Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed or any of the characters. However, I do own the plot and I do own Ben my darklighter.

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piperloveleoalways: I'm glad I made your day with a not so jerk Leo. I like Leo too and thought that at least ONE of his children should like him.

Ok on with the story. What was initially going to be one chapter is now split in two, so I will apologize now for it being short, you will find out at the end though why i did it.

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Chapter 4: Melinda's Betrayal

The hours ticked by ever so slowly for Wyatt. After his little warning to his sister, he wanted to kill her more than ever. She was a threat to him, a big threat. She had enough power to over throw him, but her followers were weak.

"Where would you like the attack to go in, my Lord?"

Wyatt looked up on the word Lord, he had not realised he had spaced out, this was what his sister could do to him. To make matters worse, the Charmed Ones were there without Leo. He would have loved to see the Past Leo there. He always hated him, always wanted to kill him, but since his father was now an Elder and the top Elder, he had been struggling. Not because of any family loyalty, oh no, but because there was always something to protect him. Wyatt often wondered whether it was something to do with Melinda, but was never sure.

"Cover both of their exits, nobody can get in or out without using the door, she had a spell covering the house."

"Great minds think alike." Ryan smirked at Wyatt, but it just earned him a glare, and if looks could kill, Ryan would have been a pile of ashes. Ryan had been listening to the plan, but he did not realise that the timings had changed. He still thought they were moving in at midnight. Ryan worried for Melinda, he knew she was not about to run away from this fight, not after what he had put her through over the past three months.

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He stood in the torture chamber, seeing his 19-year-old girlfriend chained up. The chains ran from the ceiling, so her arms were above her, and her feet were chained to the ground. He could see the initial fear in her eyes, this was one of the first sessions, so soon her fear had turned to anger. She was not weak yet, Wyatt was still struggling just to get her to let down her barriers, let alone her to tell him where the resistance and her family were hiding.

He closed his eyes as he heard her first scream as Wyatt threw an energy ball at her stomach. He wished he was not here to see it, but he was Wyatt's right (well left) hand man. He had to be present for every single one of the torture sessions. Wyatt knew about their relationship before Ryan had 'turned', and thought it would be extra torture for Melinda for her to see the love of her life watching. But what he did not know was that he was sending telepathic messages to Melinda, telling her he would get her out soon.

More and more energy balls were thrown at Melinda, and he could see Melinda would drop to the floor if it was not for the chains keeping her standing up.

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"RYAN!" He was taken out of the memory by Wyatt shouting at him. Ryan looked up so his green eyes met Wyatt's blue ones.

"Pay attention."

Wyatt hated this, the only reason Ryan was still alive was for him to torture Melinda a little more before he eventually killed her. Ryan and Chris were her weaknesses, and both of them now in the present would help him get to her.

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"She's still on at getting me back to the past, isn't she?" Chris asked, pacing the floor of the kitchen. Peyton leaned against the counter, avoiding his eyes.

"She's just looking out for what's best for us."

"What's best for you guys is to run, why doesn't she get that?" Chris was worried, he had never seen his sister so determined to kill Wyatt, yet when she had the chance she would not. Was there something there that was stopping her, or was it, as she put it, too easy? Chris knew he would not find out and continued to pace.

"Chris, sit down, please. You're making me dizzy," Peyton looked to her cousin who was getting worked up, "She knows you're the only one that can help her now. You need to get back to the past and save our future."

"No, I need to stay here and fight with you."

"You can't kill Wyatt if your life depended on it," came a voice from the doorway, "You proved that when Bianca brought you back."

Chris looked over to see Melinda stood there, her arms folded.

"How did you know about Bianca?" Chris wondered, realising that Melinda would have still be in the dungeons.

"She told me she was going to the past to get you," Melinda smiled, she was trying to piss Chris off now, if she managed it enough he would go back to the past, "She came to me and explained what she was going to do. She was an evil bitch, you know that."

"She was not evil," Chris shouted at his sister, walking towards her, "She faked turned to save herself."

"And are you saying that was something I should have done?" Melinda asked, stepping closer to her brother, she could see the anger in his eyes. She knew the mention of Bianca's name would do it, Chris loved Bianca as much as she loved Ryan, "Only someone evil could give into Wyatt to save their life."

"She gave up her life to save my life, Melinda."

Chris hated it when someone spoke poorly of Bianca, his whole family never trusted her since he had brought her from evil. He stepped closer to Melinda, breathing deeply as the anger rose.

"You know, you're more like Wyatt than you think."

Slap! Chris stepped back, he suddenly realised what he had done.

Peyton who had watched the whole thing, looked between her cousins completely shocked. Had her eyes deceived her? Had Chris really hit Melinda?

"Mel, oh my God! I'm…sorry, I'm so so…" Chris stuttered as Melinda still had her head turned away from him from the force of the hit. Melinda let out a low laugh.

"See, I told you. More like Wyatt than you think."

With that, Melinda walked out of the kitchen to see how her youngest cousin was getting on with drawing a Triquetra on the wall. She had found a way to send them back. All four of them.

Chris stayed in the kitchen, still staring at the wall where Melinda had been.

"I didn't mean to…" Chris said weakly, as he leaned against the counter, he watched Peyton move away from him, "Peyton, I didn't mean to. I'm not like him, am I?"

Peyton nervously stepped away from her older cousin, seeing a side to him that she had never seen before.

"I didn't think so." Peyton answered but she had seen the anger in Chris' eyes before he hit her, the same anger than she had seen in Wyatt's eyes so many times. The same anger she had seen when Wyatt had killed her mother.

"Damn! Why do I let her get me so angry? She's always managed to hit the right buttons to bring on the anger."

"She wants you back in the past Chris, and this is her way. Don't give into it." Peyton soon realised that Chris did not mean what he had done, that he was nothing like Wyatt. All the Halliwells had that anger, she had seen it in Melinda plenty of times, and her Aunt Piper when she was still alive, why was she so surprised she had seen it in Chris.

"Pey, Chris, we're sending them back." Peyton looked up to see Prue stood at the doorway, and then she left again.

"C'mon, let's say bye."

As soon as they stepped into the sitting area, Peyton could sense something was wrong. All of the magical community were sat to one side. Melinda was stood next to Ben, who was holding his crossbow. Had they just got some message about Wyatt and had not told them, that was the only reason Ben would have his crossbow especially around Melinda, Chris and Henry. As much as they knew they had to work with darklighters, they did not like it fully. They knew that any minute a darklighter could betray them and kill them.

"I'm sorry I can't come back with you," Chris hugged his mother, "I'm needed here though."

"It's ok, Chris, I know. We know something turns Wyatt evil now, we can look after him. Your family needs you."

"Actually, we don't." Melinda stated with a cold tone. Before anybody could do anything Ben shot Paige and Chris with arrows, and another darklighter had grabbed Henry, so he could not heal them.

"Melinda, heal them!" Peyton shouted.

"Say the spell, Prue." Melinda shouted at her youngest cousin, staring at her brother and aunt who were suffering from the darklighter poison.

"Melinda!" Phoebe shouted, taking the arrow out of Paige, causing Paige to scream in pain.

"Melinda, help your brother now." Piper shouted.

"Let go of me!" Henry shouted, struggling with the darklighter who was holding him back. Henry's legs were lifted off the ground as he struggled with the darklighter, but Melinda still looked on.

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evil laugh this is why I split the chapter up, had to get you thinking. Don't worry though the next chapter is written, with an explanation why Paige and Chris have been shot by the darklighter arrows, and why Melinda isn't healing them. You'll just have to wait a while, so I can proof read it and everything. It will be up shortly, I promise. Just had to get your heart-rates going. So review review review.