5x15: Russian Pruelette

[The Virtual Series]

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

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5.15 RUSSIAN PRUELETTE

GUEST-STARRING:
JESSE WOODROW
JASON SCOTT LEE
JOE MANGANIELLO

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...John T. Kretchmer

[The Virtual Series]

Russian Pruelette

Teaser

[Scene: Las Vegas. Aladdin Resort. VIP room. A crowd is surrounding a craps table and everyone is screaming and cheering. One man at the table is looking slightly unnerved as the STICKMAN pushes the dice towards him. His eyes seem to be alight with a mixture of fear and promise. The crowd suddenly gets quiet as the man picks up the dice and throws them.]

MAN: Please, please, please…

(The dice clatter to the velvety green board; the first lands with a single dot and the second with two dots.)

STICKMAN: Three!

(The crowd stops cheering.)

MAN: N-n-no! (He looks helplessly at the STICKMAN.) Please, just one more-

(The STICKMAN uses his stick to pull back the dice.)

STICKMAN: Looks like three is not your charm.

(Everyone in the crowd suddenly puts on long, mockingly sad faces.)

THE CROWD: Too bad! (They nod their heads and then one by one, they begin to disappear.)

MAN: No! (He drops to his knees in a praying position.) Just one more chance! I beg you!

STICKMAN: Sorry, but we had a deal.

(The STICKMAN’s casino uniform disappears and his body transforms, growing a full two feet to equal a total of seven feet. His skin becomes a rich island tan, his chest and arms rippling with muscles, his ears become long and pointed, and finally his head becomes bald with a single thin black and braided ponytail coming out the back, which is as long as his body and at the tip, turns into a wisp of black smoke.)

MAN: But- (A plume of black smoke appears in the STICKMAN’s hand, revealing an aged looking document with a blood signature, “Noah Benevuto,” on the bottom line. The red signature glows, enacting the contract, and suddenly a blood colored crescent moon tattoo appears on his neck, and his clothes transform into a hotel employee uniform. A gleam passes over his eyes.) I’m at your service.

Clickable Credits.

[The Virtual Series]

{SCENE: The song “Viva Las Vegas,” written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman and sung by Elvis Presley, is heard as stock shots of Las Vegas are shown while the Guest Credits are rolled.}

Act One

[Scene: Aladdin Resort. Indoor pool. PAIGE MATTHEWS is lying on a reclining lawn chair wearing a purple bikini and a pair of oversized sunglasses. PIPER HALLIWELL walks up, carrying her daughter, MELINDA HALLIWELL, and sits down on the edge of a free lawn chair.]

PIPER: I thought this was an indoor pool?

(PAIGE lightly pulls down her large sunglasses and peers over the edge at PIPER.)

PAIGE: Hey, I bought these especially for sunbathing and since it’s too windy outside, I’m going to wear them in here. (She eyes MELINDA and grins, sitting up.) Hey, baby! (She examines MELINDA’s infant bathing suit, an adorable pink and white rose print suit accented with pale pink, quarter-sized roses stitched across the top and on the hip.) Pheebs is right, you really can find anything on E-bay.

(PIPER wrinkles her nose.)

PIPER: It’s not like the kids are actually going in the water. She didn’t have to go purchase them infant swimsuits.

PAIGE: Yeah, but we’re doting aunties, that’s what we do. (She makes a face at MELINDA, who makes a gurgling noise.) Aww!

(GLENN BELLAND walks up, holding a virgin strawberry daiquiri in each hand.)

GLENN: I hope that “aww” was for me. (He takes the lawn chair to the other side of PAIGE and hands her a drink.)

PAIGE: (to GLENN) Muchas gracias, hermoso. (She swipes at the whip cream topping with her finger and licks it off.) Perfecto!

PIPER: You speak Spanish?

GLENN: (to PIPER) No, she’s just making fun of me because I thought this Spaniard was flirting with her but he was-

PAIGE: Gay! (She grins.) He was actually here with his boyfriend, celebrating their five-year anniversary. (She makes a face at GLENN.) And he was complimenting me on my, (she waves her hand) “¡Biquini muy fabuloso!” (PIPER smirks.) You really should’ve seen his face when Armando came up and kissed Enrique, it was one of those priceless Mastercard moments.

GLENN: Can we please talk about something else? (to PIPER) Where’s Leo?

PIPER: Oh, Chris was getting fussy, so Leo took him back up to the hotel room to get a bottle.

PAIGE: Speaking of bottles, where is our older sister? She was bottling herself up in her room, so I dragged her down here and I know I pointed out some hotties that were looking her way and the next thing I know…

(PIPER sighs.)

PIPER: I think she went back up to her room to read.

PAIGE: Read? We’re in Sin City and she wants to read? (She stands up.) Honestly, I’m gonna-

PIPER: No! (She also stands up.) Enjoy your time with Glenn, I’ll go talk to her. (PAIGE raises an eyebrow and upon PIPER’s stern look, she rolls her eyes.)

PAIGE: Fine! (She sighs dramatically.)

PIPER: I’ll see you later. (She leaves. PAIGE flops back onto her lawn chair and GLENN scoots his closer.)

GLENN: (suggestively) Hey, it looks like the therapy pool is free.

(PAIGE grins.)

PAIGE: I could use a little therapy right now…

[Scene: Prue’s hotel room. PRUE HALLIWELL is curled up on the bed, staring at the digital clock on the dresser which reads “11:36 A.M.” There’s a knock at the door and PRUE jumps. She sits up quickly and pulls up the dresser drawer, revealing a novel with a serene looking sunset on the cover. She opens it as another knock is heard.]

PRUE: Who is it?

PIPER’s VOICE: It’s Piper. (PRUE squints her eyes and the door clicks open. PIPER walks in.) I know you didn’t open the door by hand. (pause) I also know you’re not reading that book.

PRUE: Really?

(PIPER motions her hand.)

PIPER: Unless you’ve somehow learned to read upside down.

(PRUE looks down at the novel and realizes that it is upside down. She sighs and throws the novel to the dresser.)

PRUE: What do you need?

PIPER: It’s what you need. (She sits down on the bed next to her sister.) Paige wanted this to be a fun vacation and for the entire four days that we’ve been here, all you’ve done is hide up here.

PRUE: Well, what do you expect, Piper? I just got suspended from my job and-

PIPER: You found out what your life with Andy would’ve been like. (PRUE tilts her head down, refusing to look PIPER in the eyes. PIPER reaches over to touch her sister’s hand, but PRUE pulls away.) I know how hard-

PRUE: No, (she looks up) no you don’t. Piper, you’ve got the perfect life right now. You’ve got the perfect marriage and perfect kids and-

PIPER: Just because I’m married to an angel doesn’t make him perfect. He’s still a whitelighter, Prue, it’s sort of like being married to a fireman; he’s always on call! And as far as perfect kids, (she looks down at MELINDA) I love my children, but a colicky son and a daughter with a habit of freezing guests, isn’t my idea of perfect.

(PRUE laughs a little.)

PRUE: Poor Sheila, Mel must’ve frozen her three times during lunch last week.

PIPER: Four; she froze her once when you were in the bathroom. (PRUE nods.) But that’s not the point-

PRUE: You’re right, the point is, at the end of the day, at least you have your family. (She leans against the headboard.) I only have mine in my dreams. Unlike Leo, Andy didn’t get a second chance. (She wipes the corner of her eye.) My god, Piper, you should’ve seen her, she was so beautiful…

PIPER: She probably looked like you-

PRUE: She had his nose. (She closes her eyes.) And his smile.

(PIPER nods understandingly.)

PIPER: I still remember Melinda’s smile, (she gazes down at her daughter) from two-thousand-nine. I know that things have just changed too much, and Mel will never be that little girl, but she’ll still always have a special place in my heart, just as I’m sure that PJ will always have a place in yours.

PRUE: The difference is, at least you still got a chance to have children with the love of your life. I’ll never get to have another PJ, (she looks at the ceiling) even if somewhere down the line, I do get a family, my daughter will never have Andy’s nose or his smile or…

(PIPER squeezes PRUE’s hand.)

PIPER: Hey, what love can’t conquer, we will, remember? (She smiles mournfully.) Whatever happens, you’ll always have me.

(PRUE squeezes PIPER’s hand back.)

PRUE: (weakly) You’re right, (she nods) sisters beat men any day.

(PIPER nods.)

PIPER: So, what d’ya say we go out there and just spend some sister time together, okay?

(PRUE scoops MELINDA out of PIPER’s lap.)

PRUE: What do you think, Missy? Just us girls? (MELINDA gurgles and PRUE kisses her niece’s forehead, forcing another painful smile from PIPER.)

[Scene: The Vegas Strip. PHOEBE HALLIWELL, carrying a bag on each wrist and a Starbucks in one hand, is walking beside COLE TURNER.]

PHOEBE: Everything they had was so beautiful! (She faces COLE, grinning.) And that pink diamond was gorgeous.

COLE: I could’ve bought it for you.

PHOEBE: Don’t be silly, that was insanely expensive. (She rolls her eyes, missing the pained look on COLE’s face. She inhales deeply.) This has been the most relaxing four days of my life. (She sips her Starbucks.) And the caramel macchiatos here are spectacular. (She spins around.) It’s official, I love Vegas!

(COLE smiles.)

COLE: Do you want to go to a show tonight?

PHOEBE: Oh? Just what did you have in mind? (She makes a face.) I think Celine Dion just started playing recently… (She eyes COLE’s expression and smirks.) Not what you had in mind, I take it?

COLE: Not exactly. Actually, I was thinking more-

HOMELESS MAN: Please Sir, can you spare a few coins?

(COLE turns to see a harried old man sitting on the sidewalk, holding out a metal soup can. PHOEBE and COLE share looks.)

PHOEBE: Uh, sure, (she digs into her pocket and pulls out a rumpled dollar bill and puts it in the can) I’m sorry I don’t have anything more…

(COLE digs into his pocket and pulls out a five dollar bill and places it in the can.)

HOMELESS MAN: Bless you. (He smiles at them through crooked teeth. PHOEBE shares a weak smile as they walk away. She shakes her head.)

PHOEBE: I wish there was a way to do more for people like that. (COLE wraps his arms around PHOEBE’s shoulders. PHOEBE snuggles into the cook of his arm as they walk.)

COLE: Unfortunately, you can’t save everyone, Phoebe.

[Scene: Aladdin Resort. Piper and Leo’s hotel room. LEO WYATT is pacing around the room with CHRIS HALLIWELL tucked in his arm, using his other hand to feed CHRIS a near empty bottle.]

LEO: What d’ya say we go find your mom? (CHRIS finishes up the last of the bottle and LEO sets it down on the table, then leans CHRIS over his shoulder and burps him. There’s a knock at the door.)

WOMAN’s VOICE: Room service!

LEO: Come in! (He grabs CHRIS’s blue diaper bag from the bed and throws it over his shoulder as the maid walks in. He smiles, but the maid says nothing as she goes to empty the trashcan. LEO looks at his son.) Friendly, huh? (He maneuvers around the maid’s cart and walks into the hallway.)

[Cut to the casino floor. NOAH is seated at a Blackjack table, dealing out cards to players while simultaneously shifting his eyes between the players and the customers walking around the floor. Near a row of slot machines, he notices PRUE walking with PIPER. He returns his attention back to the game as he finishes handing out the playing cards. His lips twitch, near imperceptibly, into the mouthpiece on his headphones.]

NOAH: (whispering) Found one.

[Cut to Prue and Piper. PIPER is fiddling with a Las Vegas Tour Guide book.]

PIPER: Ooh, we could check out King Tut’s Tomb at the Luxor.

PRUE: I’m not really up for visiting tombs today, Piper. (PIPER frowns, but PRUE doesn’t notice. PIPER flips a few more pages in her tour book.)

PIPER: Uhh….how about M&M World? (She nudges PRUE encouragingly.) I don’t know about you, but I could go for some chocolate right now.

PRUE: I just got a cavity fixed last week.

(PIPER sighs and turns the page again.)

PIPER: Oh! (She shoves the tour book at PRUE.) The art gallery at the Bellagio, and that’s my final offer.

(PRUE sighs as she looks at the advertisement in the tour guide, then throws her sister a sideways glance and forces a smile.)

PRUE: Sounds great.

LEO’s VOICE: Piper! Prue! (PIPER looks over her shoulder to see LEO coming towards them.) Hey, (he reaches them) we were just coming to find you, (to CHRIS) weren’t we Little Buddy?

(PIPER kisses CHRIS.)

PIPER: How’re my two favorite boys?

LEO: Good. (He eyes PRUE.) Where are you three going?

PIPER: Art gallery.

LEO: Mind if we tag along?

PIPER: Eh… (She makes a face.) Actually, it was supposed to just be more of a girls’ thing…

(LEO nods.)

LEO: Oh-

PRUE: Piper, if you want to-

PIPER: No! (She bites her lip and turns to LEO.) Can we meet up in a few hours? (She hands him the tour guide.) Maybe you should take Chris to Caesar’s? They’ve got an exotic car collection there…

(LEO takes the guide book.)

LEO: Thanks, I’ll look into it. (He kisses MELINDA and then kisses PIPER.) We’ll see you later then. (LEO starts to walk away as NOAH walks up.)

NOAH: (to PRUE) Congratulations. (He holds out a ticket to PRUE. CHRIS starts to cry.)

PRUE: (to NOAH) What is this?

NOAH: A complimentary invitation to the Wishmaster performance here at the Aladdin Resort, tonight at eight.

(PRUE shakes her head.)

PRUE: Sorry, I’m not interested. (She tries to hand the ticket back, but NOAH holds up his hand. MELINDA also starts to cry.)

NOAH: Sorry, no returns. (He smiles.) I hope you change your mind. (He glances at the twins, then leaves. As LEO and PIPER try to comfort the twins, PRUE gazes down at the ticket in her hand.)

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Two

[Scene: Paige and Glenn’s hotel room. PAIGE walks out of the bathroom wearing a knee-length silver cocktail dress. She twirls around.]

PAIGE: What do you think?

GLENN: I think… (He gets up and wraps his arms around PAIGE’s slim waist.) You. (He kisses her neck.) Look. (He kisses her earlobe.) Hot. (They kiss on the lips. PAIGE winks as she slips out of his grasp and looks her boyfriend up and down approvingly.)

PAIGE: You don’t look too bad yourself. (She sashays towards the door.)

GLENN: (mock whining) Are you sure we have to meet your family for dinner?

(PAIGE looks over her shoulder.)

PAIGE: Well, we do have to eat sometime.

GLENN: Room service? (PAIGE laughs. GLENN walks over to her and they kiss again, but a knock at the door interrupts them.)

PHOEBE’s VOICE: Paige, we’re waiting on you!

(PAIGE rolls her eyes.)

PAIGE: Come on, it’s only an hour. (She reaches for the door as GLENN grabs her hand.)

GLENN: An hour too long. (PAIGE opens the door to find PHOEBE and COLE waiting outside.)

PAIGE: Where’s the rest of the party?

COLE: They’re already downstairs.

PAIGE: (to PHOEBE) How’s Prue doing?

PHOEBE: Unfortunately…not so well. She was pretty stagnant after she and Piper came back from the Bellagio.

[Cut to the restaurant. LEO, PIPER, and PRUE are at the table. PIPER is holding CHRIS, and LEO is holding MELINDA. PIPER and LEO are giving each other looks while PRUE is staring at her ice water.]

LEO: (cheerily) Hey, did I tell you what Chris and I saw at the exotic car show?

(PIPER glances at PRUE, but PRUE doesn’t notice.)

PIPER: Uh, no, what?

LEO: They had this refurbished nineteen-thirty’s Chevrolet truck; it was amazing, it looked just like one my father had when I was a kid. (pause) Did I ever tell you my father was a mechanic?

PIPER: No, but I’d wager to guess that’s where you got your knack for fixing things.

LEO: Actually, yes, that’s exactly why I chose a handyman as my cover.

(COLE, PHOEBE, PAIGE, and GLENN walk up with the waiter and take their seats.)

WAITER: What can I get you to drink?

PHOEBE: I’ll have a green apple martini.

PAIGE: A virgin pina colada for me, please.

(GLENN points to PAIGE.)

GLENN: I’ll have the same.

COLE: White Russian.

WAITER: (to PRUE) And you?

(PRUE picks at her cuticles, then finally stands up.)

PRUE: You know what, I’m not really hungry tonight, so I’m just going to go back to my room. (She walks away as the rest of the table stares at each other.)

[Time lapse. PRUE is on the roof of the Aladdin Resort, staring down at the sparkling city below. She’s absently tapping her fingers on the ledge and unbeknownst to her, the roof door opens and NOAH walks out. He walks over to her and just as he reaches out to touch her shoulder, she spins around and moves to punch him, but he catches her arm. PRUE gasps.]

NOAH: (laughing) I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you! (He pushes her arm away.) That’s a great punch you’ve got there.

(PRUE laughs in spite of herself.)

PRUE: Yeah, (she shrugs) I’ve had a lot of practice. (She looks away.) Sorry about that.

NOAH: No problem. (He lights a cigarette.) I’m just surprised you’re up here, it’s not exactly the most exciting place to be when you’re in Vegas.

(PRUE waves her hand.)

PRUE: But it does have a glittery view.

(NOAH stares down at the city.)

NOAH: That’s debatable.

PRUE: Oh yeah?

NOAH: Yeah. (He looks back at the blinking lights.) For me, all I see is want and desire. (He smiles as he takes another drag from his cigarette.) Isn’t that really what Vegas is all about; desire? (PRUE shrugs. NOAH turns and leans over the ledge.) So, tell me, why are you here?

PRUE: What’s in it for you?

NOAH: Just curious. (He shrugs.) You don’t seem like you want to be here…like you’re wishing for something else.

PRUE: Maybe I am.

NOAH: What?

PRUE: It’s a long story.

(NOAH glances at his watch.)

NOAH: I’ve got time. (PRUE seems to consider talking to him, then shakes her head. NOAH shrugs.) Hey, have you thought about the show?

PRUE: Excuse me?

NOAH: You know, the ticket I gave you earlier. (He shows her his watch.) It starts in ten. (PRUE starts to shake her head.) Ah, c’mon, what’ve you got to lose? (PRUE frowns.) I’ll walk you down myself. (He flashes a pearly grin and PRUE finally relents.)

PRUE: Fine, but only because it’ll get you to stop asking.

NOAH: Fabulous! (He winks.) Trust me, it’ll be worth it.

[Cut to Piper and Leo’s hotel room. PIPER is leaning over the bassinet, tending to MELINDA and CHRIS. LEO is sitting cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed, while PHOEBE and PAIGE are on the edge of the bed. LEO opens his eyes.]

LEO: She’s still not in her room.

PHOEBE: What if you just hint at where she is?

LEO: No! Obviously Prue wants some space, so I’m not going to rat her out just to satisfy you guys.

PAIGE: A’lotta help you are! (She folds her arms.) Maybe we should go look for her?

PIPER: I doubt she’d appreciate that.

PHOEBE: But what if she’s in trouble?

PIPER: Oh, Pheebs, don’t play the magic card now! We’re almost six-hundred miles away and just three days from finishing out vacation, you don’t need to jinx things now.

(PHOEBE gets up and walks over to the bassinet.)

PHOEBE: Hey, Chris, will you help me-

PIPER: Phoebe, don’t even think about it! (She raises her finger and PHOEBE makes a face.)

PHOEBE: Fine, I’m going to go find Cole, I think he said he was going to try his luck with the slots. (She grabs her purse.) Make sure to call me when Prue gets back, okay?

(PAIGE gets up too.)

PAIGE: You know what, I’m gonna head over to my room. (She winks.) I told Glenn I wouldn’t be too long (she looks at her watch) half an hour ago. (She and PHOEBE leave. PIPER crawls over to LEO and they both lay back on the bed, PIPER with her head on LEO’s chest.)

PIPER: So, where is she?

(LEO runs his hand through PIPER’s hair.)

LEO: The showroom.

PIPER: (surprised) The showroom? (pause) She actually went to the Wishmaster thing?

LEO: I guess so.

(PIPER nods.)

PIPER: Well, I’m glad. Prue needed to get out, even if it was only out of her room. (She closes her eyes.) I hope she has a good time, she deserves to be at least a little happy during this trip.

[Cut to the showroom. NOAH leads PRUE down to the front row seats. Only a handful of people are scattered around the room and none are in the front row.]

PRUE: How come next to nobody’s here?

NOAH: Only a certain number of guests, randomly chosen, were given tickets. (They sit down, front and center.) And luckily for you, you’re getting a VIP seat.

PRUE: (sarcastically) Let me guess, also a random occurrence?

NOAH: Absolutely. (The lights begin to dim and NOAH holds his finger to his lips.) Shh, the show’s about to start.

(PRUE rolls her eyes as the heavy velvet curtain draws back and a spotlight shines down on the stage. A small lamp is sitting on the stage and a spiral of smoke begins to rise from the tip of the lamp. PRUE turns to NOAH.)

PRUE: (whispering) Please tell me there’s some kind of twist. (She folds her arms.) Honestly, I’ve done the whole genie thing before.

NOAH: (whispering) Trust me, you haven’t seen genies like this before.

PRUE: (whispering) I beg to differ. (NOAH just smiles as the smoke seems to seep out into the audience and disappear into the air before the remaining smoke takes shape into a muscled man, wearing clothing traditionally associated with male genies. PRUE makes a face.) This is so “Aladdin” gone Vegas.

WISHMASTER: At one time or another, all of us have yearned for one thing above all else. Today, each of you have been specially chosen to have that wish fulfilled…if, of course, you desire it enough.

(NOAH watches PRUE from the corner of his eye.)

NOAH: (whispering) What’re you thinking?

PRUE: (whispering) That stage tricks aren’t magic.

(NOAH chews his lip.)

NOAH: (quietly) You’ll be harder than I thought.

PRUE: (whispering) What?

NOAH: (whispering) To convince, (he waves his hand at the stage) to convince that this is more than some cheesy Vegas show.

WISHMASTER: Look into your soul and find what you desire the most. (He suddenly eyes PRUE.) You.

PRUE: Excuse me?

WISHMASTER: What is it that you desire?

PRUE: I… (She grips the armrests on her seat.) I don’t desire anything.

WISHMASTER: But we all desire something. You must want something…

PRUE: What I want, you can’t get me.

WISHMASTER: And why’s that?

PRUE: Because…there’s no magic that can bring back the dead.

(The WISHMASTER smiles. He opens his mouth and wisps of smoke begin to blow from it, swirling towards PRUE and encircling her head.)

WISHMASTER: What if I told you there was?

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Three

[Scene: Aladdin Resort. Casino floor. PHOEBE is standing next to COLE as he pulls the lever on a slot machine. The first wheel lands on a picture of cherries and a few moments later, the next wheel also lands on the cherries. PHOEBE grabs onto COLE’s arm excitedly and begins to bounce on the balls of her feet.]

PHOEBE: Come on, cherries, cherries, cherries! (She crosses both her fingers and nudges COLE excitedly. The last wheels stops on a bell. PHOEBE groans and wrinkles her nose. The slot machine spots out five winning quarters for the double cherries and PHOEBE scoops them into a plastic casino bucket. COLE reaches for the bucket, but PHOEBE grabs his hand.) Maybe we should take a break?

COLE: You’re probably right. (They start to walk away.) Though as soon as we leave-

MAN’s VOICE: Yes!

(COLE and PHOEBE look behind them, to see a man winning on the slot machine they just played on.)

PHOEBE: Ugh! Can you believe that?

COLE: Well, it is Vegas.

PHOEBE: That should’ve been us! (She wags her hand.) I should’ve been making a fool of myself right there! (She snorts.) We just lost five bucks and for what, so that guy could win?

(COLE laughs.)

COLE: Hey, there are more important things in life than money you know. (He wraps his arm around her shoulders.) I believe I’ve got one right here.

(PHOEBE grins. As they walk by a row of slots, PHOEBE’s arm brushes one.)

[Premonition: PHOEBE pulls the lever on the slot machine and the wheels begin to turn. The first lands on a fantastic seven and PHOEBE grins excitedly. The second also lands on a fantastic seven, so PHOEBE grabs COLE’s arm in anticipation, and then the last wheel also lands on a fantastic seven and PHOEBE begins to jump up and down, squealing as the lights on the slot machine go off and the sound of winning bells fills the air.]

[Cut back to the present. COLE tugs PHOEBE’s arm, but PHOEBE seems to be staring blankly at the slot machine they’re standing next to.]

COLE: Phoebe?

(PHOEBE shakes her head.)

PHOEBE: Hey, do you have a quarter?

(COLE looks confused.)

COLE: Uh, yeah, (he digs into his pocket) why?

PHOEBE: I wanna try my luck.

(PHOEBE takes COLE’s quarter and inserts it in the slot at the vacant machine that prompted her vision. Anxiously, she pulls the lever on the slot machine and the wheels begin to turn. The first lands on a fantastic seven and PHOEBE grins excitedly. Just as in her vision, the second also lands on a fantastic seven, so PHOEBE grabs COLE’s arm in anticipation, and then the last wheel also lands on a fantastic seven and PHOEBE begins to jump up and down, squealing as the lights on the slot machine go off and the sound of winning bells fills the air. COLE stares in shock as the machine begins to produce a shower of silver coins.)

COLE: I can’t believe it! (He picks PHOEBE up and spins her around before kissing her.) You just won five-hundred dollars!

(PHOEBE squeals excitedly as she puts her hands under the rush of spilling quarters and then looks back at COLE with gleaming eyes.)

PHOEBE: Forget the bucket, I think we’re going to need a bag!

[Cut to outside Prue’s hotel room. PRUE swipes her hotel card key and the red light on the door turns green, so she pulls the handle and the door opens. At the same time, PIPER pops her head out of the room next door.]

PIPER: Hey, glad to see you’re finally back. (She steps into the hallway and ties the belt on her silk robe.)

PRUE: I didn’t think you’d still be up.

(PIPER laughs.)

PIPER: When you’re a mother, you will discover just how wrong that statement is. (She notices PRUE’s relaxed look.) You look like you had a good night.

(PRUE shrugs.)

PRUE: Maybe I did.

PIPER: (curiously) Care to share?

(PRUE pushes open her door.)

PRUE: How long have you got?

PIPER: With my angelic husband on blessed baby duty? (She walks into PRUE’s room.) As long as you want.

PRUE: Perfect. (She follows PIPER in and shuts the door.)

[Cut to Paige and Glenn’s hotel room. PAIGE is on the balcony, watching the night sky. GLENN walks and wraps his arms around PAIGE.]

GLENN: I don’t know how you did it, but this has been amazing.

(PAIGE smirks.)

PAIGE: Well, to tell you the truth, it wasn’t that hard, all I had to do was be my naturally charming self and talk the travel agency into giving me four regular rooms instead of one suite and viola, instant family vacation. (GLENN teases her with a strawberry, which she steals a bite of.)

GLENN: This has been by far the best trip I’ve ever been on.

(PAIGE turns around.)

PAIGE: And who knew it would only be eight hours from home, right? (She spreads out her arms.) I mean, you’ve been all over the world, and who knew-

GLENN: (interrupting) Maybe I would’ve found out sooner if you’d gone with me.

(PAIGE rolls her eyes.)

PAIGE: Well, you know what they say, sometimes things are better when you wait.

GLENN: And waiting to find out you were a witch was-

(PAIGE raises her finger.)

PAIGE: And whitelighter, don’t forget the whitelighter, I’m a hyphenate, remember? (She winks.)

GLENN: However you want to put it, it was all worth it.

PAIGE: I couldn’t agree more. (They kiss.) Hey, I’m feeling lucky, so what would you say to strolling down to the floor and hitting a few tables with me?

(GLENN holds out his hand.)

GLENN: I’d say, Luck be the Lady.

(PAIGE places her hand in GLENN’s and throws him a quirky grin.)

PAIGE: I like the sound of that.

[Scene: The Vegas Strip. PHOEBE and COLE are walking amongst a crowd of tourists. They pass Greek styled fountains and PHOEBE leans her head on COLE’s arm.]

PHOEBE: I need to tell you something.

COLE: What?

(PHOEBE holds up a wad of bills.)

PHOEBE: We can’t keep this.

COLE: What? (He stops walking.) What are you talking about?

PHOEBE: I had a premonition.

COLE: About giving away five-hundred dollars?

PHOEBE: No, about winning it. (She smiles disappointedly.) That’s how I knew to put the coin in that machine, because I saw myself winning it. (She pats runs her nail across the edge of the bills, creating a fluttering noise.) I can’t keep it, because that would be personal gain.

COLE: Why would you get a premonition like that anyway, if you’re not allowed to keep it?

(PHOEBE starts to shrug, then her eyes seem to gleam.)

PHOEBE: You know what… (She spins the bag.) I think I know what I have to do with this. (She grabs COLE’s arm.) Come on! (She pulls him off down the sidewalk.)

[Scene: Aladdin Resort. Prue’s hotel room. PRUE and PIPER are sitting cross-legged on the bed. PRUE is smiling.]

PRUE: …he wants to meet after his shift.

PIPER: (suspiciously) For what?

(PRUE shrugs.)

PRUE: He said he wanted to show me something, a “surprise.”

PIPER: He just seems to be full of surprises.

PRUE: What’s that supposed to mean?

(PIPER shakes her head.)

PIPER: Nothing. (pause) He just seems…really, really nice, that’s all.

PRUE: Is it impossible for me to meet a nice guy?

PIPER: No! Of course not, it’s just-

PRUE: I thought you said you wanted me to have a good time on this trip.

PIPER: I did. I do!

PRUE: And the second I start having a good time, you’re suddenly telling me it isn’t right!

PIPER: That’s not true!

PRUE: You know what, maybe you should just go.

PIPER: Prue! (PRUE stubbornly waves her arm at the door.) You’re not acting like yourself.

PRUE: No, Piper, I’m not. I’m acting happy, is that really such a crime? (She turns away before PIPER can answer. The hotel door flies open.) Please leave.

(PIPER curls her fingers nervously, then shakes her head.)

PIPER: Fine… (She walks to the door and then looks back.) Just be careful tonight, okay? This is Vegas after all. (The door shuts in her face.)

[Scene: The Vegas Strip. PHOEBE spots the homeless man she’d given money to earlier that day, still sitting on the side of the street, holding out his soup can. She looks slyly at COLE.]

PHOEBE: There really are no coincidences, are there? (She and COLE walk over to the homeless man and PHOEBE taps him on the shoulder. He turns around and smiles, revealing a missing tooth.)

HOMELESS MAN: Oh, I remember you. (PHOEBE takes his hand and places the wad of money into it.) What’s this?

PHOEBE: It’s a gift. (The homeless man peers at the money and his face turns pale.)

HOMELESS MAN: Are these-

PHOEBE: Real? (She nods.) Yes.

(The homeless man gingerly traces the hundred dollar bill with his thumb.)

HOMELESS MAN: You’re joking. (He looks around.) This can’t be real.

COLE: (quietly) It’s five-hundred. (He gives the man a pat on the shoulder.) We know you can find a good use for it.

HOMELESS MAN: But-

PHOEBE: Have a good night! (She and COLE walk off, but not before a quick glance behind her, to see the homeless man jumping up and down along the sidewalk. She smiles.) You know, I disagree about not being able to save everyone; the trick is, you have to help one person at a time. (COLE suddenly grabs her arm and turns her towards him, kissing her. She laughs.) What was that for?

COLE: Just because.

PHOEBE: It seems a little overdramatic for the middle of the sidewalk.

COLE: Well it’s Vegas, isn’t it? Things are supposed to be overdramatic. If you don’t believe me, just look at that McDonald’s sign, I bet you there’s not another one in the world where the “M” is made of flashing lights.

(PHOEBE laughs again.)

PHOEBE: I think you’ve been hanging around Drake too much.

COLE: That’s probably true.

PHOEBE: Aw well, (she bats her eyelashes on mock flirtation) I love you anyway. (They continue walking, arm-in-arm, when COLE stops, causing PHOEBE to jerk back.) Something catch your eye?

(PHOEBE looks back at him and sees him staring across the street. She follows his line of vision and sees a flashing pink sign that reads, “Vegas I-Dos!” COLE turns his head slightly, catching PHOEBE’s eye. PHOEBE starts to shake her head, but COLE grabs her hand.)

COLE: Wait. (He squeezes her hand.) Just hear me out for a minute. We’re already here, and everything you’ve been worried about, planning and the Elders, it wouldn’t matter because we could just do it right now.

PHOEBE: Cole-

COLE: And if you wanted, we could do the traditional wedding in the future. (He looks her dead in the eyes.) What do you think?

(PHOEBE's lips quiver as she looks between COLE and the wedding chapel.)

PHOEBE: But we don’t even have a ri- (COLE reaches into the inner pocket of his leather jacket and pulls out the same velvet box he presented PHOEBE with in Paris) -ng.

COLE: Phoebe, please, (he opens the box) marry me!

[Flashback: PHOEBE is standing with PRUE and PAIGE by a picnic table in COLE’s story.]

PRUE: It looks like Cole’s greatest desire was for you to accept his proposal.

PHOEBE: Yeah…

[Cut back to the present. PHOEBE lifts her gaze from the diamond ring to COLE’s pleading eyes, then slowly nods her head.]

PHOEBE: Yes.

COLE: (excitedly) Yes?

(PHOEBE nods.)

PHOEBE: Yes. (COLE throws his arms around PHOEBE and kisses her passionately, then takes the ring out of the box and slides it onto her ring finger.)

COLE: You have no idea how much I’ve waited for this. (He kisses her and then grabs her hand and pulls her across the street.)

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Four

[Scene: Morning. Aladdin Resort. Phoebe and Cole’s hotel room. PHOEBE is sitting on her bed in the same clothes she wore the night before, twisting the diamond ring on her finger.]

[Flashback: PHOEBE and COLE are standing at the altar. PHOEBE is holding a fake bouquet in her hands and COLE is standing next to her, looking as happy as PHOEBE had ever seen him. They are staring at the marriage officiate as he reads the vows.]

MARRIAGE OFFICIATE: And do you, Phoebe Halliwell, take Cole Turner, to be your lawfully wedded husband?

(PHOEBE says nothing, instead, she just stares.)

COLE: (worriedly) Phoebe?

(Suddenly, PHOEBE shakes her head.)

PHOEBE: I can’t. (to COLE) I’m so sorry. (She drops the bouquet and runs down the isle.)

COLE: Phoebe!

[Cut back to the present. A banging at the door stirs PHOEBE from her thoughts.]

PHOEBE: I don’t need room service right now!

PIPER’s VOICE: (frantically) Phoebe, open up, it’s Piper!

(PHOEBE pulls the ring off and stuffs it in her pocket as she gets off her bed and runs to the door. PHOEBE opens it to find a very worried PIPER on the other side.)

PHOEBE: (worriedly) Piper, what’s wrong? (PIPER walks in and PHOEBE shuts the door.)

PIPER: It’s Prue.

PHOEBE: Prue? What happened?

PIPER: She’s not in her room.

PHOEBE: She never came back last night?

PIPER: She did, but then she left again with one of the casino employees. (She shakes her head.) And she was acting really strange when we talked, almost too happy, like a one-eighty turn around.

PHOEBE: And you think it might’ve been…magical?

PIPER: I’m not sure.

PHOEBE: Well, can Leo sense her?

PIPER: He got called off by one of his charges last night and I haven’t been able to get a hold of him.

PHOEBE: We should get Paige-

PIPER: She already knows, she was the one who woke me up this morning to ask me if I knew how Prue was doing, because she wouldn’t answer her door. (She and PHOEBE leave the room and walk a few doors down to PIPER’s room. PIPER swipes her hotel card and opens the door, revealing PAIGE dressing CHRIS while GLENN is feeding MELINDA a bottle.)

PAIGE: (to PHOEBE) Thank goodness. (She snaps the buttons on CHRIS’s onsie and then hands him over to PIPER.) I tried calling her cell, but she’s not answering, so we were thinking that-

PHOEBE: I might be able to get a premonition. (PAIGE nods.)

[Cut to Prue’s hotel room. PAIGE and PHOEBE orb in. PHOEBE starts to move around the room, touching various objects in the hopes of receiving a clue to her sister’s whereabouts.]

PAIGE: You’d think that evil could give us just one vacation, right? I mean, wouldn’t it be nice for both sides if we could just call a week long truce every now and then?

PHOEBE: We don’t know if it is a magical threat yet. For all we know, this could be a big misunderstanding.

PAIGE: And with our track record, how likely do you really think that is? (Instead of answering, PHOEBE grabs one of PRUE’s suitcases and opens it.) That’s what I thought. (She walks into the bathroom and starts to look in the drawers and in the medicine cabinet.)

PHOEBE’s VOICE: What could possibly invoke a premonition in there?

PAIGE: I don’t know! (She finds a tube of mascara in one of the drawers and shrugs.) Maybe she ran out to get more mascara? (She opens up the mascara tube to find it full.) Never mind! (She puts the tube back in the drawer and walks back into the main room.) Any luck?

(PHOEBE holds up a copy of “Sense & Sensibility.”)

PHOEBE: I found my favorite book, but it doesn’t really help us here. (She sets it on top of PRUE’s clothes and closes the suitcase. PAIGE squints and then walks over to the trash bin and dumps it over.) What are you doing?

PAIGE: Taking out the trash. (She begins to smooth out the few crumpled papers and candy wrappers.) It’s where they always find the good evidence in “CSI.” (PHOEBE walks over and kneels down.) What’s this? (She smoothes out the ticket from the Wishmaster performance and hands it to PHOEBE.)

[Premonition: The STICKMAN, in his formidable warrior-like form, is standing in front of PRUE with a contract in his hand and at the bottom, “Prudence Halliwell,” is written in blood. The signature glows and suddenly a red crescent moon tattoo appears on PRUE’s neck, then her eyes gleam and she bows her head.]

PRUE: I’m at your command.

[Cut back to the present. PHOEBE clenches the ticket.]

PHOEBE: We’re going to need the Book of Shadows.

[Time lapse. PAIGE orbs into PIPER and LEO’s hotel room with the Book of Shadows, to find GLENN, PIPER, and PHOEBE already there. She walks over to the bed and sits down between her remaining sisters. PHOEBE takes the Book and begins to flip through the pages. At that moment, LEO orbs in. PIPER jumps up.]

PIPER: It’s about time you showed up! (She snaps her fingers.) Can you sense Prue?

LEO: (confusedly) Has something happened? (Upon his wife’s stern look, he closes his eyes and then opens them, shaking his head.) No-

PHOEBE: Found him!

(LEO walks over to the bed and peers over PHOEBE’s shoulder.)

LEO: (alarmed) You’re dealing with a Jinn?

PAIGE: Is that unusual?

LEO: Jinns are very distant relatives of genies, but they’re far more powerful, and far more deadly.

GLENN: Genies? As in the Barbara Eden kind?

PIPER: (to GLENN) Not quite.

PAIGE: Genies? (pause) The Aladdin Resort? (She rolls her eyes.) Oh, how’s that for subtly.

PHOEBE: “Unlike genies, Jinns are not immortal, but have been known to live for several centuries in a fashion similar to humans. Likewise, they also have the same free will, and can choose to be either good or evil.”

PAIGE: Clearly, we’re dealing with the latter.

PHOEBE: “While the majority of Jinns have been known to remain neutral and stay in their own communities in an invisible Middle Eastern mountain range, some evil Jinns choose to make their homes among humans. Under these circumstances, evil Jinns have been known to grant a single wish to various humans in the places they inhabit.”

GLENN: And what better place to find people who want something than Sin City itself?

PHOEBE: But there’s a catch.

PIPER: When dealing with evil, when isn’t there?

PHOEBE: “Before granting a wish, Jinns require that the wishee prove that she or he is worthy of having such a wish granted.”

PAIGE: So, these guys are like (she curls her fists) hardcore genies then?

PHOEBE: That must’ve been the contract I saw in my vision.

(PHOEBE turns the page.)

PIPER: Well, they certainly make our whole “genie in a bottle” thing seem trivial.

PHOEBE: “The wishee must complete a complex and dangerous task set forth by the Jinn, and if successful, their wish is granted, but if not, they will be forced to suffer dire consequences.”

PAIGE: What kind of dire consequences?

PHOEBE: It doesn’t say, but from what I saw, it looks like Prue’s might be Jinn servitude.

PIPER: Does it say how to vanquish a Jinn?

PHOEBE: “They can be bound to a talisman, traditionally made of iron or copper, but a successful binding requires the Jinn’s real name.”

PAIGE: Well that seems silly-

GLENN: In many cultures there’s a belief that a person’s real name holds power, and if someone else knows it, then that person has power of the person whose name it is.

(PHOEBE and PIPER give GLENN strange looks.)

GLENN: What? (He shrugs.) When you travel around the world, you tend to pick up a few things…

PIPER: Okay, so find out the Jinn’s real name, that can’t be too hard, right? All we need to do is get Phoebe close enough to him to get a premonition and-

(PHOEBE raises her index finger.)

PHOEBE: One more thing, “To the human eye, Jinns are invisible, and in this state, impervious to harm, and only on rare occasions do they take a corporeal form – human, animal, or even possession – in which they can interact with humans.”

PAIGE: Well that just figures, doesn’t it?

[Cut to the VIP room. PRUE and the Jinn are seated at a large oak table. NOAH is standing behind PRUE as the Jinn slides a contract towards her. NOAH points to the writing.]

NOAH: Everything should be right here. (He runs his finger down the center of the contract.) Should you win the game, (he points to the passage in which the name of the game, “Roulette,” has been written in) then you will receive a one, Andrew Trudeau, in return. However, should you lose, you sign yourself, body, soul, and free will, over to the Master.

(NOAH motions to the Jinn, sitting stoically across from PRUE. PRUE picks up the contract and allows her icy blue eyes to move back and forth across the text, before finally looking up and nodding her head in confirmation.)

PRUE: I understand.

NOAH: Good, then all it needs is your signature.

(The Jinn holds out his hand and in a puff of smoke, a quill appears. He hands it out to PRUE, who sets the contract down and accepts the quill. She moves to press the quill to the bottom line, when an athame clatters onto the contract. PRUE looks up to see NOAH staring at her.)

NOAH: The signature, it requires a blood oath.

PRUE: I see.

(PRUE picks up the athame without hesitation and slices her palm. Dark blood pools in her palm and she dips the tip of the quill into it, then presses the quill to the signature line and with each letter of her name, the blood seeps permanently into the paper.)

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Five

[Scene: Aladdin Resort. PIPER and LEO’s hotel room. PIPER, PHOEBE, and PAIGE are sitting on the floor using plastic spoons to mix a creamy white substance in clear plastic cups.]

PAIGE: I can’t believe we’re actually mixing potions in disposable cups, it just seems so sacrilegious.

PHOEBE: (to PIPER) I can’t believe you had potion ingredients in the Twins’ diaper bag. (She shakes her head.) I mean, of all people, you with your normal life kick would be the last person I’d suspect of that.

PIPER: It wasn’t my first choice, but since I have special children and no active powers, I figured that carrying around a few potion ingredients could possibly come in handy some day. (She holds up her plastic cup.) Apparently my mother’s intuition was right.

(PAIGE leans over to look at the Book of Shadows, which is opened to the Truth Spell.)

PAIGE: Why can’t we just cast the Truth Spell itself? (She frowns.) And how come I didn’t know we had it in the first place? I could’ve gotten over the whole telling Glenn I was a witch thing a lot sooner.

PIPER: And that’s exactly why you didn’t know.

PHOEBE: The last time that spell was cast, it was by Prue to tell Andy she was a witch, and it caused a load of excess drama, of which I would not like to repeat, thank you.

PAIGE: So you only ever used it once, then? (PHOEBE nods.) And this is the first time you’re trying a Truth Spell potion?

PIPER: Yes.

PAIGE: Why can’t we just rewrite it to write out the whole twenty-four hour thing.

PHOEBE: Hey, ye-

PIPER: No! (She wiggles her fingers.) Can you pass me another salt packet, please? (PAIGE hands PIPER a McDonald’s salt packet and PIPER rips it open and pours it into her potion.) Since we don’t have time to test it, it isn’t a good idea to rewrite it.

PAIGE: Then shouldn’t that logic apply to the potion too?

PIPER: No, because if the potion fails, at least we can get Prue out of there and then deal with the Jinn in another way.

PHOEBE: Providing we can locate her.

PIPER: Phoebe!

PHOEBE: Sorry.

(PIPER reaches into her yellow diaper bag and pulls out a clear vial. Carefully, she pours the contents of her truth potion into the vial and then caps it.)

PIPER: Are yours ready?

PHOEBE: Mine’s good. (She grabs the vial and bottles her potion.)

PAIGE: I think mine needs a little more valerian root, it’s a little too watery. (PIPER passes PAIGE the diaper bag.) Thanks. (She pulls out the valerian root and begins to shave a little into her plastic cup. PIPER stands up.)

PIPER: I’ll be right back, I’m going to go give the guys a progress report. (She leaves. PAIGE glances at PHOEBE as she stirs her potion.)

PAIGE: Speaking of guys, where’s yours?

(PHOEBE refuses to look at Paige.)

PHOEBE: Long story.

PAIGE: You guys got into a fight?

PHOEBE: No.

PAIGE: Then why won’t you tell me?

(PHOEBE turns around.)

PHOEBE: Because it’s none of your business. (She grabs her potion vial and leaves. PAIGE blinks in surprise.)

PAIGE: Okay, that was a burn if I ever felt one.

[Time lapse. PIPER, PHOEBE, PAIGE, LEO, GLENN, and the TWINS are gathered in PIPER and LEO’s hotel room. PIPER is holding CHRIS and MELINDA.]

PHOEBE: Are you sure it’s a wise idea to take them?

PIPER: Well Chris did sense Grams when she was absorbed by the Parasites, so I’m hoping that between he and Melinda, they can use their Twice Blessed power to sense and take us to Prue. (She looks down at the twins.) Do you think you can help Mommy save Aunt Prue?

GLENN: (shocked) But they’re not even two months old, isn’t that putting a lot of pressure on them for something that Leo can’t even do?

PAIGE: Not really, they’re very special little babies, (to CHRIS and MELINDA) aren’t you?

(CHRIS makes a gurgling noise.)

PIPER: Potions ready?

PAIGE: Ey-ey, Captain! (She holds up her potion.)

PIPER: Okay. (PAIGE and PHOEBE place their hands on each of PIPER’s shoulders.) Chris, can you sense Aunt Prue? (Nothing happens. PAIGE frowns.)

PHOEBE: Well, we’ve always got the backup spell. (As she holds it up, she suddenly orbs out with her sisters, niece, and nephew. GLENN shakes his head.)

GLENN: Amazing.

(LEO grins.)

LEO: That’s my boy!

[Cut to the VIP room. It is now filled with a crowd of people, including PRUE, NOAH, the sparse audience from the WISHMASTER performance, and the JINN, now dressed as a croupier, are gathered around a Roulette table. The JINN raises his hand.]

JINN: Place your bets!

(PRUE slides a single blue chip, with a triquetra imprinted on the center, onto the red three. The other seven players also side their chips, in an array of colors and each with its unique mark, onto other numbers. The JINN snaps his fingers and the Roulette wheel appears at the end of the table. He spins it and the ball begins to twirl around the wheel as the players wait in anticipation. A corner of the room lights up, depositing the three sisters and the twins. Suddenly the Roulette wheel, as well as the rest of the room except PRUE and the JINN, freezes.)

PIPER: (to MELINDA) Good girl. (She throws the truth potion at the JINN, but PRUE raises her hand, catching the potion with her telekinesis.)

PRUE: I’m not leaving until I finish my game!

PHOEBE: I wouldn’t bet on that if I were you, sister, the odds aren’t in your favor. (She notices the JINN starting to turn into smoke.) Uh, Paige!

(PAIGE orbs behind the JINN and throws the truth potion at him. It collides with his back.)

PAIGE: What’s your real name?! (The JINN visibly begins to fight struggle.) Tell me your real name!

JINN: Abdul-Qahhar!

PAIGE: Thanks. (She motions her hand.) Piper!

(PIPER digs into her diaper bag and pulls out a copper genie-looking lamp. She holds it out.)

PIPER: Abdul-Qahhar, I banish you to this lamp!

(The JINN howls as his body turns into smoke and is forcefully sucked into the copper lamp via the spout. As the last of the smoke vanishes, PRUE seems to snap out of her trance. A pile of contracts appears on the Roulette table and burst into flames.)

PHOEBE: Well that was easy.

(PAIGE nods.)

PAIGE: Way easier than I thought.

(The crowd unfreezes and everyone looks around, seemingly confused.)

ROULETTE PLAYER #1: What am I doing here?

ROULETTE PLAYER #2: Where are we?

ROULETTE PLAYER #3: I don’t know…

(PIPER walks over to PRUE.)

PIPER: Are you alright?

(PRUE looks down at the blood gash on her palm.)

PRUE: I can’t believe I almost went through with signing my soul away…

(PAIGE and PHOEBE walk over. PHOEBE puts her arm around PRUE’s shoulders.)

PHOEBE: What’s important is that you’re safe now, and that’s all that matters.

(PAIGE nods.)

PAIGE: And that we get rid of this. (She takes the lamp from PIPER.) I can’t believe this silly little thing from the gift shop actually worked.

PIPER: Poetic justice, if you ask me. (She grins.) Now, all we have to do it get Leo to take it somewhere far, far away.

PAIGE: Sounds good to me!

(PRUE smiles weakly.)

PRUE: Thanks, you guys.

PHOEBE: Hey, don’t thank us, (she waves to MELINDA and CHRIS) thank them.

(PRUE smiles at her niece and nephew.)

PRUE: Thanks for saving me, I owe ya. (She winks at them and together, the four sisters leave.)

[The Virtual Series]

End Credits

Co-Starring
Brody Jo Hamilton --- Melinda Halliwell
Jackson Phillip Deveraux Kaufman ---- Chris Halliwell
Winston Ellis --- Wishmaster
Stuart Noble --- Homless Man

Featuring
Paul Shane --- Marriage Officiate
Beatrice Rosen --- Roulette Player #1
Chin Han --- Roulette Player #2
Chris Pratt --- Roulette Player #3

Production & Design
Daniel (Astral Echo) - Co-Casting Director
Camille (Fourever Charmed) - Co-Casting Director
Alex (Combustion) - Video Editor (Credits)
Alex (Combustion) - Set Designer