Phoebe is sitting in the attic, writing something in a notebook.
"Dear Sad in San Jose." She says as she writes. "Try Viagra." Phoebe sighs and scrunches up the piece of paper and throws it over her shoulder. She lays her head down in her arms. Leo walks in.
"Long night?" He asks. She sits back up and looks at him.
"Leo!" She says. "Yeah, hey, I'm just working on trying to find that mystery demon, trying to come up with some summoning spells."
"Any luck?"
"No, but I gave that thing that they threw at us to Chris, hoping he could get a lead with the underworld contacts, you know." Leo picks up a scrunched piece of paper and reads it.
""Dear Sad in San Jose, if your husband is impotent, try a cold shower." He chuckles. "Nice spell."
"Give me that." Phoebe grabs the paper from him and bends down to clean up the other papers on the ground. "Don't ask."
"I'm asking." Leo says. "What's the matter?"
"I don't know, I just feel like I can't do anything anymore. And I'm beginning to think that maybe I relied on my powers more than I realized."
"Your advice comes from your heart, not from your powers. Besides, you were an advice columnist long before you were an empath."
"Yeah, and before that I was a witch, and before that, I don't remember what the hell I was. And I'm afraid I'm right back to where I started again."
"Just because you don't have your active power anymore, doesn't mean you're not a witch. You can still write spells, make potions, kick ass. You'll find your way again, you just have to be patient."
"You promise?" She asks.
"I promise." He tells her. "And it wouldn't hurt to rely on Paige for a while. She relied on you for years. Where is she, by the way?"
"She's sleeping, and don't wake her, she's exhausted. She was tossing and turning all night last night." Jamie walks into the attic.
"Do we have any peanut butter?" Jamie smiles Leo. "Oh, hey Leo."
"Hey." He smiles. She turns to Phoebe.
"So, do we?" Jamie asks Phoebe.
"'Do we' what?" Phoebe asks.
"Have any peanut butter."
"Uh, top shelf. I think."
"Thanks." Jamie smiles and walks back downstairs. Phoebe tells Leo about the demons they had encountered the night before.
"What did the throwing thing look like?" Leo asks.
"It's not in the book, I checked." Phoebe tells him. "Besides, I really wanna do this without your help, okay?"
"Well, I came down here to help, remember? At least until the baby's born."
"Yeah, and what's gonna happen after the baby's born?" Phoebe asks.
"What do you mean?"
"Between you and Piper. Have you guys even discussed it?"
"Uh, not exactly." Phoebe stares at Leo. "Okay, not at all. It's just things keep getting in the way."
"Well, Leo, you can't just get the woman pregnant and then pretend like nothing happened."
"I'm not, okay. It's just…" He sighs. "It's complicated."
"Yeah, but it's not gonna get any less complicated after Chris is born." Chris orbs in.
"You talking about me?" He asks.
"No, your fetus." Chris makes a face at Phoebe. "Did you find something?" She asks.
"Not something, someone." He says. "Demonatrix." Phoebe stares at him. "The weapon you found belongs to a group of deadly assassins known as demon... atrix."
"Ohh." Phoebe says.
"Did you find out who they work for?" Leo asks.
"No, but, Leo, check this-"
"Dad." Phoebe cuts Chris off. He stares at her. "Would it kill you to call him dad?"
"Apparently," Chris ignores his aunt. "This demon gives his assassins vanquishing potions. Charmed Ones vanquishing potions."
"What?" Phoebe asks. "How is that possible?"
"How is what possible?" Jamie asks as she walks in eating a peanut butter sandwich. She smiles and walks over to Chris. "Hi."
"Hey." They kiss. Jamie looks at Phoebe.
"So, what's going on?" She asks.
"A demon is getting a hold of our vanquishing potions." Phoebe informs her.
"What? How?"
"The book?" Chris asks.
"No, they wouldn't be able to get near it." Leo says.
"Well, then how?" Chris asks.
"Well, one of them must be reading your minds, like the telepath did at magic school." Leo tells them.
"Magic school." Phoebe repeats and turns to Chris.
"Mom." He says. "I'd better go check on her."
"No, we'll go." Leo says. "You get underground, see if you can follow the assassins to the demon."
"But..." Chris starts.
"No, we'll take care of it." Leo cuts him off. Chris stares at him. "We'll make sure nothing happens to her, Chris, I promise." Chris sighs and nods, then orbs out.
OOO
After telling Paige that they were leaving, Phoebe, Jamie and Leo orbed to magic school, where they found Piper sitting on a couch looking through books. Sigmund was levitating, looking for more books for Piper.
"Surprise!" Phoebe says to Piper.
"Hey." Piper says. "Hi, I didn't know you guys were coming. Is something wrong?" She looks at Jamie. "Is everything okay with the baby?"
"Yeah, the baby's fine." Jamie smiles as she puts her hand on her stomach.
"Why would something be wrong?" Phoebe asks. "Does something have to be wrong for me to come visit my sister?"
"Usually." Piper says.
"Sorry to interrupt." Sigmund, who is still in the air, looks at Piper and hold up a book.
"Oh, good, you found it." Piper tells him. "Float on down." Sigmund levitates back down to the floor.
"Oh, the good ol' days." Phoebe whispers to Jamie and Leo.
"We don't want to worry her, remember?" Leo whispers back to her.
"Yes, I know." Phoebe looks at Piper. "So, whatcha been doing?"
"Oh, you know, same old, same old." Piper tells her sister. "Trying to figure out who turns Wyatt evil. By the way, have you seen Chris?" She turns towards Jamie when she asks this.
"Uh, yeah, he came by this morning." Jamie tells her.
"Uh, yeah, actually, we have him working on something." Leo says.
"But nothing big, you know, nothing to worry about." Phoebe says. "Just your every day demon stuff."
"Huh." Piper says. "Okay, well, if you see him, tell him I'd like to talk to him when he has a chance." Piper heads for the door.
"Where are you going?" Phoebe asks.
"To pee." Piper leaves.
"Where do we start?" Phoebe asks Leo. He looks at Sigmund.
"Sigmund, is Gideon around?" He asks.
"No, he's conferring with the other Elders, which if I may say so, is where you should be too." Sigmund tells Leo. Phoebe walks over to Sigmund and puts her hands on his shoulder. "Can I help you?"
"Just trying to get a premonition, see if you're legit." Phoebe tells him.
"Phoebe," Jamie says. "You don't have premonitions anymore."
"It doesn't hurt to try."
"Sigmund, have you noticed any breaches in security, students, teachers, anyone suspicious?" Leo asks.
"None that I know of." Sigmund says. "Why?"
"Never mind." Leo shakes his head. "Um, just keep any eye out, especially around Piper."
"Of course." Sigmund nods and leaves the room.
"Do you believe him?" Jamie asks.
"No reason not to." Leo turns to Phoebe. "Which means the demon could be tapping into your mind or Paige's."
"Alright." Phoebe says. "We'll go back to the house and keep an eye on Paige. You stay here and maybe you and Piper can talk." Phoebe stands there and scrunches up her face. Leo and Jamie laugh.
"What are you doing?" Leo asks.
"I'm trying to orb." Phoebe tells them.
"Phoebe, You don't orb." Jamie says.
"Now's not the time to rub that in." She grabs Jamie's hand and turns to Leo. "A little help here, please." Leo waves his hand and Jamie and Phoebe orb out.
OOO
A while later, Phoebe and Jamie are in the attic. Jamie is sitting at the desk while Phoebe talks on the phone.
"I promise I will have the column in by the deadline." Phoebe says into the phone. Jamie reaches over the desk to grab a bag of pretzels. "Uh-huh, yeah, I'm just finishing up." Chris orbs in. Both Jamie and Phoebe look at him. "Uh, I gotta go. Tic-toc, tic-toc." Phoebe hangs up. "Finally."
"Yeah." Jamie says. "Where have you been?"
"Jail." Chris says carefully.
"What?" Both Jamie and Phoebe say.
"Don't worry, it's fine, nobody saw me orb out, and I talked to Darryl, he's gonna cover for me."
"How did you end up in jail?" Phoebe asks.
"Let's just say I had a little run in with our mystery demon." Chris tells them. "And when I say run in, I mean literally. The guy, he tried to run me over with his Porsche. Not cool."
"A demon that drives a Porsche?" Jamie asks. "That's different."
"So is one who can orb and wants to save innocents." Chris says. As he starts scrying.
"Forget tapping into us." Phoebe says. "It sounds like he wants to be us."
"Why?" Chris asks.
"Why else?" Phoebe asks. "To kill us." The crystal points to a spot on the map.
"Did you find him?" Jamie asks.
"Yeah." Chris says. "He's here."
"Here?" Jamie asks, worried.
"Where here?" Phoebe asks. They all three look at each other.
"Paige." Chris says. They all three run into Paige's room. When they open the door, they see the same demon who tried to run over Chris sitting on the bed massaging Paige. They all three stare at them.
"Paige, are you..." Phoebe stares at them. "What are you doing?"
"You?" Chris asks. Jamie looks at him, a little confused.
"Uh, just, uh, napping." Paige stutters. Phoebe walks downstairs, closely followed by Paige. Chris, Jamie and the man walk down as well.
"Paige, I don't even want to talk about this." Phoebe says. "I mean, how could you do such a thing?"
"Oh, what, like you've never conjured stuff before." Paige tells her.
"Yeah, well, never for myself and never a sex toy."
"I am not a sex toy." The man says.
"Quiet, you." Phoebe tells him.
"Well, we did it for Piper before." Paige argues.
"Yes, but that was different." Phoebe says. "We were trying to convince her to not give up on love. We were desperate."
"Well, maybe I am too."
"Excuse me, shouldn't we be focusing on the bigger issue here?" Chris points to the man.
"How long has this been going on?" Phoebe asks.
"About three weeks." Paige informs her.
"Three weeks!" Both Jamie and Phoebe say.
"Give or take." Paige turns to Phoebe. "You're the one who kept telling me I needed a break."
"Yes, but I meant take a day off, you know. Go to the spa, have a pedicure, get a massage."
"I massage her." The man says. Both Phoebe and Jamie gag.
"Okay, that's way more then I ever needed to know." Jamie says.
"What I wanna know is, how come when we were scrying for the demon, we got him instead?" Chris asks.
"I don't know." Paige says.
"You might wanna know because he looks a hell of a lot like the guy who just tried to kill me."
"What?" Paige asks. "That is impossible."
"Didn't the demon start killing the other demons around the same time?" Phoebe asks.
"I'm telling you, there's no way he's a demon, I made him to be good." Paige says.
"Well, maybe you also made one to be bad." Phoebe says. "I don't know."
"No."
"How do you explain the scrying then?"
"And the fact that he makes potions, and has your powers." Chris shakes his head. "Talk about your personal gain consequences."
"Personal gain." Paige mocks Chris. "I'm so tired. If I hear those two words again, I tell you what."
"Nevertheless, it's there for a reason." The man says. "It's why Phoebe lost her powers." Paige looks at him.
"Whose side are you on?" She asks.
"I know what you know, Paige, and we both know they're right."
"Wow." Phoebe says. "Did you conjure him or clone him?"
"Okay, this is so stupid." Chris says. "Why don't we just un-conjure him so they'll both go away."
"Yeah." Jamie adds.
"I can't." Paige says. "I make him to last 24 hours. The spell's not done yet."
"Great." Chris says. "So how long do we have to wait?"
"Till after midnight."
"Well, let's just hope we find him before he finds us." Phoebe says. The doorbell rings. Phoebe turns to Paige. "Maybe that's another one of your suitors that you've conjured for your own personal gain and pleasure."
"Oh, I hope so." She turns to the man. "No offense." Phoebe walks over and opens the front door to find Darryl standing there.
"Hey, Darryl." Phoebe says. "Uh, now's not really a good time."
"I'm here about Chris." He says.
"Yeah, he told me you covered for him. That was great." They walk over to where they're standing.
"I'm taking him back." Darryl says as two cops walk behind them.
"What?" Chris asks.
"Wait, what's going on?" Jamie asks as she watches the cops handcuff him.
"I'm taking him back to county." Darryl tells them.
"Hey!" Chris looks at Phoebe. "A little help here, please?"
"What do you want me to do?" She asks.
"Let's go." The cops lead Chris out the door.
"Uh, Chris, don't worry, we'll figure it out, I promise." Paige yells.
"Darryl." Phoebe says. Jamie just stares in shock.
"Don't even ask." Darryl says. "This time it's by the book. Do you understand?"
"Why?" Paige asks.
"Why? Because I almost got killed covering for you last time, that's why."
"Okay, but we always almost get killed." Paige says.
"But last time was different, way different." Darryl says. "I'm not going through that again, I'm not putting my family through that again. You understand?"
"What about my family?" Jamie asks as she holds back tears. "Huh? What about my baby? You're arresting it's father!"
"We'll just have to get him out of there ourselves." Phoebe says as she puts her arm around Jamie.
"And risk exposing magic?" Darryl asks. "I don't think so. Listen to me, Phoebe, I'm not covering for you anymore. I mean it." Jamie watches in horror as Darryl leaves.
"No!" She screams at him, but he keeps walking out the door.
"Could this day get any worse?" Phoebe sighs.
OOO
Paige orbs to magic school to find Leo and Piper sitting on the couch talking.
"Hey." Paige says. "I'm not interrupting, am I?"
"Actually, kind of." Piper says. "As a matter of fact, you are. Could you…"
"Sorry." Paige walks over to Leo. "See, I have to talk to Leo about something real quick. Come with me."
"Alright, that's it. What is going on?" Piper asks.
"Nothing." Paige says.
"Come on, I'm pregnant, not stupid." Piper looks at them. "What is it?"
"Uh, well, we didn't want to alarm you." Leo says. "But there is a demon consolidating powers, using Charmed knowledge."
"What?" Piper asks.
"Yeah, and see, the problem is, I kind of conjured Mr. Right version of him." Paige says.
"Wait, wait, wait." Piper looks at her. "Mr. Right, as in my Mr. Right?"
"No, that would be gross." Paige says. "My Mr. Right."
"Paige, there are rules." Leo tells her.
"Oh, please." She turns to them "Listen, anyway, you guys are confusing me. That's not why I'm here. I came to tell you that Chris has been arrested." They both stare at her. "Yeah, Jamie's a wreak. It's a long story."
"Did you call Darryl?" Leo asks.
"Yes, that would be the other problem because Darryl arrested him. Longer story."
"Okay, take me home." Piper says.
"No, no, no, it's too dangerous." Leo says. "You stay here."
"No, I can't stay here when all hell is breaking loose there."
"Stay here." Leo tells her. "You save one son and I'll go save the other."
OOO
Meanwhile, at the manor, Phoebe is up in the attic making a potion. Mr. Right stands in the doorway.
"Can I come in?" He asks.
"Shouldn't you be off peeling Paige a grape or something?" Phoebe asks.
"She doesn't like grapes." Phoebe rolls her eyes at this. "Uh, actually, she's not back yet. What are you doing?"
"I'm making a vanquishing potion for your evil twin. Or at least I'm trying to."
"Maybe I can help." He offers.
"No, I think you've done enough already, thank you." Phoebe tells him.
"Okay. Look, I know you're mad at her and me, and you have every right to be."
"I know."
"But you know Paige. She doesn't think it's fair for magic to take away so much away from you guys, without ever giving anything back."
"Yeah, but that still doesn't justify-"
"I know, it doesn't." He cuts her off. "But she was going crazy. She was overloaded. She didn't want to complain, she didn't want you to have to feel guilty for having lost your powers. Just don't stay mad at her too long, okay? It hurts her, Phoebe. She looks up to you, a lot more than you know."
"Really?" Phoebe asks.
"Yeah. I think you're missing one key ingredient for this potion to work." He picks up a pin. "My blood. After all, it's his too." He pricks his finger.
"Ouch." Phoebe says. "Doesn't that hurt?"
"No. I only feel what Paige feels. After all, I'm not real. Although, the more I come back, the more I wish I was." Paige and Leo orb in.
"Phoebe, I thought about it and I just wanted to say that you're right and..." Phoebe looks at Paige.
"Stop." She says. "You apologized already. It's okay." Paige smiles. "Okay, so we have the potion, all we need is the demon."
"Any idea who he'll go after next?" Leo asks.
"Komodo demon." Both Paige and Mr. Right say at the same time. They both chuckle.
"I like the way you think." Paige says.
"Right back at you." He says. Phoebe stares at them.
"Ew." She says. Jamie walks in. Phoebe looks at her. "Hey, sweetie. You okay?"
"Yeah." Jamie nods. "Well, no. But…" She looks at them. "What are you guys doing?"
"We're getting ready to find the demon." Paige says.
"I wanna go too." Phoebe looks at Jamie.
"Sweetie, it's kind of-"
"Dangerous." Jamie looks at them. "Yeah, yeah, I know. But, I need to do something to get my mind off… things." Phoebe nods and Leo, Phoebe, Paige and Jamie orb to an ally. They find a burning pile of ash on the ground.
"Looks like we're too late." Leo Says. The evil Mr. Right walks around the corner.
"Actually, you're right on time." He says. "So glad you could make it."
"Paige, throw the potion." Jamie tells her.
"You wouldn't hurt me, would you?" Evil Mr. Right asks. Paige glows.
"Paige." Jamie says.
"Give me that." Phoebe snatches the potion from her sister and throws it at him. Nothing happens.
"Sorry." Evil Mr. Right says. "Paige didn't conjure me to go away until it's time." He orbs out and orbs back in behind Paige. "You can't resist me, remember?" He orbs out with Paige. Jamie and Phoebe both look at Leo.
OOO
Later, Phoebe, Leo, Jamie and Mr. Right are walking through the manor.
"'Use my blood', you said." She rants. "'It's his blood too', you said."
"How was I supposed to know the potion wouldn't work?" Mr. Right says.
"I thought you knew him."
"No, I said I knew Paige. There's a difference."
"What? Testicles? I thought you guys were like three peas in a pod." Phoebe says.
"No, Paige is real." Mr. Right tells her. "We're not, remember?"
"He's right." Leo says. "She didn't make them vulnerable because she didn't want them to go away."
"Until it's time." Mr. Right adds.
"Well, we have to find her before midnight." Jamie says as she sits down on the stairs.
"God knows what he'll do to her by then." Phoebe adds as she sits down next to Jamie.
"He won't hurt her. He loves her. That much I know. That's why she went with him." Mr. Right tells them.
"Yeah, but why is she staying?" Phoebe asks. "Why hasn't she orbed out of there? I mean, she may want a lot of crazy things, but she'd never want to be with a demon."
"Don't count on it." Mr. Right says. "Paige has a dark side like everybody else. He's appealing to that, to what she secretly wants."
"And what is that?" Leo asks.
"To be free, independent, to be able to use her magic without fear of consequence. That's extremely seductive to her."
"And so are those pheromones I bet." Phoebe says.
"Especially when used by evil." Mr. Right nods.
"We've gotta figure out a way to vanquish this guy." Jamie says.
"Yeah, but how?" Leo asks. "She made him invincible."
"Then why not make him real?" Mr. Right suggests. "Break our magical bond."
"I'm sorry?" Phoebe asks.
"It's what Paige would do if she was here. I mean, I know it's wacky but it might work."
"It'd certainly make him vulnerable to a potion." Leo says.
"Guys, this is not Pinocchio, we can't just make things real." Phoebe says.
"We're not making things real." Mr. Right says. "Just him. And he's already half way there just by being conjured. I know you can do it, Phoebe."
"Thanks... Paige." Phoebe says. "Still, it doesn't help us find her."
"Maybe we can." Leo says. "Or at least maybe Chris can, like he did before."
"Yeah, except for he's in jail." Jamie says.
"Not for long he's not." Leo orbs out.
"Well, it looks like I'm the last sister standing now." Phoebe looks at Mr. Right. "You, come on" They walk up the stairs, leaving Jamie sitting alone.
OOO
After trying to talk to Darryl, Leo orbs to Chris's cell.
" Took you long enough." Chris says.
"Shh, not so loud." Leo says. "I'm getting you outta here."
"Great. So Darryl's gonna cover?"
"Forget about Darryl. Come on."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Chris stares at Leo. "We're just gonna orb out of here? What about exposure?"
"Right now I'm a more worried about them exposing you."
"Yeah, but-"
"Look, son. I'm not gonna let you hang here, okay. Now come on, you've got an Aunt to save." Chris stands up.
"Thanks, dad." They orb out. They orb to the attic, where Phoebe, Jamie and Mr. Right are standing. Jamie smiles and runs over to Chris.
"You're back!" She throws her arms around him.
"Yeah, thank god." Chris says.
"So how's that potion coming?" Leo asks. "Did it work?"
"Perfectly." Mr. Right holds up his hand, which is bleeding.
"Okay, great." Leo says. "Chris has an idea on how you can find Paige."
"Me?" Phoebe asks.
"You're gonna have to sneak in." Chris tells her.
"And then once you're in, we'll bring you the potion that makes the demon real." Leo adds.
"And how exactly am I going to sneak in?" Chris and Leo look at each other, then at Phoebe.
OOO
Later, Chris, Leo and Jamie are in the attic, waiting for Piper's call. Chris and Jamie are both leaning against a table. Jamie hadn't let go of his hand since he had gotten back. Leo is standing, listening.
"Something's wrong, I can't sense her." Leo says.
"I'm going back down there." Chris says as he stands up. Jamie doesn't say anything, but she squeezes his hand.
"No, you can't." Leo says.
"Leo, she needs the potion, alright?"
"It's too dangerous." Leo tells his son. "I'm not risking you too. Phoebe will figure it out, she always finds a way."
OOO
Later that night, after vanquishing Evil Mr. Right, Paige is sitting on the couch in the living room. Phoebe walks in.
"Hey, sweetie." She says.
"Hey." Paige replies. "How're you doing? How's the column? Did you finish?"
"I did." Phoebe smiles. "Just barely. But at least Sad in San Jose won't be so sad anymore."
"See, you didn't need your powers to give good advice. Wait a second, you didn't get your powers back, did you?"
"No, and I'm not in any hurry to, either. I think we've both been relying on our powers a bit too much, don't you?"
"Oh, subtle. Very subtle. That's what I like about you." They laugh. "All the same, I'm not entirely sure what I was thinking."
"Well, you were thinking that you needed a break." Phoebe says. "And those needs came from a real place. You just have to figure out a way to honor them without using magic." Mr. Right walks in.
"Got any advice for him?" Paige asks Phoebe.
"No. You're on your own with that one." Phoebe turns to Mr. Right. "Good luck."
"Thanks." He replies. Phoebe walks out of the room and up the stairs. She walks into her room to find Chris and Jamie making out on the bed. Phoebe stops dead in her tracks and covers her eyes.
"Sorry." She says. "I should've knocked." Both Jamie and Chris sit up.
"No, it's okay." Jamie says. "We should've put a sign on the door, or something." Phoebe and Jamie laugh. Phoebe walks over to her bed and sits down.
"So, is Paige okay?" Jamie asks.
"She will be."
"That's good." They both nod. They sit there in silence for a few minutes. Chris stands up.
"Okay, well, I guess I should go."
"Yeah." Jamie sighs. "Don't forget about-"
"The doctors appointment tomorrow at ten." Chris finished for her. "I know."
"Good." She smiles as he leans down and kisses her. "G'night."
"Night." He looks at Phoebe. "Later, Phoebe."
"Bye, Chris." He orbs out. Jamie sighs and lays back down. Phoebe laughs at her.
"Shut up." Jamie says as she throws a pillow at Phoebe.
OOOOOOO
A/N: Hey guys! Sorry it's been a while since I've updated. I've been busy… lol. I know this chapter kind of sucked. Lol. Well, anyway, tell me what you think! Ttyl!
