"Oh crap." Buffy said ducking a energy ball.

"Need a hand?" Chris asked waving his hand and throwing it into the side of the building.

"Thanks." She said recovering. "Crap, he has friends." Jumping to her feet she pulled a knife out of her boot ready for battle. "Well magic boy, let's see what you've got." She said charging the nearest demon.

Manor:

"She should have been back by now." Piper said pacing nervously.

"I'm sure she's fine." Leo replied.

"Angel was good, I promise." Kyle added.

"And Where is Chris." Piper continued ranting ignoring their responses.

"Maybe Buffy decided to go with plan A and she's off giving him that lap dance." Mel offered.

"Or maybe he suddenly remembered everything and." Sam began.

"She's giving him that lap dance." Jamie finished grinning.

"You three quiet." Piper ordered. "Christopher! You get your ass here this instant! I'm nto kidding!"

Alley:

"Watch your back." Chris said pushing Buffy to the ground as he blew up the last demon.

"Thanks." Buffy said letting out a sigh of relief.

"That was, wow, I mean, I take it all back, your awesome" Chris said grinning.

"Again thanks, could you do me a favor?" She asked.

"Sure what?" he replied.

"Get off me." She said rolling her eyes.

"What, oh sorry." He said jumping to his feet and offering her a hand.

"Your pretty awesome yourself." Buffy commented as he helped her up.

"I see you still have some fight left in you after all." A voice laughed. "Your going to need it."

"Ugh, not you." Buffy groaned. "Whistler." She greeted annoyed.

"Nice to see you two." He laughed stepping out of the shadows.

"Do you just live to annoy me?" She asked annoyed.

"Sorry sweet heart but, this isn't a social call." He replied.

Manor:

"What are we going to say when he does come back?" Phoebe asked.

"I don't know." Piper sighed.

"I'd just go with the truth." Wyatt replied.

"Sure, that would work so well." Paige said rolling her eyes.

"Well we need to think of something, I'm not going to let Gideon hurt him again." Leo declared furiously.

"We wont let him." Piper insisted. "But, Paige has a point, the truth is a lot for him to take in."

"He can handle it." Wyatt declared.

"Yeah, given time but, we don't have time for him to process it all. Gideon is a threat now." Phoebe explained.

"We can't lie to him." Piper replied.

"No, but we could give him a slightly edited version." Leo offered.

"And when he finds out the truth he'll hate us." Piper replied.

"I know, it's not exactly win,win." Leo sighed.

"So we go with the truth?" Paige asked defeated.

"We don't really have a choice." Phoebe sighed. "How do you thin he'll take it?"

"How do you think?" Piper asked rolling her eyes.

"How are we going to explain it all." Paige asked.

"I don't even know where to begin." Leo sighed.

"Just tell him the truth." Wyatt said shrugging.

"Yeah because this sounds so good," Piper began annoyed. "Chris about twenty years ago we found out your brother was going to become the ruler off all evil, but it wasn't his fault. So you decided to come into the past and save him. Along the way you almost caused yourself not to exist, got into a brawl with your father, fell in love and then it turned out the force that turned Wyatt was an elder trying to kill him. You saved him but, in doing so died and now the elder somehow is back, working with your girlfriend, and wants to kill you and Buffy for revenge. You want me to tell him that?"

Alley:

"Ok, why don't you take off, I'll be fine." Buffy said turning to Chris.

"He's a demon." Chris said confused.

"Yeah I know." Buffy sighed. "But he's not dangerous, just a pain in the ass."

"I don't trust him." Chris said eyeing him carefully.

"Then trust me, I'll be fine, I promise." Buffy replied.

"Fine, mom's been screaming for me anyway." He said orbing out.

"So what do you want?" She asked.

"It's not what I want, it's what you want, and what stands in the way." He replied cryptically.

"Look, I'm not in the mood for your riddles tonight." She sighed. "Isn't there a new slayer for you to annoy?"

"Yeah, but this job, it's not for her." He replied.

"Why not?" She demanded.

"Because, it's your mess to clean up." he replied.

"My mess, what's that supposed to mean?" She asked.

"You broke the rules kid, now it's back to bite you in the ass." He replied.

"Your gona have to be a little more specific, I broke a lot of rules." She shot back.

"Don't I know it." He laughed. "And I was rooting for you each time. But, this one was big, maybe bigger than even you can handle. But, win this one and maybe you'll finally find what you've been looking for."

"And what's that?" She asked.

"Forgiveness." He replied sinking back into the shadows.

Manor:

"Um, you don't have to." Leo said nervously as Piper spun around to come face to face with a stunned Chris.

"What did you say?" He asked unsurely.

"Oh god Chris, let me explain." Piper began. Chris took a step back gripping the wall for support as he put everything together.

"You saved him but, in doing so died"

"no matter what anyone says, she was my sister. You'd have done the same in my situation."

"How can you be so sure?" He asked.

"I just know." She replied.

"fell in love "

"Because, I moved on." She admitted.

"The guy from the future?" He asked.

"Yeah." She replied.

"What happened to him?" He asked.

"He died." She replied sadly.

"I've already seen him, he doesn't remember me, and he's in love with someone else."

"Buffy, she's, I was...oh god." Chris stuttered realizing. "You all knew?" He demanded.

"We're sorry Chris." Leo began.

"You've been lying to me for, well since birth I guess." Chris said furiously.

"We didn't know how to tell you." Piper defended.

"Yeah, because this is the ideal way to find out." Chris said sarcastically. "I can't deal with this now." He said orbing out.

"That went well." Piper said sinking into the sofa.

Warehouse:

"It's time." Gideon ordered Bianca nodded shimmering out. "I hope your also prepared."

"Oh yes, I can hardly wait." A voice laughed.