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Some time in the suckish near future

Victor watched from the door as Will walked around placing a blanket over Henry Jr. He moved over and pulled Chris' shoes off before placing another blanket on him as well. When Will's father had died Piper had become his guardian. But when the sisters had died as well Will, Henry, Chris, and Wyatt had gone to him. Paige only had Henry Jr. before her husband died and then she died. Phoebe never got married and never ended up having children.

Will sighed before walking over to his own bed and pulling the covers up almost instantly going to sleep. This had become sort of a midnight ritual. Victor would wait up for the boys to come home and would watch them as they sleep before he finally went to bed himself.

Will had earned Victor's respects in all ways even if he was half demon. He had stepped in as the older brother for Henry and Chris when Wyatt left. Wyatt had been his best friend and his brother but he had changed and Will hadn't. Will felt betrayed by the powerful witch and disappointed at the same time. Wyatt had left his whole family behind for power. He took on the role of watching over Chris and Henry. It wasn't his job to do it but he did it anyways. He protected them and cared for them even in the hell that the world had become.

Chris just always seemed confused. Torn almost. He loved Wyatt. But his older brother who he had idolized all his life had gone against all their mother's morals and grew so cruel. Wyatt repeatedly asked for Chris to join him and he wanted to in some ways. But he knew that in doing so he would become evil and Chris would never be evil. That was his determination.

Henry Jr. was a nervous wreck. But he was strong. He had after all received the evolved power in the family, deflection. He was quiet and kept to himself. Lost in his own thoughts of what exactly was life. He thought he loved his cousin, Wyatt, but then why did he go and become evil. That was just messed up to him. He was smart and used his head but still was small compared to Chris and Will and especially Wyatt…Wyatt was probably bigger than everyone or so he thought. In his own mind he probably was.

Present, Underworld

"Will?!" the voice that came out of his throat was odd but he took no notice. Before Chris was the twenty year old friend, Will Sinclair. Will Sinclair, who died at the age of twenty when Chris was eighteen. Will was the same though. A tall twenty year old. He was lean and a bit scrawny but he was still well built. His honey brown hair stuck up and his brown eyes held a faded recklessness and more of a maturity and responsibility.

"Yeah, Chris." Will nodded a small smile on his lips. Will was dead. He wasn't … he wasn't supposed to be there. No. He wasn't. Why was he here?

"So…you're an illusion." Chris guessed. Will shook his head.

"No."

"…Are you back?" Chris asked with a small ounce of hope. Hope. He hadn't felt that in a while. But Will shook his head sadly.

"No."

"Then what are you?" Chris groaned his throat burning.

"A memory."

Shaking his head Chris asked the obvious question. "How?"

"Take a wild guess." Will grinned. Something tugged at Chris as he saw the missed smile.

"A spell." Chris sighed. "The sisters?"

"Yep."

"Should have known."

"You should've." Will dropped down into a sitting position across from the weak form of Chris. "So, how's the future since I've left?"

"Future Consequence." Chris automatically replied. Will laughed. Chris missed his laugh too.

"Do you know how annoyed the sisters get when you say that?" Will smiled at him. "I'm from the future, no consequence."

"You weren't always." Chris reminded him. Will's smile fell as he turned on his brown eyes.

"Chris…" Will stretched over to him. "I never left."

"Yes you did. You died and you left." Chris felt angry. Anger.

"I was always with you and will always have been. Along with Henry, Piper, Paige, Phoebe…" Will chuckled, Phoebe always made him laugh. "…and Bianca."

Chris cringed at the name and began to shake.

"I like her. Nice catch." Chris smiled softly at Will's banter. Sighing Chris looked down at the ground sadly. Will crossed his long legs and laid the back of his head on his arms against the bars of the cage.

"Remember that day of our agreement." Will asked. Chris snorted as he rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, Henry almost drowned."

"Well yeah…Oh and thanks for waiting me out for two extra years."

"Uhmm. I met your girlfriend remember." Will smirked at Chris wiggling his eyebrows before jumping.

"Oh and there was that whole trying to vanquish little me."

"I didn't realize it was you I'm sorry." Chris tiredly replied. "Glad to have seen you grown out of that tongue thing."

Will tensed slightly. "Ok well this isn't about me, it's about you. How do you feel?"

"Empty therapist Will. But that could be because the big bad demon stripped me of my emotions and everything else therefore taking away my powers which leads to me being in the cage in the underworld with a chain around my stomach while illusions attack me and I haven't eaten in two days."

"Glad to see sarcasm and rambling are still sticking with you."

"They casted a spell to give me back my emotions didn't they?" Chris finally announced feeling his chest begin to fill.

"That depends. What do you feel?" Will crossed his arms turning his head to Chris.

"…Pain." Chris said softly. "Because you're here. You don't need to be."

"Chris, I wouldn't be here unless you needed me." Will corrected.

"Jealousy. You got to escape it. All of it."

"But that meant leaving you and Henry. And that was worst than the fireball."

"Sadness…because…" Chris's voice quivered as a tear fell down his face sliding alone his nose and over his lips off his chin to be absorbed by the ground. "Because I have to see mom everyday."

"She loves you and always will."

"Guilt, I let Henry down. I let him die and I let you down."

"You never did so. We're brothers and we do anything for you." Will laughed slightly. "You never seemed to get Chris that, you and Henry were my whole world. I'd do anything for you or him."

"Frustration because…I'm in this damn cage." Chris growled. Will gave a half smile.

"And I'm right here with you."

Later on in the future hell

"Anybody see you?!" Henry asked as he came out of his hiding spot.

"Please! I've got it taken care of." Chris breezed. "Where's Will?!" Chris shrugged as he pulled his thin sweatshirt closer to him ignoring that he could see his breath in the air.

"I'm here." The half manticore walked out. "Come on let's go down to the rocks."

The three boys hiked down the hill of the park and towards the rocks of the bay.

Will was a tall twenty year old. He was lean and a bit scrawny but he was still well built. His honey brown hair stuck up and his brown eyes held a faded recklessness and more of a maturity and responsibility. Henry Jr. was small. His brown eyes were the same as his mother's and his dark brown was stuck up in spikes. He was normally quiet and was always high-strung. But his nervousness gave him great reflexes at the same time. Chris was a long skinny eighteen year old. His brown hair that he got from his mother was long and messy and his emerald green eyes shown brightly with determination mixed with an amount of guilty at the same time.

As the boys reached the rocks they tried to ignore the icy spray that made it feel like daggers on their skin.

"Hey Henry watch out for the edge. Don't want you falling in." Will called before they sat down on some rocks. For a moment they were silent before Chris spoke first.

"I'm going back." He finally announced. Will shifted uncomfortably. "I have to go back. I have to fix this…"

"Would you stop it!" It was a demanding plea not a question.

"Stop what?!"

"Stop taking the world on your shoulders. It isn't your job to take responsibility for what he's done." Will shouted. He opened his mouth to say something but sighed out in frustration and began pacing rubbing a hand through his hair.

"You're a different person than he is. We've always known that." Henry quietly added.

"It is my fault. If I only just…" Chris began.

"You're NOT the cause of your mom's death!" Will interrupted already knowing where this was going. "You had nothing to do with it!"

"I do have something to do with it! She died trying to save me! Me! Not some innocent! Me! You have no clue how that feels!" Chris was yelling now too.

"I have no clue?! Are you kidding me!? My dad died trying to save me! Chris your mom was like my own mother to me! When my Dad died I went to your mom! I think I have some idea of what you're feeling Chris!"

"Yeah but still… I screwed everything up and now I have to fix it. It's something I need to do."

Will's jaw was clenched and his hands were balled into fists but he saw the familiar determination in Chris's eyes.

"I'm not asking for your approval. I'm going back whether you're with me or not. But I wish you would do it with me!" Chris finished.

"You're only eighteen." Will begged. He knew Chris was going to get his help but he still didn't like it. He knew that if Chris went back to the past everything would be out of his control and he couldn't protect him anymore if he was gone. That was how Will was. If he couldn't control it then he couldn't protect them and he didn't like that. He protected Chris and Henry like they were his own brothers. "Just promise me…Wait until you're twenty." Chris stared at him for a moment. "When you turn twenty then I will do everything in my power to get you to the past…Ok? Two more years." Chris thought for a moment before nodding in a silent agree.

"Good." Suddenly Chris went in and gave Will a hug. Henry Jr. just sat out for a moment letting the two friends share a moment together.

Henry's sharp ears caught the strange buzzing noise. "What the hell is that?!" Suddenly two probes flew through the sky and in front of the three boys. Chris waved his hand sending one of the probes into the rocks. Will grabbed out at the other probe smashing it into nothing but shards of metal in his hands.

"Are they gone?!" Will asked looking for anymore probes. Suddenly a probe sped towards them faster than the normal probe. So fast that Will and Chris had to duck down. Henry raised his hands and the blue light emitted from them deflecting it sending it in the opposite direction. But then another speeding probe came and hit Henry in the head sending him into the frigid water. More probes came and surrounded Will and Chris.

Henry coughed out the water in his lungs as the waves pulled him further out into the water. His head fell under water for a moment and he struggled to stay up. A small gash from his head was causing his head to throb and his vision to blur in and out. He was to shaken with fear to even orb up on dry land and the coldness of the water was making his thoughts fuzzy. Finally he fell under the waves and didn't come back up.

Chris saw his cousin fall under the waves and not come back up but he knew why. He can't swim! Was the only thing that ran through his head. Chris ran to the edge and dove into the water. Will smashed the last probe before throwing off his jacket and diving in as well.

Chris' head came up for air before he dove down into the water. His eye stung from the coldness of the water but Chris desperately searched for his younger cousin. His clothes were weighing him down but he still looked and looked and looked.

Finally he spotted a small blob. Henry's eyes were closed and his arms floated limply in the water. Chris grabbed him from the arms and kicked powerful kicks as he and Henry Jr. began to make a break for the top of the waves.

Chris coughed up the water as he emerged from the waves. His hair hung loosely to his face and his breathing was rapid as the coldness finally started to kick in. Will swam over and helped Chris drag Henry over to the edge. Pulling himself out of the bay, Will took Henry from Chris and pulled him out as well.

Will cursed under his breath as he realized Henry wasn't breathing. Placing his strong hands on the seventeen year old's chest he began to push down five times before moving over to Henry's mouth and blowing a big breath. Chris watched as Will began to count to himself while Henry was still not moving. Chris's shakes were uncontrollable. Not only from the freezing cold but also from the thick tension in the air. He had to force himself from looking at his cousin and kept the look out for anyone else.

Finally Henry gasped before he started coughing out water. Quickly placing his jacket over the shivering boy Will easily picked him up. Henry was always scrawny and small for his age but lately he had lost a lot of weight. He carried Henry behind a few bushes and trees making sure Chris followed. He wrapped the dry jacket closer around Henry and tried to ignore the shakes of the bitter cold on his wet skin. Henry's lips were turning a weird shade of blue and his eyes were unfocused. He almost seemed like he was about to fall asleep against Will's chest.

"H…Hold o…o…on bu…ddy." Will's jaw was shaking as if he was a in a mighty earthquake. Just as he had suspected four demons shimmered in. The demons looked at each other before looking around. The three boys tensed and tried to stay as still as possible holding their breath as one demon looked in their direction. He began walking towards them. Just as the demon was close enough to see the slight shakes of their cold forms another demon called out.

"They're not here." The demon then shimmered out followed by the other two. The last demon looked one last time before shimmering out concealing Will's shimmer with his.