Sweetie, it's four o'clock in the morning, what are you doing? You're bleeding.
I don't understand why magic can't fix this. And why we can't bring Prue back. It's not like we haven't cheated death before. I don't understand why this time isn't any different.
Because Leo can't heal the dead, Piper. You know that.
There's other magic, magic that we've used before. It's like the book just deserted us and deserted Prue, and I don't understand why.
We lost our sister. How can we ever understand that? We have tried every magical way to bring her back. But we can't. She's gone. I just thank God that I didn't lose you too. Now, we have to get some rest, Prue will never forgive us if we look bad at her funeral.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Thank you. How did you know Prue? From work?
No. Just from around. You know...
No, I don't... I don't think so. Anyway, my condolences.
Thank you. (She shakes Paige's hand -- then gets hit with a powerful premonition: Paige is on a skyscraper rooftop helipad. She screams as she squeezes her eyes shut in fear as the demon Shax gestures and sends a concessive blast toward her to kill her. She stumbles to the floor after her premonition ends.)
(Piper, Leo, Victor, and Cole rush over to her as Paige, oblivious, but not wanting to stick around, leaves. Leo and Victor help Phoebe stand up.)
I saw him! The demon that killed Prue.
He was killing that girl.
The one who I was just talking to. I gotta go find her!
(Bounty Hunters 2 suddenly materialize on either side of Cole and immediately fire lightning bolts at him. Cole dives, just barely avoiding the bolts, which blow up the altar.)
(Leo pulls her behind a pillar for safety. Victor looks on in disbelief. Cole rolls, comes up firing, vanquishing Bounty Hunter #2, but Bounty Hunter #3 appears. Before he can kill Cole, though, Phoebe runs up and knocks him to the ground with an expert martial arts move. She then hides behind a statue.)
Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Damnit! This is Prue's funeral for God's sake! Can we at least bury her in peace?! Is that too much to ask?!
(She knocks over a vase of flowers. She then storms out in tears.)
I don't see her anywhere.
The girl from my preminition.
(A passing mourner, overhearing that, quietly reacts. Leo, seeing that, pulls Phoebe to the main stairs, where they can have some privacy.)
Phoebe, you gotta be more careful.
You sure don't recognize her from anywhere?
Well, she did look familiar like I've seen her somewhere before. But somehow, we got to find her before nightfall, or else…
(Phoebe slides a flower vase over an inch, then back again. Cole gently grabs her arm with a concerned look.)
Honey, what are you doing?
But you don't clean. You hate cleaning.
I know. But it's better than falling apart, right?
Maybe you should just try and focus on a girl, you said she was attacked on a rooftop?
Yeah, one with the helipad. But it wasn't a tall building, although, there were a lot of taller ones around it.
Okay, so we just need to figure out which building it was before Shax does.
And do what exactly? You can't defeat Shax, not without the Power of Three.
That's because Prue was the strongest. Trying to do without her will be suicide.
Maybe so. But I got that premonition today for a reason, Piper. That girl is our innocent. So we have to try and save her.
Says who?! Why do we have to?
What? Do you really expect us to keep doing this stuff, after what happened, to keep risking our lives?! Do they?!
Piper, keep your voice down...
No, Leo, I won't! I don't want to do this anymore, okay? It's over! You can tell them we buried their precious Charmed Ones when we buried our sister.
Hello, my darling. How are you?
How am I? Are you kidding? Do you guys not get the news up there?
I meant... How are you holding up?
Not very well. I'm a little...lost. Why didn't you come before when I called after...?
I couldn't, Piper. I was... busy.
Oh, of course you were, that makes sense. Is she okay?
Your mother and I are helping her through this.
I'm not allow to tell you now, just like you're not allow to see her. At least not for a while, anyway.
Because seeing Prue right now, speaking to her, keeps her alive for you. Which keeps you from being able to move on with your life... to continue your destiny.
What destiny?! Okay, it's over, it's done, Prue is gone, and I...
I know, sweetie, I know. But if there's one thing you learned over the last three years it's that there's always a reason for everything. Which means, there's a reason for this, too. Your destiny still awaits. Blessed be.
Oh, never mind. It's boring. All right, but if I tell you all about Paige and you use it against me, I will get out my voodoo doll and make you sorry you're a man. So my sad story is that I'm adopted, only it's not so sad because I loved my parents, God rest. So after they died, I went searching for my birth mother, hoping to get some answers. I went to the police station, found the church where I was dumped at… I checked around. I figured she must've lived near here, you know? They even thought I might've been… related to the Halliwell sisters for a minute, but their Mom died a long time ago, so I gave up on that.
SShane
Well, did you ever meet the sisters, ask them about it or…
Yeah right. "Hi. I think your Mom might've abandoned me at birth. What's for dinner?" No. I don't think so.
Yeah, sure, why not? We could have another funeral tomorrow. I mean, all the dishes are out, and we pretty much know who to invite.
Just tell me one thing. Are you insane or are you just plain stupid? We bury Prue this morning and you go off tonight and nearly join her. What the hell is the matter with you?!
I was trying to save the innocent.
No. You were trying to get yourself killed, which is what this family does best is get killed. Isn't it obvious by now that our only destiny is to die? And you are making it way too easy for them, Phoebe. You are just walking right into it!
I can not handle anything right now and I certainly cannot handle losing another sister.
(finding out that there is a possibility that the Charmed Ones can be reconstituted following Prue's death, Piper furiously marches up to the attic)
I'm going to ask Grams what's going on, actually.
Mm-hmm! Your destiny still awaits, she says. There's a reason for everything, she says. So now it's time to summon her transparent butt back here and find out exactly what that reason is!
(tensely reciting the spell, interrupting Phoebe loudly) Hear these words, hear my cry, spirit from the other side. Come to me, I summon thee, (angrily) cross now the Great DIVIDE!
Piper, why are you calling? Phoebe? What's going on?
Yeah, I'm angry, um, I'm confused, and you know what, this, this is just crazy! You cannot float in here after all these years and go, 'Oh gosh, I forgot, by the way, you've got a sister!' Especially NOT today of all days!
