INT. MANOR - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT. The blank figure of Piper lies motionless on the couch.
Phoebe timidly reaches out a hand to touch Piper, but a powerful force emanates from her sister, blasting Phoebe backwards. Paige comes downstairs carrying the Book of Shadows.
PHOEBE
Uhh!
Paige orb into the living room with the Book of Shadows open to the page looking excited.
PAIGE
Okay, I found the demon in the book. It's called the Shadow and it's
a powerful being that relies upon energy from powerful spirits and
ghosts to survive and what are you doing on the floor?
PHOEBE (standing up)
Ow! Ohh, bruising my ass. What were you saying?
PAIGE
The demon that Barbas summoned. It's called the Shadow, and
according to the book, it's using the energy from the matriarchs to
survive.
PHOEBE
Then won't the energy die out?
PAIGE
Eventually, but when the Shadow was born, it was infused with the
single spirit of one powerful wizard and that lasted him for three
hundred years, so I'm thinking all of the matriarchs' spirits are
enough to set him off for a good million or so.
PHOEBE
Are you just telling me in a more detailed way that we're screwed?
PAIGE
Basically, yeah.
PHOEBE
Did you tell Leo about Piper?
PAIGE
No! Of course not.
PHOEBE
W-wait a minute, you didn't tell Leo?
PAIGE
Phoebe, I couldn't. Leo's lost so much. His own son faded away in
his arms, and now we're supposed to tell him that the love of his
life is possibly dead, too? Forget it.
PHOEBE
Well, how are we supposed to hide this from him?
PAIGE
We just don't tell him about Piper.
As if on cue, they hear footsteps coming down the stairs. Phoebe turns frantically to Paige.
PHOEBE
Orb her out of here. Go!
Paige grabs the motionless figure of Piper and orbs out of the living room just as Leo comes down the stairs. He sees the tail ends of the orbs.
LEO (talking about Paige)
Where's she going?
PHOEBE
Uh ... to the bathroom. It was a really emergency. I mean, when
you gotta go, you gotta go, right?
Leo makes a face but quickly changes the subject as he notices someone's missing.
LEO
Where's Piper?
PHOEBE
Oh, she accidentally ghosted into the basement. You know, lack of
control over her powers.
LEO
I'll get her.
PHOEBE
No! No, no, no. You just stay here and look through the Book of
Shadows. I-I mean ... you're not a Whitelighter anymore. What if
you trip and fall down the stairs. Hmm! Did you ever think of that?
She quickly rushes out of the living room leaving a confused Leo. Leo glances at the page open on the Book of Shadows. The Shadow. He frowns, worried, as he sees and reads it.
INT. MANOR - DINING ROOM - NIGHT. Paige is laying Piper down under the table. Phoebe comes rushing in.
PHOEBE
Plan! Okay, we need a plan.
PAIGE
What's wrong?
PHOEBE
Um ... I'm supposed to be bringing back Piper into the living room.
PAIGE
Oh, well, whoops! We can't. She's kind of in a little trance right now.
PHOEBE
No, Paige, you don't understand. Leo expects that I'm bringing
Piper up from the basement in a few seconds.
PAIGE
Okay, I missed the part where this plan was actually an intelligent
one?
PHOEBE
Well, I didn't know what else to stay. I was on the spot. Wait a
minute. You're a Whitelighter. You can glamour into Piper!
PAIGE
What? No! No way. The only time I ever did that was two years
ago, and I was possessed!
PHOEBE
Just glamour into her, we'll grab the book, and head back in here. We'll tell Leo to go get the satyrite crystals or something.
That way, it'll buy us some more time to think up-
PAIGE
Another stupid plan?
PHOEBE
Exactly.
LEO (thinks he's talking to Phoebe and Piper in the attic)
Phoebe? Piper? Is everything okay down there?
PHOEBE (to Paige)
Hurry!
INT. MANOR - BASEMENT - NIGHT. Phoebe and "Piper" orb in.
PHOEBE
Uh, yeah! Yeah, we're fine!
LEO (v.o.)
What about Piper? Is she okay?
There's a moment of silence. Phoebe frantically taps "Piper's" shoulder.
PHOEBE
Say something!
PAIGE (as Piper)
Uh, yeah ... sweetie, every thing's fine!
INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - NIGHT. Phoebe and "Piper" come up the stairs only to be greeted by Leo.
LEO
Everything okay?
PHOEBE
Yeah! Yeah, we're fine. So Leo, why don't you go upstairs and get
the satyrite crystals and we'll get started on the book.
LEO
But the book says The Shadow is a powerful being. What makes
you think the crystals will work?
PHOEBE
I don't! But it never hurts to try. Go! Hurry! The quicker we get this
guy's ass nailed down, the better.
LEO
All right.
(to "Piper")
You okay?
PAIGE (as Piper)
Me? Oh, yeah. Just peachy.
LEO
Okay.
He gives who "Piper" a peck on the cheek and as he turns around and heads back upstairs, "Piper" makes a face. As soon as he's gone, "Piper" glamours back into Paige.
PAIGE (to Phoebe)
Don't tell Piper about this, okay?
INT. UNDERWORLD - CAVE. Hylan is unconscious. The Shadow floats over him while Barbas watches.
BARBAS
What are you going to do with him?
THE SHADOW
How powerful is this demon?
BARBAS
His basic powers aren't very strong. A lower level demon, I believe.
He was helpful as my assistant, but has been useless otherwise.
THE SHADOW
Then we require no use in him.
There's a flash of light and smoke, and when the smoke clears, there is nothing but a wisp of smoke coming from where Hylan was. A dark black essence rises up from where Hylan was.
The Shadow sucks it in and the red evil eyes glow brighter.
BARBAS
Feels good to be back and feared, doesn't it, my lord?
THE SHADOW
Oh, it does indeed. But I'll feel better when those witches are dead.
I've struck one of them, but it's only a temporary solution.
BARBAS
Is she dead?
THE SHADOW
Oh, no, she isn't dead. I've put a body bind on her. A powerful spell
that freezes her in her place, which also freezes the Power of Three
in place, making them vulnerable.
BARBAS
I see why you are revered as a demon.
THE SHADOW
Tell me, Barbas, where might these three wiccan sisters live?
INT. MANOR - DINING ROOM - NIGHT. Paige and Phoebe are holding hands, chanting a spell.
PAIGE and PHOEBE (chanting)
We call upon the Halliwell line,
weave our spell through our sister's mind.
Awaken this witch from her slumber so deep,
and with this spell, rise from her sleep.
Nothing happens. Piper remains motionless on the ground. Phoebe lets out a sigh of exasperation.
PHOEBE
Maybe it didn't work because the rest of the Halliwells aren't exactly
resting in peace, now are they?
PAIGE
No, Phoebe, it didn't work because there apparently is no reversal
spell. The only person who can reverse this is the Shadow, and I
don't think he's gonna do that so easily.
LEO (o.s.)
Paige? Phoebe, where are you?
PHOEBE (frantic)
Ooh! It's Leo! What do we do?
PAIGE (chanting quickly)
Closed and lock door,
por favor!
Paige points at the open entryway where there is no door, and in a shimmer of magic, a door appears. It closes and locks itself. There's a bump from the other side.
LEO (v.o.)
Ow! Where the hell did this come from? Paige? Phoebe? What's
going on?
PAIGE (frantically)
Freeze in time,
freeze in place.
Do not move,
until this spell I erase.
There's a glimmer of magic in the air. Silence follows that. Paige walks over to the closed door and opens it, only to see a frozen Leo holding satyrite crystals.
PHOEBE
What the hell kind of spells were those?
PAIGE
Hey, it worked didn't it? The good thing is we don't have to worry
about Leo finding out, right? Phoebe?
Paige turns and looks around only to see Phoebe lying motionless on the ground, right next to Piper ... and just like Piper. Her eyes wide open, just staring out.
PAIGE
Phoebe?
THE SHADOW (v.o.)
Forget it, witch.
Paige spins around and sees the Shadow floating in the dining room. She backs away from it.
THE SHADOW
Oh, it was so easy getting those two.
Paige grabs a knife on the dining room table and throws it at the Shadow but it passes right through him. The Shadow gives out an evil laugh.
THE SHADOW
And then there was one.
A stream of fire flies out from the black mist and heads right to Paige, as she stands there, shocked ...
FADE OUT
END OF ACT III
Phoebe timidly reaches out a hand to touch Piper, but a powerful force emanates from her sister, blasting Phoebe backwards. Paige comes downstairs carrying the Book of Shadows.
PHOEBE
Uhh!
Paige orb into the living room with the Book of Shadows open to the page looking excited.
PAIGE
Okay, I found the demon in the book. It's called the Shadow and it's
a powerful being that relies upon energy from powerful spirits and
ghosts to survive and what are you doing on the floor?
PHOEBE (standing up)
Ow! Ohh, bruising my ass. What were you saying?
PAIGE
The demon that Barbas summoned. It's called the Shadow, and
according to the book, it's using the energy from the matriarchs to
survive.
PHOEBE
Then won't the energy die out?
PAIGE
Eventually, but when the Shadow was born, it was infused with the
single spirit of one powerful wizard and that lasted him for three
hundred years, so I'm thinking all of the matriarchs' spirits are
enough to set him off for a good million or so.
PHOEBE
Are you just telling me in a more detailed way that we're screwed?
PAIGE
Basically, yeah.
PHOEBE
Did you tell Leo about Piper?
PAIGE
No! Of course not.
PHOEBE
W-wait a minute, you didn't tell Leo?
PAIGE
Phoebe, I couldn't. Leo's lost so much. His own son faded away in
his arms, and now we're supposed to tell him that the love of his
life is possibly dead, too? Forget it.
PHOEBE
Well, how are we supposed to hide this from him?
PAIGE
We just don't tell him about Piper.
As if on cue, they hear footsteps coming down the stairs. Phoebe turns frantically to Paige.
PHOEBE
Orb her out of here. Go!
Paige grabs the motionless figure of Piper and orbs out of the living room just as Leo comes down the stairs. He sees the tail ends of the orbs.
LEO (talking about Paige)
Where's she going?
PHOEBE
Uh ... to the bathroom. It was a really emergency. I mean, when
you gotta go, you gotta go, right?
Leo makes a face but quickly changes the subject as he notices someone's missing.
LEO
Where's Piper?
PHOEBE
Oh, she accidentally ghosted into the basement. You know, lack of
control over her powers.
LEO
I'll get her.
PHOEBE
No! No, no, no. You just stay here and look through the Book of
Shadows. I-I mean ... you're not a Whitelighter anymore. What if
you trip and fall down the stairs. Hmm! Did you ever think of that?
She quickly rushes out of the living room leaving a confused Leo. Leo glances at the page open on the Book of Shadows. The Shadow. He frowns, worried, as he sees and reads it.
INT. MANOR - DINING ROOM - NIGHT. Paige is laying Piper down under the table. Phoebe comes rushing in.
PHOEBE
Plan! Okay, we need a plan.
PAIGE
What's wrong?
PHOEBE
Um ... I'm supposed to be bringing back Piper into the living room.
PAIGE
Oh, well, whoops! We can't. She's kind of in a little trance right now.
PHOEBE
No, Paige, you don't understand. Leo expects that I'm bringing
Piper up from the basement in a few seconds.
PAIGE
Okay, I missed the part where this plan was actually an intelligent
one?
PHOEBE
Well, I didn't know what else to stay. I was on the spot. Wait a
minute. You're a Whitelighter. You can glamour into Piper!
PAIGE
What? No! No way. The only time I ever did that was two years
ago, and I was possessed!
PHOEBE
Just glamour into her, we'll grab the book, and head back in here. We'll tell Leo to go get the satyrite crystals or something.
That way, it'll buy us some more time to think up-
PAIGE
Another stupid plan?
PHOEBE
Exactly.
LEO (thinks he's talking to Phoebe and Piper in the attic)
Phoebe? Piper? Is everything okay down there?
PHOEBE (to Paige)
Hurry!
INT. MANOR - BASEMENT - NIGHT. Phoebe and "Piper" orb in.
PHOEBE
Uh, yeah! Yeah, we're fine!
LEO (v.o.)
What about Piper? Is she okay?
There's a moment of silence. Phoebe frantically taps "Piper's" shoulder.
PHOEBE
Say something!
PAIGE (as Piper)
Uh, yeah ... sweetie, every thing's fine!
INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - NIGHT. Phoebe and "Piper" come up the stairs only to be greeted by Leo.
LEO
Everything okay?
PHOEBE
Yeah! Yeah, we're fine. So Leo, why don't you go upstairs and get
the satyrite crystals and we'll get started on the book.
LEO
But the book says The Shadow is a powerful being. What makes
you think the crystals will work?
PHOEBE
I don't! But it never hurts to try. Go! Hurry! The quicker we get this
guy's ass nailed down, the better.
LEO
All right.
(to "Piper")
You okay?
PAIGE (as Piper)
Me? Oh, yeah. Just peachy.
LEO
Okay.
He gives who "Piper" a peck on the cheek and as he turns around and heads back upstairs, "Piper" makes a face. As soon as he's gone, "Piper" glamours back into Paige.
PAIGE (to Phoebe)
Don't tell Piper about this, okay?
INT. UNDERWORLD - CAVE. Hylan is unconscious. The Shadow floats over him while Barbas watches.
BARBAS
What are you going to do with him?
THE SHADOW
How powerful is this demon?
BARBAS
His basic powers aren't very strong. A lower level demon, I believe.
He was helpful as my assistant, but has been useless otherwise.
THE SHADOW
Then we require no use in him.
There's a flash of light and smoke, and when the smoke clears, there is nothing but a wisp of smoke coming from where Hylan was. A dark black essence rises up from where Hylan was.
The Shadow sucks it in and the red evil eyes glow brighter.
BARBAS
Feels good to be back and feared, doesn't it, my lord?
THE SHADOW
Oh, it does indeed. But I'll feel better when those witches are dead.
I've struck one of them, but it's only a temporary solution.
BARBAS
Is she dead?
THE SHADOW
Oh, no, she isn't dead. I've put a body bind on her. A powerful spell
that freezes her in her place, which also freezes the Power of Three
in place, making them vulnerable.
BARBAS
I see why you are revered as a demon.
THE SHADOW
Tell me, Barbas, where might these three wiccan sisters live?
INT. MANOR - DINING ROOM - NIGHT. Paige and Phoebe are holding hands, chanting a spell.
PAIGE and PHOEBE (chanting)
We call upon the Halliwell line,
weave our spell through our sister's mind.
Awaken this witch from her slumber so deep,
and with this spell, rise from her sleep.
Nothing happens. Piper remains motionless on the ground. Phoebe lets out a sigh of exasperation.
PHOEBE
Maybe it didn't work because the rest of the Halliwells aren't exactly
resting in peace, now are they?
PAIGE
No, Phoebe, it didn't work because there apparently is no reversal
spell. The only person who can reverse this is the Shadow, and I
don't think he's gonna do that so easily.
LEO (o.s.)
Paige? Phoebe, where are you?
PHOEBE (frantic)
Ooh! It's Leo! What do we do?
PAIGE (chanting quickly)
Closed and lock door,
por favor!
Paige points at the open entryway where there is no door, and in a shimmer of magic, a door appears. It closes and locks itself. There's a bump from the other side.
LEO (v.o.)
Ow! Where the hell did this come from? Paige? Phoebe? What's
going on?
PAIGE (frantically)
Freeze in time,
freeze in place.
Do not move,
until this spell I erase.
There's a glimmer of magic in the air. Silence follows that. Paige walks over to the closed door and opens it, only to see a frozen Leo holding satyrite crystals.
PHOEBE
What the hell kind of spells were those?
PAIGE
Hey, it worked didn't it? The good thing is we don't have to worry
about Leo finding out, right? Phoebe?
Paige turns and looks around only to see Phoebe lying motionless on the ground, right next to Piper ... and just like Piper. Her eyes wide open, just staring out.
PAIGE
Phoebe?
THE SHADOW (v.o.)
Forget it, witch.
Paige spins around and sees the Shadow floating in the dining room. She backs away from it.
THE SHADOW
Oh, it was so easy getting those two.
Paige grabs a knife on the dining room table and throws it at the Shadow but it passes right through him. The Shadow gives out an evil laugh.
THE SHADOW
And then there was one.
A stream of fire flies out from the black mist and heads right to Paige, as she stands there, shocked ...
FADE OUT
END OF ACT III