Phoebe walked into the kitchen where Piper was working on potions. She still carried the pad and pen she was using to write the spell. The look on her face told Piper she wasn't having much luck.
"Can't come up with anything, huh?" Piper asked, putting some ingredients into the slowly simmering pot.
"Nothing that would be of any use," Phoebe said. "What about you? Any luck with a potion?"
"Not really," Piper said. "I'm not really sure what to do. How do you make a potion to vanquish a force of nature instead of a creature? It's like trying to make a potion to stop the wind."
"I know what you mean," Phoebe said. "I'm having the same problem with the spell."
"Well, I can't find anything of use in the Book of Shadows," Paige said, coming into the kitchen. "I must have gone through it half a dozen times. There are potions and spells for dozens of demons, warlocks, and assorted other creatures. But there's almost nothing on evil itself. It's almost like no one ever encountered it before."
"Maybe they haven't," Phoebe said. "He did say he rarely makes a personal appearance."
"But he said that mom, grams, even Melinda couldn't stop him," Piper said. "He said they died trying."
"I think he was speaking in a more general term," Phoebe said. "That they were fighting evil in the form of demons and such not an actual entity. He did say that every evil creature gives him power. And by fighting demons every day the way we do and the way they did, we are fighting evil every day."
"What about that?" Paige asked. "Couldn't you write a spell to block that power he gets from all the evil creatures?"
"I thought of that," Phoebe said. "But nothing seems to work. It's like trying to bring down a charging elephant with a water pistol. I'm beginning to run out of ideas."
"So am I," Piper said. "Even the potion we used on Cole when we tried to vanquish him wouldn't be powerful enough. I'm beginning to think Leo and the Elders were right. There's nothing we can do to stop him."
"I won't accept that," Phoebe said. "Everything has a weakness. There has to be something we can do. We're the most powerful witches in history. I can't believe there's nothing we can do about this."
"The only way to beat evil is to resist it," Paige said. "I remember something my father once said. For evil to win all it takes is for good to do nothing. We'll think of something. We just have to put our heads together."
"I hope we have time," Piper said. "It's been more than an hour since that thing left. Every minute we waste is a minute closer to its return. We'd better start thinking of something fast or it's going to be too late."
Suddenly the girls heard Leo call to them. His voice had a note of urgency in it. As before, Paige orbed up to Wyatt's room. But this time she took Piper and Phoebe with her. It was quicker than taking the stairs and every second was precious.
As they orbed into Wyatt's room, they saw Leo standing next to Wyatt's crib. Evil was standing near the crib as well. Wyatt had his shield of protection activated and Leo stood between Evil and the shield.