"Guess it's pretty obvious what your story is. Neophyte witch, too wound up to use his power carefully, goes around town to show off and gets kidnapped by a power broker. Power broker gets his magic, witch dies in the process. Kid, even I wasn't this dumb. And you're what, sixteen? Didn't your folks teach you anything?"

"They didn't," replied Drew finally, closing and dropping his eyes. "Our mother died before we became... what we are."

"Well, that's life," commented Kii indifferently, "or death. Speaking of which, ready to die now?"

"No," shouted Pru firmly, upon orbing into the scene. "Julia, now."

The youngest Madison witch nodded at the command, and directed her hand toward the demon. But instead of the blast of electricity they expected, solid white energy began to emanate from her palm at snail's pace.

"What the-"

"I have no time for this," muttered Kii as he flung an energy ball their way. Xan reacted with a sweep of his arm, sending out a puny fork of lightning. Their attacks collided, resulting in a wave of force which sent the three Madisons sprawling on the ground.

"We really have to get our act together," complained Julia.

"The spell Aunt Paige cast must have screwed with our powers too," Xan realized.

"It doesn't matter!" Kii rolled his eyes in frustration. "Your powers don't work here!"

"He's right," agreed Drew as lines of purple began to taint his pupils. "Fortunately, yours do." He fixed his sight on the enemy, letting loose a thought which drove the demon to double over in pain.

"Quick!" yelled Pru, crossing over to his younger brother with her two other siblings. She tugged at the iron chains binding Drew to the ground. "We have to get these off."

Julia looked at the demon in fear when his ragged form began to rise up from the floor. "There's no time."

"Just orb us all back!" ordered Xan, as he took his twin's hand in his. Pru shut her eyes, concentrating on orbing them all to the earthly plane.
"No!" Kii bellowed, watching the four Madison witches' bodies beginning to dissolve into light.