Chapter three…
A few days later Charlie managed to get everyone out of the manor so she could tell Wyatt about their baby. All morning though she couldn't help but sense something was horribly wrong.
Her suspicions were confirmed when Wyatt walked down the stairs dressed wholly in black, "Wy darling, where are you going." She asked following her husband.
"It's none of your concern." Wyatt snarled, not looking at her.
"Wyatt." Charlotte said firmly, "Wyatt look at me."
Wyatt turned around and she jumped back at the coldness in his eyes, "What is it woman?"
"Wyatt the reason I got everybody to leave was so we could talk about something…important. Now wherever you're going is my concern and I'll be damned if I let you speak to me like that again."
Wyatt backhanded her with such force in sent her to the ground, "Don't you dare speak to me like that again you whore, I am your master and you will do as your told."
Charlie stood up and wiped the blood from her mouth, "I am your wife Wyatt Halliwell, that does not make you my 'master' now sit your ass down and tell me what's going on!"
"I DON"T HAVE TO EXPLAIN MYSELF TO YOU!" Wyatt roared hitting her again.
"Wyatt I know this isn't you, you're good."
"Well then obviously you don't know a damn thing, I don't need you."
He raised a fisted hand and just as Charlie felt her air supply restricting the baby's shield sprang up around her, "Well I guess our child thinks her daddy's a threat." Charlie snapped.
Wyatt let out an annoyed snort and orbed out leaving Charlie too afraid to let the shield down just yet.
Chris dug his feet into the sand, when suddenly a rush of images: Charlie's face with blood and bruising and then the pages of the book of shadows.
Two things Chris and Charlie shared were their combined powers over the earth and a psychic like that allowed them to see through the other's eyes.
"We have to go home." Chris said, "Charlie's hurt."
"We'll meet you there." Prue, Bianca, Richard and Cold shimmered out.
Bianca was the first to get to Charlie who was still curled in a ball, "Charlie?"
Charlie opened her eyes and latched onto her sister in law, "W, Wyatt." She stammered.
"What about Wyatt?" Chris asked.
Bianca saw the pained look in her eyes, "Charlie, did Wyatt do this to you?"
She nodded, tears streaming down her face, "He's a threat now…" she murmured, "Someone heal me, please."
Leo did as she asked and soon the blood and wounds cleaned up, "Now what happened?" Piper asked.
"Wyatt. He had to have turned he's never raised a hand to me before; it's the only explanation." She looked up at Chris, "Is this what it felt like in your dreams? Being afraid of the one thing you love more than anyone?"
Chris nodded absently, "Let me show you what happened, everyone hold hands okay?" Charlie ordered.
As Piper's hand completed the circle by touching Charlie's hand they were thrown into Charlie's memory…
Flashback:
Wyatt walked down the stairs dressed wholly in black, "Wy darling, where are you going." She asked following her husband.
"It's none of your concern." Wyatt snarled, not looking at her.
"Wyatt." Charlotte said firmly, "Wyatt look at me."
Wyatt turned around and she jumped back at the coldness in his eyes, "What is it woman?"
"Wyatt the reason I got everybody to leave was so we could talk about something…important. Now wherever you're going is my concern and I'll be damned if I let you speak to me like that again."
Wyatt backhanded her with such force in sent her to the ground, "Don't you dare speak to me like that again you whore, I am your master and you will do as your told."
Charlie stood up and wiped the blood from her mouth, "I am your wife Wyatt Halliwell, that does not make you my 'master' now sit your ass down and tell me what's going on!"
"I DON"T HAVE TO EXPLAIN MYSELF TO YOU!" Wyatt roared hitting her again.
"Wyatt I know this isn't you, you're good."
"Well then obviously you don't know a damn thing, I don't need you."
He raised a fisted hand and just as Charlie felt her air supply restricting the baby's shield sprang up around her, "Well I guess our child thinks her daddy's a threat." Charlie snapped.
Wyatt let out an annoyed snort and orbed out leaving Charlie too afraid to let the shield down just yet.
End flashback…
Charlie clung to her mother-in-law as the memory ended, regaining her composure she looked at Chris, "When the other you went back to the past he had to have missed something…" she walked over to the Book of Shadows.
"What do you mean missed something?" Chris snorted, "Gideon was the threat…Dad stopped him."
"But Gideon still got him didn't he?" she replied, "But maybe that's only part of what went wrong because you obviously missed something! You've only delayed the transformation…you didn't save him."
There was a long silence, suddenly it dawned on her, "Baby Wyatt saw it…in the past, he saw Gideon stab you…he got attached and then he saw, felt his brother die. Good be beaten by an unspeakable evil."
"You're blaming this on me? You can't blame this on me!" Chris shouted.
"I'M NOT BLAMING YOU!" she shouted as the windows were pelted with rain, "But I'm telling you that's what's gone wrong. You died, Good failed him if only for a moment he was lost." She walked out and got changed into a pair of black jeans, a crimson singlet top and a black leather jacket and a pair of black boots.
She walked back in moments later then went back to the book, "Charlotte what are you doing?"
"I'm going to neutralize the threat, Gideon's going down."
