"It's the most power thing I've ever seen," Piper explained to Marcus and Philip. "Not even the Source was that powerful."
"The Source was a single demon," said Philip. "This thing is made up of at least a dozen demons. As well as the DNA of a White Lighter. That would magnify its power to an unbelievable level."
"How did the Third Reich expect to control that thing?" asked Paige. "From what I saw, it considers any human as potential prey."
"We don't know," said Marcus. "As I said, most of the records on it were destroyed."
"How's Phoebe?" asked Piper.
"The doctor says she's stabilized for the moment," said Marcus. "The transfusion seems to have helped some. Right now she's in a coma, but he assures me that's to be expected. It's her body's way of helping to bring all of her resistance to fight the infection. If she can fight if off, he things she'll come out of it in a few days."
"My healing power seems to have helped speed the recovery," said Philip. "It appears to have stimulated her natural healing processes. But there's not much more I can do for her."
"What about our guest?" asked Marcus. "Do you think we can contain it on the lower levels?"
"Not a chance," said Leo. "At least not for long. As soon as it finds its way to the elevator shaft it will be up here. I've never seen anything that strong. It ripped through the metal walls as if they were tissue paper. You could fill the entire elevator shaft with concrete and I don't think it would even slow that thing down."
"Then we have to stop it before it gets up here," said Marcus.
"We can't," said Piper.
"What do you mean we can't?" asked Amy.
"You saw what our attacks did to it," said Piper. "Or rather didn't do to it. It recovered from them almost immediately. And it regrew an arm almost instantly. Individually, none of us is strong enough to stop it. There's only one possible way to stop that thing. It's going to take a Power of Three spell."
"But Phoebe is in a coma," said Leo.
"Exactly my point," said Piper. "And without her, we can't cast a Power of Three spell. Which means we have no chance of stopping this thing."
"I'm not sure it's fully recovered," said Paige. "If it was, why isn't it up here yet? It knows where the elevator shaft is. I apparently had those demons drag the container up to the fourth level. And I'm guessing it sent them up here earlier when the bomb almost went off. So what is it waiting for?"
"She has a point," said Amy. "Maybe we hurt it more than we thought. Maybe it's nursing its wounds until it's fully recovered."
"If it can be hurt, it can be killed," said Marcus.
"Not that easily," said Phillip. "I'm sure Leo has already told you about the significance of the White Lighters' DNA healing properties. No matter how badly you hurt it, it will eventually regenerate unless you want to keep fighting it forever."
"That's not an option," said Leo. "Look at Piper? She's exhausted. She can't keep those attacks up for long. And that thing recovers fast. It would only be a matter of time before it gets the upper hand."
"Okay, what do we do?" asked Marcus. "You say we can't contain it and we can't fight it for long. What are out other options?"
"Have you identified what demonic DNA went into that thing?" asked Paige.
"Some of them," said Marcus. "There are some we haven't identified yet."
"Get me a list of the ones you have identified," said Paige. "I'll check the Book of Shadows for vanquishing potions or spells on them. Maybe I can combine them into one massive vanquishing potion. It might not stop that thing but it could hurt it long enough for us to come up with something else."
"That could be dangerous," said Piper. "You have no idea what mixing different vanquishing potions together will do."
"We have to try something," said Paige. "It's also possible that each individual vanquishing potion alone might hurt it. It might not vanquish the demon, but it might hurt whatever portion of DNA that demon has in it."
"If there was only someway to neutralize the White Lighter DNA in its system," said Leo. "Without its regenerative powers, we might be able to do enough damage to kill it."
"The only thing that neutralizes a White Lighters' healing," said Philip, "is a Dark Lighters' bolt. As you said, it wasn't that effective."
"It seemed to hurt it but that's about all," said Piper.
"Marcus," said Leo, "you'd better put a guard on the elevator shaft. Right now that's the only way up to the surface. If the demon tries to use it to leave the complex, we'll need to know the instant it tries."
"Okay," said Marcus. "Those explosive potions. Can they be used by anyone or just witches?"
"It doesn't take anyone special to use the potions," said Piper. "The potion itself does all the work."
"I want to give some of those to the guards," said Marcus. "If that thing tries to climb up the shaft, they can use the potion to at least slow it down some."
"That's not a bad idea," said Amy. "I'll get some right away and instruct the guards how to use them. It wouldn't do to have someone blow themselves up by accident."