On The Way Down
´Chapter 6´
Chris was sitting on an old couch with Wyatt sitting next to him as everyone patiently waited for Phoebe and Paige to scry for the book but they weren't having much luck and without the book they had no summoning spells – not to mention that the guy left nothing of his behind which made things even more difficult for the witches.
"I'm sorry," Chris said quietly. "This is all my fault."
"Stop worrying Chris, it doesn't matter," Wyatt said before he let out a sigh. "Just tell me why you didn't want me to hurt him."
"His eyes," Chris said after a moment when he pictured the blonde in his head. And his hair, ears...his...everything. "Oh my god!"
"What?" Phoebe asked
"I know why now," Chris said and then the events registered in his head.
"Why, Chris?" Wyatt asked
"He's him," Chris said as he pointed to his stomach.
"What? No way. That guy is evil Chris." Wyatt snapped
"That...makes sense. I mean you have to be a Halliwell to touch the Book, Wy." Paige said softly and Wyatt rapidly shook his head.
"No. He got a spell from someone. That wasn't my son."
"Yes he was." Chris said as he rested his hand on his stomach.
"Pheebs, you thinking what I'm thinking?" Paige asked with a smile and after a moment Phoebe gave her own smile and nodded.
"Chris, we need you sense for him." Phoebe said and Chris looked confused.
"I'm not a whitelighter guys."
"No, tap into his powers and sense for him. Then orb us to him." Paige said
"I can do that?" Chris asked and received three nods from everyone in the room. "Ok, I guess I can try it."
"I got the potions!" Piper said as she entered the room with a little bag filled with brightly colored potions.
"What are those?" Chris found himself asking as he studied them from where he was.
"Powerful potions; some cause you to melt and others cause your skin to burn off. Different effects for each of them." Piper said and Chris's eyes went wide.
"You're not using those fucking things on my baby!" Chris screamed and immediately Wyatt was up on his feet and trying to console him.
"Hey, she's not Chris, I swear ok. We won't bring along any potions."
"What is he talking about?" Piper asked her sisters.
"Well, you see...Phoebe wanted to be the one to tell you." Paige said
"Thank you Paige. Um, well, we just found out that the big bad demon is a Halliwell."
"WHAT!?"
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"So I just have to say this when Wyatt gets here?" McKenzie asked as she looked down at the book. She had already tried to grab it nearly ten times and every time it wouldn't let her. Matthew nodded from his seat and McKenzie studied the spell. "It's so stupid."
"Just shut up until Wyatt gets here." Matthew mumbled as he rubbed his face. Truth be told, this plan was getting to be more complicated than he had thought it would be. Not to mention that he had to deal with McKenzie – something he never even imagined happening.
"What if it doesn't work? Then what? Oh god, he's not going to think I'm a demon is he-"
"Would you just shut your fucking mouth for once in your life!" Matthew shouted and Alexander smirked from his spot next to him. McKenzie opened her mouth to talk but when she saw the look on Matthew's face she closed it almost immediately. "Glad you're learning something."
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"No one has potions, right?" Chris double-checked as he looked down the line of people. Wyatt was holding onto his hand and Piper was holding his and then Phoebe and Paige. When everyone shook their head Chris closed his eyes and focused on the baby. He felt sick in his stomach for a moment and quickly opened his eyes and found himself in the underworld.
Immediately the sisters each pulled out a potion and Chris's mouth opened in disbelief. "What the hell! You fucking lied to me!"
"Sorry Chris, it's just for precaution." Piper said
"So you would willingly kill your own grandson?" Chris asked and they were silent. Chris flicked his wrists at them and nothing happened, making them all frown.
"You don't have that power Chris." Wyatt said
"I know, I was hoping the baby did. Hmm, I'll have to talk to him about that," Chris mumbled before he turned and looked around and walked into a cave before anyone could stop him. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw his son and the other man, but it wasn't them that shocked him. "I knew she was evil!"
"McKenzie? What the hell are you doing down here?" Wyatt asked with shock clearly expressed in his voice and face.
"For constancy, this mallow blue
Shall never give me cause to rue
Bloodred wort makes passions blaze;
Add fire of stars for length of days.
Behold the spell I weave for you!
Lover, to me alone be true"
Matthew smirked before he waved his arm and she disappeared in flames before he stood. Now that that was dealt with he only had to get Wyatt back up there with her. Matthew raised his hand and made a fist and immediately Wyatt fell to his knees, holding onto his throat. But that didn't mean he couldn't have some fun with him first.
"Hey!" Chris snapped and made a sharp gesture with his hand and Matthew flew backwards and ended up colliding with Alexander.
"See! This is exactly why we brought potions, Chris!" Piper shouted as they threw them towards the two but at the last moment Chris couldn't stop himself from sending them directly into the wall. When the debris settled there was a rather large hole in the wall that let them see directly into another demon's lair. "You're crazy. He'll still be born Chris! We can kill the adult him and he will still be alive!"
"I don't care!"
"Thanks mom," Matthew said as he rose to his feet. "I appreciate that one."
Chris stared at him for a moment and everyone was silent, well, except for Alexander who grumbled under his breath as he stood up next to Matthew and dusted himself off.
"What's your name?"
"You tell me."
"...Wyatt."
"What?" Wyatt asked and Chris shook his head at him and waved him off.
"I would name you Wyatt, you look just like him." Chris said and Wyatt realized what he meant and nearly blushed before he quickly stopped himself. That would be even worse.
"I prefer Matthew."
"And who the hell are you?" Chris asked looking at the young man next to his son.
"Um, Alexander." he said after he received a small nod from Matthew.
"What do you do?" Wyatt asked
"Um, I'm sort of a...consultant."
"He kills people who I want dead." Matthew said and Alexander then nodded.
"Of course. Well, listen – I think it's about time you go back to the future," Chris said as he looked directly at Matthew. "In case you weren't aware, little you is going to be born rather soon and I don't think you should be here when he's born."
"You see, that's sort of the reason why I'm here. So...why would I want to leave?" Matthew asked with a smirk on his face before he walked back to his chair and sat down. "I'm rather comfortable here actually."
"Why are you here for...you?" Piper asked
"I can't say at the moment," Matthew said with a shrug. "It's personal."
"Clearly." Paige muttered
"Hmm, well I think it's about time you guys get going. I'll be by to visit in a couple months though, so no need to worry about missing me." Matthew said and Chris opened his mouth to object but before they could say anything they were all in the attic with the Book held in Chris's arms.
"What the hell..."
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Three months later...
Chris resisted the urge to puke as he looked forward at Wyatt and McKenzie. She was all over him and he was all over her in return. In fact, in the last few months Wyatt had rarely even spoken to him. He didn't even come to Chris's seventeenth birthday in December because he was too busy hanging out with McKenzie. Not to mention that he hasn't been to a single doctor's appointment like he promised he would be. His exact words were that he wouldn't miss them for anything in the world. Apparently McKenzie was more important than the world.
"I can't believe he's such an asshole." Tyler muttered and Chris could only nod.
"Yeah."
"You ok?" Tyler asked when he noticed the look on Chris's face.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just...I don't know." Chris muttered
"Thinking about Matthew?" Tyler asked and Chris smiled at him but shook his head.
"No, not really. I just-"
The bell rang and interrupted him in the middle of his sentence before he shrugged lightly and exited the classroom with Tyler next to him. Chris silently walked out of the school and felt the cool breeze. He glanced over at the buses before he decided that he was going to orb home.
"Chris!" Chris turned and saw Wyatt approaching him and gave him a glare.
"What do you want?"
"My mom wants to see you or whatever," Wyatt said. "So, just...go to the manor sometime today or tomorrow."
"Fine," Chris said and Wyatt stood there for a moment before he turned and walked over to his car where McKenzie was waiting. Chris shook his head before he hid behind a bush and tapped into Matthew's powers to orb to the manor. "Piper?"
"Oh Chris, hey! It's been a while since we've seen you."
"Yeah, I've been busy with school and everything." Chris said and Piper nodded.
"Do you want to stay around for supper? I could use some help in the kitchen..." Piper said with a smile since she knew that Chris liked cooking as well.
"Sure." Chris said with a smile as the two walked into the kitchen to get started on supper for the night. It was friday and it was family supper where every Halliwell would be there.
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"So, have you heard from Matthew lately?" Piper asked as she stirred the sauce that was on the stove. Tonight on the menu was chicken alfredo as Chris and Piper decided it would taste delicious and it was very simple to make so that was a big plus.
"He showed up on my birthday," Chris said with a small nod. "Left before I could really talk to him or ask where he was but other than that, I haven't seen him."
Just as Chris finished his sentence Alexander shimmered into the kitchen. "Hey! You can't just shimmer in here willy-nilly!" Piper snapped at the young man and he blushed lightly.
"Sorry, my bad. I considered knocking but I didn't think you'd let me in."
"You considered right." Piper snapped
"What are you doing here?" Chris asked
"I'm here about Matthew. He doesn't really know I'm here but..." Alexander trailed off.
"But, what? What about him? Is he ok?" Chris asked and Alexander gave a laugh.
"Yeah, he's ok. I just came here to help you out a bit."
"What do you mean?" Piper asked and Alexander looked alarmed.
"Fuck, Matthew's calling," Alexander said before he bit his lip and looked at the two witches in the kitchen. "...Vicus." With that Alexander shimmered out and left them utterly confused.
"Vicus? What the hell is a Vicus?" Piper asked as she looked over at Chris who looked just as confused as she did. "Come on, let's go look up in the Book. I think supper can wait."
Alrighty, so this entire chapter was written at the doctor's office. I decided to bring along the laptop just in case I had some time to write and boy did I ever. Two hours in the effing waiting room, like forty in the actual office and the exam was less than five minutes and we were off. So yeah, a complete waste of time, and money, to know that my sons are healthy – something I already knew. It was fun.
ALSO! Vicus never picked baby Wyatt, so...he's alive haha.
Anyways, thank you for the reviews and Proud-to-be-Insane...you were right lol. Glad you figured it out :)