What have we done?
Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed! Sad but true.
Summary: Not knowing who Chris is, Paige casts a spell to reveal his secrets. But something goes wrong, so the CharmedOnes, Leo, Baby Wyatt and Chris end up in Chris' future. Where not everything is perfect and only more secrets are waiting for them. Can Chris keep his secret?
A/N: Okay... again sorry for the long wait. Actually I was all exited of this chapter and really wanted to write it. I mean there is a lot of revelation in here (not all... but a lot). But, I don't know if you know this situation, I simply couldn't find the words. All the time I had been working for this chapter and the following once, but when I got here... I simply couldn't write it down... well finally I could write something ... It's not as good as I imagined it... but I don't think it's bad either. I hope you all understand the most of the explanation... and maybe I can write the next chapter next time ;) (hopefully) ... Thanks for all your reviews – they kept me going... wouldn't mind more :)
Chapter 16
"How is that possible? You can't come in here!" Richard said and stood protectively in front of his children.
"Oh come on. You really believed that you could keep me away forever?" Wyatt said smirking.
"Wyatt?" Piper asked unbelieving. She hadn't recognized her son, but the way they talked she could count one and one together.
"Oh you recognized me. I am honored. As you have problems with it with other people." Wyatt said and looked shortly to Chris, which the four from the past didn't notice.
Leo held Baby Wyatt near him... how could the man in front of him be his son.
"Shocked... Dad?" Wyatt said with a smirk. "Didn't I turn out as you had planned?" "I pretty much figured out all the other stuff... I just don't know how you could get in here." Chris said. He tried to get Wyatt's attention.
"Oh it was more luck. I mean it was the plan and I knew it would happen sooner or later. But ... I simply can always relay on my family." Wyatt said.
"Since when are you the chatty one? Or is it a big secret." Chris said calm.
"You want to know? Well ... have you seen my mother lately?" Wyatt asked and was still calm too, but Chris turned pale for a seconds and so did his cousins.
"She said we should blame her." Pee remembered her mothers words and whispered it to Kyle. Then she turned to the CharmedOnes. "You casted a spell?" Pee asked unbelieving and suddenly the CharmedOnes and Leo had the whole attention, who felt pretty uncomfortable at the moment.
"We... we... it didn't even work." Paige defended themselves.
"Can't you just once listen? You ruin everything." Pee said angrily.
"Aren't you glad to see me?" Wyatt asked hurt, but smirked at Pee, who looked pretty uncomfortable or even afraid.
"Leave her alone." Chris immediately said.
"So protective..." Wyatt said impressed.
"What kind of spell did you cast?" Richard asked the CharmedOnes.
"We tried to call our other selves. We only wanted answers and we wanted to help you, to maybe understand why we will do what we will do." Paige said.
"Oh my god. They opened a portal, that's how you could get in right." Chris realized and never left his eyes from Wyatt. He now also understood how he suddenly could see his mother.
"As I said. I only needed to wait for the right moment." Wyatt answered.
"But it didn't work." Piper tried to defend herself.
"You don't seem to be very delighted to see me, mom. I am hurt." Wyatt said sarcastically and Piper didn't know how to answer for a second.
"What happened? Why did you turn your back to everything we are fighting for?" Piper asked her son.
"Maybe because I realized that this is the only way. That power is the only thing that counts..." Wyatt said cold. "The only way for what?" Leo now intervened too.
"Maybe you should talk to your counterpart." Wyatt said.
Lil turned around to Future Leo. "So you betrayed us after all?" she asked disappointed.
"No he didn't. Well at least I don't think Wyatt needed his dad for this plan." Chris said. "Chris..." Future Leo said and looked at his son. He never wanted all this to happen like this. His sons fighting each other. But he was glad that Chris at least believed him now.
"Dad... I am really disappointed. Turning your back on me so easily." Wyatt said a little bit angry. "I never expected that from you."
"You put me under a spell. For gods sake Wyatt. Come back to your senses." Future Leo said.
"You didn't really fight against the spell. In case you would have wanted to see the truth, you could have..." Wyatt said back. "But I don't need you anymore anyway." "Okay. I have enough. Stop it okay. You came here to fight. Fight." Chris said suddenly angrily.
"Chris?" Everybody looked at him odd.
"We tried to talk a few times. It's not working. I am tiered of this. I want this to end. I want the people I love to be safe." Chris said.
"Does that include me or not?... what do you plan Chris. I know you, better than anybody. You always have a plan." Wyatt said.
"Well then attack. Find it out." Chris only said.
"For gods sake what are you doing?" Pee said desperately. They all knew Chris and he was definitely not acting normal.
Richard grabbed Chris shoulder. "Chris. Calm down. He won't hesitate to kill you when you offer it to him." he tried to calm his nephew down. The boy he felt responsible for since his mother died and his father and brother turned their backs on him.
"You think I don't know? I saw him killing my friends, I saw him attacking my family and I know what he has done in the past few hours to get here... I know who Wyatt Matthew Halliwell is... But I also know that I don't want to see anybody get hurt anymore, I want this family to live a happy life. I want this damn to be over." Chris said calm, never letting Wyatt out of his sight, who smirked slightly as he heard Chris' speech.
"You are so sweet... really ... or is it because you want to keep your secret safe? When we are fighting, I won't spill any secrets. Do you fear your parents will be disappointed... to have you as a son." Wyatt asked and he could see that Chris trembled slightly. He knew his brother too well... the downside was: so did Chris. It was really more luck for him that the CharmedOnes did their part at the right time, because otherwise Chris may had stopped him.
Suddenly Chris simply snapped. Without a warning he made a fast move with his hand and Wyatt flew through the air, landing on the opposite side of the room. But he didn't hit the floor as Chris had planned. Wyatt was faster than his brother and used his telekinese powers to land with his feet on the ground.
"You think you are clever Chris? You don't stand a chance." Wyatt said with a smirk and made a slow move with his hand and a blue shield appeared. It surrounded only the two brothers – keeping the others from intervening.
"No!" Richard screamed and immediately used an energyball against the shield, but it simply vanished.
The two brothers inside didn't even bother. The two actually had waited and trained for this moment for a long time. There had been battles between the two before, but both knew that now there was no going back anymore. They could feel that today one of them wouldn't get out of here alive.
The two never left the other one out of his sight and they began to walk around each other, in a circle. And the battle began.
They kept an eye on each other, watching every single movement the other did, ready to strike whenever it was necessary.
Neither of the outsiders spoke. They all too felt that it was serious and they kept their eyes on Chris and Wyatt. All with concern – about different things. Chris' life, the battle, what would happen and somehow also about Wyatt's life.
Suddenly the two attacked at the exact same second, as if they had planned it. Causing both getting thrown against the blue shield – which was solid as a wall.
It didn't hurt them much, but it knocked the air out of them for a few seconds.
Wyatt got really angry now and this time he was faster too. He created an energyball and threw it at his brother, who ducked in time, but got hit nevertheless... because the energyball suddenly changed its direction – another new trick of Wyatt. Chris' shoulder was bleeding now, but Wyatt's attack didn't harm him much, as it was only a low energy ball.
"Damn you... you definitely have too much time, Wyatt. Or is there an extra hour when you learn unfair tricks?" Chris said sarcastically. "And by the way... that was my favorite shirt."
"Oh I am so sorry... but you have always been a bad loser." Wyatt said sarcastically.
"In case you don't know... my brother gave it to me at my 14th birthday... okay it had been a little bit too big, but he said I would grow into it... I don't even know how I could have thought that you know something like that." Chris said hurt and pissed.
Chris' words really let Wyatt hesitate for a few seconds, but it didn't last long.
The next second he created another energyball and threw it at Chris, but his little brother had learned and he froze the energyball and used his telekineses powers to send it back, while Wyatt had already created a new one and threw it at Chris, so the two energyballs hit each other in the center. Wyatt changed the direction of his energyball, so Chris' went further in his direction, but Wyatt only opened his hand and the energyball flew to him and as he closed his hand, it disappeared.
"You seriously thought you could beat me with my own powers. I thought you knew better." Wyatt said, just as his energyball hit Chris really hard this time, which let Chris curse.
"It was worth a try, wasn't it?" Chris said with clenched teeth.
"You really shouldn't underestimate me... I can control my powers." Wyatt said seriously.
"That's what it is all about, isn't it? Control! Control over your powers, control over who lives and who dies... control over who travels through time and who not, right." Chris fired back. "Oh... I forgot. You couldn't control me... you couldn't keep me from going back in time. I caught you off guard. It must have really pissed you off. And you couldn't do anything about it. While the demons around you simply vanished." Chris said relaxed, holding his hand against his hurt shoulder, while Wyatt looked at him half angry.
"Well, I got you back, didn't I?" Wyatt said cold.
Everybody outside the shield looked confused.
"But..." Pee said and looked at Paige.
"I thought we came here because of my spell." Paige said confused.
"Well, as I said. Your spell should have worked as you wanted it... like a truth spell – in your time." Chris explained. "But as your intention was to find out truth about me... Wyatt could alter it from this time. Because you could find out the truth in this future – my time – too. And as he needed the Power Of Three for his plans, he brought all of you here... But why Leo is here... I really don't know. An accident?" Chris directed his last question at Wyatt.
"Actually just for fun." Wyatt said without any emotions.
"Wait, do you want to tell me, that Wyatt planned to bring you all to this time?" Richard asked Chris.
"The whole time you were concerned about Wyatt's big plan to destroy us all... well, bringing us here, was part of it... and the plan isn't so scary... well at least if it's finished already." Chris said and rose an eyebrow on Wyatt.
"Yes... that was it all in all." Wyatt answered relaxed.
"What?" Lil asked.
"That was it? And what was it actually?" Pee asked confused.
"You ask me?" Wyatt asked surprised and gave Pee a mocking look.
Pee hesitated for a second, but then she fired back. "Well, I really didn't see much that you have done." she said.
"Well. The obvious things would be. Bringing Chris back. Letting Chris remember his time in the asylum. Causing Chris to nearly commit suicide. And... I am here, or not?" Wyatt said with a smirk.
"And what would be the oblivious parts of your plan?" Jason asked seriously. They all realized that Wyatt indeed achieved a few things... but maybe Chris was right and it wasn't so special after all.
"Do you want to tell them or should I... Actually I would prefer it if you did it." Wyatt said to his brother.
"To Check, if I really found out everything?" Chris asked.
"Yes.." Wyatt said. "But I am confident, that you got it all"
"Fine." Chris said peeved. "Well... first of all. Leo – well the one from this time – didn't get caught by accident. Wyatt planned it, without Leo's knowledge. His presence caused the first tumult. There are a lot people who hate him and want him dead, but Wyatt was sure that at least one person would try to safe him. Even if it was only for informations – that's why Wyatt gave Leo the information that he was planing something big..." Chris explained.
"But... I don't understand..." Lil said totally confused ... and guilty, because in case Chris' words were true, it was all her fault.
"Just listen..." Chris said softly. "The next thing would be getting the Charmed Ones and past Leo here. We all needed to do our stuff in secret. Because of Future Consequences... because in some ways we wanted our life to be like it is." Chris said sadly. "But the as you may have noticed Wyatt had more intentions for bringing the CharmedOnes here. The first step would be blocking ..." Chris hesitated. He nearly revealed his identity, by saying my powers ... he knew that the truth would come out eventually. Especially as Chris was sure that Wyatt wanted it. But he wouldn't he be the one who spills it. And he still had the little hope, that maybe he would get out of this situation, without his parents learning that he is their second son.
"...would be getting Piper and Leo back together ... and the after effects." Chris explained.
"What the hell has this to do with us?" Past Leo asked confused.
"Okay I may seem rude... but in case I would be Wyatt I would simply end all the problems by keeping Piper and Leo apart." Richard said and looked into Wyatt's eyes.
Wyatt flinched for a second and so did the others who really understood what Richard said – that Wyatt could have simply erased Chris and maybe more.
"I had two options. Either keep the two apart and risk everything to fall apart or to use the moment of their reunion for my advantage. And I saw the second option more handy." Wyatt explained.
"So we are responsible for your turning?" Leo asked and looked into his son's eyes. "See it as you want." Wyatt said indifferently.
"Well... the other reason why he brought the CharmedOnes here, is to get in here, as you can see. He knew they would try to get answers and eventually use a spell. And they are the only witches, who are powerful enough to get through the shield. He just needed them to cast a spell, which is supposed to reach something outside Home. And calling their other selves definitely is such a spell. By opening the shield, Wyatt could orb in simply." Chris changed the subject fast. "All in all. The simple intentions of Wyatt's big plan was to get in here and to cause trouble and anxiety in Home. Everything he did caused suspicion and trouble. He tried to break down Home from inside. He tried to weaken us, by destroying the source of our long existence, the thing why we could fight against Wyatt for so long. Our family feeling, our trust. And he did a good job. Leo is here, the CharmedOnes are sneaking around here and everybody knows about my past in the Asylum and even the knowledge of Wyatt's big plan was or is weakening us. And of course Wyatt wanted to weaken me... The people here lose hope, they are afraid and they are not so sure about the capability of the leaders anymore. The second the demons attack... which is probably very soon... we don't really have a big chance." Chris admitted. And the others looked helpless as they began to understand.
"Does that summarize it?" Chris asked his brother challenging.
"Good. Really good. Although I am missing one other part of my plan, although I didn't really expect you to find it out." Wyatt said.
"That was enough talking, don't you think." Chris said already in fighting position again. "Come and finish what you came for." he said.
"Chris... stop it. You can't do this." Piper suddenly said and everybody looked surprised at her.
"What?" Chris asked totally unprepared.
"He is my son after all. You can't kill him, please." Piper said, holding Baby Wyatt now tight.
Chris trembled. He didn't know if it was grief, anger, respect or disappointment. He actually didn't know himself if he could kill Wyatt. After all they were brothers... and although they had fought for years now it never came to the point that it really was about killing each other. Although he had trained the whole time... it never had been about killing Wyatt, that was also the reason why he went to the past, to SAVE Wyatt... but things had changed. Wyatt has changed. He was more aggressive, more evil than Chris knew him. Of course he still had his sarcasm and had always been evil... but Chris simply had the feeling that there was something more evil there now... as if the dark side had finally taken over all of Wyatt – Chris couldn't see his brother anymore. Chris had the bad feeling that Wyatt provoked his feelings, as if Wyatt really wanted it to get that far – killing his brother. Wyatt had opened old wounds... old, but deep. And Chris somehow didn't see another choice right now. The big fight was coming... and Chris could only prevent it by killing Wyatt... Chris couldn't keep himself from thinking if Wyatt was having the same thoughts or if Wyatt could simply kill him without hesitation.
-to be continued-