"Well let her go! That's what i say!..." an angry Gregg stormed out of the kitchen into the front room. "I never liked her from the moment she set foot in here!..."

Darla grabbed his arm and made a face. "But who gets stuck with those little trouble makers if there's no nanny in the house?..."

Gregg looked at her unamused.

"Me that's who!..." She yelled in his face.

"Oh get over it… anything's better than having Miss. Desoxyn in the house!..."

"Indeed Mr. Kokkinos!... I'm not staying in this Godforsaken house one more second!..." Penny head for the door.

"NO NO Penelope don't leave us!..." Darla said standing in front of the door.

"Out of my way Miss. Scully!"

"But what do I tell the master when she comes home and sees the children aren't here!..."

"I don't give a fuck about the children!..." She turned to Gregg. "Those little shits have broken me!..."

"They must be somewhere!... did you look in the park?… you know how they are!..." Darla asked still planted firm on the door.

Penny tried to push at Darla. "I said let me out!... I'm done with this house forever!..."

"Well hip hip hooray!..." Gregg said sarcastically at her. "You won't mourn for you, Miss. Priss…"

Gregg waved as he stomped back into the kitchen.

"No no no! Penny plea-" Darla and Penny exchanged a look as the heard the sound of a man singing outside.

"Mr. Tominey… he's home…" Darla said in almost a whisper. Penny sighed and backed down from the door.

Darla opened the door and Daniel stepped in.

"Good evening… Penny, Darla!..." He said with vigor as he set the violin he was holding down.

"Oh we just had the most wonderful meeting!... Mr. Withbourn chained himself to the sheriff's office window!" Daniel almost yelled as his smile widened. "You should have been there it was great!..."

" Mr. Tominey I would like to speak with you…" Penny was painfully ignored as Daniel continued.

"And Mrs. Ainslie was carried off to prison singing and scattering pamphlets all the way!..."

"I'm glad your home, sir… but i need to talk about what I've decided to do an-" Penny was cut off and Daniel grabbed her shoulders and smiled.

"Oh you've decided to know the good of Xemüg!..." He then put a hand on Darla's shoulder. "I always knew you were one of us!..." He leaned over and grabbed his violin and started singing.

"We're clearly soldiers with intention!..." He sang at Penny and Darla.

"And dauntless crusaders for ascension!..." He leaned up to Darla. "Though we adore them quite easily… " He leaned over to Penny.

" We agree that said and done they're rather stupid…" He sang in a low tone.

"Mr. Tominey-" Penny shouted exasperated. He ignored her.

"Cast of the shackles of yesterday!..." Gregg emerged from the kitchen upon hearing Daniel's impromptu musical number, only to be roped in to singing along.

"Stand on the streets and shout a better way!..." His strings made a slower tune as he sang with more length and feeling. "The future people will adore us and they'll sing in grateful chorus…" He looked to Penny, Darla and Gregg. "Well done! Children of Xemüg!..."

"Mister Tominey!..." Penny yelled as Daniel made his way to the stairs. Still ignoring her, he stood on the stairs like a stage and continued.

"From Kensington to Billingsgate, one hears the restless cries…" He sang as the watched.

"From every corner of the land, Our people will arises!... Oh, Well cry it out from the streets and say it all again!" Gregg and Darla watched as Daniel pointed his bow out in triumph.

"Take heart, for Mr. Withbourn has been clapped in irons again!..." He looked more seriously at the grope.

"We must make them subservient to thee…" Daniel set down his violin and put a sash around Darla's neck. It read: A Life for Xemüg. As he put one around Penny's neck, she scowled at him.

"Mr. Tominey, I need to tel-" She was cut off by the song again.

"We are helping the weak military!..." He sang as he put a sash around Gregg.

"So cast off the shackles of yesterday!-"

"Mister Tominey!..."

"Stand on the streets and shout a better way!..." He, Gregg and Darla sang along to.

"Mister Tominey, Stop!..."

Daniel leaned over to Gregg and Darla. "The future people will adore us… and they'll sing in grateful chorus!..."

"MISTER TOMINEY!..." Penny shouted.

Daniel stopped singing and looked at her. "Okay fine what is it?.."

"Mr. Tominey, i have something to say to you…"

Daniel looked around and paused. "Where are the children?..."

"Those little brats, are not here…" Penny said as she took the sash off and dropped it on the ground. Darla and Gregg exchanged a worried look.

Daniel frowned, "Penny, I wish you wouldn't call them that… and this is the third time this week! Its not heard to take care of them…"

"The forth…"

"What?..."

"The forth time they ran off… and I'm done with those little demons…"

"Well when are they coming home?..."

"I don't care and i don't know, now I'll take my last check-"

"Oh no your not leaving!?...What about the kids?... What will Mrs. Tominey say?..." He turned to Darla and handed her the sashes and his violin. "Here put these away... "

He then turned back to Penny.

"Please stay, please help me find them…" He pleaded. "Come on stay… Mrs. Tominey was just starting to get used to you…"

Penny looked at Daniel with a look of quiet astonishment.

Darla came back from putting his things away and caught sight of the clock: 5:59.

"POST EVERYONE!..." She shouted as everyone but Penny scrambled to their 'post'.

Suddenly a loud bang could be heard and the whole house shook. Like clockwork, like it had been done a thousand times, they caught everything that fell and kept the piano from hitting the wall.

Daniel then returned to Penny like nothing happened. "Oh please sta-"

"My check!..." Penny scowled.