Chapter 43: Astral Monkey
Piper's reading some mail as Buffy and Phoebe walks in still in their pyjamas.
"Morning." Phoebe says.
"Morning, my sister," Buffy says.
Piper smiles, "Hey, Pheebs, Buffy."
"Uh, did you get the postcard from Dan?" Phoebe asks.
Piper nods, "Yeah, it sounds like he's having a great time."
"What's the matter? Is something wrong?" Buffy asks.
Phoebe turns and looks in the cupboard.
Piper nods, "We got another letter from Dr. Williamson."
"Williamson?" Phoebe asks. "Isn't he the specialist that treated you and Buffy for Arroyo fever?"
Buffy nods, "That would be him."
Phoebe opens the pantry, "Oh that was months ago. What does he want?"
"He wants us to come in for blood work so he can make sure we're cured." Piper says.
"An angel brought you both back to life," Phoebe says. "Trust me, you're both cured."
Buffy nods, "We know, but we can't exactly tell him that."
Phoebe nods, "So just throw the letter away."
Piper sighs, "We have been. He just keeps sending more."
Phoebe looks in the bin, "Here's my Granola." She pulls out an empty box of Granola. "What's it doing in the trash? I just bought this two days ago. Who eats this besides me?"
"Leo, but I'll replace it, I promise." Piper says.
Phoebe throws the box back in the bin, "Um, Piper, um, I don't want you to think I mind because I don't but if Leo's gonna be living here then I think we should probably set some ground rules, you know."
Piper shakes her head, "Leo doesn't live here."
"He eats breakfast here," Buffy says.
"Uh huh," Piper says.
Phoebe sighs, "A lot."
Piper nods, "Maybe he just likes cereal. You really think he's here that much?"
Phoebe nods, "He's like the big brother I never wanted." Piper gives her a look. "I mean, had."
Buffy nods, "Piper you know I'm happy for you and Leo. But he is here a lot and he does eat our food a lot."
Prue walks in, "Morning. Pheebs, um, Evan Stone, ever hear of him?"
Phoebe smiles, "Hello. Red Death. I've only seen that movie like five times."
Buffy rolls her eyes, "What movie haven't you seen, Pheebs."
"Yes, I know, I'm doing a photo shoot with him today," Prue says.
"How much do I hate you right now?" Phoebe asks. "Unless of course the tabloid rumours are true. In which case I really hate you. He is supposed to be..."
Prue shakes her head, "Shh! I do not want to know anything about him. I just wanna take his picture and leave. And I need to go get ready."
"Uh, Prue, you don't think Leo lives here do you?" Piper asks.
Prue nods, "I mean, yeah, of course he does but, I mean, it's fine as long as you're happy, that's all I really care about, not that I was unhappy when I saw Leo all naked in the shower and just all wet."
Piper nods, "Okay, so you guys just need to make up some ground rules, you know, what's acceptable and not acceptable and..." Phoebe and Prue leave the room. "I'm serious."
Buffy looks to Piper, "I agree with Prue as long as your happy, I'm happy. Though I do have one, well two ground rules. But one really isn't enforceable."
"What?" Piper asks.
"Bathroom. Prue said she walked in on Leo when he was in the shower. We need something setup so that doesn't happen again. So we don't walk in on him and he doesn't walk in on us. Talk about embarrassing." Buffy says.
Piper nods, "That sounds reasonable. What's the other?"
"As I said this one really isn't enforceable, since Leo doesn't make money as a Whitelighter. But it would have been nice if he paid for his share of the food. With the four of us and Prue starting her new job as photographer. Money has been a little tight lately." Buffy says.
Piper nods, "I guess your right. I don't know what we can do about it since like you said isn't paid for his work. I'll think it over."
"Talking about thinking things over." Buffy says as she picks up the letter from Dr. Williamson and puts it in the bin. "The answer is still no."
Piper nods, "Agreed."
At the movie studio Prue pulls up in her car. She gets out holding her camera bag and walks inside. A make-up artist is applying make-up to Evan Stone's face. Prue walks up to him. "Evan Stone?"
Evan nods, "Yes."
Prue smiles, "Hi, uh, we have a date. I'm Prue Halliwell, 415 magazine."
They shake hands.
"Bring security, I think I found another tabloid photographer." Lucy says.
Prue shakes her head, "Me? Uh, no, no, no. I am not with a tabloid." She tips out her purse. "I am with 415." She finds her pass and shows it to her. "I have an appointment."
Lucy nods, "Sorry. We've just had photographers sneaking in here all week. That's why I'm here. I'm Lucy. Evan's publicist."
"Hi," Prue says.
Lucy frowns, "And this is a temporary ID. This could be a problem."
Prue nods, "Yeah, well, that's because I'm a new employee at the magazine. I mean, you can call Gil Corso, I'm sure he'll be happy to confirm it."
"I'll keep an eye on her while you do that. Okay?" Evan says.
Lucy walks away.
"So what happens if Mr. Corso's in a meeting?" Prue asks. "What, you send me flying with nagi kick?"
Evan shakes his head, "I -. You know aikido."
Prue nods, "Yeah, well, it comes in, uh, handy with my line of work."
Evan laughs, "Photography business must be rougher than I thought."
"Only when publicists don't trust temporary ID's," Prue says.
Evan nods, "Lucy's a really cool person. Newly promoted. Just struggling to control her new power, that's all."
"I can certainly relate to that," Prue says.
Later in the kitchen Piper's on the phone. Buffy's on the extension.
"You're calling us at home?" Piper asks.
"Yes, Miss Halliwell. I would like you and yoru cousin to meet me in my lab as soon as possible." Dr. Williamson said.
"We're not going anywhere," Buffy said.
"Look, you both don't understand, this is very important." Dr. Williamson said.
"Goodbye, Doctor," Piper says.
"Look, I need your-" Dr. Williamson says.
Buffy and Piper hangs up the phones.
"Who does he think he is?" Buffy asks.
Piper shrugs.
Leo walks in just then. "Piper? Buffy?"
Piper smiles, "Leo, hi."
"Hey, Leo," Buffy says.
"Everything okay?" Leo asks looking between Piper and Buffy.
Piper shrugs, "I don't know, that was Dr. Williamson. He's been sending us letters, trying to get Buffy and I back to the hospital for follow up tests and we're not going. What are you doing here? Please don't tell me there's a demon running around."
Leo shakes his head, "No, I just figured since it was your day off, maybe you could spend it with me."
Piper smiles, "Oh, did you now." She and Leo hug each other.
Leo nods, "Yes, I did. Are you two sure you're alright?"
Buffy nods, "Yeah, I mean, it's not like he's ever gonna figure out that you were the one who saved us so we're not gonna worry about it because there is nothing to worry about."
Piper nods, "What Buffy said."
At the movie studio Prue's taking pictures of Evan. "Uh, can you just lift your chin a little bit because there's a shadow." Evan lifts his chin slightly. "Thanks." All of a sudden a monkey appears behind Evan. "What a cute monkey."
"Monkey?" Evan asks.
Prue nods, "Yeah, he's right behind you."
The monkey astral projects back in its body.
Evan turns around. "What are you talking about?"
"Okay, thanks." Prue says.
"You're leaving?" Evan asks.
Prue nods, "Uh, yeah, I'm finished."
Evan sighs, "We just got started."
Prue smiles, "Right, and, uh, I got a great shot, it was perfect." She walks outside and Evan follows her.
"Ms. Halliwell." Evan says and Prue stops and turns around. "Your car keys." He holds them up.
"Oh." Prue says and she goes to take them but he drops them. They both bend down. He picks them up, holds her hand and places them in her hand. They stand up and Evan leans close to Prue.
"You can take my picture anytime, Ms. Halliwell." Evan says.
Prue smiles, "Thank you."
Later back at the Manor Prue walks in kitchen from the back door. "Hey, you are never going to believe what happened today."
"Yes I will. I saw Notting Hill." Phoebe says.
Prue frowns, "What are you talking about?" Phoebe points to card in a bunch of flowers that is on the table. Prue picks up the card. "They're from Evan."
Phoebe sighs, "I hope you're happy, you're stealing away my dream man. 'Prue, what really happened? Evan.' Something happened?"
Prue nods, "Yes, but not with Evan Stone. Is Piper and Buffy here?"
Phoebe nods, "Yeah, Piper's in the living room with Leo, again. And Buffy last I checked was upstairs doing her homework."
Prue nods as she calls out, "Buffy. Piper. Leo."
"So are you gonna tell me why he sent you flowers?" Phoebe asks.
Prue shrugs, "You know, I just have no idea."
"And they say the youngest is the most naive." Phoebe says.
Prue leans over to smell the flowers but Phoebe stops her as Buffy, Piper and Leo walk in.
"Prue, you're back early," Piper says.
Prue nods, "Yes, I am, that's because a monkey astral projected to me on the set today."
"A monkey?" Buffy asks.
Piper shakes her head, "Astral projected?"
Prue nods, "Yeah, and, and it waved at me, okay, like it knew me or something. I think it wanted my help."
"I think you're working way too hard." Phoebe says.
Prue shakes her head, "You know, Phoebe, I saw it. Okay, and-and-and it had like an ID bracelet from a hospital on its arm."
"Prue, I don't think monkeys can astral project." Buffy says before she looks to Leo, "Can they?"
Leo shakes his head, "Not without powers. And it would have to have your power too, you know, to find you, magic to magic."
"My power? How can it have my power? I have my powers. Alright, wait, so, so, you're saying that a monkey is sharing my powers?" Prue says.
"Is that even possible?" Phoebe asks.
"After all you've seen and done over the last two years, you tell me what's impossible." Leo replies.
Piper frowns, "You said something about a hospital wristband?"
Prue nods, "Yeah, it had a rose on it."
Buffy gets the letter from Dr. Williamson out of the bin. "Did it look anything like this?" She shows her the rose on the letter.
Prue nods, "Yeah. Exactly like this. Wait, is this the same Dr. Williamson?"
Piper nods, "Yeah, he's been sending me requests for weeks and he called this morning and said he wanted to see me and Buffy."
Prue frowns, "What?"
"Wait, you didn't tell me he called you." Phoebe says.
Piper sighs, "Well, there was nothing to say."
"We hung up on him," Buffy says.
"Do you think he found out about our powers?" Piper asks.
"B.O.S." Prue says.
Phoebe frowns, "B.O.S.? Oh, Book Of Shadows."
Phoebe and Prue leave the kitchen. The Whitelighters call Leo.
"They say it's important," Leo says.
Piper smiles, "Okay, um, come back soon."
Leo nods, "Okay."
They kiss and Leo orbs out.
Buffy sighs, "How much do you think we should worry?"
"I don't know," Piper says.
Later at the hospital, Prue, Buffy, Piper and Phoebe walk in to Dr. Williamsons' lab. The place is a complete wreck.
"Wow, what a mess," Phoebe says.
They see four monkeys.
"Well, too bad we can't ask them where Williamson is," Piper says.
Prue nods, "That's the same monkey."
Buffy nods, "It looks like it knows you."
They monkeys chatter at them.
"Okay, it looks like they know all of us. Come on." Prue says.
They walk over to the cages.
Piper frowns, "He named them after us."
"That's really scary," Phoebe says.
Prue nods, "Alright, we need to, uh, take a look around and make sure there's nothing else here that could expose us."
Buffy nods, "Well, maybe that's why the monkey projected to you, Prue. Maybe she was trying to warn you."
They look through all the files on the table.
"All of these files say Halliwell," Piper says.
Prue nods, "Yeah, well, look at all these tests that he took. Okay, not just on blood that he took from you and Buffy but blood that he took from Phoebe and me."
Buffy frowns, "He has spent months trying to figure out how Piper and I survived the Arroyo fever."
"This grant request says that he is looking for a universal antibody." Prue says.
Phoebe takes their blood out of a fridge, "Maybe he thought it was in your blood."
One of the monkeys uses Prue's power and a banana floats through the air. Another monkey freezes it. A third monkey toasts it.
Prue frowns, "Buffy, Piper. Phoebe. Okay, so, um, I think it's safe to say that Dr. Williamson probably knows about us."
"Do you think he's been injecting our blood into those monkeys?" Phoebe asks.
Prue shakes her head, "I don't know but we need to get them outta here before somebody walks in, sees something flying and everybody finds out about us."
They unlock the cages and Phoebe picks up a monkey. She has a premonition of Dr. Williamson with their powers.
"Okay, not only does Williamson know about our powers, but he's got one of them, telekinesis," Phoebe says.
Piper frowns, "Wait a minute, you remember what he was like when Buffy and I were sick. He had the CDC here, the media. If we don't stop him, the monkeys aren't going to be the only one's in cages."
"Ok first things first. You guys check and see if Dr. Williamson is still around. I'll flame the monkeys to the Manor." Buffy said.
Moments later Piper, Prue and Phoebe walk down a corridor looking for Dr. Williamson as they walk past a nurses station Prue notices she and Evan on the TV. "Wait."
"Who is this mystery woman in Evan Stone's life? Why did he send her flowers? Tune in tonight and find out." A reporter says.
Phoebe frowns, "I thought you said nothing happened."
Prue nods, "Yeah, he was just returning my car keys."
"It was more than a miracle. It was as if he was clairvoyant. He said his brother in-law was going to have a heart attack and ten seconds later he collapsed." A nurse says.
"And he could tell that just by looking at him?" Another nurse asks.
The nurse shakes her head, "No, he touched him first."
Phoebe frowns, "I'd say premonitions for 500, Alex."
Piper walks over to them, "Excuse me. I'm a patient of Dr. Williamson. Do you know where I might find him?"
Nurse nods, "He was heading towards the records room."
Piper smiles, "Okay, thank you." She walks back over to Prue and Phoebe.
Prue frowns, "So he's using our powers in public."
"At least he's not hurting anyone." Phoebe says.
Prue sighs, "Yet."
They walk to the records room. Piper freezes the secretary.
"Dr. Williamson's long gone," Phoebe says.
Prue and Phoebe start to leave.
"Wait, wait, wait. He came in here for a reason." Piper says and they walk over to the computer. "It's a list of names and addresses of people who were admitted in the jail ward in the hospital. Benny Ritter is highlighted." She prints out the page. "Access by Dr. C. Williamson."
Outside Benny Ritter's place Paramedics are taking Benny to the ambulance on a stretcher. Prue, Piper and Phoebe walk up to the police table as Darryl sees them and walks over to them.
"Should I be afraid to ask what you guys are doing in this part of town?" Darryl asks.
"We're not sure. What happened?" Piper asks.
Darryl sighs, "Some low life named Benny Ritter had a kidney removed, not that he could tell us that, he was found sedated."
"Who is he?" Buffy as she comes up behind her cousins. Prue looks to Buffy as if to ask where are they. "Safe."
"A drug dealer. Busted last week out on a technicality." Darryl says.
Piper nods, "Any idea who did it?"
"Med-techs said whoever gutted him, stitched him up, left a note, something about internal sutures secure, morphine for the pain." Darryl said.
"He left a note?" Prue asks.
Darryl nods, "Yeah, we'll definitely be looking for somebody with medical training."
"You can't," Buffy says.
"I had a feeling you were gonna say something like that. Wanna tell me why?" Darryl says.
"Only that it's supernatural," Prue says.
Darryl nods, "I can't really tell them that."
"It's the best we can do for now, Darryl," Phoebe says. "You're the one that said you didn't wanna know what we were into."
Darryl sighs, "But I suppose you want me to keep you posted."
Prue nods, "Yes, but more importantly just be careful."
Darryl turns and walks away.
"So much for not hurting anybody," Buffy says.
Prue nods, "Well, we have to find him before the cops do. Piper?"
Piper sighs, "I keep thinking if Buffy and I'd answered one of his letters..."
They turn and walk back to Piper's car.
"Buffy, where are they?" Prue asks.
"At the Manor in the cages. I flamed the monkey's cage and all." Buffy said.
Back at the Manor Prue is on the phone, "Mr. Corso, you know that I am not Evan Stone's girlfriend. Are you laughing at me?"
Phoebe runs in and grabs a monkey. "Can somebody please help me?"
Buffy and Piper comes in holding both Book Of Shadows.
"Okay, there is nothing in here about mortals or animals having powers, let alone how to get the powers out of them." Piper says.
Phoebe nods, "We'll find something, Piper."
Buffy picks up a monkey, "Okay, um, when? Because Dr. Williamson has already stole somebody's kidney and what's gonna be next?"
"I'll explain everything just not now. Okay, bye." Prue says as she hangs up.
"Except for the magic monkey part, right?" Phoebe asks.
Prue nods, "No, I thought I'd leave that part out."
They hear voices and see camera flashes from outside.
Piper frowns, "What's that?"
Phoebe shakes her head, "Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. It's photographers." She looks out the window. "They're everywhere on the lawn."
"Okay, close-close the curtain." Prue says.
Phoebe pulls down all the blinds. The doorbell rings several times. "There are more coming. I'll be right there. More are coming."
"Do you think they saw anything?" Buffy asks.
Piper nods, "Yeah, like stolen monkeys."
"Who knows but at least they didn't see any magic." Phoebe says as she picks up a monkey. Leo orbs in. "Never mind."
A monkey jumps in Leo's arms.
"Sorry." Leo says.
Phoebe nods, "Uh huh."
Leo sighs, "I'll ask later. Right now I've got some bad news about Dr. Williamson." He hears the reporters outside.
Piper frowns, "That's the press, they're after Prue."
They all walk in the kitchen. Piper hands Prue a monkey.
"Thanks." Prue says.
Buffy walks in holding a monkey, "So what's the bad news?"
Leo nods, "Well, simply put, Dr. Williamson is cosmically screwed. He's got your powers in his mortal body. It took generations to prepare you for that, you can handle it, he can't."
Piper takes the monkey off of Leo. "So what's going to happen to him?"
"He'll go mad." Leo says.
"Just from our powers?" Prue asks.
Leo nods, "Yes."
"Wait, are you saying that out powers are in our blood and he injected himself with it?" Phoebe asks.
Leo nods, "That blood, yeah. See, the spell that you cast to cure Piper and Buffy changed everything and now it's changing Dr. Williamson. See, your magic is meant for doing good but in the wrong person, somebody not ready for it, that need to do good things..."
"Could go bad?" Buffy asks.
Leo nods, "Real bad. Piper, Buffy, it's nobody's fault. Dr. Williamson chose his own path. This is not the consequence of anybody's actions except his own. Still, you have to find a way to stop him before things get worse."
"If they haven't already." Piper says as she hands the monkey back to Leo.
Phoebe nods, "Okay, I'm gonna make a potion to separate powers from witches."
"They're monkeys," Buffy says.
Phoebe nods, "With witches blood. I don't know what else to do. Maybe if it works on them it will work on Williamson."
Prue nods, "Alright, I-I gotta figure out a way to get rid of these reporters otherwise we can't do anything and figure out a way to go talk to Evan."
"I'm gonna go call Morris. He needs to know what he's up against," Piper says.
Leo nods, "If only to keep yourself from being exposed as witches."
"Yeah, that too." Piper says.
Buffy smiles, "I have a way for you to go talk to Evan Stone, Prue."
Prue sighs, "Flaming me over there could possibly expose…"
Buffy sighs, "I can set us down in a secluded part of the studio and then you can go talk to him. That way we don't have to worry about trying to sneak you out."
Prue nods, "Okay. But lets flame out from upstairs where those reporters on the front lawn don't see us leaving."
Buffy nods, "Good thinking."
At the movie studio Evan is on set with two other guys practicing a scene.
"And cut! Terrific guys, print that." Director yells.
Evan walks over to Buffy and Prue who's waiting near by.
Prue smiles, "Hi."
Evan puts his fists up and playfully pretends to fight Prue. "Who's your friend?"
Buffy smiles, "Actually cousin, Payson Halliwell."
"Okay, I might hurt you. Evan, our front yard is filled with photographers. Okay, they are watching my every move. I had to get Payson to drive me over so they wouldn't follow."
"Oh, come on, it'll blow over. You're a normal red blooded American girl with nothing to hide, right?" Evan says.
Prue nods, "Right, but, uh, I can't really do my job with flash bulbs going off in my face every single second."
Evan nods, "You can't fight back. That's like struggling in quicksand. Don't play. Look, whatever energy they're throwing at you just pass right on by. Because eventually that energy comes back around leads to someone else."
Buffy shakes her head, "Yeah, uh, okay, we really appreciate the whole wax on wax off approach but couldn't your people just issue some kind of statement?"
"What, are you kidding me? You're working the bad boy image." Evan says.
Prue shakes her head, "Evan, please."
"You got a cell phone?" Evan asks.
Prue nods, "Course I do." She hands it to him. "Who are you calling?"
Evan smiles, "Celebrity peep shows. They use tipsters to tell them what's going on, who's doing who. I'm the tipster." He dials a number. "Copnec Julius. Shh." He speaks in a weird voice. "Hello, this is Julius. Evan Stone and his new girlfriend are at the baby sound stage. They're going off to dinner. Hurry down there if you want to catch them." He hangs up and gives the phone back to Prue. "I say you've got about fifteen minutes to get out of here."
"You know you're going to get trampled." Buffy says.
Evan smiles, "I'll handle it. I'll just tell them I dumped her. I'm a bad boy, remember."
"Sure you are. Thanks for the flowers." Prue says.
Evan nods, "You deserve them. Along with that quiet normal life you seem to want so badly."
Prue smiles, "Thanks." She and Buffy turn and leave to find a quiet place to flame out.
Later at Sally Dopler's place. She's fixing up computer parts. "Bobby, been busy while I was gone. You got a buyer for these? 'Cause I've got somebody in county that might be able to move them for ya. Bobby!"
Dr. Williamson walks in holding a cooler. "Was that his name?" He puts down the cooler and gets ready to use Prue's power. Suddenly, he flies across the room and Prue, Piper and Phoene run in.
"Get out of here now." Prue says.
Sally grabs some computer parts and runs outside.
"Dr. Williamson..." Piper says.
"Piper." Dr. Williamson says.
"Listen to us, you're sick," Buffy says. "You're doing terrible things."
Dr. Williamson shakes his head, "I'm saving lives."
Piper she hakes her head, "No, you're hurting people." She and Buffy walks towards Dr. Williamson.
Prue frowns, Buffy, Piper, be careful."
Buffy nods indicating she heard Prue, "We have medicine for you. We think it might help."
"You know, I really have you both to thank for all this. I couldn't do it without you." Dr. Williamson said.
Piper frowns, "Don't say that. Here, take this, it will make you better." She holds the potion out for him and he makes her and Buffy fly across the room.
"Piper." Prue says.
Dr. Williamson does the same to Prue. Phoebe kneels down beside Buffy and Piper. He walks over near Phoebe. Phoebe stands up.
"We wanna help you," Phoebe says.
Dr. Williamson shakes his head, "I don't want your help. I'm doing great things, I'm saving lives. And I got a lot of work to do."
Phoebe frowns, "Okay, uh, well, this is for the monkeys." She punches him in the face. "And this is for my sisters and cousin." She goes to kick him but he makes her fly across the room. She gets knocked unconscious. He steps on the potion and breaks the jar.
Later back at the Manor a map is on the table and Phoebe is holding a crystal above it.
Prue walks in, "Any luck?"
Phoebe shakes her head, "No, and I can't figure out another way to find him. All I have to do is locate him through his powers."
Buffy sighs, "Yeah, but his powers are our powers."
Phoebe nods, "Right, exactly, so the crystal keeps circling our street. And I keep finding us."
"Okay, keep trying," Piper says..
"Guys, we need to talk about what we're gonna do," Prue says.
Buffy frowns, "What do you mean? I thought we already had a plan, I mean, we have the potion."
Phoebe shakes her head, "No, not anymore, he trashed it."
Piper sighs, "So we'll make more."
Phoebe frowns, "With what? I have nothing else to use and the only shop that carries what I need closed four hours ago. And even if I made more elixir, Piper, Buffy, we'd never get it into him. He's much stronger than we are."
"Guys, he was our doctor. He tried to save our life, remember." Buffy says.
Prue sighs, "He could of killed us, Piper, Buffy."
Piper shakes her head, "But he didn't."
"No, but he might be out there right now trying to kill someone else," Prue says. "Look, we need to face the fact that he's one innocent that we might not be able to save."
"But he needs help," Buffy says.
Prue nods, "I know that, honey."
Piper sighs and looks at Buffy before looking back at Prue, "Okay, then, so what are you suggesting?" Prue and Phoebe look at each other. "You guys wanna vanquish him? You can't be serious, he's, he's not a demon, he's a human being."
Prue shakes her head, "Not anymore."
"But, okay, we can't use our powers to punish anyway you know that," Buffy says.
"Buffy, Piper, we're not punishing, alright, we're saving lives. Piper, all you have to do is freeze him." Prue says.
Piper frowns, "And then what? You're gonna move him in the path of an oncoming bus, drop a building on him, kill him?" Leo walks in. "Leo, tell me you found something, anything."
Leo shakes his head, "Sorry. I don't think there's anyway out of this one."
Buffy sighs, "I don't believe this."
The crystal points to a different place on the map.
"I found him." Phoebe says.
Later at an abandoned building. Homeless people are sleeping there. Buffy, Prue, Piper and Phoebe arrive to find Dr. Williamson is there.
"Dr. Williamson, we can help you but you have to stop hurting people." Piper says.
Dr. Williamson shrugs, "If you say so." He goes to throw the scalpel but Prue uses her power and it flies out of his hand. All the homeless people run outside. "You should of stayed away." He uses Prue's power and a circular saw blade flies straight towards them. Piper freezes it.
Phoebe frowns, "Okay, Piper, freeze him, him, him."
Piper freezes him but he fights through it. "It's not working."
Prue nods, "Whatever you do, do not unfreeze that thing."
Dr. Williamson makes another one fly towards them and Prue uses her power to stop it and it continues to spin in one spot. They both use their powers to try and push it back towards each other. "You know, I'm getting pretty good at this."
Prue frowns, "Okay, he's really, really strong."
"I don't know how much longer I can hold this." Piper says.
"Piper, you do not let that go, okay, you do not let that go!" Phoebe says.
"Dr. Williamson please don't make me do it," Buffy says.
"Piper, when I tell you to, just let go." Prue says.
"What?" Buffy and Phoebe asks.
"But..." Piper says.
Prue nods, "We're done playing around. Hit the deck now." She makes the blade fly in a different direction. They all duck and the other blade unfreezes. The blade rebounds off the wall and flies straight towards Dr. Williamson and hits him in the chest. Dr. Williamson pulls the blade out and collapses on the floor.
"No!" Piper and Buffy says as they run over to him.
"Oh, God. Please don't die." Piper says as she starts to cry.
"Come on. Look at us, come on, come on. Please don't die." Buffy says as she too starts to cry.
"Buffy, honey. Piper, honey." Phoebe says
"I'm sorry." Piper and Buffy says.
That evening Phoebe's putting her and Prue's files from Dr. Williamson in the fireplace. "Bye, bye, files."
"Well, at least everything's back to normal..." Prue says asshe looks over at the monkeys who are sitting on the couch eating stuff out of a bowl, "…for us."
Phoebe nods, "At least we're safe."
"Yeah, what about them?" Prue asks.
Phoebe smiles, "Oh, they'll be safe tomorrow when I drop them off at the wild life conservatory. Hey, watch this. You guys, what do you think of evil?"
One monkey covers its eyes, the other puts his fingers in its ears and the other covers its mouth. Prue and Phoebe laugh.
"You're gonna miss them aren't you?" Prue asks.
Phoebe nods, "Yeah."
Piper and Buffy walks in holding their files.
"Hey, we've been wondering where you two have been." Prue says.
"Oh, you know what? I have something for you," Phoebe says as she gets a piece of paper out of her pocket and hands it to Piper.
"What is this?" Piper asks.
Phoebe smiles, "Uh, ground rules for me."
Piper reads the note. "I want a man who hates my brand of cereal so there'll always be some for me. A man who's love will catch me by surprise. What is this?"
Phoebe nods, "It's a wish list. I hope I find someone as great as Leo. You deserve the best and I think you found it."
Buffy nods in agreement, "You can forget the ground rules I mentioned also. While it would be nice to know when Leo is in the shower I'm not going to worry about it. As long as your happy, my sister."
"So you guys don't mind if he's hanging around a lot?" Piper asks.
Prue nods, "We just want you to be happy, honey." Piper and Buffy walks over to the fireplace and puts their files in. "Piper, Buffy."
"Are you two okay?" Phoebe asks.
Piper looks to Buffy and sighs, "His name was Curtis."
"Who's name was Curtis?" Phoebe asks.
"Dr. Williamson. Piper and I read it in his medical bio. His first name was Curtis. He never married because he was working all the time. Saving lives was more important to him than having a life of his own. Now his life is over and Piper and I can't help but feel responsible for that." Buffy says.
Phoebe nods, "We tried to save him."
Piper sighs, "But we didn't."
"Because we couldn't," Prue says.
Buffy shakes her head as she indicates herself and Piper, "We couldn't." They turn and leave the room.
"Should we, uh...?" Phoebe asks.
Prue shakes her head, "No, not this time."
Up in Piper's room, she and Buffy walk in and Piper closes the door. They sit on Piper's bed and they start crying as they hold each other.
Leo orbs in and sits down next to them. He puts his arms around them and pulls both Piper and Buffy into a group embrace as he tries to comfort them both.