6x09: Under Warlock and Key

[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
DORIAN GREGORY...Darryl Morris
CHELSEA BRUMMET...Melinda Halliwell
DREW FULLER...Chris Halliwell

CHARMED: RESET REALITY is a concept conceived and copyrighted by Daniel Taylor and cannot be copied without his permission.

Based on the television show "Charmed" created by Constance Burge and featuring characters created by her and Brad Kern.

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6.09 UNDER WARLOCK AND KEY

GUEST-STARRING:
TYLER CHRISTOPHER
ALISEN DOWN
SANDRA PROSPER
MaDONNA CONNERS
REBECCA BALDING
JACKSON BRUNDAGE

Script written by...CAMILLE (FOUREVER CHARMED), DRAMA (ASSASSIN WITCH)

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...Jon Paré

[The Virtual Series]

Under Warlock & Key

Teaser

[Scene: Tibet. Himalayas. The sky is a startling iced cerulean, as far as the eye can see. On the ground, the rocky mountains are covered in a bedspread of ceramic ice crystals. Hovering about eight feet off the ground is a woman wearing a peasant-like gown, as white as the snow around her, which contrasts with her waist-length hair, the color of matt black paint. She’s positioned with her legs crossed and her arms out to her sides, in acute triangles, and her middle fingers are pressed to her thumbs, forming an “O” shape. Pulsating glimmers of lilac energy are rushing around her, making it appear as though she’s caught in the middle of a bubble that’s almost ready to burst. Most interesting, however, are her eye sockets, which do not show a pair of eyes, but instead exude hot lavender colored light. The silence of the moment is broken by the soft sound of crunching snow. The MYSTIC’s lips part.]

MYSTIC: I know what you’ve come here for, Child.

(The sound of snow crunches again, in quick succession in time with someone’s heavy snow boots. A figure walks into view, dressed in sleek black pants, boots, and a heavy golden snow coat with a thick fur lined edge, obstructing the view of the person’s face.)

PERSON: Then I suggest you make this easy on both of us. (She pulls back her hood, revealing a head of thick, dark red hair and high cheekbones, LILLITH.)

MYSTIC: I’m disinclined to enter the battles between good and evil.

LILLITH: If you know me so well, then you also know this is not good and evil…this is the vast gray in between.

MYSTIC: Revenge you mean?

LILLITH: If that’s all I wanted I’d have killed them already.

MYSTIC: But you want them to suffer, like you yourself suffered. (pause) You’re making a mistake, Child. What you’ve been seeking these few months was locked away a century ago because-

LILLITH: I don’t need a history lesson, I’ve already seen it. I just need the key.

MYSTIC: You won’t be able to control that kind of power. (The light from her eyes suddenly starts to darken, gradually becoming a deep plum color and then turning black. She gasps and the darkness disappears, leaving a pair of milky white eyes staring back at her.) No…You’re going to destroy it all!

LILLITH: (vengefully) That’s the plan.

MYSTIC: You don’t understand-

(LILLITH summons a fireball to her palm and hurls it at the bubble of energy surrounding the MYSTIC. As the forces collide, an energy pulse detonates. The lilac energy waves vanish and the MYSTIC topples to the ground, landing roughly in the dirt and snow. LILLITH advances on her, grabbing a fistful of her black hair with one hand and yanks her up.)

LILLITH: Tell me where the key is!

MYSTIC: I won’t help you destroy everything!

LILLITH: (furiously) Then we’ll have to do this the hard way.

(LILLITH grabs the sides of the MYSTIC’s head with her hands and digs her nails into her scalp. The MYSTIC’s mouth draws open and she makes little gagging noises as her eyes light up again, a medium purple color this time. LILLITH’s shoulders become taut and her eyes compress. Her hands shudder as they struggle to hold onto the MYSTIC’s head. Then, as quickly as it came, the light from the MYSTIC’s eyes vanishes and LILLITH returns from her trance. Her lips coil into a victorious grin. The MYSTIC trembles.)

MYSTIC: Please…please don’t do this! You don’t understand, you only see what you want to see!

LILLITH: I see the future! I see that it’s going exactly as I have planned.

MYSTIC: No! (She lifts her head in the direction of LILLITH’s voice, focusing her blind white eyes on the redhead. She holds out her blind hand.) Take my hand. I’ll show you. You must know what you’re doing. (LILLITH stares at her. A cold wind whistles in the distance. LILLITH’s grin fades. She reaches out and clamps her hand around the MYSTIC’s. The MYSTIC smiles.) Thank you. (As her eyes start to emit a glow, the MYSTIC screams. Fire ripples up the MYSTIC’s arm. She convulses as the flames consume her completely.) You don’t know- (With a final breath, she explodes, leaving only gray ashes to fall onto the patch of scorched earth, surrounded by a circle of white snow. LILLITH curls her lips in disgust.)

LILLITH: Thanks for the tip, but I can see my own future. I’ll take it from here. (She blinks out.)

Clickable Credits.

[The Virtual Series]

{SCENE: The song “Transparent Lies,” written by Johnny Elkins and CJ Vanston and sung by Alexz Johnson, is heard as stock shots of San Francisco are shown while the Guest Credits are rolled.}

Act One

[Scene: Bayview Café. LILA WRIGHT is standing at the counter, pulling a ten dollar bill out of her purse. The man behind the counter sets two iced coffee drinks down in front of LILA, but she frowns as she sees them.]

LILA: Uh, excuse me, but those were supposed to have whip cream.

MAN: Oh. (He scratches his head.) I’ll take care of that.

(The MAN collects the drinks as LILA turns away from him to look out at the cluster of tables. Most of the tables are taken. She eyes one of the tables farthest from her, where PAIGE MATTHEWS is sitting. To her surprise, there is also a man sitting with PAIGE, but all she can see is the back of his jet black head.)

MAN: Here you go, Miss. Sorry about that.

(LILA turns her head again to see the two iced coffees, now crowned with whip cream.)

LILA: Thanks. (She hands the MAN her ten dollar bill and he rings it up on the register as she picks up a drink and sips it. The MAN hands LILA her change.)

MAN: Have a nice day.

LILA: You too.

(LILA grabs PAIGE’s drink and turns back around, but when she spots the table PAIGE is sitting at, she sees that PAIGE is sitting alone. She puckers her brow as she snakes between the tables and finally makes her way over to PAIGE and sits down. She slides the second iced coffee to her friend. PAIGE grins.)

PAIGE: Thanks! (She shifts her eyes down to a bridal magazine that she’s thumbing through.)

LILA: Who were you talking to?

PAIGE: Huh?

LILA: That guy who was sitting over here. (She motions to the counter.) I saw him when I was getting our drinks. (curiously) Who was he?

PAIGE: Oh. (She shrugs.) I don’t know. He just wanted a few napkins.

LILA: Napkins? (She raises her eyebrows.) Ha!

PAIGE: What?

LILA: He was so hitting on you!

PAIGE: What? (She rolls her eyes.) No.

LILA: Then why else would he want napkins?

PAIGE: Oh, I don’t know…maybe because he actually needed them?

(LILA snorts.)

LILA: Was he cute? (PAIGE glares at her.) Well?

PAIGE: No! (She turns the page on the bridal magazine.) But was he rather…attractive.

LILA: (excitedly) Attractive? In what way?

(PAIGE shrugs nonchalantly, refusing to give eye contact to LILA.)

PAIGE: Tall…dark…handsome.

LILA: Ooh! Please tell me you got his number!

PAIGE: Lila!

LILA: (innocently) What? (She grins.) I’d just like to see you get back in the saddle, that’s all.

PAIGE: Back in the saddle?

LILA: Have you forgotten what that means?

(PAIGE finally looks up with a dark look on her face.)

PAIGE: No, I’m fully aware of what that means, thank you! (She closes the bridal magazine.) But Glenn-

LILA: Has been out of the picture for three weeks!

PAIGE: Actually, it’s only been two weeks and one day.

LILA: Same difference-

PAIGE: Six days is not the same difference!

(LILA grabs PAIGE’s hand.)

LILA: Paige…the point is, you guys broke up.

PAIGE: Wel,l we didn’t really-

LILA: He said you could see other people.

PAIGE: Yeah, but I doubt he meant two weeks later.

LILA: Two weeks and one day.

(PAIGE sighs.)

PAIGE: I know. (pause) It just doesn’t feel real yet though.

LILA: Look, you don’t have to be find anything serious. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun. (She winks.) Flirting never hurt anybody, right?

(PAIGE laughs.)

PAIGE: I guess not.

(LILA grins.)

LILA: Great! (She flips open her bridal magazine.) So, I take it you won’t have any problem with me fixing you up with someone for the wedding, right? (PAIGE glares.) Just kidding! (PAIGE takes a sip of her coffee. LILA coughs.) But seriously…Billy’s cousin Todd is his Best Man and as the Maid of Honor, you will have to walk with him down the aisle, so…

[Scene: Manor. Prue’s bedroom. PRUE HALLIWELL is getting ready for the day. A knock is heard and then the door opens. In walks PHOEBE HALLIWELL. She walks towards PRUE’s walk-in closet and fingers through it.]

PHOEBE: Prue, can I borrow one of your suits?

PRUE: (sternly) Phoebe…

(PHOEBE is still facing the closet and pushing clothes around.)

PHOEBE: (begs) Please, Prue. I have nothing to wear for my interview! (PRUE raises an eyebrow.) Besides, it’s not like you can wear them at the moment. (PRUE opens her mouth to speak, but PHOEBE continues.) Have you looked in the mirror? (She turns around to face PRUE and points to her bulging stomach.) You’ll be ready to pop in almost two months. (She pouts.) Come on, please!

PRUE: (sighing) What is this for, Pheebs?

PHOEBE: (smiling) The Bay Mirror.

PRUE: You do realize that it’s a newspaper, right?

PHOEBE: Ha ha, funny. Yes, I know what it is. But I got a call a couple days ago from them, saying the editor wants to speak to me.

PRUE: Where did they get your name? And besides, you have a Psychology degree, what does that have to do with journalism?

PHOEBE: Well, Ms. Photojournalist, (she sticks out her tongue) for your information, they saw Ricks’ column and my response, and apparently the editor wants to meet me.

PRUE: Pheebs, that’s not a job interview. Maybe they just want to use you in a story they’re working on.

PHOEBE: No. It’s not that. And even if it is, I still need to dress appropriately. Besides, I don’t mind voicing my opinion on sexism and having it actually heard. (bitterly) So much for this country making progress.

(PRUE sighs.)

PRUE: Alright. But this is it, Phoebe. You need to get your own wardrobe.

PHOEBE: And when I make money, then I will.

(PRUE glares.)

PRUE: Oh, you’re good.

[Scene: Piper and Leo’s house. Kitchen. BABY MELINDA HALLIWELL is sitting in her high chair, making cooing noises as she claps her pudgy hands against the tray. LEO WYATT is trying to put BABY CHRIS HALLIWELL in his high chair, but BABY CHRIS is squirming and making his father’s job difficult. Meanwhile, at the counter, PIPER HALLIWELL is pouring a box of baby rice cereal into a miniature plastic lavender bowl. LEO finally attaches the high chair tray to BABY CHRIS’s seat as PIPER mixes up the Twins’ cereal.]

LEO: Are you sure we’re not feeding them solids too early?

PIPER: Actually, I’m afraid it’s a little late. (She brings the lavender bowl and a green bowl over to the Twins as LEO pulls up two chairs from the kitchen table. They sit down and PIPER places the bowls on her children’s respective high chair trays.) When I took them to their checkup with Ava yesterday she said that we probably should’ve started them on solids a couple weeks ago.

(LEO scoops up a little of the mushy cream colored baby rice and holds it out to BABY CHRIS. BABY CHRIS looks a little fussy and turns his head away from the cereal. PIPER holds up her spoon to BABY MELINDA. BABY MELINDA just stares at the spoon. LEO frowns.)

LEO: Any ideas?

(PIPER lightly pokes the tip of the spoon at BABY MELINDA’s lips.)

PIPER: Open up for the airplane! (BABY MELINDA doesn’t open her mouth. PIPER chews her lip, then begins to motion the spoon in circles.) Here comes the airplane! Open up! (PIPER makes a silly face and BABY MELINDA bursts out giggling. PIPER places the spoon in BABY MELINDA’s mouth and BABY MELINDA promptly closes it. PIPER lightly tugs on the spoon and pulls it back, empty.) Success!

(LEO nods approvingly.)

LEO: (to BABY CHRIS) Hey Little Buddy, (he grins) open up for fire truck! (He bobs the spoon in the air and makes a few silly fire engine sounds, but BABY CHRIS refuses to open his mouth. LEO tries the same face PIPER tried with BABY MELINDA, but it doesn’t faze BABY CHRIS.)

PIPER: (to BABY CHRIS) Aw, honey, (she grabs BABY CHRIS’s hand) don’t you want your cereal? It’s really yummy. (BABY CHRIS makes an unsatisfied grunt.) Your sister likes it. Look!

(PIPER repeats her silly face for BABY MELINDA and feeds her another bite of cereal. BABY MELINDA coos. BABY CHRIS looks over at the counter, where his bottle is. He stretches out his arms, reaching for it. PIPER and LEO turn their heads to follow his gaze. LEO shakes his head.)

LEO: Sorry Buddy, but you’re too big for just a bottle now. (BABY CHRIS’s bottom lip quivers as he reaches for the bottle.) C’mon, Chris! Just try a little, please? For Daddy?

(LEO holds out the spoon towards BABY CHRIS’s mouth again, but instead of opening his mouth, BABY CHRIS sneezes. The cereal on the spoon spatters back on LEO’s hand and shirt. BABY MELINDA giggles and PIPER, though sympathetic, also tries to restrain a giggle. Suddenly, BABY CHRIS orbs out of his high chair and onto the counter next to his bottle. PIPER jolts from her seat and grabs BABY CHRIS off the counter.)

PIPER: (scolding) Christopher Victor Halliwell! (She wags her finger at him as she brings him back over to LEO.) I never want to see you do that again! (She hands him to LEO.) You could’ve easily fallen off that counter, little man!

(BABY CHRIS continues to look at the bottle on the counter. He bursts into tears and PIPER and LEO just look at each other while BABY MELINDA slaps her hands onto the edge of the cereal bowl on her tray and dumps the mushy mess all over.)

[Scene: P3. Women’s restroom. MELINDA HALLIWELL is leaning against the long four sink counter. Her arms are folded across her chest and her chocolate eyes are focused on the pair of fat legs sticking out of one of the stalls. A rusty toolbox is sitting nearby. The name “Joe” has been carved into the top.]

MELINDA: You don’t know how much longer this is going to take, do you?

JOE: Can’t say. (The plumber pops his head out of the stall.) Someone really did a number here. (He snickers at his own joke, but MELINDA’s somber expression remains. JEO shrugs his fatty shoulders.) It’ll prolly take about three hours at the least. The backup is pretty far down there.

(MELINDA sighs.)

MELINDA: Fine. (She pushes herself off the edge of the counter.) I’ll be at the bar if you need me.

(MELINDA walks out. Once she’s out of view of the restrooms, a cloud of blue lights blossoms next to her and CHRIS HALLIWELL appears. MELINDA doesn’t look, she just keeps walking.) Luckily Sundays aren’t our busiest day.

CHRIS: Have you told Mom?

MELINDA: Would you? (They walk up to the bar.) It’ll just give her cause to worry, you know how she is…after all, you’re just like her. (CHRIS makes a huffing noise as MELINDA seats herself at the bar, in front of a laptop. CHRIS peers over her shoulder.)

CHRIS: Inventory?

MELINDA: What else? (She glances back at her brother.) Excuse me, but did you come here to annoy and distract me or was there actually a reason?

(CHRIS folds his arms.)

CHRIS: I’ve been doing a little research-

MELINDA: (suspiciously) Research?

CHRIS: Yeah, look.

(CHRIS pulls something a little larger than a Blackberry out of his pocket and holds it up to MELINDA, revealing it to be a box with the words “Tarot Cards” on the front. He opens the end of the box and tilts it, pouring the deck of cards into his hands. He hands the deck to MELINDA, who shuffles and cuts them and returns them to her brother. CHRIS sets six cards face down on the bar in the shape of a star and then places a seventh in the middle. He sets the remainder of the deck aside and motions his hand to his sister. MELINDA flips over the first card, at the top of the star. A woman wielding a sword in long red robes is pictured on the card and at the bottom its name reads, “Justice.”)

MELINDA: The problem is Justice. (She lifts her eyes to meet CHRIS’s.) Everyone has their own way of trying to do what’s right or what’s fair and that’s basically why we’re here. (She sighs heavily.) Good old cause-and-effect.

(CHRIS flips over the second card, skipping the card to the left of Justice and picking up the one after it. A girl in a long white dress and a boy in blue ensemble stand opposite each other. The girl’s right hand is joined with the boy’s left hand, but in their opposite hands they each hold large golden goblets. Above them is a Lion’s head with eagle wings and at the top of the card is a Roman numeral “II.”)

CHRIS: You and I.

(MELINDA rubs her head.)

MELINDA: The Two of Cups, (she rolls her eyes) how fitting…the only positive force acting on this situation.

(MELINDA flips over the third card, directly across from the second card. The third card, once turned over, is upside down. The picture is of a woman in a blue dress, seated on a throne. The name of the card reads, “The High Priestess.”)

CHRIS: And Lillith, everything that the High Priestess is not - passive, calm, un-intervening - is our negative force.

(MELINDA flips over cards four, five, and six in rapid succession the Three of Wands, an upside down Wheel of Fortune, and The Tower.)

MELINDA: The past, the present, (her eyes linger on The Tower which is being struck by lightning bolts and torn down) and the future.

(CHRIS moves his hand towards the final card, located at the center of the star. He turns it over, revealing it to be a suit of black armor with a skull staring out from under the helmet. At the bottom of the card it reads, “Death.”)

CHRIS: The final judgment.

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Two

[Scene: P3. CHRIS and MELINDA are still seated at the bar. CHRIS is shuffling the Tarot deck again. He looks distressed.]

CHRIS: No matter what spread I put them in, it’s basically the same result.

MELINDA: You haven’t been able to track down Lillith yet, have you?

CHRIS: No.

(MELINDA tiredly rakes her fingers through her brunette tresses.)

MELINDA: Time’s ticking, Chris. We barely have over two months until-

CHRIS: I know!

MELINDA: Sometimes I think it would just be easier if we just brought them down and told them-

CHRIS: But then we’d risk-

MELINDA: I know.

CHRIS: And besides, even if we were to avoid that completely without - unintended consequences - there’s still Lillith and-

JOE's VOICE: Hey!

(MELINDA and CHRIS look up to see the plumber coming towards them. CHRIS quickly shoves the Tarot cards back into their box as MELINDA slides off the barstool.)

JOE: I think one of your pipes may have a leak. It’s gonna cost more, but I can go ahead an’ fix it if ya want. (He holds out a clipboard with an attached pen.) I’m gonna need approval though.

(CHRIS and MELINDA share looks.)

CHRIS: I’ll go call her. (He walks off. MELINDA grabs the clipboard.)

MELINDAelinda: Thanks…but I’m going to have to call the owner first. (She nods.) Why don’t you go finish the block and when I’ll get back to you about this leak?

(JOE shrugs.)

JOE: Whatever you say. (He waddles back in the direction of the restrooms.)

[Scene: Manor. Prue’s bedroom. Walk-in closet. PRUE is picking up and examining various suits that PHOEBE had been looking at earlier. She looks down at her stomach and lays a hand on it. Her expression seems rather reminiscent. Suddenly, she looks back at the hanging clothes and shoe boxes.]

PRUE: Why didn’t I think of this before?

(PRUE starts to pick hanger after hanger off the rack and drapes them in a pile over her arm. When she gets too many, she walks back into her room and drops them in a pile on her bed. She rushes back into her walk-in and starts grabbing more hanging clothes.)

[Cut to the entry way. PAIGE strolls in the front doors with her iced coffee cup, now only full of ice, in hand. She has a little smile on her face as she glides into the dining room and then into the kitchen. She makes her way over to the trash bin and presses the toe of her heel against the foot lever, the lid pops open and she drops her plastic coffee cup inside and then makes her way over to the refrigerator. When she opens the door, she’s dismayed to find almost nothing inside. The smile disappears from her face as she reaches to the back of the fridge and pulls out a bowl wrapped in tin foil. She uncovers it to find homemade chili, with a thin layer of mossy green film covering the top of it. She squeaks in disgust.]

PAIGE: Oh, gross! (She slaps the tin foil back on the bowl and ferries it over to the trash bin, where she drops in the bowl and all with a loud shattering clank. She pinches her nose her fingers and shakes her head.) Disgusting!

(As PAIGE wanders back over to the fridge, PRUE rushes in with a vexed look marring her face.)

PRUE: (worriedly) Paige?

(PAIGE shuts the refrigerator door with a smack.)

PAIGE: Are you the one who’s eaten us out of Manor and home?

PRUE: What? (She glares.) Wait a minute, I just came down here because I heard a huge crash and now you’re laying into me about something? (She squares her hands on her hips.) What’s going on?

(PAIGE points to the trash bin.)

PAIGE: That’s what’s going on.

(PRUE narrows her eyes and then lifts up the trash bin lid. She sees the shattered bowl is about to protest when her nose twitches.)

PRUE: Oh! (She drops the lid.) That’s rancid!

PAIGE: And it’s been incubating in our fridge. (She whips open the door.) And apparently, it’s been the only thing. We don’t have anything to eat! (She spots a bottle of mustard in the bottom compartments on the door and pulls it out.) Unless you consider this fine dining.

(PRUE’s cheeks burn slightly as she rubs her bulging belly.)

PRUE: Well…so maybe I’ve been a little hungry lately, so sue me.

PAIGE: But you couldn’t make a quick pit stop at the Quick-N-Save?

PRUE: I’ve been working, thank you very much! And when I haven’t, I’ve been focusing on preparing for the baby. (She folds her arms over her belly.) What’s your excuse?

PAIGE: Hey, I have a job too ya know. Social Services is no easy gig.

(PRUE waddles over to the drawer and pulls it open, revealing a couple of pens and pencils scattered amongst various other items. She snatches up one of the pens and shuts the drawer with the back of her hand. PAIGE rips a “To Do…” reminder note from a magnet on the refrigerator and hands it to PRUE. PRUE hunches over the island and begins to write out a shopping list. She tilts her head to glance at PAIGE, who’s staring at her with a crude expression on her face.)

PRUE: Hey, I’ve got a question.

PAIGE: If it’s “Why didn’t Phoebe go shopping?” then I was wondering the same thing.

PRUE: Not quite. (pause) I was just thinking…you know how you did such a good job helping Piper and Leo to design the Twins’ rooms?

PAIGE: Yeah?

PRUE: Well…I was wondering if you might help me with…Sparky’s.

PAIGE: Sparky? What kind of name is that?

(PRUE glares.)

PRUE: And- (She stops mid-sentence and closes her mouth, then opens it again.) Well I think it’s cute…as a nickname of course, given the baby’s powers and everything. (She shrugs as she gives her shopping list a once over and then sticks it to the fridge with a magnet.)

PAIGE: Well, I guess it’s kind of cute…seeing as how you’ve still yet to come up with a name for my new niece. (She rolls her eyes.) I still think “Paige” would be the best choice though…

(PRUE playfully hits PAIGE’s arm.)

PRUE: Dream on, sister. (They laugh until a confused look crosses PAIGE’s face.)

PAIGE: Wait. Please don’t tell me you’re moving out!

PRUE: What? No! Where did you get that idea?

PAIGE: You just said the baby has a room and last I checked, we’re a three room household…unless Phoebe-

PRUE: No! Nobody’s moving out.

PAIGE: Then where’s this alleged room? Because I swear if you suggest two of us share a room, it’s gonna have to be you and Phoebe because while I can handle having roommates, I cannot handle having in-room roommates.

(PRUE rolls her eyes.)

PRUE: That’s not what I’m suggesting.

PAIGE: So…are you saying we suddenly found a Room of Requirement?

PRUE: I wish! (She tugs PAIGE’s hand.) Follow me.

[Cut to Prue’s bedroom. Her bed is overflowing with clothes on hangers and the floor around her bed is stacked with shoe boxes. PRUE and PAIGE walk in, but PAIGE hangs in the doorway while PRUE ducks into the walk-in closet.]

PAIGE: Whoa, when did the Demon of Bad Fashion attack? (She walks over to the bed and picks up a fuchsia and paisley blouse.)

PRUE: Oh, put that down and get in here! (PAIGE drops the blouse and walks into the closet. So many of the clothes and boxes have been taken out of the closet that the white walls are visible. PRUE looks excited.) So, what do you think?

PAIGE: I think…it looks like a closet.

PRUE: No! Use that artistic brain of yours, it’s a nursery!

(PAIGE blinks.)

PAIGE: I don’t know Prue…that takes (emphasizing) a lot (she spreads her arms wide) of imagination.

PRUE: But it is doable. (She motions her hands to the racks and shelves.) We’d have to remove these of course, and give the walls a fresh coat of paint, and may even re-carpet the floor, but I think it could work! It would certainly be better than trying to reorganize my room to accommodate the crib and baby furniture.

PAIGE: But then where would all your clothes go?

(PRUE waves her hand dismissively.)

PRUE: We can worry about that later. (She stares eagerly at PAIGE.) So, what do you say? Will you help me?

(PAIGE exhales loudly as PRUE smiles wider. PAIGE rolls her eyes.)

PAIGE: (sarcastically groaning) I guess… (She shakes her head.) I swear, I should start charging for this stuff…

[Scene: The Bay Mirror. PHOEBE enters the office of the newspaper and looks around. Reporters are on the phones, jotting down notes, and typing up articles. Everyone is doing something. PHOEBE walks over to a desk that reads “Secretary.”]

PHOEBE: Hello, excuse me.

(The secretary, RACHEL WHITMAN, looks up from her papers.)

RACHEL: Can I help you?

PHOEBE: Yes. I’m Phoebe Halliwell. I have an appointment with the editor, Elise Rothman.

RACHEL: Oh, yes, she’s expecting you, Ms. Halliwell. (She gets up and walks in front of PHOEBE.) Right this way. (They get to the door marked “Editor.” RACHEL knocks and opens the door without waiting for a reply. ELISE ROTHMAN looks up from her computer.) Ms. Halliwell is here.

(ELISE nods for RACHEL to leave.)

ELISE: Come in, Ms. Halliwell. (ELISE stands up and looks PHOEBE up and down. PHOEBE shifts nervously under ELISE’s gaze.)

PHOEBE: Um…

(ELISE returns to her seat.)

ELISE: Have a seat, Ms. Halliwell.

PHOEBE: Phoebe’s fine, Ms. Rothman. (She sits down on the chair in front of the desk.)

ELISE: I saw your response to that pig, Spencer Ricks, last week. Very impressive. You aren’t afraid to voice your opinions. (PHOEBE opens her mouth to reply, but ELISE doesn’t pause.) I like that in a person. (She once again looks PHOEBE over.) So tell me Ms. Halliwell, do you know anything about journalism?

(PHOEBE shifts in her seat.)

PHOEBE: Um, I know that they report on news and things. And umm… (She gulps.) And my sister is a photographer for a magazine.

ELISE: I see. (She pulls out the issue of “The San Francisco Ledger” which features PHOEBE.) What do you know about advice?

PHOEBE: You mean, like helping people?

(ELISE just stares at PHOEBE, looking slightly bored. PHOEBE clears her throat.)

PHOEBE: Well, I have a degree in Psychology and I believe that helping people is my calling.

(ELISE points to SPENCER RICKS’ column.)

ELISE: Psychology…So tell me then, (emphasizing the name) Phoebe, what would you tell Masculine in Millbrae?

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[The Virtual Series]

Act Three

[Scene: P3. PIPER is rushing down the steps with a panicked look on her face. She sees MELINDA sitting at the bar, typing on a laptop as cucumber cool as possible.]

PIPER: What do you mean by leak?

(MELINDA keeps typing and doesn’t look up.)

MELINDA: As in water coming out of places that it shouldn’t.

(PIPER glowers as she reaches the bar and drops her purse onto it.)

PIPER: I thought you said it was a backup, not a leak? (She folds her arms.) What happened to the backup?

(MELINDA shuts her laptop and looks up.)

MELINDA: It was a clog that got so bad it sprung a leak. (She sighs.) If I were you, I’d start drawing up a lawsuit against the drunks that backed up the toilets in the first place. I’m sure we could get a pretty penny out of that, right?

PIPER: (ignoring MELINDA) Where’s this Joe Plumber guy? I want to talk to him.

(MELINDA snorts.)

MELINDA: Good luck with that.

PIPER: Excuse me?

MELINDA: He’s in the women’s restroom.

PIPER: Thank you. (She stalks off in the direction of the restrooms. MELINDA rolls her eyes and opens her laptop again.)

MELINDA: (telepathically) So any luck with oracles yet?

CHRIS's VOICE: (telepathically) I haven’t been able to track any down.

MELINDA: (muttering) That doesn’t sound like a good sign…

[Scene: Manor. Prue’s bedroom. Walk-in closet. The closet is completely cleared out except for the shelves and hanger rods. PRUE is pushing a rumbling vacuum back and forth across the floor. She suddenly turns off the vacuum and looks down at her watch and proceeds to make a low snort. She turns and shuffles out of the closet.]

[Cut to the living room. Nobody’s there. The only sound is that of the ticking Grandfather clock.]

PRUE's VOICE: Paige! (The sound of labored footsteps can be heard.) Paige, it can’t possibly take this long to find a measuring tape. (The footsteps become louder.) Paige? Where are you? (PRUE finally walks into the living room. She looks around, but doesn’t see her sister. She places her hands on her hips.) Paige?

(PRUE stands there, paused in the silence for a moment, and starts to turn away when she hears the soft sound of voices. She cocks her head to the side and cups her hand around her ear, attempting to figure out where the sound is coming from. She narrows her eyes in the direction of the lace curtain windows. She squints and then walks over to the windows. The voices become a little louder as she walks. Finally, she pulls back the lace curtain just a little bit in order to see outside. She sees PAIGE talking with someone on the front steps, a man, but all she can see of him is the back of his black coat and his short black hair. PAIGE is smiling and laughing intermittently. PRUE slopes her head in curious amusement. She moves her hand away from the curtain and maneuvers out of the living room to the entry way, but as she’s about to get to the door, it opens and PAIGE walks in. PAIGE is still laughing a little as she notices her sister.)

PAIGE: Oh, Prue. (She grins as she shuts the door.)

PRUE: What was that all about?

PAIGE: What was what all about?

PRUE: The guy you were talking to outside.

PAIGE: You were spying on me?

PRUE: Only because your two minute trip to find the tape measure turned into a ten minute vacation.

(PAIGE holds up a miniature tape measure.)

PAIGE: I couldn’t find the one you were talking about, so I went to go get the mini from my car.

PRUE: You keep a tape measure in your car?

PAIGE: (shrugging) It came in a safety kit my uncle bought me years ago. (She laughs.) I never thought I’d end up actually using it, go figure. (She notices PRUE’s stare and stops laughing.) Anyway, while I was digging around in my trunk, I met our new neighbor.

PRUE: New neighbor?

PAIGE: The ironic thing is, I also saw him today when Lila and I were at the Bayview Café. What a coinkidink, right?

PRUE: You mean the Glass place that’s been vacant for three months? That finally sold? (She shakes her head.) I could’ve sworn they still had a sale sign up there last week.

(PAIGE shrugs as she walks by her sister, heading for the stairs.)

PAIGE: Maybe it wasn’t finalized?

(PRUE glances over her shoulder as she looks at the doors.)

PRUE: (vaguely) Yeah, I guess…

[Scene: The Morris house. Alicia’s bedroom. The room has purple painted walls and lavender curtains. A small table with four chairs sits in the corner of the room adorned with a lace table cloth and a child’s tea set. Two baby dolls and a brown teddy bear occupy three of the four seats. Across the room, ALICIA MORRIS is seated in front of a child’s play vanity, watching herself in the mirror as she brushes her wavy black hair. Propped up in front of the mirror is a Jasmine, of “Aladdin,” Barbie doll. ALICIA eyes the doll as she shakes her head. She grabs a blue headband with one hand and two elastic hair ties with the other.]

ALICIA: What do you think? Pigtails or a headband? (She holds them up to each side of her head and stairs at herself in the mirror. Finally, she discards the hair ties and puts on the headband. She nods in the direction of the doll.) I like it better too. Headbands don’t hurt when you take them out.

(A small flash of blue light twinkles in the window frame, barely catching the corner of ALICIA’s eye. She twists her head around to see a dark skinned fairy fluttering in the windowsill. Her eyes light up and she bolts off her chair, accidentally knocking it over with a thud.)

ALICIA: (excitedly) Jasmine! (She moves to the window so she can get a good look at the fairy, who appears to be worried and almost tearful. The fairy flutters and waves her hands. A concerned look spreads over ALICIA's features.) But how? (The fairy shakes her head helplessly.) Well, what do you want me to do? (The fairy starts talking unintelligibly to adult ears. ALICIA squints her eyes.) Aunt Piper? (The fairy nods eagerly.) But what can she do? (The fairy begins to speak again and motion her arms urgently. ALICIA nods.) Okay, okay! I’ll-

(There’s a knock at the door. ALICIA looks over her shoulder as the door opens, revealing SHELIA MORRIS.)

SHELIA: Alicia? (She looks around.) Is someone in here with you?

(ALICIA nods.)

ALICIA: Jasmine. (She motions to the windowsill. SHELIA looks, but doesn’t see anything. She smiles politely.)

SHELIA: Oh, I see. (She waves.) Hi, Jasmine!

(ALICIA frowns.)

ALICIA: Mommy, can we go see Aunt Piper?

(SHELIA looks a little taken aback.)

SHELIA: Uh…I guess I could call her if-

ALICIA: Right now? (She folds her arms.) I have to tell her something, it’s urgent.

SHELIA: Urgent? Urgent how?

(ALICIA shakes her head.)

ALICIA: Pleeease?! It’s really important…

(SHELIA’s brow wrinkles.)

SHELIA: If you really want to go visit, I need to call her first, okay?

ALICIA: (relenting) Okay…

SHELIA: I’ll be right back. (She shuts the door. ALICIA turns back to the fairy, JASMINE.)

ALICIA: (worriedly) I hope we’re not too late.

[Scene: Piper and Leo’s house. Master bedroom. BABY CHRIS is swinging back and forth in his baby swing, positioned in the corner of the room.]

[Cut to the bathroom. LEO is on his knees, leaning over the bathtub is about one-fourth filled with water. In the center of the tub, BABY MELINDA is lying on a pink foam-like floating seat as LEO washes her with a miniature yellow washcloth. The sound of the phone ringing can be heard. LEO looks down at his daughter, who gurgles as she splashes her fists in the water.]

LEO: What do you say we just let the answering machine get it this time?

(BABY MELINDA merely coos in response and continues to splash the surface of the water. LEO winces as some of the water hits him in the face. He wrinkles his nose and wipes it on his shoulder. BABY MELINDA giggles.)

[Cut to the master bedroom. The phone stops ringing. A red light on the answering machine, located opposite the clock on the dresser, flicks on.]

SHELIA's VOICE: Hey Piper, it’s Sheila. Alicia was asking about seeing you today so I wanted to call and see if you were busy. If you don’t have anything going on later, give me a call back. Bye!

(A blinking “1” appears on the answering machine screen.)

[Scene: The Morris house. Living room. ALICIA runs into the living room just as SHELIA is hanging up the phone. ALICIA has a child’s purse draped over her shoulder and an anxious flutter in her dark brown eyes.]

ALICIA: I’m ready! (She starts to head for the front door.)

SHELIA: I’m sorry sweetie, but Aunt Piper wasn’t home when I called-

ALICIA: So we’ll go over and wait for her to get home. (She begins to unlock the door.)

SHELIA: Alicia? (She stands up.) What’s so important that you need to go over to Aunt Piper’s for?

ALICIA: I have to tell her something.

SHELIA: Tell her what?

ALICIA: (annoyed) You wouldn’t understand.

SHELIA: Try me.

(ALICIA huffs and turns around.)

ALICIA: It’s about the Fairy Queen, Thistle’s mommy. She’s in danger.

(SHELIA sighs.)

SHELIA: Well, I think that can wait, don’t you?

ALICIA: No, it can’t! (She stomps her foot.) I knew you wouldn’t understand! (She turns back to the door and starts to twist the handle, but SHELIA walks over and grabs ALICIA’s hand.)

SHELIA: Why don’t you go back to your room, sweetie? I’ve already left a message at Aunt Piper’s house, she’ll call us back when she can. (ALICIA jerks away from her mother and angrily runs out of the living room. SHELIA shakes her head, not knowing what to make of the outburst. She locks the door and drifts into the kitchen.)

[Cut to Alicia’s bedroom. ALICIA is standing in front of her window, fiddling with the latches. Finally, she pulls one back and hears a click, then pushes the window up only to be blocked be a screen. She pushes on the screen, but it’s not enough to force to break it. She looks around and spots the vanity chair she knocked over earlier. She moves across the room, picks up the chair, and takes it over to the window where she begins to shove its legs against the screen until it pops and breaks. She tosses the chair aside, grabs her toy purse, and then proceeds to climb out the window.]

[Scene: Forest. An infestation of doll sized blue gremlins is standing around in a small clearing. In the middle of their cluster is a jam jar, containing a fairy with a crown on her head, who slightly resembles Thistle. The FAIRY QUEEN is fluttering in the jar, banging on the glass from the inside. Her lips are moving and she appears to be pleading with the gremlins. Several of the gremlins look sympathetic to her situation, but they bow their heads to avoid eye contact and do nothing. One GREMLIN, slightly taller than the others, steps up to the jar. He points his small blue index finger at her and says something that comes out in high pitched clicking noise, then he points to himself and his fellow gremlins. He shakes his head. The FAIRY QUEEN’s bottom lip quivers as she moves her lips, responding to whatever he said. The GREMLIN shakes his head again. The FAIRY QUEEN stops hitting the glass. Her wings stop fluttering and she drops to the bottom of the jar, hugging her knees.]

[Scene: P3. PIPER is brushing her hands on her jeans as she walks up to the bar. MELINDA spins around on the bar stool with a bright look on her face.]

MELINDA: Perfect timing! I just finished inventory.

PIPER: (surprised) Already?

(MELINDA shrugs.)

MELINDA: What can I say? I’m good at math. (She begins to shut down the laptop.) Did you take care of Joe?

(PIPER growls.)

PIPER: Yeah, I signed the approval. (She huffs.) It’s going to cost about five hundred more than I thought though.

MELINDA: (singsong) Lawsuit!

(PIPER rolls her eyes.)

PIPER: Anyway, are you free to stay here and keep an eye on him while he finishes up? (MELINDA nods.) Great. I’m heading back home. (She starts to leave then stops as moves her left foot onto the first step. She looks back at MELINDA.) By the way, you wouldn’t happen to know how to get Chris to eat baby cereal would you?

(MELINDA bursts out laughing.)

MELINDA: Sorry, Mom.

PIPER: I figured at much. Thanks anyway. (She leaves.)

[Scene: The Morris house. Alicia’s room. There’s a knock at the door and then it opens, revealing SHELIA with a cordless phone in her hand. She has a smile on her face.]

SHELIA: Alicia, Uncle Leo just called and said- (She stops as she realizes she doesn’t see ALICIA in the room. She looks around and then notices the broken screen on the window. She gasps and the phone falls from her hand.) Alicia? (She bolts over to the window and sticks her head out but doesn’t see her daughter anywhere.) Alicia!

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[The Virtual Series]

Act Four

[Scene: San Francisco Police Department. DARRYL MORRIS walks up to his desk and picks up his phone. He looks baffled.]

DARRYL: Sheila? (pause) Whoa, Sheila, slow down, I can’t understand a word you’re saying. (His baffled expression turns anxious the longer he holds the phone to his ear.) Wait, what? Missing? What do you- (His mouth drops open.) What she?! (He pulls his cell phone out of his pocket.) No, just take DJ and go look for her! Keep your cell with you, I’ll call you back in a few minutes. (He hangs up and presses his speed dial four.)

[Scene: Piper and Leo’s house. Living room. LEO is placing BABY CHRIS in his playpen next to his sister when the phone rings. He grins at his children.]

LEO: That’s probably Aunt Sheila, huh? (He moves to the living room phone and picks it up.) Sheila- (He blinks.) Darryl? (pause) What? No I- (His mouth falls open a little.) Missing? (pause) No, of course. Hold on. (He closes his eyes, sensing for ALICIA.)

[Cut to Darryl. He’s scribbling something down on a piece of scratch paper.]

DARRYL: Thanks Leo. (He shuts his cell phone and presses speed dial two. “Calling Home” appears on the screen. He holds the phone to his ear as he walks out the double doors.)

SHELIA's VOICE: (frantically) Darryl?

DARRYL: Sheila, listen to me. Drive to the park a few blocks down from the house and start looking for her. I’ll be there as soon as I can.

SHELIA: (worriedly) The park? But-

DARRYL: Just trust me. (He walks outside onto the sidewalk.) I love you. (He hangs up. With a deep breath, he retrieves the keys from his pocket and gets into the police car that’s parked in front of the department.)

[Cut to Alicia. She’s standing with a small group of people at a street corner. She hits the button at the crosswalk and impatiently turns her head to see that the crosswalk light is still in the shape of a red hand. She starts to tap her foot when it changes to a green walking man. She darts out into the crosswalk, ahead of the other people waiting.]

[Scene: Manor. Prue’s bedroom. Walk-in closet. PRUE and PAIGE are on their hands and knees at opposite corners of the closet, stretching the mini measuring tape. PAIGE scribbles the length down on a piece of paper under a list of other numbers. Then she glances up at PRUE as her sister lets go of the measuring tape and it is sucked back into a roll with a loud popping sound. PAIGE gets up and holds out a helping hand to PRUE.]

PAIGE: I think that’s about it. (She looks around the walk-in again.) Do you want to stop by the store to look at paint and wallpaper today or try for after work tomorrow?

(PRUE yawns.)

PRUE: You know, I’m suddenly feeling a little groggy. (She yawns.) And my back is hurting from all this kneeling.

PAIGE: (chastising) I told you that you should’ve let me do it. (They walk out of the walk-in.)

PRUE: (ignoring PAIGE) So maybe tomorrow? I’m in the mood for a little power nap right now.

PAIGE: Okie dokie. (She checks her watch.) I think I’m going to head out then. (PRUE stops at her bed, only to realize it still is covered in clothes from her now empty closet.)

PRUE: Uh, Paige?

PAIGE: Hmm?

PRUE: Do you mind if I crash on you bed for a while? (PAIGE eyes the mess. PRUE smiles sheepishly. PAIGE waves her hand.)

PAIGE: Go ahead.

PRUE: (grinning) You’re the best. (She leaves the room.)

PAIGE: (calling down the hall) And don’t forget it! (She heads out into the hallway, heading the opposite direction PRUE is. She looks at her watch again as she reaches the stairs, then purses her lips and grins a little as she starts to hurry down them.)

[Scene: An empty living room. The layout is similar to the Manor’s, in regards to the style and the fireplace. A fire is burning in the fireplace casting shadows on the walls, but that’s the only light in the room. Suddenly, a blur races across the fireplace mantle and when it disappears, the jam jar with the FAIRY QUEEN inside remains. The FAIRY QUEEN is slumped against the glass. Her face is pale and she’s taking quick, shallow breaths. A pair of transparent hands suddenly come into view on both sides of the jar. The FAIRY QUEEN looks up, terrified, and begins to shake her head and wave her arms. The transparent hands hover over the top of the jar. The FAIRY QUEEN then grabs at her throat. She gasps and her eyes roll back in her head. She falls back against the glass. The FAIRY QUEEN’s spirit rises from her body and begins to rise out of the jar, but hits the transparent hands instead. The FAIRY QUEEN is absorbed into the transparent hands causing a glow to spread across them. The hands turn corporeal. They rub together in satisfaction. Then the sound of a doorbell emanates through the house.]

[Cut to the front porch of the of the former Glass home. PAIGE is standing in front of the door, holding a tray containing a few plastic cups and a pitcher of lemonade. The front door opens, revealing a familiar face, PEARL RUSSELL’s warlock lover, ANTON.]

ANTON: Paige! (He grins.) What an unexpected surprise.

(PAIGE holds up her tray.)

PAIGE: I hope you don’t mind…I just thought I should welcome you to the neighbor, you know?

ANTON: Hmm. (He pushes the door back and steps aside.) Come on in. (PAIGE breezes inside.) You know, this is kind of ironic. I was actually thinking of dropping by your place.

PAIGE: Really?

ANTON: Yeah. (He shuts the door. As PAIGE looks around the entry way, ANTON reaches for an umbrella that’s hanging on a hook on the coat rack next to the door. He snatches it up.) But this happens to be much more convenient.

(ANTON swings the umbrella, handle out, and cracks PAIGE on the back of the head. The tray flies from PAIGE’s hands and falls to the floor. The glass pitcher shatters and PAIGE drops to the ground with a thud.)

[Scene: Playground. SHELIA and DJ MORRIS are wandering around the playground, which is completely empty.]

SHELIA: (yelling) Alicia!

(DJ cups his mouth.)

DJ: Alicia!

(SHELIA runs over to the jungle gym and looks inside, but doesn’t see her daughter. She pulls out a ragged tissue and wipes her eyes as she attempts to keep herself from completely breaking down. DJ walks over to his mother and grabs her hand.)

DJ: Don’t worry Mommy, Jasmine won’t let anything bad happen to her.

[Cut to Darryl. He’s driving, but he keeps looking back and forth at the sidewalks as he drives. He makes a left turn onto a quiet road and slows down the car. He comes to a stop sign and looks between the for way stop but doesn’t see anyone. He looks in the rearview mirror and nobody’s behind him, so he whips out his cell phone again and presses speed dial four. As the phone starts to ring, DARRYL looks up to see ALICIA coming up the sidewalk in the distance. He drops the phone and honks the horn. ALICIA jumps and freezes in place. DARRYL pushes open the door and darts out of the car.]

ALICIA: Daddy!

(DARRYL scoops ALICIA into his arms, hugging her fiercely.)

DARRYL: Thank God you’re safe! (He shakes his head.) Why did you run away?

ALICIA: I didn’t run away! (Her lip quivers.) I needed to find Aunt Piper, I have to help her save Thistle’s Mommy.

DARRYL: Thistle?

ALICIA: The Fairy Princess!

(DARRYL cocks his head to the side.)

DARRYL: That’s why you left?

ALICIA: (nodding) Jasmine told me that Aunt Piper could help…except I have to tell her otherwise she won’t know.

(DARRYL seems to consider what she’s saying, then tugs her towards the car.)

ALICIA: Uh…where are we going?

DARRYL: We’re going to Aunt Piper’s, but first you need to call your mother…she’s worried out of her mind about you.

[Scene: Paige’s POV. Everything is blurry and spinning. A fuzzy black shape moves in closer.]

[Cut to the living room of the former Glass house. PAIGE is tied up to a chair, her hands and legs bound with ropes and her mouth stuffed with a gag. ANTON is walking around PAIGE, checking and tightening her bonds. He notices her opening and closing her eyes.]

ANTON: I already know about your powers, but they’re useless at the moment. (He presses his hand to the gag protruding from PAIGE’s mouth. He gives his hand a quick shove, pushing the gag further into PAIGE’s lips.) That gag’s been soaked with a special potion of my own creation; that’s what gives it that delightful metallic taste. (He winks.) As long as you’re orally ingesting it, it’ll keep them at bay. (A muffled sound comes from PAIGE as she struggles against her bonds. ANTON walks over to the mirror above the fireplace mantel and looks into it, studying his reflection. He strokes his chin and then turns to the side to examine his profile.) You know, for as long as I’ve been alive, I’ve never glamoured into a woman before. (He waves his hand in front of his face and appearance changes to that of PAIGE. He turns and looks at the Charmed One and begins speaking in her voice.)

ANTON/PAIGE: But I guess there’s a first time for everything.

[Scene: Manor. Phoebe’s bedroom. ANTON/PAIGE blinks in. S/he takes a moment to look around and then spots PHOEBE’s jewelry box on the dresser. S/he moves to the jewelry box and begins to rummage through it, taking out handfuls of rings and necklaces and discarding them on the dresser. The sound of a toilet flushing can be heard down the hall, followed by faint footsteps. PRUE pokes her head into the room.]

PRUE: Phoebe, I didn’t realize you were…Paige? (ANTON/PAIGE looks up. PRUE looks confused.) Uh, what are you doing in Phoebe’s room?

(ANTON/PAIGE holds up one of PHOEBE’s necklaces and smiles.)

ANTON/PAIGE: Just looking for something to wear…I didn’t think Pheebs would mind.

(PRUE narrows her eyes.)

PRUE: I thought you said you were going out?

ANTON/PAIGE: I was. (pause) Am. (S/he smiles.) Actually, I’ve got a date.

PRUE: (surprised) Date? When? You didn’t mention that earlier.

ANTON/PAIGE: Just happened. It’s with this guy I met from down the street-

PRUE: The new neighbor?

ANTON/PAIGE: Yeah! I…went over to his house to welcome him to the neighborhood and he just…asked me out.

PRUE: Oh. (pause) Well, that’s nice I guess. (She rubs her right temple.) This guy must be a real charmer.

ANTON/PAIGE: (slyly) Oh, he is, trust me. (S/he motions to the jewelry box.) But if you don’t mind…

PRUE: Right. (She waves her hand.) Have fun! (She leaves. ANTON/PAIGE’s smile fades into a glower. S/he hurries up her/his search of PHOEBE's jewelry box.)

[Scene: Piper and Leo’s house. DARRYL’s police car pulls up in front of the house and parks. DARRYL gets out and opens up the back door for ALICIA, who scrambles out of the car and bolts up the walkway where she begins to furiously bang on the door. As DARRYL heads up the walkway, LEO opens the door.]

ALICIA: (rushed) Where’s Aunt Piper? It’s urgent!

LEO: In the living- (ALICIA bolts passed LEO. He lifts his eyes to meet DARRYL’s as DARRYL gets to the front door.) What’s going on?

(DARRYL waves his arm.)

DARRYL: I’m not entirely sure myself, (he nods) you need to hear it from her. (He and LEO walk into the house.)

[Cut to the living room. PIPER is seated on the couch and the infant Twins are in their playpen. The television is on an educational children’s channel. ALICIA is waving her arms dramatically as she stands in front of PIPER.]

ALICIA: …and he kept killing the gremlins so he could steal their magic and so the gremlins were afraid and decided to made a deal with him and said if he stopped killing them, (LEO and DARRYL walk in) they’d find someone more powerful for him to get his magic from and so they took the Fairy Queen and now you’re the only one who can get her back!

(PIPER looks at LEO and they share grave looks.)

PIPER: (to ALICIA) Okay, (she lays her hands on ALICIA’s shoulders) I’m going to try to help Jasmine and Thistle, but I have to go call my sisters first, okay? (ALICIA nods. PIPER jumps off the couch and leaves the room. ALICIA sits down on the couch, hugging herself. DARRYL sits down beside her and wraps his arms around her.)

DARRYL: Everything’s going to be fine.

(ALICIA’s lip quivers.)

ALICIA: Not if I didn’t get to Aunt Piper in time.

DARRYL: You got here as fast as you could, Alicia.

[Scene: Manor. Kitchen. PHOEBE strolls in, looking quite pleased with herself. She heads to the fridge and is about to open it when she notices the “To Do…” list and squints at the words, “Buy groceries!!”]

PHOEBE: Good to know. (She opens up the refrigerator to find practically nothing inside. She glares and shuts the door.) But I wish someone had mentioned something earlier! (She mumbles something irritably under her breath as she attempts to leave the kitchen, only for the phone to start ringing. She snaps up the cordless phone.) Halliwell residence.

PIPER's VOICE: Phoebe?

PHOEBE: Piper! (She grins.) Hey, guess what!

PIPER's VOICE: Phoebe-

PHOEBE: I had that job interview today and it went great! Well…mostly great. That editor kind of scares me a little…but other than that-

PIPER's VOICE: Phoebe!

PHOEBE: What? (She starts walking up stairs.) Wait a minute, I know that tone…you ran across something demonic, didn’t you?

PIPER's VOICE: Well, not me, but Alicia.

PHOEBE: Alicia? Oh no! Please tell me she didn’t get kidnapped by demons!

PIPER's VOICE: No, she’s fine, but apparently our fairy friends need our help.

PHOEBE: Fairy friends? (She enters her bedroom.) Thistle?

PIPER's VOICE: Thistle’s mother, actually. Alicia says she got fairy-napped.

PHOEBE: Déjà vu. (She’s rummaging through her closet for something to change into. She grabs a pair of jeans and a top and turns, suddenly noticing her jewelry spread out in clumps all over her dresser.) What the… (She tosses her clothes onto the bed and moves to the dresser. She stares at the strewn ornaments and then reaches for the lid on her jewelry box. As her fingers brush across it, she tenses up.)

[Premonition: ANTON is hovering over PAIGE, who is strapped down to the chair in the empty living room of the old Glass house. ANTON is watching his hand, which appears to be flickering between being corporeal and being transparent. Finally, when his hand turns transparent, he uses his other hand, which is not transparent, to plunge an athame into PAIGE’s abdomen. PAIGE screams, but it’s muffled due to the gag in her mouth. The athame glows. ANTON’s whole right arm turns transparent, then his left hand flickers as his right did. He quickly twists the athame in PAIGE’s stomach, prompting another muffled scream, then tears it out of her and allows the blood to pool from her stomach, coating her legs. PAIGE's head falls forward and her spirit begins to rise out of her body. ANTON drops the bloody blade and lurches forward with his right transparent arm, grabbing PAIGE’s spirit by the wrist as his right hand also turns transparent. He grabs her spirit with his other hand and her spirit struggles before dissolving in a bright glow, absorbing into ANTON’s hands. ANTON becomes corporeal.]

[Cut back to the present. PHOEBE finds herself staring at her own horrified expression in her mirror.]

PIPER’s VOICE: Phoebe? Phoebe, are you there?

PHOEBE: (shakily) Piper, we have a problem bigger than fairies…I just saw Paige die!

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[The Virtual Series]

Act Five

[Scene: Manor. Attic. PHOEBE and PRUE are hovering over the Book of Shadows as PHOEBE turns the pages.]

PRUE: Pearl Russell’s Anton? Are you sure?

PHOEBE: Pretty damn sure!

PRUE: I don’t understand this, we vanquished him.

PHOEBE: He wouldn’t be the first warlock to come back. (She finds the page labeled “Anton” with a hand drawn picture of him. At the bottom of the page is a note written in PHOEBE’s own handwriting, warning of ANTON’s relationship with her past life and possible future lives.) And besides, Anton was immortal if you recall. (She taps the note.) Hence this.

PRUE: But Piper and I saw him go up in flames, by Pearl’s own power.

PHOEBE: And I saw him killing Paige! (She slaps her head.) Oh my god, that must have been it!

PRUE: What?

PHOEBE: He must have been looking for the amulet! That’s why my jewelry was everywhere. (She shakes her head.) That means we can’t even touch him-

PRUE: Okay, okay. Let’s not focus on him for the moment. Where was Paige when you saw her?

(PHOEBE squints.)

PHOEBE: I don’t know exactly, there weren’t any landmarks. (pause) She looked like she was in room…an empty room… (She closes her eyes.) A living room I’d guess, it had a fireplace. It looks a little like ours.

PRUE: Ours. (Her eyes widen.) Oh my god!

PHOEBE: What?

PRUE: The Glass house! She was talking about how she met the new neighbor and I didn’t even realize we had one and then- (She turns unexpectedly.) Then I caught her in your room, she said she was borrowing something so she could go on a date with him.

PHOEBE: That wasn’t Paige; that was glamoured Anton!

PRUE: We need to get to the house.

PHOEBE: I’ll- (She notices PRUE's head slump forward.)

[Scene: The former Glass house. Living room. ASTRAL PRUE appears near the windows. The only person in the room is PAIGE, still tied to the chair.]

ASTRAL PRUE: Paige! (She runs over to her sister and immediately the notices blood matted on the back of PAIGE’s head from where she’d been hit with the umbrella handle. PAIGE twists her head to face her.) Oh my god. (She kneels down and attempts to tie and untie the bonds, but they’re too tight. Then they hear footsteps in the other room. PAIGE shakes her head anxiously.) Paige- (A throaty noise comes from behind PAIGE’s gag as the sound of the footsteps grow closer.) We’ll be back soon.

(ASTRAL PRUE disappears in a red flash. ANTON walks into the room, wielding an athame in his hand. The red amulet he gave to PEARL RUSSELL is draped around his neck, contrasting with his collared white dress shirt.)

ANTON: Good news. I got my amulet back so I’m immune from yours sisters’ powers, (he pulls out an old time piece from his inner jacket pocket) I’m going to kill you within the next ten minutes and take both your powers and your magical essence, and then I’m going to get revenge on your sisters and finally get my body back. (He moves menacingly to PAIGE, holding the athame at her throat.) And you have no idea how long I’ve waited for this…

[Cut to Prue and Phoebe. They’re running down the stairs.]

PHOEBE: I can’t believe you didn’t untie her!

PRUE: I didn’t have time.

PHOEBE: You didn’t have to just leave her there! What if he was walking in to kill her right then?

PRUE: You said he was hesitating in your premonition, waiting for his hands to become translucent. I didn’t want to risk him forgoing the hesitation because he saw me there. (They run out the front doors, down the steps, and down to the sidewalk. They take hands and begin to run down the street together.)

[Cut to Paige and Anton. ANTON is hovering over PAIGE. He’s watching his hand, which is flickering between being corporeal and being transparent. ASTRAL PRUE appears behind ANTON. She strikes him dead center in the back with her fist, causing him to topple to the ground. PAIGE mumbles something from behind her gag. From the floor, ANTON sneers and grabs his athame. He blinks behind ASTRAL PRUE and plunges it into her, but the astral projection just fades harmlessly away. ANTON sneers. ASTRAL PRUE reappears near the fireplace.]

ASTRAL PRUE: Looking for me?

(ANTON spins around. ASTRAL PRUE laughs at him and astrals out. From behind, PHOEBE charges into the room and tackles ANTON from behind. PRUE rushes in and waves her arm at PAIGE, telekinetically releasing all of PAIGE’s bindings. She runs over to her sister as ANTON and PHOEBE wrestle on the floor. PAIGE spits the gag out as PHOEBE pins ANTON to the floor. ANTON blinks out from under her, causing her to thump to the floor. PRUE helps PAIGE to her feet and allows PAIGE to lean on her as PHOEBE gets up. ANTON blinks in behind PHOEBE, pressing the blade of the athame to her throat. He grins at PRUE and PAIGE over PHOEBE’s shoulder.)

ANTON: So, (seductively into PHOEBE’s ear) we meet again. (PHOEBE sharply inhales. PRUE squints her eyes but the amulet around ANTON’s neck glows.) Not this time, ladies.

(PHOEBE notices that his right hand, which is wrapped around her arms, is transparent.)

PHOEBE: (worriedly) What’s wrong with your hand?

(ANTON peers over her shoulder, eyeing his hand.)

ANTON: Feigning worry now, are you? (He laughs.) Well, this is perfect timing, I can deal with all three of you at once.

(ANTON presses the blade to PHOEBE's neck, breaking the skin and drawing blood. PAIGE jabs PRUE’s side and PRUE lifts her eyes, noticing the jar on the mantel that had contained the FAIRY QUEEN. The jar flies off the mantel and crashes into the back of ANTON’s head, causing him to drop the athame and release PHOEBE at the same time. PHOEBE jerks away, cupping the bloody, though not severe, wound on her neck. She moves to her sisters as ANTON grasps for the fallen athame with his corporeal hand, but his hand becomes transparent and passes through the athame.)

PRUE: (to PAIGE) Can you orb? (PAIGE shakes her head. PHOEBE wraps her arms around PAIGE, allowing PAIGE to lean on her instead of PRUE. PRUE quickly waves her arm, telekinetically moving PHOEBE and PAIGE out of the living room.) Go! I’ll deal with him!

(The athame flies into her palm. ANTON’s legs also become transparent. PRUE starts to walk backwards out of the living room. ANTON throws out his transparent arm. PRUE squints her eyes and the chair PAIGE had been trapped in flies into ANTON, knocking what’s left of his corporeal form down, and proceeds to run out of the house.)

[Cut to the entry way in the Manor. A cloud of orbs descends from the ceiling, forming into LEO and PIPER. The front door opens followed by the entrance of PHOEBE and a weakened PAIGE. PHOEBE spots LEO.]

PHOEBE: Leo! Thank goodness you’re here. (She helps PAIGE hobble into the living room and they sit down on the couch.) You need to heal her.

(LEO spots the bloody wound on the back of PAIGE's head. He places his hand over the wound and a gold light emanates from it. When he pulls his hand back, the wound is gone without a trace, but PAIGE still looks weak. PIPER kneels down in front of PAIGE.)

PIPER: What happened?

(PAIGE shakes her head warily.)

PAIGE: I don’t know…one minute I’m welcoming someone to the neighborhood and the next…I’m waking up tied to a chair without my powers.

PIPER: He took your powers?

PAIGE: More like he stunned them. It was a potion though, it’s only temporary. (She looks between PHOEBE and PAIGE.) Do we know how to vanquish this guy?

(PIPER and PHOEBE share worried looks. The sound of the front door slams.)

PIPER: (calling) Prue?

(PRUE walks into the living room. She breaths a sigh of relief as she sees PAIGE.)

PRUE: Thank god!

PHOEBE: What’d you do to him?

PRUE: Not much…I think he went all ghost.

PIPER: Ghost?

PHOEBE: Well, that’s what it looked like anyway…see through, like a ghost.

LEO: That’s probably what he is. (The sisters look at him curiously.) And it makes sense, too. (He shakes his head.) I can’t believe none of us thought of this earlier.

PIPER: Care to share with the class?

LEO: Well, think about what we know. Anton was supposed to be immortal, right? (PRUE, PIPER, and PHOEBE nod.) But then he gave Pearl a potion that tripled her powers so she could take on Patience and Phoebe Bowen. (Again, the oldest three sisters nod.) And he appeared to be vanquished by Pearl’s power…key word, “appeared.” What if Pearl’s tripled powers weren’t strong enough to vanquish him because of his immortality, but they were strong enough to destroy his physical body?

(PRUE begins to slowly nod.)

PRUE: That does kind of make sense. (pause) But why wouldn’t he have attacked earlier then? And how did he get his body back?

(PIPER presses her hand to her forehead.)

PIPER: The creatures.

PRUE & PAIGE: What?

PIPER: That’s what Alicia was trying to tell me. An evil warlock was killing gremlins to absorb their magical essences. I think he was using their magic essences to temporarily reinstate his physical form. (She presses her hand to her mouth.) And Thistle’s mother… (She shakes her head.) Oh no…

(PHOEBE presses a hand comfortingly to PIPER’s shoulder. PAIGE blinks.)

PAIGE: So wait, if you guys are right about this warlock being immortal, then how do we stop him.

PRUE: (irritably) Again.

PIPER: Immortal. (She looks up with wide brown eyes.) That’s it! (She jumps up.) I think I have an idea. (She grabs her husband’s hand.) Hurry, take me back home! We need to move fast! (LEO looks to his sisters-in-law. PRUE nods impatiently. LEO orbs PIPER away.)

PAIGE: Whatever she’s thinking, it better be good.

(The Grandfather clock chimes.)

[Time lapse. PHOEBE hands PAIGE a hot cup of chamomile tea. PAIGE presses it to her lips and inhales the steam before lightly blowing at the surface and then taking a quick sip.]

PAIGE: Thanks.

PHOEBE: No prob. (She sits down next to her little sister and pats her leg.) Are you feeling any better?

PAIGE: Much. (She smiles. She stares down into her tea.) Sorry about Anton, by the way.

PHOEBE: Don’t be. He was my past life’s lover, not mine.

PAIGE: No, I meant sorry for getting caught up in that and making you guys come rescue me. (She rolls her eyes.) I swear, that’s the last time I go welcome any new talk, dark, and handsome hunks to the neighborhood. (She growls.) But you know what irks me the most of all? (PHOEBE raises a curious brow.) The fact that I made an entire pitcher of my perfect lemonade and he ruined the whole damn thing!

(PHOEBE laughs and so does PAIGE. PRUE walks in with the Book of Shadows tucked under her arm.)

PRUE: What’s so funny?

(PAIGE and PHOEBE look at each other and then at PRUE. They shake their heads.)

PAIGE & PHOEBE: Nothing.

(PRUE shakes her head.)

PRUE: Fine. (She looks about.) Damnit, where is Piper?

(As if on cue, LEO and PIPER orb in. PIPER is grinning proudly as she holds a white auger shell out to her sisters.)

PIPER: Sorry for the wait, but I guess someone (she narrows her eyes at LEO) moved this from my dresser drawer to the top shelf of the closet without telling me-

LEO: I didn’t realize you were saving it!

PIPER: Well, lucky for us I did.

(PAIGE squints.)

PAIGE: What is it?

PIPER: An auger shell; what I used to vanquish the Sea Hag with two weeks ago. (pause) Well, actually, not the exact one (she looks at PRUE) you threw that one into the deep blue sea, but this is the other one. I thought it might come in handy some day…little did I know it would be so soon.

(PHOEBE jumps up excitedly.)

PHOEBE: Piper, that’s brilliant!

PIPER: (grinning) I know.

PRUE: Only one problem. (Her sisters eye her.) In order to vanquish him with that, we’ll need him in a corporeal form.

PAIGE: But we can’t let him kill someone else just for the sake of vanquishing him.

LEO: What if you cast a spell on him? To give him a corporeal form just long enough to vanquish him for good?

(PAIGE slowly nods.)

PAIGE: That could work.

(PHOEBE shakes her head.)

PHOEBE: Except for the fact that he’s got my necklace. It’ll protect him from our magic.

PAIGE: It’s too bad I don’t have my telekinetic orbing anymore, otherwise I could just call for it.

PHOEBE: It’d probably protect itself from that too.

LEO: What about Chris?

PIPER: Chris? Not to sound mean, but what can he do in this situation?

LEO: The amulet protects itself against good witches’ powers, but Chris isn’t a witch. He’s a whitelighter, he gets his telekinesis from his whitelighter genes, (he points to himself) from me.

PAIGE: Whitelighters have telekinesis?

LEO: It’s a very mild form of it, but yes.

PAIGE: Then how come I’ve never seen you use it before?

LEO: We’re not allowed to. It’s more of a tool, but we’re not permitted to use it on our charges because The Elders want witches to be able to defend themselves instead of becoming dependent on a whitelighter.

PHOEBE: You know, (she wags her finger) I’d been wondering about that. It must be amped up by his Twice Blessed powers though, because it sure ain’t mild.

PIPER: (realizing) So, maybe Chris can use his powers to rip the amulet off of Anton’s neck-

PRUE: Allowing us to cast the spell and vanquish his sorry ass.

(PIPER spins to LEO and kisses him.)

PIPER: Honey, you’re forgiven for the auger shell. (She nudges him with her elbow.) Now please go find our son. (LEO gives PIPER a peck on the cheek and orbs out.)

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[The Virtual Series]

Act Six

[Scene: Tibet. Himalayas. CHRIS is dressed in a bulky black jacket and snow boots. He’s hiking his way through the snow when a cloud of orbs descends in front of him, forming into LEO. CHRIS stops short.]

CHRIS: (shocked) Dad! (He twists his head.) What are you doing here?

(LEO rubs his hands on his arms.)

LEO: I was just thinking about asking you the same thing!

CHRIS: And I wouldn’t be able to tell you…future consequences.

LEO: (annoyed) Fine, but we still need your help.

CHRIS: Help? With what?

LEO: Anton.

CHRIS: (confusedly) Anton? (LEO opens his mouth to explain when CHRIS holds up his thickly gloved hand.) Never mind, I know who you’re talking about.

LEO: Great, let’s go. (He holds out his hand.)

CHRIS: The answer’s no.

LEO: (surprised) What?

CHRIS: I can’t do it.

LEO: Why not?

CHRIS: If I wasn’t here, they’d have to find out another way to do it, just like they did the first time.

LEO: But you are here-

CHRIS: But I shouldn’t be-

MELINDA’s VOICE: (telepathically) Oh come on, stop being such a stick in the mud and just help them.

CHRIS: Mel, butt out!

LEO: What?

(CHRIS holds up a silencing hand.)

CHRIS: (telepathically) You’re not talking me into this again.

MELINDA’s VOICE: (telepathically) Look, they succeed in the future, which means you’re not changing anything drastic…just like when we helped saved Jason. Come on! And, besides, need I remind you that you’ve already done far more drastic things than help our aunts-

CHRIS: (telepathically) You don’t need to bring up Lynn again, Melinda. In fact, that’s precisely why I’m not going to help them this time…I should have never done it in the first place, with Jason or…Lynn. (to LEO) I’m sorry, but they need to figure this out on their own this time. (He walks around his father and continues his hike. LEO pauses for a minute, then hugs his arms and orbs out.)

[Scene: San Francisco. Manor. Attic. The Charmed Ones and PIPER are there. PAIGE and PRUE are standing in front of the Book of Shadows. PRUE finds a page labeled “Fairies” in glittery ink in PHOEBE’s handwriting. Below is a summary for fairies and around it are a few color pencil sketches.]

PAIGE: (to PHOEBE) You drew all those?

PHOEBE: Mhmm.

(PAIGE nods in approval.)

PAIGE: They’re pretty good.

(PRUE turns the page. On the back is the Power of Three spell she wrote in order to see fairies and trolls.)

PRUE: Found it.

(PHOEBE walks over to PRUE and PAIGE. The three of them look at the spell.)

PAIGE, PHOEBE, & PRUE: “In this ‘tween time,
This darkest hour,
We call upon the sacred power.
Three together stand alone,
Command the unseen to be shown.
In innocence we search the skies,
Enchanted are our newfound eyes.”

PIPER: Okay, I’ll be right back. (She leaves. PAIGE blinks.)

PAIGE: You know, I don’t feel any different.

PHOEBE: It’s one of the pluses. No turning into anything, not dizziness, no- (She stops as she sees PIPER walk in with DARRYL and ALICIA. She smiles.) Hey.

(PIPER takes ALICIA’s hand.)

PIPER: Sweetie, we were wondering if you might be able to call your fairy friend for us. We think she might be able to help us.

ALICIA: (excitedly) So she was right? You did find out how to save the Fairy Queen? (The sisters glance at each other.)

PIPER: We’re working on that.

(ALICIA nods. She walks over to the window and opens up her toy purse. She reaches inside and pinches something between her fingers, then sprinkles it on the windowsill.)

ALICIA: Jasmine? Jasmine!

(A sparkle of blue light appears and turns into JASMINE. PAIGE stares in awe.)

PAIGE: Now that is neat!

(PHOEBE bends down next to ALICIA.)

PHOEBE: Uh, Jasmine, right? (JASMINE nods. PHOEBE smiles.) I’m Phoebe.

(JASMINE looks at ALICIA and says something.)

ALICIA: She says she knows who you are…you’re the…the Charmed Ones. (She looks strangely at the sisters.) What’s a Charmed One?

PRUE: Oh-oh, uh, (she laughs) it’s uh, uh-

DARRYL: They’re nicknames.

PRUE: Right! (She laughs.) Our nicknames. (mouthing to DARRYL) Thanks!

(DARRYL winks.)

PHOEBE: Um…Jasmine, we need your help to stop Anton.

ALICIA: Is that who took the Fairy Queen? (PHOEBE nods. JASMINE says something to ALICIA again.) She wants to know how she can help.

PHOEBE: (to JASMINE) We need you to get all the fairies together and use your fairy dust to summon Anton. (JASMINE fearfully shakes her head. PHOEBE holds up her hand.) Please! We don’t know how else to summon him. He has an amulet that makes him immune to our powers.

(JASMINE looks at ALICIA. ALICIA frowns.)

ALICIA: She says she doesn’t know if they can do it.

PHOEBE: (to JASMINE) We just need you to try.

(JASMINE bows her head. She nods and says something to ALICIA before disappearing.)

ALICIA: She says they’ll be back soon.

(PHOEBE stands up.)

PIPER: You’ve been a big help Alicia. Thank you.

(ALICIA smiles. DARRYL motions his hand.)

DARRYL: Come on, we need to get you home.

(ALICIA eyes the sisters.)

ALICIA: So, it’s gonna be okay now?

PIPER: It’ll take time, sweetheart. (ALICIA takes DARRY’s hand.) I’ll walk you guys out to the car.

(They leave. LEO orbs in.)

PHOEBE: Well, it’s about time.

PAIGE: Where’ve you been?

LEO: It’s a long story.

PRUE: Well, where’s Chris?

LEO: He wouldn’t come.

PHOEBE: He wouldn’t come! How does he-

LEO: He says there’s another way, that you don’t need him, if you just put a little more thought into it.

(PHOEBE glares.)

PHOEBE: (sarcastically) Like what? We’re just supposed to have Thistle steal the amulet?

(PRUE and PAIGE share looks.)

PRUE: Actually, that’s not a bad idea! If they can summon him and get the amulet, then we can do the rest.

[Time lapse. The sisters and LEO are gathered in the attic. Several candles are placed around the room, casting shadows with their flames. In the center of the attic a shimmering circle has been created using fairy dust. A large group of fairies are fluttering above the circle and look very much like a bright glowing sphere. A low humming is coming from them and they begin to draw out like rings moving back after a pebble hits the surface of a pond. Only THISTLE is left in the middle. She throws out her hand and a cloud of fairy dust descends into the middle of the circle and sparkles.]

[Cut to the forest. ANTON is there, now completely transparent. He looks furious as he walks seamlessly through trees, logs, and various other obstacles.]

ANTON: Come out, you little vermin! (A spiral of sparkles surrounds him.)

[Cut to the attic. A glittery spiral appears within the circle, depositing ANTON. He turns his head, disoriented, then spots PHOEBE.]

ANTON: You!

(THISTLE furiously throws another handful of fairy dust at ANTON. The cloud hits the amulet, which became transparent with ANTON, and absorbs into the necklace. But unlike before, when the necklace glows, it becomes solid and falls to the ground. ANTON hears the clank and looks down.)

PIPER: Now!

PRUE, PHOEBE, & PAIGE: “Immortal warlock,
That doth be so inner squalid,
By the Power of Three,
We make you solid!”

(The circle of fairy dust rises up with a magical wind and blows into ANTON. He sparkles and shimmers as the dust coalesces to form a second skin. In a flash, he becomes corporeal again.)

PAIGE: Oh look, he’s a real boy!

(ANTON looks down at himself and touches his chest, feeling solid. He sees the amulet on the floor by his foot and quickly leans to grab it.)

PRUE: (to PAIGE) Not for long! (She arches out her hand and a bolt of electricity sparks cracks into ANTON, knocking him to the ground.) Oh! I didn’t mean to do that!

(While ANTON’s shaking from the electrical blast, PIPER stomps over and slams the auger shell onto him. The auger tentacles latch onto ANTON’s face and begin to suck away his immorality. However, as his skin starts to turn into watery droplets and dissolve, the leftover electrical shocks from PRUE’s attack begin to spark on his skin. PIPER jumps back.)

PIPER: That didn’t happen last time!

(The more ANTON dissolves into water, the stronger the electric charges are. PHOEBE hits PRUE.)

PHOEBE: Nice goin’ Prue!

(PRUE’s head falls limp. ASTRAL PRUE appears at the Wiccan chest and flips it open. She grabs out the five crystals.)

ASTRAL PRUE: Piper! (ASTRAL PRUE tosses one across to PIPER, who catches it and slams it down on the floor. She then throws one to PAIGE and one to PHOEBE, who also stick them into place.) Leo!

(ASTRAL PRUE arches her arm and throws one across to LEO, who leans back and catches it like a baseball. He knees down to put it in position. As ANTON explodes into a hundred droplets, ASTRAL PRUE scrambles across the floor to shove the last crystal into place and disappears. PRUE awakens just in time to see the crackling explosion contained in the crystal cage. PHOEBE pats PRUE on the back.)

PHOEBE: As I was saying, great thinking.

(PRUE playfully nudges PHOEBE. PIPER moves towards the crystal cage and peers inside. All she sees remaining is a puddle of water with little electrical currents running through it and the shattered remnants of the auger shell.)

PIPER: Looks like we won’t be able to use that to vanquish anymore immortal baddies. (She eyes PRUE.) Thanks for that.

(PRUE touches her stomach.)

PRUE: Well, the important thing is he’s gone, right?

PHOEBE, PIPER, & PAIGE: Right.

PHOEBE: And for good this time! (She walks over and picks up the red amulet that’s lying on the floor just outside the crystal cage.) And this time I’m putting this in a safety deposit box!

[Time lapse. It’s morning and PAIGE is in the kitchen, holding a near full gallon of milk as she stands in front of the open refrigerator, staring at all the food inside, including two other full gallons of milk. She frowns and pushes the other two gallons aside and squeezes in the gallon she’s holding. As she shuts the fridge door, PRUE wanders in. PHOEBE is sitting at the kitchen table, typing on her laptop. PAIGE walks over to her bowl of Granola on the table and picks it up.]

PAIGE: You know, we really need to make a chore list or something so all three of us don’t end up going shopping at the same time again. (She slides a spoonful of cereal into her mouth and nods in the direction of the fridge as she chews and finally swallows.) That is ridiculous! I’m afraid the fridge is going to barf of me every time I open it.

(PRUE walks over to the cupboard and opens it to reveal it full of several boxes of cereal, including two boxes of Granola. She pulls one out.)

PRUE: On the bright side, at least you and Phoebe don’t have to share for a while. (PAIGE playfully wags her spoon at PRUE as she grabs a bowl from another cupboard. PRUE glances over at PHOEBE, who isn’t paying attention to them.) Whatcha doin’?

PHOEBE: Working on my column…well, technically they’re only test letters. (She looks up, wearing her glasses.) Elise, that’s the editor, wanted to make sure my Spencer Ricks advice wasn’t just a one time fluke, so she gave me a mock column to work on answer and if she likes what she sees, then I’m hired!

PRUE: That’s great, Pheebs! I’m proud of you.

(PHOEBE grins and then bows her head, returning to her mock column. PRUE and PAIGE look at each other and smile.)

[Scene: Tibet. Himalayas. CHRIS and MELINDA are there, both dressed in heavy jackets and snow boots. They're bending down, hunched over the scorched ground where LILLITH had killed the MYSTIC. A three card spread of Tarot cards have been placed over the blackened ground. In order from left to right the cards are “The Emperor,” “The Devil,” and “Death.” CHRIS and MELINDA turn to each other with hopeless looks.]

[Scene: France. Alps. LILLITH is standing ankle deep in the snow. She’s holding a pentagram shaped onyx stone in her hand. The onyx begins to quiver and break into a full on shake before flying off of her palm and imbedding itself in a wall of snow. LILLITH walks over to the snow wall and holds up her hand, expelling a funnel of flames. She runs her hand back and forth until all the snow is melted, revealing compacted rocks and dirt, with a fist sized hole in the center where the onyx pentagram flew through. LILLITH inhales and then holds out both of her arms. Her dark eyes narrow as she concentrates. The rock and dirt begin to shake, as does the ground beneath her. Cracks begin to form in the dirt, pebbles begin to fall loose, and finally big chunks of dirt begin to break off. A heavy groaning sound echoes in the mountains and then a massive crack forms down the center of the dirt wall before it completely rips open, revealing two rock doors that were concealing a dark cave entrance. The onyx pentagram is stuck to the outside of one of the doors. The onyx shivers and then rips off the door and flies into the dark passageway. LILLITH drops her arms to her sides, looking exhausted. Then she produces a fireball in her palm and walks into the passageway. The light from the fireball casts shadows on the dark walls, which have cobwebs and ancient drawings. She moves down the passageway until she comes to a dead end. She holds out her fireball, revealing what looks to be a stone sarcophagus. She smirks and throws the fireball at the sarcophagus. As it hits, two bulky demons appear shoulder to shoulder in front of the sarcophagus.]

DEMON #1: Leave this place!

LILLITH: Or what? (She summons another fireball and holds it up to her face, revealing a wicked grin.)

DEMON #2: You’ll be eliminated.

LILLITH: You know, I’ve never been one to take orders.

(DEMON #1’s eyes turn black. He holds out his arm and a rush of umbrakinetic energy races towards LILLITH. Lillith throws up her hand, arching the umbrakinetic blast to hit DEMON #2. DEMON #2 is consumed by black flames. DEMON #1 squeezes his hand into a fist. LILLITH gasps as an invisible force clenches around her body. Then her head falls limp and ASTRAL LILLITH appears. She dives into DEMON #1 and he begins to convulse until his hold on LILLITH ceases and she falls to the ground. DEMON #1 drops to his knees and LILLITH awakens. She scrambles to her feet and throws up both her hands, blasting DEMON #1 with scorching flames. DEMON #1’s skin begins to turn a neon red and then a glowing white before he explodes, leaving a smoky wreath behind. LILLITH waits for the smoke to dissipate and then steps up the three steps leading to the sarcophagus. She finds the onyx pentagram embedded in a hole, crafted perfectly for it. She reaches down and twists the pentagram until it’s inversed. A loud moaning fills the passageway, followed by a terrible explosion. LILLITH shields her face from the smoke and dust. For several moments, she can’t see anything, and then as the smoke clears, she finds a small child, about five years of age with curly golden locks staring back at her from the open sarcophagus. The child’s eyes turn black and LILLITH grins.)

LILLITH: Hello, Son.

[The Virtual Series]

End Credits

Co-Starring
Brody Jo Hamilton --- Baby Melinda Halliwell
Jackson Phillip Deveraux Kaufman --- Baby Chris Halliwell
Camille Winbush --- Jasmine
Becky Wahlstrom --- Lila Wright
Scout Taylor-Compton --- Thistle
Claudia Black --- Mystic
Dana Cuomo --- Fairy Queen
Taquiyy Ludd --- DJ Morris
Leslie Grossman --- Rachel Witman
Beau Bridges --- Joe the Plumber

Featuring
Kevin Alejandro --- Demon #1
Carlos Gómez--- Demon #2

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