Chapter Six – Truths Hard Blow, Part Two

"He can't do this!" Paige yelled to the council of Elders.
"He has to. According to the Angels of Destiny, is his destiny." Said Jevan, an Elder with white hair.
"To leave his family!"

"Yes. Christopher and Wyatt must find their ways on their own!"
"NO!"

"You will not interfere with this."

"Watch me." She said walking off. Paige turned and walked fast towards the apartments of beds. The elders almost never used them, but Paige kept some of her belongings in there. She grabbed a pink shirt, and jeans and some high heels and put them on as fast as she good. He shook her head and her now almost blonde hair (from the bright light) shook down into curls. She walked back out into the main Council room, carrying her backpack with other personal items and her elder robes in the other hand.
"What are you doing! Put your robes back on this instant!" Yelled Jevan.
"No, these boys have suffered enough! If Leo won't be there, then I will."

"Put your robes back on this instant."

"No! I am going."

"Do you want us to clip your wings?"
Paige turned. "What wings? I was born with these powers. You can take your stupid little Lightning trick, but that's it. I quit." She walked off, dropping the robes and orbed out. The female blonde Elder smirked in admiration, went over to pick up her robes.
"The council is still has strong. Don't worry."

Chris and Wyatt stood next to each other, standing strong, looking at their father. Leo looked beaten up, and his face he always had on, when he had bad news.
"I'll be right over here, okay?" Wyatt said into Chris' ear. Chris nodded his head, but kept his red, wet, eyes fixed on his father. Wyatt turned and gave a dark look to his father, and then sat on the couch pretending to read.

Chris walked up closer, but ever so slowly, to his father. He came as far as the grandfather clock and stopped. They didn't say anything for a long time. Leo then sighed.
"I am going to have to leave." Leo said softly.
"Figures." Chris replied. Even though, his heart was just broken for any hope of making up.
"Chris, look what I did-"
"No!" Chris said loudly still holding his tears back, "You look. You practically left me when mom died. And do you know how many days I wanted to see you or just be with you! You were all I had left, but all that was there was Aunt Paige and Wyatt. And even she left like a week after Mom's death. Where were you?"
"I was dealing with Piper's death myself."

"Uh huh. And why couldn't you see me?"

Leo sighed, he closed his eyes. He was quiet.
"Do you hate me?"

"No Christopher, I don't." Leo said, "I could never hate you."

"Really now?" Chris said, his emotions were beginning to boil over, as a tear slipped from his eye. "Then what is it? You don't like me cause what…I don't have as many powers as Wyatt? I…I…I am not as strong as Wyatt…I…I am not as many sports teams as Wyatt….I don't make you proud…Cause I've tried so hard to do that!"
"I know you have." Leo said silently.
"I got on a sports team; I joined a few clubs at school. What did I do?" Chris looked at father with tears coming from his eyes. "What have I done so bad and so cruel, that you couldn't see me that you couldn't be in the same room as me?"

Wyatt was now standing on the opposite wall of Chris, listening. He hadn't seen or heard Chris cry this much since his mother died. It killed Wyatt, to see his best friend in the whole world be like this.

"What was it?" Chris asked, "I give up, please, just tell me. Please." He said looking through his tears.
"You-you…" Leo trailed off.
Wyatt listened with every ounce of him. He wanted to hear this as much as Chris.
"…You remind me too much of Piper. And when I see you, I see her. And it killed me everyday to see you."

Chris fought back his tears with all his strength, and even using his powers on his own father. "I look like mom. That's why?"
"Yes." Leo replied.

Wyatt was in shock in awe. "What the fuck?" He whispered. He let his empathy power kick in to feel Chris, and Wyatt's heart broke instantly. He tried to break the connection, but the emotion was so much, he couldn't.

"You couldn't have gotten over it to see me?" Chris asked, "You're looking at me now!"
"Yes, I am doing that because I have to go."

"GO where?"
"I am being promoted."
"Really…so you're job is more important then your own children!"

Leo was quiet…"This job…yes."

"Give me another chance please." Chris pleaded with his father, "I've lost mom, and I can't lose you too."

"I am sorry Chris, I have to go."

"No, I can't, look I am sorry I look like mom. I can change, I can cast spells-"
"No, I am sorry, Christopher, I have to do this."

Chris backed away form his father, and bowed his head. His mother dead, his father, leaving, he had lost everything expect Wyatt. He broke down and cried harder then ever, he put his face into his knees as he knelt down and cried. Wyatt was about to walk over and comfort his brother, then he noticed items in the house were shaking. He stopped and looked, it wasn't an earthquake, the entire house was shaking. He looked as things were pointed into Leo's direction.
"Chris." Wyatt whispered.

"What's going on?" Leo said, looking around.
Wyatt ran over to Chris. "Stop it, Chris. You can't do this."

Chris ignored his brother, his anger and hate was too much to stop. He summoned all the power he had and tried to gather it in one direction. Glass from the mirror above the fireplace shattered, the mirror by the door shattered, and then one of the front doors shattered. Chris looked up, his eyes were pitch black.

"Whoa!" Wyatt and Leo both said. The house was shaking extremely hard now, the grandfather clock fell forward on itself, paintings fell from the walls, and the china hutch fell onto its side in the family room. The TV fell from the mantle, glass shattering in the sun room, dishes fall out of their cupboards in the kitchen. The chandelier was shaking so hard, crystals were falling from it.

"Chris stop it now!" Wyatt demanded, but before Wyatt could touch his brother, the power of Chris' telekinesis threw Wyatt from him and against the wall.

"Chris, stop it. Now!" Leo said, as Chris was advancing onto him.
"Why?"
"Cause I am you're father."
"I have no father." Chris raised his hand and a ball of yellow light appeared on his hand. "Any last words?"
"NO!" Wyatt yelled getting up.
"Good bye, Christopher." Leo said orbing out.
"NO!" Chris threw the ball of power to where his father was standing, but missed and an energy ball hit Chris' ball of energy and destroyed it.
"NO!" Chris screamed. The house stopped shaking and Chris fell to his knees. Wyatt sprinted over to his brother and knelt down onto his knees. He grabbed Chris by the shoulders and looked Chris in the eye. Chris bowed his head and cried; Wyatt embraced his brother and hugged him.

"We'll get through this, I promise you." Wyatt let a tear drop as brother cried into his shoulder.

Paige orbed at the front door of the Manor. She could feel her Elder powers leaving her, and she already knew Leo was gone. She did not hesitate when she opened the door and walked into the house.

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Leo orbed in front of the Council of Elders.
"Alright, so I am here. Now what?"

The female blonde Elder turned to Jevan. "See I told you their was still hope."