting for you with open arms, you know that son, right?"
Chris nodded.
"Think about it, will you really be able to live with yourself if you stay in the past? Will you be able to stay here without knowing if you saved Wyatt or not? If you think your extremely demanding conscious will allow you to stay here happily, Chris, you are always welcome to stay." Paige told him, seriously.
"WHATTTTTT?" Wyatt shouted, horrified.
"Wyatt!" His mother gave him a stern look.
"He is not staying!" Wyatt affirmed.
"Shut up!" Piper told him harshly, one more time.
"No… no… no… he is coming with me… we had a deal, I helped him, he came back with me… you can't let him stay here. I AM NOT LETTING HIM STAY HERE!" He ranted, shaking his head.
"Wyatt, shut the fuck up!" Piper yelled shocking everybody, specially her oldest son, who obeyed, probably out of astonishment.
"Chris… would you be able to stay here?" Since the boy hadn't answered, Leo repeated the question, softly.
"No." Chris barely whispered, looking down, feeling patently horrible.
Leo hugged him. "I am so proud of you son… you are such a strong, man!" He said.
Chris closed his eyes, remembering all the times his father had said that in the future; remembering how he had used those words the night Pryanna died…
"… you are the strongest one of us ALL…of all the Halliwells…you are the strongest one, my son." Leo had told him.
"How? Why?" He asked confused.
"Cuz your strength relays here…" He pointed at his heart "and here…" He pointed at his brain. "And there is where it counts, Chris. You'll find a way to save your brother; I have absolute trust in you… so did your cousin there…now it's your turn to have it."
He opened his eyes, letting the memory fade away.
Chris sighed and swallowed, resigned, ready to pull out of the hug; but his father didn't seem ready to let him go yet. Chris rested his head on his shoulder and held him tight. Leo's hand cupped his nape, slightly caressing it.
Chris was shocked when he heard him sniffing a little; he looked at his father who gave him a watery smile.
"I…I…I…I Ju…I jus…" Leo stuttered.
Chris gave him one last squeeze in his hug.
"I know… I know…I love you too, dad," he whispered, pulling away.
Paige walked to him. "So I guess it's goodbye!" She tried to give him a smart ass smile, but she did a lousy job at it and it looked more like tortuous grimace.
Chris caressed her cheek and Paige couldn't contain the tears any longer.
"No…it's not Paige, don't say that… you'll have baby me orbing around the house in no time." He offered her a sweet smile.
She jumped on top of him, throwing her arms around his neck. He hugged her back.
"But it's not going to be the same," she sobbed.
He squeezed her tighter. "He'll still be me… and you'll see it," he whispered.
"Who is going to annoy us and drive us crazy all the time?" She teased him, sobbing.
"Oh trust me…mom always said baby me was the most annoying, crying baby on the planet and that I drove all of you nuts," he bantered back.
Paige gave a sad chuckle. "Yeah you were probably trying to say something related to demon hunting, but since you couldn't talk it just sounded like cries, right?"
"Probably!" Chris smiled at her and held her close to him, giving himself thirty seconds to impregnate himself with her scent, to memorize her factions, to engrave the feeling of her arms around him, in his soul. After that he reluctantly let go.
This time he was the one that walked to Phoebe, who was still resting her body against Wyatt's. She avoided his look, as if to say, "No… don't come here yet." Her eyes were red and she had cried more than all the rest together.
"Phoebe…" he whispered, when he was in front of her and she was still pretending to ignore him. She gave him a desperate look.
"I am going to miss you!" She said.
He hugged her. "I am going to miss you, too," he whispered to her.
"No…it's not fair… because you changed the future already, you know." She gave him her best reassuring smile. "And once you get there… everything is going to be marvelous, and we'll all be there for you… and you will have no reason to miss us, you know?" She cupped his cheek.
Chris gave her a wishful smile and nodded, his eyes thanking her for what she was trying to do for him.
"And we'll have to wait 23 years to see you again… that's a long time." She pouted.
"He'll be right here, people, don't you worry." Wyatt said softly to everybody, but comfortingly squeezing Phoebe's shoulder. "I was raised with him… trust me he was a neurotic, sarcastic, smart-ass since age 2, I bet his first words were a sarcastic, smart-ass comment…"
They all chuckled sadly.
Phoebe pulled him closer one more time and then mumbled between sobs. "Enjoy the wonderful future you helped create…Now go… say goodbye to your mother, before I change my mind and lock you up somewhere so you can't leave."
At those words, Piper let go a sob and as Chris started walking to her, she started walking to the door. Chris held her arm and stopped her.
"Mom, don't you want to say goodbye to me?" Chris asked, sweetly.
Piper shook her head. "No… I don't" She said, angrily.
Chris looked at her, hurt, beyond hurt, and gulped. "Why?" His voice was hoarse and heart broken.
"Cuz I don't want you to go… I can't… don't go…I don't care what's right and wrong… I don't care about the future consequences… I don't even care how my children's future looks right now… I don't want you to leave!" Piper sobbed.
Chris hugged her. "Mom… I promise you'll have baby me soon… and you'll see him turn into, luckily, a much happier me…"
"But I am still going to miss you… every day!" She said, softly.
Chris hugged her. "I love you, mom. I know I've been hard… I've been detached, unavailable, unemotional and a pain in the butt…and I am sorry…but I had to… cuz I love you so much… all of you. I was too scared to open up; I feared so much that if I let you in a little, I wasn't going to be able to keep on going! But I love you so much!"
"Thank you, my little boy!" Piper said, cupping the cheek of the man that was a foot taller than her.
Chris kissed her cheek.
"Ready, bro?" Wyatt asked, impatiently, walking to him.
Chris and Piper were locked in another silent conversation with their eyes.
"I guess not… but probably none of you will ever be! So… come on, bro… let's get this show on the road," Wyatt said, dragging him away from his mother.
"Follow my lead…" Wyatt said as he started reading the spell. The rest followed. Soon the triketra started glowing and Wyatt almost forcibly hauled Chris into it. Just as the Triketra was enveloping them, Chris turned around to face them: they finally saw tears in his eyes as he weakly waved at them until they disappeared in the glowing lights.
TBC….Next chappie a peek into the new future.
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Kittery
"Your cliffies r evil! you keep leaving the chapters in the the most EVIL places! but to your credit you update really quickly" Yeah I was pretty mean this time…hopefully next chapter will come soon. Thank you soooo much for your nice words!
teal-lover
"truth spells are great, aren't they:)" Yeap! Very useful
"I say let leo kick his ass! and then let piper in on it. but not chris, he's too sick. and not wyatt--he's way too 'off' to control himself." Hehehe sooo funny, yet soo true
" but piper has to get a hit in--just once--please?" Almost… was that ok?
jenna51980
"I like the contrasting between Wyatt who cares for his brother and Wyatt the man so amoral killing Oprent bothers him not at all." I am glad you like it… I love working on my character's psychology.
Nathy1000000
" Así que es bi! Me rompería el corazón que Chris fuera gay..." heheh noooo no es gay! Como va a ser… ademas los hombres (al menos los que yo conozco siempre se joden unos a otros con eso… son medios nabos los hombres)
"con
Wyatt cuando lo vi medio que lo asumí pero Chris...ah!"
Wes Ramsey es gay, Wyatt nooo.
"Me gustó la escena
entre Piper y Chris, que al final fuera Chris el que la consoló
a ella. Y como la convenció! Hasta me convenció a
mí, porque yo no estaba tan segura de que fuera una buena
idea que fuera..pero pobrecito tiene razón!" Hehehe es
bueno convenciendo, no?
"Y Wyatt ya sabía que los
iba a convencer, esos detalles me encantan!" :)! Que bueno
"Me
resultó muy cómico cuando Gideon dijo que lo estaban
tratando a Chris como si tuviera cinco a#os y Chris diciendo thank
you! ja ja." Heheh cuando lo escribia me lo re imaginaba,
diciendo Thank you! Frustrado hasta mas no poder.
GRACIASSSSSSS
Angel Kathy
"Hola!Que tal?" Hola, todo muy bien, y tu?
I hope you had a great time in your vacations. THANKS!
"I
love the "talks" between Wyatt and Chris. And their
childish behaviour." Aren't they cute? I love those
brothers
"I zhink I can remember that you told me you were
from Spain!" Argentina, but we do speak Spanish.
" I´m learning spanish at school and I like the language (but not our teacher)." Heheh that is big problem… maybe I can teach you online… What would you like to know?
"You´re from Argentina?" Yeah
"How is it there?" Here…well that's a broad question… I could answer right now pretty nice since the spring is coming! Economically, we have been worst, but we have been better… Economy is picking up (it collapsed… like BAD, BAD like 3 years ago, it was really horrible). The country is beautiful… I donno… you should come and check it up one day
"I have a friend from Peru" Yeah, the Inca Trail in Peru is amazing! You should tell your friend to take you to do it!
"but
I don´t know anybody from Argentina." Now you know me :)…
and Nathy1000000 (See review above this one) it's from Argentina
too.
Thanks for your nice words
whitelighterp4leo
THANKS!
Cassi
"Wow Girl! I can't wait to read what Leo is gonna do! But I think this is the time when Chris get worst and Leo's father half will kick and he's gonna stop!" Yeah sort of… Chris begged him to stop and it was more his father side that kicked! I hope you liked it!
Starry Sky 44
"I
don't think that rumor is true. They would have posted something
on the homepage like they did with song fics, right? I don't
really know for sure though." Well I posted what they say up
there… its just too unfair and nobody really respects
it!
"Chris comforting Piper was so sweet! He's like the
perfect guy." Totally, lets go marry him:
"I love all the Halliwell trademarks, like the sarcasm...and you totally have Piper right on, too." Thanks
"I hope there's a confrontation between Wyatt and Gideon...THAT would be fun." Sorry… I wrote it before I got your review (I know I took a long time to post it… but I have other reasons for that!) Still… In my mind, if Wyatt got a go at it, he would have killed Gideon, nobody would have been able to stop him!
Thanks!
Polly
"Great chapter: Chris actually won a round against Piper! Who would've thought it? Good for him." Hehehe… really? You think Piper always wins against Chris? I think Chris always gets what he wants…he is more like a strategic kind of guy… he thinks about the best way to achieve what he wants and goes for it.
" I thought you had a good insight into Gideon's thoughts, when he was under the truth spell. However misguided he may have been, you really felt like he was convinced that his reasons were for the best." Glad you liked that!
THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUU…well you actually already read this… and I promise I'll answer your email tomorrow morning…It's late… and I really wanted to post this… thanks so much for everything!
Kawwen
THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSS I am glad you liked it
Victorious Light
"To anser your question of what I've heard. That rumour has been going around for a long time now, probably almost hald a year at least. I know that a lot of people comment on their fics and I also know some people that have stopped because of this rumour. As far as I'm concerned the site hasn't yet disallowed it, or written that it is not allowed. Like when they posted about song fics. Shrugs I guess it is up to the individual." Well I posted what they say up there… its just too unfair and nobody really respects it:(
Thankssssssssss I am glad you liked it!
JadeAlmasy
Thank you soo much, Leo bows and thanks you.
Emma15
"Hm, well... honestly... I find it kinda hard to disagree with Leo. Gideon deserves to Operant's fate... makes me wish Wyatt was there -- he'd know what to do!" Hehehehe Yeah… Wyatt could be scary for him, and I know Gideon deserves to be tortured and dismembered… but… that's just what makes it harder…cuz if they do something against him, someone will have to pay for it, destroying the family. It wouldn't make sense any other way…because that's what happened with Leo.
" He needs some coddling... even if he doesn't know it." Yeah… don't you feel like cuddle him? I know I do!
Wwolf
"Entiendo perfectamente la reaccion de Leo( creo que el Leo de las sexta y siete tiene muchas posibilidades de acabar mal o loco, se parece mucho a Wyatt a su manera)" Si con una madre y un padre asi uno entiende como salieron tan loquitos :P…heheh
"Gildeon, a la serie no me dijo nada pero ahora escribinlo y leyendole es un personaje muy interesante quiero decir cree que hace lo correcto, que es el bien a quien sirve." Si el tema es mostrar su punto de vista… crear el personaje y sus ambivalencias que en el show estan muy mal logradas!
" Esta equivocado y lo que hace no tiene perdon pero no es malvado. o en el sentido estricto de la palabra al menos." Totalmente, el cree hacerlo "for the greater good!"
Septdeneuf
"This was pretty unsettling to me in two ways.
First, I never heard of that rumor and I'm praying it's not true... I'd be totally lost." Well I posted what they say up there… its just too unfair and nobody really respects it!
"And second, which is even more important WHY DIDN'T CHRIS PROTEST WHEN WYATT CALLED HIM GAY! Do you want to piss off all the girls who plan to marry Drew Fuller around here? This is not acceptable. Lol " Hehehe you know a few ppl complaint! I never thought it would happen… I don't know, its just guys being guys… all the guys I know are constantly teasing each other like that, and since I am not an expert on the male conduct… I was just trying to make them act like guy, And I saw guys of many different nationalities teasing each other like that…so I just imitated the dumb male behavior! (Am I forgiven now). Besides… don't worry about it Drew Fuller is mine!
THANKKSSSSSSSSSS
phoebe turner
Thanks… glad you liked it
hope master
"that was hot , it was CRAZY AS HELL , IT WAS MAGICAL PANDIMONIUM 2005, keep going oh I more thing , CRAZ HELL!" hehehe your reviews are sooo cool…. I loved them… you rock! Thanks
adpi24
THANKS!
"As for the "rumor". I would just hold it at that. has not posted anything on their main page since 8/8 and a huge change like this (not allowing authors to thank people in their chapters) would be a change to the TOS (terms of service) and they would definately let authors know." Well I posted what they say up there… its just too unfair and nobody really respects it! It just really upsets me.
Nikki14u
"GO LEO! I'm so glad that he gave that bastard what he deserved giving him a free"I visited Magic School and all I got was an ass whipping from one of my students" Ass kicking. LOL" Hehehehe I think even my neighbors heard me laughing with that one.
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
Sparkling Cherries
"Oh my days! Leo has to stop or there'll be no case against Gideon. And chris needs to sleep." Granted and granted… aren't I marvelous? I hope you liked it! Thanks
Beleninwe
"The saddest thing is that when he( Gideon) is saying the truth about his plans... he's also saying the truth about his feelings. I don't mean those towards the boys, but towards Leo: He said he was like a son... I guess Leo will remember that. It's difficult to understand, I guess, how a man that loves you as if you were his son, wants to kill your beloved ones. " Yeah… he is crazy… and he honestly believes is for the greater good…It is just sad…
"! But as I said with Oprent, I pity Gideon -yep, don't kill me, but I always did- because he thought it was for the greater good." I totally understand…I pity more Oprent than Gideon, cuz Gideon is a little psycho…but I mean… I can understand where he is coming from, and that is not as easy as to say it's black or White, you knpw
"I guess Chris himself would have done so if Wyatt wasn't his brother. He took the hardest path because he loved him. For Gideon was easier to take the decision of killing him... But Chris must have pondered the option, as was shown in Chris Crossed. No wonnder at that." Yeah.. obviously.
"BTW... don't worry if you couldn't answer the reviews one by one... But I don't understand why you can't. Maybe for reasons of space? don't know." If I ever find the reason, I'll let you know… I don't really understand it.
The Halliwell's little Angel
"Um. . . im not sure what too say, this is as usually brilliant but this is all i ttend to osay too you, this is my favourite story iv read so far if that says anything?" OHHHH that is like the sweetest thing anyone had ever told me… you can't imagine how happy you made me!
rachelAbendstern
THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I hope you liked this too.
midnite-magic
Thank you soo very much!
tigger817
"wow! this chapter had everything - family moments. chris being sweet. chris/wyatt interaction. a master plan. the bad guy and getting revenge!" :) Thanks I am glad you think so… a little bit of everything is usually a good thing, right?