Behest of Destiny
Written by: "Rush Howley".
Based on Charmed by: Constance M. Burge & Brad Kern.
Based on "Little Box of Horrors" written by: Cameron Litvack
Season 1, Episode 03
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Scene: Katherine's house and room. Kath is lying on her bed, writing in a notebook. She also has a laptop at her side.
Kath: Let's see. "Some chameleon species are able to change their skin color, which has made them one of the most famous lizard families. Changing color is an expression of the physical and physiological condition of the lizard."
Mathew (from the laptop):Wikipedia, huh?
(Kath opens the laptop and clicks, showing Mathew on the "webcam" window.)
Kath:Well, of course. It's the best website on the net.
Mathew:You know… It's not actually. It's very unreliable. Any person can edit any article and…
Kath:Can any do that?
(Mathew doesn't respond. Kath rolls her eyes and starts to write again. Accidentally, she elbows the laptop, throwing it to the floor. Before the laptop could touch it, Kath extends her arms to grab it and slightly floats over her bed.)
Mathew:Are you ok? (He notices something.) What…?
Kath: I'm… hovering…
Scene: Mathew's department. He's talking with Kath.
Mathew: What are you saying? Is that the thing you want to tell me a couple of hours ago but suddenly "forget" about it?
Kath:Come on, Mathew…
Scene: Back to Kath's room.
(Kath stops floating and puts the laptop where it was.)
Kath:It's not a big deal. Today I was on my way to home when this green disgusting cockroach appeared out of nothing and from a moment to another, I was half meter up from the floor…
Mathew: Flying.
Kath:Not flying! It's… kind of levitation.
Mathew:Did anyone see you?
Kath: No, fortunately there weren't as much people as it used to be at that time. See, a couple of week had passed since The Day and that old woman told us that we're part of something bigger. Our destiny is waiting, as well as our powers to be awakened…
Scene: Mathew's room.
Mathew:You have been seeing this Sean guy, haven't you?
Kath: Yes, and so? He's a nice guy who shares our secret.
Scene: Back to Kath's room.
Kath: He says that as Guardians we are, our powers would develop sooner or later…
Mathew: I don't know. It's still… very strange. Be careful.
Kath: Don't worry. I'll be okay. (She checks her watch.) Now I'm going to sleep, see you!
Mathew: Bye…
(They both disconnect their web-cams. Kath puts her stuff in her backpack and turn out the lights.)
Kath:I hope he understand someday…
Scene: Outdoors. In a dark alley, a green cockroach pops up from a sewer. It shines to reveal a man.
Man:Why are you hiding, Shaun?
(Another man that was hiding in the shadows appears.)
Shaun: I've been waiting for you.
Man: I'm now here. Those bastard are…
Shaun: I'll be glad to hear you complaining about demons later, but now I'm more interested about the Box.
Man: Oh, the Box. Yeah, you're still in your quest to that thing, huh? What's in that anyway?
Shaun: Hope.
Man: Huh?
Shaun: Did you saw one of its Guardians?
Man: The woman from this evening? Of course I saw her; I almost tread on her foot.
Shaun: Did she get scared?
Man: It's a woman after all.
Shaun: Fine, you're still tracking her…
Man: Yes, tomorrow in the morning she's going to lead us to the Box's location.
Shaun: Very good. Continue with your job.
(They both disappear in green glows.)
Scene: Morning. High School. Kath closes her locker and Mathew get close.
Kath: Hey, I'm sorry to cut our conversation too quickly yesterday.
Mathew: No, it's ok. It was very late actually, I almost oversleep.
Kath: And?
Mathew: And what?
Kath: Are you coming with me to Sean's house?
Mathew: Oh, you're still with that. I told you that it is too dangerous to keep seeing them. That Vlad guy too.
Kath: Right, you're not coming. (She goes away. Mathew follows. They enter in an empty classroom.)
Mathew: I'm… I'm sorry, but I'm worried.
Kath: There's no need to worry. It's a safe zone. Besides, I want to tell him about my advancement. Check this.
(Kath closes her eyes and breathe out. Then, she inhales and starts floating a couple of inches above the floor.)
Kath: This is so neat. I can do it better when I'm in panic but hey…
Mathew: God, don't do that in public. (He presses her shoulders to deactivate the power.) We don't know what can happen if somebody saw your stuff.
Kath: My stuff is safe.
Mathew: Mm-mm.
Kath: Now, I don't have classes for the rest of the day and I'm going straight to Sean's house. You can come with me or you can take your next class worrying about me.
(Mathew considers it. Kath smiles and goes out.)
Mathew: Great.
(He follows her.)
Scene: Outside of the high school. A lot of people are passing by. VIad is around there in his van.
Vlad: Will she come?
(A green cockroach enters to the van, unnoticed. Kath and Mathew enter.)
Vlad: You love to enter to anybody else's cars, huh?
Kath: Hey, I haven't seen you in a while too. How are you doing?
Vlad: Yeah, so-so.
Mathew: Are you still living with Sean?
Vlad: I… am.
Kath: What happened to your house? You tell us that you have one… or something like that.
Vlad: Well, it was actually my niece's house; she kicked me out when she knew I was drinking.
Mathew: Dude, you need to leave that habit.
Vlad: Yeah, yeah, are you going to see Sean, right? I'll give you a ride.
Kath: Good! We were lucky to recognize your van (to Mathew.) I told you. It's destiny.
Mathew: Whatever.
(Vlad turns on the van and leaves.)
Kath: I'll tell you what happened to me guys on the road. I floated…
Scene: Sean's house. Living room. The four guys are chatting.
Sean: (Very interested.) Did you float?
Kath: I know, it's so unbelievable, but it's true! It saved me from a cockroach, a broken laptop and a slip floor this morning, it's awesome.
Mathew: She's still telling that story…
Sean: It's interesting how your active power acts.
(Mathew coughs. Kath elbows him.)
Kath: I just remembered something. What happened to the Box?
Vlad: Sean and I hid it at the basement. We were also working in this, come.
Scene: Basement. A glowing force-field is protecting the Box.
Sean: The first week the force-field last only 12 seconds but now its power source is stable and it's permanently protecting the Box.
Kath: This is awesome.
Vlad: I might think slowly, but I'm a fast learner.
Mathew: Surely.
Kath: What's the power source?
Vlad: Me, of course.
(Mathew raises his eyebrows, everybody notices it.)
Vlad: Why didn't you get along with me?
Mathew: Because… because it's just weird, ok? I don't know why I'm still sticking with you when I perfectly could stay with my class.
Kath: We are together because it's destiny.
Mathew: Enough with the destiny thing. I'm exhausted. I'm tired of all this magic stuff.
SeanIt's not worth it guys, calm down.
Kath: Well, at least you can pretend some empathy. We are not annoying you.
Mathew: You are annoying me.
Kath: At least you can get annoyed sometimes and be real because the last time you showed a little emotion was a couple of weeks ago when you met me.
Vlad: I'm not offended, Kath. Really.
Mathew: You came with your friends to my department, were you expecting to not show any feeling?
Kath: Repulsion is what I saw.
Mathew: Repulsion is what I felt.
Kath: Well, at least is a real image of you, not the outgoing guy you want to pretend you are and DEFINITELY are not.
(The atmosphere is strained. Mathew saw all of them with contempt and rushed to get out.)
Kath: I…
Sean: Kath…
Kath: I didn't mean that. (She tries to follow him but Sean stops her.) What…
Sean: It's his decision to stay with us or to move apart. We can't force him to do anything.
Kath: Yes, I know, but destiny.
Vlad: If the destiny wants him to be with us, no matter what, he is going to came back.
(She thinks about it.)
Kath: Just when we were starting to get along…
Scene: Outdoors. Mathew is walking to his home.
Mathew: What a drama queen. I shouldn't leave that way. They're not bad people, and they seem understandable. Jeez…
(He turns to the back alley we saw at the beginning. From the sewer, a bright green glow gets out and the cockroach man appears.)
Man: Hey you…
Mathew: God, another…
Man: I recommend you to look down when you walk. (His hand starts to glow) You don't want to step on somebody.
Scene: Sean's house. Kath is still worried about her discussion, she's with Vlad. Sean walks in with a glass of water.
Sean: Here, take.
Kath: Thank you.
Vlad:How are you?
Kath: A little affected...
Sean: The force-field is a little shaky, but it's ok. I think that the discussion affect us more than you thought.
Kath: I'm sorry. I don't know what things I'm saying sometimes. It's a recurring problem of mine.
Vlad: Do you think?
Kath: Yeah, my dad always told me that I'm exactly like my mother. Chipper, content, always with a vibrant personality. The happiness sometimes blinds you from other people's feelings, their point of view.
Sean: Look, it's hard to him to understand what's going on. It took me a while to get used to this think as well; Vlad dreamt about his powers, that's why he's not freaked out.
Vlad: You like people naturally. Don't punish yourself.
Kath: But.
Sean: No 'buts'. Let's go to his house and talk to him to clear all this.
Shaun V.O: It's not going to be necessary.
(All of them get up. Shaun appeared in front of them glowing, with a dagger in his hand.)
Vlad: A demon.
Shaun: Don't get us confused with those beasts. We're more civilized and more powerful of course. I'm Shaun, an Evil Being from the Box.
Vlad: The box…
Shaun: It rings a bell to you, huh? I'm here to take it with me.
Sean: You're not. (He starts to charge a blue bolt in his hand.)
Shaun: You're only three? My private detective told me you were four.
Kath: We were.
Shaun: I don't really care; I just came here for the Box. So, do you mind telling me where is it or I need to dismantle the entire house to find it? And of course (his hands starts glowing) with you inside.
Sean: I don't think so.
(Sean throws him the bolt, sending him flying. Shaun doesn't have problems to get up and throws a green beam, and also a dagger he was hiding. Vlad puts up a force-field to protect them, but it breaks at the first contact with the dagger and the beam.)
Shaun: We can continue this game forever.
Sean: We're not giving you the Box.
Shaun: Oh, you will…
(The Cockroach Man appears holding a dagger in Mathew's throat.)
Kath: Mathew!
Vlad: Stay away of him.
Shaun: We need the Box first.
Sean: The Box and the guy stay with us.
Man: You surely don't want him alive, right?
(Mathew sees Katherine with a deeply glance.)
Kath: Fine. We'll give it.
Sean: What?
Mathew: Are you out of your mind? It's not use to be a Guardian if there's no Box to guard.
Kath: It's no use to keep a Box if somebody's life is threatened.
Sean: (to Kath) Are you sure what you're saying?
Kath: I know what I'm doing, relax.
Shaun: It smells like a trick to me.
Kath: There's no trick.
Shaun: We're not taking any risk, especially in a Guardian's house. Let's go to our back alley, my favorite place.
Kath: Okay.
Vlad: If you even touch him, we'll kill you.
(They disappear.)
Vlad: Do we call the witches? We are sort of equal in power…
Sean: No, it's the first time this Dark Beings appear. Let's investigate more about it.
Kath: We have no time for research. (She heads to the basement.)
Sean: Where are you going?
Kath: To the Box, of course. We need to save Mathew.
Vlad: We need to guard it.
Kath: We need to save him. If I have to float to death to turn off the force-field protection, I will.
Scene: Basement. Kath is going to grab the Box, even when the force-field is activated. She extends her hands, and suddenly the force-field turns off. Sean and Vlad walk in
Kath: How?
Vlad: Let's say that this is my way to tell you 'we're with you'.
(She smiles at them.)
Scene: The alley. Shaun and the man are there, still threatening Mathew.
Man: I knew they wouldn't come! It's a simple human versus Pandora's Box! It's matter of common sense…
Shaun: He's not a simple human. He's a Guardian too.
Mathew: I'm not. I don't have any abilities or even will to protect the Box.
Shaun: But they want to protect you, and that's even better kid. We're going to have the Box, Hope and destroy the nasty magick you Guardians are passing through generations.
Man: Yes!
(Vlad's van parks quickly. Kath, Vlad and Sean get out and get close to the Beings. Kath is holding the Box.)
Shaun: You're here.
Man: It was about time!
Mathew: You can't give it to them. It's what you were embracing all this time, the destiny…
Kath: Destiny may wants to save you. So, here is it.
Shaun: Perfectly. (He whistles.) The electric guy is not charging anything, right?
Sean: I came disarmed.
Shaun: Don't trust in you. Cockroach, you're going over them.
Man: Of course.
(The Cockroach Man get close to them. They raise their hands.)
Kath: First let him go.
(The man raises his glance to ask Shaun what to do. Shaun nods. He throws him and Kath gives the Box to Shaun.)
Mathew: What did you just do?
Kath: A move. Sean!
(Sean, with his hand raised, launches a white ray to the Man, sending him flying. Shaun tries to open the Box but the force-field is reactivated, rejecting his hands.)
Shaun: Screw you!
(His hands glow intensely green and send all four of them flying – hitting to a wall. Sean throws a bolt to Shaun but the man appears deflecting it to Vlad - blacking out.)
Mathew: Vlad!
Kath: The Box!
(Kath starts to run. The force-field protecting the Box disappears. Shaun approaches to open it. Sean tries to throw a bolt, but the man received it, getting vanquished.)
Sean: Grab it!
(Shaun put his hands over it. He quickly tries to open it. Mathew stares at the Box and suddenly flies to Kath's hands.)
Kath: What?
Shaun: What?
Mathew: What?
Shaun: "There's no trick" Bull—
(Mathew frowns again and he flies all over the place. Kath gets near to Mathew, Sean and an unconscious Vlad.)
Kath: What are you doing?
Mathew: I… don't know. I can move him.
Sean: Letting destiny work.
(Shaun gets up over and over again, no matter how times Mathew send him flying.)
Mathew: I think I can't do anything far from this.
Sean: We can't vanquish him.
Shaun: Give me the damn Hope!
(Sean thinks about it and opens the Box. A bright white light comes from it.)
Kath: What are you doing?!
Sean: He belongs to the Box!
(Shaun's body turns to black smoke and swirls into the Box. It closes itself.)
Mathew: (To Kath.) Thank you.
Kath: Thank god.
Sean: And destiny…
Scene: Sean's house. Vlad is covered with bandages. Kath, Mathew and Sean are there as well.
Vlad:I wonder why I always have to be the unconscious guy.
Kath: Maybe they don't want to deal with the force-field guy.
Mathew: Wow, insert something here guy.
Sean: Hey, you're playing around. I think you're not mad with us anymore.
Mathew: Nah, I think I was mad with me because… um… I don't know.
Kath: Maybe you weren't ready for your gift.
Sean: Or maybe you need time to adjust to teamwork.
Vlad: Or maybe you just need to be kidnapped of Evil Beings to work our problems out.
Mathew: …probably. How are you?
Vlad: I'm doing ok, the bolt didn't kill me.
Sean: You have a lot of luck that it was a low-voltage bolt. The next time I'll be sure nobody can deflect it to someone.
Kath: Well, if that happens, here Mathew can de-deflect it, right?
Mathew: I think so. Is my power telekinesis?
Vlad: Pretty much.
Kath: And it fits you well.
Mathew: Why?
Kath: I don't know; I can see you as the telekinetic guy.
(They keep playing around.)
END OF EPISODE