Okay, it's a quarter after ten right now so bear with me. I might say something weird or crazy, so just ignore it if I do.

s.halliwell- Well we're assuming that he learned it from one of his older family members. My little sister is really young and she knows all of the bad words from her parents, so it is possible.

Prince Halliwell- Well, it's not that they can shape shift. As I said, three of them killed three white-lighters. They're all dead now so the others are all normal. Yeah, I can finally have a chapter that has nothing to do with Death!

Fire Gazer- Yeah, sorry about that. Thanks!

The-Cheese-Fairy- Sorry to hear about people waking you up early. I'm glad you liked it. The 'Elder, Elder, Demon' was kind of funny. Thanks!

fanmania- Thanks!

"Can I just tell you how tired I am of searching for these damn Nexuses?" Paige asked, trying to keep herself awake at the breakfast table. She, Cole, and Frisco had been working almost around the clock to find as many Nexuses as possible.

"How many do we have so far?" Phoebe asked.

"202 out of an approximated 248," Cole informed them.

"And we don't know how many they have," Prue said.

"Well, they've got to have somewhere around the same number because we almost always run into them when we're searching for one," Frisco said.

"This is just crazy! What good is all of this searching going to do if we don't even know what we're going to do when we get them all? How are we going to stop this? Have we even been thinking about that?" Paige asked.

"Actually, I might have found a way. It's a little risky and I'm not sure if it will work, but the other day I found a spell in the Book of Shadows that's supposed to destroy the Nexus. I know the Nexus helps us out a lot, but it might be our only choice," Piper said.

"A spell to destroy the Nexus? I didn't think that would be in there," Andy said.

"It's a good idea. Now that we know where more than half of the Nexuses are, we can go back through and destroy them all. Eventually, we'll have taken out enough that there won't be enough power for the Bringers to execute their plan," Cole said.

"That spell is very powerful, you guys. Destroying the Nexus is the equivalent of destroying a star. It's a great source of power and there will be a huge backlash. A huge explosion. You may not survive one, let alone 250," Leo said.

"What other choice have we got?" Piper asked.

"Well, we could always stick with our original. We find all of the Nexuses, station people at each one and kill all of the Bringers before the rituals are complete," Frisco offered.

"Yeah and then we can see how many people die trying to do that. It'll be like the war all over again," Prue said.

"Those people died for a good cause. It would be the same cause, just a different situation and all of those who survived would do it again. At least this plan gives them a chance. Destroying the Nexuses might kill them all anyways," Frisco shot.

"At least we know it would work," Piper shot back.

"Can you guys shut up? I'm dead tired, I have a pounding headache, and I don't feel like listening to you argue back and forth about what would be the best possible way to kill ourselves. We might as well just face the fact that we might not make it out of this one. This is what we're destined to do, fight the good fight and die young for it. Either way, we'll take out tons of Bringers and tons of good people trying to stop the destruction of the earth and it may not work anyways. That's the chance we have to take. Since we can't agree on which plan to use, we use both. We'll go in there, fight the Bringers off, and then destroy the Nexuses so that this can never happen again. Then the Bringers, the Woogy, and all of the other dumb ass demons who want to take in the Nexus won't have any reason to come near us again. So now that that's over, shut the hell up so I can go upstairs and get some god damn sleep, please!" Paige said. Everyone was silent as she walked from the kitchen and stomped upstairs, only to slam the bedroom door a few seconds later.

"I'll get my brothers and sisters. We'll find some more Nexuses. Please don't wake her up, and if you absolutely have to, make sure you do it gently. I'd like to have something pleasant to come home to, not a raging, hormonal, pissed off wife," Frisco said. He orbed out.

"I'm gonna go check on the kids," Leo said. He kissed Piper and orbed out as well.

"I still don't like this plan. I don't like having to lead more people to their deaths. I wouldn't mind so much if it were us, but..." Prue started.

"That's it! Prue, you're a genius!" Phoebe yelled, kissing her on the cheek and running upstairs.

"What the hell was that?" Prue asked. Piper and Cole shrugged.

"I think she just had one of those very rare epiphanies she gets," Piper said. They heard her bounding back down the stairs a few minutes later. She slammed the Book of Shadows on the table and flipped through the ancient pages vigorously, before stopping on one.

"There," she said, pointing the page, which had the spell to multiply one's strength. "Remember that?" Phoebe asked. Prue nodded.

"Yeah, it ended up making more of me than this world could handle," she said.

"Exactly! If all four of us use this spell and tweak it a little, we can send all of ourselves in there without having to expend anyone else's lives. It'll only be us, and if one of them dies, we'll still be okay. It's like 248 Power of Fours!" Phoebe said excitedly.

"Wow Pheebs, I'm impressed. That's a good idea," Piper said.

"Good enough to wake up Paige and show her how smart I am?" Phoebe asked.

"Hell no! You solving one of Einstein's theories wouldn't be enough to wake Paige up," Prue said. Phoebe stuck her tongue out.

"Well, I'm gonna start tweaking this spell," she said, and she went into the living room. She sat down and looked at the words of the pre-written spell, saying them in her head over and over.

To multiply your strength,

Recite these words at length.

Take our powers, blessed be.

Multiply their strength by three.

"I've got it!" she said, scribbling down a spell.

To multiply our strength,

Recite these words at length.

This cannot happen at a later date.

Multiply our powers by 248.

It wasn't the best spell in the world, but it would work and it would be helpful. This would take Paige right out of her pissy mood.

Several hours later, Paige had woken from her nap in an already better mood, Frisco had come home with ten more addresses of Nexuses, Leo had brought the kids home, Piper had cooked a meal, and Phoebe had explained her plan to the others.

"See, instead of sending more people in there to die, why not send ourselves in there. We multiply ourselves as many times as we need, and bam, there's 248 Powers of Four across the world! If one dies, the others will keep on going. They're quick, convenient, expendable, and best of all, they're us!" Phoebe explained.

"Damn Pheebs, how'd you come up with this?" Paige asked.

"Actually, Prue gave me the idea. She said she wished that it could just be us fighting so that she wouldn't have to worry about anyone else dying. That's when I remembered the spell," Phoebe said.

"Well it's damn good and I like it," Leo said. The others all nodded their agreements. Phoebe smiled brightly.

"Now all we need to do is find the rest of the Nexuses and figure out when the Bringers are planning to bring the house down," Paige said.

"That's for you guys to do. You up for a little more searching?" Prue asked.

"Hey, if it means being able to raise my kid and be with my family in a practically demon free world with no worry of a Nexus, then I'll go with it. I'll have plenty of time to catch up on my sleep when we're all done with this anyways," Paige replied. Prue smiled at her sister's logic, whishing she could use that to ease her own worry, again.

Visions of the first book coming back to me all over again. I'm so glad the writers of Charmed gave me that wonderful spell! It played out perfectly for me. By the way, what did everyone think about the season finale of Charmed? Till next time...

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