A/N: Wow! Thanks you guys! You rock!
Altaira- Sorry you had to wait for this one. Hopefully it's worth it!
Good Witch- Your wish is my command. More Chris in this chapter.
Nevair- Chris equals no vanquishy! This response had me laughing out loud at work! I'll see what I can do.
JadeAlmasy- no, no, no…. I'm not evil… Chris is. LOL
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Leo orbed immediately to Wyatt. "Wyatt! Come with me, NOW!" he yelled.
Wyatt jumped and accidentally dropped the penguin he had been wrestling with. "Damn it, Dad! I finally caught that thing and you made me drop him. What the hell is so damn important?" Wyatt cried out, frustrated.
"Saving Chris, that's what." Leo snapped impatiently.
"That's what I was trying to do by getting those GOD DAMN feathers!" Wyatt screamed into his father's face.
"Shut up and listen Wyatt" Leo's short voice stopped Wyatt in his tracks. His dad never used the words 'shut up and listen'. Leo was a pacifist, and preferred to tell people to calm down, or to look at things more clearly.
Wyatt stared silently at Leo, waiting for him to talk. Leo sighed. "Paisley found a loop hole. Demons like Juklay that mutate personalities create a 6 hours time window in which if you kill the source of the infection, then the infected person reverts back to their normal personality."
Wyatt snapped his head up, and then pulled up his sleeve to glance at his watch. "Shit! Dad, we only have about 10 minutes left."
"I know, Wy. We have to orb to the manor, and get your mom and aunts, then head to Juklay's cave. A Power of Three spell should work."
"No. I'm not giving him the chance to try and suck their powers out. If that happened, he'd have enough power to infect another witch. They're too powerful. I'm going, by myself. I'll have Excalibur, I'll be fine." Wyatt didn't give his father a chance to argue, simply orbed out, leaving Leo in his wake.
Leo growled a little, then looked back to where the penguin stood, watching him closely. He held out his palm and orbed to the bird, ruffling a few feathers on the penguin's chest, plucking out a couple as he petted it calmly. Just in case, he thought to himself.
He shook his head. He loved his boys, but God, were they stubborn and pig headed. They both believed their way was the best way. Unfortunately, it was never the easy way. He set the penguin down gently, and orbed back to the manor, feathers in hand.
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Wyatt orbed into Juklay's cave, Excalibur in hand. "JUKLAY!" He screamed. He ran through the cave, searching for the demon.
"You bellowed?" Juklay's bored voice asked.
"You made a big mistake. You never, ever mess with a Halliwell." Wyatt ruthlessly swung Excalibur, stabbing the demon.
"I'm not the only…one who…made…a…mistake, witch. Do you…really…think…this…will…work?" Juklay's words were slow, due to pain and shortness of breath.
"I know it will." Wyatt replied, twisting the blade a little. "I still have 3 minutes."
Juklay screamed. "Stupid boy…Your…brother…controls…time. Do…you…really…think he wouldn't….have…thought…of this? He fast...forwarded…time. Your…window…is up." Juklay gasped out the last words as his body exploded in flames.
Wyatt stared at the charred remains of the demon, still on the blade of Excalibur.
"No…no, please no." he whispered into the dark stillness of the cave.
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Wyatt orbed back into the attic. Juklay had been lying. He had to have been lying. He walked over to the cage where Chris lay.
"Chris? Are you ok, bro?"
Chris looked up at Wyatt weakly. His green eyes shone brightly in the dim attic. "Yeah, thanks to you, I am."
Wyatt sighed in relief. His brother was back. "Thank God. I knew he was lying. Juklay told me that you'd sped up time so that I couldn't use the window to turn you back."
"Demons. Shouldn't you know better than to trust them by now?" Chris joked.
"Yeah, really. You'd think I'd learn, right?" Wyatt laughed at himself. "Hey, let's get you out of that cage."
Wyatt orbed one of the crystals away, breaking the cage, allowing Chris outside.
"Hey, thanks, Wy. For everything. I really MEAN IT!" With a roar, and a wave of his hand, Chris sent Wyatt flying into the triquetra he'd just left. He orbed the crystal out of Wyatt's hand and into place in the triquetra. The familiar walls rose up the walls, entrapping Wyatt within.
"What the…?" Wyatt's voice trailed off as he watched Chris' eyes turn to back to grey as a familiar gold-white shimmer washed over him.
"Aren't glamours great? See I found out that the cage doesn't stop me from using my offensive powers, just the defensive ones." Chris sneered at Wyatt.
"I must be off. I have an army to form." Chris black orbed out, then back in again. "Oh, and by the way. Juklay was right. I did shrink the window…you were five minutes too late. See I knew you'd figure it out, so I shrunk the window before you trapped me in there."
Chris laughed, a maniacal shrill sound in the otherwise silent attic. Wyatt didn't react, but felt the goose bumps on his arms. He watched helplessly as his baby brother black orbed out of the attic.
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Chris black orbed to the Seer's pool. "Seer!" he bellowed.
The Seer walked around the corner to the pool. "My lord" she bowed. "How may I serve you?"
Chris relaxed slightly. Finally, someone was treating him with respect. "The Halliwells will be after me. I need an equalizer. Show me how to defeat them, and to keep their pathetic plans to turn me good, neutralized."
The Seer drew her hand through the pool, and showed Chris the pool's reflection. "Evil lies dormant in all of us, my lord. It is up to the most powerful evil to unlock that sleeping evil inside."
Chris nodded. "My influence alone will not be enough. I need to know how to bring forth the dormant evil. Have you an answer for me, Seer?"
The Seer stood and walked over to a shelf filled with various bottles and potions. It reminded Chris of the one that his mom… that the Halliwells had in the manor. He didn't allow himself to consider the emotion of family. They were enemies now, either with him or against him. He sighed to himself; he finally understood that the Evil Wyatt in his other time line had seen in evil. Being evil magnified your powers, and made you feel absolutely unbeatable.
"Here, my lord. This potion will bring forth the dormant evil inside."
Chris grinned. He smiles too beautifully to be so evil. The Seer thought to herself.
"Thank you, Seer. You will be rewarded in great ways once I have my army, and my queen to rule beside me." Chris black orbed out of the Underworld.
The Seer looked back to the pool for a moment, glancing at Maya's image imposed on the shimmering surface.
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Chris black orbed in front of his girlfriend's apartment door. He rang the bell, waiting impatiently for her to open the door.
"Chris! Mmm…hey, baby. I guess you and Wyatt got your business settled early, huh?" She hugged him close.
Chris returned her hug, squeezing her hard. "Not quite. Listen, Maya, I need to take this potion, ok?"
"Um, ok? What's it for?" she asked, holding the bottle.
"Well, there's this demon that's out there sucking the powers of witches." It was a reasonable answer. After all, the terror squad did still exist, even though Juklay was dead. With any luck at all, Chris would be their leader soon.
Maya nodded, and tipped the potion up to her lips to drink.
"Maya, no!" Leo orbed in behind her as he swallowed.
"What's wrong, Leo?" She asked bewildered.
"It's Chris. He's not who you think he is. Come with me, please. We'll neutralize the potion he just gave you." Leo held out his hand to her.
Maya bowed her head for a second, staring at Chris' hands. "No thanks, Leo. Didn't you know? Evil is sexy!" She laughed as a tattoo appeared on her shoulder and her classy skirt and top turned into a black leather jumpsuit. She wiggled her fingers in a little wave, sending a fire ball directly at Leo. She held onto Chris as they black orbed away, their laughter ringing in the room after the orb dissipated.
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Leo orbed back to the manor as fast as he could. "FAMILY MEETING!" He screamed as family members orbed and ran in to the attic. Leo had already let Wyatt out of the cage, and Wyatt was antsy.
"Dad, where's Maya? I told you, if anyone can make Chris good again, she can. He loves her, I know it. He told me so earlier today."
"Uncle Leo, what's going on? My potion is almost ready." Phyra stopped and looked around. "Where's Chris?"
"That's what's wrong, Phy. Listen up, everyone. Chris escaped. He fooled Wyatt into thinking that when he'd killed Juklay, Chris reverted back to good. Instead, he was using a glamour to change his eye color. He got Wyatt to let him out, then took Wy from behind, and trapped him in the cage."
"Oh sweetie, I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" Phoebe rushed over, and hugged her nephew.
"I'm fine, Aunt Phoebe. We need to worry about Chris. Dad, what about Maya? Where is she?" Wyatt persisted.
Leo hesitated, "Wy, Chris got to Maya before I did."
Piper gasped. "Oh, no, he wouldn't kill her. I know he wouldn't. Not my baby."
"He didn't kill her, Piper. What he did was much, much worse." Leo said quietly.
"Worse? What is worse than killing her?" Paige broke in.
"He turned her evil. Together they're going to take over the Underworld." Wyatt's voice rang through the attic. Leo's nod confirmed Wyatt's fears.
Piper blasted a vase in frustration. "Well, damn."