Apocalypse, Not

Manor

Prue, Piper and Phoebe walk in the kitchen carrying shopping bags.

Piper says "Any day that brings new shoes is a good day."

Phoebe says "Are you kidding? This was a great day. Yoga, pedicures, shopping, lunch. When have we had more fun?"

Prue says "It's nice to bond through something other than vanquishing for a change."

Phoebe says "Yeah, but I gotta hand it to those pesky little demons. They sure have brought us closer together."

Prue says "Maybe you should write them a thank you note." Prue turns on the TV.

Reporter says "Early this morning when an argument between neighbors at a block party turned into a street parole, residents of several apartment buildings..."

Prue says "Ugh." She turns off the TV.

Piper says "Some people are just crazy."

Prue says "Doesn't it seem like this kind of stuff has been happening a lot here lately?"

Phoebe says "Random social violence is encouraged by a general D clan and ethical thinking. Well, according to my sociology professor. He said that we don't think about the big questions enough."

Prue says "The big question is how did you stay awake through his class?"

Phoebe says "Not only did I stay awake but I actually enjoyed it. Which is why I bought this book." She gets a book out of a bag. "It's filled with really deep profound questions, which would actually make a good bar game at P3."

Piper says "Oh, great, solve the problems of the world while doing Jell-O shots."

Phoebe says "Okay, let's see if I can find a really good one." She puts on her glasses and opens up to a page in the book. "Okay, what if a building was on fire? Do you save five strangers or one sibling?"

Prue says "I thought that you said that these were hard questions. That's easy, sibling."

Piper says "Of course."

Phoebe says "Ditto. Okay, my turn, my turn."

Phoebe hands Prue the book. The doorbell rings.

Piper says "Okay, don't answer anything until I answer that."

Phoebe says "Okay, faster though, faster."

Phoebe is about to walk out when a swirl of orbs appear in front of her. "Have you guys seen Michael? I can't seem to find him anywhere." The lady says as she becomes corporeal.

"Rosaline sweetie Michael is…" Phoebe starts but Prue gives her a look "Not here."

Piper answers the door "Hi."

Leo says "Hi." They kiss.

Piper says "Since when do you ring instead of orb?"

Leo says "Well, I'm just trying to respect everybody's space since the three of you have been so, uh..."

Prue, Rosaline and Phoebe walk in.

Phoebe says "Hey, Leo."

Leo says "Tight these days."

Prue says "So, um, are you here for all of us?"

Leo says "No, this isn't business. I was just about to invite Piper to an early dinner before her Paula Cole show."

Piper says "Oh."

Leo says "Oh, do you have other plans?"

Piper says "Uh, not exactly. We've just been hanging out all day spending some quality non-magic time."

Leo says "Oh, alright, no problem. Rain check?"

Prue says "Um, Piper, why don't you go with Leo? I mean, we're totally cool with it. Pheebs and I will go to the club early, keep an eye on things."

Piper says "I have a new assistant manager and she's all checked out so she can take care of things."

Phoebe says "Still, we'll go and make sure everything's okay. We'll bring the book, maybe stir up some trouble."

Prue says "How about stirring up some margaritas?"

Phoebe says "Ooh, that's good."

Prue looks up at the stairs and says "Uh Rosaline can go upstairs Michael should be up there."

She runs upstairs

They Prue and Phoebe link arms and walk back in the kitchen.

Piper says "So it's a date."

Leo says "Alright."

On the street

Leo and Piper are in Piper's car. They pull up at a stop sign.

Piper says "I didn't mean that I didn't enjoy being with you, all I meant was that Phoebe and Prue would've enjoyed the restaurant too."

A guy in a car pulls up behind them and starts honking his horn and yelling.

Leo says "I wish you were normal sisters, they're never this close."

Piper says "And it's a problem that we are?"

Leo says "No. It just seems that sometimes I'm breaking up a great party when I wanna be alone with you."

They guy behind them continues honking the horn.

Piper says "Leo, I have room for all of you in my life and in my heart."

Leo says "I still need to know which room's mine because..." The guy drives around them and speeds around the corner. "Okay."

A guy crashes into a Ute with crates of fruit in the back and the fruit flies out of it onto the road. Piper and Leo pull up.

Piper says "Oh, no." The man that was driving the Ute gets out and storms over to the other guy driving the car. He pulls him out of the car and they start fighting. Other people try to break up the fight. One guy picks up a watermelon and throws it at Piper's car. It smashes all over the windshield. Piper and Leo get out. "What on earth?" They walk over near the fighting men. The guy throws another watermelon towards Piper and Leo but Piper freezes it before it can hit them. Everyone else freezes except Leo and one of the four horseman is standing near by. The horseman looks around confused. He then sees Piper and Leo and starts running. "Leo?"

Leo says "I see him." Piper runs after him. "Wait, Piper, you don't know what he is." Leo runs after Piper.

The horseman runs around the corner of a building and suddenly a horse appears. He jumps on the horse and they disappear. Piper and Leo run around the corner and wonder where he went.

A field

The four horsemen on horses suddenly appear, galloping along.

Wherever Michael and Zeke are

Michael and Zeke are walking slowly down a street. "What are we doing?" Zeke asks as he clearly had not listened before.

"I told you we are supposed to be undercover trying to find Austin." Michael says "Look I have blocked the sisters from my telepathy only you have access to it. I have made myself invisible to sensing and Scrying"

"And what do we do if we can't get out or if we get trapped." Zeke says

Michael says "Haven't thought that far ahead yet." they start to hear yelling "Do you hear that?"

"Yeah." Zeke says Michael opens a door to the building "What? You can't just walk in."

Michael walks in and Zeke follows

"There's no signs anywhere that says I can't." Michael says. "Look there is nothing to be afraid of follow my lead." They walk up to the arguing.

"What if we get trapped?" Zeke asks

"Look man I have been up for three day straight, Andy wants me to find this boy before that guy makes bail, and I am being hunted out by my girlfriend's father who is trying to kill me. Getting trapped is the least of my worries." Michael says.

"Excuse me you can go in there." The security guard says and waves for backup.

"Oh great." Michael says.

Opening Credits

P3

Paula Cole is singing. Prue and Phoebe are sitting at the bar watching her. The bartender hands back the book to Prue. Paula Cole finishes her song.

Paula says "Thank you, P3, you've been great. Thank you."

Piper and Leo walk up to Prue and Phoebe.

Phoebe says "Hey, I can't believe you guys missed Paula Cole, she was awesome."

Piper says "We saw a pretty awesome show ourselves."

Prue says "I thought that you guys went to dinner."

Piper says "We did and then for dessert we did a little demon hunting."

Prue says "What happened?"

Piper says "Well, there was this road rage thing and it was completely out of control, so I froze the entire street except for this a guy in a suit."

Leo says "And he takes off. Your sister doesn't listen to me so we chase him down into an alley. Nothing, he vanished into thin air."

Phoebe says "Wait, a demon that causes road rage?"

Piper says "I don't know if he caused it or was attracted by it."

Prue says "Well, the kind of creature that gets off in that kind of thing would certainly explain why the city's been such a mess lately. He's probably some lower level mischief maker Does Michael know who he is?"

"That's another thing Michael has blocked me from talking to him and he has vanished from Leo's radar." Piper says.

Leo says "As soon as we figure out who he is and what he wants will be better for everyone."

Piper says "Yeah, except for those of us who have to get rid of him."

Phoebe says "Okay, we can sit around here being pessimistic or we can go to the house and check the Book of Shadows."

A field

The four horsemen are there.

War says "What happened?"

Strife says "First of all I wanna let you all know that I was out on the field and things are looking good. The public is really responding."

War says "But..."

Strife says "We might have a problem."

War says "Did you screw up?"

Strife says "No, why would you assume that?"

Famine says "Please don't fight."

Death says "It's all they know how to do."

Strife says "A freezing witch saw me. Caught me working."

War says "A good witch?"

Strife says "I would say so. She chased me, I think she thought she could stop me."

War says "That is a problem."

Strife says "Fixable. I think we can still move forward with our plan and still make our deadline."

Famine says "But the deadline's 7:00 tomorrow night. The source is gonna..."

War says "Find her and kill her."

Famine says "How are we gonna find her?"

War says "Set a trap. If she's a good witch she'll want to stop us. All we have to do is give her something she'll want to stop."

Police station

Michael and Zeke are cuffed and walking towards a holding cell.

"How was I supposed to know that it was a high-profile company?" Michael says to Zeke.

"Because it was obvious." He says in an obvious tone and they go into the cell "What are you doing?" he sees Michael just sitting there.

"Sitting here it's kind of obvious." Michael says

"You're not even going to try and get out." Zeke says

Michael lies down on the bench "I am tired I want to go to sleep." He looks at Zeke who is looking at him seriously "Ugh ok come on." They stand close to each other and shimmer out leaving the cuffs behind.

An Alley

Michael and Zeke shimmer in and start to walk but stop as they see Rosaline's father approach them. Michael sees a metal pipe and looks at the guy. "Manor!" Michael says waving his hand and Zeke shimmers out.

The guy laughs a little bit "This just got easier." He forms an energy ball.

"Metal Pipe!" Michael yells and waves his arm and it flies through the air as the man throws the energy ball.

The energy ball hits Michael and he shimmers out in mid air.

Manor: Attic

Phoebe and Piper are there. Phoebe's flipping through the Book of Shadows.

Piper says "Wait, stop right there."

Phoebe says "The demon of cruelty?"

Piper says "Hardens the heart, corrodes the soul..."

Phoebe points to a line on the page "And is a woman."

Piper says "Oh, oops."

Prue and Leo walk in "Hey, so how is it going?"

Piper says "In big fat circles. We've been reading all night and there's no one in here that matches the guy I saw."

Phoebe says "We do have a list of six potential matches though."

Piper says "But there's no picture so we're sort of shooting in the dark. My best guess is the demon of anarchy."

Leo says "Hey, you can't just guess. Alright, you have to be sure. It's very dangerous to engage an enemy unless you know who he is and what he wants."

Piper says "Leo, honey, we have done this a couple of times."

Leo says "No, I didn't mean..."

Prue says "You know, Leo, it would be great to know every single thing about our enemies but that's not always the case. Well, okay with Michael it is."

Leo says "I know, but..."

Phoebe cuts him off "And if this guy is causing riots we can't just hang out and wait for inspiration, you know."

Leo says "Okay, three against one. I-I just, I was working that's all."

Phoebe says "Okay, so no offense to the Whitelighter but we're going with the Demon of Anarchy, right?"

Prue says "Yes, the Demon of Anarchy."

Piper says "Okay, so this potion doesn't even require a double boiler."

Phoebe says "And it's your basic iambic pentameter chant. It's a very nice simple vanquish."

Piper says "Okay, so all we have to do now is figure out where this guys gonna show up next."

Prue says "Alright, well, who do we know that would be keeping track of anarchy?"

Zeke shimmers in and looks around to see the sisters and Leo just staring at him "Hi." He says trying to be like Michael.

"Whoa." Michael's voice sounds through the attic as he shimmers in and flies in through the window sliding across the attic floor. He looks up and says "Ow. What's going on?"

Later that night Prue is on the phone with Andy.

Andy says "Yeah, Prue, but the department has all sorts of violence and the captain is calling in civil disturbances. In my professional opinion the whole city's lost its friggin' mind. We got street riots, looting, arson. We're two crimes away from being placed on tactical alert. You're not calling to tell me that all this trouble's because of you know what, are you?"

Prue says "Yeah, well, possibly. We're actually researching that right now. We were kinda calling for your help."

Andy says "Look, I really can't leave right now."

Prue says "No, no, no, I-I understand and we're not quite there yet but it would really help to know where the latest hotspot is."

In a street

Police cars are there with emergency lights flashing. People are rioting. Prue, Michael, Zeke, Piper and Phoebe get out of the car.

Prue says "Don't freeze them yet. Don't let him know that we're here."

Piper says "Alright, alright."

Phoebe says "What the hell is wrong with these people?"

Michael says "I think the better question is what's not wrong with these people?"

They start walking through the crowd.

Piper says "I can not wait to kick this guys butt all the way back to..." Phoebe and Piper get split up from Prue, Michael and Zeke. "Alright, alright, this way, this way." Piper spots Strife standing near by. "That's him, that's him."

Phoebe says "Well, let's go introduce ourselves."

Piper says "Prue!" She points to Strife. He sees them and runs off. Prue, Michael and Zeke run after him and Phoebe and Piper follow behind.

Strife runs in an alley and around the corner where the other three horsemen are "There are three of them."

Prue and Zeke run around the corner Michael hides by the wall where they can't see him.

Prue says "There's four of you?"

War walks towards her. She tries to use her power but it doesn't work. He grabs her. Piper and Phoebe come around the corner. Death grabs Zeke.

Phoebe says "Prue!"

War says "Stop or we'll snap there necks." Then he says to Strife "Start the chant."

Strife starts a chant in a weird language.

Prue says to Piper and Phoebe "Start the damn chant."

Phoebe and Piper get a piece of paper out of their pockets and start the chant.

Phoebe and Piper chant the spell "Sower of discord, your works now must cease, I vanquish thee now, with these words of peace."

"Everybody stop it!" Michel yells walking out to the view of the horsemen "Now let my friend and my cousin go." Michael says.

"Who are you?" Death asks as Jared flames in behind them death releases Zeke quickly realizing who the boy is after seeing the king.

Piper throws a potion at Prue and War's feet and smoke rises around them.

The three kneel and say "My king."

"King?" Michael says and turns around to see his father.

A bright light appears and then Prue and War disappear into a vortex.

Piper says "Prue?"

Death says "What the hell?"

Michael throws an energy ball at one of them and it only makes him stumble backwards and the horsemen disappear.

Phoebe says "What just happened?"

Piper says "I think we just vanquished our sister."

"Prue?" Michael says looking disappointed.

Commercial Break

Piper says "She's gone."

Phoebe says "We don't know that."

Piper says "Phoebe, we killed Prue."

Phoebe says "Piper, stop it okay. I don't wanna hear that."

"Me either." Michael says looking at his watch "We have got to get back." Michael says flaming him and Zeke out.

Piper says "You think I wanna say it? I'm the one who made the potion, Phoebe, it's my fault."

Phoebe says "Okay, how about having a little faith. Alright, our magic has never let us down before."

Piper says "Well, there's a first time for everything isn't there."

Phoebe says "She's not dead."

Piper says "How do you know that?"

Phoebe says "Because, Piper, I have no choice but to believe in us and in our magic. Come here." She puts her arm around her. "Okay, look, if she were dead, we would see her spirit, right? So maybe because we brought the wrong spell something weird happened. Maybe it just sent them some place."

Piper says "Where?"

Phoebe says "I don't know but I believe that we can figure it out and I need you to believe that too. We have Leo and we have the book and we have each other and we have Michael. We can save Prue. There's gotta be a way."

Horsemen's Headquarters

The three horsemen are there "There's no way, he's dead and so are we." Famine says

Strife says "He's not dead, he can't be dead. Maybe shifted to another plane but he can not be dead. Only the source can kill us. We are the anointed ones. The four horsemen of the apocalypse."

Death says "The source won't hesitate to kill us of we miss our deadline."

Famine says "We were so close. How did this happen?"

Death says "Somebody got sloppy and attracted a witch."

Strife says "We will not fail."

Death says "Other teams have failed. They blew it and they paid the price."

Famine says "Which we will too if we miss our deadline. And then he'll kill us and take four willing souls from in there and anoint them. They'll be the next four horsemen."

Strife says "Glad to see you two aren't giving up."

Death says "We need War. He's the big gun. He's the one who's gonna set nation against nation and do all the heavy work."

Strife says "Then we'll get him back."

Famine says "By 7:00?"

Strife says "We have to. Now just listen to me, alright."

Death says "Who got vanquished and left you boss?"

Strife says "I have a plan. Do you have a plan? Oh, of course you have a plan, the same plan you always have. Kill them all."

Death says "You looking for a fight?"

Strife says "It's my specialty."

Famine says "We don't have much time. Hear him out."

Strife says "All we have to do is find out where he is. Let's pull out the old books, do some research. Alright, he has to be somewhere, we will bring him back. There's gotta be a way."

Apocalypse - 3 hours to go

An Alley somewhere

Michael and Zeke flame in and start to look around. "You should try talking to her." Zeke says trying to start a conversation.

"Ok fine." Michael says and closes his eyes and says "Rosaline." She appears in a swirl of orbs.

"Michael?" She looks around "What are you doing here?" She says.

Michael says "Look, I am undercover and I am trying to find a boy and I need your help."

"Ok what do you need?" She asks

"I want you to see if you can use any connection you have to help me please." Michael says "I would do it but Prue is trapped somewhere. And I would like to help Piper and Phoebe get her back."

"How do you know she's trapped?" Zeke says

"Because you can't kill the four guys we saw only the source can." Michael explains "Hey if you need more info on this case go see Andy." Michael says flaming he and Zeke out.

Manor: Attic

Leo's there when Phoebe and Piper walk in.

Phoebe says "Maybe if we break down the spell and the potion."

Piper walks over to Leo and they hug.

Leo says "I am so sorry."

Phoebe says "Did you find anything?"

Leo says "I've been looking."

Piper says "And? Tell us you've found something."

Leo says "Look, I have been through the whole book and I can not find anything that matches the four beings you described."

Phoebe says "What about disappearances?"

Leo says "Nothing."

Phoebe says "Okay, we have to look under botched vanquishes."

Leo says "Phoebe, I checked it all. I have been through the whole book. There is no explanation for what happened to Prue."

Michael and Zeke flame in "Ok lets get this done with because I have a case to solve." Michael says.

Piper says to Leo "But you agree she's not dead." There is silence "I don't understand. Wait-wait, I, wait a minute, I-I can't do this. Phoebe tells me to have hope and you're telling me that there isn't any? I just need to know."

A breeze blows through the room and Piper gasps.

Leo says "Are you okay?"

Piper says "She's here."

"Who?" Michael says

Phoebe says "Who's here?"

Piper says "Prue. She went right through me, I felt her presence. It's hard to describe but didn't you see her in the wind?"

"No." Michael says confused.

Phoebe says "She's in the wind?"

Piper says "No, Phoebe, it's like she-she spoke to me, she's alive."

Phoebe says "Okay, are you sure because if she's in the wind doesn't that mean that she's a spirit?"

Piper says "No."

Leo says "No, she could be on another plane trying to break through."

"Oh." Michael says as orbs start to surround him but disappear "I think Prue is trying to summon me."

Phoebe says "Okay, well, then we have to help her." She starts to call out "Uh, Prue? Prue, honey, are you still here? Help us find you, Prue." The pointer on the spirit board moves. "H, E, L, P. Honey, how can we help you? "Phoebe gasps.

Piper says "What was that? Did she do it to you too?"

Phoebe says "No, it was something else. Or someone else. Evil. Cult."

A bubble-like figure appears and lands on the spirit board. You see Prue's face in it for a second and it disappears.

Piper says "What is that? Prue?"

Then a red bubble-like figure appears and chases the other around the room.

Leo says "She's alive but she's in trouble."

Piper says "Okay, so she's alive and if she can find us then we can find her."

Phoebe says "So it must be the fourth suit that's after her. Maybe the combination of our magic did this to them."

Leo says "Which means we need to figure out who those suits are."

Piper says "Okay, Leo, you go ask your bosses whoever they are, whatever they are, who those guys are and how to get our sister back. Now orb faster." She looks to Michael "And you…"

"All ready on it." Michael says shimmering out.

Leo orbs out. Phoebe walks over to the Book of Shadows.

Phoebe says "Wind."

Piper says "Wind?"

Phoebe says "What else? Can you think of anything else?"

Piper says "Mist."

Golden Gate Bridge

Michael and Zeke shimmer up to the top of the bridge and Michael says "I need to talk to one of you."

A swirl of orbs appear and the lady elder, Sandra, appears "What is this about?"

"Look, One of the Charmed Ones are stuck on another plane along with a demon." Michael says.

"Well, by your description it sounds like good and evil are going to have to join forces." She says.

"Can you help us out or not?" Zeke says

"I'll see what I can do." She says and orbs out.

"So what now?" Zeke asks.

"We hope the sisters know what to do from there." Michael says shimmering he and Zeke out.

Horsemen's headquarters

Famine says "I've checked everywhere. I can't figure out what happened."

Strife says "I'm telling you it is the witches. They did this, they must know."

A guy walks up to Death "What?" Death says.

Guy says "You should know we're losing momentum across the board especially in war. Peace has broken out in several areas this afternoon." They guy leaves.

Death says "Damn it. If we're going down, we're not going alone. Let's find those damn witches and take them down too."

War shows up on the TV

Famine says "War. It's him, he's alive."

Death says "Hang in there, partner. We'll get you back then we'll punish those witches."

War says "No, cease fire. Cooperation."

Strife says "Wait, you want us to work with the witches?"

War says "Get them to free me."

Famine says "How are we supposed to find them?"

War says "Ask the source."

Manor: Conservatory

Phoebe and Piper are there. Piper's staring at the spirit board and Phoebe's taking notes from the Book of Shadows.

Phoebe says "I still haven't found her - but I think I have an idea of where Prue might be."

Piper says "And how to get her back? Because we have to do that before this thing hurts her."

Phoebe says "Well, remember when Leo said that Prue might be on another plane? Well, maybe we banished her somehow. Now, there are eleven planes of existence."

Piper says "Eleven planes? We don't have time to search eleven planes. Prue's been quiet for a really long time, maybe we're too late."

Phoebe says "Piper, stay with me, okay. We can not give up."

Leo orbs in

Piper asks him "Did you find out where she is?"

Leo says "No, but I have a message from them."

"She's not...?" Piper starts but stops before finishing.

Leo says "No, no. While I was there they were contacted by their counter parts on the other side. Or I think Michael has a big part in getting them there."

"Smart kid." Phoebe says.

"No, he's a brave kid." Piper corrects her.

Phoebe says "Are you telling me evil called good and good answered?"

Leo says "These suits that you're dealing with have the highest possible connections. Their bosses talk to my bosses."

Piper says "About Prue?"

Leo says "About the whole situation. They wanna have a meeting with you."

Piper says "Uh, what could they possibly want from us? They already have Prue."

Leo says "Prue and their partner are trapped in another world between good and evil. And the only way to release them is for good and evil to cooperate. You have to work with the suits."

"Are we allowed to do that?" Piper questions.

Leo says "Look, all they told me was to give you the message and to let you decide whether you wanted to do it."

Phoebe says "Did they mention what they think we should do?"

Leo says "Free will. It's a big thing with them."

Phoebe says "Wonderful. So where's the meeting?"

Leo says "You're gonna do it?"

Phoebe says "I'm sorry, Leo, did you show up to the party late? Of course we're gonna do it."

Leo says "Phoebe, you can never get into bed with evil, you know that. It could be a trap."

Piper says "Leo, thank you for your opinion but your bosses did say that they were leaving the decision up to us so maybe you should too."

Leo says "Look, I can't. Alright, the last time that you went up against this evil you lost Prue. Alright, now you're gonna go up against it again? Both of you could be lost this time."

Phoebe says "But we're not gonna go up against them, we're gonna work with them, right? Besides they know as well as we do that if anything happens to us, Michael will personally bring them down."

Leo says "But they'll betray you. Alright, this is how evil works. This is why evil loves free will so much. Because humans use it to follow their heart. And evil takes advantage of that."

Piper says "So Leo, what are our options?"

Leo says "You have to try and save her by yourselves."

Phoebe says "But Leo, we don't know how. We have to work with them."

Leo says "But you don't even know who they are."

Phoebe says "We tried to find them but they weren't in the book."

Leo says "Which means they probably aren't even demons or warlocks anyway."

Phoebe says "Okay, then what are they?"

Leo says "In the hierarchy of demons. Ferocious, impossible to vanquish. And Michael went to extraordinary lengths to ask for this meeting. Who knows what'll happen when the four suits are reunited."

Piper says "I don't care what happens, we just want Prue back."

Leo says "So do I but this is not the way."

Phoebe says "Leo, it's the only way we know. We have to save Prue. Michael may have put his undercover case on the line to do all of this."

A field

Piper and Phoebe are waiting when Michael and Zeke shimmer in.

Piper says "This is where we were supposed to come, right?'

Michael nods and Phoebe says "Right."

Piper says "And it's not a trap, right, please tell me we're doing the right thing."

"You are doing the right thing." Michael says.

The horsemen appear.

Phoebe says "Or we're making the biggest mistake in the world."

Strife says "Thank you for coming. And you are?"

"Anxious to get this over with, let's go." Piper says.

Strife says "Are you in a hurry?"

Phoebe says "You stalling?"

Strife says "You want your sister back?"

Piper quickly says "Do you want your friend back?"

Strife says "Let's do business."

He holds out his hand. Piper hesitates for a moment but then shakes his hand. You hear a crack of thunder.

Commercial Break

Manor: Conservatory

Phoebe, Leo and the three horsemen are there. Phoebe picks up a plant off the table and the horsemen step back in alarm.

One of the Horsemen says "Whoa, hey, what are you doing?"

Phoebe says "Just making room."

Strife says "Of course." Strife reaches in his coat and Phoebe gasps. "Taking notes." He pulls out a pen.

Phoebe says "Of course."

Strife says "Old habits are hard to break. I'm sure we can put that all aside and get this done."

Famine says "Or die trying."

Piper, Zeke and Michael walk in.

Leo whispers to Piper "You know, it's bad enough working with them but to bring them here."

Piper says "To the manor where we're the strongest and safest or maybe we should've gone to their place not that they offered."

Leo says "And why not? Hmm? Why give up home field advantage unless they're hiding something."

Piper says "Of course they're hiding something, they're evil." She looks at Michael "No offense."

"None taken." Michael says

Phoebe says "Okay, if we can reconstruct exactly what happened in the alley, we might be able to figure out what sent them away and undo that."

Phoebe has placed some items on the table. Death moves one.

Death says "I was standing there."

Piper says "No, actually, I was there, you were here." She moves them back.

Famine says "No, he's right. It was more like this." He moves them back.

Phoebe says "Okay, you know what? If we can't agree on this, we're not gonna get anything done."

"Oh my gosh." Michael walks up to the table "Here's how it was." Michael places the items on the table and puts the piece representing Prue and War in the middle. When he finishes moving them, there are five on the outside in a circle and one in the middle.

Piper says "Phoebe."

Phoebe says "I see it, Piper."

"I see it too." Michael says

Famine says "What? What do you see?"

"Watch how you talk around me." Michael says in an annoyed way.

"Understood, My Prince." Famine says.

Piper and Phoebe take some long stemmed flowers out of a vase and place them on the table in the shape of a pentagram.

Death says "Pentagram, our lucky sign."

Phoebe says "Actually, a pentagram is a sign of good energy until your side stole it."

Piper says "Okay, is it possible that the six of us by forming a pentagram somehow created some weird magical energy field?"

Phoebe says "With Prue and your friend in the middle. There must have been a vortex. Okay, if we can figure out how we opened it, then maybe we can figure out how to open it again."

Strife says "And release them."

Leo says "And who knows what else."

Death says "This is good, keep it up. I'll check things back at the office. Page me when you have the answer. Ladies." He leaves.

Leo says "I'm leaving too."

Piper and Michael walk over to Leo "Where are you going?" Piper asks

Leo whispers "I'm gonna follow this guy back and find out who he is."

Piper opens her mouth to object but before she can say anything Michael says "Good idea hey if you get caught tell them I sent you." Leo orbs out.

Famine looks at Leo orbing out and says "What is he?"

Piper turns around and says "He is none of your business. Okay, since this is supposed to be a joint effort, what is your contribution?"

Strife says "Perhaps it was the combination of our chants that opened this vortex."

Phoebe says "What language were you chanting in?"

Strife says "Actually it's a dead language that we sometimes use for ceremonial purposes."

Piper says "How festive."

Strife says "I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours."

Piper says "Okay, while you two do that, I'll go remake the potion 'cause we're probably going to need it."

Famine says "Mind if I watch?"

Piper says "Yes I do."

Piper goes in the kitchen and Famine follows.

'Phoebe I need to get back to this case is it all right if I leave?' Michael says telepathically

'Mikey I'm scared.' Phoebe says to him 'Could you stay here?'

Michael smiles and nods telepathically says 'For you and Piper, yes I will stay here.'

'Thank you and I promise when we get Prue back we will do everything we can to help you with this case.' Phoebe says

"Ok." Michael says aloud leading the way to the couch.

Horsemen's headquarters

Death walks down the corridor. Leo orbs in. Someone walks out of a room and sees Leo.

Guy says "Who the hell are you and what the..." Leo punches him in the face.

Manor: Living room

Phoebe and Strife are sitting on the couch Michael is sitting on the floor by the table in front of them. Rosaline orbs in behind them and holds out her hands to get Michael's attention.

Michael sees her and then looks back to the two on the couch "Excuse me." He walks over to her. And they go into the attic.

Strife says "It's your standard chant to destroy the common witch. Clearly you're no common witch though."

Phoebe says "Thank you."

Strife says "Okay, first line. I'll interpret. I call you servants of the unholy and then..."

Phoebe says "Now, being a bad guy and all, you wouldn't happen to be lying to me would you?"

Strife says "Being a bad guy and all, would you believe me if I told you no?"

Horsemen's headquarters

Leo's walking down the corridor wearing a suit and tie. He walks into a room.

Death says "I don't like these numbers at all. I gave specific instructions to spread cholera. Especially in central Asia. What happened? I'm asking you a question. If somebody is vaccinating these people I wanna know about it." Leo stands at the doorway. "Find out now. Small pox outbreak in Venezuela. Let it spread."

Manor: Kitchen

Piper notices Famine rubbing his neck. He has a tattoo there.

Piper looks at the tattoo and says "What is that? Tattoo?"

Famine says "Yes."

Piper says "What does it mean?"

Famine says "Nothing. Goes with the job. What are you doing?"

Piper says "I am recreating the potion I made for our first meeting. I think it might help get Prue and..."

Famine says "Our friend."

Piper continues her sentence "Back. So what are you four up to?"

Famine says "You really expect me to answer that?"

Piper says "Well, we're supposed to be working together and we don't know anything about each other."

Famine says "I know you are a witch."

Piper says "And you are...?"

Famine says "Not. Look, we just want our partner back, that's all you need to know. It's all business, just like it is for you."

Piper says "No, she's our sister, it's completely personal."

Famine says "Every mortal's weakness. That's why you always lose."

Piper says "Hmm."

Manor: Living room

Strife and Phoebe are sitting on the couch.

Phoebe says "Well, this is great, we both did spells at the same time but we did it on the wrong people. So I think that we..." she notices Strife staring at her "Am I the only one that's working here?'

Strife says "Have you always been a witch?"

Phoebe says "What? Why?"

Strife says "I don't know, there's something about you. You ever been a demon?"

Phoebe says "I think we need to get back to our chants."

Strife says "Meaning yes?

Phoebe says "No. I have never been a demon."

Strife says "You know, we're not that different."

Phoebe says "No, we're both trying to undo the other side."

Strife says "I wanted the challenge."

Phoebe says "I think I figured out how good and evil mix together."

Strife says "To such powerful results."

Phoebe says "I know how to undo that."

The bubble-like figure appears and floats past Phoebe and She gasps.

Strife says "You alright?"

Phoebe says "No, uh, I'm a bit queasy."

Phoebe notices the bubble-like figure and it floats over to the spirit board. The pointer moves to 4 then to H then to O. The red bubble-like figure appears and knocks the pointer on the floor. They both jump up.

Strife says "What's going on?"

Phoebe says "I don't know."

The bubble-like figures fly around the room and knock a picture off the wall and they disappear.

Strife says "What did you do?"

Phoebe says "I didn't do anything, what did you do?"

Piper and Famine come in.

"What happened?" Famine asks

Strife says "Hard to say."

Piper says "Are you alright?"

Phoebe says "I'm not sure."

Famine says "So do you have an answer yet?"

Phoebe says "Reverse polarity."

Famine says "In the pentagram."

Phoebe says "And in the chants. If we stand in opposite points and say the opposite words in chant, save instead of vanquish and so on..."

Strife says "It will reopen the vortex and get them back and we can get back to business."

Phoebe says "And we can get on with our lives."

Strife says "It's 6:00 now so why don't we go back to the office, get organized and we can all meet up at 6:30 sharp. We, uh, have an appointment at 7:00." They leave.

Piper says "Okay, what really happened?"

Phoebe says "It was Prue. She was trying to spell something out on the spirit board but all I got was 4 H O."

Piper says "4HO... Four hours? Maybe she feels that's all the time she has left."

Apocalypse - 49 minutes to go

Attic

Michael, Zeke and Rosaline walk through the door. "What's up?" Michael asks.

"Well, I checked out some leads and have gotten nowhere." She says and pulls out a folder from her backpack "But when I went to talk to a witness he was acting strange very demon like. I think that boy was taken by a demon Michael."

"Just great." Michael says and walks back down stairs.

Horsemen Headquarters

Leo's in a room looking around. He looks on the wall and notices the four horsemen's faces with their names underneath and numbers underneath that.

Leo says "It can't be."

A guy storms down the corridor "Security bridge. Grab him."

Leo orbs out.

Death says "Never mind him, keep working, we're running out of time."

Manor: Kitchen

Piper, Michael, Zeke, Rosaline and Phoebe are there and Piper's still making the potion.

Piper says "Are you sure they're willing to do their half?"

Phoebe says "They seem to want this as badly as we do." Leo orbs in. "Great, you're here. We're done, we have everything figured out."

Leo says "You sure?"

Piper says "Leo, what are you wearing? Where have you been?"

Leo says "I just followed the black tie back to his office."

Piper says "Leo, they'll think we don't trust them."

Leo says "And you shouldn't trust them, Piper. You wanna know who they are? They are the four horsemen of the apocalypse."

"Oh my god." Michael says

Piper says "The four-four... That's what Prue was trying to tell us."

Leo says "Don't you understand what's at stake here? If you save Prue, you will release the fourth horseman and bring about the end of the world."

Commercial Break

Manor: Conservatory

Phoebe, Piper, Michael, Zeke, Rosaline and Leo are there.

Leo says "I don't believe you."

Piper says "Leo, it doesn't change anything, we would help the source himself if we thought we could get Prue back."

Leo says "Listen, they wear the mark of the anointed ones. The omega. It means the end."

Piper says "The tattoo on the neck?"

"What tattoo?" Zeke asks confused

Leo says "Yes. Look, the missing horseman is War. You've been dealing with Strife, Famine and Death. They're gonna begin the apocalypse as soon as they're reunited."

Phoebe says "I thought dodging the Y2K bullet bought us more time on the whole apocalypse thing."

Leo says "You know why nothing happened on New Years Eve? Because it wasn't the real millennium. The monks who converted the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar made some critical errors."

Piper says "So when does the new millennium start?"

Leo says "Tonight. Approximately..."

Michael says "7:00."

"Which is probably why they wanna meet us at 6:30." Phoebe says.

Leo says "Right, then all four horsemen can be in place to begin the apocalypse. You can not let that happen."

Piper says "Leo, we know what we're doing."

Leo says "No, you don't. You're thinking like sisters, mortal sisters. And a Mortal cousin."

Piper says "Well, what are we supposed to think like?"

Leo says "Like the Charmed Ones and the Prince. You have a duty."

Piper says "To save our sister."

Phoebe says "Look, Leo, we've made up our mind. We're gonna save Prue. It's not like we can beat them without her."

Leo says "Only the source can vanquish them, Phoebe. For failing. Think of the times the world has been on the brink. Hitler, the Cuban missile crisis. Each time a team of horsemen has almost succeeded and then failed and been destroyed and replaced by a new team."

Piper says "So then we'll make sure that they'll fail too."

Leo says "They are closer than any team has ever been."

Piper says "Then we obviously need Prue to beat them."

Leo says "Oh my God, you have not heard a thing I've said. Look, I love Prue too, you know that. But just like when you went to the future you saw that sometimes there are more important things than saving your sister."

Michael Shimmers out with Zeke and Rosaline.

Underworld

Michael, Zeke and Rosaline shimmer in and walk to the gate and walk into the castle. Michael stops when he sees his father down the hallway "Dad!" He yells.

"Mike, are you hurt?" Jared says.

"No, but I need you to get a message to the source." Michael says.

"I won't do that he doesn't listen to messengers." Jared says

"Then I will do it myself." Michael says shimmering away with Zeke and Rosaline.

Michael and his friends shimmer in right in front of the source "Mr. Source person or whatever." Michael says.

"What do you want?" He says

"I have information for you." Michael says the source starts to walk towards them "I just thought you should know that your horsemen failed because one of them is trapped in another plane along with one of the Charmed Ones."

"With a Charmed One gone, it weakens the other two." The source says.

"Please you have to help us if not for my cousins then please at least do it for me." Michael says and the source doesn't even move a muscle "What ever I will just do it all myself and die trying." Michael says flaming he, Zeke and Rosaline out.

Apocalypse - 2 minutes to go

Alley

The horsemen are there

Famine says "Give it up. If War's not back soon we're history. The source is going to burn us off the map."

Strife says "We are not going down alone. Instead of just standing here, let's go hunt those witches down and kill them."

Death says "I told you they'd double cross us. That's why they sent their man in to spy on us."

Piper and Phoebe walk around the corner As Michael, Zeke and Rosaline flame in "We were doing research, it's just good business." Piper says.

Death says "Let's just kill them now."

Phoebe says "Oh, but you need us. You can't end the world without us."

Strife says "So you know who we are."

Phoebe says "Yeah, and we came anyway. See, on our side of things we call that good faith."

Famine says "Call it whatever you want. Let's just do it. Hurry. You ready?"

Phoebe says "Bring it on."

Phoebe and Strife shake hands. Phoebe has a premonition which Michael gasps and sees the vision of the apocalypse too.

Strife says "Battle stations."

They stand in their places.

Piper says "What did you see?"

Phoebe says "Let's just get this over with."

"Yeah." Michael says

Strife starts the chant. Piper then starts their chant. "'Sower of discord, your help we implore...' Phoebe."

Phoebe says "Leo's right. I saw what's gonna happen, Piper. We can't do this, we can't be selfish."

Death says "Why aren't you two chanting?" he says to Strife "You keep going." Then he says to Phoebe and Piper "Why did you stop?"

Famine says "We're running out of time."

Death says "Do you know what you're doing? You're killing your own sister."

Phoebe says "There's more at stake here then sisterhood."

Strife says "Finished. Did they finish?"

Piper says "No, and we're not going to."

Strife says "We had a deal. We shook on it."

Piper says "That was a mistake in more ways than one."

Phoebe says "We know what you want. And we're gonna make sure you don't get it."

Piper says "Even if it means losing our sister forever."

"Your going to let them do that?" Strife says to Michael.

"There's nothing I can do…" Michael says "Except." He hold out his hands and The vortex opens.

Famine says "Look, they didn't finish their chant, how can the vortex open?"

Strife says "The source is opening it."

The horsemen start getting sucked into the vortex. Phoebe gets the chant our of her pocket.

Piper says "What are you doing?"

Phoebe says "Well, the vortex is open. If the three of us can finish this before they're destroyed, maybe we can pull Prue out."

Phoebe and Piper and Michael begin the chant "'I summon thee now, with these words of truce.'"

Piper throws the potion in the vortex and Prue comes out. The horsemen disintegrate and the vortex closes.

Piper says "Prue, are you alright?"

Phoebe says "It's okay now, everything's gonna be okay now."

Prue says "Thanks for saving my life."

P3

Prue, Piper and Phoebe are sitting in the alcove. They're watching everyone dance.

Phoebe says "Look at them. They'll all live to dance another day and what do we get? We saved the whole darn world. The least we can get is a thank you, you know."

Leo comes up to them "Ladies."

Phoebe says "Hey, Leo."

Leo says "I know this has been hard on all of you."

Phoebe says "Yeah, well, we sort of made it hard on you too."

Piper says "Leo, it's just..."

Leo says "It's okay, Piper, we were doing our job."

Phoebe says "Okay, the master of understatement, is there anything else?"

Leo says "No, I was just at a meeting and they told me that it was your act of complete selflessness that stopped the source's plan from going forward. And Michael's news of the horsemen failing."

Prue says "So the four horsemen were destroyed because Piper and Phoebe were willing to sacrifice me?"

Leo says "The horsemen's bosses said that it was a sign that there were still too much good in the world to make the apocalypse successful."

Piper says "So are they giving up?"

Leo says "No, in fact they'll probably try harder from now on."

Phoebe says "Do you wanna have a drink with us Leo?"

Leo says "No, you need time together. Just you three. I'll see you." He leaves.

Prue says "You know, you two faced an incredibly hard thing and, um, you made the right decision. Through your own free will."

Phoebe says "I am so, so, so sorry, Prue."

Piper says "So am I."

Prue says "There's no apologies necessary. You were all just doing our jobs, I just have to deal with that."

The bartender comes up to them holding Phoebe's book. "Everyone has to vote on this. What if a building was on fire? Do you save five strangers or one sibling?"

Prue, Piper and Phoebe say "Five strangers."

Michael walks into the alcove and he looks at Prue and says "So, Are you mad about me not telling you I was the underworld Prince? And for setting the meeting with the horsemen?"

"I was mad but then when you saved me I felt great." Prue says

Michael looks at Piper and Phoebe "You were never in any danger I made extra sure of that. The Source and my father will put this all on me." He assures them.

Police station

Mr. Sanchez walks to Andy's desk and grabs the folder about the undercover case. He opens it and sees a picture of the kidnapper. He looks at another one but it isn't the kidnapper it is another guy.

He turns the page and reads to himself "Current Undercover person: Michael Gonzalez." He slides his finger under Michael name and reads "Current Undercover person #2: Zeke McWilliams." he then reads about the boy that was kidnapped "10 year old boy found in a wild fire is rescued by Junior Detective Michael Gonzalez. Was recently taken again." He looks up and says "Oh my god." He then says of Michael "I was about to ruin everything Michael has worked for. He's not evil. And by doing so I put a little boy in danger." He puts the folder back before anyone sees him with it.

He starts to walk out by the holding cage and over hears the kidnapper and the second guy talking he stops by the wall and listens in "We need to finish what we started we must get to that girl and try again."

"No I already tried but that Junior Detective kid is smart." The kidnapper says.

"Then we must get to him by luring him into a trap." The second guy says.

"How?" The kidnapper says.

"By taking one of his loved ones. The girl friend." He says

Mr. Sanchez's eyes widen "Rosaline." He whispers and walks out.