Day 5 of Mission: Touch & Go
Thursday, June 2, 2005
They awake the next day and eat breakfast. everything going good. Piper found a building in Beckley for her club 'Charmed and Dangerous,' Paige has two application out: social Worker and Temp jobs. Phoebe has an application for The Register-Herald. Prue has a building to set up her photography center. Cole found a building for his office and started his own practice. Now every one but Leo has a job. He's got enough work. Everything going smooth until a pipe bursts under the sink. Piper walks down to the tool building and tries to find a wrench. She looks everywhere in the building but under a sheet. Thinking maybe the sheet was there to protect the tools, she removes the sheet and starts to rummage through the stuff. All of a sudden she feels something around her feet. She looks down and sees something two feet long, a long, cat like tail and a huge snout. Piper lets out an ear-piercing scream and makes a V-line for the door. She rushes in the house and grabs a telephone book and looks up exterminators. She finds one and dials the number.
Piper - There is a huge something in my shed… yes, it looks just like a rat.
She listens to him a for a while and then tells him her address. When she finishes up, her family is around her.
Chris - Mom, what's wrong?
Piper - I…I don't know. Big rat in building. Around feet--scared me.
They talk for a while then the exterminator comes over.
Exterminator - Hello miss. Let me see where this mountain-rat is.
Leo - Mountain Rat?
Exterminator - Yes, sir that is right. - Piper takes him down to the shed. He looks around and finds a nest of mountain-rats. - Taken care of. You had yourself a nest of the critters. But they are now taken care of.
Piper - Thank God.
Paige - What exactly makes mountain-rat get that big?
Exterminator - Well, you've heard of sewer-rats, in this area, it's mountain-rats. They come down from the mountain and become pests to gardens and - laughing - city folk. - they all smile - That'll be 50 bucks.
Chris hands him 50 before the girls can say anything. The exterminator thanks them and excuses himself out.
Piper - Chris! 50 dollars!
Chris - Well. He got rid of the 'threat.'
Piper - He looked at our shed told us what it was and killed it…
Chris - What he's suppose to do.
Phoebe - He ripped us off.
Chris - And I've got the money to be ripped off.
Paige - Chris…?
Chris - What? He did his work.
Prue - But it wasn't worth that.
Chris - Maybe, but it's done. End of discussion.
Leo - Okay.
Andy - If they charge that, you can't do anything. It's a close case. - the phone rings - I'll get it.
He walks off.
Chris - Well, if you guys don't mind, I'm taking a dip.
Paige - Ok, enjoy your leisure.
Chris - Oh, I will.
He walks off.
Piper - I'm going down to my club and check it out.
Prue - Good idea. I'll go too.
Phoebe - I'm gonna set up my office.
Pai8ge - I think I'm gonna take a bath. Andy can watch the kids.
Cole - I'm going down to the building.
Richard - I'll help out in watching the kids. One man, 9 kids not a good idea.
Everyone goes and does what they said.
Leo - Need some help, Richard?