Chapter three. Back to the future

The sisters woke up the next morning to find that Chris was completely gone. They called him a thousand times but he didn't come.

"I´m sure something has happened to him" Piper was feeling more worried than what she could have believed. "Leo!"
Leo orbed in.

"What?"

"Chris disappeared" Paige knew that she was going to lose her job again. "Well to hell with it!"

"What do you mean disappeared?"

"We mean gone, not here, not coming, not answer, not nothing" Phoebe was losing her patience.

Leo looked at them thoughtfully. His face made the sisters think he could know something.

"Do you know what could have happened? Do you know anything about him that we'd need to know?"

Leo just glanced at them.

"Leo!"

Leo hesitated.

"I think you all need to sit. Chris and I were wondering how to tell you this. Especially you, Piper"

The sisters sat at the table while Leo walked up and down trying to think of the best way to say it. He couldn't find any, so he just blurted out.

"Chris came to stop Wyatt from becoming evil. He said a demon turned him."

The sisters looked at each other in shock.

"And you believed him?" Paige looked at Leo, surprised. He wasn't one that trusted Chris, not to mention, he was clearly far from being Chris' favorite. If she had to guess who Chris would trust alone that would be Piper.

Piper couldn't say anything. The way she felt with Chris was weird, she trusted him instinctively. But to think that Wyatt...her turn. All of them looked at the cradle where Wyatt played happily.

Leo looked at Piper before answering.

"It just made sense when I think of Chris behavior. He had a lot of chances to hurt Wyatt but he always protected him. He insists a lot on protecting him even when we are all in danger...and he didn't have many reason to make up a lie like that when he told me that. I'm pretty sure he was telling the truth. He thinks that whatever turned Wyatt, started now."

Piper looked at Wyatt. Her baby was so sweet...she couldn't believe that. However, she trusted Chris.

"He was trying to hide who he was." Phoebe said thoughtfully.

"I know. And I'm not sure of who he is or why he has such an interest in Wyatt. He refused to tell me that." Leo didn't know how to put it. But he still believed Chris.

"His reading did change around Wyatt" Phoebe said. 'And Piper' she thought. But what could that mean?

"Anyway I think he wouldn't leave without telling us. And if he didn't leave voluntarily, we have to think someone came for him. But we didn't hear a shout, a scream, nothing. And he was sleeping in his room, in this house"

"May be he left the house?" Paige was lost.

"The portal is here. If anyone came for him from the future it was through the attic." Leo was sure about that.

"Do you remember that demon? Chris started acting weird after he attacked" Piper suddenly remembered the dreams and his strange behavior around Wyatt.

"What do you mean with weird? Cause he was always weird" Leo looked at Piper's eyes and he suddenly went by her side and held her.
They hugged. Just the thought that their son will turn into the evil ruler of the world made them panicked. Chris had given very few details to Leo, but he had told him that Wyatt had killed two elders, took over the underworld, became the source of all evil, and killed the remaining elders and finally started taking over the world attacking humans, demons and witches without distinction or compassion. Now the humans knew about magic. And that a warlock ruled a great part of the country. And Wyatt wouldn't stop until he controlled everything. That was everything Chris had told him.

"Oh...you're right, Piper...and he acted strange around Wyatt...he said that Wyatt could call him or something? Apparently Wyatt had made him orb in into his room...telepathically" Paige remembered he had asked if Wyatt could do that with her. "We thought it was a new power but it only happened with Chris "

"Right and he gave him that lamp...just because the baby asked him to. We thought he was insane" Phoebe recalled.
Leo got pale.

"What. Do you have any ideas?" Piper looked interested.

"Well it makes some sense. Sounds like a slavery spell"

"What's that?" Piper was worried.

"A spell that makes a person or a witch do everything you say. It doesn't affect thoughts or feelings but when the person that cast it says something the other can't help obeying, no matter what. "

"The baby did that to Chris?" Paige looked at her cute nephew, who smiled at her.

"No. Not the baby, if Wyatt is really evil in the future it could have been him."

"From the future to the past?" Phoebe looked worried.

"Well, yea slavery spells are powerful and well known among warlocks but really hard to perform. But when you can they are all-powerful. It applies directly to the person you want...time or space is not a barrier."

"What do you mean with hard to perform?" Phoebe was thinking. It would sure not be that easy or there'd be slaves all over the world.

Leo sighed, "It takes a lot of power. So first, the warlock casting it must be really powerful. And the two people or warlocks must share a bond. The spell doesn't make a slave out of nowhere it simply enhances the bond the two warlocks share and also changes it in a way that one obeys the other. So, if the bond that exists between Chris and future Wyatt, exists between Chris and the baby, it makes sense that he would obey the baby."

"What do you mean exactly by bond?"

"Any kind of bond: mental or physical. Love, marriage, even mutual hates for each other. It can also be a friendship or a person you met and have strong feelings about...whatever links two people in a way one thinks of the other. But the spell requires a proof of that bond to be cast. And the stronger the bond...the stronger the power of the spell. The obedience takes the form of the bond. If it wasn't special it's just taking direct orders from the other."

"So what bond do you think Chris and Wyatt share? The demon probably took that proof, because he only hurt Chris...but he didn't really take anything. Did he?" Phoebe asked.

"He took the knife with Chris blood...maybe that's what he was looking for?"

Piper felt worried. "You think they are blood related?"

"Well...that would explain Chris's interest. Maybe they are cousins...maybe Chris is my son" Phoebe said happily.

"Shouldn't you have felt something?" Paige was trying the idea of Chris being her son and it just felt strange.

Piper was starting to have the right idea, but it just sounded too crazy.

"There are tons of possibilities" Leo said following Piper's thoughts but not wanting to believe it either. Not after the way he had treated Chris. And Chris, the way Chris treated him...that wasn't the way you treat a good father. Was it? He didn't want to think of the possibility. It made him feel too guilty.

"Well it doesn't matter...now that we know what kind of spell it is we can reverse it. Can't we?" Paige sounded happy.

"I'm afraid we can't. One thing is sure about these kinds of spells. Only the warlock that made it can lift it" Leo sounded sad.

"But with the power of three..." Piper looked at Leo.

Leo shook his head. "I don't think it would work, even if it wasn't Wyatt. But it being Wyatt, that's the power he used to cast it."

Piper hugged Leo. "What is Chris going through...what will Wyatt do to him? "

Leo hugged her. He wanted to kiss her so much. But he just hugged her and added.

"I don't know Piper, but I promise you, we'll find a way to save him.

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In the future Chris could barely stop the fear he was feeling. He didn't know what was going on but he couldn't speak or use his powers. He couldn't read Wyatt's thoughts as Wyatt could read his. There had been a time where they had both been able to do that, mostly because they rarely wanted to hide them from each other. But that time had been long ago. In fact when Chris had left for the past they could still do that but only when they weren't blocking each other out. And at that time they had been blocking each other for so long that he wasn't even sure if they could still do it. Perhaps he could still read Wyatt's thoughts when he wasn't blocking them. He could sense that Wyatt was purposely hiding his feelings. So, he was probably able to read them if it wasn't for that, just as before.
Wyatt still had his arms around Chris's shoulders when they arrived to the future attic. Without a word he orbed them out of it. They appeared in a place Chris could immediately recognize. They were next to a lake where they have been as kids. He couldn't guess what the hell was in Wyatt's head, bringing him here. They had only been here once again since then.
Wyatt spoke again and Chris was starting to fear every single word that came out of his mouth. He was already speech-less and without powers. Not to mention Wyatt was reading his thoughts. What else would Wyatt do?
As he read those thoughts Wyatt smiled almost affectionately. He could read Chris fear and even if part of him was pleased at that...his brother could be such a trouble-maker sometimes he needed that lesson, a part of him felt sorry for what he was doing to the only person that used to trust him. He truly wished they hadn't come to this. But he had to acknowledge, this will make things easier. And he needed Chris at his side, for so many reasons.

"Sit, Chris. And speak now if you want. And you can use your powers but not against me and don't orb out of this place. It would be useless anyway. I can call you with my mind wherever you are and you'll come. You are mine now, little brother."
Chris sat as Wyatt had ordered. He felt furious when he heard the rest of his speech.

"What the hell have you done to me...you jerk" he yelled furiously. He wanted to jump at Wyatt but he already couldn't attack him with his powers, he just couldn't focus on aiming them at him and he realized that a physical attack would be worthless. Especially due to the situation, he was doing everything that Wyatt said whether he liked it or not

Wyatt smiled evilly. "Nothing major, just a little spell to keep in your place. I would tell you not to insult me, but it's kind of funny to watch you so pissed when there's nothing you can do about it."

Chris just wanted to jump at Wyatt, throw something at him. He desperately realized he couldn't.
Suddenly the water at the lake began to move more and more violently. Big waves started to be formed crashing furiously at the edges of the lake.

"Easy, Chris, you know that you can't control your powers when you are too upset. You don't want to destroy the world, remember?"

The moment Wyatt said 'easy' Chris calmed down and the water went quiet again. When Chris noted this he freaked out.

"You can control my feelings too? "he was wondering why Wyatt wasn't trying to kill him as the previous time instead of making him go through something like this. He was also wondering how the hell he had managed to do a spell like that while he was in the past.

"Not really, just some reactions...I can read your feelings and thoughts but they are all yours"

"How the hell could you...sounds like a slavery spell"

"That's what it is" Wyatt smiled making Chris even more afraid.

"But you need to have a bond with the person to..." suddenly he understood. "Oh...Wyatt you didn't...you used the bond we have as brothers. You used that to control me? You jerk! Of course that's why the demon only made a cut...he just needed my blood to prove it...I can't believe it "Chris sounded so disappointed, that Wyatt felt that he had to defend himself.

"You dumb ass. I spent a lot of time thinking how the hell I would avoid having to kill you, and your response is getting angry"

"Oh...so you thought about this while you were choking me actually trying to kill me? Or when you were killing my fiancée?" Chris was clearly bitter and angry at this point. The water started moving again, but slowly.

"You had left me no choice then, I offered you forgiveness, even after betraying me and you responded by attacking me. You really pissed me off, little brother. But that won't happen again. Now you can't leave me and you can't betray me again."

"I've never..."

The water started moving again. Chris moved his hands to control it and himself and the same time and it began a still, nice movement.

"Nice" Wyatt smiled.

"A brother I used to have taught me how to do that"

"I'm still here, Chris"

"Yea...trying to kill me and putting spells on me" Chris's eyes were fixed on the water at that point but Wyatt could read sorrow mixed with Chris' fear. He put an arm around Chris' shoulder and Chris looked at him surprised. He didn't know what to think about this.
"Say that you are sorry you've betrayed me, Chris"

"I'm sorry I've betrayed you, Wyatt" Chris's answer just slipped from his mouse. 'Stupid spell' he thought angrily. He looked at his brother furiously but he didn't remove Wyatt's arm that was still at his shoulder.

"You can make me say whatever you want, over powerful jerk, but you know I never betrayed you and I was just trying to help"

"Destroying everything I've built is not helping me Chris. And you have no idea of what you were getting into."

Chris found no point in fighting that. Wyatt already knew what he thought about what he'd built. And due to the situation pissing him off wouldn't help.

"That kind of spell can only be undone..."

"By the warlock or witch that made it. And I don't think I'll be in that mood any time soon, Chris"

Chris felt defeated; He didn't even want to imagine what Wyatt would make him do. And he had no way to avoid it.

"I can't believe you used our bond as brothers. You had to enhance it to do that."

"Yea...I've used it and now our bond is stronger but now it works one way if I want to. I can always read your thoughts but you can't read mine unless I let you. I'll know where you are every single moment and you'll know where I am only if I let you. And we can still call each other with our minds but you'll come to me. No matter where I am or where you are. And of course, you'll do everything I say"

Chris tried to find some failure in this to escape. Wyatt sensed it.

"Stop it, Chris. There is no way out for you. The game is over. It's time you join me"

"I'll never join you" Chris pulled apart of his brother's arm.

"Of course you will, you have no choice now"

"You may be able to make me go with you but I'll never turn evil"

"I'm not evil, Chris, good and evil don't exist, and that's what I've been trying to tell you."

Chris looked up into his brother's eyes.

"You are not evil? What do you call murdering people? You murder innocents and good witches."

"I only murder them if they oppose me. I give everyone the opportunity to work with me in making a better world"

"A better destroyed world? You call a better world the world you want?" Chris felt really sad at this point. "Why did you have to do this Wyatt...we were so happy before...why did you have to turn?" Chris sounded like he could cry. He had tried really hard not to think of this monster like his brother but he couldn't, Wyatt made everything confusing when he was with him. Sometimes he attacked him like the last time or did horrible things like this spell and sometimes he tried to make him change his mind like now.

Wyatt could sense his sorrow. He spoke in a softer tone of voice.

"When I hear you, it seems you entered our house one day and instead of me you found a demon. And I'm the same person, I'm still here"

Chris shook his head.

"No...the Wyatt I knew wouldn't run the underworld. And you've killed the elders"

"I rule the whole world, brother. And you'll help me at this. And the elders deserved it they've made us hide our magic and feel like freaks. They've invented good and evil. This is not about good and evil, it's about power and we are the most powerful witches in the world...we have to be together. And we weren't happy...our mom and dad got killed."

Chris looked surprised at his brother and for the first time he could read his feelings. And there was a cold anger mixed with sadness when he was saying this. However, he was expression-less. He remembered his dream.

"Was it you sending me those dreams about mom's death? Why did you, Wy? You know how much that hurt me.", Chris looked down. Wyatt looked at him, surprised by the use of the name he used to use when they were little and close. With a sad voice Chris went on.

"Is that how this is going to be? You are going to use your power over me to hurt me and torture me? I know you've tried to kill me but I still wouldn't expect something like this from you, brother".

"It's not that, I wanted you to think about mom. I know how to vanquish the demon that killed her. I thought you would want to know. Besides, I need your help to vanquish him" Wyatt's tone even tried to be comforting.

Chris looked surprise.

"But they are supposed to be good. All we've found out is that there is no good magic that can kill them"

Wyatt sighed. Again that rambling about good and evil.

"Well...there isn't, we'll have to use black magic."

"I'm not going to use black magic for anything" Chris' rage was starting again.

Wyatt smiled calmly.

"You are going to use any kind of magic I tell you to use. I was hoping you'd do this willingly but you'll do it anyway. "He smirked. "I'm also counting on you to find some of your friends. With your help, we'll end the movement against me,"

"Bastard!"

Chris freaked. He realized he'd do it if Wyatt ordered him to. He got madder and frustrated he couldn't attack his brother with his powers. Without even thinking he jumped on Wyatt. Wyatt fell under his weigh and Chris punched him. Wyatt sent him away with telekinesis.

"Are you out of your mind?" "You can't attack me!"

Angrily he made Chris fly into the lake. Then he made him fly again against a rock. Chris felt the pain when his back struck it. He realized he was all wet and he got angrier.

"You are so brave, using your powers against someone that can't use his against you"

"I don't want to hurt you, Chris" That's what will happen if you attack me. You haven't any chance of wining, only of getting hurt"

"Coward!" Chris knew he had no real chance against Wyatt, at least not in this situation. But he had to let his fury out in some way. Wyatt sensed that too. His brother was really powerful, more powerful than what he liked to admit. He was happy he could use Chris' powers for his purposes now but holding his anger in was not Chris' specialty.

He smiled coldly standing up over Chris and facing him.

"Fine, attack me now if you want. I just warn you, you are making things worse for yourself. "

Surprised by these words, Chris slowly stood up. His brother knew that he was the only witch in the world with powers to face him. He had to be pretty sure about his own powers now to let him do that.

Chris stood up slowly and while he was doing that he moved a finger and a great amount of water hit Wyatt completely soaking him. Wyatt was surprised at that move and he didn't react immediately. Chris took advantage of this and he threw a stone flying with telekinesis. Wyatt couldn't see it due to the water and it hit his arm in a really painful way.

"That's for Bianca, you jerk"

"Stupid kid" Wyatt mumbled.

He orbed out. Suddenly, Chris felt his brother's presence at his back. Wyatt hit him with his power and with his fists. Chris tried to punch him but he just couldn't see him. Wyatt was too fast and he kept appearing and disappearing hitting him each time. Chris orbed, appearing at the other part of the lake. It was a pity he just couldn't leave the place, he thought.

Wyatt smiled. "You had enough? You know you can't really get away from me, little brother", he said quietly.

"Of course not, BIG BROTHER"

One of Chris greater powers was controlling the elements. He made the water create a huge wave and he orbed on top of it He used this to jump on his brother hitting him with all his powers at the same time. He couldn't destroy his brother with just magic, Wyatt was too powerful but he could still hurt him. Wyatt fell feeling a pain from hell and he needed a few minutes to stand up. When he did he was really angry. Wyatt threw his brother away with telekinesis and he sent him an energy ball. It hit Chris and sent him flying to the lake's edge. Wyatt got up and moved his finger using his power to choke him. He knew that hurt, but also that Chris hated that power most.

Chris started choking with hate in his eyes. He couldn't move. Wyatt approached him, his eyes fixed on Chris'.

"Enough, little brother? Say that's enough Chris." He stopped the choking power and Chris started coughing.

"It's enough" Chris held his throat to recover his breath.

"Good boy" Wyatt smiled evilly.

Chris was going to protest that it wasn't really enough, that he had only said it due to the spell and that he wanted to keep fighting, when Wyatt said.

"No, no protesting. It's enough when I say it's enough. You'll have to get used to the idea that I'm in charge here. Now stop it, and sit again. And don't get up until I say you can"

Chris obeyed immediately looking at his brother with killing eyes. Wyatt laughed when he read Chris' thoughts.

"Come on, brother, we won't win anything by destroying each other."

Chris just looked at him, he really wanted to orb out and run away from his brother but he just sat listening to him. Wyatt's spell was powerful and it made him really afraid of what will come next.

Wyatt sat next to him in an almost confident way, as if they were going to share some secret.

"Calm down, Chris. I'm glad to see you are still powerful. But remember you can't beat me. Not like this anyway. And now, another order: from now on when I ask questions you are going to answer with the true. You can't lie to me anymore, brother" Wyatt looked directly at Chris's eyes. Chris stared at him. Fear got into him, he had some information Wyatt could want. It was ironical. Before Wyatt turned he had lied to him on very few occasions. Wyatt was almost the only person in the world with whom he didn't have to fake.

Wyatt read this though and he felt sorry too. But he only looked at his brother's eye and added.

"Now I'm going to start asking questions...say you are ready Chris."

"I'm ready" Chris repeated obediently but in a sarcastic tone. He tried to delay it. "You are really taking advantage. Aren't you? No lies, it's almost every brother's dream"

Wyatt actually laughed. He was calm, he had the control and he would use it.

"Of course", he thought of Chris' thought about not lying to him before. That could be interesting. "Do you remember that time we'd promised dad we would make mom's gift with our own hands, no buying and no magic and you gave her that incredible doll...I'd made a doll too, and yours was better than mine. Tell me, did you use magic to see my gift and to make yours. Cause I'm sure you did but I didn't know how. I'd protected mine with spells and all...and I thought dad would have known if we used magic"

Chris laughed with some evilness.

"I can't believe you are using your power to know that. So, it still bothers you?"

"Answer, Chris" Wyatt sounded impatience. That was almost amusing for Chris and it helped a little to pass the anger he was feeling because he just couldn't help answering.

"Yes. I used magic. You forget that dad took you to see the elders. I got pissed. I told mom I thought something was hiding in the house. We made a spell to unprotect things that were hiding and I saw it. Then I protected the doll again with the spell when mom wasn't watching. You didn't realize. Neither did dad, dad wasn't as good at sensing my magic like he was with yours. He was so sure you were more powerful than I was. I don't think he could even imagine I could use magic to make that doll. Remember that I've never shown him I had the powers to make it, and he didn't ask"

"But I did ask. I knew you had those powers. And you swore you hadn't used magic"

"Yea, I lied. I wanted to beat you at least at that...at least once. It was funny because you kept asking for years. You could never deal with me beating you"

"And you've never told the truth until now, very clever Chris. You shouldn't have been so jealous." Apparently Chris had hit Wyatt's pride with that.

Chris looked angry at the last remark. Wyatt looked at him thoughtfully.

"Tell me if you were jealous, Chris"

"That's not fair, Wyatt." Wyatt just waited. Chris had no choice but to answer. "Of course I was." Chris added sadly. Wyatt looked at him with some sympathy and almost guilt. He patted him on his shoulder. Then he sighed.

"This is interesting. Now to the important issues"

Chris was finding the conversation interesting too but those words brought fear back to him. Wyatt could make him betray his friends. He didn't know how to express his anger and impotence.

"I hate you Wyatt"

Wyatt just smiled seeing another good use of the spell. "Is that true?" he asked fixing his eyes on Chris' who kept the stare trying not to show fear.

"No.", Chris' answer surprised them both. Chris was also surprised to read that Wyatt was waiting for his answer really anxiously.

Wyatt smiled.

"That's good to know. Do you still think of me as your brother?"

Chris looked down, sadly. If only he could lie, to Wyatt and to himself.

"Yea...I don't want to, but I do."

"Why did you go to the past? Were you trying to destroy me?"Wyatt's look scared Chris. He understood that if his answer were yes Wyatt would destroy him. Luckily, he didn't have to lie at this. He looked at his brother, honesty imprinting both his tone and sight.

"I went to the past to save you, Wyatt. I had tons of opportunities if I wanted to destroy you. Your baby self really trusted me. Not to mention you endangered yourself with this stupid spell. I was giving the baby lamps...what if you'd asked for knifes? "

Wyatt actually laughed at this.

"I don't think knifes could destroy me, even as a baby"

"Yea...maybe not", Chris looked away. Wyatt touched his hair and made him turned, making him look directly at his eyes while he asked the next question.

"What did you find out exactly in the past? And I want the truth and everything you've learned...now"

Wyatt could read fear from his brother. And Chris just focused on not thinking about what he didn't want to say.

"Not much...dad was still a jerk back then but he cared about you. I think I was getting close to something, someone was certainly plotting back then...oh and you had powers as a baby and even before being born...Aunt Phoebe told me." Chris sounded bitter at the last part. Wyatt smiled a little at that and he couldn't help asking.

"Dad cared about me, what about you? "

"I wasn't born yet. The spell was to go to the time I wanted, I wanted to go where everything started and it was before I was born...you were one year old" Chris made an effort not to think on how he had endangered his own existence. Wyatt had just asked about what he had found out so the spell wasn't making him say it. And Wyatt could get really pissed if he knew. He thought of something else quickly, praying Wyatt hadn't read that thought. But Wyatt was too focused on his next question to notice.

"It seems that you didn't cause much damage. But let's see...what did you exactly tell our parents about us and them, Christopher?"

The use of his complete name almost scared Chris more than the spell and the knowledge of Wyatt's power. Wyatt never used his complete name unless he was really pissed. He didn't answer, suddenly scared of Wyatt's possible reaction, as he couldn't help telling the truth.

"When I ask a question you'll give the answer immediately...that's another order. Have you heard little brother?" Wyatt took him by his shoulders firmly.

"Yes", Chris almost shouted. He was getting pissed again.

"So answer the other and no more delays..." Wyatt released the pressure but he kept holding him.

Chris tried to resist as much as he could but the spell was powerful.

"I told mom she looked like my mom and I told dad you'd turned evil, how you'd killed two elders, took the underworld, became the source, killed all the remaining elders and took over the world. I also said that I'd gone to the past to stop it and that I thought a demon had done it..."

A single punch directly to his jaw made Chris fall. Wyatt got up immediately and he made him sit again before Chris could even think of answering.

"Stay there, Chris. It's a lucky thing you haven't messed up things more. You hadn't told dad who you were, I could read that you were pissed he didn't have a clue but mom did. Have you told our aunts?"

Chris was still pissed he couldn't react to the punch. He started moving the water violently to calm down his anger. Due to the spell he couldn't help answering immediately.

"No, no one knew" he looked at his brother with killing eyes.

Wyatt saw this look and he read Chris was angry and he almost felt sorry.

"Come on, Chris, admit that you defied me and lost. Don't make me angry and things will go ok. We are together now. We can be brothers again. . "

"No we can't. Not after you've murdered Bianca. And not with you controlling me, anyway"

"I didn't mean to get to this, you forced me to. I could have done the spell years ago but I was hoping you would join me willingly. It never crossed my mind you would choose a different side than your family's and plan to kill me with strangers."

"I didn't join anyone to kill you. I'm trying to stop you from killing people. I just wanted you back. I wanted you to be the one you were before. The Wyatt I grew up with."

Wyatt softened his tone.

"That's not possible, brother. And all I did I did for us. We would be dead otherwise."

Chris looked at him in disbelief. Wyatt got angry with this.

"Do you remember this place, Chris?

"Oh...aren't you all-powerful over me now? Can't you read my thoughts? Even without that, you know I can't forget this place. Or have all your powers finally made you dumber?"

"Your taunting is getting really annoying. Don't make me shut you up", Chris didn't say anything; he really didn't want to be unable to speak, again. Wyatt looked at his face and tried to make him feel better with a weak smile. A little gentler and totally calmed Wyatt added firmly. "I want to hear you say it. So, answer."

Chris looked angry and he got angrier when he realized he couldn't disobey. Wyatt was showing him how much he controlled him and there was nothing he could do about it. He just looked down and added.

"This is the place where you taught me how to swim."

"And do you remember that I had to leave for a minute, and I told you not to try it alone? But you were so sure that your powers could save you, that you tried to swim alone anyway?"

"Yes. I shouldn't have done that" And that wasn't the spell talking Chris had nearly drowned and he felt scared just to remember it. He was alone, and he was dying. He glanced at the lake with a guilt filled expression.

"Who saved you when you were so freaked out you couldn't even orb?" Wyatt's voice took him back to reality.

"You did" Chris looked at him, surprised. He couldn't see where Wyatt was going.

"You learned the hard way that you should always trust me, even if you don't understand what I'm doing."

"I know what you are doing. You are ruling the world, not caring who likes it or not. You are becoming more and more powerful, you are using magic for your own sake"

"For our sake, little brother, for our sake. I just wanted to remind you of that"

Chris looked at him stunned. He couldn't believe Wyatt was trying to win his trust. Why? He didn't need to. But one thing was sure: he wouldn't. He tried to orb out but he couldn't just because Wyatt had told him before not to. He looked down, scared again of the power that Wyatt had over him with this spell.

"And now what?" he asked hopelessly staring at the water to avoid Wyatt's eyes.

"And now you are coming to my manor, little brother. Tomorrow you'll stop working against me, and start working for me."

Chris just looked away, he didn't even try to resist when Wyatt orbed them out again to take him to his manor.

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