- So, what are you so afraid of? - I'm not afraid. I'm not! I'm just... not sure. - Not sure of what? - Josh. - He wants to have 'the talk' with Piper. - What talk? Three dates, no sex. There could only be one talk he's talking about ` The talk. Safe sex, prior partners,... - standard dating protocol. - And sex equals relationship. And you're not sure that you want to be a couple. Uh, well, it's not that I don't like him. Then what's wrong with being a couple? Well, I thought Leo and I were a couple, and then we coupled, and he took off. Yeah, well, men seem to have a different definition of coupling than women do. I do not think that's why Leo left. - Hey, Prue. - Hey, Dee, how are you? Hey, how's the party going? CELL PHONE RINGS Great! We're playing squish the squash, and nobody's been able to catch me. Is the cake ready? - Yeah. Give us about five minutes. - Awesome. - Hey, guys! Five minutes till the cake! - Thanks for doing all this, Piper. - I never would've been able to afford... - Oh, hey. What are friends for? - Besides, it's worth it just to see the look on David's face. - He is such a great kid. Yeah, I know. Well, so much for my Saturday off. That was Claire. Something at the auction house that needs to be appraised. I gotta go. I'm so sorry. Aw. Bye. - Bye. - Bye. - Bye. I'll get it. CAT MIAOWS - (GRUNTS) - Help! Let go of me! - Help! - David, no! Argh! Help! Leave me alone! Help! Let go of me! Help me! Help! Let go of me! Argh! # 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 too long # and all my hope is gone. What did you tell him? That I saw a creature with whirling eyes take David. And what did he say? What do you think he said? He thought I was nuts. Yeah, well, it turns out David's not the first one to be taken. An inspector told me that another boy disappeared yesterday in the exact same spot. A demon who steals kids. Does it get any worse? Uh, yeah. Apparently, it also happened 20 years ago. Same park, two kids. Did they ever find the kids? I don't know. You know...I could've saved him. Prue, don't go there. No. I was just so surprised. I looked down at my hand, and... It was the first time you channelled your power through your hands. Give yourself a break. Your power's growing. Yeah. I just hope no one saw me. OK, well, look on the bright side. You...won't have to squint your eyes any more. You were starting to get those little lines. So, how's Dee doing? Not good. It's very frustrating not being able to tell her who we are and how we can help. Yeah, well, the sooner we get to the Book of Shadows, the sooner we can get David back home. An albino demon with whirling eyes. Sounds like a whole chapter to me. CELLPHONE RINGS I forgot about the appraisal. Oh, it's OK. Just go. Phoebe and I can look in the book, and we'll call you if we find anything. Are you sure? Don't you just hate cellphones? Always out of range. Call me. DAVID: Let go of me! Help! Leave me alone. Help! Help me. Let go of me! I can't see. Why can't I see? Mom? Mom! Nothing. PHOEBE: Did you look under 'whirling eyes'? About an hour ago. I found demons with no eyes, demons with four eyes, eyes that grow legs. But no whirling eyes. Did you find anything? I found some news clippings about the kidnappings 20 years ago. Uhh...both boys were taken in the same place as David, and, uh... one of them was never seen again. Oh, great. But the other one was found. It's...right here. His name was, uh... Brent Miller. Look, honey, I know that you're upset, but that is not going to help you. It's not for me. It's for Dee. I'm taking her a care package. Keep reading. 'Brent Miller was discovered 'two days after he was taken, 'roaming the streets. 'He was fine, except... 'he'd gone blind.' Blind? Yeah. He claimed that some storm-drain monsters stole his eyesight, and of course, the authorities believed he'd just caught a parasite. We can't tell Dee that her son might be blinded. Well, maybe if I could find this Brent Miller guy on the web, he might know something that could help us. I hope you're right. Piper... we're going to find David. Prue Halliwell? Yes. Hi. Eric Lohman, Bay Weekly. Alternative press. Have you heard of us? Sorry. No? Oh, you will. Listen, I was hoping maybe you could help me with a story I'm working on. On the auction business? No. Actually...on magic. Magic. Why would you come to me? I don't know. Maybe because I saw you levitate two people in the park with just a wave of your hand. I take that as a 'no comment.' So what are you, anyway, some kind of a... David Copperfield? Lance Burton? A freak of nature? Ha ha ha. I don't know what you're talking about. Look, Prue. Your friends call you Prue, right? I would like for you to leave. Well, tough. Get over it. I had my police sources check you out. It's interesting how your name keeps popping up in all these unsolved murder cases, don't you think? What does that have to do with anything? Maybe nothing. But if I write an article on it, it might look like something. Does your boss subscribe to my paper? Don't threaten me. What are you going to do? You gonna... make me fly into a wall? Ha ha ha ha! Come on. Gee, how clumsy of me. Bet that took a lot of self-control, huh, not to use your powers? You're a real credit to your profession. You know, that kid saw what I saw, too. Cops get him, he's all the corroborating evidence I need. Security. Prue, be smart. Work with me. I'm going to break this story one way or the other, and when I do, I can either make you sound like Wonder Woman or the devil incarnate. OK? Think about it. Mr Miller will be in shortly. Wow, what a great view. You can smell the ocean. And...hear the traffic. Uh...Brent Miller? That's what they tell me. Hi. I'm Phoebe Halliwell. Phoebe, allow me to introduce you to Helmeth. Oh, he's beautiful. So is this place. Didn't think a blind guy could live so well, huh? Oh, no, no, that's not what I meant at all. Oh, I know you didn't. No, I design software for the visually impaired, so...life has been good to me. So how can I-- how can I help you, Phoebe? Uh, actually, I wanted to talk to you about... when you were kidnapped as a child. I'm sorry, I'm not, uh... I'm not very comfortable talking about that. I understand, but I read a lot about it-- I said I'm not interested in talking about it. OK, but this just isn't for me. I said no! DOG BARKS Is everything all right, Mr Miller? Yes. Lucy, please just, uh, show this lady to the front door. No. You know what? I'm not leaving. It's happening again. In the last 24 hours, two little boys were kidnapped from the same park that you were. Maybe by the same monsters that took you. It's all right, Lucy. (SIGHS) You, uh... believe my story about the... monsters? Yes, I do. Why, when everyone else has always laughed at me? Well, maybe it's because I've seen my share of monsters, and I haven't told anybody about them because I didn't want them to laugh at me either. (SIGHS) Mr Miller, I know that you wouldn't want what happened to you to happen to these two little boys. Please. There were two of them. Terrifying creatures, really. They... dragged me into a storm drain, to a junction of some kind. They held me down. I remember blue sparks hitting my face. My eyes felt like they were on fire, and, uh... that was the last thing I ever saw. Why do you think they took your eyesight? I don't know. But I remember them saying something about... auras. (GASPS FOR AIR) (GASPS) Auras, auras. I know I saw something in here. - Here it is -- auras. - Oh. - Grimlocks. 'Underground demons who roam from city to city killing powerful forces of good 'by seeing the unique auras that surround them, 'which they are able to do by stealing the sight of innocent children.' So they're like hit men for the dark side. 'The stolen eyesight will last 24 hours, 'but only if the children are alive.' Which means we have less than 14 hours. 'To destroy a grimlock, 'gather a schisandra root...' Piper! Phoebe! Oh. Uh-oh. I know that look. What's wrong? A reporter saw me use my powers at the park, and he's threatening to write an article about it. PIPER: What? PHOEBE: Does he have any proof? Just what he saw. So it's your word against his. Yeah. The difference is, his word is delivered to a half million homes each week. PIPER: Well, everything happens for a reason. Maybe it's time to let the world know about us. Piper, being outed would only make our lives worse. We don't know that. At least I could tell Dee what we were doing and give her some hope. No, Prue's right. If we're exposed, we're gonna have every crazy hounding us day and night. Not to mention the media circus on our front lawn. Remember ET? Well, we can't worry about that now. We have to find those boys. I'm gonna go and see Josh and see if he has a map or something of the storm drain system. Storm drains? It's where these demons live. Well, there's got to be at least 100 miles of storm drains in this city. Well, I'll go talk to Brent again and see if he can remember where the grimlocks took him. Brent? Oh, Prue, the Book of Shadows said the only way to kill a grimlock is to blind it with a potion made from schisandra root. Can you find some? Yeah, I'll try, as long as that reporter isn't following me. OK. Be back soon. Hey. What if Josh wants to have 'the talk'? I'll tell him I have a headache. All right. Anything on the night sheet? Medical examiner... Thank you. ...sent this over. It's Jerry Cartwright. A saint. Donated millions to the city's antidrug program. ME's saying he was murdered? Unless we tell him otherwise. It was listed in the COD as a strangulation. The problem is, the man died in the middle of a crowd of people, and nobody saw anyone lay a hand on him. Inspector Trudeau. Oh... Eric Lohman, Bay Weekly. He's all yours. I know who you are. What do you want? OK. What do you say I pick your brain about Prue Halliwell? Name ring a bell? It should. Her name keeps popping up in a lot of your murder cases. A lot of the unsolved ones. Is that a fact? Yeah, I got my sources. Cops love to talk, especially if you pay them enough. Get the hell out of here. So I assume you know all about Prue's unusual powers, right? Boy, that stopped you cold. I don't know what you're talking about. Yeah, right. That's what she said, too. You two rehearse your stories, or what? I saw her in action in the park, Trudeau. She waved her hands and magically suspended the David Hatcher kid and his kidnapper in mid-air. It was very cool. I just wish I had my camera. Uh,... care to comment? - No. - (TURNS OFF RECORDER) - OK. I'll just change my story to a police cover-up instead. - I'm not covering up anything. Really? Great. I guess you got nothing to worry about. Just remember, I gave you a chance to work with me. That's right. - What was that about? - Nothing. You're gonna have to handle the ME case on your own. Why? Where are you going? I'm assigning myself to the kidnappings. - Why exactly do you need this? - A client at Quake is, uh, - thinking of throwing an underground rave, and we might cater it. - A party in a storm drain? Mm-hm. Uh, yeah, he, uh... he runs a Roto-Rooter type company. - It's kind of a theme thing. - Yeah, well, it sounds dank. - Mm-hm. - Yeah. Look, anyway, uh, as long as you're here, can we, uh, talk? Uh, maybe later. I have to go-- No, Piper. It cannot wait. - Somebody's a little anxious, huh? - Ha ha. This is important. It could affect the rest of my life. Well...not if we take precautions. - What? - I'm not saying I'm ready for that, because, in fact, I'm not ready for that. But when I am ready for that, I'm just saying, I will be taking precautions. Piper,... what are you talking about? Uh,... having... sex. MOUTHS: Sex. You're not talking about that, are you? - What are you talking about? - My leaving. - Leaving?! - Yeah, I got offered a job down in Beverly Hills. I mean, it's not exactly my dream job, but, you know, it's a good opportunity. Look, my point is... if I thought we had a future... Josh, this is all just happening a little too fast. Yeah, I know, I know, and I'm sorry, but like it or not, you are the swing vote. Now, if you don't want me to go, I won't. (WHIMPERS) OK, we need to talk about this. Um, if I ask you to stay, then we're a couple, and I'm not sure if I'm ready to be a couple. But if I tell you to leave, and we could have been a good couple, then-- then I'll never know if we... I need more time. I need lots and lots of time. PHONE RINGS Uh, hold that thought, OK? Yeah, hello? I remember their faces. It's like a nightmare that never ends. They took me into this, uh,... big area, and there were a lot of pipes. I'm sorry, but that's really all I remember. - That's OK, Brent. - You're disappointed. No, no, not at all. Now, someone who could see your face might believe you, but your voice tells another story. - Gave me away, huh? - Ha, ha, ha. Ahh. You have a beautiful smile, Phoebe. - How can you tell? - I can hear it in your voice. I can see it in my mind. (GASPS) - What's the matter? Are you OK? - I'm fine. Um,... Brent, when they took you, were you wearing a sweatshirt with jeans, and black high tops? - Yeah, I think I was. How did you--? - And when you escaped, were you running through water? Yes, I remember that. In the tunnel. OK, Brent, I need you to think really hard. Do you remember anything? Anything at all about that location? Did you hear anything or feel anything? Ah, all I remember is this, uh,... sound of this enormous generator and, uh,... maybe some cable cars. Cable cars? Hey, do you have a map? Oh, oh! That was so stupid. No, no, I actually do have a map of that area. It's over here. Um,... - what are we looking for exactly? - I don't know. Cable car turnaround maybe. Or the generator that you heard could have been a power plant. Right. OK. Here. No. See, on this map... OK, there are two turnarounds on this page and, uh,... there's... right, here it is. There's a power plant right here on Varick. How can you tell? Give me your hand. OK, you feel these three horizontal bumps, followed by the two vertical? Oh, in this map, that's... the symbol for power plant. - I better go. - Phoebe? How did you know what I was wearing and where I was running? Are you, like, some kind of psychic or something? Like, uh... - only different. - Right. That's how you've seen all these other monsters that you've mentioned, isn't it? Phoebe, you're a good person. And that probably means you a... a strong aura. Please, be careful with these monsters. Don't worry. I will. Don't worry, Billy. My mom's got a friend who's got supernatural powers. She'll get us out of here. Shut up! Did you hear on the radio about that philanthropist who got mysteriously strangled? It's gotta be the grimlocks. That's how they kill. We're running out of time. We have, like, less than three hours. Did you get the schisandra root? No, but I'm leaving now to pick it. Look, did Phoebe get anything out of Brent Miller that might help us? TRUDEAU: Who's Brent Miller? I gotta go. Andy, hi. What're you doing here? Working on the kidnappings. Thought we should talk. Yeah, well, I already told the police everything I know about that. Not according to Eric Lohman, you didn't. He stopped by the station. We had an interesting chat. Yeah, well, he's a reporter, trying to make a name for himself. You can't believe anything he says. Normally, I don't. This time, I do. We've been down this road too many times, Prue. I know you're hiding something. I have my suspicions about what it is, but I've had to accept the fact that... you can't tell me... or you don't want to tell me. Either way, it's not just me any more. Lohman's on to you, or at least he thinks he is. And he's not gonna let go. Prue, if you don't level with me, I can't help you control this. Andy, I'm just never... sure if it's better for you to know or not to know. I remember a time when we could tell each other anything. There's nothing Lohman won't do to get this story. Watch your back. Andy. Thanks. Bingo. - Did you get it? - Yeah, I got it. - What's wrong? - Andy stopped by my office after Lohman stopped by his. - I think he told Andy about my powers. - Uh-oh. What did you do? Same as I always do, I danced around the truth. It just doesn't feel right any more. VEHICLE APPROACHES, HORN BLARES Oh my God! - What? - Argh! Where is the mother? Oh, thank God. Wait a second. Since when did the Johnsons get a baby? That damn reporter. Look. OK, uh,... confused. All right. That's Lohman. This is a set-up. We need to get back to where we were before everything unfreezes. Go! - Don't forget to put your hands up. - Uh-huh. - OK. SOFTLY: Don't look. Just go inside. Inside. Go, go, go! Let's see. Purse on right shoulder. Purse on left shoulder. Purse on right shoulder. Purse on left shoulder. Well, what do you know? She has another power. Gotcha! Gotcha. - Is he still out there? - Unfortunately. Hey, you guys. I think I found the entrance to the storm drain. - What's going on? - Didn't you see that guy parked out front in his car? - Yes. - Yeah, well, that's the reporter that I told you about. - He's staking us out. - What?! He tricked us into using our powers, and he nearly caught us. But, fortunately, we figured out what he was doing before he could get any proof. - Oh, thank God. - The only problem is how are we going to be out looking for David when he's camped outside. We have less than two hours. DOORBELL RINGS Hey. How's it going? Mind if I use your bathroom? Whoa! Don't bother using your magical powers on me. - I already hid the videotape. - What videotape? Yeah. You know, best I can guess is somehow one of you stopped time. Or rewound it, I don't know. But what I do know is I got the whole thing on tape. - You're bluffing. - Am I? How do you explain your sister's purse magically jumping from her right shoulder to her left shoulder instantaneously? Huh? You screwed up. And I got the proof. OK, now, here's the deal ` I already got my story ready to print. What I really want now from you is a tell-all exclusive, all right? I'll write the book. We can share the movie rights, foreign sales, distribution. It's gonna be-- It'll be a good thing. - All right, OK, I'll just wait out front till you're ready to talk. - What are we gonna do? All right, look, I will stay here and finish the potions. You guys go and try and find the boys. Buy us some time. - Just keep on freezing those grimlocks, OK, until I get there? - What about Lohman? Don't worry about him. I'll stop him from following you. PRUE: Lohman? I've been thinking about what you said, and maybe we can work something out. Yeah? Why don't I believe you? Oh, I don't know. Maybe it's just your reporter instincts. CAR ENGINE STARTS, TYRES SQUEAL - Whoops, busted. - Nice try. You did that! Didn't you? I know you did that! Really? Prove it. Ugh. Ew! I'm not wearing the right shoes for this. OK. Talk about all roads leading to hell. - Which way? - Uh... - Light, light. - All right. Brent said he remembered a big area with pipes. Uh-huh. Oh, wait. There's a pipe juncture... that way. So I guess this isn't a good time to ask how it went with Josh and 'the talk'? You're right, it's not. OK. - Inspector Trudeau? - Yes, Mr Miller? My housekeeper said you wanted to talk to me. Is it about the kidnappings? Maybe. Has a, uh, - Prue Halliwell come to talk to you, by any chance? - No. But I have spoken to a Phoebe Halliwell. Really... I think I know where she went, if that'll help you. Whew! Who knew anything could smell so bad. Now there's a good sign. - Meaning? - I saw it in a vision that I had of Brent. - Oh. Ahh! - PIPER: Ew! Oh! - Ew! Ew! Ah! - Piper! - PHOEBE: Piper! Oh, Piper! Are you OK? Oh my God! Oh God! Piper, I'll get help! I feel like I should be cackling. PHONE RINGS Oh. - Hello. - Prue, Piper's hurt and I can't get to her. - Ah, OK, where are you? - At the end of Varick St. Hurry, OK? And don't forget the potion. I'm on my way. - Didn't want you to leave me behind, like your sisters did. - Fix it now. Or what? You gonna hurt me? Go ahead, just let me get you in focus. - OK. - Look, I don't have time for this, all right? Piper's hurt and two boys' lives are at stake. - Do you know where they are? - Yes. - All right, you win. - I win? What's my prize? I'm a witch with magical powers. A witch? A witch?! Ha, ha, ha. This is great. Great. Terrific. Let's go. - What is he doing here? - Making my career. - I didn't have a choice. Where's Piper? - She's in through this way, come on. - You just stay here, all right? It's too dangerous. - Oh, no, no. I'm coming with you. No! Look, there are too many lives at stake here, including my sister's. I will not have you risking them. - Stay where you are. You'll get your story. - All right, I'll just wait out here. PIPER: Phoebe, is that you? Phoebe? (GASPS) Prue! Nice. This is Eric Lohman reporting live. I'm in a storm drain underground, following three sisters, all of them witches, as they look for children who may have been abducted... by a strange kind of--Aah! OK, come on. (GROANS) We gotta get you out of here. No! No. Look, Piper, just up to the street, OK? Phoebe and I will come right back for the boys. Don't move! Unh! Andy! Aah! You OK? Yeah, thanks. So what Lohman saw you do was true. Andy. PHOEBE: What are you doing here? Confirming my suspicions. He knows. PRUE: A grimlock tried to kill him. What the hell's a grimlock? It's a demon. A demon? Yeah. Uh, look, Andy, I need you to get Piper up on the street, OK? No, Prue, I want to stay. I need to help. No, you are far too weak to use your powers. Her, too? Look, Andy, will you please just get her out of here? Prue, I'm not leaving the two of you alone. Do I have to use my power on you? I'll meet you up on the street. You'll be OK. OK, we should be coming up on a feeder drain right about now. Aah! Aah! Oh! Oh! Ohh! Aah! Unh! Aah! Oh, great. Just what we need. More toxic waste in our sewers. That worked well. Yeah. David? David! Please help me. (GASPS) David? Oh God! PHOEBE: Prue! I found them! (GASPS FOR BREATH) Prue! Hyah! (GASPS) Aah! You OK? Are you OK? Yeah. Where's David? Over there. I can see! I can see you! I knew you had magic powers. PRUE: Get your friend and let's get out of here. Exactly how did you know the kids were down there again? Anonymous tip. What about the kidnappers? Kidnappers? There weren't any kidnappers. The kids followed a kitten into the storm drain. Got lost. Really? How do you explain finding Lohman down there? With a broken neck? Must have slipped when he went down there after them. You know, anything for a story. It's too bad. Yeah, it's a real shame. You don't really expect me to believe all this, do you? For now. Ohh. Have they said anything? No, they just got back from the hospital. But who knows what they'll say once the police start questioning them. So much for our secret. PHOEBE: Hey, you OK? Yeah, um... I was just thinking, when I was in the storm drain, I was kind of out of it. I kept thinking about Leo. That's weird. Maybe you miss him. Maybe. What are you going to do about Josh? Uh...I'm going to call him and tell him I think he should take the job in Beverly Hills. But, sweetie, you can't hold out for Leo. I mean, who knows if he is ever going to come back. I know. He may not, but if I'm thinking about Leo, then I'm definitely not thinking about Josh. That's too bad. He had really nice glutes. Hey, there's Brent. Hey, Brent! Uh, over here. - Hi. - Hi. - Where's your dog? - He's, uh,... retired. You can see? Well, how did that...? I don't know. I mean, you tell me. I mean, someone must have slayed those monsters. You know anything about it? Oh, I, uh... That's all right. I mean, if anyone understands the danger of telling amazing stories, I sure do. I was right ` you do have a beautiful smile. Uh,... those the boys? - Yeah. - Maybe I should have a little talk with them. That would be so great. Thank you. No,... thank you. So,... now you know. Yeah. Although it's still sinking in. Where do we go from here? That's a good question. REPORTERS SHOUT QUESTIONS EXCITEDLY Captions performed by the National Captioning Institute, Inc. Captions edited by Alison Munro. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air.