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Post by The Virtual Series on May 6, 2007 18:54:47 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]
4.19 POWER SURGE
GUEST-STARRING:
KRISTA ALLEN
JULIA BERROL
YUTAKA TAKENOUCHI
TROY BLENDBELL
Script written by...CAMILLE (FOUREVER CHARMED) Script edited by...DRAMA (ASSASSIN WITCH) Script proofread by...CAMILLE (FOUREVER CHARMED), DRAMA (ASSASSIN WITCH), DTAYLOR (FOREVER YOURS) Executive Producer...DTAYLOR (FOREVER YOURS) Produced by...Drama, Fourever Charmed, Xenith Directed by...Craig Zisk |
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Post by The Virtual Series on May 6, 2007 19:00:17 GMT -5
Power Surge
Teaser [Scene: Pier 39. LEO WYATT’s left arm is draped around PIPER HALLIWELL’s shoulders as they walk slowly down the sidewalk, through the bustling crowd of both native San Franciscans and countless tourists. PIPER is smiling.][/b] PIPER: This is nice. (She turns her head to face LEO.) For once, I actually feel like we’re a normal couple. ( Her eyes travel across the street and she spots a young couple pushing a pink stroller. Her smile fades. LEO follows her line of vision and gently squeezes her shoulder.)LEO: I’m glad we’re not normal. (PIPER looks back at him, confused. He sighs.) If we were normal, Piper, we wouldn’t be together right now. I would’ve never come back after dying at Guadalcanal and thus, I never would’ve met you. PIPER: I guess…I never thought of it that way before. (She looks down at her shoes as they walk.) Magic has just taken so much from me… (She bites her lip.) And you, it’s not right. You would’ve made such a good father. LEO: We can still have children, Piper- PIPER: And risk losing them too? Leo… (She shakes her head.) I don’t know if I can handle that kind of pain again. I don’t want to risk creating another life, only to bring it into a world where its life is threatened every moment. LEO: All children face danger, Piper! Mortal or not. PIPER: But, not all children are heirs to one of the most dangerous destinies of all time. LEO: So, are you saying that you want the Warren line to end with you? PIPER: I’m not the only Warren witch left, Leo. There’s still time for my sisters to settle down and have families. LEO: Be realistic, Piper. Phoebe and Paige are still free spirits. And Prue, well, you’ve said yourself that she has already been the mother, and in some ways, she still is. But you…you’ve wanted to become a mother for a long time. (pause) Do you remember when you were little and you used to carry your little doll with you? (A faint smile crosses PIPER’s lips.)PIPER: Molly. (Her smile disappears.) How did you know about that? LEO: I’ve been watching The Charmed Ones since the day Prue was born. (He shakes his head.) My point is, you’ve been dreaming of being a mother since you were a little girl. (pause) Do you really want to let that dream slip away so easily? (PIPER opens her mouth to answer, when a young man holding a hot cup of coffee smashes into them. Piper yelps and throws up her hands as the coffee lid pops off and the steaming brown liquid flies towards them. Silence greets PIPER and LEO as everything freezes. Looking around, they notice that everything as far as their eyes can see is frozen. The birds in the air, the waves on the water, even an airplane high in the sky. PIPER’s eyes widen in fear and shock as she remembers a similar situation, back in the alternate 2009 future.)PIPER: Oh my god… LEO: (shocked) This isn’t normal! (LEO pushes PIPER out of the way of the frozen coffee.) C’mon, we have to get out of here. Unfreeze them! (PIPER raises her hands and everything unfreezes. The coffee splatters onto the sidewalk as PIPER and LEO hurry off down the street.) Clickable Credits. |
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Post by The Virtual Series on May 6, 2007 19:01:22 GMT -5
{SCENE: The song “The Power,” written by Bernie Taupin and sung by Elton John, is heard as stock shots of San Francisco are shown while the Guest Credits are rolled.}
Act One
[Scene: Manor. Entry way. The doors fly open as LEO and PIPER come in.]PIPER: This doesn’t make any sense! Why would I get a power advancement now? Phoebe just got a power advancement about five months ago! And lets not forget Paige’s power advancement, not even a month and a half ago! Our powers don’t advance this close to each other. (PRUE and PHOEBE HALLIWELL walk down the stairs.)PHOEBE: Thank goodness you’re home! PRUE & PIPER: We have a problem! (The room gets quite and the three sisters share strange looks.)PHOEBE: Uh…what kind of problem? PIPER: The kind where I’m freezing all of Pier 39. PRUE: (shocked) What?! (She and PHOEBE exchange looks. PIPER wags her finger.)PIPER: Oh, I know that look and it’s not a good one. What’s going on? PHOEBE: It’s probably better if you see for yourself. (She motions her hand.) Come with us. (She turns and heads up the stairs.)[Cut to the attic. It’s a mess. The windows are shattered, boxes are everywhere, chairs and tables are overturned, and some wooden shelves are in a pile on the floor. The sisters and LEO walk in. PIPER gawks.]PIPER: What happened to the attic?! PRUE: We were coming up to the attic to investigate this demon that attacked Phoebe, and when we couldn’t find him, I got a little frustrated and… (PRUE holds up her hand, smiling meekly. PHOEBE slaps PRUE's hand down.)PHOEBE: Keep that thing down! PIPER: (shocked) You blew up the attic? I thought that was my power! (She looks to LEO.)PRUE: I didn’t really blow it up, so much as move things around. PHOEBE: Prue, moving things around is taking that table, (she motions to a small overturned table) and putting it somewhere else. This, (she walks across the room, carefully hopping over a lot of debris, and stops at the blown out windows) is blowing up the attic. PIPER: (to PRUE) This is the same thing you did when we went to the future. (Her eyes widen.) And then I froze a plane… PRUE: (to LEO) This cannot be a natural progression of our powers, especially not at the same time. PHOEBE: But what demons would actually want to advance our powers? It doesn’t make sense. LEO: If this is demonic, their purpose might not be to advance your powers. I mean, (to PRUE and PIPER) didn’t you say that this was similar to what happened in your two-thousand-nine future? It could be some type of slow forming, parallel universe. PIPER: Is there a demon powerful enough to do that? PHOEBE: What about that power that The Elders have been on high alert about? PRUE: The Gathering Storm. (LEO suddenly winces.)PIPER: (to LEO) What’s wrong? (LEO touches his temple.)LEO: Paige is shouting for me. (He scrunches his face.) She sounds really upset… (He shakes his head and orbs out before the sisters can question him. PIPER looks worriedly to her sisters.)[Scene: PAIGE’s apartment. The whole room is swarming with clouds of blue and white orbs, which are flying around wildly. LEO orbs in amongst the flying orbs. Before he can process what is happening, a fist-sized cloud of orbs smacks him directly in the chest, knocking him backwards and nearly causing him to lose his balance. The ball of orbs materializes into a hairbrush and falls to the floor with a thump. LEO bends down and picks it up, only for it to dissolve into orbs again and fly out of his hand. LEO looks up.]LEO: Paige! (He spots a crouched down form in the corner of the room. He ducks another swarm of flying orbs and runs over to her.) Paige! (PAIGE MATTHEWS brings her head up from her knees. She looks quite upset and scared.)PAIGE: Leo! Thank god! I was just trying to do a little reorganizing when everything started orbing and I couldn’t get it to stop! (LEO helps her up and then she suddenly pushes him into the wall, narrowly avoiding another flying stream of orbs.) Please tell me you know what’s going on here! LEO: We’re not sure yet, but I have a feeling this is connected to your powers. Your sisters’ powers have advanced exponentially too. (PAIGE waves her arm angrily towards the glow of orbs in her living room.)PAIGE: (angrily) You call this an advancement?! LEO: I can’t really explain this right now. (He holds out his hand.) You need to come with me to the Manor. This could be bigger than you know. (PAIGE grabs LEO’s hand.)PAIGE: I just hope it isn’t permanent too. (LEO and PAIGE orb out. All at once, all of the orbs in the room vanish and everything from Paige’s living room rematerializes. An overstuffed chair appears in its side, the couch upside down, OSCAR’s empty bird cage appears in mid air and lands on the floor with a clank, along with several other misplaced objects. Then, on the outside bars of the silver birdcage, a small clump of orbs appear, forming into the little blue parakeet himself, OSCAR. OSCAR lets out a small chirp.)[Scene: Up There. LEO orbs in. A huge group of whitelighters are gathered amongst the white, misty scenery. They all look like they’re waiting for something. LEO looks around and then he moves over to one of the whitelighters and taps her on the shoulder. The whitelighter turns around, revealing herself as one of LEO’s former charges, DAISY.]LEO: Daisy, what’s going on? DAISY: (surprised) You don’t know? (LEO shakes his head.) The Elders think They may have discovered who The Gathering Storm is. (She motions her hand towards a pair of massive, golden doors.) They’re supposed to be making an official announcement any time now. [Scene: Underworld. THE ORACLE’s lair. THE ORACLE and THE SOURCE are there. THE ORACLE is staring into her crystal ball, which reveals an image of the orbing objects in PAIGE’s apartment. She turns with a grin to THE SOURCE.]THE ORACLE: Their individual powers have spiked, just as I foresaw. THE SOURCE: How long before we can send in the Kamikaze Demons? THE ORACLE: A few hours at best. Their surge won’t last long. BREAK
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Post by The Virtual Series on May 6, 2007 19:02:19 GMT -5
Act Two [Scene: Manor. Living room. The Charmed Ones are gathered around the coffee table, flipping through The Book of Shadows.][/b] PRUE: (frustrated) It would be so much easier if this thing had an index. PAIGE: Would it be personal gain to cast a spell that just takes us to (she simultaneously motions her hand towards The Book and rolls her eyes) the demon we’re looking for? PHOEBE: Prob- (The Book of Shadows dissolves into a swathe of orbs. PRUE glares at PAIGE.)PRUE: (to PAIGE) Would you stop orbing things already? PAIGE: Hey, it’s not my fault okay! (She points towards a gaping hole in the wall, where something obviously impaled it.) At least my powers aren’t destroying things! PHOEBE: Uh, guys… (PRUE and PAIGE both look at PHOEBE.)PAIGE & PRUE: (snappily) What? ( PHOEBE winces at their tones of voice. She lightly taps The Book, which has now reformed. PRUE and PAIGE look down and their eyes widen in surprise.) But how- PIPER: (to PAIGE) I think it was when you said something along the lines of The Book taking us to the demon we’re looking for. PAIGE: You mean I commanded it to that page? PHOEBE: Well, it did orb after you made that comment, so… (PAIGE grins.)PAIGE: Nice! I’ll have to remember that. PRUE: Don’t get used to it. These advancements can’t last. PAIGE: (under her breath) Killjoy. PRUE: (to PAIGE) I heard that. (PHOEBE looks at her watch.)PHOEBE: Shouldn’t Leo be back by now? PAIGE: Yeah, it’s been, what? At least two hours? PIPER: Since when do The Elders ever send him back in a timely manner? (Suddenly, PRUE stops and looks around. Her sisters stare at her, confused.)PRUE: Did you feel that? PIPER: Feel what? PAIGE: I think it just got a little colder in here. (A vicious wind comes out of nowhere, blowing the girls’ hair back and causing them to turn their heads and close their eyes. When they open them again, they are surrounded on all sides by Japanese demons with various Japanese tattoos and the arms of weightlifters.)PRUE: Ooh, you came at the wrong time. (PRUE lifts her hands and flicks her fingertips out towards the Kamikaze Demons. For a long beat, nothing happens. Then, a picture on the living room wall slips to its side and hangs crooked. PRUE looks down at her hand and then at PIPER. PIPER holds up her hands. A tiny pop is heard and a little stream of smoke rises from a little hole on the ragged shirt of the lead Kamikaze Demon. The KAMIKAZE LEADER laughs as he sticks his thumb over the hole and ceases the smoke. He turns his attention to PAIGE, silently daring her to use her powers. PAIGE holds out her hands.)PAIGE: Firepoker! (A blue glow emanates from the firepoker and then disappears, leaving it in its original spot.) Phoebe… KAMIKAZE LEADER: Finish them! (The KAMIKAZE LEADER's eyes fix on PRUE. He holds out his arm and a ball of contained, whipping wind appears above his palm. He shoots it into PRUE's chest and a tornado forms around her, which brings her to the KAMIKAZE LEADER. He reaches his hand into the tornado and grabs PRUE by the neck. The tornado disappears as he brings PRUE’s face close to his own.) Now, here’s something that will take your breath away. (As the KAMIKAZE LEADER moves his mouth to PRUE’s, air begins to rapidly fly out of PRUE’s mouth and nose, emptying her lungs. She struggles as her breath of life is literally absorbed into the KAMIKAZE LEADER, who then kisses her. Across the room, a loud crack is heard as PIPER’s body slams into the wall, literally breaking through the plaster. Hearing the smash, PHOEBE is momentarily distracted as she spins around to see PIPER’s limp body on the floor. Her eyes widen only for a moment, and then a ball of wind connects with her abdomen, sucking her up into a contained twister.)PAIGE: Leo! (PAIGE wipes a trickle of blood from the corner of her mouth as she climbs to her feet. Then, she sees a flash of something coming straight at her. Her hands instinctively fly to her face and her body dissolves into a swathe of orbs, allowing the wind ball to fly right through them. Surprised, the KAMIKAZE DEMON who threw the attack looks at the Leader.)KAMIKAZE DEMON #1: I thought you said they were powerless! (The KAMIKAZE LEADER releases his grip from PRUE, letting her limp body drop to the ground.)KAMIKAZE LEADER: The Oracle told me that they were. (PAIGE orbs in. In their distraction, she ducks down and grabs the firepoker from the fireplace and rams it into KAMIKAZE DEMON #1. He screams and his body turns into a mini twister and fizzles out. PAIGE holds up the firepoker threateningly as all of the Kamikaze Demons eye her and then look to their Leader. The KAMIKAZE LEADER spies orbs forming across the room.)KAMIKAZE LEADER: Leave her! (Another harsh wind blows through the orb and the clan disappears. The tornado around PHOEBE vanishes and she falls to the floor, unconscious. LEO materializes with a horrified look on his face.)PAIGE: Heal Piper! (She moves to PHOEBE, checks her pulse, and then moves to PRUE and begins to give her CPR.)[Scene: Underworld. THE ORACLE’s lair. A cold wind rustles THE ORACLE’s hair. She looks over to see the KAMIKAZE LEADER looking venomously at her.]KAMIKAZE LEADER: You said they were powerless! THE ORACLE: No, I said, “The witches will be powerless.” (She motions her hand over her crystal ball, revealing an image of PAIGE orbing out.) The youngest is also half whitelighter, if you recall, and her whitelighter abilities are separate from her powers as a witch. (Her eyes narrow dangerously.) Why didn’t you finish the job?! You had the upper hand! KAMIKAZE LEADER: Her whitelighter- THE ORACLE: Wouldn’t have had time to heal all of them. Had you wounded the youngest, you most certainly would’ve succeeded in killing at least one, if not two, of The Charmed Ones. (The KAMIKAZE LEADER bows his head in forced apology. THE ORACLE returns her dark eyes to the swirling crystal ball as an image of PAIGE leaning over PRUE as she wakes up is revealed.) I’m giving you one more chance, Aki. AKI: I understand, Oracle. THE ORACLE: But if you fail… (An hourglass materializes in her hands. She turns it over and sand begins to pour through the hole into the other half of the glass.) Well, you know it’s not nice to fool with Mother Nature. (AKI stares fearfully at the sand in the hourglass. He takes a cautious step back and then disappears, leaving a cold breeze in his wake.)[Scene: Manor. Living room. PHOEBE and PRUE are sitting on the couch, while PIPER sits on the overstuffed chair with LEO standing behind her. PAIGE walks in with a bag of ice, which she holds out to PHOEBE. PHOEBE eagerly takes the bag from PAIGE.]PHOEBE: Thanks. (She puts the bag to her head and closes her eyes. She lets out a sorrowful moan.) I think I’m developing a migraine. (PAIGE seats herself between PHOEBE and PRUE, the latter of whom is concentrating on taking long, deep breaths in recovery from AKI’s suffocation attempt. PIPER twists her head, looking up at her husband.)PIPER: Leo, what’s going on with our powers? Just a few hours ago, I was freezing planes and now I can’t even freeze a fly. (LEO shifts uncomfortably as four pairs of dark eyes rest on him. He maneuvers around PIPER’s chair and into the center of the room, all the time wringing his hands together.)PRUE: This has to do with The Gathering Storm, doesn’t it? (LEO nods.)PAIGE: But, how can It take away our powers? (PHOEBE nods.)PHOEBE: Not even The Source can do that! LEO: You don’t understand. The Gathering Storm isn’t your enemy…it’s you. BREAK |
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Post by The Virtual Series on May 6, 2007 19:03:04 GMT -5
Act Three [Scene: Manor. Living room. PHOEBE, PAIGE, and PRUE are sitting on the couch while PIPER sits on the overstuffed chair. LEO is standing nervously in the middle of the room as the three youngest sisters stare at him with confused or blank expressions, while the eldest tilts her head to the side and points her finger in an accusatory fashion.][/b] PRUE: I’m sorry, must’ve misunderstood you, because I thought I just heard you say that we, (she drags her finger through the air as she points from PHOEBE all the way to PIPER) are The Gathering Storm. (LEO shakes his head.)LEO: It’s the Power of Four; that’s the great power that The Elders have been sensing and couldn’t figure out what it was. They’ve been looking into evil, which is why it’s taken so long for them to realize it was you. It wasn’t until your powers spiked that they were able to pinpoint the source of the power. (PIPER stands up, waving her hands and simultaneously shaking her head.)PIPER: How is this possible? What’s so different about the Power of Four that’s making our powers spike? PHOEBE: And more importantly, if we’re so strong, then why did our powers vanish? (LEO holds up his hand in a stopping motion.)LEO: (to PHOEBE) One question at a time! (to PIPER) It’s because of Paige. (He glances at PAIGE, who raises her eyebrows in shock. He turns his attention back to PIPER.) The Elders don’t believe that you were destined to meet her when you did, but destiny was instead rushed because of the spell that you and prue cast to find Phoebe, which, because of the nature of the spell, found Paige. PAIGE: So, what does finding me have to do with our powers increasing? LEO: Your powers are interconnected, and while each of you is a powerful witch in your own right, you’re full power is as a whole, which is why not just one or two of you can cast a Power of Three spell. PRUE: We already know that, Leo. (She snaps her fingers.) Can you speed this up just a little? LEO: When you found Paige and forged the Power of Four, it invoked a whole new element of power to the side of good magic that was never meant to happen…at least not so soon, anyway. PHOEBE: And what’s wrong with that? A little more dead evil never hurt anyone. LEO: That’s where you’re wrong. It tips the good-evil balance and interferes with the grand design. PRUE: But in good’s favor. LEO: That doesn’t matter. When there’s a flaw in the grand design, all magic is at stake. And your loss of powers is part of that effect. Your collective power has been overloaded. PHOEBE: Like a circuit breaker? LEO: Exactly. And now your powers have essentially shut themselves off to protect any further destruction to the grand design. PAIGE: So, how do we turn them back on? LEO: The Elders are working on a solution as we speak. PIPER: Oh, that makes me feel so much better. [Scene: Underworld. THE ORACLE’s lair. THE ORACLE snaps her fingers and a green light flares up from the floor, producing a gangly-looking demon, with features that appear to be a cross between a lizard and a human. He looks around confused at first, then spies THE ORACLE and kneels before her.]THE ORACLE: Ezra, The Source and I thank you for your mock attack earlier this morning. (EZRA lifts his head and his forked tongue slips between his part scaled and part human lips.)EZRA: Sssank you. (His left eye, the yellow eye of a lizard, narrows as he pulls to his full height.) What do you require of me? THE ORACLE: Aki failed at his first attempt to take out The Charmed Ones. (EZRA’s tongue flicks around as he hisses.)EZRA: He’ssss overrated. (THE ORACLE chuckles.)THE ORACLE: The youngest still has her ability to orb, creating an easy escape route for her and her sister witches. We need to lure her from them, leaving her powerless sisters vulnerable to Aki’s second attack. (She motions her hand over her crystal ball and the fog starts to swirl.) And any good demon knows that the only thing The Charmed Ones put before themselves is (an image of CASEY JOHNSON pushing a little girl, FIONA MICHAELS, on a playground swing appears within the foggy globe) an innocent. [Cut to the playground. FIONA giggles as CASEY presses the palms of her hands to FIONA’s back, giving her a high push on the swing. As FIONA pumps her legs, forcing the swing high into the air, a yellow-green flash emanates behind CASEY. EZRA appears and wraps his scaly hand around her mouth. CASEY emits a low sound as she struggles to break free of EZRA’s grasp. Hearing the noise, FIONA looks back over her shoulder as her swing comes back. She gasps as EZRA pulls CASEY out of the way, allowing her to swing right by them. His forked tongue slithers from his mouth and gently grazes CASEY’s neck, stunning the witch and causing her head to drop limply to her chest.]EZRA: Ssssee you ssssoon. (In the same yellow-green flare he appeared in, he vanishes with CASEY. FIONA’s swing comes to a stop. Her knuckles are becoming white as she clutches the linked metal chains. With quick forming tears in her eyes she looks to the sky.)FIONA: (screaming) Leo! [Scene: Manor. Living room. PRUE is sitting on the couch with The Book of Shadows in her lap, flipping furiously through its yellowed pages. PIPER walks in with a tray of chamomile tea, which she sets on the coffee table.]PIPER: Any luck? PRUE: I’ve found spells to temporarily increase a witch’s power, potions to strip powers, the spell to switch our powers, and last but not least, the binding spell. (She taps the page with her index finger to emphasize her frustration.) But absolutely nothing that might help us stabilize our powers. (PIPER looks at the Binding Spell for a quick moment before PRUE slams the cover shut.) Can you go see how Phoebe’s coming along with her own spell? PIPER: (quietly) Sure. (As she stands up, LEO orbs in. PIPER stops.) Have they figured out anything? (LEO shakes his head.)LEO: It’s chaos Up There. They want me to stay down here with you until they have a solution. (As the words cross his lips, his face contorts a little.)PIPER: Leo? (PHOEBE and PAIGE walk in.) Is it The Elders? (LEO shakes his head.)LEO: It’s…it’s Fiona. (PHOEBE looks surprised.)PHOEBE: Michaels? LEO: She’s screaming. PRUE: Go to her. LEO: Prue- PRUE: Innocents always come first, Leo. (She waves her arm.) We’ll be fine. We’re big witches. It’s not like we haven’t lost our powers before. Besides, (she looks at PAIGE) we’ve got Paige in case of an emergency. (Nodding in an unconvinced manner, LEO orbs out.)[Time lapse. PIPER sets a plate with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on the kitchen table in front of FIONA, who smiles up at her thankfully.]PIPER: I’m just going to be right outside in the dining room and talking my sisters, okay? (FIONA nods.) Just yell if you need me. (PIPER walks out of the kitchen and into the dining room, where PAIGE is spinning a crystal over a world map. LEO, PRUE, and PHOEBE are also there.)LEO: If I can’t sense her, you certainly aren’t going to be able to find her by scrying. (PAIGE drops the crystal on the map and stands up.)PAIGE: Well, what do you want us to do then, Leo? We can’t just do nothing. PRUE: Paige is right. That little girl already lost both of her parents. I refuse to sit idly by while she loses the next closet person in her life. PHOEBE: Look, Fiona said that the demon who attacked her said he’d see her soon, right? So I’m thinking that must mean one of two things. (She bites her lip slightly.) Either he’ll be back to get Fiona, or he’s expecting us to come after him. LEO: Which probably means it’s a trap. PAIGE: And if it’s a trap and we don’t go, then they’ll probably kill her anyway. LEO: I might be able to track her if she’s in the Underworld- PAIGE: (interrupting) No, Leo, you can’t go. It’s probably what they want. (to PHOEBE) Didn’t you tell me that whitelighters can’t hear the call of their charges if they’re in the Underworld? (PHOEBE exchanges looks with PRUE and PIPER, knowing that the reason TEMPUS had reset time several months earlier was because LEO couldn’t hear PRUE’s call to heal PIPER. PHOEBE looks back at PAIGE and nods.)PHOEBE: She’s right. (to LEO) If demons were to attack while you’re there, you couldn’t hear us if we called you. PRUE: But we still can’t put ourselves before the innocents, Phoebe. PAIGE: Which is precisely why I should go. PIPER: (to PAIGE) But what if that’s their plan? To get you alone so they can kill you? I mean…what if a group of darklighters are waiting for you down there? It’s not safe to send you by yourself. PRUE: Wait. (She puts up her finger.) I think I have an idea. (PRUE walks into the kitchen and everyone follows.)PIPER: Prue, what’re you doing? (PRUE grabs the cordless phone, dials a number, and then places it to her ear. She smiles.)PRUE: Calling a different kind of angel. BREAK |
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Post by The Virtual Series on May 6, 2007 19:04:04 GMT -5
Act Four [Scene: Manor. Kitchen. A pot on the stove is bubbling and the counter is lined with vials filled with a rainbow of different liquids. PIPER is standing at the edge of the counter, pointing to different vials. MATTHEW CAPIELLO is now there, standing alongside PAIGE, who is watching PIPER. PIPER points to a vial filled with purple liquid.][/b] PIPER: This one replicates my exploding power- MATT: You didn’t need to do all this, Piper. I could just conjure hand grenades, you know. (PIPER glares.)PIPER: You can’t conjure everything I’ve made. MATT: Like? (PIPER grabs a yellow vial and holds it up.)PIPER: Stun potion. (MATT opens his hand and a stun gun appears. PIPER snorts as she shoves the stun potion at PAIGE.) Okay, fine, then the potions are for Paige’s benefit, because let me tell you, it’s not that hard to get separated in a demon battle and there’s no telling what they may have up their sleeves. (PAIGE wrinkles her nose as she grabs a handful of potions and stuffs them into a hot pink fanny pack around her waist.)PIGE: Okay, I get the whole potion thing, but do I really need the fanny pack? (PIPER puts her hands on her hips.)PIPER: It may not be stylish, but it works. (PAIGE rolls her eyes.)PAIGE: (sarcastically) Yes, Mom. (PIPER looks away and PAIGE bites her lip.) Piper, I- (PHOEBE walks in.)PHOEBE: Hey, I wrote you a few generic vanquishing spells and a quick transportation spell, just in case something goes wrong down there. (She hands them out to MATT.)(MATT looks at them nervously.)MATT: (to PHOEBE) Uh, shouldn’t you be handing those to Paige? PHOEBE: Our powers are out completely, which means even our most basic ability to cast spells is gone. I tried, just to be sure, before you got here. (She waves the spells.) Which means if it comes down to using these, you’ll have to say them. (MATT bites his lower lip as he takes the spells and stuffs them into the coat pocket of his black leather jacket.)MATT: Right. Well, hopefully we won’t need these at all. PAIGE: Better safe than sorry, though. (She zips up her hot pink fanny pack, just as PRUE walks in. She moves over to MATT.)PRUE: You promise me you’ll be careful down there, okay?
(MATT flashes a grin.)MATT: I always am. (They kiss and then PRUE looks at PAIGE. She winks.)PRUE: Don’t let him get too cocky, okay? (PAIGE does a mock solute and then walks over to MATT.)PAIGE: (to PRUE) We’ll be back soon. (to MATT) So, are we ready to hit the Underworld? (She holds out her hand and MATT takes it.)MATT: Lets kick some demon ass. (PAIGE grins and they orb out.)PIPER: Now what? (PHOEBE claps her hands together nervously.)PHOEBE: We wait. [Scene: Underworld. THE ORACLE’s lair. THE ORACLE’s fingers are gently massaging her crystal ball. Within the misty ball, an image of PAIGE and MATT appearing in an Underworld cavern materializes. She glowers. Hesitantly, her hand moves to the trim of her shirt and lightly lifts it up, revealing the scar that MATT left the day he saved LITTLE PHOEBE. Dropping the edge of her shirt, her hand curls into a fist.]EZRA’s VOICE: Ssssomething the matter, Oracle? (THE ORACLE spins around to find EZRA staring at her. She straightens her posture.)THE ORACLE: (angrily) The halfbreed’s brought a male witch with her. You’ll need to separate them if you want any chance of killing her. (A smile creeps onto EZRA’s scaly features.)EZRA: Cccertainly, Oracle. (He bows his head and disappears. THE ORACLE closes her eyes and once again, this time without lifting up the fabric of her shirt, lays her hand over the scar.)[Cut to MATT and PAIGE. MATT is walking a few steps ahead of PAIGE.]PAIGE: What if you cast a spell- MATT: (interrupting) No! PAIGE: Why the hell not? (She motions her arm angrily.) We have absolutely no idea where we’re going and I highly doubt prancing around the Underworld for hours is going to do us any good. If you could just- MATT: (stubbornly) It’s not a good idea. The more magic we use down here, the more demons will be able to sense and track us. And since I’m the only one with powers- (He stops abruptly and PAIGE walks right into him.)PAIGE: Ow! (She slaps him.) What do you think you’re doing? (MATT grabs PAIGE’s arm and spins her out of the way, just as a claw, which looks exactly like the cave wall, swipes out at PAIGE, seemingly coming out of the cavernous wall. PAIGE’s eyes widen.) What the hell?! MATT: Camouflage! (As the demon that just attempted to attack PAIGE steps away from the wall, several other demons step out and all at once, drop their camouflage and become visible. MATT’s eyes move around them as he slips a protective arm in front of PAIGE.) Uh, Paige, I think we’re gonna need those stun potions now. [Scene: Manor. Dining room. The shattering of a plate followed by a scream is heard, and then the pounding footsteps. PRUE and PHOEBE run in and bolt through the door that leads into the kitchen. They see the crust of FIONA’s sandwich on the floor amongst the shards of a broken plate. AKI is standing near the island, with his arm outstretched as FIONA cowers on the other side of the table.]PHOEBE: Pick on someone your own size! (PHOEBE curls her fists and runs at AKI, attempting to land a spin kick into his gut. At the same time, PRUE quickly moves to FIONA’s side. AKI simply waves his arm and a gust of wind sends PHOEBE flying back first into the wall.)PRUE: Leo! (As AKI turns towards them, she grabs the edge of the table and shoves it forward, causing the table to fall on its side, creating a temporary barrier between FIONA, herself, and AKI. She grabs FIONA’s hand and they duck down.) Leo! (FIONA lightly tugs at PRUE’s sleeve.)FIONA: I have an idea. (There’s a loud crash as the table is suddenly swept away from them and smashes, table legs first, into the wall opposite PHOEBE. PRUE jumps up in front of FIONA, using herself as a human shield.)AKI: (smugly) By your reputation, I thought I was in for a fight…even without your powers. (His eyes land on FIONA, whose head is poking out from behind PRUE.) But then again, you are only human. I should’ve known better than to expect that much from one of you. (FIONA dips her hand into the pocket of her jeans, which goes unnoticed by both PRUE and AKI.)PRUE: I’d take human over evil any day. (PRUE gets into a fighting stance as AKI slowly nears them. Behind her, FIONA opens her hand to reveal a baseball card. PRUE’s eyes move towards the exits in the room, trying to figure out which one would be easiest for FIONA.)AKI: It’s petty emotions like that, that are your downfall. PRUE: (stalling) So, then why does good always win out over evil? (AKI shakes his head, laughing.)AKI: Win? Tell me, did your lover…what was his name again? (He cocks his head to the side.) Andy? (PRUE’s face hardens.) Did Andy win against Rodriguez? Or what about your sister, Piper? Did she win against Demitrius? (His lips twist into a sickly grin.) Or your mother? Did she win, when she faced the Water Demon? (FIONA suddenly steps out from behind PRUE and throws out her arm, releasing a throwing star from the hand which originally held the baseball card. In a flash, AKI jumps back as the throwing star embeds itself into his left arm. He emits a small growl of pain before ripping out the bloody weapon and the wound instantly repairs itself. Taking advantage of his moment of shock, PRUE flips in the air and lands in front of AKI, before stabbing the heel of her shoe into his stomach, causing him to fall backwards onto the edge of the island. PRUE grabs AKI’s stringy black hair in her fist smashes her other fist into his face.)PRUE: (furiously) Don’t you ever talk about her! (The sound of the front door opening and closing is heard, followed by the sound of frantic footsteps down the entry way. Then PIPER, red and teary eyed, runs into the kitchen and stops dead in her tracks. PRUE and AKI both look over at PIPER in unison, and then AKI smiles and his body promptly disappears, causing PRUE to grasp at empty air. PIPER gasps as she sees PHOEBE slumped on the floor. PRUE quickly comes to her senses and moves to PHOEBE, drops to her knees, and places her hand to PHOEBEe’s neck. She looks at PIPER, nodding in relief.)PRUE: She’s just knocked out… PIPER: (whispering) Thank God! (PRUE notices PIPER’s teary eyes.)PRUE: What’s going on? PIPER: (whispering) It’s Leo… (She swallows.) We were attacked in Chinatown…it was a darklighter. (PRUE stands up quickly.)PRUE: Where is he? PIPER: He’s in the backseat of my car. I-I couldn’t move him. (PRUE motions to PHOEBE.)PRUE: Stay with Phoebe and Fiona. I’m going to go see what I can do. (She leaves.)[Scene: Underworld. Green goo sprays onto MATT as he impales one of the reptilian demons with a conjured athame. Behind him, the shattering of glass is heard. A plume of yellow smoke rises and engulfs two of the lizard-like creatures, causing them to fall onto each other as the stun potion takes effect.]PAIGE: I think that’s the last of them. (She moves to MATT and examines a bloody gash on his shoulder.) Are you sure you’re okay? MATT: I’m fine. (He looks down at the gash.) I’ve been through worse, trust me. (PAIGE raises her brow as if to question him, but MATT raises his hand to silence her.) Now’s not the time. (PAIGE flicks her wrist towards several of the stunned demons that are lying on the ground around them.)PAIGE: What do you think we should do about them? The stun potions don’t last forever. (MATT opens his hand and a hand grenade appears in his palm.)MATT: I think we can save a little time if we use this, as opposed to vanquishing each one individually, what do you think? PAIGE: I think you should just throw it so we can get the hell out of here. (She wrinkles her nose.) No pun intended. (MATT pulls the pin and grabs PAIGE’s arm.)MATT: Orb! (They disappear in a cloud of blue lights, just as a loud explosion rockets the cavern producing a huge cloud of dusty red and black smoke as the cavern caves in.)BREAK |
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Post by The Virtual Series on May 6, 2007 19:05:11 GMT -5
Act Five [Scene: Manor. Living room. PIPER and PRUE walk in, struggling to carry LEO over to the sofa, where they gently set him down. With sweat visible on her brow, PIPER takes a seat next to her husband and gently strokes his clammy and fast paling face.][/b] PRUE: How did this happen? PIPER: We’d just come out of the herb shop with the wormwood for the potion, when I moved around the car to unlock the door and then I heard a noise and the next thing I knew…he’d fallen on the sidewalk. When I went to help him, I found the arrow had impaled his shoulder and when I looked up, I realized it had come from the alley behind the herb shop. (She takes LEO’s limp hand in hers.) The darklighter was already disappearing, so I didn’t have time to vanquish him. PRUE: Did he pass out on the drive home? (PIPER nods. PRUE lets out a hollowed breath. She gently places her hand on PIPER’s shoulder as she stands up.) Stay with Leo; I’m going to go check on Phoebe and Fiona. (PIPER looks up, worry evident in her brown eyes.) Don’t worry, we’re going to get through this just fine. (Her lips move wordlessly for a moment and then she closes her eyes.) We always do. (She leaves.)[Cut to PHOEBE’s bedroom. FIONA is sitting in a chair next to PHOEBE’s bed, scribbling something down on a large sheet of yellow tablet paper. PHOEBE is lying on the bed with her eyes closed and a cool washcloth on her forehead. The door creeks open and PRUE peeks in.]PRUE: Are you doing okay, sweetie? (FIONA looks up but doesn’t say anything. Then she hops off her chair and moves to PRUE, holding out the sheet of paper.) What’s this? FIONA: That’s the demon that took Casey. (PRUE’s blue eyes become large and she places her hand to her mouth.)PRUE: It was a trap! (FIONA tilts her head, confused.) But we can’t get down there- (Her eyes settle on FIONA again, as if an idea suddenly struck her. She bites her lip slightly as she stares at the child.) Fiona, how much experience have you had with casting spells? [Scene: Underworld. PAIGE and MATT are still walking, obviously they’ve not gotten very far. PAIGE suddenly stops and throws up her hands.]PAIGE: This is insane. For all we know, Casey could be just behind this wall, (she slaps a hard slab of red rock) and we’d never even know it! (She grabs at MATT’s pocket.) I say we try Phoebe’s transportation spell. MATT: No. (He slaps her hand away.) If dark magic was blocking you from orbing to her, what makes you think that a spell could possibly take us to her? (PAIGE glares.)PAIGE: What’s the harm in trying? (MATT stares at her, considering her question, then he relents and pulls the spell out of his pocket.) Thank you. (MATT clears his throat and reaches for PAIGE’s hand.)MATT: “Take us promptly, take us away, take us now, don’t let us stay!” (Nothing happens. PAIGE growls in frustration.)PAIGE: There weren’t even lights. Usually there are at least some proof of magic, even if it doesn’t work. (MATT shrugs as PAIGE stares at him, aggravated. Her brown eyes focus in on the spot of green goo behind his ear, from the earlier demonic attack. Then, PAIGE suddenly presses her index finger to her lips as her eyes sparkle with a sudden idea.) Wait a minute…wait one minute! MATT: What’re you thinking? PAIGE: Do you still have that last vial of Piper’s generic cloaking spell? (MATT nods.) I need it. MATT: What? PAIGE: I need it. (She reaches behind MATT’s ear and accidentally tickles him as she swipes some of the demon blood onto her finger.) I think I’ve got an idea. [Scene: Manor. Living room. PRUE is sitting across from PIPER and LEO, with The Book of Shadows in her lap.]PIPER: What about the spell to call a lost witch? (PRUE shakes her head.)PRUE: That’s a blood to blood spell. We’d have to cast it to get to Paige, not Fiona, and in the same token, since Fiona isn’t blood related to Casey, we can’t use it that way either. (Orbs start to materialize across the room, catching both PRUE and PIPER’s attention. PRUE jumps to her feet.) Paige, thank g- (A blonde woman, DAISY, materializes. PIPER gasps.)DAISY: (rushed) Leo! The Elders- (She stops short as she notices his unconscious form lying on the couch, looking pale and sweat slicked. Her hand flies to her mouth.) Oh my god, (she rushes over to the couch) what happened to him? PIPER: It was a darklighter. (She watches as DAISY pulls back the blanket and examines the bloody shoulder wound. She carefully places her hands over the wound and her healing power begins to take effect, immediately making the wound retreat into nothingness. PIPER stutters.) B-but how? We saved you. (DAISY doesn’t look up.)DAISY: You did. (LEO starts to stir.) I’ve been a whitelighter for about two years now, after I was killed during a convenience store robbery. I talked the robber, he was just a kid, out of it. Unfortunately, the gun accidentally went off. (The wound disappears and LEO awakens. She finally looks up at PIPER.) I was the only fatality. LEO: (drowsily) Daisy? (He looks around.)DAISY: (to LEO) You had a close call, but you’re fine now. LEO: (to DAISY) What are you doing here? DAISY: (to LEO) The Elders sent me to find you. They’ve been calling you for the last hour. (LEO sits up suddenly, but DAISY presses him back down.) They’re taking a drastic step, Leo. PRUE: A drastic step for what? (She walks over.) Does this have to do with us? With our powers? (pause) Or rather, lack thereof? (DAISY ignores PRUE’s questions.)DAISY: (to LEO) They’re contacting The Founders. [Scene: Underworld. MATT watches nervously as PAIGE slides her finger over the edge of the glass vial, rubbing the demon blood onto the inside edge.]MATT: I hope you know what you’re doing. PAIGE: So do I. (MATT appears even more uncomfortable. As he watches, the cloaking potion fizzles and begins to turn a toxic green color. She covers it with her thumb and shakes it a few times, before holding it up again.)MATT: Now what? PAIGE: If this works the way I’m hoping, it’ll cloak my good magical essence from the dark magic that’s blocking me from Casey, while the demon blood in the potion will cloak me in a veil of evil. MATT: You’re going alone? PAIGE: Absolutely not. (PAIGE plugs her nose and swiftly gulps half of the green contents of the vial. She shoves the vial at MATT.) Bottoms up! [Scene: Manor. PHOEBE’s room. FIONA is, once again, on the chair next to PHOEBE’s bed. A book is in her hands. As she reaches to turn the page, a cold wind blows in out of nowhere, causing the page to turn on its own. Alert, the book falls from FIONA’s hands and she looks up as two KAMIKAZE DEMONS appear in front of her and one behind her, the latter of whom wraps his hand around her head and covers her mouth.]KAMIKAZE DEMON #2: Not so tough now, are you? (He smirks.) Not without a Charmed one to come to your rescue. (KAMIKAZE DEMON #2 looks up to his cohort who’s holding FIONA and nods. Suddenly, FIONA wriggles her mouth free and chomps down on KAMIKAZE DEMON #4’s hand, who drops back and howls in pain. FIONA ducks as KAMIKAZE DEMON #3 grabs at her.)FIONA: Prue! (She backs into the corner of the room as the three demons advance on her.) Piper! [Scene: Underworld. A huge glass appears to be joined to the rocky Underworld cavern, looking vaguely like a massive terrarium. Behind the sheet of impregnable glass, CASEY bangs her fists furiously in vain attempts to break free. Lizards, snakes, and other various reptiles are lingering about, just outside the glass. EZRA walks up to the glass. His tongue slips between his lips as he speaks.]EZRA: How doessss it feel to be caged? (His lizard eye dilates as he speaks. Suddenly, a green glow shines through the giant terrarium, followed by PAIGE's dancing orbs as she and MATT appear next to CASEY, behind the glass. CASEY jumps back, surprised. EZRA suddenly grins and clasps his hands together.) You’ve made thissss sso much easssier than I thought! (MATT looks around.)MATT: Where are we? (CASEY places her hands on her hips, furious.)CASEY: Stuck, just like me! EZRA: Oh, but that’sss not all you’ll be. (Suddenly, his human skin begins to shed and transform as he takes on a massive height, becoming a monstrous lizard with licking lips. All of the reptiles in the cavern turn towards the witches.) Ssssupper issss ssserved! PAIGE: Oooh, that’s not good! (They start to back up as the reptiles and their demonic leader advance towards the glass.)[Scene: Manor. Hallway. PRUE kicks the door open just in time to see a large section of the floor in PHOEBE's room transform into quicksand, quickly devouring the three KAMIKAZE DEMONS in one fail swoop. They scream as they disappear into the churning, wet sand. FIONA waves her hand as she looks up, causing the carpet to return to the floor of the room. PRUE and PIPER gawk at the intensity of FIONA’s power. DAISY steps into the room.]DAISY: How did you know earthly elements are fatal to Kamikaze Demons? (LEO makes a little noise, one of realization.)LEO: (to DAISY) You’re right. I can’t believe I didn’t identify them earlier. PIPER: Kamikaze Demons? Are those the things that attacked us? (LEO nods.)DAISY: They’re agents of the Demonic Wind Elemental. They’re only weakness is their opposing element. LEO: Earth. (All eyes turn to FIONA.) How did you know? (FIONA shakes her hand.)FIONA: One summer, when my mom and my dad and I went camping, I got stuck in quicksand and Dad had to pull me out. (She bites her lip.) I thought that if it could suck me in, then it could maybe suck them in too. (PRUE looks at LEO.)Prue: Damn lucky guess. (A groan sounds from the bed and the attention is drawn to PHOEBE. She weakly sits up, blinking her eyes slowly.)PHOEBE: (painfully) I didn’t realize I invited everyone into my room, but since you’re all here… (She looks at LEO.) A little help, please? [Scene: Underworld. EZRA’s cavern. MATT shields PAIGE and CASEY as the massive terrarium-like structure implodes, raining down sharp glass shards on them. PAIGE yelps as one slices across her arm, leaving a long, bloody gash.]PAIGE: (whispering to MATT) I can’t orb out! MATT: (whispering) I have an idea. (MATT spins around, conjuring a heavy red fire extinguisher into his hands and begins to spray it at the lizards, dousing them in cold, white foam. They shrink back, some hissing and others flaring out parts of their body.) Hurry, reptiles can’t stand the cold so we need a spell to amplify it! It might be enough to vanquish them! (PAIGE looks pleadingly to CASEY.)PAIGE: My powers are gone, you have to do it. CASEY: “Arctic winds on this day, freeze the blood of those I wish to slay. I summon Old Man Winter’s icy breath, Wheel revolve, from birth till death!” (The white foam glazes over and becomes thick, hard sheets of ice, encasing several of the reptiles and making them appear like ice sculptures. A frigid wind begins to rush through the cavern, blowing thick hail and snow at the reptiles and their demonic leader, until their movements cease completely, turning them into stationary ice figures. MATT turns the fire extinguisher over in his hands and walks over to EZRA’s frozen figure. He uses the butt of the extinguisher to bash the now ice demon, chipping him. A few of the ice reptiles explode. He hits EZRA again, this time causing a larger chunk to fall off. Several more ice creatures explode. Then, with all his strength, he slams the extinguisher dead center into EZRA’s body, causing him to shatter along with every other ice reptile in the cavern, leaving nothing but a chilly cold behind. MATT drops the extinguisher and turns to PAIGE.)MATT: Do you think you can orb now? PAIGE: There’s only one way to find out. (She holds out her hands for MATT and CASEY. They each take a hand and then disappear in a swarm of lights.)BREAK |
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Post by The Virtual Series on May 6, 2007 19:05:49 GMT -5
Act Six [Scene: Underworld. THE ORACLE’s lair. The hourglass, which is nearly out of sand, is sitting next to THE ORACLE’s crystal ball. THE ORACLE is lying on her slab of rock, gazing into her crystal ball. She watches as EZRA is defeated and PAIGE escapes with MATT and CASEY. The sand in the hourglass runs out. She curls her fist and turns, snapping her fingers. AKI appears before her, startled by his sudden change of surroundings. Then he sees the empty hourglass and begins to back away.][/b] AKI: No, please! (THE ORACLE grabs her hourglass and smashes it, causing the sand to fall onto the rock slab. She smiles as she digs her fingers into the soft earthen sand and then holds it up, as if she’s blowing AKI a kiss.)THE ORACLE: The sands of time just ran out. (She blows across her palm, sending waves of the earthen sand flying into AKI. He screams and his body turns into a small tornado and then dissipates, vanquished.)[Scene: Manor. Living room. FIONA runs into CASEY’s arms, hugging her tightly. CASEY looks up at PAIGE and MATT.]CASEY: Thank you… (to PAIGE) Again. (PAIGE smiles sympathetically.)PAIGE: No problem. (She leans over and ruffles FIONA's hair affectionately.)PRUE: (to CASEY) You’ve got quite a kid, there. I think it’s safe to say that she’ll be a force to be reckoned with when she’s older. (CASEY nods.)CASEY: Her parents taught her well. (FIONA tugs softly at CASEY’s sleeve.)FIONA: Can we please go home? (CASEY flicks her attention back to the sisters, LEO, MATT, and DAISY.)CASEY: We should probably get going. (PAIGE nods.)PIPER: (to FIONA) Don’t forget that if you ever need anything in the future, Leo is just an orb away, okay? And I think, (she looks to CASEY) that Casey still has Paige’s phone number, if you ever need to call her. (FIONA nods.)FIONA: Thank you. (She suddenly moves to PIPER, giving her a hug that takes PIPER by surprise. Then she relaxes and hugs back.)PIPER: You’re welcome. LEO: Do you want me to take you back, or can I call you a cab? (CASEY slips a cell phone from her back pocket.)CASEY: I’ve got a cell phone, Leo. Don’t worry about it, we can call a cab if we need to. (LEO nods.)LEO: At least let me walk you outside? (CASEY rolls her eyes.)CASEY: Sure. (CASEY waves and then she, FIONA, and LEO leave. PAIGE and MATT turn awkwardly towards PRUE, PIPER, and PHOEBE.)PAIGE: So uhm, no offense, but who’s the other whitelighter? (DAISY holds out her hand.)DAISY: My name’s Daisy. I’m an (she glances back as the sisters) old friend. PAIGE: But what’s the special occasion? DAISY: I came to talk to Leo. PHOEBE: About our missing powers, we gather. PRUE: And how The Elders are going about getting them back. PIPER: Through the help of something called The Founders. (PAIGE wags her finger.)PAIGE: One day I’m going to have a line that fits into that whole sister click thing. (PHOEBE smirks.)PHOEBE: It just takes time. It took me six years until I could catch up with Prue and Piper. (PRUE points accusingly at PHOEBE.)PRUE: She was a slow learner. (PHOEBE playfully sticks out her tongue, just as LEO walks back in.)LEO: Did I miss something? (PHOEBE smiles innocently.)PHOEBE: Just sister talk. (She motions her hand.) So, about those Founders… (DAISY and LEO share a look.)DAISY: The Founders are… LEO: A much higher power than The Elders. They’re neither good nor evil, but both good and evil go to Them for help in the most dire of emergencies. DAISY: In other words, when something is threatening the grand design of magic, then The Founders get involved. MATT: So these Founders will be able to restore their powers? DAISY: If They see fit. PHOEBE: If they see fit? What kind of answer is that? We’re The Charmed Ones, for crying out loud! Taking away our powers messes with the grand design, so how can They not give them back to us? (DAISY shrugs.)DAISY: All I know is that The Elders sent me to bring Leo back Up There, because They have something to discuss with him. PRUE: (to LEO) Then you should go. We can’t drag this out any longer, we need our powers back. LEO: Okay. (He pecks PIPER on the lips.) I’ll be back as soon as I can. DAISY: (to PRUE, PIPER, and PHOEBE) It was good seeing you again. (DAISY and LEO orb out.)[Time lapse. P3 is crowded with people as LEO walks in. CORY HART is on stage singing his hit single, “Tell Me”. From the stairs, LEO spots PIPER on one of the barstools and heads towards her. It’s evident that she’s already tired and stressed. He walks down the stairs and over to the bar, where he takes a barstool next to PIPER.]LEO: How’re you doing? (PIPER shrugs dejectedly.)PIPER: I’m getting by. (whispering) What did The Elders say? LEO: (quietly) You and your sisters powers should be back online now, and I’ve already dropped by to tell Prue, Phoebe, and Paige that too… PIPER: But? LEO: But They can’t guarantee that they won’t short circuit again. (PIPER shakes her head.)PIPER: How can They not guarantee that? LEO: They didn’t elaborate; They just said that They’ll continue to work on the problem and let me know when They find a permanent solution. (PIPER rolls her eyes.)PIPER: Well, that makes me feel a whole lot better about my future. (LEO sighs as PIPER turns away, staring up at the stage. He leans in close to her and wraps his arms around her shoulders, pulling her into him.)LEO: Everything is gonna work out, you know. It has to. PIPER: Yeah, but whether or not it works out happily ever after is another issue. [Scene: PAIGE’s apartment. The door opens and PAIGE walks in to see the disaster leftover from her power surge. As she takes a step forward, she hears a loud crack under her feet and pulls back, realizing she’s stepped on broken glass. Frustrated, she slams the door, only to jump as the loud squawk of a bird, followed by the fluttering of wings scares her. OSCAR flies across the room, landing on top of an overturned chair. She places her hand to her heart, calming herself.]PAIGE: Oscar. (She closes her eyes.) You scared me, buddy. (She carefully walks over to him, stepping over the debris as she goes. She holds out her index finger like a perch and the little white and blue bird steps onto it and fluffs his feathers.) Where’s your cage? (She sees it among the wreckage and motions her hand, ready to orb the cage.) Actually, on second thought, maybe we should do all this by hand, huh? (OSCAR chirps a soft reply and PAIGE sighs.) Tonight’s gonna be a long night. [Scene: Manor. PHOEBE’s room. PHOEBE cuddles up on her bed with the phone next to her ear. It’s ringing.]COLE’s VOICE: Hello? (PHOEBE grins and closes her eyes.)PHOEBE: Hey, how’s Miami? COLE's VOICE: Humid. (chuckling) It sort of reminds me of when I was a little boy back in London. (PHOEBE tilts her head to the side.)PHOEBE: Really? I didn’t know you used to live in London. (She smiles slightly.) Tell me about London. [Scene: MATT’s apartment. Living room. The lights are dim in the room. PRUE is standing at the window, staring out at the lit homes below. MATT walks up with two glasses of wine, one of which he hands to PRUE.]MATT: Are you sure you just want to stay in tonight? Because we still have those comp tickets for The Seven Seas, you know. PRUE: I’m sure. (She takes a sip of wine.) I don’t really want seafood tonight, anyway. MATT: I see. (He walks over to the blue couch and sits down. PRUE follows suit, and then sets her glass on the coffee table in front of them) Something on your mind? PRUE: I just can’t stop thinking about what happened today. I mean…Leo said that there’s a real possibility it could happen again and I…I just don’t know what to do. If it hadn’t been for Paige’s ability to orb, we’d probably all be dead right now. MATT: But you’re not, and that’s what matters. It means you still have time to change things. (PRUE lightly rubs her temples.)PRUE: I just can’t wrap my head around the idea that there’s, supposedly, too much power on the side of good. That’s…that’s ridiculous! I mean really, what do they want from us?" [Scene: Up There. White mist snakes and twirls up from the floor, nearly covering a massive white platform that’s situated in the center of four large, Roman-like white pillars. Above, a robin’s egg blue sky is viewable. Then in the distance, a slow moving, golden cloaked figure walks towards the platform. The figure, an ELDER, whose head is un-viewable due to the large golden hood, climbs the steps leading up to the platform and then stands in the middle, turning his head towards the blue sky as if waiting for something. Suddenly, a trail of twinkling silver orbs begins to spiral down from the sky and fall next to the ELDER. The silver orbs blossom outwards and coalesce into the thin shape of a person. However, as the last of the silver globes disappear, the identity of the second being, a FOUNDER, is also hidden beneath heavy velvet cloak, trimmed in thick strips of deep crimson. The ELDER bows his head respectfully.]ELDER: Have you any news regarding the powers of The Charmed Ones? (The FOUNDER shakes her head.)FOUNDER: I’m afraid I’ve already relayed the only solution to you. ELDER: There’s no other way? FOUNDER: None. (After a long beat, the ELDER looks up, his face still hidden behind the cloak.)ELDER: Who will it be? FOUNDER: That decision is left up solely to Destiny. ELDER: Can you tell us when? (Silence.)FOUNDER: Soon. (With that, her body dissolves into a plume of silver lights and travels up towards the blue sky, disappearing and leaving the ELDER completely alone with his thoughts.) |
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Post by The Virtual Series on May 6, 2007 19:06:33 GMT -5
End Credits Co-StarringLisa Robin Kelly --- Daisy Wendy Wednt --- Casey Johnson Bruce Gray --- Elder Gabrielle Anwar --- Founder FeaturingEita Nagayama --- Kamikaze Demon #1 Gaku Hamada --- Kamikaze Demon #2 Kenya Sawada --- Kamikaze Demon #3 Ken Kaito --- Kamikaze Demon #4 Production & DesignDaniel (Forever Yours) - Co-Casting Director Camille (Fourever Charmed) - Co-Casting Director Alex (Combustion) - Video Editor (Credits) Alex (Combustion) - Set Designer |
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