Charmed 10
[Scene: Street. Nikki and Natalie pull up in the car. They get out and start walking.]
Nikki: Alright, it should be around here somewhere.
Natalie: And you can't be more precise about what it is?
Nikki: Okay, I told you, it's some sort of evilly thing.
Natalie: Why'd I let you talk me into this? I should be at home procrastinating my delinquent ethics paper, not chasing some wild goose.
Nikki: Wild demon, okay? And I was scrying for unnatural activity and this place came up loud and clear.
Natalie: Wait a minute, are you telling me you're actually looking for trouble now? Nikki, what happened to putting more balance in your life? You know, less Wicca wonder, more Nikki.
Nikki: I was bored, Okay? And why should we wait for the demons to come to us? We can obviously kick their asses.
Natalie: That's true. But still, we get enough trouble with out looking for it.
Nikki: I know. (Nikki looks over at a dumpster.) I think that's it.
Natalie: Good.
Nikki: Alright, on the count of three. One, two...
(She Opens the lid.)
Natalie: Oh my god! (She runs over to it.) It's the coffee maker I wanted.
(She pulls out an empty box.)
Nikki: Natalie, it's just a carton.
Natalie: Oh, right, of course. You are good, you just protected me from making a fool out of myself.
Nikki: Now there's a full time job.
Natalie: Thank you very much.
(They continue walk down the street.)
Nikki: Well... (They hear voices coming from an alley.) Seek and you shall find.
[Cut to the alley. Two men are there arguing. One man is holding a small crystal box.]
Man #1: Please, just one more.
Man #2: I told you! (He pushes man #1.) What you want is no longer in this box.
Man #1: I need more! Won't you understand? I've gotta have more!
Man #2: You can never get enough greed, can you?
(Man #2 throws a fireball at him and he flies against a dumpster. Nikki and Natalie run over to them.)
Nikki: Hey! (She punches man #2. He drops the box.)
Man #1: The box.
(The two men both dive for the box. Nikki kicks the box away and it slides into the street. Man #2 tries to get up and Natalie kicks him in the face.)
Man #2: That box belongs to Lucas.
Natalie: Yeah, well, tell Lucas it's been empoun... (he disappears) dered.
(Nikki goes over to man #1.)
Nikki: Hey, it's okay, it's over.
Man #1: No, gotta have more. Don't you understand? I've gotta have more!
(He pushes Nikki out of the way and runs onto the road.)
Nikki: No!
(The man is hit by a bus.)
[Time lapse: The police are questioning witnesses.]
[Cut to Natalie being interviewed by a cop.]
Cop: In your opinion, was there anything the bus driver could have done to avoid him?
Natalie: No, it happened too fast, he didn't have time to react.
Cop: Alright, I think that's it. If I could just have your home phone number in case I have any
other questions.
Natalie: It's the same as my sister's. We live together.
Cop: Really? Just out of curiosity, what would you say if one of my other questions was, can I take you out to dinner?
(Natalie laughs.)
Natalie: Ooh, you caught me off guard with that one.
Cop: That's my job.
Natalie: Uh, well, you're very good at it. Um, but I-I think that it would be best if those numbers stayed in the report. I'm seeing someone.
Cop: I'm not surprised.
Relic: Officer.
Cop: Excuse me.
(Natalie walks over to Nikki.)
Natalie: Are you okay?
Nikki: Um, I don't know. I keep on thinking about what we could have done differently to try and save him but he ran into the street so fast, and...
Natalie: We couldn't have saved him, Nikki. Not without knowing more about the demon who did this to him.
(The coroners take the body away.)
Nikki: Lucas. To find him we have to find out what's so special about this box.
[Scene: Lucas' place. Lucas has Man #2 up in the air by the neck.]
Lucas: Do you have any idea how important that box is?
Man #2: I thought you were working on controlling your anger.
Lucas: I am controlling my anger!
(He drops the man. The man holds up a crystal.)
Man #2: At least we got the business man sold, Lucas.
Lucas: Yes, but I need to deliver seven souls for seven sins.
Man #2: Can't you just locate the box?
Lucas: Yes, but I have to figure out a way to get around the witches first. Thanks to you. You know, my own self destruction was supposed to bring me peace from sin. Instead, I am damned to spend eternity inflicting others.
Man #2: You gotta know the product to move it.
Lucas: I know the product. I know how sin works human desire. Which might be exactly the way to get to the witches. Yeah, sure, why not? Witches have human desires too, right? (He laughs.) You know, there's only one thing that I can't quite figure out. Why do I need you? (A bright light shoots out of his hands and flies into Man #2. Man #2 disappears in a ball of flames.) I needed to vent.
[Scene: Manor. Nikki and Natalie walk inside. Nikki gets the box out of her bag.]
Natalie: Don't open that. Let me go get Nina first.
Nikki: Why?
Natalie: Oh, gee, Nikki, I don't know. Maybe so you don't go running in the street and get hit by a bus too. (Natalie goes in the kitchen where Nina is making sushi.) Nina, we need... Wow. Expecting company?
Nina: Uh, no, I was just looking for something to do.
Natalie: To take up your entire day?
Nina: Well, sushi don't roll itself.
Natalie: Nikki and I lost an innocent this morning, so we need you. (They walk into the living room. Nikki is looking closely at the box.) Whoa, whoa, whoa, what are you doing?
Nikki: Uh, opening the box.
Natalie: You're supposed to be waiting for me and Nina.
Nikki: Okay, so you're here. I'm gonna open it.
(Natalie takes it away from her.)
Natalie: What if you unleash some huge abomination?
Nikki: Whatever it is, I'm sure that we can handle it.
Nina: But at least I think we should call Leo and ask his opinion first.
(Leo orbs in.)
Leo: You called?
Nikki: No.
Natalie: But as long as you're here. Box. Intercepted from a demon. Open it? Yay or nay?
Leo: Have you checked the Book of Shadows?
Nina: No. But that's a great idea. Leo, you're a genius. What would we do without him?
Nikki: Oh, I don't know. I guess our lives wouldn't be this smooth running, carefree existence that they are today.
Nina: Oh, uh, Natalie, your ethics professor called about your meeting today at 2:00.
Natalie: Well, obviously I can't make it now.
Nikki: No, no, no, you should go. I mean, you're too close to graduating to mess up now. The three of us can handle the box.
Natalie: Are you sure?
Nikki: Yes, go. Although, you might want to change into, oh, I don't know, clothes. Actual shirt.
(Natalie looks down at her open vest, showing most of her bra.)
Natalie: Okay.
Nikki: Okay. That's very... let's go.
(They all go upstairs.)
[Time lapse. Attic. Nikki, Nina and Leo are there. They have the Book of Shadows opened up to a page on 'The Seven Deadly Sins'.]
Nikki: 'Bottled at the Source by the Source.' So what, it's a box of sin?
Nina: Good thing you didn't open it. It would have been Pandora all over again.
Leo: Not quite. But this may be how the myth got started. Only it's much more specific type of attack. According to this, the box contains seven balls of sin used to corrupt paragon's good.
Nina: If you're a paragon of good, how do you get corrupted?
Leo: Because no one is immune to sin. Whether it be pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed or sloth. Whichever one you're predisposed to, is the one that attacks you.
Nikki: Well, the business man must have been attacked by greed, that's why he kept on wanting more.
Leo: Only his greed was magnified a thousand times.
Nikki: And it explains why my scry worked. I thought the unnatural activity was the demon courier. But it must have been the sin working against the businessman's good nature.
Nina: Okay, so what do we do now?
Leo: Well, the infector appears to be the link. Destroy Lucas and the sins lose their power.
Nikki: Do we know anything about these infectors?
Leo: Only that they were humans consumed by sundering life and in death.
Nina: So what we need to do now is find a spell to remove the sin from the infected human incase Lucas strikes again, right?
Nikki: You can't remove sin magically or otherwise. It's apart of all of us.
Nina: Even you?
Nikki: Yes, even me. Just a teeny little bit. Nothing that anyone would notice but me.
[Cut to downstairs. Lucas appears and picks up the box. Natalie comes down the stairs.]
Natalie: Okay, you guys, wish me luck. (She sees Lucas.) Hey.
Lucas: It's okay. I think you're gonna like this one.
(A sin ball hits Natalie. Nikki, and Nikki. Two more sin balls hit them. Lucas disappears.)
Natalie: What was that? What just happened?
Nina: Oh, no, don't tell me we got infected with the sin thingy.
(Leo comes down stairs)
Natalie: What do you mean? (to Nikki) What is she talking about?
Nikki: Okay, nobody panic. Does anybody feel different?
Nina: No.
Natalie: Uh-uh.
Nikki: Alright, so maybe we're immune because we're magical.
Leo: I don't know, I better orb up and ask.
Nikki: You do that. Nina and I will go recheck the book, and you missy, you get your butt to that meeting and charm the pants off of your professor. Go, and get home as soon as possible. (Nikki pushes Natalie out the door. Natalie tries to protest.) No, I'm sure, go! OK, I'm gonna call VIP and let them know I'm not coming in…again.
[Scene: VIP. Val is sitting at the table pigging out. Johnny and Quick are sparring. Kay is at the computer. And Tasha is at the firing range. The phone rings.]
Kay: Hello, this is VIP.
Nikki: Kay, good. Look I can't come in today. We have to deal with a demon who is handing out the seven dealy sins to people. He tried to infect us but being magical and all I think we're immune. But you know demons to vanquish, innocents to save.
Val: Can somebody get me some soda?
Kay: Uh, Nikki, is laziness one of the seven deadly sins?
Nikki: Sloth? Yeah, why?
Kay: (Making sure no one can hear her) Because I think Val is infected…
Nikki: Crap. Okay, keep an eye on her, make sure she doesn't do anything self destructive.
Kay: Alright. Hurry up, okay?
Nikki: I'll take care of this in no time. Bye. (She hangs up)
(Kay hangs up the phone.)
Kay: Nikki won't be coming in today. Family emergency.
Tasha: Another one? Geez, if she's going to skip work she could at least come up with a better excuse.
Johnny: (entering the room) Give her a break Tash. She has to put up with a lot. Personaly, I'm worried about her.
Kay: Yeah, I mean, sometimes she acts like she's superwoman. I wonder if she ever slows down to rest.
Quick: Nikki's a big girl. She can take care of herself.
Johnny: And apparently she thinks she can take care of the rest of the world….
Tasha: You followed her yesterday. You never did tell us what happened.
Johnny: She picked up her sister, whose car had broken down at a property she was showing. Nothing else.
Val: Is anybody going to get me that soda?
Tasha: Get it yourself.
Val: I don't feel like it. I'm tired. I think I'll take a nap. (She groans as she pulls herself up and drags herself to the couch to lie down and sleep.)
Tasha: And what's with her all of a sudden? I know Val is lazy, but this is ridiculous!
Quick: Tash, calm down. Everything's going to be OK.
[Scene: College. Natalie's professor's office. Natalie is sitting in a chair.]
Professor: The problem is, it's an ethics course, it's about the dialectic. So when someone misses as many classes as you have, it's hard to catch up. (Natalie sighs and rubs her forehead.) Are you okay?
Natalie: I don't know.
Professor: Plus, you owe me a major paper, and if I don't get it soon...
Natalie: What are you gonna do to me?
Professor: I'll have to give you an incomplete. I'll have no other choice. Now, do you have anything else to say to me?
Natalie: I'm not wearing any underwear.
Professor: Excuse me?
Natalie: Yeah, I find it to... constricting.
Professor: Are you making some kind of a joke?
Natalie: No, I'm serious. Dead serious. (She stands up.) I've been a bad girl. A very bad girl. (She slowly moves closer to him.) And I'll do anything to make it up to you. I'll do anything to pass. Anything.
(She grabs him and they fall over the desk onto the floor.)
[Scene: Manor. Kitchen. Nina is sitting at the table talking on the phone, and flipping through a magazine.]
Nina: Ah, no, that'll be it. Just the two Donna Karan dresses, the three pairs of Croft and Barrows shoes, the Wong Gucci jacket and the Prada bag. What's the total?
(Nikki walks in.)
Nikki: Alright, we don't have much time...
Nina: Shh! I'm on the phone with Bloomingdales. (on the phone) Oh, okay, um, well, then I'm gonna have to split that on two credit cards. You can put $5000 on the card that's on file, and the re-- (Nikki hangs up the phone.) What are you doing?
Nikki: Uh, saving your life or at least your credit rating, which is your life.
Nina: Excuse me, Leo needs suits.
Nikki: Leo doesn't wear suits.
Nina: Yet.
(Nina picks up a wine glass and has a sip.)
Nikki: A-a-are you drinking in the middle of the day?
Nina: I was a little bummed about this sin thing, so I thought I deserved a little indulgence. Would you like a bit of bubbly?
Nikki: No, I would like a little bit of help. We are supposed to be tracking down Lucas.
Nina: Sorry. Catch me up.
(Nikki sits down.)
Nikki: Alright, so it turns out that those sin balls work a lot faster than we thought. Once infected, the victim only has a few hours before it drives them to a total self destruction.
Nina: Well, good thing we weren't infected then, huh?
(Nina picks up a chocolate and takes a bite.)
Nikki: Right. But now that Lucas has the box, the question is who will be. I mean, I tried scrying for unnatural activity but it just kept pointing back to the manor.
(Natalie runs in.)
Natalie: Guess what? My ethics professor kicked me out of class.
Nikki: What? Why, what happened?
Natalie: I don't know, I don't know. One minute I was telling him why my paper was late, the next thing I knew was... unzipping his pants with my teeth.
Nikki: Oh, Natalie, you do know that charming the pants off someone is just a figure of speech, don't you?
Natalie: I don't know what came over me, Nikki. I'm just glad that I realized what was happening before I... eww!
Nikki: Alright, unfortunately, what got into you is lust. As in the sin of.
Nina: Wait a minute, now you think we were infected?
Nikki: Hello? Gluttony, table for one.
Nina: Leo!
(Leo orbs in)
Leo: what?
Natalie: I'm hungry.
Nina: Oh, have some chocolate.
Natalie: Ooh!
Nikki: Okay, uh, excuse me, sins in a box. Demon hunt, real life. Can we please focus here?
Now, what did 'they' say about Lucas' sneak attack?
Leo: They didn't say anything…
Nikki: What?
Leo: They didn't say anything
(The doorbell rings.)
Nina: I'll get it. (Nina opens the door and a flower delivery guy brings in bunches of flowers.) Oh, how gorgeous.
Delivery Guy: Hi. Boy, these are a lot of flowers.
(Natalie walks in the foyer.)
Natalie: I'll say. I love a man in a uniform.
Nikki: Hey, who sent the flowers?
Nina: I did, for myself.
Nikki: Oh, this is just too much.
Natalie: (to the delivery guy) I bet you're too much.
(She places her hands on his chest.)
Nikki: Alright, that's it. That's enough. (She pushes the delivery guy outside.) Nothing to see
here, nothing to respond to, get out. You! What are you smiling at, buddy?
(He leaves.)
Natalie: Why did you do that?
Nikki: Because unless you guys want those flowers at your funeral, you had better get a grip, okay? You've been infected. Gluttony, and lust
Nina: How did I get gluttony? I don't over eat.
Nikki: No, but you over do. The sins are drawn to our predisposition's and lately yours has been excess.
Natalie: What sin did you get hit with?
Nikki: Well, I didn't get hit.
Natalie: Oh, I saw you get hit.
Nikki: Well, I must be strong enough to fight it off, I'm not showing any symptoms, am I? And thank goodness, alright, one of us has to keep our wits about us. (She sees the news on the TV.) Hey, turn that up..
(Leo turns up the TV.)
Reporter: The SWAT team just arrived at Bay City Motor Cars. A further signal that police are taking this seriously. Pastor Roger Tremble threatens to shoot and kill his hostage if his demands are not met. (VIP can be seen pulling up in the background.)
Anchorwoman: Do you have any idea what exactly the Pastor's demands are?
Reporter: Well, actually, yeah, they're a little bazaar but he claims he wants a Jag. Specifically a XK convertible in British racing green.
Nina: That's a new one.
Natalie: That news caster's kinda cute.
Nikki: Alright, what do you wanna bet that the demon infected the Pastor with envy.
Nina: Nikki, out of all the people in San Francisco...
Leo: Still, he does fit the profile. Paragon of good, driven to an act of self destruction.
Nikki: Yeah, especially with a SWAT team outside. Alright, we can not let this demon steal anymore of our innocent souls. (Nikki drags Natalie away from the TV.) Nina, are you coming?
Nina: Uh, I was gonna stay here with Leo and hold down the fort.
Natalie: More like hold down the couch.
Nina: I'll come if you want me to.
Nikki: No, it's fine, I'll just do all of it myself if I have to. Come on, Natalie.
(Nikki and Natalie leave.)
Nina: You think she's mad?
Leo: Probably.
(An infomercial comes up on the TV.)
Nina: Hand me the phone.
(He hands her the phone and she dials the number on the TV.)
[Scene: Bay City Motor Cars. The SWAT team have surrounded the building. Nikki and Natalie are there talking to Relic. The VIP team (Minus Nikki) are trying to come up with a plan on how to get the hostage out if the negotiations don't work]
Nikki: Look, Relic, just let me handle this.
Relic: Look, Nikki, it's a highly charged, highly public situation. I can't just ask SWAT to let you handle it. I get enough flak from these guys as it is.
Nikki: Alright, fine. I'll do this without your help.
Relic: Come on, Nikki, you're not being reasonable.
Natalie: I have something to say. I see that cute officer from this morning.
(She gets all excited.)
Nikki: Hey, stay on point, we still have an innocent to save.
Relic: You're right, we all do, cops included. Look, just let the hostage negotiators handle it, please?
Nikki: Fine. What's the plan?
Relic: The plan is to talk the Pastor down, weigh him out.
Nikki: Okay.
Relic: It works in most cases, trust me.
Nikki: Okay, well, if he's been infected it will not work in this case, trust me, alright. The Pastor's only gonna get worse.
Relic: What would you do to resolve it? Wait, infected? With what?
Nikki: There's only one thing to do.
(Nikki walks towards the building.)
Relic: Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait! (to SWAT) Hold your fire! Hold your fire! (He notices Natalie is gone.) Natalie?
[Cut to VIP.]
Kay: Hey…Is that Nikki?
Johnny: What the hell does she think she's doing?
Val: Can I go now? I'm tired!
Tasha: Val, I've had it up to here with you today. I know your lazy but this is ridiculous!
[Cut inside the building. The Pastor has a gun up to the salesman's throat. Nikki walks in.]
Nikki: Pastor Tremble?
(The Pastor turns around and points the gun at Nikki.)
Pastor: Who are you?
Nikki: Whoa, okay, hold on, I'm-I'm-I'm here to help, but I can not do that until you put the gun down.
Pastor: Get outta here.
Nikki: I just wanna talk.
Pastor: I just want my Jag. Do you want me to shoot you too? I swear I will.
Nikki: Okay, no, no, no, wait. I-I know what's happened to you, okay? You've been infected with sin.
Pastor: I warned you.
Nikki: No. (Nikki uses her power but he doesn't freeze. He shoots at Nikki.)
[Cut to outside. Everyone crouches down when they hear the gunshot. Screams are heard. Relic grabs a megaphone and talks into it. Johnny runs over to Relic.]
Relic: Nikki, you alright? Talk to me, Nikki.
Johnny: What is she doing?
Relic: I don't know. She came up insisting that we let her handle it, then she just went inside. And she was saying something of the pastor being infected.
Johnny: Infected with what?
Relic: I don't know.
(Nikki finally comes out with the salesman.)
Nikki: Everything's under control, don't worry a thing. I've got it all under control. Hi, he needs medical attention. The Pastor's inside, I kicked his ass. He needs attention too, he's knocked out.
(Everyone applauds and news reporters rush up to Nikki.)
Reporter: Hi, can I just ask a few questions?
Nikki: The name's Franco, Nikki Franco.
Reporter #2: What made you run in there?
Nikki: Well, my job is to protect the innocent.
Reporter: Do you work for the police?
Nikki: No, actually, I don't.
(Johnny pulls Nikki away.)
Johnny: No, she's a part of VIP. No further questions.
Nikki: Why did you do that? I was just getting started.
Johnny: 'Cause you were about to hang yourself. You shouldn't be talking to the press.
Nikki: Why not?
(VIP and Relic come up)
Johnny: Because they'll destroy you. What's the matter with you?
Nikki: Nothing can destroy me, Johnny.
Tasha: Nikki, you're bleeding.
(Nikki looks at her arm.)
Nikki: Whoa, I am, oh my. That bullet must have grazed me.
Quick: And you didn't even feel it?
Nikki: No, no, you know, the adrenaline, it's no big deal.
Johnny: No big deal? You almost got yourself killed. I've never seen you runaway from danger before, but I've never seen you run toward it either. What, have you got a death wish or something?
Nikki: It does sound kind of self destructive, doesn't it? Oh, oh, that means I've been infected. That must be why…
Relic: Nikki, what's going on?
Nikki: Relic, I don't have time to explain. Can you get Pastor Tremble to a safe place? Some place where he won't hurt himself, like a psychiatric hospital.
Relic: Yeah, sure, shouldn't be a problem in his case.
Nikki: Okay, good, but nobody can know that he's there, okay? Because if so, he'll be in a lot of danger
Relic: Okay, I don't know how long I can keep it a secret though.
Nikki: Well, I don't really need that long. Just long enough for me to find the guy and take care of him, okay? Okay. Now where is my sister? Natalie!
[Cut inside a SWAT truck. Natalie is there making out with the officer from before. She starts undressing him, then pulls out a strip of condoms from her bag.]
Natalie: It's a good thing I came prepared.
(She rips one off with her teeth. Relic opens the door.)
Relic: Officer!
Nikki: Natalie!
Officer: Wait, I can explain.
Relic: The hell you can. Get outta there!
(Relic pulls him out of the truck. Nikki pulls Natalie out of the truck. She grabs her coat.)
Nikki: Here, put it on. Are you out of your mind?
Natalie: Um, yeah, I think so. But if you're gonna go crazy...
Nikki: Yeah, well, my sin's not nearly as much fun as yours.
Natalie: Wait, you're sin? I thought you didn't get hit.
Nikki: Well, that was the pride talking and it almost got me killed already.
Natalie: Pride? You don't seem all that different.
Nikki: Really? Well, back atcha. We need to get home and try and track down this demon, okay?
Quick: Demon?
Nikki: Bad guy. He's really evil so we refer to him as a demon.
Natalie: (eyeing Quick) Hi.
Quick: (Confused)…Hi…
Tasha: What do you mean sins?
Nikki: Look, I'll talk to you later. I have to go take of this guy. You know save lives? Come on Natalie.
Natalie: No, I don't think so, I'm having too much fun, so I'll just see you later. (Moving closer to Quick)
Nikki: If I don't get you home, there won't be a later. (Grabs Natalie and pulls her away)
[Cut to Relic and the officer.]
Relic: What the hell is the matter with you? Not only in the middle of the day, but in the middle of
a crisis.
Officer: Look, she attacked me. I swear, I didn't have a choice. Not much of one.
Relic: That's a pathetic excuse. You're an officer for crying out loud.
Officer: What would you want me to do? Shoot her?
Relic: You're suspended.
Officer: What?
Relic: Go back to the station, turn in your hardware.
(Relic walks away.)
Officer: You can't suspend me. It was her fault. Damn it!
(Lucas appears.)
Lucas: You know that anger is one of the seven deadly sins? Your blood pressure's rising, adrenaline's pumping, you wanna hit somebody, don'tcha?
Officer: Who the hell are you?
(Lucas gets out the box and hits the officer with the anger sin ball.)
Lucas: I'm somebody who can help you channel that anger.
[Scene: Manor. Porch. Nikki and Natalie walk up to the door.]
Natalie: You know, it would have not killed you to drive by the fire station for a little looksy.
Nikki: You know what? (She opens the door.) If you and Nina do not get your sins under
control...
(They walk inside and all of Nina's purchases fill the foyer and living room. Nina walks in.)
Nina: Good, you're here. The pashminas have arrived and they're to die for. Come see. (A delivery man walks past carrying long metal strip things.) Whoa, hey, hi, almost decapitated.
Natalie: Hello. (They walk into another room filled with stuff. Nina pulls a pashmina out of a box.) Wow, Nina, you really put the glutt in gluttony.
Nikki: Okay, how did you get this stuff so fast?
Nina: Oh, I just let my fingers do the walking and the clicking and the... flipping.
Nikki: Flipping as in the pages of the Book of Shadows? You used magic?
Nina: Well, yeah, I couldn't wait six to eight weeks for delivery.
Nikki: That is so personal gain.
Nina: No, 'cause we need all of this stuff.
(Natalie leaves the room.)
Nikki: Okay, Nina, this isn't you. You're being consumed by your consumption and it will only lead to your total misuse of magic.
(Nina turns on a water fountain.)
Nina: Soothing, isn't it?
Nikki: No, no, no. (She turns it off.) Alright, you guys, the last I checked we still had a demon to vanquish and an innocent to save.
Natalie: I thought you said Relic hid the Pastor some place safe.
Nikki: Yes, he did, but envy is only the sixth sin. Which means there's still an innocent out there infected with anger.
Nina: What would you like us to do about it?
(Natalie picks up a magazine and starts to read it.)
Nikki: I would like for you to concentrate on the task at hand! (Nina puts on a pair of boxing gloves.) We still have the power of three.
(She looks at Nina and Natalie.)
[Scene: Police station. The officer walks outside to his car. He puts his bag in the boot and shuts the door. Lucas appears.]
Lucas: Did you find out where they're hiding the Pastor?
Officer: Where'd you come from?
Lucas: Answer my question.
Officer: No one's talking. At least not to me.
Lucas: That's not good enough.
Officer: Look, I don't know who you think you are!
(The officer grabs his chest in pain.)
Lucas: Anger's the worst, isn't it? Especially when the burning rage zaps you of all your strength and reason and the relentless screams locks out all hope. Use it against the Francos. (He pulls the officer's gun out of his belt.) Make them tell you where the Pastor is. Trust me, anger always feels better when it has a target.
[Scene: Manor. Attic. Nikki, Nina and Natalie are there. Nikki's looking through the Book of Shadows, Nina's got her feet in a foot spa, and Natalie is lying in a chair.]
Nikki: There is nothing, there is nothing in the book. Why did only lame witches precede it?
Nina: Because nobody is as good as you, Nikki.
Nikki: You know, at least I'm trying, Nina. Instead of getting a foot massage, or sleeping.
Natalie: I'm not sleeping. I'm just having the best premonitions of my life.
Nikki: Of what?
Natalie: It's a button off Officer Cutie's shirt. Let me tell you, if the movie's anything like the previews... whoa.
Nikki: Alright, is that all that you care about? (Natalie nods.) Fine. I'll save the innocents, I'll vanquish the demon, and if I feel like it, maybe when I'm done, I'll save you guys.
Natalie: Oh, don't do us any favors.
Nina: Yeah, Nikki, worry about yourself.
(Nina knocks a lamp in the foot spa and gets electrocuted. She falls over the back of the chair.)
Nikki: Nina! (She runs over to her.) You alright?
Nina: Oh, what happened?
Nikki: Uh, you were shocked.
Nina: I feel strange.
Nikki: Yes, well, if you had both feet in the water you wouldn't feel anything. (Nikki helps her up. The doorbell rings.) Who is that?
(Natalie looks out the window and sees the officer standing on the porch.)
Natalie: Oh! Oh! It's Officer Cutie from this morning. (She opens the window.) Hey! Hey, up here! I'm gonna come down, okay?
(Natalie leans out the window and nearly falls out.)
Nikki: Natalie, watch out! (Nikki pulls her back in.) Do you see what's happening?
Natalie: That was close. (She runs out of the attic.)
Nina: Nikki, we just have different priorities than you do. You need a little pick me up. How about I buy you some shoes?
(She heads for the door.)
[Cut to the foyer. Natalie opens the door.]
Natalie: I knew you'd come back for me.
(The officer walks in.)
Officer: This isn't a social call.
(He grabs Natalie.)
Natalie: Whoa, are we role-playing? Did you bring your handcuffs?
(He gets out his gun and points it at Natalie.)
Officer: Where's the Pastor?
Natalie: I don't know, I swear.
Officer: You're lying! (He pushes her into a box full of stuff.) You're something else, you know that? (He throws boxes around the room.) I got suspended because of you! You think you can ruin somebody's life and not pay for it? (He points the gun at her.) You're gonna pay.
Natalie: No.
Officer: You're gonna pay right now.
Natalie: Please, don't shoot.
(Nina walks down the stairs and screams.)
Nina: My stuff!
Officer: Where's the Pastor?
Nina: I don't know.
(Natalie knocks the officer down and he shoots up in the air. Nina falls down the stairs and knocks over all the stuff. A large wooden box falls on top of her. Nina tries to climb out from under the box. She looks over at Natalie and sees her unconscious on the floor.) Natalie?
(The officer stands up. Nikki comes down the stairs. He yells and points the gun at himself. She freezes him and runs down thew stairs kicking the gun out of hs hand. He falls back onto some furniture. She looks at the unconscious Nina and Natalie. Lucas appears behind Nikki and grabs her.)
Lucas: You can't save what's already lost.
[Scene: Manor. Natalie is still unconscious on the floor. Nina crawls over to her and feels her pulse. She crawls over to the stairs.]
Nina: Leo! (She starts to climb the steps.) Aah! (She pulls herself up to the top.) Leo!
[Cut to the guest room. Leo is asleep on the bed. Nina limps into her room.]
Nina: Leo, please wake up. Leo. (She falls over and knocks some things off of her dresser.) Ow!
(Leo wakes up.)
Leo: Huh? What? Nina!
(He runs over to her..).
Leo: Where are you hurt?
Nina: No, you've gotta go downstairs and heal Natalie first and then go find Nikki because the demon took her.
(Nina is struck with a bright light.)
Leo: You glowed.
Nina: I did? Did you heal me?
Leo: No, not yet. (He heals her.) It's the sin. You must have gotten rid of it.
Nina: Wait a minute, you said there's no magical way to do that.
Leo: There isn't. Maybe there's a human way. Maybe by being selfless. By you caring more about your sisters you over came it.
Nina: Well, that means Natalie must have gotten rid of her sin too because she risked her life to save me.
(They run downstairs to Natalie.)
Leo: She's still breathing.
(Leo heals her.)
Nina: Hi, honey.
Natalie: Hi. Leo, what are you doing up?
Leo: Fixing you.
Natalie: Where's Nikki?
Nina: Uh, we don't know, but we need to find her. She won't admit it but she's in big trouble.
[Scene: Lucas' place. Nikki is tied up. She is struggling to get free.]
Lucas: You think you can break free, but you can't. See, that's what makes pride the deadliest of all the sins. It makes you think you're invincible. Above it all...
Nikki: My powers...
Lucas: Are useless now. Corrupted. You have only a small window of opportunity to save your life before it's too late.
Nikki: No demon has defeated me. And you won't be the first.
Lucas: You see, but I don't have to defeat you, you're gonna defeat yourself. In mere minutes you'll be so far gone you will self destruct just like all the rest. However, I am willing to make you a deal.
Nikki: I don't make deals with demons.
Lucas: Do you listen to them? Look, we both know that you safe guarded the Pastor, which means that I can't deliver his soul. But this late in the game I am willing to pay for it. Tell me where the Pastor is and I'll remove your sin.
Nikki: Go to hell.
Lucas: This is my hell. Every rotten day of it. Listen, I am giving you a chance to save your life, Nikki. To end your hell.
Nikki: If you remove my sin, you'll still be one more soul short.
Lucas: That's true, but once it's sponged, I can use the sin again. You see, it'll just pop right back into my box.
Nikki: And let you infect another innocent? I don't think so. Screw you.
(Lucas picks up a stick and taps it on the floor. A large hole in the floor opens up.)
Lucas: Witness the bottomless pit of ever lasting torment. Pride goes with before the very long fall, Nikki. So what's your decision? Remember, if I lose you lose.
Nikki: Alright, alright, untie me.
Lucas: Tell me where the Pastor is first.
Nikki: Oh, untie me first. If I self destruct, you will never get a soul.
(Lucas unties her.)
Lucas: Alright, where is he?
Nikki: Ha, you lose I win, ha!
(Natalie, Nina and Leo walk in. Nikki jumps in the pit.)
Lucas: No!
Natalie: Nikki!
Nina: No! Leo, Leo, Leo!
(Leo orbs out into the hole.)
Lucas: Why did she have to have pride? Pride is the one sin you can't beat.
Nina: Beat this.
(Nina throws him into the wall.)
Natalie: Oh, I see orbs.
(Leo orbs back in with Nikki.)
Nikki: Let go, I can handle this.
(Nikki elbows him in the chest.)
Leo: Ow! I was saving you.
Nikki: Saving me? I had it under control, I didn't need your help.
Natalie: Right.
Nina: Uh-oh, it looks like the only way to get the pride out of Nikki is to vanquish him.
(Natalie picks up the sin box.)
Natalie: Oh, who ordered the sweet sin balls?
Nina: I think he did.
(Natalie throws all the sin balls at Lucas.)
Lucas: What did you...?
(He falls into the pit. The pride sin comes out of Nikki and lands in the box.)
Nikki: Okay, whoa, what just happened?
Natalie: I think you just lost your pride. (Two more sin balls float into the box.) And these must be envy and anger. Which must mean the Pastor and cop are okay now.
(Natalie throws the sin box in the pit. Nikki taps the wand on the floor and the pit closes.)
Nikki: Okay.
(Nina picks up a crystal.)
Nina: Oh, wait a minute, is this another?
Leo: I don't think so.
Natalie: Maybe it's the business man's soul.
Nina: Oh, well, then you should release it some place nice.
(She hands it to Leo.)
Leo: I know the perfect place. (He orbs out.)
Nikki: Wow, we sure showed that demon. (Natalie smirks.) Okay, you guys sure showed that demon.
Nina: Thank you.
Nikki: So I guess I needed you guys a lot more than you needed me.
Natalie: No, we all needed each other. You got me back at the house, you saved the innocents...
Nikki: Yeah, but...
Nina: Uh, stop it, I don't like this humble Nikki, I want my real sister back.
Natalie: Me too.
Nikki: Well, I mean, I did save that Salesman from the pastor and the pastor from himself and I did also save that cop...
(She continues to ramble. Nina and Natalie walk away.)
[Scene: FOAM. Nina is at the bar. Nikki comes up to her and offers her a glass of wine.]
Nikki: Here you go.
Nina: Oh, no, no, no.
Nikki: Nina, it's okay to indulge, just don't over indulge.
Nina: I guess we can thank Lucas for teaching us anything in moderation.
(Kay and Johnny walk up. They had been filled in earlier and gave a decent excuse to VIP for Nikki. Johnny stands next to Nikki and puts his arm around her waist.)
Nikki: Hey, there was nothing that Lucas could teach me.
Nina: Oh, really?
Nikki: I'm doing it again, aren't I? That whole pride thing. I swear, I'm working on it.
Nina: It's a constant struggle.
Nikki: Here's one thing that I'm willing to admit I don't understand. You, and Natalie were able to get rid of your sins with a selfless act. I committed many selfless acts yet why did I have to wait for Lucas to be vanquished to get rid of my pride?
Nina: Well, Lucas said that pride was the one thing you can't beat.
Kay: I think maybe what he meant was there's no such thing as a selfless act to pride.
Nikki: I threw myself into a pit for the Pastor.
Johnny: Yeah, but you did that to win. So any good you did during your prideful state was for the greater glory of Nikki.
Nikki: Alright, fine, then here's to Leo, for saving me from eternal torment.
(They clink their glasses.)
Nina: Mm-hmm.
Johnny: I'll drink to that. Remind me to thank him for that later. (Nikki smiles)
(Natalie pushes past some people.)
Natalie: Excuse me. (She goes over to Nikki, Johnny, Nina and Kay.) Hi, I am so excited, and not in any sexual kind of way. Uh, recent events inspired me to write a paper on sexual politics, claiming that my indiscretion with Professor Kass was an ethical experiment. So I handed the paper in yesterday and... pause for dramatic effect...
Nikki: So, did he buy it?
Natalie: I got a B.
Nikki: Yay!
Natalie: Minus, but I got it fair and square which means I will be able to graduate. And no man, is going to stand in my way.
Nina: Congratulations.
(The rest of VIP joins them at the bar.)
Nikki: I am very proud of you.
Natalie: Oh, and coming from you.
Nikki: Hey, be nice, I don't even wanna think about the sin tonight.
Natalie: Me neither.
Val: Oh my god. I can't believe I ate so much earlier…and without even having a workout..
Nikki: Well, at least you learned your lesson.
Val: Your telling me.
Quick: So Nikki, do you often go rushing into hostage situations almost getting yourself killed?
Nikki: I'm having a very dangerous week.
Tasha: (raising an eyebrow) So you've almost got yourself killed more then once this week?
Nikki: It's no big. I'm indestructable.
Natalie/Nina: Nikki!
Nikki: Relax! I'm kidding! …this time anyways…
Nina: Don't even kid like that!
Natalie: Your gonna get yourself killed with that attitude of yours.
Nikki: I'm working on it! Relax, geez.
Johnny: Just no dieing anytime soon.
Nikki: I can promise that. But I have a thing for near death experiences.
(Nina and Natalie giggle. A slow song starts to play.)
Johnny: Come on.(He leads Nikki to the dance floor and they start to dance. Nikki puts her head on his shoulder.)
Val: Are they..?
Kay: Did they…?
Quick: No They couldn't of…could they…?
Nina/Natalie: Yes, yes and yes.
Kay: When?
Natalie: Last night. It was really sweet.
Quick: Took 'em long enough.