A/N: Well this is the very last chapter of the story and I hope you like it. Remember, if you want the sequel you've gotta do some reviewing.
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Chapter Twenty
Nine months, two weeks, six days and 20 hours later.
Chris scrambled to his feet, Gideon summoned an athame and went invisible; Chris ran to Wyatt. This all couldn't be for nothing. He had to reach Wyatt first.
He was halted by the force of an athame sliding into his belly, he fell to his knees looking down at the spot where the Elder's hand and athame still remained. Gideon pulled it out and as Chris fell to the floor he cried out for the only person who would come, "Dad."
Blue orbs fell in front of him, "Oh god, Chris."
"Wyatt…" he said, using his head to indicate behind him, "Wyatt."
Leo looked up and saw Gideon holding the infant, "It's for the best Leo." But as he orbed out Leo stayed with Chris, his youngest needed him. Leo picked him up and walked them to Piper's room he helped him onto the bed.
"You have to find Wyatt." He gasped.
"We'll find him together." Leo reassured him.
He shook his head. "It won't work, you've already tried." Chris sighed referring to Leo's healing attempts, "Gideon's magic did this to me, he's the only one who can stop it." He brushed Leo's hands away. Despite the fact he would have given anything for Leo's healing to work. It wasn't that he was afraid of death. It was just he was afraid that Kira was right all those months ago.
"Go, saving Wyatt saves the future, you know that." Chris prompted. Save us all.
"Gideon doesn't know how to kill Wyatt remember? We still have time."
"Only 'til the trauma turns him." Please Dad, don't let this all be for nothing.
"I'm not going to choose between you and Wyatt Chris, I can't."
"You don't have to dad. Find Gideon…you save us both."
"Alright, alright but I'm not leaving you alone."
"Where are you going?"
"To get one of your Aunts to watch over you." Chris' brow creased, Leo could see he didn't want to be left alone. "Look, you're going to be okay, I promise." He kissed Chris' forehead and with a worried look he orbed out.
The pain radiating from his stomach seemed to engulf him, he was vaguely aware of Darryl, Sheridan and some SWAT guys entering his mother's room, trying to get him up. His Aunt Paige screaming at them to stop and after what seemed like an eternity Leo orbed back into the manor.
"Chris…"
Hearing his name he rolled his head to the side and weakly greeted his father, "Hey." Tell me you found Wyatt.
Leo rushed to his side, "Hey, I'm here now, you can hold on okay, hold on, hold on. I'm here now you can hold on okay?" You didn't find Wyatt, did you?
He nodded, tears were brimming in his eyes, and he wanted to stay, to hold on. He couldn't, not anymore. He wanted to tell his father how much he loved him. He wanted to stay he really did but it hurt too much to hold on. He just wanted to know Wyatt would be safe.
"Don't give up okay?"
"You either." Green eyes stared into those of his father with such determination knowing his father wouldn't let him down. I love you Dad.
Each breath grew shallower by the second, he rolled his head to the side, it just hurt too much to see the pain in his eyes.
Everything was fading and as the dark closed in his breathing stopped and then there wasn't any pain or cold. There was nothing.
Christopher Peregrine Halliwell was dead.
Leo watched in horror as Chris faded away into oblivion.
After some prompting Leo orbed to the Underworld in search of the bastard that murdered his son.
Disguised as Barbus he went to the Underworld and found him, stabbing him with the same knife he'd used to murder Chris with. Scorning Gideon's pleas for him to understand his sons' deaths were for the Greater Good.
Using a power given to him as an Elder he let his anger and grief control him sending streams of electricity into the man he once would have trusted with his life. Above the roar of the electricity the only thing to be heard was the screams of Gideon.
With Gideon's final breath he looked up at Leo, "You have no idea what you've done."
With that Gideon like Mika had done all those months ago, collapsed into ash. With the destruction of the mirror which acted as a gateway between the worlds Leo went out to reclaim his eldest son.
When Leo reappeared in the hospital the world had been returned to its natural state, Dr. Roberts was standing there talking to Phoebe and Paige.
"What's going on?" Leo asked, "Are Piper and the boys okay?"
"You're her husband?" Dr. Roberts asked.
Leo nodded, handing Wyatt to Phoebe, he noticed the blood on the surgical gown, "What's wrong?"
"We've had to do a c-section. There was some hemorrhaging but it's under control now. But she's asking for you. Follow me please."
Leo shot a worried glance at the sisters, kissed Wyatt's forehead and followed Dr. Roberts. After scrubbing in Leo was ushered to Piper's side (Meh! I can do it if I want to!), he smiled down at her, "Hey."
Piper gripped his hand like a vice, "Are the boys-" Piper was cut off by a sharp cry, Leo looked over the partition and saw Dr. Roberts lifting a child from Piper.
"It's Christian." Piper said, gripping Leo's hand even tighter, "Ten fingers, ten toes?"
The nurse cleaned him up and handed him to Leo who smiled broadly, "Ten fingers, ten toes. He's perfect." He handed Christian to Piper.
"Hey Kit baby, I'm your mummy."
Leo blew a little bit of silence dust up in the air, you could still hear the doctors, you could still hear Kit, Piper and Leo, but not baby Christopher.
"Leo what's going on?" Piper asked, panicking, "Is Chris okay?
Everyone except Chris and Leo froze, Leo stood up and took the small bundle wrapped in a blue blanket from the nurse's hands, "I'm sorry." He whispered, pressing a soft kiss on to the newborn's forehead.
Knowing what he had to do broke Leo's heart, clutching his son to him he disappeared in a swirl of blue orbs, reappearing in the heavens. He walked up to the towering golden doors of the council chambers, which swung open with the anticipation of his arrival.
He stared at the faces that surrounded him, one came forward, Theo. The Elder smiled warmly at his friend, "So this is him?"
Leo nodded, "Baby Christopher." He smiled with tears in his eyes, "Take care of him Theo. Make sure he stays safe…don't tell him about us." He looked down at his son, "Protect him."
He passed Chris over to Theo, who looked down at the boy with a smile, "I'll raise him as my own Leo. I swear to you. And you'll be made solely your family's whitelighter. If you need to contact us, we'll meet at the bridge."
Leo nodded, disappearing in a swirl of blue orbs he went back to the operating theatre and watched as a small body appeared in the nurse's arms, unmoving.
His heart broke into a million tiny pieces as he realised what he was doing. But he'd sworn he'd keep his sons safe and this was the only way to protect Chris. Have him live somewhere where his gifts couldn't be tainted.
He knew that they would be constantly fighting off demons trying to get to Wyatt and Kit but, over the past months he'd learnt of Chris' true powers and he knew if he was captured, his gifts tainted. The consequences would be damming.
Slowly the room unfroze, "Leo," Piper's voice was breaking, "What's wrong?"
"Mr. Wyatt." The nurse called him to her, "I'm so sorry, but he didn't make it."
Leo took a deep breath and held the tiny bundle the nurse had given him, knowing full well that this wasn't his son. But knowing that this was the Chris they would bury.
He sat down beside Piper, tears in his eyes, "Piper, honey…Chris didn't make it."
A/N: Wow huh? If you like it, review, if you want a sequel…you guessed it, review. Heck, if you want to yell at me for doing that to Chris, I guess you can review too!
