CHARMED A NEW DESTINY

EPISODE EIGHT: BLACK AS COLE

the picture is Paige's outfit

[Scene: Manor. Attic. Piper and Paige are there. Piper is pacing, while Paige looks through the Book of Shadows.]

Paige: A demon who likes to kill witches. Well, that narrows it down to about every page in the book.

Piper: We have one clue. We know he likes to use an athame.

Paige: How does that help?

Piper: Well, it means he has hands. Keep flipping.

Paige: So, I hear you and Leo are thinking about having a baby.

Piper: Where did you hear that from?

(Paige shrugs.)

Paige: From Payson. (Piper rolls her eyes.) Oh, did I just break some sort of sister confidentiality clause?

Piper: No, you didn't, and no we aren't.

Paige: Really? Don't you want to? Not to be nosey but I'm going to be an aunt and all.

(Piper sighs.)

Piper: You're not going to be an aunt, all right? At least not any time soon, it's too risky. It would be in constant danger around us.

Paige: What does Leo think?

Piper: Leo thinks that there's enough magic around here we'd be able to protect it.

Paige: Maybe he's right.

Piper: Maybe he's not. Keep flipping.

Paige: I'm flipping. (She flips a couple of pages and stops.) You know, it's not like having a baby isn't hard enough even without demons attacking. But for what it's worth, there are ways of seeing what it's like before you actually have one.

Piper: Mm-hmm, great. Well, the next time you pass a baby rental, pick one up for Leo.

Paige: Maybe I will.

(Leo orbs in. Piper gets a fright.)

Leo: So, did you find anything out?

Piper: Uh, yeah, I scryed for the location of the demon using the slime from the last victim, and Payson and Cole are checking it out.

Leo: Alright, well, I hope that it pans out because with two dead witches they're pretty concerned up there.

Piper: Okay, well, we are pretty concerned down here too.

Paige: Hey, I think I found something. "Upper level demon who likes to kill witches using an athame, sometimes with energy balls..." His name, Belthazor.

(Piper and Leo look at each other and back at Paige.)

Leo: I don't think so.

Paige: Why not?

Leo: Well, because that's, uh, Cole, in his demonic form.

Piper: You knew he was half demon.

Paige: Yeah, but I didn't know he could turn into that.

(The phone rings. Piper answers it.)

Piper: Hello?

[Cut to an alley. Payson and Cole are walking down it. Payson's talking to Piper on her phone.]

Payson: We're at Battery and Clay but there's no sign of any demons.

[Cut to the attic.]

Piper: Okay, I'll scry for him again. Talk to Paige.