Released: 26/5/07

Written by: KGCharmed

Story By: KGCharmed

Season 4, episode 1

Escaping Fate

Main Cast

Shannen Doherty … Prue Halliwell

Holly Marie Combs … Piper Halliwell

Alyssa Milano … Phoebe Halliwell

Brian Krause … Leo Wyatt

Dorian Gregory … Darryl Morris

Eric Dane … Jason Dean

Guest Stars

Julian McMahon … Cole Turner

Simon Templeman … Angel of Death

Bennet Guillory … The Source

Krista Allen … The Oracle

Michael Bailey Smith … Shax

James L. Avery, Sr. … Zola

The sun shone down on San Francisco, making the sky clear and the Golden Gate bridge glisten. Thousands of cars travelled to work, going about their daily routines, none of them knowing what tragedy could have occurred. While everyone else treated it as a normal day, Prescott Street knew otherwise. A crowd of curious neighbours hovered around the front porch of Halliwell Manor as several police cars drove into the area. Darryl Morris emerged from one of the cop cars holding a cell phone: “We’re at Prescott Street now sir… yes attempted homicide, we don’t know of any survivors yet!” Darryl’s voice trembled as he talked; he knew that he may have lost the closest friends he’d ever had. He couldn’t wait any longer; he had to find out if they were alive! Darryl dropped his cell phone and sprinted towards the front door of the house. He flung the doors open and froze in his gaze. The living room was destroyed, the walls were falling to pieces and shards of glass were everywhere! Then, Darryl saw them. Prue and Piper were lead unconscious on the floor, Darryl ran to their aid. “Prue... Prue!” Darryl shook her, but couldn’t wake her up. “Prue… P…” Darryl stopped; he saw the puddle of blood behind her head. He put his fingers on her neck… no pulse! He turned to Piper and saw her arm was bleeding: “Piper! Please wake up!” Darryl couldn’t control his pain any longer, he burst into tears. He looked up at the ceiling “Leo! Phoebe!”

Phoebe, Leo and Cole stood in the dark cave that was the underworld.

“Did it work, has time reset?” Phoebe asked.

“I’m not sure” Cole said.

“Well maybe we should…” Phoebe was interrupted; she could hear something in her mind! “Darryl?”

“Darryl? Do you sense him?” said Leo.

“Yeah! My premonition must be advancing. Leo, you need to help him!”

“But what about you?” Leo looked concerned.

“I’ve got Cole. Besides, I just got my sisters back; I don’t want to lose Darryl!”

Leo nodded and orbed out.

Phoebe turned to Cole.

“So the deal we made. How do we get out of it?” she asked.

“You don’t!” yelled a deep voice that echoed around the cave.

Phoebe and Cole were startled as the Source flamed in right before their eyes.

“You didn’t think I’d keep that promise did you?” Phoebe taunted.

Cole gently laid his hand on her shoulder in an attempt to calm her down.

“No!” The Source growled as a circle of demons shimmered in, surrounding Phoebe and Cole. “No, I didn’t”

Opening Credits

Leo rested his eyes while the glowing white orbs circled around him; once they had dispersed he opened his eyes to something he wished he couldn’t see! He looked at Darryl in sympathy.

“Heal them!” Darryl ordered.

Leo didn’t waste anytime in laying his hands over Piper’s arm. His hands shone with gentle light and as the light faded, so did Piper’s wound.

Piper’s eyes shot open and she gasped for breath.

“Leo!” Piper cried as she embraced her husband. While they hugged, Leo looked at Prue, he then turned to Darryl.

“Can you heal the dead?” Darryl asked with hope in his voice.

Piper removed her arms from around Leo and checked for her sister’s pulse.

“Oh, no! Prue come on… please, please wake up” Piper could barely get the words out; she could barely breath through the sadness.

Piper coughed, trying to clear the tears from her throat. She faced Leo.

“Where’s Phoebe?” Piper asked.

“In the Underworld, with Cole”, Leo answered.

Piper squeezed her eyes shut. “Magic forces black and white…”

“What are you doing?” Leo interrupted.

“Saving what’s left of my family!” Piper snapped. Piper continued: “Magic forces black and white, reaching out through space and light. Whether far away or near. Take me to whom I hold most dear”. A blast of light encased Piper and transported her out of the Manor.

Darryl wiped the tears from his eyes. “Can she do this?” Darryl asked Leo

“I believe in her”, Leo assured him.

Phoebe ducked as an energy ball headed towards her. She stood in a fighting stance while the three demons in front of her were ready to attack. She was mentally begging for Cole’s help, but four more demonic henchmen had him occupied as Balthazar. The demons charged towards Phoebe, energy balls in hands. Phoebe panicked and quickly used her power to hover out of reach and dodge the attack. The demons all crashed to the floor unconscious and Phoebe landed on her feet.

The Source didn’t even pay attention to Phoebe’s victory; he was too busy watching Balthazar fight for his life. Balthazar was slammed on the floor by one of the demons whilst the other three conjured a trio of fireballs.

Phoebe shivered in fear, “Cole!”

The demons launched there fireballs and he was suddenly engulfed in flames.

Cole morphed back into his human form as the flames flickered around him. “Phoebe!” Cole screamed, right before the flames vanished and he went with them.

“No!” Phoebe cried and tumbled to the floor in sorrow.

The Source slowly walked closer and closer to Phoebe. “And now to end this show!” The Source held out his hand and a fireball materialised.

Suddenly a flash of light caused the Source to fling the fireball in the other direction. The light vanished and Piper stood between the Source and Phoebe.

The Source looked at Piper: “You shouldn’t be alive, witch!”

“Sorry to put a dent in your plan, you miserable son of a bitch!” Piper threw her hands out in front of her and The Source was knocked back into a wall by Piper’s explosion power.

Piper ran to Phoebe and held her tightly.

“Come on, he doesn’t stay down long!” Piper reminded her. “Where’s Cole?”

Phoebe continued to cry, which said it all to Piper.

Successful journalist Jason Dean paced around his office trying to think of the perfect headline for his latest cover story. Jason definitely got a buzz from being in the journalism business, but he had dreams of buying a new company and making it his own, a dream that so far hadn’t been fulfilled.

“Halliwell Homicide!” Jason shouted out loud, “Nah… I can do better. Come on damn it, think!”

Jason decided to turn on the TV, hoping to get some kind of brain surge from a news report. Luckily for him, a live report was just being filmed. A young female news reporter stood at the end of Prescott Street holding a microphone.

“The entire San Francisco Bay area was startled today by a violent and tragic homicide! I’m here now on Prescott Street where the crime was committed. We don’t have much information at the moment, as Inspector Darryl Morris has blocked off the Manor from all reporters, in order to carry on the investigation single-handedly. All we know for sure is that one of the three victims, Doctor Ian Griffiths, was found dead outside the house and seemed to have been thrown through the window by quite a large force! The survival of the two other victims, Piper and Prue Halliwell, is still to be confirmed”

A photograph of Prue appeared on screen and Jason eyes were suddenly glued to the image, until the moment the camera flashed back to the reporter.

“Wow, she’s beautiful! Hope she’s okay!” Jason said to himself.

Phoebe flipped through the Book of Shadows as fast as she could, searching for a spell that would bring her sister and her true love back to life. Piper sprinted through the attic door and joined in her sister’s mission.

“Did you find anything?” Piper asked with impatience.

“No. No, no!” Phoebe yelled as she slammed the gigantic book shut.

A tear ran down Piper’s cheek as she watched her sister’s rage building up.

“I don’t understand why magic can’t fix this! With all the magic we have in this book, we should be able to bring back Prue and Cole!” Phoebe cried.

Piper hugged Phoebe hoping to comfort herself as well as her baby sibling.

Piper and Phoebe were joined by Leo and Darryl.

“Leo thinks there’s another way!” Darryl said with determination in his eyes.

Piper and Phoebe both jolted out of the hug so they could hear what Leo had to say, but suddenly Piper felt a nauseating feeling in her stomach and was forced to sit down.

“Are you okay?” Leo ran to her side.

“Yeah, I’m fine, just feeling a little sick and dizzy.” She explained

“Probably stress” Darryl suggested.

“Probably!” Piper agreed, “So anyway, what’s this ‘other way’”

“It’s dangerous” Leo warned.

“I don’t care!” Phoebe yelled.

Leo fell silent.

“I’m sorry” Phoebe said softly, disappointed in herself.

“Go on” Piper told Leo.

“Well, I had a bit of an argument with the Elders. They wouldn’t help me, but I have an idea which we’d have to go at alone!” Leo explained.

“Leo said that the Elders have some kind of spell” Darryl continued.

“Well, it doesn’t belong to them, they found it” Leo interrupted.

“Get to the point!” Piper snapped. Her patience was at its limit.

“There’s a spell that can destroy The Angel of Death, it involves serious dark magick! You’ve never summoned or dealt with something this evil before!” Leo cautioned.

“We’ll do it” Piper agreed.

“Wait Piper, what do we have to do Leo?” Phoebe asked.

“Summon Malum” Leo said with a tint of fear in his eyes.

Piper wasn’t fazed by this, as if she hadn’t summoned something evil before! “Is that a demon?” Piper asked.

“No! It’s worse. Malum is very high in the hierarchy of evil! The Source is scared of it!” Leo warned.

“How can it help us?” Phoebe said.

“It devours things: souls, essences, places. It can take over anything!” Leo’s explanation started to make him feel sick with worry.

“Why haven’t we heard of it?” Piper asked.

“You have! The disappearances at the Bermuda Triangle, City of Atlantis! Apparently that was all Malum’s doing!” Darryl explained.

Piper was scared… but she hid it well. “We’ll do it! We’re getting our family back!”

“You’ll have to do it quickly, if the Angel takes their souls into the afterlife before you cast the spell…” Leo was interrupted.

“We’ll do it” Phoebe repeated.

Prue opened her eyes; she was lead down on the floor, if you could call it a floor. What ever she was led on was soft, almost weightless. Prue forced herself up with all of her energy, she was exhausted but she didn’t know why. It was then that she looked around at her surroundings. She could see nothing but sky and clouds; she didn’t have a clue where she was, until suddenly, a gust of swirling mist appeared in front of her. The mist gathered together to form a ghostly figure, a figure that Prue had seen once before.

“Hello, Prue” he said in his deep voice.

“Death?” Prue enquired.

Leo orbed up into the kingdom of the Elders, which for the last three years the sisters had been referring to as ‘up there’. He looked around at the crowds of Elders, in their gold hooded robes, talking to each other in their own “clickidy clacking language” as his wife called it. Leo had grasped the danger he was putting himself in since he had suggested it, but if it would get Piper’s sister back he was willing to do anything! He took a deep breath and calmly walked passed the crowds, hoping he didn’t look to suspicious. Leo could see his wanted destination, a huge gate which was prohibited to anyone but an Elder, you could tell just by how it stood… seeming to tour over everything around it! He was about to go over to the gate when his path was blocked by an Elder, his mentor Zola, whom had taken care of Leo since he had died in World War two. “Zola!” Leo said with a fake smile fixed on his face.

“Ahh, Leo my boy! How are you holding up” Zola greeted with compassion.

Leo thought for a second why he looked so upset. Then realised that Zola thought Prue was gone for good!

“Oh um…” Leo began with his smile erased, “Well, I’m trying to be strong, for Piper and Phoebe… you know!”

“Of coarse, very noble of you” Zola praised. “If there’s anything I can do…” Zola heard a jingling sound that echoed through the area.

“Is there an Elder’s meeting” Leo asked, knowing that this was his chance.

“It seems that way” Zola patted Leo gently on the shoulder, “Be safe my friend”

Leo smiled as he watched Zola and the rest of the Elders that surrounded him orb out until the room was left with just him. Now that Leo was alone, he again focused on his main goal. His nerves made him feel sick as he walked up to the colossal gates. He stared at them, knowing that what was behind them may be the key to saving Prue. He closed his eyes and surrounded himself in orbs, but when he tried to pass through the gate, he was blasted back with an incredible energy that surrounded the gates. He didn’t stay down long though; he got up and tried again, this time focusing every bit of emotion into his orbing. He reminded himself of Prue being a bridesmaid at his wedding, of Prue helping to safe him and his Whitelighter friends from Eames, of Prue helping Piper through her trauma when the Elders had taken him from her. He dissolved into swirling lights and talked the gate with all his strength! He opened his eyes to find himself at the other side of the gate; he looked in front of him to see a scroll sat in the centre of a table. He cautiously looked around for any sort of magical security, and then quickly grabbed the scroll. He looked around one last time to check he wasn’t being watched, and then orbed out.

Piper and Phoebe sat in front of their huge open fire. Piper was silenced by the sickening feeling in the pit of her stomach, while Phoebe was silenced by the breath she was lacking from crying so much. They both gazed into the fire while different scenarios of how their lives could turn out flickered through their minds. What if this spell didn’t work? What if Prue and Cole stayed dead? Would they be able to go on without them? Piper and Phoebe simultaneously shuck the negative thoughts away.

“You’re thinking it too aren’t you?” Phoebe asked her older sister.

“Yes”, Piper confessed. “But we need to keep positive!”

Phoebe nodded in agreement as she wiped a tear from her eye.

“Prue’s strong; she’ll put up a fight!” Piper continued. “Same goes for Cole; it’ll take more than death to keep them from us!”

“Oh God, I hope your right” Phoebe rested her head on Piper’s shoulder for comfort.

“I’m right” Piper whispered to herself as tears escaped her eyes, “I’m right”.

Leo orbed into the Manor’s living room feeling incredibly anxious about what the sisters had volunteered to do.

Piper and Phoebe both looked at Leo in anticipation of the spell he had promised. Leo sighed in reluctance… but he wouldn’t have been able to convince them out of it! He dug the spell out of his pocket and held it in plain sight for Phoebe and Piper to see.

“One question” Piper interrupted, “Even if we do destroy Death, can’t he they just employ a new Angel and send him after Prue again?”

“No, if Death is interrupted once then the design is completely restarted! All the people on his list get a second chance!” Leo replied.

“Perfect!” Phoebe sprung up from the floor and snatched the paper out of Leo’s hand.

Phoebe wasted no time at all in running up into the attic and Piper followed her.

“So, I’m guessing the fight with Shax didn’t go to well!” Prue said to Death.

“I’m afraid not” The Angel admitted.

“Is Piper…?”

“She’s alive” He certified.

The seriousness of Prue’s situation started to dawn on her and as it did Prue felt her eyes fill with tears.

“And… Ph…Phoebe?” Prue begged.

“She’s fine to” He guaranteed. “It’s Cole who has been lost”. The Angel picked out a glowing sphere from his pocket, Cole’s soul.

“Oh, God!” Prue blubbered, “Pheebs must be devastated!”

“Yes well…” The Angel said emotionless. “The Elders asked a favour of me and I was more than happy to agree”

Prue looked at him confused.

“They asked that I give you time to morn before I take you and Cole into the hereafter” He finished.

“I’m guessing you don’t do that a lot do you?” Prue imagined.

The Angel smiled. “Well, you’re a little bit special! Of coarse there were two other incidents like this!” he pointed out.

Prue looked below at the cloud like substance she was stood on and watched as her tears splashed into nothingness.

“How long do I have left?” Prue asked with a sound of helplessness in her tone.

The Angel of Death showed his emotion for a split second, which was a rarity; the pity could be seen clearly on his pail face. “Fifteen minutes, give or take”

Prue gasped as she realised, “It can’t end like this!” Prue shouted. “Don’t let it end, please! My sisters need me!” Prue whimpered.

“I must not stop Death’s grand design Prue! Not even for you!” he reminded.

“This isn’t the end!” Prue demanded with watery eyes.

Piper and Phoebe sat cross legged in the centre of the attic, while Leo poured a circle of salt around them.

“This should stop it from attacking you” Leo informed, “Although still, once it’s released…”

“Screw that!” Phoebe yelled. She then brought herself back down to reason. “Will it hurt Prue?”

“Not now, it can only do what you ask while the ritual is taking place” he answered, “Although after the ritual!”

“We’ll take our chances” Piper interrupted.

Leo passed Piper a black candle from the cupboard and she placed it in between her and Phoebe.

Phoebe lit the candle and stared into the flame. “Is this the right thing to do?” Phoebe asked one last time.

Piper nodded and held her hand.

Phoebe’s grip tightened as her head snapped backward and images flashed through her mind. The dark prophetic pictures formed in Phoebe’s head and she went deep into a premonition. She saw herself, with Piper and Prue in the attic. Piper and Phoebe were still sat in the circle while Prue stood in between them. Then suddenly, a tornado burst through the attic door and materialised into the Sources assassin, Shax! With one final flash, Phoebe’s mind was thrust back into the Present.

“What did you see?” Piper and Leo asked simultaneously.

“Shax, he’s going to attack!” Phoebe warned. “Straight after the ritual, straight after we get Prue back”

The Source stood in his lair, with fury in his blackened heart. He clenched his fist.

“How could I loose!” The Source asked himself, “Never again, never again!”

Then, before his shadowed eyes, a show of radiant lights floated in front of him and formed the beautiful Oracle.

“What does the future have in store for the two remaining sisters?” The Source questioned.

The Oracle stroked her crystal ball with the tips of her fingers and gazed into its shining surface.

“Hmm” she cringed.

“What do you see?” The Source yelled impatiently.

“I’m afraid your victory might be short lived”, the Oracle explained, “Unfortunately the witches will be able to bring Prudence back from the spirit realm!”

“What!” He roared. “Prepare Shax! The power of three shall not return!”

The Oracle vanished to get The Source’s assassin.

The Source sighed and flamed out of his lair.

Now that Piper had shooed Leo out of the room and Darryl had gone to ward off reporters and fellow cops, Piper and Phoebe were ready to cast the spell.

The sisters joined hands and closed their eyes. Piper and Phoebe focused all of their powers into the centre of their circle and breathed deeply.

Piper started to recite the chant: “Darkness come forth, turn warmth to cold! Release your magic from days of old!”

A chilling wing blew as Phoebe continued: “Ward off the one who takes life and soul. Bring back Prue, return to us Cole!”

Thunder and lightning rumbled through the entire house and black shadows started to form and fly across the walls.

The sister’s held tighter onto each other as they finished the ritual together: “Malum ortus, pravus exorior!” They shouted concurrently.

The shadows that surrounded the sisters screamed as if in a fit of rage. They became faster and covered the attic; walls, roof and floor, in complete darkness. The fear in Piper and Phoebe’s hearts forced them to hold their breath. With one final deafening screech, the shadows vanished… Piper and Phoebe sat speechless… silent.

Still in the spirit realm, Prue and the Angel of Death stood in the exact same spot they had been standing fir the last few hours. Prue had been pretending to listen to Death’s speeches while trying to think up a plan to resurrect herself. She could think of nothing.

“Well”, the Angel said with Cole’s soul grasped in his hands. “Time to move on Prue”

Prue gave him an angry glare. “After three years of risking my life, shouldn’t I at least get one my chance?”

The Angel of Death sighed; he had heard that question many times before. “It’s not my place to say, and it certainly isn’t yours!”

Prue promised herself she wouldn’t cry any longer, but she broke her oath.

“It is time” The Angel said as he held out his right hand while he held Cole in his left.

Prue surrendered to The Angel’s will, and took hold of his pasty white hand. But before they could go anywhere, a spin-chilling breeze caused Prue to release her grip from him.

“Oh please don’t start, you know it’s inevitable!” he said oblivious to what Prue had felt.

Prue ignored the Angel and looked over her shoulder to see if something was lurking behind her, but there was nothing there. She decided it was probably just a trick of the mind and went for the Angel’s hand again, but she felt it once again. This time it was much stronger, they could both feel it! Prue was disturbed to see the Angel show yet another emotion on his face… sheer terror! Prue jolted backwards as thousands of shadows disturbed the cloudy light which was the spiritual plane. She fell to the ground and watched as the dark spectres went for the Angel of Death.

“This is your sister’s doing!” The Angel accused as he tried to fight off The Malum.

“They just want to help me!” Prue yelled.

The Angel began to look weak and fell on his knees. “Yes well!” he smiled cunningly as he managed to wave his hand and open a mystical portal of blue swirling energy. “I may loose one soul before I am destroyed, but I definitely won’t loose two!” He grasped Cole’s spherical glowing form and flung him into the portal.

“Cole. No!” Prue screamed as her sister’s love was slowly dissolved into nothingness.

The Angel started to cry in pain as the shadows slowly ripped at his essence, until he exploded into blast of thick ash. The ash blew everywhere and knocked Prue rearward and with a flash of light, everything went black!

“We’ve been waiting here a while now” Phoebe pointed out with tears in her eyes. “I mean maybe they’d already moved on”

“No!” Piper disregarded, shaking her head and holding back cries of sorrow.

The candle in the centre of the circle blew itself out, winds blew and lightning crashed as Prue faded into the attic.

Piper and Phoebe looked at her, thrilled to see their eldest sister back in their lives!

“Oh thank God!” Piper cheered as she jumped up and hugged her sister. Piper squeezed her big sibling tight and allowed her tears to flow freely… tears of happiness.

“Prue, I’m so glad you’re…” Phoebe began.

“Pheebs, sweaty” Prue interrupted with a sympathetic expression.

“What is it?” Phoebe asked. But then she fell silent as she remembered her premonition. “Shax!” Phoebe warned.

Suddenly, the attic door was shattered by a huge tornado which transformed into the Sources assassin, Shax. He groaned as he prepared the energy in the palm of his hand, ready to attack.

“Come on!” Prue ordered. She grabbed her sister’s hands and pulled them both behind the book mount which held The Book of Shadows.

Before the book could be opened, Shax launched a ball of energy at the sisters. Prue squinted her eyes and waved her hand which sent the attack flying back in Shax’s direction. Shax screamed in complete agony when the attack hit him straight in the stomach.

Piper then decided it was her turn and with all of her rage in mind, she fired at Shax with multiple explosions, each one hurting him slightly more than the last.

Phoebe opened the book and flipped to the desired page. “Quickly, say the spell while he’s weakened!”

The sisters grasped each others hands and began to chant the vanquishing spell.

“Evil winds that blow, that which forms below. No longer may you dwell, death takes you with this spell!”

Shax wailed while his body glowed with an amazing white light. Electricity crackled through his arms and legs! Intense beams of light emerged from his eyes! Millions of tiny fire sparks covered his entire body and the assassin’s final scream; he burst into an eruption of fire, mist and electricity.

The three sisters stood silently. They had destroyed Shax, saved a sister and quite possibly unleashed a terrible evil all in one night!

“Well” Piper said, “I suppose today’s been… eventful!”

Phoebe hugged Prue. “As long as we have big sis back! We couldn’t do this tuff without you!” Phoebe released Prue and looked around the room confused.

“Hey, um… where’s Cole?”

Prue looked at Phoebe again with that same look of sympathy. Phoebe’s joy came to a screaming halt.

It was night in San Francisco. The sky glittered with stars and the full moon beamed down on the bridge, which seemed to bathe in its beauty.

Piper and Prue sat out in the Manor’s back garden and gazed upwards at the cloudless sky. Phoebe had been mourning the death of the love her life since the news was broke to her by her big sister. Piper thought of Phoebe and of Prue and of Cole, the friend they had lost. “Will Phoebe be okay?” Piper asked Prue.

“I think that it’ll take a while, but she’ll survive it” Prue turned and gave a subtle smile to her sister. She reached over and held Piper’s hand. “Thank you, for everything”

Piper smiled back. All of a sudden she felt her nausea return put this time it was more painful.

“Are you okay?” Prue stood and supported Piper.

“Yeah, I’ll be fine. I’m just gonna go to the bathroom” Piper told Prue.

Once Piper had gone inside the house, Prue held her head in her hands and began to cry.

Leo orbed in and saw Prue. Prue, hearing Leo’s orb, wiped her eyes and smiled. “Hi Leo, everything okay?”

“I suppose” Leo said sat down next to Prue. “Darryl reported you alive; it doesn’t seem that they’ll be able to link a demonic attack to you!”

“Well, that’s always a good thing!” Prue pointed out.

“The Power of Three has survived, which will hopefully help you vanquish the Malum if it attacks” Leo said.

“From what Piper told me it sounds more like when it attacks!” Prue told him.

“Well…”

“Is everything going to be okay, with the Elders?” Prue asked concerned.

“Well, they got the Power of Three back, not to mention Shax being vanquished… so if they complain I have something to throw in their faces!” Leo joked.

Prue smiled.

“How’s Phoebe?” Leo wondered.

“Upstairs crying, I’m gonna let her sleep, see how she is tomorrow”. Prue began to cry again as she spoke “Piper wasn’t feeling to well, so she’s upstairs!”

“Hey, it’s okay” Leo said as he hugged Prue.

“No it’s not! I could have saved Phoebe all this pain, if I’d have just knocked Cole’s soul out of the Angel’s hand!” Prue sobbed.

Leo began to cry himself…he held Prue as she continued to cry.

Jason Dean sat at his desk with his laptop computer, typing rapidly on the keyboard. For a few seconds he took his eyes off the monitor and turned to the TV screen across from the table. A picture of Prue was on the screen, so he grabbed his remote and turned up the volume.

A man’s voice reported “After investigating further into the Halliwell Homicide, investigator Darryl Morris discovered that both Prue and Piper Halliwell had survived the attack! People are baffled by how lucky the sisters must have been to still be alive. As for Doctor Ian Griffiths, whom was killed in the attack, we managed to get in touch with his close brother and sister in law; this is what they had to say. The screen flashed to a tall bold man and his short brunette wife. The man began to speak, “We are more than determined to catch my brother’s killer! If the police don’t find him, we’ll take it into are own hands!” he shouted angrily at the screen.

Jason was glued to the screen. “I’m not arguing pal!” he said and went back to his laptop.

Piper sat on the toilet seat in the upstairs bathroom trembling; she could barely breathe from the shock. She had hold of a pregnancy test in her hands. She looked at it one last time… “Positive”.

-To be Continued-