6x15: Sandy Francisco

[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.

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. If we owned Charmed, the last few seasons would be more like this! All characters and locations are fictitious or are used fictitiously. We only own the characters listed as "Original characters" within the credits. All others are products of the old WB and the new CW and belong to them and Aaron Spelling Productions. This work was not written for sale and is meant only to be read by visitors to websites for the fans of the television show, Charmed.

6.15 SANDY FRANCISCO

GUEST-STARRING:
SANDRA PROSPER
ALISEN DOWN
ALICE CHAN WAI
DAVID CHISUM
RICHARD McGONAGLE
JACKSON BRUNDAGE

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...Richard Compton

[The Virtual Series]

Sandy Francisco

Teaser

[Scene: Burge Elementary School. Gym. The room is jam packed with people and dotted with little booths. A banner hanging above the stage proclaims “Happy Halloween!” in bold black paint over orange construction paper. Various paper cutouts of cats, ghosts and pumpkins have also been pasted around the greeting. About ten feet from stage is the booth with the largest crowd. Standing behind the booth are five women, including SHELIA MORRIS and PIPER HALLIWELL. SHELIA hands one older gentleman, MR. FREEMAN, a paper plate containing several Halloween themed cookies wrapped in orange plastic wrap and he hands her a five dollar bill in return. As SHELIA reaches into the pocket of her apron to retrieve his change, the man shakes his head.]

MR. FREEMAN: Keep the change. (He winks.) For the kiddies.

SHELIA: Are you sure, Mr. Freeman?

MR. FREEMAN: They deserve a fun trip. (He pulls up the plastic wrap on his plate and retrieves a pumpkin shaped cookie topped with orange sugar crystals.) I’ll see you later, Sheila.

(SHELIA beams.)

SHELIA: Thank you! And enjoy! (She stuffs the bill into her apron as MR. FREEMAN walks off. Meanwhile, a seat over from her, a woman steps up in front of PIPER and smiles.)

PIPER: Hey, weren’t you here just a little over a half hour ago?

WOMAN: (laughing) Yes, but I’m afraid my husband liked your brownies so much he gobbled them all up before the rest of us got a chance to have any, so here I am again. Hopefully you still have some left?

PIPER: That we do! How many would you like?

WOMAN: Ten?

(PIPER motions to one of the women behind her, BECCA THOMAS.)

PIPER: Becca, ten more of my brownies please.

BECCA: Those seem to be a favorite today, Piper. (She begins to stack individually wrapped brownies in varying colors of plastic wrap into a plastic bag.) If I didn’t know better, I’d say you put some kind of spell on these things. (She holds out the bag to PIPER, who laughs.)

PIPER: You know me, hocus pocus! (She waves her free hand as if she’s waving a wand and then hands the bag over to her customer.) Abracadabra.

WOMAN: Thank you! (She reaches into her purse and retrieves a handful of one dollar bills, counts out five, and hands them to PIPER.)

PIPER: No, thank you! (She slips the money into her apron.) And enjoy!

WOMAN: I’ll try!

(She waves and disappears into the crowd. Two women walk up from the crowd and SHELIA, PIPER and the other three behind the booth.)

WOMAN #2: I’m so sorry we’re late! Traffic was a bear today!

SHELIA: Don’t worry about it, Nancy. (She slips off her apron and hands it to NANCY PHELPS.)

NANCY: (to PIPER and SHELIAa) You two must be exhausted. (She slips on the apron as PIPER hands hers to WOMAN #3.)

PIPER: Once you’ve managed a restaurant, this is a cake walk! (NANCY giggles.)

NANCY: Well go! You two deserve a nice big break. (NANCY and WOMAN #3 take PIPER’s and SHELIA’s seats at the booth and immediately begin taking on customers as PIPER and SHELIA slip out of the booth. SHELIA snakes her arm around PIPER’s shoulders.)

SHELIA: Thanks again for doing this, Piper.

PIPER: Oh stop that! It was a bake sale, how could I pass that up? (She winks.) And more importantly, it was for Alicia and her class field trip.

SHELIA: I think our booth’s had more repeat customers than any of the others and I’m positive it’s because of you. (She playfully nudges PIPER in the arm.) You should really consider opening up your own bakery or something, I think you’d make a killing!

[Cut to the playground. Kids are running around screaming and playing tag, some on the jungle gym, others are on the swings, and a group is lined up playing jump rope. Several adults are passing by, following orange construction cones with signs leading to the bake sale. Among the crowd are PAIGE MATTHEWS and PHOEBE HALLIWELL.]

PHOEBE: Twenty minutes to find a parking spot. Ridiculous!

PAIGE: It reminds me of trying to park on a college campus.

(As they’re walking, a blood curdling scream echoes from the playground. PAIGE and PHOEBE instantly spin around in time with several other people around them. A handful of adults run in the direction of the scream.)

[Cut to the sandbox. A little boy is slumped over with his head face first in the sand as a little girl stands outside of the sandbox, still screaming. Several adults rush up and many children watch curious and afraid from afar. A man jumps into the sandbox and rolls the little boy over to find his face caked with sand.]

MAN: Oh my God!

(The man begins to wipe the sand off the boy’s face and attempts to give him CPR, only to find that his mouth and nose are filled with sand too. PAIGE and PHOEBE push their way to the front of the crowd. The man begins to try and dig the sand out of the boy’s mouth.)

MAN: Someone call an ambulance!

Clickable Credits.

[The Virtual Series]

{SCENE: The song “Let’s Take A Ride,” written and sung by Justin Timberlake, is heard as stock shots of San Francisco are shown while the Guest Credits are rolled.}

Act One

[Scene: Manor. Prue’s bedroom. PRUE HALLIWELL is standing in front of her floor length mirror, staring at her extremely pregnant reflection dressed in blue jeans and a shimmering gold and white maternity top. She cups her hands around her belly and stares at herself, then she turns to the side and looks at her profile, and finally she lifts up her top to reveal her round belly with her belly button poking outwards. She wrinkles her nose and brushes her hand over her belly button.]

PRUE: That looks so disturbing... (The sound of the doorbell can be heard from downstairs. PRUE’s face lights up as she grabs her purse and splits for the door.)

[Cut to the entry way. The sound of labored footsteps can be heard thumping down the stairs before PRUE finally appears. She wobbles as fast as she can as she holds onto the railing. She finally makes it to the bottom and then waddles across to the front doors, opening it to reveal MITCH PERKINS standing outside, with a bouquet of white lilies in his hand.]

MITCH: Hey. (He holds out to the bouquet.)

PRUE: Aw, you didn’t have to do that. (She takes the bouquet and grins.) But I’m glad you did! (She motions her hand, inviting him inside.) Let me go find a vase for these. (She drops her purse on the table in the entry way as they move towards the dining room.)

MITCH: You’ve really got a glow about you today.

(PRUE rolls her eyes good naturedly.)

PRUE: It’s just twice as much blood flowing under my skin than normal. (They walk into the kitchen.) Nothing too amazing about that.

(MITCH shrugs.)

MITCH: I’d say the miracle of life is pretty amazing, but that’s just me.

(PRUE pulls out a vase and fills it with water.)

PRUE: The side effects are definitely amazing…amazingly painful that is. (She slides the lilies into the vase and leans forward to set it on the island and groans. MITCH’s expression turns serious.)

MITCH: What’s wrong? Is it-

PRUE: Back pain. (She presses her hands to the edge of the island and groans.) Amazing, right?

(MITCH grabs a chair and moves it over to PRUE.)

MITCH: Sit down.

PRUE: Oh, (she waves her hand dismissively) no, it’s not a big deal. It happens all the time.

MITCH: Please?

(PRUE attempts to place her hand to her hip and grunts. MITCH gives her a knowing look.)

MITCH: Just humor me.

PRUE: Fine.

(PRUE sits down. MITCH moves behind her and begins to massage her shoulders. PRUE closes her eyes and loosens up, then he begins to move his hands lower down her back and she exhales deeply.)

PRUE: Oh my god, (she wriggles her shoulders) that feels so good! Where did you learn to do that?

MITCH: (laughing) Just a little something I picked up in the Peace Corps. (He gently massages the back of her neck with his fingertips.)

PRUE: That is just… (A little moan escapes her mouth.) Incredible! (She leans her head back so she can look at MITCH’s face upside down.) Keep this up and I may be forced to trap you here as my massage slave.

MITCH: Really? (He gives her shoulders an extra firm knead of his hands.) Is that a promise? (PRUE grins and they share an upside down kiss.)

[Scene: Burge Elementary School. Sidewalk. The sound of sirens can be heard fading into the distance. A large group of people on the sidewalk, and some in the parking lot, are beginning to thin out leaving SHELIA, PIPER, PHOEBE and PAIGE. SHELIA is shaking her head.]

SHELIA: That poor little boy, I hope he’ll be okay.

PHOEBE: I wish we knew what happened to him. It just looked so unnatural. (PAIGE and PIPER stop to give PHOEBE odd looks.) Sorry…bad choice of words. I just meant…I can’t imagine how someone goes from playing in a sandbox to being face down in it.

PAIGE: Maybe he had a seizure and that’s why the girl freaked out?

PHOEBE: That’s plausible, I guess. I just hope he’s okay.

SHELIA: I could ask Darryl to check up on him if you want.

PHOEBE: Would you? (She smiles.) That would hopefully put my mind at ease.

(PIPER wraps her arm around PHOEBE’s arms.)

PIPER: She’s just pretty sensitive about things like this.

PHOEBE: (nodding) Exactly.

SHELIA: No problem. (She pats PHOEBE’s arm and the four of them begin to head back towards the school.) By the way, not to change the subject, but have you guys decided about the party?

PAIGE: Party?

SHELIA: Next week, for Halloween.

PHOEBE: You’re having a party?

PIPER: Didn’t you get the invitation?

(The PAIGE and PHOEBE exchange looks.)

PHOEBE: Not that I know of.

PAIGE: Ditto.

PIPER: That’s strange, I gave Sheila an RSVP two weeks ago.

PAIGE: It probably got lost.

PHOEBE: Like several other important things…like the power bill.

PAIGE: We’ve got a new mail carrier on our route and it’s just been one disaster after another down the whole block.

SHELIA: So do you already have plans?

PHOEBE: Not really. We were probably just going to go to P3 unless we got a better party invite.

PAIGE: And it looks like we did! (She grins.) Take this as my official RSVP.

(PHOEBE raises her hand.)

PHOEBE: Me too, I can’t wait! (She smiles seductively.) And just wait until you see my costume…

(PAIGE nudges PHOEBE in the arm.)

PAIGE: If it ever ships.

PHOEBE: (groaning) Don’t jinx me!

[Cut to the playground. The school PRINCIPAL is standing with a police officer and the little girl whose scream had alerted everyone to the boy’s condition. They’re walking towards the sandbox, but the little girl stops abruptly and refuses to get any closer to it.]

PRINCIPAL: Come on, Missy. Officer Mann really needs to know what happened so he can help Joey.

(MISSY fervently shakes her head.)

MISSY: No. I don’t wanna go over there. It’ll get me too!

OFFICER MANN: Who will get you, Missy? Did someone do this to Joey?

MISSY: It was right there, in the sand. (She points.) It just came up with this big noise like ka-boom (she releases the PRINCIPAL’s hand and waves her arms in the air to demonstrate her point) and then it tried to pull him under!

(The PRINCIPAL and OFFICER MANN look at each other.)

OFFICER MANN: I think I’ll need to speak with her parents. Clearly, whatever she saw affected her and she doesn’t know how to explain it.

PRINCIPAL: They’re already on their way. (He takes MISSY’s hand again.) Let’s go wait in my office, okay Missy?

(MISSY nods, but her eyes are focused on the sandbox. The PRINCIPAL gently tugs MISSY’s arm and they turn away and head back to the school building.)

[Cut to the sandbox. The sand begins to shift on its own accord and then a big explosion of sand billows out of the box, leaving a giant hole in the middle of the sandbox.]

[Scene: Piper and Leo’s house. Kitchen. CHRIS HALLIWELL is pulling a batch of hot cupcakes out of the oven as MELINDA HALLIWELL traipses in. She spots the room littered with pastries and homemade treats and her brown eyes instantly zero in on a plate of neatly wrapped fudge. She reaches for it, but it moves by itself out of her grasp. MELINDA’s head pops up.]

MELINDA: Hey!

CHRIS: Touch it and Mom will know…and she’ll find you.

(MELINDA folds her arms in a pout.)

MELINDA: Like you haven’t snuck a couple of this n’ that while you’ve been in here.

CHRIS: Whatever I’ve done is no concern to you.

MELINDA: When did Mom leave you in charge of her food anyway?

CHRIS: She didn’t, she left Dad in charge, but he got called Up There and left me in charge to keep things safe from you.

MELINDA: Oh please! Someone gives you an itsy bitsy bit of control and you think-

CHRIS: Was there an actual point to your appearance or are you here just to annoy me?

MELINDA: Well-

CHRIS: I could just read your mind.

(MELINDA’s playful smirk becomes serious.)

MELINDA: Fine. I think the Sandman - err, thing - has finally surfaced. They were reporting some oddly suspicious deaths on the news just before I left P3. (pause) Do you think we should tell the aunts?

CHRIS: No, not yet. (He glances up at the ceiling.) If you have your suspicions, then The Elders probably do too, that may be the reason They called Dad up. He’s probably supposed to tell them.

[Scene: Downtown San Francisco. Autopsy lab. The MEDICAL EXAMINER is standing over the dead body of a man. His chest is cut open. The MEDICAL EXAMINER is inspecting the deceased’s lungs, one of which has already been removed from the body. He cuts open the lung and reveals that it is filled with sand. He looks stunned.]

MEDICAL EXAMINER: As I suspected, the left lung is compacted with sand.

(The MEDICAL EXAMINER reaches over to remove the right lung from the chest cavity when the granules of sand in the left lung begin to move. He doesn’t notice as he picks up the right lung, but as he looks back at the left lung, the sand from it surges into the air and blasts itself into the MEDICAL EXAMINER's face. It swarms up his nose, mouth and into his eyes as he attempts to scream. He drops the second lung and clutches his throat as he jerks around the lab, knocking into an empty table and then finally falling onto the floor before convulsing and then becoming still.)

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Two

[Scene: Burge Elementary School. Gym. PAIGE and PHOEBE are sitting on the edge of the stage. PAIGE is munching on an overly frosted cupcake while PHOEBE is eating a homemade rice crispy treat.]

PAIGE: So…heard from Jason again?

(PHOEBE frowns.)

PHOEBE: I don’t want to talk about it.

PAIGE: Why not? Is he an ass behind the handsome exterior?

PHOEBE: No!

PAIGE: Then why are you so resistant to liking him? (She points her finger accusingly.) And I know you like him.

PHOEBE: Paige-

PAIGE: Look, Pheebs-

PHOEBE: It’s not that he’s not a nice guy, Paige…he’s just-

PAIGE: Not Cole?

(PHOEBE sighs.)

PAIGE: Phoebe, nobody will ever be Cole for you. (She lays her hand on her sister’s leg.) I know that he’ll always reserve a special place in your heart…but that doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to be happy with other guys just because he’s gone. I mean…I think he’d want that for you, don’t you?

PHOEBE: It doesn’t make me feel any better though. I still feel like being happy with someone else is a betrayal to Cole somehow. (She stares down at her rice crispy treat and rotates it between her fingers.) And the thing is, (she looks up and an odd look washes over her face) hey.

(PAIGE wags her finger.)

PAIGE: Oh no you don’t! Don’t try to change the subject-

PHOEBE: Isn’t that the guy who picked you up the other night?

PAIGE: What?

(PHOEBE points.)

PHOEBE: The one you said you met at the bar last week. Jett, I think?

(PAIGE lifts her head to look across the gym. She spots the man who’d sent her the alcoholic beverage at the bar the week before, JETT.)

PAIGE: I wonder what he’s doing here. (She narrows her eyes.) Maybe he has a niece or nephew or something? A friend?

(PHOEBE gives PAIGE a little shove.)

PHOEBE: Go say hi.

(PAIGE starts to slide off the stage and then flips her head back around.)

PAIGE: Wait a minute! I see what you’re trying to do, you want me to go talk to him so we won’t have to finish our conversation, aren’t you?

PHOEBE: Where would you ever get that idea? (PAIGE half glares.) Oh Paige, just go say hi. We can talk again later, I promise. I just don’t want to see young lust go to waste.

(PAIGE playfully hits PHOEBE and jumps off the stage.)

PAIGE: (muttering) Young lust.

(PHOEBE smirks as PAIGE sashays over to JETT.)

[Cut to Piper and Sheila’s booth. PIPER is once again taking orders and cash when her husband, LEO WYATT, approaches the booth. PIPER’s face lights up.]

PIPER: Leo! (She jumps up from her seat and leans over the counter and gives LEO a quick kiss on the lips, but as she pulls away, LEO’s expression remains the same. PIPER’s face falls.) Uh oh….you’re not here with my food, are you?

LEO: I’m afraid not.

PIPER: What’s going on?

LEO: Can you take a break?

(PIPER glances over at SHELIA.)

PIPER: Hey Sheila, could you manage without me for a few minutes?

SHELIA: No problem!

PIPER: Thanks. (She takes off her apron and lays it in the back and proceeds to slip out of the booth.) What’s this all about?

LEO: The Elders think there’s a new demon your sisters need to vanquish…they think it’s responsible for a string of recent killings.

PIPER: Have you told my sisters?

LEO: Not yet. I sensed you were all here, so I came here first. Do you know where they are?

(PIPER motions her arm.)

PIPER: Not really. Paige and Phoebe should be here somewhere, but Prue’s still at the Manor.

LEO: No, she’s here too. (He closes his eyes and opens them again, this time turning his head in the direction of the stage where PHOEBE is.) Well there’s one, Prue and Paige are somewhere in the crowd and I can’t pinpoint them exactly.

PIPER: I’ll go fill in Phoebe, you round up the other two. (She heads to the stage while LEO trudges back into the thick of the gym.)

[Cut to Paige. She’s talking to JETT, who looks quite nervous.]

PAIGE: You know, you don’t look so well, is something wrong?

JETT: Well actually, I’m not really feeling too well at the moment. I’m a little-

WOMAN's VOICE: Jett? (JETT and PAIGE look in the direction of the voice. The woman, LEANNE about their age approaches. She stops abruptly as she sees PAIGE with JETT. She looks right at JETT.) Friend of yours?

(PAIGE smiles brightly.)

PAIGE: Paige Matthews. (She holds out her hand.)

LEANNE: Unbelievable! (She jabs JETT in the shoulder with her finger.) I can’t believe you have the audacity to meet up with your floozies even at your daughter’s school!

(PAIGE stares dumbstruck.)

JETT: Leanne-

(PAIGE notices the ring on LEANNE’s finger and turns furiously to JETT.)

PAIGE: You’re married?!

LEANNE: Oh don’t play stupid! You couldn’t possibly be naive enough to not see through his charade. (She throws up her hands at JETT.) You know what, don’t even bother coming home tonight!

(LEANNE storms off, bumping into LEO as he approaches. JETT looks sheepishly at PAIGE, who raises her arm to him.)

LEO: Paige!

(PAIGE halts her hand as she spots her brother-in-law. She exhales.)

PAIGE: Don’t bother coming back to P3 if you know what’s good for you. (She grabs LEO by the sleeve of his shirt and leads him away.)

LEO: What was that?

PAIGE: (stubbornly) I don’t want to talk about it. (She curls her fist.) Piper’s over-

LEO: I was actually looking for you.

(PAIGE stops.)

PAIGE: That doesn’t sound good.

[Cut to Prue and Mitch.]

PRUE: That sounds great! (She digs into her pocket and pulls out a couple of dollars, which she hands to a little girl who’s sitting behind a booth.)

LITTLE GIRL: Thank you!

(The LITTLE GIRL hands PRUE a plastic bag containing two large snicker doodle cookies. PRUE opens the bag as she and MITCH saunter away from the booth. She pulls out one snicker doodle and hands it to MITCH and then pulls out the other one and begins to munch on it herself.)

PRUE: Oh my gosh, (she chops away on the cookie) I love these things! Snicker doodles are my favorite type of cookie.

MITCH: Really? How come? I would’ve pegged you for chocolate chip.

PRUE: Double chocolate chip is my second favorite. (She swallows her bite and licks some of the cinnamon off her finger.) But snicker doodles…they were my mom’s favorite. She used to make them for me and my sisters when we were little; sometimes Piper and I would even help. (She sighs fondly.) They were indescribable…it must have been some special ingredient. She used to say she’d give the recipe to me someday.

MITCH: I’m sorry.

PRUE: Don’t be. (She shrugs.) Maybe I’ll come across it somewhere someday, you never know.

(MITCH smiles.)

MITCH: You really don’t. (He suddenly squints.) Hey, isn’t that your brother-in-law? (PRUE looks and LEO waves. MITCH waves back.) Hey, Leo, nice to see you again. We were just looking for your wife.

LEO: What a coincidence…Piper was just looking for Prue. (He smiles oddly, causing PRUE to give him another glance.) Would you mind if I stole Prue for just a few minutes? (He shrugs.) Apparently it’s a sister thing.

MITCH: Far be it from me to get between sisters. (He waves his arm.) Go right ahead.

LEO: Thanks! (He tugs PRUE forward.) This way…

[Cut to a vacant classroom. PIPER, PHOEBE and PAIGE are waiting. PAIGE has seated herself on the top of a desk and she appears to be stewing, while PHOEBE is pacing and just looks lost in her own thoughts. The door opens and LEO walks in with PRUE.]

PRUE: What is this all about?

(LEO shuts the door.)

LEO: The Sandman.

PIPER: Please tell me you’re trying to prank us. The sandman’s not real, right?

LEO: It’s a nickname-

PHOEBE: He’s a demon?

PAIGE: (muttering) I wouldn’t be surprised.

LEO: No, it’s a nickname for a demon…though this particular demon isn’t really a man. It’s just a creature, kind of like a poltergeist of sorts. It has the ability to inhabit sand and dirt.

PRUE: So a Sand Demon?

LEO: Basically. And The Elders believe it’s responsible for five recent deaths in the bay area. Each of the victims was suffocated by sand inexplicably filling their lungs.

(PAIGE, PHOEBE and PIPER look at each other.)

PRUE: You guys know something.

PHOEBE: A boy was taken to the hospital today, he was found in the sandbox…and his mouth and nose were filled with sand.

PAIGE: That’s not a coincidence.

LEO: Where’s the sandbox?

(PHOEBE waves her arm.)

PHOEBE: Out on the playground, this way.

[Cut to the sandbox. The hole is still there as LEO, PIPER and the Charmed Ones approach. PHOEBE points.]

PHOEBE: Okay, that was not there last time we were.

PAIGE: Should you try and get a vision?

PIPER: And risk it attacking you?

(PRUE waves her arm at the sound. An invisible hit of telekinetic energy reaches the sand and blasts it into the air and it falls harmlessly back into the sandbox.)

PRUE: It doesn’t appear to be alive at the moment.

PHOEBE: Well, we can’t risk anymore people getting hurt. (She steps away from her sisters and kneels down next to the edge of the sandbox. She thrusts her hand forward and grabs a fistful of grainy sand.)

[Premonition: The man that attempted to perform CPR on the little boy is at a park, catching a different little boy at the end of a slide. The sand underneath his feet suddenly opens up into a gaping hole and he falls in. The little boy, still on the slide, begins to scream and tries to crawl back up the slide. The hole closes up, holding the man hostage up to his neck as if he were in quicksand. Then sand begins to rush into his nose and mouth.]

[Cut back to the present. The sand slips from PHOEBE’s hand in a small stream as she opens her eyes. She looks at PAIGE.]

PHOEBE: It’s after the guy who got to the little boy.

(The sand shifts in the box, but nobody notices. PHOEBE pushes herself up from the edge of the sandbox and begins to walk back to her sisters when a funnel of sand flies out of the box and encircles her in a dust storm.)

PIPER: Phoebe! (Her heads flips to her husband.) Leo, orb her out of there!

(LEO attempts to orb to PHOEBE, but his orbs hit the dust twister and bounce off. His orbs hit the blacktop and he reforms. PRUE throws out her hand and a bolt of electricity shoots from her palm, grazing the side of the dust storm. The speed slows. PRUE repeats the maneuver with the opposite side of the dust storm and PHOEBE is suddenly knocked free from its clutches. She lands on the blacktop, coughing and struggling. Finally, PRUE thrusts out both of her hands and hits the dust cloud head on with two electrical bolts. The dust cloud explodes, sending bits of dust and newly formed glass everywhere. PIPER helps PHOEBE up and the five of them run back to the school, as far away from the sandbox as possible. PIPER begins to pat PHOEBE’s back as she coughs up mouthfuls of sand.)

PRUE: Leo, The Elders didn’t mention how to vanquish this thing by any chance, did They?

LEO: No…They thought it was vanquished years ago, so They were shocked when They began noticing the familiar killings.

PAIGE: How did They believe it was killed last time?

LEO: Water. It was melted.

PIPER: So you’re telling me we need ruby slippers?

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Three

[Scene: Manor. Attic. PRUE is on her cell phone while PIPER is flipping through the Book of Shadows. PAIGE, PHOEBE and LEO are also present.]

PRUE: No, I promise I’ll be fine. I’m just feeling a sudden onset of queasy right now…yeah, me too, but I’m told it can happen. (She smiles in spite of herself.) No, really, I don’t want you to come over…No! I just don’t want to risk upchucking on you. (She laughs.) Well, thank you, but still…Okay, okay, I will, goodbye. (She closes her phone and turns to her sisters, her face once again all business.)

PIPER: I can’t find anything and I’ve been through it twice.

PHOEBE: Isn’t it odd how the one time our Book doesn’t have any information, The Elders do?

PAIGE: Not much. Like how that thing came back.

PIPER: Probably after it dried out and I would guess that it just decided not to resurface until it was strong again.

PAIGE: So if water can’t vanquish it, then what can?

(The Book of Shadows flies open and the pages start flipping until they come to a dead stop. PIPER and PHOEBE gawk.)

PRUE: What?

(PIPER turns the pedestal so PRUE can see the page in the Book, which is of the Water Demon entry. PHOEBE looks up at the ceiling with irritation.)

PHOEBE: I thought we just established that water won’t work.

PAIGE: Maybe they think we’re wrong.

(PRUE studies the page.)

PRUE: Maybe we just need much more water than what was used last time? Blow him to particles?

(PIPER shakes her head.)

PIPER: I doubt that would have a different effect than last time, he’d just have to try off and regroup again.

PHOEBE: Last time the Power of Three didn’t exist, right? So what if we did it with a hellavu lota water and the Charmed Ones.

PAIGE: It sounds good in theory.

PRUE: Problem is, we’d probably have to catch him in his whole form to get it to work. (She points to the Water Demon page.) Like how we had to vanquish the Water Demon.

PHOEBE: And getting him to make that mistake - again no less - won’t be easy.

PIPER: Maybe you could write a spell?

PHOEBE: (nodding) It might work. (She spins the Book of Shadows back to face her.) And I think I might even have an idea. (She begins turning the pages.)

[Scene: Downtown San Francisco. Autopsy lab. The room is filled with police officers, including Inspector DARRYL MORRIS and his partner, RAE EVANS. RAE is peering over the body of the medical examiner.]

RAE: The M.E.’s assistant called it in. She claims she only touched the body to see if he was alive and then proceeded to call nine-one-one.

DARRYL: How much you wanna bet his lungs are filled with sand?

RAE: But all the other victims were killed in sandy areas.

(DARRYL walks over to the autopsy table and looks at the body, then spots speckles of sand and notices the second lung, full of sand.)

DARRYL: Over here. (RAE walks over.) There’s your sand.

(RAE looks disgusted.)

RAE: You’re saying the sand from the victim somehow got into the M.E.?

DARRYL: I’m not saying anything…I’m just speculating based on the evidence.

RAE: So we’re looking for some sadistic serial killer?

DARRYL: In a manner speaking, probably so.

(OFFICER MANN makes his way up to DARRYL.)

OFFICER MANN: Inspector?

DARRYL: Yes?

OFFICER MANN: I heard word of an emergency call this morning and it took me to Burge Elementary where I believe an attack of the same nature took place. (He hands DARRYL a piece of paper with a couple of names and addresses.) However, in this case, there was a witness. Her name’s on that paper. I think you should try speaking with her.

DARRYL: Thank you, officer.

(OFFICER MANN nods and leaves.)

DARRYL: Evans, can you handle this from here?

RAE: Sure.

DARRYL: Good. I’ll update you as soon as I can. (He leaves.)

[Scene: Manor. Attic. PHOEBE is sitting at the miniature table, scribbling away on a notepad. When PRUE walks in, she proudly holds up her spell.]

PHOEBE: Done! I just reworded the spell that I used on Astral Prue when she ran out on Piper’s wedding.

PIPER: (sarcastically) Aw, the memories.

PHOEBE: Sorry. (She sets down her pen and looks at her eldest sister.) What about you?

(PRUEholds up a vial containing a clear liquid.)

PRUE: Good old H-two-O.

PHOEBE: You do realize that we’re gonna need a bit more than that, don’t you?

PRUE: Hey, you’re not the only one who can write spells around here, Pheebs. I wrote a spell to magnify this water.

PHOEBE: Did you test it?

(PRUE smiles sheepishly. On cue, PAIGE stomps in with a sour look on her face, rubbing her wet head with a towel. PIPER and PHOEBE snicker so PAIGE wads up the towel and throws it at them but they duck and it misses them both.)

PRUE: Now we just need to find the demon.

PHOEBE: And save the innocent. (She rips her spell off the notepad.) Piper, grab the crystals from the chest if you would, just in case.

PIPER: Good idea.

PAIGE: Where are we going exactly?

PHOEBE: To the park, that’s where my vision took place.

PRUE: There are a lot of parks in San Francisco, Phoebe.

PHOEBE: It’s the one near Sheila and Darryl’s house, where we sometimes take the Twins and meet up with Morrises.

PIPER: Oh! Gotcha. Perfect.

(As they walk out of the attic, the Book of Shadows flies open and turns back to the page on the Water Demon.)

[Scene: Burge Elementary School. Gym. SHELIA has her cell phone clutched between her shoulder and her ear as she stacks plates of cookies into boxes.]

SHELIA: (into the phone) …and it would be great if you could just stop by and check up on him for her, she was really worried about him and understandably so. (She switches her cell phone to her other ear as she turns around.)

BECCA: Sheila? Where should this go? (She holds up half of a cake.)

SHELIA: (to BECCA) Just set it on the stage, I’ll take care of it.

BECCA: Okie dokie. (She carries the cake off to the stage.)

SHELIA: (into the phone) Yeah, but they left unexpectedly…no, Prue wasn’t feeling too well. (pause) No, the bake sale went great! I’m just helping to box up all the extras now. Piper decided to send hers to the local food closet and a lot of the other people thought that was a great idea, so I’m just helping to load the food onto the rides. (She tapes up a box and marks it “Brownies” with a sharpie.) Okay, I’ll talk to you later. Love you!

[Scene: Inside Darryl’s car. DARRYL is driving with one hand on the steering wheel and one hand on his cell phone.]

DARRYL: Bye.

(DARRYL flips his cell closed and begins dialing another number. In the distance, he sees the sign for Bay General Hospital and speeds up a little. He pulls into the parking lot and begins driving around for an available space. His cell phone starts ringing again and he places it back to his ear.)

[Scene: Manor. Entry way. As the sisters and LEO are heading out the door, the house phone starts ringing. PHOEBE shakes her head.]

PHOEBE: What bad timing. (She grabs her jacket from the coat hanger and files out last, shutting the door behind her.)

[Cut to Darryl. He hears PRUE’s, PHOEBE’s and PAIGE’s voices on the answering machine followed by a customary beep.]

DARRYL: Hey, it’s Darryl. Sheila tells me you guys know something about an accident that happened to a little boy at Burge today. Give me a call back, I think we need to talk. (He hits “End” with his thumb.)

[Scene: Park. LEN HILTON, PHOEBE’s innocent, and his son, VON HILTON, walk up to the playground holding hands. VON screeches as he sees the swings and runs over to them.]

VON: Daddy, daddy, push me! (He climbs onto the swing seat and begins pumping his small legs, but it doesn’t seem to be getting him anywhere.) Da-ddy!

LEN: I’m coming! (He grabs the swing chains and pulls them back, then lets them go and VON goes sailing through the air. VON yells and squeals.)

VON: Higher, Daddy, higher!

(LEN pushes his son’s back, pushing him as high as he can go into the air. VON thrusts out his legs with wild abandon and screams at the top of his lungs joyously. LEN can’t help but laugh at the childish beauty of the situation.)

LEN: Is that high enough for you, son?

VON: I think I could touch the sky if I wanted to, Daddy. (He giggles and jiggles the swing chains.) I bet I could even fly!

LEN: Better not get that adventurous. How many little boys have you seen that could actually fly?

VON: I could be special.

LEN: You already are special, son. (He pushes him a few more times and VON squeals.)

[Cut to the parking lot. PIPER’s green jeep pulls up and everyone piles out of it. The sisters begin running when they hear the faint sounds of screams coming from beyond the trees.]

[Cut back to Von and Len. VON is still screaming and laughing.]

VON: Daddy!

LEN: What?

VON: I want to go on the slide.

LEN: Now?

VON: A huh!

LEN: But you just got high.

VON: Yeah, but now I want to go low. Will you catch me?

LEN: On the slide?

VON: Yes, but we’ll have to stop first.

LEN: Stop kicking and I’ll slow you down.

VON: Would you catch me if I jumped off?

LEN: I’d rather not.

(LEN grabs the swing chains and brings them to a halt. VON hops off the swing and runs over to the slide. LEN positions himself at the bottom of the slide while VON climbs the back to get to the top. At that moment, PHOEBE comes running out of the bushes. She spots LEN and then sees VON about to go down the slide. She waves her arms.)

PHOEBE: No! Don’t!

(VON and LEN get distracted by PHOEBE and both look at her. PIPER runs out from the trees.)

PHOEBE: Get away from the slide, get off! It’s unsafe!

(At that moment, the hole beneath LEN’s feet collapses and sucks him down. Just as in PHOEBE’s vision, VON begins to scream and tries to run back up the slide.)

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Four

[Scene: Park. The sand closes up around LEN, leaving him trapped in the hole buried up to his neck in sand. LEN starts to panic and the sand starts to kick up in a fury.]

PHOEBE: “That which is not projected here,
Appear fully formed and able to spear!”

(The sand storm around LEN’s head disappears and the sand begins to move and quake on the ground. Suddenly, it bubbles and ejects LEN from the sand, blasting him onto the grass. The sand converges into a hulking, featureless beast. PRUE, PAIGE and LEO emerge from the trees and stop in their tracks.)

PRUE: Whoa!

PHOEBE: Prue, the potion!

(PRUE hurls the vial of water at the SAND DEMON.)

PRUE: “Take this vial,
Blessed Be,
Multiply its contents by infinity!”

(The vial hits the SAND DEMON and seeps into him sandy torso. Water begins to sprout and bubble from his body like a fountain. He grasps his chest and howls as more and more holes burst from him, then the water begins to swirl around him like a twister and he howls. The Charmed Ones join hands.)

PRUE, PHOEBE & PAIGE: “By the Power of Three,
We decree,
This Demon of Sand,
Be vanquished by our command!”

(The SAND DEMON begins to turn to mud and melt into a giant pile of goo which falls back into the playground, where the mud starts to absorb the sand from the ground and rebuild itself. The sisters and LEO look shocked.)

PHOEBE: That’s not right! (to PIPER and LEO) Get the innocents out of here!

(PIPER shoves the bag of crystals at PRUE. PRUE dumps them out and waves her arm, telekinetically circling them around the SAND DEMON as PIPER grabs VON and LEO takes hold of the unconscious LEN. LEO orbs the four of them away.)

PAIGE: (through gritted teeth) What the hell do we do now?

(The SAND DEMON thumps his Hulk-like hands together and the sand on the playground jumps, shoving the crystals off the ground and in all different directions. A gritty, hallow laughter fills the air and then the SAND DEMON holds out one giant hand and sends a blast of sand at the sisters. PRUE throws up her hand, blocking it with her telekinesis.)

PRUE: (hissing) He’s too strong, I can’t hold this very long!

(PHOEBE’s eyes flash excitedly.)

PHOEBE: Oh my god, I’ve got it!

PAIGE: Spill!

PHOEBE: It’s the baby.

PRUE: What?

PHOEBE: The baby’s power! That’s how you need to kill him! Electricity! That must have been why the Book kept turning to the Water Demon page, they’re similar and they both need to be killed the same way.

(PAIGE starts to nod.)

PAIGE: That makes sense. If you hit him with a high enough voltage, it’ll turn his sand to glass!

PRUE: You’re right, I can’t believe I didn’t think of that before. (She grabs PAIGE’s hand.) Phoebe, Paige, on three!

PAIGE: One.

PHOEBE: Two.

PRUE: Three!

(PRUE drops her arm and PAIGE orbs them away as the sand blasts through PAIGE’s orbs. Branches from a nearby tree fall off as the sand storm hits. The Charmed Ones rematerialize behind the SAND DEMON. PRUE holds out both of her hands and summons her unborn daughter’s power and blasts the high voltage into the demon’s sandy back. The SAND DEMON begins to shake and sputter as his body slowly stiffens and turns into a frightening half melted figure.)

PAIGE: Piper’s old explosive power would come in handy right about now.

PRUE: We can’t leave that here.

(PHOEBE wrinkles her nose in disgust.)

PHOEBE: (to PAIGE) Can you orb it?

PAIGE: It’s massive!

PHOEBE: Good point. (She rubs her chin.) Maybe we could talk to Leo about getting some whitelighter buddies together and orbing it into the Atlantic?

PAIGE: Sounds feasible to me. (They look at PRUE.)

PRUE: I don’t care what’s done with it, we should just go. (She rubs her stomach.) I think I’m starting to feel queasy for real this time.

(PHOEBE collects the five crystals from the playground.)

PHOEBE: Let’s go!

[Time lapse. PIPER, LEO and the Charmed Ones are in the waiting room at Bay General Hospital. DARRYL walks out from one of the hallways, in the midst of speaking with a doctor. LEO sees him first and after the doctor leaves, he waves.]

LEO: Darryl!

DARRYL: Hey. (He walks over.) Glad you guys are still here.

PHOEBE: We wanted to make sure the innocents were okay.

PIPER: How are they doing?

DARRYL: Well. Len has a moderate concussion, thankfully he can’t remember what happened. Von does remember, but his story is so - imaginative - that the police aren’t really taking him seriously.

PAIGE: And how about the little boy from the school?

DARRYL: He’s still in critical condition.

PHOEBE: He made it?

DARRYL: Barely. They had to do surgery to get the sand out, but much of it hadn’t reached his lungs yet. It’ll be a long, hard recovery for him, but I think he can do so in time.

PIPER: Thank goodness.

(LEO wraps his arm around PIPER’s shoulders comfortingly. PIPER smiles, relieved, and leans her head against her husband’s shoulder.)

DARRYL: Looks like it’ll be another unclosed case, though.

PRUE: I’m sorry, Darryl.

DARRYL: No, don’t. You did what you had to and even if nobody else knows it, I know those demons can’t hurt anyone else anymore and that’s all the comfort I need.

PHOEBE: I just wish you could take a little credit more often than you do.

DARRYL: Speaking of credit, I’m supposed to be helping Alicia with her extra credit science project right now, so I’ve got to go. (He turns to leave and then glances back.) Will we be seeing you guys at the party next week?

PRUE: (confusedly) Party?

(PAIGE and PHOEBE laugh.)

PAIGE: Yes, all of us. (She nudges PRUE.) We’ll tell you later.

(DARRYL laughs and heads out the electronic doors. LEO gets up and holds out a hand for PIPER to help her off her seat too.)

LEO: It’s been a long day, I say we all go home now.

PHOEBE: Uh, Leo, before you go-

LEO: Glass statue, already taken care of. (He winks. PIPER grins and kisses his cheek.)

PIPER: That’s my handyman, always on top of things. (PAIGE and PHOEBE smirk. PIPER waves her hand disapprovingly.) Gutter!

[Scene: Manor. Basement. PRUE’s dark room equipment is scattered all over, but hasn’t been used in months. Near one of the tables, a figure appears. With a swift arm movement, the light in the basement turns on, revealing the figure to be LILLITH. She surveys the basement and then waves her arm, blasting all of PRUE’s dark room equipment to the other side of the basement. Much of it breaks, smashes, and crushes under each other. LILLITH then looks down at the cement floor and bends down, running her hand over the smooth surface. She flips her hands so that they both face palm up and then she closes her eyes. A rattling is heard and the smashed dark room equipment begins to shiver and some even hover. The Manor creaks and groans. LILLITH’s breathing quickens and soon all of the dark room equipment is levitating. Then popping noises can be heard as small cracks begin to appear in the cement floor. LILLITH grits her teeth as the cracks pop and grow, some even cracking into each other to make twice as long cracks. Finally, with a low and loud blast, the floor splits apart, right between LILLITH’s feet. Several moments pass and she drops her arms, then a black smoke begins to rise from the crack. LILLITH smiles as THE WOOGY fills the room with his smoky presence.]

THE WOOGY: I smell a witch.

LILLITH: I require your assistance.

THE WOOGY: Why would I help you? What gives you the right to summon me?

LILLITH: You want to be free, do you not? You want control of the Spiritual Nexus.

THE WOOGY: You’ve already unleashed me, I can take those things on my own.

LILLITH: Really? You’ve tried, what, three times already and failed at each? What makes you think you don’t need help.

THE WOOGY: You’re a mere witch-

LILLITH: Mere? I’m so much more than that.

THE WOOGY: Give me a reason why I shouldn’t just take you over now?

(LILLITH grins. A funnel of blue flames appears beside her, depositing VOLAC with his blue flaming eyes.)

LILLITH: Because my son wouldn’t appreciate it.

THE WOOGY: The Source!

LILLITH: Yes.

THE WOOGY: What services do you require?

LILLITH: I need you to slowly infiltrate the Manor. You have one week. (She raises her finger threateningly.) But do not possess or harm any of its inhabitants…at least not yet. (She runs her fingers through a wave of her dark red hair.) Although, you may want to pay special attention to Phoebe and the child in Prue’s womb…

THE WOOGY: That’s all?

LILLITH: Yes…until All Hollow’s Eve. (She takes VOLAC’s hand.) We’ll be watching you. (They disappear in a wall of blue flames.)

BREAK

[The Virtual Series]

Act Five

[Scene: Piper and Leo’s house. Kitchen. PAIGE is sitting at the table eating a cupcake, while PIPER is making an egg and bacon omelet.]

PAIGE: Mmm…I’m so glad you didn’t give all of these to the homeless.

(PIPER rolls her eyes.)

PIPER: Well they were intended for the family. (PAIGE quirks her eyebrow.) I meant the family that resides in my house. Chris, Mel, Leo and myself. (She flips her omelet.) I just have the wonderful fortunate of my lovely sisters coming over all the time.

PAIGE: You know you love us. (She licks purple frosting off the top of the cupcake and smacks her lips.) By the way, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about something.

PIPER: I knew you had an ulterior motive for coming over here…besides eating me out of house and home, of course.

PAIGE: Guilty as charged…but it’s not as sinister as it sounds. (She sighs.) Look, you’ve known Phoebe longer than I have - obviously - and I was just thinking that maybe you should talk to her.

PIPER: About what?

PAIGE: Jason.

PIPER: You’re still on that? Paige, if Phoebe doesn’t want to date-

PAIGE: That’s not it! I just want her to understand that it’s okay to like guys that aren’t Cole. And I just kind of figured that maybe that message would get through better if you talked to her.

PIPER: Since I’ve known her longer?

PAIGE: That and…well, you were the only sister that didn’t have something against Cole. I mean, Prue and I have made our peace with him I think, but still…I just thought-

PIPER: I’ll talk to her-

PAIGE: Thank you!

PIPER: But I make no promises! Phoebe’s got to move on when she’s ready.

PAIGE: I know. (She nods.) I just don’t want her to miss out, you know? It’s so obvious she likes him.

PIPER: (nodding) Yeah, I know…I’ve noticed her expressions when you bring him up. She’s got the signs of a classic Phoebe crush.

PAIGE: Glad I’m not just going insane.

PIPER: I didn’t say that. (She winks. PAIGE just rolls her eyes.)

[Scene: Manor. Kitchen. PRUE is sitting at the table while MITCH is at the stove, fixing oatmeal. PRUE is nibbling on a bagel loaded with cream cheese and strawberry jam.]

PRUE: I think I’ve got it!

(MITCH looks up as he stirs the oatmeal.)

MITCH: What?

PRUE: The perfect name.

MITCH: And that would be?

PRUE: (grinning) A surprise. I’m keeping it a secret until she arrives.

MITCH: Now that’s just playing dirty.

PRUE: I like to think of it as mysterious.

MITCH: Any hints?

PRUE: Hmm….like what?

MITCH: Like, are you sticking to the “P” tradition or are you breaking like your sister?

PRUE: Piper didn’t really break the tradition, she just shifted it from the first name to the middle name.

MITCH: So that’s what you’re doing?

PRUE: I didn’t say that.

MITCH: But you did imply-

Prue: Your one and only hint is that she’ll be named after two very influential people in my life, and no, Phoebe and Paige are out of luck but I’m sure that won’t stop them battling about it until it’s official.

(MITCH pours the oatmeal into two bowls and tops them with honey and strawberry slices. He carries them over to the table and places them in front of him and PRUE.)

MITCH: Well, I’m sure whatever you choose, it will be just as beautiful as her…whom I’m sure will take after her mother.

(PRUE dips her spoon into the oatmeal and scoops out a spoonful with a strawberry. She smiles genuinely.)

Prue: Thank you.

MITCH: For what?

PRUE: For…being such a good man. I’ve known few and I’ve dated even less and given my situation, I don’t think I could find a guy more accepting than you…so thank you.

MITCH: It’s just who I am, Prue. We can’t help what happens in life, we just need to look for the good in it and persevere.

PRUE: Yeah…I think I’m just now beginning to understand that.

[Scene: Golden Gate Park. CHRIS is seated on one of the marble benches in the same area of the park where LYNN PERRY was murdered. In the palm of his hand is the engagement ring he’s been holding on to. The diamond glints in the early morning sunlight. MELINDA walks up and sits down next to her brother. She points to the rainbow on the sidewalk, reflected from the light of the diamond.]

MELINDA: I think that’s supposed to symbolize hope and a fresh start, right?

(CHRIS closes his hand around the ring and the rainbow vanishes.)

CHRIS: We haven’t won the war, Melinda.

MELINDA: Not yet…but we will. I know we’ll save them all. There’s not a lot I have faith in anymore, but I do have faith in that. (She takes CHRIS’s hand in hers.) I have faith in us.

[Scene: Cemetery. Mausoleum. PHOEBE is standing in front of plaque’s bearing the names of her deceased lover, COLE TURNER, and his father, BENJAMIN TURNER. PHOEBE is holding a bouquet of red roses and her eyes are wet. The echoing sound of footsteps can be heard from the stairs and PHOEBE whirls around to see PIPER appear.]

PHOEBE: (shocked) Piper! What are you doing here?

PIPER: I thought you could use some company. (She eyes COLE’s name plate.)

PHOEBE: How did you-

PIPER: You were never good at keeping secrets, Pheebs. (She walks over to her sister and wraps her arms around her. PHOEBE lays her head onto PIPER’s shoulder.)

PHOEBE: I miss him so much.

PIPER: I know, honey. (She strokes PHOEBE’s hair.) But you can still miss the person you love and still find a way to make yourself happy. It’s not impossible.

PHOEBE: It seems that way.

PIPER: Look at Prue.

PHOEBE: She’s always been the strongest, though.

PIPER: You underestimate yourself.

PHOEBE: I know…

PIPER: I think you should call him.

PHOEBE: What?

PIPER: That Jason guy. (She looks her sister in the eyes.) I know you like him. (She taps PHOEBE on the nose.) I know you, Pheebs.

(PHOEBE wipes her eyes with the back of her hand.)

PHOEBE: What do you think Cole would think?

PIPER: I think he’ll be happy to watch you happy.

PHOEBE: Or he could come back and haunt Jason.

PIPER: (sarcastically) Ha! (She narrows her eyes playfully.) Trust me, he won’t…but if he does, I’ll take care of his transparent ass.

(PHOEBE cracks a smile.)

PHOEBE: Thanks.

PIPER: Anytime, Pheebs.

(PHOEBE places the roses down and runs her finger over COLE’s name.)

PHOEBE: If you don’t want me to see him, here’s your last chance to give me a sign. (She waits, looks around, but nothing happens. She sighs.) I love you, baby. (She sniffs and turns to find PIPER holding out her cell phone. PHOEBE rolls her eyes and takes the cell phone.) I’ll be right back. (She disappears up the stairs. PIPER shoves her hands in her pockets and looks at the name plaque.)

PIPER: I meant what I said, by the way. You haunt Jason and I’ll send you back over the void so fast… (She smiles.) But I think after all this time, I know you too, Cole. (She nods, more to herself than to the plaque, and then turns and heads up the stairs. A moment later, a single red petal from one of the roses falls from the bouquet and lands on the floor.)

[The Virtual Series]

End Credits

Co-Starring
Aidan Quinn --- Len Hilton
Addison Black --- Von Hilton
Rachel Wilson --- Becca Thomas
Hope Shapiro --- Nancy
Jeremy Zorek --- Principal
Katherine Landry --- Missy
Andres Perez-Molina --- Officer Mann
Ed Moran --- Jett
Jessica Pariseau --- Leanne

Featuring
Keith David --- Mr. Freeman
Shauna Bloom --- Woman
Angela Martinez --- Woman #3
Anthony DeMarco --- Little Boy
Terry Kinney --- Medical Examiner
Madison Hodges --- Little Girl

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