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Author's Note: Thank you for the reviews. They are much appreciated. :) Don't worry, vanerogue. I think the end of this chapter and the next will be a good ending for you regarding the babies (4x21) and Cole (4X22) for this season.
Womb Raider
[Scene: A hospital. Prue is in labour and is lying on a stretcher. Doctors are pushing her down a corridor.]
Prue: This isn't happening. This can't be happening.
Doctor #1: Ruptured placenta, possible prolapse, dilated five centimetres.
Doctor #2: Alright, let's tell OR to get set up for a crash c-section.
Prue: No, wait. I'm only two months pregnant.
Doctor #1: She's full term.
Prue: No, you're wrong. Where are my sisters? I need my…
[Timelapse. Prue's in the operating room.]
Prue: Sisters. Did you call them?
Nurse #1: No. There was no time.
Doctor: I'm less than a minute from skin to baby. Scalpel. And uterine incision. I need another stretch.
Nurse #1: There's nothing to be afraid of.
Prue: I'm afraid of what's inside me.
Doctor: I can see them.
Prue: Oh, god, please let them be normal. Please, please, please, let them be normal.
Doctor: One is out. (He holds up the baby.) Would you like to see your new boy?
Nurse: He's beautiful.
Prue: He is beautiful.
(The doctor hands the baby to a nurse.)
Doctor: Got the other one. (He holds up the other baby.) Here's your baby girl.
Nurse: Beautiful.
Prue: Yes, she is. They're both perfect.
(The doctor hands the baby to the same nurse.)
(One of the nurses pulls down her mask and it is the Seer. The other nurse hands the Seer the infants.)
Prue: The Seer! Don't let her take my babies! Don't let her take my babies! Don't let her take my babies!
[Cut to Prue's bedroom. Prue wakes up from her nightmare.]
Opening Credits
[Scene: Manor. Kitchen. Piper, Phoebe, Paige, and Leo are sitting at the table having breakfast. Leo is reading the paper.]
Paige: So he asked me out again last night, but... he was so quiet during dinner that, ugh, I swear I could hear his stomach digesting.
Piper: I always preferred quiet men. They make good listeners.
Leo: What's that, dear?
(Prue walks in.)
Piper: Oh, hi, sweetie. Come, sit, eat.
Prue: Oh, no, I can't. That smell.
(She sits down and covers her nose.)
Leo: It smells good.
Piper: Morning sickness, Leo.
Prue: Morning and night. It's more like around the clock sickness.
Piper: Well, did you at least get a good night's sleep?
Prue: The nightmare came back.
Paige: With the Seer?
Prue: She wants my children. I know it. I'm afraid that she's gonna summon me to her at any moment.
Leo: She could only get to you when you chose evil. You're safe now.
Piper: I swear to you, the Seer will never lay a finger on your children.
Phoebe: Yeah, she'll have to get through us first.
Prue: Thanks, guys.
Phoebe: Are you okay?
Prue: Yeah, you know, the pain comes in waves.
Piper: Honey, you lost your husband. It's okay to be very upset.
Prue: No, I can't. I have to stay strong for my kids. They're all I have left of Cole.
Phoebe: I'm gonna go check the Book of Shadows. There might be some magical protection against the Seer.
(She gets up.)
Paige: I'll help.
(She also gets up.)
Piper: Uh, missy Paige, you need to go to work.
Paige: Well, I'll be late. Prue doesn't need to be stressed while she's pregnant.
(Phoebe and Paige leave the kitchen. Prue follows.)
Prue: Paige! Wait. (Phoebe continues upstairs.) Go ahead, say it.
Paige: Say what?
Prue: Something that I know on some level you've been dying to say to me.
Paige: There's nothing.
Prue: Come on. You knew Cole was evil the whole time when everyone thought you were crazy, and thanks to you we vanquished the Source, and gave Cole peace. So go ahead, say it. Say I told you so.
Paige: I will not. That's not my style.
Prue: I was so unfair to you for the last few weeks, and you were right, and I just…. I wanna clear the air right now.
Paige: You're really sweet, and I appreciate the gesture, but everything's totally fine.
(Paige goes upstairs. Prue walks back into the kitchen.)
Phoebe: Oh, whoa.
(She touches her forehead.)
Piper: Another hot flash?
Prue: Uh-huh. It's when I move too fast.
Piper: Prue, that's not really a typical pregnancy symptom, I don't think. Maybe it's time we get those babies checked out.
Prue: I just haven't had a chance to make…
Piper: A doctor's appointment? Well, I have one. It's yours.
Leo: Aren't we supposed to find out about the fertility test?
Piper: Yeah, but, uh, Prue needs that appointment more than we do right now.
Prue: How can I go to the doctor when I have demonically-challenged children?
Piper: This is my point exactly, and if it'll make you feel better, I'll go with you, so I can put the freeze on if anything goes wrong. You're going. Into the sturbs for you.
Prue: Ugh.
[Scene: Underworld. The coronation room. Demons are standing around in a circle, with the dark priest and Dane in the middle.]
Dark Priest: Dane, son of Goath, may the world's evil flow through your soul tonight, and grant you eternal darkness. Are you prepared to take the power and position of the Source before these leaders of the underworld?
Dane: I am.
(The dark priest opens the Grimoire. The Seer glistens in.)
Seer: Stop the coronation!
Dane: Seer. I didn't see your name on the guest list.
Dark Priest: Always a rare privilege, but not the best timing. What brings you here?
Seer: A vision. I saw the Source's true heirs leading the underworld.
Dane: If that was your vision. you need glasses. The Source's heirs live in the belly of a witch.
Dark Priest: He's right. The underworld cannot wait months for infants to be born, then years for them to grow up. It needs leadership now.
Seer: In my vision, I saw the Source's heirs taking immediate power.
(Dane laughs.)
Dane: How can unborn children lead the underworld?
Seer: With my help, they can.
Dark Priest: What do you need from this council?
Seer: A chance to prove my vision true.
Dane: She has no right to ask this. I was chosen by these leaders!
Dark Priest: But you have no direct lineage to the Source by blood or by magic. (to Seer) You have until tonight to bring us the Source's heirs, or the throne belongs to Dane.
[Scene: Hospital. Prue is laying on a bed, while Piper stands beside her. The doctor is looking at her chart.]
Doctor: Your hormone levels are unusually high for a mother in her eighth week. Have you seen a doctor since you found out you were pregnant?
Prue: I was under the care of a Seer.
Piper: It's kind of like a new age doctor.
Doctor: Well, you really should've seen a doctor before today, a real doctor.
Prue: Do you think that there could possibly be something wrong with them?
Doctor: Well, let's just take a peek, shall we? Why don't you lie back, and I'm gonna do an ultrasound. Now this gel's a little bit cold.
(He squirts some gel on Prue's stomach. The doctor and Piper turn away for a second and suddenly flames shoot out of Prue's head. She gasps and the flames disappear.)
Piper: What? What's wrong?
Prue: Hot flash. A very, very hot-hot-hot flash.
Doctor: Not a good sign.
Piper: Well, yeah, she's been getting those a lot lately.
Prue: No, not like this one. I mean, it felt like my head was on fire, for real.
Doctor: Let's just have a look, okay. (He starts the ultrasound and the children show up on the screen.) Oh, there. See?
Prue: Oh.
Doctor: There's your little-
(Suddenly the doctor gets electrocuted and he is pushed against the wall. Piper goes over and helps him up.)
Piper: Hi. Here you go.
Doctor: What-what happened?
Piper: That's a good question. (She freezes him.) What happened?
Prue: Well, it's about time. My head was on fire like a tiki torch a few seconds ago.
Piper: Do not change the subject. Did your... twins just electrocute the nice doctor man?
Prue: Yeah, I think so. But they were just protecting themselves, because that gel was really cold.
Piper: Protecting themselves? Unborn babies don't perform magic tricks in the first trimester, Prue.
Prue: What is going on?
Piper: I don't know, but don't panic, okay. We'll wrap up here, and we'll go home and panic.
[Cut to the manor. Phoebe, Paige, and Leo are there. Phoebe has opened to 'The Seer' page in the Book of Shadows.]
Phoebe: It says here the Seer has served multiple Sources. Looks like she's been around for thousands of years.
(Prue and Piper walk in.)
Piper: Hey.
Leo: What's going on?
Prue: The twins did magic.
Piper: And almost killed my doctor.
Prue: It was self-defence.
Paige: Well, I guess that's what you get when you breed with the Source of All Evil.
Prue: Okay, can we not say... breed? You know, I'm not a horse. And Cole wasn't all evil, he was part good, and I'm all good, so this baby has a lot of good in him.
Paige: What if there's not?
Prue: Then there will be. My love was able to save Cole, it'll save our children too.
Piper: Let's hope so.
Prue: No, we'll make it so. Okay. So what'd you find out about the Seer?
Phoebe: Well, she's immune to spells and charms, but the book does classify her as an upper-level demon.
Leo: So we can make a vanquishing potion.
Prue: Not without a tissue sample. But the Seer mixed her own blood into the prenatal tonic that she always kept trying to give me.
.
Piper: Nasty.
Prue: Yeah, and now I'm even more glad that I never drank the stuff. But Cole kept some extra bottles in the safe at the penthouse, in case I ever changed my mind about taking them.
Piper: You think you're ready to go to the penthouse? You haven't been there, you know, since… since he died.
Prue: I don't think I'll ever be ready, but I can't keep borrowing your clothes.
Piper: Okay, let's go.
Prue: (to Paige) Wait, don't you have to work?
Paige: Ah, I'll take the afternoon off. Who needs vacation time?
Prue: Paige, you can't keep-
Paige: Yes, I can.
Prue: Thank you. Bitch!
(Prue pushes Paige and she smashes through the window. Darryl is on the pavement heading towards the house and ducks as the glass pours down. As Paige is falling, she orbs out and orbs back into the attic.)
Paige: What the hell was that for?!
Prue: Uh, I don't know. You'd have to ask them?
Phoebe: Okay. Why did your mommy push Paige out the window?
Prue: No, it's not like that. It's just…. They took over for a split second. I had no control.
Paige: But why me? I have nothing against that little f... fetus.
Prue: I'm sure their sorry. (to her stomach) Aren't you sorry? Kids at this age, they don't know any better, you know.
Leo: Okay, I think I better go check with the Elders. See what they know about those children.
(Leo orbs out.)
Piper: Whatever it is, I'm sure it has something to do with the Seer. Let's go get that blood.
(They walk down the stairs and Darryl walks up.)
Darryl: What was that out there? Flying practice?
Paige: The babies shoved me out the window.
Darryl: Wait, hold on a second. I left four messages here. Has anybody in this house learned the magic of a telephone?
Prue: Darryl, it's been a very rough week!
Darryl: Right. Prue, how you holding up?
Prue: Uh, depends on what part of the day you ask me.
Darryl: Look, I know you've got a lot to deal with already, but there's some business I don't think can be put off any longer.
Prue: I'm sure it's pressing, but not as pressing as the demon that's after me.
(They all walk into the foyer.)
Darryl: Don't count on it. Cole worked at a high-profile law firm. Right now you three are the only ones who know he's dead.
(They put on their coats.)
Prue: Listen, can this wait? We really need to get to the penthouse.
Darryl: Good, 'cause that's where I need you to handle this business.
(They leave.)
[Cut to Prue and Cole's old apartment. There is a black stain on the carpet and the windows are still broken. Prue, Piper, Phoebe, Paige, and Darryl walk in.]
Darryl: It has to look like Cole left in a hurry. That means packing up all of his stuff and personal belongings.
Phoebe: (to Prue) Are you okay?
Prue: Yeah, I'm fine. I'm sorry. So why do you want me to pack up his stuff?
Darryl: I, uh, made an appointment for you at missing persons today.
Paige: Wait, you want Prue to report Cole as missing?
Darryl: She has to. Otherwise, somebody else will and she'll become the prime suspect in his disappearance.
Prue: So you want me to pack up his stuff so it looks like he left me.
Darryl: That's right. We cannot give the police any reason to suspect foul play. I mean, technically you three did kill him. (He spots the black stain.) What is that?
Paige: Well, that's where we… y-you know.
(He looks around.)
Darryl: This place looks like a crime scene. Is there anything you can do?
Paige: "Let the object of objection become but a dream/As I cause the seen to be unseen."
(The stain disappears and the room returns to normal.)
Prue: Thanks.
(Paige moves closer to Prue.)
Paige: I just wish I could make the rest of your pain go away that easily.
Prue: So do I. You murdering witch!
(Prue hits Paige in the face and she is knocked to the floor.)
Piper/Phoebe: Prue!
Prue: The babies made me do it.
Piper: You know what? Now we split up. You two go pack. We'll find the Seer's tonic.
Darryl: Okay, where are these babies that everybody keeps talking about? Are they invisible babies? Am I gonna step on them?
Prue: No, Darryl. It's a little bit more complicated than that.
(Prue and Darryl walk into the bedroom.)
Paige: Am I the only one who's worried about those things growing inside of her?
Piper: No. But right now the Seer is our first priority.
Phoebe: I think she said it's behind this painting over here.
(They walk over to a painting hanging on the wall. Phoebe pulls it open and a safe is built into the wall behind it.)
Phoebe: Okay, so now what? She doesn't know the combination.
Paige: We don't need it. Safe door. (The safe door orbs into Paige's hands.) If financial disaster ever strikes, you'll find I come in handy.
(Paige puts the door down.)
Phoebe: Uh, there's nothing in here.
Paige: No tonic?
Phoebe: No. (She pulls out a letter.) But there's this. It's in Cole's handwriting.
Piper: Cole the human, or Cole the Source?
Phoebe: I don't know. That's for Prue to find out.
[Cut to the bedroom. Prue is showing Darryl a huge white teddy bear.]
Prue: Cole gave this to me the day he found out I was pregnant.
Darryl: Look, I'll start packing his stuff up, okay? And you put your own things together. (Prue opens the closet door and a portal opens to the Seer's cave. Prue starts to get sucked into it and Darryl holds onto her legs.) Piper! Phoebe! Paige!
Seer: I've been waiting for you.
Prue: Get away from me! You can't have them!
Seer: I only want what's mine!
Darryl: I'm losing her!
(Piper, Phoebe, and Paige run in and try to pull Prue back in.)
Prue: Let go of me! (Prue grabs the Seer's earring and rips off her earlobe. Piper, Phoebe, Paige, and Darryl pull her back into the room and the portal closes. Prue holds up the earlobe.) Here's your tissue sample.
Commercial Break
[Scene: Manor. Kitchen. Piper, Phoebe, and Paige are there. Phoebe and Paige are making the potion. Piper picks up a plate of fruit.]
Piper: Okay, I'm gonna bring this to Prue. Paige, you stay here. I don't want you provoking the twins anymore.
Paige: Provoking them? Like it's my fault.
Piper: Oh, you know what I mean. (Piper walks into the dining room where Prue is sitting in a chair holding earphones against her stomach.) What are you doing?
Prue: Shh. I'm playing Mozart for them to bring out their peaceful nature. Studies show that babies can hear and remember songs from the womb.
Piper: Hm, that's lovely. How about you eat something since you haven't had anything to eat all day?
Prue: No, I've been nauseous all day.
Piper: You've been a little fresh all day.
(Prue picks up a piece of watermelon and it changes into a piece of raw meat.)
Prue: I'm thinking about trying acupuncture. I hear that helps.
(She goes to take a bite of the meat.)
Piper: Prue, don't!
(Prue drops the meat.)
Prue: Ooh, I'm gonna puke.
Piper: Maybe the twins would prefer to listen to Ozzy.
(Leo orbs in.)
Leo: The Elders believe the Seer's making a sudden play for the Source's throne, but she needs Prue's children to do it.
Prue: The Seer wants to be the Source? What could that possibly have to do with my kids? They're not due for another seven months.
Piper: Well, it doesn't matter, because next time, we will be ready for her.
Leo: Next time?
Piper: Yes. The Seer tried to steal Prue from the penthouse. How's that potion coming?!
(Phoebe and Paige come in holding a saucepan.)
Paige: It's done. It just needs to cool a little bit. (Prue throws fire at Paige and she drops the saucepan.) That baby needs a serious time out!
Piper: Go, go, go into the kitchen.
(Paige goes back into the kitchen.)
Phoebe: So much for the vanquishing potion.
Paige: How come they only attack me?!
Prue: I don't know, Paige. They must resent you. You know, you never really liked their father.
Paige: With good reason. Hey, maybe you resent me and they're just modelling after mom.
Prue: Paige, how can you say that?
Piper: Alright, enough. The two of you will not address each other, you will not set foot into the same room until further notice. Got it? (to Phoebe and Paige) You two, you got enough ear left to make another batch of that potion?
Paige: Yes.
Piper: Then do it. (They go into the kitchen. To Prue) You, you're gonna hit the Book of Shadows, and you're gonna figure out a way to control Chucky there.
Prue: I can't. I told Morris I'd meet him at missing persons in a half an hour.
Leo: I would strongly advise against that. Your children-
Prue: Are fine, just as long as they don't feel threatened, and don't meet anyone with unresolved issues with their father.
Paige: (from kitchen) I heard that!
Piper: Prue, how can you say that? How can you risk going out in public with... in your condition.
Prue: Because if I don't report Cole missing, someone will, and the police will be knocking on our door. Besides, Morris put himself on the line. I can't let him down.
Piper: Alright, but Leo is going with you in case of any trouble. (Prue and Leo head for the door.) And I will hit the book and figure out how to deal with... demonic fetuses.
[Scene: The underworld. The Source's dungeon. The Seer walks over to a tall man sitting in a cage.]
Seer: I have an offer for you.
Tall Man: Nobody comes down to the Source's dungeon unless they are dead, damned, or desperate. Which are you?
Seer: Desperate. I need your power.
Tall Man: I have a power? Yes, I almost forgot. I haven't used it in centuries. I've been sentenced to spend eternity alone in this cage.
Seer: It's a fine cage.
Tall Man: The Source had it forged from unbreakable magic. Nothing can escape it.
Seer: Yes, I know. It was some of my best work. That's right. I built your prison, and my magic alone has the power to free you.
Tall Man: The Source would never allow it.
Seer: The Source is dead. I can give you freedom and a chance to earn favour with the new Source, in exchange for your help.
Tall Man: What kind of help?
Seer: I need you to do what every demon before you has failed to do, even me. Capture and contain a Charmed One.
Tall Man: A Charmed what?
Seer: A powerful witch. I need you to bring her down to the underworld. It is the only way that my magic can work. That shouldn't be hard for you, a demon who has swallowed worlds. Interested?
(The tall man stands up.)
Tall Man: Get me out.
Seer: Remember. My magic put you in this cage. Betray me, and you'll go right back.
Commercial Break
[Scene: Police station. Prue and Leo walk in.]
Phoebe: (to her babies) Please be good, and I promise I'll eat a huge tritip tonight.
(Darryl walks over to them.)
Darryl: You're gonna meet Inspector Miles. He's trained to spot a liar. So just answer his questions as honestly as you can, okay?
(They walk into a room.)
Inspector Miles: Morris tells me that you think your husband might have left town?
Prue: I don't know what to think. Last Wednesday we... had a huge... battle and he just never came back.
Inspector Miles: Did he leave anything?
Darryl: Nothing. I checked the penthouse myself. Clothing, personal belongings... gone.
Inspector Miles: What was the fight about?
Prue: My sisters. I have three sisters and they didn't approve of me marrying Cole.
Inspector Miles: Why not?
Prue: They're just different. Oil and water, you know, fire and ice, heaven and…
Inspector Miles: Hell?
Prue: Bingo.
Inspector Miles: So you'd say that your husband has a dark side then?
Prue: Yes.
Inspector Miles: Has he ever hurt you?
(Suddenly, some books fall off of a shelf above the inspector and land on him.)
Darryl: Are you okay?
Leo: Here, let me help.
Prue: (to her stomach) Stop that right now. Um, Inspector, I know it doesn't seem like my husband's a great guy, but I would advise you not to say anything negative about him right now.
Inspector Miles: Listen, ma'am. I've gotta call them as I see them. You turn up pregnant, and he takes off. Your husband fits the classic profile of a deadbeat dad.
(The inspector continues picking up the books and a fireball appears in Prue's hand.)
Leo: (whispers) Make it go out.
Prue: (whispers) I can't make it go out.
(She flings the fireball into the trash can.)
Darryl: Prue? Uh, I mean, fire!
Inspector Miles: Move away, move away, move away, move away.
(He grabs the fire extinguisher and puts out the fire.)
Darryl: (whispers) Why are you doing this to me?
Prue: (whispers) It's not my fault. It's just the babies don't like when anybody talks bad about Cole. Ooh!
(She grabs her stomach.)
Inspector Miles: What's wrong?
Phoebe: My stomach. It's like something's... t-tearing.
Leo: Come on. Let's get you outta here.
[Cut to the manor. Parlor. Piper's on the phone. She seems upset.]
Piper: Yeah, I'm okay. Yeah, I'm sure. Um, I'll call back later to schedule that appointment. Okay. Thanks.
(She hangs up and goes into the kitchen.)
Phoebe: You are just in time. One bottle of Seer vanquishing potion.
Paige: What about you? Anything in the book about how to control demon spawn?
Piper: Uh, I thought about binding his powers but, uh, then that would leave Prue without hers.
Paige: Yeah, well, you might want to keep that option open, there's something seriously wrong with those babies.
Piper: Yeah, I know, but it doesn't matter. They're part of us, part of our family. And who knows, they may be the only children in the Halliwell family.
Phoebe: Okay, what's going on? Spill.
Piper: That was Dr. Harris on the phone. I got the, uh, results for my fertility tests.
Phoebe: And?
Piper: There's some problems. Um, he said something about... scarring, or scar tissue. Something about blunt trauma injury.
Paige: Oh, honey.
Piper: He asked me if I had suffered any serious blows to the abdomen. He seems to think, um, it would be difficult, if not impossible, for me to conceive.
Paige: I'm so sorry.
Piper: I-It's w-weird, 'cause when I went to the future, I-I met that little girl. I saw... my little girl. I saw what she... looked like, and what she sounded like, and the-the sound of her laugh. I just…. I can't imagine... not knowing her.
Phoebe: You still might.
Piper: I might not. I just, I, uh... I don't know what to tell Leo. He's so excited about having a baby. You should've seen him-
(They hear the front door open.)
Leo: Piper?! Phoebe?! Paige?! (Piper, Phoebe, and Paige race into the foyer. Prue is still holding her stomach.) She's getting worse.
Piper: Can't you do something?
Leo: I tried to heal her. I can't.
Prue: Stand back. Stand back.
(Flames shoot out the top of her head. She groans and falls to her knees.)
Piper: (to Paige) Alright, you stay out of her sight for your own safety. Go.
(Paige runs around the corner.)
Prue: Oh, make it stop, make it stop.
Piper: Leo, go get some ice water or something. (Leo goes into the kitchen. Piper holds Prue.) It's okay, it's okay, it's okay. Just try to breathe through it. Breathe, breathe.
(The tall man fades in.)
Phoebe: Piper, look out!
(Piper tries to blow him up, but nothing happens. Prue tries as well, but can't, as it makes her pain worse.)
Piper: Don't, Prue.
(Leo runs back in.)
Leo: Hey!
(He grabs a chair and throws it at the demon. He sucks the whole chair inside of him, kind of like a portal.)
Piper: Get up, get up, come on.
(She helps Prue up.)
Leo: Whatever you do, don't touch him.
Tall Man: You can't run from me. I'll always find you.
(Paige runs in.)
Paige: Prue, I'll orb you out of here!
(Prue kicks Paige and she falls into the tall man. They fade out.)
Prue: That wasn't me. It was the twins. I couldn't control them.
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[Scene: Manor. Attic. Prue and Phoebe are there. Phoebe is sitting on a couch looking through the Book of Shadows while Prue rests. Leo orbs in.]
Prue: Did you sense her?
Leo: No. If she's in the underworld, I can't get a read on her.
Prue: If anything happens to Paige, I will never forgive myself.
(Piper walks in carrying some iced tea.)
Piper: Anything on that demon?
Phoebe: I think so. Come look.
(She puts down the tea and looks at the book.)
Piper: "Oral tradition tales of a giant whose body served as a portal to other dimensions. Because he was imprisoned centuries ago, nobody knows what this demon's name is, or if he even exists."
Phoebe: It gets worse. There's no known vanquish for him. The Source was so threatened, he condemned the giant to spend eternity in a cage.
Leo: The Seer must have set him free to capture Prue.
Prue: But he got Paige instead, thanks to me.
Piper: No, that had nothing to do with you. How are you feeling?
Prue: Uh, better. I think the babies are resting. It's when they're active and using magic that it hurts the most.
Piper: Here. Have some iced tea. It will cool you off.
(She hands Prue a glass. She goes to have a sip and then throws it across the room.)
Prue: What the hell?! I can't even enjoy some iced tea?!
Piper: Uh, it wasn't iced tea. It was a binding potion. Paige suggested it to help control the twins, and I couldn't tell you, because if I did, they would've stopped you and-
Prue: They stopped me anyway. They know things that I don't know. They're trying to take control of me.
Leo: You can't let that happen. If they take control, they'll never let go.
Prue: I know. But they're my children. They're Cole's children. I have to do something to reason with them. Wait. They're obviously aware already. Is it somehow possible for me to talk to them? Like, really talk to them?
Piper: Check the book for a spell.
Phoebe: On it.
(She flips through the book.)
[Scene: Underworld. The Source's dungeon. Paige is asleep in the cage. She wakes up with a fright. The Seer is standing there watching her.]
Paige: So what, are you into some kind of dominatrix thing now?
Seer: You are not the sister I expected, but you'll do.
Paige: Sorry I can't stick around, but you're creeping me out anyway.
(She tries to orb out of the cage, but can't. The Seer laughs.)
Seer: You're not going anywhere.
(Paige stands up.)
Paige: So what was your plan? Trap Phoebe in this cage and fatten her up till she gives birth?
Seer: Even I don't have that kind of patience.
Paige: Well, whatever you plan was, I'm happy to spoil it.
Seer: You didn't spoil anything. Prue will come to me, as soon as she gets my message.
Paige: What message?
(The Seer's eyes turn white.)
[Cut to the manor. Attic. Phoebe gets a premonition of the Seer killing Paige.]
Phoebe: I saw the Seer. She was killing Paige.
Prue: How can you get a premonition without touching anything?
Phoebe: I don't know. Maybe the Seer sent it to me.
(The tall man fades in.)
Leo: That is not all she sent.
Tall Man: Come with me now, or your sister dies.
Leo: No, Prue, don't. It's a trap.
Prue: It doesn't matter. I have to save Paige. It's the only chance left.
Leo: No. (Prue pushes Leo out of the way. Piper gasps.) You're letting your children control you, Prue.
Prue: That wasn't the twins! That was me. I got Paige into this mess, I'm gonna get her out of it. I can't let her take the fall for me.
Tall Man: Come here, witch!
(A blue light comes out of Prue's hand and starts to vanquish the tall man.)
Leo: Prue, don't! You can't use the twins' powers like that. (The tall man is vanquished.) Prue, nobody's ever been able to vanquish that demon. Do you realize what you just did?
(Prue's eyes turn black.)
Leo: Stay away. That's not Prue anymore.
Twins: No. But don't worry. Everything will be fine.
(They flame out.)
[Cut to the underworld. The dungeon. They flame in.]
Seer: Come to me.
Paige: Prue, snap out of it. Please.
Seer: "Let the little children come to me, for the kingdom belongs to such as these, (she takes Prue over to a circle of candles) the rose circle represents nature, desire, fertility." Kneel.
(They kneel down.)
Paige: Prue, it's your body. Take control. Fight it.
Seer: "Give me strength, and give me might, to steal the children in still of night."
Paige: Prue!
Seer: "Darkest forces let it be, here my plea, bring life to me."
(A light comes out of Prue's womb and goes into the Seer's womb. Prue returns to normal.)
Prue: My children..
(The twins take control of the Seer suddenly and her eyes turn black.)
Twins: You wanted to speak to us.
Prue: I…. Which… one are you?
Twins: Both.
Prue: Why did you bring us here? Did you want the Seer to take you?
Twins: It was necessary. We needed you to perform a spell on us, to remove the Source from us. It couldn't be while we were inside of you, or the Source would have possessed you as well. If you say it now, it will transfer to the Seer, but she'll have our powers too. Just as we'll still have them, as even without the Source, we're still half demon. Use her spell to transfer us back to you afterwards. I can give you both spells.
Prue: I can't use dark magic.
Twins: Don't worry. Trust us. You have until now.
Prue: How did the Source even transfer to you?
Twins: When you vanquished dad, it transferred to us, as we're his heirs.
Prue: So… whenever you attacked Paige….?
Twins: No. That was us.
Paige: What is your problem with me?! I did what I had to do to protect my family! Your father would have taken our sister from us!
Twins: It's not just about him. You hate us just like you hated him. How long before you tried to vanquish us too?
Paige: I never would have done that. No matter how upset or mad that I got at you. You are my blood, and I will do whatever I have to do for you and to protect you.
Twins: (Pause) You would?
Paige: Yes.
Twins: We're sorry.
Paige: It's alright. You lost your father, and I do actually understand that.
Prue: You need to stop attacking other people too. And hurting me.
Twins: The latter we can't help. The Source amplifies our powers, to a level that you couldn't handle, or us for that matter. That's why you were in so much pain. We were too. Getting rid of the Source from us should stop that. As for the former…. That is because we don't like anyone talking bad about our father. We would do the same for you, or Piper, or Leo… (they look over at Paige) or Paige.
(Paige smiles and nods.)
Prue: I understand. But you are the children of a Charmed One. You are destined for great good, to protect the innocent, not harm them. There are other ways, better ways, to deal with conflict than hurting people. I can teach you, if you let me. And besides, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. All that matters is family. And friends.
Twins: Okay. We understand. We promise we won't hurt anyone else.
Prue: So what do I do?
(They wave the Seer's hand in front of her face.)
Twins: We gave you both spells.
Prue: Alright. "Garinus tester linea maleficas praecipio illo dimitti." (The Seer's eyes return to normal just before she collapses unconscious. Prue chanted the next spell quickly.) "Let the little children come to me, for the Charmed destiny belongs to such as these, the rose circle represents nature, desire, fertility. Give me strength, and give me might, to take back my children in still of night. Lightest forces let it be, here my plea, bring life to me."
(A light comes out of the Seer's womb and goes into Prue's womb.)
Paige: Prue?
Prue: It's weird, but I can feel them. (She smiles.) And the pain is gone.
(Paige smiles. The Seer wakes up and their smiles drop. The Seer stands up.)
Seer: What did you do? (Silence) It doesn't matter. Now that I have them, I will be unstoppable.
(Prue and Paige exchange a look.)
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[Scene: Underworld. The coronation room. Dane, the dark priest, and the council leaders are there.]
Dane: The deadline's passed. She's not here. The throne belongs to me.
Dark Priest: We can wait one more-
Dane: Give me the oath! I want my power! (The Seer flames in.) You promised to bring the Source's heirs, so... where are they?
Seer: Inside me.
(The Seer's eyes turn black. They all bow their heads.)
Dark Priest: The council has chosen. The Seer will be our new Source.
Dane: No, it's a trick.
Seer: I've brought the council a gift.
(Prue and Paige appear still in the cage.)
Dane: Charmed Ones. How dare you bring them into our sanctuary?!
Seer: The witches are locked in a cage from which no magic can escape.
Dane: You can't be sure of that.
Seer: So much negative energy.
(The Seer vanquishes Dane.)
Dark Priest: Am I to presume these witches are the human sacrifices required to seal your coronation?
Paige: Human sacrifices? I didn't know that was part of the plan. Did you?
Seer: To be your Source, to start a new evil order, to kill the Charmed Ones. This was my vision from the beginning. Every council leader here will reap the rewards with…. Ah!
(She doubles over in pain.)
Dark Priest: What is it?
Seer: Just start the ceremony.
(They start the ceremony.)
Prue: Now she has the Source's powers combined with the twins'. She won't be able to handle the amplification, just like we couldn't.
Dark Priest: Seer, are you prepared to accept the power and position of the Source before all these leaders of the underworld?
Seer: I am.
Paige: Okay, so now what?
Prue: We might have a fighting chance if we had the power of four.
Paige: But we can't get to Piper and Phoebe. Ugh, this cage is magic proof.
Prue: Okay, so the cage is built to make sure magic wouldn't get out, but maybe it'll let magic in. Do you remember the spell to call a lost witch?
Paige: Yeah.
Prue/Paige: "Powers of the witches rise/Course unseen across the skies..."
[Cut to the manor. Attic. Piper closes the Book of Shadows.]
Piper: There's nothing left. We've tried everything.
Leo: Well, there's gotta be something missing, something we haven't thought of. (He turns his back to her and paces across the attic. Piper and Phoebe disappear.) Maybe if we summon a demon, someone who knows the way to the Seer's lair, he can lead us to Prue and Paige.
[Cut to the coronation room. Piper and Phoebe appear in the cage.]
Piper: Oh!
Paige: Oh, thank god it worked.
Phoebe: Oh, my. Where are we?
Paige: Uh, trapped in a cage.
Piper: Mm-hm, okay, so let's bust out.
Prue: No, you can't use your magic in here.
Paige: Yeah, it'll just bounce off and probably kill us.
Dark Priest: Repeat the oath after me.
Phoebe: Uh, what's going on out there?
Prue: The Seer's being coronated as the new Source.
Phoebe: Uh-huh.
Paige: Yeah, then she's gonna sacrifice us.
Piper: Let;s get this straight, you guys summoned us to a cage where our powers don't work, so we could all die together?!
Paige: Well, the plan has some flaws admittedly.
Prue: We just have to stay positive. We have the power of four here. There is nothing stronger than that, right?
(The Seer starts glowing and floats up into the air.)
Phoebe: Are you sure there's nothing stronger than the power of four?
(The Seer floats back down to the ground. She turns to the cage and gets a shock when she notices Piper and Phoebe.)
Seer: What an unexpected surprise. You've just made my-
(Flames shoot out of her head and she groans.)
Council Leader: What? What? What? I don't know what just happened. What's happening?
Prue: (whispers) She has the twins' powers, amplified by the Source. It's too much power for her. That's how I felt. It felt like I was gonna explode.
(The other council leaders are heard talking about what is happening to the Seer.)
Piper: You lost your baby?
Prue: (whispers) They're back inside of me and still have their powers. I'll explain later.
Phoebe: Okay. What are we gonna do?
Prue: We need to make her tap into her power, all of it.
Paige: How the hell are we gonna do that?
(The flames disappear.)
Seer: I command all in attendance to witness the power of the Source.
Prue: Power of four spell?
Seer: And the death of the Charmed Ones!
Piper: Uh, okay.
Prue/Piper/Phoebe/Paige: "The power of four will set us free, the power of four will set us free." (The blue beam of light hits the cage but the spell protects them.) "The power of four will set us free, the power of four will set us free."
Dark Priest: What's wrong?
Seer: Nothing's wrong!
(They continue chanting and the blue light rebounds back and hits the Seer.)
Prue: It's working. Keep going.
(The Seer's power rebounds onto every demon in the room and they are all vanquished.)
Paige: Where'd everybody go?
(Piper kicks the cage and one of the sides falls off. They get out.)
Prue: The blast took everyone out. The Seer, the council leaders….
Piper: Well, I'd say that the scales of good and evil just dramatically tipped in our favour.
Phoebe: Look, the Grimoire, still untouched.
Prue: It's time we get rid of that book once and for all.
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[Scene: Manor. Living room. Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige are there sitting on the couch. Leo orbs in.]
Leo: Well, the Grimoire has a new home in a mountain of rock in the West Andes.
(He sits beside Piper.)
Piper: Thanks, honey.
Leo: Sure.
(They kiss.)
Phoebe: How many times have we vanquished the Source now?
Prue: Three, but who's counting?
Paige: Did we get him?
Leo: I think that would be safe to say based on how the Elders are reacting, it's like a holiday up there. They still can't believe you did it.
Prue: Yeah, well, I'm just glad my children are okay, safe, and good.
Leo: Well, I gotta say, after all this, I'm still looking forward to having a baby of our own.
Piper: Yeah, I haven't had a chance to talk to you about that yet. I heard from Dr. Harris today.
Leo: And?
Piper: And we're in for a rough road.
Leo: Rough road? What does that mean? What did he say?
Piper: Shh, it's okay. It doesn't mean that we're giving in or giving up. There are a lot of options in the world. Don't worry.
Phoebe: Um, Prue, (she gets up and picks up the letter) I found this in, uh, Cole's safe. It's for you.
(She hands it to Prue.)
[Timelapse. Prue's bedroom. She's reading the letter.]
Cole's Voiceover: If I'm dead right now, I know it was at your hand. No one else in heaven or hell had power over me. Please don't cry. I was dead before I met you, I was born the day you loved me, and my love for you will keep me alive, forever.
(Prue lays on her bed. A breeze blows through the window.)
Cole's Voice: (quietly) Help me. (Prue sits up.) Prue.
Prue: Cole?