Chapter nine:
Wyatt Mathew Halliwell could not be more pleased with himself. His plan had gone exactly as he wanted. The entire city of San Francisco was now putty in his hands. Fear had taken over and people throughout the city were desperate for some kind of resolution to what was going on. They were all but begging Wyatt to take charge.
Wyatt was now viewed as a hero. He was the one that had managed to stop the mass murders at San Francisco memorial. After his "heroic" act Wyatt had been a very busy man. Every local news station, as well as some national networks, had wanted an interview with him, and those interviews had given him the perfect opportunity to sell himself to the people of not only the city, but the entire state of California as well as the whole nation. He had identified himself, as heir to the charmed legacy, claiming his mission was to use his power to rid the world of witches, and stop their evil from spreading. Just as he had expected, everyone had bought it, and were looking to him to end the chaos.
Most importantly, though he now had a meeting set up with both the mayor of San Francisco and the governor of California. By night's end he would have both politicians under his thumb. That would be his first step, gaining control over the State of California, using San Francisco as the center of his hub. Once he had the largest state in the Nation under his control it would not be long before he would reign over the United States. And with the United States being the main superpower of the world, once he had control over the nation, he would essentially have control over the world. Yes… he was primed to take over and his meeting tonight would get everything moving along.
Meanwhile, Chris was back at the club feeling completely out of control. It was great that he and the others had been able to save innocent lives, but they really had not done anything to thwart Wyatt's plan. Wyatt had set up the attacks just to come out looking like a savior, and he had done just that. Once Wyatt gained all this new power it would be even more impossible to stop him.
On top of that Chris was still very worried about his cousin. Her vision had basically confirmed that Wyatt was planning on coming after her. Chris knew it was because of him too. After all Wyatt had threatened to take away everyone he loved, after Chris had refused to join him. Chris knew he could not let that happen, and that was why he still had every intention of confronting his brother tonight. He realized he needed to stop stalling and just go.
Chris' thoughts were interrupted however, when Devon shimmered in to the office where Chris had been spending some time alone. "It was very hard to find anything out down there this time. The demons down there really did not have much information until after things started happening. I'm sure you know that Wyatt planned attacks throughout the city, so he can then paint himself as a hero." "Yep" Chris answered. "He has everyone bowing down to him for halting an attack that he had set in motion." "I did manage to pick up on some rumors, however before I came back up. Demons are hearing that Wyatt has some big meeting with the mayor and the governor tonight." Devon informed Chris. "Great…" Chris thought out loud. "He is probably being hailed as our new king as we speak."
"Sorry that I could not come up with anything more useful." "It's all right" Chris told the half demon. "I am not surprised that Wyatt is keeping his plans hush hush, he may be evil, but he isn't stupid." "So…" Devon began not knowing what to say. "How are things going up here?" "Well… Prue had a vision. She foresaw the attacks, at least most of them. We managed to save some lives, I was in pretty bad shape for awhile, but Leo healed me." Devon wasn't sure if he heard right, "Leo's here?" "Yep, dear old dad came to help, it seems the elders are a little stressed out about what's going on." "Right…" Devon muttered. Back when he and Chris were younger they always talked to each other about such things, but now their relationship was just to strained.
Chris just wanting to end the awkward exchange told Devon of his plans. "Anyway, thanks to Prue's vision we also know that Wyatt is planning to come after her. His way of torturing me into joining him. So…I'm going to pay my brother a little visit., tell everyone I'll be back in a little while okay." "Sure…" Devon answered. Even with everything that had gone on between him and Chris he had wanted to go with his friend as backup, but he knew that this was something Chris had to do on his own. And with that Chris orbed out.
Upon leaving his political meeting with the mayor and governor, Wyatt was quite pleased with himself. In one short exchange, he had them surrendering their power to him. It had been even easier than expected. After the meeting he had decided he wanted to spend the night back at the Halliwell Manor, which was under his control. He stayed there on occasion, but mostly he spent his time in the underworld. It was easier than facing all of the memories that the manor brought up. Tonight though nothing could bring him down, and he wanted to celebrate his success with all the luxuries of home.
Before he could get settled in though, he sensed that he was getting a visitor., and he knew who it was as blue orbs Began to materialize. "Chris, this is a treat. Me seeing you two days in a row." Chris simply gave his brother a cold hard stare, before flinging his arm in the air, throwing his brother across the living room of their childhood home. Wyatt got up and could only laugh. "Huh… and here I was hoping you had come to tell me you had reconsidered and wanted to join me." "If you ever think that could happen Wy, you are clearly diluted." Chris shot back at his brother angering him. "Well then what did I do to have you show up at my home and attack me then?" Wyatt asked his brother sarcastically. "oh you have only killed tons of innocent people, and deceived the entire world into thinking you are some kind of hero. What I am really here for though is to let you know in no uncertain terms that I will not let you hurt anyone I love."
"Oh you mean like our sweet little baby cousin?" Wyatt asked Devilishly. Chris gritted his teeth. "You sick bastard… I will not let you get anywhere near her." " I will do whatever I damn well please. The only way you will have any say in what I do is if you come rule by my side." Unable to control himself Chris telekinetically threw his brother across the room once more, This time however Wyatt orbed out before he met the wall, then retaliated against his brother throwing Chris off his feet and into the wall. "How dare you treat me this way, after everything I am offering you." Wyatt was livid, he could not understand why Chris was being so stubborn, here he was giving his brother the opportunity to rule by his side.
"Right, you are offering me the chance to be just like you, the one responsible for killing so many people that I care about." "Chris I have told you so many times: It was never my intention to kill mom. And as for Aunt Phoebe I warned her what would happen if she kept getting in my way. She didn't listen, so I did what I had to do." "What you had to do… that is the biggest load of crap and you know it." Chris was beginning to get quite emotional as the confrontation was dredging up all the pain he had ever experienced, but Wyatt still continued to push. "As for our little cousin I am warning you… If you do not reconsider my offer, I am going after her, and if that doesn't change your mind I will slowly take away everyone you care about. Victor, DJ, Devon, Bridget, Dad. You will have no one except me to turn to. One way or another you will rule by my side."
"No" Chris fumed while throwing his brother across the room, with even more power than before. "You will not hurt anyone else do you here me. And if you try I will stop you. If there is anyone who can, it is me and you know it." Wyatt didn't know what to say for a moment, his baby brother, the one person he still cared about in the world had just threatened to kill him. And Chris was right, If anyone could stop him it was his brother. He refused to show his emotions however. "Try and you will regret it" Wyatt snapped. "NO- you are the one that will have all the regrets if you even try to carry through with your threats. Just remember that." With that final statement Chris orbed out, desperately hoping he had gotten through to Wyatt. Realistically though, he did not expect that he had helped the situation at all.
Still in the living room at the manor Wyatt thought out loud: "aah…Little brother, I am sorry, but you have given me no choice."