HALLIWELL
Starring:
Wes Ramsey as Wyatt
Drew Fuller as Chris
Shiri Appleby as Melinda
Vanessa Lengies as Katie
Jessica Alba as Jennifer
Rachel McAdams as Angela
Ian Somerhalder as Henry
Autumn Reeser as Hayley
Autumn Reeser as Skye
1X04 Enter the Viper
Also Starring:
Sara Paxton as Courtney
Jonathan Bennett as Joe
Ryan Mcpartlin as Greg
Marisol Nicolas as Bianca
Carla Gugino as Sandra
Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Sartorio
TEASER
(Scene: Golden Gate Park. Its midday and the park is empty. Two women are walking beside each other, chatting. One is wearing a sling bag.)
WOMAN #1: When will the coven meet up again?
WOMAN #2: Next week hopefully. With demons becoming stronger most of us are a lot busier than usual.
WOMAN #1: I understand. Is it true that the Charmed ones' offspring have taken over the demonic fight?
WOMAN #2: Yes, I believe so but I still don't think they are equipped enough to handle the responsibility.
WOMAN #1: Why do you say that?
WOMAN #2: They're still so young and they haven't had much experience.
WOMAN #1: (hugs woman #2) Have faith Sandra. That's what I keep telling you. You need to believe that good will always overcome evil.
MAN VOICE (o/s): You sure about that?
(Both woman spin around. A man is standing behind them. His eyes are bright yellow with thin black pupils; his arms are covered in what looks to be snake skin with patches of snake kin on his neck as well. His arms are outstretched and he has talon-like claws. Woman #1 screams. As Sandra fumbles with her bag, the man jumps atop woman #1, who struggles and pushes him off. He strikes forward, his claws covered in a purple flare, as he grabs woman #1 stomach. Suddenly there is an explosion and the man falls backwards. Sandra, with potion in hand, stands behind the man.)
DEMON: You'll pay for that witch
(Sandra throws another potion toward him. He disappears till only a purple outline of himself is visible. The purple outline also fades and Sandra runs toward woman #1. She feels her pulse and starts crying.)
(Opening Credits)
ACT ONE
(Stock shots of San Francisco are shown as "The poison" by Bullet for my Valentine plays in the background. Scene: The Manor. Living Room. Bianca, the twins and Melinda are seated across each other.)
MELINDA: I can't believe you guys are actually getting married. This is so awesome.
BIANCA: Tell me about. I just still can't believe he asked me. It's unbelievable.
HAYLEY: So have you decided on a location. Will it be formal, informal?
BIANCA: To be honest I haven't even thought about it yet. What I do know is that I want it to be small. Since half of my family is dead and the other half not wanting any thing to do with me it'll probably be just your whole family.
SKYE: Why don't you have it here? A crazy beautiful winter wedding.
HAYLEY: That's if San Francisco's crazy weather plays along.
BIANCA: That sounds really great. (to Melinda)I just have to ask your mom first.
MELINDA: She won't even think twice. You should've seen her when Chris told us. She was ecstatic. So much so that the next evening we had a five course dinner meal.
(Bianca smiles)
HAYLEY: So have you decided on your maid of honor? You know Chris always tells me that I'm his favorite cousin?
SKYE: In your dreams.
(Hayley shoves Skye and the others laugh)
(Cut across town. Scene: Bay Mirror. Angela is busy typing an article. The headline reads "Increase in San- Francisco murders". Angela pauses.)
(Flashback: The older charmed ones are standing in the attic. The vision becomes blurry and then becomes clear again. The charmed ones are seen lying on the floor, blood pooling from their stomachs. All of them, dead.)
(Angela returns to typing as a petite woman walks over to her)
COLLEAGUE: Hey Angela, I need a huge favor.
ANGELA: (stops and turns to colleague) Shoot.
COLLEAGUE: Can you please cover the fair at Golden Gate park today? I just found out my uncle had a heart attack. He is in the hospital.
ANGELA: I'm so sorry. Don't even worry about it I'm on it.
COLLEAGUE: Thanks, you're a lifesaver.
ANGELA: (stands up and smiles) That's what they tell me.
(Scene: Manor. Attic. Chris and Henry are sitting on the couch while Wyatt is flipping through the book.)
WYATT: Guys I know I've struck gold with this one. He is a demonic dealer. He should know where the Heart is.
HENRY: So why don't we just go after him?
WYATT: (stops flipping) Reinforcements. I don't have all my powers anymore and I doubt that this guy will be all that cooperative.
CHRIS: You seriously need to stop stressing about your powers.
WYATT: No way. Word is spreading down under that I've lost my power and we get more demon attacks by the minute now.
CHRIS: Still…
HENRY: (shouting) Watch out!
(Chris twists in his spot and a energy ball makes contact with him, sending him flying across the attic. A demon with his arms outstretched conjures another energy ball and sends it towards Wyatt. Wyatt conjures his own energy ball and thrusts it forward. The ball makes contact and causes a small explosion.)
HENRY: (calls out) Potion!
(One of Skye's generic vanquishing potions dissolve in orbs and goes flying towards the demon. The potion makes contact and the demon explodes in a puff of smoke. Wyatt runs towards Chris and heals him.)
CHRIS: (stands up) Okay. Maybe I underestimated the situation a little bit.
BREAK
ACT TWO
(Scene: San Francisco University. Football field. Jennifer is sitting on the bleachers, watching the football team practice on the field. They end practice and slowly start making their way to the locker rooms. Greg is the last on the field and slowly heads towards Jennifer. Jennifer n turn heads down towards the field, tears threatening to fall from her eyes.)
GREG: (angrily) I can't believe you've just been playing with me this whole time.
JENNIFER: (sadly) I wasn't trying to hurt your feelings, I …
GREG: You sure as hell could've fooled me. Do know how humiliating it was for me to hear from a friend that you've been seeing other guys.
JENNIFER: I'm so…
GREG: Apparently I was the only one blind to your faults. I could do nothing else but talk about you. Well joke's on me. I should've just listened to Courtney when she told me you were bad news.
JENNIFER: You can't trust her. She's dead set on ruining my life.
GREG: Did she force you to go out with Jason or Mike or whoever is on your freakin list this week?
(Jennifer stays silent.)
GREG: (scoffs) Didn't think so. Excuse me I've got better things do to than listen to a selfish drama queen like you.
(Greg walks past her and also heads to the locker rooms leaving Jennifer alone on the field.)
(Scene: Golden Gate park. Angela walks through the park, making notes now and then. She encounters yellow police tape blocking her from a crime scene. She heads over to an officer.)
ANGELA: Excuse me, officer. Do you mind telling me what happened?
OFFICER: I'm sorry ma'am but I'm not in a position to tell you.
ANGELA: Okay, I understand.
(Angela looks around and her eye catches a potion under one of the shrubs not surrounded by police tape. She heads behind the bushes and picks up the potion. She looks in the surrounding area. No one is in sight.)
ANGELA: (casting) "Let the object of objection become but a dream
As I cause my body to be unseen"
(Angela lifts her left hand in the air. It slowly starts to disappear. Now, fully invisible, she ducks under the police tape and encounters woman #1's body. Angela carefully maneuvers herself between a few cops and kneels down beside the body. She carefully caresses woman #1's hands and turns rigid.)
(Premonition: The demon grabs woman #1 stomach in a purple flare. He gets knocked of with a potion and then disappears. Sandra feels woman #1 pulse and start crying. Her sling bag falls from her shoulder and one potion rolls under one of the shrubs.)
(Scene: Underworld. Large Cave. A demon, Sartorio, is busy talking to a rat demon. Behind the rat demon a purple outline appears and the demon from before is visible. Sartorio notices and whispers something to the rat demon, who then shimmers out.)
SARTORIO: Have you taken care of business?
DEMON: So to speak, my lord.
SARTORIO: Then where is the witches' body? I need fresh stock I have a reputation to uphold.
DEMON: Well one of them attacked me with a potion so I couldn't get the other's body.
SARTORIO: (angrily) You let both witches escape. I should vanquish you on the spot.
DEMON: (quivers) No, my lord. I can still help you.
SARTORIO: Perhaps. Amuse me, go after the other; I'll get the dead witch.
(Sartorio spins around and disappears in flames. A moment later the demon also disappears in his usual fashion.)
BREAK
ACT THREE
(Scene: Manor. Melinda's Bedroom. Melinda is lying on the bed, her eyebrows furrowed in concentration as she is reading through a stack of notes. A cell phone is heard ringing. Melinda looks and reaches toward her phone, lying on her nightstand.)
VOICE ON PHONE: Guess who?
(Melinda's instantly grins)
MELINDA: (smiling widely) Joe?
VOICE ON PHONE: You figured me out. Once again proving to the world that you are the smartest girl at Bay view High.
MELINDA: (smiling) And you would know that cause you called every girl in school?
(Cut to Joe at park)
JOE: Even I don't have that kinda patience.
(Cut to Melinda)
MELINDA: I've noticed. So any particular reason you called or is it daily routine?
(Cut to Joe)
JOE: Bit of both. All I'm saying is get used to this voice, your gonna be hearing it a lot.
(Cut to Melinda)
MELINDA: That's assuming I pick up the phone.
(Cut to Joe)
JOE: And why wouldn't you?
(Cut to Melinda)
MELINDA: (smiling) I don't know yet.
(Cut to Joe)
JOE: So can we meet up tonight, at Bayside?
(Cut to Melinda)
MELINDA: (smile falters) Sorry, I totally forgot about the Biology test on Monday and I need all the study time I can get. Do you mind rescheduling?
(Cut to Joe)
JOE: Off course not. I'll see you on Monday, okay?
(Cut to Melinda)
MELINDA: Naturally, we're writing the same test.
(Cut to Joe)
JOE: Are you serious?
(Cut to Melinda)
MELINDA: Don't tell me you forgot as well.
(Cut to Joe)
JOE: (scoffs) Off course not. (pauses)I got to go. See you.
(Cut to Melinda)
MELINDA: Bye.
(Melinda smiles brightly and returns to her former position on the bed. Cut to Attic. Smoke arises from the floor and when it disappears Angela and Katie are visible. Angela immediately heads towards the Book of Shadows and starts flipping the pages.)
KATIE: I'm so in awe of you right now. Upright Angie has a full stock of potions on her. Who'd have thunk it?
ANGELA: (extracts previous potion from her pocket) Yeah yeah.
(Angela throws the potion towards Katie who catches it.)
ANGELA: Start scrying with the potion. I don't know if it'll work but right now it's our best bet.
(Katie opens the map and starts scrying.)
KATIE: (scrying) So since when have you been on this magical high?
ANGELA: (pauses a moment the returns to flipping the pages) What do you mean?
KATIE: (scrying) C'mon Angie, I'm not stupid. What's got you so rattled?
ANGELA: It's nothing don't worry about it.
(Crystal drops on the map.)
KATIE: Found her. Let's go.
ANGELA: Wait I haven't found the demon yet?
KATIE: Well that could take forever, let's just go get her now and we can come back to check the book after.
(Angela stays silent, contemplating the situation for a moment, then sighs. She heads over to Katie and extracts another potion from her back pocket. She hurls the potion to the ground. It smashes and smoke arises, teleporting them.)
(Scene: Mansion. Living room. Sandra and another female are seated on lush couches. Sandra is trembling.)
SANDRA: (trembles) Sarah, we have to move quickly.
SARAH: You need to stay calm Sandra.
SANDRA: The demon killed Matilda it's only a matter of time before he finds us too.
SARAH: (worriedly) I'll go set up protective magic. Don't worry he won't find us.
(Sarah darts up and heads out the room. A few moments later a thud is heard.)
SANDRA: Sarah? Sarah?
(Sandra quickly arises and starts heading out the room, as the demon appears in a purple outline behind her. She twists. The demon conjures a purple ball of pure energy and thrusts it towards Sandra. Grey smoke arises before Sandra and as it disappears the ball makes contact with Katie sending her flying against a wall unconscious.)
SANDRA: (shouting and running towards Angela) Quickly, vanquish him!
ANGELA: I don't know how.
(The demon smirks and creates another ball throwing it towards Angela. She dodges it and quickly heads towards Sandra and Katie. The demon again creates a ball and hurls it at the woman. As it nears Angela smashes a potion on the ground and smoke arises, teleporting them. The ball heads through the smoke. Shift to Morgue. A fireball heads towards Henry, who dodges it. Across the room Sartorio hurls three fireballs in succession towards Wyatt and Chris. Wyatt creates his own energy ball and it makes contact with the fireball, exploding. Chris thrust his hand forward and the remaining fireballs all redirect towards the demon. One ball makes contact and Sartorio falls backwards. Suddenly a purple outline appears in front of Sartorio. The demon forms and looks startled. He notices Sartorio and twists on his spot, purple smoke engulfing his arm as he thrust forward towards Chris. Chris orbs out and appears next to Henry. Chris makes contact with him and both of them become engulfed in orbs. A moment later Wyatt also orbs out.)
BREAK
ACT FOUR
(Scene: San Francisco University. Girl's Dorm. Hallway. Jennifer is busy walking down the hallway, her eyes swollen. She stops at one door and knocks. A few seconds later the door opens revealing Courtney.)
COURTNEY: (rolling her eyes) What do you want?
JENNIFER: I've come to find out what your problem is.
COURTNEY: My problem? I'm not the one sleeping with guys left and right?
JENNIFER: And how would you know that? You barely even know me.
COURTNEY: I know enough.
JENNIFER: Yeah? I'm listening.
COUTNEY: Enough to know that a superficial, materialistic bitch always feels others are out to get her.
JENNIFER: I've been though hell and back most of my teenage existence, so excuse me if I flaunt what I've got. It's not hurting anybody.
COURTNEY: Well it does if you when you look down on everyone else. That's according to my book and obviously Greg feels the same way.
(Jennifer's slowly starts to tear up and Courtney looks on with an evil smirk.)
COURTNEY: Aawh, you gonna cry? Little miss perfect finally realizing her world's not so perfect. Just leave and save yourself the embarrassment of crying in front of me.
(Courtney moves to close the door but Jennifer stops the door from closing.)
JENNIFER: (a tear slips) We're not done here. You have absolutely no idea who or what I am.
COUTNEY: (smiles) Is that supposed to be a threat?
JENNIFER: You better believe it. I'm your worst nightmare come to life.
COURTNEY: Spare me the melodrama and leave.
(Suddenly a dripping sound is heard. Both Jennifer and Courtney look up. Small cracks are visible in the ceiling and suddenly water bursts from the cracks, drenching Jennifer.)
COURTNEY: (laughing) What'd you know looks like we are done here.
(Courtney violently slams the door shut.)
(Scene: Manor. Attic. Chris and Sandra are sitting on the couch. Wyatt, Angela and Henry are at the Book of Shadows and Katie is busy scrying.)
CHRIS: Found anything yet?
ANGELA: (flipping the pages) Nope not yet.
HENRY: How coincidental is it that you guys are looking for a demon the same time we are?
KATIE: I know right and it's so unnecessary we had that demon right where we wanted him.
SANDRA: Not from where I was standing.
KATIE: (to Sandra) Excuse me? We saved your life.
SANDRA: But you could have vanquished the demon then and there but instead you went in face first and look where it got you.
(Katie scoffs as Wyatt, Chris and Henry look on.)
SANDRA: I told Matilda you weren't fit to take over the demon fight.
KATIE: Listen lady…
ANGELA: (to Katie) Enough. I found the demon.
WYATT: (looking down) Really? Whoa déjà vu.
CHRIS: What?
WYATT: He looks just like the demon that came in the middle of us vanquishing Sartorio.
HENRY: (also looks at book) It is him.
KATIE: (holding up her hands) Hold up. (to Henry)Your telling me we're after the same demon.
HENRY: (to Katie) Looks like it. How's that for coincidence.
CHRIS: What's it say?
ANGELA: (reading)"Viper demons. Viper demons are a race of low level demons, distant cousins of the snake demon. Although low level these demon possess poison lethal to human. The demon can be vanquished with a generic vanquishing potion provided the potion includes his poison."
KATIE: Well how are we supposed to get that?
SANDRA: Your parents would have figured that part out quickly.
KATIE: Oh really, well since your so clued up, please enlighten us.
SANDRA: Well I don't kn…
KATIE: Uh huh that's what I thought.
CHRIS: I think I might have a idea.
(Everyone turns to Chris who smiles.)
BREAK
ACT FIVE
(Scene: Underworld. Large Cave. Sartorio and the Viper demon are standing in the middle of the cave, arguing.)
VIPER: (panicked) We should get out of here, now.
SARTORIO: No, they'll find us anyway.
VIPER: But they know how to vanquish both of us.
SARTORIO: Which we should be able to use to our advantage.
VIPER: How?
SARTORIO: They need your poison to vanquish you. So you should distract them and I'll go for the kill, but whatever you do don't use your poison on them. It'll work out perfectly.
VIPER: Yes, maybe for you.
SARTORIO: Watch your tongue. Don't forget I still have a potion to vanquish you. (pauses and notices orbs appear behind the Viper)Here they come, remember don't use your poison. (shimmers out)
(As Sartorio shimmers disappear, the orbs deposit Wyatt, Angela, Henry, Chris and Katie.)
WYATT: Hi there.
(The Viper spins around)
WYATT: (looks around) Say uh, where's your friend?
VIPER: Nowhere you're going.
(The Viper quickly creates a purple ball of energy, in both hands, and tosses it toward Wyatt and Katie. As the ball nears Wyatt he creates a energy ball. The ball makes contact with Wyatt's energy ball and creates ripples sending both Wyatt and Chris, next to him, sailing across the cave. Katie levitates out of the purple balls path and lands on her feet.)
KATIE: Not this time, reptile boy.
(She levitates towards him and lands a double kick on the Viper's chest. The Viper falls backwards. Katie levitates next to Angela.)
KATIE: (whispering) What do we do his not using his power?
ANGELA: I don't know, let's just distract him and hope he comes through.
KATIE: It really sucks relying on a demon.
ANGELA: Tell me about it.
(The Viper regains his balance. Noticing this, Angela, charges forward and jumps up kicking the Viper in the gut with both feet. As her feet make contact she gasps and goes rigid, resulting in both her and the Viper fall. Wyatt, Henry, Chris and Katie join Angela, helping her up.)
CHRIS: What did you see?
ANGELA: He's a distraction. Whatever you guys do don't vanquish Sartorio.
(From the ground, the Viper sends small purple balls toward the group. Chris raises his arm deflecting the balls to the cave walls, causing a small earthquake. Behind the group Sartorio shimmers in and smiles. He raises his hand and conjures a fireball.)
ANGELA: (shouting) Wyatt, watch out!
(Wyatt spins around as the fireball heads directly toward him. He quickly orbs out. Using the group's momentary distraction the Viper sends purple balls flying towards Katie and Chris. It makes contact and sends both flying against the cave wall, knocking them out. Wyatt orbs behind Sartorio and they enter in combat.)
ANGELA: Henry, quick call for the vanquishing potion.
HENRY: What? We don't even have his poison yet.
ANGELA: Just call it and focus on one with poison.
(Angela heads toward the Viper and starts assaulting him with punches and kicks. Henry closes his eyes.)
HENRY: (eyes closed and hand raised) Potion.
(Orbs appear in Sartorio's cloak pocket and float towards Henry, depositing a potion in hi hand. Noticing this Angela double kicks the Viper. He falls backwards towards Henry, who smashes the potion on his back. The Viper starts convulsing and in a last attempt creates a purple cloud in his hand.)
HENRY: (shouting) Demon!
(The Viper orbs towards Sartorio, his claw making contact with Sartorio. A purple flare takes over the demon's body and slowly encloses him in a glowing violet ball that bursts. At that same moment Sartorio also bursts into small particles. Wyatt quickly hurries toward Chris and Katie and starts healing them. Angela and Henry join them.)
ANGELA: (worriedly) Are they okay?
WYATT: Yep, got here just in time.
(Angela and Henry both sigh as Wyatt still heals Katie and Chris)
(Stock shots of San Francisco's sunset are shown. Scene: Manor. Attic. Sandra is pacing back and forth as the kids orb in.)
SANDRA: (furiously) What took you so long? Do you still need the potion? I knew I should've gone with you.
KATIE: (holding up her hands) Hold on woman, both demons have been successfully vanquished.
SANDRA: But how?
ANGELA: We used this ancient technique picked up by our parents.
(Sandra looks confused and opens her mouth to speak but Henry interrupts her.)
HENRY: It's called teamwork.
(A slow smile appears on Sandra's face)
SANDRA: I think I may have underestimated your talent. You all have clearly learned a lot.
CHRIS: Thanks. So what will you do now?
SANDRA: I'll have to notify the rest of my coven and start planning a funeral. Rest assured they will hear of your kindness. Blessed be.
(Sandra turns around and heads out the attic. Katie walks over to the Book and closes it.)
KATIE: Well guys, rest assured that hopefully we won't encounter such pissy innocents again.
(Wyatt, Henry and Chris burst out, laughing as Angela stares open mouthed.)
ANGELA: Mom let's you get away with too much, you know that?
KATIE: Sorry, it's just been a really long day.
CHRIS: Yep, for you and I both. Now I still have to go sit through wedding plans.
HENRY: (smiling) Rather you then me.
KATIE: (to Chris) You mind dropping us of? (gestures between herself and Angela)
CHRIS: Sure.
HENRY: Hey, me three.
(Henry, Angela, Katie and Chris all orb out as Wyatt walks over to the Book. A quick flash of worry is visible on his features but is soon replaced by a smile as he heads down stairs.)
END
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