Later that evening, in her bed in one of the Legacy's many spare bedrooms, Phoebe's body tossed and turned in rhythm to her churning thoughts. Knowing that she and her sisters had dated demons was one thing, to be related to one, well… And there was the problem of the potion to vanquish Gideon, which required his blood. Paige had been hopeful the remaining hair strands would work, but the book was specific, it had to be blood, along with blood from his most recent descendants. The Haliwell sisters, Rachel and her daughter Kat.

Giving up on sleeping, Phoebe rolled onto her back and put her hands over her eyes, palms up. "How are we going to do this?" she asked the empty room. To get his blood, someone had to get close enough to Gideon to cut him. They could summon him and use a surprise attack, but that could possibly cost Alex her life. But she couldn't see another way. When he wasn't summoned, he was trapped inside the crystal…..Her hands flew from her eyes and she shot up from the pillow. That was it! She needed to find a way to get inside the crystal. Once there, she could use Gideon's power against him and get close enough to cut him and get her and Alex out. She leaned across the bed toward the nightstand, reaching for the pad and pencil she'd left there earlier, and hesitated a moment. The others wouldn't let her go through with it. They'd say it was too dangerous. Well then, she thought to herself, I just won't tell them. That decided, she picked up the pad and began hatching her secret plan.

The following morning, the kitchen bustled with activity. Piper moved between refrigerator, stove and cupboards like a dervish as she prepared breakfast, a show of appreciation for the Legacy's generosity in letting them stay the night. Derek, Rachel and Kristen sat together at one end of the table, animatedly discussing ideas for how to get Gideon's blood. An intrigued Kat, who had never encountered white witches, sat at the other end of the table, eagerly interrogating Paige.

"So, you guys are good witches?"

"Yep."

"And all witches are supposed to be good?"

Paige smiled. "In theory."

"So why do some of them go bad?"

"Well," Paige began, "different reasons. Some of them want more power and feel that evil is the only way they can get it. Or they feel let down by good somehow, or they get tricked into it."

Kat digested this. "So when they turn, do they become demons?"

Paige shook her head. "No, the only way to become a demon is to be born one. Witches who practice black magic are called warlocks."

Rachel, who sensed Kat might be wearing out her welcome leaned across the table. "I hope she's not driving you crazy with questions. We've had a few experiences with warlocks and Kat finds the idea of white witches a novelty."

Paige gave her a wide smile. "No problem. But now that I've answered some of your questions, you need to answer some of mine. Does anyone in your family practice the Craft?"

An uneasy glance passed between Kat and Rachel. Rachel took a sip of her coffee, set the mug back on the table and replied. "My Aunt Rebecca. She's dead now, died a few years ago. When we went back to settle her estate after the funeral, she tried to possess me and turn Kat and I into the family she wanted but never had."

Paige's eyes widened. "Wow. How did she do it?"

"She placed her spirit inside a brooch. One she made out of bone from the corpse of her long-dead lover."

"Ew." Paige replied, scrunching her nose. It was Rachel's turn to smile.

"It gets worse. When they found her, she was in bed with him. And he'd been dead for 40 years."

"Talk about true love."

Rachel gave a short laugh. "If that's what you call it."

The conversation was interrupted by the still bustling Piper. She leaned across Paige, setting plates on the table. She made a counting motion with her fingers and moved her head. "Okay, I have plates for everyone: Me, Leo, who's orbing in shortly, Derek, Rachel, Kristen, Kat, you, she pointed to Paige, and Phoebe." She glanced around the room. "Where is Phoebe?"

Paige shrugged. "Still in bed, I guess."

"I'll get her," interjected Kristen, standing up from the table. "I need to grab something from the library.

"No, its ok, Paige can grab her. She can get there faster and I don't want my breakfast going cold."

Paige sighed. "I'll be right back." She said, then orbed out of the kitchen. Piper smiled at Kat and Rachel. "You guys have anything against blueberry waffles?"

They never got the chance to respond. Paige orbed back into the room, her face a mask of concern. "She's not there."

"What do you mean she's not there?" Piper demanded.

"Her bed is empty, and I found this on the pillow." Paige held out the pad of paper. "Something was written on the page above this one." She indicated the indentations on the top page. Piper ripped the pad from her hands and squinted at the markings. Her face contorted in rage.

"Oh, no she didn't!"

Rachel leapt up and came around the table. "What?"

"You said you have security cameras right?" asked Paige.

"Yes."

"Do they cover the library?"

"Yes."

"We need to view them."

Rachel stared at her in confusion. "You think someone got through our sensors and took Phoebe?"

Paige shook her head. "But we think we know where she went."

Rachel stole a glance at the enraged Piper. "Something tells me its not anywhere good."

In the computer room, the group stood behind Derek, who sat in front of one of the computers, bringing up security camera footage from the night before.

"Here she is, in her room, writing on the pad. The time stamp says 3:45 am." He continued clicking through the various cameras around the house. "And here she is leaving her room, at 4:07 am." He followed Phoebe's form as she moved down the hall. "You're right. She went into the library." He frowned as he watched her movements. "She's opening the box with the amulet. Now she's removing the amulet from the box. She has something in her other hand. Paper, it's a piece of paper. She's reciting something…" Derek jerked back as the screen lit up with bright light. "Now she's gone." He turned to the audience at his back. Piper threw her hands up.

"I knew it! I just knew it!"

Derek stared at her, perplexed. "Knew what? What did she do?"

Paige place her hand on her sister's shoulder, in a calming gesture and looked at Derek. "She went to get some of Gideon's blood."

Derek's gaze remained perplexed for a moment, then realization flooded through him. "You mean…."

"She went into the amulet."

Everyone exchanged shocked glances. Except for Piper, who's face remained murderous. "If she gets out of there alive, I'm going to kill her."

Phoebe looked around her in amazement. She was standing in an exact replica of the Legacy House computer room she had just left, well sort of left, the only exception being the soft glow of red light. Making the assumption the rest of the house was here as well, and Alex would be in what would be her room in the actual house she quickly but quietly exited the computer room and started down the hall. Moving as silently as possible, she watched for any sign of Gideon as she headed toward Alex's room. She stopped outside the partially closed door and peeked cautiously through the narrow opening. Alex lay sleeping peacefully. Phoebe slowly pushed the door the rest of the way open and crept in. She moved toward the unconscious figure on the bed, when a voice in the hall had her nearly jumping out of her skin. She clapped her hands across her mouth to stifle a panicked squeal when the sound of footsteps followed. Her eyes darted quickly around the room, searching for somewhere to hide. The footsteps and voices grew closer. Not knowing what else to do, Phoebe dived to the floor and rolled beneath the bed. Moments later she saw the bare feet of the demon and the sandaled feet of a woman enter the room, stopping short of the bed.
"See for yourself." She heard Gideon say.
The woman's feet took a couple more steps toward the bed and Pheobe heard the creaking of springs that indicated she had sat down. This was followed by rustling, light slapping sounds and Alex moaning. Phoebe realized the woman was trying to wake her. Why?
The mystery woman gave a disgusted snort.
"Take me back. I have an herbal tonic which should wake her."
"Is that wise?" Gideon asked.
The woman stood. "You dare question me?"
"Not at all." Came Gideon's cool response. "I was just wondering if it may be harmful to her, waking her with strong stimulants after she has been given such a strong sedative."
The woman gave a derisive snort. "If I didn't know better, I'd say you actually care about her."
"I care about no one but myself."

"A trait we both share. Now take me back." the woman demanded.

From her position under the bed Phoebe saw the two pairs of feet leave the room and head down the hall. She waited a couple minutes, making sure they didn't make a surprise return before she rolled out from underneath the bed. Rushing to her feet she sat next to Alex's still form on the bed. "Alex. Alex I need you to wake up right now!" She whispered fiercely, giving the unconscious woman a rough shake. Realizing that wasn't going to work for her any better than it had for the other woman, Phoebe reached into the pocket of her jeans and extracted a pellet of smelling salt. She cracked it and placed it under Alex's nose. Within seconds her hands came up in protest pushing the smelling salts away. "Alex?" Phoebe asked.

Alex's eyes fluttered open. "W-who are you?" she asked, shirking away from Phoebe.

"My name is Phoebe Haliwell and I'm working with your friends at the Legacy. You've been kidnapped by an incubus demon who has been slowly stripping you of your psychic abilities and your life. My sisters and I are witches. Good witches." She added when she saw the suspicion rise in Alex's eyes. "We can vanquish him but we need a piece of his flesh in order to do it. That's part of the reason I'm here." She reached behind her and pulled the athame from the sheath at the back of her jeans.

Alex's eyes widened. "But that was just a dream-"

"Trust me, it was no dream." Phoebe interrupted. "I can explain everything to you, but first we need to get out of here before he comes back." She resheathed the athame, grabbed a hold of Alex's hand and pulled her up from the bed. Putting her finger to her lip to indicated they needed to be quiet, Phoebe crept to the door, her right hand still holding Alex's who crept behind her.

"I don't understand." Alex said. "We're already in the house. Where are we supposed to go?"

"This isn't the real Legacy house." Phoebe explained as she led her down the hall toward the computer room. "It's a facsimilie created by the demon. We're actually inside the amulet."

Alex's head, still fuzzy from the drugs, was spinning. "He lives in the amulet?"

"He was trapped there by a dark witch, who used his powers to help increase her own."

"Selena Orsini." Alex whispered.

"They were both here before I woke you, and are planning to come back. We need to get out of here fast." Phoebe answered as they entered the computer room. She was preparing to read the spell to return them, when a voice from the doorway stopped her cold.

"Leaving so soon?"

Phoebe whirled, pulling Alex behind her. In the doorway stood Gideon, leaning against the doorframe, his arms folded and one leg crossing the other in a relaxed manner. But Phoebe could tell by the wave of power radiating from him, the demon was anything but relaxed.

"How did you get back here so fast?" She asked

"I never left."

"But the woman, she said you had to ta-"

"I can send people out of the amulet without leaving it myself. I felt you when we tried to wake Alex. Or more appropriately I felt you, your power." He moved slowly into the room. Phoebe moved back, pushing Alex with her.
Gideon laughed. "There is no where for you to go little one."

"If you knew I was here, why didn't you stop me when you were in the bedroom?"

"Because I wanted to take care of you personally. If I had given you away while Selena was there, I would have had to turn your power over to her. Now I can keep it for myself." He moved slowly toward them, a predator confident he'd caught his prey. In that same instant, Phoebe gave Alex a violet shove backwards, releasing her hand, and rushed toward Gideon. Her leg flew up in an attempt to hit the demon with a roundhouse kick, but at the last minute he caught her leg and hurled her backward. She caught herself mid-flight, and levitated toward him, catching him with several flying kicks into his face. He stumbled backward into the wall.

Lowering herself to the floor, Phoebe backed up, yelling to Alex, "Take my hand quick!" And reached back to grab hold of the other woman. But all she caught was empty air. She turned and saw that Alex was no longer there. Before she had time to wonder where Alex had gone, a roar from the demon had her turning back toward him. He lay sprawled on the floor, grasping his arm with a look of shock and pain on his face. But what held Phoebe's shocked gaze was the sight of Alex, rising from beside him, Phoebe's athame in one hand, and a chunk of Gideon's flesh in the other. Starting the return spell, Phoebe rushed forward and grabbed hold of Alex. Gideon rose from his position on the floor and moved toward them. But just as he reached the spot where they stood, they vanished. He roared with rage.

"Alex, the flesh. Hurry!" Phoebe cried, thrusting Alex toward her sisters. She turned to face Gideon. His enraged eyes glowed the unholy red of the amulet and he roared.

Derek, realizing the women needed a distraction to complete the potion, lunged toward the demon. With a flick of his wrist, Gideon sent Derek flying back into a bookcase. But this distracted him long enough for Phoebe to hit him with a flying roundhouse. Swiveling mid-air before landing she shouted to her sisters. "Where's the potion?"

"Workin' on it!" Piper snapped back, stirring the flesh into the small cauldron. She looked across the table at Paige and asked. "How's the spell coming?"

"Done!" Paige replied, tossing Piper a small vial, then taking Rachel's hand. "You guys ready?"

Rachel turned to Kat, who gave a solemn nod, then back to Paige and gave her own nod. "Let's do this."

"Phoebe!" Yelled Piper. "Let's go!"

Phoebe dashed to the table next to Piper and took her hand. "The spell?" Piper thrust it into Phoebe's empty hand. Hands entwined, the women stood together. Gideon stood and snarled at them. Piper threw the potion at his feet. The glass shattered, and smoke billowed up his legs. Phoebe raised the paper with the spell and they began:

"Demon who seeks souls to steal

We your descendants your name reveal

Gideon, bringer of death, spawn of hell

Death now take you with this spell"

Gideon screamed, amulet red light spilled from his eyes, mouth and pores. The smoke billowed around him like a cyclone, building in speed. Then he exploded in red light and the smoke began to fade.

Paige looked to her sisters, then Rachel and Kat. "Another perfect vanquish. Are we good or what?"

"Yeah." Phoebe agreed. "It's over."

"Not yet." Everyone turned toward the speaker. Alex stood by Derek next to the bookcase Gideon threw him into. His arm was around her shoulder and he held her close. "There is still Gideon's accomplice to deal with."

"Selena." Rachel said, looking at the sisters.

"She must have been the one he brought into the amulet." Phoebe said aloud to herself.

"Into the amulet?" Rachel asked.

"When I went in to rescue Alex, he came in with a woman. I had to hide under the bed so all I saw was her feet. She wanted him to wake her up but he couldn't. So she told him to take her back, that she had some herbal remedy that would do it."

"Okay?" said Paige. "And what does this have to do with us finding her?"

"If she was expecting to come back, she'll summon him again."

"And?"

Phoebe flashed an impatient look at Paige. "And we should find a way to enchant that amulet, so when she does, she summons us instead."

Paige's face lit up. "Ah. Very good Phoebe."

Piper turned to Derek and Alex. "Where is the amulet?"

Derek reached into his pants' pocket and tossed the necklace to Piper. She handed it to Phoebe. "Work your magic, Pheebs."

Phoebe dangled the amulet in front of her face. "Get a spell ready. We're not done vanquishing yet."

_

Selena corked the small bottle, satisfied. She had been more than irritated when she'd arrived back home and realized she had none of the potion made up. But fortunately she had all the necessary ingredients, and was now ready to return to the amulet. She smiled as thought about watching Gideon drain the life from the Moreau woman, then taking her power for herself. "Gideon, Gideon, I call thee, stand before me now!" A bright flash of red light suffused the room. When it diffused, much to her astonishment, it was not Gideon who stood before her, but Moreau, the Corrigan woman, and three women she did not recognize, but who she realized instantly were witches.

"Hello Selena. You seemed surprised to see me." Alex said.

"Y-you are unconscious, in the amulet, you cannot be here!" Selena sputtered back, shocked.

Phoebe moved forward. "She was, until I woke her and pulled her out of the amulet. I'm Phoebe by the way, Phoebe Haliwell, and these," she gestured toward Piper and Paige, "are my sisters. Perhaps you've heard of us, the Charmed Ones?"

Selena shook her head, her mouth agape.

"Oh, and if you were wondering where Gideon is, we vanquished his sorry ass." Phoebe continued. "Now we're going to vanquish yours." She turned to Alex. "You ready?"

Alex looked at Selena, an evil grin on her face. "I was born ready, sister. Let's do it."

Locking hands again, the women began to chant the spell from Rachel's Aunt Rebecca's Book of Shadows. Selena dropped the vial she held and brought her hands to her head, screaming. A black cloud engulfed her and grew darker as they chanted. Shafts of bright green light cut through the cloud and with a final agonized scream, Selena Orisini exploded into the cloud and light, which both quickly disappated.

Phoebe gave Alex's hand a squeeze and looked her in the eyes. "Now it's over."

_

The next morning...

"Now remember", Kat told Paige, as they walked into the library, "you promised you'd teach me to glamour."

"I always keep my promises." Paige replied. "Now remember, you promised me a hug before I leave." As she bent down Kat reached up and wrapped her arms around her neck. "And I don't want to here anymore about you practicing black magic okay?"

Kat pulled back with a smile. "Okay."

Paige walked over to her sisters, who were standing with Derek near the table.

"I don't know how to thank you." Derek was saying. "Without your help we would have lost Alex." He looked at her sitting at the table, writing down the experience in her Legacy journal. She looked up from her writing, smiling. "Hey, I'm not that easy to get rid of."

Phoebe smiled back. "Yeah, I'll bet the next warlock you tangle with will think twice before she sics an Incubus on you."

"Yo people!" Piper interrupted. "We have to go. I have a husband and son waiting, a club to run, important stuff like that."

"Okay, okay!" Paige answered, coming over and taking Piper's and Phoebe's hands.

"Don't be strangers." Derek said.

"Never." Phoebe replied. And in a sparkle of blue-white light the sisters vanished.

"Where is Rachel?" Derek asked, suddenly noticing the doctor's absence. "She didn't get to say goodbye." He spotted her by the window, cell phone to her ear.

Across the room, Rachel snapped her cell phone shut. She turned and walked toward them, a grim look on her face.

"Rachel, what is it? What's wrong?"

"I need to leave as soon as possible. A good friend of mine, a doctor whom I went to school with, just lost his daughter to suicide."

"That's terrible!" Alex replied. "Do you want me to come with you?"

"No, I need to go alone. Thanks for the offer." She laid her hand on Alex's shoulder and gave her a sad smile. "I'm going to go pack." She leaned down and placed a kiss on the top of Alex's head and walked out of the room.

"How sad."

"Yes." Derek replied. "A young person ending their life too soon is always a tragedy. I'm sure Rachel will be a great comfort to him during this difficult time."

"At least she'll get a break from all the excitement." Alex said. "I know I ready for one."

"Yes." Derek answered. "At least she will have that."

THE END