Chapter 1
Safeguarded in the shadows of the dimly light nightclub he stood watching her with extreme intensity and excitement as he thought about all the wonderful things he had in store of the woman and her perfect family, a family of which he shared his blood, heritage and last name with, the very same family that caused him nothing but pain, anger and misery all his life. The ones that turned a blind eye to his accomplishments, his dreams, his desires, his likes and dislikes, hell even his very existence. But that was fine by him because now he was old enough and powerful enough to make them pay attention. To make them see first hand what ignoring him had turned the boy into and forced him to take a different path, a darker one.
The wicked smile that seemed to be his trademark retuned as he allowed his mind to reveal images of their pained faces and battered and bruised bodies laying at his feet while their mouths begged for absolution, sympathy and understanding. His bright green eyes became a cold, jaded darker green as he thought about all the clever things he would say to them as they were forced to acknowledge him, remember his face and deal with the consequences of his actions. But he knew that these things would come only when he was prepared and had allies to aid him in his revenge and before any of that could happen, he needed to study them. He needed to know who they were at this point in their lives and what their strengths and weakness were so he could take them off guard when they were at their most vulnerable. Turning his attention back to her he continued to watch in silence.
Stalking his prey was always the best part of his seek and destroy missions. In fact he loved every second of it and knowing that his parents and aunts could walk right by him and not have a clue as to who he really was made his little plan that much more exciting, he thought to himself as he sat in the shadows watching a younger version of his mother working on some paper work. Even in the mist of executing his plans for his family he couldn't help but think about some things.
Like had his mother ever really cared for him? Did she ever think about him during the day or wonder if he was ok, or missing her? In fact he was almost tempted to walk right up to her and ask the oldest charmed one about her inner most thoughts as it pertained to her youngest child, but no. He couldn't. It would ruin his plan if he made his presence known and he couldn't have that. He couldn't risk being wrong about anything at this point, besides wasn't her actions and crimes against him over the past several years of his life more than enough to suffice? Hell, what was he thinking? Of course they were. She hated him, she had to. There were no other reasons for her neglect and rather obvious preferential treatment of his older twice blessed sibling. Suddenly the sound of someone entering the club grabbed the attention of the young Halliwell boy.
"Hey there, look who I brought to see Mommy" a voice he instantly recognized as his father spoke as he entered the club carrying a three year old Wyatt in his arms.
Of course Leo would have his precious child with him, Chris thought as he continued to watch the scene in front of him.
"Hey you, how's Mommy's big boy?" Piper spoke taking the small child in her arms and hugging him as the happy Papa smiled. The woman then looked back to her husband slightly confused before speaking again. "Leo, where's Chris" she asked in a concerned voice.
The boy was shocked that his mother even noticed that he was missing. Was it possible? At one point did she actually care about him? A smile tugged at the corners of the boy's mouth as he listened closely for his father's answer.
"Oh, he was sleeping so I asked Paige if she could watch him" the man responded.
"Oh, well that's ok. He can come with us next time" the woman said giving her son a kiss on the cheek. "Ok sweetie, are you ready to go to the park and lunch with Mommy and Daddy?" the mother spoke softly to her child who gave an enthusiastic "YES" as a response.
Chris could feel a lump form in his throat before returning to his normally emotionless state. He should have known better then to believe that either one of them cared. No, Wyatt was the center of their life. He always has been and always will be and even though he was well aware of this, it didn't stop it from hurting.
"Ok, I'm all set" his mother's voice filled the air as he watched her return from the back office while slipping on her jacket.
"Good now we can go have some fun" said Leo as he tickled the blond child causing him to squeal loudly and a smirk to form on the woman's face.
Chris watched with tear filled eyes as he studied the happy family of three getting ready to exit the club. Then something weird happened. His sibling was now staring right at him with a smile on his face.
"Chris!" the boy smiled pointing to where the boy was standing.
What the hell? Chris thought to himself as heard his mother reply.
"Oh no sweetie, Chris isn't coming with us today but you can play with your brother when we get home" the woman said as she and her husband started walking towards the door.
Then without warning the boy orbed out of his fathers arms and was now standing directly in front of him with his arms stretched out ready for the man to pick him up.
"Wyatt" the boy's mother called out as she began searching the club for him.
"Go away" Chris nervously whispered. "It figures that you would be powerful enough to sense me" the man said rolling his eyes and stepping back further into the shadows and away from his now "little brother's" awaiting arms which only made the child follow him. "Damn it Wyatt go away" he said taking the boy by the shoulders and pushing him in the other direction.
The small child didn't understand what was going on. He saw the man that he used to play with all the time standing in front of him and now it seemed as if he didn't want to be his friend any more. No, maybe he didn't recognize him, after all he hadn't seen him in a long time and his Mommy always said how big he was now. So, he decided to try again.
"Chris" he said pointing to the man in front of him. He then put a finger on his chest and said "Wyatt" trying to let the man know who he was in case he forgot.
Chris had to admit that this was kind of cute but the tender moment was interrupted by the sound of his father's voice who was just around the corner and would have discovered him, if it weren't for his power of invisibility.
"Wyatt! Hey there sport, what cha looking at?" the man said studying the empty corner that had his son's attention.
The boy only continued to stare at the spot where his friend was standing. He pointed again to show his Dad.
"Come on buddy we can play hide and go seek at the park ok. Right now we have to go"
"What is he looking at?" he heard his mother ask.
"Nothing" Leo said as he examined the wall. He couldn't see anything but he sense something, someone actually. Even though he didn't have any magical powers he could feel a strong connection to whom ever it was or whatever it was.
"Well if it's nothing then why are you two standing here staring at the damn wall"
"Yeah, right, let's just get out of here" the man spoke in a low tone before turning around and walking towards the club exit.
Chris breathed a heavy sigh of relief as his parents disappeared from his sight. He couldn't believe what just happened. Not only was his brother able to sense his presence but it appeared as if his father did too. Was this some sort of sign? Was he more important to his family then he had originally thought?
No. There was no sense making his family's observance into anything more then what it was. Wyatt simply felt the connection and his father sensed power and that was it. It wasn't love or anything else it was just one witch taking notice of another.
"That's all it was" the boy spoke out loud before walking over to the bar and grabbing a bottle of gin and heading into his mother's office. He had, had a long three days and now it was time for him to unwind. Strolling into the back room he turned flipped the light switch and made himself comfortable on the couch before taking a sip out of the liquor bottle. Noticing the picture frames on his mother's desk he decided to walk over and take a look. Once he was seated in the chair he studied the pictures over carefully.
One was of his mother and aunts in the park with his little brother in stroller. The second was of his parents and his brother in the conservatory smiling happily. The next one was of the entire family (him not included) at someone's wedding. Finally there was a picture of his father holding him over his shoulder with his face away from the camera as both he and his mother watched Wyatt playing. Chris felt those familiar feelings of anger and hatred return to him. How could she not have one lousy picture of him? But then again why would she. Piper had all the pictures she needed of the perfect Wyatt, her powerful son who was the talk of the magical world, the most powerful being that ever existed and apparently Piper and Leo's only child.
"Fuck you!" the boy yelled as loud as he could. "Screw you all! I don't need you. I don't need any of you" Chris said as the sound of shattered glass filled the air as he knocked the family photos to the floor.
He could feel himself losing control and he hated himself for it. He hated it when he let them get the better of him and caused him to go into emotional overload. When he let the pain, sadness and dreams of what could have been get to him.
The more he thought about it the more liquor he drank. Turning the bottle up to his mouth and swallowing all he could. Pieces of glass crunched under his feet as he made his way back over to the couch and sat down again. And there, in the dark, he did the one thing that he promised himself that he would never do because of them.
Christopher Halliwell sat in the silence of his mother's office and cried.
Teal-lover-Hee. Well Chris is walking the fine line between good and evil right now. On one hand he's hurt by the way that his family treats him and on the other hand he feels that hurting them back is the only way to get their attention and get his revenge for what's been done to him so there will be moments were Chris will start to regret what he's doing but will be drawn back to his master plan by the actions that he sees from his family. By there's one problem. He doesn't know about his little trip to the past and that his family knows what he look like. Will he be able to keep his secret? Keep reading to find out.
Stony Angel-I hope that this chapter paints a clearer picture for you as far as Chris is concerned and his current state of mind. Like I told Teal during the course of the story he's going to be walking the fine line between good and evil while dealing with the issue of neglect. It's like when we were teenagers (I'm not sure how old you are but just go with the flow. LOL)
When our parents would disciple us or we would be grounded for something we would say horrible things and be angry for a few hours but by the end of the day we talk it over and everything's fine once again. The only difference is that Chris has been going through this for years and never got the chance to talk about it or deal with it. Did that make any sense? LOL I hope so I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
Everyninesecondsyoudothistome-So did this chapter hold your interest as well? I hope you liked the chapter and please don't forget to review.
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Anianka-Yes bad boys do have more fun but as I stated above Chris is neither good nor bad in this story. He happens to be more hurt than anything but we all know pain can cause a person to react in a number of different ways. Now you're just going to have to wait and see what happens next.
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IcantthinkofaFnick-"Was he really that neglected? Or he just felt it like that? Poor Chris feeling so abandoned! What is he going to do? I hope they care about him and go convince him that they actually do care" Ha so many questions. Good it means that I have your attention. LOL Well I hope that this chapter was an enjoyable one for you and thanks for reviewing.