Apologies from Piper and Phoebe for not believing in Prue's demon theory. She shushes them, telling them they need to check out the two new demon names in the BoS. Piper finds the entry for Troxa, and reiterates what we already know: he's invisible, but is sensitive to cold. Prue guesses that she never would have seen him, had their intruder not turned the house into an icebox. Phoebe asks Leo if this means the sisters have another guardian. He replies that he doesn't know, but it wouldn't hurt in the fight against Belthazor, who happens to be "an infamous demonic soldier of fortune." Phoebe and Prue recognize his image in the BoS as that of the demon they caught in the attic two weeks ago. Piper determines the three are temporarily out of danger, and heads off to bed. Leo orbs out to get more information on Belthazor, and Phoebe also heads off to her room, but not before noticing Prue had scrawled Cole's name in her notes as a possible "Level One Demon." Phoebe suggests Prue call him in the morning to apologize, and Prue, somewhat hesitantly, agrees.
Prue's darkroom. She places a couple of sheets of exposed photo stock into trays of developer, then starts the timer. As the images emerge, though, she notices something strange. Someone has apparently been using her camera to photograph her. As she leans in for a closer inspection of the images, a figure leaps from the shadows behind her and slams her face into a tray of developer. Blinded, Prue gropes about in front of her. Cut to a blurry Prue POV, then fade to black.
Manor kitchen, the following morning. Piper makes "meeting tonight's product-placed band" noises, and asks Phoebe if she can give her a ride. Phoebe's distracted by the "loose ends" that remain -- specifically, the non-demonic details of broken mirrors, stolen personal items, blasting air conditioning, and maggoty roses. She has a lingering suspicion Darryl is right about the stalker, but Piper tries to calm her, noting that Darryl has Sean's information, and Darryl will take care of things from here. Piper then wonders if Phoebe's seen Prue. Phoebe replies that Prue's bed has been made and her car is gone, but that it's entirely too early for Prue to be at 415's offices. Phoebe grabs the cordless to call Prue. We get a couple of shots of Prue's cellular buzzing around on a table, until it's snatched up by a disembodied hand. A woman pretending to be Prue tells Phoebe everything's fine, as we glimpse Prue, lashed to a chair and unconscious in a darkened room. Phoebe tells the impostor they have a bad connection, and we cut to reveal Abbey babbling into the cellular. Didn't see that coming, did we? Oh yeah, we did, way back in that dissolve from StalkerCam to Abbey at the bar. Abbey cuts the call short and paces back and forth, looking above her. Piper and Phoebe leave, as Abbey listens from the cellar below. Once she's certain they've left, she arouses the still-blinded Prue, telling her the two are alone now.









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