AN: Well team, here it is, the final battle. There are about two more chapters to go in this story so I hope you will enjoy this one.

A massive warning though, there is a character death in this chapter.

Enjoy.

Chapter 19:

"Okay, so let me get this right, Rachel has now appeared as her usual sixteen year old self, but still stuck in the body of a four year old; and yet she was powerful and angry enough to basically just teleport from the park and is probably now at her house and facing down that fuck-face Tenebris?" Santana said as she drove Quinn to Rachel's house. Brittany was made to go home to her parents as Santana felt it'd be safer there for her; well, after she gave the blonde a protective charm that is.

Jenny had gone back to the hospital in case anything tried to hurt Tina, and Maribel and Judy were travelling to Rachel's house in another car.

Why didn't they stop their girls from coming along? Have you ever tried to stop a teenager from doing anything especially when they were dead set on doing it anyway? Yeah, that's why.

So here Quinn and Santana were, driving to Rachel's house after Judy and Quinn drove back to get the Latina pair and fill them in with what had happened.

"Yeah, I just, I haven't seen her so sad and angry before," Quinn said as she rubbed the side of her head.

"Q, she did just lose her best friend," Santana said as she looked carefully around the road.

"I know,"

"Right, plan, what are we going to do?"

"I don't know, I just, I just think we need to be there and help her, I don't want her to go insane,"

"Considering all the bullshit she's had to put up with all these years, I doubt she'll go bat shit insane, call it my gut, but I don't think she will,"

As the two girls pulled into the driveway they saw the little girl standing there, almost like she was waiting for them. The mothers hadn't yet arrived.

"Rachel," Quinn said as she ran out of the car and looked at the little girl.

"Hey Quinn," Rachel said, "I figured you'd be here so I thought it best to wait,"

"Rachel you don't have to face him yet,"

"But I do, I'm tired Quinn, I'm just too tired to keep this up, my body is failing and I can feel it dying, I've left this for too long,"

"What?"

"My body is failing because it can't hold the power that I have, it's why I had to grow up and why it would have been safe to train me as a teenager, then again I shouldn't have had my powers bound, my fathers should have realised this because my body needed to get used to it,"

"Rachel,"

"It is the way things are, I need to defeat him so I can get my body back, so I can get my life back,"

"I'll be here for you,"

"I know, but you and Santana shouldn't be here, neither should you two," Rachel said loudly as Judy and Maribel walked up to her.

"We need to be here for you, surly you feel it," Maribel said as Rachel looked up at her.

"Indeed, though I suppose I can't be everywhere at once, you guys need to make sure that nothing breaks out of my house,"

"What about me?" Quinn asked.

Rachel looked up at her and smiled, "You're better than you think you are Quinn, you may not have your mother's psychic ability, but you have the power of heaven behind you, and you know the words and chants, you help set up a protective barrier around the place because that is needed, but first, Santana you need to help the spirits cross over, starting with Bubbe, she's been here for too long too,"

In just that moment, Rachel's Bubbe walked out of the house and looked at her grandchild, "Rachel you don't have to fight today," her Bubbe said.

"You know I do Bubbe, Cain must pay for what he's done, thank you for getting Mr Tibbs back to me, I know it was you," Rachel said.

"Hmmm, you are welcome my child,"

"You should leave now back to the after life,"

"You know our faith Rachel, we don't believe that there is anything after this world,"

"And yet you exist, Bubbe you deserve to rest and if God brings you back that is also good is it not?"

"Rest would be nice, if I could sleep again that would be good,"

"Santana can help you cross over, is Alma around?"

"The Latina's abuela with the fiery tongue?"

"Yes,"

"I'm right here," Alma said as she appeared.

"Thank you for what you've done for me Alma," Rachel said as the old woman nodded her head at her.

"Abuela," Santana said as she looked at her grandmother, "But I thought you'd be bound to one place,"

"Not that kind of ghost Santana," Alma answered.

"You should cross over with Bubbe," Rachel said, "Rest, be at peace and know that I am going to take care of this,"

"Mami," Maribel said as she walked over.

"You spend more time with your family Maribel, do not lose this chance because one day you will be gone," Alma said.

"Yes Mami,"

"And Santana, you be good, okay, you live a good life and be that doctor I know you can be and look after your girl,"

"I promise Abuela," Santana answered with a firm nod of her head.

Rachel looked at the Latina and said, "Santana, you should help them cross over, you can do this,"

Santana let out a breath as she said, "Goodbye Abuela, I will see you again," she said as Alma nodded at her, "There is a front door in front of you two, can you see it? It's radiating a light so strong and good that you know you should go to it,"

"I see it," Alma said as Rachel's Bubbe agreed and the two walked away and towards the door and disappeared - to where no one would ever know but they left this world behind bidding their family goodbye in their own way as they moved on.

Santana had tears fall from her face that she wiped away and cleared her throat, "Right, now what?" she asked Rachel.

"Tenebris I call you from your place in the abyss," Rachel commanded, "COME FORWARD AND FACE ME YOU COWARDLY BASTARD,"

As the ground shook, the door to the house swung open revealing a clawed shadowy figure, "Come to me child, come to me, and we shall see the villain I can be," Tenebris mocked.

"No matter what happens I want you guys to not interfere, understand, I want you to stop anything from crossing over to this world or venturing from this house, but do not interfere with my fight," Rachel instructed as the others nodded their heads, "Thank you all for looking after me, oh and Quinn,"

"Yes?" Quinn asked.

"Please know that I do love you and I was serious when I said I wanted to marry you," Rachel said as she smiled and walked away from the stunned blonde.

"You shouldn't be so stunned, you know she's crazy about you," Santana said.

"Yeah, but it's the sixteen year old who just said that not a puppy love four year old," Quinn answered as the door to the front house slammed shut.

"Quinn, here, read from this as I've memorised what I needed over the years," Judy said, "You can do this,"

"Thanks Mom, onwards to battle then?"

"Onwards to battle," Santana said as she placed a comforting yet strong hand on Quinn's shoulder.

Inside the house Tenebris smiled evilly as Rachel approached him.

"So, are you going to give me rules?" he asked.

"Why bother? You're not going to follow them anyway," Rachel said, "With that being said, CATCH!"

Rachel caught the demon off guard as she sent a powerful blast that hit him square in the face.

"Catch me if you can slowpoke," Rachel said as she ran with Tenebris roaring and casting powerful psi balls at her which she ducked and dove from and occasionally hit him back with.

"I'm going to kill you," Tenebris snarled.

"You'd have to catch me first and you're failing,"

The two were going at it against each other.

Tenebris managed to slash at Rachel, nicking just the side of her arm causing her to yelp at the pain of it as she created a fireball and began to burn his face with it.

Tenebris howled in pain as Rachel began healing the wound on her arm with a water spell Stoic had taught her before he died as she ran to the kitchen.

"Get back here," Tenebris said as he held one clawed hand over the right side of his face.

Rachel just smirked as she used her powers and raised the knives in the kitchen up so that they'd be pointing at Tenebris as he entered the kitchen.

For the first time in a long time the demon felt worry as Rachel let out a powerful scream and unleashed her strength by sending the knives flying at him one after another.

"BRAT," Tenebris growled, he had enough of her having the upper hand in this battle, "You think you have the upper hand in this, I was only playing at half my strength,"

"So was I," Rachel said as she appeared in front of him, "Boo,"

Tenebris bellowed as he was flung to the other side of the house smashing through the walls as he felt pain for the first time in a long time. He stood up and cracked his neck as he glared at her. He began to unleash his power, the darkness was swirling around him now as he unleashed tendrils at Rachel and held her in them and began to strangle her whole body.

"Yield," Tenebris commanded as he flung her and dropped her to the floor and stood on her back.

"No," Rachel said back as she created a psi ball and hit him in the... well balls.

Tenebris groaned at that, why such a thing would hurt a demon Rachel didn't know but she didn't care, not right now anyway.

"My children, come forth and aid your father," Tenebris hissed as the walls around Rachel started to shimmer and howling children who were covered with steaming tar started to crawl towards her, their back legs dragging behind them as they howled and reminded Rachel of The Screamer.

"Children, of course, that's why it hurts you there, you're a god damn incubus too," Rachel realised.

"Demons need more than just torture for fun," Tenebris smirked.

Rachel just looked at him, "You really think your children can defeat me?"

"Why don't you find out?"

Tenebris's children caught up with her and began to claw and attack her. Rachel jumped and dodged and shot some fiery psi balls at them, but many came to the aid of their father.

Rachel felt bad at first but then realised she had no choice, she had to burn them or they'd continue infecting the world.

But they started to overwhelm her as they crowded around her and then clawed at her before they eventually fully encased her with their bodies.

Tenebris laughed at his small victory but something made him stop, there was a strong powerful light emitting from the inside and was beginning to radiate through the cracks of his children's bodies.

"That's not possible," he started as his children began to howl and shriek in high pitched horror as Rachel was heard roaring as finally her child body shattered and broke apart, "How is this possible? How?"

Rachel stood there finally back in her sixteen year old body looking very pleased with herself as her body gave off a powerful aura with holy light, "I'm psychic, I saw how to revert back without having to die or kill you, surprise,"

Tenebris got angry again, "Kill her my children, I want that body and that power and I promise you part of this world under my rule,"

His children again started to lunge at her but Rachel was too quick for them as she dodged and started to kill them off one by one. When all of his children had been eradicated, Tenebris glowered at her angrily.

"You are a monster, I can see you have no remorse and you feel no pain at losing any of your children," Rachel said.

"They were a means to an end, a way to fight you and they were damn useless, nothing like their father," Tenebris said as the demon just roared at her as he lunged and slashed at her. Rachel returned the attacks as the two crashed through her home. Spirits howled and jumped out of their way.

Eventually Tenebris managed to grab the sixteen year old around her neck and started to squeeze but Rachel kicked him in the gut and flipped backwards.

She heard a sound behind her as she hit Tenebris hard enough that he'd be knocked out for a small bit and turned to see Mike standing there.

"Hey Rachel, welcome back," Mike said.

"What are you doing here?" Rachel asked.

"I'm here to help,"

"How'd you even know I was here?"

"A feeling I guess, I'm not too sure how to explain it, it's like my gut was telling me to get to you despite my parents grounding me, and I figured I could help you if I found you in time, I'm half dead anyway, what's the worse he could do?"

"A lot,"

"Whatever the case, how can I help you?"

"Can you protect Santana?"

"Yeah, of course, I'm a dark ninja now,"

Rachel just gave him a small laugh before saying, "I need you and her to open the portals and start sending all these beings back to where they belong, she has the power to do it, you seem to have a sword now to protect her,"

"Grandfather's old Chinese Long Sword, he gave it to me and said one day I'd need it, guess he was right," Mike answered.

"Get Judy to bless it, most of these creatures are from Christian traditions, so they'd be most affected by Christian rules and law,"

"I shall do, take care now,"

"You too,"

Mike did as Rachel asked him to as he ran out side, slicing a few demons that tried to attack him down at the same time and causing them to burn up with a scream before disappearing to into ashes.

"Mike, the hell you doing here?" Santana asked as Mike waved hello to her.

"Rachel needs us," he said.

"For what?"

"We need to send some of the spirits back, you can open portals and send them back, that's what she said,"

"I've never done it to this scale before,"

"She said you could, she must know right?"

The Latina just shrugged as she said, "Let's just go and do this,"

Mike nodded his head at that, "But first I need Judy to bless my sword," Mike said as he went to Judy who was at the other side of the house and told her what Rachel had said to him.

Judy just nodded her head as she blessed his sword with what she had and knew.

"Right, you done?" Santana asked.

"Yep," Mike said.

"Good, vamos, let's do this,"

Mike and Santana entered the house, Mike had his sword raised in a defensive stance as he kept an eye out.

"Your left," Santana shrieked as Mike sliced a malicious spirit in half, "Right, right, RIGHT,"

Mike did as instructed as he and Santana set out to work and started sending the spirits back to the spirit world. It was incredibly exhausting.

"WAH, RIGHT," Santana then squealed.

"Santana, I can see them, okay," Mike said in annoyance as he continued what he was doing as Santana set up portals to send the spirits back before making sure to close each portal properly.

In the upstairs part of the house, Tenebris and Rachel were now fighting in her bedroom as she kept casting psi balls against him but was getting very tired.

"Getting tired I see?" he laughed.

"Not that tired, I can still beat you," Rachel spat back.

"You should yield,"

"You should stop acting like you aren't a scared little boy,"

Tenebris snarled at her as he lunged again and cut her stomach open causing her to bleed badly as she didn't react in time, but Rachel refused to fall and cry out; she refused to give him satisfaction of that.

"You're bleeding," he said.

"Thank you Captain Obvious, I never would have known without your wonderful observation skills," Rachel said sarcastically causing the demon to scowl at her.

"RACHEL?" Santana was heard yelling through the house, "IT'S DONE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,"

"THANK YOU, NOW LEAVE THE HOUSE," Rachel yelled back as Tenebris looked at her and lunged again only to miss her and be hit in his stomach by her fist, "Time to be destroyed,"

Rachel opened up a portal through her floor and Tenebris could see the one thing he feared, the fiery abyss, it was where God destroyed the ones who would never change no matter what.

Rachel grabbed him with her powers and started to pull him towards it as he dug his claws into her floor and growled, but before he got to the top of the abyss hole, he tripped Rachel and sent her sprawling towards her door. Luckily for her if you think about it. For now anyway.

"FOOL!" he growled, "You will not defeat me, I have someone you love,"

"No you don't, we freed her," Rachel pointed out as she looked at him. He was currently standing on the other side of the ever growing portal and Rachel knew she had to close it soon or face the consequences. But making sure she could defeat him was getting harder and she knew it would take a small window of opportunity to do it. But the only way Tenebris could be forever destroyed is if he fell into that fiery abyss and was burnt alive so that everything was destroyed to the very last cell of his existence.

"And yet there she is right at the door," he smirked as Rachel heard footsteps behind her.

Rachel looked up and saw Quinn staring at her with tears in her eyes, "Oh my god, Rachel," she said as she went to help the diva up, "You're back,"

"Yes, and I thought I told you not to come in here," Rachel said.

"I felt I had to be here, to help you, look at you you're hurt,"

Tenebris growled at them causing Quinn to jump a bit but held fast to Rachel's arm.

"I will never understand your need to love, pathetic emotion," Tenebris snarled.

"And a pathetic creature like you will never understand what love is all about," Rachel said back as she stood up.

This battle was wearing her down and Quinn could feel it as she held the brunette up.

"Rachel we can always come back, we can damn him to the nether for the time being, I know we can," Quinn suggested.

"He will always come back," Rachel said as the fires from the abyss started to roar bellow them, "The only way to win, and he knows this, is to burn him in the fires,"

"But what can we do?"

"I..." but she didn't get to finish that sentence as Tenebris attacked Quinn by setting a blast of fire against her that knocked Rachel painfully against the door but not before she managed to put up a protective field around Quinn. The blonde screamed at that as Judy was heard entering the house and running up the stairs.

"They were foolish not to listen to you and now it'll be their deaths," Tenebris laughed.

"They come because they care, because they feel that they can help me against you," Rachel said, "But there seems to be only one thing I can do,"

"And what may that be?"

Rachel didn't say anything as she hit him with a blast that was mainly water based and made him crash into her Dreams Board.

"Rachel?" Quinn said as she got up and held the brunette close.

"I really, really, wanted a chance to grow old with you Quinn," Rachel said as she looked at the blonde.

"Rachel, what are you talking about?"

But instead of answering her Rachel leaned in and kissed Quinn softly on her lips before moving away from her.

Quinn grabbed Rachel's hand and begged her in tears, "No, please, don't leave, please," Quinn started.

"I have to because we're running out of time and there is no other way to get him in there," Rachel answered, "I'm already dying, you can't save me from the wounds he inflicted with his poison,"

"No Rachel, don't," Quinn said as Rachel's hand slowly and softly left Quinn's.

"Lead a good life Quinn, I wish you enough," Rachel smiled as a tear fell from her face before she jumped over the portal and landed in front of Tenebris, "You want me so bad Tenebris, COME AND GET ME,"

Tenebris took the bait as he roared and lunged at her, "AT LAST YOU YIELD," he roared happily as his claws ran right through Rachel's stomach causing her to cough a bit in a gasp at the pain. Quinn screamed as Rachel had blood running down from the side of her mouth.

"I yield nothing," Rachel gurgled in a smirk as she caused a powerful blast to erupt behind Tenebris causing him, and in effect her, to fall into the fiery abyss.

"NOOOOOO!" Quinn screamed as she ran towards the portal as it started to close up and the last she saw of Rachel was of the brunette about to hit the fiery flames just as the demon that had forever tried to posses her was being burnt alive in a screaming agony as his cellular structure was being destroyed from the inside out. But before she could do anything for Rachel, the portal closed shut.

Quinn began to cry in agony as she pounded her fists against the bedroom floor. Judy ran in and held her daughter.

"Q?" Santana said as she ran in, Mike following just behind her, "What happened? Where is it? Is it dead?"

"Yeah, dead, Rachel destroyed him in the fiery abyss, no being can come back from that," Judy replied.

Santana patted Quinn's back before asking, "Where's Rachel?"

"I don't know,"

"She's gone," Quinn said as her bottom lip quivered, "She fell, she baited him and she fell into the pit and closed it, I didn't even get to say goodbye, I, she's gone,"

Santana fell to her knees as she too cried a bit. The little girl was gone and she could do nothing about it but cry.

Mike just bowed his head in sorrow and respect for his fallen friend as Maribel and Judy felt the pain of losing a child.

All their efforts, all of their hard work to keep Rachel alive and destroy that demon, now gone. While the demon was finally destroyed, their love for the little girl who had been in their lives caused them to feel pain with the knowledge that Rachel had an undeserved death. That the sweet little girl who had often smiled at them when she was small, smiled in the face of dangers many would not, was now forever lost to them.

"This isn't fair," Quinn said through gritted teeth.

"No, it isn't," Judy said as she hugged her daughter.

AN 2: Yep, that's where we're ending it.
And as I always say, there is a plan, there is always a plan. Stay frosty - next chapter is in the works - we will see Tina finally wake up and the Berry men return and yes, Judy will whack at least one of them really, really hard.