Chapter Six

In the Manor

"Leo, hurry! Heal him!" Piper screamed as she watched her son lie on the flour in horrible pain. Leo knelt down on beside his son and gently pulled the arrow out of his stomach. He still could not believe that this white-lighter, the one he had been so hard on all this time was his own son. Leo raised his hands over Chris's body and tried to heal him. A golden glow shined, but Chris's wound did not heal.

"Oh no," Piper cried her eyes filled with tears. "Is he, is he…"

"He's not dead," Leo interrupted her. "He must be resisting my powers."

"He did seem to have a grudge against you since he arrived here," Phoebe informed him quietly. "It didn't take my empathic power to know that."

"Leo, you have to save him," Piper said very distressed. "He's our son."

"I'm trying," Leo said frustrated. He turned back to Chris, who was barely conscious. "Chris, listen to me. I am truly sorry for what I did or, well, what I am going to do to become a bad father, but I care about you and I care about Wyatt too. I promise I will do whatever I can to finish what you started, but I need your help to do it. Please let me heal you, Chris, please!" Leo didn't know whether Chris could here him, but realized that he must have at least heard some of it because when he raised his hands to try again Chris was healed.

"Oh, thank God," Piper cried out relieved, throwing her arms around her son. Both of Chris's aunts hugged him as well, but Leo wasn't sure what to do. He had healed Chris, although he still had a feeling that he wasn't forgiven.

"Chris, why didn't you tell us you are my son?" Piper asked him.

"Why didn't you tell us a lot of things?" Paige added in. "You do realize we didn't trust you at first."

"Yes, I'm sorry," Chris replied. "I really wanted to tell you all the truth, but I couldn't. I was afraid I would change the future too much."

"Isn't that what you came here to do?" Phoebe asked.

"Yes, but only to find out what demon turns Wyatt. Nothing else," Chris answered her.

"How do you know that it wasn't his girlfriend, Lexy," Paige suggested. "She did come here do stop you."

"It's not Lexy," Chris said sternly. "She came here to try and save me from Wyatt."

"Chris, honey, how do you?" Piper asked gently trying not to upset him anymore.

"Because, I know Lexy. She was in love with Wyatt before he turned evil. She was good and she still is."

"Chris, are you sure you can trust her?" Leo asked.

"Look," Chris turned to Leo angrily. "I know I can trust her. She was certainly there for both Wyatt and me a lot more than you were, especially when we needed you most!"

"Is that why you hate me, Chris, because I wasn't there for you?"

"It doesn't matter now," Chris replied furiously as he orbed out. Leo felt dreadful from his son's words. He wished that there was something he could do for Chris to make up for whatever he was going to do to him. He could not bear to be around anyone else now so he orbed away as well leaving the charmed ones alone in the manor.