Andy had called in what had happened with Matthew without giving away to many details. Him and Darryl were questioning on of the men who saw Matthew jump out the window. "I was just sitting there you know reading sports having a cup of joe and bam this guy comes flying out of nowhere. You know weird clothes bad manners. He nearly fell right on top of me" the man said. "When you say fell" Darryl asked. "I mean fell. You know like from way up there I guess I don't know" the man said pointing up to the broken window and all three men looked up. "That's a ten story drop sir" Darryl said. Andy nodded knowing it was Prue's office but trying to avoid going up there. "Your telling us that he just got up, walked away with out a scratch. That's what you're saying" Darryl said. "There's got to be a better explanation" Andy said. The man looked at the two detectives. "I told you all I know. Can I go" he asked. Darryl nodded. "Yea you can go" he said.
"Alright Trudeau. Pull out your secret ghost hunter decoder ring and let's hear it" Darryl said. Andy laughed. "Look Morris I don't know. Ok all I know is that man who ever he is, is out there and we have to find him" Andy said. Darryl looked up at the broken window. "Maybe we should try to figure out who's office that is" he said. Andy shook his head trying to get Darryl off the idea of going up to Prue's office. "I think we should find the guy before he hurts someone" he said. "Maybe whoever's office that is knows what happened here" Darryl said. "I don't think so. I think finding this guy is more important" Andy said a little too eagerly. Darryl looked at his partner strangely. "Are you OK Trudeau" he asked. "Yea I just don't think we need to be asking everyone questions. We know this guy isn't here and we know he left in that direction" Andy said pointing in the direction they were told Matthew went. "Well you can go chase after that man I'm going up there to see if anyone knows anything" Darryl said.
Across town Angel and Cordelia were planning their wedding while Doyle tried to update some of their books. "We don't need that many decorations. I mean we're getting married outside at night no one will be able to see them anyway" Cordelia said. Angel scratched the back of his neck. "Yea sorry about that. The whole being a vampire thing really doesn't work well for weddings especially with me not being able to be out in sunlight or not really being able to be married in a church" he said. "Well you really shouldn't be able to get married. Your dead so the fact that your able to get married is amazing" Doyle said. "He's right. It doesn't matter how the wedding looks all that matters is that I'm marrying the man of my dreams" Cordelia said giving Angel a kiss. Angel looked down at the seating chart. "Cordy" he said. "Yea" she asked. "We don't have your parents seated anywhere. I mean what are they going to do stand" Angel asked.
"They're not coming" Cordelia said getting up. Angel and Doyle looked at each other confused. "Are you sure because we can find room for them" Angel said. "Yea they won't have to stand or sit in their car to watch the wedding" Doyle said. Cordelia sighed. "Listen just drop it OK" she said. "I think we can put them on the end. There's enough room to…" Angel started to say but Cordelia interrupted him. "I SAID DROP IT" she yelled. Once again Angel and Doyle looked at each other confused. Before they could say anything Prue knocked on the door. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything" Prue said. They all turned to look at her. Cordelia smiled at her and walked over to her. "Prue what can we do for you please tell me we have a case" she said. "I think so. We have a problem" Prue said. "Would this be a charmed problem or a regular human problem" Doyle asked. "A charmed problem but it affects all of us" she said.
"Don't they all affect us one way or another" Cordelia asked. Prue nodded her head. "True but this one mentioned Angel by name" she said. Cordelia and Doyle looked to Angel surprised. "Great who's after me know" he asked throwing the seating chart down on the desk. "Matthew Tate" Prue said. Angel looked at Prue shocked and shook his head. "That's impossible. He's trapped in a locket that only the…" Angel started saying but stopped himself realizing what must have happened. "You opened the locket" Angel asked. Prue nodded. "I didn't know what it was and he attacked me and Andy at Buckland's. He said he wanted revenge on you though he called you Angelus and someone named Darla" Prue said. Cordelia looked at Angel shocked. "Your ex" she said. Angel didn't say anything. Doyle looked at Prue. "Is Andy Ok" he asked. Prue nodded. "He called it in. He's going to try to keep the police off the trail of magic while still trying to find Matthew" she said.
"Are you OK" Cordelia asked Angel who was just standing there quiet. Angel didn't say anything but walked into the elevator closing the door behind him and going down to the basement. Cordelia Prue and Doyle all looked at each other. They walked down the stairs meeting Angel down there. "What's going on" Doyle asked as Angel opened the elevator door and walked into his and Cordelia's room. He ignored Doyle's question and took out a suitcase and started packing it. "Are you going somewhere" Prue asked. Angel shook his head. "I'm not. Cordelia and Doyle are" he said continuing to pack Cordelia's clothes into the suitcase. Cordelia took her clothes out of the suitcase. "I'm not going anywhere. We have a demon to find. This is kind of what we do remember" she said. Angel shook his head. "Not this time. You and Doyle are leaving town" he said. "We're going to help you. We're a team. Angel investigations" Doyle said.
"It's too dangerous" Angel said. Cordelia snorted. "So is every other demon we faced" she said. Angel shook his head. "Matthew's not like any other demon. He can copy any sort of magical power" he said. Prue nodded. "That's what he did to me" she said. "Crap" Angel said. Doyle shrugged. "So he can copy any power. So what" he asked. "Once he copies a power it has no affect on him. He copied mine and Darla's vampire abilities after we used them on him not knowing what he was. I literally can't fight him" Angel said. "He's going to go after Piper and Phoebe which is why I need your guy's help" Prue said. Cordelia nodded. "Don't worry he won't get Piper or phoebe's powers. We'll make sure of it right" she said looking at both Angel and Doyle. Doyle nodded. "Right" he said. They looked at Angel expectantly. "I don't know if we can beat him" he said. Cordelia took his hand. "All of us together can right" she said. After some hesitation Angel nodded. "Right" he said.
Back at Buckland's Andy and Darryl were questioning Rex and Hannah. "Webster, Hannah" Hannah said after Darryl asked for their names. "You said you heard some noises in here. What kind" Andy asked. Rex and Hannah looked at each other. "Well it's hard to say" Hannah said. "It almost sounded like a struggle of some sort. The voices were muffled but it sounded like the men got into a fight or something" Rex said. Darryl looked at him confused. "Men? I thought there was only one man in here" he said. Rex shook his head. "I definitely heard two male voices" he said looking at Andy. "Weren't you here earlier visiting Prue inspector" he asked. Darryl looked at Andy. "You never told me that" he said. Andy nodded. "Yea I visited Prue earlier but that must have been before this man was up here. I didn't see anyone" Andy said. "Anyway we heard a crash and gunshots and I assumed that was Prue and the two other people fighting and we went to check on her but she ran past us in the hall" Hannah said.
"What did she say? What happened" Darryl asked. "Nothing actually she just left" Hannah said. "What about the two men? Did you see them" Darryl asked. Rex looked at Andy and shook his head. "No we didn't see the two men. The only person I saw was inspector Trudeau over here earlier in the day. Those two men disappeared like magic" Rex said. Andy looked at him at that last comment. Something was off about Rex but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was. "Prue seemed very agitated too" Rex said. "Yea" Hannah said agreeing with Rex. "She wasn't hurt was she" Andy asked. Rex and Hannah both shook their heads. "No she seemed very bothered though" Hannah said. Andy looked around and saw the bullets he shot on the floor. He walked over to where they were. "She didn't say where she was going by any chance did she" Darryl asked. "No, No sorry" Rex said. While Darryl was preoccupied Andy picked up the bullets and put them in his pocket.
"OK thanks Mr. Buckland's. CSI will be done with the windows in a couple of hours and then we'll have them fixed" Darryl said. "Believe me inspector, I really don't care about the window. I only care about Prue" Rex said. Rex and Hannah walked out of the room. Darryl turned around to look at Andy who was looking at something on Prue's desk. He was hiding something. "You want to tell me why you didn't say anything about being here earlier" Darryl said. "I didn't think it was important to the case when I see my fiancé on my personal time. When I saw Prue she was fine" Andy lied. "They said their was another man in here. Now if I start digging I'm not going to find out you were here with Prue and our mystery man am I" Darryl asked. "What are you accusing me of" Andy asked. The two inspectors just stared at each other for a minute. "Your too close to this case Trudeau. I'm going to talk to the captain to get you removed from it" Darryl said walking away. Andy stood there and sighed. This wasn't good.
Over at Angel investigations, Angel Cordelia and Doyle were trying to find Matthew's location. "How is it that a 17th century warlock is able to hide himself? Even in San Francisco he's bound to stick out" Cordelia asked. Doyle was watching the news looking for any sign of Matthew. "Maybe he copied the power of invisibility" Doyle said. "Who knows what type of powers he copied? Me and Darla only saw a couple of them. He has so many more" Angel said. "Yea well that's really rude that he can just copy other people's powers" Cordelia said. She looked at Angel who looked concerned. She got up and walked over to him. "Were going to get him trust me" Cordelia said. Angel shook his head. "I don't know how. Back then even me and Darla were scared of him and we weren't scared of anything" he said. "About your ex Darla" Cordelia said. Angel looked at her. "You don't have to worry. I have no feelings for her anymore" Angel said.
"I wasn't thinking that" Cordelia said. "Then what is it" Angel asked. "Is she still alive" Cordelia asked. Angel shrugged his shoulders. "I have no idea. I haven't seen her in over 50 years" he said. Cordelia nodded. "Do you ever think about her" she asked. Angel looked at her confused. "What" he asked. "Do you ever think about what would have happened if you never got your soul and you guys stayed together" she asked. Angel shook his head. "No. Darla is my past. You are my future" he said pulling her into his arms and giving her a kiss. Cordelia didn't look so sure. "You guys were together for centuries. It's only natural you would think about her" she said. "The only thing I think about in relation to Darla is how glad I am she's out of my life" Angel said. Cordelia was going to push the issue but then Doyle yelled out in pain. "Doyle" Angel yelled running over and catching him before he fell. Cordelia followed. Doyle stopped yelling. "What did you see" Angel asked. Doyle looked confused.
"I think I saw Melinda Warren curse Matthew into the locket" he said. Cordelia looked at him confused. "I thought you only see visions of the future" she said. Doyle nodded. "Normally I do but not this time" he said. "Well we need to find out what it means" Angel said letting go of Doyle. "I know what it means" he said. Cordelia looked at him waiting for an explanation. "You want to share with the class" she said. Doyle looked at Angel. "We need Darla" he said. Angel shook his head. "No. Were not getting her involved" he said. "Stopping Matthew is going to take all of us including Darla. You heard Prue. He wants revenge on her too" Doyle said. "Darla can't be trusted. She will kill the two of you while I watch and then she would go after the sisters just to kill their family line. We can't bring her into this" Angel said. "We may not have a choice" Cordelia said. Angel sighed in frustration. "I don't even know where she is" he said. "I do. She's in LA" Doyle said.
At the police station, Andy got a call about an Arnold Halliwell being killed. Matthew was trying to find Prue and her sisters and it was only a matter of time before he did. They had to find him first. Andy got up from his desk and saw Darryl walk out of the captain's office. Andy walked up to him. "Looks like our guy murdered someone" Andy said. "The captain wants to talk to you" Darryl said pointing behind him at the captain's opened office door. Andy looked at Darryl who just stared at him. "Trudeau" the captain called from his office. Andy sighed and walked into the captain's office. "Captain" he greeted his boss. "Shut the door" he said. Andy did as he was told. "Sit" the captain said. Once again Andy did as he was told. "It's been brought to my attention that there's a conflict of interest on your case" the captain said. Andy shook his head. "No captain. There's no conflict of interest" Andy said. "Really? So your fiance's place of work wasn't the crime scene" the captain asked.
"Yes but…" Andy started to say but the captain cut him off. "You also lied to Morris about being there earlier in the day" the captain said. "Me and Prue had a lunch date. We ate lunch in her office. She was fine when I left her" Andy said. The captain looked at him sizing him up. After what felt like an eternity for Andy his boss spoke. "Your off the case. Lockley will be taking over for you" the captain said. Andy shook his head. "No captain. You can't do that" he said. "I just did. You ae to go nowhere near this case and you are to stay away when Morris and Lockley question your fiancé" the captain said. This wasn't good. "Captain you can't take me off this case" Andy pleaded with his boss. "I've made my decision" the captain said throwing a file in front of Andy. "You've been reassigned to this case. You'll be working with Johnson" the captain said. "Captain I have to…" Andy started to say but his boss held up a hand. "Don't push me Trudeau. You are off the case and that's final" his boss said.
Angel couldn't believe he was doing this. Here he was in the sewers of LA looking for Darla to try to help him. He really didn't think this was going to work. Darla couldn't be trusted. She was a master manipulator and would not hesitate to kill everyone Angel loved or the sisters. He wasn't going to let that happen. He took the map Doyle had drawn him out of his leather jacket. This seemed to be the place. He didn't see her. She should be somewhere around here. All of a sudden someone jumped him from behind and he fell to the floor. "I don't know who you are but you made a mistake coming down here" the voice said. Angel stood up quickly in his vamp face and turned around. "Hello Darla" he said. She was also in her vamp face. She smiled at him. "Angelus get rid of that pesky soul yet" she asked. Angel shook his head. "No and it's Angel" he said. She rolled her eyes. "Well whatever name your going by you shouldn't have come here" Darla said. "I came to ask for your help" he said.
"Sorry I'm not really in the helping the helpless business" she said. Angel was about to speak when she punched him in the face. "Like I said you shouldn't have come here" Darla said. They started fighting each other each landing blows onto the other. "I'm not here to fight" Angel said. "That's too bad because a fight is what you got" Darla said. They continued fighting until Darla pinned Angel on the ground. "This was fun but I miss Angelus. Come back to me when he comes out to play again" Darla said letting go of Angel and walking away. Angel stood up. "Matthew Tate is back" he said. Darla stopped in her tracks. She turned around. "What" she asked. "Matthew Tate is back and he wants revenge on us and I need your help to stop him" Angel said. Darla morphed back into her human face. Angel did the same. "How" she asked. "One of the descendants of Melinda Warren opened the locket" he said. Darla thought for a minute then smiled sinisterly. "The Charmed ones. This just got interesting" she said.
Andy arrived home and walked up the stairs to the front door when he saw Darryl and Kate walking down the stairs. "Trudeau" Darryl said. "Morris Lockley. I hope you got what you needed from Prue" Andy said. Kate shook her head. "The youngest sister Phoebe, I believe her name is, told us to come back with a warrant" she said. Andy laughed. "You think this is a joke Trudeau" Darryl said. Andy shook his head. "Not at all but if I still would have been on the case I could have gotten the information you needed from Prue. Good luck getting to talk to Prue" Andy said. "Your fiancé knows who this man is" Kate said. Andy shrugged. "Well I can't help you. I'm not aloud anywhere near this case" he said. "We know she's in the house. We just want to talk to her" Darryl said. "Well like I said I'm not aloud to interfere with your case" he said. "Maybe you could tell her we stopped by" Kate said. Andy shook his head. "I'm not going to do that" Andy said.
Andy went to walk up the stairs but Darryl grabbed his arm stopping him. "The man fell 12 stories out of your fiance's office window which is suspicious enough but then a man matching the same description went and killed a lawyer down the street. A lawyer named Halliwell. Now I know she knows who he is and I suspect you do to but your covering for her. One more time Trudeau. Get Prue to talk to us" Darryl said. Andy pulled his arm out of Darryl's grasp. Andy thought about it for a minute. "Like Phoebe told you if you want to talk to Prue get a warrant" he said. turning around and walking up the stairs. "Trudeau" Darryl called. Andy turned around when he was on the top step. Darryl walked up to him. "If any more people die because of this man their blood will be on your hands " Darryl said. The two men just stared at each other. Darryl started to walk down the stairs and Andy watched as they left. After they were gone Andy walked into the house.
Andy saw Prue Piper and Phoebe sitting in the living room. "Andy your home" Prue said walking up to him and giving him a kiss. "Yea I am" he said. He turned to Phoebe. "Good job turning them away. No one talks to them without a warrant" he said. "What happened? I thought you were supposed to be leading them away from us" Piper asked. "I got taken off the case" Andy said. "Why" Phoebe asked. "Conflict of interest" he said. Prue looked up at him. "I'm sorry" she said. He shook his head. "Don't be. We just got to be careful. There not going to stop trying to get a statement from you" Andy said. "Great now I'm being hunted by a warlock and the San Francisco P.D." Prue said as she started pacing around the room. "No one ever said you led a boring life Prue" Phoebe said. "Andy have you found out anything about this warlock" Piper asked as Andy took off his blazer and sat down in the chair across from the couch. "No all I know is he killed a lawyer with the last name Halliwell" Andy said losing his tie.
"He's definitely looking for us" Prue said sitting in Andy's lap as he took off his tie and unbuttoned the top two buttons on his dress shirt. "We're going to need help" Piper said. "Unfortunately I don't really think my police expertise is going to help you guys" Andy said. Prue nodded. "I went to Angel Cordelia and Doyle. Apparently they think they might be able to help. They'll be here tonight" Prue said. Phoebe nodded. "That's good but what if it's not enough" she asked. Everyone looked at each other no one wanting to say what would happen if that turned out to be true. "What we need is someone who's done this before. Someone like Melinda Warren" Phoebe said. "She's dead Phoebe. What do you want to do bring her back from the dead" Andy asked laughing. He saw Phoebe's face was serious and stopped laughing. "Oh you weren't kidding" he said. "What are we supposed to do? Reach back in time grab her and tell her that we need her help" Prue asked.
"Yes and I know exactly how to do it as long as you both don't mind losing a little blood" Phoebe said sitting up. "Let me get this straight. You want to bring Melinda Warren back from the dead. Is that even possible" Andy asked. Phoebe nodded. "There's a spell in the book of shadows that would bring Melinda to our time. We all just need to be in agreement to do it" Phoebe said. "If it'll help us stop Matthew and let us get on with our lives than yea I'm on board" Prue said. "Good" Phoebe said. All eyes turned to Piper. "When you say we'll have to lose blood what do you mean" she asked. "I'll explain it all later" Phoebe said grabbing Piper's hand and leading her upstairs. Prue stood up. "You don't have to be there when we do the spell. I know magic isn't your thing" Prue said. Andy kissed her. "It's OK. I'm going to shower and change and then I'll be up there" he said. Prue nodded. "Angel Cordelia and Doyle should be here soon. Apparently they have someone who can help us" Prue said.
That night Angel Cordelia and Doyle showed up at the manor and rang the bell. Andy answered the door. "Hi guys come in" Andy said moving out of the way so they could enter the house. "Where's your friend whose going to help us stop Matthew" Andy asked when he only saw those three enter. He closed the door. "She's not our friend" Angel said. "It's Angel's ex Darla" Cordelia said. Andy thought for a moment. "You mean the Darla who Matthew wants revenge on too" Andy said. Doyle nodded. "She's going to help us. We just didn't think it was a good idea to bring her here and for you guys to invite her in" he said. Andy nodded. "That was probably smart" he said. "Although Angel still won't let us meet her" Cordelia said. Angel sighed. "I already told you the less contact we all have with her the better" he said. Doyle looked around. "So where are the sisters" he asked. "Upstairs getting ready to cast the summoning spell" Andy said. Angel Cordelia and Doyle all looked at each other.
Andy walked up to the attic with Angel Cordelia and Doyle. Prue Piper and Phoebe were sitting in a circle in the middle of the room. "Good you guys are here" Prue said. She looked around. "Where's the person who you said would help us" she asked. "Darla will be here tomorrow" Angel said. Prue looked at him shocked. "She's willing to help us" she asked. Doyle nodded his head. "Matthew is a threat to her to. She wants him gone just as badly as we do" he said. Prue nodded. "So who are you guys summoning" Cordelia asked. "Melinda Warren" Phoebe said. Angel looked at them shocked. "Your doing what" he asked. "We're going to summon Melinda Warren. She's done this before and might be able to help" Phoebe said. "Maybe I should go" Angel said. "What are you talking about" Cordelia asked. "Melinda Warren isn't exactly my biggest fan. Me and Darla kind of screwed her over too" he said. "You're not that man anymore. Don't worry. It'll be fine" Cordelia said taking his hand.
"Am I the only one having second thoughts" Piper asked. "Yes" Phoebe said quickly. "We don't really have any other option" Prue said. "Aren't we like raising the dead? What if she's all…" Piper began to ask. "Dead" Andy finished for her. They all looked at him. "I read the book of shadows very carefully. She will come back as a real life person flesh and blood. She will have her powers to. Our powers" Phoebe said. "Great so she can use them against me" Angel said under his breath. Phoebe pulled out a knife. "What's that for" Piper asked. "Well the spell works by blood calling blood so it shouldn't hurt much" Phoebe said stabbing her finger making blood appear. "I lied, I lied" Phoebe said. Cordelia looked away. "Glad I don't have to do that" she said. Prue and Piper looked at each other unsure about this. "Come on you guys. It'll be just like that summer by the lake. Remember we made a blood oath to be friends forever not just sisters" Phoebe said as Prue took the knife from her.
"I remember my finger got infected" Piper said. "Weren't you in the hospital for like a week" Andy asked. Piper nodded. "The oath worked" Prue said holding out the knife for Piper to take. "Piper that's probably why you guys are so close" Doyle said. "Also I couldn't go in the water for three weeks. Don't hand me that knife" Piper said shaking her head. "How are you going to cut yourself" Prue asked. Phoebe smiled at her. "I'm not" Piper said shaking her head. Prue looked at her shocked. "Piper" Phoebe said. "I can't stand the sight of blood" Piper said. Prue pulled back the knife. "Evil beings have blown up in our attic" Prue said. Piper nodded her head looking away. "Disintegrated to dust right before our very eyes" Phoebe said. "Your really afraid of a little drop of blood" Prue said. "OK just cut my finger" Piper said holding out her finger. "Here you do it" Prue said handing Phoebe the knife. Phoebe smiled as she brought the knife close to Piper's finger while Piper covered her eyes. She stabbed Piper's finger.
"Ow" Piper yelled drawing back her finger examining it. "Are you OK" Andy asked. Piper nodded. "I'll live" she said. "OK here" Prue said holding out the locket. Phoebe and Piper poured their blood into it. "Is that all the spell needed" Angel asked. "Yea. All it required was our blood" Phoebe said. Phoebe held the locket as Prue poured her blood into the locket. Phoebe smiled at her. She closed the locket and put it in the pot in front of them.
"Melinda Warren, blood of our blood
Our great, great, great, great, great,
Grandmother, we summon thee" the sisters chanted.
Melinda Warren appeared in front of everyone. They all looked over at her. Prue and Phoebe smiled while Piper looked shocked. Melinda smiled and sighed. "Oh, blessed be" she said. Prue and Phoebe looked at each other smiling. Piper still looked shocked. Melinda looked around the room and the smile dropped from her face when she saw Angel standing there. "You" she said. "Hi Melinda. I wanted to apoli…" Angel started to say but was frozen when Melinda threw out her hands freezing him. Only he froze and Cordelia and Andy looked shocked. "Why aren't we all frozen" Andy asked. "She has more control over her powers than Piper does. She can freeze one object or person in the room if she wants" Doyle explained nudging Angel. He unfroze. "gize" Angel finished saying. "Quickly somebody get a stake. We have to vanquish this vampire" Melinda said. Cordelia stood in front Angel. "No you can't he's good now" she said.
"Hi Melinda I'm Phoebe and these are my sisters Prue and Piper" Phoebe said pointing to Prue and Piper while they waved at her. She turned to Andy and pointed at him. "He's Prue's fiancé" Phoebe said. Andy waved. "It's nice to meet you Melinda" he said. Phoebe looked at Angel Cordelia and Doyle. "Those are our friends. Angel Cordelia and Doyle" Phoebe said. Melinda looked at her confused. "Your friends with that vampire" she said. "A lot has changed since your time" Piper said. "We should explain it to you" Prue said getting up. The sisters walked Melinda out of the attic. They had a lot to explain to Melinda and not a lot of time to do it.