Secrets and Guys
(Max begins to slowly rock back and forth. David signal's Mickey. He gets out of the car and goes to the front door. We see the control panel, inside the microchip plant open and controls burn out. Cut to Mickey. he is waiting at the door by the card slot to wait for it to turn green. It does. He opens the door and goes in. No alarms go off.)
Mickey: Well I'll be damned.
(Cut back to David and Max)
David: I don't know how you did that, but I got to say, I'm very impressed.
(Mickey walks out and a cop comes up to him.)
Cop: Hey!
(Mickey pulls out a gun and shots the cop in the leg. The cop falls to the floor.)
Max: No!
David: Shut up!
(David covers Max's mouth. Mickey runs to the car.)
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(Scene: Manor. Parlour. Leo and Penelope are they're talking about who Leo really is. Penelope has a mug of tea. I didn't get the first couple of words for some reason.)
Penelope: I mean up until today, I thought you were a handyman, and now I find out that you're a...
Leo: White lighter.
Penelope: A White lighter. What exactly is a White lighter?
Leo: Well, we're really just messengers. Guides. (Penelope is still confused.) Think of us as guardian angels for good witches. Your tea is cold.
Penelope: Ow. Well, you are handy. (Leo smiles a little.) So, all this time, you knew who we really were?
Leo: Yeah. I was sent to watch over you and your sisters when you first got your powers. You know, help out wherever I could.
Penelope: Sent by Who?
Leo: Whom. They're a group of elder White lighters. They're known as the founders. You were never supposed to find out. I screwed up and got caught.
Penelope: So, what? You're here again to help us out with something else?
Leo: Uh, actually I'm here to help a boy named Max.
Penelope: Max? Wait. That's the the...
Leo: The Spirit board. I know. See, Max is a budding good witch new to the powers. But he's very young and vulnerable. And he's in serious trouble. Someone wants to take advantage of his gift.
Penelope: So why don't you help him?
Leo: I did. I made sure Prue received his cry for help. That's why I was sent here. That's all I'm supposed to do for now. The rest is up to Prue.
Penelope: Yeah, but Prue doesn't know anything about him. She doesn't even know that he's a little boy.
Leo: Well, she will. In the meantime, you must help me keep my secret or I could get into trouble. (Penelope smiles.) Piper and Prue can never know what I really am.
Penelope: Me? Keep a secret? Hello? Wrong Halliwell. Wait, uh, you have to tell Piper because if I know her, she's gonna think that.
Leo: I know. I know. And that's where I need your help. See? (Leo gets out of his chair.) White lighters and witches aren't allowed to fall in love. It's like humans and angels aren't. But I did. I fell in love with Piper.
Penelope: And I know how much she cares about you. (Leo sighs.)
Leo: It isn't fair to keep her in the dark...but I have to keep this secret. (He sits back down.) So somehow I have to tell Piper that I can never see her again and I can't tell her why.
Penelope: You don't need my help Leo. You need a miracle.
(Scene: Buckland's. Prue's office. Prue is typing on her laptop. Someone knocks on the door. The door opens and Andy comes in.)
Andy: Got a minute?
Prue: Uh, sure. (Andy closes the door. Prue puts the spirit board down so Andy can't see. Andy comes to her desk.) Why don't you just sit down here? (He sits down.) That's perfect. So, um, what's up?
Andy: I got some interesting information about a boy named Max.
Prue: A boy?
Andy: Named Max. Yes.
Prue: Whoa.
Andy: Curious huh?
Prue: Very. (As Andy talks, the pointer on the spirit board starts spell out another message.)
Andy: Earlier today, a microchip plant was broken into but nothing was taken. (Prue sees the pointer move and begins to write down the message.) Stranger still, the alarms were turned off before the front door was opened on the outside.
Prue: Uh, what does this have to do with this boy Max?
Andy: Well, uh, security cameras picked up a car in the front parking lot with a boy in the back seat...matching this photo taken at an arcade last week... (He shows her a picture of Max and another boy.) ...where a couple of kids sunk in in much the same way. Same boy. Max Franklin.
Prue: Do you know who was in the front seat?
Prue: Do you know who was in the front seat? (Andy shakes his head.)
Andy: Just that they shot and wounded a security guard at the scene. This boy's in serious trouble Prue. This is not a dream. (Andy leans closer.) I need to know what you know about this.
Prue: Well, I mean, why would I know anything? I think that you need to talk to his family.
Andy: (Leaning back in his chair.) I did. His father. He pretended not to know anything either. Clamed the boy was out of state visiting grandparents, will be back tomorrow, but something's wrong. He wanted to tell me something, but he was scared. He was afraid to say anything. What are you writing? (Prue looks up after completing the message.)
Prue: Nothing. I'm just doodling. Andy: You're not going to tell me anything are you? (Andy stands up.) One day, I'm going to figure out your secret Prue. Count on it. (He leaves. Prue looks at the message. It reads KIDNAPPED AUTO SHOP.)
(Scene: Quake. Kitchen. Piper is washing her knives. An employer brings Piper a cell phone.)
Employer: Telephone. (Piper takes it as he leaves.)
Piper: Hello?
(Cut to Prue's office.)
Prue: Hey. Um, look, Max is a boy, Piper, and he's been kidnapped.
(Cut to Piper)
Piper: What?
(Cut to Prue)
Prue: Yeah. I got another message on the spirit board. I have to help.
(Cut to Piper)
Piper: Uh, I think we should call the police.
(Cut to Prue)
Prue: Uh, Andy's already been here and I think I have an idea what to do.
(Cut to Piper)
Piper: Uh, OK. So you've got everything under control? (Harry comes up and grabs the phone off Piper.)
Harry: Uh, no. Everything's not under control. (He tosses the phone in the sink.) I need more crab for my ravioli because somebody threw it all away and I just got 5 more orders, Pepper. (He tosses her the orders and she catches them.)
(Scene: Franklin's house. Prue walks up to the door and rings the bell. Mr. Franklin answers the door.)
Prue: Mr. Franklin?
Mr. Franklin: Yes.
Prue: My name's Prue Halliwell. I need to talk to you about your son.
Mr. Franklin: Sorry, um, you have to leave, OK?
Prue: Look, I know that he's been kidnapped. I know that he's in trouble.
Mr. Franklin: I don't know what you're talking about.
Prue: I think you do. What I don't understand is why you won't talk to the police.
Mr. Franklin: Please. You gotta leave. Alright? Thank you. (He begins to close the door and Prue holds the door open.)
Prue: Unless you can't talk to the police. The kidnappers won't let you, will they? That's why you wouldn't say anything to Inspector Trudeau.
Mr. Franklin: Look, I don't know who you are, but I'm begging you...
Prue: I can help.
Mr. Franklin: No. No. You can't. Alright? Good-bye. (He begins to close the door and Prue holds the door open.)
Prue: Mr. Franklin... (Prue uses her power to send a picture flying into Mr. Franklin's hand. He catches it.)
Mr. Franklin: Dear God.
(Scene: Quake. Penelope and Leo are in front at a table. Leo puts his hand over a glass of water and it fills up.)
Penelope: Thank you. Oh. (Piper comes out to them.)
Piper: Hi. I know you guys have been waiting a long time... (There is a crash in the kitchen.)
Penelope: Hey. Have you heard from Prue?
Piper: Uh, yeah. Uh, she's got everything under control. I'll be right back. (Piper goes to the kitchen.)
Penelope: OK. It's actually good that we have a few more minutes. We can go over your plan. You know. What you're gonna tell Piper.
Leo: Oh, well. I thought that I'd tell her that, uh, as much as I love her and as much as I'd like to stay in San Francisco I can't. A-and I don't know how long my work will keep me away.
Penelope: No. No. What you just said is as much as you'd like to stay and have sex with her, you've got a wife and kids in another part of the country. Try again.
Leo: Uh, Piper, um, you know how much you mean to me, and more than anything, I wish things could work out, but they can't, and no one is more sorry then I am.
Penelope: Translation-I found someone I like even better.
Leo: I'm completely confused.
Penelope: Uh, look Leo. Its not that complicated. OK. Um, just avoid the following. We can still hang out. I don't deserve you yet. I need more "me time" before we can have "we time". And my personal favourite, "It's not you. It's me." And whatever you do, do not start a conversation with "we need to talk". Other then that, you'll do fine. (She takes a sip of water.)
(Scene: Franklin house. Living room. Prue is sitting on the couch. Mr. Franklin is holding a picture of Max, Mr. Franklin, and Mrs. Franklin.)
Mr. Franklin: Then they hit me and I passed out. (He sits in an armchair and puts the picture down.) I've been going out of my mind crazy ever since last night. Should I go to the police? Should I do what they say? They promised to bring him back, but after what the police said happened this morning, I...I don't even know if he's alright.
Prue: No. I know that Max is OK right now. If he wasn't, he couldn't have sent me that last message.
Mr. Franklin: So I take it you're a...a witch too huh?
Prue: Is that what your son says he is?
Mr. Franklin: It's what Paulette, my wife, says he is. It's what she was. You know, it would have been a hell of a lot easier to handle her family secret had it been revealed a lot sooner.
Prue: Maybe she was afraid of how you would react. Maybe she was afraid that you might not accept her or love her.
Mr. Franklin: Speaking from personal experience?
Prue: Yes I am.
Mr. Franklin: Well, when Paulette, she had to tell me, she was running out of time. She passed away 3 months ago. Then suddenly, Max, he starts having this power. I don't have a clue what to tell him what it all means. And he uses it and he nearly gets busted at an arcade and now this.
Prue: I'm sure that Max...
Mr. Franklin: Do you have any children?
Prue: No, but...
Mr. Franklin: Then you possibly couldn't understand what I'm feeling.
Prue: Still. I'm sorry...about what happened to Max and your wife, but if you could just find a way. Forgive her.
Mr. Franklin: Forgive her. She shouldn't have told me. Maybe if she had I would have been better able to protect Max.
Prue: Do you know of anybody who owns an auto shop of any kind? (Mr. Franklin shakes his head.)
Mr. Franklin: Why?
Prue: I think your son was trying to send me a clue.
Mr. Franklin: No I-I...although I think Max's friend, Danny, his brother work at one over in Oakland.
Prue: Is Danny the friend that broke into the arcade with Max? (Mr. Franklin's eyes widen.) Got an address?
(Scene: Auto shop. Max is trying to get free. Prue appears in the doorway.)
Prue: Max?
Max: Who there? (As Prue talks, she goes to Max and tries to help get him free.)
Prue: My name is Prue. I'm here to take you home?
Max: But how'd you find me?
Prue: I had a little chat with your friend Danny. Look, you're dad, he's waiting for you.
Max: You know my dad?
Prue: Yeah, he... (Mickey appears in the doorway. Prue stands up.)
Mickey: Hey. Who the hell are you? (Prue uses her power to push him back.) Aah! (He hits the tire bend. And falls to the floor. Max looks at Prue with wide eyes. David enters. Prue uses her power to push him back too. He hits the tire bend and falls to the floor. Prue helps Max up.)