Grimly, Piper walked back into the living room and sat down on the couch. Her younger sisters looked up at her expectantly. She remained silent for a moment until Phoebe finally asked, "Well?"
"Leo said it would be difficult to beat this guy."
"How difficult?" Paige asked quickly.
"You'll need a lot of help," Piper replied. "But we'll get through this."
Paige nodded. "I know," she whispered.
"What are we supposed to do?" Phoebe questioned her older sister.
"I don't know," Piper admitted. "I wish I did."
"Then we probably need the Book of Shadows. Paige, will you orb it down here?"
"Personal-" Paige began.
"Forget personal gain," Piper interrupted. "We need the book."
"Book of Shadows!" Paige nearly dropped the heavy book as it appeared in her hands.
"Whoa now!" Phoebe said taking the book from Paige and placing it on her own lap. "Don't want to drop it." She began to flip through the pages looking for Odysseus. "Here we go. I found him. Let's see. Demon of nightmares, yada yada yada. Kills people with their dreams and nightmares, yada yada yada. No one has ever escaped, yada yada yada."
"Well, those are reassuring odds," Paige said sarcastically.
"Shush," Phoebe hushed her. "They are not the Charmed Ones' odds. Now I say we approach this using a combination of two previous approaches."
"We're listening," Piper said, leaning forward.
"Prue once fought a demon of dreams. All she had to was kill him."
"So I kill him?" Paige asked.
"Not by yourself, you don't. Remember that time last year where we had to get into Piper's head?"
"Yeah."
"I get it," Piper said. "We tweak it so that we can get into Paige's dreams and-"
"Help me vanquish Odysseus," Paige finished.
"Exactly," Phoebe said.
"This could work. Is the spell in the book?"
"Of course it is." Phoebe flipped to the correct page. "I don't think we'll need to change the wording a bit, actually. It should work the way it is."
Paige and Piper nodded in agreement. "Looks like we've got a plan," Piper said. "Next time Paige falls asleep, we'll say the spell and get into her head."
"The last part of that phrase really frightened me," Paige stated.
"What? Afraid we'll see something we're not supposed to?" Phoebe teased.
"You wish," Paige replied, crossing her arms. "Who has a good movie to watch while we wait? Piper, you've usually got some good ones."
"Nah. Ask Phoebe."
"Getting a response from the column could take awhile." Both Phoebe and Piper whacked Paige. "Alright, alright. I'll ask Phoebe."
"And I'll ask TBS. Ah, the Rookie. This should put you to sleep fast."