1x01
Pilot
Story Written by: p3btvs
Edited by: charmedgirl17
Teaser
INT. Office
Unknown Time
(Phoebe Halliwell sits at a desk looking at a blank document on her computer screen and slowly takes deep breaths. After a moment of putting her hands up to the keyboard and back on her lap, she begins to type.)
Phoebe (voice over): It startedwith a spell. It was a spell to give me and my sisters, Prue and Piper, our powers. For years we lived our lives without ever knowing of who we truly were. 'Who' isn't exactly the best term to use…'what' sounds more appropriate. Together we made the Power of Three. We were known as The Charmed Ones.
(Phoebe stops typing for a moment and relives the day she read the spell to give her and her sisters their new Charmed destiny. As Phoebe continues to type, she can see every moment that she describes in her head as if she was there…again)
Phoebe (voice over cont): Prue was the oldest sister. She could move objects with her mind and eventually she gained the power to astral project. The middle sister, Piper, could stop time. With just a wave of her hand, the whole world around her would freeze for moments and sometimes, hours, but of course she couldn't freeze good witches, which is exactly what we were. It took awhile for her to gain a new power but when she did, it was deadly! Not only could she freeze things, she could blow them up too!
(Phoebe looks at the computer screen and rereads what she has typed so far. After she reads it she continues typing.)
Phoebe (voice over cont) Now don't go thinking she went around blowing everything she didn't like up. She mainly used it on demons, but we'll get to them later. As for me, Phoebe, the youngest of all three, I could get premonitions. For only a short period of time, all I could do was see into the future. After just months I could see into the past as well. It took a long time for me to gain another power, just like Piper. I longed for an active power to use to fight evil like my sisters, and I finally got one. It wasn't a cool one like sending demons flying through the air or blowing them up: all I could do was levitate. It wasn't long after Prue's death that I got another new power…not just a power, a calling.
(The flashbacks to previous events are now over. Phoebe sits at her desk and looks at her computer screen. The phone rings. She looks at it and after a moment, answers it. Phoebe is now years younger and is working at a local newspaper as a temp. The phones are ringing like crazy and all she does is sit there and say the same thing.)
INT. The Daily – Front Desk
October 2001
Phoebe: The Daily, please hold. The Daily, please hold. The Daily, please hold.
Man: Hey you Pheoble!
(An obese man known as Spencer Ricks was calling for Phoebe. She put the phone to her shoulder and looked at Spencer.)
Spencer: Get off that pretty little butt of yours. We have a new temp.
(It wasn't until he said something that Phoebe noticed he was walking with a much younger blond woman with a tight body…and shirt.)
Phoebe (whispering): Ugh…turkey!
Spencer: What did you say?
Phoebe: Nothing. What am I supposed to do now?
Spencer: Go to the temp agency and find out.
(There was no reason for him to be rude but in Spencer Ricks' world, the only thing women were good for was cooking and cleaning, and he didn't try to hide it. He was the advice columnist at The Daily, and in every article, he made a crack about how women should stay home, and men should make the money.)
Phoebe: UGH!
(Phoebe slammed the phone down. We now switch back to the much older Phoebe who is typing at her computer. She continues typing at a very fast pace.)
INT. Office
Unknown Time
Phoebe (voice over): It was very unlike me to get a job at a temp agency but after my sister's death, I had to make a drastic change in my life. Getting a job as a temp wasn't just one of them. I also moved into a new condo with my boyfriend, Cole.
(There is a knock at the door of the office Phoebe is sitting in. She stares at the door and another knock is heard. She lets out a sigh and stands up. Once she rises from her chair, again she is much younger. The scenery behind her has changed. She is now sitting on a couch in her new condo with Cole. There is another knock.)
INT. Phoebe and Cole's Condo – Living Room
October 2001
Phoebe: I'm coming! I'm coming! (She finally gets to the door, and when she opens it, she sees Piper.) Oh! Hey Piper! I thought you were coming by later.
Piper: I know, but I thought I would stop in while I was in the neighborhood to see what was going on. (Piper sees Cole sitting on the couch.) Hey Cole.
Cole: Hey Piper.
(Cole starts to get up to come greet his girlfriend's sister, but Piper stops him.)
Piper: Oh no, don't get up. I just want to borrow Phoebe for a minute…out in the hall.
(Piper nods her head toward the hall and starts to walk off. Phoebe follows and turns to Cole, giving him an apologetic look. Once out in the hall Phoebe looks at Piper, and, before Piper can say anything, Phoebe begins to speak.)
EXT. Phoebe and Cole's Condo – Hallway
October 2001
Phoebe: Piper you have two looks lately: the first is 'Have you heard from Leo?', and the second is 'I miss Prue'. And by the puppy dog eyes I'm seeing, I'm going with the second look. Do you want to talk about it?
Piper: No. I don't want to ruin your happy day. I do miss Prue but I won't bring you down with me. I just wanted to talk to you about this new job you have. The night shift at a morgue? That's a little creepy.
Phoebe: I know, but money is money. I mean, have you seen this condo! Rent ain't cheap, and with Cole not working it's time for me to bring home the bacon.
(Phoebe and Piper share a chuckle.)
Piper: Yeah Phoebes, but don't you think it is a bit creepy to work at the morgue where they have taken pretty much every one of our family members? Grams, Mom…
(Piper lowers her head to fight back tears as Phoebe finishes her sentence for her.)
Phoebe: And Prue.
(Piper raises her head. Tears are streaming down her face. She leans into Phoebe for a hug and Phoebe embraces her. The two sisters cry for a moment. Then Phoebe begins to speak again.)
Phoebe (cont): Look, I know it's not the most sought after job but maybe this will help me in the long run. Maybe I can find some peace and closure by working there.
Piper (wiping tears from her): I saved an innocent today.
Phoebe: Really? I never would have guessed that you would get back into the demon-vanquishing world.
Piper: Yeah. It felt good and trust me, I'm not back I…I just had no other choice.
(Cole opens the front door.)
Cole: I'm not interrupting, am I?
(Phoebe looks at Piper for the answer.)
Piper: Um…no, we're done. I have to go to the club for a sound check. I'll talk to you later, Phoebes. Love you.
Phoebe (hugging Piper goodbye): I love you too. And since you're back, be careful!
Piper (walking down the hallway, yelling): I'M NOT BACK!
Cole: What was that about?
Phoebe: Oh nothing. Just sister stuff. (She kisses Cole, then gives him a confused look.) Did the movers set up the bed before they left?
Cole (smiling): Why Miss Halliwell, are you trying to seduce me?
Phoebe: Only if it's working.
(Cole walks inside. Phoebe stays out in the hall for a moment. She looks down the hall in the direction Piper left. Wind blows her hair around, and she hears a voice.)
Voice: Help me.
(Phoebe looks around the hallway for the source of the voice but no one is around. She knows that it is something supernatural; all her years of being a witch have taught her that, more often than not, a disembodied voice is supernatural in origin. As much as she doesn't want to admit it, she knows that it is Prue's voice. Phoebe shakes her head trying to get the thought out of her head and walks inside her new condo. When she walks through the door, once again, she is years older. She is now in her office. She sits down at her desk and continues typing.)
INT. Office
Unknown Time
Phoebe (voice over): And that is when it started. It was a simple conversation with my new oldest sister, nothing special, but it must have triggered something. My best guess was that it started because that was when we first opened up to each other about Prue. It had been a few weeks since her death and not one word was spoken in our sister's memory. But I think I'm getting ahead of myself. You are probably curious about Piper's conversation with me, about working at a morgue. The temp agency I worked at had me working many different jobs that I never really fit in at…and then the morgue needed someone to work the graveyard shift. Everyone else had declined except for me.
(The scene of Phoebe typing at her computer drifts away and now, a much younger Phoebe is walking through the morgue with a short, bearded man. It is obvious that Phoebe is bored out of her mind, but she will not let this man, her new boss, see that.)
INT. Morgue – Crypt
October 2001
Man: This is called the crypt.
(He is a jittery man with red hair and a red beard. His white coat has a coffee stain on it, and his chipped nametag reads "Davis".)
Davis: Anybody that died an unnatural death will end up here.
(Davis flings his arm around the room to show Phoebe the spaciousness of it. However, she feels claustrophobic because of all the crypts that hold dead bodies)
Phoebe: What do you mean by unnatural?
Davis: Murders, suicides, other things.
Phoebe: Could you elaborate on the "other things"?
(She has a feeling that the "other things" refer to some things that she and her sisters had to do with.)
Davis: Well, you know…sometimes the police will get to a crime scene where the body is badly burned but there is no evidence of a fire. Or the victims will be locked away tightly in their apartment but yet every bone in their body is broken. Things like that.
(Phoebe chuckles a little bit at that last one. Her sister, Prue, had dealt with the man that was the cause of the "broken bones" deaths. She knows that Davis is trying to scare her because that man had died a long time ago.)
Phoebe: Well, this job sounds like a hoot. When can I start?
Davis: Are you serious?
(Davis looks confused. Phoebe knows what he is thinking. She doesn't seem like the type of person to work in a morgue, but, like she had said before, money is money.)
Phoebe: Yes. Why wouldn't I be serious?
Davis: Don't take this the wrong way but you just don't seem like the type of person who would want to work in a morgue. (He takes a sip of his coffee.)
Phoebe (smiling): Well, you would be wrong. When do I start?
Davis: Tonight…the graveyard shift.
Opening Credits
Act 1
Travelogue – Scenery of San Francisco – "Be Still" by Kelly Clarkson
EXT. Halliwell Manor
INT. Kitchen
Morning
(Phoebe and Piper have just finished eating breakfast and are now cleaning up after themselves. They get up from the table, grab their plates, and walk over to the sink to rinse them of)
Phoebe: Thanks for having me over for breakfast Piper, and thanks for inviting Cole. Sorry he couldn't make it but he is out job hunting!
Piper (laughing): Oh so nowhe is trying to bring home the bacon.
Phoebe: Don't laugh! I think it's cute. And hey, speaking of my man, where is yours?
Piper (irritated): He is up there. (looks up) They have really been on him a lot lately. I think it might be about Prue and how dangerous it is since the Power of Three is now the Power of One.
Phoebe: Piper you can't quit on me! (Phoebe puts her closed fists on her waist and raises her voice in a mocking tone) The mighty Charmed Ones must protect the innocent no matter how defeated they be!
(Piper slams the plates she was washing back in the sink. Soap water splashes everywhere and Piper begins to tear up. Phoebe stops her mockery, realizing that Piper didn't think it was funny.)
Piper: What about us, Phoebe? We need protecting too. Prue is gone now! She was the only one who was strong enough to do it. (crying) It terrifies me! She has been there my whole life and now she is gone and there is no one here to take care of us!
(Phoebe hugs Piper. She rubs her back and tries to calm her down.)
Phoebe: Piper we don't need protecting. We are grown women who are still the most powerful witches in the world.
Piper (still crying): I know that, Phoebe. But it's still really hard. (lets go of Phoebe) I keep expecting to walk into this kitchen every morning and see her sitting at the table, drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. I miss her so much!
Phoebe: I know it's hard especially since Cole and I moved out, but that is exactly why we did! It was killing me to walk in here and not see the same thing I've been seeing for three years.
Piper: Well I can't just leave the Manor and not just because of the Halliwell History.
Phoebe: I know. (looks at watch) Oh hey, I gotta run. Cole will be home soon, and I'm sure he will want to grouch about how hard it is for an ex-demon to find a job.
(Piper chuckles and wipes the tears from her face. The sisters hug and exchange "I love yous", and Phoebe walks out of the back door. Piper looks around the kitchen, sniffles and goes back to cleaning the dishes.)
EXT. Condo ComplexINT. Phoebe and Cole's Condo – Living Room
Morning
(Cole is pacing in front of the couch. He hears a key enter the lock on the door and quickly sits down and acts like he was reading the newspaper. Phoebe enters the condo with a cup of coffee and a newspaper)
Phoebe: Hey honey, been pacing for long?
Cole: What? No, I was just reading the newspaper.
(Cole waves the newspaper, and Phoebe sits down next to him on the couch. She chuckles a little.)
Cole (cont): What's so funny?
Phoebe: Nothing, but could you tell me what went on in the world yesterday…ya know, if you can even read it.
(Phoebe takes the newspaper realizing it was upside-down and flips it. She then points at yesterday's date on it. Cole sighs in frustration)
Cole: Okay, I was pacing for about ten minutes.
Phoebe: Why? What happened today?
Cole: It's just so hard! You know I gave up a perfectly good, well-paying job to be one of the good guys! Granted that the job was set up by the Triad as a cover, but still, shouldn't that count for something?!
(Cole gets up and continues pacing. Phoebe sighs and rolls her eyes. She gets comfortable for the ten minute long speech that she knows Cole is about to give for the fifth time in three days.)
Cole (cont): I was the most powerful demon the Underworld had ever seen in centuries and all that changed when I fell in love with one of the most powerful witches the world had seen in lifetimes. I gave up who I am to be with this person and now, I can't even get a job flipping burgers.
(Phoebe stands up, wearing a confused expression. She hasn't heard this version of Cole's speech.)
Phoebe: Are you saying that because of me your life is going to hell?
Cole (sighs): I don't know what I'm saying. I just know that I'm not happy. I mean, maybe this was a bit too fast. People usually wait a few years before they move in together, right?
Phoebe (shocked): Yeah, they do…in TV Land! Cole look around you. This condo is ten times better than the apartment you were living in when we first met. And after Prue died, when you moved in with me, you complained about getting a place of our own. If you don't want to be with me anymore then there is the door.
(Phoebe points to the door. She is on the verge of crying as tears start to form in her eyes. Cole stands in the same spot with a depressed look on his face.)
Cole: You don't mean that.
Phoebe: Don't I? You just stood there and told me that I am ruining your life and that you basically want to get out of the living situation that you have put yourself in!
(Phoebe takes the hand she was using to point at the door and slaps Cole. She is now crying.)
Phoebe (cont): I am finally starting to turn my life around, and I won't be held back. Get out, and don't even think about buying me an anniversary present! Did you even know that out anniversary was coming up in a few weeks?!
(Cole doesn't say a word. Phoebe sighs, having her answer. Tears pour down her face. He continues to stand for a moment then tries to comfort Phoebe)
Cole (walking to Phoebe): Phoebe, I didn't –
Phoebe (backs away): Don't you dare touch me! In case you forgot, the witch that ruined your life remembers the potion to vanquish your sorry ass pretty well, and if I were you, I wouldn't piss her off more than you have. Now, get out!
(Phoebe wipes tears from her face. Cole takes a deep breath and shimmers out. Phoebe sits down on the couch and begins to cry even harder than she was before. She slowly falls over and cries herself to sleep.)
INT. Halliwell Manor – Conservatory
Afternoon
(Leo orbs in to see Piper sitting on a chair in the conservatory, reading a book in the sunlight.)
Leo (smiling): Looks like you are having a pretty normal afternoon.
Piper (sets book down): Don't jinx me!
Leo (laughs): Okay, sorry. Where is Phoebe? Didn't she come here for breakfast this morning? I kinda need to talk to her for a minute or two.
Piper: No, she left a few hours ago. What do you need to talk to her about? Why the Elders had you up there so long?
Leo: Yes, actually.
Piper: Really? Well, the last time I checked, I was your wife…why can't you talk to me about it?
Leo: Because they had me up there because of Phoebe.
Piper (concerned): Why? Is something wrong with her?
Leo: No nothing is wrong with her. They are just concerned about her new job at the morgue.
Piper (squinting): Do they think it's creepy too?
Leo: They're just concerned that it might keep Prue alive for her in some twisted way. Just like you guys aren't allowed to call for her like you do with your Grams.
Piper: Why would they think that working at a morgue, where Prue's body stayed for just a few days, would keep her alive for Phoebe?
Leo: I don't know and I couldn't tell you, and that is what I tried to tell them! Do you know where she is?
Piper: My guess would be at her condo.
Leo: Alright, well, I'll be back. Enjoy your book and your normal life.
(Piper shoots Leo a look. He bends down and kisses his wife then orbs out of the Manor and into Phoebe's condo.)
INT. Phoebe and Cole's Condo – Living Room
Afternoon
(Leo orbs in and looks around for Phoebe. He doesn't have to look long. He quickly sees her sleeping on the couch. He bends down and nudges her to wake her up. She jerks out of her sleep. Her jerking shakes the couch, which shakes the stand knocking over a picture of Patty, the mother of the once great Charmed Ones. Phoebe sighs in frustration and pushes herself up from the couch. When she pushes herself off of the couch she hits the remote, turning on the TV. The news is on.)
Leo: Whoa, sorry. Didn't mean to scare you.
Phoebe (rubbing her eyes): It's okay, sweetie.
(Phoebe turns down the volume on the TV. She sets down the remote, hold up her finger at Leo, telling him to wait a minute, and she yawns.)
Phoebe: What's going on?
Leo: Nothing really. Where is Cole?
Phoebe: Ugh. Don't even mention that demon's name!
Leo (confused): Um, okay. Phoebe, I need to talk to you about your new job at the morgue.
Phoebe: Did Piper get you to come here and tell me that it's creepy?
Leo: No…the Elders did, though. Well, they don't think it's creepy, they just think that maybe you should tell the agency to find you a different job.
Phoebe (confused): Why?
Leo (sitting down): Because that is where Prue had to go while they finished up the investigation of the murders. And they think that working there could keep her alive for you.
Phoebe (stunned): Are they crazy?! Why would a slab of metal that my dead sister laid on for a few days keep her alive for me? Should we fire the mailman because he gave her mail sometimes?
Leo: Phoebe, please calm down.
Phoebe (shouting): No Leo, I won't calm down. You need to orb your ass up there and tell them to shove it! They don't need to be concerned with me or with what I do! We are not their precious "Charmed Ones" anymore!
(Phoebe gets off the couch and walks into the kitchen to get a cup of fresh coffee from the coffee maker. It had been set to make coffee at a certain time and had just finished. Leo stands up and follows her. He leans against the doorway, and Phoebe opens up her cabinet to get a cup for coffee. She is too distracted by the conversation to notice that she is about to knock a coffee cup over with the one she just grabbed.)
Phoebe (cont): I'm sorry I'm taking all my aggression out on you, Leo.
(The cup falls to the floor and shatters into pieces.)
Phoebe (cont, sighing): Great…just great.
(Phoebe bends down to pick up the broken pieces of her cup and throw them away. Leo gets off of the doorway and goes to help Phoebe. Seeing that she has everything under control, he takes a seat at the kitchen table.)
Leo: It's okay. I understand that you are frustrated. I am still your Whitelighter, though, so if you want to talk about anything…Cole, maybe.
Phoebe (surprised, pouring a cup of coffee): Why would you think that there is something wrong with Cole and me?
Leo: Because when I asked about him earlier I believe your exact words were: "Ugh. Don't even mention that demon's name!"
(Phoebe, with her cup of coffee, walks into the living room.)
Phoebe: We had a big fight, and I would prefer not to talk about it.
(Leo nods his head in understanding and sighs. He once again has to chase after Phoebe, who can't seem sit still. Phoebe picks up the remote to the TV and turns up the volume. A woman on the screen is announcing the winning lottery numbers.)
Woman: And tonights lucky numbers are…30…4…29…and 17.
(Phoebe turns off the TV and turns to Leo.)
Phoebe: Leo, I don't want to be rude, but I just don't feel like talking. If you are done being the Elders' little messenger boy, I have some things that need to get done before I start this job.
Leo: Yeah, okay. Well, good luck at the morgue.
(Leo orbs out. Phoebe sighs and takes a sip of her coffee. Cut to the Underworld.)
INT. Underworld – Source's Lair
Eternal Night
(The Source flames into an empty cavern. He looks around and flings his arm gently to his right. After a moment the demon Shax enters the cavern in a tornado.)
The Source: I have an assignment for you. I need you to kill a witch. The Oracle tells me that she plays an important role in the Charmed One's lives.
Shax (moaning): But my liege, I killed the Charmed Ones.
The Source: No, you killed one of them. That still leaves two that can find a way to bring her back from her afterlife and vanquish me…and you. Now, go kill this innocent.
Shax (moaning): Yes.
(The source places his hands on Shax's head. After a moment he removes them and Shax smiles. He leaves the cavern the same way he entered. The source breathes heavily as he can sense another presence in the cavern.)
Voice: May I be seen?
The Source: You may…Oracle.
(The Oracle reveals herself in a cloud of smoke and walks over to The Source. He grabs her by the neck.)
The Source: Please tell me again how this woman plays such an important role to the Charmed Ones.
Oracle: It isn't certain. I just know that Phoebe will try to save her and it will trigger some kind of grand design.
The Source: Well, if Shax is unsuccessful in his mission I will have to kill him, and then I'll have to kill you.
(The Source flames out dropping the Oracle and leaving her on the floor gasping for air.)
End of Act 1
Act 2
EXT. Morgue
INT. Office
Night
(Phoebe is sitting at a desk searching for something to do on the Internet. After a few moments, a voice comes from the other room.)
Voice: Phoebe.
(Phoebe looks up from the computer and looks around to see if anyone had called her name.)
Voice: Phoebe.
(Phoebe gets up from her chair and walks into the other room. She notices a body covered with a white sheet on a slab and doesn't think anything of it. She looks around and walks slowly toward the door that leads to the main hallway. When she walks past the slab a hand shoots out from under the sheet and forcefully latches onto her.)
Phoebe: AHH!
(The hand lets go of her. The person underneath the sheet takes it off and reveals himself as one of the people that works at the morgue, Rodriguez.)
Phoebe (cont): Damn Rodriguez, you nearly gave me a heart attack!
Rodriguez: Well, I guess it's a good thing we're at the morgue, huh? Did anyone ever tell you that you scare too easily?
Phoebe: Did anyone ever tell you it is impolite to scare the new girl on her first day?
(Rodriguez laughs, and his beeper goes off. His hand immediately goes for his waist. The beeping stops as he checks it.)
Rodriguez: Well, looks like you won't be bored on your first night. I got a pickup.
Phoebe: Oh, joy!
(Rodriguez gets off the slab and goes out into the main hallway, disappearing in a matter of minutes. Phoebe goes back into the office she came from and is surprised to see Davis talking with Cole.)
Phoebe: Cole? What are you doing here?
Cole: Looking for you, actually.
Davis: I thought I'd keep him company. You and Rodriguez looked kinda chummy in there.
Phoebe: Hardly! Is he always that…?
Davis: Obnoxious? Yes.
(Phoebe and Cole share an awkward glance. Davis, sensing that something was going on, excuses himself from the room.)
Davis (cont): Well, if you need me I will be in the crypt doing some…actually, I'll just be in the break room. I can do more there than I can in the crypt.
Phoebe: Okay.
(Davis leaves the room shutting the door behind him, leaving Phoebe and Cole in an awkward silence for a few minutes. Cole finally tries to speak)
Cole: Phoebe, I just wanted to say…
Phoebe: Don't. You obviously meant what you said earlier and I think it would be best if you just left me alone for a few days while I try to figure some stuff out.
Cole: What kind of stuff?
Phoebe: I don't know, maybe if moving in with you or being with you in general is a good idea.
Cole: You don't mean that, do you?
Phoebe: I don't know. You say that you want a life with me and yet you are constantly complaining about this life and your demonic powers.
Cole: Maybe…maybe you could make a power-stripping potion.
Phoebe: Do you think that would solve all your problems? You would still have to deal with normal day stuff like getting rejected for jobs. They don't reject you just because of what you used to be.
Cole: I know that. And I'll try, I'll really try to change and be the kind of man that you want in your life. The kind of man you deserve.
Phoebe: You are the man that I want in my life. And do I deserve you, probably not…but I guess I'm stuck with you.
(Phoebe and Cole let out a chuckle before they embrace in a hug and then a kiss.)
Phoebe (cont): Now if you don't mind, I have work to do.
Cole: I understand.
(The two share another kiss, and Cole shimmers out. Phoebe goes back to her desk and continues what she was doing before.)
EXT. Halliwell ManorINT. Piper and Leo's Bedroom
Night
(Piper and Leo are cuddling together under the covers, naked. It's obvious they just made love. As Leo is about to fall asleep, Piper wakes him up.)
Piper: How do you think Phoebe is doing with her new job?
Leo: She is probably doing fine. I told her what the Elders said, and she didn't seem at all worried…she kinda seemed pissed actually.
Piper: Yeah well I don't blame her. I'd be pissed too. Maybe I should give her a call.
Leo: Honey, just go to sleep.
Piper: Leo, we want to have a baby, right?
Leo: Yeah…?
Piper: Well, if we are going to have kids, then I need to practice staying up half the night. And since Phoebe is up anyway, I'll go give her a call.
(Piper puts on her robe and gets out of bed. Leo sighs and rolls over.)
INT. Morgue – Office
Night
(Phoebe is sitting in the office chair still messing around on the computer and listening to her iPod. She feels a vibration in her pocket. She turns off her iPod and gets her phone out of her pocket. She sees that it is the Manor's number and quickly answers it.)
Phoebe: Wishing me luck on my first day…well, night, actually?
Piper (off screen): Yeah. Leo and I were just talking about you, and I thought I would give you a call.
Phoebe: Well, instead of you and your husband talking at this late hour, you need to be getting busy so I can have lots of nieces!
Piper (off screen): Yeah well I want lots of nieces too! So you and Cole better start getting busy.
Phoebe: I don't think that will happen. (chuckling) I'm not sure if demons can breed.
INT. Halliwell Manor – Kitchen
Night
Piper: Yeah, well, let's hope not. I really don't want my daughter orbing out of the playpen to dodge a fireball.
Phoebe (off screen, laughing): Yeah, we wouldn't want that to happen.
Piper: So, how is the first night going?
Phoebe (off screen): Pretty dull. Things got a little touch-and-go when I got a scare from one of the guys that work here.
Piper: Oh, what happened?
INT. Morgue – Office
Night
Phoebe: Long story.
(Rodriguez bursts through the doors of the hallway with a dead body bagged up on a slab. He signals for Phoebe to join him,)
Phoebe (cont): Hey Piper, I think things are about to pick up here. I gotta go. I'll call you tomorrow. Bye, sweetie.
(Phoebe hangs up the phone and joins Rodriguez with the body. She looks a little jumpy.)
Rodriguez: First dead body you've ever seen?
Phoebe: No. But it's the first dead body that I've ever had to deal with.
(Davis now enters the room.)
Davis: So what do we have?
Rodriguez: Young female, barely over eighteen years old. She was found in an alley about an hour ago. Her parents have been notified and should be on their way down here. Time of death according to her liver temperature was around 10:30 PM.
Davis: Anything specific about the crime scene we should know before the autopsy?
Rodriguez: Well, she was found on the ground but the brick wall she was found near had holes blown through them…almost like they were trying to demolish the building.
Davis: Anything else?
Phoebe: How about her name?
(Rodriquez and Davis both gave a sympathetic look to Phoebe.)
Davis: Her name really isn't important. I know how you feel, though. She was so young and probably taken before her time. It's okay to feel bad for her.
Rodriguez: Hayley Johnson. That's her name.
(After a moment of mourning, Davis looks at Phoebe to give her the first instructions on how to handle a body.)
Davis: Alright, the first thing you will need to do is check her hands for any sign of scars or bruises. This could tell us if she tried to fight the attacker off.
(Phoebe puts on a pair of latex gloves and picked up Hayley's hand. After only seconds of looking at her hands, Phoebe is sucked into a premonition of Hayley's last moments before she was murdered.)
Premonition
Earlier that day
(Hayley is running down the alley that she was found in. She stops to look around her to possibly see the best way out of the situation, or to see if her attacker was anywhere near her. Out of nowhere, a tornado zooms into the alley. Once it stops, it reveals Shax.)
Hayley: What are you?
Shax (moaning): The end.
(Shax throws one of his energy balls toward Hayley. She ducks and it blows straight through the brick wall behind her. Hayley turns to look at the damage Shax has made, and he throws another energy ball at her. When she turns back to Shax, she is hit by the second energy ball and slams into the brick wall behind her. She is killed on impact.
End of Premonition
Present
(Davis and Rodriquez look at Phoebe strangely. Phoebe looks at Hayley with a shocked expression that won't go away.)
Davis: Phoebe, are you okay?
Phoebe (whispering): Shax.
Davis (confused): I'm sorry?
Voice (whispering): Phoebe.
(Without warning, Hayley opens her eyes and looks at Phoebe, who still hadn't taken her eyes off of her. Phoebe, startled, jumps back a little as Hayley says two words.)
Hayley (whispering): Help me.
(Everything around Phoebe faded out as she was sent back in time. She saw different events of her day replay in her head when finally it stopped.)
INT. Phoebe and Cole's Condo – Living Room
Afternoon
(Phoebe is asleep on the couch, just like she was earlier in the day. Once again, she jerks out of her sleep to see Leo standing over on the couch, just as she did that afternoon. Again her jerking shakes the couch, which shakes the stand knocking over a picture of her mother. Phoebe sighs in frustration and pushes herself up from the couch. When she pushes herself off of the couch she hits the remote turning on the TV. The news is on.)
Leo: Whoa, sorry. Didn't mean to scare you.
(Phoebe looks at Leo confused. Cut to black.)
End of Act 3
Act 4
INT. Phoebe and Cole's Condo – Living Room
Afternoon
(Phoebe, still looking at Leo, realizes that the TV is on. She picks up the remote and mutes it.)
Phoebe: Leo, what are you doing here?
Leo: I'm here to talk to you about your new job at the morgue.
Phoebe: Oh, you were so right! I never should have taken that job. That place creeps me out!
Leo (confused): Phoebe, are you feeling okay? Your job at the morgue doesn't start until tonight.
Phoebe: No, it started last night. This dead girl came in after Shax killed her.
Leo: How do you know that?
Phoebe: Because I had a premonition of her attack and then she…
(Phoebe pauses to think about Hayley asking for her help. Then she tries to think of what happens next but only remembers Leo waking her up. After a moment, Leo anxious to hear what she has to say, tries to prompt her to speak.)
Leo: Yeah…
Phoebe: Nothing.
(Phoebe looks at the TV and sees that the winning lottery numbers are being called. To see if she isn't completely insane she un-muted the TV.)
Woman: And tonight's lucky numbers are…
Phoebe: 30…4…29…and 17.
Woman: 30…4…29…and 17!
(Leo looks from her to the TV and back at her, looking very confused)
Leo: Did you have another premonition about the lottery?
(Phoebe knows that Leo wouldn't believe her very strange case of déjà vu so she thinks it would be best to lie to him.)
Phoebe: Um, yeah I did.
Leo: You didn't play, did you?
Phoebe: No. The last time I had a premonition about the lottery and played, I ended up having to make a huge payment on a dress that I only wore once. And no pun intended, but I looked deadly gorgeous.
(Phoebe recalled a time three years earlier when a demon, Javna, tried to steal her youth. Phoebe realizes that she doesn't have time to joke around with Leo and gets up off the couch)
Phoebe (cont): Look Leo, I gotta run. Oh and you can tell the Elders to shove it because I'm taking the job at the morgue.
Leo (confused): Alright. Do you mind if I grab a cup of coffee before I go, though? I have to look after a lot of charges tonight, and I don't really have time to go back home and make some. But it looks like you have fresh coffee.
(Leo pointed to the coffee maker, which had been set to make coffee at a certain time and had just finished. Phoebe makes her way to her bedroom, so she can get changed and turns around to face Leo in the living room.)
Phoebe: Yeah, that's fine. Cups are in that cabinet.
(Phoebe points out which cabinet Leo can find the cups in and runs into her room, closing the door behind her. As she is about to change her clothes she heard a mug break.)
Phoebe (cont, sighing): Of course.
Leo (off screen, yelling): SORRY!
(As Phoebe takes off her top to get changed, we cut over to the Police Station.)
EXT. Police StationINT. Parking Garage
Afternoon
(Darryl is walking to his car. He is on his cell phone talking to Phoebe.)
Darryl: I'm telling you Phoebe, no bodies were found in an alley last night.
(Darryl unlocks his car and gets in.)
Phoebe (off screen): Are you absolutely positive?
EXT. Prescott StreetAfternoon
(Phoebe is walking down the street making her way towards Halliwell Manor. She is talking on her cell phone.)
Phoebe (cont): Her name was Hayley Johnson, and she was about 18 years old.
Darryl (off screen): Positive. But if this is a future innocent I can do a search on that name and get you an address.
EXT. Halliwell ManorAfternoon
(Phoebe is now walking up the front steps of the Manor)
Phoebe: Uh, no thanks. I'll probably find her faster with my Wicca ways! Thanks anyway, sweetie. Bye.
(Phoebe closes her cell phone and opens the front door to the Manor.)
INT. Halliwell Manor – Front Door
Afternoon
(Phoebe opens the front door, takes a few steps into the house and stops. Realizing she doesn't live there anymore and can't burst in whenever she wants, she steps back to the door and knocks.)
Phoebe (yelling): PIPER?
Piper (off screen, yelling): I'M IN THE ATTIC!
INT. Halliwell Manor – Attic
Afternoon
(Phoebe walks into the attic and sees Piper moving boxes around, cleaning up the place a little.)
Phoebe: What are you doing Piper?
Piper: Cleaning.
Phoebe. The attic? Attics are meant to be messy and filled with junk.
Piper: I know, but they can also be organized.
Phoebe: Piper, as much running through this place as we do, do you really think it's worth trying to keep it clean?
Piper (frustrated): Phoebe, you must have forgotten that you are going to be the only one doing the running in this attic. You're only one that's still willing to risk her life to save innocents.
(Phoebe tries to play off the fact that she was coming to look at the Book of Shadows to save an innocent.)
Phoebe: Wh-wh-why would you assume that I'm coming up here to try and save an innocent?
Piper: Because you didn't call before you came over to see if I was home which obviously means you're not here to see me, and I heard you bust through that door and then knock.
Phoebe (defeated): Okay you caught me.
Piper: So who's the innocent?
(Phoebe almost answers her question but realizes that Piper can't know that Phoebe is either having the biggest case of déjà vu, or she is reliving her day.)
Phoebe: I don't know her name, but I know Shax killed her…will kill her. So I thought I would come by and do some research on him.
Piper: Well, we know his main targets are witches and doctors.
(Piper goes to walk out of the attic but Phoebe stops her.)
Phoebe: Piper, wait. I know it's hard but you knew we were going to have to face him sooner or later.
Piper (in tears): HOW?! The Power of Three is dead Phoebe! We need Prue to vanquish him!
Phoebe: No, we don't. Before we made the deal with Tempus, you and Prue wounded him pretty badly.
Piper (in tears): That's because Prue was stronger than both of us combined. I'm done talking about this now. Go ahead and risk your life but I won't have any part in it.
(Piper walks out of the attic. Phoebe goes to stop her but thinks it would be best just to leave Piper alone. She has an innocent to save, and she knows that once Piper makes up her mind, it was like pulling teeth to get her to change her decision. Phoebe walks over to the Book of Shadows and starts flipping through the pages. After a few seconds she lands on Shax's page. She reads the page to herself.)
Phoebe: Okay, this tells me nothing that will help me with my innocent!
(The pages of the book flip by themselves and land on a page. Phoebe looks up towards the sky.)
Phoebe (cont): Thanks…whoever that was.
(Phoebe looks at the page that the book landed on.)
Phoebe (cont): The 'To Call A Lost Witch Spell'? How will that help me?
(A swirl of white lights enters the room in front of Phoebe revealing Grams.)
Grams: Hello, my darling. How are you, sweetie?
Phoebe: Are you kidding? I've been having the strangest day!
Grams: I know. I've been looking over you and Piper these last few weeks.
Phoebe: Well, where have you been? Piper was trying to call for any family member after Prue's funeral.
Grams: Well, your mother and I were with Prue, helping her adjust.
Phoebe: How is she?
Grams: I can't tell you that for the same reason that the Elders didn't want you to take that job at the morgue, but don't worry honey, you will know soon enough.
Phoebe: What is that supposed to mean?
(A jingle is heard, and Grams looks upwards.)
Grams: I'm sorry, my darling, but I must go now. Be safe…and try out that spell. It could help you more than you know.
(Grams is covered in bright white lights and disappears. Phoebe looks at the page, and then walks over to a bookshelf to get the ingredients she will need for her spell; Rosemary, Cypress, and a Yarrow Root. There is a quick cut to the Underworld as Phoebe walks over to a table.)
INT. Underworld – Source's Lair
Eternal Night
(The Source flames into an empty cavern. He looks around and flings his arm gently to his right. After a moment, the demon Shax enters the cavern in a tornado.)
The Source: I have an assignment for you.
(The Source lets out an evil chuckle and Shax bows his head. Now we cut back to the Manor.)
INT. Halliwell Manor – Attic
Afternoon – Night
(Phoebe is reading from the Book of Shadows and uses her index finger to follow the words.)
Phoebe: Grind ingredients together while chanting.
(Phoebe picks up the mixing bowl and starts to grind the ingredients together.)
Phoebe (cont, chanting): Powers of the witches rise, course unseen across the skies. Come to us who call you near, come to us and settle here.
(Phoebe sets down the bowl and waits for white orbs to appear, just like they did with Grams. After only a few seconds she herself is covered with the orbs and is taken away to a busy street.)
EXT. Street
Afternoon – Night
(Phoebe is very confused as the orbs stop, and she realizes where she is. Normally the spell would bring the person to her, not the other way around. After a moment of looking around Phoebe had a sigh of relief because no one saw her make her magical entrance)
Phoebe: Okay, where's my innocent?
(After a minute of looking in every direction for some sign of Hayley, Phoebe starts to walk down the street and there she is. Hayley is walking out of an apartment building…alive.
Phoebe: She's alive!
(Phoebe checks her watch.)
Phoebe (cont): For another hour.
End of Act 4
Act 5
INT. Magic Shop
Night
(As darkness falls in San Francisco, Phoebe can't help but get butterflies in her stomach. She knows that the attack on Hayley's life will happen soon. As Phoebe stands at the entrance of an occult magic shop, she looks around for Hayley, who has just entered, not even a minute before her. Phoebe doesn't have to look long because Hayley, who obviously works there, comes to the door and greets Phoebe.)
Hayley: Hello. How are you this lovely evening?
Phoebe: I'm just fine. And yourself?
Hayley: Wonderful. Are you looking for something in particular?
Phoebe: More like searching.
Hayley (confused): Oh. Well, if you need anything, my name is Hayley and you can just let me know.
Phoebe: I will. Thank you.
(Hayley walks behind the counter, and Phoebe walks around the shop, never taking her eyes off Hayley for more than thirty seconds. Phoebe knows that if Shax was sent to kill a witch, she had to be powerful and of great importance. Phoebe thinks she should question the innocent she needs to save.)
Phoebe (walking towards the counter): Excuse me.
Hayley: Yes?
Phoebe: I'm looking for some Burdock Rood and Eye of Newt. Do you carry that?
Hayley: Yes, we do. (pointing) Burdock Root is over there and (pointing in different direction) Eye of Newt is right there.
Phoebe: Thank you so much. I'm working on a potion and those are the last two ingredients I need.
Hayley: I'm sorry? You're making one potion that calls for these two ingredients together?
Phoebe (smiling): Yes…why?
Hayley: Well it's not really my business but are you trying to kill yourself. You never EVER mix Burdock Root and Eye of Newt. You must be a beginner. We do sale books for beginners.
Phoebe: Oh, no thank you. That won't be necessary. You must be a really powerful witch to know that.
Hayley: I wouldn't say powerful…just knowledgeable. No offense.
Phoebe: None taken. So…do you have any magic powers?
Hayley: No. I just practice the craft.
Phoebe (confused): So you have no magic powers?
Hayley: None at all. But I do know of people who do, three witches who live right here in San Francisco. They are known as the Charmed Ones.
(Phoebe's eyes get big. She didn't know how popular she and her sisters had become in the magical community. Hayley just stands there with the same smile on her face that she had throughout the entire conversation. Phoebe's eyes go back to normal halfway through her next sentence.)
Phoebe: Well, no offence, but for a very knowledgeable witch, you sure are slow on the know for some things.
Hayley (confused): I'm sorry?
Phoebe: Well, one of the Charmed Ones died a few weeks ago.
(Hayley, who has been smiling the whole time, has finally frowned. She lets out a gasp, and her right hand shoots up, covering her mouth. She looks horrified.)
Hayley: How do you know this?
Phoebe: Because she was my sister…I am a Charmed One.
Hayley: I don't understand. If you are a Charmed One then you must have known not to mix those two ingredients.
Phoebe: I did. I was just trying to see how powerful a witch you were.
Hayley (confused): Why?
(Phoebe thinks of a quick lie but decides to just tell Hayley the truth…except for the part where Hayley had actually died already and Phoebe was reliving her day.)
Phoebe: Because I am the one of the three that gets premonitions, and I had a premonition of you being murdered by the same demon that killed my sister.
Hayley: So you're saying that I am going to be killed in the matter of hours?
Phoebe: More like a matter of minutes.
Hayley (firmly): Please leave my store.
Phoebe: Look, Hayley, you are not going to die. I won't let it happen.
(Hayley comes out from behind the counter and starts pushing Phoebe toward the door.)
Hayley: I said go.
Phoebe: Hayley, please listen to me!
Hayley: I don't want to see you in my store ever again!
(Hayley pushes Phoebe out the door, slams it closed and locks it. Hayley, inside the store, leans against the door and slides down to the ground, pulls her knees to her chest and lets out a sigh, as a single tear makes its way down her face. Phoebe does the same on the other side of the door. She thinks she is going to lose her innocent.)
EXT. Halliwell Manor
INT. Piper and Leo's Bedroom
Night
(Piper and Leo are once again cuddling together under the covers, naked.)
Piper: So, you said earlier that Phoebe was acting weird today?
Leo: Yeah. I woke her up in her apartment, and she said that she had already worked at the morgue last night.
Piper: Huh. That's strange.
Leo: Yeah, and then when the lottery numbers were being picked on the TV, she knew what they were.
Piper: Well, she could have just had a premonition about the winning numbers. It wouldn't be the first time.
Leo: I know. That's what she said, but I still don't think that's true.
Piper: Well, if she needs to talk about something she will in her own time. You know Phoebe and you know that she will ask for help later rather than sooner.
(Leo and Piper share a kiss. Piper gets a worried look on her face.)
Leo: What is it?
Piper: I don't know. I just got a really bad feeling about something. Get dressed and take me to Phoebe!
EXT. Magic Shop
Night
(Phoebe gets off the ground and starts to walk off. She can't think of what else to do. Something tells her to stop at a certain point on the street. When she does she hears a door slam. She looks to her right and sees Hayley exiting what appears to be a back door to the Magic Shop that leads to an alley. Phoebe remembers that Hayley was found in an alley and sure enough, Phoebe sees the tornado that Shax will appear out of. Phoebe starts running towards Hayley.)
Phoebe (shouting): HAYLEY! WAIT!
(Hayley turns around to see Phoebe running towards her.)
Hayley: I told you to stay away from me!
(Just as Hayley turns back around, she sees the tornado that Phoebe saw.)
Hayley (cont): What the hell!
(The tornado comes right at Hayley, then swooshes to her left and stops, revealing Shax.)
Hayley (cont): What are you?
Shax (moaning): The end.
(Piper and Leo orb in just in time to see Shax throw an energy ball at Hayley. Piper raises her arms and freezes Shax and the energy ball. Phoebe finally catches up and tackles Hayley out of harms way.)
Phoebe: Stay down!
(Hayley nods her hand, telling Phoebe she understands. Piper looks around for something to get rid of the energy ball. Usually Prue would telekinetically send it back but with Prue gone, she needs to fend for herself. She sees a metal pipe and grabs it. She swings and knocks the energy ball right back at Shax. It hits him and knocks him against the wall a few feet behind him. He falls to the ground unconscious)
Piper: Alright people! We need a plan cause I don't know how long he is going to stay that way!
Phoebe: I think I might have one. (looking up, shouting) COLE! IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, I NEED YOU!
(Cole shimmers in.)
Cole: You rang?
Piper: Phoebe, I don't know what help Cole is going to be.
Phoebe: Piper, you remember when you said that the only way you and Prue were able to even wound Shax was because Prue was the strongest of the three of us?
Piper: Yeah, why?
Phoebe: Well, I think that with your blasting power, Cole's energy balls and the vanquishing spell that maybe, just maybe, it will be enough to wound Shax or possibly even vanquish him.
Piper: Phoebe, that's quite a long shot.
Phoebe: I know but we have to at least try…for Prue.
(Piper lets out a sigh and closes her eyes for a moment, thinking.)
Piper: Okay.
(Shax wakes up and stands up.)
Shax (moaning): You can't stop me!
(Phoebe walks next to Piper and grabs her hand. Cole joins the two sisters)
Phoebe: Alright, on three. One…two…three!
(Piper starts blasting at Shax and Cole throws his energy balls. With every energy ball and blast from Piper, Shax takes a step backwards. After only a second Piper and Phoebe start chanting the vanquishing spell together)
Piper and Phoebe (chanting): Evil wind that blows, that which forms below, no longer may you dwell, death takes you with this spell!
(Shax is once again thrown back against the wall but this time he is not knocked out. The sisters and Cole repeat the process.)
Piper and Phoebe (chanting): Evil wind that blows that which forms below, no longer may you dwell, death takes you with this spell!
Shax: AHH!
(With one final scream, Shax explodes. He is vanquished forever. Piper and Phoebe let out a sigh of relief. Hayley stands up.)
Hayley: Um…what the hell was that?!
Phoebe: Pure evil.
(We see shots of San Francisco's nightlife as time goes by with instrumental music playing in the background.)
EXT. MorgueINT. Office
Night
(Phoebe is sitting at a desk searching for something to do on the Internet. After a few moments, a voice comes from the other room.)
Voice: Phoebe.
(Phoebe looks up from the computer and looks around to see if anyone had called her name, just like the night before.)
Voice: Phoebe.
(Phoebe, with a smile on her face, walks out into the next room and stands in front of the same slab with a sheet over a body as yesterday, knowing it is Rodriguez. She grabs the white sheet and rips it off a smiling Rodriguez.)
Phoebe: Can I help you?
Rodriquez: Aw…you're no fun!
(Phoebe and Rodriquez laugh. Rodriquez's beeper goes off.)
Rodriguez: Well, looks like you won't be bored on your first night. I got a pickup.
Phoebe (worried): Oh.
(Rodriguez gets off the slab and goes out into the main hallway, disappearing in a matter of minutes. Phoebe goes back into the office she came from and is surprised to see Davis talking with Cole.)
Phoebe: Hey Cole.
Cole: Hey.
Davis: Uh, I thought I'd keep him company. You and Rodriguez looked kinda chummy in there.
Phoebe: If that's what you want to call it. Davis can you…
Davis: Oh…yeah.
(Realizing he isn't needed, Davis walks out of the office.)
Cole: So what's the deal with us?
Phoebe: What do you mean?
Cole: Well you slap me this afternoon and then later on you say you need me. Are we okay?
Phoebe: Yeah…we're okay.
(Phoebe and Cole hug and share a kiss.)
Phoebe (cont): Now if you don't mind, I have work to do.
Cole: I understand.
(The two share another kiss, and Cole shimmers out. Phoebe stands in the same spot, thinks for a moment, then pulls out her cell phone and dials the Manor's number.)
EXT. Halliwell Manor
INT. Kitchen
Night
(Piper runs into the kitchen wearing her robe and answers the ringing phone.)
Piper: Hello?
INT. Morgue – Office
Night
Phoebe: Hey Piper. I just wanted to say thanks for today. I know it must have been hard on you to save an innocent and vanquish Shax.
Piper (off screen): Yeah. it was at first but I don't know, after a minute it kinda felt like Prue was there with us.
Phoebe: You felt that too?
INT. Halliwell Manor – Kitchen
Night
Piper: Yeah. I mean. it doesn't make me want to get back on the demon vanquishing saddle but it does give me peace to know that if need be, we can still kick some demon ass when we need too.
Phoebe (off screen, laughing): Yeah, that is good to know. We did kick ass, didn't we?
Piper: Yeah, we did.
(Leo comes into the kitchen in his robe and walks up behind Piper, putting his arms around her waist and kissing her neck.)
Piper (cont): Uh…Phoebes, I gotta go.
INT. Morgue – Office
Night
(Rodriquez wheels in a gurney with a dead body bag. Phoebe can hear Leo kissing Piper's neck and laughs.)
Phoebe: I gotta get off of here too. Good luck, sweetie.
Piper (off screen): What do you mean by that? Phoebe? Phoebe, are you…oh forget it.
(We hear a click as Piper hangs up the phone. Phoebe continues to laugh and shuts her cell phone off, walking out to join Davis and Rodriguez.)
Davis: What do we have here?
Rodriquez: Female found in an alley.
(Phoebe's heart sinks as she unzips the body bag revealing a total stranger.)
Rodriquez: Cancer. Witnesses say she just dropped dead. First dead body you've ever seen?
Phoebe: Hardly.
(A travelogue over San Francisco shows time passing between night and day. We finally stop at the cemetery where we see Phoebe standing at Prue's grave holding some flowers. The camera starts out showing Phoebe's entire body and slowly pans in to her face)
Phoebe (voice over): It's been the strangest day, an understatement I know. Did you have anything to do with it? I don't know. I only know I wish this day came a few weeks earlier. Then maybe I could have saved you too. Instead, I'll wait…for others. Maybe I couldn't save you but maybe, just maybe, this is your way of saving me.
(Phoebe looks into the camera. Cut to black.)
End of Act 5
End of Episode