"WHAT?!" Lance stared at Pietro. "Since when did you have a sister?"

"Since I was born!" Pietro snapped. "And she was born four minutes after me!"

"Your TWIN?" Todd's eyebrows rose in surprise and disbelief. "How come you never told us, Quickie?"

"Because I didn't want to think about that episode of my life," Pietro said, looking miserable. "She was my best friend, guys! My little sis. I promised her I would never leave her and we'd always be together when we were little." A ghost of a smile flickered briefly on Pietro's pale face before it darkened again. "Then when we were nine, Father told me that Wanda's powers were going out of control, that we needed to send her to an asylum for the good of all. I argued, of course." Pietro's voice turned bitter. "There was absolutely nothing wrong with Wanda or her power, just a little undeveloped, and he knew it. I now know he did. But back then, I was just a stupid little kid who didn't know what to say. And so, he pressured me to follow him and convinced me to do the same, and I- abandoned her." Pietro sighed. "I really don't feel like talking about it anymore." he said abruptedly.

"That why she wants ta kill you?" Todd whispered. But there was no reply, just the wind howling through the window. Pietro had lain down and turned his back to them all in the blink of an eye.

Lance sighed. This was obviously big news to them all. But why had Pietro concealed this from them? He glanced back toward the door, wondering what Wanda was doing downstairs. Lance shook his head. "Come on Todd," he said. It was not going to be any use talking to Pietro now, he was in one of his little moods.

Going back downstairs, they found Wanda sitting fuming on the couch. "Um, h-hey... yo, Wanda?" Todd said hesitantly, hopping closer cautiously to the girl.

Wanda's head snapped up, her dark eyes smoldering with barely caged anger. She reminded Lance of a caged animal that as soon as you open the cage, it'll jump out and bite your head off.

"What do you want?" she snarled. "You're one of *them* too, aren't you?" she glared at Lance and Todd. "One of *his* little pawns. Well, I'm not!"

The lights flickered dangerously, on the verge of exploding.

"Whoa, hey, easy!" Lance said. "Relax! We never said you were!"

"Go!" Wanda growled. "Leave me alone!"

She sent a kitchen chair flying towards them.

"Hey! Watch it!"

"Ah!"

Lance and Todd barely dodged the chair, and they decided that maybe Pietro had a very good and smart point in going to bed early that night. They made a beeline for the stairs.