A/N: I didn't forget to update last sunday I haven't had any net for like two weeks so bare with me. But here's the fourth Chapter and the next one should be here by Sunday. So sorry. Anyways. Read and Review.
Fade in:
Int. - Alley Night. – Night.
There's a YOUNG BOY that is walking around. He looks a bit stirred by his surroundings. He walks towards the street but the sounds of a crack make him turn around.
There's a MASKED MAN with a gun, apparently a burglar. The boy's eyes widen and he tries to avoid but the burglar points the gun and SHOOTS-
Phoebe: (Voice Over.) Hold the phone!
The screen freezes.
Phoebe: (Voice Over.) You can't spin the story like that. The tape was on the news.
Int. – Halliwell Manor living. – Day.
PRUE, PIPER and PHOEBE HALLIWELLL are all seated around different furniture. The boy from the ally is in the middle of the room with a bashful sort of expression.
Prue: The tape clearly showed you stealing that mini mart. And we all saw that cop kill you on the scene when you tried to kill the clerk.
Piper: Sorry, bub. You're one of the bad guys.
Phoebe: And we kinda want to stay on the side of the good, Mark.
Prue: And that's not going to happen if one of our first magical acts is to help out a criminal ghost.
Mark looks defeated and glares at them.
Mark: I'm still a spirit that needs crossing over. Can't you act at least on that and help me out? I just want you to get my necklace and give it back to my sister.
Phoebe: Do we look like Jennifer Love Hewitt to you?
Mark: Well, you got the rack for it…
Prue: Okay. That's it. Be gone.
Mark: Excuse me?
Prue: You heard me! We are not helping your misogynist ass to cross over.
Mark: You can't do that. You have to help me. I don't know how to go!
Piper: Not our problem.
The sisters start getting up and heading to separate parts of the house.
Mark: I got no one else to turn to.
Phoebe: Sucks to be you.
Mark: You…
They are all out of the room.
Mark: Fine. I'll just haunt you.
Fade to black.
Title on Screen: Monday.
Fade in:
Int. – Quake's diner. – Night.
Piper sits on the counter running through some paper work. The place is empty. Her cell phone rings. She grabs it from besides her bag.
Piper: (To the phone.) Hello? (Beat.) Hey, Prue.
A small clutter is heard. Piper looks up but decides to ignore it.
Piper: (To the phone.) Yeah, I'm just closing up, I'll be home in like haft an hour.
A louder clutter comes out of the kitchen. Piper holds off the phone and gets up slowly.
Piper: Who's there?
She walks towards the kitchen and a louder noise is heard. She opens the door and in a fright holds out her hand and freezers the scene.
Pan over to see she froze about a dozen plates that were about to fall on the floor. The rest of the kitchen looks like it was just ransacked by something.
Piper: The hell?
She looks at the wall. There's writing in BIG RED LETTERS:
"HELP ME OR I'LL KEEP ON."
Piper looks down to a bottle of ketchup on the floor. She returns to the phone to her ear.
Piper: (To the phone.) Make that two hours.
Fade to black.
Title on screen: Tuesday.
Fade in:
Int. – Baker High school's lunchroom. - Day.
Phoebe is waiting in line to pay for her lunch. She's talking to a YOUNG ARFICAN AMERICAN GIRL about her age.
Phoebe: I don't even know what this is supposed to be.
She picks a strand what seems like noodles from her plate.
Phoebe: It does not look edible, Hailey.
Hailey: I think that's the surprise.
Phoebe: Ew.
Hailey: Hey, look, there's Reed.
She points phoebe to a standard JOCK sitting nearby.
Phoebe: Why do you torture me by pointing him out?
Hailey: You should so go talk to him!
Phoebe: The last thing I need is to embarrass myself in front of him.
The line moves and both girls go forward. Suddenly Phoebe's plate flies off her hands and hits Reed on the back of his head. He ends up covered in the go that was the lunch.
Everyone laughs and mutters. Reed turns around and glares at Phoebe as she turns a considerable amount of red.
Hailey: What did you do that for?!
Phoebe: I…
Phoebe loses her attention and sees that some of the noodle formed words on the floor:
"HELP ME. I'M NOT KIDDING."
Phoebe sighs and looks hopeless.
Fade to black.
Tile on screen: Wednesday.
Fade in:
Int. – Police Precinct. – Morris's desk. – Day.
Prue sits in front of the desk as DARRYL MORRIS sits behind it. They both appear to be having a glare off.
Prue: Are we about done?
Morris: Why is that you can't tell me what happened to your friend Keith a few weeks ago?
Prue: I wasn't there. I told you.
Morris: I have witnesses that confirm he was meeting you and almost anyone that got a good look at you can ID you as the girl who brought him into the hospital.
Prue: I didn't realize that taking people to get medical health was a crime.
Morris: It is, if you cause that person to end up in the hospital in the first place.
Prue: You have got to be shitting me.
Morris: Guy wakes up and gives a pretty elaborate story about a mugging.
Prue: And you don't believe him?
Morris: I believe that the fact that he had all of his belongings with him makes whatever happened to him more mysterious.
Prue just stares.
Morris: The man was hit with some sort of fire weapon. The mark on his chest seemed to be cause by some sort of radiation. Like a laser. But he claims it was a special tazer from a mugger that didn't even bother to check his wallet full of a total of five hundred bucks? Can a reporter like you-
Prue: (interrupting.) Photographer.
Morris: Whatever. Can someone like you tell me in all honesty that makes a lick of sense?
Prue seems about to answer when two policemen escort in with a criminal. Prue turns to look.
Morris: Wait here.
Morris goes to the other side of the room. Prue scoffs and then sees that Mark materializes in the room. Her eyes widen. Mark looks at the criminal in custody. Prue realizes what he's thinking.
She shakes her head no. He nods. She looks at him pleadingly. Mark jumps INSIDE the criminal's body. He shakes a bit and then shoulders one of the cops in the stomach. He makes it fro the other's jaw and removes the gun. Everyone panics.
The cops pull out there guns but Mark, still in possession, shoots. The bullet head straight for Darryl who is just about to turn around. Prue looks and squints.
The bullet reverts and hits the window shattering it. A cop tackles the criminal's body, making it fall, but Mark's spirit remains in the same position. He smirks and disappears.
Prue rushes to Morris.
Prue: You okay?
He seems to have seen something he can't explain so he simply nods.
Fade to black.
Title on screen: Thursday.
Fade in:
Int. – Halliwell Manor's dinning hall. – Night.
The three sisters sit at the table looking like they haven't slept in days. There's a loud sound of clacking metal coming from all over the house.
Piper: He keeps trashing Quake. Like every day.
Prue: I'm just worry he might actually kill someone next time.
Phoebe: He pretty much killed my social life. Reed is so never talking to me now.
Prue and Piper glare at Phoebe.
Phoebe: Okay, okay. Your problems are bigger than my high school ones. So what do we do?
Prue: We have no real choice.
She stands up.
Prue: (Scream.) FINE! We'll help you cross over!
Mark materializes in front of them.
Mark: I knew you would see it my way. So, bygones?
They all just glare.
Mark: …suit yourself.
Fade to black.
Title on screen: Friday.
Fade in:
Int. – Hospital. – Day.
The three sisters are by the bed of a young girl that appears to be unconscious.
Piper: The doctor said she's been in a coma for a month.
Phoebe: I can't believe that with all of this she has a thief for a brother.
Prue He was all she had. Their mother is dead.
Phoebe takes out a small silver locker and places it on the girl's hand, closing it so the girl can hold it.
Phoebe: Your big brother went to a lot of trouble to get this back to you.
They just stare for a moment.
Fade to black.
Title on screen: Saturday.
Fade in:
Int. – Cemetery. – Night.
The three sisters and Mark stand by some graves.
Prue: So that's it? Getting that necklace from the pawn shop for your sister was all you wanted?
Mark: I know its lame, but when my sister was well she was always worrying about money. She pawned her necklace, which my mom gave to her. When she had her accident… I don't know. I felt she needed to have it back, but I never had enough money. Especially with the hospital bills.
Phoebe: So you stole just to get a necklace back?
Mark: She told me with that necklace she always felt mom with her. That way she was never alone.
Prue: Yeah. But by getting that back for her you left her truly alone.
They all fall silent. Mark looks down and slowly fades away. The sisters look sort of upset and then start to leave.
Fade to black.
Title on screen: Sunday.
Fade in:
Int. – Halliwell Manor. – Night.
The sisters are all watching TV.
Phoebe: I'm confused. Why did he need to make up a story for us like that? If he would've been honest we would've helped him and he wouldn't have gone through all that mess of trouble.
Piper: I think part of him was ashamed of the things he did to get to that point.
Prue: I agree.
Phoebe: I don't know. I guess, part of this feels…
Int. – Hospital's room. – Day.
The necklace is around the girl's neck now. It glows and her eyes shoot open.
Phoebe: (Voice over.) … incomplete.
Fade to black.
End
Next Week: Howling Problems.