[Scene: Manor. Living room. A demon throws a lightning ball at Piper and she dives over the couch. The demon then throws another at the couch, destroying it.]

Piper: Paige, where are you! (Paige orbs in with Phoebe.) Look out!

(The demon is about to throw another lightning ball and Phoebe knocks her arm. The lightning ball hits the piano. The demon punches Phoebe and she flies against the fireplace. Piper runs over and kicks the demon. She gets a spell out of her pocket.)

Piper, Phoebe, Paige: "Cause of pain we have dissevered, demon you are gone forever."

(The demon is vanquished.)

Piper: Sorry to bother you but she was immune to my powers.

(They stand up.)

Phoebe: That's okay, I was just getting ready to leave work.

(Paige notices a scratch on Phoebe's shoulder.)

Paige: Oh, honey, you're hurt.

Phoebe: Oh, it's okay, it's just a scratch.

Piper: How's it going? How's the new place?

Phoebe: Great, and great. How about you?

Piper: Can't complain.

Paige: Ditto.

Phoebe: It's good to know that we can live apart and still kick some butt if we have to, right? So do I wanna ask about this demon with the bad manicure?

Piper: Ah, Harpi. Part of a faction. Tried to kill us to move up in the world. You know, pretty standard stuff. You wanna stay for dinner?

Phoebe: Mm, I would love to but Cole is planning this whole romantic thing for us tonight.

Piper: Yeah, I just thought, you know, maybe we could talk.

Phoebe: Why? Are you okay? Is everything okay?

Piper: Yeah, everything's fine, I just thought maybe we could catch up. Another time.

Paige: Do you want me to, um, orb you home?

Phoebe: No, Cole's not so crazy about you orbing in without calling first. Except for emergencies, you know. You understand.

Paige: Sure. Whatever.

Phoebe: Okay. I'm gonna go. (There's an awkward silence.) I'll call you guys.

(Phoebe leaves.)

Paige: No orbing?

Piper: Don't start with the suspicions, Paige. Cole's probably just trying to protect their privacy.

(Piper walks away.)

Paige: He's trying to protect something.

[Scene: Phoebe and Cole's apartment. Cole is there having a meeting with about six other demons.]

Cole: I'm just trying to protect our assets. And the only way to do that is to cut our losses. Consolidate our resources. Keep the competition from killing you. Us.

Demon #1: Fine, what are you proposing?

Cole: A merger. Everyone here has some merge enders, right? So, why don't we work together to accomplish them? (A Fury smokes in.) You're late. Sit down. (The Fury and a Grimlock sit at the table.) Where was I?

Demon #1: You were just encouraging us to hold hands and be friends.

Cole: It's a new millennium. We need to think of new ways to ensure our own survival. Let's face it, it's a demony demon world out there. Each one of you leads a faction, but that is the problem. You're too busy trying to kill each other. In the end, everyone loses.

Demon #2: Tell that to the Grimlocks. They tried to vanquish us just last week.

Grimlock: You had it coming.

Demon #2: Care to try again.

(They stand up and face each other.)

Cole: My point exactly. In fighting has always been our undoing. And I have learnt from the humanity in me, the only way for us to defeat good is to work together to achieve common goals.

(Demon #2 and the Grimlock sit back down.)

Demon #1: And who will decide what these goals are? You?

Cole: Unless someone wants to challenge me. (The elevator dings.) Meeting's adjourned. (The demons shimmer, smoke, etc. out. Cole waves his hand and the table disappears. The elevator door opens. Cole waves his hand once more and a smaller table appears set out with candles. Phoebe walks in.) Hi, honey. You're home early.

(She smiles.)

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[Scene: Phoebe and Cole's apartment. Cole has served breakfast.]

Cole: Vegetarian eggwhite omelette just the way you like it.

(He kisses the top of her head.)

Phoebe: That's sweet, honey, but I think my stomach has other plans.

Cole: What's the matter?

Phoebe: Headache, upset stomach. It's going around right now.

Cole: So, maybe you should call in sick.

Phoebe: While so many relationships are in peril? What would San Francisco do without my advice column? I gotta go. (They kiss.) Um, I wanna invite my sisters over for dinner this week. Is that okay?

Cole: Well, we just moved out.

Phoebe: Yeah, I know, but I wanna show them the place. Besides, I don't want them to think that they're not still part of my life, you know.

Cole: Fine, just no orbing, alright?

Phoebe: Already taken care of.

(He goes to kiss her and sees the scratch on her shoulder.)

Cole: What happened?

Phoebe: Oh, nothing, my shoulder just got in the way of a Harpis claw, that's all.

Cole: A Harpi? You got attacked? Why didn't you tell me?

Phoebe: Because I didn't think it was that big of a deal, that's why.

Cole: Well, it is to me! Sorry, I'm sorry. (He puts his arms around her.) It's just I think I deserve to know when my wife gets hurt.

Phoebe: You're right, you do.

(They kiss. Julie walks in.)

Julie: Excuse me, Mr. Turner. Your 9:00 is waiting in the lobby.

Phoebe: Julie. What are you doing here? You didn't tell me she was here.

Cole: Well, we're working at the apartment today, they're painting my office. You don't mind do you?

Phoebe: No, no. Of course not. (They kiss. Julie rolls her eyes.) Make yourself at home.

Julie: I will, thank you. (Phoebe leaves.) Pretty little witch if you're into that sort of thing.

Cole: I am. Get the leader of the Harpis. I want to explain to her the consequences of attacking my wife.

(Julie shimmers out.)

[Scene: A cave. The vampire queen is lying on some cushions while other women vampires pamper her. Demon #1 is there talking to the queen.]

Queen: You don't really expect me to wage war on the new Source without even talking to him first, do you?

Demon #1: It's a waste of time. He'll never bring you back from exile. He's heard the stories of what you did.

Queen: That was a different time. And a different Source.

Demon #1: Still, it's not going to happen. I wouldn't be here if I wasn't sure of that.

Male Vampire: Then what makes working for us any better than working for him?

Demon #1: You oughta listen better. I don't work for anyone. We'd be equals. Partners. And once the Source is dead, we'd go our separate ways. So?

Queen: I'll let you know. When I'm ready. (Demon #1 shimmers out.) I want you to offer the new Source an olive branch.

Male Vampire: And if he refuses?

Queen: Then Keats has a new ally and we have a new enemy. (The male vampire walks away.) Go. (The women vampires leave her alone.)

[Scene: Manor. Kitchen. Piper is there washing the dishes. Leo walks in.]

Leo: Plenty of leftovers. You probably won't have to do any cooking for a week.

Piper: I like to cook.

Leo: Well, there's less dishes to do and that's a good thing, right?

Piper: I guess. It's just with Phoebe and Cole gone it's so quiet around here. Everybody I grew up with is gone.

Leo: Still, we can make it noisy again, with kids. (He puts his arms around her.) People who will grow up with us. We have an extra room now, right?

Piper: Right.

(They kiss. Paige walks in.)

Paige: Ooh, sorry, am I interrupting?

Leo: Uh, actually, I need to get going. There's an upsurge in demonic activity and the Elders wanna figure out why.

Paige: Well, since that demonic activity spilled into our living room last night, I'm assuming it has something to do us.

Leo: I'll keep an eye out and let you know if I find anything out. (to Piper) I love you.

Piper: I love you too.

(They kiss and he orbs out.)

Paige: You okay?

Piper: Me? Yeah, I'm fine.

Paige: Liar. Look, I know I am not Phoebe but I am still your sister and you can talk to me.

Piper: It's, it's just silly. My, uh, period was late this month by a couple of days and I guess I got my hopes up a little.

Paige: That's not silly, honey, you want kids, right?

Piper: Yeah, of course, it's just that we've been trying...

Paige: For a couple of months

Piper: Four. But who's counting.

Paige: Oh, Piper, you're not baking cookies, you know. It's gonna take some time.

Piper: Yeah, I know, I guess I was just worried that something could be wrong. Getting flung around by demons isn't exactly conducive to making babies.

Paige: Okay, a) you're gonna have kids, you saw that in your future, and b) I am living proof that magic happens when Whitelighters and witches get together. So the sooner you stop worrying about it, the sooner I will be an aunt.

Piper: Thanks.

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[Scene: Phoebe and Cole's apartment. Cole and Julie are there.]

Julie: The leader of the Harpis won't be coming to see you. I'm afraid things got out of hand for her.

Cole: Nice work. What's next?

Julie: Rowan's waiting to see you. Apparently the queen would like in on the new alliance.

Cole: Send him in.

(Julie points to the blinds and they close, making the room dark.)

Julie: He'll see you now.

(Rowan walks out from the corner of the room over to Cole.)

Rowan: Thank you for the audience. Queen sent me to...

Cole: You can tell your queen that if she steps a foot inside my realm, she'll beg me to banish her again.

Rowan: Sent me to tell you that we've learnt our lesson, and we're willing to serve you.

Cole: No thanks. I already have enough demons betraying me.

Rowan: You haven't even heard our offer.

Cole: I think you should be leaving now. (Paige orbs in.) Paige.

Paige: Oops, I just thought I'd pop in.

Rowan: From where?

Paige: Uh, the kitchen. I'm not interrupting anything am I?

Cole: No, we're done here. Elevator's that way, Rowan. (Rowan leaves.) What the hell do you think you're doing? This is exactly why I don't want you people orbing in here.

Paige: You people? Nice.

Cole: What do you want?

Paige: Phoebe. I think Piper needs to talk to her.

Cole: Well, you missed her. But why don't you orb on over to the newspaper, I'm sure those journalists can keep a secret.

Paige: Just tell her I stopped by, okay? And I gotta ask, why is it so dark in here in the middle of the day?

Cole: Migraine. Which you're only adding to.

Paige: You know, what, Cole? Just bite me.

(Paige walks outside. Rowan is there waiting for the elevator. The elevator dings and the doors open.)

Rowan: After you. (Paige walks in the elevator and Rowan follows.) Nice guy, huh? Uh, Cole.

Paige: You a lawyer?

Rowan: No. Why?

Paige: Because only another lawyer would think that.

Rowan: No, I was being sarcastic.

Paige: About being a lawyer.

Rowan: No, about thinking he was a nice guy.

(Paige laughs.)

Paige: Sorry.

Rowan: I'm Rowan.

Paige: Paige. Nice to meet you. (They shake hands.) So how long have you disliked Cole?

Rowan: Um, ever since I first met him. (Paige laughs.) You?

Paige: Uh, pretty much just recently, ever since he married my sister. You have any siblings?

Rowan: Oh, yeah, my family's real big.

Paige: Then you know what it's like to have to bite your tongue.

Rowan: Been there done that. Listen, uh, I'd like to continue this but we've just run out of floors. Any chance we could get together?

Paige: Well, my sister, my other sister owns this nightclub called P3 and I'll be there later if you wanna stop by.

Rowan: I'll drop in.

Paige: Okay. (She walks out of the elevator.) Are you coming?

Rowan: Oh, no, underground parking.

[Cut to the underground. The vampire cave. Rowan is there talking to the queen.]

Queen: You're certain of your identity?

Rowan: She's the sister of the Source's new bride. That makes her a Charmed One.

Queen: This might be our lucky day. And you said meeting with the new Source would be useless.

Demon #1: He refused your offer, didn't he.

Queen: Yes, but he gave us something much more valuable instead. If we can get a Charmed One on our side, we can use her magic to take over the underworld before the new Source can. We can destroy him and anyone else who apposes us.

Demon #1: Yeah, but she's a witch. They don't change sides on a whim.

Rowan: Oh, I think I can get her to see things our way. With your permission of course.

Queen: By all means. Take whomever you need.

[Scene: P3. Paige is waiting around for Rowan. Piper and Leo walk over to her.]

Piper: Your mystery man still pulling a disappearing act?

Paige: I can't believe he stood me up.

Piper: Well, I'm glad I'm not dating anymore.

Paige: Yeah, well, I should've known better to think I could meet a guy through Cole.

Piper: Paige, I have two words for you. Broken and record. If you keep this up, you're just gonna end up pushing Phoebe further away.

Leo: She's right.

Paige: That's more than two words.

(Phoebe walks up to them.)

Phoebe: Hi. Do I still get free drinks here or do I have to pay now?

Piper: Whoa, you don't look so good. Are you okay?

Phoebe: That's partly why I'm here. I thought it was just a bug and now I'm not so sure. So I'm wondering if maybe it has something to do with, you know, the scratch.

Paige: Maybe you're turning into a Harpi. Oh, god, are you?

Phoebe: Well, that's how Piper turned into a Wendigo. Or is it the fury?

Piper: I've turned into so many things, I can't keep track.

Leo: You know, I wouldn't worry, you can't turn into a Harpi just by getting scratched.

Phoebe: Yeah, but still, do you know mind, you know...

(Leo goes to heal Phoebe's shoulder but Piper stops him.)

Piper: Hey, hey, hey, a little discretion in in public.

(Piper slaps him on the arm.)

Leo: Hey.

(Phoebe and Paige slap him too.)

[Time lapse. Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Leo are in another room. Leo is healing Phoebe's arm.]

Leo: Feel any better?

Phoebe: A little I think.

Piper: So any word from the Elders on what's going on?

Leo: No, not yet.

Phoebe: Why, what's going on?

Piper: A lot of bad guys, apparently more than usual.

Phoebe: Should we be worried?

Piper: Nope, not until after dinner. You wanna join us?

Phoebe: Um, okay, sure why not.

Paige: I'm not, I'm gonna go. I don't want Rowan thinking I was waiting for him if he shows up this late.

Piper: God forbid. (to Leo) You buying?

Leo: Uh, you kidding?

(Piper and Leo leave the room.)

Paige: Phoebe, uh, I think you should try to find a moment to talk to Piper.

Phoebe: Why, is something wrong?

Paige: No, not really, I just think she could use your support about something. That's why I orbed over to your place this morning...

Phoebe: Wait, you orbed over to my place? After I specifically asked you not to. Paige, what were you thinking?

Paige: I was just trying to help Piper.

Phoebe: Was Cole upset?

Paige: A little... a lot.

Phoebe: Great, Paige. Just great.

(Phoebe leaves the room.)

Paige: I was just trying to help.

[Cut to outside P3. Paige heads for her car. She hears a noise and looks around. She walks quicker to her car and suddenly a bat flies down and bites her. She falls to the ground. Dozens of bats fly down and start attacking her. She screams. The bats fly off.]

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[Scene: Hospital. A room. Paige is lying on a bed with bite marks over her face. A doctor is standing beside her bed.]

Paige: So am I the weirdest case you've ever seen?

Doctor: I don't know. I've worked the night shift for a while now. Seen some pretty strange things.

Paige: Yeah, but these were bats, doc.

(Piper, Phoebe and Leo race in the room.)

Phoebe: Paige, Paige, oh my god. Are you okay?

Piper: What happened?

Paige: Bats. Lots of bats.

Doctor: Are you the sisters?

Phoebe: Yeah. Is she gonna be alright?

Doctor: Honestly, if she hadn't been found by somebody in time, she might've bled to death.

Leo: But she's gonna be okay?

Doctor: Yes. Have some rest, and rabies shots.

Paige: Ouch.

Piper: You got attacked by bats outside of my club? That can't be natural. Can it?

Doctor: Well, bat bites aren't completely unheard of in this city. I have a friend over at county, he treated one a couple of months ago.

Paige: Right, but these were bats plural.

(The doctor's pager beeps.)

Doctor: I'll be right back. Excuse me.

(He leaves the room.)

Leo: Sounds more natural than supernatural to me.

Paige: Yeah, well, I'm thinking vampires.

Piper: Vampires? That'd be different.

Phoebe: No, that's not possible.

Paige: Why not?

Phoebe: Well, because as far as I know, vampires attack in human form and not as a swarm of bats. You know, it's gotta be something else.

Leo: It's true, vampires have been ostracized from the underworld for centuries. As far as I know they're apart of a whole different network now.

(The doctor and a nurse walks in.)

Doctor: I'm sorry, Lisa here is going to draw some blood so we can run some tests.

Paige: That mean I can go home?

Doctor: I don't see why not. (The nurse gets Paige's arm ready to draw blood.) I'm gonna get you started on antibiotics and we've scheduled first of the rabies shots in the morning.

(The doctor leaves. The nurse gets out a needle and draws Paige's blood.)

Nurse: Okay, make a fist. Relax your hand now. Almost done.

(Phoebe makes a noise.)

Leo: Are you okay?

Paige: Yeah, as long as I don't look.

Leo: No, I didn't mean you...

(Phoebe faints.)

Piper: Phoebe?

[Scene: Phoebe and Cole's apartment. Cole and Julie are there.]

Cole: Damn it. Where is she?

Julie: What about the Grimlocks?

Cole: The Grimlocks? You think they attacked her? If they did, I'll crush their skulls with my bear hands.

Julie: Who said romance is dead. We were talking about who we can trust, remember? Grimlocks... yay or nay?

Cole: I'm sorry. Uh, yeah, Grimlocks are okay. Keats is the only one I don't trust. (The phone rings.) That's gotta be her.

Julie: We can only hope.

(Cole answers the phone.)

Cole: Phoebe?

Phoebe: Hi, honey.

Cole: Are you alright? I-I called your cell, you didn't pick up.

Phoebe: Yeah, well, that's probably because I was unconscious.

Cole: What? Did a demon hurt you?

[Cut to Piper's car. Leo is driving, Piper is in the passenger seat and Phoebe and Paige are in the back seats.]

Phoebe: (on phone) No, it was nothing like that. I just, uh, I fainted.

Cole: Fainted?

(A car's lights shine in the window. Paige flinches.)

Paige: Oh, why do people gotta keep their high beams on?

Phoebe: Yeah, it wasn't a big deal.

Cole: Phoebe, people just don't faint for no reason.

Phoebe: Well, I've been pretty run down and the doctor said I might be anaemic so he took some blood to make sure that's all it is.

Cole: Well, maybe you oughta get Leo to check that Harpi scratch in case...

Phoebe: I already did and he said there's nothing to worry about. Besides, we have bigger demonic issues that we have to deal with right now. Paige was bitten by a bunch of bats.

Cole: Bats? Are you sure?

Paige: (to herself) I'm sure he's all broken up about it.

Phoebe: Yeah, she's okay, Leo's gonna heal her when we get home. So you wanna meet us there?

Cole: I am home, Phoebe, you called me.

Phoebe: I meant the manor. I'm sorry.

[Cut to Cole.]

Cole: I'm on my way. (He hangs up.)

Julie: You think it was Rowan?

Cole: He must have been trying to turn her.

Julie: You can't let them get a Charmed One on their side, they'll be too powerful.

Cole: Don't you think I know that! Damn it. Gather the faction leaders. The queen wants a war she's got one.

(He heads for the door.)

Julie: Where are you going?

Cole: To the manor. To help save... Paige.

[Scene: Manor. Attic. Piper, Phoebe, Paige and Leo are there. Piper is looking through the Book of Shadows. Leo is healing Paige.]

Piper: Manticore.

Phoebe: Fights but doesn't fly.

Piper: Phoenix.

Phoebe: Flies but doesn't fight.

Piper: Chupakobra.

Phoebe: God bless you. Flies and bites but only attacks livestock.

Leo: What about shapeshifters?

Paige: What about this being a waste of time. Look at me, I'm fine. Let's just call it a night.

Piper: Paige, if you're tired, just go to bed. We'll wake you up if we find something.

Paige: Fine. I'll be asleep.

(She leaves the attic.)

Piper: She's a delight.

Leo: She's been through a lot, she just needs some rest.

Phoebe: Isn't there some way you can help us narrow down the suspects?

Leo: With every demonic faction in town it makes it kinda hard.

Phoebe: Okay, so what's going on? Is there a demon convention in San Francisco or what?

Piper: Yes, there is a demonic electoral college, they've called a meeting and they're voting in a new Source.

(Phoebe and Leo laugh.)

Phoebe: You think?

Piper: Well, not the voting part, but maybe I mean, there's gotta be somebody pretty powerful that's bringing together these factions, which means...

Leo: Evil may have a new leader.

(Cole walks in.)

Phoebe: Cole.

Cole: Honey, I came as soon as I could.

(Phoebe races over and hugs him.)

Phoebe: I'll be fine, don't worry.

Cole: How's Paige? Where is she?

Leo: She's sleeping, I healed her.

Cole: Are you sure?

Leo: Yeah, why?

Piper: Do you know what we're up against?

Cole: Well, bats that bite can only mean one thing. Vampires.

Phoebe: No, we ruled them out. It doesn't seem like their MO.

Cole: Have you ever seen a vampire?

Phoebe: No, but I've read about them.

Cole: Well, I've dealt with them. You can trust --- you can trust me.

Piper: I think he may be right.

Leo: Wait, you dealt with vampires as a demon? How is that possible? I thought they were pariahs in the underworld.

Cole: Well, I wasn't too picky who I dealt with. I didn't care that the Source had banished them for selling him out to his enemies.

Leo: Well, why attack a Charmed One now? What do they want?

Cole: Well, there must be a power struggle. They must be trying to overtake the underworld.

Phoebe: By killing Paige?

Cole: No, by turning her into a vampire.

Piper: Paige! (They leave the attic and go into Paige's room. It's dark and they turn on the light.) Where'd she go?

(They see Paige hanging upside down from the roof.)

Phoebe: Oh my god! Paige.

(Paige turns into a bat.)

Cole: Watch out!

(She flies out the window.)

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[Scene: Manor. Attic. Phoebe tips out some stuff from a box.]

Phoebe: I ransacked the whole house and this is all I could find.

Piper: Okay, so what do we do about the holy water?

Leo: I can get some.

Cole: You know, that stuff's only gonna help you fight off the vampires, it's not gonna change Paige back.

Paige: Yeah, I'm working on that. According to the book, if you kill a vampire queen then all her little vampires die with her.

Cole: Really? Interesting. They certainly don't like the spread that around.

Phoebe: But that's not gonna work because then it'll kill Paige too.

Piper: No, not if she hasn't bitten anyone. Apparently the transformation only takes place after blood is spilled. Or in this case sucked.

Phoebe: Okay, so we have to kill the queen fast. How do we vanquish her?

Piper: With the power of three.

Phoebe: Ugh, of course. Can't anything be easy?

Piper: Oh, it gets worse. Vampires are immune to witchy powers.

Leo: Well, I'll get the holy water once I fill in the Elders about the new Source.

(He orbs out.)

Cole: New Source? There's a new Source?

Phoebe: Yeah, we think so.

Cole: Any idea who it is?

Phoebe: No, not yet.

Piper: Okay, let's just focus on finding Paige. So if you were undead, where would you be.

Phoebe: Cemetery.

Piper: Right. Let's go, we don't have a lot of time. And we've got a bunch of them to check out.

Cole: Whoa, Phoebe. I-I don't want you to go.

Phoebe: What?

Cole: Well, it's too dangerous. What happens if you faint again, but this time in the middle of a vampire attack.

Phoebe: Baby, that's not gonna happen.

Cole: How can you be sure? I don't wanna lose you.

Phoebe: I don't wanna lose Paige. I don't understand, weren't you just telling us that we had to save Paige?

Cole: Yeah, but that was before I heard all the facts. You need the power of three, I'm sure Paige is not gonna be in a rhyming mood.

Piper: So what do you suggest? That we let her spend eternity as a vampire?

Phoebe: She's still my sister. And that doesn't change because I happen to be sick. Or because I'm your wife.

(Phoebe leaves and Piper follows. Cole flames out.)

[Cut to Phoebe and Cole's apartment. Cole flames in. The faction leaders are sitting around a table.]

Cole: The vampires are trying to convert my wife's sister. A Charmed One. I'm interpreting this as an act of war against me.

Keats: Wait a second now, let's not overreact. Maybe this is some kind of misunderstanding.

Cole: I don't misunderstand anything. I want the vampires exterminated. Every last one of them.

Grimlock: The vampires multiply too fast. We could never get them all.

Cole: If we kill the queen they all die.

Keats: I've never heard that. What's your source.

Cole: Are you questioning my orders?

(Fire images show in Cole's eyes.)

Keats: No, of course not.

Cole: I want the queen. Dispatch your forces. Tell them to torture any vampire they see. Make them talk. But don't forget, my wife is out there too. Anyone lays a claw on her, will answer to me. Leave.

Demons: As you wish.

(They flame, smoke, etc out. Keats stays behind. Cole gives him a look and he shimme