Notes: Here's the finale to my Charmed meets The Grudge fic! I hope you enjoy this final installment and the epilogue that follows. Please enjoy and review and tell me how you felt about my tale!- Xtreme Slayer
Tokyo
Running down the stairs with harried swiftness, Piper watched the battle unfold. She noticed that already on the ground was her half-sister Paige and their innocent Karen; her husband was bleeding from his forehead as he laid near a plant pot across the room; and her sister Phoebe was up in the air landing a nasty kick to a really ugly demon who Piper assumed had to be Kayako. Unfortunately for Phoebe, Kayako caught her leg and began to throw her into Leo's direction. Crash landing into him so hard, Phoebe twirled from off of Leo and fell to the back of the couch, shattering a vase while doing so.
"Dammit, this bitch is not going to win after all this!" Piper yelled aloud as she extended her hands and launched one of her magical explosions at Kayako.
Not even seeing her, Kayako flew back to the door of the house and continued that annoyingly creepy clicking moan that she always makes. Looking up, she watched Piper descend the stairs and join up with the other girls who dared to invade her sanctuary; better yet her personal hell. Her eye bloodshot with crimson leaking down her azure skin, she gritted her razor sharp teeth and slowly began to rise, walking like a zombie.
"You guys fine?" Piper questioned as she helped both Paige and Karen to their feet. Paige began to feel a thumping sensation in her forehead, as she put her black hair from out of her face. Karen on the other hand had blood rushing to her face and she was infuriated just because of the sight of Kayako. Phoebe meanwhile got up after the assault and dusted herself off.
"Peachy." Paige answered her sister. "Leo's okay, Phoebe?"
"Yeah, he just needs a minute." Phoebe responded as she got back into fighting stance, readying herself for battle.
"Wait Phoebe, your tactic probably won't work on her." Piper said holding her sister back from Kayako.
"What are we going to do, Piper? We have to weaken her somehow!" Phoebe asked incredulously as Kayako started coming closer and closer.
"Use the binding potion! Hurry!" Paige yelled as Kayako came deadly close.
Taking it from her pocket, Phoebe hurled the vial of red potion toward Kayako, and the glass as well as the potion shattered on her face. However, nothing happened, and Kayako came up close to Phoebe, and smacked her hard across the face, sending her to the wall. Kayako went to strike Paige, Karen and Piper with her massive hair, but luckily Paige orbed them out of the way. As the swirl of white lights ended, Paige looked around for something she could use. Quickly, she found a poker that was near the fireplace.
"Poker!" Paige yelled as she orbed the golden poker straight through Kayako's midsection.
Blood began to drip on her already tattered cloth, and she gave an inhumane scream as she fell to the floor. Next, it was Karen's turn to attack Kayako but she made a risqué move. Karen quickly ran toward the poached demon, and kicked her hard on her face. Kayako continued with her screaming, but Karen did nothing but repeatedly stomp her. She received a great surprise when Kayako used the energy she stored and knocked Karen straight into the nearby wall.
Using all of her ghostly might, Kayako unearthed the poker from her stomach and crushed it with her bare hands. Piper and Paige looked at each other in bewilderment and looked toward the poltergeist that looked and seemed invincible. However, Kayako stopped dead in her tracks and held out her hands. Suddenly, the crashes of thunder became more and more deafening and shadows of darkness began to surface within the house, and they began to materialize into ninja-like warriors without eyes, but with black robes. There were about six in total, and Paige and Piper did not like the looks of things.
"Okay now what the hell are these things? Wraith rejects from Lord of the Rings?" Paige asked holding close to Piper.
"These must be the Shadow Soldiers that Barbus warned me about." Piper said in almost a whisper, but it was audible enough for Paige to hear.
"Shadow Soldiers? What are those things?" Paige asked.
"I don't know. But Paige, we're going to have to fight if were going to get through this." Piper said looking at Paige with seriousness. Paige knew when Piper was honest, and this time she knew that she was not going to sweat her.
The Shadow Soldiers began to do battle with the two warring Halliwell sisters. Quickly, Piper landed a straight blow to the front of the robed soldier, and kicked another. Paige dodged a fist from one of the Shadow Soldiers, and struck back with her own forceful punch. Before she kicked another, she saw that her sister Piper had exploded one and it had vanquished in fire. Piper could not continue her magical explosions, because two of the Shadow Soldiers had begun to pounce on her.
"Oh hell no…" Karen spoke deathly low as she began to come and assist Piper.
Armed with a long lamp post that she found, Karen began to bash the Shadow Soldier continually and even succeeded in decapitating the head of the robed soldier off. Piper got up and exploded the other Shadow Soldier that had also attacked her.
"Where's Phoebe?" Piper asked Karen.
"I don't know…DUCK!" Karen yelled as she pushed Piper out the way. Kayako was right behind her, and instead of attacking, Kayako was attacked by the lamp Karen was using. As Karen started to hit with the lamp, Piper exploded the remaining Shadow Soldiers and began to assist a fallen Phoebe back to her feet.
"Phoebs come on, we need you." Piper said cradling her sister, and giving her gentle slaps to wake her up.
"We…we…can't Piper. That demon is too strong." Phoebe said wiping blood from her nose.
"Don't say that. Was there ever a demon we faced that we couldn't stop?" Piper asked her sister, kind of forcefully.
"No…but…" Phoebe began to drawl.
"DAMMIT PHOEBE, WE WILL WIN! Think about Karen! She's over there fighting right now, just as we should be. You felt her pain, and now we have to stop this thing. Come on honey, let's go." Piper said with a mix of anger and love as she helped Phoebe up. Her Whitelighter husband finally awoke from his unconsciousness and headed for Piper.
"Do the Power of Three spell Piper. Here, give Paige the crystals to trap Kayako." Leo said handing her the large talismans.
"When the hell did you pack these?" Piper asked.
"Don't worry about it, just do the spell." Leo said as she began to walk away and go to her sisters. Handing Paige the crystals, Piper gave Kayako one final explosion knocking her backwards and at the center of the living room.
"Paige, quick enclose her!" Piper ordered.
"Crystals, circle!" Paige orbed the crystals to center Kayako and it created a cage like area around her.
Kayako herself had a feeling this would be the end. For once, the demon stopped clicking and began to say in perfect English, "May you suffer in life, like I suffered in death."
"Okay, that is so off of Xena!" Phoebe yelled out. Paige, Karen and Piper looked at her. "Ah, the series finale? Remember Akemi said something like that? Okay big Xena dork over here." Phoebe explained.
"Let's say the spell! Karen go with Leo!" Piper instructed. Karen moved over to where Leo was near the bookshelf and looked on.
"God I hope this works." Karen said as she felt tears coming down her face. The Charmed Ones held onto each other and began to recite the spell.
"Ashes to ashes,
Spirit to spirit,
Take this soul,
Banish this evil"
After the Charmed Ones finished the incantation, Kayako began to scream and click uncontrollably and the whole house began to shake and tremble violently. Kayako suddenly gave one more final scream, and she vanquished also violently. Items and products in the house began to fall and the ceiling started to crack with debris raining on the floor.
"Quick Paige, the crystals!" Piper yelled. Paige orbed the crystals to her and the girls as well as Karen held onto Leo, and they orbed from out of the house. Just a moment after they exited the house, it fell and became nothing but rubble and decimation. Kayako and Toshio's evil, their grudge had been lifted, and thunder and lightening began to pound on the Japanese suburb.