A short time later the three sisters were in the attic. Piper and Phoebe were over the Book of Shadows, while Paige was using the card to scry for the mysterious Tim.
"I'm not finding anything in the book about anyone named Tim. Demons usually have more interesting names than that." Phoebe said, throwing her hands up.
"Maybe that's his human name. Afterall, Cole was also known as Balthazor. We should look for a corresponding picture to match the guy I met." Piper informed, continuing to flip pages.
"Got him!" Paige shouted, "he's at 3rd and Elm Street."
"Third and Elm, that's the cemetery." Phoebe said as she and Piper wandered over.
"He did tell me he hangs out there sometimes." Piper informed them.
"Shouldn't that have been your first clue that something strange was up?" Paige asked, taking their hands then orbing.
They rematerialized in the mausoleum, right in front of Tim.
"Ok mister, you've got some explaining to do." Piper said, throwing up her hand to freeze him.
"I'm sorry if this has left you wondering. I knew that Phoebe would get a premonition from my card. That's why I gave it to you." He started, pointing them toward the chapel.
"Wait a minute, why didn't you freeze?" Piper asked, looking confused.
"Because I'm not a demon, or a mortal, I'm an upper level good guy." He said, taking a seat in an empty pew.
"Then why the ruse, why not just tell me who you were?" Piper asked, taking a seat with her sisters in a pew behind Tim.
"I knew they were already watching you, and I couldn't take the chance they'd figure out I was watching them." He said, sitting sideways to speak to them, and leaning over the back of the pew.
"Who are 'they'?" Paige asked.
"The Underworld was in chaos right after the birth of your baby. The crone put forth law that no one is to touch him. They've been building forces recently hoping to find a way around that law and it looks like they may have found a way." He said, with a serious look on his face.
"We're listening. We've beaten the Source, I'm sure we can take on whatever they bring forth." Phoebe said, looking confident.
"Not this, not without the power of four." Tim said, looking at each of them in turn.
"Sheesh, since when is the power of three not good enough?" Piper asked.
"Since the other side found the power of four! You are the Charmed Ones, they are the Cursed Ones, four sisters with the ultimate power of evil. They've been marshalling forces under their banner for months now. The Titan attack was a distraction for them to continue growing stronger. You're going to need your fourth sister in order to defeat them." He said, looking back at Prue's crypt.
"But Prue's dead, and has been nearly three years now. Don't tell us you have the power to resurrect the dead?" Paige asked, looking a little confused.
"No, I'm a keeper of time. My demonic counterpart is named Tempus. I know you've had run ins with him." Tim continued.
"That does ring some bells. He was responsible for resetting time the day that Prue died." Phoebe said, being the only one here who remembered time being reset.
"And that is when things started going wrong! As the power of three you've done a lot of good. In this instance that's not going to be powerful enough. So we have to go back in time and bring Prue back." He said, getting up, and walking back out of the chapel with them.
"Ok, if all this is true, then how does that explain my premonition about Jenna?" Phoebe asked, when Piper staggered and went to one knee.
"Something wrong, Piper?" Paige asked, taking her hand.
"We have to get home right away. I just heard Jenna, screaming in my head. She and Wyatt are in trouble." She said, as Paige grabbed Phoebe's hand too and orbed all three of them out.