Chapter 7

Leo watched with red, glistening eyes as his eldest child was exhausting the last of his powers trying desperately to save his younger sibling. The man was now sitting in a chair beside his brother's bed with his sore arms draped over the younger witch with his head rested on his stomach while willing him to awaken. He too had tears in his eyes that Leo was certain would dry up and turn to rage at some point soon but for now there was nothing but pain, pure unadulterated pain.

It was a sad sight to behold and it took everything in him not to run to his son's side and beg him to stop draining himself and his powers in vain and that there was nothing they could do to bring his brother back no matter how much all of them wished there was. But he knew that he would only be met with a hard, cold stare and be told that he needed to concentrate and that he didn't need nor want any comfort from Leo or anybody else so in order keep his son from completely going over the edge the Elder chose to stay away.

"Please wake up, please. You can't leave me Chris. Please"

Leo heard the shaken, soft voice of his son cry out when only an hour ago it was tough, strong and threatening. At that moment he couldn't help but smile a little at just how much Wyatt loved his brother despite his cruelty to him in the past or future, however you chose to look at it, deep down he loved the boy and what he was putting his self through at this very second was proof of that love. He just wished that Chris could open his eyes long enough to see it.

Beside him sat a depleted Piper whom seemed to be looking between her two sons and the telephone, more than likely thinking about whether or not she should call her sisters and inform them of their whitelighters identity and current condition. Knowing that the woman could use the extra support once it became obvious that Wyatt's attempt to save their second child's life had failed and judging by the man's now drooping eye lids and the barely visible golden light, that time was fast approaching.

"Piper" he spoke quietly to avoid being yelled at by his son. "I think you should call Phoebe and Paige"

"I was thinking about it but I don't think that I have it in me to tell them" she replied as she looked around the room as if she were lost.

"It's ok. I'll tell them. I just think you need to get them down here before…"

"Before what Leo?" she looked at him with a stare that warned him not to continue his sentence.

"Piper we have to face the fact that Chris…"

"Chris is going to be just fine and once Wyatt is done healing him we can explain to him how sorry we are for how we treated him and then…"

"Piper"

"Let me finish Leo!" she screamed as her body began to tremble while she held up a hand to silence him. "And then we are going to make it up to him. For starters I want him to move into the manor with us, with his family and then we can help him save Wyatt. Um, I'll find out what all his favorite foods are and we'll have whatever he wants every night and if you, Paige or Phoebe complain even once and I will banish your asses from my house. Am I making myself clear?"

Leo didn't have the heart to shatter his wife's world or her already fragile mind. He knew that she needed to believe in the words that she spoke so he would just have to go along with it for now and deal with the wrath of her pain later.

"Ok. But for now you just need to call Phoebe and Paige and let them know what's going on" the man spoke as he shot a glance over to his son who had now passed out with his red arms resting across his brother's torso and legs. Seeing this Leo knew that he was going to be forced with the challenge of keeping his son from losing it and he would have to count on Phoebe and Paige to help Piper get through while he tired to keep Wyatt from hurting himself or others.

"Fine but…" Piper began to speak before quickly becoming silent once she noticed that Wyatt was no longer awake or trying to heal his brother. "Leo what's going on? Why did he stop healing Chris?" she continued as she stood up and went to check on both her children.

"He's alright Piper. He just exhausted himself out. He'll come around in about an hour or two."

"AN HOUR OR TWO? NO, CHIRS NEEDS HIM NOW LEO!" the eldest charmed one yelled out as panic and fear got the best of her.

"Honey please there's nothing Wyatt could have done. You've seen how long he tried to heal Chris…"

"Shut up! I don't want to hear anything you have to say. Chris will be fine. Once I wake Wyatt up and he finishes healing him he'll be back to his usual neurotic, bossy self and if you don't stop will all of your negativity then I will have you removed from my son's room"

"He's my son too Piper!" Leo spoke in a raised voice, letting his emotions get the best of him before he took a deep breath and settled down again. "Honey listen to me, you have to calm down. This isn't helping Wyatt or Chris" Leo said rushing over to the woman's side and wrapping his arms around her only to be shoved back roughly.

"Wyatt sweetie, please wake up. Please your brother needs you, he won't live if you don't get your ass up right now!" she said while violently shaking him and hitting him hard in the back.

"PIPER! Stop it!" he yelled trying to stop his wife from further assaulting his son. But she only threw up her hands and froze him instead.

A few minutes had gone by before Leo came around and once he did he was confronted with the same scene. A hysterical Piper beating on their unconscious son with tears rolling down her cheeks and harsh words escaping her lips.

"I hate you! This is all your fault!" he heard her scream at the top of her lungs.

"Piper! Stop this right now! What if Chris heard what you were saying? He would think that you were talking to him and that you hate him. Is that what you want?" Leo questioned knowing full well that their son couldn't hear a word they were saying but what eles could he do? Allow the assault to continue?

Piper seemed to understand what he was saying and moved to the other side of her son, pulled a chair up next the bed, laid her head on his chest and cried.

Looking at the scene before him broke Leo's heart. He didn't know what to do. Should he call her sisters to help her deal with what he knew was about to happen next or comfort take a seat next to his wife and comfort her before making the call?

It was a hard decision to make so he did the only thing that made sense to him at the moment. Pulling his chair next to his wife's Leo sat beside the woman, put one arm around her and picked up the phone with the other and hoped that Phoebe and Paige could make it to the hospital before it was too late.

Phoebe was growing more and more worried as she searched every room in the house for any signs of her sister and when Leo and Chris didn't respond to her calls she knew something was up.

Had Piper or Leo been hurt or worse?

But that didn't make sense. After all Leo could heal and orb and they had Chris for extra orbing power if something happened to Leo, but then again what if they were all trapped in the underworld being held captive by some demon?

She didn't know the answers to her questions all she knew was that someone she loved was in a great deal of pain. At that moment she cursed her empathic abilities as hot tears streamed down her eyes and she searched yet another room praying that she would find her sister or any one of the two whitelighters.

Suddenly she could hear the phone ringing. Hoping the person on the other end had the answers to her question Phoebe raced into the nearest bedroom alerting a very startled Paige.

"What the hell?" the groggy woman asked as she eyed her sister suspiciously while she watched the woman scramble for the receiver.

"Hello" Phoebe replied ignoring the evil glare her baby sister was throwing at her.

"Phoebe its Leo"

"Leo what's going on? Why didn't you answer my call? Is Piper ok?" questioned Phoebe as a million different scenarios ran through her mind.

"I can't talk right now Phoebe I just need you and Paige to get down to San Francisco Memorial as soon as possible. Piper needs you" was the last words Phoebe heard before grabbing her sleeping nephew and instructing her younger sister to orb.

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