Blinded by the White lighter
Manor: Kitchen
Prue and Piper are standing at the oven making a potion "One teaspoon of baking powder." Piper lists off.
"One teaspoon bat guano. Ooh-hoo," it starts to bubble "It's starting to bubble." Prue says.
"And stink. Couldn't you have made that potion after breakfast?" Piper asks.
Prue says "No, I'm sorry, but Phoebe has a meeting with that D.A. Investigator, and I didn't want her or Andy to go there unarmed."
"You know, I thought morning sickness was supposed to make you sick," Piper points out. She nods pointedly in the direction of the potion.
Prue shrugs and replies "Usually it does but today I'm feeling pretty good actually which is quite a relief."
Leo walks in "Morning. Whoa, what is that smell?" he asks.
"That would be the lovely smell of Piper's breakfast." Prue says in a joking manner.
Piper looks at him and says "Hope you're hungry."
"Uh, starving," Leo says.
Piper looks at him and says "Probably 'cause you missed dinner last night."
Leo says "Piper, I already said I was sorry I was late, okay. It's not like I was out carousing with the boys. I was out being a force of good in the universe."
Piper says to him "A true force of good would have called, like Michael did or at least orbed."
Leo says "I couldn't. Not under the circumstances."
"Which were?" Piper asks as if to receive an answer.
Leo says "Work related, which means I can't talk about it. I mean, anything that happens between me and a charge is confidential. You know that."
"Doesn't mean I have to like it," Piper accidently cuts her finger with a knife. "Ow!"
Leo sees her cut and says "Oh, let me see that." Leo holds his hand over hers and heals her finger.
Piper says "You know, this all for the good of mankind stuff really puts me in an awful position. I have no choice but to be understanding."
Leo says "You just have to accept that you're engaged to somebody that works for the CIA."
Piper says "Oh."
Phoebe walks in "Wait, you work for the CIA?" She asks.
"You know, ever since you became a blonde..." Prue jokes.
"Do you want something to eat before your meeting with Reece?" Piper asks
Phoebe says "Not hungry, too nervous."
Prue hands Phoebe a vial with a potion in it "Alright, well, this will help you with your nerves. Just a drop in Reece's coffee, and it will out any demon. Reaction will cause his throat to constrict. As he's choking, you run, got it?"
"How do you know that's what happens?" Piper asks curiously
Prue bites her lip and says "Because I tested it on Michael last night."
"That's why he needed healed earlier this morning." Leo says.
Phoebe says to Prue "Thanks. I hadn't even considered that Reece might be evil."
Prue says "Then why are you so nervous?"
Phoebe says "Uh, because he's probing Cole's disappearance. I'm not exactly looking forward to being grilled about my demon ex, you know?"
Prue says "Well, as long as you don't blurt out, 'I killed Cole,' you'll be fine. Andy's going to go with you too. Right, Andy?"
Andy walks in from the dining room at that moment and looks up at Prue. "Yeah, I'm off and I looked into Reece. He's known for being able to spot liars so…" he trails off pointedly.
Leo says "Why don't you practice saying, 'As far as I know, Cole is alive and well and could be anywhere,' See how it feels."
Phoebe says "Okay, uh, As far as I know, Cole is alive and well and could be anywhere."
Piper says to her "Very believable."
Prue says "Yeah, try not to look as guilty as you did just now. You'll give yourself away."
"It should pass," Andy assures her.
Phoebe says "I just can't wait for this investigation to be over."
Piper says "It will soon. It has to. There's nothing to find."
Prue says "Is there?"
Phoebe says "Of course not."
Prue says "Be careful."
Andy kisses Prue's cheek. "You too and don't worry about her. I got her."
Michael's school
Michael is sitting in a room with a teacher at a desk and another kid is there This is ridiculous. "Why am I in here?" Michael asks aloud.
"Shh!" The teacher snapps "Find something to work on."
"I'm out of here," Michael says getting up.
"Sit down, Gonzalez." The teacher says "This is In School Suspension for a reason."
"Yeah, well, either suspend me or expel me or do something." He says running out the door and flaming out before the teacher could catch up to him.
An alley
A witch is running away from a warlock and the warlock is running after her. He throws a fireball at her but she holds her hand up and a blue glow appears as she reflects it.
The witch says to the warlock "You can't hurt me. I can deflect your power."
The warlock smirks and says "All of them?"
He throws another fireball at her and once again she deflects it. It hits him and vanquishes him or so she thinks.
The witch says "Thank god."
The warlock appears behind her and grabs her and holds a dagger against her neck "You know, the ability to clone myself is just one of the powers that I've collected over my years of killing witches. And now I'm about to add one more." He stabs her with the dagger and takes her power. She falls to the ground. Natalie, her Whitelighter, orbs in. She runs over to her. "You're too late, Whitelighter. Your charge is dead. I'll see you later." He blinks out of the alley.
Opening Credits
Manor: Dining room
Piper and Leo are sitting at the table having breakfast.
Piper says to Leo "So I've got lunch with this guy from the Chronicle who wants to do a story on the club, and then I've got a meeting with these dot com start up guys that want to do an internet thingy. What are you doing today?"
Leo says to her "You know, just the usual."
"Care to elaborate?" Piper asks.
"Piper..." Leo begins
Piper says "Oh, come on. Just a few details, a tidbit,"
Leo says "It's against the rules."
Piper says "Rules. Yes, see, this is my problem. Every time I turn around, we seem to be violating some stupid Whitelighter ordinance."
Leo says "We just have to be careful as long as we're under probation."
Piper says "Which is never ending. I don't know, Leo. I don't think they're ever gonna let us get married."
Leo says "They will. They have to. Nothing is gonna keep us apart, I promise."
Michael flames in as the phone rings. "Mikey, what are you doing home?" Piper asks.
"Yeah, about that, it's a cute story really…" Michael begins as orbs form behind Piper and Leo and Leo looks at Michael suspiciously.
Piper and Leo move in to kiss and Natalie orbs in, interrupting them.
"Aah!" Piper yells.
At that same time Leo says "Natalie!"
Natalie says "Leo. Sorry to interrupt, but we've got a major problem on our hands."
Natalie is holding an athame. Prue walks in phone in hand "Hey, where's Mikey…Ooh! Athame! Athame!" Prue gets ready to attack Natalie but Leo stops her.
"No, no, no. It's okay, she's a Whitelighter. Natalie and I go way back. We were rookies together. Actually, we fought together in World War II." Leo explains to them
Natalie looks at him and says "All your charges need to know is I'm a Whitelighter. This is not a social call. I've come to warn the Charmed Ones and…" She looks at Michael "Demon boy that a warlock just killed my most powerful charge with this athame."
Leo says to her sympathetically "Oh, I'm so sorry."
Natalie says "Thank you. The real tragedy is that it didn't have to happen. I warned her to lay low, and she didn't listen. She always refused to let her magic interfere with her life, and now a warlock has her power of deflection."
"What now?" Michael says
"Deflection. Wait a minute, does this mean he could deflect our powers?" Prue asks
Natalie says "Yes, which is why all Whitelighter's have been put on alert."
"We have?" Leo asks. "Why didn't I hear about this?" He asks.
"Because you missed this morning's staff meeting," Natalie says to him
"You have staff meetings?" Piper asks after a slight laugh.
"With mandatory attendance," Natalie says
Leo says "Unless a charge is in need, which both Michael and Piper were this morning. I had to heal them."
Piper holds up her finger "Right."
"True." Michael says
Natalie looks at Piper and says "I'll assume a demon attacked your finger, since healing is restricted to such circumstances."
Leo says "I believe the Charmed Ones deserve special attention."
Natalie says "I've heard rumors about such special attention, and honestly, Leo."
Natalie and Leo start talking to each other in their clickety-clack language.
"Whitelighter-ese?" Prue asks. Michael starts to walk in the other room "Hold it mister."
He stops in mid step as Natalie says in Clickety-clack language "Piper,"
Piper says "Well, I guess we know what they're talking about."
Prue says "All right, you guys can," she does the clicking sound "all you want. Me, I'm gonna look in the Book of Shadows, okay?"
Natalie says "I'll go with you. I gotta look at the warlock. I might be able to identify him."
Prue says "Oh, alright. Well, it's up in the attic."
Natalie says "Attic? You mean the altar room, don't you? The rules are very clear. Every witch must keep their Book of Shadows in a sacred and protected spot."
Prue says "Right, of course."
Leo says "Maybe you can bring the Book down here?"
Prue says "Yeah, yeah. I'll just run up to the altar room, which by the way, is right next to the potions lab, and I'll be right back." She looks at Michael and says "Care to tell me what happened at school today?"
He makes a fake smile "No." he says. She glares at him "I sort of walked out of In School Suspension." He says sheepishly.
"Well, now you have been suspended until further notice is what the call said." Prue says "Call for the book."
Personal gain. Michael says telepathically as she goes up the stairs.
"Be right back." He says flaming out. "I got it." He yells from the attic
Prue runs down the stairs and looks up towards the attic "Cheater." She mumbles under her breath
"Well, hurry up." He says and she runs up the stairs.
Leo picks up a piece of fruit and Natalie click-clacks at him "Not supposed to eat on the job."
A diner
Phoebe, Andy, and Reece are sitting at a table. "You sure you don't want something to eat?" Reece asks.
Phoebe says "No, I'm fine. Uh, actually, I would like a bagel also. Thanks."
He turns his back to Phoebe to talk to a waitress "Uh, excuse me, miss. Can we have another bagel?"
"I'd like some more coffee creamer," Andy adds. He watches nervously as Phoebe quickly pours some potion in Reece's coffee. Reece turns back to face Phoebe and Andy. "It's a nice place. It's crowded. I guess that's why you picked it. That makes me think you're afraid of something."
"Actually, they just make really good coffee," Andy replies to save Phoebe from answering.
Reece takes a sip of his coffee and coughs. "Allergies." He explains to them. He ignores Andy's comment and looks straight at Phoebe. "So, so are you?"
"Am I what?" she asks him
Reece says "Afraid."
Phoebe says "Afraid of Cole? No. Why should I be?"
Reece says "Well, several reasons. Not the least of which is he's a fraud, or a man who exists only on paper. Wormed his way into the DA office for reasons unknown, and who apparently has a very dark side." He shows her some photos of Cole's altar. "We found blood stains on his carpet and a hidden cabinet full of occult paraphernalia. Now, you're telling me you don't know anything about this?"
"Is that an accusation, Davidson?" Andy asks coolly.
"Not yet, Trudeau, but it's enough to warrant a formal interrogation if I wanted," Reece replies just as coldly.
Phoebe says "Andy, it's okay. No... I mean, yes. I don't know about any of this." She looks at a fake gold necklace with the letter M on it. "Mikey…" She whispers.
Reece says "Look, Miss Halliwell, see, I think you know more than you're letting on, but you're scared. You're afraid that if I find out the truth, you're gonna get in trouble. Am I right?"
Phoebe says "I wish I could help you, but I can't. I'm sorry. I really am." She stands up.
"Is that everything?" Andy asks.
Reece says "Uh, listen. Cole's the kind of man who knows how to cover his tracks, okay? If he's alive and you know something, he could hurt you. He could hurt your sisters, and your cousin, too." He pauses and glances at Andy. "No offense to you," he adds.
Andy exchanges a glance with Phoebe. "I think we're done," he states. He and Phoebe leave.
Manor: Conservatory
Prue and Piper are sitting on the couch with Michael between them and they are reading the Book of Shadows. Leo and Natalie are standing nearby.
Prue reads from the book "'The power of deflection is a witch's best shield against the forces of darkness'."
Piper continues to read "'Unless the forces of darkness already have it, in which case, it's the great shield against us'."
"Alright, how did he get close enough to get it from such a powerful witch?" Prue asks.
Piper says "Maybe he wasn't working alone."
Leo says "Or maybe he possesses the power..."
"Cloning. I was just thinking the same thing." Natalie says.
Leo says "The ability to duplicate oneself, but..."
Natalie says "It can't be sustained for long periods of time."
"Hey, Prue, that could come in handy for you to know some day." Michael says to her.
Piper says "That's cute how you guys finish each other's sentences."
Natalie says "Happens when you work with someone for as long as we have."
"I see that." Piper says.
Leo says "Maybe we should check the Book. See if the warlock stole the cloning power too."
"He probably did, but let's look anyway." Michael says sarcastically.
"I haven't changed my mind about you not leaving the house until the suspension is lifted." Prue says
"What?" Both Piper and Leo say at the same time.
Prue ignores them and says "Alright, cross-reference cloning with warlock." Prue uses her power to flip the pages. It lands on a page about the warlock named Eames. "Here it is. A warlock named Eames. Seems that, uh, ten years ago, he murdered a witch in Glasgow and stole her power of cloning. Do you recognize him?"
"That's him." Natalie says.
Prue says "Uh, well, cloning and deflection are not his only tricks. It says here that Eames also killed a witch in Kenya in '89 and took the power of transmogrification."
"Trans what?" Piper asks
Leo and Natalie and Michael say at the same time "The ability to change shape or form."
Prue says "Okay, so, uh, what's his master plan?"
"What makes you think he has one?" Natalie asks.
Prue says "Well, the time and geography between kills suggest that he was hunting these particular witches, right? It's not sport, it's strategy.
Piper says "So all we have to do to catch him is to figure out what that plan is and then beat him to the punch."
Prue says "Right, or we can try and take him out first before he even has a chance."
Natalie turns to Leo "Leo, we should discuss the best way to approach this situation." She then turns to Prue, Michael and Piper "I mean, in private if you wouldn't mind going into another room please."
Piper says "Or how about this idea?"
Piper freezes Natalie and Michael laughs as Prue grins "Hmm!"
"Piper, what are you doing?" Leo asks her upon seeing the now frozen Natalie.
"Getting irritated, who put Lady Attitude in charge?" She asks.
"She's not in charge." Leo assures her.
"Really? 'Cause she's acting like it. I thought Whitelighters were supposed to guide, not dictate." She says.
"She is just trying to help." Leo says.
"By what? Slowing us down and second-guessing us?" Prue asks.
Leo says "Introducing the concept of caution and organization into the manor isn't a bad idea. Natalie's considered one of the top Whitelighters up there."
"Oh, I bet they love her. She's never met a rule she didn't like." Piper says.
Prue says "Leo, we already have a Whitelighter. Besides, I don't really like anybody who doesn't trust us."
Leo says "You've misread her. Natalie is cautious because she just lost a charge and she's worried the same thing is gonna happen to you. You can't question her heart."
"Okay, how about everything else?" Piper asks after thinking a bit.
"I'll talk to her." Leo assures her. "Now please, would you unfreeze her?" He asks.
"Sure." Piper gets up and walks past Natalie flickers her wrists behind her "There you go." Natalie unfreezes as Piper walks into the kitchen.
Natalie seeing Piper is now gone asks "Wait a minute, what's going on?"
Leo says "I gotta go talk to Piper."
Natalie says "Leo."
"I'll be right back." He assures. Leo goes in the kitchen.
"You were frozen." Michael says with a smile.
Prue quickly says "Yep Piper froze ya."
"She-she what?" Natalie asks
Prue grins and says "Yep."
Kitchen
Leo says "Hey, you want to freeze me in bed for your own personal pleasure, that is fine, but freezing Natalie is not gonna make her or the Elders happy."
"Well, I'm sorry, but how do you think I feel listening to you two clickety-clack about work when you don't tell me anything? I mean, she clearly knows things about you that I don't." Piper says.
"She's an old friend." Leo assures her.
Piper says "Well, obviously."
"Come on, you're not jealous are you? Because there is nothing..." Leo asks.
Piper says "Leo, I'm not jealous of her. I'm jealous of the part of your life she gets to share with you that I don't. You know, like where you go all day, who your other charges are, what it's like up there."
Leo says "I've taken you up there before."
Piper says "Once, and I don't even get to remember it. It's just more rules. More stupid rules that exclude me, unlike you and Natalie, who literally speak the same language with each other."
"It is just boring shop talk." Leo tells her
"It's secrets, and if there's one thing I learned as a Halliwell, you don't keep secrets from the people you love." Piper says.
Phoebe and Andy walk in through the back door "Hi. Am I interrupting something?" Phoebe asks
Piper says "Yes."
At the same time Leo says "No."
"How did your thing go with the investigator?" Piper asks.
Phoebe says "Uh, fine. At least he's not a demon. Leo, can I talk to you about something? Soon."
Piper says to her "Take a number."
"Maybe later, okay? Why don't you go meet Natalie?" Leo suggests.
"Who's Natalie?" Phoebe asks looking confused
"She's a..." Piper starts.
"Fellow Whitelighter," Leo finishes. He looks at her and says "See? I finished your sentence."
Piper says "Hmm. It's not what I was gonna say."
Andy glances between Piper and Leo. "Is Prue in there too?" he asks. Piper gives him a short nod and Andy and Phoebe hurry out.
Conservatory
Prue's scrying with a crystal and Michael is sitting next to her. "You're wasting your time. You can't scry for warlocks."
"I'm not. I'm scrying for a witch. I'm focusing the crystal on your charge's power, which technically is still alive." Prue explains.
"And if that doesn't work I can try and scry for him through my demonic side." Michael says.
Phoebe walks in "Hi. You must be, uh..."
"Oh!" The crystal points to a spot on the map. "Okay, here we go, I think I found Eames. Uh, Industrial District south of San Francisco." Prue says looking at the map.
"A warlock? What's going on?" Phoebe asks.
"Are you sure you should be going?" Andy questions.
Prue says "Yes, I need too. We'll fill you two in on the way. Piper! Leo!"
"Wait, you're not going after him are you?" Natalie asks.
Prue says to Natalie "Yeah, that would be the idea."
"And what I asked," Andy couldn't help but add.
Natalie says "You're not prepared, you're not—"
Phoebe touches the dagger and has a premonition
Premonition
Eames killing a man
End of premonition
"What did you see?" Prue asks Phoebe.
"A warlock I think. Killing a male witch." Phoebe says though unsure.
"Not if we can help it." Prue says. Piper and Leo walk in. "It's five against one. We should be able to counter his power of deflection."
"But he can also clone himself." Leo reminds her.
Prue says "So then it's five against two. Still, the odds are on our side. Plus, we'll have the element of surprise."
Natalie says "People, we're under an alert. You can't go running off half-cocked."
"People?" Phoebe repeats.
Andy frowns at Natalie's attitude. "What do you suggest then?" he demands, his voice carefully neutral.
Natalie says "You must consult the Elders, find out what they know, what they want you to do."
Piper says "And how long will that take? Long enough to lose another witch's life?"
Natalie says "Better one than five. You wondered what Eames' ultimate goal was. What if it's to kill the Charmed Ones or the most powerful demon in the underworld? Think of the damage he could do with all of your powers."
Andy opens his mouth to reply but Prue beat him to it. "Alright, Natalie's right. We should definitely check with the Elders first. Do it quickly." Prue says.
Natalie says "I'll be back as soon as possible." Natalie orbs out.
"So what, we're supposed to just wait?" Phoebe asks.
"No!" Prue says "I had to say something to get rid of her. Andy, I think you should…"
"Don't even start, Prue. I can't stop you from going because I know you have to but I'm sure as hell going with you," Andy insists.
Prue nods. "Okay, let's go."
Leo says "Didn't you hear what she said? Consulting with the Elders is for your own protection."
Piper says "And siding with us is for yours."
Prue says "Hmm!"
"Sorry, Leo," Andy offers.
An alley
Eames is there chanting. Prue, Piper, Michael, Leo, Andy, and Phoebe pull up in the car and get out. Prue waves her arm and sends Eames flying backwards and He gets back up.
"Oh, Piper, freeze him." Prue orders.
Piper tries to freeze Eames but he deflects it "He deflected it." Eames disappears. "What happened? Where'd he go?"
"I don't think that was Eames. I think that was his clone." Leo says.
"Alright, well, the real Eames must be around here some place." Phoebe says.
Michael looks around "The only question is where?"
"They typically run to the back," Andy suggests. He pulls out his gun and leads the way in the general direction.
Piper says "Okay, maybe we should get out of here."
"No, no, no. What about the witch in Phoebe's premonition? We can't just leave him." Prue says.
"I was afraid you were gonna say that." Piper admits.
"What did he look like?" Prue asks.
Phoebe says "Oh, I don't know. Kinda balding." A man appears in black and dark blue orbs "Sort of like that."
The man says "Who are you? Why'd you summon me?"
"That's no witch. That's..." Leo begins as a crossbow appears in the man's hands hand. "a Darklighter."
"Leo!" Michael yells
Piper says to Leo "Leo! Leo, get out of here!" The Darklighter shoots an arrow at Leo.
"No." Michael says jumping to Leo as Leo is orbing out.
Andy fires his gun just as the arrow left the crossbow, hitting the Darklighter square in the chest. The Darklighter stumbled and Phoebe kicks the crossbow out of his hand and kicks him. Piper freezes him.
"Okay, I don't understand. Why is there a Darklighter here?" Piper asks confused.
"Prue, we should leave," Andy states suddenly. He looks around warily while keeping a firm grip on Prue's arm.
Eames just appears out of nowhere "Oh, did I miss all the fun?" Eames sets the Darklighter on fire. He blinks in front of the crossbow. "No, wait, I am the fun. Thanks for this." He picks up the crossbow and blinks out of the alley just before Andy fired another shot.
Commercial Break
Manor
Prue, Andy, Piper and Phoebe walk in as Leo and Michael are there waiting.
"Did you get the Darklighter?" Leo asks.
"No, but Eames did." Piper says.
Michael looks at her in disbelief "Eames?"
Leo says "A warlock killed a Darklighter?"
Phoebe says "And took his crossbow."
Leo says "Well, that doesn't make any sense. They both play for team evil."
"That's not the only gray point," Andy admits.
Prue says "Yeah, what I don't get is why Eames had no interest in attacking us."
Phoebe says "Maybe he knew he was outnumbered."
Prue says "No, he didn't really seem overly concerned. In fact, he seemed cocky."
"He's got a plan," Andy explains.
"Something bigger than just us." Michael agrees as Natalie orbs in.
"Good, you're still here." Natalie says.
Speaking of cocky, Piper thinks in her mind.
Natalie says "I consulted the Elders and they want you to hold back. They think the witch Phoebe saw might be a force of darkness."
"A Darklighter actually," Prue says.
"How do you know?" Natalie asks.
"We went, we saw, we didn't quite conquer." Piper says.
"You what? Leo, how could you let this happen?" she asks turning to him.
"This wasn't Leo's decision. It was ours." Prue says answering for Leo
Natalie says "You'll take responsibility for a decision, but not for your lives? That warlock could have killed you."
"It'd take more than just that warlock, no matter how many powers he has," Andy defends.
Natalie looks Andy over. "You're a mortal," she states and then looks back at the sisters. "You're never supposed to put a mortal in danger," she scolds.
Andy frowns in anger. "That was my decision."
"Andy's been in worse than this during his day job," Prue snaps.
"He wasn't after us." Piper interrupts. She puts a soothing hand on Prue's shoulder.
Natalie says "That makes you lucky, not smart. You were reckless. As the Charmed Ones, you have an obligation to serve the greater good. You have a higher calling."
The elders call Leo and Natalie "So do we."
Natalie says "I think we better both go up this time."
Leo says "Better lay low until we get back." Leo and Natalie hold hands and orb out.
Piper says "What's with the hand holding thing?"
"I really don't like her," Andy states.
"Join the club," Piper agrees.
Phoebe says "That's the least of our problems. We have to concentrate on finding and vanquishing Eames."
Prue says "Yeah, and we can't count on scrying to locate him because it just could be his clone again."
Piper says "I still think we need to decode his master plan and then that way we can figure him out."
Phoebe says "Mikey and I will take book duty."
Prue says "Andy and I can do a flow chart, see where all this is leading."
"I'll get everything," Andy offers, walking out to gather the needed supplies for a professional flow chart.
Piper says "I'll help. Anything to get rid of her."
Phoebe says "You mean him."
Piper says "Nah, I mean her."
Phoebe walks into the conservatory with Michael and they sit down at the table. She flips through the Book of Shadows and stops at the page about Belthazor. Phoebe looks at the page and says "What am I gonna do about you?"
The heavens
There are a bunch of Whitelighter's and elders standing around in white robes. Leo is there wearing jeans and a shirt as Natalie walks up to him wearing the robe. "I've never seen the Elders like this before. They're worried about what Eames is up to. Aren't you gonna change into your robes? The rules say..."
"I know the rules." Leo interrupts "I find my jeans more comfortable."
Natalie says "That attitude scares me, Leo. I wouldn't be a good friend if I didn't tell you how concerned I am about the situation at the manor."
Leo says "You haven't seen Michael and the Charmed Ones at their best. Trust me, they're talented witches."
Natalie says "They're also sloppy, untrained, emotional..."
Leo finishes her sentence "And undisciplined, I know. That's part of what makes them great. They don't work by rote. They work on instinct, on passion."
Natalie says "I'm all for instinct and passion, but they're too impulsive. They lead with their hearts, not their heads, and they're not the only ones."
"You think I do too?" Leo asks.
Natalie says "I think it's clear that you love them."
Leo says "Every Whitelighter loves their charges."
Natalie says "Not the way that you do. Your feelings are clouding your ability to see their weaknesses."
Leo says "Weaknesses? I think their record speaks for itself. They took out Belthazor, who took out the Triad."
Natalie says "But Belthazor is a perfect example. He never should have gotten that close to them. I can't help but to think that your relationship with Piper..."
Leo says "Is none of your business."
Natalie says "Actually, Leo, it is my business. The Elders want to know whether or not I think it's getting in the way of your job."
Phoebe is calling Leo from below "That's Phoebe. Rules say a charge's call takes precedent." He orbs out.
Phoebe's bedroom
Phoebe is in there yelling for Leo "Leo!"
Leo orbs in "Sorry, Phoebe, I forgot that you needed to talk. What's up?" he asks.
"Okay, just so I'm clear, this is confidential, right? I mean, anything that I'm about to say to you just stays between me and you?" she tries to clarify.
Leo says "Absolutely."
Phoebe says "And they don't get to know? And they're not eavesdropping or anything right now?"
"Phoebe, what is it?" Leo asks.
"You need to sit." She sits him on her bed and she sits beside him. "Okay, here goes. Leo, Cole is alive."
"What?" Leo says.
Phoebe says "Cole... Belthazor, I didn't really vanquish him. I know. I know it's horrible, and I've barely been able to live with Prue and Piper ever since, but I just couldn't tell them but Mikey knew too."
Leo says "Phoebe..."
Phoebe says "I couldn't kill him, Leo. I had every intention of doing it, but when I got there and I was face to face with him, I just, I couldn't kill him, and I knew that my sisters were going to."
"So you faked his death?" Leo asks.
Phoebe says "I didn't have a choice. Leo, I knew in my heart that he would never try and hurt us. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let him go and Michael wouldn't have either you have to believe me. All I know is that I loved Cole. And if anyone understands forbidden love it's you, isn't it?"
"Oh my god, Phoebe. It's not even close to being the same thing. He is a demon." Leo says.
Phoebe says "He's half-human."
Leo says "For god sakes, he's a killer. He has killed witches and innocents and anything that has gotten in his way. What is the matter with you? What makes you think that he is not gonna come back here right now and try and kill all three of you and Michael?"
Phoebe says "He won't. I know he's good."
Leo says "No, you hope that he's good. You want him to be good. Why did you even tell me this?"
"I don't know, Leo. I was sort of counting on you for your guidance and support." Phoebe says to him.
Leo says "Well, it's my guidance and support that got you into this mess. I don't know how to begin to fix this." Leo walks out of her room and doubles over in pain He groans.
Phoebe hears him groan and says "Leo? Leo, what's the matter?" She goes over to him.
Leo says "I don't know. Feels like a witch is being hurt. I can feel her pain."
"Is it one of your charges?" Phoebe asks "Mikey?" She yells
"No." Leo says.
Prue, Michael and Piper walk in "What happened?" Piper asks.
Leo says "She needs help."
A park
Eames has just stabbed a witch "Of course I've could have killed you, but it's not your powers I'm after. I've set my sights a little higher. I'm looking for a few good Whitelighters. Well, actually, just one. That's all I'm missing now. And yours'll do just fine."
Manor
"Why isn't her Whitelighter helping her?" Piper asks.
"Oh my," Michael says realizing something.
Leo says "I don't know, but I have to go to her." Leo starts to orb out.
Prue suddenly realizes the same thing says "No, Leo, wait. I just realized, how could we have missed it? The only reason Eames would have killed a Darklighter is so that he can use the crossbow to kill a Whitelighter."
Natalie orbs in "She's right, Leo, it's a trap."
Leo says "I don't understand. Why would he even want to kill a Whitelighter?"
"To gain the power to orb up there, the only way in. Once there, he'd be able to decimate all Whitelighters." Natalie explains.
Phoebe says "And that would leave all their charges unprotected. He would be able to wipe out all witches everywhere, including us."
"Sounds like a master plan to me." Prue says.
Natalie says "The Elders have instituted a lockdown and recalled all Whitelighters from Earth. Leo and I are the only ones who have retained the power to orb so we can help you stop Eames."
Leo says "Must be why I feel her pain. If you could only feel it."
Natalie says "I feel it but I won't be ruled by it. A Whitelighter who's controlled by his emotions is useless. The greater good must come first."
"Wait." Michael says "What about Rosaline, she can orb."
"Not my concern." Natalie says to him.
"No, of course it's not. Your only concern is saving the Whitelighter's up there. Well, I won't do anything until I know she is safe." He flames out.
The park
The witch is lying on the ground in pain. Eames is nearby waiting "Well, this is boring. What kind of lame Whitelighter do you have?"
The witch says "They must be on to you now."
Eames says to her "I think you're right. Which means what? They'll send witches to try and stop me? Well, if witches come, can Whitelighter's be far behind? After ten years of chasing a dream, the dream starts chasing me. Of course, you know there is a down side. I no longer have any use for you." He stabs her again and blinks out.
Manor
Leo stumbles down the stairs "Leo!"
"Leo, what is it?" Natalie asks.
Leo says "He killed her."
"What does your rule book say to do now?" Prue asks looking at Natalie
Commercial Break
Michael's school
Michael flames in nearby "Rosaline," He whispers in the empty hallway as kids are in class. He hears some crashing noises and runs towards the sound in the other hallway.
Michael runs into the hallway to see Rosaline be thrown into the wall by Eames. "Mikey…" She says before slipping into unconsciousness.
"No!" Michael yells flaming out as Eames turns around and sees nothing. Michael flames back in by Rosaline and grabs her before flaming back out.
Manor
Michael flames into the conservatory and sets her on the couch "Rosy." He says grabbing her hand "I'm so sorry, if I had been there sooner you would have been healed in time." He says closing his eyes and crying hard.
He tries to focus on her thoughts, though she didn't have telepathy with him he could still read her thoughts, "Come on, come on." He whispers to himself. He finally reached her thoughts after a few moments and re-directed his power onto her as bright orangey lights begin to appear.
Manor: Kitchen
Prue, Piper and Phoebe are there Phoebe's making some coffee "I can't believe Natalie just let her die like that, we should have done something." Andy walks in from the conservatory where he had been sitting with Michael and Rosaline.
"Like what?" Piper asks.
Phoebe says "I don't know. Something." She looks at Andy. "How's Rosaline?" she asks.
"Resting comfortably now. At least as comfortably as she can be," Andy answers.
Prue says "We need to figure out a way to stop Eames before he kills again. We should be working on a vanquishing spell. I mean, for all we know, he could try to come back for Rosaline."
"Well, if he does I'll send him straight to hell for child abuse," Andy says.
"I think we should stick with my vanquishing spell plan," Prue suggests.
Andy grunts in silent agreement. "Spells are safer than straight battling."
Phoebe says "It's gonna be a tricky spell, though. We have to counteract a lot of powers."
Piper says "Plus, we need to do it fast, cause I don't like my boyfriend being one of the only two targets on Earth."
"Well, Mikey knows how you feel. Are you sure she's okay?" Prue asks.
"She should be fine as long as she doesn't get hit by anything else," Andy assures her.
They walk in to see Michael clutching Rosaline's hand and the wound on her head from hitting the wall heal. "Mikey, come on honey," Phoebe says pulling him up. He resists at first "she'll be fine come on." Phoebe assures him and they walk out of the conservatory.
The girls, Andy, and Michael walk into the living room where Leo and Natalie are talking. "We'd like to speak to Leo in private. So if you wouldn't mind going into another room?"
Natalie says "If it's work related, you can discuss it with me."
"What do you mean?" Prue asks.
Piper says "Leo?"
Leo looks at Michael "Hey, are you all right?" Michael nods and Leo answers the question "I asked Natalie to take over as your Whitelighter and she accepted."
"What are you talking about?" Piper asks.
Leo says "Piper, nothing is more important to me than your safety, and my being here is putting all of your lives at risk."
Prue says "Leo, you have done nothing but protect us."
Leo says "You saw what happened upstairs. I would have rushed off to help that witch if you hadn't stopped me. Now I am supposed to be guiding you and you are guiding me."
"Doing something would have been better than nothing at all. That witch is dead because of Natalie's advice," Andy points out. "You're both at fault, not just you."
Prue says "Leo, we all make mistakes."
Leo says "I appreciate it, Andy, but we can't afford to make mistakes now."
Phoebe says "Leo, if this is because of me..."
Prue, Michael and Piper look at her, confused.
Leo says "It isn't, Phoebe. It's because of me. Maybe Natalie's right. Maybe my feelings for you are clouding my ability to guide you, I don't know. But all I do know is that this is no time for self-doubt, not with Eames out there." Leo walks over to Piper. "Piper, they want me to join in the lockdown. Until I return, I want you to do as Natalie asks. It's important for us." Leo and Piper kiss and he orbs out. Prue, Piper, Michael and Phoebe stare at Natalie.
"Wait, what about…Rosaline?" Michael asks as the orbs disappear completely.
"I'll stay with her, Mikey. She'll be fine," Andy promises.
Natalie says "I suggest you channel your anger toward the warlock you're meant to vanquish. Now, first..."
"Okay, could we just have a moment to process this, please?" Prue asks.
Natalie says "No. It's time you stopped focusing on yourselves and started focusing on Eames. You must prepare yourselves for battle. Mentally, physically, sartorially," Piper laughs.
"I'm sorry, what?" Phoebe asks.
"She doesn't like our clothes." Piper says.
Natalie says "You need outfits that are loose and move. That means no more braless, strapless, fearless attire." She looks at Michael and says "See now he has the perfect example." He is wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt.
Prue says "Okay, but then I have nothing to wear."
"Well, you're not allowed to work out anyway," Andy warns.
"All the Charmed Ones have to," Natalie argues.
"She's not just a Charmed One but a pregnant woman who isn't supposed to be participating in any strenuous activities," Andy counters.
Prue stands up to intercede and frowns. "Okay while you guys argue about it, I'm going to go make a quick trip to the bathroom," she decides, looking a little sick.
Piper and Phoebe exchange a worried glance but Andy was the one to follow her.
An alley
Piper and Phoebe are stretching as Natalie's also stretches in front of them. Prue is standing to the side and Michael just looks at them weird.
"Okay, tell me again why we're doing this?" Prue asks.
"Because one bad word from General Goody-Two-Shoes, and I'm not getting married." Piper says.
Prue says "That's a good reason, I guess."
"What are you complaining about? Andy scared her into letting you stand there," Phoebe grumbles.
Natalie turns to face the girls and Michael "Alright, let's get going. Defeating Eames will require split-second timing and flawless teamwork. I can't tell you what you'll be doing but I can tell you what you won't. You won't be winging it. You won't be hoping for the best. The will to win is the will to prepare to win. Do you understand me?"
Piper says "Uh-huh."
Phoebe says "I'm sorry, I didn't quite get that last platitude."
Natalie says to her "You think you're so tough because you took out Belthazor, don't you? Let me tell you something. You're only as good as your next vanquish. This alley is a neutral battlefield. Our challenge is to fight Eames. Our primary goal is..."
Piper says "To win!"
"No." Natalie says to her.
"No." Piper repeats in disbelief.
Natalie says "To get the crossbow." She picks up a piece of wood. "A Darklighter's crossbow delivers arrows dipped in a poison that is lethal to Whitelighters. Get the crossbow, and the immediate threat is over. If you have the opportunity to vanquish Eames by all mean seize it. But keep your eyes on the prize. Alright, now let's pretend I'm the enemy."
Prue smiles "Oh that is way too easy."
"Too easy," Michael says as Phoebe claps her hands and Piper laughs.
Natalie says "Now talk me through how you plan to separate me from my crossbow."
Piper says "Okay, first, I freeze you."
Natalie says "I deflect that."
Phoebe thinks and says "I guess I could levitate and kick you."
Natalie says "You just kicked a clone."
"Well, what if I just flame in and yell crossbow and flame it to me." Michael says.
Prue says "Or how about I send in an astral Prue as a decoy and just, you know...'" Prue waves her arm and the piece of wood flies out of Natalie's hands. "Oh, I'm so sorry."
Phoebe laughs as Michael smirks.
Natalie says "Not as sorry as you would be if I just blinked behind you and stabbed you to death."
"Well, that would be bad." Prue says in a non-caring way just as Natalie was thrown back with a wave of telekinesis.
Piper looks impressed. "Nice," she complimented.
"Uh, that wasn't me, I swear," Prue announces quickly.
"Liar," Phoebe teases while Prue just looks confused as Natalie advances on them again.
Natalie eyes Prue thoughtfully for a moment. "Continue."
Phoebe says "Alright, you know what? This is too hard usually in these situations, you know, everything happens so quickly, the adrenaline is pumping."
Natalie says "I want you to think using your brains, not your glands. Now try again."
Prue was standing to the side doing some basic blocking with her telekinesis when Natalie points her "crossbow" at Prue. Before Natalie taps her, Prue was suddenly surrounded by a red glow and disappears. She reappears behind Natalie with a thoroughly perplexed look on her face. "Oh… bathroom break," Prue whispers. She disappears in the red light again before Natalie could even respond.
Phoebe levitates and Natalie spins her around in the air and She falls to the ground. Piper freezes energy balls Natalie throws at her She misses one and it shocks her. Natalie throws a low level, Whitelighter energy ball, at Michael and he flames out and back in. she does it again and he shimmers out and back in faster than the flaming did.
P3
Prue, Piper, Phoebe and Michael are sitting at the bar writing trying to come up with a spell as Natalie is sitting at a table nearby.
Phoebe turns to Piper and whispers "Hey, if we don't vanquish Eames, can we at least vanquish Natalie?"
Piper says "Don't tempt me."
"Come on guys, can't we just give her a chance?" Michael asks defending her.
Prue says "Alright, I've got the cloning portion of the vanquishing spell done."
Piper says "I'm almost there with the transmogrification."
Phoebe says "Mine came out a little country western," she reads what she has "I'm rejectin' your deflection."
Piper says "Well, it works for me, but you have to get it past you-know-who."
Phoebe says "You know, Leo never had to approve our spells. He trusted us."
Prue says "Yeah, but she said that she needs to hear it."
Phoebe says "You know what? What she needs none of us can give her, alright?"
Prue looks at Michael and says "Alright, still, but personal feelings aside, you kind of have to admire her professionally, you know? She's very dedicated."
"Yeah, but she's not Leo." Piper says under her breath.
Natalie walks over to them "How's that spell coming along?"
Phoebe says "Great. All done."
"Good." Natalie says
"Here you go." Phoebe says handing her a piece of paper and she reads it.
Natalie says "Okay, let's nail this warlock."
Prue says "Alright, I'll start scrying for his location."
Natalie says "No need. I've been working on a new plan, one that would allow us to fight on our turf, not his."
"Make him come to us? How?" Piper asks curiously.
Natalie says "What he wants is what you've got."
Prue realizes what she means "You're gonna use yourself as bait."
Natalie says "If I orb in somewhere unprotected, Eames should be able to track me with his Darklighter powers. With the four of you in position, as soon as Eames shows up, I orb out. The advantage is all ours."
"Nope, we can't let you do that. It's too dangerous." Piper says.
Natalie says "I appreciate your concern."
Piper says "My concern is not for you, at least not just for you. My concern is if you fail..."
Natalie cuts her off by saying "I won't fail. I've gone over every permutation. So long as we follow the rules, we'll succeed."
Haha rules? Michael says telepathically
Yes rules, Prue says telepathically Maybe you should try following the schools rules sometime
Park
The dead witch is still lying there. Prue, Piper, Michael and Phoebe are hiding behind some bushes. Natalie orbs in and Eames blinks in.
Natalie looks at the bush and says "Now!"
Eames tries to shoot Natalie with the crossbow but she orbs out. Prue waves her arm and sends Eames flying away as the crossbow hits the ground. Piper sees Eames get up and run for the cross bow "Mikey," Piper whispers.
Michael looks and says "Crossbow!" And it flames to him and Eames disappears.
Phoebe says "Clone!"
Prue says "Alright, be ready with the spell. He could be anywhere. Get the crossbow."
Piper takes the crossbow from Michael
"Wait, where is he? Why isn't he fighting back?" Phoebe asks.
"Maybe because we got the crossbow?" Piper offers as a suggestion.
"No. Something doesn't feel right." Prue says
"Yeah, this was way too easy." Michael agrees
Phoebe says "And even worse, anticlimactic."
Piper says "Well, who cares? We got the crossbow. Let's go."
The sisters leave and Michael flames out "Hurry he'll get there before we do." Prue says. Just as the words left her mouth, she disappears in a flash of red.
"Prue?" Piper calls.
Manor
Natalie orbs in and waits for the sisters and a few minutes after waiting Michael flames in "We got the crossbow and they're on their way." Michael says informing her.
Prue teleports in next to Michael. "God, that is so sickening," she sighs before running off to the bathroom.
"Cool new power, Prue," Michael compliments after her. He looks back at Natalie. "Here," Michael says "I need you to drink this potion."
"Why?" She asks
"Please, just trust me it will help me come into contact with you." Michael says and she drinks it.
Michael and Natalie are waiting in the foyer and Piper and Phoebe walk in.
"Did you get it?" Natalie asks as they walk into the foyer.
"We got it." Piper says.
"Did Prue make it in?" Piper questions. "She literally just disappeared in front of us."
Piper hands Natalie the crossbow. Natalie nods to Piper's question. "She's in the bathroom. It's her baby's power," she explains knowingly.
"Wait a minute" Michael whispers to himself.
"Baby's power? How can my baby have a power already?" Prue wonders as she walks back in.
"You are the eldest Charmed One," Natalie replies. "Now, how was Eames?"
Prue says "We didn't get him."
Natalie says "That's alright, he wasn't our primary goal. You've done well."
Prue says "I don't know. I think he gave up too easily."
Natalie says "Maybe you were just prepared and he wasn't. It was our setting, our timing, our plan to execute."
Phoebe says "Yeah, but we didn't get a chance to execute it."
Natalie says "We got what we wanted and no one got hurt. This is what happens when Whitelighters and witches work hard together. And thanks to you, they'll get a chance to do a lot more of it. I'll bring this up there."
Piper says "Uh, does that mean Leo gets to come back?"
Michael has a sudden flashback
Flashback
It says here he killed a witch in Kenya in 89 and took her power of transmogrification
End of Flashback
Natalie says "That's not my call. I'll see you later." She pauses and then says "So Eames didn't fight at all?"
Prue says "Not at all. I flung, Michael called, and he fled."
Natalie says "Did you wait for him? Look for him?"
Phoebe says "No, we were playing by the rules."
Piper says "And we grabbed the crossbow, just like you said."
"The crossbow..." Michael and Natalie say together
The crossbow changes into Eames and He grabs Natalie. Prue waves her arm at him trying to send him flying but he deflects it, sending her flying. The couch suddenly flew from the foyer and intercepted Prue's fall so that she landed rather comfortably. Piper tries to freeze him and he deflects it, sending her to the floor.
Eames says "She was right. Way too easy." He stabs Natalie with an arrow. Michael forms an energy ball and throws it at Eames but he deflects it and sends it back to him sending him into Phoebe.
"No!" Piper yells.
Eames blinks out of the room with Natalie.
"Prue! Are you okay?" Andy demands, running in upon hearing breaking glass (not to mention the free couch being pulled telekinetically out of the room he had been in).
"Something tells me your daughter doesn't like Mommy to be hurt," Phoebe groans. "Lucky…"
Commercial Break
Manor: Living room
Prue, Piper, Andy, Michael and Phoebe are there
Piper says "We followed the stupid rules and look what happened."
"I hate rules." Phoebe admits.
Prue says "I knew something was wrong. Why didn't I trust my instincts?"
"Prue, don't start. You did what you were told," Andy soothes.
Piper says "Yeah, none of us did, but I am going to now. Leo!"
Prue, Phoebe, Andy, and Michael look at each other "Leo!" they yell
Leo orbs in and Piper says "Okay, look, we-we did everything she asked. I swear."
Leo says "I know, I was watching. I wasn't supposed to, but enough said."
Phoebe says "We're through playing by the rules, you know."
Prue says "Alright, now we need to stop Eames."
Leo says "Well, I know from experience Darklighter poison doesn't kill immediately, so there's still a window of opportunity."
Prue says "Great. So we need a plan. What are our options?"
Leo says "There's only one. It breaks the rules big time."
Piper says "You mean..."
Leo says "Uh-huh."
Piper says "And we..."
Leo says "Yep."
Piper says "And that will..."
Leo says "I hope."
Prue and Phoebe look at each other, confused.
"Interception," Andy explains and everyone looks at him even more confused. "It's the only logical course of action," he states.
Before everyone orbs out Michael closes his eyes "Come on, come on." He whispers.
Piper is about to walk up to him but Prue stops her "Wait, I think I know what he is doing." She says.
Alley
Eames and Natalie are there. Natalie's lying on the ground
Eames says "You think dying would be easier the second time around, but it sure doesn't look like it. It's useless to fight the poison. Don't you know death is just the beginning? In this case, of a lot more death. How's it feel to know that you will be responsible for the end of Whitelighters and witches alike? The end of good. Do I hear someone coming? No. But I hear someone going."
Natalie didn't know why but she heard thoughts that weren't hers , thoughts that were Michaels and she knew right away what the potion had been doing that it was Michael's plan to save her.
Eames pushes the arrow in Natalie and kills her, or so he thinks. He takes her powers but to his surprise sees the orangeish glow on her wound. "Natalie." Is heard as an echoed voice and she is engulfed in flames and flames out.
Manor
"Guys I got her." Michael says
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Piper asks
"Natalie," He says and he appears in the brightest flame in the living room.
"He has my powers." Natalie says.
"We know Andy will stay here with you we'll be back." Prue says as they all orb out.
Alley/Heavens
Eames orbs up into the white misty place. Whitelighters, in their robes, are standing nearby. He shoots the crossbow at one, which is really Prue, and she deflects the arrow with her power. Piper, also disguised as one, freezes the arrow in mid-air. Prue, Piper, Michael and Phoebe show their faces. Phoebe kicks him and the arrow stabs him in the back.
Eames struggling says "What the hell are you doing up here?"
"Kicking your ass," Phoebe retorts.
Prue says "Don't even bother trying to orb out, it won't work. You see, you didn't just get the powers of a Whitelighter, but you get their vulnerability too, so the poison in that arrow is killing you just like you almost killed Natalie."
Piper says "It's kind of poetic."
"I'm surely in a rhyming mood," Michael says.
Phoebe says "Me too How about you, girls?"
Prue says "Sure. This poison isn't working fast enough for me."
Prue, Piper, Phoebe and Michael begin the spell "'Time for amends and a victim's revenge...'"
"'Cloning power, turn sour...'" Prue says doing her part.
Piper does her part "'Power to change, turn to strange...'"
Michael does his part "'Power to orb, be no more…'"
Phoebe does the last part "'I'm rejectin' your deflection'." Eames burns and disappears and white and blue orbs disappear. "Wow. It worked."
Prue says "Nothing anticlimactic about that."
Phoebe laughs as A Whitelighter approaches them "Uh-oh. Here comes one."
Leo shows his face "You made your Whitelighter proud."
Phoebe says "Thanks, but we were just winging it."
Leo says "Well, whatever you did it worked."
Piper says "Well, not as well as we would've liked. I'm glad we could save Natalie."
Leo says "I know, me too."
Phoebe says "Although, I don't think that she would have been too keen on us orbing up here."
Leo says "Which is why we got to get out of here before we all get in trouble."
Prue says "I, okay, wait a second. No 5-cent tour? No meet the Elders?"
Leo says "We're going."
"Leo!" Prue says.
Piper says "It doesn't matter. It's not like we get to remember it anyway."
Leo says "You will this time."
Piper says "Oh."
Manor
The orbs return to their rightful place inside Natalie returning her powers. She goes into the conservatory and sees Rosaline still lying there with a small wound. She holds her hands out as they begin to glow and she says "Thank you."
Rosaline becomes fully conscious as Natalie orbs out. Andy was beside Rosaline in a second to make sure she was okay.
P3
Piper and Phoebe are sitting in the alcove and Prue and Andy comes up to them "I just checked the messages at home and Reece called. Said he needs to talk to you about the case,"
"Really? Did he say it was urgent?" Phoebe asks.
"Well, what could be urgent about the case?" Prue asks her.
Phoebe says "Nothing. Actually, I can't think of anything that would be urgent."
"He's just trying to shake you a little. An old interrogation tactic," Andy explains.
"Well, I'll tell you what, I urgently want Leo to walk into this bar. He's been up there a really long time and I'm starting to get worried. I don't understand how they can be mad at him after we saved their butts." Piper says ranting on.
Phoebe says "Well, he broke some pretty big rules while doing it."
Piper says "Yeah, well, if they hold that against him, I'm crossing over to the other side."
"Ditto," Prue agrees
"Yeah, Ditto," Phoebe agrees along with them
Piper says "I've gotta get back to work." Piper walks away.
Andy glances between Prue and Phoebe before standing up. "I'll get you a water, Prue," he offers.
"Alright, so what's in that head of yours?" Prue asks Phoebe who is just sitting down after Andy left..
"Nothing. You know that." Phoebe says.
Prue says "Don't joke. Phoebe, if you wanna talk about it, I'm here. I just wanna help."
Phoebe says "Um, I was just worried about Leo too, you know."
Leo is nearby looking around He spots Prue and Phoebe in the alcove. Prue sees him and says "I'll go get Piper." Prue walks away.
Leo comes up to Phoebe and sits down "Hey."
Phoebe says "Hi."
"How you doing?" Leo asks her.
Phoebe says "Oh, I'm great. Actually, I'm lying. I'm awful. Um, I am so sorry that I am such a screw-up."
Leo says "Hey, hey, I'm the one who should be apologizing. I let you down. I should have been watching more carefully. It won't happen again, okay."
Prue and Piper come back over with Andy following behind. "Hey, hey, hey. What took so long? What happened?" Piper asks.
Leo stands up and says "I have some news."
Piper says "Okay."
Leo says "Well, obviously, they found out that you've been up there, so they decided to review the facts of the Natalie's situation and she is your second Whitelighter in case I can't make it, they also decided to go over the whole Michael being suspended thing. And they unanimously decided to lift probation."
Piper says "What?"
"Piper, we're officially engaged." Leo says with a smile.
Prue gets excited and hugs Piper "That's so great." Prue says.
"Prue, be careful," Andy scolds and Prue stops jumping up and down.
Phoebe hugs Andy and then Leo, then Prue hugs Phoebe. Piper and Leo hug while Prue runs back to Andy and Phoebe looks on, smiling.
The street
Michael, Zeke and Rosaline are walking down the street Zeke has his hands in his pockets, Michael is holding Rosaline's hand while the other is in his pocket. "So he told me that since we are at a young age they are letting you keep the orbing." Michael explains to Rosaline.
They turn into an alley and stop in the middle of it. "Mikey, what are we doing?" Rosaline asks looking around.
"My science teacher said to meet here," Michael says as someone approaches them.
Mr. Galloway walks with a folder in his hands stops in front of the three kids "I haven't had a student that got suspended," He opens the folder "and Have it taken off their school record." He says showing Michael the folder.
Michael smiles and jumps up and down "Yay!" He says. He hugs the teacher "Thank you, thank you so much."
"Don't mention it, I got to go," He says disappearing in the amidst of blue and white orbs
"Let's go," Michael says joining hands with his friends and flaming out.
Down the alley two people, guys are nearby "Are you sure he's the one?" one guy asks.
"Positive, he's done unspeakable things, he can help us to take over the world." The other says backing up but has a feeling of someone being behind him. He pulls out a knife and turns around jut as Mr. Sanchez flicks his finger and makes it fly into the alley. He then holds the two guys against the wall.
"Stay away from my daughter," Mr. Sanchez says. He thinks a moment "And her boyfriend and his friend." He says letting them go and they fall to the ground "Now get out of here, get out of my sight before I do something I will regret later."
As he says that the guys run off and Mr. Sanchez walks down the sidewalk like nothing happened.