Merry Christmas All

Wyatt was growling as he heard his little brother mimic the same words that he'd told the kid. When he'd said those words originally he'd been hurt and upset that his little brother had chosen to go back to the past. Bianca hadn't been helping matters, as it was clear that the woman was a bad influence. Well, Wyatt wasn't going to let his little brother be influenced by such a traitor again. No, his little brother needed him.

Piper felt sick. She had never thought that her son's life had been that bad. How had she let that happen? Although from the sounds of it she didn't think that she was alive past the time Chris was six. She would never allow one of her children to move out of the house at the age of six if she were alive. Clearly Chris needed her now more than ever.

Leo never wanted to hear anything like that come out of his son's mouth again. No matter how scared his future self might have been of Chris turning evil the boy couldn't have been older than six years old. What possible justification could his future self have given to make abusing a child, a mere toddler? It was sickening.

Wyatt was the first to break the silence. The man gave out a low, dark, chuckle. "Baby brother. I don't know what you had intended to accomplish with that little speech of yours but I do know that once we get back to the future you're never leaving your room without myself and six body guards."

Chris paled. Everyone was looking at him with hurt, pitiful eyes. That was never his intention. All he wanted was for Wyatt to go back to the future, Piper and Leo to leave him alone and, most of all, out of this playpen! It didn't seem as if that would be happening anytime soon.

Sighing Chris slouched back. "I'm not going back with you Wyatt"

"You don't have a choice"

"You can't get me out of this infernal thing so you can't drag me back."

Wyatt opened his mouth to respond but Piper beat him to it.

"It repelled you Wyatt" she said gently.

Wyatt froze. Piper, unfortunately, had a point. "I'll just take him back in the playpen"

"And how were you planning on getting me out?" Chris asked, "You killed all of our family, or don't you remember?"

"They were anything but family" Wyatt snarled. "And I killed them for you"

"I never asked you to or wanted you to!"

"They were horrible to you! They tortured you!"

"That doesn't give you the right to kill them!"

"ENOUGH!" Piper cut in. She didn't want to hear any of this. One of her sons was tortured by his family and the other killed his family. What kind of a mother was she? How could she have let this happen?

Wyatt calmed down a little and nodded his agreement. He didn't have time for this anyway. The spell he used to get him back here was time sensitive. He had about twenty minutes left before he would be forcibly sent back. Stupid him, he hadn't thought this would be so hard.

"I think we all need to take some time to calm down" Leo said stepping in to try and get control.

"Shut up" the brothers commanded in unison.

It was the only thing both boys had agreed upon since the start of all this. Piper just had to roll her eyes. Of course they would only agree that Leo should stop talking. Neither of them seemed to have had a good relationship with the man.

Chris didn't care what Leo had to say, he never did. Shaking his head he swung his eyes over to his brother. The bigger one. He finally noticed the watch that was placed on Wyatt's wrist. Oh this was priceless!

"What you got left?" Chris taunted, "ten… twenty minutes?"

Wyatt snapped around. He hadn't expected Chris to recognize the watch but then this was his little brother they were talking about, of course the boy would recognize the watch. Stupid eidetic memory. That boy needed to find a different use for the thing.

"What?" Piper asked.

Wyatt glared but Chris merely snorted.

"How much longer have you got Wy?" Chris prodded.

"Long enough" Wyatt growled.

That wasn't necessarily true. If he couldn't get his baby brother out of the playpen in the next fifteen minutes then he would be going back to the future alone and the watch would be useless for years.

Chris smirked, he could read his brother like a book, "Cockiness had always been your weakness"

"My weakness?" Wyatt scowled, "I don't have a weakness little brother."

This was perfect for Chris. He just had to keep Wyatt talking and distracted for however long it took until the man went back to the future against his will. "Oh but Wyatt, you have so many of them"

"What the hell are you two ranting about now?" Piper demanded. Why was Chris changing topics so much? "I thought we were discussing a watch?"

Chris glared at Piper. Of course she would redirect the conversation to the one place he didn't want it to be right now.

Wyatt growled at Chris. His little brother was a good one at misdirection. "Get him out of that thing" he demanded of Piper and Leo in a cold, harsh tone he usually saved for only those he was about to torture.

Leo and Piper looked affronted that their own child would speak to them in such a way and Chris couldn't help the laugh that came out of him. How could those two be so stupid? Why would Wyatt show them any respect? Why would they look upset about it?

All heads turned to Chris when he started laughing.

"Care to share in the joke?" Wyatt asked.

"Those two were so shocked when you…" Chris had to take a moment before collecting himself enough to speak, "when you ordered them to do something. Did you see their faces?"

Wyatt smirked a little, more to humor his brother than anything. "Alright. But how is that cause for laughing as hard as you are?"

Chris took a quick glance at the blue hue coming from Wyatt's watch and sobered quickly to turn and smirk at Wyatt, "It's not but it had the desired effect"

"And what effect was t…."

Wyatt never got to finish because his watch engulfed him in a dark blue and he was gone.

"Finally" Chris bit out. "And next time I start changing topics just go with it"

Piper and Leo stood frozen in shock. What had just happened?

"That watch Wyatt is wearing manipulates time. It allows someone to go backward or forward in time but only for an hour. Once you've used it you have to charge it again. Charging takes a while. A year for every year you traveled. So if you go five years then the watch has to charge five years. He'll be gone for a while, at least by way of watch."

"Oh" was the intelligent reply of Piper and Leo.

"Now" Chris clapped his hands together. "Let me out of this thing"