A/N: Happy New Years Eve! Okay, the way this is working, 21 will definitely be the last chapter, then I'll start on the spin-offs and post as soon as I can. For now, here's a thanks to those who reviewed!

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"What the hell happened?" Piper asked, minutes later as she and Phoebe sat in the living room of Halliwell manor – Well, Phoebe sat, Piper paced.

"What's the last thing you remember?" Phoebe asked gently.

"Slicing our fingers open to trick Kirkus," Piper replied, after a long hesitation. "And I kind of remember . . . you on the ground, begging or something."

Phoebe nodded and filled Piper in on what had happened.

Piper looked horrified. "How many times are these demons going to turn us evil? It's getting old."

"That's not funny," Phoebe replied dryly, though she couldn't help but smile the slightest bit.

"You're right," Piper sighed. "We need to figure out a way to vanquish Kirkus. Maybe by doing that-"

Phoebe nodded. "I was thinking the exact same thing. I think now would be a good time to pull out the Book, like we should have done from the very beginning of this," she added, giving Piper an I-told-you-so look.

"Yeah, yeah," Piper grumbled, disappearing into the kitchen and to the basement. A few minutes later, she came back, holding the Book in her arms. She sat beside Phoebe and placed it on the coffee table.

"Where do we start?" Piper asked, frowning. "Is Kirkus even in the Book? I mean, who knows how long he's-" She was cut off when the Book suddenly fell open. The pages flipped on their own and stopped dead on a page for Kirkus. She smiled. "Thanks, guys."

"Let's see," Phoebe said, inching closer to read the page out loud.

"Kirkus, an upper level demon, is a highly unusual type of demon. He's a mix of so many different creatures that some are unknown to all but him. At one time, he sat as the Source's right-hand man. However, the Source feared that Kirkus would one day overpower him and steal the throne. Kirkus was banished to an otherworldly dimension, where he was meant to suffer in eternal hell."

"Well," Piper said cheerfully. "Doesn't he sound pleasant?"

"And Powerful," Phoebe added. "He must of broken out of this hell dimension thingy after the Avatars attacked – and I'm guessing he brought all those demons along for the ride." She scanned the page. It said nothing more. "What about a vanquishing spell? Or maybe a potion?" she called skyward. The pages flipped once or twice and stopped.

Piper and Phoebe glanced at it together and smirked. In unison, they looked up at the ceiling and said, "Thanks!"

"Okay," Phoebe said in a very gai faux (False cheerful, for those who don't know French – it sounded better in French than in English, hehe) voice. "Now all we need to do is figure out how we can get close enough to Kirkus to read the spell."

Piper glared at Phoebe. "Good point," she said. "We've tricked him so many times, he must know by now that we don't want to join his team – we want to vanquish him. So how can we possibly get to him without getting our asses kicked by our own kids first?"

Phoebe shook her head. "You're guess is as good as-" She paused, her eyes widening and her mouth curling into a grin.

Piper blanched. "Uh-oh. I know that look – I hate that look. Phoebe' what did you just think up?"

Phoebe simply grinned.

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"Again?" Kirkus asked, looking disbelieving. He shook his head. "No, no. This time, you won't – you can't trick me!"

Phoebe blinked several times. "I know I can't. That's not why I'm here." She glanced at the Children of Darkness and the demons surrounding them; well, those still left alive, at least.

"Then why-"

Phoebe, however, cut Kirkus off. "Can we talk alone? I won't try anything, I swear. I'm the one with the inactive powers remember?" She chuckled, waving it off slightly.

Kirkus glared at her, then demanded that the demons and the Children leave them.

The Children looked horrified and protested, but finally left.

"Speak," Kirkus said, once everyone had gone and was out of earshot, though Phoebe could see the Children standing off to the side, glaring at her angrily.

"I had a premonition," Phoebe replied slowly. "of you."

Kirkus didn't look surprised. He looked – well – bored. "And?"

"I saw bad things and I-I came to warn you," Phoebe added.

Kirkus laughed. "Warn me? Why would you want to warn me?"

Phoebe took a deep breath. "I saw you being vanquished by Piper and the Children becoming good again," she said, avoiding his question.

"Her? Vanquish me? How?" Kirkus demanded, though he was grinning as if this were all some sick joke. "One witch can't defeat me."

"No," Phoebe replied.

"But two can," Piper added, stepping up beside Phoebe.

They chanted.

"Here before us stands the mixed breed.

On other's pain, he doth feed.

Take him away, may he never return.

In hell may he forever burn"

Kirkus, caught off guard by Piper's sudden appearance, had no time to act. The spell fell upon him before he had even a small chance to protest.

His shrieks filled the cemetery as flames erupted all over his body until he could barely be seen through the blaze. Then, the earth seemed to swallow him whole.

And he was gone.