INT. MANOR - ATTIC - NIGHT

Phoebe is seated on the loveseat, rubbing her temples while Piper paces anxiously. Paige is standing at a table scrying and the crystal drops on the map.

PAIGE
He's alive.

PIPER
Thank god.

PAIGE
Looks like they took him back to their headquarters.

PIPER
Great. Dammit! We shouldn't have left him alone.

PAIGE
How are we going to get him out of there?

Phoebe isn't really paying attention to what her sisters are doing. She's distracted by her premonitions.

FLASHCUT: episode 9, year 5 - Paige dying from darklighter poison.

IN THE ATTIC Piper and Paige continue their conversation, oblivious to Phoebe's turmoil.

PAIGE
Ambushing their headquarters might not be that bad of a plan if
we had a vanquishing potion that could kill all of them.

PIPER
But how in the hell are we going to get a piece of flesh to make
it? Now that the Potestas have Javier we can't even count on
getting it from them.

PAIGE
Are you sure your powers won't work on members of the
Brotherhood?

PIPER
They might work on some, but the potion is the only sure way to
vanquish them.

Phoebe still isn't paying attention as she receives another premonition.

FLASHCUT: episode 1, year 4 - Piper crying at Prue's funeral.

IN THE ATTIC as her premonition ends, Phoebe stands and walks toward the attic door, determined that distancing herself from her sisters will stop the premonitions that are causing her so much pain.

PAIGE
Phoebe, where are you going?

PIPER
We need to come up with a plan to save Javier.

PHOEBE
I'm sorry, you guys, but I can't.

She hurries out of the attic. Piper and Paige share a look before following her into...

INT. UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

Piper and Paige come down the attic stairs, chasing Phoebe.

PAIGE
You can't?

PIPER
What do you mean you can't?

PHOEBE
I can't help you guys. I can't be around you guys. I just can't
do this.

Phoebe moves toward her bedroom door, but Piper and Paige are blocking her way.

PAIGE
Can't do what? Our jobs?

PIPER
Phoebe, if we don't do something Javier could die.

PHOEBE
I know. I know that. I just...

She puts a hand to her forehead as she receives another premonition.

FLASHCUT: episode 18, year 4 - Cole standing over an unconscious Paige with a fireball.

IN THE HALLWAY Phoebe opens her eyes as the premonition ends.

PHOEBE
My power--I can't make it stop. I just keep seeing things and
feeling things and I... I can't handle all of the pain.

PIPER
Look, I understand what you're going through. When my power grew
and I started blowing things up, I didn't think I could handle
it either. But running away from your powers isn't going to work
because they're a part of you. Once I accepted that then I could
start focusing on controlling my power, which is what you need
to do. Especially now, when an innocent needs our help.

PHOEBE
No, this is different. I'm not afraid of hurting other people. I
all ready feel their hurt.

She receives another premonition.

FLASHCUT: episode 7, year 5 - Piper doubles over and then sinks to the floor at a pain in her stomach.

IN THE HALLWAY Phoebe's premonition ends and she bolts for the staircase.

PHOEBE (cont'd)
Which is why I can't be around you guys.

Piper and Paige follow her again into...

INT. FOYER - CONTINUOUS

Phoebe comes down the stairs with Piper and Paige close behind.

PIPER
But if we're going to rescue Javier from the Brotherhood we're
going to need the power of three. We need your help.

PHOEBE
I can't help you. Not right now.

PAIGE
So what else is new?

Phoebe stops running away from her sisters and turns to face Paige.

PHOEBE
Excuse me?

PIPER
Phoebe, what I think Paige meant was...

PHOEBE
(to Paige)
I have been busting my butt the past five years fighting evil.
And you...

PAIGE
Well, in the two years I've known you, you've seemed to spend
most of your time either making out with Cole or moping about
him.

PIPER
Paige...

PAIGE
(to Phoebe)
When it came time to actually fight evil, you wanted to just
show up for the big vanquish and leave the rest of the work for
me and Piper. Just like you're doing now.

PHOEBE
Well, you guys seem to want to handle things on your own.

PIPER
Wait a minute. You're blaming us for why you're never around to
help when a witchy situation comes up? What were we supposed to
do, Phoebe? We have a responsibility--one we couldn't just
ignore while you were trying to get over Cole.

PHOEBE
Well, excuse me for needing a little time away from Magic after
I had to vanquish my husband.

PAIGE
I am truly sorry about what happened with Cole. It was a crappy
situation for you to go through. Sometimes being a witch tends
to suck. But it's not just your life that can suck, Phoebe, it's
all our lives. But we all have to deal with it and move on.

PIPER
(quietly)
I lost my husband too.

Phoebe doesn't seem to have a response. She receives a premonition.

FLASHCUT: episode 7, year 5 - Phoebe stabs Paige, almost killing her.

IN THE FOYER Phoebe looks at her sisters before hurrying past them to the staircase.

PHOEBE
I can't. I just can't.

Piper and Paige exchange looks. Paige sighs in frustration.

EXT. INITECH BUILDING – NIGHT - ESTABLISHING

A beat to establish, then:

INT. INITECH BUILDING - OFFICE - NIGHT

The office is large and sparsely decorated. Javier is bound to a chair in the middle of the room. The Potestas have been torturing him, so he is weary and not very lucid.

POTESTAS #1
As much fun as this has been, we're not making any progress.

POTESTAS #2
Well then let's see what's inside.

Potestas #2 approaches Javier, holding a hand above his head. The demon's hand begins to glow eerily.

FLASHCUT: Javier is kneeling on the ground, holding the limp, dead body of his cousin, Ana in his arms.

IN THE OFFICE Potestas #2 smiles and motions to Potestas #1, who also holds a hand above Javier's head. Both of their hands glow. Javier begins to hallucinate...

INT. APARTMENT - NIGHT - JAVIER'S HALLUCINATION

Javier seems confused for a moment before he realizes that two members of the Brotherhood are attacking Ana. He scrambles to pull a potion bottle out of his pocket, which he throws at the demons. It explodes and the demons are knocked backwards, rubbing their eyes from the flash of light. Javier kneels next to Ana, asking if she is okay. Ana weakly responds. Javier picks up the athame lying next to his cousin and swiftly approaches DEMON #1 who is still recovering from the potion as he stands. Javier stabs Demon #1 in the stomach and he is vanquished. DEMON #2 menaces toward Javier, but he throws another potion. Demon #2 staggers backwards, and Javier stabs him as well, vanquishing him. Ana begins to stir on the floor, so Javier rushes to her side.

JAVIER
Ana, are you all right? Should I try calling...

ANA
No, there's no time. I'll be okay.

JAVIER
No time?

ANA
They were after the Tempore. The Brotherhood knows that we stole
it. It won't be long before more of them come looking for us.

JAVIER
Oh my god. We need to get you out of here. We can go get Lisa
and find someplace to stay for a while.

Javier helps Ana stand.

ANA
That's a good idea. But if we have to leave town, we should
probably take the Tempore as well, just in case.

JAVIER
(hesitantly)
Okay...

ANA
It won't take me long to pack. Why don't you go get Lisa, and
I'll get the Tempore. Tell me...

CUT TO: INT. INITECH BUILDING - OFFICE - NIGHT

POTESTAS #2
...Where it is.

INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - NIGHT

A potion explodes, a great cloud of smoke rising from the pot. Paige and Piper wait expectantly for a moment.

PAIGE
Well, that didn't work.

PIPER
Unless Javier's power is invisibility, I would say that's a big
yep.

PAIGE
They must have some sort of barrier protecting their offices.
That summoning spell should have worked.

PIPER
I guess since we can't get him out, we're going to have to go
in. Seeing as the spell didn't work, discreetly orbing in is
probably out of the question, huh?

PAIGE
Probably. But I think whether we can orb in or hop in on pogo
sticks is actually the least pressing matter at the moment.
Having a way to vanquish the demons that are holding Javier
captive would be helpful.

PIPER
(beat)
Chris!

Chris ORBS IN.

CHRIS
Yeah?

PIPER
Do you know how to vanquish a group of demons called the
Potestas?

CHRIS
The Potestas? They're part of the Brotherhood of the Thorn,
aren't they?
(off Piper's nod)
They're upper-level demons. A potion made from their flesh
should work.

PIPER
There's no other way?

CHRIS
Not that I know of.

PAIGE
I'll start scrying.

Paige moves over to the table where a map and scrying crystal lie.

CHRIS
Scrying for what? What's the problem?

PIPER
We have an innocent who is trapped in the Brotherhood's
headquarters. Paige is scrying for demons who are members so
that we can get a piece of flesh to make a vanquishing potion.

PAIGE
Wait a second. Didn't Javier say that the Brotherhood wanted to
use the Tempore to retrieve the Grimoire from the time and place
that it was lost?

PIPER
Yeah.

PAIGE
So why don't we write a spell to do the same thing? To retrieve
the Belthazor flesh I threw away from the time and place that it
was lost.

CHRIS
You want to use a spell to create a temporal fold? That's...not
a good idea. Temporal folds are tricky. If you perform the spell
incorrectly, you could end up retrieving the wrong object--you
could get Belthazor along with his flesh--or you could be
relocated in time yourself.

PIPER
Why don't we use the Tempore then?

CHRIS
What?

PAIGE
We don't know where it is.

PIPER
Phoebe could find out. She could use her power to see where
Javier hid it.

PAIGE
She can't help us remember?

PIPER
We can try talking to her again...

CHRIS
Wait. Why can't Phoebe help?

INT. PHOEBE'S ROOM - NIGHT

Phoebe is lying on her bed, curled into a semi-fetal position, her back to the door and to her sisters. A knock sounds on the door and Chris enters before Phoebe can answer. She lifts her head to see who her visitor is.

PHOEBE
What are you doing here?

CHRIS
Your sisters called for me to ask a question about the innocent
they're trying to save. And I came up here to ask you why you're
not doing the same thing.

PHOEBE
I can't. I can't be around them.

CHRIS
Why? What's wrong?

PHOEBE
Leave me alone. You don't care what's bothering me.

CHRIS
Well, you aren't talking to your sisters, who do care about you,
so I'm all you've got.

PHOEBE
(beat)
All of the premonitions I've been having--at first I was just
seeing dumb stuff, like the teapot whistling. But now all I'm
seeing are visions of people who are in pain. And every time I
have a vision, I can feel that person's pain. So when I'm around
my sisters, I keep having premonitions and I just can't bear
feeling all of that pain anymore.

CHRIS
So you're going to cause more pain by not helping your sisters
and letting an innocent die? But I guess that doesn't matter as
long as you don't have to feel it.

PHOEBE
Just go away. I can't believe I even told you.

CHRIS
Fine. But I want you to think about something. You have all of
these premonitions for a reason--to help other people. So
instead of thinking about the pain you're feeling now, think
about all of the pain your sisters must have felt.

Chris ORBS OUT, leaving Phoebe alone in her room.

INT. ATTIC - NIGHT

Piper is looking through the Book of Shadows. Paige stands over a map scrying and the crystal drops.

PAIGE
Found one.

PIPER
Okay. We'll orb in and see what the situation is. If I can't
freeze him, we get the hell out of there. It's too dangerous to
try to slice and dice if I can't freeze him when it's just the
two of us.

Paige is distracted by something off screen. Piper follows Paige's gaze.

PIPER (cont'd)
Phoebe.

Phoebe is now standing near the door.

PHOEBE
Hey, guys. Um, I'm here to help. I realized that saving an
innocent is more important than any physical discomfort I might
feel.
(beat)
So, who are we attacking?

PIPER
Actually, we may not have to attack anyone now that you're here.
Paige and I had an idea about using the Tempore to retrieve the
Belthazor flesh.

PAIGE
But since we don't know where it is, we thought you could try to
get a premonition to see where Javier hid it.

Piper holds out the jacket Javier had been wearing earlier to Phoebe. Phoebe stares at the jacket for a moment, considering.

PHOEBE
Okay...

Reluctantly, she takes the jacket and, holding it tightly, she begins to concentrate.

INT. MANOR - PIPER'S BEDROOM - NIGHT - PHOEBE'S PREMONITION

Javier weeps as he tries to tell the sisters what happened to his cousin.

IN THE ATTIC Phoebe squirms uncomfortably.

INT. INITECH BUILDING - OFFICE - NIGHT - PHOEBE'S PREMONITION

Javier is bound to a chair in the middle of the room, weary and not very lucid--the same scene from before.

IN THE ATTIC Phoebe drops the jacket, backing away from it as if it had burned her.

PHOEBE
I can't. I can't do it.

Piper moves toward her sister, placing a consoling arm around her shoulders.

PIPER
Yes, you can. You can do this. All you have to do is the same
thing you've been doing all these years, just in reverse.
Instead of concentrating on calling a premonition, you need to
concentrate on blocking out the premonitions you don't want to
see.

PHOEBE
Piper, I can't. If I touch that jacket--

PIPER
If you touch the jacket, you're going to get a premonition. You
all ready know that. So focus on what you want to see.

Paige picks up Javier's jacket from where Phoebe dropped it on the floor and holds it out to her sister.

PAIGE
You can do this.

Hesitantly, Phoebe takes the jacket and closes her eyes to concentrate. After a moment she opens her eyes again.

PHOEBE
I know where it is.

INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT

Surrounded by ingredients, the Book of Shadows open to the entry with the Belthazor vanquish next to her, Piper is making a potion on the stove. The potion flames as she drops in a pig's foot. Phoebe is holding the Tempore, a small round object about five or six inches in diameter. Paige is sitting at the kitchen table drawing.

PHOEBE
(about the Tempore)
I was expecting it to be bigger. This kind of reminds me of that
box that Grams used to keep some of her junk jewelry in.
Remember, she would let us play with it when we were little?

PIPER
I do remember. Would you add a cockleshell? They're right next
to you.

Phoebe tosses a cockleshell into the pot and the potion flames.

PAIGE
The "representation of the desired object" is finished.

She displays the picture she has drawn of the Belthazor flesh in its container.

PAIGE (cont'd)
How's the potion coming?

PIPER
Almost done. We just need to say a few words and then add the
flesh when it...arrives.

The sisters crowd around the Book of Shadows.

PIPER, PAIGE and PHOEBE
Sprits of air, forests and sea
Set us of this demon free.
Beasts of hoof and beasts of shell,
Drive this evil back to hell!

The potion flames, the flames reaching higher than the previous times.

PIPER
Let's do this.

Piper flips to a marked page in the Book of Shadows--the entry for the Tempore.

PIPER (cont'd)
Okay, drawing first, then the Tempore.

Paige places her drawing on the kitchen floor and Phoebe places the Tempore on top of it. The sisters join hands in a circle with the Tempore in the center.

PIPER, PAIGE and PHOEBE
Object lost in the sands of time
Before its use had ended
From whence it vanished return it now
So that all may be mended

The Tempore opens, a blinding stream of white light issuing from it. After several seconds the light dies down. The Tempore has closed. The drawing has vanished and atop the Tempore sits the container of Belthazor flesh. Paige picks up the container.

PAIGE
Huh. It's still cold.

POTESTAS #2 (O.S.)
Thank you.

Potestas #1 and #2 are now menacing nearby.

POTESTAS #2 (cont'd)
We've been waiting for someone to do that.

END OF ACT III