(camera follows WYATT as he walks from the hallway to the foyer, joining CHRIS. CHRIS is leaning over the book of shadows while WYATT busies himself with various ingredients.)
WYATT: Got anything?
(CHRIS shakes his head and sits back.)
CHRIS: Nothing. Yanno, what if this is something none of the Halliwell's have ever faced? What if this is some new kind of evil?
WYATT: Then we better learn how to stop it and fast.
(WYATT goes to sit by CHRIS just as MELINDA walks in from the kitchen.)
MELINDA: I thought I heard you boys. Whatcha up to?
(CHRIS looks up at his sister briefly.)
CHRIS: Hey sis. We're trying to figure out what's going on with this witch hunt and how to stop it.
(MELINDA sits down in a chair near the boys.)
MELINDA: That's easy. They're trying to kill off as many of us as they can before they can't anymore.
WYATT: There's got to be a better explanation for it than that.
MELINDA: Who says? I mean, sounds to me like you're giving the demons the benefit of the doubt, bro.
(MELINDA gets up and goes towards the kitchen.)
MELINDA: I'll get mom and dad for you, maybe they can help.
(MELINDA exits and CHRIS mutters under his breath.)
CHRIS: Just once I'd like her to not involve mom and dad.
(WYATT laughs lightly and shakes his head.)
WYATT: She can't help it, you know that.
(PIPER, LEO and MELINDA enter the foyer.)
LEO: Mel said you needed our help, sons? What's up?
CHRIS: Wyatt and I are just trying to figure out what's going on with this mass witch hunt and looking for a way to put an end to it.
PIPER: Chris, honey, there's not much to figure out. With the Power still in hiding the demons are taking advantage of it and going on a killing spree. As for a way to stop it, short of going to the Underworld and shooting up every demon you run into, there is no way.
LEO: Your mother's right. We're going to have to just wait this one out.
WYATT: You fought demons for nearly ten years, mom. You can't stand there and tell me that its just as simple as them picking us off one by one because they can. It may have been that in the beginning, but this has been going on for fifteen or so years. It can't be that anymore.
(PIPER looks at WYATT thoughtfully for a moment and LEO speaks up.)
LEO: Wyatt, I know logic points to there being a reason but I just don't-
(PIPER interrupts him.)
PIPER: No, maybe Wyatt's onto something, Leo. I mean, think back on it. When was the last time a demon did something 'just because they could'? Everything every demon we ever vanquished and fought did was for some 'greater good'. Or at least their own greater good. What we need is to question one of them. Crack them open and find out what's going on. That'll be step number one to finding out how to stop this hunt.
(WYATT and CHRIS smile at their mother.)
CHRIS: So, how do we get one of them without going down there?
PIPER: Well, they're hunting witches right? We'll just give them a witch to hunt.
(WYATT, CHRIS and MELINDA speak at the same time.)
WYATT: I'll do it.
CHRIS: I'll do it.
MELINDA: I'll do it.
PIPER: Not so fast. None of you will be doing it. You're Halliwell's, they'd never go for it. They'd know its a trap. You've got to get someone outside the family to do it.
LEO: Like Cadyn or Dylan.
(CHRIS shakes his head.)
CHRIS: Not Cadyn.
WYATT: And why not? No offense to Dylan because I'm sure she's quite capable of doing this, but I'd trust Cadyn more not to get herself killed.
CHRIS: Because its... its just too dangerous. Dylan'll be fine doing it. She knows how to take care of herself. Besides, I'm sure she could predict what the demons will do before they even do it. It'd give us the upper hand.
(WYATT thinks for a moment and then concedes.)
WYATT: Alright then, I'll go tell Dylan about this plan and see if she's willing to do it. If she's not, Chris, Cadyn's our only hope.
(CHRIS nods and WYATT orbs out of the house. CHRIS turns back to his parents and sister.)
CHRIS: Well, I guess I'll go tell Cadyn then.
(CHRIS shrugs and orbs out. MELINDA turns to her mom.)
MELINDA: Please tell me you saw that.
(LEO looks between both their faces, looking confused.)
LEO: Saw what? Chris and Wyatt orbing?
(PIPER ignores her husband and laughs lightly, smiling and nodding at her daughter. She puts an arm around her shoulder and pulls her close.)
PIPER: Yes I did see that, and it won't be long before she sees it too. Especially if he's going to tell her the plan. You know Cadyn'll offer herself up as bait first thing.
(MELINDA smirks and nods.)
MELINDA: I'm almost hoping she does. Keeping quite about this is getting harder, especially keeping quite to him about it.
(MELINDA and PIPER exit the foyer and enter the kitchen, leaving LEO behind.)
LEO: Keep quite about what? Piper! Mel! What are you talking about?!