Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Charmed Characters. The only ones I do
are the ones that I made up. Which is Kalachi, Inubusies, and Scales. Hope
you enjoy.
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The next day, it's was the beginning of the afternoon at the Halliwell manor. In the kitchen, food is cooking on the stove and in the oven. Food ingredients like flour, salt, etc., bowls, and a few other things are spread out on the kitchen counter. Piper is there, wearing her white apron, and has her hair tied back in a ponytail. She's talking on the phone to Martin, her boss at the restaurant, Quake. She's Pacing back and forth as she's talking into the phone. "Yes, but Mar..." Piper started to talk, but then she was stopped. She listened in the phone. "But how c..." She was cut off again. She bit her lip as she listened into the phone. She sighed. " Yes, I understand, bu..." Piper was cut off again She cringed her teeth, nodding her head back and forth slightly, making a face. "When?" Shrieked Piper, with her eyes widening. "But I ca..." She was cut off again. She let out a deep sigh while saying. "Fine." She sat down at the kitchen table. " You'll have all the food, the supplies, and the arrangements ready and set up for the party by 12:00 tomorrow afternoon." When Piper said tomorrow afternoon, She put one of her elbows on the table and covered the left side of her face with her left hand. As soon as she was finished with her sentence, Martin quickly hung up the phone. Piper got startled a little and gave a small jump when Martin hung up. She hung up the cordless phone, put it on the kitchen table, and buried her face in both of her hands, with her elbows on the table, moaning. "This day can't get any worse." Piper mumbled into her hands.
A few minutes later, Phoebe walked into the kitchen wearing a light blue tan-top and dark blue sweat pants, with her hair in a ponytail. She's a bit out of breath and kind of sweaty after practicing Tae Kwon Do on her punch dummy. She walked past Piper, and headed straight for the refrigerator. She opened the fridge's door and pulled out bottled water. She opened the cap to the bottle water and took a sip. "Who was that on the phone?" Asked Phoebe. She waited a moment for a response, but when she didn't get an answer she called Piper's name. "Piper?" When she still didn't get a response, she turned away from the refrigerator and looked in Piper's direction. She saw Piper sitting at the kitchen table with her elbows on the table and her head buried in both of her hands, sleeping. Phoebe walked over to the kitchen table, put one of her hands on Piper's back, and then sat down next to her. "Honey, what's the matter?" Asked Phoebe, concerned. "Huh?" Said Piper sleepily, starting to wake up. She lifted her head slowly out of her hands, looking around the room for a second, with her eyes half opened. Then she saw Phoebe sitting next to her. "You look exhausted." Said Phoebe. "Yeah. I was up since five this morning cooking." Said Piper still half asleep. Phoebe's eyes widened a little in surprise. "Cooking? At five in the morning?" Asked Phoebe, a little bit shocked. Why in the world was her sister up cooking that early in the morning? Phoebe wondered. Why would Piper make herself so exhausted? True that Phoebe, Piper, and Prue were already exhausted and not getting enough sleep because of all the demon killing and fighting they've been doing this past year, yet Phoebe never saw anyone as exhausted as Piper was at that very moment. "Yeah. Well, Martin called me late last night to tell me that just fifteen minutes ago a family reserve the whole restaurant for a huge for party this Sunday night, and since all of the other chiefs were busy this Sunday, he decided to ask me." Said Piper, half asleep. "So he automatically thought that you could do it," Said Phoebe. Piper heard a little sternness in her younger sisters voice. "Doesn't he know that you have a life?" Apparently not. Thought Piper. But she didn't want to stand up to Martin. She was afraid that she would get fired if she did. And the girls really didn't need that right now. "Well, I couldn't say no. Definitely since I'm the manager and all. Then Martin just called a few minutes ago to tell me that Jack, the person who was supposed to be arranging for the party, just called in sick. So now not only does Martin want me to do the cooking, at home, now he also wants me to set up and arrange for the whole entire party by twelve tomorrow afternoon." Said Piper, wearily. She crossed her arms on the table, then plopped her head into her arms closing her eyes. Phoebe took another sip of her water. "What. That's crazy. He can't pile all that extra work on you like that and expect you to get it done all by yourself in such a short amount of time. Why couldn't he ask someone else to do it?" Asked Phoebe, shocked. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. She so wanted to call Martin right then and there so she can give him a piece of her mind about all this extra work he's piling on her sister. Piper slowly lifted her head up again and looked at Phoebe with her dark brown eyes half opened. "Well, probably because I am that someone else. He's short on employees. " Said Piper. " Well, That's not all he's short on." Laughed Phoebe. Piper couldn't help but to laugh. She loved it when her sisters made her laugh to cheer her up or just to be funny. All of a sudden Phoebe smelt something burning. "Do you smell that?" Asked Phoebe. Piper shook her head. "Smell what?" Asked Piper. Phoebe looked around the kitchen as she said, "Smells like something's b..." She cut herself off when she saw smoke coming out of the oven. "Uh Piper, I think your hor'derves are burning." Said Phoebe. "Oh no." Said Piper She shot up from the table, rushed over to the oven and shut it off. Phoebe took another sip of water as Piper pulled out the pan of lightly darken, burnt brown hor'derves out of the oven and put the pan down on the kitchen counter. "Ya know what, Piper? It's time for you to set Martin straight...I mean, He's been piling more work on you then you can handle. And all this extra work is doing nothing, but making you exhausted. You're just one person, Piper. No one can handle the extra work he piles on you all by themselves." Said Phoebe. After Piper put the hot pan of burnt hor'derves on the kitchen counter, she turned around to face Phoebe at the kitchen table. "You know what, Phoebs? You're right," Said Piper. She walks back to the kitchen table were Phoebe is sitting and picks up the cordless phone. "I'm going to call him right now..." She pressed the "TALK" button on the phone and started to dial the number to Quake as she says, "..And tell him how I really feel about him piling all this extra work on me all the time." Piper clutched the phone in her hand as she held it to her ear. A smile appeared on Phoebe's face. "You go girl." Said Phoebe with a smile. Oh, I hope she goes through with it this time. Thought Phoebe as she watched her older sister on the phone. Then again, she's probably not. Thought Phoebe again. Piper let the phone ring. As the phone was ringing she was taking a couple of deep breaths and thought to her self, I can do this, I can do this. Don't be afraid. On the third ring, Martin picked up the phone. Piper started to talk with some toughness in her voice. "Hello, Martin, I have to tell you s---" But before Piper could finish her sentence, Martin cut her off. Piper bit her lip as she listens into the phone. As Martin was talking, she was still thinking to herself, I can do this, I can do this. She had her confidence for a few minutes, but then all the horrible thoughts of her getting fired came back to her when Martin was almost done talking. Piper totally lost her confidence and chickened out, as usual. I CAN'T do this! Thought Piper with a frown appearing on her face. When Martin was done speaking, Piper started stuttered. "I-I uh..." She hesitated for a moment. She needed to come up with a cover and she needed to do it fast. Then an idea came to her. "I was wondering... how many people are coming to the party again?" Asked Piper. Phoebe rolled her eyes and shook her head slightly as she watched Piper. She knew that Piper wasn't going to go through with it. As Piper was listening into the phone again, she grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and wrote down the number 60 as she said, "60? Ok, bye." Piper hung up the phone and put it down on the kitchen counter. She turned to face Phoebe and Phoebe gave Piper a look. "Wow, you sure showed him. Beware the wrath of Piper." Joke Phoebe. She giggled a little bit. Phoebe's giggle was heard outside the kitchen.
In the living room, by the couch, Prue is on her cell phone talking to Claire, her boss at Bucklands Auction House. "Yes, I'm on my way." Said Prue. She hung up her cell phone and put it back in her pocket book. She headed towards the kitchen. In the kitchen, Piper is still standing near the kitchen counter with her arms crossed across her chest, facing in Phoebe's direction. "I'll talk to him...soon." Said Piper. When Piper said the word "soon", Prue walked into the kitchen. "Tell who, what soon?" Asked Prue. Phoebe and Piper looked towards the kitchen doorway, and saw their oldest sister, Prue standing there. "Oh, nothing." Said Piper. " Yeah, nothing as in, When Piper's boss piles more extra work on her, next on Oprah." Said Phoebe with a smile and a little giggle. Prue also laughed a little. "Not again." Said Prue. "Mm hmm." Said Phoebe. "And this time he wants her to cook, set up, and arrange for this huge party that's going on at Quake tomorrow by 12:00 tomorrow after noon." "What? That's crazy!" Exclaimed Prue." "My words exactly." Said Phoebe. Prue looked at Phoebe who was still sitting at the kitchen table, then back at Piper. "Piper, he's been piling more work on you for the past two weeks. Look at you, you're exhausted. It's time you did something about it." Said Prue. Piper sighed. "I know, and I'll talk to him...soon." Said Piper. "And how soon is soon? A year?" Asked Phoebe. Piper turned off one of the burners on the stove on stirred the stuff that's in the pot with a spoon. " No." Replied Piper. "Um...after the party tomorrow." Phoebe rolled her eyes and Prue crossed her arms across her chest. "Mm hmm." Said Prue and Phoebe looking at Piper. They both knew that Piper wasn't going to go through with talking to her boss. Every time Piper tried to say no to Martin, she would always chicken out and agree to the extra amount of work that he piles on her. "But right now I have a lot of work to do." Said Piper. She grabbed the phone off of the kitchen counter, then she got a pen, the list of items she needed for the party at Quake, and the phone numbers of the places she needed to order the supplies for the party from. As she was dialing the phone, Pure shook her head slightly, and then looked at Phoebe. "I'll be at the auction house if you need me." Said Prue. She turned to leave the kitchen but Phoebe stopped her. "Prue, it's a Saturday." Said Phoebe turning her waist to face the back of the chair. She put her arm over the back of the chair with her hand holding the end piece. "You're supposed to be off on Saturdays." Prue turned to face Phoebe. "Yeah, I know. Claire just called me on my cell phone a few minutes ago and asked me to come in. Obviously, there are some things that need to be appraised. So I should be back in a few hours or so ok. Bye." Said Prue. "Bye." Said Phoebe as Prue left the kitchen.
Back in the underworld, Prue's image is shown leaving the Halliwell manor in the special mirror. Scalces was looking in the mirror, watching the three sisters every move and listening to every word. After Prue left the manor, Scalces waved his hand in front of the mirror causing it to go back to normal. While Scalces was staring in his mirror, the same short demon that was talking to Scalces a little while ago simmered in behind Scalces. The short demon bowed down then stood up again. "Well?" Asked Scalces anxiously. "I have information on where the necklaces are." Announced the demon. Scalces turned away from the mirror and face the short demon. He nodded his head for the demon to continue. "They're at a place called Bucklands." Continued the demon. "Perfect." Sneered Scalces. "That's the place that one of the witches mentioned she was going to. You're dismissed, for now." The short demon bowed again and then he simmered out. Scalces turned back to his special mirror and waved his hand in front of it. The glass in the mirror started to ripple like a rock that was thrown in to water, and a Unclear image of a young woman appeared in the rippling glass. When the glass was solid again, the young women's image in the mirror turned out to be Prue sitting at her desk working on her laptop in her office.
At Bucklands Auction House, Prue is sitting at her desk in her office typing on her laptop. On her desk are two ancient Egyptian canopics that she is appraising. The two canopics are made out of gold and has some symbols engraved into the gold. The top lids were also made out of gold. One of the top lids were carved into the shape of a cat's head and the other was carved into the head of Inubus. Hmm, let's see, the canopics are perfect condition, they even look like they were just made... even though they are centuries old, but that really doesn't make any s---Prue was cut off from her thoughts when a bright bluish-white light shined through the lid of the cat canopic. She saw the bluish-white light from the corner of her eye. "Huh?" Said Prue. She stopped typing and quickly turned her head towards the canopics, but the light already disappeared. She looked around her office for a minute to see where that light came from, but she didn't find anything. "Hmm." Said Prue as she shrugged her shoulders. Must have been the sun reflecting off of something. Thought Prue. She forgot about the light and turned her attention back to her laptop. A few minutes later, Joe, one of the young employees, came into Prue's office carrying a medium size box full of artifacts and pieces of jewelry. "Hey Prue, where do you want this?" Asked Joe referring to the box. Prue looked up from her laptop and looked around the room a minute. She then spotted a clear spot on the floor. "You can put it in the corner over there, Joe," She pointed to the left side of the room. "Thanks." She turned her attention back to her laptop "No problem." Said Joe as he brought the medium size box to the left side of the office and put it down on the floor. When Joe turned back around, he saw the two golden canopics on Prue's desk. "Hey, what are those?" asked Joe, referring to the canopics. He walked over to Prue's desk. She looked up from her laptop again to see what Joe was talking about. "Oh, these are Ancient Egyptian canopics." Replied Prue. While Prue was talking, Joe picked up the Inubus canopic and examined it. The sun reflected off of the golden jar making it sparkle in the sunlight. "Cool," Said Joe. "What do you have on them so far?" He put the canopic back down. "Well, so far I found out that they're made out of hundred percent pure gold..." Said Prue as she got up from her desk. She went over to the other side of her desk to where Joe and the canopics are. "...And that they are in perfect condition. Like they were just made. Not one single scratch, even though they're centuries old. Like from the 1300's B.C." "Wow, you're really good at this." Said Joe. "Thanks," Said Prue. "Right now I'm working on translating the text that's engraved in the cat canopic." She picked up a book that said "Translating the Ancient Egyptian Language" and opened it and put it down on her desk. Joe picked up the cat canopic and examined it. As he was doing so, he looked at the bottom of the canopic and saw weird engravings on the bottom. "Prue, what are these weird engravings on the bottom of this one?" Asked Joe. Prue walked back over to Joe and he handed her the cat canopic. She looked at the bottom of the jar and saw seven pictures engraved in it. Now where did that come from? Prue wondered. "I don't know. They weren't here before." Said Prue. When Prue turned to get the Egyptian book off of her desk, she saw a bright red light shine out of the lid in the Inubus canopic. Oh, Oh no, oh no! Prue panicked a little, making a face. The whole weird supernatural thing had to start now? Right when she's at work, worse yet, with someone in her office? She had to get Joe out of there, and fast. Think, think. Thought Prue while she was looking for something to get rid of Joe. Then she found a file with a hold bunch of papers in it. Ooh, ooh. Got it. She thought as she grabbed the file off of her desk. I just hope he didn't notice anything. She turned around to face Joe; she had the file in her hand. Just her luck, Joe hadn't notice anything at all. He was too busy looking at the weird engraved pictures on the bottom of the cat canopic. Phew! He didn't see a thing. Pure sighed with relief. "Hey, uh you know what Joe? Can you do me a favor and make a copy of this file?" Asked Prue with a small smile on her face. Joe looked up from the golden canopic. "Sure." Said Joe. He put the cat canopic down on Prue's desk, and then took the file of papers from her. " I'll be right back." He turned around and headed towards the door. "Take your time." Prue said. When Joe left, she quickly walked over to her office door and shut it. Now where in the world did that light come from? Wondered Pure as she walked back towards her desk. There was no way that that light was the sun light because the light she just saw was a bright red, and the light she saw the first time out of the corner of her eye was a light bluish-white. Plus the light shined from inside of the canopics, not out. Could it have been her imagination? No. She was sure that she saw a bright red light shine out of the Inubus canopic just seconds before. Prue took the lid off of the Inubus canopic. Please don't let it be demonic. She prayed, as she was about to look inside the canopic. Prue hated getting things that had to with demonic plans to kill her and her sisters, but they were the Charmed Ones and some short of demon or warlock were always trying to kill them. The demons and warlocks even try to disguise themselves as boyfriends or as other people that they've worked with, just like what happened to Piper and Prue, so they can get close enough to kill the girls. When Piper, Prue and Phoebe first became witches, Piper's old boyfriend, Jeremy, who was a warlock, tried to kill them. After Jeremy, many more demons and warlocks kept coming after the girls, like Prue's old boss, Rex, who was a warlock, and his assistant, Hannah, who too was a warlock, at Bucklands when she first worked there. When she looked inside the golden canopic, she couldn't believe her eyes, her mouth dropped open a little. She then took off the lid to cat canopic, wondering if there was something in there to, and there was.
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The next day, it's was the beginning of the afternoon at the Halliwell manor. In the kitchen, food is cooking on the stove and in the oven. Food ingredients like flour, salt, etc., bowls, and a few other things are spread out on the kitchen counter. Piper is there, wearing her white apron, and has her hair tied back in a ponytail. She's talking on the phone to Martin, her boss at the restaurant, Quake. She's Pacing back and forth as she's talking into the phone. "Yes, but Mar..." Piper started to talk, but then she was stopped. She listened in the phone. "But how c..." She was cut off again. She bit her lip as she listened into the phone. She sighed. " Yes, I understand, bu..." Piper was cut off again She cringed her teeth, nodding her head back and forth slightly, making a face. "When?" Shrieked Piper, with her eyes widening. "But I ca..." She was cut off again. She let out a deep sigh while saying. "Fine." She sat down at the kitchen table. " You'll have all the food, the supplies, and the arrangements ready and set up for the party by 12:00 tomorrow afternoon." When Piper said tomorrow afternoon, She put one of her elbows on the table and covered the left side of her face with her left hand. As soon as she was finished with her sentence, Martin quickly hung up the phone. Piper got startled a little and gave a small jump when Martin hung up. She hung up the cordless phone, put it on the kitchen table, and buried her face in both of her hands, with her elbows on the table, moaning. "This day can't get any worse." Piper mumbled into her hands.
A few minutes later, Phoebe walked into the kitchen wearing a light blue tan-top and dark blue sweat pants, with her hair in a ponytail. She's a bit out of breath and kind of sweaty after practicing Tae Kwon Do on her punch dummy. She walked past Piper, and headed straight for the refrigerator. She opened the fridge's door and pulled out bottled water. She opened the cap to the bottle water and took a sip. "Who was that on the phone?" Asked Phoebe. She waited a moment for a response, but when she didn't get an answer she called Piper's name. "Piper?" When she still didn't get a response, she turned away from the refrigerator and looked in Piper's direction. She saw Piper sitting at the kitchen table with her elbows on the table and her head buried in both of her hands, sleeping. Phoebe walked over to the kitchen table, put one of her hands on Piper's back, and then sat down next to her. "Honey, what's the matter?" Asked Phoebe, concerned. "Huh?" Said Piper sleepily, starting to wake up. She lifted her head slowly out of her hands, looking around the room for a second, with her eyes half opened. Then she saw Phoebe sitting next to her. "You look exhausted." Said Phoebe. "Yeah. I was up since five this morning cooking." Said Piper still half asleep. Phoebe's eyes widened a little in surprise. "Cooking? At five in the morning?" Asked Phoebe, a little bit shocked. Why in the world was her sister up cooking that early in the morning? Phoebe wondered. Why would Piper make herself so exhausted? True that Phoebe, Piper, and Prue were already exhausted and not getting enough sleep because of all the demon killing and fighting they've been doing this past year, yet Phoebe never saw anyone as exhausted as Piper was at that very moment. "Yeah. Well, Martin called me late last night to tell me that just fifteen minutes ago a family reserve the whole restaurant for a huge for party this Sunday night, and since all of the other chiefs were busy this Sunday, he decided to ask me." Said Piper, half asleep. "So he automatically thought that you could do it," Said Phoebe. Piper heard a little sternness in her younger sisters voice. "Doesn't he know that you have a life?" Apparently not. Thought Piper. But she didn't want to stand up to Martin. She was afraid that she would get fired if she did. And the girls really didn't need that right now. "Well, I couldn't say no. Definitely since I'm the manager and all. Then Martin just called a few minutes ago to tell me that Jack, the person who was supposed to be arranging for the party, just called in sick. So now not only does Martin want me to do the cooking, at home, now he also wants me to set up and arrange for the whole entire party by twelve tomorrow afternoon." Said Piper, wearily. She crossed her arms on the table, then plopped her head into her arms closing her eyes. Phoebe took another sip of her water. "What. That's crazy. He can't pile all that extra work on you like that and expect you to get it done all by yourself in such a short amount of time. Why couldn't he ask someone else to do it?" Asked Phoebe, shocked. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. She so wanted to call Martin right then and there so she can give him a piece of her mind about all this extra work he's piling on her sister. Piper slowly lifted her head up again and looked at Phoebe with her dark brown eyes half opened. "Well, probably because I am that someone else. He's short on employees. " Said Piper. " Well, That's not all he's short on." Laughed Phoebe. Piper couldn't help but to laugh. She loved it when her sisters made her laugh to cheer her up or just to be funny. All of a sudden Phoebe smelt something burning. "Do you smell that?" Asked Phoebe. Piper shook her head. "Smell what?" Asked Piper. Phoebe looked around the kitchen as she said, "Smells like something's b..." She cut herself off when she saw smoke coming out of the oven. "Uh Piper, I think your hor'derves are burning." Said Phoebe. "Oh no." Said Piper She shot up from the table, rushed over to the oven and shut it off. Phoebe took another sip of water as Piper pulled out the pan of lightly darken, burnt brown hor'derves out of the oven and put the pan down on the kitchen counter. "Ya know what, Piper? It's time for you to set Martin straight...I mean, He's been piling more work on you then you can handle. And all this extra work is doing nothing, but making you exhausted. You're just one person, Piper. No one can handle the extra work he piles on you all by themselves." Said Phoebe. After Piper put the hot pan of burnt hor'derves on the kitchen counter, she turned around to face Phoebe at the kitchen table. "You know what, Phoebs? You're right," Said Piper. She walks back to the kitchen table were Phoebe is sitting and picks up the cordless phone. "I'm going to call him right now..." She pressed the "TALK" button on the phone and started to dial the number to Quake as she says, "..And tell him how I really feel about him piling all this extra work on me all the time." Piper clutched the phone in her hand as she held it to her ear. A smile appeared on Phoebe's face. "You go girl." Said Phoebe with a smile. Oh, I hope she goes through with it this time. Thought Phoebe as she watched her older sister on the phone. Then again, she's probably not. Thought Phoebe again. Piper let the phone ring. As the phone was ringing she was taking a couple of deep breaths and thought to her self, I can do this, I can do this. Don't be afraid. On the third ring, Martin picked up the phone. Piper started to talk with some toughness in her voice. "Hello, Martin, I have to tell you s---" But before Piper could finish her sentence, Martin cut her off. Piper bit her lip as she listens into the phone. As Martin was talking, she was still thinking to herself, I can do this, I can do this. She had her confidence for a few minutes, but then all the horrible thoughts of her getting fired came back to her when Martin was almost done talking. Piper totally lost her confidence and chickened out, as usual. I CAN'T do this! Thought Piper with a frown appearing on her face. When Martin was done speaking, Piper started stuttered. "I-I uh..." She hesitated for a moment. She needed to come up with a cover and she needed to do it fast. Then an idea came to her. "I was wondering... how many people are coming to the party again?" Asked Piper. Phoebe rolled her eyes and shook her head slightly as she watched Piper. She knew that Piper wasn't going to go through with it. As Piper was listening into the phone again, she grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and wrote down the number 60 as she said, "60? Ok, bye." Piper hung up the phone and put it down on the kitchen counter. She turned to face Phoebe and Phoebe gave Piper a look. "Wow, you sure showed him. Beware the wrath of Piper." Joke Phoebe. She giggled a little bit. Phoebe's giggle was heard outside the kitchen.
In the living room, by the couch, Prue is on her cell phone talking to Claire, her boss at Bucklands Auction House. "Yes, I'm on my way." Said Prue. She hung up her cell phone and put it back in her pocket book. She headed towards the kitchen. In the kitchen, Piper is still standing near the kitchen counter with her arms crossed across her chest, facing in Phoebe's direction. "I'll talk to him...soon." Said Piper. When Piper said the word "soon", Prue walked into the kitchen. "Tell who, what soon?" Asked Prue. Phoebe and Piper looked towards the kitchen doorway, and saw their oldest sister, Prue standing there. "Oh, nothing." Said Piper. " Yeah, nothing as in, When Piper's boss piles more extra work on her, next on Oprah." Said Phoebe with a smile and a little giggle. Prue also laughed a little. "Not again." Said Prue. "Mm hmm." Said Phoebe. "And this time he wants her to cook, set up, and arrange for this huge party that's going on at Quake tomorrow by 12:00 tomorrow after noon." "What? That's crazy!" Exclaimed Prue." "My words exactly." Said Phoebe. Prue looked at Phoebe who was still sitting at the kitchen table, then back at Piper. "Piper, he's been piling more work on you for the past two weeks. Look at you, you're exhausted. It's time you did something about it." Said Prue. Piper sighed. "I know, and I'll talk to him...soon." Said Piper. "And how soon is soon? A year?" Asked Phoebe. Piper turned off one of the burners on the stove on stirred the stuff that's in the pot with a spoon. " No." Replied Piper. "Um...after the party tomorrow." Phoebe rolled her eyes and Prue crossed her arms across her chest. "Mm hmm." Said Prue and Phoebe looking at Piper. They both knew that Piper wasn't going to go through with talking to her boss. Every time Piper tried to say no to Martin, she would always chicken out and agree to the extra amount of work that he piles on her. "But right now I have a lot of work to do." Said Piper. She grabbed the phone off of the kitchen counter, then she got a pen, the list of items she needed for the party at Quake, and the phone numbers of the places she needed to order the supplies for the party from. As she was dialing the phone, Pure shook her head slightly, and then looked at Phoebe. "I'll be at the auction house if you need me." Said Prue. She turned to leave the kitchen but Phoebe stopped her. "Prue, it's a Saturday." Said Phoebe turning her waist to face the back of the chair. She put her arm over the back of the chair with her hand holding the end piece. "You're supposed to be off on Saturdays." Prue turned to face Phoebe. "Yeah, I know. Claire just called me on my cell phone a few minutes ago and asked me to come in. Obviously, there are some things that need to be appraised. So I should be back in a few hours or so ok. Bye." Said Prue. "Bye." Said Phoebe as Prue left the kitchen.
Back in the underworld, Prue's image is shown leaving the Halliwell manor in the special mirror. Scalces was looking in the mirror, watching the three sisters every move and listening to every word. After Prue left the manor, Scalces waved his hand in front of the mirror causing it to go back to normal. While Scalces was staring in his mirror, the same short demon that was talking to Scalces a little while ago simmered in behind Scalces. The short demon bowed down then stood up again. "Well?" Asked Scalces anxiously. "I have information on where the necklaces are." Announced the demon. Scalces turned away from the mirror and face the short demon. He nodded his head for the demon to continue. "They're at a place called Bucklands." Continued the demon. "Perfect." Sneered Scalces. "That's the place that one of the witches mentioned she was going to. You're dismissed, for now." The short demon bowed again and then he simmered out. Scalces turned back to his special mirror and waved his hand in front of it. The glass in the mirror started to ripple like a rock that was thrown in to water, and a Unclear image of a young woman appeared in the rippling glass. When the glass was solid again, the young women's image in the mirror turned out to be Prue sitting at her desk working on her laptop in her office.
At Bucklands Auction House, Prue is sitting at her desk in her office typing on her laptop. On her desk are two ancient Egyptian canopics that she is appraising. The two canopics are made out of gold and has some symbols engraved into the gold. The top lids were also made out of gold. One of the top lids were carved into the shape of a cat's head and the other was carved into the head of Inubus. Hmm, let's see, the canopics are perfect condition, they even look like they were just made... even though they are centuries old, but that really doesn't make any s---Prue was cut off from her thoughts when a bright bluish-white light shined through the lid of the cat canopic. She saw the bluish-white light from the corner of her eye. "Huh?" Said Prue. She stopped typing and quickly turned her head towards the canopics, but the light already disappeared. She looked around her office for a minute to see where that light came from, but she didn't find anything. "Hmm." Said Prue as she shrugged her shoulders. Must have been the sun reflecting off of something. Thought Prue. She forgot about the light and turned her attention back to her laptop. A few minutes later, Joe, one of the young employees, came into Prue's office carrying a medium size box full of artifacts and pieces of jewelry. "Hey Prue, where do you want this?" Asked Joe referring to the box. Prue looked up from her laptop and looked around the room a minute. She then spotted a clear spot on the floor. "You can put it in the corner over there, Joe," She pointed to the left side of the room. "Thanks." She turned her attention back to her laptop "No problem." Said Joe as he brought the medium size box to the left side of the office and put it down on the floor. When Joe turned back around, he saw the two golden canopics on Prue's desk. "Hey, what are those?" asked Joe, referring to the canopics. He walked over to Prue's desk. She looked up from her laptop again to see what Joe was talking about. "Oh, these are Ancient Egyptian canopics." Replied Prue. While Prue was talking, Joe picked up the Inubus canopic and examined it. The sun reflected off of the golden jar making it sparkle in the sunlight. "Cool," Said Joe. "What do you have on them so far?" He put the canopic back down. "Well, so far I found out that they're made out of hundred percent pure gold..." Said Prue as she got up from her desk. She went over to the other side of her desk to where Joe and the canopics are. "...And that they are in perfect condition. Like they were just made. Not one single scratch, even though they're centuries old. Like from the 1300's B.C." "Wow, you're really good at this." Said Joe. "Thanks," Said Prue. "Right now I'm working on translating the text that's engraved in the cat canopic." She picked up a book that said "Translating the Ancient Egyptian Language" and opened it and put it down on her desk. Joe picked up the cat canopic and examined it. As he was doing so, he looked at the bottom of the canopic and saw weird engravings on the bottom. "Prue, what are these weird engravings on the bottom of this one?" Asked Joe. Prue walked back over to Joe and he handed her the cat canopic. She looked at the bottom of the jar and saw seven pictures engraved in it. Now where did that come from? Prue wondered. "I don't know. They weren't here before." Said Prue. When Prue turned to get the Egyptian book off of her desk, she saw a bright red light shine out of the lid in the Inubus canopic. Oh, Oh no, oh no! Prue panicked a little, making a face. The whole weird supernatural thing had to start now? Right when she's at work, worse yet, with someone in her office? She had to get Joe out of there, and fast. Think, think. Thought Prue while she was looking for something to get rid of Joe. Then she found a file with a hold bunch of papers in it. Ooh, ooh. Got it. She thought as she grabbed the file off of her desk. I just hope he didn't notice anything. She turned around to face Joe; she had the file in her hand. Just her luck, Joe hadn't notice anything at all. He was too busy looking at the weird engraved pictures on the bottom of the cat canopic. Phew! He didn't see a thing. Pure sighed with relief. "Hey, uh you know what Joe? Can you do me a favor and make a copy of this file?" Asked Prue with a small smile on her face. Joe looked up from the golden canopic. "Sure." Said Joe. He put the cat canopic down on Prue's desk, and then took the file of papers from her. " I'll be right back." He turned around and headed towards the door. "Take your time." Prue said. When Joe left, she quickly walked over to her office door and shut it. Now where in the world did that light come from? Wondered Pure as she walked back towards her desk. There was no way that that light was the sun light because the light she just saw was a bright red, and the light she saw the first time out of the corner of her eye was a light bluish-white. Plus the light shined from inside of the canopics, not out. Could it have been her imagination? No. She was sure that she saw a bright red light shine out of the Inubus canopic just seconds before. Prue took the lid off of the Inubus canopic. Please don't let it be demonic. She prayed, as she was about to look inside the canopic. Prue hated getting things that had to with demonic plans to kill her and her sisters, but they were the Charmed Ones and some short of demon or warlock were always trying to kill them. The demons and warlocks even try to disguise themselves as boyfriends or as other people that they've worked with, just like what happened to Piper and Prue, so they can get close enough to kill the girls. When Piper, Prue and Phoebe first became witches, Piper's old boyfriend, Jeremy, who was a warlock, tried to kill them. After Jeremy, many more demons and warlocks kept coming after the girls, like Prue's old boss, Rex, who was a warlock, and his assistant, Hannah, who too was a warlock, at Bucklands when she first worked there. When she looked inside the golden canopic, she couldn't believe her eyes, her mouth dropped open a little. She then took off the lid to cat canopic, wondering if there was something in there to, and there was.