Yay! Chapter 7!

Disclaimer; I don't own any of these characters, except for Arhama, and he sucks anyway. I mean, look at what happened when he tried to stop Phoebe from vanquishing her sisters! The hellspawned being is a little bitch! But I digress. The point is, please don't sue me, and enjoy.

Arhama laughed as he threw the plasma ball at Leo, who quickly orbed out and orbed back in.

"Book!" Paige called. The Book of Shadows orbed into her hands, the pages flipping wildly in some unknown wind. They came to rest on the page about Arhama.

"Arhama, scourge of men and worse!" she intoned. "Suffer greatly from this curse! Light we now the magic pyre, be consumed by your own fire!"

Arhama gave a peculiar shimmer and took a step back, recovering after a moment. "You cannot cast the spell unless you have your other two sisters present. Why don't you give them a call?" he smirked. "Oh, that's right. One of them is evil."

"Yeah, wasn't she the one pulling you around by your hair last night like the little dog you are?" Paige retorted.

Arhama growled, pulled an athame from his belt and flung it at Paige.

"Athame!" the young witch/white lighter yelled, orbing the dagger into her hands. She threw it back and embedded it in the demon's shoulder.

Piper ran down the stairs and flung her arms out, freezing the bodyguard for a moment. "What the Hell is going on?" she said.



Phoebe reeled in the penthouse as a premonition struck her. Arhama and Cole were talking to each other; then Cole turned to glare at her. He waved a hand, and Phoebe was flung across the room and chained to the wall. Time seemed to advance in the premonition, her baby developing within her in the space of a few moments. Finally, she gave birth, and after the Seer delivered the baby, she raised her hand and vanquished the witch without a second thought.

Phoebe gasped as the premonition ended. Arhama meant to tell Cole that she had tried to vanquish her sisters despite his command. Treason against the Source resulted in the same fate, even if the betrayer was his Queen.

Phoebe knew what had to be done. Naturally, her sisters had to be killed. Then, she would use her powers to barbecue Arhama. She would return to Cole, saying that her sisters were dead and Arhama had given his life to ensure that they were destroyed. Phoebe would win out each way, without Cole ever knowing she had tried to betray him. She smiled as she flamed out.



The Seer smiled in the underworld as she felt her false premonition reach Phoebe's mind. "Excellent," she whispered. Once Arhama was out of the picture, the Seer would be appointed as the Queen's Ward. Then, she thought, the real games would begin.



Piper and Paige finished saying the vanquishing spell together, and Arhama exploded with a bone-chilling scream that echoed even after he had been vanquished.

Piper straightened herself. "I guess we don't need the Power of Three after all."

Then, the echoes of the scream reappeared as Arhama reformed, looking extremely irate and holding two giant plasma balls in each hand.

"Guess we do," Paige said. She grabbed Piper and orbed them to a deserted field in the City Park.

"Why did you do that, Paige!?" the oldest sister said, shaking free of her grip. Leo orbed after them, confused.

Paige shrugged. "I got tired of cleaning up after demon attacks. Besides, this buys us some time."

Arhama shimmered in, throwing a plasma ball.

"Why do we always have to be proven wrong!" Paige screamed as she raised her hand. The plasma ball stopped in midair, then flew back at Arhama.

That was precisely when Phoebe flamed in front of Arhama and got hit with the plasma ball, knocking both her and Arhama to the ground.

"Strike!" Piper said.

Phoebe climbed to her feet. "Let's see if the Queen of Evil can't pick up a spare." There was a sudden explosion between Paige and Piper, and they were blasted about a hundred yards away from each other, the Book of Shadows falling between them.

"Looks like I'll have to deal with a split," Phoebe laughed as she walked to the Book. The triquatra on the cover glowed an evil red. "Oh, hush," she admonished the Book as she nudged the cover open with one foot.

Arhama looked shocked. "Queen!" he said. "You would consort with the Book of Shadows?"

"You rise above yourself, Arhama," she said thoughtfully without taking her eyes off the pages.

Arhama shook his head. "I shall have to inform the Source of your treason, in that case."

Phoebe spun around, snarling. "And I will have to inform the Source of your unfortunate demise. I'm pregnant, hormonal, cranky, and those tonics the Seer has me taking taste awful, so you managed to catch me in a bad mood. Sucks to be you, my friend." Fire leapt from her hand, striking Arhama and swirling around him, leaving him untouched. Phoebe looked at her hand, shocked, as if she would find the reason to why Arhama had not been vanquished written on her palm.

"I'm the Bodyguard of the Queen," Arhama said. "I was made immune to your powers."

Phoebe's eyes slanted almost closed. "There's still another way." She picked up the Book, which immediately stopped rejecting her. "Sisters," she said calmly, opening to the page on Arhama. Piper and Paige walked tentatively up to her.

"What are you…!" Arhama gasped.

"Arhama, scourge of men and worse," the Power of Three said. "Suffer greatly from our curse. Light we now the magic pyre, be consumed by your own fire!"

Arhama screamed in pain as purple energy from his plasma balls coated his body. The purple net burst into flame, burning away his body.

Phoebe put the book down on the ground and looked at her sisters. "This changes nothing," she said. Then she flamed out.