Later, Phoebe was walking through the path by herself. Piper, Paris and Paige were looking through some bushes. The demon shimmered in behind Phoebe. “Hello, witch.”
“Goodbye...” Phoebe spins around. “Demon.”
The demon runs for her with his athame. Phoebe flipped him over and Piper, Paris and Paige came out of the bushes. A woman runs out and throws a dagger at the demon. Then, the demon shimmered out and the dagger hit a tree. “I had him.”
Piper looked at her. “Who the hell are you?”
“Bloody hell.” Paris comment.
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Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Paris, Ben, Cole and the woman were in the kitchen. The woman was holding the dagger. “He used this to kill my fiancé. It's a ceremonial knife. The demon left it behind after the struggle. I've been hunting for the last year and a half. It's all I care about.”
Ben looked at the dagger. “May I?” The woman looked at him and then at Piper and Phoebe. They nodded and she hands the dagger to Ben. Then, Cole walked over to his brother and looked at the dagger as well.
Phoebe looked at the twins. “Look familiar?”
“He looked familiar to me.” Paige replied.
Paris glanced at her. “Did he?” She asked as Paige nodded.
“I meant the athame.” Phoebe sighed.
The twins looked at them. “It's one used by the brotherhood.”
Piper looked at the woman, named Emma. “Emma, do you know why the demon wanted to kill your fiancé?”
“Because Andrew was a witch.” Emma replied.
“Are you a witch too?” Paris asked.
Emma shook with her head. “No. But after Andrew died, I studied his books and devoted myself to the craft.”
“To continue his work?” Phoebe asked.
“To track down his killer.” Emma replied.
“And you just happened to be in the park at the same time the demon was going to attack Susan?” Paige asked to her.
“I know his MO. I know when he kills a witch, he goes after the entire coven.” Emma replied.
Piper looked at her. “You've taught yourself well. But still, if we hadn't come along we would have lost you both.”
“Vengeance empowers me.” Emma remarked.
“But it won't save you. Your desire for revenge is keeping you from the truth. You want the demon vanquished, my advice is to stand back and let the Charmed Ones handle it.” Ben told her.
Emma looked at him. “This is my fight.”
Cole spoke up. “Then you shall lose it.”
“Cole's right. You should trust us. Trust that we want the same thing you do.” Paris told her.
“It's just, his face has haunted me ever since Andrew died. It's the face of pure evil. I can't let him get away.” Emma sighed.
“Why don't you scry for him again while we prepare the vanquishing potion. Once we get a piece of his flesh, he's dust.” Piper told her.
“We'll get him. I swear we'll get him.” Phoebe added.
Just then, the baby cried from the other room. Piper sighed. “Ignore that.”
Paige hit her lightly. “Piper!”
“Alright. Excuse me.” Piper leaves the room.
Emma looked confused. “She has a baby?”
“No.” Paris replied.
“Actually, she's not sure yet.” Paige corrected her sister.
Emma looked at them. “Hm.”
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Later, Piper, Paige, Paris and Emma run in, after Emma had been scrying and Phoebe and Ben went to look for the demon. Piper froze him. “Hurry, slice him.” Paige runs over with a knife. She pulled a face. “Oh, Paige, just do it. This is no time to be squeamish.”
Paige slices a piece of flesh off his arm. It dropped on the floor and she picked it up. “Got it.”
Sikes unfroze and hit Paige. Phoebe went over to her. Sikes throws an energy ball and Ben pushed Piper, Paris and Emma out of the way. The energy ball hit the fake baby on the table. Ben turned into Belthazor. Sikes looked at him. “Belthazor, we meet at last.”
Belthazor looked at him back. “But not for long.”
They throw an energy ball and it hit together. The house shocked, then Sikes looked at him. “We'll finish this later.” He shimmered out.
“Is everybody okay?” Piper asked to them all as they stood op.
“I’m good.” Paris replied.
“I'm okay. Emma?” Phoebe asked to Emma.
“He's not the demon who killed my fiancé.” Emma pointed at Belthazor. “He is.” Belthazor had turned back into Ben. “He's a killer. What's the matter with you people?”
Piper grabbed her arm. “Emma, I know you're upset but you have to understand.”
“Let go of me.” Emma hissed.
“Be glad, that you don’t know there are two of them.” Paris muttered.
“You're making a huge mistake. He's not who you think he is.” Phoebe told her.
“He's the demon who killed my fiancé and that is all I need to know.” Emma pushed her way to the table.
“Whoa, whoa, hey!” Piper exclaimed.
Emma grabbed the dagger and throws it at Ben. He catches it before it stabbed him. “How can you protect a murderer? How can you live with yourself?” She stormed out of the house.
“Is she right? Are you the one who killed him?” Paige asked them.
“I don’t know.” Paris replied.
Phoebe looked at them. “Honey, now's not the time, we need to worry about Sikes. We got what we need, you guys work on the vanquishing potion.” Paige grabbed the flesh and she and Piper head for the kitchen. “We need to talk.”
Paris sighed. “Oh, bloody hell.”
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Piper and Paige were making the potion. The table was covered in herbs and ingredients. Piper pointed at something. “Okay, we just need the pigs feet, over there by the mandrake root.” Paris watched them.
Paige sighed. “Poor piggy, piggy. They're sensitive creatures, you know. Smart too.”
Piper nodded. “Yeah, not that one.” Paige put the pig feet in the potion and flames shot up. “Okay, so all we need to do is drop in the Sikes flesh.” She gradually stepped away from the potion. “Right, just drop it in.”
Paige added the flesh and the potion explodes. Paige fell to the ground. Piper giggled. Paris looked on amused. “You did that on purpose didn't you?”
“She did.” Paris replied.
“Yeah!” Piper helped Paige up. “Yeah, it happened to me last year. No substitute for experience.”
Just then, Ben raced in. “You girls alright?”
Piper shrugged. “Yeah, just doing a little sisterly bonding, that's all. Where's Phoebe? The potion will be ready in a couple of minutes.”
“Yeah, she wanted to talk to Emma, explain things...” Ben was interrupted.
“Good luck.” Paige remarked.
“Look, I don't need the guilt from you, okay, I've got enough of my own to deal with.” Ben told her.
“What, and you think that covers it? What you did?” Paige asked.
“Don’t.” Paris almost hissed.
Piper saw the look on Paris’s face. “Paige, don't.”
“Don't what, Piper, Paris? He killed a man, are you condoning that?” Paige asked them.
“You don’t know which twin did that.” Paris replied.
Piper sighed. “No, of course not. But it's just not that simple. He can't change the past and you've seen how much good he's helped us to do. That's who he is now and we've accepted that.”
“If you say so.” Paige sighed.
Ben looked at Piper. “Thank you. Do you want me to help you find Sikes?”
“Can you?” Piper asked.
“If he's still emulating me, all I have to do is figure out what I'd do next.” Ben replied.
“Which would be...?” Paris asked.
“Go after the Charmed Ones.” Ben stated.
“Oh, that's nice.” Paige comment.
“He.” Paris sighed.
Ben looked at them. “First I'd have to regroup somewhere. Tend to my cut.”
“The mausoleum?” Piper asked.
“Except Sikes will anticipate that. He'll be expecting you to come after him which means he'll be probably be lying and wait. Maybe set up some kind of trap.” Ben replied to her.
Pipe looked at him. “One that you can identify.” Ben nodded. “So let's go.”
Paige called. “Wait, don't we need Phoebe?”
“No, all we need is this.” Piper held up the viles of potion. “Besides, it's better to keep Emma away from the action.” Then, Leo walked in with the baby. It had scorch marks on it and was crying strangely. “Oh, honey, what happened?”
Leo sighed. “Sikes. I guess you were right.”
“Yikes.” Paris comment, looking a the doll.
“Oh, sweetie, I didn't wanna be right. I'm sorry.” Piper comment.
Paige looked at them. “You're sorry? Who's gonna pay for this? Well?”
“We're gonna go after Sikes so we should probably orb Susan out of here just to be safe.” Piper kissed him on the cheek and leaves the kitchen. Paige, Paris and Ben followed. Leo held the baby out in front of him and its leg fell off.
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Ben, Piper, Paris and Paige walked down the stairs. “Any sign of him?” Paige asked.
“No.” Ben sighed.
When, they reached the bottom of the stairs and Ben pulled Paige back. “What?” Piper exclaimed.
“Trap. Back up.” Ben picked up a candle and throws it on the ground. It exploded and the whole floor was covered in flames. It disappeared. Ben runs across the room and looked around.
“Well, that’s cool.” Paris remarked as Piper shook with her head.
“Where is he?” She asked.
Ben sighed. “I don't know.”
“Well, why would he set a trap for us and not be here?” Paige asked.
“Unless this is just a distraction.” Ben replied.
Paris looked at him. “What do you mean distraction?”
“You said he was after us.” Piper added.
“I was wrong. He's after me. And the best way to get to me is through...” Ben realized.
“Phoebe.” Piper interrupted him.
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Arrived at the manor, they saw Phoebe's purse on the floor. “Phoebe.” Paige comment.
Ben looked at them. “I'll check upstairs, you check downstairs.”
Moments later, Paige looked at them. “Did you hear that?”
“Yep.” Paris nodded.
Then they run up the stairs. When they arrived there, Piper froze the men. Then, they raced over to Phoebe. Belthazor and Sikes started to unfreeze. Piper, Paris and Paige quickly untied Phoebe. Belthazor pulled Sikes up and stabbed him with the athame. Sikes screamed and bursts into flames. He disappeared. Then, Belthazor turned to the girls. “Ben?” Phoebe asked as he walked towards them with the athame. “It's over. You can turn back now. Ben, you can do it. For me, for us.”
“Hurry, throw the potion. maybe it'll work on him.” Paige told them.
“No.” Paris comment.
Piper held up the potion as Phoebe stopped her. “No, don't. Ben, please, you can do this, you're good.”
Emma runs in and throws the potion at Belthazor. Flames surrounded him and he screamed. The flames disappeared and Ben dropped to his knees. “What happened?” Paige exclaimed.
Phoebe looked at her. “That was the power stripping potion I made to free Ben.” She went over to him. “Are you okay?” She hugged him. Emma picked up the athame. Phoebe saw her. “No!” She went over to her. “You got your revenge. You killed the demon you were after. Belthazor's dead, gone forever. Ben's a human being, an innocent.” Emma handed Phoebe the knife.
“I wonder how Cole’s doing.” Paris whispered, not unheard by Piper as she hugged her.