Two and I watched as Vlad came closer and loomed around us. I shuddered at the thought of what the being was planning to do.

"They're in here, Master." Vlad suddenly called out behind him. At Vlad's words, the Merovingian came walking into the room while carrying a flashlight. Behind him came Persephone, Cain, and Abel.

"Thought you would get away?" The Mero sneered.

"We gave it a shot." I replied cautiously.

"Where's One?" Two asked.

"He's safe, if that's what you want to know. At least he's safe for now."

"Traitor! All these years we've been loyal to you and you turn on us like this!" Two started toward the Mero.

"I turned against you? What about you turning against me?"

"Uh uh, you aren't blaming us. The Oracle told us all about your plans the last time."

"Ah, but that was last time. Now I have you right where I want you." The Mero snapped his fingers and Vlad came forward. "Take ze girl." He ordered.

With his orders, Vlad came walking toward me. I backed up a little, not planning on letting him get me this time. Two stepped in-between me and Vlad and snarled a little.

"You'll have to take me first." He told Vlad. "Then second, you may have to take me again. And third, yeah I say you'll have to take me again. Then we'll have to see about fourth." Two pulled out his razor and took a swing at Vlad. The vampire dodged it and grabbed hold of Two's neck and held on tightly. Two gasped for air then phased out of Vlad's grasp. Vlad looked around in amazement, trying to find Two again.

"Over here, stupid." Came Two's voice from a dark corner of the room.

"Oh forget it! It's not you I'm after anyway." Vlad hissed then turned an icy gaze at me.

I turned to run, but tripped over some boards and rubble. The next thing I knew was that Vlad had bounded on top of me and had me by the shirt.

"Good, Vlad. Bring her here." The Mero coldly commanded. Vlad picked me up and carried me over and put me down beside the Mero. The Mero placed his hand around my neck. A cold chill ran down my spine at feeling his touch.

"What do you want me to do with him?" Vlad asked, pointing to wherever Two was hiding in the shadows.

"He'll come," The Mero's grip tightened on my neck. "When he finds out that his little friend is in danger."

"I would thank you to take your hands off me." I calmly said.

The Mero only smiled.

"If you don't come out here, I will choke your friend." The Mero shouted.

"Don't listen to him, Two! It's a trick!" I shouted.

"Don't you hurt her!" Two's voice came from somewhere. "If I come out slowly, will you let her go?"

"Yes."

"Alright, I'm coming out."

"Don't do it, Two! It's a trick!" I shouted again.

"Don't worry, Angel, it'll be ok." Two said as he walked up in front of me and the Merovingian.

"Take him and bring him along." The Mero commanded Cain and Abel.

All of us walked back into the Great Hall where the vamps were waiting. The Mero pushed and forced us in. I walked silently down the line of vamps that stood on both sides, and eyed them out of the corners of my eyes. Two and I stopped, stood silently and watched. The Merovingian walked up and stopped a few feet away from us and stood silent and grim. There was a long air of silence except for the usual shuffling, breathing and occasional throat clearing. A chill started to run down my back at the whole atmosphere.

"Where is my brother?" Two softly and sternly asked, half in anger and half in frustration.

The Mero said nothing. Instead he motioned for one of the vamps nearest him to step out of the room. The vamp was gone for only a few minutes and when he returned, he had a struggling One tightly by the arms and shoved him forward. When One saw us he didn't hesitate to walk over, giving me a light squeeze on the shoulder as he took his place beside Two.

"Now that we're all here and everyone is through playing games, shall we begin?" The Mero's French voice echoed off the walls of the Great Hall.

"What is there to begin?" One huffed.

"I'm not going to beat around the bush; instead I'm going to get right to the point."

I could feel the Twins move restlessly by my side as the Mero spoke. I knew they were nervous about what the Mero would do to them. I carefully and slowly, without looking, placed my hand around Two's hand and softly squeezed it. He immediately took my hand and did the same. Afterwards he seemed calmer, as if he knew that everything was going to be alright.

"I'm going to give you two choices." The Merovingian continued.

"Enough with the talking! Just give us the blasted codes and we'll get out of here!" Two suddenly and angrily blurted out.

The Mero's eyes widened as he peered at Two.

"Come here." The Mero motioned to Two.

At first Two hesitated, but he slowly walked forward and stopped in front of the Mero. Without warning, the Mero slapped Two across the face. I started to run toward them, but One grabbed hold of my arm and kept me back.

"Don't you ever interrupt me again!" The Mero shouted at Two.

Two cowered.

"You seem awful eager to speak." The Mero evilly smiled at Two. "I think I'm going to allow you to make the choice."

"W-what choice?" Two asked.

"You'll see." The Mero walked around Two and up to me. The Merovingian grabbed me by the neck and pulled me over to him. "You love this girl, don't you?"

Two eyed the Mero and me.

"You love her, don't you?" The Mero repeated, dragging me around as he walked away from the Twins.

"What if I do?"

"How much do you love her?" the Mero grinned evilly.

"What concern is it of yours?" Two gruffly answered.

"Means nothing to me, but it just might mean something to her."

I gasped for air as the Mero tightened his grip on my neck. Much to my horror, the Mero grabbed a gun from one of his henchmen's hands and shoved the gun's muzzle to my head.

"The first choice, the girl will be free to return to her world and I won't bother it or her ever again, but you two will remain here and will be sent back to the Source for all the trouble you've caused me!"

The room was silent as the Mero paused for breath, and to gloat over the whole situation. I stood as still as I could, not daring to move.

"What's the second choice?" Two asked, hoarsely.

"The second choice,"

I heard the gun begin to click as the Mero started to squeeze the trigger.

"The girl dies right here and now, but you two will remain here and work for me as you did before, just like nothing ever happened."

The vamps, Vlad, Cain, Abel, and Persephone all exchanged silent glances with each other, barely moving as they did so. The atmosphere was tense and silent.

The Twins stood motionless.

"So what's it gonna be?" The Mero broke the silence. "The first or second choice?"

As the Merovingian continued to hold me close to him, my eyes met Two's. Even though his sunglasses hid his beautiful eyes, I knew he was looking straight at me. I could feel it. It's something I couldn't explain at the time or couldn't understand, but I almost knew what he was feeling, what he was thinking, and deep down inside I knew that everything was going to be okay in the end, no matter which choice he chose. At the same time, I wanted so bad to scream out to him to choose the second choice, to let me die and save himself, but the tight grip the Mero had on me wouldn't allow me to utter even a whisper. I loved Two too much and I didn't want him to die because of me. At that moment, I couldn't even begin to imagine what it would be like afterwards to go through life without him by my side.

My thoughts soon came back to the present when the Mero tighten his grip yet again and pressed the gun harder to my head. It was all I could do to breath enough to keep myself alive long enough for Two to choose.

"Well? What's it going to be, twin?" The Mero said. "I haven't got all day."

Two slowly and carefully stepped forward a little, before the Mero motioned that it was close enough.

"I," Two stopped and looked back at One.

One said nothing.

Forget a pin drop; the room was so silent I believe you could have heard a piece of dust fall on the floor.

"I choose the first choice." Two finally said, his eyes resting on me.

"So be it." The Merovingian said, taking the gun away from my head and pushing me away. "The locks on the computer in her world will be removed and she will be released. Then I will deal with the both of you."

Two lowered his head.

"You will have a few minutes to say one last good bye." The Mero motioned with his head for everyone to leave the Great Hall.

All the vamps turned and filed out the doors.

"You'd better make it good." The Mero looked at me. "It'll be the last time you'll ever see your two friends."

With that said, the Mero turned and followed Persephone out of the room, leaving the Twins and me alone with each other.

"Oh, Two." I said, wrapping my arms around him. "Why did you have to choose the first? You should have saved yourself and let me die." I pulled back and looked up into his face.

"I couldn't." Two shook his head sorrowfully. "I couldn't bear the thought of you dying."

My eyebrows perked.

"You have so much more to live for than we do. You're human." Two softly ran his hand through my hair as he spoke. "I love you, Angel, that's why I want you to live. If the only way for you to live is for us to be deleted, then that's the way I want it to be. I couldn't bear to live knowing that you died because of me."

I buried my face in Two's coat and started to cry. One walked up beside me and placed his hand on my back.

"It's going to be ok, you'll see." He said softly.

"I don't want to let you go." I said through my tears. "I let you go once and I thought I'd never see you again. Then you came back to me. I didn't come this far to lose you again." I pulled myself away from Two and looked into his eyes.

He slowly took his glasses off and opened his eyes. I gasped at the sight of his beautiful silver eyes. He leaned forward and placed his lips to mine, closing his eyes as he did so. I followed his lead and did the same. For a few minutes, both of us held each other in a tight embrace. It was something I had never felt before. When we pulled back, I was speechless. It felt good.

"I hope you don't slap me this time." Two chuckled, side smiling at me.

I couldn't help but laugh.

"Don't worry, Two, I'm not gonna slap you." I smiled, putting my hand on his cheek and rubbing it a little.

For a little while, both of us stood and stared into each other's eyes. For some reason I couldn't shake the feeling that everything was going to be alright. I couldn't accept that this was it. There had to be more to this than one last good bye. Finally, I placed my arms around Two's neck and hugged him tight.

"You're the first one I've ever loved." I whispered in Two's ear. "You're the only one I ever will love."

Two pulled away from me and walked away.

I turned to One and smiled.

"One," I placed my arms around him and hugged him.

"I love you, Angel." He whispered in my ear. "Uh, not in the way Two loves you, but I still love you." He grinned.

I giggled then reached to ruffle his hair.

"So do I. I mean, not in the way I love Two, but I still love you."

One's smile got bigger.

Just then, the Merovingian returned.

"Alright, you've had enough time."

"But," I started.

"No buts! I gave you a few minutes to say your good byes, now it's time to get things started."

Two vamps walked in and grabbed onto Two and started to drag him out.

"TWO!!" I shouted, then began to run after him. The Mero grabbed onto my arm and jerked me back.

"Two..." I groaned while watching the vamps drag Two away. Two's eyes never left mine. Two more vamps came in and dragged One away. I groaned as they carried him off as well. When it was just the Mero and me left, the Mero let go of me.

"You ready to go home?"

I frowned at the Mero's words.

"How can you be so heartless?" I asked.

"Don't look at me, it was their choice."

"You could have been a little more fair."

"Fair?! Wasn't my choices fair enough?" The Mero said in a shocked tone.

"No! Either way Two chose, one of us would die!"

"So?"

"So you should have had a choice where we all live!" I angrily shouted.

"Enough of zis! You have wasted too much of my time as it is!"

"You just want to kill something, don't you?"

"So what if I do? It's not yours to question." The Mero huffed. "Now, are you ready to return to your world or not?"

"She's not ready to go until I say so."

Both the Merovingian and I spun around to see who the new voice was.

"Oracle!!" I shouted with a huge smile.

"And she's not going until two other individuals are with her." The Oracle said before turning toward the door she had come from. Two and One came into the Great Hall, followed by Seraph.

"Two!! One!!" I shouted as I ran and threw my arms around Two.

The Merovingian slowly stepped back.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" I said to the Oracle while hugging the Twins and crying tears of joy.

"You're welcome." The Oracle chuckled. "But Seraph is the one you should really thank. He's the one who got rid of the vamps who were dragging your friends off."

I pulled myself away from the Twins and walked up to Seraph. I nodded my head in greeting, him doing the same to me.

"Thank you. You have no idea how much this means to me." I whispered.

Seraph only smiled.

"Enough! What is going on here? These two are supposed to be on their way to the Source!" The Mero fumed aloud.

"Oh shut up!" the Oracle snapped. "You have no right to hold these here like you're doing."

"This is my chateau and I can hold them here if I wish, fortune teller!" The Mero's face suddenly turned devilish.

"Seraph,"

Seraph obeyed and stepped closer to the Oracle.

"I think the Merovingian is ready to give up the codes to unlock that computer now."

Seraph nodded then proceeded toward the Mero. The Mero eased and started backing away.

"No! You cannot do zis! No!"

The Oracle motioned for me and the Twins to come with her into another room.

"So how have you been?" the Oracle asked once we were in... the broom closet?

I looked around at all the cleaning supplies around us, then remembered that the Oracle had asked me a question.

"Oh, sorry."

"Quite alright. It's not everyday that you stand and chat in a broom closet."

The Twins snickered.

"I'm doing great. Well, as great as can be expected I guess. But I'm totally happy now that I have my twins back." I wrapped my arm around Two.

The Oracle smiled sweetly.

"You two really do love each other, don't you?"

Both Two and I nodded our heads at the same time.

Suddenly, Seraph came through the half closed door and whispered something in the Oracle's ear. She then turned to us and smiled.

"I do believe it's time for all of us to go home."