[Scene: At a beach. Prue and Phoebe are there. Prue is taking photos. Phoebe is building a sand castle.]

Phoebe: I hereby proclaim this power of sand Kingdom Phoebeville! Yay!

(The waves splash on Prue. Phoebe laughs.)

Prue: You know, I don’t get it.

(Prue walks off. Phoebe catches up with her.)

Phoebe: Wait, what don’t you get?

Prue: That you just spent an hour of your life building something that is just gonna be completely, completely destroyed and disappear in about five seconds flat.

Phoebe: Ahh, but Phoebeville will live forever in the hearts of the villagers who come to love it.

Prue: Mm-hmm.

Phoebe: What’s with the ba-hum castle attitude there?

Prue: What?

Phoebe: The whole point of today was to relax and have fun.

Prue: See, and I thought the point was to give Piper and Leo some alone married people time since they decided to wait on their honeymoon.

Phoebe: Okay. So you’re sure nothing’s wrong?

Prue: You know, the beach isn’t exactly my idea of a good time.

Phoebe: Prue, how is that possible?

Prue: Okay, well, you’re too young to remember, but this is where Grams brought us after Mum’s funeral to try and cheer us up.

Phoebe: Oh, wow.

Prue: Yeah. You know, but I know that you love the beach and I didn’t wanna ruin it for you but something about the sand and the ocean makes me feel angry.

Phoebe: Why does it make you angry?

Prue: Doesn’t Mums death make you angry?

Phoebe: It makes me sad.

Prue: Well, I don’t really do sad that well, you know. I didn’t even cry at her funeral.

Phoebe: So seeing Mum at Piper’s wedding and now the beach…

Prue: Yeah. So I’m sorry if I’ve been a little cranky.

Phoebe: Say no more. (yelling) Princess Prue has spoken! By the orders of the Queen, that’s me…

Prue: Ooh, I got that part.

Phoebe: Phoebeville, and all of it’s glory will be abandoned for greater pastures and two lattes.

Prue: Oh, all hail the Queen.

Phoebe: Yay, I love to be hailed.

(A woman is standing nearby taking photos of Prue. Prue sees her and sees a black shadow floating beside her. She takes a photo of it.)

Prue: Hey! (The woman runs off.) No, no, no, wait!

Phoebe: You okay?

Prue: Oh, there was this woman and there was a shadow next to her. It had to be demonic.

Phoebe: A shadow? Like, what do you mean? Like a Woogy?

Prue: No, spookier, way spookier. I think I got pictures though.

Phoebe: So much for the lattes. Looks like there’s a new demon in town.

[Scene: Cole’s old apartment. Two demons and a landlady are there. One demon floats across the room.]

Landlady: So, you’re new in town?

Demon#1: Yes.

Landlady: And-and you would both be living here?

Demon #1: Sure, yes, that’s right.

(The other demon floats across the room again but the landlady doesn’t notice.)

Landlady: Oh, don’t get me wrong, I’m fine with the whole alternative lifestyle thing. I just don’t like loud. Well, you understand.

Demon #1: Don’t like loud. Got it.

Landlady: Like the last tenant, Mr. Turner, he was a little strange. And then of course he disappeared without a trace. But he was nice and quiet. So I liked him fine.

(Demon #2 opens Cole’s altar.)

Demon #1: Without a trace. Is that so?

Demon #2: There’s demonic residue all over this altar. It’s his, I can sense it.

Landlady: There’s what? What did you say?

Demon #1: Surely you knew something strange has happened here. It’s your responsibility to divulge such things to respective tenants.

Landlady: Now, listen, I don’t know anything-

Demon #1: And the fact that you failed to show us the altar makes us wonder. (He floats towards her.) What else about Cole Turner you might be hiding in that tiny human brain of yours.

(The landlady starts crying.)

Landlady: Why? I don’t underst—

Demon #1: Shh! Don’t try to talk. You’re brain stem will do the talking for you. (Demon #2 bites into the landlady’s neck like a vampire. She screams. She falls to the ground. Demon #2 wipes the blood off his mouth with a handkerchief.) Is Belthazor alive?

Demon #2: She didn’t know, but she knows someone who might.

Opening Credits

[Scene: Manor. Foyer. Piper and Leo are there. Piper’s looking in the mirror.]

Piper: Shouldn’t I be wearing white or something? I mean, it is a Whitelighter reception and all.

Leo: Piper, what you have on is perfect. You’re beautiful. All my friends are gonna love you. If we can ever get there.

Piper: Fine, um, but I still don’t understand why my sisters can’t come, I mean, we could just do a group hug thing.

(Phoebe comes down the stairs holding the Book of Shadows.)

Leo: Look, I can orb you because you’re my wife but I’m not a cosmic taxi for the whole family.

(Phoebe laughs)

Phoebe: He said wife.

Piper: Alright, I’m as ready as I’m ever gonna be.

Phoebe: Wait, what about Prue’s demon looking shadowy thingy?

Leo: Well, I promise we’ll be in calling distance if any demon looking shadowy thingy attacks.

Phoebe: Alright, you two, have fun. Bring me back a cloud.

(Piper and Leo cuddle up and orb out. Prue walks in carrying some photos.)

Prue: Pheebs? I have to get to Morris, see if he can track down this woman.

Phoebe: Why? What did you find?

Prue: Nothing, that’s the problem. The shadow didn’t show up in any of the pictures.

Phoebe: Really? That’s weird.

(Phoebe puts the book down.)

Prue: Anything in the book?

(The doorbell rings.)

Phoebe: No, nothing. (Phoebe heads towards the door.) I didn’t really have a lot to go on though. (Phoebe opens the door and there stands Reese Davidson.) Inspector, how can I help you?

Reese: You can tell me where to find Cole Turner. I know he’s alive and I know he’s in town.

Phoebe: Really?

Reese: Yeah, really. You wanna know how? Because his former landlady was found brutally murdered at this address.

Phoebe:  Mrs. Owens. That’s awful.

Reese: Awful like you can’t imagine.

Phoebe: Uh, Cole didn’t do this. The Cole Turner I know…

Reese: The Cole Turner you know. See, now, that just doesn’t sound like the words of a woman who claims her boyfriend left her without a word four months ago.

Phoebe: I know what you’re thinking, and I know what this looks like, and I am so sorry for what happened to…

Reese: You’re sorry? Her eyes were frozen open in terror, her skull was punctured in two places, and by the time the police got there, most of her brain had spilled out onto the floor. Be sick, be horrified, but don’t stand there lying to me and say you’re sorry.

Prue: Alright, wait a second. You’re talking to her like she did it.

Reese: If she’s lying to protect Turner, then she might as well had. Now, for the last time. Where is he? (Silence) I’m gonna find him, Miss Halliwell and then I’m gonna bust his ass, and then I’m gonna bust yours.

(He leaves. Prue walks over to Phoebe.)

Prue: You okay?

Phoebe: He didn’t do it, Prue. I  know he didn’t do it.

Prue: Yeah, well, it’s not me you have to convince. (Prue looks outside and sees the lady at the beach talking to Reese.) Oh my God. That’s her, the woman from the beach. (A dark shadow floats behind her.) Alright, look, do you see it?

Phoebe: No. All I see is Inspector Davidson and a woman. What does this mean? Is he having her follow us?

Prue:  I’m more concerned about what’s following her. I-I don’t understand why you can’t see it.

Phoebe: That doesn’t matter, Prue, you can. (Reese and the woman get in a car.) Do you think this has anything to do with the landlady’s death?

Prue: Well, it would be a pretty big coincidence if it didn’t. (The car drives off.) Alright, I’m gonna follow her to protect her from it. If I’m the only one who can see it that must mean I’m meant to fight it.

Phoebe: Alright, but the way the Inspector was describing the murder…

Prue: I know, I’ll be careful. I think you should find Cole, tell him what happened and see if he knows anything about this shadow thing. ‘Kay? Alright, bye.

(Prue leaves.)

Commercial Break

[Scene: Mausoleum. Cole and Phoebe are there.]

Cole: I better get outta here.

Phoebe: What? Why?

Cole: Because it’s getting too dangerous.

Phoebe: So you’re just gonna disappear again?

Cole: If that’s what it takes to keep you safe.

Phoebe: What about keeping me sane, Cole. I’m not gonna lose you again.

Cole: Some demon obviously knows I’m alive or at least suspects that. Why else would they have killed my landlady. And if they killed her, they’ll kill anyone they have to, to get to me.

Phoebe: That is exactly why you cannot leave. We have to stop them before they hurt anybody else. Or before they hurt you. (Cole takes Phoebe’s hands.)

Cole: They’re after me, Phoebe. This is my battle. I’ll handle it. (He starts to walk away.)

Phoebe: Cole. (He stops and turns back around.) I love you, and if holding onto that means that I have to fight a couple of extra demons along the way, then bring ‘em on. (Cole smiles.)

Cole: Unfortunately, we have no idea what we’re dealing with. A strange shadow that only Prue can see, I haven’t the slightest idea what that could be.

Phoebe: So we’ll figure it out. (They hug.) Together. It won’t bring Mrs. Owens back but trust me, avenging an innocent feels pretty damn good.

[Cut to Prue in her car. She pulls up behind Reece’s car.]

[Cut inside the car. The woman is looking through photos she took.]

Woman: I don’t see anything remotely suspicious. Oh, unless you consider hot pink pedicures impressive.

Reese: I’m not sure what I think.

Woman: You really think these women are murderers?

Reese: You just keep doing what you’re doing.

Woman: No, see there’s something you’re not telling me. Look, I know, I’m a rookie and all but I think I have a right to know what I’m looking for here.

Reese: Look, Andrea, I’ve seen things on this case that aren’t right. Look, I don’t know what I’m looking for but until I do, I want you to keep your distance and just keep following Phoebe Halliwell.

Woman: So why don’t you at least take the night off, get some sleep for Pete’s sake?

Reese: No, no, no, I can’t, nu-uh. Not till this is over. I tell you what. Um, you dump those photos off on my desk and go home. You can pick them up again tomorrow.

Andrea: Reese…

Reese: That’s an order. (Andrea takes off her seat belt.)

Andrea: Have a good night.

Reese: Goodbye, you too.

(Andrea gets out of the car and Prue follows.)

[Cut to Cole’s old apartment. Cole and Phoebe duck under some police tape across the door and walk in. Phoebe sees a blood stain on the carpet.]

Phoebe: Oh, God.

Cole: You okay? (Cole shuts the door.) Try not to touch anything, you don’t wanna leave your fingerprints.

Phoebe: What if I want to get a premonition?

Cole: Use the back of your hand.

(Phoebe touches objects while Cole looks around the apartment. He goes into the bedroom.)

Phoebe: Did you find something?

(She goes over to him.)

Cole: Just this place, it’s strange to be back here.

Phoebe: I know. It’s strange to be back here too.

Cole: This was the first taste I had of a normal life. There were mornings I’d wake up next to you and I didn’t feel evil. I was just a guy in love with a beautiful girl. I wanted it so much. I started to believe that lie.

Phoebe: That’s not a lie anymore. We can have that. We can have a life together.

Cole: How?

Phoebe: Well, by taking out the bad guys who wanna take it away from us.

(Phoebe touches something and has a premonition of the two demons killing Reese. Prue is standing near and turns away.)

Cole: What did you see?

Phoebe: Prue, she turned her back. Why didn’t she do anything to stop them?

Cole: Stop who?

Phoebe: Uh, uh, demons. They, uh, sort of had vampire teeth and they were floating. They were killing Davidson.

Cole: I know. They’re Seekers. They have ways of gathering information fast. Really fast.

Phoebe: Do you know how to vanquish them?

Cole: No.

Phoebe: Well, let’s hope the Book of Shadows does. 

[Scene: Reese’s office. Andrea walks in. A seeker is there. She gets a fright.]

Andrea: Oh my God. Oh, you startled me. Uh, are you waiting for Inspector Davidson?

Seeker #1: Are you expecting him?

Andrea: Uh, not tonight, he’s in the field.

Seeker #1: Where?

(Seeker #2 floats to the ground from the roof behind Andrea.)

Andrea: I’m sorry. (She sees Seeker #2.) I don’t know.

Seeker #1: Are you sure about that?

[Cut to outside the office. Prue is walking down the hallway. She hears a scream.]

[Cut back inside the office. Andrea falls to the floor.]

Seeker #1: What did she know?

Seeker #2: Nothing. She told me nothing.

Seeker #1: Which means he definitely knows something.

(Prue uses her power to knock the door down. The seekers disappear. Prue notices the black shadow floating above Andrea. She tries to use her power on it. It changes into the Angel of Death.)

Angel of Death: I’m beyond your powers. It’s time.

(Andrea’s spirit comes out of her body.)

Prue: Who are you?

Angel of Death: I’m Death. And I’ll be back.

(He and Andrea disappear.)

[Cut to the manor. Living room. Phoebe and Cole are there. Phoebe is flipping through the Book of Shadows.]

Phoebe: Here it is. The Seekers. They gather information by feeding on their victims brain stem cells. Lovely.

Cole: Which means my landlady must have talked to Inspector Davidson about me, that’s why they’re after him. Does it say anything about demons taking on shadow form?

Phoebe: No, but it does have a vanquish. Do you wanna see it?

(She goes to hand it to Cole but he jumps back.)

Cole: Oh, no no no. Last time I touched that book it electrocuted me.

Phoebe: Yeah, will, maybe because your intentions were evil. Maybe it knows now you’re trying to be good.

Cole: Better safe than sorry.

(Prue walks in.)

Prue: Oh, alright, I need the Book. Wait a second, what is he doing here next to it?

Cole: Keeping my distance, don’t worry.

Phoebe: Uh, pardon the potential understatement of a cliché, but you look like you’ve seen a ghost.

Prue: Yeah, among other things. I lost my innocent…

Cole: Davidson?

Prue: No, his partner. I mean, she was out of my sight for two seconds and then they got her.

Phoebe: Was that them?

(Prue looks at the book.)

Prue: Uh, yeah, actually, I think so.

Phoebe: They’re demonic lie detectors. Only no one survives their test.

Cole: They killed Mrs. Owens and now they’re after Davidson.

Prue: To get to you?

Cole: Yes, to get to me. (Silence.) Maybe I should deal with this on my own.

(Cole stands up.)

Phoebe: No, (Phoebe stands up.) You can’t. You said it yourself. You don’t know how to vanquish them.

Prue: Um, unfortunately this isn’t the only evil we’re up against either.

Phoebe: You mean the shadow?

Prue: Oh, yeah. Leo! Leo!

(Leo and Piper orb in. Leo is holding a crystal lamp.)

Phoebe: What’s with the lamp?

Leo: A wedding present.

(Leo grins. Piper does not look impressed.)

Piper: Bright isn’t it?

Prue: Uh, yeah. Um, Leo, is there such a thing as death? Uh, I mean the Angel of Death.

Leo: Yeah, sure. Why?

Prue: Because I met him.

Phoebe: Uh, what, are you kidding me?

Prue: Yeah, that’s how the shadow introduced himself to me when he took Davidson’s partner. And then he said that he would be back too. I’m assuming for Davidson.

Cole: He’s not working with the demons.

Leo: No, he can’t be. Angel of Death isn’t evil.

Prue: The hell he isn’t. And if I can see him, that must mean that I’m supposed to stop him.

Leo: Prue, you can’t stop him. The Angel of Death always gets what he comes for.

Prue: Yeah, well, not this time. Alright, I need to get a hold of Davidson. If I can get him here, I can protect him better.

Piper: Hold it. Davidson? As in Reese Davidson, the D.A. investigator? He’s the innocent?

Prue: Yeah, is that a problem?

Piper: One big great giant one. Prue, we can’t protect him without telling him we’re witches.

Prue: Yeah, I know that Piper but I don’t care, okay? I-I cannot stand by and watch death take that man.

Phoebe: But that’s what you do. At least according to my premonition. You turn your back when the demons attack.

Prue: No, that doesn’t make any sense.

Phoebe: I know, but that’s what I saw.

Prue: Yeah, well, then you saw wrong. I’m not gonna let Death take any more of my innocents. I’m tired of losing people. So, Phoebe, do you have Davidson’s card?

Phoebe: Mm-hm.

(Phoebe leaves the room.)

Cole: Excuse me.

(Cole walks out of the room and shimmers out.)

[Cut to Reese’s office. Paramedics cover Andrea over. An inspector is talking to Reese.]

Reese: I thought I was protecting her.

Inspector: You alright, Inspector?

Reese: I should’ve warned her. I should’ve told her everything.

Inspector: What exactly should you have told her?

Reese: Look, all that matters is I’m gonna take down the guy who did this. No matter what. (His pager beeps.) The last thing I feel like is…I’ve gotta take this.

(Reese walks out of the room. The Seekers are standing near by. Reese goes down the hallway and Cole stands in front of him.)

Cole: Forget about the Halliwells, it’s me you’re after. I’ll tell you whatever you wanna know, I promise. Just not here, it’s not safe. (Cole goes to touch his shoulder but Reese pushes it away.)

Reese: Don’t touch me! You’re under arrest. Turner and I will personally see to it.

Cole: Wait. (Cole listens.)

Reese: What do you mean, wait?

(Cole grabs Reese and they shimmer out. The two Seekers walk around the corner. They stop.)

Seeker #1: Did you sense that?

Seeker #2: Belthazor’s alive.

[Cut to the mausoleum. Cole and Reese shimmer in.]

Cole: I’m sorry, it was our only chance. They might be able to track me, but they’ll have a hard time sensing me in a cemetery

Reese: How did we get…What the hell’s happening? What was happening to me?

Cole: Just breathe, try to calm down.

Reese: Who are you?

Cole: Somebody who just saved your life. (Reese freaks out and backs away.) Try to calm down, Inspector. If I were a murderer, I would have killed you by now.

Reese: Just-just-just let me go then. I’ll just walk away.

Cole: But I can’t do that. If demons get to you, they’ll find out the way to get to me is to kill Phoebe and I can’t let that happen.

Reese: You say demon?

Cole: Only as a metaphor.

[Cut to the manor. Leo places the lamp on a table. Prue is waiting near the phone.]

Prue: Okay, Davidson won’t answer our page. Something must have happened to him.

(Phoebe comes down the stairs.)

Phoebe: Cole’s gone.

Leo: What do you mean gone?

Phoebe: I mean, he’s not here. I’ve looked everywhere. He must have gone after Davidson alone, to protect us.

Piper: Yeah, but if the Seekers get to him first…

Prue: We’ve gotta get Cole to bring him back here.

Phoebe: The mausoleum. He could’ve taken him to the mausoleum. That’s where Cole stays.

Piper: Is there any chance that’s where you saw the Inspector die in your premonition?

Phoebe: Maybe. Let’s go.

(They head towards the door.)

Prue: I could astral there faster.

Leo:  What if the demon shows up? You can’t vanquish them, you’ll need the power of three spell.

Prue: So then I won’t vanquish them. I’ll just protect Reese long enough to get him outta there.

Phoebe: Prue…

Prue: Phoebe, your premonition is not gonna come true. I told you, this is one fight Death is not gonna win.

[Cut to the mausoleum. Cole pushes Reese against the wall.]

Reese: Stay the hell away from me.

Cole: I told you I’m not gonna hurt you.

(The Seekers appear.)

Seeker#1: Belthazor, I assume.