"That's crazy," Paige said. "Evil isn't a living creature."
"Is it really so strange to find that evil has a form?" asked Leo. "Cupid is real. You've met death. And fate. Is it really so hard to believe that evil could become corporeal as well?"
"But how?" asked Phoebe.
"Every evil creature that exists gives it power," Leo said. "Every demon, every warlock, every ghost, whatever. Each contributes some power to it in their fight against good. All that power added together is considerable. And there is no way to stop it."
"That ridiculous," Piper said. "We've stopped evil plenty of times. How many demons have we vanquished? Every time we do, we stop evil."
"Not technically," Leo said. "You stop one of the servants of evil. Evil can no more be destroyed than you could destroy love or hate or envy. Evil itself, pure evil, is a force that is indestructible. As long as even one evil creature exists, it will have power. And there's no known way to fight that. Not in corporeal form."
"We aren't just giving up," Piper said. "Everything has a weakness. We just have to find what its weakness is. Exploit it to our advantage. There has to be something we can do."
"We resist it," Phoebe said. "Resistance is the only way to stop evil. Spells or potions or powers may not work against it but if we resist it it can't hurt us."
"Only if it was trying to corrupt you," Leo said. "People can only be corrupted if they let it happen. But it's not trying to corrupt you. It's coming to destroy you. And nothing the Elders, me, or you do can stop it."
"There has to be something," Paige said. "I can't believe that evil is so powerful that it can't be stopped. If that were true there would be no good in the world. It would be overwhelmed. Like Piper said, everything has a weakness. We just have to figure out what that weakness is."
"I hope you're right," Leo said. "Because unless you can figure out what that weakness is, you'll be helpless against it. It will destroy you and me and take Wyatt to raise as evil. If that happens, all of mankind could suffer."
"We have some work to do," Piper said. "Paige, go through the Book of Shadows again. See if there's anything, I don't care how remote that might help us. Phoebe, see if you can write a Power of Three spell to duplicate Wyatt's protection sphere. If we can duplicate it maybe we can at least keep this thing at bay. I'm going to see if I can come up with a potion that might work against this evil."
"On my way," Paige said, heading for the attic.
"I'll let you know when I have a spell ready," Phoebe said.
"I'll be in the kitchen working on the potion," Piper said. "Leo, you stay here with Wyatt. If anything happens, you orb him out immediately. At least we can try to keep him away from this thing."
Leo picked up his son as the girls went to prepare their defenses against evil. He hoped they would be successful. He also realized there may be nothing any of them could do to stop it.