AN: This is the chapter before the last one guys… Sorry it took so long… again… Next chapter will be a long one. I think You'll enjoy it. But first, this chapter. Please leave me a review!

CHAPTER XIV

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Leo had explained them everything. About the entire purpose of Wyatt in the underworld, and how elemental he is for even trying to do what the source was planning. The source wouldn't even be capable to try it without Wyatt. He could do without anyone else, even one of the charmed ones, but he needed Wyatt.

Leo said those were the exact words of the elders, who have known about Wyatt's existence, but only recently found out what he was held in the underworld for.

Piper kept it together the whole time. She listened carefully, and nodded when it was appropriate.

Then, she said she'd be in her room, and disappeared upstairs. She needed time to think things through.

Piper wasn't naive. She knew very well what it all meant. Usually, as Piper remembered it from years ago, they sisters would find a weak point in the occasional demon they would fight, then they would hit that weak point.

This time, the weak point was Wyatt. The son she never really got to know, yet she felt him everywhere she went. She was sure Leo did too. How could he not? The pull was so strong.

Piper realized her muscles were tense, and decided she could ease them. She sat on her bed, then flopped to her back, and it already felt better. The sheets covering the bed were cool and refreshing. It sent a cool breeze through her, and she closed her eyes, almost in joy.

Little things brought joy to her now. She was so used to the low life of the underworld… this was like heaven, or even higher, if possible. These little moments meant to her more then she herself will ever realize.

She took a moment to look at the situation she was in from a different eye's view.

She was back home and her sisters and lover were good and healthy, and she was safe. Pretty safe. It wasn't a bad place to be, if not considering where her son was.

They would find a way to defeat the source, her sisters always have. And she has too.

He was weak inside, Piper knew it. He was half human. Piper made a note to herself to tell it to her sisters, but she was drifting off. She was tired, again. She didn't resist the urge to close her eyes, and she hugged herself, and she was fast asleep...

………

"Mom….."

……..

"Mom."

…….. Hmmm……

"Piper…."

…….. Wha…?

"Mom!"

…. Someone was talking to her.

Piper opened her eyes.

She was convinces someone had called her name.

"Mom?"

This time the voice was vivid.

Piper quickly sat up, and turned to the direction the voice came from.

There, stood a pale man, in his twenties probably... He had blond, messy hair. It reached the shoulders.

He looked tired.

And he had called her 'mom'.

"Who are you?" She asked, and wondered if he had heard. She was probably dreaming.

The stranger came closer, and Piper found him familiar. Where had she seen him before? Was he a demon? She was alerted. He must have noticed, because he took a step back.

"You don't recognize me." He stated.

She shook her head no, agreeing.

It was a dream. An awkward dream. She must wake up….

"Mom, please, stay with me..."

"Why do you call me that?" She asked.

Piper looked him over again. His pale face had small scars on it.. His eye was yellow. He looked like he's been beaten, not long ago. Yet, he was still a beautiful young man. He reminded her of Leo.

God, could it be?

"Wyatt?" She attempted.

For the first time since he awoke her, he smiled. It was a warm smile. He even blushed.

"I knew you'd recognize me. I just knew you would."

"What? I don't understand."

He sighed. "May I?" He pointed to the bed, and Piper nodded, and he took a seat at the edge.

"Listen, there isn't much time mom. I went back here, back in time, to change the life we are forced to live in my own time."

"How old are you?" Piper asked. She was still in shock, or something like that.

"Seventeen."

He looked much older then that. He looked so tired. A tired, broken man.

He was her son, and he was alive. That means they were able to save him.

"Mom… this will be hard to explain to you… but I came back here to make sure that you stop the source from corrupting Good and changing the world that's above into a twin of the underworld." Wyatt took a moment to look around him. He seemed a lot more admiring then one should be from seeing an ordinary room.

"This place is so beautiful. Like nothing I have ever seen before. You told me it would be like this."

"I told you?"

"Yes. When I was ten… or twelve. I don't remember. You told me stories about how it used to be. You said that you would do everything to make things that way again. Which is why I'm here." He focused on Piper's eyes again.

"You want me to do something." Piper understood. She liked the boy… behind the sad eyes were sparkles, and the smile he gave her so frequently made her feel special. This was her son.

"Yes. I need you to make a decision you didn't make in my past."

Piper took a deep breath. It was so surreal. "I'm listening." She managed.

He seemed uneasy. "You already know… about the sources plan. Do you?"

"Not exactly. I know he is trying to turn the world evil… but doesn't he always?"

"Yes. But this time he will succeed."

Piper held her breath for a moment.

"Look, in the world I come from… Mom, I haven't seen you in three years. I don't even know if you're still alive. Phoebe and Paige are dead, I know that for sure. I saw it. Dad is still around… But he has too many responsibilities. I didn't use to understand it, I was mad for him leaving me, but since I turned 13 I do the same thing."

"And what is it… that, you… do?"

"We live a double life. We serve the demons at night, and help others like us at day. There are very few of us… witches, and whitelighters, and other magical creatures of the good. In my time, there are only demons and humans, but the humans can't help. They have no way to fight, and they don't know any better. But too many are suffering, and I've come to realize, WE've come to realize, that there is a moment here, in the past, where we could change the way things turned out."

He leaned a little closer.

"Mom… you need to get rid of me. Little me. There is no way to steal me back here, but you will have an opportunity to kill me, tonight. You need to be ready. Please, Mom… I swear, it's the only way."

Piper got up from the bed and took a few steps back, shaking her head no. He was out of his mind.

He got up too. "Look, I know, it's an absurd thing to ask… but you must understand… it needs to be done, to save everyone. The source wouldn't be able to perform the ritual without the key. I am the key… Mom, this is for the grater good. No, scratch that… this is for our race."

"Look, you need to stop this… You can't even think of asking me to do any of this… you're mad…" Piper felt tears well up. She didn't want to cry.

"I hate my life! Ok? I hate it. I would kill myself at any given moment, but I stay there for dad, and he stays for me. And for the other people, because they need us. But we have no life… we are nothing. Dad is old, and tired, and he is weak. He lost most of his powers, because he needed them to help others. But this world we live in drains our powers out. Mom, we can't carry on. This is our only way out… their, only way out. Please, Mom…"

"Do you realize you are asking me to kill me own son? He is not even 2 yet… It's just… I…" Piper was speechless. What is one supposed to tell to a son who is asking his mother to kill him?

"Mom, you need to do this. I swear, this is the only way… please." Piper noticed he was crying. His tears made her own eyes hurt.

"Please…"

"I can't…" She begged for him to understand.

"They will me here soon. Any moment now. Please Mom…" He stepped forward and braced her with a strong hug, and for a moment he refused to let go. Piper hugged him back. But she won't do it. She would never be able to.

That was when she saw the three demons shimmering in. Her hands flew up, and they froze.

"It's the only way. I'm so sorry I had to do this. Goodbye." He kissed her cheek lightly, and then he was gone. The demons unfroze fast. They managed to break the force field around the house. But how?

Then, one of them took his hood off, and Piper recognized him right away.

Cole.

The Source.

AN: Please review guys… only one, long chapter to go. What do you think will happen? Will Piper do it? Will she sacrifice her son for the good of others? All questions will be answered next chapter!