A?N: I am soooo sorry for not updating this sooner. I've been really busy with my family and taking care of all of the holiday stuff but I did however manage to write this chapter through all of the craziness because I love you all so much. Thanks for all the glowing reviews and sticking with me. So without further ado here's the newest chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 10
He could feel their presence the second he stepped through the portal. He could feel their eyes watching him, waiting for him to realize what they had done, but he couldn't turn around to face them just yet. No, he had to collect himself and get rid of all of the hateful thoughts and words that were on the tip of his tongue.
How could they be so stupid? Didn't they know that Chris was in too much pain and held too much anger right now to deal with them?
"We had to Wyatt. We need to explain all of this to him"
He heard his mother's shaken voice call out to him, but yet he stood in the same position with his back turned to them. He didn't care why they had done it or what they thought they could accomplish by doing so. All he knew was that the second his brother saw their parents the boy would retreat further into darkness and possibly do harm to him self or to the people he felt were responsible for his despair and if he could see this so clearly, then why couldn't they?
"Wyatt, please say something"
His father now pleaded with him as the man laid a hand on his shoulder in a feeble attempted to get him to face them. He then turned around quickly, pushing his father away and throwing the man off balance.
"You're an ass!" the young witch yelled as his mother and father looked first to each other then down at the floor. They obviously knew that they had messed up by following their older son to the past but they did what they felt they had to and neither felt the need to apologize for it.
"How could you do this? You read the diary, you know that Chris hates the both of you and you have to know that just the sight of you is going to set him off"
"We had to try son. Please, let's just go find your brother" Leo said as he started to walk towards the attic door. Unfortunately he didn't get far as his son instantly raised his shield, stopping the man from going any further.
"No. I'll go find my brother and you two will stay here until I can calm him down"
"Excuse me?" questioned Leo in a tone that Wyatt knew all too well. "Let me tell you something boy, I'm your father and you will NOT tell me what to do. I understand that you're just trying to look out for Chris but he is our son and you will not keep us from him. He needs us right now and I'm not going to let you or anyone else stand in my way"
Suddenly the sound of clapping filled the air as the boy stood with a smirk on his face, all of which surprised both parents. "Now if only you cared that much about him while we were growing up, but since you didn't and since you're both such royal screw ups I will be the one fixing your mistake and yes I will be telling you what to do because Chris is the only person that I'm concerned about at the moment which leaves the two of you and all of your guilt out"
Leo was about to respond to his son's words when the sound of his wife's voice cut him off. "He's right"
"What? Piper you can't be serious"
"Leo I know how you feel because trusts me I feel the same way but Wyatt's right. We hurt Chris so much and now he's just so lost and angry that the sight of us might send him over the edge and that's the last thing we need. So just let Wyatt find him and talk to him first and then we'll go from there" the woman finished as she wiped tears from her eyes and moved to sit down on the attic sofa while patting the seat next to her for her husband to take.
Reluctantly Leo sat beside his wife just as a loud crashing noise erupted from the floor below, forcing the couple to jump to their feet as a familiar voices shouted: "You son of a bitch!"
"Phoebe what the hell's the matter with you!"
"You didn't see what I saw Piper so don't you dare defend him!"
"Well why don't you enlighten me then? Tell me what Leo did that was so bad"
"No, Aunt Phoebe please don't"
"Was that Chris?" questioned the boy's brother as he and his parents looked at each other in a state of shock. But before anyone could confirm the voice that they heard the woman's younger sister spoke again.
"Ok you want to know what he did, fine I'll tell you. I'll tell you how your husband tortured your son"
"Ok, what the hell is going on down there?" asked Leo as a sickening feeling formed in the pit of his stomach.
"I don't know but whatever it is, it doesn't sound good" said Piper as she looked over to her eldest son.
"Well there's only one way to find out" the boy replied as he made his way towards the door with both Piper and Leo following close behind him.
"What the hell are you talking about Phoebe?" questioned a very pissed yet intrigued Piper as she helped her husband to his feet.
"Leo abused Chris"
"Phoebe what the hell are you talking about? Leo would never to anything to hurt Chris, especially not after everything that happened before" yelled Paige who couldn't believe what her older sister was accusing their brother in law of doing. After all Leo loved Chris and spent his every waking moments with the boy so she didn't understand nor did she accept any of this bull shit her sister was talking.
"It's true Paige. I saw it, I saw everything. Tell them Chris" she said turning to the boy who was giving one hell of a performance.
Chris sat his chair with his elbow on the table with his head resting on his palm, trying not to look at his family as tears slid down his face and only his mother was in a good enough position to see this. Instantly she went to his side and pulled him in close, allowing his head to rest on her abdomen as his body shook slightly. He also held on to her tightly as if never wanting to let her go and this broke her heart. If only she knew that he wasn't shaking from pain or the torment of reliving his agonizing childhood but rather fits of laughter from having his revenge on his unsuspecting family that was falling for his lies hook, line and sinker.
"I'm…s…sorry…M…Mom…I" the boy choked out.
"It's ok son" the boy's father spoke. "Everything's going to be fine, I promise. Just tell Phoebe that she was wrong. That it was some demon pretending to be me or that I was possessed" the man pleaded desperately. "Please, just tell them the truth Chris and I promise everything will be ok"
He loved every minute of this. His father was acting pathetic as usual, his mother was as clueless as always, his Aunt Phoebe was ready to kick ass and his Aunt Paige was defiantly going to kill his father once he confirmed their suspicions then the fun would really begin.
"Dad I'm sorry but you did. You …you…" he started but never finished because something powerful took over his senses. It was rather odd but he couldn't pick up on what it was right away so he shook off the feeling and tried to focus once again on the task at hand, making his family suffer. "I'm sorry but I can't"
"What? No, this has to be a lie" Leo cried not willing to accept his son's words. There was no way he would ever hurt his sons. Not now, not ever, no matter what happens to him over the next several years.
Chris wanted to enjoy the moment but he couldn't. That feeling was back again. The feeling that he was not only being watched but that there were two of him. On one hand he felt guilt, worry and concern coming from his father and on the other he felt shock, anger, guilt and sorrow. What the hell was going on here? And his father wasn't the only one he could since two of because he could also sense his mother. She too held all of those feelings but there was another connection that felt horrified, angered and blame as if she were to blame for his behavior.
"Oh my God" he heard his aunt Paige said as all eyes in the room seem to be looking at something behind him. Turning around Chris saw what or rather who it was that captured his family's attention. When he did he saw three sets of familiar eyes staring back at him, not believing what they were seeing.
Everyone stared in silence until one of the visitors spoke as she looked into the eyes of her youngest son with disappointment, anger and desolation. "Christopher Perry Halliwell, what have you done?"
