OK, sorry it's been a bit longer than usual. I was getting my husband ready to send off on deployment and wanted to spend every last moment I could with him. Anyways, thanks for the reviews. Here is the next update. We are getting close to the end, but I'm still not sure how many updates I have left. I do not own Charmed.
Gideon walked through the manor with his invisibility cloak on. He had hurried back from the parallel world as quickly as he could. His main goal of tipping the balance between worlds had been accomplished.
Piper and Leo had already left for the hospital, leaving Phoebe and little Wyatt alone in the manor. Phoebe seemed unusually happy and cheerful. Gideon assumed that it was because of how the balance between worlds had been shifted.
"Hey, Wyatt. Your Mommy's going to have a little brother for you." She said to little Wyatt. He seemed to ignore her. He was more focused on his little Wuvey bear in his arms.
Gideon let his presence be known as he dropped his invisibility cloak. Phoebe looked up at him, almost startled at the sight of him. "Gideon. Why are you here?" She asked curiously, not letting the cheerfulness leave her voice.
"I just wanted to check up on Piper, she is due to have the baby soon isn't she?" He asked.
"Of course, yes. She's at the hospital now. I just wish I could be there with her." Phoebe explained.
"Well, why aren't you there?" He then asked.
"Someone has to stay with Wyatt and everyone else is..." She couldn't quite remember where they were.
"Why don't you let me stay with Wyatt?" Gideon suggested. "You should be with your sister."
"You're right, I should be. Thanks!" Phoebe got up and walked off, leaving her nephew alone with the Elder.
Little Wyatt looked at Gideon and put his shield up almost immediately after Phoebe had walked out. Gideon starred down at the child and pulled an athame out that he had tucked into the back of his pants. He walked towards little Wyatt and penetrated his shield with it. He grabbed the frightened boy and orbed out with him.
"Are you sure, we should have just left them like that?" Paige asked curiously, as they re-entered magic school through the mirror.
"What choice did we have?" Wyatt asked back.
"You heard Dad." Chris replied. "He said that if we weren't careful the balance could be thrown off, making one world to good and the other too bad. Did you see how those people started acting all of a sudden, shooting each other and what not?"
"The balance was definitely messed up." Wyatt added in. "We need to focus on Gideon for now though and worry about the balance later."
"We should head back to the manor and let Phoebe know what's going on and maybe check on Piper." Paige suggested.
"I'll go check on Piper, you guys check in with Phoebe." Wyatt said before orbing out.
Chris and Paige orbed into the manor. "Phoebe." Chris called out. They both walked through the manor, but neither Phoebe nor little Wyatt were anywhere to be seen.
"Maybe she took Wyatt and went to the hospital." Paige thought out loud.
"Maybe, but..." Chris had a bad feeling.
Wyatt orbed into a janitors closet at the hospital and walked out. He walked over to a counter where a few nurses stood. "Where's maternity ward?" He asked.
"It's on the next floor. Are you expecting a bundle of Joy?" One nurse asked cheerfully.
He ignored her question and started walking towards the elevator. He made his way to the maternity ward and asked for Piper at the front desk. "I'm looking for Piper Halliwell. Can you tell me where she is?" He asked.
The nurse smiled at him. "Are you family?" She asked.
"Sort of, I mean yes." He answered.
"Well you don't look like family." She said to him. She noticed his black clothes. "Those are not happy colors."
"What?" He asked in confusion and then demanded. "What colors? Where's Piper?"
"Please watch your tone withe me sir or I'll have to call security." She said.
"Wyatt?" Phoebe looked at him curiously from where she stood down the hall. "What are you doing here, come to see your brother's birth?"
"Eww, no. I don't want to see that." He walked towards her. "I just wanted to check on Piper. I thought you were at the manor with me, I mean Wyatt?"
"I was, but Gideon agreed to watch him so I could visit Piper." She said happily. "Wasn't that nice of him?"
"No, Phoebe. What were you thinking?" He asked with a loud voice.
The nurse from the front desk came over to them. "Do I need to call security Ma'am?" She asked Phoebe.
"Oh, no. It's ok, this is just my nephew." Phoebe said to the nurse.
She looked at Wyatt before walking back to her desk. "If you get any louder, I'm going to call security and have your tongue cut out."
Wyatt was taken aback a bit, wondering why the nurse would say such a thing and than he remembered how strangely everyone was acting in the other world. The balance was tipped and now this world was screwed up as well.
Bellock left the comfort of the Underworld. He had been hiding out for weeks after getting the Charmed Ones on his tail. He knew it would be suicide to go after baby Wyatt on his own and that was why he originally used his wonderful power of thought manipulation on Gideon to get him after the boy instead. When the Phoenix witch had come to him from the future, she had informed him that the boy had never been killed. He had merely been turned evil. His first task was taking over the Underworld as essentially the new Source of all Evil and then he had his sights set on the city and eventually the world. She had told Bellock that he had become second in command to Wyatt. Clearly, getting Gideon to do his bidding did not work as he had hoped. Now Bellock was going to have to get his own hands dirty.
Bellock was quite peeved that Gideon had messed with the balance between worlds, though he had no idea that Gideon could even get into the parallel world. It could work to their advantage though. Gideon was after Wyatt and with the balance tipped too far he knew he would be able to get him from Phoebe. She would be just as warped as everyone else in this too good of a world. Paige, however, would not be warped, as she was in the other world when the shift happened. Her mind wouldn't warp either way, too good or too evil. Gideon needed a way to get her mind warped, so she would be out of the way as well. He wasn't sure how to handle the adult Halliwell boys though. As long as he was able to get little Wyatt, he wasn't too concerned with them.
Bellock was concerned about everything. If Gideon couldn't kill the boy, he would. First, he would find a way to change Paige, to warp her. Then he would deal with the adult Halliwell boys himself. He walked into Piper's hospital room. Surprisingly enough, no one was in the room with her. Phoebe and Leo had been in the hall talking with the doctor.
"Who are you?" Piper asked with a smile. "Another doctor?"
He certainly didn't look like a doctor. He ignored her question and stepped closer to her. "Paige is sad, she's not happy like you and your other sister. You're going to make her happy." He said softly. A white stream of air flowed towards Piper. She had a notepad on the table in front of her and immediately began writing. Bellock left.
"Call now the powers, blessed be. To make my sister happy." She said with a smile.
Wyatt orbed to the manor frantically. He sensed Chris and Paige were downstairs so he formed in front of them. "Gideon has Wyatt." He said.
"What?" Chris almost seemed to snap.
"Every one in this world was changed, just like the other world. Phoebe in her warped state of mind is overly happy and left Wyatt with Gideon so she could be with Piper at the hospital." He explained. "She said it was so nice of him to watch Wyatt for her."
"Well since you are Wyatt, why don't you...I don't know, sense yourself." Paige suggested.
Wyatt closed his eyes, trying to concentrate. "I think I'm in the Underworld, or he is."
"Ok, lets..." Paige stopped mid sentence.
"Lets what?" Chris asked.
Paige smiled. "Lets go see Piper. She's having you today you know and we should be there." She said cheerily.
"What?" Wyatt asked in confusion.
"You know she never even discussed a name for the baby." Paige said as she walked to the door.
"Wait, I have a name already." Chris argued. "Paige, get back here."
She ignored him and walked right out of the manor. She was heading to the hospital to be with Piper. Both boys stood, watching in awe as she walked off. "What just happened?" Wyatt asked. "Is it me or does she seem a bit warped now?"
"We don't have time to worry about them right now, we have to save you." Chris replied. "Now where was it you sensed yourself?"
Wyatt rolled his eyes and placed a hand on Chris. He orbed out with him and reformed in the Underworld. Chris staggered for a moment. He hated the feeling he got from dark orbing. Gideon stood in the corner with little Wyatt. He had an athame poised and ready for the boy.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Wyatt said. He formed an energy ball and let it grow in his hand.
Gideon turned to face them. "You can't stop this. You're death is imminent." He said. His raised his invisibility shield.
"Crap." Chris muttered. "You try and fight off Gideon and I'll get Wyatt."
Chris orbed over to little Wyatt and reached for him. Wyatt let his energy ball fade and put a hand out, letting a wave of energy out in each direction. He thought surely that would strike Gideon, invisible or not and it did. Gideon was forced against a wall and his hold on his power fell, making him visible once more.
Bellock shimmered near Chris and pushed him away from little Wyatt. Chris jumped up and fought back, using his telekinesis to force Bellock away from little Wyatt. Gideon made his way to his feet and ignored Wyatt. He ran at Chris with the athame.
"No." Wyatt shouted. He orbed in between Chris and Gideon. The knife struck him in the stomach. His body jerked as the pain surged through him. Gideon pulled the knife free and Wyatt fell to his knees.
In a frightened panic, little Wyatt orbed away. He was unsure of who to trust and was terrified of the scene that had just unfolded in front of him. Bellock and Gideon went after the toddler and Chris was conflicted about what to do. He reached for Wyatt and tried to hold him up. Blood was oozing from the wound in his stomach. "No, this can't be happening." He said.
"Just leave me." Wyatt argued in between breaths. "Go after them."
"No, I can't leave you. Dad, he can heal you." Chris said. Tears were forming in his eyes. He orbed out with Wyatt to the manor.
He situated Wyatt on Piper and Leo's bed before calling out to their father. "Dad, we need you now." He yelled. "Dad." He didn't come. "I'll be right back, ok" He said to Wyatt.
Wyatt was barely conscious, but he tried to nod at Chris. Chris orbed to the hospital appearing in the middle of a hall. Magic exposure was the least of his worries at that moment. "Dad." He called out. He had sensed him in the hospital, but wasn't quite sure which room he was in. He caught glimpse of a calender on the wall, noting the date. He reached in his pocket for the paper Madame Serena had given him with the same date on it. "Maybe she was trying to warn me about Wyatt's death." He thought to himself. He had no idea why else she would have given him that date, this day. He wasn't going to lose Wyatt though, not this way.
Leo stepped out from one of the rooms. "Hey buddy." He said cheerily. "Come to see how you're Mom's doing?"
"No, Wyatt needs you. He needs you to heal him now." Chris explained.
Leo smiled. "Oh, I'm sure he's fine. I need to be here for Piper." He replied.
Paige and Phoebe came out of the room. "The doctor said there are some complications. He said that you're the only one allowed in there for now." Phoebe said. She completely ignored Chris' presence.
"I'm sure it's nothing serious though." Paige added in. "Hey Chris."
Immediately, Chris began to worry about his Mother, began to wonder what her complications were. He knew she would be ok in the end though. She had survived his birth before, she would do it now too. He had to focus on Wyatt. "Dad, we need to get to Wyatt." He said. "Gideon stabbed him."
"Gideon wouldn't do that." Leo replied as if in disbelief.
Chris rolled his eyes and reached for Leo, orbing to the manor with him. They formed next to Wyatt's bedside.
Wyatt barely acknowledged their presence. He was starring up at the ceiling, his breaths labored. Blood trickled out of his wound and his skin was pale.
Leo continued his protest. "Gideon wouldn't hurt Wyatt. He's an old friend." He said cheerily. Chris pushed him closer to the bed so he could see Wyatt. Leo looked down and froze for a moment. Something seemed to snap in him. Fear and worry filled him. "No, Wyatt." He cried out as he sat on the bed readying his hands to heal. They went to his wound and a golden aura escaped from them, attempting to heal Wyatt.
Unfortunately I left it with a cliffhanger. I hope to post more soon though so you can find out what happens with Wyatt. I also hope there weren't too many typos. I tried to proof read before I posted, but was in kind of a rush to get this up here. Feel free to comment. Thanks!