(Cut to an abandoned building. There are parts of aeroplanes scattered around the place. Kevin walks in.)
Kevin: Arnon?
(Arnon appears in a chair.)
Arnon: I was getting worried about you, Kevin.
Kevin: Arnon, you scared me.
Arnon: Sorry. Where's the Aggressor?
Kevin: He's, he's gone. I ripped up the drawing.
Arnon: You what?
Kevin: He killed a guy. Arnon, he killed Caz.
Arnon: Isn't that why you wanted me to help you create your superhero in the first place?
Kevin: No, not to kill. I never wanted that.
Arnon: He was a bad guy, wasn't he? Just like Ramus is.
Kevin: I'm not drawing him again. Arnon, I'm sorry.
Arnon: We had a deal. I help you, you help me, remember? Now, I need the Aggressor to take out Ramus. To rid him of his powers.
Kevin: Why can't you just take him out yourself?
Arnon: I told you. I only have the ability to sense great powers, not possess them. That's how I found you, that's how I'll find Ramus. Now, help me do the right thing, Kevin. Bring your superhero back to life, before somebody else loses theirs.
(Cut to The Bay Mirror. Phoebe's office. Phoebe is there working on her laptop. Her assistant walks in with a box full of letters.)
Phoebe: Those are all life and death?
Assistant: Well, not literally. At least, not most of them.
Phoebe: What am I supposed to do? I can't keep up, they just keep coming.
Assistant: What can you do? Answer two or three a day and ignore the rest. You can't help everybody. I still can't believe Elise fled town on such short notice.
Phoebe: Yeah, me neither. And the problem is that I can't help everyone. I wish I could. (The phone rings.) I got it, thanks. (The assistant leaves.) Phoebe Halliwell.
Piper: So what do you say to an over bearing younger sister who's treating her older sister like a porcelain doll?
Phoebe: Thank you?
Piper: How about knock it off.
Phoebe: That's probably better advice. Are you mad at me?
Piper: No, not if you come home and baby sit Ramus.
Phoebe: Oh, sweetie, I can't. I've got a gazillion letters that I have to get to.
Piper: Well, Bored in Berkley can wait. Porter called me from school and told me about a kid.
Phoebe: What about a kid?
Piper: Porter said that he had a strange sense about the kid, something slightly demonic. Must be the whitelighter really coming out of him.
Phoebe: I'm sorry I am swamped here. Okay, look, what about Paige? Can't she come?
Piper: Interesting choice of words, but apparently not. She's with Dave trying desperately not to orb.
Phoebe: Oh, for goodness sakes. Okay, well, what about, um... (Cole stands at the doorway. He clears his throat.) Cole.
Piper: Cole, watching an Elder? I really don't think that's a good idea.
Phoebe: No, um… you... Okay, I'll be home as soon as I can, okay? (Phoebe hangs up.)
Cole: Phoebe.
Phoebe: Whatever it is, I don't have time.
Cole: No, you don't understand, this isn't about us. I need your help.
Phoebe: Yeah, who doesn't?
Cole: Have you ever heard of Edward Miller, the slumlord? He took millions from the city and renovation money but instead of fixing up the building he's trying to kick the tenants out.
Phoebe: Well, how is he able to do that?
Cole: I don't know but that's why I'm trying to get an injunction to stop him.
Phoebe: Oh, really? You? What's with all the red tape? Why don't you just turn him into a fountain pen?
Cole: Believe me, I'm tempted but, um, I've decided I'm not gonna use my powers no matter what.
Phoebe: Since when?
Cole: Since you left the house and my shimmering in got me, Porter, and Leo stuck in another dimension. (Phoebe grabs her coat and bag and leaves her office.)
Phoebe: (to her assistant) I'll be working from home for the rest of the day.
Cole: Phoebe, listen to me. This is legitimate. These people are going to be evicted tonight and I can't get an injunction until tomorrow. I mean, if you could just threaten to expose him in your paper or maybe even link it to a TV station.
Phoebe: Cole, I don't have enough time to help my readers with their problems right now.
Cole: But we're talking about whole families here. Kids, babies, with nowhere to go.
Phoebe: Look, I think it's great that you want to help, I really do. But I can't. I am powerless to do anything right now.
Cole: You may be a lot of things but powerless isn't one of them. (Cole walks away.)
Assistant: Was he talking about Edward Miller, the slumlord? (Phoebe nods.) Actually, you did get some letters from some of his tenants.
Phoebe: Really? I haven't seen them.
Assistant: No, you haven't gotten to them.
(Cut to Dave's apartment. Paige and Dave are lying in bed.)
Dave: Did you?
Paige: No.
Dave: Didn't think so.
Paige: It's not you, Dave. Trust me, it's me.
Dave: You keep saying that, Paige, but what does that mean?
Paige: It's complicated.
Dave: Well, you're in luck. 'Cause I happen to specialize in complicated. Come on, talk to me, you won't scare me away.
Paige: Promise?
Dave: Mm-hm.
Paige: It's just that I'm really different than other girls.
Dave: I know, that's what I like about you.
Paige: No, I mean, really different, more than you could possibly imagine.
Dave: Okay.
Paige: So you're alright with that?
Dave: Alright with what?
Paige: Forget it.
Dave: Forget what?
Paige: Look, I'm not a freak, it's not like I have a tail or something.
Dave: Paige, I don't know what you're talking about.
Paige: Just forget I said anything.
Dave: But you didn't say anything.
Paige: You know, I think I got closer that time. You want to try again? (They kiss.)
(Cut to the Manor. Parlor. Ramus is meditating in mid-air. He has a blue light surrounding him.)
Piper: Leo? (Piper walks in.) Leo! (Ramus falls to the floor.) What are you doing?
Ramus: Would you mind? My meditation requires peace and quiet.
Piper: Well, then you're in the wrong house, pal. Have you seen my husband?
Ramus: He's upstairs.
Piper: Okay, could you tell him that I'll be at P3. He can watch over you until Phoebe shows up.
Ramus: I'll tell him no such thing. It is your job to protect me, not his. Those are the rules.
Piper: Hm. Well, history lesson. I'm not a big fan of your rules; in fact I take pride in breaking them.
Ramus: I know, you've been a real pain over the years.
Piper: Oh, you mean marrying Leo? Yes, I know you Elders were dead set against that.
Ramus: Not all of us. Some of us foresaw the special baby you'd be having.
Piper: Still, that doesn't... What do you mean special? (Porter walks in through the front door.) Whoa. What are you doing here?
Porter: Did I walk in to the wrong house?
Piper: No, it's only 2:00. You should be in school.
Porter: Piper, school is over.
Piper: Oh.
Ramus: He used magic to beat up a mortal. (Piper's jaw drops. Porter makes a guilty face.)
Piper: Porter. You used magic to beat up a mortal?
Porter: Well, technically. Wait, how did the Elder know?
Ramus: Telepathy.
Piper: Doesn't matter. Porter, I can't believe you were so reckless. Nobody heard you say the spell, did they?
Porter: No! I said it very quietly.
Piper: Well, I still can't believe that you did it. I know you are still new to this, but your spell might have consequences. Personal gain and all.
Porter: But it wasn't personal. I saved Kevin, that's the kid, from a mob of people.
Piper: So you did magic in front of a crowd? Geez, Porter! (Phoebe walks in just as a lamp explodes.)
Phoebe: What's going on here?
Piper: Oh, nothing. Just your run of the mill school day magic. (Phoebe looks at Porter.)
Phoebe: You used magic?
Porter: Yes, I used a spell that I made up. It enhanced my fighting skills.
Phoebe: Okay, very cool spell, but I can't believe- - -
Porter: That I was so reckless. I already heard this from Piper. Geez, is this that good cop, bad cop thing, but with two bad cops? Besides, don't you think we should get back to Ramus?
Piper: Fine.
Phoebe: (to Ramus) Hi, wow. (She shakes his hand.) It is an honor and a pleasure to meet an Elder... sir... really... wow. Okay, but I've got to go. I'm sorry, but if I don't stop that dirt bag landlord...
Ramus: Oh.
Piper: What's the matter?
Ramus: Someone's coming... for me. (The Aggressor appears in a blink of an eye.)
Aggressor: Ramus.
Phoebe: Porter, ice him. (Porter blows over his palm. The ground under the Aggressor's feet freeze.)
Porter: Whoa, the orbs didn't settle. (The Aggressor goes for Ramus, but Phoebe pushes Ramus out of the way.) Paige! (Paige orbs in wearing nothing but an oversized baby doll nightgown.)
Paige: Damn it! I was almost there too.
Aggressor: I don't wanna hurt you, I just want him.
Phoebe: Yeah, well, forget about it. (Phoebe goes to kick him and he grabs her leg and pushes her across the room. Leo runs down the stairs.)
Leo: Ramus! (He dives on Ramus and orbs out with him. The Aggressor leaves in a blink of an eye.)
Phoebe: Who was that masked man?
(Scene: Manor. Attic. Piper, Phoebe, Paige, and Porter walk in. Paige is now wearing a bathrobe.)
Paige: Okay, we should look under... actually I have no idea what to look under.
Piper: Well, he had a great big giant A on his chest, how about A?
Porter: I'm telling you, you are not gonna find him in the Book of Shadows. At a comic book convention, maybe. (Paige starts flipping through the Book of Shadows.)
Paige: He could still be a demon.
Porter: Paige, he was in tights. (Leo orbs in.)
Leo: Ramus is safe for now but he can't stay up there for long or else he will miss the equinox.
Phoebe: Oh, can't he just wait for the next one.
Leo: No, he can't otherwise he will miss his chance to pass on his powers to his successor.
Phoebe: But tonight's my only night to help the families being evicted, otherwise they'll be on the streets.
Piper: Uh, Phoebe, I think super villains trump slumlords.
Leo: Uh, Paige, where did you orb in from? (Paige covers herself with her robe.)
Paige: I was dealing with some personal problems.
Leo: Well, I'm your Whitelighter, so if you ever want to talk...
Piper/Paige/Porter: No!
Phoebe: Can we please just concentrate on the comic book guy?
Piper: Well, comic books wouldn't be a bad place to start. Remember the demon of illusion?
Paige/Porter: No.
Leo: He was before both of your times. He literally hid in movies. (Porter nods.)
Porter: So, this guy could really be hiding in comics or coming out of them somehow.
Paige: So we need to check comic book stores?
Phoebe: Oh, that's gonna take forever.
Paige: Alright, you just go deal with your slumlord; I'll catch up with you later.
Phoebe: No, its okay, we should do it together.
Paige: No, if I see some dude in tights, I'll just orb out.
Phoebe: Paige, it's dangerous, you shouldn't do it alone.
Porter: I can go with her.
Piper: Okay, so while Phoebe is out facing a bastard slumlord, and Paige and Porter are out scouting for a demon, what am I supposed to do?
Phoebe: Just stay here and relax.
Piper: I am relaxed.
Porter: You blew up a lamp, I would call that stressed.
Piper: Porter, you made me mad. If you all don't want the entire house blown down, you should stop treating me like I am made of glass or something.
Phoebe: Sorry.
Piper: Okay! So, Phoebe, you go to the slumlord, and Paige, Porter, and I will check the comic shops.
Porter: Before we go, Paige, you might want to change into, well, clothes.
Paige: Right. (Paige runs out of the attic.)
Piper: Let's go. (She and Porter leave.)
(Cut to an abandoned building. Arnon and Kevin are there. Kevin's neck is glowing. He is in pain.)
Arnon: How could the Aggressor fail? You told me you drew him invisible. The equinox comes around once in a lifetime. I don't plan on spending the rest of that life sensing power. I want power, Ramus's power.
Kevin: I tried.
Arnon: Not hard enough. (Arnon releases the light on Kevin's neck. Kevin coughs.) You'll draw a new Aggressor. Stronger. One that can handle the witches when Ramus returns.
Kevin: What if I turn the Aggressor onto you?
Arnon: I'd kill you before you could try. And then I'd kill the rest of the people in your life who still care about you. I may not have much power, but I have enough to do that. Now, draw. (Arnon walks away. Kevin starts to draw a woman on the page that looks like Phoebe.)
(Cut to the slumlord's building. Phoebe walks in. The tenants are leaving their apartments. Phoebe walks up to a man in a suit.)
Phoebe: Uh, Edward Miller?
Edward: Yeah.
Phoebe: Phoebe Halliwell, Bay Mirror. I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions.
Edward: No, I don't think so. (Edward walks off. Phoebe follows.)
Phoebe: Okay, so how does it feel to be the most hated man in the city?
Edward: Excuse me?
Phoebe: Well, at least not until tomorrow (he stops walking) when the morning edition comes out and everyone reads that your forcing innocent families out on the streets.
Edward: You print that, lady, and I'll sue you for liable.
Phoebe: Ooh, now I'm a little rusty on my law but how could it be liable when actually it's the truth?
Edward: Get outta my way. (He pushes her aside and walks off.)
Phoebe: Hey! (She follows him.) Look, you can run but you can not hide, Mister! My newspaper's gonna do a huge expose on this. You won't get away with it!
Edward: I already have. (Suddenly, Phoebe changes into a superhero, dressed in a tight red and black top and tight red and black shorts, black knee-high boots and a black mask.)
(Cut to Kevin. He has drawn Piper, Phoebe, Paige, and Porter as superheroes)
(Cut to a comic book store. Piper, Paige, and Porter walk outside.)
Porter: I could feel the nerdiness dripping onto my coolness.
Piper: Well, I hope you have a raincoat because we have a few more stores to check out. Maybe we'll still find something.
Paige: Yeah, more lonely superheroes who have to hide their true identities. This does not bode well for my love life.
Piper: Paige, let me ask you a question. Are you gonna marry Dave?
Paige: No, I just met him.
Piper: Well, then relax and worry about it when you've gotta worry about it. (Suddenly, Piper, Paige, and Porter change into superheroes. Piper is wearing silver and black long pants with a silver and black top and black mask. Paige is wearing a short black skirt with a pink and black top, black knee-high boots and a black mask. Porter is wearing black and blue striped tights under blue shorts and a blue and black top with black shoulder pads and a black mask. They jump onto the roof top in a blink of an eye.) Oo-kay, what just happened here?
Paige: I was kind of wondering the same thing.
Porter: I don't know, but I am loving it.
Woman's Voice: Help! Somebody help me!
(Cut to a parking lot. A man is pulling a woman out of the car by her hair. He throws her to the ground. Piper, Paige, and Porter arrive. The man points a gun at the woman.)
Piper: Hey! (The man shoots at Piper and Piper catches the bullet.) Not exactly what I had in mind but it'll do. (The man starts to run away but Porter runs in front of him in a blink of an eye.)
Porter: Where do you think your going? (Piper grabs the man from behind and throws him into a dumpster. Paige goes up to the woman.)
Paige: Are you alright?
Woman: Who are you people? Where did you come from? (Piper and Paige help her up.)
Piper: Well, that's a mighty good question, lady.
(Cut to a building roof top. Superhero Phoebe is holding Edward by his ankles over the edge. Edward is panicking.)
Edward: They don't have to move. They can stay for a year. Ten years!
Phoebe: What about the cockroaches? Are you gonna do something about the cockroaches?
Edward: First thing tomorrow. Just please don't drop me. Please. (Cole appears.)
Cole: Uh, Phoebe?
Phoebe: Cole! (She lets go of one ankle.) What are you doing here?
Cole: Well, I got a call from one of the tenants saying that, uh, Wonder Woman was terrorizing the landlord. (He looks over the edge.) What the hell are you doing?
Phoebe: Well, I'm teaching my buddy here how important it is to be a better person. (To Edward) Are you a better person yet?
Edward: I'm slipping!
Phoebe: Oh, no, you're not slipping. (She nearly drops him.) That's slipping. (Cole laughs.)
Cole: Honey...
Phoebe: Don't call me honey anymore.
Cole: I don't know what's going on here but this is not you. Literally.
Phoebe: Are you kidding? This is better than me. This is new and improved me. Now not only can I help my readers, but I can help the entire city.
Cole: Careful, he's got ears.
Phoebe: Oh, please, relax. The only thing he can hear right now is the blood rushing to his brain. (She pulls him up and he falls to the ground.) One more slip up, Edward, and we'll end up right back up here. (Edward runs away.)
Cole: Phoebe, are you outta your mind? What if somebody sees you?
Phoebe: That's why we wear masks.
Cole: We?
Phoebe: Yeah, superheroes. Okay, Cole, I gotta go 'cause I have a lot of loyal readers that need my help, okay.
Cole: Okay. (Phoebe zips across from building to building.)
Phoebe: Whoo!
(Cut to downstairs. Edward walks up to a security guard.)
Edward: I want you to find out everything you can about Cole Turner's wife.
Security Guard: His wife? Why?
Edward: Just do it.
To be continued…