CHARMED A NEW DESTINY

EPISODE THREE:HELL HATH NO FURY

[Scene: On the road in Payson's car. Piper, Payson and Cole are in it. Cole is driving, Piper's in the passenger seat, and Payson's in the backseat. The car screeches around the corner.]

Piper: Okay, turn left up here. And can you step on the gas a little?

(Cole screeches around the corner, nearly hitting a taxi. Payson gasps, and the taxi driver honks his horn.)

Payson: Off the gas! Off the gas!

(She pats him on the shoulder.)

Cole: Does somebody else want to drive here?

Piper: Payson, the demon is not waiting around for us to come and vanquish him.

Payson: I know that.

Cole: But we don't even know if we have enough power to vanquish him.

Payson: He has a small point; scrying for random evil doesn't exactly tell us much.

Piper: It tells us where the demons are and since we vanquished two already this week, I say it's working pretty well.

Payson: Yeah, but some of that was Cole saving our asses. I'm all up for demon hunting, but two witches and half a demon does not the Power of Three make. When I found that demon I was hoping we could bring Paige on a vanquish for once.

Piper: So what are we supposed to do? Sit around and wait for them to pick us all off? We can't just wait around for Paige to get done with work so we can vanquish demons.

Payson: (sighs) If we weren't going after them, they'd be coming after us, I know.

Cole: They're coming after you anyway. The Source is coming after you. And you won't be ready for him because instead of teaching Paige how to be a witch, you're always out hunting for demons.

Piper: Speaking of, Payson, do we have any kind of plan here or...?

Payson: The plan is to vanquish the demon.

Cole: Great. Any chance you've mastered your powers or are you still freezing and exploding at random? And Payson, do you have your aim back, because my head is still killing me.

(Payson hits him lightly on the shoulder.)

Piper: Random, but you know what they say, there's nothing like field practice. Turn here! (Cole screeches around another corner and drives down an alley.) Stop! (Cole slams on the breaks. A bald demon is in the middle of strangling a man. Piper, Payson and Cole get out of the car.) Hey! Big scary demon!

(The demon turns around and Payson throws him back so that the man escapes from his grip and runs away. The demon's eyes glow bright red. Piper uses her power and the demon bloats up. His face turns red.)

Cole: He's going to blow!

(Payson and Cole quickly jump back in the car and shut the doors. The demon explodes and green goo splats on the front of the car. Cole turns on the windscreen wipers. Piper walks over to the car and opens the passenger door.)

Piper: Next!

(Piper grins and gets in the car. Payson and Cole look at each other, then at Piper, who is still grinning.)

Opening Credits

[Scene: South Bay Social Services. Paige is at her desk reading a Witches and Witchcraft book.]

Paige: (in her head) Throughout history, witches have been misunderstood, persecuted and destroyed. The public hanging, drowning, and burning of women suspected of witchcraft is a far more recent chapter of our history then most people realize. (She gasps and suddenly has a vision of a blond haired woman tied to a stake. The woman looks up and smiles even as the flames climb.)