Here is my latest update. I want to thank all of you that reviewed. Also, I don't own anything Charmed related.
I decided to write this part of the season/episode with Patty in place of Grams, which is what the writers had intended. The actress wasn't available at the time though and instead of scrapping the episode (which I thought they should have), we got the episode with Grams in it.
Patty had sent Piper and Phoebe into the past, hoping they would return safely with Paige. She had mentioned some specific events that had happened, that they could, in no way, interfere with. The events were such that molded Patty and made her who she had become. If those events were changed, they could alter many things, including their very lives.
Chris, Patty, and Leo all stood in Wyatt's room. Patty had Wyatt in her arms, happy to see him. She never thought she would get the chance to see any of her grandchildren in person, or at least corporeal form anyways. She was, after all, a spirit. She set Wyatt in the crib and looked at Chris. She couldn't help but wonder at how much he seemed to resemble Piper.
Wyatt, standing in his crib, tried to reach out for his bottle. It stood on a table next to the crib. When, he couldn't reach it, he merely decided to orb it to himself instead.
"Any suggestions on how to get rid of this slime thing?" She asked curiously.
"We could orb it to an ice drift." Leo suggested.
"No, that's bad." Chris replied. It was a down right awful idea actually. The sound of orbs were heard and they all turned to see the bottle orbing off of the table. "No." He shouted.
Leo jumped forward reaching for Wyatt as the wall near the crib burst open. Chris turned to see the slime gushing out of it, heading for his brother. Leo grabbed Wyatt just in time and they all started running from the room.
The slime ended up hitting a lamp, which sparked and sent a shock through it. The slime repelled, going back into the walls.
Leo was the first one to make it to the main floor of the manor, with Wyatt still in his arms. Chris and Patty followed.
"You need to get Wyatt out of the house." Chris suggested to Leo.
"Good idea." Patty said, stroking her grandsons hair.
"If it follows you, I'll throw out an orb or two to distract it." Chris added in.
Leo looked from Patty to Chris. "Ok." He turned from them and headed for the front door of the manor. Before he could reach the door though, he saw the slime slowly inching it's way up the wall and across the door. "This can't be good." He thought to himself. He turned back to Chris and Patty. "I don't think we're going to get out of here."
Chris walked into the kitchen, wanting to check the door in the laundry room. Hopefully the slime hadn't taken over that door too. "Great, just great." He mumbled.
"Maybe we should try to orb out?" Leo suggested, his grasp on Wyatt getting tighter as he walked in behind Chris. The slime had oozed it's way in that doorway as well and was even climbing it's way across the windows now.
"The last time I orbed, that thing almost swallowed me whole." Chris replied, putting down Leo's idea.
Patty walked into the room. "The slime seems to be everywhere." She said "Even covering the doors in the sun room."
Chris walked out of the room, heading to the sun room to confirm what she had said. Sure enough, the doors and windows were almost completely covered. He turned his head slightly spotting a clear window in the parlor. He walked in there to get a better look, just as the slime started to ease up that window as well. He put his hands out in frustration. "This is not good." He mumbled to himself.
"You got that right." A familiar voice said from behind him.
He turned to see Wyatt standing on the other side of the couch with his arms folded over his chest. Like usual he was dressed in all black. "How did you get in here?" Chris asked curiously. With the slime converging throughout the house, they couldn't even get out. He doubted anyone would be able to get in.
"That doesn't matter." Wyatt replied.
"Why are you even here, Wyatt?" Chris asked him, assuming it probably had something to do with getting him back to the future.
"I sensed you were in danger, so I came." Wyatt explained.
"Right, cause you care about me all of a sudden." Chris argued. "Cut the crap, Wyatt."
"Wyatt?" Leo questioned, standing in the doorway between the living room and the parlor. Patty stood behind him, with little Wyatt in her arms.
Both brother's turned to Leo as he stood, mouth gaping in shock. "Just great." Chris mumbled under his breath.
Wyatt stood staring blankly at Leo. He felt nothing for his father, no emotions or feelings. "Hello Leo." He said, his hands at his side now.
"Dark clothes, longer blond hair." Leo thought to himself. That was how Piper had described the one that had attacked Chris at the club. Could Wyatt be that attacker? Why or how was he even there? "I don't understand." Leo said.
"I don't either." Patty said. She looked from the adult Wyatt to the toddler in her arms. "You're him?"
"In the flesh." Wyatt answered, letting out a smile. "I came here to keep Chris from getting himself killed."
Leo looked at Chris curiously and then back to Wyatt. "And why do you care about Chris?" He asked.
Wyatt had forgotten that Chris had neglected to inform his own family of who he was. "That's not of importance." He replied.
It was obvious to Leo that Wyatt and Chris had known each other in the future. Maybe they were friends. It was also obvious, that neither one of them wanted to share any details about the future. He moved his eyes up and down Wyatt's body, wondering why he was dressed like someone who might be leading an evil empire and then, it dawned on him. "You're the evil Chris has been trying to warn us about aren't you?" He asked Wyatt. Chris had come to the past claiming he wanted to protect Wyatt from evil. Neither Leo nor the sisters knew what evil Chris was trying to protect him from. Chris didn't seem to know himself, just that they had to protect Wyatt. Maybe Chris was actually trying to protect Wyatt from becoming evil.
"Is that what he told you?" Wyatt asked, slightly amused. He looked at Chris. "I'm not evil Chris. I wish you could see the reasoning in my ways."
Chris formed a fist at his side, letting his anger boil inside of him. "You've killed innocent people, Wyatt. If that doesn't make someone evil, than I don't know what does."
Leo continued staring at Wyatt, now with fear in his eyes. His own son had killed, killed innocent people no less. He couldn't believe that this was who his son would grow to become.
The ceiling began to crack, small pieces of it flying to the floor. The slime oozed out of the whole and shot out, heading directly to the adult Wyatt. He was the most powerful being in the room. "What the hell." Wyatt shouted as he tried to jump out of the way. He would have orbed, but he had recognized it immediately and knew better than to try and orb. He slammed himself hard on the floor as the slime whizzed passed him, striking the bench seat in the alcove across from the parlor. "You're trying to fight the slime? Without the Charmed Ones?" He questioned as he rose to his feet.
"Well, we don't have a choice right now." Chris replied. "They aren't here."
"And just where are they?" Wyatt asked curiously, keeping his eyes out for the slime.
Patty answered him this time. "They are in the past." She said simply, as if it were no big deal.
"What?" He shouted in anger.
"Let's all just calm down." Leo suggested, gesturing out with his hands. "Until they get back, we need to try and keep this slime contained."
"It didn't seem to like that lamp upstairs." Patty said. "Maybe electricity weakens it."
"You might be on to something." Chris replied. "What if we gathered up a mound of electronics and put them together in one big clump, try and get it to attack it. Maybe it might be enough to weaken it so we can get out of here."
"Ok, good idea." Leo said. He turned to face Patty and baby Wyatt. "Can you take your grandson into the sun room. There's a playpen in there."
"Sure." She nodded.
"I'm gonna grab some stuff from the kitchen." Chris said. He walked off with Wyatt following him.
"I've been doing some more digging in the underworld and I'm surprised that no one has tried to kill you yet." Wyatt told Chris.
"So that's why he hasn't bothered me in over two weeks." He thought to himself. He walked into the kitchen, reaching for the blender. He turned to Wyatt. "Why do you care all of a sudden?" He asked his brother.
"I don't care." Wyatt lied. "I just..." He didn't know what else to say.
"Whatever, just grab the toaster." Chris replied. "We need as many electronics as we can gather."
Wyatt reached over, grabbing the toaster. He walked over and also grabbed the toaster oven from a cabinet. He followed Chris into the dining room. They started piling everything on the table. Leo had found an extension cord and an outlet multiplier, so they could plug in as many things as they could. More things were added to the table and soon, there was no room left for anything else. They barely had enough plugs for everything.
Leo was just about to plug in the last item. He searched the outlet multiplier, finding one last plug. He stuck the item in, only for power to surge, flicker once, and go out.
"Ugh." Chris groaned in frustration. He tilted his head back in anger.
At the same time Leo spoke, angered as well. "Damn it."
"Where's the fuse box?" Chris asked. Surprisingly, the manor wasn't in complete darkness. The slime that covered the windows and doors seemed to act as a dim light.
"In the basement." Patty answered.
"There should be a flash light in the laundry room." Leo said, turning to walk in that direction. Chris followed, leaving Wyatt and Patty alone for a few moments.
She looked her adult grandson over from head to toe. "I can see why there have never been any boys in our family." She said to him.
"What does that mean?" He asked, feeling offended.
"Men can't handle the Halliwell magic." She said. "That's why there have been no male witches in our family."
"I'm handling my magic just fine." He replied. He wished he could shove an energy ball in her face as proof, but he didn't want the slime to attack him.
Chris opened the basement door and proceeded down them slowly. He flipped the flashlight on and aimed it at the basement before him. Something squirmed out of the reach of the light. It was the slime and apparently, it had started to feed off of the nexus that laid under the house. He panicked and ran back up the stairs, quickly closing the door behind him. He leaned back, putting pressure on it.
Leo could tell from the look on Chris' face that they were not going to be getting to the fuse box. "The slime is feeding on the nexus." Chris informed him.
"That's not good." Leo replied, with fear in his voice.
The slime slammed against the basement door, causing Chris to jerk forward. The slime wanted out from the basement and continued to push at the door. Wyatt walked into the room and looked suspiciously at the door as Leo and Chris were both trying to hold it closed.
Before he could approach them, the Charmed Ones appeared before him. They seemed oblivious to his presence. "Step back fellas." Piper said to Leo and Chris.
Wyatt had to resist the urge to laugh at the sight of the sisters, as they were all dressed like a flower child from the sixties. He turned and walked out, not wanting them to see him. He didn't really want to see them either, to risk getting attached to their presence. He couldn't bare to look at his mother, as sadness tried to wash over him when he did so.
Chris and Leo moved away from the basement door as the sisters approached them. Paige spoke. "Drawing on the power of three, destroy this evil entity."
The basement door exploded open as the slime glowed and seemed to expand for a moment. Then, it dispersed, disappearing from the manor. It had been vanquished for good this time.
Leo looked around the kitchen as Patty walked in with her grandson in her arms again. She didn't want to let the little guy go, though she was not happy to see what he had become in the future. There was something dark about him, something evil and it made her fear for the future of her family. "Where's Wyatt?" He asked curiously.
"Um, Hello." Piper said, reaching for her son. "He's right here."
Chris looked at Leo furiously, knowing that he was just about to reveal who his mystery attacker was to the sisters. He couldn't sense his brother in the manor, so he must have orbed out before the sisters could spot him.
"No, adult Wyatt." Leo said.
All three girls looked from Leo to Chris, curious to know the full story. "Wyatt was here?" Piper asked. "Why? I want to know what's going on."
Chris stared blankly at the sisters, not sure how to answer them. He didn't really want to explain to them about Wyatt. Leo spoke instead. "From the look of him, I would say that he was Chris' attacker at the club." He informed the girls.
"What? That's impossible." Piper snapped at Leo. "His attacker looked evil, was evil" She looked at Chris, hoping for an explanation.
Chris looked back and shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know what to tell you." He said, not wanting to either confirm nor deny what Leo had said.
"Why don't you start with the truth." Piper demanded with one hand on her hips as the other held her son. Anger boiled inside of her. There was no way that her son could be the evil man that had tried to kill Chris at P3.
"I can't, I can't tell you too much without screwing up the future." Chris replied., shrugging his shoulders again.
"But that's why you came back here." Paige said.
"I'm sorry." Chris replied, turning into orbs as he left the manor.
Chris walked slowly through the manor, searching for Piper. He hadn't talked with her all day. He had been off checking around in the underworld, trying to find the threat that was after Wyatt. It seemed like every time he had the sisters vanquish a possible threat, new ones emerged.
He found Piper sitting in her room. She was flipping through the book of shadows. Curious to know why, he knocked on the door frame and walked in. "Hey, what's up?" He asked her.
"Something tried to attack Wyatt in the nursery this morning." She replied, nonchalantly.
Chris immediately filled with worry. "How am I supposed to protect Wyatt if you don't tell me when a demon attacks until hours later?" He asked feeling angered. He started pacing in front of her.
"Because, Chris. I'm taking care of it." She said, not even taking her eyes off the book of shadows.
"That's fine, but what happens if this demon is the one, the one that's after Wyatt?" He asked. How could she not have told him about the demon sooner? She was starting to make him furious.
"You mean the one that turns him evil?" She snapped back. "I saw him in the club that night and you can't tell me that he wasn't evil. Besides, I already vanquished the demon."
"Maybe he's evil, maybe he isn't. I just want to protect him." Chris explained. "I've got his best interests in mind."
"So do I, Chris." She slammed the book of shadows closed. "The demon's not in here." She rose from her chair, setting the book on her bed. There was a laundry basket on the bed and she reached for an item, intent on folding it.
Chris walked over to her. "What's it look like?" Chris asked, wondering if maybe he could help identify it.
The demon had been very tall, with blonde dreadlocks. He wore a black robe and carried some sort of magical wand that he was using to try and penetrate Wyatt's shield. "Tall, robed, with a metal rod thingy." That was the best she could describe the demon.
Chris rolled his eyes. Her description wasn't much to go on. "Really, well that narrows it down." He replied sarcastically. He turned from her, shaking his head in disbelief.
"If another one shows up, I'll be here." She said to him.
"But what if you're not here?" He asked, turning back to her. "What if you're out with fireman or anyone else this week?"
"Look, I don't want to get into this, but I'm not going to be out with the fireman or anyone else for that matter." Piper explained, even though she thought it was none of his business. "That way, I can focus more on Wyatt."
"Whoa, what?" He asked in shock, shaking his head again.
"Did I stutter?" She asked, feeling annoyed. She was still folding laundry.
"Piper, you can't give up on love, ever." He argued. In fact, his life depended on it.
"Any why not?" She asked him curiously.
He wasn't sure what to say now. He couldn't explain to her that his own life depended on it. "Because, because you just can't." He stammered. She looked at him suspiciously. She didn't understand why he cared so much about her love life. "You don't have to give up on love to protect Wyatt. That's why I'm here." He tried to assure her.
Piper grabbed the laundry basket and walked around Chris. "Well, you weren't here this morning." She said, walking out of the room. "The only thing that matters is what's best for Wyatt."
Chris followed her out, trying to reason with her. "This isn't what's best for Wyatt, Piper. I've seen the future and this is not what's supposed to happen." He explained.
She stopped near Wyatt's room and turned to Chris. "So tell me, what is supposed to happen?" She demanded to know.
"I can't tell you that." He said.
She walked into Wyatt's room. "My son turns evil in the future and your telling me not to devote all of my time to protect Wyatt. Maybe that's why he turns evil in the first place." She said softly.
Chris knew that wasn't true. She was a great mother to him and to Wyatt. She always did what she could to protect them. She never gave up on love either and she shouldn't have to now. "That's not why. Besides, there are other ways you can protect him."
"Shh, not too loud." She said. Wyatt was in his crib sleeping. Chris almost didn't even notice him. She set the basket down and noticed a box on Wyatt's dresser. "What's this?" Piper asked, walking over to it.
"Piper, focus here." Chris said softly, as she looked over the box.
Piper pulled off the card and read it. "It's from Leo. That's so sweet of him." She smiled and turned to Chris, ignoring the present for now. Her smile faded. "And what do you suggest I do about protecting Wyatt?"
"Leo could take him 'up there' for a while or..." He paused. "You could bind his powers."
"What? That's not an option." Piper said, offended he would even suggest such a thing.
"Why not?" Chris asked curiously. "Demons wouldn't be after him anymore and you could have a normal life again."
"Yes, but wouldn't that be selfish of me?" Piper asked. "I'd be putting my needs before his destiny. He's a very powerful child and if I do things right, he's going to grow up to do very special things. Now that I know what he's become in your future, I have to do what I can to help him and nurture him, to keep him from turning out that way." Wyatt started to make soft noises in his crib. She walked over to him and pulled up the blanket. She turned away, pushing her hair out of her face.
"I'm telling you, Piper, that you aren't the reason he turned out like that." He said as she started to walk out of the room. He followed her. "You were a great Mom."
She stopped dead in her tracks, whirled around at him in the hallway and said, "How would you know that? Did he tell you that?" She wanted to know.
Chris' eyes grew big. He couldn't believe he had just said that. He knew because she was his mother, but he couldn't tell her that. She couldn't know that he was her son, that he was Wyatt's brother. "I, I just know." He replied.
"You're not going to change my mind, Chris." She turned away from him and walked down the hall to the stairs. She disappeared around the corner.
Chris shook his fists in the air angrily as she walked off. There seemed to be no reasoning with her. He walked back into Wyatt's room and stood over his crib. Wyatt stared up at him blankly, as his blue force field formed around him. It didn't surprise Chris, as Wyatt had put it up whenever they had been alone. "I will save you." He said. He knew Wyatt couldn't understand him yet, but he was mainly trying to reassure himself.
He heard a noise behind him and turned, hoping that it wasn't Piper, hoping that no one saw how Wyatt had reacted to him. He knew that if the sisters saw how Wyatt reacted to him, than they might think he was evil, maybe even think that HE was the one after Wyatt.
His face froze when he caught sight of his adult brother standing before him. What did Wyatt want now?
"I guess I don't trust you." He stated, looking at his younger version.
"And I don't trust you." Chris replied, stepping away from the crib. Little Wyatt let down his shield. It wasn't because Chris had stepped away though. Somehow, he could sense who the older, darker figure was and trusted that he was no threat to him.
"Touche." Wyatt said with a smirk.
"What are you doing here? Come to try and take me home again?" Chris asked curiously.
"Actually, no. I came here because I need your help or he needs your help." Wyatt explained, nodding towards little Wyatt in the crib.
"With what?" Chris asked in disbelief. He had a hard time believing that Wyatt actually wanted his help.
"I've heard some rumors that a group of demons known as The Order, are after me...him." Wyatt explained. He shook his head. "This is getting confusing."
"So what, you want me to save you?" Chris asked.
Wyatt made a face at Chris, one that signified that he was annoyed. "I don't need saving. Just keep an eye out for these demons while I try to find where they are hiding in the underworld." He said. Before Chris could argue, Wyatt turned into his black orbs and left.
Chris decided to orb out as well, focusing his orbs to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge. He knew that Leo liked to go there to focus and think about things, in fact, he liked to do that himself sometimes. He went up there a lot in the future. It was one place that Wyatt absolutely hated and when he wanted to elude his brother, he would simply orb to the bridge.
"Leo." He said, trying to get his attention. Leo stood on top of the bridge, body stiff. His eyes were closed and his head was tilted back, clearly deep in thought. His arms stood straight at his side. "Leo, I need to talk to you."
Leo opened his eyes and turned to Chris. "What is it?" He asked curiously.
"Have you ever heard of The Order?" Chris replied with a question.
"Yeah, they were once a very powerful force in the underworld until their leader had been vanquished." Leo explained. "Supposedly they went into hiding, waiting for their leader to be reborn. Why are you asking about The Order?"
Chris could tell that he had Leo very worried now. "Well, I think they may be after Wyatt."
"And why do you think that?" He asked.
"Lets just call it another hunch." Chris replied.
"In other words, you don't want to tell me why you think that." Leo said annoyed. He wondered if Chris would ever give him a straight answer about anything. Chris merely shrugged his shoulders, not really confirming nor denying what Leo said. Leo shook his head in disgust at Chris. "I guess I can talk with the Elders, get their opinions on why The Order would be after Wyatt."
"Thanks." Chris replied and orbed out, not wanting to be near his father at the moment. He had to come up with a plan to get the sisters to bind Wyatt's powers. He thought that binding his powers might be a way to help protect him because if he didn't have his powers, demons might not be after him.
Hopefully I will be able to post more soon. Let me know what you think. I hope I've done enough differences from the show so far to keep everyone interested. Like I said though bigger changes will be coming later on. Thanks guys!