They boys orbed into the now deserted golden gate park. It was almost midnight at freezing cold so they could be fairly certain that they wouldn't be seen. The moment the orbs cleared, Chris pushed himself forcefully away from his brother. The burning feeling of anger and betrayal he felt at his Wyatt's declaration slightly clouding his better judgement.

"How could you say that?" He screamed at Wyatt, "how could tell them that I wasn't your brother? After all I stood by you through, how could you betray me like that?" His voice cracked slightly at the memory of how his own mother had looked at him after his brothers words. Wyatt, however didn't seem the least bit abashed.

"Your a one to talk of betrayal, Christopher." He replied, his voice dangerously calm, "After all you're the one who's working with the resistance."

Chris had to fight every muscle and nerve in his body to stop himself reacting to his brothers words. Any sign of guilt would immediately confirm Wyatt's suspicions, and Chris didn't want to find out what his brother had in store for him if he ever discovered his treachery.

"I'm not! I would never do that to you!" He objected, trying to keep his voice as level as possible well the rest of his brain was screaming at him to orb away as fast as possible. But he knew he couldn't do that. Wyatt would find him- no matter how far he ran, Wyatt would always track him down and then he'd have hell to pay. Chris knew his only chance was to convince him of his allegiance.

Wyatt just scoffed and shook his head and then before Chris could say anything else he found himself being slammed forcefully into the closest tree knocking the wind out of him. He stared up in shock and horror of at the furious look in Wyatt's eye, whose face was only inches away from Chris', with his arm pressed Firmly against his little brothers neck.

"Really?" Hissed Wyatt, making Chris flinched at the malice in his voice, "then how is it that merely hours after I'm summoned, you arrive in the past having located and gained the trust of their leader?"

Chris flicked his wrist desperately, trying to throw Wyatt off of his neck, but some how Wyatt seemed to be blocking his powers, leaving Chris entirely at his mercy. He struggled for a second as his slowly suffocating brain tried to piece together a story.

"Let go of me and I'll explain." He gasped, trying to conserve as much air as possible as Wyatt continued to press down on his air ways. Sneering slightly, Wyatt released his grip on Chris, taking a couple of steps away from him. Chris tried to move away from the tree but found himself being shocked forward. Wyatt had conjured a forcefield, caging Chris in until he gave a satisfactory response.

"I'm waiting." Stated Wyatt, in much the same way a teacher would wait for an excuse for a late homework, although Chris knew there was far more at stake here then detention.

"You may have only been here a few hours..." he began quickly, rubbing his neck from where Wyatt had been constricting it, "but for us it's been well over a week." He lied. "I tried everything I could think of to get you back but given you've hidden the book of shadows..." He reminded Wyatt carefully, "I didn't have a clue what to do. Eventually it became clear that you weren't going to return any time soon, and so I decided I needed help from a more experienced witch, especially as by then I was fairly confident it must have been the charmed ones who brought you here."

Over the years of leading his double life, Chris had grown use to lying to his brother. Usually Wyatt would believe him though, he would never question Chris' excuses for being in unexpected places, or his reasons for vanquishing a few extra demons. Now though Wyatt had a look of distrust in his eye he had never fixed on his brother, and Chris knew he wasn't going to be as easy to convince of his honesty.

"But how did you find her?" He questioned icily, "She's hidden herself so well even I couldn't find her and your expecting me to believe you tracked her down in a matter of days?"

"She found me." Replied Chris simply, "Beijing was experiencing an uprising so I lowered my shield so white-lighters could sense me, orbed there and began vanquishing demons until she showed up." Chris knew Wyatt wouldn't be happy with the idea of him helping out with an uprising, but it was the easiest and most believable excuse he could think of and Wyatt did seem to believe him.

"So not only did you help them in Beijing, but you also informed the resistance leader that my empire was at it's weakest due to my disappearance?" He summarised, but Chris could see his eyes were softer.

"I did what I needed to do to find you." He answered coolly, staring straight into Wyatt's eyes. "Please you've got to trust me." He implored

Wyatt turned away from Chris, taking a few seconds to consider what he should do, running his fingers through his long matted hair as he did so, before finally turning back to Chris.

"Prove it." He instructed, still not allowing Chris out of the cage.

"How?" Asked Chris eagerly, stepping as close as he could to Wyatt without being shocked backwards.

"I need you to keep Paige occupied until we get sent home." He informed Chris simply. "I know she wants to destroy everything I've worked for and if she gets through to the Charmed ones then she just might."

"She doesn't want to destroy you Wyatt! She loves you, she believes there's good inside you and she just wants to help you!" Protested Chris.

"How many times do I have to tell you that there is no such thing as good and evil Christopher!" Demanded Wyatt, "There is only power, and those too weak to seize it." Chris closed his eyes at his brothers words. How could Wyatt have gotten so twisted in his morality, how could he deny everything he had been taught by their mother and aunts as they grew up? What had happened to him to make him doubt everything their family stood for.

"There is good in the world Wyatt!" Insisted Chris, "And I know some of it's in you. That's why your orbs are still blue." He pointed out. Wyatt gave him a cold sneer, holding out his hand and calling for a near by stone. The stone appeared on his palm in a shower of dark orbs.

"You see, dark and light are just the colours of two teams, fighting for power in a never ending and bloody war. Once you accept that, there is so much more you can do." He lectured, "Neither side will ever win, Chris, because neither side will ever embrace the power of the other. Even the source with such unimaginable powers is weakened by his belief in Evil. I consumed his powers and now control him in a way no demon could ever achieve. I have the power of the charmed ones and the source in me, I am the most powerful being in the world because I accept there is no such thing as good and evil." He continued, walking through the forcefield, grabbing Chris' chin and forcing his head up so he was staring directly into Wyatt's gleaming eyes, "you could have this power too Chris. All you have to do is embrace it."

"I don't want power, Wyatt." stammered Chris, "I just want my brother back." Wyatt let out an annoyed growl, pushing Chris away from him so he collided with the shield.

"I am the same person you've always know Chris. I've never left. But I need you to prove that you are still my brother, that you would never betray me." Chris took a breath, trying to work out how to make Wyatt trust him without directly promising not to block his plans.

"I'll try and stop Paige from messing with your plans." He stated cautiously, "but I can't promise anything. She's a Halliwell, Wyatt, and they're better at meddling than Scooby Doo and the gang. Now will you please let me out."

Wyatt seemed to accept Chris' reply, but made no effort to take down the cage. He turned away from his brother, walking a little way before speaking again.

"And I need you to promise you won't interfere either." He informed Chris, "Don't try and communicate with the sisters, and don't follow me." Chris' eyes narrowed in suspicion at Wyatt's words.

"What are you planning, Wyatt?" He asked nervously.

"Just promise me, Chris." Commanded Wyatt tersely, "If you do then I promise I will tell the sisters who you really are before we depart."

Chris swallowed hard at Wyatt's words, trying to work you what to do. Before he could respond however the boys heard a slight jangling, someone was calling out for Wyatt.

"That's mum!" Cried Chris, all thoughts of Wyatt's words disappeared "Wyatt you have to let me out, so we can go and help her!" Wyatt just ignored this however.

"Chris, promise me." He insisted, telekinetically twisting Chris' arm until it was about to break.

"Wyatt help her!" Cried Chris in agony, "remember what happened last time you ignored mums cries for too long!" Wyatt's eyes flashed furiously at the memory. He had been battling demons when he had heard his mothers cries. Instead of orbing out however he stayed until he was victorious. By the time he had arrived back at the manor, their mother was dead and Chris was clutching her lifeless body, screaming and yelling as tears pored down his face.

In his anger he flicked his arm, causing Chris to double over in agony as his arm snapped. Then Wyatt orbed out, leaving Chris still trapped in the forcefield.


After the boys had orbed out, Paige was left to face the sisters and Leo alone. Cole had had to go back to the underworld not long after Wyatt had arrived, to cover his tracks but he had promised Phoebe he would return later.

Despite being twenty years older then the sisters, she couldn't help but feel like the youngest again, as she stared sadly into the mistrusting gaze of her older siblings, thinking about how in her own time they were all gone and she had been left alone.

"Look I know you don't want to believe me. I said I was the third Charmed one and you can't believe that one of you will leave, but you have to trust me!" She pleaded, "I'm your half sister. I know you know about Sam, mums white lighter. Well he's my dad. They had a child together not long before she died." Phoebe glanced across at her sisters. Paige could tell that a part of her believed Paige's story.

"Perhaps I should check with the elders." Suggester Leo. Piper nodded her head at this suggestion and Leo orbed out before Paige could stop him.

"They don't know anything about me." She told them, "Mum and Sam had to keep me a secret because, as you know," She said, directing her words at Piper, "white-lighters aren't allowed to have relationships with their charges." Paige felt she was almost getting through to Piper as well now, but Prue was still suspicious. Paige wondered if it had anything to do with her future strong bond with Piper and Phoebe, or simply that they were more trusting than Prue. "I've proved to you I'm half white lighter and half witch and that I am the aunt of another the boy who you deny is your son. You are risking so much by not believing me. Please, I don't want to hurt Wyatt, I just want to save him from his powers... From the sources powers."

Piper gave a little gasp at these words, glancing around at baby Wyatt, who was lying in his playpen. Paige wasn't sure if she should have mentioned the source, the sisters would be less inclined to believe her if it meant believing Wyatt turned evil, but if she didn't there could be far worse consequences.

"Now, I know you'll want to go into the kitchen to discuss everything you've heard, as that's what we always do so please, take all the time you need." Paige informed them, sitting down on the sofa, her legs crossed, staring expectantly at the uncertain sisters.

"What and leave you alone to find the book of shadows?" scoffed Prue sceptically, "I don't think so." Paige shrugged at this.

"I arrived in your time through the attic. If I wanted the book of shadows I would have taken it by." She shrugged. She leaned back on the sofa, feigning confidence, while on the inside her heart was beating faster then a rabbit's and all she really wanted to do was to rescue Chris from his brothers clutches.

"Fine." Said Phoebe. Dragging Prue after her as she headed for the kitchen Piper picked up Wyatt from the playpen and followed them quickly. In the kitchen, the sisters looked at each other nervously, none of them knowing what to think.

"My son isn't evil." Declared Piper finally, gently bouncing Wyatt up and down. "And none of us are going to be killed." She continued, her voice cracking slightly as she looked at Prue. Prue looked away sadly at this however. From the way both Wyatt, and the strangers had reacted when they had seen her she had guessed that she wouldn't make it, but she didn't want to tell her sisters this any more then Phoebe wanted to accept the way Wyatt had treated Cole as a stranger.

"I think the power of three will protect us until we've completed our destiny." Replied Prue, leaving out what could happen after that, "Even if Paige is our sister, that doesn't mean she actually is in the power of three, or that we even consider her as family. Wyatt certainly didn't and the fact that his orbs are light shows he isn't evil." She placed a comforting hand on Pipers shoulder, but Phoebe didn't seem convinced.

"I don't know..." She began hesitantly. "Wyatt is half white-lighter, so is orbs would be light. But if he has nothing to do with the source, then why did he arrive when we tried summoning the source?" Pointed out Phoebe, flinching at the hurt look on Pipers face.

"Maybe he was sent here to help us win." She suggested desperately, "It's happened before- we've written a spell and it didn't do what we expected, but it did what turned out to be better. We called for help throughout all of the Halliwell line, so maybe he was the answer." Piper seemed so determined that Wyatt was good that Phoebe knew nothing short of seeing Wyatt kill his own grandfather in cold blood, would change her mind.

"Plus baby Wyatt can sense evil, and he didn't protect himself from the older Wyatt." Pointed out Prue, who also seemed to have taken Wyatt's side, "I just don't believe he would deny his own brother like that." She continued, remembering the way Wyatt had surveyed the younger time traveller.

Phoebe still seemed unconvinced but she knew it was important that they stuck together so the power of three would stay strong. She therefore decided to wait and see- if Wyatt was evil they would know about it sooner or later, and if he wasn't then this way she wouldn't have to deal with her smug sisters. Before any of them could say anything else however, there came a crash and a yell from the other room. After exchanging worried looks, the sisters quickly hurried towards the sound, only to be confronted with the sight of Paige frantically battling five demons.

In surprise, Piper raised her hands, accidental making a vase just behind Paige explode. Prue gave a swipe of her arm, sending two demons souring across the room as Phoebe sent a third one flying. The other two demons the conjured fireballs, sending them at the sisters. Seeing this, Paige called for both fireballs, and then sent them straight back at their creators, vanquishing them both, sending a smug look at the others.

As soon as two demons were vanquished, however, another four reappeared.

"Uh oh." Muttered Paige, diving behind the couch as a volley of fireballs came directly at her. "Chris!" She cried out, but there was no answer. She continued to call his name as she felt the couch slowly heat up under the pressure of the fireballs. Occasionally the poked her head up, orbing another few attacks back at their originators. But for every demon she vanquished more showed up. Eventually she gave up, orbing over to where the sisters were standing, hoping she could get them out before any of them were killed.

Mean while, Phoebe, Piper and Prue were doing everything they could to subdue the demons, without actually killing them. Piper refused to go with Paige when she said they needed to leave. Instead she was desperately trying to freeze the room, but instead was blowing up more and more demons, meaning the room was steadily filling up with demon ash and their replacements.

"Leo!" Cried Phoebe desperately as the girls turned to flee through the door, only to be faced with even more demons, "Why are they all attacking now?" She wondered out loud, "LEO!"

When no one came however, the girls began to get desperate. Paige tried to grab them, to orb them away, but Prue and Piper kept moving out of her reach.

"Wyatt!" Called Piper desperately, noticing her son, who was still sat in the kitchen, his shield raised, surrounded by demons. "Wyatt!" She called again. This time the baby orbed into her arms, expanding the shield so it protected all the sisters, other than Paige who found herself knocked to the ground when Wyatt raised it. "Wyatt!" She called again, only now she wasn't calling for her baby, she was calling for the far more powerful 22 year old. "WYATT!" She screamed again.

Finally a shower of blue orbs signalled her sons arrival. He quickly surveyed the scene, moving his arm dramatically, letting out a red light which vanquished all the demons it touched. The room was still after that. This time only a few demons appeared, which Wyatt quickly disposed of and then it seemed who ever had been sending them had either given up or run out. Wyatt quickly walked over to the sisters. Healing the cuts they had received in the fight, further confirming the belief in the older sisters of his goodness.

"Are you okay?" He asked quickly. His mother nodded her head gratefully, embracing him tightly as he looked over at Paige.

"What's she still doing here?" He asked coldly. Paige took a step back as everyone in the room turned to her. For a second she almost believed they were going to believe her, to back her up and question Wyatt's story, then Prue stepped forward.

"I have no idea." She announced. With a sweep of her hand, the front door opened and with another one Paige found herself being propelled outside.

"Have a nice day." Said Prue in falsely sweet tones, before telekinetically slamming the door.


Paige got to her feet slowly, brushing the dust of her clothes as she trued to think of what to do next. She knew it would be suicide to go back into the house at the moment, so instead she sensed for Chris who had been calling for her ever since Wyatt had arrived in the manor.

Quickly she orbed to the golden gate park, where she found her nephew collapsed on the floor, cradling his limp arm.

"Chris, Oh my god!" She cried as she ran over to him, only to be shocked back by the forcefield. "What the hell!" She exclaimed as she stood back up.

"Wyatt's forcefield," Explained Chris quickly, "He's caged me in until I promise not to interfere with what ever he's up to." Paige nodded her head, taking a few paces backwards, raising her arms as she muttered a spell. The forcefield suddenly became a bright orange, forcing Chris to shield his eyes from the intense light. When the light faded, Paige hurried back over to him. Chris expected her to be shocked back again, but to his surprise she was able to get right to him, quickly healing his arm as she helped him, unsteadily, to his feet. "How did you do that?" He asked, impressed.

"Oh please," She replied, "I've been a witch for over twenty years Chris, I was bound to pick up a few tricks. And besides, I taught Wyatt how to do that." Chris gave her a small smile as he surveyed his aunt, taking in her ashen face and cuts along her arm.

"I take it it didn't go to well with your sisters then." He surmised. Paige gave a sad nod of the head.

"Yup, Wyatt's got them brain washed into thinking he's the perfect son." She informed him. "They've formed a tight union." Chris sighed, leaning his head back and staring up at the dark sky. "So now we're two witch-lighters battling the original charmed ones, the twice-blessed crossed with the source, Cole who also happens to be the future source and a white lighter." She finished dolefully. "And most of them are in their own time meaning they've also got allies. We have no one else."

Paige looked like she was about to give up but then Chris' eyes brightened slightly.

"Maybe not no one." He began slowly. Paige looked at him curiously as he gave her a slight grin, "I mean, there's always you."


Sorry I haven't updated for so long, I'm back at college now so don't have as much time. This also means any kind reviews would be gratefully appreciated as my teachers aren't being so kind :)

Any way, I know roughly what is going to happen but if there are any characters you would like to appear, or any conversations i.e. Cole/ Phoebe, Chris/ Prue, Big Wyatt/ Little Wyatt, let me know and I will try to include them as I obviously won't be able to have all the character meet given how many I want to get in :) Thanks.