AN: As I have stated before I don't own any of the characters, with the exception of Corthion. That would be Aaron (Mr. Love Boat) Spelling. I would also like to thank ImmortalBuffyFan again for her invaluable input.

Late Morning:

Piper entered the back door into the kitchen when she noticedHim.

"Just what the hell do you think you are doing here?" She noticed the corpulent demon eating a bowl of cereal. His night of torture had left him in a tattered yellow Rolling Stones t-shirt and jeans ready to fall to shreds. "Most of the demons that come through here usually get right on with the murder attempts, not stay for milk and cookies."

I'm eating CEREAL! I WOULD THINK THAT AFTER LAST NIGHT'S 'FUN' I COULD AT LEAST GET BREAKFAST," he exhaled sharply. "Summerland save me."

"YOU are eating OUR CEREAL. WE had to perform a MASS memory erasure, thanks to the guys that came after YOU. NOW you have the BRASS to eat our" Piper looked at the box," Muslix. AHHH!" Piper tackled him in his seat grabbing him by the throat, and slamming his head on the floor

Paige raced in from the dining room. She spoke through gritted teeth

"Please behave both of you. You'll wake the baby."

Piper got off Corthion "I feel better," she exhaled.

"Well I've been better," Paige let out.

"I've paid money to get treated worse," Corthion admitted, getting up.

"Well that's a little too much information," Piper shifted the topic of conversation. "Well I have good news and bad news, which do you prefer? She sat across from Corthion obviously stressed.

" Good," Paige said nervously.

"According to my meeting with the Fire Marshall, I have six weeks to upgrade the sprinklers"

"Bad?"

"It'll cost about six grand"

"Ooh, that is bad."

"I know a guy in Oakland," Corthion said fearing reprisal. "He owes me favor."

"Really," Piper said suspiciously. "And why would you want to help me?"

"It's in my nature, besides it'll get you to trust me."

"So you can sneak in one night, off us, take my baby, our book and do God knows what?"

"Here," Corthion curtly replied throwing a business card" on me. Mention me and the werewolves." Piper got up to use the phone. Corthion returned to eating his cereal. Paige sat down.

"What brings you here?" she asked quizzically.

"You want the full story, or the last chapter?" the demon Stones fan.

"The last chapter. I have a feeling the full story could take some time."

"I am a demon, obviously. Until about thirty years ago, I toiled in the service of evil as a healer demon. I was secure in my position, nice location, and interesting clientele. Then for some reason I was chosen.

"She called herself Aradia. She claimed to be the mother of all things. I didn't believe her. I just felt an overwhelming desire to kill her. Then just like that," He paused, taking an opportunity to flick Paige on the forehead. "I became her servant. I was purified in that glorious instant. Since then, I have wandered in her service. When she needs me, I feel it just like that first time."

" So what about your demonness, your powers?" Paige asked.

"Purified apparently. She seems to like me and my powers the way they are," Corthion replied. "All I know is she somehow uses my desires for her ends."

Piper took a breather from her phone call.

"He says he can do the work for twelve hundred. That's a relief."

"What?" Corthion said getting up. " Give me the phone." Piper handed it to him.

"Yeah, Dorian it's Corthion. What's the deal? I know, but twelve hundred? What did you do last Friday night? Giants, really, how they doing this year? Remember that white sphere in the sky? I'm the reason you were there, and not dead, or hunting joggers. OK, that's more reasonable. Corthion cupped the phone's receiver. " Eight-fifty," he announced to the two sisters. "Good see you then." He hung up the phone.

"Are you sure he can do the work?" Piper asked apprehensively.

"The 'niners haven't complained, have they?" Corthion responded as he began to clean his cereal mess. He stopped midway to the sink and froze. He felt the familiar flick.

"What is it?" Paige asked.

"Something huge is going on in the demon ranks."