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Post by The Virtual Series on Oct 21, 2007 19:00:10 GMT -5
CHARMED: RESET REALITY (A new Alternate Universe series brought to you by Daniel, 4Ever, Drama, Xenith, and a host of others!) STARRING: SHANNEN DOHERTY...Prue Halliwell HOLLY MARIE COMBS...Piper Halliwell ALYSSA MILANO...Phoebe Halliwell ROSE McGOWAN...Paige Matthews CO-STARRING: BRIAN KRAUSE...Leo Wyatt JULIAN McMAHON...Cole Turner DORIAN GREGORY...Darryl Morris SHAWN CHRISTIAN...Matt Capiello CHARMED: RESET REALITY is a concept conceived and copyrighted by Daniel Taylor and cannot be copied without his permission.[/i] Based on the television show "Charmed" created by Constance Burge and featuring characters created by her and Brad Kern. DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. If we owned Charmed, the last few seasons would be more like this! All characters and locations are fictitious or are used fictitiously. We only own the characters listed as "Original characters" within the credits. All others are products of the old WB and the new CW and belong to them and Aaron Spelling Productions. This work was not written for sale and is meant only to be read by visitors to websites for the fans of the television show, Charmed. [/size] 5.02 PRISM BREAK GUEST-STARRING: KRISTA ALLEN JESSE WOODROW CAREL STRUYCKEN
Script written by...CAMILLE (FOUREVER CHARMED) Script edited by...DRAMA (ASSASSIN WITCH) Script proofread by...CAMILLE (FOUREVER CHARMED), DRAMA (ASSASSIN WITCH), DTAYLOR (ASTRAL ECHO) Executive Producer...DTAYLOR (ASTRAL ECHO) Produced by...DRAMA, FOUREVER CHARMED, XENITH Directed by...Mel Damski
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Post by The Virtual Series on Oct 21, 2007 19:02:44 GMT -5
Prism Break
Teaser [Scene: Manor. Kitchen. PRUE and PHOEBE HALLIWELL are there. PRUE is sitting at the table with a bagel marked with cream cheese in one hand and a newspaper in the other. PHOEBE is at the counter, pouring a cup of hot coffee. PHOEBE turns around and cups her hands around the mug, revealing it as her 'Best Baby Sister' mug. She takes a long drink and then shifts tired eyes over to PRUE and the kitchen table, which is littered with a box of opened Krispy Kreme doughnuts, a glass of orange juice in front of PRUE, and a half eaten bowl of Granola cereal.][/b] PHOEBE: (tiredly) I miss Piper’s cooking. PRUE: At least Leo’s not eating your Granola anymore. (PHOEBE sticks out her lower lip.)PHOEBE: I miss those fluffy pancakes. (She wrinkles her nose as she moves to the table and sits down next to PRUE.) Man, what I wouldn’t do to be Leo right now. (PAIGE walks in, catching PHOEBE’s sentence. She makes a face as she grabs a bowl from the drainer.)PAIGE: Ew! PHOEBE: (to PAIGE) Totally not what I meant. (PAIGE takes a seat at the end of the table and then spots the cereal box next to PHOEBE.)PAIGE: Oh, Granola! Pass the box, please! (PHOEBE sends a squinty glare PRUE’s way, the latter of whom glances over her newspaper and smirks.)PHOEBE: (to PRUE) So much for no competition for my Granola. (PHOEBE reluctantly passes the box over to PAIGE, who pours herself a large bowl of cereal. PAIGE makes a face as she turns the box upside down and shakes it, but nothing comes out.)PAIGE: Ehh…I think we just ran out of cereal. (PHOEBE groans.) Sorry. PRUE: I’ve got a photo shoot outside of the city today, so I may end up having to work late tonight. PHOEBE: So, we’re not doing the girls’ night out after work, tonight? PRUE: Crap! I forgot that was tonight. PAIGE: What do you have going on tomorrow? Phoebe and I can still take Piper out for a little comparative baby shopping and we can do the sister thing tomorrow. PRUE: I just feel bad, though, because Piper’s been looking forward to this. PHOEBE: I’m sure she’ll understand, Prue. It’s not like we haven’t had to reschedule things before. (PHOEBE reaches across the table for the opened box of doughnuts. As she does, her arm hits PRUE’s glass of orange juice and it falls forward, sending orange juice sailing through the air. PHOEBE's eyes widen and PRUE drops her newspaper, while Paige instinctively throws up her hands to block herself from the flying orange juice. Suddenly, the streams of orange juice slow to a brief stop, then begin to reverse their flow back toward the tipped glass. At the same time, the glass rises back into a sitting position as PRUE, PHOEBE, and PAIGE move in rewind. Suddenly, everything resumes regular motion and PAIGE looks around, confused.)PRUE: I’ve got a photo shoot outside of the city today, so I may end up having to work late tonight. (PAIGE tilts her head, staring at PRUE.)PHOEBE: So, we’re not doing the girls’ night out after work, tonight? (PAIGE looks at PHOEBE. PHOEBE catches PAIGE’s strange look.)PRUE: Crap! I forgot that was tonight. PHOEBE: (to PAIGE) Something wrong? (PAIGE squints her eyes.)PAIGE: No. (mumbling) I just think I’m hallucinating. (She rubs her head.)PRUE: I feel really bad, Piper’s been looking forward to this. PHOEBE: She’ll understand. It’s not like we haven’t had to reschedule our lives before. (PHOEBE reaches across the table for the opened box of doughnuts. PAIGE’s eyes widen and she reaches out to PHOEBE.)PAIGE: No, wait! You’re going to knock over the- (PHOEBE’s arm hits PRUE’s glass of orange juice and it falls forward, sending orange juice sailing through the air. PHOEBE’s eyes widen and PRUE drops her newspaper. Orange juice lands everywhere.) Orange juice. Clickable Credits.
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Post by The Virtual Series on Oct 21, 2007 19:12:54 GMT -5
{SCENE: The song “Anything But Ordinary,” written and sung by Avril Lavigne, is heard as stock shots of San Francisco are shown while the Guest Credits are rolled.}
Act One
[Scene: Piper and Leo’s house. Master bedroom. LEO WYATT rolls over in his sleep, falling into his wife’s empty side of the bed. He groans a little at the sudden lack of warmth where his wife should be and groggily opens his eyes.]LEO: Piper? (LEO rubs his eyes and sits up, looking blearily around the room. Then he begins to pick up on the faint sound of a television coming from down the hall. He mutters something incoherently as he slips out of bed and putters across the beige carpet with his bare feet.)[Cut to the spare bedroom. A small television is seated on a wooden table facing PIPER’s treadmill, which PIPER HALLIWELL, wearing a pair of stretchy dark green pants and a white tank top that seems to emphasize the small bump on her stomach, is energetically walking on. PIPER lifts a water bottle to her mouth, takes a long drink, then sets it back down on the treadmill’s cup holder as LEO walks in. He blinks.]LEO: What’re you doing up so early? PIPER: Me? You’re the one who slept in. (She motions to the television.) And, to answer your question, I wanted to get a good workout. (LEO suddenly looks concerned.)LEO: Don’t overstress yourself- PIPER: Don’t treat me like a child, Leo. (She frowns.) Exercise is good for me, and the baby; it’s actually encouraged. (She motions to a stack of baby books located on the table next to the television.) I’ve been reading up. LEO: Maybe you should come take a break? PIPER: And ruin my momentum? (She shakes her head.) No way! (She takes another drink from her water bottle.) If you want to join me, there are some five pound dumbbells over there. (She nods towards the corner of the room where two purple dumbbells lay. LEO frowns.)LEO: I think I’ll pass. Piper: Okay, but don’t come crying to me when you’re exhausted from chasing our three-year-old around the house. (She clicks up the speed on her treadmill.) You know, Leo, I am so glad we have this spare room! I haven’t been able to exercise like this since…well, never, actually! I used to go to the gym back when Prue and I lived together, but it was never nice and private like this. I could never really get my groove on. (LEO snorts.) What? LEO: Nothing. (He smiles as he watches her.) You know I love you. (PIPER glances up with a small grin on her lips.)PIPER: (brightly) I love you too, honey. (LEO winces.) Something wrong? LEO: No, it’s just your sisters. (He stomach growls. PIPER frowns sympathetically and stops her treadmill.)PIPER: Go tend to them and I’ll make some breakfast. (She moves speedily across the room and gives him a quick peck on the lips.) You’re sure it’s nothing serious, right? LEO: They’re not being attacked by demons or anything, but they sound a little worried. (PIPER waves her hand hurriedly.) Okay, I’ll be back soon. (He orbs out and PIPER disappears into the hallway.)[Scene: Manor. Attic. PRUE is flipping through The Book of Shadows as PAIGE paces impatiently back and forth. PHOEBE is seated on a chair, staring at PAIGE.]PHOEBE: So, it was like…everything just moved backwards. (PAIGE nods.) Like someone pressed the rewind button on the VCR? PAIGE: Exactly. PHOEBE: And why didn’t you feel the need to tell us this when it happened? PAIGE: I don’t know…because I wasn’t sure what had happened at first? PRUE: It sounds like time rewound. PHOEBE: But that doesn’t make any sense, Tempus was destroyed the last time he turned back time. PAIGE: And it wasn’t even significant, maybe fifty or sixty seconds at the most! PHOEBE: And besides, the last time Tempus affected time, my power of premonition sensed the change. PRUE: Well, if it was time related, then it’s likely you didn’t sense it because it was such an insignificant time leap. (LEO orbs in.)PAIGE: Finally! LEO: Sorry- (PHOEBE notices his flannel pajamas.)PHOEBE: Oh, did we wake you? (LEO yawns.)LEO: No. (He glances around.) What do you need? PRUE: Something weird happened at breakfast, we think time may have been rewound. LEO: (surprised) What? PHOEBE: Yeah, we were shocked too. But the strange thing is- PAIGE: Only I was aware of it. (LEO frowns.)LEO: I’ll go ask The Elders about it. (pause) Anything else before I go? (The sisters shake their heads. He starts to orb out.)PHOEBE: Oh! (The orbs vanish and LEO looks to PHOEBE.)LEO: Yes? (PHOEBE makes a swish of her hand.)PHOEBE: You might want to pop back home first and change. (PRUE and PAIGE try to suppress amused grins.)LEO: (annoyed) Thanks. (He orbs out.)[Scene: Underworld. The Queen’s dungeon. A row of torches burst to light, illuminating a rocky hallway, leading into a cavern where a massive cage sits. A large hunched over man is sitting inside. THE QUEEN moves briskly to the cage, where the man inside looks up. She clasps her hands together.]THE QUEEN: I have a proposition for you. (The demon, TALL MAN, tilts his mighty head up to look at the small framed Queen of the Underworld. He opens his mouth and speaks in a very deep voice.)TALL MAN: You don’t fear me? THE QUEEN: Why should I? The old Source was a fool to cage you like this. A ruler should make full use of the beings who serve under her. TALL MAN: What do you propose? THE QUEEN: You’ve been trapped here a long time, so allow me to fill you in. The year is two-thousand-two and three witches exist as my light magic equals. TALL MAN: The Charmed Ones? THE QUEEN: Yes, how did you- TALL MAN: I may be trapped here, but my knowledge of my former world is still intact, (contemptuously) Your Highness. (THE QUEEN’s eyes dark a little, but she chooses to allow his tone to slide.)THE QUEEN: Am I correct to understand that your body acts as a portal to other dimensions? (He merely nods.) I’m willing to free you from your prison, but in return, I want you to send each of the three Charmed Ones to separate dimensions so that they can never return. (Silence.) Do we have an agreement? (After a beat, TALL MAN bows his head.)TALL MAN: I’m at your service, my Queen. (THE QUEEN smiles wickedly.)THE QUEEN: Splendid. (THE QUEEN dips her hand into the inner pocket of her scarlet cloak and emerges with what appears to be a crystal scepter and raises it to the bars of the cage. A bright prism of light emanates from the scepter and flows into the bars, causing each bar to turn a color of the rainbow. Then, in a flash, the entire cage dissolves into a white light and is sucked into the scepter which flashes a rainbow of colors before returning to its former clear, sparkling crystal.)BREAK
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Post by The Virtual Series on Oct 21, 2007 19:22:03 GMT -5
Act Two
[Scene: Manor. Paige’s bedroom. PAIGE is placing a food dish full of fresh seeds into OSCAR’s cage. OSCAR is singing merrily on his perch, with his blue breast puffed out and his head feathers high on the top of his head. She smiles at him as shuts the cage door.]PAIGE: Well, aren’t you the little Elvis this morning. (OSCAR peeps in reply and PAIGE blows him a kiss. There’s a knock at the door.) Come in! (PHOEBE pops her head into the room.)PHOEBE: Hey, Leo just got back. PAIGE: Oh, great! I was just finishing up with Oscar. (PHOEBE waves towards the cage and then is promptly ushered out by PAIGE, who shuts the door behind her.)[Cut to the attic. PRUE and LEO are waiting as PHOEBE and PAIGE trickle in. PAIGE crosses her arms.]PAIGE: So who’s the Big Bad this time? LEO: Actually- PHOEBE: And you had better not tell us that we’re the Big Bad again, because let me tell you, it’s not going to fly this time. LEO: It’s not you. (PHOEBE smiles in mock relief.) It’s Paige. (PHOEBE’s smile fades and PAIGE’s expression turns to horror.)PAIGE: (horrified) What?! Me? When did I become the Big Bad? Was I hexed? Cursed? How? And when? I haven’t seen any demons, (to PHOEBE) except Cole of course, in a week! (LEO throws up his hands defensively.)LEO: Calm down, this isn’t a bad thing, Paige. PAIGE: You just told me I’m a Big Bad- LEO: Actually, that was Phoebe. (PHOEBE glares.)PRUE: Gee Paige, paranoid much? (PHOEBE shrugs.)PHOEBE: Well, with Piper out of the loop, someone’s gotta be the paranoid sister. (PAIGE spins around.)PAIGE: I swear, if you don’t can it, I’m so gonna orb your ass into next week. (PHOEBE sticks out her tongue and PAIGE makes a childish face. PRUE rolls her eyes.)PRUE: Leo, as you were saying. (LEO folds his arms.)LEO: Well, if I could kindly get everyone’s attention… (PAIGE and PHOEBE turn, rather reluctantly, back to their brother-in-law.) Thank you. (pause) Now, Paige, what happened this morning at breakfast wasn’t a demon, it was actually your new power. PRUE, PHOEBE, & PAIGE: (shocked) What? LEO: You’ve developed a new power. PRUE: What do you mean she’s got a new power, Leo? She hasn’t even been working with the ones she has now for a year yet! LEO: They’ve developed in response to Paige’s new position in the Power of Three. PHOEBE: But she took Piper’s place. Wouldn’t that mean she’d develop freezing? LEO: Not necessarily. (He moves to The Book of Shadows and opens The Book near the beginning. He trails his finger down the text.) “There are three essentials to magic – timing, feeling, and phases of the moon.” Each of you must possess one of these traits. (He motions to PRUE.) Phases of the moon is movement, (he gestures to PHOEBE) the ability to psychically connect with the universe and see throughout time is feeling- (PHOEBE smirks.)PHOEBE: So, you might even say I’m “in touch” with the universe? LEO: (to PHOEBE) That's actually where the oldest origins of that phrase actually come from. (to PAIGE) And chronokinesis is the ability to manipulate time. PAIGE: (shocked) Chronokinesis? Isn’t that really powerful? I mean…it kind of makes us unbeatable, doesn’t it? LEO: No. To keep the odds between good and evil fair, your power isn’t unlimited. In fact, right now it’s incredibly weak. That’s why when you used it this morning, you weren’t even able to turn back up to a minute in time. (He raises his hand to silence her as she starts to ask a question.) Which is probably a good thing, seeing as chronokinetic powers take a heavy toll on the person who wields them. PHOEBE: Which makes sense, I suppose. That’s why it killed Tempus to turn back time when Shax attacked, because he was still weak from turning back time to his full potential so many times before. LEO: Exactly. It’s another one of the Grand Design’s failsafes, so to speak. (to PAIGE) Unless you turn back time consecutively, thirty seconds or so won’t have any adverse effects on you. However, if you go back any further than that, say a minute or a couple of minutes, you’ll start experiencing physical trauma like dizziness or you could even pass out. PAIGE: (sarcastically) Well that’s comforting. PHOEBE: But I have question. No offense to Paige or anything, but I thought that each sister was supposed to possess a power of Melinda Warren’s. She had Piper’s power, so I’m a little confused here… LEO: When Melinda told the prophecy of the Charmed Ones, she based it upon two things. One, Charlotte’s story of the three most powerful witches in time, related to her no less, who came from the future to make sure she was born safely and two, a premonition she had of you, Prue, and Piper in which she saw each of you possess one of her powers. However, Melinda Warren didn’t even know about Paige until a premonition she had moments before she died and by then, it was too late to add anything else to her prophecy. PRUE: So, you’re saying it was all an assumption? LEO: No! I’m saying that even prophets don’t always have the facts up front. She based the prophecy of the Charmed Ones off of what she saw and had been told, but she didn’t see everything. PAIGE: Well, she was sort of right, I guess. (PHOEBE and PRUE look at her.) Think of it this way, if I want to reverse time, I have to stop it from going forward before I can make it go back, right? (They don’t look amused. She glares at PHOEBE.) Well, you’re little feeling comment wasn’t that funny either. (She rolls her eyes. PHOEBE groans.)PHOEBE: Man, how come everyone else always gets the cool powers? PAIGE: Hey, I also get stuck with the potential blacking out too. (She wrinkles her nose.) Figures that my new power would come with a warning label. PHOEBE: Oh stop complaining, you got a new power within a year of finding out you’re a witch! I had to wait nearly two to get mine…and it was levitation. Personally, I think Prue should’ve gotten levitation and I should’ve gotten astral projection, but apparently the universe just prefers to see me suffer. PRUE: So, that’s all this was? No magical threat or anything? Just Paige accidentally activating her new power? LEO: Pretty much. PRUE: Great! (She looks at her watch.) Because I think Gil would kill me if I had to call in sick today. I gotta go! (She starts to head for the door.)PHOEBE: Wait, you’re just going to leave? Just like that? (PRUE lifts her eyes as if thinking and then gives a confirming nod.)PRUE: Yep. (She starts to leave and then glances back over her shoulder.) Oh, and Paige, just so Phoebe doesn’t feel like I’m letting you off easy or anything - no turning back time for personal gain, (she motions her hands) you know the drill…and have a nice day. I shall see you both tonight! (She leaves. PHOEBE folds her arms.)PHOEBE: I cannot believe this! PAIGE: Neither can I. (She frowns.) And I was just getting over the fact that I pretty much had the whole powers thing in general in check and now I have to worry about potentially reversing one of Cowan’s staff meetings and… (she cringes) having to go through it all over again! (She starts to head for the door.)PHOEBE: Wait a minute, where are you going? PAIGE: Uh… (She holds up her wrist revealing her watch.) Said staff meeting. You know, just because you have the day off doesn’t mean the rest of us do. PHOEBE: Maybe you should call in sick today, after all- (PAIGE tilts her head, amused.)PAIGE: Now who’s being the paranoid sister? (PHOEBE glares and PAIGE smiles in satisfaction as she leaves. PHOEBE turns to LEO who’s already starting to orb out.)PHOEBE: You too? (LEO shrugs.)LEO: Piper’s cooking breakfast and- (His stomach growls. PHOEBE moans.)PHOEBE: What’s she making? LEO: Blueberry waffles with hash browns and scrambled eggs. PHOEBE: Oh man, that’s so much better than Granola! (Pause.)LEO: Do you want to come over? (PHOEBE flashes an impish grin.)PHOEBE: Well…Piper and I were planning to go out today anyway, so- (LEO holds out his hand and PHOEBE readily takes it.) Thanks! LEO: A huh. (They orb out.) [Scene: Underworld. The Queen’s lair. THE QUEEN is seated on her throne, staring into the misty depths of her crystal ball. An image of PRUE purchasing an iced coffee at a small coffee shop swirls in the center and as she climbs back into her car, TALL MAN lowers a newspaper from his seat on an outdoor table in front of the coffee shop. PRUE’s black car drives away and, when nobody’s looking, TALL MAN vanishes, leaving the newspaper to flutter to the seat. The image fades into a white fog.]
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Post by The Virtual Series on Oct 21, 2007 19:28:37 GMT -5
Act Three
[Scene: Downtown San Francisco. Mall. PHOEBE and PIPER are in one of the many little shops along the mall’s strip. PHOEBE is ducked down between two rows of baby clothes. She suddenly pops up excitedly with a frilly little pink and white dress.]PHOEBE: Piper! (She bounds over to her sister, who’s looking at bassinets and marking down prices on a tablet.) Look. At. This. (PIPER turns around.) Isn’t it adorable?! (PIPER nods and turns back to her price comparing. PHOEBE starts to whine playfully.) Oh, come on Piper, what’s wrong? PIPER: Nothing, Phoebe. PHOEBE: I don’t believe you. (She puts her hand on her hip.) What happened to all the pep you had this morning? PIPER: Well…this morning I was exercising, and exercise gives you endorphins, and endorphins make you happy- PHOEBE: And happy people just don’t shoot their husbands! (She points her finger.) You totally stole that line from “Legally Blonde.” (She frowns.)PIPER: Okay…so maybe I did, but that just goes to show that you go to the movies way too often. PHOEBE: Okay, so not the point! (She folds her arms.) Piper, what’s really going on? (She narrows her eyes at her sister. PIPER sighs.)PIPER: I’m just trying to be practical here. PHOEBE: What’s that supposed to mean? PIPER: It means that my child needs the necessities, but that doesn’t exactly include frilly dresses. PHOEBE: You don’t want my niece to have clothes? PIPER: I already took all of our old baby clothes that Grams saved down from the attic in the move- PHOEBE: No way! (She wags her finger.) Those are from the seventies, Piper! You don’t honestly expect to dress your daughter in hand-me-downs the whole first few years of her life, do you? PIPER: Of course not! I’m going to get some new onesies when the baby arrives. (pause) It’s just…tight right now. With the new house and all, I’m just being practical. We have to have some place for the baby to sleep, so I’m keeping my mind on the musts, instead of... (She points to the dress in PHOEBE’s hand.) And it won’t be permanent- (PHOEBE puts up her hand, silencing her sister.)PHOEBE: I refuse to hear anymore of this nonsense. (pointedly) I will buy this outfit whether you like it or not. (She wrinkles her nose.) And those cute little patent leather shoesies I saw earlier…now where did I put those? (She wanders off and PIPER rolls her eyes and then looks to her stomach and pats it lovingly.)PIPER: (quietly) You know, you’re lucky to have three aunts who love and care about you so much. (She smiles as she looks up to see PHOEBE triumphantly hold up a small pair of white baby shoes.)PHOEBE: (yelling to PIPER) They go perfectly with this dress! (She notices a few people in the store glaring at her.) Err…sorry. (She flashes a grin and then runs back over to PIPER.) Okay, I think we’re done here, besides, I keep eyeing Baby Gap. (She grabs PIPER by the arm and drags her over to the checkout counter.) Oh! You know what I just thought of? PIPER: What? PHOEBE: How much fun your adoring sisters are going to have throwing your baby shower! [Scene: Paige’s VW Bug. PAIGE is waiting behind a silver sports at a stop light. She’s flicking the stations on her radio and listening to bits and pieces of songs, trying to find a station that she’s interested in listening to. Suddenly, her phone begins to ring, startling her. She stops on a station where a commercial is playing as she digs into her purse for her cell phone. As she flips open her phone, Kenny Chesney’s “Me & You” comes on the radio.]PAIGE: Hello? GLENN BELLAND's VOICE: Paige? (PAIGE gasps a little, not having expected to hear from him at all.)PAIGE: (shocked) Glenn? GLENN's VOICE: Yeah, hey. (awkwardly.) I’m glad you still have the same cell number. I mean…I tried your house phone and it said it was disconnected so- PAIGE: Yeah, I- (A car horn honks and she looks up to see that it’s a green light. She snorts.) Okay! GLENN’s VOICE: What? PAIGE: Oh, uh, not you. (She starts driving.) No, uhm, I actually moved. GLENN’s VOICE: Really? PAIGE: Yeah, it was kind of a sudden thing. I mean, Irv and Nettie sold the complex and the new owners jacked up the rent so I couldn’t really afford it there, then everything just sort of fell into place when Piper and Leo decided they wanted to get their own house because they needed more room for when the baby comes and since the bedroom was free and I had no place else, Prue and Phoebe asked me if I wanted to move in. GLENN's VOICE: (surprised) Oh, wow. I didn’t realize you were living with your…sisters. PAIGE: Well, it’s not all bad, you know. The whole “roommates” thing is a little hard to get used to again, but it's nice not to have to pay rent anymore. (nervously) And I guess it’s sort of cool if you think about it. Apparently the house has been in my family since the twenties, which is just sort of neat in case anyone asks. Nice story and all, right? (pause) So, uh, what prompted you to call? I mean…after last time… GLENN's VOICE: I’m back in San Francisco, actually. I got back two days ago from Greece. PAIGE: Greece? Oh! How was that? GLENN's VOICE: It was great; the view of Athens and the Acropolis was amazing! I got some really good pictures. (pause) Actually, I was wondering if you might be interested in hooking up? I understand if you’re not, but I just wanted to- PAIGE I’d love to! GLENN's VOICE: (surprised) Really? PAIGE: Of course. (She smiles to herself as she makes a right turn.)GLENN's VOICE: How about tonight? (PAIGE frowns, remembering about going out with PIPER and PHOEBE.)PAIGE: Actually, I’ve sort of got…a thing. How about tomorrow night? GLENN's VOICE: Sounds great. (pause) I can’t wait to see you. PAIGE: Ditto. (She pulls into the South Bay parking lot.) Oh, hey, I gotta go, I’m at work now. GLENN's VOICE: Okay, I’ll see you later. Bye. PAIGE: Bye. (As she hang’s up, “Me & You” ends on the radio. PAIGE giddily drops her phone into her purse, punches the radio button, and turns off the car. Her face is aglow as she gets out and it’s obvious she has a spring in her step as she heads for the building.)[Scene: Downtown San Francisco. Mall. PIPER and PHOEBE are talking as they round the corner in another one of the mini stores when PHOEBE suddenly collides with someone walking out. Papers fly into the air at the same time her bags drop from her hands.]PHOEBE: Oh! (She steps back, flustered.) I’m so- (She freezes as she finally catches sight of the person she just ran into. Her eyes harden.) Matt! (MATTHEW CAPIELLOo winces awkwardly under PHOEBE’s gaze.)MATT: Phoebe. (He glances to the left.) Piper. PIPER: (to PHOEBE) And to think, up until now I was having a pretty nice day. (MATT bends down and begins to pick up his scattered papers. PHOEBE deliberately steps on one of the papers he’s about to pick up.)PHOEBE: (to MATT) So, just out of curiosity, is my sister just special, or do you completely uproot your life for all your breakups? MATT: (to PHOEBE) Look- (PHOEBE points her index finger in his face.)PHOEBE: (cutting in) No, you look! What you did to Prue was despicable at best! Have you no shame? She’s better off without you. And if you have any sense about yourself at all, you won’t cross us again, understand? (They stare at each other a moment, then PHOEBE removes her foot from his paper, but a dirty shoe print remains stamped across it. He grabs the sheet and stands up.) C’mon, Piper. He’s not worth our time. (PIPER shoots MATT a fierce glare as she and PHOEBE leave. MATT looks down at the shoeprint marked resume in his hand. His shoulders slump a little and he crumples up the paper before hurling it angrily towards a nearby trashcan. It misses and falls to the ground. He leaves.)[Scene: San Mateo. Photo shoot. PRUE is crouched behind her camera, snapping shots of a young blonde woman in an expensive suit, who is holding a hardcover book with the title, “Treating Your Temple: 10 Steps Towards a Better You!” RUPERT MANNING sweeps into the room, waving his arm impatiently.]RUPERT: Why don’t we give Miss Sheppard a break now, Prue? (He flashes a phony smile as he walks over to LEVI SHEPPARD and takes her hand.) You did fabulous! (He takes the self help book from her and sets it aside.) Why don’t we go get some refreshments while (he glances over his shoulder) the photographer reloads? LEVI: That sounds wonderful. (She smiles a similar fake smile. RUPERT waves his hand, motioning her towards the door.)RUPERT: I’ll be right with you, there’s just something I need to do- LEVI: Oh, of course! (She leaves. RUPERT heads up to PRUE, who is cleaning the lens of her camera and trying her best to ignore the pesky little man.)RUPERT: Isn’t she splendid? (He reaches into his pocket and retrieves a breath mint which he pops into his mouth.) I think we’ll give it a ten minute break, then come back and do another round of photos, then we’ll break for the book signing and then we’ll pick up with a few more publicity shots after that, sound good? (PRUE starts to speak and he grins.) Fabulous! (RUPERT leaves and PRUE scowls after him. She snatches up her coffee from earlier that morning and takes a long sip. NATALIA JAX walks in as PRUE sets down her coffee.)PRUE: Please tell me I’m not the only one who questions why Gil keeps that egocentric little man around? (NATALIA laughs.)NATALIA: Trust me, you’re not. (She glances over her shoulder at the door.) But you’ve got to admit, he does handle the superficials quite flawlessly. (PRUE snorts.)PRUE: (sarcastically) I wonder why. [Scene: Downtown San Francisco. Mall. Parking lot. PHOEBE is waving her arms and ranting fiercely.]PHOEBE: (furiously) Can you believe the nerve, Piper?! He has the gall to dump Prue like that, I mean, cancel his phone line and quit his job without so much as a word, and yet he still has the audacity to stay in the same city! PIPER: Prue deserves so much better! After all she went through with Andy… (She shakes her head.) I had my reservations about Matt, but Prue was so sure and I really thought that she’d found something…it just makes me sick. (PHOEBE sighs.)PHOEBE: After everything that went on between her and Andy, you’d think that she’d be cut some slack in the love department. (PIPER snorts.)PIPER: We’re Halliwells, when do we ever get some slack in the love department? (PHOEBE tilts her head to the side in an accusing manner.)PHOEBE: You’ve got your lovely little marriage with Leo, remember? PIPER: But I didn’t get there through lack of tears. (PIPER pulls her car keys from her purse as they reach her green jeep. As she starts to unlock the car, she notices something from the corner of her eye. She turns her head just in time to see TALL MAN materialize. PHOEBE instantly drops her bags, curls her fists, and takes a fighting stance.)PHOEBE: Piper, get back! (Wordlessly, TALL MAN begins to stalk towards them.)PIPER: Leo! (PHOEBE swivels her head around to make sure there is nobody around, then launches into the air, aiming her foot at TALL MAN’s chest as he nears her. However, as PHOEBE’s foot connects with his skin, it begins to sink in, pulling the rest of her along with it. A sneer appears on his face and he just stands there, allowing PHOEBE to be sucked up.)PIPER: (screaming) Phoebe! (PHOEBE twists her head around as she struggles, but ultimately fails, to free herself.)PHOEBE: (urgently) Get out of here! (PIPER looks conflictingly between her sister and the direction in which she should run. A cloud of orbs suddenly form, momentarily blocking out her view of PHOEBE until LEO appears. He grabs a hold of his wife and only then turns around, just in time to see PHOEBE be completely swallowed into TALL MAN’s chest. PIPER screams as they orb away.)BREAK
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Post by The Virtual Series on Oct 21, 2007 19:36:50 GMT -5
Act Four
[Scene: South Bay Social Services. PAIGE and LILA WRIGHT walk out of the staff meeting with a group of other staff members. LILA is smirking at PAIGE, who seems lost in her own world.]LILA: You seem pretty happy for someone who just survived one of Cowan’s staff meetings. (She folds her arms as they walk to their cubicles.) You practically have a glow about you. PAIGE: I do? (She looks down at her hands. LILA smirks.)LILA: You always take things so literally these days, Paige. (PAIGE rolls her eyes.)PAIGE: Yeah, well…you can never be too careful. (LILA shrugs off the odd response.)LILA: So, what’s got you in such a good mood? (She raises her eyebrows curiously.)PAIGE: You’ll never guess who I talked to this morning! LILA: (excitedly) Who? PAIGE: I talked to (PAIGE turns the corner into her cubicle at the same time LILA disappears into the cubicle just before PAIGE’s) Cole! LILA’s VOICE: (confused) Cole? (PAIGE stares at COLE TURNER as he stands in her cubicle. LILA’s head pops over the edge of the cubicle.) Who’s Cole? PAIGE: (to COLE) What are you doing here? LILA: Wait a minute! Isn’t that- COLE: (to PAIGE) We need to go. (He grabs PAIGE’s arm and she yanks it back.)PAIGE: If you haven’t noticed, I’m at work and I can’t just- COLE: Phoebe’s been- (he notices LILA is still staring curiously at them from around the cubicle wall) inconvenienced. (PAIGE whips her head around to see LILA, then she looks back at COLE again.)PAIGE: O-oh. Oh, right! (She smiles at LILA.) Hey, do you think you can do me a big favor? (LILA looks confused, but nods anyway.)LILA: Sure, what is it? PAIGE: Tell Cowan I’ve gone to check up on the Dribble twins and I’ll be back in an hour. LILA: But you’re not scheduled to check see them until tomorrow- PAIGE: Lila! (She makes a quick motion with her hands.) Please? (LILA nods.)LILA: You owe me! PAIGE: Thank you! (She grabs her purse and coat and stomps out ahead of COLE, who briskly follows her. As soon as they turn the corner, out of earshot of LILA, PAIGE looks up at COLE with a dark look in her eyes.) Now would you kindly mind telling me what the hell is going on? [Scene: San Mateo. Photo shoot. RUPERT bursts through the door while PRUE is readjusting her tripod.]RUPERT: Okay, we’ve got about fifteen minutes before Nat should be done with the fan photos. (He grins.) Isn’t it crazy what people will do to prove they’ve met a celebrity? They’re obviously being ripped off but, (he shrugs) if they can’t see that, then it’s not my problem. (He moves around the room, inspecting it.) Hmm, I think we should get a little more light over here. (He motions to the center of the backdrop.) And this time, try not to get a few more close-ups, will you Prue? (PRUE grits her teeth as RUPERT wiggles his fingers at her.)PRUE: (annoyed) Anything else, Rupert? RUPERT: No, I think we’re great! (RUPERT shimmies out of the room. Prue mutters something under her breath as she watches the door close and then whips around and jumps as she sees PIPER and LEO standing there.)PRUE: Ah! How long have you two been there? LEO: We just orbed in. (PIPER runs to PRUE and throws her arms around her.)PIPER: I’m so glad you’re alright! PRUE: Why wouldn’t I be alright? (She awkwardly hugs PIPER back.) What’s going on? PIPER: It took Phoebe! PRUE: It what? (to LEO) What’s going on? LEO: We need Paige. PRUE: No, Leo- LEO: I don’t have time to argue, Prue. (He walks over to the sisters and lays a hand on PRUE's shoulder. They orb out as PRUE begins to speak again. Suddenly, RUPERT bursts through the door again, in the middle of saying something. He realizes PRUE is nowhere to be seen.)RUPER: (confusedly) Prue? [Scene: Manor. Attic. A large cloud of lights deposits LEO, PRUE, and PIPER before an awaiting PAIGE and COLE. On cue, The Book of Shadows flutters open.]PRUE: Would someone mind explaining something now? (The Book of Shadows stops. PRUE walks over to it.) “Tall Man”? (COLE motions to The Book.)COLE: The Queen’s released him. PRUE: “Oral tradition tells of a giant whose body served as a portal to other dimensions. Because he was imprisoned centuries ago, nobody knows what this demon’s name is or if he even exists.” COLE: He does exist. The Source locked him away centuries ago. LEO: (to PIPER) The Elders called a meeting after you and Phoebe had left this morning. They said that They sensed a power that had suddenly been released- PRUE: (interrupting) This sounds all too familiar. COLE: (to PRUE) This is no time to be joking! He swallowed Phoebe- PAIGE: Swallowed! COLE: (to PAIGE) He absorbs his victims. That’s how his body works, Paige. PIPER: So how do we get them back? What if we… (She begins to turn the pages.) What if we use a summoning spell? COLE: You’d need a cross-dimensional summoning spell. LEO: (to COLE) But that would require the Power of Three. (pause) Isn’t there another way? (Silence.)COLE: I don’t know the answer to that, Leo. If anyone does, it’s Tall Man. PRUE: So, how do we find him? TALL MAN’s VOICE: You just did. (As the small party of people turn around, they find TALL MAN lumbering towards them. PIPER lunges forward, but LEO grabs her by the arms and pulls her back.)PIPER: (vengefully) Where’s Phoebe? Where did you send my sister?! (TALL MAN laughs hollowly.)TALL MAN: It’s always a surprise. (He begins to quicken his long, striding steps.) Would you like to see if you can join her? (PRUE steps out from behind The Book of Shadows.)PRUE: (commandingly to LEO) Get Piper out of here! (As LEO orbs out with PIPER, PRUE slashes her hand through the air. The telekinetic energy hits TALL MAN with such force that his stomach caves and then rips open, absorbing the invisible force before immediately self healing.)TALL MAN: (to PRUE) You’re stronger than I thought, Charmed One. No wonder the Demon Queen wants you out of her way so badly. (One of COLE’s raw energy balls impales TALL MAN’s meaty arm, which breaks open the skin to absorb the magical weapon and then closes again. He shifts a pair of bored eyes to the half demon as COLE readies another attack.) Save your energy, demon. I’m going to finish this job and then I’m going to kill you and all your kind. (PRUE raises both her arms and makes two swift jibes with her hands. All of the sudden, an old wooden nightstand comes whizzing at TALL MAN from behind and hits its target, catching him off guard and knocking him to his knees. Unfortunately, he bends forward and holds out his arms in a sacrificial stance and the antique dress absorbs into his back. He growls in frustration as he climbs back to his full height)PAIGE: Prue! What do we do now? (They start to back up.)TALL MAN: Enough! (He vanishes. PRUE and PAIGE look around.)PAIGE: Where did he- COLE: Look out! (TALL MAN appears behind the sisters and grabs them both in his arms. He pulls each witch to his body, which begins to morph and conform as it attempts to absorb both sisters at once. In a last ditch effort, PAIGE grabs for PRUE's hand as she starts to orb out, but PRUE’s hand is absorbed into TALL MAN’s chest before she can. As the orbs disappear, PRUE is swallowed into his portal body. When PAIGE doesn’t return, he elicits a guttural growl and vanishes. Moments later, PAIGE orbs in and collapses to her knees, breathing heavily.)[Time lapse. PIPER is once again in the attic with PAIGE. Their faces are both tinged in red and they’re in the middle of a heated argument.]PAIGE: Piper, it’s not safe for you to be here! PIPER: And you think that it is for you? (She wags her finger accusingly.)PAIGE: But you’re pregnant- PIPER: I know very well what I am, Paige. I also know what you are. (She places her hands on her hips.) You’re a Charmed One who hasn’t even had her powers for a year yet and you’re up against a demon that even The Source feared. (She glares.) You may not like it, hell, I may not even like it, but the bottom line is, you need me! (She swallows hard.) If we want to get our sisters back, if we want to have any chance at getting our sisters back, then we need each other. (pause) I may not have my powers anymore, but I still have over three years experience on you, Paige. Plus, even if I didn’t, you’re still my sister…and I can’t very well just let you handle this whole fiasco on your own, otherwise I’d be failing in that department. (PAIGE frowns. PIPER tilts her head to the side, indicating that she knows she’s right. Finally, PAIGE rolls her eyes.)PAIGE: Alright! (She lifts up her arms.) So what do we do? (PIPER heads over to The Book of Shadows.)PIPER: We write a spell. PAIGE: For? PIPER: To bring them back. (She starts to flip through the pages.) PAIGE: But Cole said- PIPER: Cole’s not a witch. (She glances up briefly.) And since when did you start quoting Cole? (PAIGE glares, but ultimately doesn’t answer.) Maybe if we combine the- (COLE and LEO appear at the same time.)PAIGE: (hopefully) Anything? LEO: It’s gotten worse. PAIGE: Excuse me? LEO: Other witches have started vanishing. COLE: Demons, too. PIPER: Why would he attack his own kind? COLE: This is what happened the last time he was free; it’s why The Source imprisoned him. He feared that Tall Man would become strong enough to absorb him too. TALL MAN’s VOICE: And I would have, had that Seer not meddled in my affairs. (TALL MAN appears.) I thought we’d try something a little different this time. (He curls his fists and pulls back his arms in order to thrust his chest forward. Suddenly, something begins to press against his skin, as if its trying to escape. Then what appears to be the ancient head of a black dragon emerges from TALL MAN's body. The dragon head opens its mouth and a torrid of flames rush at the sisters.)PAIGE: Flames! (She holds out her hands and the flames dissolve into bouncing lights which vanish. She twitches her fingers again.) Reverse! (The flames reappear, heading right for TALL MAN. He sucks in a deep breath, forcing the dragon head back into his chest as if it had never been there in the first place. TALL MAN disappears, leaving the flames in a direct path for COLE and LEO. Both men duck to the floor as the flames stream over their heads, igniting the wall behind them on fire. As the deliberate distraction ensues, PAIGE sees TALL MAN appear out of the corner of her eye. As he lunges at her and PIPER, PAIGE shoves PIPER out of the way, causing TALL MAN to throw himself onto her, causing her to ram into his chest and meld into his skin instantaneously. The next thing she knows, PAIGE winces as a sharp pain races through her body in response to her hard landing on the parched plateau. As she begins to recover from her harsh landing, she suddenly finds two massive people hovering over her - giants.)FEMALE GIANT: Are you okay, dear? (She holds out her extra large hand to PAIGE, who hesitates.) Don’t worry, we’re not here to hurt you. PAIGE: W-who are you? (The giants look at each other.)FEMALE GIANT: I’m Titania and this is my husband, Titus. (She leans closer and inspects PAIGE.) That was a harsh fall, dear, are you hurt? (PAIGE clutches her hip as she stands up.)PAIGE: I’m fine. (She looks around at the dead and barren landscape.) Where are we? TITUS: We’re not really sure. We call it the Lost Dimension. (He hangs his massive head.) That’s not its name of course, but we’ve just been here so long- PAIGE: How long? (She limps as she moves.)TITUS: Since Seq realized we knew his secret. PAIGE: Seq? TITANIA: Our son. TITUS: The one who sent you here. PAIGE: (shocked) You’re his parents? (They nod.)TITANIA: It’s our fault he is the way he is. (She hangs her head.) He was cursed at birth, because we refused to give him up to an evil sorcerer who wanted to raise him as his magical slave. TITUS: The curse turned him bitter and cruel against the world because it barred him from nearly all physical contact, except for his hands and feet. PAIGE: How do you reverse it? TITANIA: It’s irreversible. There’s only one way to stop him; force his own being into himself. PAIGE: But you’re his parents, why did he- TITANIA: He resented us for the curse and he wanted to punish us the way we punished him. (She sighs.)TITUS: (mournfully) If only we’d spent more time looking for a way to reverse the curse. (PAIGE looks up.)PAIGE: Time? (She curls her fist.) That’s it! Time! (She closes her eyes.) Come on, reverse. Reverse. (She opens her eyes to find TITUS and TITANIA staring at her, confused.) Reverse! Rewind! Anything! (In frustration, she throws her hands into the air.) I have to get back to save them! (Suddenly, PAIGE’s, TITUS’s, and TITANIA’s motions slow to a brief stop and then begin to backtrack, which becomes quicker and quicker until PAIGE is being lifted off the ground and pulled backwards through the portal and spat from TALL MAN’s chest as he is pulled away from her. All at once, the full gravity of the power hits her and she cowers to her knees as her vision blurs and her head begins to swim. She vaguely hears PIPER scream.)PIPER: Paige! (Just as PAIGE is about to fall backwards onto the floor, she feels a pair of hands on her shoulders and then blacks out.)BREAK
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Post by The Virtual Series on Oct 21, 2007 19:45:32 GMT -5
Act Five
[Scene: Piper and Leo’s house. PAIGE awakens to find PIPER leaning over her, with a cold cloth to her head.]PIPER: Paige? (She pushes a strand of hair from PAIGE’s cheek.) Are you alright? (PAIGE wines.)PAIGE: My head is killing me. LEO’s VOICE: You pushed your power to its limits, Paige. (PAIGE twists her head to gaze up at LEO.)PIPER: Cole caught you out of there, just in the nick of time. PAIGE: Cole? (PIPER nods.) PIPER: You don’t remember what happened? (PAIGE starts to shake her head.)PAIGE: Wait…I think… (PIPER and LEO look at each other.)PIPER: What? PAIGE: I think I know how to vanquish him. [Time lapse. PIPER, PAIGE, LEO, and COLE are back in at attic at the manor. PAIGE is putting the finishing touches on a triquetra that has been drawn onto the wall in chalk.]PAIGE: Do you really think this is going to work? PIPER: There’s only one way to find out. (She carries The Book of Shadows over to PAIGE and points to the spell.) It works for regular doors, so in theory, given that it's a magical door, it should do the same thing, right? PAIGE: It sounds good in theory. COLE: Maybe we should go through instead? PIPER: Cole- COLE: No, Piper, think about it. Paige is the only Charmed One left. If we can’t- (PIPER raises her finger threateningly.)PIPER: Don’t say that! (She takes a deep breath.) Don’t even think it, Cole. We’re going to get them back and everything will be fine. (She shifts her eyes to LEO.) What do you think? LEO: I think that…Cole has a good idea. (He walks over to PAIGE, carrying a hairbrush. He plucks a strand of hair from the brush and sticks it to a small piece of scotch tape. LEO proceeds to stick the tape to the center of the triquetra.)PAIGE: That just doesn’t look proper, Leo. PIPER: It doesn’t matter what it looks like, just so long as it works. (She taps the page.) Okay, you’re the only witch here, so you need to read the spell. (PAIGE looks down at the text under PIPER’s finger and then turns to the triquetra on the wall.)PAIGE: “When you find your path is blocked, all you have to do is knock.” (She forms a fist and then knocks directly over the taped-on piece of hair. All of the sudden, a purple glow washes over the chalk outline and then a pulsing purple portal in the form of the triquetra forms. PAIGE steps back in surprise, before turning towards COLE.) I guess you just… (COLE nods and steps into the portal. When the portal doesn’t close behind him, the two remaining sisters share a look with LEO. PIPER grabs for PAIGE’s hand and squeezes it lightly.)[Scene: Another dimension. The landscape is endless and filled with darkness. A hollow wind howls ominously. Every now and then, white wisps shutter through the landscape and energy crackles in the air. PHOEBE is crouched on her knees with her hands over her head, shivering as white swirls surround her. Suddenly, the purple triquetra portal erupts before her and she jumps up with a scream that echoes. COLE steps out of the portal and takes a moment to get his bearings. He sees his girlfriend.]COLE: Phoebe! (PHOEBE jumps to her feet. Her face looks drained and her eyes red.)PHOEBE: Oh my god, Cole! (He wraps his arms around her.) How d-did you find me? COLE: It was your sisters. (He smoothes her hair.) You’re shaking. PHOEBE: Take me home. (She quivers.) This place…it practically vibrates with evil psychic energy… (COLE kisses her forehead.)COLE: It’s okay, you’re okay. (He leads her back through the portal and as it closes, a small white wisp snakes through as well.)[Scene: Second dimension. Green fields and an almost too cheery baby blue sky drag on for as far as the eye can see. Puffy white clouds hang in the air and small bursts of colorful flowers litter various patches on the ground. Above, a flock of birds soar through the sky. However, upon closer inspection, a glittering trail of pure magic is dragging from their wings, casting ripples across the sky. On the ground, near a forest of fine pointed evergreens, PRUE is taking cover behind one of the thick trunks. A series of pin sided red sparks of magic suddenly attack the trunk and PRUE shoves out her hand in defense, causing the magic to reverse its flow back to its origin, a colony of tiny sprites with furious little cat-like yellow eyes and long, pointed chins and ears.]PRUE: (muttering) I cannot believe I’m actually battling an army of Tom Thumbs! (A pulsing purple triquetra opens up before PRUE. Little squeaks erupt amongst the sprites and they scatter, cowering in fear of what might be invading their homeland. PAIGE walks out and PRUE breaths a sigh of relief.)PAIGE: Thank goodness! PRUE: Well it’s about time, Paige! (She motions angrily towards the little sprites, who camouflage themselves with the grass and trees around them.) I swear, if I had to spend another ten minutes in the wonderful land of magical creatures, I was going to go insane! (They start to walk back through the portal.)PAIGE: (snickering) Magical creatures? PRUE: Excuse me, but when you have to fight off a dragon, then you can laugh. PAIGE: Well, actually... (The portal closes up behind them.)[Scene: Manor. Attic. The SISTERS, LEO, and COLE are there.]PAIGE: "Force his own being into himself," whatever that means. (PHOEBE bites her lip.)PHOEBE: Wait, didn't you say that the only part of his body that doesn't act as a portal are his hands and his feet? (PAIGE nods.)(PIPER's eyes widen.)PIPER: (to PHOEBE) You're right! (PRUE and PAIGE share similar looks.)PRUE: Where're you two going with this? PHOEBE: (to PRUE) You've got to use your power to force his portal body parts to suck up his non-portal body parts. PAIGE: You know...that just doesn't sound right. PHOEBE: (to PAIGE) Gutter much? PAIGE: (to PHOEBE) Hey, if you thought I was thinking it, then that means you're just as guttery as I am. (PHOEBE rolls her eyes.)PRUE: So, that only leaves us with one problem, finding him. PHOEBE: Well that shouldn't be too hard, just look for the giant guy who sucks things up. I'm just if we just ask around- PAIGE: What if we use the door spell again? PIPER: You don't have anything to direct it with. PAIGE: No, but now we've got the Power of Three. If we combine the spell to create a door with the Garnering Spell- PRUE: Okay, okay! Let's just hurry it up, okay? Rupert's going to be all over my ass when I get back... [Time lapse. A purple triquetra portal bursts open in the Underworld. THE CHARMED ONES step out hand in hand to find TALL MAN attempting to absorb a scrawny SCAVENGER DEMON.]PRUE: Hey! (She flings out her arm and the SCAVENGER DEMON is thrown out of TALL MAN's grasp. Furious, TALL MAN spins around.)PAIGE: As much as I'd like to let you have him, that's our job. PHOEBE: And we've got a bone to pick with you anyway. TALL MAN: How did you- PAIGE: (interrupting) That's none of your concern. PRUE: What is, is this! (PRUE holds out her hand and suddenly TALL MAN's hand clenches and he finds his own fist turning against him. His hand suddenly slaps against his bare chest and he screams out as his body instantly begins to suck in the limb.)TALL MAN: No! (TALL MAN's hand shakes as he tries to fight off PRUE's power, but she raises her other hand and forces his left hand to also slap against chest. PAIGE and PHOEBE each lay a hand on PRUE's shoulder. The physical touch of the Power of Three seems to amplify PRUE's personal power and suddenly TALL MAN's hands and arms are sucked into his chest. He begins to twist and shake as his entire body sucks itself up until a nova-like implosion bursts through the cave, knocking all three sisters onto their backs. As the smoke clears, a giant scorch mark is left on the walls.)PHOEBE: And nother one bites the dust! BREAK
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Post by The Virtual Series on Oct 21, 2007 19:58:23 GMT -5
Act Six
[Scene: Piper and Leo's house. Living room. PRUE, PIPER, and PHOEBE are cuddled up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn and the remote control.]PHOEBE: I'm glad we put off the shopping trip, after today, I'm too pooped to poop. (PRUE wraps her arm around PHOEBE's shoulders.)PRUE: You and me both, sister. (She looks around.) Are you sure the boys didn't want to join us? (PIPER shrugs offhandedly.)PHOEBE: (to PRUE) Apparently Leo asked Cole to help him with something important tonight, so I think it's just us. (She pops some popcorn into her mouth.) (to PIPER) So what's the movie of choice? PIPER: "The Wizard of Oz." (PRUE and PHOEBE groan.) What? (PHOEBE lightly slaps her sister's arm.)PHOEBE: It's too bad Paige couldn't make it. (PIPER grins.)PIPER: Oh, I think Missy Paige is going to have a pretty good evening all on her own. [Scene: Downtown San Francisco. Mall. PAIGE and GLENN are walking together, each with a cardboard tray containing a large soft pretzel with cheese. GLENN is smiling and PAIGE is laughing. Suddenly, though, his face becomes a little more serious.]GLENN: Paige? PAIGE: Yeah? (They slow their pace.)GLENN: I just wanted to apologize. (He looks at her, his face apologetic.) I shouldn’t have reacted like that. (He sighs.) I guess I felt replaced or something. (He looks to the floor.) I mean, we’ve been best friends forever and then suddenly you find your birth family and I never got to see you anymore and it just- (PAIGE lays her hand on his arm.)PAIGE: I know…and I’m sorry too. (She chews at her lip as their eyes meet.) After you left, I realized what a horrible mistake it had all been. (pause) It’s not worth it to throw away a friendship that’s lasted for so long and, to be honest, I was miserable. (GLENN smiles a little.)GLENN: I’m glad to know you still care, Noogie. (PAIGE bats his arm.)PAIGE: (playfully) Shut up! (They both laugh and then GLENN proceeds to drape his arm around her shoulders and pull her to him. Instinctively, she leans on him slightly as they walk.)GLENN: Hey, what’s that? PAIGE: Hmm? (GLENN points ahead of them, where some brightly colored balloons and a group of people have gathered. A large sign reads in red letters, “Win a roundtrip vacation to LAS VEGAS!”)GLENN: (excitedly) Let’s check it out! (They walk over to the group of people, where they find a table, a large drawing box, and several slips of paper. A representative walks out.)REPRESENTATIVE: Oh, what a lovely couple! (PAIGE and GLENN look at each other.)PAIGE: We’re not a- REPRESENTATIVE: Can I interest you in our drawing tonight? GLENN: What for? (The REPRESENTATIVE waves her hand.)REPRESENTATIVE: Paradise Travel opened ten new offices across the state today and in celebration, we’re holding a mass drawing in which the winner will receive four roundtrip tickets to Las Vegas and one week in a five star hotel. PAIGE: (suspiciously) What’s the catch? REPRESENTATIVE: No catch. (She grins.) Just fill out the ticket and wait for the call. GLENN: Is the drawing tonight? REPRESENTATIVE: No, we have to combine our tickets with those from our other offices, but if you’re the winner, you will be notified by phone. (pause) So, are you interested? (GLENN grins at PAIGE.)GLENN: What d’ya say? (PAIGE shrugs offhandedly.)PAIGE: I dunno, nobody real ever really wins these things. GLENN: Which means you really don’t have anything to lose though, right? REPRESENTATIVE: He’s right, you know. GLENN: Aw, come on, Paige! (PAIGE rolls her eyes.)PAIGE: Fine, fine! (She laughs.) What have I got to lose? REPRESENTATIVE: Great! (She grabs two entry slips and a couple of pens and hands them to PAIGE and GLENN. As a few people clear away from the table, they walk over and begin to fill out their slips.)GLENN: I have a good feeling about this, Paige. (PAIGE glances at him, although he doesn’t notice, and a lets a little smile play on her lips before she returns her attention to filling out her entry form.)
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Post by The Virtual Series on Oct 21, 2007 20:07:53 GMT -5
End Credits Co-StarringPatrick Bristow --- Rupert Manning Becky Wahlstrom --- Lila Wright Kristi Evans --- Natalia Jax FeaturingKeith Blount --- Scavenger Demon Stacey Scowley --- Paradise Travel Representative Production & DesignDaniel (Astral Echo) - Co-Casting Director Camille (Fourever Charmed) - Co-Casting Director Alex (Combustion) - Video Editor (Credits) Alex (Combustion) - Set Designer
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