A Deal with the Demon Part 2
[Scene: Manor. Kitchen. Nighttime.]
(The house is empty. Cole shimmers in holding Patience. She is still unconscious and bleeding. He carries her to the couch, listening for breathing and feeling for a pulse. Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Leo all orb in. Phoebe is crying and Leo walks over to Patience.)
Cole: Hurry, Leo. She's not breathing. (Leo puts his hands over her wound and tries to heal her but nothing happens.)
Phoebe: Why isn't it working? (Leo withdraws his hands.)
Leo: I can't heal her. She must have lost too much blood. (Phoebe starts to cry hysterically. Piper holds her while she cries on her shoulder. Paige gets a brainstorm and walks up to Patience.)
Paige: Maybe you can't heal her because she's half demon. Maybe a half whitelighter can cancel that out like when Cole was stabbed.
Leo: It's worth a shot. (Leo holds Paige's hand and they put their hands over Patience's wound.) Just relax. Let my power flow through you. (The cut starts to heal. Phoebe looks up and sees that it's working. The cut finally disappears and Patience wakes up. She looks weak but Phoebe goes up and gives her a big bear hug.)
Phoebe: Oh, god. I thought I lost you. Say something.
Patience: Can't... breath! (Phoebe realizes that she's strangling her and she let's go.)
Phoebe: Sorry.
Patience: It's ok. What happened?
Piper: You almost died. That's what happened.
Leo: Do you remember anything?
Patience: I touched the Book of Shadows and got a premonition of Jason being killed by a demon. So I went to find him and he was being attacked. I stopped the demon and got Jason up. He must have stabbed me when I wasn't looking.
Cole: You should watch your back. That demon could have cut your head off.
Patience: Yeah, right. How was your date?
Phoebe: It was great except when Jason had to leave. He got beeped. Oh god. I think it was a demon trying to lure me out and instead he got Jason. Thanks for saving him. (She goes up to hug her but Patience pulls back.)
Patience: Maybe you shouldn't hug me. You might crush me.
Phoebe: Right, well, I've had enough excitement for one night. I think I'm going to go to sleep. Goodnight, everyone. (She runs up the stairs.)
Piper: I think I'm going to hit the sack, too. You coming?
Leo: Right behind you. (Piper and Leo run upstairs.)
Cole: If you want to stay here tonight, it's fine with me. (Patience nods and he shimmers out.)
Paige: Well, if everyone is turning in, I might as well.
Patience: Paige, wait. I need to tell you something. You have a way of seeing things that no one else wants to, like when dad was evil. I know that you'll believe, but you have to promise you won't tell Phoebe, ok?
Paige: Sure, what is it?
Patience: I didn't exactly tell the truth about tonight. It wasn't the demon that stabbed me.
Paige: Well, if it wasn't the demon, who was it? (Patience sits up and takes a deep breath.)
Patience: It was Jason.
Opening Credits
[Scene: Jason's Penthouse. Morning.]
(Jason is dressing and getting ready for work. He goes into his kitchen and dishes up his breakfast. He sits down to eat when Sirius shimmers in. Jason looks up and jumps in his seat.)
Jason: What the hell? Oh, it's you. What do you want?
Sirius: I wanted to just know how your date was last night. It took me a lot of work to set that up for you. I had to arrange the violinists, hire a cook, kill the security guards, and I didn't even get a thank you.
Jason: A demon with manners. That's a good one. Well, you're right. I do owe you a favor. So, what does the Source want me to do?
Sirius: He wants you to bring Patience to him.
Jason: What? But she's dead.
Sirius: Unfortunately, your girlfriend found her and had her whitelighter heal her. She's alive, but soon she'll be powerless. (He holds up the athame that Jason stabbed Patience with. It still has her blood on it. Sirius says an incantation and it starts to glow.) This knife is blessed. It has a poison that will make its victim weak when they use their powers. When Patience shimmers over to your place, she'll start to feel weak. Then she'll use her energy balls and then she'll be completely powerless. The only thing she'll be able to do is get premonitions. Later in the day, I'll lure her here and then you'll be able to capture her. Then you'll be able to be with Phoebe all you want.
Jason: What if I don't want to?
Sirius: You've dug your own grave. If you don't do this, the Source will not only make sure you're in your coffin but he'll make sure that Phoebe is in it with you. (Jason stares at him and he walks up to him.) I'll give you some time to think about it. It doesn't matter to me what you do. You might want to think about Phoebe though. (He shimmers out. Jason takes his glass of milk and throws it against the wall.)
Cut to: [P3.]
(Piper is talking on the phone when Leo orbs in. She looks frustrated.)
Piper: You can't cancel. The concert's tonight. I can't get a replacement before eight. Yeah, ok. Thank you. (She hangs up the phone and sighs. Leo goes up to hug her.)
Leo: Now what?
Piper: Maroon 5 canceled out on me. The lead singer lost his voice and he can't sing. His agent said he'd get another band to play tonight. I don't know how he's going to find anyone.
Leo: You just have to calm down. Everything's going to be alright.
Piper: Leo, I'm freaking out. The only band I could possibly book is down with laryngitis. How am I suppose to calm down?
Leo: Maybe you should go home. Paige can come work here tonight. We can spend the day with the kids. (She kisses him.)
Piper: Suddenly, I feel better. (They both smile and hold each other.)
Cut to: [Bay Mirror.]
(Phoebe is typing her advice column. She is very focused and jumps when Jason knocks on the door.)
Jason: Hey. I didn't think you spooked so easily.
Phoebe: I just had a rough night when I got home.
Jason: Is that good or bad?
Phoebe: No, I loved last night. The dinner was awesome.
Jason: So, did you think about it?
Phoebe: Jason, I just can't make a decision overnight. I need some time. Just give me a couple days.
Jason: That's fair. Mind if I ask you which way you're leaning?
Phoebe: Good indications.
Jason: Good indications? (Phoebe nods.) That's good. Hey, guess who I saw last night.
Phoebe: Patience.
Jason: Yeah, did you talk to her?
Phoebe: No, just a guess. She didn't upset you, did she?
Jason: No, not at all. Remember the beeper? Apparently, it was an enemy that hired a hit man. Patience showed up in the nick of time. She told me to run before it got ugly. She said she could take care of it. She's a real trooper.
Phoebe: Yeah, that's Patience for you. Always looking for a fight.
Jason: I was wondering if I could meet her pretty soon to thank her. Could you set up something for me?
Phoebe: Yeah, sure. Name the time and place.
Jason: How about after work at my place. Tell her to come alone. (He smiles.)
Phoebe: Whatever your little heart desires, boss.
Cut to: [Manor. Attic.]
Paige: Well, your résumé is very... vibrant. But I don't think you would be the right person for the job. We need a person that will influence the kids to be peaceful, not someone that will show them how to kill so violently.
Banshee: What's wrong with getting a little bloody?
Paige: Nothing, we have to get a little bloody sometimes but we need to keep the school quiet. Ok?
Banshee: I understand. I have other things to tend to. (She starts screaming. Paige covers her ears. The banshee finally stops and disintegrates. Patience just threw an energy ball at her. She goes over to Paige and picks her up off the ground.)
Patience: You must be really desperate. I know that you're trying really hard to get the magic school to stay open but I'd appreciate it if my headmaster didn't try to make my blood vessels explode.
Paige: Sorry. I'm really trying to make this work but I'm running out of options. You ok? You look a little pale.
Patience: I just feel a little dizzy. I'm ok. I came up here to look at the book. I want to see what triggered my premonition.
Paige: I don't think you'll find Jason in there.
Patience: No, I just think... (She comes up on the page that triggered her premonition. It talks about Sirius.) That's him. That's the guy that tried to kill Jason. Sirius is an upper level demon. He is known as the Source's right hand. If the Source would ever die he would be in line to ascend to the thrown. He is a very powerful demon that can not only hear other people's thoughts but he can put thoughts into other's minds. He is a very manipulative demon.
Paige: That's it. He was trying to control Jason.
Patience: No, you have to be willing to do his biding. Otherwise, he has no control. He can be very convincing.
Paige: So, Jason is a demon.
Patience: Did I tell you about my dream? Jason said he was a demon and killed Phoebe and me. But his eyes were still human. I think the Source is trying to control him. We need to help him.
Paige: What do we do?
Patience: We get him here and try to talk some sense into him. Then we get Phoebe to believe us and have her make a potion that will make him good again. Now, how are we going to get him here? (The phone starts ringing. They both run downstairs and answer it.) Hello? Phoebe, what are you calling for?
Phoebe: (over phone.) Oh, just checking up on you. Hey, Jason came by. He told me what happened and he said he wants to thank you. He said he wants to meet you at his house at 5:30. You think you could do that?
Patience: Hold on a second. (She puts her hand over the phone.) Jason wants to meet at his house... alone.
Paige: Maybe you should.
Patience: What?
Paige: We'll make a potion and then you can give it to him. The sooner, the better. (Patience takes her hand off the phone and puts it up to her face.)
Patience: What's the address? Ok. (She writes it down.) See ya later. Love you, too. Bye. (She hangs up.) What now?
Paige: Now we make the potion. It's only two. You have plenty of time. Maybe you should tell her about last night and the dream.
Patience: Yeah, right. I can't. She won't believe me. And even if she does, she'll hate me for the rest of my life.
Paige: I don't think it would hurt.
Patience: I'll tell her when I'm ready. Let's go make the potion. (They walk into the kitchen.)
Cut to: [Jason's office.]
(Jason's working very hard when Sirius shimmers in.)
Jason: I don't think you should do that. Someone might see you and then they'll try to catch you.
Sirius: If they do, I'll just blow them away. Did you make the arrangements?
Jason: Yeah, she'll meet at my place by herself. Then you can make your attack and I'll tell her to shimmer into the alley. Then you'll shimmer down and she'll try to attack you. She'll be powerless and this will be all over, right?
Sirius: That's all there is. What's wrong?
Jason: Phoebe will be safe no matter what, right?
Sirius: Yeah, you and Phoebe will be able to have sex or do whatever the hell you want. Just make sure you're ready. There's no turning back now. It's quarter to five. Maybe you should get ready to leave. (He shimmers out. Jason gets his stuff together and leaves.)
Jason: Elise, I'm leaving early. Can you lock up? (She nods.) Thanks, and tell Phoebe she needs to stay till six. (He walks out the door.)
Cut to: [Manor. Kitchen.]
(Piper walks into the kitchen and sees Paige and Patience making a potion. She looks around and sets her stuff down.)
Patience: Hi, Piper.
Piper: Hey, what are you doing?
Patience: Making dinner?
Piper: That is not dinner. That is a potion. What kind of potion is it?
Paige: It's a good potion.
Piper: It better be a good potion because I don't want any ingredients wasted.
Paige: No, it's a good potion, one that will change evil into good.
Piper: Ok, spill it. What happened now?
Patience: You tell her.
Paige: No, it's your problem.
Piper: Yeah, Patience, it's your problem. What's the problem?
Patience: Ok, a couple nights ago I had a dream that Jason said he was working for the Source and he killed Phoebe and me.
Piper: You're making a potion because you had a dream?
Patience: No, last night it wasn't the demon that stabbed me, it was Jason. I think he was working with the demon.
Piper: I guess you do have a reason for making a good potion. And I suppose you forgot share this little detail last night, right?
Patience: No, I didn't tell you because you wouldn't believe, and you can't tell Phoebe.
Piper: Patience, you have to tell her. We can help you.
Patience: No, I got this under control. (She pours the potion into a vial and closes it.) It's five o'clock. I need to get to Jason's house. You wanna give me a ride? (They don't say anything.) Fine, I'll take a taxi. (She starts to leave but Piper stops her.)
Piper: Patience, be careful.
Patience: Come on, Piper. I'm a demon and he's a mortal. The only way he could beat me is if I didn't have powers.
Cut to: [Jason's Penthouse.]
(Jason is standing by the window looking out when Sirius shimmers in.)
Sirius: You ready for this? (He nods. Sirius sees he's worried and he puts his hand on his shoulder.) Don't worry. You'll do fine. (The elevator rings.) Oh! (He looks at the clock. It says 5:20. He talks in his mind.) She's early. That's ok. The sooner, the better. (He shimmers out and Patience walks out of the elevator.)
Patience: You said you wanted to see me.
Jason: Yeah, I wanted to thank you for saving my life again. I thought I'd offer you supper. (She glares at him.) Look, I know you don't like me going out with your cousin. I really like her. I just want to be friends. I have chocolate cake. (Patience smiles.)
Patience: Sure. I'll have some. (She sits down and he goes to the fridge to get the cake when a group of warlocks blink in.)
Warlock leader: Yummy. (He throws Jason on the table and Patience gets up. They surround them.) It's time for a little treat, boys.
Jason: Get us out of here.
Patience: How? With magic?
Jason: Yeah, shimmer us out.
Patience: What?
Jason: Just do it. The alley's clear. Hurry before they rip us apart. (They all throw fire at them and they shimmer out.)
Cut to: [Alley.]
(Patience and Jason shimmer into the alley. Patience leans against the wall.)
Jason: Oh, that was close. Hey, you alright? You look like you're going to faint. (At that moment, Sirius shimmers in.)
Sirius: Hey, you miss me?
Patience: Jason, run. (She throws an energy ball at him but it doesn't even dent him.) What?
Sirius: You're completely powerless. You can't shimmer, you can't throw energy balls. You're defenseless.
Jason: And now, (Patience turns around.) I'll finally have Phoebe all to myself.
Patience: You were working with him. (She gets the potion out and throws it at him. Nothing happens.) Why didn't it work?
Sirius: A changing potion. It was suppose to turn him good. The problem is he's already good. (She tries to shimmer out but she shimmers back in and falls to the ground.) The Source will be happy to meet you. (He picks her up. She tries to get away but she's too weak to move.) You coming?
Jason: Do I have to?
Sirius: I suppose not. You did an awesome job. (He shimmers out. Jason stands there for a while and then heads back up to his penthouse.)
Cut to: [Manor. Living room.]
(Phoebe comes in the house and throws her purse on the floor. She looks a little pissed. She walks in the living room and sees Paige and Piper sitting down.)
Phoebe: Can you believe it? Jason made me stay until six. I can't believe he made me do overtime.
Paige: Wow, one hour. It must be tough.
Phoebe: Well, last night he proposed to me and he still treats me like an employee.
Piper: Phoebe, you are and employee. You can't expect special treatment.
Phoebe: I suppose. But what reason did he have to leave early? (Paige and Piper look at each other.) What did Patience do now?
Piper: We should tell her. I don't care if she made us promise. She needs to know.
Phoebe: Tell me what?
Paige: Patience was keeping a secret and she did it only so you wouldn't get mad at her. She had a dream that Jason said he was working for the Source and then he killed you both. Then when she went to save Jason, he stabbed her, not the demon.
Phoebe: What?
Piper: Patience and Paige made a potion that would make him good and then she went to meet him. Don't get worried.
Phoebe: I can't believe it. She thought that Jason was a demon?
Piper: Not a demon, just working for the Source. Come to think of it, Leo said that there might be someone human working for him. (Phoebe sits in a chair.)
Paige: It kind of makes sense though. Jason avoiding you, then he you so suddenly last night, and he left early for work. It's no coincidence that we found Patience by the same restaurant you went to last night.
Phoebe: She can't be right. Jason wouldn't do that. (Cole shimmers in.) Just what I need.
Cole: Have any of you seen Patience? We were suppose to go to a movie.
Paige: She had to go see Jason.
Cole: Great, I lost another one to him.
Piper: She had to figure out if he was evil or not. (Cole thinks for a little bit.)
Cole: Hold that thought. (He shimmers out.)
Phoebe: Where's he going? (He shimmers back in holding Jason by the collar. He drops him on the floor.) What the hell's the matter with you?
Cole: Oh, I didn't hurt him. Besides, he already knows about warlocks, witches and demons. Isn't that right, Jason?
Phoebe: What are you talking about?
Cole: Why don't you ask him? (He points at Jason as he picks himself of the floor.)
Piper: Jason, where Patience?
Jason: She's probably on her way back.
Paige: It doesn't take an hour to get from your house to ours. Where is she?
Jason: She probably went to his house. She's buddy-buddy with him. They both shim... (He stops himself but it's too late.)
Cole: He knows that she's a demon. What other demons do you know?
Phoebe: Jason, tell me the truth. Do you remember what happened last time I didn't tell you what I really was? Please, I need to know. (He takes a deep breath.)
Jason: Yesterday, this guy offered me a deal. He told me he could make us be together forever if I helped get your daughter to him. He sent a demon to help and he somehow lured Patience to the restaurant last night. I pretended he was attacking me and she saved me. He gave me a blessed knife to stab her with. The knife makes you weak when you use your powers. I assume that you found her. I had you make arrangements for her to meet me and then warlocks attacked us. I had her shimmer us into an alley where the demon was waiting for us. She tried to defend herself but she just collapsed. Then he took her and shimmered out.
Cole: Where are they now?
Jason: I don't know. He just took her. I'm sorry, Phoebe. I didn't think she would get hurt.
Paige: The demon's name is Sirius. He can read minds and he can manipulate people very easily.
Phoebe: It's ok. We'll think of something.
Jason: I'm really sorry. I wasn't thinking.
Phoebe: It's alright, Jason. (She goes up to him.) It wasn't your fault. (She kisses him. Cole rolls his eyes.) We need to figure out where Patience is. We can't scry for her because she's probably underground.
Piper: Leo can't hear us. He's up there and they won't let him come down.
Paige: Well, we're just going to have to go down there and try scrying. It'll probably work. Should we make a potion?
Piper: The best we can do is a stunning potion. We don't have any flesh from the demon.
Phoebe: We need to hurry.
Cut to: [Underworld. Sirius's Lair.]
(Warlocks are tying Patience to a table. She tries to struggle free but she's still too weak. Sirius and the Source walk up to the table. Sirius is carrying a bag full of items. He sets it down and pulls out some metal rods. He holds one up and Patience sees it. She looks at the Source and she starts to shake.)
Source: That's right. You're feeling it. Your blood is running cold. That's what happens when demons stay down here. They turn evil.
Patience: I'm not evil.
Source: You could be. If you were, you'd be the most powerful demon ever, almost as powerful as me. (He looks at her pants. They're the pink pajamas.) Of course, you won't become a demon unless if you lose the pjs. (Sirius rips open her shirt and looks at her stomach.)
Sirius: I can sense a great amount of power from her. I wonder... how well she takes pain. (He takes a metal rod and heats it in a fire.) You know, the hot tip makes it hurt more but it won't kill you as easily as a raw one. A real demon can handle about four or five. If you come to our side, we won't have to see how many you can handle. (She shakes her head.) Don't say I didn't warn you. (He thrusts it into her side and she screams. He takes another and starts warming it up.) That should hold you on there.
Source: Come now. We can stop the pain right now if you ask. All you have to say is I will serve you.
Patience: Never. (Sirius pushes the second one in slower to make the pain last longer. She screams.)
Cut to: [Underworld.]
(The sisters all orb in. Paige is holding a map and Piper starts scrying.)
Piper: How are we suppose to know where all these chambers are?
Paige: I can orb where it points and then orb right underneath it. (They hear Patience scream. Phoebe starts panicking.)
Phoebe: We need to hurry. (The crystal falls.)
Piper: I got her.
Cut to: [Sirius's Lair.]
(Patience is breathing heavily. There are two rods in her right arm, one in her left, one in each leg and three in her sides. They are giving off lightning.)
Source: I guess those metal rods make good lightning rods, too. (He starts to electrify her again. She screams again but he doesn't stop. Blood starts to drip out of her mouth. He finally stops and Sirius hits her on the head. He makes a big cut.) Why don't you just give in? (Patience turns her head and starts laughing.)
Sirius: She's gone mad. Stop laughing!
Source: Why is she laughing?
Piper: Because she knows what we're going to do to you. (They look over and see the Charmed Ones standing right there. They look really pissed off.)
Sirius: How did you get here?
Paige: We had a reliable source.
Source: Forget them. Live to fight another day. (They both disappear. Phoebe runs over to Patience and looks at her.)
Phoebe: Oh, my god. Those bastards.
Patience: Just pull them out.
Piper: It's the only way.
Paige: Rods! (The rods orb out and orb into her hands. Patience screams and faints.)
Phoebe: Go get some help. I'll stay here.
Piper: You sure?
Phoebe: Yeah. (Piper and Paige orb out. Phoebe unties her and looks at her. Cole shimmers in and sees her cover her mouth with her hands. She starts crying and he embraces her. He looks at Patience and then kisses Phoebe's head.)
Cole: It's ok. She's going to be alright.
Cut to: [P3.]
(Everyone is dancing while Hoobastank plays The Reason. Everyone is having a good time and Paige is passing out drinks. She sees Leo and Piper dancing.)
Paige: Hey, you two, aren't you suppose to be working?
Piper: I'm giving myself a break.
Leo: You were so worried that you weren't going to get a band tonight.
Piper: I know. I can't believe he got Hoobastank. This is great. So, did you find a headmaster yet?
Paige: No, but that won't stop me. I just have to find the right person for the job. You guys have fun.
Piper: We will. (They start dancing.)
Cut to: [Jason's Penthouse.]
(Phoebe walks in and sees Jason starring out the window. Everything is packed up in boxes.)
Phoebe: Are you leaving?
Jason: Unless you have a reason for me to stay. Have you made a decision?
Phoebe: Yeah. This is really, really hard for me. I love you so much, I always have and I always will. But if I married you, I'd have to leave my family, and I can't do that. I'm really sorry; Jason, but I can't marry you. You will find a person that will make you happier than I could ever make you. I promise you that. The Source won't be able to find you. You can start off a new.
Jason: There will always be a place for you in my heart.
Phoebe: I know.
Jason: I love you, Phoebe. (He kisses her and takes back the ring.)
Phoebe: Goodbye, Jason. (She gets on the elevator and the doors close.)
Jason: Goodbye, Phoebe.
The End.
Next Episode: I Hate You, I Love You.