"Wait a minute," said Piper, "are you saying after he's finished with you, he's coming after us?"
"So has the Oracle foreseen," said Mal Nosh. "This must not be allowed. We must put an end to this before it begins or all will pay."
"Hold on purple boy," said Pure. "We're not in the habit of killing someone for something they might do. Besides we don't know for sure if you're telling the truth. This could all just be a ruse."
"Your elders will know of this," said Mal Nos. "Or do they not care if you are destroyed?"
"I need to check with them," said Leo. "They should be able to verify all this."
"Okay," said Prue, "we need time to check this out. We're not about to kill anyone just on your say so."
"Your compassion is your weakness," said the demon. "But I will give you two days. No more. Before the sun sets on that day the human must die. Or we shall all suffer his madness."
Mal Nosh shimmered and was gone.
"Two days?" questioned Phoebe. "I wonder why he gave us two days."
"That's my birthday," said Hobart. "I was born at 7:17 in the evening."
"Just after sunset," said Piper.
"I'll go see what I can find out," said Leo. "I'll be back as soon as I know anything."
Hobart looked on in surprise as Leo orbed out.
"How did he do that?" asked Hobart
"He's an angel," said Piper. "Now, assuming Mal Nosh was telling the truth, why do you get your powers? Where do they come from?"
"Maybe daddy was a demon," suggested Prue.
"So why wait until now before his powers manifests themselves?" asked Phoebe. "Shouldn't he have had them all along?"
"We didn't," said Pure. "Not until you read the incantation. Maybe it just took this long before they came out."
"That's not really important right now," said Piper. "We need to decide what we're going to do if this all is true. We can't just kill him, no matter what our purple friend claims."
"Your mother never said anything about your father?" Prue asked Hobart.
"Only that they worked together," said Hobart.
"What kind of research did your mother do?" asked Phoebe.
"All kinds," said Hobart. "She looked up material for the scientists who worked there. Everything from genetic engineering to medical research to statistical data. She was never involved in the research herself. Just looking up information."
"Doesn't sound like the kind of place a demon would be interested in," said Piper. "There has to be a reason you're going to get demonic powers. Maybe your mom can give us some info."
"She cant," said Hobart. "She died about five years ago. Even then she wouldn't tell me. She said it was better if I didn't know. I've never had a father so I never gave it much thought."
"We can relate to that," said Prue.
"What about papers your mother might have had?" asked Piper. "Letters, diaries, anything the might give us a clue."
"There's nothing," said Hobart. "I threw all that stuff out after she died. I just figured I'd never have any use for it."
Suddenly, Leo orbed in.
"That didn't take long," said Piper. "So how much of what Mal Nosh told us is the truth?"
"All of it," said Leo. "With what we learned they were about to check it out. The Oracle was right. On his thirtieth birthday, Hobart will manifest powerful demonic powers. With them he'll wipe out most demons.
"But he wont stop there. When he's done with the demons he'll go after witches, Whitelighters, anyone with special powers. And he wont stop until he's finished off every one of them."