A/n: Well, here's the last chapter for all you ppl that still read this. I'm sad to say, that i will no longer be co-writing. i'm giving the whole story to princess pinky, cuz i just don't have time to sit and change all these episodes. and the story will be under her name now 2. Enjoy!
Scene: Rodriguez's place. He's looking at pictures of Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige. Tempus appears in a ball of flame.
Rodriguez: Tempus...
Tempus: You never expected to see me. Of course not. You were not worthy before now. What is the name you are using?
Rodriguez: Rodriguez.
Tempus: Ah, yes. I have been sent to you, Rodriguez. As a gift.
Rodriguez: Sent? By who?
Tempus: I think you know who and why.
Rodriguez: I can defeat The Charmed Ones on my own. I don't need any help.
Tempus: Really. What makes you think you have actually found The Charmed Ones?
Rodriguez: Are you kidding? After so many of my colleagues have mysteriously vanished in San Francisco this year. It can only be one reason why. I posed as a cop as I believed that one was covering for them. I was right, he was. That's how I found them. Of course, you already know all that, don't you? That's what makes me so worthy now, right?
Tempus: Watch your tongue, Rodriguez, lest I split it for you. It's one thing to have found The Charmed Ones, it's quite another to defeat them as those who have gone before you have already discovered. Tomorrow is Wednesday. I want you to get all four witches together in one place by midnight and give it your best shot. But if you fail...
Rodriguez: I will not fail.
Tempus: Well, if you do, I'll be there to help you learn by you failures. Trust me. Now, how do you expect to get them together?
Rodriguez: Trudeau.
Scene: A paperboy rides along the road, a car honks and he waves. He throws the paper on the Halliwells' lawn.
Scene: Halliwell Manor. Kitchen. Prue is seated at the table with a cup of coffee, Phoebe is on the phone, and the television is on the news.
Weather Girl: (on the TV) Good morning, San Francisco. Well, it looks like it's going to be a beautiful Wednesday.
Phoebe: (on the phone) Piper, what are you doing at Quake? It's eight in the morning!
(Paige enters the kitchen.)
Paige: Morning. (She yawns.)
Phoebe: Morning.
Prue: Long night? (Paige nods.) Me too. (She pours herself another cup of coffee and then holds up the pot.) Want some?
Paige: Share the wealth, sister. (She grabs a clean cup from the drainer and walks over to the table, grabs the pot from Prue, and pours herself a steaming cup.)
Phoebe: (to Piper) Yes, alright, I'll be there in an hour.
(Kit's on the bench and he knocks over a pepper shaker.)
Paige: You'll be where in an hour?
Phoebe: Ah, Quake. Piper's doing that thing for the food network and she needs me to bring her another dress because she spilt marinara sauce over the one she's wearing.
Prue: Just stay out of my closet.
Phoebe: Oh, don't worry, I don't think she'd want to ruin another one of yours.
Prue: (Reading the paper.) I don't believe this!
Phoebe: I'm kidding. Don't have an aneurysm.
Prue: No, I'm talking about the paper. Did you see the front page? (Phoebe and Paige shake their heads. They hear a crash outside.)
Paige: Where did you park my car last night?
Phoebe: In the driveway...I think. (They run to the window.)
Paige: Mrs. Henderson's car.
Phoebe: Oh, thank God. I mean, that your car's in the driveway and I'm not in the dog house. Is she okay?
Paige: Yeah, just a little fender bender, no big deal.
(Prue turns back to her sisters, holding up the paper.)
Prue: We've got more pressing matters. Phoebe, Paige, Andy's in trouble.
Phoebe: What?
Paige: Why? (Prue shows them the paper. Written on the front page is, "Inspector Suspected In I.A. Murder.") They think that he killed that Internal Affairs cop? No way!
Prue: Maybe it's a setup, trying to force him to reveal our secret?
Phoebe: Let me see that. (She takes the paper off Prue and has a premonition.)
Prue: What is it?
Phoebe: I saw Andy, Prue. He was dead.
Time lapse.
Prue: Wait, you said that you didn't see a demon or a warlock in your premonition, right?
Phoebe: No, but the way he was hurled across the room, there had to of been one.
Paige: This room here?
Phoebe: Right here, yeah.
Prue: Okay, and you're positive that it was Andy.
Phoebe: Prue.
Prue: I just want to be sure, alright, this isn't just anybody that we're talking about, you know.
Phoebe: I know, and I care about him too.
Prue: I know you do. I'm sorry. Um, right, why don't you fill in Piper and I'm gonna go warn Andy.
Paige: How? He said it was too risky for you to be seen with him.
Prue: Yeah, well, I don't care. Let Internal Affairs find out that we're witches. Andy's life is a lot more important.
Paige: Okay, just please be careful. You don't know what kind of demon we're up against.
Scene: Police station. Andy is in a room with Darryl.
Darryl: If you ask me, I wouldn't be surprised if Rodriguez was the one who whacked his own partner.
Andy: I.A. already cleared him.
Darryl: I.A. cleared an I.A. Go figure.
Andy: Yeah.
(Rodriguez enters the room.)
Rodriguez: What are you doing here, Morris?
Darryl: Backing my partner, Rodriguez, something you wouldn't know anything about.
Rodriguez: This is between him and me.
Andy: It's okay, Darryl. (Darryl leaves the room.) Just for the record, I'm not saying anything without my lawyer present.
Rodriguez: You don't need a lawyer, that's if you're willing to help me.
Andy: You want me to help you? (He laughs.) What, you can't frame yourself, Rodriguez?
Rodriguez: Look, Andy...
Andy: Oh, it's Andy now.
Rodriguez: I don't think you had anything to do with my partner's murder. That's right. But what I do think is completely off the record. And I think you'll understand why. (Rodriguez shows Andy a photo.) That's my partner. Or at least what's left of him. No human could of done that to him. I think he was killed by something supernatural. And I think you can help me figure out who or what it is.
Andy: Really. What makes you think that?
Rodriguez: Come on, I know all about those unsolved cases of yours, and I know who's behind them too. Who you've been covering for. It's very noble. You must care about her very much to give up your career for her. Prue Halliwell...is a witch.
Andy: A witch, huh? You wait here, I'll go warn The Wizard Of Oz. (He stands up.)
Rodriguez: I don't have time to screw around, Trudeau. I want you to arrange a meeting between her and me. It has to be tonight. She can help me find who killed my partner, I'll drop all charges against you. I won't tell anyone about her. You think about it, but not too long. (He leaves and Darryl enters.)
Darryl: You alright?
Andy: I'm not sure. I gotta go see Prue.
Darryl: That's funny. She called and said she had to see you too.
Scene: In the street outside a clock shop. Tempus is waiting there. Rodriguez walks up to him.
Tempus: Well?
Rodriguez: I'm sure I made Trudeau suspicious of me. She'll have no choice but to meet with me.
Tempus: But you have to get all four of them together.
Rodriguez: Trudeau cares about her. He won't let her risk meeting me alone. He'll insist she have the power of four there with her for protection.
Tempus: And you think you have the power to defeat them all?
Rodriguez: You don't think I do, do you? You think I'll fail.
Tempus: Time will tell.
Scene: Quake. Phoebe has another dress for Piper.
Piper: Phoebe, over here. (She gives Piper the dress.) Thank God. The segment producer's gonna be here any minute and I am a complete and total wreck.
Phoebe: Piper...
Piper: I thought I was gonna have to pull a Celine Dion and wear my dress backwards.
Phoebe: Piper, you have gotta listen to me. I had a premonition of Andy dying.
Piper: When?
Phoebe: This morning. Don't you check your voice mail? I called and said it was important.
Piper: Oh, no. Where's Prue?
Phoebe: She's warning him. But in the mean time we have to figure out who the demon is.
(A woman enters Quake. Piper stands behind Phoebe to cover the marinara stain.)
Woman: Piper? Piper Halliwell? I would recognize you anywhere, you have not changed a bit. You don't recognize me do you? It's Joanne. Joanne Hurts, Baker High, class of nighty-two.
Piper: Oh, sure, of course. Joanne, what are you doing here?
Joanne: I'm the segment producer.
Piper: You're the segment producer? (to Phoebe) She's the segment producer.
Phoebe: I heard.
Piper: Wow, what a small world. I thought you moved to New York.
Joanne: I did. And that's where I met my fabulous husband who had this crazy idea of starting this little cable show and putting me in charge of everything. And here we are, the food network's most popular show. Talk about dreams coming true. Anyway, enough about me, what have you been doing?
(Piper freezes Joanne.)
Phoebe: Why'd you do that?
Piper: What am I suppose to say? That I'm a cash strapped, single restaurant manager, who still lives in the same house I grew up in with my sisters?
Phoebe: And the cat, don't forget our cat.
Piper: Phoebe, this isn't funny.
Phoebe: Look, I don't know why you're getting so upset. She is a freak. I'm sorry, but no one is that successful at the age twenty-six. Besides, you are successful, you're talented, you're creative, and the food network is here to see you. Not me, not her, you. Feel better now?
Piper: Very little.
Phoebe: Good. Unfreeze that bitch in heels, you've got a segment to shoot and we've got a demon to find.
Scene: Park. Andy and Prue are there.
Andy: Has Phoebe ever been wrong about her premonitions before?
Prue: No. But the good news is every other time we've been able to affect the outcome. Stop the demon or warlock before...
Andy: Before I get killed. Can I get that in writing?
Prue: Andy, you just have to be extra careful until we figure out who this demon is, okay? (Silence.) Andy.
Andy: I was just thinking...what if the demon was Rodriguez?
Prue: Why would you say that?
Andy: He pulled me in the station house this morning. I thought he was gonna arrest me. What he really wanted was a meeting with you.
Prue: Meet with me? Why?
Andy: Because he thinks his partner was killed by a supernatural being and somehow, I don't know how he knows you're a witch.
Prue: How would he know that unless...
Andy: Unless he was the demon.
Prue: Alright, uh, tell Rodriguez to meet me at the manor at six.
Andy: It's too dangerous, Prue.
Prue: I don't have a choice. If I don't meet with him, he'll try to frame you and try to expose me.
Andy: But if he is a demon and it turns out to be a trap.
Prue: And I'll have Piper, Phoebe, and Paige there to back me up, the power of four.
Andy: Plus one.
Prue: No. You can't be there, Andy. That's where you were in Phoebe's premonition when... just promise me you'll stay away.
Andy: I can't do that, Prue.
Prue: I mean it. Don't make me use my magic on you. (They smile.) I don't want anything to happen to you, Andy. You know how much I care for you.
Andy: Okay, I promise.
Scene: Outside the manor. Andy's sitting in his car. Rodriguez arrives in front of the manor. Andy ducks. Kit growls at Rodriguez.
Cut to inside the manor.
Phoebe: Alright, let's go over the plan again.
Paige: Yeah, let's, because I wanna know why I'm the one answering the door.
Prue: 'Cause you're the one who can orb, alright? That way if Rodriguez shows up and tries something right off the bat, you can get away and Phoebe will use her martial arts skills to knock him down when he's distracted with you.
Piper: And then I can come in from the living room and freeze him.
Prue: And then I can come down the stairs and send him flying.
Paige: I still feel like cannon fodder.
(The doorbell rings.)
Prue: What time is it?
Paige: Just before six. (The doorbell rings a couple more times.) That's a little too anxious, that's not a good sign.
Phoebe: Which means if he doesn't want to kill Prue, he wants to date her.
(Prue, Paige, and Piper stare at her.)
Prue: Come on, let's get this day over with.
Paige: Okay. (She walks towards the door and Phoebe walks behind it.) Alright already. (She opens it.)
Rodriguez: Inspector Rodriguez. I'm here to see Prue Halliwell.
Paige: Yeah, no kidding. Prue! Piper! Company!
(Rodriguez's eyes glow red and his power throws Paige across the room. Paige screams and orbs out, barely missing crashing through the railing of the stairs. Phoebe jumps out from behind the door and lands a kick into Rodriguez's side, but he retaliates by grabbing her by the throat and flinging her like he did with Paige. Without being able to orb, Phoebe flies against the wall and she rolls down the stairs. Piper runs into the room with a look of terror on her face.)
Piper: Phoebe!
(Lightning comes out of Rodriguez's hand towards Piper but she freezes it just in time.)
Prue: (Running down the stairs.) Phoebe! Paige! (Prue uses her power and the lightning hits Rodriguez and he explodes and vanishes, just as Paige reforms.)
Paige: Oh my God!
Prue: Oh, God.
Piper: Phoebe! (She runs over to Phoebe and kneels down, stroking Phoebe's hair.) Prue, is she okay?
(Prue and Paige walk over to Piper. Paige lays a trembling hand on Piper's shoulder and Prue kneels down to check Phoebe's pulse.)
Prue: She's dead.
Piper: What? Phoebe. Phoebe!
Scene: Rodriguez's place. Tempus is there holding an hour glass. He pours the sand out into a saucepan. Through the window, it goes from night to day in seconds. Rodriguez appears.
Tempus: Hurts to die, doesn't it? Especially at the hands of a witch.
Rodriguez: What happened? Where am I?
Tempus: Exactly where you were when you first you met me. Time has been reset, or rather, I have reset time.
Rodriguez: But they killed me.
Tempus: That was Wednesday night. This is Wednesday morning all over again. This is why I have been sent to you, to keep resetting time until you learn from your failures. Only you will carry with you the memory of what has happened before. And each time you fail, you will learn more until ultimately you will kill all of them.
Scene: A paper boy rides along the road, a car honks and he waves. He throws the paper on the Halliwell's lawn.
Scene: Halliwell Manor. Kitchen. Prue is seated at the table with a cup of coffee, Phoebe is on the phone, and the television is on the news.
Weather Girl: (on the TV) Good morning, San Francisco. Well, it looks like it's going to be a beautiful Wednesday.
Phoebe: (on the phone) Piper, what are you doing at Quake? It's eight...in the morning.
(Paige enters the kitchen.)
Paige: Morning. (She yawns.)
Phoebe: Morning.
Prue: Long night? (Paige nods.) Me too. (She pours herself another cup of coffee and then holds up the pot.) Want some?
Paige: Share the wealth, sister. (She grabs a clean cup from the drainer and walks over to the table, grabs the pot from Prue, and pours herself a steaming cup.)
Phoebe: Wait a minute. (Kit knocks over the pepper and meows.) Whoa. I am freaking out. (into the phone) Okay. I'll be there in an hour. (She hangs up.)
Paige: You'll be where in an hour?
(Phoebe pauses a little.)
Phoebe: Okay, pinch me.
Paige: What?
Phoebe: No. I mean it. Pinch me. I want to make sure I'm awake because if I am, I am having one killer déjà vu.
Prue: So it's just a déjà vu. Everybody gets them.
Phoebe: Not like this they don't. Look Prue...something weird is going on here.
(Prue sees the front page.)
Prue: I don't believe this!
Phoebe: No. I'm...trust me. This has happened before. Everything.
Prue: See. Like that. Right there. You said that before. I know it. (Car crashes.) And that has happened before too.
Paige: Where did you park my car last night?
Phoebe: In the driveway and I told you that already the last time you asked me. (Paige walks out and Prue gets up to follow her. Phoebe sighs and whispers to herself.) I think I'm having an aneurysm.
Cut to Paige looking out the window in the living room.
Paige: Mrs. Henderson's car. Just a little fender bender, no big deal.
(Phoebe walks in.)
Phoebe: Paige, I am not nuts. Okay, maybe just a little but that's irrelevant here.
(Prue holds up the paper.)
Prue: We've got more pressing matters! Phoebe, Paige, Andy's in trouble.
Paige: What?
(Prue shows Paige the paper.)
Phoebe: Let me see that. (She takes the paper off Prue and has a premonition.) You know, that was the premonition which I had before.
Paige: Of what?
Phoebe: Of Andy, here, being killed by a demon.
Scene: Police station. Rodriguez barges in the room where Andy and Darryl are.
Rodriguez: What the hell are you doing here?
Darryl: I'm backing my partner, you got a problem with that?
Rodriguez: Get out now!
Andy: It's okay, Darryl, I got it. (Darryl leaves.) Just for the record, I'm not saying anything without my lawyer present.
Rodriguez: Forget your lawyer, Trudeau. I'm not screwing around this time.
Andy: This time? What are you talking about?
Rodriguez: Bottom line, I know my partner was killed by a supernatural being and I think Prue Halliwell can help me figure out who did it.
Andy: Really? Well, I'll just get the commissioner to signal Batman and then I'll get right on it.
Rodriguez: Do you think I'm joking? I know everything, Trudeau, everything including the fact that Prue Halliwell is a witch. Now you're gonna arrange a meeting with her tonight, you understand, or else I'm gonna bust you ass and expose her's. (He leaves the room and Darryl enters.)
Darryl: What was that about?
Andy: I'm not sure.
Scene: In the street outside a clock shop. Tempus is waiting there. Rodriguez walks up to him.
Tempus: Well...
Rodriguez: Trudeau is sent to meet. But what I need to know is how to avoid the pain of getting vanquished again.
Tempus: It depends on whether you learned enough to vanquish them first. What do you remember?
Rodriguez: Last time I killed the one who can see the future, Phoebe, without a fight. The youngest one, Paige, used her whitelighter ability to evade my attacks and when I turned to kill Piper, I think she's the one who has the power to freeze.
Tempus: Adjust, simply anticipate where Piper's coming from earlier before she has a chance to freeze you. The youngest will have to reform in order to help the oldest. Take out Prue first, she has the most active power, and then kill Paige.
Scene: Quake.
Piper: Andy dies? Are you sure that's what you saw?
Phoebe: Even worse, I know that I've had that premonition before. I mean, before I had it earlier today.
Piper: You mean like yesterday?
Phoebe: Yes...I mean, no. It's not just the premonition that I've seen before, it's everything. And don't tell me that it's just deja vu because I know it's not.
Piper: Alright, then what is it?
(Joanne enters Quake.)
Joanne: Piper? Piper Halliwell, I would recognize you anywhere. You have not changed one bit. You don't recognize me, do you?
Phoebe: It's Joanne. Joanne...Hertz, right? I'm right aren't I?
Joanne: I'm sorry, have we met?
Phoebe: Yes...sort of before. Uh, Baker High, class of nighty-two. Although I wasn't in that class.
Piper: Oh, sure, of course, Joanne. Phoebe, how did you...
Phoebe: (whispering) That's what I've been trying to tell you. I think we're in some funky time loop here.
Piper: (whispering) Phoebe...
Phoebe: (whispering) Freeze her. I'll show you. (Piper freezes Joanne.) Okay, Joanne here, is the food networks segment producer. She's about to brag how she's happily married to some rich guy, how she's following her dream, how she's had a really bad nose job. Okay, I added the last part, but this is all gonna make you feel like you're wasting your life away in comparison. Unfreeze her, go ahead, see for yourself.
(Piper unfreezes Joanne.)
Piper: Are you the segment producer?
Joanne: Why, yes, I am.
Piper: Following your dreams are you? Happily married? Stinkin' rich?
Joanne: Well, I don't mean to brag, but...
(Piper freezes her again.)
Piper: Alright Phoebe, spill it.
Phoebe: Okay, the best I could figure is some demon has cast a spell, and I'm the only one who could sort of see it because my power let's me see things that have happened in different times. Do you have a better explanation?
Piper: No. Alright, so if you're right, do you think this has something to do with Andy be killed?
Phoebe: I don't know, but we're never gonna find who the demon is unless we get to...
Piper: Book Of Shadows, I'm right behind you.
Scene: Park.
Andy: What if he is a demon and it turns out to be a trap?
Prue: I'll have Piper, Paige, and Phoebe there to back me up. The power of four.
Andy: Plus one. Me. (Andy sees Prue thinking about something.) What is it?
Prue: This seems a little familiar to me that's all, kinda like deja vu. Never mind. Um, Andy, you can't be at the meeting and Phoebe's premonition that's where you were when...Just promise me that you'll stay away.
Andy: Prue, I can't do that.
Prue: I mean it. Don't make me use my magic on you. (They smile.) Andy, I don't want anything to happen to you. You know how much I still love you.
Andy: No, I didn't. (They hug.)
Scene: Outside Halliwell manor. Andy's sitting in his car. Rodriguez arrives in front of the manor. Andy ducks. Kit growls at Rodriguez.
Inside the manor. Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige are looking at the Book Of Shadows.
Piper: Is there anything in there about time loops?
Phoebe: There's a spell to accelerate time but that's about it. I'm telling you, this is all part of his evil plan. I just haven't had enough time to figure it out yet.
(The doorbell rings.)
Prue: What time is it?
Phoebe: Just before six.
Paige: I'll get it. (The doorbell rings a couple more times.) Alright already. (The door flies open and the lightening out of Rodriguez's hand hits Phoebe and she hits the wall.)
Piper: Phoebe!
(Rodriguez throws lightning which hits Piper and she crashes through the glass door. He then tries to get Paige, she orbs out, causing the lightning to fly through her orbs. Prue flings out her hand, forcing the lightning that Paige avoided to fly back into him. He explodes and vanishes. Paige orbs back in.)
Paige: Oh my God, no! (She runs over to Piper.) Piper. (She's crying.)
(Prue walks over to Phoebe, kneels down, and checks her pulse.)
Prue: (choking) Phoebe. (She stands up and Paige, who has black mascara streaming down her white cheeks, comes over to her. Prue pulls her baby sister into a hug and they stand crying in the middle of the room together.)
Scene: Rodriguez's place. Tempus turns back time again. Rodriguez appears.
Rodriguez: Son of a bitch!
Tempus: Failed again, I see.
Rodriguez: Yeah, but I learned. This time I got two of 'em.
Scene: Wednesday morning. A paperboy rides along the road, a car honks and he waves. He throws the paper on the Halliwell's lawn.
Scene: Halliwell Manor. Kitchen. Prue is seated at the table with a cup of coffee, Phoebe is on the phone, and the television is on the news.
Weather Girl: (on the TV) Good morning, San Francisco. Well, it looks like it's going to be a beautiful Wednesday in the Bay area.
(Phoebe's on the phone. She turns off the TV.)
Phoebe: (on the phone) Don't tell me. I already know. You spilt marinara sauce on your dress, right? Am I right? Think Piper, think. Doesn't all of this seem awfully familiar to you?
Paige: (entering the kitchen) Morning. (She yawns.)
Phoebe: Freeze. No, not you, Piper. (Kit's on the bench.) Kit knocks over pepper. Meows. (Kit does so. Prue and Paige look at Phoebe, wanting to know how she knew that.) Hold that thought. (into the phone) Okay, Piper, you need to get home as soon as you can, okay, we've got major demon hunting to do. Oh, and if you run into someone named Joanne from High School, just tell her to go stick it. I will explain later, just hurry. (She hangs up.)
Paige: Okay, what's going on? (She grabs Prue's coffee cup and takes a swig.)
Phoebe: Quick, follow me. (They go to the window.) Five, four, three, two, one. Car honks... (a car honks) skids... (a car skids) crashes... (a car crashes) Mrs. Henderson's car. A little fender bender. Good thing I parked your car in the driveway last night, huh Paige?
Paige: How did you know that?
Phoebe: Because this has all happened once before, Prue, maybe even more than once. The day keeps repeating itself. I know it and every time it happens I think I figure it out just a little faster. It must be my power of premonition. Premonition...I'm supposed to be having a premonition right about now.
Paige: Supposed to? What do you mean?
Phoebe: The paper. Prue, look at the front page.
(Prue looks down at the paper.)
Prue: Andy...
Phoebe: Is in trouble. More than you know, Prue. If I touch that paper, I will have a premonition . The same one that I've had before. Where Andy gets killed here by a demon. You have got to believe me.
Prue: No, I believe you.
Paige: We both do. The question is what, do we do about it?
Phoebe: Well, you've got to go warn Andy. Keep him away from our house at all costs. Meanwhile, I've got to dig through the Book Of Shadows, find a way to vanquish this time demon before he can kill Andy.
Scene: In the street outside the clock shop. A cuckoo clock chimes and Rodriguez shoots it with his gun.
Tempus: You really shouldn't of done that. You shouldn't do anything differently if you want to succeed tonight.
Rodriguez: I will succeed tonight, old man. There'll be no more time loops. This time I'll kill Prue first and then the other three and when they die, they're gonna feel every ounce of pain they've given me and then some.
Scene: Quake.
Piper: Uh, Joanne, I'm so sorry, but I can't do this segment right now. Um, something's happened, something bad, I have to go.
Joanne: What? Run out of marinara sauce?
(Piper raises her hands, freezing Joanne, then she walks away. A few moments later Joanne unfreezes and looks around.)
Joanne: Piper?
Scene: Park.
Andy: A time loop? You mean demons can actually do that sort of thing?
Prue: None that I've ever seen before but if it is a demon, it's the most powerful one we've ever come up against.
Andy: He's going through all this just to kill me. No way, Prue. If he's as powerful as you say, then he's gotta be after you.
Prue: Andy, please just let us handle this. Whatever you do you have to promise me that you'll stay away from the manor.
Andy: I can't promise you that, Prue. If you're right and Rodriguez is the demon then it's a trap.
Prue: Yeah, then I'll have Piper and Phoebe there to back me up, alright, the power of three.
Andy: What if that's what he wants, all three of you together. What if that's the reason he set the time loop?
Prue: We'll just have to take our chances.
Andy: You could get killed, Prue.
Prue: I mean it. This is not your fight. Don't make me use my magic on you. Andy, I would die if anything happened to you. I love you.
Andy: I love you too, Prue. (They hug.)
Scene: Outside manor. Andy's in his car. Rodriguez walks past Kit and Kit growls. Rodriguez's eyes glow red and Kit runs away. Andy sees it and grabs his gun.
Andy: Oh my God, Prue!
Inside manor. Phoebe's reading the Book Of Shadows.
Phoebe: "The devil's sorcerer, Tempus. He can reverse time back twenty-four hours."
Piper: Does it say how to vanquish him?
Phoebe: Uh, "Take him out of the time that he's in." Whatever that means.
(The door kicks open, revealing Rodriguez, and he throws the lightning simultaneous lightning bolts at Prue and Piper.)
Paige: No!
(Phoebe launches herself into a spin kick, but Rodriguez grabs her by the foot and flings her into the wall. Blood stains the wall, as she slides to the floor. Rodriguez gets up and lightning sparks from his fingers. Andy runs in behind him.)
Andy: No!
Paige: Andy! No! (She runs at Andy. Andy draws his gun and begins to shoot at Rodriguez, but the bullets do nothing.) Get out! (Rodriguez turns around and hurls a bolt into Andy, sending him flying through the air, and crashing into a glass cabinet. Paige orbs over to the cabinet, forming on the floor next to Andy. Black mascara filled tears are pouring down her face. She sees a pool of blood under Andy, which is beginning to soak into her skirt.)
Rodriguez: Three down, one to go! (He turns to Paige, a look of pure evil etched on his face. Paige traces her fingers across the ground as she swivels her head to face Rodriguez.)
Paige: Go to hell! (She lays her hand upon a large piece of jagged glass and orbs out, the piece of glass orbing with her. Suddenly orbs form in mid air, flying straight at Rodriguez. They hit Rodriguez at full force, crashing him into the wall, and then Paige reforms. Her clothes and hands are soaked in blood. Her pale face has black streaks all over it and her eyes are encircled in runny black makeup. She stalks over to Rodriguez, who has the large jagged piece of glass sticking out of his stomach, and watches him scream and then explode. Paige looks down at her hands and then drops to the floor, weeping at the loss of her sisters and Andy.)
Scene: Tempus' lair. Tempus turns back time again. Rodriguez appears.
Tempus: Three times you've failed.
Rodriguez: Yeah, but I learned. This time I got the three oldest this time. Fourth time's the charm!
Scene: Wednesday morning. A paperboy rides along the road, a car honks and he waves. He throws the paper on the Halliwell's lawn.
Scene: Halliwell Manor. Kitchen. Prue is seated at the table with a cup of coffee, Phoebe is on the phone, and the television is off.
Phoebe: (into the phone) You spilt marinara sauce on your dress, I already know. Just get home and get home fast! (She hangs up and turns around.) Paige walks in.
(Paige walks in. Prue gives Phoebe a strange look.)
Phoebe: We don't have time. You were about to say, "Morning." You yawn.
(Paige yawns and stares strangely at Phoebe.)
Phoebe: You would have offered her coffee, or if not, you would've just taken Prue's cup. (She points to Kit, who's on the bench.) She knocks over the pepper and then meows. (Kit does so.) You both want to know what's going on, so grab the newspaper and follow me. (She leaves the kitchen, Paige grabs the newspaper and follows Phoebe and Prue to the window.) Honk, skid, crash. (She points outside. A car honks, skids, and then crashes.) Mrs. Henderson's car, not yours Paige. It's only a little fender bender. Paige, hand the paper to Prue. (Paige does so.) Andy's in trouble. As soon as I take that paper, I'll have a premonition of his death, which takes place right here. A demon is on the loose and he can somehow mess with time, but I know because my power allows me to see things that happen in all times.
Paige: What do we do?
Phoebe: Prue warns Andy, you and I look in the Book until Piper gets here. (She pushes Prue towards the door.) Go, hurry! (She grabs Paige and starts walking them to the attic.)
Scene: In the street outside the clock shop. A cuckoo clock chimes and Rodriguez destroys the clock with a lightning bolt.
Tempus: Are you trying to expose yourself before you can kill the witches?
Rodriguez: I'm just warming up! I'll kill the half breed first and then the oldest. The other two won't have a chance!
Scene: Quake.
Piper: Uh, Joanne, I'm so sorry, but I can't do this segment right now. Um, something's happened, something bad, I have to go.
Joanne: What? Run out of marinara sauce?
Piper: Look, I know I don't have the flashy job or the flashy ring or the flashy designer suit but that doesn't make me less than you or anybody else. And just because I may not have realized my dreams yet like you think you have, doesn't mean I won't find a way to do exactly that. And when I do, you can be damn sure I'll be doing it with my own nose and not the one some discount doctor gave me. (She walks away before Joanne can respond.)
Scene: Park.
Andy: A time loop? You mean demons can actually do that?
Prue: This is our first encounter with a demon this power.
Andy: If he's that powerful, then he's not after me, Prue. He's after you and your sisters!
Prue: Andy, you have to let us handle this. Whatever you do, you have to promise me that you'll stay away from the manor.
Andy: I can't promise you that, Prue. If Rodriguez is the demon, then it's a trap!
Prue: Yeah, then I'll have Piper, Paige, and Phoebe there to back me up, alright? The power of four.
Andy: That's probably what he wants! All four of you together! What if that's the reason he set the time loop?
Prue: Then that's a risk we'll have to take.
Andy: What if you get killed, Prue?
Prue: This is not your fight! Don't make me use my magic on you! Andy, I can't live without you. I love you!
Andy: I love you too. (They kiss.)
Scene: Outside manor. Andy's in his car. Rodriguez walks past Kit and Kit growls. Rodriguez's eyes glow red and Kit runs away. Andy sees it and grabs his gun.
Andy: Prue!
Cut to inside the manor. Piper is pacing, while Phoebe flips through the pages of the Book. Paige and Prue stand close by.
Paige: "Take him out of the time that he's in." What the hell does that mean?
(The door flies open and Rodriguez hurls a bolt of neon blue lightning at Paige.)
Piper: Paige! (She raises her hands and freezes the lightning, inches from her baby sister.
(Andy runs in and starts shooting his gun at Rodriguez.)
Prue: Andy, no! (She waves her hand, sending Andy flying out the front doors and forcing them to slam shut. Rodriguez turns around and fires a lightning bolt at Prue. Paige shoves both herself and Prue to the ground, causing Prue to hit her head on the floor and knock her out.)
Paige: Freeze him!
(Piper freezes Rodriguez and the bolt from earlier unfreezes, flies into the wall, and leaves a black mark.)
Scene: Manor. It's 6:15 P.M. Rodriguez is tied to a chair.
Paige: The only reason you're still alive is because I haven't worked out how to kill you yet!
Rodriguez: Go ahead. Kill me witch. I don't care.
Phoebe: Paige, what are you doing?
Paige: I'm trying to figure out how to kill this bastard, without time resetting on us.
Rodriguez: I'm impressed. I was told you wouldn't know that.
Phoebe: Really? By who? Tempus? Yeah, we know about him too. We also know you're not him, otherwise you would have restarted the day by now. So, where do we find him?
Rodriguez: In your nightmares. Kill me, I dare you!
(Phoebe pulls Paige away.)
Phoebe: Why is he so willing to let us kill him?
Paige: I'm thinking that it'll trigger the time loop, so that he can have another shot at our deaths.
Rodriguez: It doesn't matter. The day's gonna reset itself anyway, there's not a damn thing to do about.
Paige: Shut up! Phoebe, go upstairs and see if Piper and Andy have woken up Prue yet.
(Phoebe nods and walks up the stairs.)
Cut to Prue's room. Andy is sitting next to Prue on the bed, stroking her raven hair. Piper places a cold cloth over the bump on Prue's head.
Piper: You shouldn't of come here today, Andy. You were seconds away from being killed.
Andy: But I wasn't!
Piper: The day isn't over yet, Andy!
Andy: If I have to die to save Prue, then that's a sacrifice that I'm willing to make. It's my life, Piper.
(There's a knock at the door.)
Piper: Come in.
(Phoebe walks in.)
Phoebe: How is she?
Piper: Still out. Where's Paige?
Phoebe: Watching Rodriguez.
Piper: You left her alone? (She stands up.)
Phoebe: She does have a fairly activate power, Piper. It's why she and I were left down there.
Piper: Then why are you up here now?
Phoebe: She wants me to wake up Prue. (She walks over to the bed and takes Prue's hand.) Prue. Prue? We need your help.
Andy: Come on Prue. (He gently strokes her face.) Come back to me.
(Prue moans and leans her face into Andy's head.)
Andy: Prue..
Prue: Andy...
Andy: I'm right here, Prue. Open your eyes.
(Prue struggles and then opens her eyes to see three pairs of eyes staring down at her. She moans again and places her hand to her forehead, feeling the cold cloth.)
Prue: What happened?
Piper: Rodriguez tried to attack you and Paige pushed you down. You hit your head on the floor and it knocked you out.
Prue: Where's Rodriguez?
Piper: I froze him.
Phoebe: Then we tied him up. Paige is downstairs guarding him.
Prue: You left her alone?
Phoebe: We needed to wake you up.
Prue: We need to vanquish him. (She sits up and holds her head.)
Andy: I don't think that's such a good idea, Prue.
Prue: What? But he almost killed you!
Andy: You said it's a time loop, right?
Prue: Yes..
Andy: And you know this because of Phoebe, right?
Prue: A huh.
Andy: Well, Phoebe, do you remember any of this?
Phoebe: No...
Andy: If this had happened before, then wouldn't you? Or at least have a feeling of déjà vu?
(Phoebe nods.)
Piper: So what are you saying?
Andy: I think by not killing Rodriguez, you've stopped time from being reset.
Phoebe: Rodriguez said that it'll be reset anyway.
Andy: Unless you can find a way to stop your time looping demon from doing so.
(Prue blinks her eyes.)
Prue: Wait, where's the Book?
Phoebe: With Paige, why?
Prue: I need to get up. (She attempts to get up, but struggles.)
Andy: I've got you. (He gently lifts her off the bed and places her on the ground.) Just trust me. Put your arm around my neck.
(Prue struggles with the fact that she can't go by herself, but she finally relents and puts her arm around Andy's neck.)
Cut to downstairs. Paige is staring at her watch.
Rodriguez: Any time now, witch. Then I'll kill you all, including your Inspector.
Prue: Wanna bet? (She motions to the Book and it flies over to her, stopping in mid air, then the pages begin to flip.)
Paige: What are you looking for?
Prue: The spell to accelerate time. (She stops turning the pages.)
Andy: Does it need the power of four?
(Prue holds out her hands. Paige takes one hand, Piper takes the other, then Phoebe grasps Piper's other hand, leaving Andy in the middle to continue holding up Prue.)
Prue: It couldn't hurt, right?
Paige: Let's get this over with.
Prue, Piper, Phoebe, & Paige: "Winds of time gather 'round, give me wings to speed my way..."
Rodriguez: Wait a minute...
Prue, Piper, Phoebe, & Paige: "Rush me on my journey forward, let tomorrow be today!" (The hands on the clock speed forward around the clock face.)
Scene: Tempus' lair. Tempus turns into fire and disappears.
Cut back to the sisters.
Paige: Prue...
Prue: Untie him.
Paige: He'll kill us!
Prue: He doesn't have the power to kill us or he wouldn't of needed Tempus.
Piper: We're not untying him, Prue.
(Prue narrows her eyes and the ropes slide off the Rodriguez.)
Andy: Prue..
Prue: Andy, I know what I'm doing. (She pulls herself a little closer to Andy.) Get out of here.
Rodriguez: You stupid witch. (He walks towards the door, but just as he gets close to it, he spins around and shoots a bolt of electricity at Prue. Prue narrows her eyes and the lightning telekinetically flies back at Rodriguez which hits him in the chest and he screams, exploding into dust.)
Prue: So predictable. (She brushes a strand of raven hair from her face.) We may not be murderers but (she sends Paige a half smile), with a partial exception for you, we're no angels either.
(Paige grins.)
Piper: Guys...
Phoebe: Oh, yeah, right! (She grabs Paige's wrist.) Remembering that thing we've got to do?
Paige: What th..Oh! Yeah, right! (She grabs Piper and Phoebe's hands, orbing them out. Prue and Andy share a look.)
Prue & Andy: I love you. (They share a passionate kiss.)
Scene: Manor. Kitchen. Phoebe is sitting at the table drinking coffee. Piper is making herself a bagel.
Weather Girl: (on the TV) Good morning, San Francisco, well it looks like it's going to be a gorgeous Monday morning here in the Bay area.
(Phoebe turns off the TV.)
Phoebe: She really needs another line. That one's getting boring.
Piper: Maybe she should hire Joanne Hertz, boost the ratings.
Phoebe: Speaking of the she devil herself, did you ever call to reschedule your segment?
Piper: No, I'm not going to.
Phoebe: Why?
Piper: I've decided to quit my job.
Phoebe: What?
Piper: And actually, I owe it all to Joanne. She made me realize that somehow I had forgotten what my dreams were, still are. I always wanted to be a chef and have my own restaurant not manage one. It's a good job and it pays okay but it's not my dream job.
Phoebe: I think that's great. I really do. And don't worry, if you need any help trilling the classifieds I am an expert. (They walk outside where Paige is sitting on the steps.)
Piper: Paige, are you alright?
Paige: Actually I am. Did you see the morning paper? (She holds it up for Piper and Phoebe to see.) Andy's been exonerated, they are now looking for Rodriguez.
Piper: Good luck.
Phoebe: Hey, are you sure you're alright?
Paige: Yeah. I was just thinking all that we've been through since we became witches.
Piper: Give you a headache?
Paige: No actually, it gave me a good feeling. I mean, look, it's hassle and can sometimes screw up our personal lives.
Piper: Amen to that.
Paige: And we do good things together. Helps offset the bad things.
(Phoebe rubs Paige's shoulder.)
Phoebe: And I'm glad we got through it all with our lives.
Piper: And Andy's.
Phoebe: Something tells me that he'll be around here a whole lot more from now on.
Paige: (whispering) At least some people get a happy ending.
Phoebe: What?
Paige: Nothing. (She looks at Piper.) We better get ready for work.
(Phoebe raises an eyebrow at Piper.)
Piper: I'll tell her later.
Paige: Tell me what?
Piper: Nothing. It's not important.
Phoebe: Nothing. Nothing. (They walk inside and see Prue coming down the stairs. Prue is in nothing but Andy's white shirt and her hair looks a little rumpled.)
Piper: Did someone have a good night?
Phoebe: And a new style? (She points to the shirt that Prue's wearing.)
Paige: So I'm guessing we're not alone in the house. Am I right?
Andy's Voice: (from upstairs) Prue?
Prue: I'll be up in a minute! (She grins at her sisters.) I'll tell you all later. (She points at the front door, revealing a glittering diamond ring on her hand, and it swings shut.)
A/n: Again, thank you all for bearing with us and the long absences between chapters. Hope you enjoyed it!