Charmed

4x01 Something Wicca This Way Returns

Int. Manor. Prue and Piper lie on the sunroom floor, with piles of wood around them.

Leo orbs in and bends down to them, placing his hands above their chests.

Their wounds slowly repair themselves and Prue and Piper pop their eyes open.

Prue: Oh!

Piper: Arggh! What happened?

Leo: You guys almost died, that's what happened.

Piper: Yeah, well, what else is new?

Prue: Oh, where's Shax?

Leo: I don't know, but I gotta go.

Leo orbs out.

Prue: Oh okay, come on.

Prue and Piper help each other up.

Piper: Come on, come on, where?

Prue: We need to go find Shax and vanquish him. Where's Phoebe?

Piper: I don't know.

Prue: Phoebe!

Piper: Phoebe!

Prue: Where is she?

Cut to scene.

Int. Cave in Underworld. Leo orbs in to find Phoebe standing next to him.

Phoebe turns to him.

Phoebe: Leo…is Prue and Piper alright?

Leo: Yeah, but they almost died. I've gotta get you back.

Phoebe: Leo, I can't. I made a deal with the Source and I have to stick with it.

Leo: Why isn't Cole back yet?

Phoebe: I don't know, but I'm worried about him. Do you think the Source did something?

Leo: We can't be sure.

Cole walks in.

Phoebe and Leo turn to him.

Phoebe: Cole, you're alright.

Cole: Yeah, but we have to go. The Source sent demons after me and stopped me from getting to Prue and Piper.

Leo: They're fine, but what about us?

Cole: The deal is broken. He stopped me from getting to your sisters.

Phoebe: So, we can go, right?

Cole: You can.

Phoebe: Cole, I am not leaving you, okay? I went through hell trying to save you.

Cole looks down.

Phoebe: I can't leave you.

Cole looks up to her.

Cut to scene.

Int. Manor. Prue and Piper walked towards Dr. Griffith's body.

Prue checked his pulse.

Prue: He's dead.

Piper: What? Well, maybe he was supposed to die.

Prue: Yeah, maybe. But, it doesn't change the fact that Shax killed him.

Piper: If Phoebe was here and not somewhere else, maybe he would have still been alive.

Prue: Well, while she's probably down in the Underworld trying to save Cole, we'll just have to vanquish Shax ourselves. We should go.

Piper: No, we should wait. Leo could come back and might know where Phoebe is.

Prue: Then he could just sense us and come to us.

Piper nodded her head.

Cut to scene.

Ext. Manor. Prue and Piper run around the corner and down the sidewalk.

Piper: He's gotta be around here.

Prue: Well, he did get what he came for.

Piper: Then, maybe he wasn't necessarily after Dr. Griffiths. Maybe he was after us.

Prue: Piper, he wouldn't attack us in broad daylight. Evil is a little more insidious than that.

Prue feels a rush of cold air.

A mini tornado appears behind Prue and Piper.

It dematerializes into Shax.

He quickly throws an areokinetic blast towards them.

Prue throws one of her hands up, sending it back to him.

He stumbles back.

Piper: Blow this!

Piper puts her hands up, trying to blow him up, but freezes him.

Shax starts to slowly unfreeze.

Piper: He's immune to my power.

Prue: Let's go. We don't have a spell to vanquish him.

Prue and Piper run around him and away as he fully unfreezes.

Cut to scene.

Int. Manor. Prue and Piper open the door and walk in.

Prue shuts the door.

They walk to the living room.

Leo orbs in next to them.

Piper: Leo.

Prue: Where did you go?

Leo: Down to the Underworld.

Cole and Phoebe shimmer in.

Piper: Phoebe.

Prue: Cole.

Cole waves his hand at them.

Piper: Okay. All of you were in the Underworld?

They all nod their heads.

Phoebe goes over to Prue and Piper and hugs them.

Phoebe: I'm so glad you two are alright.

Piper: Yeah, but not Dr. Griffiths.

Phoebe: What? He's dead?

Prue: Yeah, he's in the dining room.

Prue points to him.

Phoebe: Oh god.

Prue: Shax attacked us outside.

Phoebe: What?

Leo: Were you seen?

Prue: We don't think so.

Phoebe: Wait. Shax attacked you guys again?

Piper: Yep.

Phoebe: But, he got what he wanted, didn't he? He got Dr. Griffiths.

Prue: That's what we said, but we are starting to believe that he wasn't actually after him.

Piper: Or he was after all of us.

Leo: I better go ask the Elders.

Leo orbs out.

Phoebe: Cole, you alright?

Cole: Yeah, if I leave.

Phoebe: You can't go. We just got here.

Cole: They're going to come for me, Phoebe. The Source is going to keep coming sending bounty hunters after me.

Phoebe: Then we'll fight them off together.

Cole: Phoebe, I won't be gone long. You know where to find me.

Cole shimmers out.

Phoebe turns to Prue and Piper.

They both give her a serious look.

Phoebe: What?

Prue: What do you think, Phoebe?

Phoebe: You guys are mad at me about Dr. Griffiths, aren't you?

Piper: Hell yes we are!

Phoebe keeps her head up.

Prue: Phoebe, if you didn't go down there, he would be alive.

Phoebe: And, then magic would be exposed.

Piper: What are you talking about, Pheebs?

Phoebe: I'm guessing Leo didn't tell you, did he?

Prue: Tell us what?

Phoebe: Alright…um, this is going to sound crazy, but this has happened before.

Prue and Piper give her crazy looks.

Phoebe: See! I told you it was going to sound crazy, but it's true. To make a long story short, we were exposed and we had to make a deal with the Source to get Tempus to reset time.

Prue: Oh, okay! Slow down a minute. You made a deal with the Source, Phoebe? Are you crazy?

Phoebe: I was trying to save us Prue.

Piper: Okay! What was the deal?

Phoebe: The deal was he would get Tempus to reset time…and I would have to stay in the Underworld.

Piper: You know what? I don't know what to do right now. Worry about police and everything trying to find out what happened to the doctor or worrying about the deal.

Phoebe: Well, you don't have to worry about one of those things. The deal is broken. Another part of the deal was to let Cole come warn you guys, but the Source sent demons after him before he could, which destroyed the deal.

Prue and Piper sighs.

Phoebe: So, what do we do?

Prue: Well, first thing's first, we have to vanquish Shax. I mean, we all believe he was after us from the beginning and the doctor was just a bonus, right?

Piper and Phoebe nod their heads.

Prue: So, we should just find a way to vanquish Shax and then we can worry about trying to make sure no one finds out about Dr. Griffiths being killed here.

Phoebe: Okay. Then, we're going to need the spell.

Phoebe pulls the piece of paper with the spell on it from her jacket pocket and hands it to Prue.

Prue quickly scans it.

Prue: Alright! We're ready.

Piper: No, we're not. We can't go outside and vanquish Shax. What if we get exposed again?

Phoebe: Well, instead we can summon Shax. I mean, I should be able to reword the spell to vanquish him to summon him.

Prue: Okay. Get to it.

Phoebe turns around and runs up the stairs.

Prue turns to Piper.

Prue: Alright, in the meantime, Piper, can you clean up? Their leaves everywhere.

Piper: No, you're helping me.

Prue: Um, I can't. I have to call Darryl to see what we're going to do about his body.

Prue walks towards the kitchen.

Piper: Great! Leave me with all the work!

She sighs.

Cut to scene. Attic. Phoebe turns the pages of the book to Shax's page.

Phoebe walks over to a table and picks up a notepad and pen.

She goes back over to the book and starts writing down something.

Cole shimmers in, tired and ready.

Phoebe: Cole!

Cole: Phoebe. What are you doing in here?

Phoebe: Writing a spell. Why do you look-

A demon appears in a flash of light.

Cole: Phoebe! Get down!

Phoebe ducks as the demon throws a lightning bolt towards her.

It hits the window behind her, smashing it to pieces.

Cole conjures an energy ball in his hand and throws towards him.

The demon jumps out of the way.

The energy ball hit's the wall, scorching it.

Prue and Piper run in.

As Prue and Piper see Cole and the demon, Prue throws her arm around and the demon flies away and out the window.

Phoebe stands up as she looks at Cole.

Prue: Cole, what are you doing bringing a demon back here?

Cole: I was trying not to be exposed and I thought no one would be here if I shimmered here.

Phoebe: Cole. You're not hurt, are you?

Cole: No, I escaped fast enough.

Phoebe: Good…because we're going need your help.

Piper: And what exactly do we need him for?

Phoebe: Piper, the power of three might not be strong enough to vanquish Shax alone so Cole could use his powers to keep Shax from hurting us while we're saying the spell.

Prue: Sounds like a great idea to me.

Piper: What do you say, Cole?

Cole looks at them and nods his head.

Cut to scene.

Int. Living Room. Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Cole walk down the stairs.

Prue: Okay! Everyone got the plan? Do we need to go over it again?

Phoebe: Yeah, because I want to know why I'm the one that has to reveal myself to Shax first.

Prue: Well, because you know more martial arts than Piper and I so you would be able to knock out Shax if he tries anything off the bat.

Piper: Okay. Ready?

Prue: Ready.

Prue turns around and runs up the stairs, followed by Piper walking into the parlor.

Phoebe pulls a piece of paper out of her pocket and holds it in front of her.

Then, she starts chanting the spell.

Evil Winds That Blow

That Which Form Below

Come Here and Now Dwell

So Death Can Take You With This Spell.

Phoebe looks up at the doors, waiting for Shax to come.

Soon enough, the front doors burst open and a mini tornado flies through towards Phoebe.

Phoebe: Um…Piper! Prue!

The mini tornado knocks down Phoebe and he continues towards the stairs.

It slows down and Shax stands there.

Phoebe looks up from the floor.

Shax looks down to Phoebe as he starts to throw his arm around.

Phoebe: Cole!

Cole runs from the sunroom and quickly throws an energy ball at Shax.

Shax gets hit by it, but doesn't get affected by it.

Cole: Say the spell, damnit!

Cole throws another energy ball at Shax, but he doesn't get affected by again.

Phoebe: Prue! Piper!

Piper runs to Phoebe as Prue runs down the stairs and to her as well.

They start chanting.

Evil Winds That Blow

That Which Form Below

No Longer May You Dwell

Death Takes You With This Spell!

Cole throws his last energy ball at Shax, which he now feels.

Shax yells in agony and pain as he burst into tiny particles.

Piper: Is he dead?

Prue: Well, we did say a spell.

Phoebe: Yeah, and he already was feeling the energy balls Cole threw so he's gotta be dead.

Cole walks over to them.

Cole: Phoebe, now that Shax is vanquished, I think I have to go. The Source probably already knows he's vanquished and has sent bounty hunters after me.

Phoebe: Okay, where should we meet?

Cole: Where we always do.

Cole kisses Phoebe and slowly shimmers out.

Phoebe turns around to Prue and Piper.

Prue: So, what do we do now?

Phoebe: Well, we need to clean up around here.

Phoebe giggles.

Piper: Well, we gotta do that and do something about Dr. Griffith's body.

Prue: Oh, I forgot. Darryl is coming by to discuss on how we're going to cover up this problem.

Phoebe: Oh, I have an idea. But, we're going to need to Leo for it.

Prue: Okay. Leo! Leo!

Leo orbs in next to them.

Leo: Hey, what you need?

Phoebe: We need for you to take Dr. Griffith's body somewhere. Maybe his home or an alley.

Leo: Sure, anybody coming with me?

Prue: I'll go.

Prue walks over to Dr. Griffith's body with Leo and they orb out with him.

Phoebe walks towards the stairs.

Piper: Hey! Where are you going, missy? You are not about leave me with the cleaning again.

Phoebe: Well, I have call Darryl to tell him that he doesn't have to come.

Phoebe walks up the stairs as Piper rolls her eyes.

Piper: I'm stuck with the cleaning again!

Piper sighs.

Cut to scene.

Int. Mausoleum.

Phoebe walked down the steps towards a wall.

Phoebe: Cole? Are you here?

Cole shimmers in.

Cole: Phoebe. You miss me already?

Phoebe: Yeah, and I think we need to talk.

Cole: Okay.

Phoebe: Cole, even though I almost got my sisters and I killed trying to save you, we have to make it through.

Cole: But, the bounty hunters-

Phoebe: Screw the bounty hunters Cole and screw the Source. Our love is stronger than evil.

Cole: Demons can't love.

Phoebe: Well, the potion sure says otherwise.

Cole kisses Phoebe.

Cole: Phoebe, I will always be with you. Even in the afterlife.

Phoebe sighs.

Cole grabs Phoebe and they hug.

Fade out.