After Phoebe, Piper and Paige read the spell and the monster burns in flames, Cole unfreezes Leo and David, after a few unsuccessful attempts that drive Piper and Paige to the edge of hysteria.
Following Phoebe's instructions, David manages to go back to the floor, and this time it's easy to convince him to stay until the powers are returned to their owners.
While Piper wipes dry the table and the floor, Phoebe and Cole collect the pieces of the shattered cups, Paige goes upstairs to change her tea-soaked blouse, and David just sits there, dumbfounded, Leo gets a piece of paper and a pen and starts to make an inventory of the powers.
When they're all sitting at the kitchen table again, he reads it out loud:
"Freezing, exploding, premonitions, levitation, orbing, healing, orbing things, energy balls, shimmering, orbing, healing, locating witches." -- he pauses and looks around -- "Am I forgetting anything?"
When everybody says no, Leo mutters:
"Let's just hope no one has received a new power recently..."
Then he sighs and starts writing the names next to the powers:
"Now let's see who has which power. Freezing: Cole."
Piper gives Cole a dirty look, and he scowls in response. Leo notices it, waves his head and keeps writing.
"Exploding: Paige. Of all people..." he sighs.
"Hey!" says Paige.
The others immediately say in unison:
"Hands behind!"
She puts both hands behind her back, pouting, and Leo proceeds:
"Premonitions?"
Cole raises his hand, slightly embarrassed.
"I guess that would be me, too."
"Up there in the attic...?" says Leo.
"Right."
"Oh, baby!" says Phoebe, stroking his arm. "The first ones are awful, but it eventually grows on you."
"No offense, baby, but I hope I can give your power back to you before it has the chance to grow on me." says Cole, putting his arm around her shoulders and pulling her close to him.
"Levitation: David."
David shivers and runs his hand through his hair.
"Orbing: Phoebe. Hum... Shimmering: Piper."
Leo stops writing and looks at the others.
"We still need to find out who else can orb, two people that can heal, one that can orb things around, one that can locate witches, and, well, I'd really like to know who's gonna start throwing energy balls."
"Well, don't look at me: I've already got two powers, and it's a handful." says Cole.
"Okay, then," says Leo, "who wants to try to orb?"
"I wish I could," says Paige, "I tried to orb the moment that monster arrived."
"And I tried to orb when Piper screamed upstairs," says Leo, "didn't work for me, either."
"I tried to shimmer to Phoebe," says Cole, "if I had the orbing power, I'd have orbed out then."
When David notices that everyone's staring at him, he says, nervously:
"I don't... I don't even know what you're talking about."
"Orbing is what Phoebe did when she disappeared from the living room and went to the attic." says Leo. "There's no need to be afraid, David, it's an evasive power, whose only function is to take you from one place to another. Besides, it's a Whitelighter power, it can't cause any harm."
"Oh God..." David moans.
"Just try, David," says Piper, gently, "picture yourself going from here to somewhere else. The living room, for example."
David closes his eyes, takes a deep breath... and orbs out. Instead of going to the living room, though, he appears on the counter. When they see him sitting on the counter, with his eyes still shut, the others have to bite their lips to avoid laughing.
"You can open your eyes now, David." says Piper, with a smile, while Leo writes David's name next to the second "Orbing" of the list.
Cole leans towards Phoebe and whispers in her ear:
"If we had to get out of here for some reason, you take me with you, because there's no way I'm going anywhere with him."
"Don't worry, baby." she says, smiling and stroking his arm. "I'll take care of you."
Cole smiles at the thought of his girlfriend orbing him around and kisses her.
"Honey, I see the point of what you're doing," says Piper, holding Leo's hand, "but don't you think you should go see what the Elders know about it while we finish the power inventory?"
"I wish I could, honey," says Leo, with an embarrassed smile, "but I can't orb, remember?"
Piper's eyes grow round.
"Oh, God, we're incommunicado!"
"Not necessarily." says Paige. Everybody looks at her, intrigued, and she motions her head towards Phoebe.
"Me??" says Phoebe.
"Why not?" says Leo. "You can orb us both up there."
"Leo, I only orbed to the attic: I know where the attic is. I have no idea where the, uh... 'up there' is."
"You've been there," says Piper, "when we vanquished that warlock, Eames."
"Yes, but Leo was driving." says Phoebe. "I was just sitting on the back seat."
"Phoebe, they're right." says Leo. "Despite of the car metaphors, orbing isn't like driving: you don't need a road map, you just need to know where you're going to. Besides," he adds, discreetly pointing at David, who's still sitting at the counter, "you're our best shot."
"All right..." says Phoebe, without much enthusiasm.
She gets up and looks at Leo.
"So, what should I do?"
"Give me your hand." he says, standing up, too.
"Wait a minute!" says Cole, alarmed. "You're gonna leave us here, without the Power of Three, with nothing but these malfunctioning powers?"
"There's nothing wrong with the powers, Cole." says Leo. "It's just that you still don't know how to use them."
"And how was that supposed to make me feel safer?"
"If another of those creatures show up, you freeze it and Paige explodes it." says Phoebe, smiling and fondling his hair.
Although Cole is clearly not thrilled with the idea of Paige exploding things, he sighs, resigned.
"Just don't take long." he says.
Phoebe leans down and gives him a light kiss, then she turns back to Leo, holds his hand and says:
"What should I do now?"
"Focus on the place you wanna go... and go." he says.
"You," says Phoebe, pointing at Piper, "take care of my boyfriend while I'm gone."
Then she closes her eyes and in a few seconds they both start to glow, surrounded by swirling blue lights. After a few more seconds, Phoebe and Leo finally orb out.
"I just hope she has orbed them to the right place." Piper sighs.
"Speaking of that," says Cole, moving to a chair next to her, "we need to talk about this new power of yours."
"What about it?"
"For a start, shimmering is a little more complex than orbing," he says, ignoring her look of disdain, "you can not only go from one place to another, but also from one realm to another, not to mention time traveling. We wouldn't want you to shimmer us straight to the Source's lair, would we?"
That gets Piper attention, and she listens carefully to what he has to say.
Meanwhile, Paige timidly approaches David and sits beside him on the counter. He gives her a suspicious look, but at least doesn't move away.
"David..." she starts.
"When were you gonna tell me?" he asks.
"Soon." she says, flushing. "I was trying to take the heart, 'cause I was afraid you'd react... the way you're reacting now."
"Oh! You mean, scared to death for being attacked by purple murderous beasts, floating in the air and being -- how do you call it? -- orbed from one place to another, unable to control myself?" he asks, bitterly.
"David, this isn't my fault! You can see that everyone here has the same problem. Do you think I like exploding things?"
As David doesn't answer, Paige proceeds:
"Just because I'm a witch it doesn't mean I take part in satanic rituals, or dance naked under the full moon, or offer living sacrifices. It's just that me and my sisters, we have these powers, that we use to do good and protect the innocents. But I'm still the Paige you know, the girl who likes to dance, is afraid of cockroaches, wants to be a social worker and complains about her boss."
David bites his lower lip and remains silent for a moment. Then he sighs and says:
"Look, this is way much more than I can handle in just one evening. Why don't we try to fix this... power mess, then I go home, have some sleep, and we talk again tomorrow?"
Paige is a little disappointed, but does her best to hide it: after all, at least he's trying to understand.
"Okay." she says. "Now, about these powers you've got..."
