dilemma in sanfransico Sixteen.
HALLIWELL MANNER - The Kitchen
(The Wyatt-Halliwells were eating breakfast discussing Melinda's new job as a police officer)
Chris: So your a cop now?
Melinda: Yeah so?
Chris: You know being a cop isn't like being a whitelighter...
Melinda: Shut up, I'm not doing it because your stupid Whitelighters, I'm doing it because I actually need a life outside of witchcraft
Piper: I think its great Melinda, I had the club and that was a great relief from magic. You get so wrapped up from it you just don't remember that its just your reality.
Leo: I'm not convinced
Melinda: Of course your not dad. I mean hey look at you, you teach at magic school.
(Leo raises his eyebrows)
Wyatt: Just don't use your powers for short cuts, they can have back fires.
Melinda: Yeah I know that Wyatt!
Leo: Speaking of magic school, I'm interviewing some new teachers today if the job doesn't work out for you Melinda...
(Melinda rolls her eyes)
Piper: Oh, you got a good line up?
Leo: Billie, is on the line up but I wanted Cole to teach at magic school a verity off subjects but he seams lenient to do it, I have to convince him.
Piper: Cole? Are you serious?
Leo: He's had good connections, I mean he was a demon over 100 years then a sourcer, now he's I don't know what he is now but he has a lot off knowledge over magic which we could use.
Wyatt: Well this is our kids generation we're talking about and I'm not sure I want Cole teaching my kids.
SCENE BREAK - Police station
Melinda: So whenever there's a call I can just go with you?
Andy: Well when Henry comes back it'll be up to him because he's the captain, just don't use you know what we don't want any suspicions.
Daryl: Yeah had that before it was a nightmare. Twice
Melinda: I promise! I would never ever use it, or expose it. I know the consequences of that I mean Charlie last week.
Andy: Anyway, got your first assignment its a big one how do you feel about dead bodies?
SCENE BREAK - THE HALLIWELL MANNER
(Prue, Piper, Phoebe and Paige were at the manner in the living area)
Paige: I'm so sorry that, the girls caused all that trouble for you they are grounded.
Piper: Its fine, they were just having fun until Charlie held the police station hostage.
Prue: And it wasn't even Charlie, some stupid demons trying to take advantage off her. It wasn't even their fault
Paige: I told them to limit their magic when I'm away. The twins always get in trouble
Phoebe: Gee I wonder where they get that from, but Charlie was possessed by a phantasm.
Paige: A phantasm possessed my daughter? I hope you kicked its ass.
Piper: Well Cole, vanquished the only demon that could help us, your daughters went to Cole for help because they didn't want to get in trouble, and-
Paige: Cole?! Cole? Helped my daughters...
Phoebe: Yeah along with my son, and they said something about the mysterious power which keeps bringing back demons.
Prue: What if the cupids were this mysterious power nobody knows who it is?
Piper: We don't even know its a who it might be an it some kind off power source another demon is manipulating.
(Cole Shimmers in)
Prue: Do you have a death wish?
Cole: That's really a way to great somebody.
Prue: Consider it an upgrade to the way you used to great us by trying to kill us.
Cole: Actually I need to talk to Phoebe, in private if you don't mind.
Paige: Yes we do Cole, because Phoebe is happily married.
Cole: Its not about that, anyway you should be thanking me I saved your daughters
life.
Piper: Nooo, Rose and Pandora destroyed the phantasm all on their own.
Cole: Yeah but I took out demons for them.
Paige: Demons which could have helped them, anyway lets go upstairs and look at this power thing.
(they all go upstairs)
Phoebe: What is it Cole?
Cole: I need your help, I think I may have found the demons that took my other daughter.
Phoebe: What do you want me to do Cole, you want me to help take out the demons?
Cole: Please Phoebe, she's my daughter.
Phoebe: You have to be honest with me Cole,
Cole: I am being honest with you.
Phoebe: No your not she's the same age, as Warren, Cole is she Warren's twin?
(Prue, Paige and Piper are listening behind the door, Paige looks at Prue and Piper shocked)
Prue: (Whispers) 5 and counting...
Cole: I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want to upset you. My kids, Astrid and Warren they don't even know about her, Warren doesn't remember
Phoebe: Well then we better kick these demon's assess.
(Paige, Prue and Piper come around the corner.)
Paige: And anything for our niece we'll help
Phoebe: We shouldn't put anyone in danger,
SCENE BREAK - The Streets off Sanfransico
(Melinda and a partner, Officer Robin Wilson were chasing a thief down the roads)
why am I doing this? (Melinda thought to herself, They chased him down the road when Melinda saw Wyatt, Chris and Prudence down the alley chasing demons and they could use some help. Melinda quickly froze both Robin and the person being chased)
(Melinda froze the demon whilst, Wyatt orbed behind him, and stabbed him wounding him)
Wyatt: Thanks, Mel.
Melinda: Anytime, what was he doing?
Chris: Killing witches, to gain power in the underworld like all stupid demons, were gonna take him back to the house and interrogate him could use some help?
Melinda: I can't, really leave. Why don't you get Warren or Astrid to help out? And one of our moms could help out... Cole could.
Prue II: Were trying to do our own vanquishes, to raise our own powers.
Melinda: Well you pick a time, to do it...I better go.
(Melinda runs and unfreezes, without Robins knowledge, she blows, up a cluttered corner of an alley causing objects to fall, Robin doesn't question it as she doesn't see it and goes to arrest the thief)
Robin: We should get someone to check that out, could be some explosives in there could you call in for it.
Melinda: Yeah sure. (Andy stalks up to her and pulls her aside)
Andy: Your not fouling me I saw you. Do you want to expose magic?
Melinda: What do you care Andy? (Melinda walks off to get in the car)
SCENE BREAK - Magic School.
(Cole shimmers in)
Cole: Better make this quick Leo.
Leo: What do you know about soul saviours?
Cole: A soul saviour is someone who, guards a person's soul and body after death to make sure it goes to the right place eventually. Why? Leo you should know this...
Leo: I've been contacted by one they wanted me to become one.
Cole: Piper's not going to like that. I know you and her went threw a lot when you became an Whitelighter and Elder. Now if you get involved with magic again...
Leo: Our kids are grown up now...
(Suddenly a huge siren came on and red flashing lights the windows became boarded up Cole, grabbed Leo and tried to shimmer out but they were bounced back and lodged into the room)
Cole: Leo, what's going on?
Leo: The school is on lockdown.
(Billie Jenkins came running threw the corridor along with Astrid and another teacher)
Leo: Eva, Billie, what's going on?
Eva: I'm not sure, I think one of our students has been working with this higher power. And now the student has brought the demons in here, and there about to release a deadly magic which could kill everything on the outside world.
Cole: Astrid, are you alright? (Astrid runs up to him, and hugs him)
Astrid: Yeah I'm fine, I wanna go home.
Billie: We can't do that until we find out who and where the demons are. And what the source is, Maybe Christy knows something
Cole: We can't do anything without the charmed ones.
Eva: I wouldn't sell yourself short.
SCENE BREAK - The Police Station
Henry: How did you catch him so quickly the police cam show's your miles off.
Robin: Just got it lucky I guess
Henry: Melinda, go and draft the report but first I need to see you. (Melinda and Henry walk into his office.) You used magic didn't you?
Melinda: I was getting tired, and I have to go back home, Wyatt, Chris and Prudence have brought in a demon they want to interrogate.
Henry: Listen here, your bad guys and my bad guys are pretty different from each other, I don't want to get caught using magic, my daughter nearly exposed us last week. And I've got that detective here who I think is from the FBI.
Melinda: The FBI? Who?
Henry: His name is Cato Jefferson. And he was friends with the cop who nearly busted my daughter worked on the same division in orange county trouble is there is nobody who goes by that name or his pal Joe Anderson.
Melinda: So the FBI, are going undercover as regular detectives to see if the police are covering up witches in the area, or for magical activity in the area?
Henry: Exactly.
(Cato knocks on the door and Henry gestures for him to come in)
Cato: Got something, We may need back up on.
SCENE BREAK PHOEBE'S HOUSE.
(Coop beams in to see Parker talking to a strange woman)
Parker: Dad, I wasn't expecting you back?
Coop: No well I'm off duty now so, who's she? (Parker stands up immediately.)
Parker: One of my innocence, yeah me and Prue are trying to vanquish this demon.
Woman: I must leave (The woman leaves through the door and Coop frowns)
Coop: Where's Peter, Prue and your mom?
Parker: Well Prue went after the demon, and Peter has some business with his charge, and mom's with her sisters and Cole I think.
Coop: Cole...Interesting.
Parker: Dad stop being mad and jealous it doesn't suit you.
SCENE BREAK HALLIWELL MANNER
(Melinda arrives back in time to see Prue, Piper, Phoebe and Paige vanquishing the demon which Wyatt, Chris and Prue II had)
Prue II: He wouldn't talk so we vanquished him.
Phoebe: I'm getting worried about Cole now. He hasn't come back. I'm going to check with the elders.
Prue: Yeah like that'll help.
Paige: Hang on a minute Phoebe, Well this whole power thing Phoebe, has to be connected to yours and Cole's daughter it can't be a coincidence.
Prue II: You and Cole have a daughter? (Paige shrivels in her seat)
Paige: Sorry..
Phoebe: Whatever Paige, and Prue I'll explain it you all later, and if my other daughter is connected to this then that's because demons manipulated her.
Piper: Like Christy?
Phoebe: You're not vanquishing my daughter.
Chris: Okay everyone just calm down, me and Wy will go and check with the elders to where Cole is okay? (Phoebe nods and the boys orb away)
SCENE BREAK MAGIC SCHOOL LOCKDOWN.
(Cole and Astrid were both hovering above to sense the demons, whilst Warren was looking up in various books and Leo was rounding up the students in the assembly hall. Cole hovers down, as he helps Astrid)
Cole: We've got nothing.
Warren: Well whoever's in here could be using a cloaking spell to cover their tracks so their dark magic wouldn't single them out.
Astrid: We could write a spell. Like a truth spell.
Cole: Big mistake, don't go their it back fires.
Astrid: Then we're running out off options.
(Billie walks in with Christy)
Christy: I might know something.
SCENE BREAK - THE HALLIWELL MANNER
(Wyatt and Chris orb back in)
Wyatt: Okay bad news guys, we just went up to the elders and the whole magic school is on lockdown with, Cole, Leo, Warren and Astrid in it along with Billie and Christy.
Piper: How did that happen?
Chris: A demons in there, something like a threat to all life here.
Phoebe: Like a deadly decease?
Wyatt: Were not sure.
SCENE BREAK MAGIC SCHOOL
Leo: Okay so, just release the lock down.
Eva: Leo its against protocol.
(Cole grabs her neck and slams the woman against the wall)
Leo: COLE! LET GO OFF HER!
Cole: Listen to me, I need to find my daughter now let us go now and we can get help (Cole lets go)
Astrid: Dad what are you talking about? (Suddenly Eva throws an energy ball at Cole and he plunges against the wall. Christy tries to use her pyrokinesis power to set the demon on fire but Eva blocks it with her sheild, Astrid flicks an energy ball but Warren projects it back to Eva. Leo grabs Eva before she can shimmer out and the lockdown is released) Cole: It was her there aren't any demons. Billie: Yeah I think we've figured that one out. (Phoebe orbs in)Phoebe: Cole, I've been trying to reach you
Cole: She knows where Payton is, she had set the lockdown up so I wouldn't help get her back.
Warren: Okay who the hell is Payton?!
Phoebe: Your twin sister and she's going to give her up otherwise she'll prey for death. I bet you can't fight of Balthazar and the charmed ones at once can you?
Eva: Alright, Alright I'll talk
SCENE BREAK - THE UNDERWORLD, HIDDEN CHAMBERS.
(Cole and Phoebe were circling the hidden chambers of the underworld.)
Phoebe: Wow this world is ugly.
Cole: Yeah when I first betrayed the source this is where I was sent to drove me crazy.
(They suddenly turn around and see a familiar face Zankou)
SCENE BREAK - The Police Station
Henry: Melinda, I need your help There's this murder and I think he's a demon he's incinerating people and leaving their bodies and the fire department can't find a start point for the fire.
Melinda: Usually demons don't leave bodies, if they are killed by an -(Cato walks past) ball.
Cato: What's this?
Henry: Just some murder case, were trying to catch the culprit.
Cato: And your leaving it to a junior police officer? No offence.
Henry: Well she has to get the experience somewhere why don't you go both and investigate.
SCENE BREAK - THE UNDERWORLD SECRET CHAMBERS
(Phoebe and Cole were now in a cell together being held captive by Zankou who was watching outside.)
Phoebe: I can't orb, that's just great can you shimmer?
Cole: Nope, its probably magically protected
Zankou: Your right it is magically protected, you think I'm stupid? Wait...don't answer that...
Phoebe: What's the plan then? Get our daughter make us watch whilst you torture her.
Zankou: Hmm maybe.
Phoebe: How did you even get this gig? We vanquished you on numerous occasions.
Zankou: As if I'd tell you and you'd go running to your sisters,
Phoebe: How can I when I'm stuck down here with you.
(They were interrupted when demons came in with a struggling girl, who was blindfolded. Cole nodded towards Phoebe. The demons threw Payton to her knees, in front of Zankou)
Zankou: She's very powerful you know, another hybrid of course, hybrids are the most powerful when your pure your judgement can get clouded on your ethics.
Cole: Yeah but when your half off something you have two things fighting inside of you literally. You don't know what's right and what's wrong.
Zankou: Which is why her magic needed to be guided. Her powers were more useful to the dark side just like Warren became the source followed in his fathers footsteps now she will become the queen.
(Payton didn't seam to say anything, she was trying to look around but no prevail. Zankou took the blindfold off and shoved her to the floor, she looked at Phoebe and Cole and looked confused and then looked at Zankou with hatred in her eyes.)
Phoebe: So your the one that took her then?
Zankou: Took her, yes but I wasn't powerful enough to contain, magic like this and train her.
Cole: Then who did?
Zankou: You don't get to know that.
Payton: What-What...am I doing here? Who are they?
(Zankou, delivers a short painful slap across the face, snapping her head back Payton nurtures the new wound on her face. Cole glares at Zankou. Payton scatters away from Zankou trying to move to the other side of the room but Zankou grabs her ankle and drags her back)
Phoebe: HEY! Leave her alone! When we get out of here your toast.
Zankou: She knows only to be spoken to when spoken too. (The cage Phoebe and Cole are in briefly opens just in time for Zankou to shove Payton in with Phoebe and Cole) Demons aren't coming to get your daughter until the morning then we'll have enough power to vanquish you both. (Zankou starts to walk away)
Cole: Wait, Zankou, don't you wanna know where your little girlfriend is Eva she's being held captive in magic school if we don't get back safely then she's gonna die.
Zankou: How do you know about Eva?
Phoebe: She told us, about your scheming plans what is next to get the halo your crazy you'll kill us all.
Zankou: The Halo don't make me laugh something bigger than that, this magic controls all of our magic. And that little bitch is on her own I'm not risking you two my guess is if your not back soon then they'll come and get you and we can take all of you out including your children. Oh the sight of your boy Cole burning, by an energy ball thrown by me thrills me. Payton however is more useful not prepared to give her up.
Cole: Go to hell. Payton would never side with you.
Zankou: Watching her parents die, her family, after she'd gotten close to you she'd have no other option to because I am going to rip her apart from you and it'll drive her off the edge.
Cole: I am going to kill you when I get out off here. (Zankou walks off )
SCENE BREAK THE HALLIWELL MANNER
(Prue II is scrying for Phoebe whilst Warren is sensing for Cole. Eva is now tied to a chair in the centre of the living room)
Prue II: I'm not getting anything
Warren: Me neither.
Paige: There's a surprise (Parker produces a knife and holds it up against Eva's neck. Piper, Prue and Paige both gasp)
Parker: Listen, you know where your little boyfriend is hiding out, so why don't you shimmer me there to your dirty hide out.
Eva: He might have moved.
Piper: Just tell us where it is! Before I blow you up otherwise you'll be seeing Zankou in the waistland.
Eva: Fine, there in the hidden chambers of the underworld.
Paige: I've never heard off that place?
Prue: The key word is hidden Paige. My guess is its magically protected which is why we can't find Phoebe or Cole.
(Christy walks in with Astrid) Christy I know where that place is, they kept me there for a little while. I could probably take you there.
Piper: Well are you sure? (Christy nods)
Parker: You see how effective things are when you get a knife involved.
Piper: Yeah I think I'll have that now.
SCENE BREAK - THE STREETS OF SANFRANSISCO
(Meanwhile Melinda was chasing the murder suspect when he transformed into a dragon now she was trying to fight him off. Wyatt orbs in)
Wyatt: Need any help?
Melinda: Gee ya think.
Wyatt: Fine I'll go...
Melinda: Noo! don't go! (The dragon breathed fire, and Melinda froze it, Wyatt exploded the dragon with his hands.)
Wyatt: Thank god it was just a baby one.
(Cato runs from around the corner.) Cato: What the hell is going on here?
Melinda: He got away, down the stairs, and I'm quitting. (Melinda goes to walk off)
Cato: You can't do this!
Melinda: Watch me!
(Wyatt and Melinda run around the corner) Melinda: That felt good, I can't be ordered around like that.
Wyatt: that job wasn't right for you now come on we need to get home, Aunt Phoebe and Cole are missing.
SCENE BREAK - THE UNDERWORLD CHAMBERS.
Phoebe: Payton, were not going to hurt you, you have to listen to us.
Payton: Why should I listen to you?
Cole: Because we're your parents and all we want to do is get you out off here.
Payton: But I belong here, that's what they always say.
Cole: Who always say that?
Payton: I don't know demons...demons always say it.
Phoebe: Listen sweetie we're going to get you out off here but we need your help, what powers do you have?
Payton: I have lots off powers, Energy balls, shimmering, sensing, I can explode things with my mind and channelling.
Cole: Good, that's good can you use any of them down here? (Payton shakes her head and flinches at the same time, Cole frowns) No that's okay I'm sure the charmed ones will be here soon.
Phoebe: Yeah and I am a charmed one I can't even help my own daughter...
SCENE BREAK - SOMEWHERE IN THE UNDERWORLD.
Christy: I'm pretty sure it was here.
Billie: Don't worry, they could have moved it magically,
Piper: It was here because there's that symbol you kept on seeing remember? (Billie nods)
Prue: Well where's Phoebe then?
Astrid: Hang on a minute when my dad rescued me I'm pretty sure I was in some sort of locked cages too and Zankou was my captor so where does Zankou hang out?
Paige: Um in case your forgetting Astrid, Zankou has been vanquished
Billie: Yeah but with this power thing it might not stick. We just need to find some demons to interrogate.
Astrid: I know just the ones.
(A little while later Christy and Piper have a demon captive Astrid is lodging energy balls at him)
Astrid: I could do this all day you know.
Demon: You want that witch back to badly, I'm dead anyway even if I do talk.
Prue: Yeah but which death would you prefer?
Christy: (Applies more pressure to the demons neck) Last chance, tell us where the chambers are.
Demon: Alright! Alright! Zankou guards them I can lead you to them...
SCENE BREAK - THE UNDERWORLD HIDDEN CHAMBERS
(Payton had fallen asleep in between Cole and Phoebe, whilst Phoebe was stood up and shouting trying to provoke Zankou to come at her,)
Phoebe: HELLO! COME AND KICK OUR ASSES!
Cole: Phoebe its no use, we just have to wait for your sisters, they're probably having difficulty finding us since this place is magically protected. (Phoebe sits down)
Phoebe: She must be exhausted, always fending off demons all the time all on her own.
Cole: Yeah, she's a fighter. Like you.
(Prue, Christy, Paige, Astrid and Piper all come round the corner with the demon they had captive)
Phoebe: You found us!
Piper: Yeah with Christy's help okay stand back we're gonna get you out off here, (Piper tries exploding the cage but she falls on her bum)
Paige: Uh, what's with the chick?
Cole: That's Payton! Payton come on wake up... (Cole goes to shake her she stirs and wakes up)
Payton: How are we going to get out off here?
Zankou: Simple, your not. (Zankou throws the witches to the other side of the wall and starts throwing energy balls at them, Piper manages to explode half off his arm and he screams) YOU WITCHES! (Prue uses her telekinesis power and throws Zankou into the wall and knocks him out as Christy goes and looks in his pocket and finds a set off keys.)
Paige: Hey where did our demon go?
Billie: Must have shimmered off. (Cole helps Payton and Phoebe up whilst Christy unlocks the cage)
Astrid: You would have thought they would have a more complicated lock system.
Cole: Got to stop getting myself in these situations. (Payton looks a little confused, suddenly she fainted and Cole caught her)
Piper: Must be in shock.
Phoebe: Come on let's get out of here.
They all teleport out with Payton safely in Cole and Phoebe's arms... But what will this mean for Coop?