Disclaimer: See Chapter One.

A/N: :telepathic speech: (Between Wyatt and Chris)

Charmed Generations

Chapter Three

The Trouble with Time Travel

"What do we tell them and what do we leave out?" Chris asked as they perched atop the Golden Gate Bridge and looked out on the night life of San Francisco. "This is a very precarious situation we have gotten ourselves in, Wyatt."

"Dude, who uses the word 'precarious' in everyday speech?" Wyatt said with an amused smile.

"This is serious! We don't even know if we should tell them who you really are!"

"I think you should," Leo said as he and Chris materialized in a swirl of orbs.

"I thought we agreed that we would find you?" Wyatt reminded.

"Well, we got back to the Manor and you weren't there," Chris explained. "You've given us no reason to trust you."

"Saving your life doesn't count?" Chris inquired.

"That's gratitude for ya," Wyatt stated.

"You can't honestly expect us to just swallow all of this, with no explanation, I might add, without being a little suspicious," Chris replied.

"And we'll give you all the explanation that is to be had, without ruining the future, that is," Wyatt said with a smile.

"But first, maybe we should get a little closer to the ground," Chris suggested. "I don't know about you, but I'm feeling a little crowded up here."

"We'll go back to the Manor," Leo said.

"No," Wyatt answered. "We can't have the sisters find out about us. You two weren't supposed to find out about us, for crying out loud."

"We'll go to P3. It should be empty," Chris stated. They all nodded and orbed.

When they reappeared at P3, Leo and Chris looked expectantly at the other two. Chris sighed in resignation and motioned for the others to join him in one of the sheltered alcoves.

"Do you want to start, or shall I?" Chris asked wearily.

"I'll start," Wyatt said, wanting to take as much of the burden off his brother as possible. "Now, where to begin."

"How about with you are and where, or rather, when you come from?" Leo prompted sarcastically.

"Well, I guess the only thing to tell you there is the truth."

:Wyatt:

:Chris, if Dad knows who I am, it gives us credibility. Just trust me on this. I'm not as dumb as I sometimes act.:

:You better know what you're doing.:

"Well, you know who Chris is," Wyatt said amiably.

"Not really," Leo replied, looking at Chris irritably.

"Well, you know about as much as you need to know," Wyatt continued. "And I'm Wyatt, you know, your son, from the future."

"I don't understand," Leo said. "How is he here," he gestured towards Chris, "trying to save you, and then you can come, with another version of him, and seem perfectly fine?"

"Yeah, time travel is very complicated," Wyatt replied. "Suffice to say that we are from the future that he creates when he changes what he came back to change, and someone from our time has come back to change this time by killing him so that he can't change what he came to change, and I have lost myself…"

"Okay, short version," Chris said brusquely. "Demon from our time wants to kill Chris to stop Good from triumphing the future."

"That's why we came back, to stop that from happening," Wyatt explained.

"And we can't change anything else," Chris stated hastily. "That's why you two have to kind of forget about us. Go about your own agenda and we'll do the same."

"How do we know that you're not making any of this up?" Chris asked distrustfully.

"Well, there's nothing we can really do to convince you," Wyatt said.

"But there's also nothing you can do to stop us from doing what we came here to do," Chris pointed out.

"Besides, I don't think it will come to that. Will it, Dad?" he added, trying to appeal to Leo's paternal instincts.

"We'll give you a chance," Leo declared.

"And you can't give me one?" Chris muttered. Leo just glared at him.

:Can't you just feel the love: Chris thought sarcastically, grimacing from the animosity he was picking up with his empathy.

:Don't worry, they're bound to let up sometime.:

:Like when:

:I don't know, you're the one with the memories: Chris just glared at him.

OoooOoooOoooO

"Where is your other self?" Wyatt raved a few days later as he paced on the roof of some random building. "I can't sense him anywhere! Do you think the demon…?"

"Calm down, Wy. He and Dad went through a time portal when I was following him. They probably just aren't back yet," he reassured him.

Wyatt sighed. "Sorry, it's just, we can't fail at this."

"I know."

"No, you don't," Wyatt insisted and took a deep breath before explaining. "My whole life has been about protecting people, especially my family, and especially you."

"I know that, Wyatt, and you've never failed us. You've never failed me," Chris stated firmly.

"But the other me did. His whole life was dedicated to evil, and I know he hurt you, or the other you, or whatever, even if you won't tell me how. I never want to do that," Wyatt admitted.

"And you won't. We will not let that happen."

Tbc…

I hope I didn't make Wyatt seem so… something. I've just always seen him as more emotionally sensitive than Chris. I think he's more like Leo that way. I'm also about two centimeters away from taking on another Charmed time travel fic, but I'm sure you are probably all tired of reading my time travel fics.