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    Phoebe sits at the bar in P3, glancing over at a guy named Sean who is munching on peanuts. As Abby, Piper's bartender comes over, Phoebe quickly tells her to get Sean another drink. Apparently he's Prue's date for the night. But unfortunately Prue is noticeably absent. Piper comes over to Phoebe and they discuss Prue's current issues. Ever since they returned from the past, Prue has been a little obsessed with finding the demon who has it out for them.
    As Piper reaches for the phone to call their missing sister, Phoebe asks Piper about the status of her relationship with Leo. Things aren't going so well though, since the last two times they've gotten close, he was orbed out. Piper is convinced that the whitelighters are spying on them. And until she's sure that they aren't watching, she won't be able to concentrate with Leo. Poor Piper can no longer get intimate with her own boyfriend.
    They finally get a hold of Prue on her cell phone, only to find that she has completely forgotten about Sean. Piper tells her to come anyway, even if she is late. But Prue insists that she has to get home and look through the Book of Shadows. Obviously she's still on her demon kick. Piper hangs up then glances over at Phoebe. They know they're in trouble when there sister is trading in dates for demons.
    Prue finally reaches the manor, only to discover their front door wide open. As she cautiously enters, she notices that all of the mirrors are broken. Suddenly somebody jumps at her from behind. Using her power, Prue tosses her attacker out the window, noticeably shaken.
    Awhile later, Piper and Phoebe have returned. Pheebs gets her older sister an ice pack, while Piper is relegated to sweeping duty. Darryl has found fingerprints in the house and asks the sisters for a list of anyone who might have a grudge against them. Prue is convinced that the intruder was actually a burglar but her sisters aren't so sure.
    Prue immediately heads up the stairs in search of the Book, then calls everyone else up when she discovers that the attic door is unlocked. The Book is safe, but Prue is sure that she locked the attic before she left. She takes it as more evidence that a demon was there. Piper and Phoebe look at each other, then send Darryl away so that they can conference. Before they get the chance though, Prue is already shouting for Leo.  He appears and she demands that he get her some answers. But Leo seems a little distracted as Piper smiles at him. Prue is disgusted with their flirting and quickly leaves. Phoebe isn't too far behind her.
    Meanwhile, in the demon world, Cole is called before the Triad once more. They are getting a tad bit impatient with his lack of results and have decided to send someone else after the Charmed Ones. Cole is rather angry at their decision.
    Back at the manor, an unwelcome demonic guest turns invisible before entering the house. Piper and Leo are upstairs in her room kissing. But then Piper pulls away. She still feels like they're watching her. Leo insists that they aren't but Piper's still bitter about the previous two unexplained orbings. Leo calls them coincidences. Piper remains unconvinced. Leo reluctantly gets ready to leave. But before he can go the two began kissing again. Just as they seem to be working past their problem, Leo disappears. Piper falls back onto her bed, obviously bitter.
    Troxa, our invisible demon, has been watching the whitelighter and witch. But now he moves on to the attic where Prue is sleeping. Grabbing a pillow, he is about to smother her, when Prue wakes up. She tosses the pillow away, then runs downstairs to her sisters.
    Cole shows up at the front door seeming a little agitated. He claims that someone told him about the break in and that he wanted to check on them. Phoebe is thrilled that he was worried about her and asks him to stay for awhile. But Prue tells him that she and her sisters need to talk. She basically sends him away. Cole notices the front door closing behind the still invisible Troxa and is only to happy to leave and catch up with his new nemesis.
    As Cole departs, Prue tells Piper and Phoebe what happened. Phoebe snickers at the idea of a pillow smothering demon, and Piper believes that she was just having a dream. But just outside the door Cole is looking for his replacement. Troxa attacks him, telling Cole that he cannot be defeated. Troxa becomes visible just long enough for Cole to realize what he is. Then he disappears. Cole soon follows him.
    The next morning Prue has discovered that her favorite shirt is missing, along with her grandmother's necklace. Phoebe is still thinking burglar, but Prue begins to wonder if a demon stole them for some ritualistic purpose. Phoebe and Piper try to humor her as Leo arrives on the scene. Piper glares at him as he tries to apologize for the previous night. He insists that the timing of his exit was just a coincidence. She still looks skeptical. Leo gives up on trying to convince her and instead tells Prue what he knows. The whitelighter people aren't big on the Triad info, but they do know that they're on the top of the evil food chain. Prue seems to feel vindicated as she hands out presents for her sisters. They are tennis shoes. Their older sister has noticed that they are never wearing appropriate footwear for vanquishings. Now she wants them to be more prepared.
    Darryl comes knocking at the door then. He didn't find a match on the fingerprints and he still wants their grudge lists. When he learns that Prue's shirt and necklace were taken, he starts to wonder if she might have a stalker. Phoebe thinks of Sean, but Prue doesn't believe that. Darryl promises to check him out anyway.
    Somewhere in San Fran, Troxa is sneaking into Cole's office. Unfortunately for him, Cole is prepared for his arrival. He quickly sprays him with a fire extinguisher, making him visible. Cole has discovered Troxa's weakness to the cold. Troxa quickly leaves him alone.
    Meanwhile, at her photo shoot, Prue talks to some reptile guy. He starts mentioning traps and a little light bulb goes on in her head. What she doesn't know is that some is watching her, taking pictures of her while she works.
    That night, Phoebe arrives at P3, looking for Piper. Abby directs her to the back office. Poor Phoebe walks in on her sister and Leo kissing again, and hurriedly ducks out of the room, totally embarrassed. But Piper tells her to come back in as Leo disappears. She couldn't do it anyway. Piper had hoped that a change in setting would solve the problem. Apparently it hadn't.
    Piper and Phoebe wander back out to the bar as Phoebe shows off her extra long grudge list. Piper's a little amazed at how many people might hate her little sister. Just then Prue shows up, looking noticeably happier. When they inquire into her change of attitude, Prue informs them that's she's set a trap for their demon using the BoS as bait. She used crystals to create a power grid that will zap the demon should he step into it. Having told them of her plan, Prue hurries over to a table where Sean is waiting for her. Piper and Phoebe seem a little nervous about her obvious obsession but they let her go.
    Back at the manor, Cole has let himself in. Quickly, he turns on the AC and opens all of the windows, making the house nice and cold. He then makes his way into the attic where he steps into the trap and is immediately zapped.
    Over at P3, Sean is a little stunned when the crystal Prue is carrying begins flashing. Prue rounds up her sisters and they all head home with their sneakers. Once inside, they spot the open windows and realize just how cold the house is. Soon they find Cole up in the attic. Phoebe is concerned for him as she rushes over to help him up. But Prue is immediately suspicious. He explains that he was checking on them and that when he saw their door open, he wanted to make sure they were okay.
    Phoebe apologizes as they all move down the stairs. Cole is obviously angry at Prue, having realized that she set the trap. He tells Phoebe that he's glad she's not the one who did that to him. Phoebe walks him to the door where she finds a package. She carries it back inside then lets loose on Prue. She is furious at her sister for treating Cole so badly. But Prue is beginning to suspect that he might be their demon. Phoebe thinks that she's crazy. Piper stays neutral as always, and eventually breaks up the fight by showing Prue the package that Sean has supposedly left for her. Prue opens it, only to find dead roses with maggots crawling on them. Piper rushes them out of the house and Phoebe leaves the room. She is sure that Sean is Prue's stalker and that the demon Prue keeps describing is only a sign of her severe paranoia.
    Outside Cole is waiting when Troxa appears. Cole now has a plan to thwart the demon's attack. Cole wants the Charmed Ones and he won't let anyone else get to them first. He apologizes for getting in Troxa's way. Then he decides to "help" Troxa by telling him that the Book of Shadows is in the attic and that he should steal it.
    Inside the house, Phoebe is still angry. Piper tries to keep her from breaking the windows as Phoebe slams them shut, ranting about Prue. Leo shows up then, a huge Hershey's kiss in his hand. Piper smiles at him, but tells him that now is not the time. Phoebe invites him to help them close windows though.
    Prue is up in the attic when she notices a figure in the broken mirror. It is Troxa who has been revealed by the cold. Using her power she tosses him into the trap. Piper, Phoebe and Leo rush up the stairs as they hear strange noises coming for the attic. There they find Prue interrogating the trapped demon. He finally tells him his name and that the demon Belthazor is also after them. But before he can say any more he is called back by the Triad.
    Piper and Phoebe apologize to Prue for not having believed her in the first place. But Prue is more worried about looking up the demon. They find Troxa in the book and discover his weakness to cold Obviously somebody was helping them. They wouldn't have seen Troxa if the windows hadn't been opened.
    Next they find Belthazor in the book. Leo is worried as he realizes the evil they're up against. As Piper goes to bed, Leo leaves, and Prue and Phoebe are left alone. Prue agrees to apologize to Cole the next day, then tells Phoebe that she's going to stay up late. She's too wired too sleep.
    Later that night, Prue is down in the dark room. As her pictures begin to develop she realizes that she's looking at a picture of herself, taken by somebody else's camera. Before she can fully develop the picture, someone attacks her from behind, shoving her face into the developing solution. Then Prue is knocked unconscious.
    The next morning Piper and Phoebe are up in the kitchen, still discussing the events of the previous night. Phoebe is still a little worried about the stalker. Realizing that Prue isn't home, she calls her sister on the cell phone.
    Downstairs in the basement, Abby, the bartender from P3, picks up the phone. She pretends to be Prue, then quickly hangs up. She listens for the sounds of Piper and Phoebe leaving, then turns and wakes up Prue who is tied to chair. As Abby tells Prue how much she wants to be like her, she puts on Prue's missing shirt and a dark brown wig. Prue seems a little surprised as she realizes who her attacker is. Unfortunately she can't see very well because of the acid that got in her eyes the previous night. As Prue realizes that Abby has a gun and plans to kill her, she manages to untie herself. She tosses Abby across the room, then makes a run for it.
    At P3, Piper and Phoebe rush down the stairs as they hear the phone ringing. Darryl tells Piper that he finally matched the fingerprints to Abby. Together the sisters check Abby's locker, only to find pictures of Prue and a diary tracking her movements. Just then, Phoebe gets a premonition of Abby shooting Prue back at the manor.
    Prue is now huddled in a corner near the front door as Abby angrily searches for her. Using her powers of astral projection, Prue manages to distract Abby, then run to the kitchen. But Abby finds her. Prue hears the gun fire and jumps, anticipating the bullet. But luckily her sisters have arrived and Piper has frozen the room. As they rush to help Prue, Piper grabs the bullet out of the air then glares at her ex-bartender. Using her power one last time, Prue tosses Abby across the room, feeling much better.
    Later that night, Prue and Phoebe are happy to meet Piper's new bartender. She's sane, engaged and seems to have no animosity towards the oldest Halliwell. Phoebe then starts talking about Cole once again. Prue's still a little nervous about him and warns her sister to be careful. Finally Cole arrives and Phoebe goes over to talk to him. Prue, having spotted Sean, goes over and asks him to dance.
    Back at the manor, Piper and Leo are laying in bed. It seems obvious that she has gotten over her problems. She looks up towards the ceiling, wondering if the whitelighters enjoyed the show. Then she giggles and rolls over as she and Leo hug each other.