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Apocalypse Not
"Don't you understand your mistake
here? If you save Prue you will release the fourth horseman of the apocalypse
and bring the bell to the end of the world."
-Leo
It is a fun day. Prue, Piper and
Phoebe return home after a day of shopping. Piper is happy that she bought
new shoes and Phoebe says that they had a great day: manicure, pedicure,
yoga, lunch. She asks them when they've had this much fun, so Prue answers
that it is nice to bond over something other than vanquishing for a change,
so Phoebe answers that she has to hand it to those pesky little demons
because they sure have brought them close together. Then Prue turns the
TV on and sees bad news about people fighting in the streets. Piper says
that some people are just crazy and Prue realizes that this stuff has been
happening a lot lately.
Phoebe who's
enjoying sociology class tells them that according to her sociology professor
random social violence is encouraged by ethical thinking. Surprised, Prue
and Piper wonders how she stays awake during his classes. Phoebe explains
that not only does she stay awake but she's really enjoying it which is
why she brought a book filled with profound questions. Phoebe thinks they
should take it to P3, but Piper starts making fun of her by saying that
it is great to solve the world's problems while making jello shots. Phoebe
asks a question from the book which is: a building is on fire who would
you save 5 strangers or one sibling? Prue and Piper agree that it is an
easy question and they answer that they would save one sibling.
The doorbell
rings so Piper hurries to open the door asking her sisters not to start
asking questions without her. Fortunately it is Leo asking her out for
an early dinner in a restaurant. Piper is not sure that she will be able
to go with him and leave her sisters after this fun day. But Phoebe and
Prue don't agree with her and tell her to go and have fun while they'll
go to P3 to check on things. So she agrees.
Later in the car,
Piper tells Leo that she doesn't mean that she didn't enjoy the dinner
but she thinks that Prue and Phoebe would have enjoyed the restaurant too.
So Leo wishes that they were normal sisters cause he feels that he is breaking
up a big party when he wants to be alone with her. So she answers that
she has room for all of them in her heart and Leo starts wondering which
room is his.
Meanwhile a
strange man sitting in his car, waiting for Piper to move seems to be in
a big hurry and tries to pass Piper's car. Instead he crashes into a grocery
van. Angry, the van's driver gets out of his car and begins a fight, which
later involves the whole block. By mistake a stranger throws a watermelon
at Piper's jeep
Upset she leaves her car
and freezes the whole block except for a guy in a suit who runs away when
he sees her. Piper chases him down but then he disappears on a horse joined
by three other guys in a suits.
Back to P3.
Prue and Phoebe are enjoying Paula Cole's concert when Piper arrives and
tells them what happened. Phoebe wonders which demon causes road rage so
Piper tells her that she is not sure if he caused it or is attracted to
it. So the four of them decide to go home and check the BOS.
Meanwhile, the
horseman tells his friends what happened with the good witch (that means
Piper). Afraid that his friend has screwed up the red tie guy who seems
to be the strongest threatens him and they begin a fight that is stopped
by the other two guys. And they all decide that they can move forward with
their plan and still make their dead line which is seven oíclock the next
day. They can kill Piper by sending a trap because she is a good witches
and she'll try to stop them so they'll give her something to stop.
Back home Piper
and Phoebe are checking the BOS when Prue enters and asks them how the
search is going. Piper replies that they have found many choices and they
have been reading all night without finding a description of the man she
saw. But they have a list of six potential demons and her best guess is
the demon of anarchy. Leo tries to stop them because they can't just guess,
they have to be sure because it is so dangerous to engage an enemy unless
they know who he is and what he wants. So they answer that they have done
this before and it would be great to know everything but they can't. Plus
they can wait for inspiration, He doesn't get to convince them and they
go with the demon of anarchy. Then they call Darkly for help. They need
to know where the hot spot is.
After getting
Darrylís help, Prue, Piper and Phoebe go to the city hoping to vanquish
the demon. When they arrive there, the demon sees Piper and runs away and
Prue chases him but she is stopped by the strongest one (the red tie guy)
and the two others. When Piper and Phoebe try to help their sister it is
too late the bad guys have started the chant. So Prue asks them to start
too. Suddenly a vortex opens and takes Prue and the red tie guy. Upset,
the bad guys disappear. Piper and Phoebe are shocked and Piper thinks that
they have vanquished their sister. But Phoebe doesn't agree with her and
tells her that their magic never failed them before, maybe they just sent
her somewhere. She has to believe in herself, in each other, Leo and the
BOS.
The three bad
guys reappear in their office, sure that their friend is not dead. They
can't be vanquished, they are the four horsemen of the apocalypse (strife,
death, famine and war). Only the source can vanquish them. But famine says
that they need death and they have to get him back. And again they start
a new fight stopped by the famine.
Back at the
manor, Leo tries to comfort Piper and tells them that he has been through
the book several times and there's no information about the guys they described.
So Piper asks him if he agrees that Prue is not dead but when she doesn't
get any answer she is confused. Then suddenly Piper feels Prue go through
her so Leo tells them that she may be lost in another plain of existence
and she may be trying to speak with them. So Phoebe asks Prue to help them
find her but Prue spells on the spirit board the word "help" and suddenly
Phoebe feels someone evil who just went through her. They see two clouds
one white which is Prue and the other one red which is war who is chasing
her and the both of them leave the manor. So Leo concludes that Prue is
still alive but she is in trouble and Piper adds that if she can find them
that means that they can find her. So Piper sends Leo to ask his bosses
what is happening and then she returns to consult the BOS.
At the office
strife famine and death are searching for war. He contacts them by TV telling
them that they have to cooperate with the witches if they wants him back.
Back at the
manor, Piper and Phoebe are still searching for ways to save their sister
who's been so quiet for a long time. Leo orbs in and tells them that he
has a message from THEM. Their bosses talked to his bosses about the whole
situation and learned that Prue and their partner are trapped in another
world between good and evil. The only way to release them is to get good
and evil to cooperate. Piper asks him if they are allowed to do that so
he answers that they told him to deliver the message and to let them decide
what they should do. Phoebe asks him if they mentioned what they think
they should do. He answers that because of free will they are allowed to
do what they wish. So Piper and Phoebe agree to cooperate with the bad
guys despite Leo's advice about not doing it. He tells them that even if
evil will work with them they'll betray them and that's why evil loves
free will very much because humans use it to follow their heart and they
take advantage of it. These guys are so powerful and impossible to
vanquish. Who knows what will happen when they get reunited.
At the forest,
Piper and Phoebe meet the guys and make a deal with them. When they return
home Phoebe makes room for the meeting while the bad guys are making fun
of her. Leo is not comfortable with bringing them to the manor. So Piper
tells him that that it is better than going to their home because at the
manor they are safer and stronger. During the meeting, Phoebe, Piper and
the guys fight about the places where they were standing while chanting.
After that they agree that they must have formed a pentagram. Piper adds
that the five of them with Prue and their friend in the middle must have
created a weird magic field and if they figure out how to open it they'll
be able to open it again. And strife adds that in that way they can release
them. Angry, Leo answers back saying that nobody knows what else will happen
after releasing their friend. Death tells his friends that he is going
to check on things at the office so Leo orbs out to catch up with him.
Surprised they asks Piper what Leo is so she answers rudely that he is
none of their business. She's going to make the potion while Phoebe and
strife work on the chants so they can open the vortex again.
At the office,
Leo hits a man and takes his suit so that he can work in disguise. At the
manor, Phoebe and strife are working on the vortex. Famine communicate
with death who is unpleased with the results of death's absence. Piper
notices a tattoo on the other man and asks him about it so he answered
that it is just business and she wouldn't understand. While Phoebe is working
with strife, Prue enters by the window goes throw Phoebe and tries to spell
a word on the spirit board but death comes after her and they go
leaving a big mess after them. The too guys go after they have discovered
how to undo what they had done. They can reverse polarity with the chants
and the pentagram and they make an appointment with girls at 6:30 that
day. Phoebe tells Piper that Prue tried to spell something on the spirit
board but all she could get was: 4-h-o-r.
At the office,
Leo discovers that the bad guys are the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse when
suddenly the guy beaten by Leo reappears. Leo escapes then he orbs in the
house. He tells Piper and Phoebe who the guys are and tells them that if
they save Prue they' ll release the fourth horseman of the apocalypse and
bring the bell to the end of the world. Later on Piper tells him that they
would help the source itself if they thought that they could save Prue.
Unpleased he explains to her that they wear the mark "omega" which means
the end and Piper recognizes it from the neck of famine who was with her
while making the potion. He adds that they have been dealing with death,
strife and famine. They're meant to end the world at the end of the millennium.
The real millennium is that day at approximately at seven o'clock. They
are thinking like sisters when they are supposed to think like the charmed
ones. Than he adds that only the source can destroy them for failing and
nothing happened before because no other team of horsemen has been so close.
So Piper answers that they'll make sure that they fail too. Before they
go Leo reminds them that they went to the future and learned that there
are more important things that saving their sister.
Back at the
place where the horsemen first met the charmed ones, they are afraid that
Piper and Phoebe won't show up when suddenly Piper and Phoebe appear. While
she is shaking hands with strife Phoebe gets one of her premonitions of
the end of the world but they start chanting anyway. But Phoebe stops when
she figures out that Leo was right and Piper agrees with her even if they'll
lose their sister forever. But suddenly the source opens the vortex and
begins killing the horsemen. Phoebe gets the idea of finishing the
spell and they get Prue out before the vortex closes. One more time the
charmed ones save the day.
That night,
Prue, Piper and Phoebe are together at P3 when Leo appears congratulating
them. He tells them that their act of selflessness saved the world then
he goes considering that the three sisters need time together. A worker
at P3 asks a question from the book which Phoebe bought and it is: what
if the building is on fire do you save five stranger or one sibling so
they all answers at once: five strangers.
Special thanks to Joelle for
writing this summary :)