Childish Power
Disclaimer: And again… I don't owe Charmed or its characters.
Summary: One thing he regretted. He regretted of having left behind… but Chris doesn't need to wait long… a four year old girl is coming from the future… but she has more secrets than she knows
A/N: I am not sure, but I fear this chapter could be a disappointment for a few readers, because not everything is like it seems… Hope you like it nevertheless… and please read and review… I was delighted by all the reviews from the last chapter. I know the chapter is not so long, but I don't know what happened to my creativity, sorry. I try to update as soon as possible! Really :)!
Chapter 4
"Wyatt." The words echoed in the CharmedOnes and Leo's minds. After a few seconds Phoebe was finally the first one who could talk again.
"What?" she asked unbelievingly.
The stranger just looked at her with a smile but didn't say a word.
"You have to be kidding me, right?" Piper said, finally finding her voice back, although it had a very high tone. They all had sensed something evil from the man.
"Is that how you greet your son?" Wyatt answered his mother. He pushed himself away from the doorframe and stepped in her direction. But Piper, who had Baby Wyatt in her arms, backed away and ran against Leo who looked at the person who claimed to be Wyatt, stiff. "Didn't you say that a demon killed Wyatt?" Paige finally asked and turned around to Chris.
Chris looked relaxed… as if a huge burden had been taken from his shoulders… Finally… no more lies. He knew that it would be his nightmare… but he also knew that he couldn't longer fight – some people deserved to know the truth.
"I lied…" Chris simply answered.
The CharmedOnes and Leo suddenly felt hatred for Chris.
"Then why the hell are you here in this time? To kill us, destroy us, because you want our powers? Why?" Phoebe asked Chris angrily.
"Are you even a Whitelighter… or a demon? Why did you separate me and Piper?" Leo accused Chris.
"You know yourself that nobody can pretend to be a Whitelighter, you can sense that I am one. And… I am here because of Wyatt… why don't you just ask him yourself?" Chris said frustrated.
"Give me a reason why I shouldn't blow you up?" Piper said angrily.
"No." Evelyn's voice interrupted. She had freed herself from her mother and she ran over to her Daddy. Protecting him by grabbing his leg.
They all had actually totally forget that a child was listening, a child, who didn't even know about magic. She looked terrified and scared, but she knew that she didn't want to lose her Daddy.
"Evelyn." Mary said a little bit angry.
"As I said: no more games. Let's play with open cards, I don't have much time." Wyatt said coldly, so the CharmedOnes and Leo got an uneasy feeling – something was terribly wrong.
Suddenly the CharmedOnes, Leo and Baby Wyatt couldn't move anymore… but they could hear and talk.
"What?" Paige asked shocked and the others seemed to be confused too.
Chris looked into Wyatt's eyes and he knew what he had to do… he had no other choice… so he kneed down to Evelyn.
"Evelyn, angel… I think your Mommy wants to tell you something. Don't worry. Nothing is going to happen to me, as long as you don't want to." Chris told her. Evelyn gave him a concerned look and Chris couldn't avoid looking sad. He loved her so much and he knew that in a few seconds she would never look at him like that ever again. He wished that this moment would never stop, but finally he stood up and pushed Evelyn softly in Mary's direction.
They all watched Evelyn who went over to her mother.
"Sweetheart… there is something you should know. I love you Baby." Mary told her daughter.
"I love you too mommy." Evelyn said.
Mary smiled and sighed. She had trained for this moment so often, but now she couldn't remember a word she planned to say.
"Evelyn… there is something I lied about to you. It's about your Daddy." Mary finally started: She looked up for a second, only to see that Wyatt stood next to Chris now… she closed her eyes. This was not fair.
"Good work… Chris." Wyatt told his little brother and laid his hand on his shoulder.
Chris became stiff. He knew now that there was no escape. This was the beginning of his end.
"What is with Daddy?" Evelyn asked.
Mary sighed one last time and finally said.
"Chris isn't your Daddy…" Mary started and she saw the confused and shocked look on her daughters face, but she had to finish this first.
"Wyatt is. The man next to Chris is your real Daddy." Mary said.
"What?" Evelyn asked in a childish way and still smiled at her mother.
"Evelyn… that's not a game… Chris isn't your dad, okay? We all lied to you… and I want you to come with me and Wyatt – your real Dad – now." Mary tried to explain the truth to her daughter which caused that she grabbed her harder then normal. As she noticed it she immediately released her grip and smiled at her daughter but Evelyn already backed away from her and shook her head.
"No." She whispered… she turned around to Chris and Wyatt and saw Chris looking down to his shoes, while Wyatt – her real Daddy – looked into her eyes, coldly.
"What?" Phoebe asked unbelieving from what she heard.
While Piper and Leo couldn't turn their eyes away from Wyatt and Evelyn because they realized that if he story was true, Evelyn was their granddaughter.
"No." Evelyn whispered again… and she backed away more. Suddenly everybody could see that blue and white light was surrounding her.
"No." Wyatt said calm and he made a move with his hand. The blue and white orbs disappeared and Evelyn dropped to the floor unconscious.
Nobody moved… but Wyatt had indeed felt Chris twitch under his hand.
"Oh my god. What have you done?" Paige asked shocked.
"I do what I want… and nobody is going against me. You will learn that sooner or later Aunt Paige. Trust me." Wyatt said with an evil smile.
Chris looked at Evelyn. He saw a tear on her face and he had the urge to run over to her… but he knew better.
Wyatt slowly went over to Evelyn and kneeled down. He took her into her arms and turned around to his family one last time.
"Sorry, that I have to leave so soon… but I have a lot to do. But don't worry. I will come back soon." Wyatt said with a smile – which wasn't evil, a normal smile – and flamed out. Seconds later Mandy and Roxy shimmered out after him. Mary looked into Chris eyes and she had a sad look in her eyes.
"I had no other choice. Otherwise he would have killed her." She said to Chris and finally shimmered out after the others.
Nobody said a word…
Finally Paige went over to the couch and sat down and was followed by her sisters. The paralysation was gone since Wyatt had orbed out.
Finally Leo went over to Piper and took her hand in his.
"Please tell me this whole talk just didn't happen…" Paige said and was holding her head.
"I wished… god… what was this all about?" Phoebe asked.
"That was Wyatt, right… but… how… how can that be?" Piper asked and tears were running down her face. Leo immediately took her into his arms.
"Evelyn…" Phoebe suddenly whispered.
"She is our granddaughter… oh my god… she is so sweet." Piper said with a smile…
"But not for long if we can't stop her father." Chris finally said… he was still looking at the spot where Wyatt had disappeared with Evelyn.
Phoebe slowly got up from the couch… "Chris… I think it's time to explain a few things." Phoebe said and went over t him…
"And no more lies… otherwise I am not sure that I can control myself." Piper threatened him – she had enough… this whole day was like a nightmare.
"What the hell happened to Wyatt?" Paige asked the first question.
"Didn't you see? He became the ruler of the world – the only thing that is important for him is power. Everything he was taught, about good and evil – he simply ignores it." Chris said half sarcastically half sad.
"But… but why?" Piper whispered and tears dropped down her face again. This time Leo didn't comfort her – he himself was to shocked to react. How was this possible? He was their son! Did they fail as parents?
"Don't ask me… you are his parents." Chris said cold. Piper and Leo glared at Chris with tears in their eyes… and Chris look down on the floor… he never intended to say that. It was just that he was angry and desperate and he just had to let go of his anger somehow.
"Sorry…" Chris mumbled.
"Why did you play Evelyn's father?" Piper asked confused after a while.
Chris hesitated. "I don't know if you have noticed… but Wyatt didn't know about Evelyn till a few days I guess." He started his story.
"How is that possible? And why?" Paige asked confused.
"The elders didn't know about you either… Mary. Her mother loved Wyatt… but she was a good witch." Chris said.
"Oh yes… that's exactly what we saw." Phoebe said, but Chris just ignored it.
"She never wanted her daughter to work for the evil. So she hide from Wyatt and she didn't tell him about her pregnancy. I don't know how she managed it, because Wyatt can sense everybody, even normal humans. But it worked." Chris paused.
"Okay. I get this, but what do you have to do with it?" Paige asked.
"It was more a coincidence… I found her near my apartment one month before she got Evelyn. She told me everything and I took care of her… my apartment is cloaked from Wyatt's sensing power, but it took a lot of magic." Chris lied a bit. Actually Mary had searched for him as she noticed that she couldn't handle it all by herself.He had been shocked as he saw the pregnant ex-girlfriend of his brother in front of his door and he had thought that it was a trap from Wyatt…
"I was the only one who knew about this… I helped her to deliver Evelyn and I choose her second name." Chris said with a smile. He remembered that he had read all these pregnancy books and that he had been totally in panic as Mary's contractions started, well he had just been 18, hardly an adult yet… but as he had the little girl in his arms, everything had been just perfect.
"Second name?" Piper asked.
"Penelope." Chris said.
"Oh… a 'P' again, how sweet." Phoebe said delightedly.
Chris rolled his eyes. "Well as I know how it is to grow up without a father, I decided that I would play Evelyn's father and Mary was okay with it. This way we also hoped that Wyatt would never learn about his daughter. I nevertheless had to live separated from them – for their safety. Because I was one of Wyatt's most wanted targets. And Mary had to move every two month, to keep Wyatt away. I visited them nearly everyday. I actually was her father. I saw all the important points in her life and more." Chris said and he couldn't prevent that a tear dropped down from his face.
"So you have no right to call me a bad father. I did everything only for her safety." Chris said to Piper. Referring to the talk an hour ago in the kitchen.
"We bound her powers as she was born, so she couldn't be located from Wyatt through her powers." Chris added. He didn't mention the shock of the two as Evelyn suddenly started to conjure flowers and butterflies a few minutes after she was born and that they had feared that Wyatt could find them, which he hadn't…
He looked up. The others looked impressed…
"So why exactly are you Wyatt's most wanted target?" Phoebe asked, which caused Chris to flinch. He had hoped that nobody would remember, but he had totally forgot his aunt's cleverness.
"I already wondered why you were so familiar with Wyatt." Phoebe added.
Chris looked to the floor and bit his lip…
"Chris… who are you really?" Piper asked him seriously.
He looked up into her eyes… he was just going to invent another lie… as another voice answered the question.
"He is my brother." Wyatt said… again leaning against the doorframe.
Chris and the others jumped up. Chris looked at Wyatt unbelieving…
"Wha… what!" Piper asked and looked from Wyatt to Chris and back. The others didn't react much different. They all just couldn't believe what Wyatt had said.
"What the hell is wrong with you? I know that you are evil, but I didn't know that you are stupid too." Chris said angrily and held up his hands in frustration.
"Oh come on…don't be so not Halliwell. We are famous for spilling the whole truth on our first day, every time we visit the past." Wyatt said with a smirk.
But Chris just glared at him. "Well… maybe I am more a Bennett." Chris said and it was indeed purpose that Chris said his grandfathers last name and not the one of his "father" -Wyatt.
"Probably… your grandfather indeed had too much influence on you." Wyatt said.
"He is your grandfather too." Chris said out of reflex.
"Yes… until he abandoned me." Wyatt said with a smirk. He loved to provoke Chris.
"He didn't and you know that. You abandoned us." Chris said sad.
"That isn't true either. And nevertheless, is that a reason to steal my family? I always thought you wanted to bring the family back together, we are family forgotten?" Wyatt said angrily now.
"What did you do to her?" Chris asked angrily but he didn't attack Wyatt as he planned to. Wyatt's words had hit him…
"What's the matter with you? I would have expected you to attack me now? Fighting for her. What's the matter, don't you love her? She will be pretty sad to hear that." Wyatt said. Chris glared back at him, he knew now, that Wyatt would take revenge on Evelyn and Mary for any attempt he would do… at the moment it was uninteresting that they were his family. Wyatt just thought about how to hurt him.
"I love her… more then you do at the moment… but as I know her you will learn to love her too… just don't try to change her. I beg you Wyatt… as much as you may be angry at me… don't hurt her." Chris said calm.
"Isn't that what you have been planning? Using her to kill or turn me?" Wyatt asked with a sad and angry tone in his voice.
"I could never kill you… as much as I hate you. And you know that! And you can't either…" Chris whispered quietly.
But Wyatt wasn't even looking at him anymore… he was looking behind Chris, astonished.
"Did you do that?" Wyatt asked pointing behind Chris. Chris turned around fast.
Behind him the CharmedOnes and Leo were frozen.
"Eh… " Chris said and was waving in front of them.
"You can freeze witches? The CharmedOnes?" Wyatt asked unbelieving. "You never told me that!"
"I knew that I could freeze witches, not very powerful ones… but only for a few seconds. Are you sure it wasn't you?" Chris mumbled looking at his hands.
"I can control my powers and you know that." Wyatt answered cold. He hated it when people, like Chris underestimated him. But Chris simply ignored it.
He still watched his hands. "If I had know that… everything would have been so less complicated." Chris sighed. He remembered all the annoying moments when the sisters had asked him.
He made a special movement with his hands and the CharmedOnes and Leo moved again.
Piper just looked at Chris and a tear suddenly appeared in her eye.
"So you are really my son?" Piper said.
Chris and Wyatt looked at her confused… that wasn't the reaction they expected.
"You freezing didn't work as well as you thought… we could hear and see everything." Phoebe helped them to understand.
-to be continued-