Hey Guys. Im taking a break from writing any more chapters. BECAUSE I am going back and editing my seasons one two and three chapters so that they can make more sense and people can enjoy them. I should be done with the first chapter within the next few days. So I will post this one when I update that one. : )
Trial by Magic
Manor: Kitchen
Piper and Paige were making breakfast. Michael was at the table eating cereal and reading the paper when Phoebe rushed in, "Okay, move it or lose it, people, coming through." Phoebe said as she entered and took Paige's coffee cup from her.
Paige looked at her, "Hey," She said sounding like a child whining, "I was using that." She added.
Phoebe poured some coffee in the cup, "Yeah, well, I'm late and I need caffeine, so sue me." She said.
Piper looked at her, "Two weeks of jury duty and suddenly she's lawyer-y." She said.
Phoebe looked at her, "Now, normally I would have a way to come back for that but I am too tired."
Paige nodded, "I'd be tired too if I had to decide whether or not someone lived or died. What's your decision?" She asked.
Phoebe said, "Paige, you know I can't talk about the case. Besides, that's not why I can't sleep. I can't sleep. I can't sleep because I miss Cole too much. If he doesn't come home soon, I'm gonna turn into a vampire."
Prue walked in and heard the last part, "That isn't a funny joke in this house, Pheebs," She pointed out as she got her own coffee cup.
Piper looked at Phoebe, "Not so funny. So when do you think he's gonna come back?" She asked.
Phoebe said, "Who knows? He said he needed some time to find himself and figure out who he was without his demon side."
"What does that mean?" Paige asked. "He's off banging on drums in the woods somewhere?" She added.
Phoebe put her head down, "God, I hope not." She said as she looked at her watch. "Ugh, gotta go." She left the kitchen.
Piper's eyes went wide as if she forgot something, "Wait!" She called out and followed Phoebe and the Paige followed Piper. "Who's testifying today?" She asked. as Prue and Michael exchanged pieces of the morning Paper.
Phoebe nodded, "Nobody, it's closing argument." She said.
Piper looked at her, "Already? That was fast."
Phoebe looked at her, "Oh, no, not you too."
Piper put her hands out, "Oh, Phoebe, it's only natural to be curious."
Phoebe nodded, "Forget it."
Paige said, "Listen, nobody keeps secrets better than us. We are the mistresses of secrets."
Piper turned to Phoebe, "Well..."
"Guys, she can't talk about it," Andy said as he descended down the stairs.
Phoebe looked at him and said, "Thank you Andy. But, let's just say it would be my supreme pleasure to send that murdering bastard straight to hell. By legal means, not magical." She headed for the front door.
Piper said, "You might be the first person who enjoys jury duty."
Phoebe said, "You know what it is? It's just, it might be nice for a change to get some kudos from vanquishing the bad guy. I mean punishing... you know what I mean." She grabbed her bag and opened the door. "Okay."
Glen walked onto the porch at that moment, "Hey." He greeted with a smile.
Phoebe said, "Hi."
Glen tried to look past her, "Is Paige home?" He asked.
Phoebe nodded, "Yeah, she is, but I'm not. Bye!" She said and left.
Glen walked inside and closed the door and Paige rushed over and hugged him, "It's so good to see you. What are you doing here?" She asked.
Glen said, "I'm done with Australia finally and I'm actually thinking about Nepal, and I just wanted to drop by and see how you were doing." He asked. "And your cousin. I know I don't know him very well but I thought I'd check on you guys."
"That's sweet." Paige said. "It's so great to see you." She added as Piper cleared her throat. "Oh, that's my sister, Piper."
Glen held out his hand, "Of course, of course." He said.
Piper smiled, "Hi." And she shook his hand.
Glen smiled, "I still can't believe you've got sisters and a cousin." He said.
Piper said, "Yeah, it takes some time to getting used to."
"I told you I heard another voice," Michael's voice drifted from the dining room as he and Prue walked out of the kitchen. "Hey," Michael said and held out his own hand. "Nice to see you again Glen," He greeted with a smile and Prue just nodded her greeting.
Paige looked at Glen, "So where you staying?" She asked.
Glen nodded, "I don't know, actually." He said.
Paige said, "Good, you'll stay here."
"Huh?" Michael said as his smile faded.
"What?" Piper and Prue both said at the same time.
Paige nodded, "Yeah, first door up, top of the stairs."
Glen looked at her, "Are you sure that's alright?" He asked.
Paige nodded, "Yeah, don't be ridiculous." He headed for the stairs. "I'll be right up." She called out to him.
Glen smiled, "Great, thank you." He said and walked up the stairs.
Piper watched him leave and then turned to her baby sister, "Paige." She said.
"What?" She asked.
Piper looked at her, "I don't think it's a good idea if your boyfriend stays here."
Paige nodded at the comment, "He's not my boyfriend. Sometimes he's my boyfriend, but mostly he's just my really good friend."
Prue looked at Paige, "Uh, well, we usually don't have house guests because of all the obvious reasons."
Paige looked at her, "Mikey does," She argued. "You can trust Glen. He's been my friend since, god, kindergarten."
"She has a point," Michael said in her defense and Prue and Piper glared at him. "Just saying."
Piper said, "Not now." She turned to Paige, "You haven't been a witch since kindergarten. I don't think you understand."
"I understand that I also pay rent here." Paige returned.
Piper nodded "There is no rent."
Paige said, "It's an expression."
Piper said, "No it's not."
Paige said, "Well, it should be. Hm." She headed for the stairs.
Court room
A female lawyer was doing her closing argument. Phoebe was sitting with the jury.
The lawyer walked around and said, "There is no excuse, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the defendant has no alibi, no credible explanation for how he was able to lead the police directly to his ex-wife's body. Other than his, how did he describe it... psychic vision? No, premonition, that's it. That was his alibi. That's what Mr. Prevosoli expects you to believe. To counter the overwhelming evidence against him, including with the court's permission," she picked up a dagger "people 1, the murder weapon. One that he had admitted to using in his own magic show. And then he used it to rob Angela Prevosoli of her life." She handed the dagger to the jury. They pass it along. "Return the verdict, you know you must. Murder in the first degree." She concluded.
Phoebe took the dagger from another member who passed it to her and she was pulled into a premonition.
Premonition
the real murderer killing Angela. He has a tattoo on his arm.
End of premonition
Phoebe came out of the vision and dropped the dagger, "Are you all right?" The judge asked.
Phoebe looked over at Mr. Prevosoli. He lifted his arm and Phoebe saw that he had no tattoos.
Opening Credits
Court building
The jury walked into a room and sat down at the table, "Hey, hey, I just got a premonition. We'll be outta here in time for lunch." A man said and laughed.
Another man looked around, "Uh, okay, uh, well, I think the proper procedure is, uh, that first we review the evidence."
The man from before said, "Well, we heard the evidence, so let's just take a vote and get outta here." He said.
Man #2 said, "Still, as the foreman..."
Man number one, "All votes in favor of guilty?" He raised his hand. So did everyone else except Phoebe. "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven..." He spotted Phoebe. "Come on, lady, what's it gonna be?" He asked.
Phoebe looked around and quickly said, "I have to go to the bathroom." And the jury sighed as Phoebe gots up and walked into the bathroom and closed the door. "Leo. Leo!" She yelled in a loud whisper.
Leo orbed in, "Phoebe, what?" He asked.
Phoebe held out her hand, "Quick, orb me to the manor." She ordered. And they orbed out.
Michael's School
Michael had already finished his mid-year tests and walked intot he hallway and looked for Zeke. The teachers all went on about how students left early after the tests. "Zeke," Michael said as he saw Zeke and Jenny talking. "Hey Jenny," Michael said as he approached the group.
"Hey, Mikey," Jenny said.
"Zeke, we need to go," Micahel said.
"Oh, cant I stay here for a while," Zeke asked. I am talking to Jenny. Zeke stated in his mind.
Michael's eyes went wide…"Ooh," He said as he realized what Zeke had meant. "Okay, you two stay here and I will go to Rosaline's until your ready to go." Michael said and flamed out.
Manor
Piper, Phoebe, Prue, Paige and Leo walked into the living room, "I thought you said it was an open and shut case." Paige said as she led the way in.
Phoebe shook her head, "So did I. But the killer in my premonition was definitely not Stan Prevosoli." She explained. As they sat down. "Okay, now, I didn't see his face but he had this tattoo on his arm like a medusa's head with snakes." She explained further.
Paige looked at her, "What are you gonna do?" She asked.
Phoebe shrugged her shoulders, "Well, I'm gonna stall, while you guys try to get Darryl and Andy to get you in to see Stan. Describe the tattoo, maybe he knows the real killer. I don't know, he must not have seen him in his premonition otherwise..."
Leo cut her off, "Wait, he had a premonition?" He asked.
Phoebe shook her head, "Yeah, that's how he claims to have known where the body was."
Prue nodded in understanding, "Mikey, should be dropping Zeke off at his house and I will fill him in." Prue said.
Piper looked at Phoebe, "And you of all people did not believe him." She asked.
Phoebe nodded, "Piper, he's just a club magician. I assumed that he was a fraud. Believe me, I feel horrible about this." She said.
Piper said, "Alright, we'll fix it, somehow."
Paige looked at her, "Do we hunt killers that aren't demons?" She asked.
Phoebe said, "Well, I had that premonition for a reason. Just because the killer isn't supernatural..."
Piper made a noise as Glen walked in, "Hey there Glen," Leo said loudly.
Piper looked at him, "What did you hear?" She asked.
Glen looked at her with narrowed eyes, "Excuse me?" He asked.
Phoebe looked up at Piper, "She said what are you doing here?" She clarified.
Glen looked at her, "Oh, I was just looking for the kitchen. Didn't you leave already?" he asked with a point to her.
Phoebe smiled slightly, "Yeah, yeah, but now I'm back. But I better get going again before somebody wonders what happened to me." She said and stood up.
Paige stood up as well, "I'll uh, just take Glen to the kitchen and show him where to make a sand-witch." She said. And she and Glen went into the kitchen.
Phoebe pointed behind her, "Is he staying here?" She asked in a quiet voice to Prue and Piper.
Piper nodded, "Mm-hmm."
Phoebe looked at Prue, "I think you need to talk to her." She said.
"I tried, apparently I was the only one listening," Prue stated and Phoebe sighed.
Rosaline's house
Rosaline paced around her dining area. She saw flames appear out of nowhere and smiled as Michael became corporeal, "Hey," She said and hugged him.
"Hey," He said. "So I am going to stay here until Zeke gets done with talking to Jenny and finishes the rest of his tests." He said.
Court building
The jury room. The man banged on the door to the bathroom, "What the hell's going on in there? Open the damn door!" He yelled.
A Woman on the jury said, "Maybe something's wrong. I'll call for the bailiff."
The man continued to bang on the door and it swung open and Phoebe walked out, "I am so sorry. That time of the month." She fabricated.
Man number one said, "Ugh. Look, the rest of us finished voting, eleven guilty. What's it gonna be?" He asked.
Phoebe looked at him, "Well, before I cast my vote, I think we should all consider the possibility that the defendant might actually be a psychic." She said.
Man number one said, "What?" and the jury groaned.
Phoebe said, "And all he is guilty of is having a special gift."
Woman said, "You're the foreman, make her vote."
Phoebe said, "Not until I review the evidence." She grabbed a pencil and paper. "Every single piece." And the jury groaned again.
Manor: Kitchen
Paige and Glen were in the kitchen. Glen sat at the table and Paige brought him a sandwich, "Thank you." He said.
Paige said, "Sure. So I have to go to work, but if you want you can drop me off and then use my car."
Glen nodded, "Oh, no, I'm wiped. I'm just gonna hang here, it's cool." He said.
"Oh." Paige responded.
Glen looked at her, "Paige, is everything okay? What was going on in there?" He asked.
Paige said, "Oh, that? That was just a family meeting, you know, deciding who's gonna take out the trash or whose turn it is to clean the bathroom, we take it all very seriously here."
"But your cousin wasn't even in there," Glen said.
"Yeah, he is at school." Paige added.
Glen shrugged, "I heard words like 'killer', 'supernatural'. It doesn't really sound like housework to me. We never really could lie to each other very well." He said.
Paige said, "Well, maybe that's why we didn't make it as a couple."
Glen said, "I've been worried about you, since the last time I saw you. Just before you moved in here. And the vibe I've been getting since I got here, doesn't make me worry any less."
Paige said, "Everything is fine, Glen, just fine. Things are just different now."
Glen said, "You got sisters and a cousin to talk to and I think that's great, I really do. But that doesn't mean we still can't be there for each other, does it? Talk to me, Paige, wh-what's going on?"
Piper, Prue and Leo walked in, "Paige? Uh, Darryl and Andy got us that thing with the guy that Phoebe was talking about. Are you coming?" She asked.
Paige said, "Yeah, I can't, I have to go to work."
Leo said, "Alright, well, keep your cell phone available. Just in case anything comes up."
Paige nodded and she, Prue and Piper leave the kitchen. Leo looked at Glen and laughed awkwardly, "Excuse me." He said and left the kitchen.
Foyer
Piper looked at Paige, "Paige, you're leaving him here alone?" She asked.
Paige shook her head, "Well, he can't fit in my cubicle with me at work." She said with a hint of sarcasm and she grabbed her coat and headed for the door.
"Paige, keeping our secret has to be the most important thing." Prue stated. "And before you say anything Mikey tells people because he has his own secrets." She added.
Paige shook her head, "I know, which is why I just lied to my best friend. It didn't feel good, Prue, but I did it." She said.
Piper looked at her, "That's not good enough. It's irresponsible to leave him here." She said.
Paige said, "You told me when I became a witch I could still have a life. I call having a friend a life."
Piper said, "Yeah, but that doesn't mean..."
She was cut off when Glen walked in, "Hey, hey... Oh, I'm interrupting again." He asked.
Piper said, "Yeah. Alright, we've gotta go, so be sure to lock up all the doors before you go." She said and gestured her hands towards the upstairs. And she and Leo left the manor.
Paige looked at Prue, "Your not going?" She asked.
Prue shook her head, "I have to stay here with Sophie." She said and stormed off up the stairs.
Glen watched her leave, "They always that friendly?" He asked.
Paige said, "Yeah, pretty much. I'll see you later." And she left.
Prison: A room
Mr. Prevosoli's lawyer, Piper and Leo entered the room, "I still don't understand exactly who you people are." The lawyer said.
Piper looked at him, "Didn't Inspectors Morris and Trudeau vouch for us?" She asked.
Lawyer said, "Yes, but that doesn't..."
Leo cut him off, "Then all you need to know is that we might be able to save your client. Isn't that enough?" He asked.
Lawyer said, "Look, the jury's deliberating. Nothing short of a miracle can help him now."
Piper narrowed her eyes, "Precisely." She said in a cryptic tone.
A guard brought Mr. Prevosoli into the room and removed his handcuffs, "Who are you?" Stan asked.
Piper: said, "We're people who believe you're innocent, so if you don't mind we'd like to ask you a few questions."
Leo said, "Was there anything in your premonition to indicate who the killer might be?"
Lawyer rolled his eyes, "Yeah, alright, that's it. Out!" He ordered.
Piper looked at him, "What? Why?" She asked.
Lawyer said, "Because we're not hanging anymore of this case on that so called vision of his. Unless you want him to plea insanity."
Stan nodded, "No, wait, wait! You actually believe me? On having had a premonition." He asked.
Piper looked at him, "Yes, we do. That's why we need to know exactly what you saw, if we have any chance of saving you."
Stan said, "I don't need a premonition to know who killed Angie. It's Wike. Andrew Wike. He owns a magic club where I performed."
Leo said, "Why do you think he killed her?"
Stan said, "Angie kept the books of the club. Even after we got divorced. She found out that she told me about it, he killed her with one of my knives to frame me. And I go and help him by telling the police where the body was."
Piper said, "Do you know if Wike has a tattoo of a medusa head on his arm?"
Stan said, "I don't know.
Piper said, "Well, lets hope he does. Thank you." Piper and Leo left the room. "Look out, Nancy Drew coming through."
Halliwell Manor
Michael and Rosaline flamed into Prue's room where she had called for him. "Hey," He said.
"Hey, Mikey. Go help Piper." Prue ordered.
"Prue, I cant." Michael said.
"Why not?" Prue asked folding her arms across her chest.
"I have to look for someone." He said and looked to the floor.
Prue looked at him with narrowed eyes, "Who could be so important that you bail on your family to…" She asked and then realized what he was doing. "Ooh. Your father? He's missing?" She asked.
"Apparently." Michael said. "Look, I will go help Piper." He said and flamed out before she could argue.
Magic club
It's closed when Piper and Leo walked in and Michael flamed in.
Leo looked at Michael, "Why are you here?" He asked.
"Prue told me to come help." He replied.
Leo nodded and turned to Piper, "Maybe we should come back at night when they're open." He suggested.
Piper shook her head, "I don't think we have that kind of time. Wow, how does this place stay in business?" She asked.
A rat ran across the floor and Piper screamed and and flicked her wrists and froze it.
Leo smiled at her, "Demons you can handle but not rats?" HE asked with a laugh
Piper flicked her wrists again and unfroze the rat and Wike storms in the room, "Hey, hey, what are you doing in here? Who are you?" He asked.
Piper looked at him, "Uh, we're friends of Stan Prevosoli's."
Wike turned around and said, "Good for you. We're closed."
"We were hoping that…" Michael said
Wike turned around and faced them, "I said we're closed, now I don't wanna say it again. Leave." He said and pointed to the door and Piper and Leo saw the tattoo on his arm.
Commercial Break
Court building: Room
The jury was there, looking hot and restless, "Okay, um, haven't any of you ever known who was calling before you answered the phone?" Phoebe asked as she walked around the room.
The woman looked at her, "That's not magic." She clarified.
Phoebe said, "Oh no? Then what is it? Look, just because you don't understand magic, doesn't mean that you have to be afraid of it. It's around us all the time, like a friend, guiding us, giving us inspiration, helping us fall in love. Giving our lives meaning. And I'm sorry but I think that we all need to believe that magic exists." She walked over to the woman. "Tanya, why are you wearing an angel pin?" She asked.
Tanya said, "I don't know, just because my mother gave it to me."
Phoebe said, "But why did she give it to you?"
Tanya looked at her, "To watch over me." She said.
Phoebe pointed at her, "That's magic. Something that you can't see, you can't quite put your finger on it, but you know it's there." She explained.
Man number one said, "The man killed a woman, period. End of story."
Foreman said, "All those in favor of another vote."
They all raised their hands except Phoebe. Leo orbed in the bathroom and Phoebe saw the light under the door. "Oops, nature calls." She said and headed for the door.
Man number one said. "Oh, oh no you don't. No-no-no-no-no way."
Phoebe ran into the bathroom and the woman, Tanya said, "She's stalling."
Man number one said, "We've gotta do something about this."
inside the bathroom Piper was with Leo, "Hi." Piper said.
Phoebe looked at her, "Hi." She replied.
Piper said, "We found the real killer."
Leo looked at her, "The owner of the magic club. A guy named Andrew Wike." He explained.
Phoebe looked at her sister and brotherinlaw "Can you prove it?" She asked.
Piper nodded, "That's our next step." She said.
Phoebe said, "Okay, well, you gotta hurry because I am dying in there."
Piper said, "It'd be so much easier if we could just vanquish him."
Leo said, "You can't do that but you might be able to use your magic."
Phoebe said, "Well, there's one guy I would love to turn into a warthog."
Leo said, "Not on the jury, on the killer. You, Mikey and Paige could use your powers to scare him into confessing."
Piper said, "And show our powers to Wike? I do not think so."
Leo said, "Do you think anyone's gonna believe him if he says anything?"
Phoebe said, "Not this jury."
The man banged on the door, "Hey, come on!" He yelled.
Phoebe looked at the door, "Uh, sorry! Uh, can somebody find me a plunger?" She asked.
Man said, "Oh, great."
Piper looked in the toilet, confused, "What? I've gotta buy some time somehow. And you gotta call Paige. Maybe there's a spell in the Book of Shadows we can use? Okay, go, go, go!" They orbed out. "Okay." She went back in the room.
Manor: Attic
Glen was there reading the Book of Shadows, "Piper, Mikey are you up here? What's the emergency?" Paige asked as she walked in. "Oh my god, Glen, what are you doing up here?" She asked.
Glen looked at her, "It's funny. See, after you left I was still hungry so I opened the fridge and I found some bags labelled pigs feet, rabbit blood, frog tongue. So decided to take a little look around. Found more than I bargained for." He said. "Aldo, some chick is in with the baby while your sister left for work." He added. "How did she even get here?"
Paige said, "Look, I can explain everything, okay, I really can. I'll just have to explain it later because if Piper finds us up here she's gonna freak. And if Prue finds us up here she will kill me." She added.
Glen said, "Piper's gonna freak? I just found out your new sisters and cousin have you messing with the occult in a pretty serious way, and you're worried about how they're gonna freak?" He asked.
Paige said, "Look, we're not messing with the occult. We're witches. My sisters and I were born good witches, we do good magic. And Mikey he's well he's good too I guess."
Glen looked at her, "This book is full of pictures of demons and warlocks." He said.
Paige said, "Well, demons and warlocks that we fight and destroy."
Glen said, "These girls have you brainwashed. I mean, how do you even know that they're your sisters?" he asked.
Paige said, "Glen, you've gotta trust me, please. I am not brainwashed, I am the same old Paige except now when I make a rhyme magic happens."
Glen said, "Paige."
Paige said, "Look, you've been to Africa, you've met those witch doctors on your travels, right?"
Glen nodded, "Yeah, but these guys are a hundred years old and they speak in tongues, and you're you."
She sat down beside him and turned the pages, "The hell is that?" Glen asked as fire began to appear.
There was a swirl of yellow beside Paige that caused Glen to jump, "Its fine," She assured him as Michael became corporeal.
"Hey," He said. "Oh. Hi." He added when he saw Glen.
Paige looked at the book, "There is a spell in here." She said.
Glen looked at her, "What?" he asked,
"To do what, Paige," Michael asked,
Paige looked at him, "To stretch the imagination. It should be able to help Glen understand and accept the truth about me." She said.
Glen looked at her, "So you're gonna cast a spell on me?" He asked
Paige looked at him and nodded, "With your permission." She said.
Glen looked at her, "And when nothing happens..."
Paige looked at him, "When nothing happens you can drag me off to the funny farm, tell them I've been brainwashed. Believe me, I could use the vacation." She turned to Michael, "That is if you won't tell Prue or Piper. Could get into some serious trouble."
Michael gave her the have-you-met-me look, "Have you met me Paige," He asked. "I live for trouble," He said "Shall we?" she looked hesitant. "Don't worry I will cover for you if Prue or Piper walk in." Michael said.
She found the spell. "Ah, here it is." She said and joined hands with Michael.
"Let mind and body soar,
to heights not reached before,
let limits stretch,
that you may catch,
a new truth to explore."
They chanted together and Glen made a groaning noise, "I don't feel any different." He said.
Paige looked at Michael, "That's weird it always works." She said.
"Paige, where are you?" Piper's voice asked from downstairs.
"Oh god. Its Piper," Paige said. "She is going to kill us." She added.
"See ya." Michael said and flamed out.
Paige looked around in panic, "God, we gotta hide you. Come on." She said as she began to walk away.
Glen reached out his hand and said, "No, wait." He held out his arm and it stretched out to Paige.
Paige looked at him, "It's the spell. Just put back." She ordered. Glen pulled in his arm and it returned to normal length. Piper and Leo walked in "Oh, I was giving Glen a tour of the house. Next stop the basement. Come on, Glen, why don't you get a head start."
Glen left the attic.
Piper looked at Paige, "A tour of the attic?" She asked and looked around and saw the Book out. "You showed him the book?" She asked.
Paige smiled sheepishly, "Well, he went into the fridge and saw the potion ingredients so understandably he started looking around and he found the book." She said.
Leo looked at her, "So you didn't lock the attic?" He asked.
Paige shook her head, "It didn't occur to me." She admitted.
"What do you mean? I told you to lock all the doors before you go." Piper said and gestured her hands out for emphasis.
Paige said, "Well, I thought you meant the front door. Maybe you should've been more specific."
Piper threw her hands out, "Well, I was speaking in code."
Paige said, "Listen, I trust Glen."
Piper said, "Yeah, but you're trusting him with a secret that's all of ours, not just yours."
Leo said, "Honey, she didn't tell him about it, he discovered it."
Piper said, "Because she left him in the house, because she let him stay in the house in the first place."
Paige said, "Okay, so you're saying I have to choose between having any friends and being a witch."
Piper said, "Yes, I have."
Paige said, "Well, I won't."
Leo said, "Okay, we all need to put this on hold for a second, okay? Let's take a deep breath, let's calm down. We have a lot of work to do and not a lot of time to do it with."
Paige looked at them, "What do we have to do?" She asked.
Leo said, "Piper will fill you in on the way. I need to check on Phoebe. And take Mikey," He added before orbing out
Piper and Paige stared at each other, "Hm."
Court: The jury room.
Phoebe looked at the group, "Actually, the origin of magic dates back to prehistoric times. People from all cultures believed…"
Foreman stood up, "Let's vote now." He said.
Phoebe looked at him, "Wait." She said.
Foreman nodded, "No, no, no, we vote. Okay, if we can't agree we declare a hung jury. All in favor of a guilty verdict."
The jury raised their hands, "Wait! There is magic in the world." Phoebe argued. "There are angels. Tanya, you can tell your mother that she's right, they're real. And there are fairies. They're real too. I mean, just think back to your childhood before you were too jaded to believe in them. And-and-and Cupid. Not a myth. I mean, he doesn't actually use arrows but-but he's real too." She explained
Foreman looked at the door, "Bailiff!" He called.
Phoebe looked at him, "What are you doing?" She asked.
Foreman said, "We don't have to declare a hung jury after all."
Man gapsed, "We don't?" He asked.
The bailiff opened the door, "Foreman?" He asked.
Foreman turned around and said, "Tell the judge that we have a juror that's um... not quite right. We're asking that she be dismissed and that you bring in one of the alternates."
Phoebe said, "Are you kidding me?"
The foreman shakes his head.
Bailiff looked at the jury, "And you all agree?"
Jury all at the same time said, "Yes."
Bailiff shook his head, "Okay."
Phoebe looked at the jury, "No, wait-wait-wait. I have an idea. If I can convince you, all of you, that magic really does exist, will that be enough reasonable doubt for an acquittal."
Man number one said, "Lady, you're late for your shrink. Like two years late." He laughed
Tanya said, "Well, what do you mean magic? Like siegfried and Freud stuff?" She asked.
Phoebe shook her head, "No. I mean real magic. No trap doors, no smoke, no mirrors, just real supernatural magic."
Man number one said, "Come on, she's stalling."
Phoebe said, "What's the matter? Are you afraid I might actually be able to pull it off?"
Tanya said, "Well, we've been here this long. I say we let her take it all home."
Foreman said, "Alright, but if you fail, you vote guilty with the rest of us." Phoebe hesitated. "Call the judge."
Phoebe sighed, "Okay, okay, okay, okay, it's a deal." She said,
Tanya said, "Alright, show us some magic."
Phoebe said, "I'm gonna need a few things. A sage stick, five white candles and..."
Man number one interrupted her, "A magic wand." He guessed.
Phoebe said, "No, incense. I'm gonna summon the dead."
Man number one said, "Ooooh."
Magic club
Piper, Michael and Paige all flamed in by the door, "There you go." Michael said in a tone.
"Whats wrong with you?" Piper asked.
"Nothing," Michael replied. "I am only hear because Rosaline is making me help you." He said. "So I don't get to spend time with her." He added.
Piper took a deep breath, "Okay, just remember, you play good witch, Paige. Mikey and I play bad witch." She said.
Paige said, "Okay, but won't that risk exposing our powers?"
Piper shook her head, "No, Mikey and I are only gonna show our powers to Wike and once we get him to talk we'll use the tape to force him to confess to the police." She explained.
Paige looked up, "So it's okay to show our powers to a murderer but not to Glen." She said.
Piper said, "Saving an innocents life is worth the risk. Entertaining friends is not." A curtain opened and Wike was on the stage setting up some magic equipment. He picked up a hat and Piper flicked her wrists and blew it up. "Boo!" She said as she blew it up.
Wike jumped into the air, "Ahh, what the hell! What are you? What do you want?" He asked.
Piper looked at him, "We want a confession, that's what we want."
Michael looked around, "Pipe," He said and one of the pipes flames into his hand.
Piper, blew up a box behind him, "Careful, Piper, you might kill him." Paige warned.
Piper looked at her, "So?" She said.
Wike looked at her, "I don't know what you're talking about." He said.
"Do yourself a favor and don't lie to us," Michael said and formed an energy ball. "Confess." He ordered.
"No." Wike said and Michael threw the energy ball towards the stage and it blew up the wall behind wike. "I don't know what your talking about." He added.
Piper rolled her eyes, "Sure you do. Angela…" She started and flicked her wrists and blew something else up, "Prevosoli…" She continued and blew something else up, "found out about your…" She blew something else up, "…money laundering operating. So you killed her, didn't you?" Wike looked frightened.
Paige looked at Wike, "I've never seen them like this, pal. You might wanna talk." She warned.
Piper looked at Michael, "You know what, this is getting boring. What do you say we move onto some body parts?" She asked and held her hand up.
"Sounds great to me," Michael said and formed another energy ball.
Wike held out his hand, "Okay, okay, okay, alright. Alright, I admit it, I killed her. She was ready to march the cops down to pier 86. If I hadn't killed her they would've. And then they would've killed me."
Piper looked at him, "Who, they cops?" She asked.
Wike nodded, "No, no, not the cops. They... Look, believe me, you don't wanna know." He said.
Piper said, "Try me." He pulled something out and threw it on the ground and it exploded. The smoke cleared and Wike was gone. "What the..."
Paige looked at the smoke impressed, "He's pretty good." She stated.
They walked onto the stage, "Where'd he go? There's gotta be a trap door." Piper said. They lifted up a rug and found a trap door.
Paige pointed to the ground, "There." She said.
Piper tried to open it but it's locked. "Does this thing work?" She asked.
Paige looked around, "There's gotta be stairs here."
"No time for that. Mikey if you would." Piper said and grabbed his arm. He flamed them out and the flames went into the trap door.
Basement of the club
Wike got up off a mattress underneath the trap door. A rat ran along a pipe, "Wait, don't, I can explain." He said.
The rat changed into a demon, "You stupid human! You told the witches everything. And they've got it on tape." The Rat Demon said.
Wike looked at him, "So what? They'll never find out about you guys." He said.
Rat Demon said, "Not from you they won't."
Wike shook his head, "No, no."
The rat demon turned Wike into a rat, "Dinner time."
A dozen rats ran over to Wike/Rat and started to eat him. The rat demon changed back into a rat. Piper, Michael and Paige flamed in. Paige saw a rat and screamed
Piper looked at her, "What, demons you can handle but not rats?" She asked.
Piper saw the rats eating the other rat and she screamed as well.
Paige playfully hit her, "Right back at you."
"Ick," Michael said and flamed them back out.
Commercial Break
Manor
Piper, Michael and Paige walked in through the front door, "I don't get it, where'd he go?" Paige asked.
Piper shrugged her shoulders, "Is hell too much to hope for?" She asked.
Paige said, "Yeah, well, at least we got his confession."
Piper said, "Yeah, but that's not gonna save Stan, or Phoebe for that matter."
They walked into the living room, "Why don't we just give it to the police?" Paige asked.
Glen sneaked down the stairs as Piper talked, "Well, without Wike, the confession is no good. I mean, Darryl and Andy could open up an investigation but not in time to exonerate... ooh, now I even sound like Nancy Drew." She said.
Glen hid around the corner and Paige said, "What, so we're supposed to go find Wike? How do we do that? We have no idea where he is."
Glen stretched his arm around the corner and pinched Paige's butt and she yelped, "What?" Piper asked.
"What?" Paige repeated.
Piper looked at her, "That noise." She said.
"Noise?" Paige asked.
Piper said, "I feel like I'm in Switzerland."
"Switzerland?" Paige asked.
Piper looked at her, "There it is again."
"What?" Paige asked.
Piper said, "That annoying echo. Paige, what's going on?"
Paige nodded her head, "Nothing, nothing's going on, Piper."
Glen reached Piper and grabbed her leg, "Hey!" Piper yelled.
Glen pulled his arm back in and Piper walked around the corner, "Piper, don't." Paige said.
Piper pointed at her, "You!" She said dangerously as Michael came in from the kitchen. "You cast a spell on him? Are you crazy?" She asked.
Paige said, "No, but somebody is."
Glen said, "I'm just trying to have some fun. Sorry."
Piper said, "Okay, but this is not supposed to be fun for you. It's not supposed to be for you at all."
Glen put his hands in his pockets, "Well, I guess I'd better call off the tabloids."
Piper widened her eyes and flicked her wrists and froze him.
Paige looked at her, "He was just making a bad joke." She said.
Piper said, "Yeah, funny how that was the first thing that came to his mind."
Paige said, "He just thought he was being funny, nobody got hurt."
Piper looked at Michael and said, "Yeah, maybe you'd feel a little differently if you had lost a mother at a young age." Leo orbed in and saw Glen. "Don't ask." Piper said.
Leo looked at them, "Did you get Wike to confess?" He asked.
Piper said, "Yeah, and then he got away. How's Phoebe doing?" She asked.
Leo shook his head, "Not so good. She's trying to summon the victim, Angela."
Paige said, "Wait a second. So it's not okay for me to tell my best friend Glen that I'm a witch, but it's okay for Phoebe to tell an entire room of strangers?"
Leo looked at her, "They were gonna kick her off the jury, I think it was worth a try. Only it's not working so good. I believe she needs the Power of Four."
Piper said, "Yeah, well, she's not gonna get it. It's better to think she's a nutjob than think she's a witch."
Leo said, "There's an innocent man at stake, Piper."
Piper said, "They'll convict him and then we'll go to the police, there'll be a new trial and then they'll release him."
Leo said, "You don't know that."
Piper shook her head, "Alright, I have an idea."
Paige said, "What?"
Piper said, "I'll explain on the way, let's go get Prue."
Leo pointed to Glen and said, "What about him?"
Paige said, "Just unfreeze him, he won't tell anyone."
Piper unfroze him
Glen looked around at the turn of events, "Wh-where'd you come from?" He asked.
Paige said, "Just stay here, order a pizza, I'll be back soon."
She kissed him on the cheek. Leo orbed out with Piper and Paige.
Glen looked at Michael who was standing with his hands out. "What?" Glen said. He looked around. The rat demon in his rat form appeared behind. "Where'd they go?" He asked.
Michael, not knowing what to say, said, "I gotta go get my friend," He said and flamed out.
Glen looked at the fire that Michael disappeared in, "Huh?" He asked himself.
Jury room
Phoebe wastrying to summon Angela, "'Beloved spirit Angela, I ask that you commune with me and move among us.'" Nothing happened. "'Beloved spirit Angela...'"
Foreman stood up, "That's enough. Bailiff!" He yelled. The bailiff came in. "Tell the judge that we've reached a verdict."
Man said, "Yep! A deal's a deal. Those in favor of guilty."
Tanya was about to get up, "I'll get the lights." She said.
Phoebe looked down at the paper again, "'Beloved spirit Angela, I seek your guidance, I ask that you commune with me and move among us.'"
The bathroom door opened and Piper stuck her hand out and froze the room. Piper, Prue, Paige and Leo came out of the room, "Phoebe, eleven jurors." Piper scolded lightly.
Phoebe said, "I know, I know, but this guys is innocent, and he's being persecuted for having the same gift I do. So, if you guys aren't here to help me summon Angela..."
"We are." Piper stated.
"We are?" Paige asked.
Piper shook her head, "Yes. If Leo will help us clean up after we're done."
Leo nodded, "No."
Piper said, "What do you mean no? You've done it before."
Leo said, "No, it's completely forbidden, except in cases of dire emergencies."
"What's forbidden?" Paige asked.
"Memory dust," Prue answered.
Piper looked at her, "Using memory dust on people." Piper corrected.
Phoebe said, "Oh my god, this is brilliant. We'll erase their short term memories after they vote not guilty."
Paige said, "Wait a second, Whitelighters can erase peoples memories with some sort of special dust? Why don't you just use it all the time?"
Leo looked at her, "Because you don't know what you might be erasing. Doctors appointments, childrens birthdays..." He explained.
Piper interrupted him, "Leo, this is an emergency. I cannot live with these people knowing our secret, knowing that at any minute we could relive the hell Mikey told us about before he altered time." She said,
Leo said, "Okay."
They girls joined hands and chanted the spell.
"Here these words, here our cry,
spirits of the other side,
come to us we settle thee,
cross now the great divide."
Phoebe said her spell alone but still joined hands with her sisters.
"Beloved spirit Angela,
I ask that you commune with us
and move among us."
A breeze blew through the room, "Cold wind, that's our queue." Leo stated.
Piper waved at Phoebe, "See you later." She said.
Phoebe said, "Okay, thank you, thank you."
Piper, Prue, Paige and Leo went into the bathroom. Piper unfroze the jury and they orbed out. A mist appeared above the table. The jury looked frightened.
Tanya looked at the mist, "Are you all seeing that?" She asked.
Foreman said, "Dear god!"
Angela's spirit appeared, "What happened? Where am I?"
Phoebe looked at her, "We summoned you, Angela. We need your help. Actually, your ex-husband needs your help."
Angela looked at her, "Stan? Why?" She asked.
Phoebe said, "He's on trial for your murder."
Angela said, "Stan? Are you kidding? He couldn't hurt a fly. Even his gift terrified him."
"His gift?" Phoebe asked. The man waved his hand through Angela. "What are you doing?" She added.
Man said, "I'm looking for wires. This is some sort of trick."
Phoebe looked at him, "Did you find any?" She turned to Angela "What about his gift?" She asked.
Angela said, "Stan could see things. The past, the future... It scared him, he hated it. That's why he never nurtured it. All the good he could've done, wasted."
Phoebe said, "So he didn't kill you?"
Angela said, "No. The club owner did. Andrew Wike. I found out he was laundering money from some company at pier 86. Stan warned me to keep it to myself. But I didn't. He, he's a good man. He's an innocent man. Blessed be." She disappeared The jury sit there in awe.
Phoebe looked around the room, "Shall we vote?" She asked.
Court Room
Foreman stood up, "Not guilty." He said.
Stan's Lawyer looked at them, "Unbelievable."
Judge said, "So say you one? So say you all?" The jury nodded "This case is dismissed. The defendant is here by released, and this court is adjourned."
Everyone stood up, "Dust them now." Piper ordered.
Leo nodded and headed for the jury. Paige put her arm out and stopped him, "Don't forget the bailiff." She said.
Stan walked over to Piper and Paige, "I don't understand. How'd you do it?" He asked.
Piper said, "We didn't. Angela did."
Phoebe walked over to Stan, "Hi."
Stan looked at her, "Hi." He said.
Phoebe said, "You have a very special gift. And you did the right thing about going to the police. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, all that matters is you used your gift to help people. And that's a beautiful thing."
Underworld
Michael flamed into his father chambers and looked at all the demons who knelt and bowed. "I am here for my father. I am looking for him. If any of you know where he is. Meet me outside the Charmed Ones home at nine AM." Michael said as he walked down the path between the demons. "I know one of you knows what happened and until I find him…" He began but was cut off.
"What if he is dead?" One of the demons asked.
"That would mean…" Another demon stated as he knelt down right in front of Michael. "You're the king."
"Whoa, I am no king." Michael said and backed up a few feet. "Now, I order every single one of you to find me information. Or else." Michael said and flamed out.
Manor
Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Leo walked into the foyer, "So, where is Prue?" Phoebe asked.
"She is in LA working for her photoshoot." Piper answered. "We could use her here though." She added.
Paige said, "So you guys have told people about being witches lots of times."
Piper said, "Yes, innocents, but only when we didn't have any other choice."
Phoebe said, "Our secret is never more important than saving somebody's life."
Leo said, "Can't you guys just enjoy saving this innocent for a minute and a half before getting back to the great debate."
The rat crawled down the stairs, "Well, it's not over yet. The killer is still out there somewhere."
Michael flamed in at that moment, "Where have you been?" Leo asked.
"I have a demon of my own to deal with." Michael stated.
"Max is back?" Phoebe asked.
"No. Dad's missing," He corrected. They all heard a noise and gasped when they saw Glen on the stairs with a glowing ring around his neck.
Paige looked at him, "Glen!"
The rat turns into the demon, "You have one hour to deliver the tape. Or stretch here is dead." He said and grabbed Glen and bolted through the front door, smashing it into a million pieces.
Commercial Break
Manor: Living room
Piper, Phoebe, Michael, Paige and Leo were there, "Paige, it's gonna be okay, just try to breathe." Piper said.
Paige said, "Oh my god, if anything happens to him."
Piper said, "We won't let it."
Paige said, "When did this demon become involved? I thought this killer was supposed to be human."
Phoebe said, "He was. But apparently he was fronting for demons."
Piper said, "Since when do demons give a rats ass - no pun intended - about laundering money?"
Leo said, "Because they need money to insinuate themselves into our world. To buy clothes, rent apartments, to fit in with us."
Phoebe said, "It's probably the same way they made Cole legitimate when he was a demon. I mean, they put him through law school."
Piper said, "Which put him in a position to hurt us." Phoebe touches Piper's knee with her foot. "Water under the bridge."
"How is any of this gonna help get Glen back?" Paige asked. "Even if we give that rat demon thing the tape, what's to stop him from killing Glen? We have no leverage."
Phoebe said, "Okay, do we have to call him the rat demon? Because it's very hard to be appropriately frightened."
Leo said, "We could go over his head. Look, I guarantee you that this club is just the tip of the iceberg. I mean, if we went to rat demon's... What are we supposed to call him?"
Paige said, "One hour, Leo. We have one hour."
He stood up, "Right, look, so if we go to their bosses and we threaten to expose their entire operation, they're not gonna be very pleased with him."
Piper said, "So we offer him up for exchange for Glen. It might work."
Paige said, "Might work? It has to work."
"It will," Michael stated as he joined the conversation after staring off into space. "the question is…where is demon central?" He asked
Phoebe looked at him, "Angela said something about pier 86."
Piper said, "So did Wike. So we split up. Phoebe, since you have stalling down to a science, you and Paige go to the club and buy some time. Leo and I will go to..."
Paige shook her head, "No. I wanna go."
Phoebe said, "Well, Piper has more fire power, and if they get hostile..."
"Okay, I will go with Paige. You three go to the club." Michael stated.
Paige nodded in agreement, "I'll just have Michael flame me out of there if it gets too hairy. I'm the one who put Glen, my best friend, in massive amounts of danger. So I'm gonna get him out." She grabbed her coat. "Just do me a favor and keep him alive at the club until I get back." She said and Joined hands with Michael and they flamed out.
Pier 86
Michael and Paige flamed in, "I don't know if this is the right place." Paige said.
"Oh hush. I know how to flame," Michael said.
They heard and saw rats crawling all over the place, "Rats," Paige muttered.
Michael looked at them, "Lots of them. Time to go." He said and tried to grab her hand but she pulled away.
Paige said, "No."
"Paige, I really think that we should..." He started.
Paige shook her head, "No, Mikey, they've got Glen." She said. "If this were Zeke, would you be doing this?" She asked.
"Your right," Michael said.
Paige yelled to the rats, "Listen up, we know what you're doing and we're prepared to tell everyone. And just so you know killing me won't help. My sisters will take you down. Maybe you've heard of us. The Charmed Ones. Now who am I talking to?" She asked.
The rats turned into demons and surrounded Paige and Michael and one stepped forward, "We're listening." A demon said and knelt. "Anything for you…your majesty," He said to Michael.
The club
Piper and Phoebe are with Leo at the club and the rat demon appeared in front of them, "The tape." He ordered.
Piper said, "Where's our friend, mouse man?"
Rat Demon said, "After I get the tape."
Phoebe shook her head, "No, before."
Rat Demon said, "I can take it from you."
Piper smirked, "You could try."
The curtain opened and Glen stood there with the ring around his neck, "Just so you know, if anything happens to me, anything at all, the ring will decapitate him." The rat demon said.
Piper said, "That's new."
Phoebe said, "So much for a quick getaway."
Phoebe handed him the tape.
Rat Demon said, "Are there any copies?"
Phoebe shook her head, "No."
Piper said, "Now let him go." The rat demon tightened the ring. "Hey, what are you doing?"
Rat Demon said, "I'm a rat. What did you expect?"
Piper about flicked her wrists to blow him up, "Don't, it might chop off Glen's head." Phoebe warned.
"Well, what am I supposed to do?" Piper asked.
Rat Demon said, "Enjoy the show."
Suddenly, the rat demon was engulfed in flames and disappeared
Phoebe looked at Piper, "Did you just do that?"
Three rat demons appeared and Paige and Michael flamed in. Paige raced over to Glen. One of the rat demons picked up the tape, "Only copy?" He asked.
Leo nodded his head, "Yes." He said.
Rat Demon #2 said, "How do we know?"
Piper said, "What do you mean how do you know? You've just gotta trust us. We're the good guys for crying out loud."
The rat demon released the ring around Glen's neck, "Guess we'll call this one a draw." He said before he disappeared.
Manor: Foyer
Leo was fixing the front door and Piper was standing there watching, "Almost done," Leo said.
Piper looked at him, "This is taking too long. Can't you just use a little magic?" She asked.
Leo said, "Don't you think we've used enough magic lately? Besides, I like working with my hands." He walked over to her.
Piper said, "Yeah, I kinda like a guy in a tool belt." They kissed. Paige and Glen walked in. Paige cleared her throat. "Oh, leaving so soon?"
Paige said, "Yeah, Glen's gonna go stay with a friend of his across the Bay."
Piper said, "Huh, I can't imagine why he wouldn't wanna hang around here."
Glen said, "Yeah, well, I like adventure, just not that much adventure."
Leo said, "So you're gonna stick around a while?"
Glen said, "Yeah, keep an eye on noogie here."
"Noogie?" Piper asked.
Paige said, "Glen, I think it's time for you to go."
They laughed and headed for the door. Glen turned to Piper, "Thank you for saving my life." He said and she pulled his arm.
Paige laughed, "I reversed the spell." She said.
Piper said, "Just checking. And it wasn't all me. It was Mikey." She said.
"Well, where is he?" Glen asked.
"He's around here somewhere," Piper stated and looked to the ground.
Glen said, "Goodbye."
Glen and Paige kissed, "Bye, you." Paige said and he left. "Okay, do you want it now or should I email it to you?" She asked.
Piper looked at her, "What?"
Paige said, "My apology and I've already emailed one to Prue. You were right. Keeping our secret is the most important thing, I should've listened to you. Do you want more? Should I keep groveling?" She asked.
Piper said, "As fun as that would be. I'm sorry too, I can be a little harsh, but it's part of my charm, you'll learn to love me for it."
Phoebe walked in through the front door, "Wow, we actually have a door, imagine that."
Paige said, "So how's the jury?"
Phoebe said, "Fine. I knocked on Tanya's door and she thought I was the Avon lady. So good job, Leo."
Leo said, "Uh, thanks, but I don't wanna think about it, ever."
Paige said, "Can ever wait for a minute or so?"
Leo said, "Uh-oh."
Paige said, "I'm thinking maybe we should use some of that dust on Glen. I don't want you guys to have to be nervous."
Piper said, "Well, do you think he's gonna tell anybody?"
Paige said, "No."
Phoebe said, "And you trust him completely?"
Paige said, "Yes."
Piper said, "Then so do we."
Leo said, "Thank god."
Phoebe said, "And whether we think it's smart or not, at least you have one person outside the family that you can talk to."
Piper said, "Yeah, let's keep it to one."
Underworld
Michael stood around in his fathers chambers. He was dressed in black leather, "My liege," A demon said as he walked in. "We have some news for you," He said.
"And?" Michael asked.
"We believe the Source may have your father." The demon said.
"Hmm." Michael said and his eyes turned pure black. "That will change." He said.
A/N so that's it for this episode guys. I am SO sorry I got lazy on this one. I didn't really enjoy this one that much, Lost and Bound is next. But if it wasn't obvious from this last scene…I really tried to make it to where Michael vowed vengeance against the source.
Promo or teaser whatever you wanna call it for the next episodes.
Next episode, the Charmed Ones must protect a boy from a legion of bounty hunters. Michael makes a life changing decision. And A certain baby continues to show her power.