Charmed: Season Eight

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Charmed: Season Eight
Written by: Vengeance

Starring:
Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews
Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
Dorian Gregory as Darryl Morris

Co-Starring:
Kaley Cuoco as Billie Jenkins
Mia Maestro as The Seer
Sandra Prosper as Sheila Morris

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8x01 - Cracking Undercover

Cast:
Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews
Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
Dorian Gregory as Darryl Morris

Guest Starring
James Reid as Victor Bennett
Sandra Prosper as Sheila Morris
Luke Perry as Lanax
Mía Maestro as The Seer
Kaley Cuoco as The Witch
Glenn Morshower as Agent Keyes
Elizabeth Dennehy as Sandra (Elder)

Previously on Charmed...

Phoebe: Hear now the words of the witches,

(Cuts to Something Wicca this way Comes...)

Piper: Hey, I have a great idea. Why don't I make a fabulous reunion dinner.

Prue: I'm not hungry.

Phoebe: I ate on the bus.

Piper: Okay we'll try the group hug later

(Cuts back to attic)

Phoebe: The secrets we hid in the night,

(Cuts to Prue's Funeral)

Paige: I'm so sorry for your loss.

Phoebe: Thank you. (Paige begins to leave.) How did you know Prue? From work?

Paige: No. Just… just from around, you know.

Phoebe: Have we met before?

Paige: No. I don't… I don't think so. Anyway, my condolences.

Phoebe: Thank you.

(Cuts back to the attic)

Phoebe: The oldest of Gods are invoked here,

(Cut to Oh My Goddess Part Two)

Cronus: Where is the Elder that created you?

(Phoebe gets back up. The room starts to shake. Piper appears. Cronus and Demetrius sends lightning bolts and

a stream of fire at Piper. It doesn't harm her.)

Piper: It's not nice to piss of mother nature.

(Piper holds out her hands and the room starts to shake. A hole opens in the ground in front of the Titans. A chandelier above, falls from the roof and into the fiery pit below. A dresser falls into the pit. Paige grabs her trident and zaps the floor at the Titans feet. It crumbles and they fall into the fiery pit. The hold seals back up. Leo rushes down the stairs.)

Paige: So much for the Titans.

Phoebe: Thank god.

Piper: You're welcome.

(Cuts back to the attic)

Phoebe: The great work of magic is sought.

(Cuts to Charmed and Dangerous)

(Paige puts down the last crystal and electricity bolts surround him. Phoebe and Paige go back over to Piper.)

The Source: Crystal. (A crystal orbs into his hand. The trap disappears.) Now the moment we've all been waiting for.

(He throws a fireball but before it can hit Phoebe, Cole appears and runs in front of her. He absorbs The Source's power.) Belthazor!

Phoebe: No, The Hollow.

(Cole throws a fireball at the Source.)

Cole: Hurry, the spell.

(Phoebe gets a piece of paper out of her pocket and the girls read from it.)

Piper, Phoebe, Paige: "Prudence, Patricia, Penelope, Melinda, Astrid, Helena, Laura and Grace, (the Source catches on fire) Halliwell witches stand strong beside us, vanquish this evil from time and space."

(The Source yells and causes a big explosion. He is vanquished. Cuts back to the Attic)

Phoebe: In this night and in this hour,

(Cuts to Charmed Again One)

Piper: In this night and in this battle, I call upon the ancient power. (She looks up and closes her eyes.) Bring back my sister. Bring back the Power of Three. (She keeps her eyes closed for a prayerful beat, then she opens them, looks at the candle, but sees nothing. Blindly determined, she starts flipping through pages until she finds another spell, To Call a Lost Witch. She expertly finds and mixes certain ingredients {rosemary, cypress, yarrow root} into a silver bowl as she chants from the book.) Power of the witches' rise. Course unseen across the skies. Come to us, we call you near. Come to us and settle here. (Then, she finds an athame and slices the left finger of her left hand so that blood can symbolically spill directly from her heart and into the bowl.) Blood to blood, I summon thee. Blood to blood, return to me.

(Cuts back to attic)

Phoebe: I'll call upon the ancient power,

(Cuts to All Hell Breaks Loose)

Dr. Griffiths: Hold it, I get it. This is a practical joke, right? Do you have a hidden camera here? My second wife put

you up to this? Ah, it's just like her. (He laughs.)

Prue: O-o-okay, Dr. Griffiths, listen to me, this is anything but...

(She stops.)

Piper: What?

Prue: I don't know, I just felt a chill. Phoebe? (No answer.) Phoebe, are you there? (A tornado of wind twists through

the front door.) Phoebe, where are you?

(The tornado knocks Prue and Piper to the floor. A clap of thunder is heard, the tornado calms down and Shax

appears.)

Dr. Griffiths: Dear god.

Prue: No!

(Prue gets up off the floor and pushes Dr. Griffiths out of the way. Shax throws an energy ball at Prue and she

literally crashes straight through a wall. Piper gets up and Shax throws an energy ball at Piper, sending her

crashing through a wall. Shax turns to Dr. Griffiths.)

Dr. Griffiths: What are you?

Shax: The end.

(He throws an energy ball at Dr. Griffiths and he crashes through a window. Shax looks around. He looks at Prue and Piper unconscious on the floor. Pleased with what he's done, Shax turns back into the wind and flies out the front door. The glass on the door smashes as it slams shut.)

(Cuts back to attic)

Phoebe: Bring your powers to we sisters three,

(Cuts to Witch Way Now)

Angel of Destiny: Very well. (He starts to leave but stops.) By the way, thought you'd like to know, neither decision

would've affected yours and Leo's personal destiny.

Piper: What?

Angel of Destiny: You'll find out soon.

(He glances down at Piper's stomach.)

Phoebe: Oh my god.

Piper: What?

Phoebe: Don't you get it?

Piper: What?

Phoebe: (to Paige) Don't you get it? (excitedly) She's pregnant!

Piper: Who's pregnant? I'm pregnant?

(Phoebe and Paige scream in excitement and hug Piper.)

Phoebe: (to Piper's tummy) Hi baby.

(They giggle. The Angel of Destiny smiles and disappears out the front door.)

(Cuts back to attic)

Phoebe: We want the power,

(Cuts to Witch Wars)

[Cut to the attic. Paige and Chris dive over a couch as a fireball heads straight for them.]

Corr: This game's over.

(Phoebe shimmers in.)

Phoebe: I couldn't agree more. (She throws an energy ball at Corr and vanquishes him. She turns to the camera.) See what happens when you make a play for our baby? Who wants to play next?

[Cut to the Demonic Bar. The room full of demons are still watching Witch Wars.]

Phoebe: (on TV) What's the matter? Scared of me? (Phoebe shimmers out and shimmers back in in the Demonic Bar.) Well, are you? Are you? (The demons make a run for the exit. Phoebe throws energy ball after energy ball vanquishing all the demons. She throws one at the TV screen and smashes it.) Looks like your show's just been cancelled.

[Cut to the Manor. Attic. Paige and Chris are sitting on the couch. Leo orbs in.]

Leo: Where's Phoebe?

Chris: That's a good question.

(Phoebe shimmers in.)

Phoebe: God, that was great. I wanna kill somebody else. Who can I kill? Chris, find me another demon to kill.

Paige: Okay, we gotta get these powers outta her.

Phoebe: What? You're the one who wanted me to have a power, remember?

Paige: Yeah, not a demonic power.

Phoebe: Well, beggars can't be choosers. Oh, poor little powerless Phoebe. She can't even take care of herself.

Paige: Okay. I'm sorry. I admit it. I was, I was wrong.

Phoebe: What did you say? Would you mind repeating that, please?

Paige: I'm sorry. I was wrong. I clearly underestimated you. You are very powerful.

Phoebe: That's all I wanted to hear. Now who wants to stab me?

Paige: What?

Leo: It's the only way to get the powers out of her.

Phoebe: Come on. I dare ya. I double dare ya. I triple dare ya. I super duper dare...

Paige: Oh! (Paige grabs the athame off of Phoebe.) I'll stab her. Leo, be ready to heal.

(Paige gets ready to stab Phoebe and... Cuts back to attic)

Phoebe: Give us the power.

(Credits)

(Piper and Paige walk over to Phoebe who was reciting the spell)

Piper: Anything happen?

Phoebe: Only one way to find out

(Piper gestured to blow up the doorway of the attic but nothing happens, the sisters sigh)

Paige: What now?

Phoebe: At least we won't get accused of being witches anymore!

Piper: That's not even funny

Paige: Trust you Phoebe to think of that

Piper: As for what to do now, I don't no

Phoebe: We have to vanquish Lanax

Paige: Uh how?

Piper: Paige is right with out powers we are useless

Paige: And he now has our powers swell as his own

Phoebe: God I was only saying

(There is a creek from downstairs, the sisters hear the front door slam against the wall of The Manor. Piper walks to the attic door and listens in to the conversation.)

Agent Keyes: Inspector Morris come on you can tell by the wallpaper that the Halliwells were witches

Darryl: I fought you knew they were witches, every since the day they died

Agent Keyes: But you still say there weren’t

Darryl: I never said that, I just said they weren’t bad people

(Back in the attic Piper turns to Phoebe and Paige that have now come up just behind her, Phoebe is holding the Book)

Piper: (whispers) It's Agent Keyes, come on

Paige: Why do you think he's here

Piper: Doesn't matter, come on

(Piper and Phoebe take Paige's hand and they orb out of the Manor then orb back into Magic School)

Paige: Do you think it's safe here

Piper: What do you mean

Paige: Well The Elders could find us here

Piper: That's a risk we have to take, we need to vanquish Lanax

Phoebe: Piper's right, our cover been blown by The Elders isn't as important as getting caught by Agent Keyes

Piper: And the innocent lives that are being lost

Paige: I suppose

(Piper clicks her fingers and turns into her glamoured self)

Piper: It's lucky Lanax never took this power

Paige: It's not exactly a power anymore, anyway what about this whole risk thing

Piper: Better to be safe then sorry

(Paige and Phoebe look at each other and shrug, they then both click there fingers and turn into there glamoured self. The Glamoured sister then walk over to various shelves and take various Books looking for a way to vanquish Lanax. Phoebe then stops and turns to her sisters.)

Phoebe: Do you think this would work

Piper: Lets have a look

(Phoebe gives Piper the Book and she reads it you can see her finger move across the Book, she smiles then shuts the Book)

Piper: That might just work

(Down in The Underworld Lanax sat in The Source's chair browsing the room, a Demon shimmers in and Lanax stares at him)

Lanax: What right do you have to shimmer in with out my order

Demon: It's the Charmed One's sir,

Lanax: What they tried challenging for there powers back

Demon: No sir, there just on the move again

Lanax: How is that so?

Demon: It seems when you took the witches powers you didn't take the youngest white lighter powers

Lanax: (shouts) Are you questioning my honour

Demon: No my liege (Bows on one knee and his head tilts forward)

Lanax: What do you want knighthood, or my throne even!

Demon: No my liege never (Looks up)

Lanax: Why do you still kneel before me

Demon: (Gets up quickly) Sorry my liege

Lanax: It's just not enough

(Lanax waves his hand and blows the Demon up, he clicks his fingers again and another Demon shimmers in, he see's the ashes of the other demon and a worried look come across his face)

Lanax: Don't look so scared

Demon2: Sorry my liege

Lanax: Do me a favour

Demon2: Anything for you

Lanax: Pay the Power of Three a little visit (He laughs, and the demon laughs with him)

Demon2: I won't let you down!

(The Demon shimmers out - Commercial Break)

(Piper, Phoebe and Paige orb into Victor's apartment with the Book of Shadows and the Book from Magic School and now not Glamoured. The Demon shimmers in behind them, the sisters quickly separate and Phoebe runs off with both Books into the spare room. Piper runs to the couch and duck behind, while Paige runs to the TV set and turns to look at the Demon. The demon throws a energy ball at Paige and she orbs out and the energy ball hits the TV making it explode. The Demon turns to the couch, he walks towards it and stands in front of it)

Demon2: Come out witch, not scared are you

Piper: You wish

Demon2: No need my wish has come true

(The Demon throws a fire ball at the couch and the stuffing flys everywhere, Piper screams and runs towards the Bedroom. The Demon throws an energy ball at her but it orbs out and Paige orbs in)

Paige: Like my little trick, I call P**s off demon

Demon2: You will regret that witch

(Piper runs into Victors bedroom and hides in the closet, The Demon lights a fire ball in his hand and goes to throw it at Paige but Phoebe runs out of the spare bedroom)

Phoebe: You don't want her you want me

(The demon turns to Phoebe)

Paige: No me

Phoebe: You want me

Paige: Me!

Phoebe: Me!

Demon2: Shut Up!

( The Demon turns to Paige and throws the fire ball, Paige orbs out and Phoebe pulls a potion out of her pocket the demon roars then turns to Phoebe. She throws the potion and the demon set alight he starts to roar more until he was no more, Paige then orbed in and laughed)

Paige: Nice one Sis

Phoebe: Good to see I still have it in me

Paige: Lucky too (Paige and Phoebe laugh)

Phoebe: You can come out now Piper!

( The Sisters laugh more as Piper comes out of the bedroom with couch stuffing all over her clothes and in her hair. Piper just stand there with a stern look on her face she blows the hair out of her face)

Piper: It wasn't funny guys, I could of been killed

Phoebe: Better you then me

Paige: Yeah

Piper: Well ha ha!

Phoebe: I'll never get tried of sniffing that

Paige: Sniffing what?

Phoebe: The smell of Roast Demon in the morning!

(Paige and Phoebe laugh and Piper just smirks, Leo then walks in with Chris and Wyatt in the push chair)

Piper: I know another thing I don't get tried of sniffing

Paige: What?

Piper: Leo's aftershave

Phoebe: Does he even where aftershave

Leo: Everyday thanks!

(The sisters laugh and then the group walk into the lounge area, or what was left of it anyway)

Leo: What happened here

Piper: Nothing for you to worry about

Leo: Piper!

Paige: You might as well tell him

Piper: Fine a Demon attacked

Leo: They know your alive

Phoebe: They've known for a while

Leo: They what?

Paige: They even took our powers, apart from my white lighter ones

Leo: You mean your powerless, who long

Piper: Couple of days

Leo: Is that it?

Piper: Okay... a week

(Leo looks seriously at Piper, and she puts on a plain face)

Piper: A couple of weeks!

Leo: You what! And never told me

Paige: We tried protecting you

Leo: I don't need protecting, I'm meant to help you

Piper: Leo just face it, we lost our powers

Leo: And your not going to try and get them back

Phoebe: Of course we are, we have tried to already and were nearly there

(There is a sound of orbing from the spare bedroom, the sisters look at each other. They quickly glamour themselves, Leo and the boys)

Piper: Who's there?

(Sandra then walked out and looks at the sisters)

Sandra: No need to hide no more

Paige: Pardon do we no you, and how did you get in our house

Sandra: No good protecting yourself Paige, I no it's you

Phoebe: We don't get it, who's Paige?

Sandra: Phoebe!

(Sandra waves her hand and The sisters, Leo and the boys turn back to there normal selves)

Piper: How did you know

Sandra: I tracked your orbs

Paige: You mean they all now

Sandra: No fortunately I managed to keep it to myself, but not for long

Phoebe: What do you mean

Sandra: They will do the same I did

Paige: Can't you do something

Sandra: Sorry I can't

(Piper walks over to the photo on the mantel piece of the glamoured sisters, she then turns back to look at Sandra)

Piper: If not for us, then for the innocents

Leo: Them knowing won't make a difference

Paige: They'll kill us

(There was a awaked silence in the room, Sandra sighed then looked to the floor then back up again)

Sandra: I better go, I've been away long enough someone might suspect. I'll try my best but I can't promise!

(Sandra orbs out leaving The Sisters and The Boys alone with Leo too - Commercial Break)

(At the Police Station Agent Keyes had taken over Darryl's office, so Darryl was back at his old desk in the main room. Agent Keyes and a Officer walked in with a Witch handcuffed, Darryl stood up in shock as Agent Keyes passed by Darryl grabbed his arm and pulled him aside)

Agent Keyes: What are you doing Morris

Darryl: Stopping you doing something you'll regret

Agent Keyes: Who are you to tell me what I'll regret

Darryl: That's not the point, your killing innocent people

Agent Keyes: Who said I'm killing this woman

Darryl: I know cause I've seen you do it

Agent Keyes: These women are witches

Darryl: Good Witches

Agent Keyes: No Morris Evil Witches

(Shelia walks in looking like she is ready to go out both Agent Keyes and Darryl watch her enter)

Agent Keyes: I think you should leave Darryl

Darryl: And I think you should stop killing these women

Agent Keyes: I'm telling you as a friend to leave

Darryl: Your no friend of mine

Agent Keyes: Of course, I forgot you like witches

Darryl: I would shut it if I was you

Sheila: Darryl are you coming?

Darryl: In a minute honey

Sheila: Darryl!

Darryl: I said in a minute

Agent Keyes: No don't worry, I'm finished anyway

Sheila: See now come on

Agent Keyes: We will speak further Morris

Darryl: Your right we will

Sheila: Come on

Darryl: Sorry your right, we better go, I'm getting a bad vibe from this place!

(Sheila and Darryl walk out and Agent Keyes watches them leave, he smirks then turns and goes back into the office were the officer and the witch were waiting!)

(Back at Victor's apartment Piper came out of the spare bedroom after putting the boys to bed, she next Leo on the couch while Phoebe sat in the arm chair and Paige on the floor facing them)

Leo: So what's your plan

Piper: Now that would be telling

Leo: I'm serious Piper

Piper: So am I

Leo: Piper you have to tell me, I need to know

Phoebe: Just tell him Piper what’s the harm

Leo: See...

Paige: I'll if you don't

Piper: Okay fine

Leo: Right then

Piper: We are going to go to the Underworld and attack Lanax....

(The door unlocks and Victor walks in, he goes into the Lounge were the group is sitting he see's the telly)

Victor: What happened?

Piper: Sorry Dad

Victor: But how...

Phoebe: Lets just say we are not so dead anymore

Victor: They all know

Paige: Only demons

Leo: And Fiona!

Victor: Great you just had to blow it

Phoebe: Sorry Dad!

Victor: It's okay pumpkin, I'm just angry that's all

Paige: We tried, we even lost our powers while doing it

Victor: Oh no you didn't?

Piper: Yeah all but Paige's orbing and the glamouring

Victor: Is that it then?

Piper: What's it

Victor: You being witches

(Sandra then orbed in into the apartment)

Sandra: Far from it...

Piper: What

Sandra: We have a problem

Leo: What is it Sandra?

Sandra: There's a witch in trouble

Paige: And you expect us to help?

Sandra: Yes you are still The Charmed Ones!

Phoebe: How? We have no powers

Sandra: Orb in, grab her then get out

Piper: You make it sound easy

Sandra: Well maybe it's not that easy

Leo: What do you mean?

Sandra: Well this witch is going to be killed tonight

Phoebe: We kind of gathered that

Paige: Just get to the point

Sandra: Well the girl is at the station, she is going to be burned at the stake

Piper: No...

Sandra: Agent Keyes is going to kill her, she's his third victim!

(Commercial Break)

Leo: How could he be a Demon and we not see it

Sandra: Cause he ain't a Demon, just a sick man that wants to see witches suffer

Piper: No, he just feels threatened by us

Phoebe: Piper's right, he just doesn't understand us

Paige: He doesn't know us!

Victor: What ever way you put it he's a killer

Sandra: Your Dad's right, he needs to pay for what he has done

Piper: No cause then he knows we are alive

Sandra: And risk innocent people dying

Paige: We just keep stopping him

Sandra: How you said yourself you have no powers

Phoebe: And you were the one to say it was easy

Piper: He has no powers to stop us

Sandra: You will come across him sometime

Piper: And when we do, we will deal with it

Paige: Right now we stay dead

Phoebe: So that we can try to live a normal life while we can

Sandra: You don't have to lie to me Phoebe, I no you miss your job and your powers

Phoebe: Yeah but, I feel I would miss being normal more. It's not ideal but its a chance to live life as we used to

Paige: It gives me a chance to get to know my sisters more

Piper: Paige is right, when we were witches we never got to talk

Phoebe: Or spend time together

Piper: I've actually been able to spend more to time with Wyatt and Chris

Sandra: I can't make you do anything

Leo: But you must stop these witches being killed

Piper: And we will

Sandra: Well if that is choice there is not much else I can do

Phoebe: Thanks

Sandra: For what

Phoebe: Understanding!

Sandra: Pleasure, I'll be in touch

Leo: Bye!

(Sandra orbed off leaving the Group alone again to talk and plan how to the witch from Agent Keyes. Down in The Underworld Lanak walked into the Seer's lair and there stood the New Seer, he grabbed her chin then threw her to the floor.)

Lanak: What happens next

Seer: Well you have Phoebe's powers now, you tell me

Lanak: Lets just say there not as true as yours

Seer: Why?

Lanak: Lets just The Charmed Ones are meant to be dead now but they still walk the ground

Seer: Give me your hands

Lanak: Do you want to live to see the future

Seer: I thought you wanted to see the future

Lanak: I do!

Seer: Then give me your hands

Lanak: Be quick, I have a taste for witch

Seer: I think this will please you

(The Seer lay her hands on top of Lanax and gave him a vision. He was in the Underworld with The Charmed Ones Phoebe throws a potion but he blows it up then he throws a fire ball at her throwing her against the wall blood poured from her head. Piper and Paige tried throwing a potion to but he blew them up just like what he did with Phoebe's, they walked backwards towards the wall then he blew the sisters up and there remains lay on the floor)

Seer: Happy?

Lanak: Very!

(Lanak let out a large evil laugh. Piper, Phoebe and Paige all glamoured orbed into Agent Keyes office, the witch lay handcuffed in a chair. Phoebe ran over and started to pick the lock)

Witch: Who are you?

Paige: No time, come with us

Witch: Get away from me

Piper: Hello, we are saving you here

Witch: I’ll ask again who are you?

Phoebe: Do you want to die?

Witch: No

Piper: Then let us help you

Witch: Okay but tell me who you are?

Paige: We’re well, we’re umm…

Phoebe: The…

Witch: Charmed Ones, oh my god but you don’t look like the pictures

Piper: Huh??

Witch: Names Billie, I’m a witch too

Paige: Well now you know who we are will you come with us

Witch: Yeah course you’re the Charmed Ones, greatest witches of our time

Phoebe: Well I suppose we…

Piper: Should be going

Phoebe: Right course!

(The hand cuffs fall to the floor)

Piper: Why am I not surprised you knew how to do that?

(Agent Keyes burst into the office and saw four women he drew out his gun and the sisters freeze in shock)

Agent Keyes: Well I never

(End of Episode and Part One, Part Two to come soon)