Disclaimer: Charmed is not owned by me.

Summary: Wyatt is coming to the past to fetch his wayward brother … at all costs.

Author Notes: In my story, the trial never happened, meaning Phoebe still has her powers. I'm saying this here so that readers won't be confused if Phoebe starts using her powers.

Bearer of Bad News

While Chris was somewhere else pondering on his life, the Charmed Ones and an Elder were talking about the newest addition to their family.

"I can't believe Chris didn't warn me about another child! It's hard enough knowing that your first child is going to be an evil ruler of the world in the future! What if this one becomes evil too!" Piper exclaimed.

"Piper! Calm down! And don't you dare go off into a clinic and talk about aborting the baby again! I am not letting my nephew/ niece die before he/ she is even born! Plus, we don't know if this child is going to be evil! Come to think of it, I don't think Chris even knows that you're pregnant right now!" Paige tried to get a hold of the situation.

"Would you guys please calm down! Your feelings are totally causing me a headache! Leo! You're the father, help out a little!" The middle sister added her own comments in.

"I'm still in shock over the fact we have yet another child to worry about! The-" Whatever comment Leo wanted to say was lost as the furthest wall of the attic glowed blue.

A figure stepped out … the last person they ever expected to see again. "COLE!" The four people exclaimed.

Cole Turner, former demon and Source of All Evil, had just stepped through a time portal.

"Hi guys! It's been a really long time eh?" He said brightly.

"What are you doing here?" Piper glared at her former brother-in-law. "I thought we vanquished you!"

"Cool it Piper. You did vanquish me but a very helpful person brought me back. Anyway, I'm from the future and I was kinda hoping I could talk to Chris … You do know who he is don't you?"

"OF COURSE! Yet another future person here to screw our lives. We threw Chris out of the house already so if you want to talk to him, find him yourself! And you are not leaving until you tell us who would be so stupid to bring you back!" Piper shouted.

"What do you mean you threw him out?" He asked incredulously. He took a few calming breaths and continued, "I don't care if you threw him out. He's your whitelighter, isn't he? So call him back this instant!"

Paige recovered from her shock to ask, "But what are you doing here? I don't think you came to the past just to talk to Chris!"

"Actually that was what I was thinking when I came back. I need to talk to Chris to find out just what you know and what you don't before I tell you anything!"

"What do you mean by what we know and what we can know? I knew it! Chris hid more secrets from us!" Leo exclaimed.

"I don't care what you think! I need to talk to Chris! His life is in danger and he had to know!"

"His life is in danger?" Phoebe asked. She had been silent all this while. Facing your ex, who was supposed to be dead, was not very easy.

Cole looked at her full in the face for the first time since he came. "Yes, his life is in danger, and he has to know this."

"Fine! I have a bone with him to pick anyway! I can't believe he didn't warn me about another child! CHRIS! GET YOUR WHITELIGHTER ASS HERE RIGHT NOW!"

Chris orbed in a while later, and his eyes rested on each person in the attic before finally meeting Cole. "Cole! What are you doing here?"

Chris' facial expression was one of confusion, which the Charmed Ones and Leo never saw often.

"I came here to warn you … and maybe help you on your mission."

Chris started, then narrowed his eyes suspiciously, asking, "Warn me about what?"

Cole threw a glance in the direction of the others, then he said, "Maybe this isn't the best place to talk."

Chris followed his gaze and nodded his head, agreeing. He reached out a hand to take Cole somewhere else, but they were stopped by Piper's voice.

"Wait a second! The both of you are going nowhere! If you want to discuss something, discuss it here! We want to know what danger you are talking about, and also, CHRIS! Why didn't you tell me I had a second child!" Piper glared accusingly at Chris.

Chris instantly stiffened, and Cole could understand why, "Future consequences. I told you that at least a million times already. Anything I do here could mess up with the timeline, and I couldn't risk telling you had another son coming."

"Son?" Piper echoed.

Chris cursed, "Damn it, shouldn't have let slipped that."

"You know, I don't care if this is a son or a daughter! This child is a mistake! An accident that happened! He should never have been born! If not for Phoebe and Paige, it would have already been aborted!"

Chris immediately paled, and he glanced in Leo's direction, wanting him to stand up for his unborn son. But Leo didn't do a thing. It seemed he agreed.

Cole was shocked as well. How could Piper possibly say that in Chris' face? "Piper! How could you possibly say that? Your son grew up to be one of the best people I ever known. If not for him, the world could have totally been lost to him by now! And how could you possibly say that in …" He threw a shrewd glance at Chris, who turned to him, hiding his pain behind the emotionless mask that had always been there for as long as the Charmed Ones saw.

"They don't know who you are, do they?" He asked tentatively.

Chris looked away, and that gave him the answer he wanted. "Why didn't you tell them?"

Chris answered, "It doesn't matter. Right now, what matters is the mission. That's all."

Cole sighed. The boy had indeed inherited the famed Halliwell stubbornness.

"Tell us what?" Leo asked. "His identity? We've been trying to pry it out of him since forever. Do us a favour and tell us. We don't really trust him to be near Wyatt now."

At Wyatt's name, Cole remembered what he was doing here. "Chris. Drink this now!" Cole showed him a potion.

Chris took one look at the colour and knew what it was. "Cloaking potion? Why?"

Cole sighed once more. He lowered his voice so only Chris could hear him, "Wyatt's coming into the past to find you. You know he can sense you, so you've got to cloak yourself!"

Chris' eyes widened. Wyatt's coming here … for me?

"What are the two of you talking about? You might want to inform the unknowing ones!" Paige asked.

Cole looked at Chris, who gave him the go ahead. "Wyatt's coming into the past. He would most likely arrive in two hours."

Piper's legs gave way, and Leo, who was nearest to her, caught her. Phoebe gasped while Paige stood in shock.

"You're talking about the big bad evil Wyatt, aren't you? What's he doing here?" Phoebe asked. If Wyatt was coming here, he could do something to mess up the timeline.

"We don't know, though we do have some ideas." Cole said throwing another nervous glance at Chris.

"Then what's that potion you asked Chris to drink?"

Chris answered, "It's a cloaking potion. The idea was that if I drink it, Wyatt would not be able to sense me. But it won't work Cole. I build up immunity to them already. If I drink them, it'll backfire on me. Wyatt would be able to sense me more easily."

Cole cursed, "Damn it!"

"So Wyatt's here for Chris? To do what?" Paige asked.

"He won't try to kill you, will he?" Phoebe added in.

Chris' shoulders slumped and he sighed heavily. "No, he won't. At least I think so."

Cole looked incredulously at Chris. "He won't try to kill you? What makes you so sure?"

"Nothing. I'm gambling here, taking a very large risk. Wyatt knows I'm not that easy to kill. And, he needs me for something. I don't know exactly what, but I do know he needs me alive for it." Chris answered him.

"Even if he won't try to kill you, one of his minions will surely throw an energy ball at you or something …"

"You've forgotten about the decree."

"I haven't. But if Wyatt is pissed off enough, he just might forget about it."

"Right. How many minions is he taking here?"

"Spies indicate a quarter of his Elite force. And he also specially brewed a couple of potions for this trip. He's also mentioned something about a ritual. A spy stole samples of the two potions and we identified it. The results are not very …"

"They are bad. I get it. So what potions are they?"

"Potions to turn one evil and the other is to force someone to obey another."

"I guess we can all guess who he is going to use those potions on huh?"

"Yeah well, we don't know what ritual he's gonna perform. He isn't bringing any materials. Maybe it's just a false lead."

"Hold up. What decree are you talking about? And what's that about the potions?" Paige cut in.

Cole was about to blurt something out that Chris didn't want them to know, so Chris elbowed him to shut him up. "You should go back to the future now."

"What! And leave you here?"

"Yes. Wyatt won't harm the four of them as that would change a lot of the timeline. He needs the protection of the Power of Three when he's growing up. He won't harm me too most likely … at least nothing permanent. You, however, he will harm. So you have to go back right now!"

"Yeah well, if Wyatt is going to come into the past, he is most likely at the attic right now. If I go back, won't I run headfirst into him?"

"…"

"I knew it! You're going to have to let me stay now. Maybe they are a couple of spells to stop Wyatt from opening the portal."

Before they could even turn to the Book of Shadows, the attic wall glowed blue once more.

Chris exclaimed, "I thought you said he would be here in two hours, not half an hour!"

"How do I know? He apparently decided to come earlier in case he missed the party!"

In another flash, 20 high level demons and a tall human with blonde hair stepped through the portal.

Cole shuddered in the presence of Wyatt. Not too many people, or rather, no one, could face Wyatt without fearing him or feeling intimidated.

His posture and the way he expressed himself showed his power. It told people that you did not want to cross him. The only person in the attic that wasn't affected by Wyatt's arrival was Chris.

The four people who were in their rightful time gasped in shock at the figure clad in black. Every single one of them could almost see the 'evil waves' emanating from Wyatt.

"Hello, Chris." He uttered.

Chris met his gaze head on, not backing down. There had been other similar situations, like the skirmishes between Wyatt's forces and the Resistance.

"Wyatt." No pleasantries were exchanged between the two, and even Piper hesitated to interrupt their conversation. "What are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same question."

"Too bad I'll not be answering that."

"You don't have to. All you need to do is come back to the future with me. You don't belong here and … Cole!" It seemed Wyatt had just noticed him.

"Why my dearest uncle, what could you possibly be doing here?" Wyatt drawled.

"UNCLE?" Four incredulous voices said.

Wyatt turned his attentions to the Charmed Ones and the Elder for the first time since he entered. He smirked and said, "Exactly, uncle. I bet Chris kept the fact that Cole was resurrected and eventually married Aunt Phoebe again, didn't he?"

Chris stared hard at Wyatt, trying to figure out what he was trying to accomplish. Cole however, reacted, "What are you trying to accomplish by telling them that? Haven't you been taught of future consequences?"

"I have been, though that doesn't mean I have to follow them. Anyway, we shouldn't stay here for too long, we bet—"

Anything Wyatt wanted to say was lost as Piper wailed, "Wyatt! What turned you so evil? What did we do wrong?"

"I'll tell you Mother," Wyatt snarled, "None of you did anything. I simply realised that there was no such thing as good and evil, merely power. And seeing as the Halliwell brothers have power in spades isn't it right that we should rightfully rule?"

Paige whispered, "You turned your brother too?"

Phoebe too seemed horrified at the prospect of having two evil nephews. Leo, being the person he was, adamantly refused to believe that Wyatt was evil.

"Wyatt, tell me that this is a lie and you are just acting for our benefit. You can't be evil!"

"Well, I guess you're the same in any time. You simply refuse to believe in the facts that are placed directly in front of you. Seeing that Mom's pregnant already, I have no more need for you. Seriously, with you out of the way, things might be even easier for me in the future!"

Wyatt powered up a high-voltage energy ball, as did five other demons. Before he could lob it at Leo, Leo reacted and threw lightning at three of Wyatt's demons. Piper quickly blew two of them up and Paige orbed the energy balls back at the demons.

Cole threw energy and fire balls as well, resulting in the odds being shortened to 6:4. The remaining demons seemed frightened. For a while, they forgot they were in the presence of the Charmed Ones. They might have been vanquished in their own time but here, they were at their turf.

Wyatt's energy ball had been orbed away by Paige to destroy the demons, rendering his hand empty. He let his hand fall and fixed his gaze on Leo. "You are an Elder." he stated.

Leo seemed confused by this statement, and nodded his hand to show his acknowledgement of Wyatt's statement.

Without warning, Wyatt threw Chris at the wall using his telekinesis. Taken by surprise, Chris didn't have time to react before his back met the wall. He let out a groan in reply and he was held there, unable to move.

"That was your doing, wasn't it? You, made Leo an Elder didn't you?"

Unable to move, Chris simply sent a death glare at Wyatt, and said, "So what if I did?"

With a roar of fury, Wyatt picked Chris up and slammed him into another wall. Tired of getting hit around all the time, Chris focused on a special kind of telekinesis that could be activated merely through his mind and without his hands.

Wyatt was sent into the opposite wall, while Chris was released. Wyatt got up from his position and shouted, "YOU WOULD RISK YOUR OWN EXISTENCE!"

"All for you, Wyatt. To save you." Chris said softly

"How many times do I need to tell you that I don't need your saving!"

"That's not the point now! What are you doing here!"

"To bring youback, and I am going to do that, whether you agree or not!"

"Too bad I'm going to say NO!"

"Well then it's too bad for YOU!" Wyatt threw an energy ball at Chris, but before he could react, someone shimmered him out. Along with Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Leo and Cole.