Manor Attic

"The potion is done. Are you ready to vanquish some demon ass?" Piper asked enthusiastically.

"Let's do this." Paige said as she stood up. She swayed slightly on her feet but Piper quickly steadied her.

"Are you sure you're okay to do this?" Piper asked skeptically.

"I'm fine. Let's just get this done quickly because my head is killing me." Paige joked but Piper could also see the pain hidden in her eyes.

"Okay then. Phoebe, you ready?" Piper asked as Phoebe approached with three pieces of paper and three vials.

"Sure am." Phoebe said as she handed everyone a piece of paper and a vial.

"Alrighty then, let's do this." Piper said with more confidence than she felt

"Okay, well this is the summoning spell." Phoebe said holding up the piece of paper. "And this is the specially made Reichs vanquishing potion." This time she held up the vial.

All together, they read the spell out loud. A cold wind blew through the attic before a bright flash blinded them all and they had to look away. When they looked back, a very confused darklighter stood in the middle of a crystal circle.

"It worked!" Paige exclaimed as her eyes landed on the darklighter.

"You doubted me?" Phoebe replied sarcastically.

Piper remained silent, staring at the thing that had hurt her baby sister. That was still hurting our baby sister. Piper had never wanted to blow anything up this badly in her whole career as a witch. But she remembered what was more important right now, and that was getting the antidote to cure Paige. Then she could blow him all the way back to Hell.

"How did you do that?" Reichs asked still confused. He saw the crystals on the floor and gingerly tested his new cage. A jolt of electricity shot up his arm and pain spread through his body. Well, it works, he thought bitterly.

"We're the Charmed Ones, we can do anything." Phoebe replied cockily.

"Oh really?" Reichs taunted. "Because Paigey there looks a little under the weather."

"Where's the antidote." Piper snapped.

"What makes you think I have it?" Reichs replied as he sat down casually on the floor as if this was a normal conversation.

"You made it, didn't you?" Paige asked tentatively.

"What, you don't remember me?" Reichs taunted with an amused smile.

"Cut the crap! Where is it?" Piper asked angrily.

Reichs pretended to search his pockets before looking at the sisters in mock horror. "I'm terribly sorry, I must have left it at home."

Piper was seething. Her sister's life was in danger and he was making jokes? "Give us the antidote or I will blow off every appendage of yours I can see."

"Since when do you care about what happens to little Paigey? You usually treat her like she has a disease or something. Which is ironic because now she actually has one." Reichs laughed at his own joke while Piper stared at him with shocked eyes.

"I never treated Paige like that!" Piper defended herself.

"Oh, you didn't?" Reichs stood up so that he was eye level with Piper. "So you never ignored her? Never acted like you didn't want her there? Never tried to push her away? You never said and I quote 'I'm not remotely interested in reconstituting the Charmed Ones'? You're right Piper, you are the perfect sister." Reichs smiled triumphantly at Piper's shocked expression. "You may not have seen me before but I have been watching you three for years and I have seen some pretty interesting things. To be honest," Reichs turned and looked at Paige. "I'm surprised you haven't left yet."

"Where is the antidote?" This time Phoebe snapped at Reichs, angry at the way he was treating the people she loved.

Reichs completely ignored Phoebe and kept all of his attention on Paige. "It's painful, isn't it? It's like someone's constantly smashing your head with a sledgehammer. And your stomach feels like it's being twisted by an unrelenting claw that just loves to hurt you. You're going to get so hot that you'll feel like you're on fire. Your entire body will feel like it's about to explode and the pressure keeps building and building until…"

"Stop!" Piper yelled at Reichs but he plastered an evil grin on his face and kept looking straight at Paige.

"It's only going to get worse, you know. Soon you're going to be in so much pain that you can't even remember your own name. Your whole world will become nothing but agony and you will beg for death."

Piper couldn't take it and raised her hands, aiming them straight at Reichs.

"Piper, don't!" Phoebe pulled Piper's arms slightly, making her blow off just one Reichs' arms.

He looked at the stump that used to be his arm and just started laughing maniacally as if it was only a slight inconvenience. "Even if I wanted to give you the antidote, I wouldn't be able to."

"What do you mean?" Phoebe asked warily, tired of the games.

"I am no longer in possession of the item you seek." Reichs announced in a matter of fact tone.

"Then who the Hell is?" Piper snapped.

"The demon that hired me to shoot Paigey here in the first place." Reichs said, sending a disturbing smile Paige's way in the process.

"And who would that be?" Phoebe asked knowing that she probably wouldn't get a straight answer. She wasn't disappointed.

"He was about 6 ft, short brown hair, rock solid abs. He's just so dreamy and just your type Phoebe, a demon!" Reichs said with a straight face. Eventually his face broke into a smile and he started laughing again and all three of them were thinking thee same thing.

This demon is insane.

"A name would be good." Piper stated simply, refusing to play a long with the demon's ridiculous game.

"Well, you see, I have a bad memory. What was his name? Razor? Rinor? Rainer? Raylor? I don't know ladies, I just can't seem remember." Reichs still had the sick smile plastered on his face as he talked.

"Well you better remember in the next 5 seconds or your other arm is going as well." Piper warned sternly, completely ready to carry out the threat.

"I do remember something." Reichs paused as if he were in deep thought. "The demon that hired me has a friend called Praeter. He will probably know who you have to talk to if you want to get that antidote you're looking for."

"Praeter?" Phoebe asked skeptically

"The one and only." Reichs replied with a grin.

"Why don't you just make us another antidote?" Phoebe asked.

"Alas, I have given the recipe to the demon whose name escapes me. He is the only one who can make it now." Reichs said with mock sorrow in his voice.

"Well, then I guess we don't need you any more." Piper stated with a hint of happiness.

"You're right." Reichs said before he bowed to the Charmed Ones. "It's been a pleasure."

"Enough." Piper said before she threw her potion with accuracy, hitting the floor just at Reichs' feet.

"Get well soon." He said to Paige. He started laughing again before exploding into nothing. His laugh rang through the air for a moment before dissipating as well.

"That was one of the weirdest demon I have ever seen in my life." Phoebe stated, still staring at the spot on the floor that used to be Reichs.

Piper slowly turned to look at Paige who was swaying on her feet, her eyes out of focus. "Paige?"

Paige showed no sign of hearing her older sister. Piper approached her cautiously and placed a hand on her shoulder, making Paige jump in surprise. "Paige? Are you okay?"

Paige cleared her throat before talking. "Yea, I think I just need to sit down."

As if on cue, Paige's legs gave out from underneath her and Piper had to catch her before she collapsed to the ground. Phoebe quickly hurried over and helped Piper lay Paige down on the couch. Both of them remembering Reichs' words in their heads.

It's only going to get worse.

A/N: Thank you for reading and sorry it took so long to update. It is the holidays now so I will have a lot more time to write and what not now :). Anyway, Please Please Please review and tell me what you think because it really helps me know if I'm doing things right. Feel free to tell me any ideas you have or if you want to see something happen that isn't.