The spacious two story house that Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk occupied was quiet. Too quiet. Usually there was at least one form of noise that resonated against the walls. Whether it be the constant bickering of the three sisters, or the blaring of the large flat screen TV. However, there was no sound to be heard. Just complete and utter silence.

SIIIIIIIIIIIGH

Except for Sonata's heavy sighing.

Adagio's eye twitched erratically as she held the book she was reading in a death grip. Aria wasn't faring any better. She sunk further into the couch as her head throbbed with the onslaught of a migraine. Sonata lay on the opposite side of the couch and let out another heavy, long sigh.

SIIIIIIIIIIIGH

Adagio shut her book and slammed it on the coffee table causing Sonata to roll off the couch and land on the floor with a hard thud. Adagio towered over her little sister and looked down at her with a burning inferno in her eyes.

"Owie..." Sonata muttered, rubbing her backside.

"Oh. My. God, Sonata what could possibly be the problem?!" Adagio said through gritted teeth.

"I'm hungry." Sonata whined.

"Seriously Sonata?" Aria groaned. "It's called a kitchen, and it's not even TEN steps away from you."

Sonata stood and dusted herself off. She looked at Aria with a pouty face.

"You're right Ari," she said. "It's way more than that!"

Aria smacked a hand to her forehead. Adagio growled and reopened her book, sitting back down on the leather recliner.

"Sonata, why don't you go in there and make yourself a sandwich or something." Adagio muttered, her nose buried in her book.

"But, I thought I wasn't allowed to make my own food after what happened last time..." Sonata said scratching her chin.

Adagio and Aria shuddered as the haunting memory came back to them. It had been a messy ordeal.

"Yeah Dagi, remember when she-" Aria started.

"We do not speak of it." Adagio interrupted. "I don't need another night terror."

"Well, what am I gonna do?!" Sonata cried, tears filling her eyes. "I'm all out of emergency tacos! I'm gonna STARVE!"

Sonata fell to her knees and broke into pitiful bawling. Her wails sounded worse than her attempts to sing after the three lost their siren magic at the hands of the Rainbooms.

WOOOOAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH

Aria threw her hands over her ears and winced in pain. Sonata's wailing was worsening her migraine, big time. Adagio's body shook with rage and her rose eyes seemed to turn bright red. She gritted her teeth and pulled her book in half. She threw both halves of the destroyed book to the floor and glowered down at Sonata.

"You know what Sonata..." Adagio growled and reached into the pocket of her jeans, pulling out something black.

Sonata gulped.

"Y-yes Dagi...?" she stuttered.

Adagio threw down a couple of bills and some loose change out of her wallet. The money landed at Sonata's feet and the youngest siren looked up at her sister in confusion.

"Dagi, what's this for?" Sonata asked.

"Go buy yourself some tacos or whatever." Adagio said. "Just hurry up and get out of here before you keel over."

Sonata smiled brightly and she seemed to completely forget why she was ever crying in the first place. She scooped up the money and shoved it into the pocket of her jeans. Sonata stood and skipped towards the front door.

"Thanks Dagi, I'll be back in a jiff!" she said and ran out.

Adagio sunk back into the leather recliner and gave up on reading her book. Aria turned and looked at her elder sister; still clutching her throbbing head.

"You think she'll finally get lost on the way home?" she asked.

"Doesn't hurt to hope does it?" Adagio asked with sarcasm dripping in her words.

-ooooooooo-

Sonata happily skipped back home with two bags full of tacos from the local Mexican eatery, the Taco Hut, slung over both shoulders. There were already crumbs around Sonata's mouth. She had snacked on one, maybe two tacos on the way home. She was incredibly tempted to eat more, but she restrained herself by pure willpower. Sonata skipped past a dark alleyway and a growling voice echoed in her ears.

"You there..."

Sonata looked around herself and her eyes fell upon a cloaked shadowy figure in the dark alleyway.

"Who, me?" she asked the figure, pointing to herself.

"Yes, you." the figure spoke.

The voice was definitely masculine and quite deep in tone. The figure's voice almost sounded sinister and evil.

"The person that I am addressing clearly addressed me when I addressed said person. So in saying, yes, I am indeed talking to you. Which is to say, I am addressing you even though I do not know your name."

Sonata scratched her head.

"Wait, so are you talking to me or not?" she asked.

"To reiterate," the figure spoke. " I am indeed speaking to the person of which I do not know the name of, which would mean that I am indeed talking to you."

Sonata looked extremely confused.

"But, my name's not you, my name's Sonata Dusk. Are you sure you're talking to me?"

"Very well then, I am addressing Sonata Dusk." the figure spoke.

The figure slightly stepped into the light. Sonata looked around herself to find the mysterious man, but saw no one standing in front of or behind her. She suddenly heard someone clear their throat and she looked down. Standing three feet away from her and about three feet tall was the man with the dark voice. The strange man wore a beige colored trench coat, white gloves, white boots and quite a large beige fedora sat atop his head. Sonata looked closer at the little man and saw that his skin was a sickly green and his eyes were a pinkish - red.

"Ooh, you look sick." Sonata said with concern. "And you have a really big head, like, really big! I think you're head's bigger than my sister's hair. No, wait, I think Adagio's hair is still the biggest thing in the world."

The little man growled in annoyance and then smiled to himself sinisterly. He looked up at Sonata with a sad expression on his face.

"Oh yes, I am sick. Which is to say that I am ill and in need of medical attention. However, due to certain circumstances I cannot afford to pay my medical bills. I have been homeless, meaning without a home, for several days."

Sonata was tearing up as she listened to the man's story. She reached into one of the Taco Hut bags and retrieved a still slightly hot taco wrapped in paper and handed it to the man.

"Here," Sonata said. "I was planning to eat it when I got home, but I think you need it more."

The man took the taco and smiled at Sonata.

"My sincere thanks to you." he spoke. "In exchange for your kindness, I have something that you might like."

The man reached into the pocket of his trench coat and pulled out a clear bottle filled halfway with a black liquid and a big, bold letter "X" printed on the front of it. Sonata took the bottle and looked at it.

"What is it?" Sonata asked. "It looks weird."

"It is a special taco sauce." the man said smiling toothily. "It is very spicy."

"Oooh, I get it," Sonata said. "X-tra spicy, X-tra special! I can't wait for Ari and Dagi to try it with me! I'll make it a surprise!"

Sonata turned and began running back to her house with the bottle in her hand. She turned back to the man and waved with a huge smile on her face.

"Thanks for the taco sauce mister!" she called. "Hope you get over your weird illness, and be able to pay your hospital bill!"

The man waved back and smiled sinisterly, stepping back into the dark alley.

"Stupid simpleminded girl..."

-ooooooooo-

Sonata burst back into the house with the two bags of tacos held high above her head.

"I'm baaaaaaaack!" she chimed.

Sonata saw Aria still sitting on the couch with her eyes closed tight.

"I'm napping, and Dagi's upstairs taking a shower." Aria grumbled. " Now leave me alone and wake me up when I care."

"Okay," Sonata sang. " But I brought tacos, and you don't want me to eat them all again. You and Dagi won't get any...~"

Aria groaned and forced herself into a sitting position. She stood and trudged to the kitchen. She walked past the stairs and shouted up to Adagio.

"Yo Dagi, you better get down here before the idiot can stuff her face with our lunch!"

Adagio came downstairs in a white tee shirt and loose pants. Her poofy hair hung loosely down her back and it was slightly poofier thanks to the recent blowdrying it had received. She walked into the kitchen and saw Aria sitting at the table and Sonata hunched over the counter. Sonata emptied the contents of the "X" labeled bottle onto three separate tacos. The black liquid seeped into the meat and vanished from sight. Sonata turned back to her sisters and sat down at the table.

"Here you go, dig in!" she said happily.

Each of the sirens took a taco from off of the plate and took a bite. Sonata finished hers in two whole bites while her sisters took their time. Aria suddenly stopped eating after a few minutes when she started to feel very strange. She clutched her stomach and a small groan escaped her mouth.

"Aria, are you alright?" Adagio asked.

"I dunno." Aria said. "I don't feel so good..."

Aria slowly stood from her chair, but all of a sudden, she collapsed in a heap on the floor.

"Aria!" Sonata cried.

Adagio looked down at her fallen sister and kneeled down beside her. She whipped her head back up to Sonata with a worried and angry expression.

"Sonata, what did you do?!" Adagio shouted.

"I just put some taco sauce on the tacos that's all!" Sonata whimpered, tears brimming in her eyes.

Adagio looked to the counter and saw the empty "X" labeled bottle sitting there. She stood and picked it up seeing the remnants of the black liquid in the bottom of the bottle.

"Sonata, where did you get this?!" Adagio shouted at the youngest siren.

"Well," Sonata began. "There was this guy on the street and I gave him a taco, and then he gave me that taco sauce."

"You idiot!" Adagio screamed. "You don't take things like this from people on the street! This stuff could very well be poison!"

"I didn't know Dagi, I-I'm sorry...for realizes..." Sonata whimpered.

"Well sorry's not gonna cut it!" Adagio said, her voice wavering a bit. "Y-you've really done it now...Sonata..."

With that, Adagio collapsed to the floor.

Sonata looked down at the bottle once more. She looked directly at the X and suddenly it all came to her like a crack of thunder.

"Ooooh, now I get it..." she said, her body beginning to sway back and forth. "X-tra spicy, X-tra special, and...X-tra deadly..."

Sonata's eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fell face first onto the table, unconscious.

Now the house was truly silent.