As the door opened the shimmering light faded and revealed the two forms of Phoebe and Sabrina. Prue and Hilda set down their tea cups and plates of sweets and ran to the door. From their point of view it looked as though Sabrina and Phoebe had come from a battle. They had small but many tears on their clothes. The ones on their skin had been covered in bandages but the bruises were still there: large, fresh and a deep shade of purple. Hilda ran over and quickly hugged Sabrina tightly, Prue did the same for Phoebe.
"Are you girls alright?" Hilda asked in between sobbing breaths.
"What happened to you both?" Prue asked.
Sabrina and Phoebe explained what had happened to them: arriving at Fiona's place, being attacked by the fire demon, surviving and the coming to Jennifer Rhodes place to warn them that she now had one of the pieces of KAOS. As soon as Sabrina was out of breath Phoebe turned to Jennifer.
"And one more question, how do you know the demon?"
Jennifer blinked her eyes in confusion. "What do you mean? I haven't even met her."
"What about when you were attacked?" Prue inquired moving in closer.
"It was at night and it was dark. I didn't get a good look at it," Jennifer said honestly.
"Listen we are running out of time. That demon could show up any minute!" Sabrina said panicky.
All of sudden a deep silence came to the room. "That demon could've showed up now if she wanted too," Hilda piped up.
"But she's not here," Phoebe said.
"If she's didn't come here then where did she—" As soon as the words came out of her mouth, like a telepathic link, Prue and the others knew the answer to her question.
"THE MANOR!"
All five (with a reluctant Jennifer) joined hands as Sabrina and Hilda chanted away their words to teleport them all to the Halliwell Manor.
Meanwhile at the Halliwell Manor
Zelda and Piper ducked behind the couch using it as a shield for protection. Leo agreed to stall her while they came up with a plan. Zelda put a hand to her forehead to wipe off the sweat. She needed to think fast. One minute she and Piper were sipping glasses of wine and talking about her love life the next thing they knew was that their pizza had finally arrived. Instead of a pizza delivery man at their door they instead got the demon bitch. She not only blasted them away, but also she devoured the pizza they ordered.
"Come on out little witches," she mockingly called. Lilith threw another fireball as Leo orbed out of the way and threw a chair at her as he hid behind the doorframe. Lilith dodged and hid behind the doorframe opposite of Leo.
Piper turned to Zelda. To her amazement the demon had not managed to lay a single scratch on Zelda. During the blast a small glass shard manage to leave its mark on Piper's cheek. She was grateful in wasn't her eye. She was starting to get nervous. While Zelda's spells were strong Zelda had not landed a single hit on the demon. They were only a few feet away from the kitchen where their vanquishing potions were. "What do we do?"
"Okay here's the plan. Piper, try and freeze her for just a few moments and I'll go to the kitchen and get the vanquishing potion. Be ready to move out of the way once she unfreezes." She didn't have to tell Piper twice about that last fact. It was a simple plan but it was all they got otherwise they were toast.
Piper looked over at Leo who managed to scarcely avoid another fireball. One more throw and Lilith would have a full clean shot at him. Piper swallowed the lump in her throat and took a quick breather. "On three: one, two…THREE!"
Piper popped up and with a flick of her hands she froze Lilith in her place. The room became quiet and Lilith was now a statue in the place she stood. However, something was off. Normally when Piper freezes demons they are completely still like they're stone statues. Piper squinted her eyes while Zelda made a dash to the kitchen. It looked like Lilith was moving in a very, very slow pace. Piper hoped Zelda would be back soon with the vanquishing potion.
"Is it all over?" The sound of Salem's voice nearly caused Piper and Leo to jump out of their skins. Salem had poked his little furry head out of a large vase underneath the chandelier that was also not too far away from wear Lilith was slightly standing. Today he was dressed in nothing but jewelry. He looked like a bandit who had hit the jackpot in the gold and gemstone mind. Piper even noticed a familiar necklace that hung heavily around his small neck.
"Salem that's the amulet she's after!" Leo yelled.
"And you're nearly three inches away from her," Piper squeaked.
Salem looked down at the amulet. "But the red and gold brings out my beautiful, shiny fur."
"Take it off before—" Before Piper could finish Lilith was now moving again. She hurled a dark energy ball. Leo pushed Piper to the side as they both landed uncomfortably on the stairs.
"That's gotta hurt," Salem winced.
"Ow," Piper moaned against Leo's shoulder. She was definitely sore. She didn't even know if she could have the strength to stand let alone even get up on her feet.
"At least we're alive," Leo whispered painfully.
"Zelda!" Piper called.
Zelda then appeared with not one but with fifteen potions strapped to a belt she wore. She looked a female G.I. Joe action figure: locked, loaded and ready to go. Zelda was even in the right attire as well with baggy, brown army pants, a camo top and a red bandana around her forehead. Drama queen, Piper thought.
Panic flashed on Lilith's face. Her eyes shifted from Zelda to a tangled Leo and Piper to…the cat. Her full lips curled up into a smile and Salem now wanted to disappear from sight like a magician, or in this case, a powerful witch would. Salem dove back but before he could crouch down all the way Lilith's hand seized Salem by his fur.
"It's rude to disturb a cat who's doing important business right now," Salem said.
"Throw the bottle, I kill the cat," she threatened. Zelda was now the frozen one. Even though he was a war criminal he was still family.
Suddenly all attention was now to a bright ball of light flashed in front of the fireplace. As the light began to fade it took on shapes of five figures. When the glimmer was gone the figures revealed to be Prue, Sabrina, Phoebe, Hilda and Jennifer. The panic returned to Lilith's face and the color of her skin became pale.
"Lily," Jennifer spoke softly as she took a step forward.
Piper looked at Lilith and now noticed a tear on her cheek. Lilith bit her lip and cursed, "Crap." In an instant she disappeared from sight with Salem in her arm.
"SALEM!" The Spellmans screamed. Hilda wept into Sabrina's shoulder and Sabrina squeezed her aunt's hand. Zelda ran over and the three of them embraced tightly. Prue and Phoebe ran over and helped Leo and Piper over to the sofa.
"Easy, easy, my back is in serious pain," Piper said as Prue and Phoebe gently laid her on the couch. Piper then directed her attention to Jennifer.
"Why'd you call that girl Lily?" she asked.
Jennifer took a seat on sofa and sat across from the injured Halliwell. Her eyes were serious and her voice turned cold the moment she asked Piper if she was the Charmed One who possessed the gift of stopping time. Piper nodded.
"Did you also notice that she wasn't affected completely by your power?" Jennifer asked.
Piper nodded again.
"There is a reason why you're power didn't stop her," Jennifer said with a sigh. Everyone in the room now turned their eyes to the two witches.
"And why's that?" Phoebe asked.
"Lilith is not only a demon but a witch as well. Half-witch to be exact."
"And you know this because…" Prue said.
"Lilith is my daughter," Jennifer finished.