Post by Melinda Halliwell on Jan 1, 2007 9:45:44 GMT -5
Reckless Abandon
Disclaimer: I don’t own any of the charmed characters they all belong to Aaron Spelling productions except Melissa.
Authors Notes: This is my series of charmed going from season two to seven all stories will be the same as that on the show except seasons two and three, which will class as one year because of Dan and Cole the rest will continue as normal.
Note: My stories will be a little different but still have the same outcome so the episodes fit together. All the characters of charmed including Andy Trudeau who didn’t die Darryl Morris Triad Source will be recurring characters as well as Cole who works for the Triad. I’ll be using spells from the show and some I create myself in these stories they’ll be different but have the same affect and better sounding.
Extra Note: This episode’s the same as Reckless Abandon except Ethan Reynolds a work colleague of Prue’s is in here instead of Jack Sheridan and Dan Gordon something happens with Prue Andy Piper and Leo you find out Melissa used to be in a band with her cousins in the future which explains her singing at the end and Cole comes back at the end as well.
Lounge Tuesday Fifth February
Prue’s comes in seeing Melissa changing a light bulb she’s wearing blouse skirt three inch heel black shoes curly hair Melissa’s wearing short vest blue jeans black trainers her hairs tied up in a half hanging ponytail and all her tattoos except her leg one are showing Piper sitting nearby on the table with an empty written notepads wearing a top and below the knee skirt and wedged heeled sandals.
Prue:Heyhave you seen my slides anywhere sis?
Piper: There over by the TV.
Prue:Oh thank god Ethan would’ve killed me if I’d lost them.
She gets the slides off the TV.
Melissa: Who’s Ethan?
Prue: A work colleague Mr Cauldwell the new Buckland’s owners been pairing employees up and asking them to write a presentation which if the best ones selected will go on an all expenses paid weekend trip to New York me and Ethan are hoping he picks us.
Piper: I don’t know Prue what with everything going on should you really go?
Prue: Piper Cauldwell hasn’t even chose us yet and besides we’ve been demon free two weeks and don’t know how long the source and his people are goanna chase Cole so if we goanna do anything we should do it while we’ve the chance and if I win I could get promoted meaning more money coming into the house.
Piper: Okay then.
Prue sees a baby basket next to Piper.
Prue: Hey what’s in there?
Piper: Things I did for Lisa Kreggers baby shower.
Prue realizes something.
Prue: Oh no the baby shower I totally forgot.
Piper: And so did Phoebe but don’t worry I done it from all of us.
Prue: Thank you.
Prue looks inside.
Prue: Wow you’ve certainly done a lot in here including this.
She holds out a cute little teddy bear.
Piper: Oh that yeah I knitted it.
Prue:You knit? I didn’t know you knit?
Piper: Well after seeing Grams do it so many times I just learnt what she did I even had extra yarn left to make some little booties cute aren’t they?
Piper holds up a pair of booties.
Prue:Oh there so adorable.
She takes them off Piper.
Prue: So I guess this is really good practice for you then?
Piper:What you talking about?
Prue:You Leo rocking the Kasbah little Mel.
Hearing this Melissa looks at Prue disgusted.
Melissa: Hey no sex talk in front of me thank you.
Prue: (Laughs) Oh come on sweetie you’ve had sex before.
Melissa: Yes but I’ve never heard my aunt talk about my parents doing that like my aunt Felicia never talked about my parents doing that in the future.
Prue: Talking about your parents having sex isn’t disgusting Mel.
Melissa: It is for me it’s icky and gross and just even imaging it oh.
Prue: Oh but you don’t mind what the end result is.
Piper: Okay can we stop talking about me and Leo and start talk about something else.
Prue: Alright let’s talk about why you’re sitting on the couch with an empty notepad on the table.
Piper: Now that would be me trying to figure out what to do with the club.
Melissa: Why what’s wrong? I thought P Three’s doing fine?
Piper: It is but we can’t keep relying on weekend profits to see us through the week we need to make money then also.
Prue: So book more bands?
Piper: I’ve tried but they don’t wanna play then because they’ll get more of crowds on Saturday’s.
Melissa: So what else you goanna do?
Piper: I don’t know but I’d better think of something fast.
Police station
A policeman brings in a baby Phoebe’s there with Darryl and Andy.
Phoebe:Ohcome on guys open your minds this could so work you know.
Darryl:Phoebe look it’s not that we don’t appreciate your offer it’s just our stock in this precincts not exactly blue chip.
Andy: And the last thing we needs word getting out that we’re using a psychic to solve our cases.
Phoebe: Oh really and how many of those cases are unsolved hmm? How many parents out there are trying to find out who murdered their son or raped their daughter?
Darryl: Hundreds but a lot of them are outstanding many years and if we’re suddenly solved them without no prove people would wanna know how we did it which could expose you which we won’t do.
Phoebe: So no one would need to know all you’d do is give me the evidence I’d touch it and if I got a flash you’d pay me whatever and then we’re in business.
She picks up a butter knife and pretends to have a premonition.
Phoebe: Oh my god I see blood flesh you had the sausages for breakfast didn’t you?
Darryl:PhoebeI hate sausages.
Phoebe:Sorry little joke.
Andy(Talking to the other cops who’re watching) Alright people move it along.
Phoebe sees the baby crying and three policemen are jiggling a baby rattle above it.
Phoebe:Hey what the hell they doing to that baby?
Darryl: It was brought in a couple of minutes ago.
Phoebe: (Shocked) you mean its parents just walked in and abandoned it?
Andy: Now don’t go making assumptions Phoebe we don’t know the facts yet.
Phoebe gets up and walks over to the officers and the baby.
Darryl: Phoebe wait.
The two cops follow her.
Phoebe:Hey get off him what you trying to do scare the little guy? Go on shoo.
She takes the rattle off an officer and sits down in front of the baby.
Andy: You’d better do as she says.
The other officers walk away.
Phoebe:Hey there sweetie.
The baby continues crying.
Phoebe: You can stop crying now.
She notices "Matthew" embroidered on the blanket.
Phoebe: Matthew.
The baby continues crying still.
Phoebe: Or maybe not alright its goanna be okay everything’s goanna be.
She takes him out of his capsule and holds him Phoebe has a premonition of someone taking Matthew and then a ghost appears and zaps the guy the premonition ends.
Darryl:Phoebe you okay?
OPENING CREDITS
I am the son and the heir
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
See I’ve already waited to long
And all my hope is gone
STARRING
PRUDENCE DONNA HALLIWELL
PIPER MARIE HALLIWELL
PHOEBE JAYNE HALLIWELL
MELISSA HALE
LEONARDO THEODORE WYATT
COLERIDGE TURNER / BELTHAZOR
ANDREW TRUDEAU
DARRYL MORRIS
GUEST STARRING
BABY MATTHEW
ELIAS LUNDY
MARTHA VAN LEWEN
ALEXANADRA VAN LEWEN
GILBERT VAN LEWEN
ETHAN REYNOLDS
FLETCH BARTENDER
SPECIAL MUSIC STAR
MELISSA HALE
San Francisco Bay and City Daytime
Fading in various scenes of San Francisco bay and city are shown whilst John Lennon and Paul Mc Cartney’s hit Golden Lullaby’s playing.
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing you a lullaby
Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing you a lullaby
Lounge
Melissa and Piper are talking there when Phoebe comes in shouting in through the front door.
Phoebe: Hello can somebody help here please this baby’s not stopped crying since the police station.
Matthew still cries.
Phoebe: And he’s giving me a headache.
Melissa: Try doing the rock and walk?
Phoebe: The what?
Melissa: Hold him like this.
She shows how.
Melissa: And bob him up and down the room while shushing him.
Phoebe does so Matthew starts settling she looks on amazed.
PhoebeOh my god that’s amazinghow did you know to do that?
Melissa: Babies love it, it reminds of them being in the womb I used to do it with Alex and Maggie whenever they got like that.
Phoebe puts him back in the carrier.
Piper: Okay what’s a baby doing here?
Phoebe: I had a premonition at the police station about a ghost going after him though I don’t know if it’s of the past or future but I’d guess past because it would make sense that they would abandon him to try and save him.
Melissa: Aunt Phoebe I wouldn’t call an Eddie Bauer car seat and a blanket lined in silk abandoned his parents obviously cared for him.
Piper: You’re sure it was a ghost?
Phoebe:Yeah I think I know ghosts by now though I can’t figure out why one of those would want to hurt that cute little baby.
Melissa:And Darryl and Andy let you take him home?
Phoebe:After I told them about the premonition yeah but they said we’ve only twenty-four hours before Social Services start asking questions.
Piper:So what we supposed to do with him now? Raise him in the ways of witchcraft? Teach him how to fight ghosts?
Matthew starts crying again.
Piper: Oh not again anybody?
Melissa: Try picking him up and tap and rub his back gently he may’ve gas in him.
Piper: Me? Why don’t you do it?
Melissa: Because you’re closest to him and it’ll give you practice for when you have me.
Piper: (Relenting) Okay fine.
She picks him up and does what Melissa says.
Piper:That’s a good baby a very good little baby okay.
He starts settling again she puts Matthew back in his baby capsule.
Melissa: See you’re both becoming naturals already.
Phoebe: Only because you’re telling us what to do.
Melissa: And that’ll hopefully prepare you for the future.
Piper: Hey how about this?
Piper picks up the bear she made and waves it in front of him.
Piper: Hi sweetie, do you like bears?
Matthew throws up on the bear.
Phoebe: Yeah he doesn’t like things being waved in his face.
Piper: Wellobviously.
Melissa: I’ll get a towel.
Melissa gets a towel and starts’ wiping Phoebe the front door opens and Prue walks in.
Prue:Okay Pheebes I’m here. What’s the emergency?
Phoebe/Piper/Melissa:Shh!
Prue notices Matthew.
Prue:We’ve a baby?
Piper:Phoebe picked him up at the police station.
Prue: What? Ithought you were going there to ask for a job not a kid.
Phoebe:I was but then this abandoned baby came in and.
Prue: Abandoned?
Phoebe:Yes.
Prue:In an Eddie Bauer car seat and a blanket lined in silk? His parents would’ve had to be rich to give him that meaning he wasn’t abandoned.
Piper:Hey guys me thinks he’s finally falling asleep.
Prue:Okay I don’t get it If the parents could afford such expensive stuff then how come they couldn’t keep the kid?
Phoebe:I don’t think that’s why he was abandoned.
Matthew starts making noises.
Piper:Oh nohe’s like a car alarm any sudden vibration will set him off and there’s nothing we can do to stop it.
Melissa: That’s being defeatist mom just put your pinkie finger in his mouth.
She does so Matthew sucks on it and quietens.
Prue: Wow looky here we’ve got an original Mary Poppins.
Phoebe: Yeah Mel’s been teaching us babies classes.
Prue:Mmm so what was your premonition about?
Phoebe: It was about a ghost chasing the baby and a man carrying the baby probably his father Darryl and Andy said I could drop by at lunch they could get a sketch artist to help me ID him.
Prue:Good because the only way to find out why the ghost’s after the baby is finding out whom he belongs to.
Piper: Okay let’s go.
Prue Phoebe and Piper grab their coats and bags.
Melissa: Whoa wait a sec what about Matthew? You can’t just leave him here he’ll need stuff formula diapers baby wipes.
Phoebe: So take him with you to the supermarket and get what you need he won’t be along then will he?
Melissa: I can’t do that I’ve gotta go up there and find out what ghost we’re dealing with.
Phoebe: Can’t that wait I think Matthew’s a bit more important don’t you? I mean we won’t don’t know what right stuff to get we’ve never been mothers before you have.
Melissa: And if I do go how am I supposed to orb a baby home and a load of shopping?
Prue: Well we can use my car and bring the stuff back before I get back to work.
Melissa: And what about the power of three?
Piper: If we need it we’ll call you.
Phoebe and Piper leave.
Prue: I’ll go get my car keys.
Prue goes upstairs to get her cars keys from the safe.
Wal-Mart
Prue and Melissa walk in with a trolley which has Matthew in the baby seat Melissa has a list.
Melissa: Okay now remember babies drink and pee often so we’ll need a lot of diapers formula and baby wipes.
She hands her a list of items.
Prue: Jesus Christ how much does it cost to feed a baby?
Melissa: Lots but that’s why supermarkets have buy one get one free deals.
They walk on.
Time Lapse
There walking around with items inside the trolley Prue checks the list.
Prue: Okay next items diapers.
They head down the diaper isle and stop Prue picks up some diapers.
Prue: Hey what about those?
Melissa looks at them.
Melissa: Wrong size Matthew’s medium not small and you’re paying for the name not the diapers.
Prue: Really? I thought Pampers were good?
Melissa: They are but you get the same amount of diapers with Wal-Mart’s version and there one dollar twenty cheaper and do just as well as Pampers.
Prue: Okay.
She puts them back and looks for the Wal-Mart version she spots them on the top shelf.
Prue: Hey Mel makes sure no ones looking will you?
She does so Prue uses her power and two packets of diapers fly off the shelf she catches them and puts them in the trolley.
Melissa: Okay that’s it then.
Prue’s work colleague Ethan comes round the corner with a kid there riding scooters he sees Prue a baby and a woman.
Ethan:Prue.
Prue:Ethan hey what you doing here?
Ethan:Getting my behind kicked by a five year old hey you little rug rat best two out of three come on.
Prue:So how’d you find me?
Ethan:Your assistant told me though she didn’t tell me you’d be here with a baby and another woman?
Prue: Oh yes this is my cousin Melissa and my nephew Matthew.
Ethan: Nice meeting you both so what you doing here?
Prue: We’ve sorter a family emergency.
Ethan:And you needed diapers?
Prue:For Matthew yeah my uncle just dropped him on us so he’s staying with us for a day or so.
Ethan:And you’d by coming back to work when?
Prue:Right after we drop this stuff off believe me there’ll be no more interruptions today.
EthanGood for a second there I thought maybe you’d changed your mind about going to New York.
Prue:Okay wait a second who’s been working late for the past three nights to get our presentation done?
Melissa: Excuse me guys but there’s a baby sleeping in the trolley so if you could keep your voices down a little?
Ethan: Sorry but I thought Prue and me had chance of winning so when she disappeared I figured she had second thoughts.
Prue:No I wanna go to New York believe me it’s just things happen in our family sometimes which need sorting out and.
Ethan: So I’ve heard you’ve a knack for coming in and leaving again often like you don’t care about our jobs or the fact we could get promotions.
Prue: Hold on Ethan I care about our jobs and us getting promotions.
Ethan: Great presentation’s today at three and the plane leaves tomorrow at nine I gotta a kid to catch.
He gets back on the scooter and rides away Prue and Melissa walk towards the checkout.
Police Station
Phoebe Piper Darryl Andy and a sketch artist called Hernandez are there Phoebe's telling the sketch artist what the guy in her premonition looked like.
Phoebe:I think his brows should be a little more arched and his hair a little lighter.
Hernandez lightens his hair and arches his brows on the computer.
Phoebe: Yeah that's better.
Piper: Didn’t you say his nose was bigger and wider?
Phoebe: Yes I did.
Hernandez makes the guys nose bigger and wider.
Hernandez:So we looking for a murder suspect?
Andy: Just do me a favour Hernandez no questions.
Hernandez:I still need to know what to do with him when I'm done with the sketch I mean what? Do I put it on the wire put out on APD or ship it to the psychic hotline?
Phoebe:Oh wait that's him.
Darryl:You sure?
Piper:Positive.
Andy:Okayprint up a copy and run it through the data base try to get us a name.
Hernandez looks at the two cops.
Darryl: Just do it.
Prue’s Office
She's receiving the fax of the man she's on the phone with Phoebe, who's still at the station.
Prue:Gilbert Van Lewen.
Phoebe:You know him?
Prue:Well I know the name his family has a huge art collection part of which they wanted to sell when his father mysteriously died last summer wait I just read somewhere that his brother died a couple of days ago too.
Phoebe:Sounds like the ghost isn't just after baby Matthew hey you wanna meet me Piper Darryl and Andy down at the Van Lewen estate? Have a little chat with Gilbert?
Prue sees Ethan and a delivery guy outside her office.
Phoebe: It would help having the power of three there in case the ghost shows up.
Prue:Sure who wants to go to New York anyway?
Phoebe:Bye.
They hang up Ethan comes in holding some take-away.
Ethan: Lunch’s served.
Kitchen
Melissa’s there humming a nursery rhythm whilst changing Matthew’s diaper taking the dirty one she throws it in the bin and switches the stove off that’s been heating a bottle up and checks the milks temperature on the back of her hand then gives it to Matthew to drink.
Matthew: There you sweetie.
He drinks hungrily.
Melissa: Well aren’t you hungry there little fellow.
She cleans his bottom with a baby wipe pours a little talc in her hand rubs it in him then puts on a clean diaper and picks him up.
Melissa: Okay then sorry if I seem a little rusty it’s just a long time since I’ve done this with my kids Alex and Maggie there five and three now you know.
They start walking out the room
Hallway
Melissa: They didn’t want me to go but I had no choice I pulled the shortest straw so I had to, to save my family so me and my cousins could exist I haven’t even thought about them or my family until now what with the source and everything.
Melissa’s Room
They orb in.
Melissa: I wonder how the war’s going are they okay I hope so I’m glad you weren’t born into that you wouldn’t wanna be you’d never last five minutes there no human wouldn't.
She stops looking at a framed picture she drew of her future family on the bedside cabinet next to her bed.
The Van Lewen's house
Gilbert:Alexandra for God's sake keeps your voice down please.
Alexandra:Where's Matthew Gilbert? What did you with him?
Gilbert:You’ve gotta believe me I did this for this for his own good.
Alexandra:You can't just abandon our baby like that what the hell gives you the right?
Gilbert:I had to I knew he would’ve gotten him tomorrow at the christening I know it that's when he strikes at the moment of greatest joy.
Alexandra:Okay Gilbert, listen to me I know you've been under a lot of strain because of what happened to your brother but this whole ghost thing has to stop don't you understand it's crazy there's no such as a.
Gilbert: It's him.
His mother Martha comes in.
Martha:Gilbert you've gotta get outta here now.
The ghost appears.
Ghost:Too late Martha he's next.
Martha:No not again I’ve suffered enough please spare my last son.
Ghost:If he brings the baby back from whoever has him perhaps.
Gilbert:Never.
The ghost zaps Gilbert and he falls over the banister.
Ghost:You're stuck here Martha I won't let you leave until you have watched me kill every last male in your family.
Outside the Van Lewen's house
There's police and paramedics there Prue pulls up in her BMWX5 next to Piper’s Jeep she walks over to Phoebe piper Darryl and Andy.
Prue:Hey what's going on?
Andy:Apparently Gilbert Van Lewen fell over the banister I think the medical examiners goanna list the cause of death as accidental.
Phoebe:Sure have been a lot of accidents around here lately.
Darryl:Yeah well welcome to homicide.
Piper:Poor Matthew.
Phoebe: We’d better phone Mel tell her the news.
Prue: Here.
She gives Phoebe her cell phone.
Andy:Wait upwe don't know for sure that Gilbert was his father.
Phoebe:Well we’ve gotta know for sure.
Darryl:Whoa hold it number one this isn't our crime scene number two you three aren’t cops remember?
Piper:Darryl this is our sorta thing we can’t just walk away from it.
Prue:Rightwe’ve gotta find out whether this is Matthew's home or not.
They walk inside there's a cop standing at the doorway.
Andy:They're with us.
Cop:Let me guess your psychic friends?
Darryl:Let me guess you wanna be a metre man? Who called it in?
Cop:The victim’s mother Martha Van Lewen she's around the corner.
Andy:(To Prue Phoebe and Piper) we’ll do all the talking to Mrs Van Lewen are we clear?
Phoebe:Perfectly.
Side of House
Darryl and Andy Morris walks up to Martha.
Darryl:Mrs Van Lewen I'm Inspector Morris and this is Lieutenant Trudeau we’re terribly sorry for your loss.
Martha:Thank you.
Andy:We’ve a couple of questions we’d like to ask you and your daughter in law.
Martha:Well Alexandra's off resting now she's in a great deal of pain.
Darryl:Of course she's with her baby then?
Martha:No my grandson's staying at his aunts I'm sorry officers I really don't feel like talking.
Prue Phoebe and Piper walk upstairs.
Andy:I understand and again our sincerest condolences.
Matthew’s Room
Prue Phoebe and Piper walk into a baby's room Phoebe sees a pillow with "Matthew" embroiled on it.
Phoebe:No question about it this is Matthew’s home.
Prue:They must love him dearly I can't imagine how painful it must’ve been to let him go.
Piper: We probably shouldn't mention where Matthew is or that Mel’s looking after him in case Casper's still around.
Alexandra comes into the room seeing the three girls.
Alexandra:What you doing in here?
Phoebe:Hi uh sorry Alexandra?
Alexandra:Yeswho are you?
Phoebe:I'm Phoebe Halliwell these are my sisters Prue and Piper we're.
Prue:Uh grief counsellors with the police department.
Alexandra:I don't need any counselling I just need to be alone.
Piper:We understand.
Phoebe:More than you know we can help you Alexandra.
Alexandra:Oh really? Can you bring my husband back from the dead?
Prue:No but maybe someone else.
Alexandra:Please leave just go.
Hallway
The sisters walk in through the front door hearing something coming from the lounge.
Lounge
Walking in they see Melissa getting Matthew to sleep by singing him a lullaby softly.
Melissa: Hush little baby don’t say a word mommy’s goanna bye you a mockingbird and if that mockingbird don’t sing daddy’s goanna bye you a diamond ring and if that diamond ring turns brass mommy’s goanna bye you a looking glass.
She notices them and stops singing.
Melissa: (Whispering to the sisters) Oh hey guys I was just getting him of to sleep.
Phoebe: (Whispering to Melissa) that’s okay.
They start walking off.
Melissa: So his father’s really dead?
Prue: Yes.
Melissa: (Upset) Oh god the poor little guy his mother?
Piper: She’s fine and his grandmother also.
Melissa: Good at least he won’t have to go through what I and my cousins did when you three died the ghost was there?
Phoebe: No but you can bet you bottom dollar he killed Gilbert Van Lewen.
Piper: Which’s why we’ve gotta find out who he is and read up in the book how to vanquish him.
Melissa: Okay you three do that and take over looking after Matthew while I go see what the Elders know as I’ve done my share for now.
She orbs up there.
Prue: Hey I’ve just thought.
Phoebe: Thought what?
Prue: Piper’s problem with the club.
Piper: We’re going off the subject now?
Prue: No I’ve just had an idea of how you can sort out your midweek problem and get more money Mel why not have her sing there all you’d need do’s hire a band to play what she’d sing.
Piper: Mel?
Prue: Why not? You heard her singing to Matthew she was great I’d bet she’d pull a lot of people in with that voice I mean whaddya gotta lose you try her once and if they don’t like it okay then and if they do you could make it a regular thing.
Piper: I suppose so yes.
Ah the Van Lewen's don't have much luck with men do they especially now a ghosts after Matthew. Will the Halliwell's & Melissa save him or will he die like the rest of his male relations have? Read on & find out.
Disclaimer: I don’t own any of the charmed characters they all belong to Aaron Spelling productions except Melissa.
Authors Notes: This is my series of charmed going from season two to seven all stories will be the same as that on the show except seasons two and three, which will class as one year because of Dan and Cole the rest will continue as normal.
Note: My stories will be a little different but still have the same outcome so the episodes fit together. All the characters of charmed including Andy Trudeau who didn’t die Darryl Morris Triad Source will be recurring characters as well as Cole who works for the Triad. I’ll be using spells from the show and some I create myself in these stories they’ll be different but have the same affect and better sounding.
Extra Note: This episode’s the same as Reckless Abandon except Ethan Reynolds a work colleague of Prue’s is in here instead of Jack Sheridan and Dan Gordon something happens with Prue Andy Piper and Leo you find out Melissa used to be in a band with her cousins in the future which explains her singing at the end and Cole comes back at the end as well.
Lounge Tuesday Fifth February
Prue’s comes in seeing Melissa changing a light bulb she’s wearing blouse skirt three inch heel black shoes curly hair Melissa’s wearing short vest blue jeans black trainers her hairs tied up in a half hanging ponytail and all her tattoos except her leg one are showing Piper sitting nearby on the table with an empty written notepads wearing a top and below the knee skirt and wedged heeled sandals.
Prue:Heyhave you seen my slides anywhere sis?
Piper: There over by the TV.
Prue:Oh thank god Ethan would’ve killed me if I’d lost them.
She gets the slides off the TV.
Melissa: Who’s Ethan?
Prue: A work colleague Mr Cauldwell the new Buckland’s owners been pairing employees up and asking them to write a presentation which if the best ones selected will go on an all expenses paid weekend trip to New York me and Ethan are hoping he picks us.
Piper: I don’t know Prue what with everything going on should you really go?
Prue: Piper Cauldwell hasn’t even chose us yet and besides we’ve been demon free two weeks and don’t know how long the source and his people are goanna chase Cole so if we goanna do anything we should do it while we’ve the chance and if I win I could get promoted meaning more money coming into the house.
Piper: Okay then.
Prue sees a baby basket next to Piper.
Prue: Hey what’s in there?
Piper: Things I did for Lisa Kreggers baby shower.
Prue realizes something.
Prue: Oh no the baby shower I totally forgot.
Piper: And so did Phoebe but don’t worry I done it from all of us.
Prue: Thank you.
Prue looks inside.
Prue: Wow you’ve certainly done a lot in here including this.
She holds out a cute little teddy bear.
Piper: Oh that yeah I knitted it.
Prue:You knit? I didn’t know you knit?
Piper: Well after seeing Grams do it so many times I just learnt what she did I even had extra yarn left to make some little booties cute aren’t they?
Piper holds up a pair of booties.
Prue:Oh there so adorable.
She takes them off Piper.
Prue: So I guess this is really good practice for you then?
Piper:What you talking about?
Prue:You Leo rocking the Kasbah little Mel.
Hearing this Melissa looks at Prue disgusted.
Melissa: Hey no sex talk in front of me thank you.
Prue: (Laughs) Oh come on sweetie you’ve had sex before.
Melissa: Yes but I’ve never heard my aunt talk about my parents doing that like my aunt Felicia never talked about my parents doing that in the future.
Prue: Talking about your parents having sex isn’t disgusting Mel.
Melissa: It is for me it’s icky and gross and just even imaging it oh.
Prue: Oh but you don’t mind what the end result is.
Piper: Okay can we stop talking about me and Leo and start talk about something else.
Prue: Alright let’s talk about why you’re sitting on the couch with an empty notepad on the table.
Piper: Now that would be me trying to figure out what to do with the club.
Melissa: Why what’s wrong? I thought P Three’s doing fine?
Piper: It is but we can’t keep relying on weekend profits to see us through the week we need to make money then also.
Prue: So book more bands?
Piper: I’ve tried but they don’t wanna play then because they’ll get more of crowds on Saturday’s.
Melissa: So what else you goanna do?
Piper: I don’t know but I’d better think of something fast.
Police station
A policeman brings in a baby Phoebe’s there with Darryl and Andy.
Phoebe:Ohcome on guys open your minds this could so work you know.
Darryl:Phoebe look it’s not that we don’t appreciate your offer it’s just our stock in this precincts not exactly blue chip.
Andy: And the last thing we needs word getting out that we’re using a psychic to solve our cases.
Phoebe: Oh really and how many of those cases are unsolved hmm? How many parents out there are trying to find out who murdered their son or raped their daughter?
Darryl: Hundreds but a lot of them are outstanding many years and if we’re suddenly solved them without no prove people would wanna know how we did it which could expose you which we won’t do.
Phoebe: So no one would need to know all you’d do is give me the evidence I’d touch it and if I got a flash you’d pay me whatever and then we’re in business.
She picks up a butter knife and pretends to have a premonition.
Phoebe: Oh my god I see blood flesh you had the sausages for breakfast didn’t you?
Darryl:PhoebeI hate sausages.
Phoebe:Sorry little joke.
Andy(Talking to the other cops who’re watching) Alright people move it along.
Phoebe sees the baby crying and three policemen are jiggling a baby rattle above it.
Phoebe:Hey what the hell they doing to that baby?
Darryl: It was brought in a couple of minutes ago.
Phoebe: (Shocked) you mean its parents just walked in and abandoned it?
Andy: Now don’t go making assumptions Phoebe we don’t know the facts yet.
Phoebe gets up and walks over to the officers and the baby.
Darryl: Phoebe wait.
The two cops follow her.
Phoebe:Hey get off him what you trying to do scare the little guy? Go on shoo.
She takes the rattle off an officer and sits down in front of the baby.
Andy: You’d better do as she says.
The other officers walk away.
Phoebe:Hey there sweetie.
The baby continues crying.
Phoebe: You can stop crying now.
She notices "Matthew" embroidered on the blanket.
Phoebe: Matthew.
The baby continues crying still.
Phoebe: Or maybe not alright its goanna be okay everything’s goanna be.
She takes him out of his capsule and holds him Phoebe has a premonition of someone taking Matthew and then a ghost appears and zaps the guy the premonition ends.
Darryl:Phoebe you okay?
OPENING CREDITS
I am the son and the heir
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
See I’ve already waited to long
And all my hope is gone
STARRING
PRUDENCE DONNA HALLIWELL
PIPER MARIE HALLIWELL
PHOEBE JAYNE HALLIWELL
MELISSA HALE
LEONARDO THEODORE WYATT
COLERIDGE TURNER / BELTHAZOR
ANDREW TRUDEAU
DARRYL MORRIS
GUEST STARRING
BABY MATTHEW
ELIAS LUNDY
MARTHA VAN LEWEN
ALEXANADRA VAN LEWEN
GILBERT VAN LEWEN
ETHAN REYNOLDS
FLETCH BARTENDER
SPECIAL MUSIC STAR
MELISSA HALE
San Francisco Bay and City Daytime
Fading in various scenes of San Francisco bay and city are shown whilst John Lennon and Paul Mc Cartney’s hit Golden Lullaby’s playing.
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing you a lullaby
Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing you a lullaby
Lounge
Melissa and Piper are talking there when Phoebe comes in shouting in through the front door.
Phoebe: Hello can somebody help here please this baby’s not stopped crying since the police station.
Matthew still cries.
Phoebe: And he’s giving me a headache.
Melissa: Try doing the rock and walk?
Phoebe: The what?
Melissa: Hold him like this.
She shows how.
Melissa: And bob him up and down the room while shushing him.
Phoebe does so Matthew starts settling she looks on amazed.
PhoebeOh my god that’s amazinghow did you know to do that?
Melissa: Babies love it, it reminds of them being in the womb I used to do it with Alex and Maggie whenever they got like that.
Phoebe puts him back in the carrier.
Piper: Okay what’s a baby doing here?
Phoebe: I had a premonition at the police station about a ghost going after him though I don’t know if it’s of the past or future but I’d guess past because it would make sense that they would abandon him to try and save him.
Melissa: Aunt Phoebe I wouldn’t call an Eddie Bauer car seat and a blanket lined in silk abandoned his parents obviously cared for him.
Piper: You’re sure it was a ghost?
Phoebe:Yeah I think I know ghosts by now though I can’t figure out why one of those would want to hurt that cute little baby.
Melissa:And Darryl and Andy let you take him home?
Phoebe:After I told them about the premonition yeah but they said we’ve only twenty-four hours before Social Services start asking questions.
Piper:So what we supposed to do with him now? Raise him in the ways of witchcraft? Teach him how to fight ghosts?
Matthew starts crying again.
Piper: Oh not again anybody?
Melissa: Try picking him up and tap and rub his back gently he may’ve gas in him.
Piper: Me? Why don’t you do it?
Melissa: Because you’re closest to him and it’ll give you practice for when you have me.
Piper: (Relenting) Okay fine.
She picks him up and does what Melissa says.
Piper:That’s a good baby a very good little baby okay.
He starts settling again she puts Matthew back in his baby capsule.
Melissa: See you’re both becoming naturals already.
Phoebe: Only because you’re telling us what to do.
Melissa: And that’ll hopefully prepare you for the future.
Piper: Hey how about this?
Piper picks up the bear she made and waves it in front of him.
Piper: Hi sweetie, do you like bears?
Matthew throws up on the bear.
Phoebe: Yeah he doesn’t like things being waved in his face.
Piper: Wellobviously.
Melissa: I’ll get a towel.
Melissa gets a towel and starts’ wiping Phoebe the front door opens and Prue walks in.
Prue:Okay Pheebes I’m here. What’s the emergency?
Phoebe/Piper/Melissa:Shh!
Prue notices Matthew.
Prue:We’ve a baby?
Piper:Phoebe picked him up at the police station.
Prue: What? Ithought you were going there to ask for a job not a kid.
Phoebe:I was but then this abandoned baby came in and.
Prue: Abandoned?
Phoebe:Yes.
Prue:In an Eddie Bauer car seat and a blanket lined in silk? His parents would’ve had to be rich to give him that meaning he wasn’t abandoned.
Piper:Hey guys me thinks he’s finally falling asleep.
Prue:Okay I don’t get it If the parents could afford such expensive stuff then how come they couldn’t keep the kid?
Phoebe:I don’t think that’s why he was abandoned.
Matthew starts making noises.
Piper:Oh nohe’s like a car alarm any sudden vibration will set him off and there’s nothing we can do to stop it.
Melissa: That’s being defeatist mom just put your pinkie finger in his mouth.
She does so Matthew sucks on it and quietens.
Prue: Wow looky here we’ve got an original Mary Poppins.
Phoebe: Yeah Mel’s been teaching us babies classes.
Prue:Mmm so what was your premonition about?
Phoebe: It was about a ghost chasing the baby and a man carrying the baby probably his father Darryl and Andy said I could drop by at lunch they could get a sketch artist to help me ID him.
Prue:Good because the only way to find out why the ghost’s after the baby is finding out whom he belongs to.
Piper: Okay let’s go.
Prue Phoebe and Piper grab their coats and bags.
Melissa: Whoa wait a sec what about Matthew? You can’t just leave him here he’ll need stuff formula diapers baby wipes.
Phoebe: So take him with you to the supermarket and get what you need he won’t be along then will he?
Melissa: I can’t do that I’ve gotta go up there and find out what ghost we’re dealing with.
Phoebe: Can’t that wait I think Matthew’s a bit more important don’t you? I mean we won’t don’t know what right stuff to get we’ve never been mothers before you have.
Melissa: And if I do go how am I supposed to orb a baby home and a load of shopping?
Prue: Well we can use my car and bring the stuff back before I get back to work.
Melissa: And what about the power of three?
Piper: If we need it we’ll call you.
Phoebe and Piper leave.
Prue: I’ll go get my car keys.
Prue goes upstairs to get her cars keys from the safe.
Wal-Mart
Prue and Melissa walk in with a trolley which has Matthew in the baby seat Melissa has a list.
Melissa: Okay now remember babies drink and pee often so we’ll need a lot of diapers formula and baby wipes.
She hands her a list of items.
Prue: Jesus Christ how much does it cost to feed a baby?
Melissa: Lots but that’s why supermarkets have buy one get one free deals.
They walk on.
Time Lapse
There walking around with items inside the trolley Prue checks the list.
Prue: Okay next items diapers.
They head down the diaper isle and stop Prue picks up some diapers.
Prue: Hey what about those?
Melissa looks at them.
Melissa: Wrong size Matthew’s medium not small and you’re paying for the name not the diapers.
Prue: Really? I thought Pampers were good?
Melissa: They are but you get the same amount of diapers with Wal-Mart’s version and there one dollar twenty cheaper and do just as well as Pampers.
Prue: Okay.
She puts them back and looks for the Wal-Mart version she spots them on the top shelf.
Prue: Hey Mel makes sure no ones looking will you?
She does so Prue uses her power and two packets of diapers fly off the shelf she catches them and puts them in the trolley.
Melissa: Okay that’s it then.
Prue’s work colleague Ethan comes round the corner with a kid there riding scooters he sees Prue a baby and a woman.
Ethan:Prue.
Prue:Ethan hey what you doing here?
Ethan:Getting my behind kicked by a five year old hey you little rug rat best two out of three come on.
Prue:So how’d you find me?
Ethan:Your assistant told me though she didn’t tell me you’d be here with a baby and another woman?
Prue: Oh yes this is my cousin Melissa and my nephew Matthew.
Ethan: Nice meeting you both so what you doing here?
Prue: We’ve sorter a family emergency.
Ethan:And you needed diapers?
Prue:For Matthew yeah my uncle just dropped him on us so he’s staying with us for a day or so.
Ethan:And you’d by coming back to work when?
Prue:Right after we drop this stuff off believe me there’ll be no more interruptions today.
EthanGood for a second there I thought maybe you’d changed your mind about going to New York.
Prue:Okay wait a second who’s been working late for the past three nights to get our presentation done?
Melissa: Excuse me guys but there’s a baby sleeping in the trolley so if you could keep your voices down a little?
Ethan: Sorry but I thought Prue and me had chance of winning so when she disappeared I figured she had second thoughts.
Prue:No I wanna go to New York believe me it’s just things happen in our family sometimes which need sorting out and.
Ethan: So I’ve heard you’ve a knack for coming in and leaving again often like you don’t care about our jobs or the fact we could get promotions.
Prue: Hold on Ethan I care about our jobs and us getting promotions.
Ethan: Great presentation’s today at three and the plane leaves tomorrow at nine I gotta a kid to catch.
He gets back on the scooter and rides away Prue and Melissa walk towards the checkout.
Police Station
Phoebe Piper Darryl Andy and a sketch artist called Hernandez are there Phoebe's telling the sketch artist what the guy in her premonition looked like.
Phoebe:I think his brows should be a little more arched and his hair a little lighter.
Hernandez lightens his hair and arches his brows on the computer.
Phoebe: Yeah that's better.
Piper: Didn’t you say his nose was bigger and wider?
Phoebe: Yes I did.
Hernandez makes the guys nose bigger and wider.
Hernandez:So we looking for a murder suspect?
Andy: Just do me a favour Hernandez no questions.
Hernandez:I still need to know what to do with him when I'm done with the sketch I mean what? Do I put it on the wire put out on APD or ship it to the psychic hotline?
Phoebe:Oh wait that's him.
Darryl:You sure?
Piper:Positive.
Andy:Okayprint up a copy and run it through the data base try to get us a name.
Hernandez looks at the two cops.
Darryl: Just do it.
Prue’s Office
She's receiving the fax of the man she's on the phone with Phoebe, who's still at the station.
Prue:Gilbert Van Lewen.
Phoebe:You know him?
Prue:Well I know the name his family has a huge art collection part of which they wanted to sell when his father mysteriously died last summer wait I just read somewhere that his brother died a couple of days ago too.
Phoebe:Sounds like the ghost isn't just after baby Matthew hey you wanna meet me Piper Darryl and Andy down at the Van Lewen estate? Have a little chat with Gilbert?
Prue sees Ethan and a delivery guy outside her office.
Phoebe: It would help having the power of three there in case the ghost shows up.
Prue:Sure who wants to go to New York anyway?
Phoebe:Bye.
They hang up Ethan comes in holding some take-away.
Ethan: Lunch’s served.
Kitchen
Melissa’s there humming a nursery rhythm whilst changing Matthew’s diaper taking the dirty one she throws it in the bin and switches the stove off that’s been heating a bottle up and checks the milks temperature on the back of her hand then gives it to Matthew to drink.
Matthew: There you sweetie.
He drinks hungrily.
Melissa: Well aren’t you hungry there little fellow.
She cleans his bottom with a baby wipe pours a little talc in her hand rubs it in him then puts on a clean diaper and picks him up.
Melissa: Okay then sorry if I seem a little rusty it’s just a long time since I’ve done this with my kids Alex and Maggie there five and three now you know.
They start walking out the room
Hallway
Melissa: They didn’t want me to go but I had no choice I pulled the shortest straw so I had to, to save my family so me and my cousins could exist I haven’t even thought about them or my family until now what with the source and everything.
Melissa’s Room
They orb in.
Melissa: I wonder how the war’s going are they okay I hope so I’m glad you weren’t born into that you wouldn’t wanna be you’d never last five minutes there no human wouldn't.
She stops looking at a framed picture she drew of her future family on the bedside cabinet next to her bed.
The Van Lewen's house
Gilbert:Alexandra for God's sake keeps your voice down please.
Alexandra:Where's Matthew Gilbert? What did you with him?
Gilbert:You’ve gotta believe me I did this for this for his own good.
Alexandra:You can't just abandon our baby like that what the hell gives you the right?
Gilbert:I had to I knew he would’ve gotten him tomorrow at the christening I know it that's when he strikes at the moment of greatest joy.
Alexandra:Okay Gilbert, listen to me I know you've been under a lot of strain because of what happened to your brother but this whole ghost thing has to stop don't you understand it's crazy there's no such as a.
Gilbert: It's him.
His mother Martha comes in.
Martha:Gilbert you've gotta get outta here now.
The ghost appears.
Ghost:Too late Martha he's next.
Martha:No not again I’ve suffered enough please spare my last son.
Ghost:If he brings the baby back from whoever has him perhaps.
Gilbert:Never.
The ghost zaps Gilbert and he falls over the banister.
Ghost:You're stuck here Martha I won't let you leave until you have watched me kill every last male in your family.
Outside the Van Lewen's house
There's police and paramedics there Prue pulls up in her BMWX5 next to Piper’s Jeep she walks over to Phoebe piper Darryl and Andy.
Prue:Hey what's going on?
Andy:Apparently Gilbert Van Lewen fell over the banister I think the medical examiners goanna list the cause of death as accidental.
Phoebe:Sure have been a lot of accidents around here lately.
Darryl:Yeah well welcome to homicide.
Piper:Poor Matthew.
Phoebe: We’d better phone Mel tell her the news.
Prue: Here.
She gives Phoebe her cell phone.
Andy:Wait upwe don't know for sure that Gilbert was his father.
Phoebe:Well we’ve gotta know for sure.
Darryl:Whoa hold it number one this isn't our crime scene number two you three aren’t cops remember?
Piper:Darryl this is our sorta thing we can’t just walk away from it.
Prue:Rightwe’ve gotta find out whether this is Matthew's home or not.
They walk inside there's a cop standing at the doorway.
Andy:They're with us.
Cop:Let me guess your psychic friends?
Darryl:Let me guess you wanna be a metre man? Who called it in?
Cop:The victim’s mother Martha Van Lewen she's around the corner.
Andy:(To Prue Phoebe and Piper) we’ll do all the talking to Mrs Van Lewen are we clear?
Phoebe:Perfectly.
Side of House
Darryl and Andy Morris walks up to Martha.
Darryl:Mrs Van Lewen I'm Inspector Morris and this is Lieutenant Trudeau we’re terribly sorry for your loss.
Martha:Thank you.
Andy:We’ve a couple of questions we’d like to ask you and your daughter in law.
Martha:Well Alexandra's off resting now she's in a great deal of pain.
Darryl:Of course she's with her baby then?
Martha:No my grandson's staying at his aunts I'm sorry officers I really don't feel like talking.
Prue Phoebe and Piper walk upstairs.
Andy:I understand and again our sincerest condolences.
Matthew’s Room
Prue Phoebe and Piper walk into a baby's room Phoebe sees a pillow with "Matthew" embroiled on it.
Phoebe:No question about it this is Matthew’s home.
Prue:They must love him dearly I can't imagine how painful it must’ve been to let him go.
Piper: We probably shouldn't mention where Matthew is or that Mel’s looking after him in case Casper's still around.
Alexandra comes into the room seeing the three girls.
Alexandra:What you doing in here?
Phoebe:Hi uh sorry Alexandra?
Alexandra:Yeswho are you?
Phoebe:I'm Phoebe Halliwell these are my sisters Prue and Piper we're.
Prue:Uh grief counsellors with the police department.
Alexandra:I don't need any counselling I just need to be alone.
Piper:We understand.
Phoebe:More than you know we can help you Alexandra.
Alexandra:Oh really? Can you bring my husband back from the dead?
Prue:No but maybe someone else.
Alexandra:Please leave just go.
Hallway
The sisters walk in through the front door hearing something coming from the lounge.
Lounge
Walking in they see Melissa getting Matthew to sleep by singing him a lullaby softly.
Melissa: Hush little baby don’t say a word mommy’s goanna bye you a mockingbird and if that mockingbird don’t sing daddy’s goanna bye you a diamond ring and if that diamond ring turns brass mommy’s goanna bye you a looking glass.
She notices them and stops singing.
Melissa: (Whispering to the sisters) Oh hey guys I was just getting him of to sleep.
Phoebe: (Whispering to Melissa) that’s okay.
They start walking off.
Melissa: So his father’s really dead?
Prue: Yes.
Melissa: (Upset) Oh god the poor little guy his mother?
Piper: She’s fine and his grandmother also.
Melissa: Good at least he won’t have to go through what I and my cousins did when you three died the ghost was there?
Phoebe: No but you can bet you bottom dollar he killed Gilbert Van Lewen.
Piper: Which’s why we’ve gotta find out who he is and read up in the book how to vanquish him.
Melissa: Okay you three do that and take over looking after Matthew while I go see what the Elders know as I’ve done my share for now.
She orbs up there.
Prue: Hey I’ve just thought.
Phoebe: Thought what?
Prue: Piper’s problem with the club.
Piper: We’re going off the subject now?
Prue: No I’ve just had an idea of how you can sort out your midweek problem and get more money Mel why not have her sing there all you’d need do’s hire a band to play what she’d sing.
Piper: Mel?
Prue: Why not? You heard her singing to Matthew she was great I’d bet she’d pull a lot of people in with that voice I mean whaddya gotta lose you try her once and if they don’t like it okay then and if they do you could make it a regular thing.
Piper: I suppose so yes.
Ah the Van Lewen's don't have much luck with men do they especially now a ghosts after Matthew. Will the Halliwell's & Melissa save him or will he die like the rest of his male relations have? Read on & find out.
