Morning came, and with it the sound of the Merovingian screaming and shrieking in French. Perse tried calming him down but it was no use.

"Look at me!" The Mero gasped again while looking in the bathroom mirror. "I look like something from a horror movie!" His face was covered in pinkish rouge, bright red lipstick covered his lips and also his cheeks and nose, and dark eye shadow circled his eyes, making them look as though someone had socked him. To top things off, whoever had done it had also put hair curlers in his hair.

"Perse, don't just stand there gawking, help me get this off!" The Mero's eyes widened. Perse blinked several times then proceeded to help the Mero. Both of them walked back into the bedroom where the Mero seated himself on the edge of the bed while Perse sat beside him and raised a wet cloth to his face.

"I am going to get those two. I am going to get them!" The Mero grumbled through his teeth while Persephone washed the makeup off with the wet cloth. The Mero grabbed Perse's arm for a minute. "What is it?" she asked.

"Look at this room!" He quietly said, his eyes following the walls. Perse looked around too.

"Those little monsters painted pink dots all over the walls!!" the Mero's eyes went big. "What do they have against me?"

"They're only having a bit of fun with you." Perse continued wiping the Mero's face while trying to hide a laugh.

"Fun? You call this fun? I go to sleep the night before and I wake up the next morning to see myself looking like a fool and the walls of my bedroom painted with pink polka dots. That's fun??"

"Honey, you're going to have to learn to control your temper with them. After all you did program them to destroy and cause chaos."

"Yes I programmed them to do that, but I didn't mean for them to use it against me! They've got good destroying skills, but they need to learn to control them."

Perse and Mero looked up at the bedroom door when they heard giggling on the other side of it.

"That does it!" The Mero pushed Perse's hand away and ran to the door, the curlers, still in his hair, bobbing. "I'm usually a quiet and peaceful man, but this has gone too far."

The Mero rushed out of the room and stopped at the Twins' bedroom door. It was locked from the inside.

"Open this door right now!" The Mero banged hard on the wooden door and jiggled the doorknob. "Come on. Open it."

The Twins refused to open the door and continued to giggle and laugh. The Mero stomped off down the hall; one of the maids seeing him moved to one side and stared immensely as he walked by her.

"You never saw me." Was the Mero's reply to the silent staring woman as he turned a corner and disappeared.

A few minutes later, the Mero returned to the still locked door. Perse stuck her head out of their bedroom and watched the Mero.

"What are you doing?"

"I took the Twins' phasing powers away again and now I'm going to get them." The Mero pushed the spare key he held in his hand into the doorknob and turned it. "I want you to go downstairs and start helping with breakfast."

"But what are you going to do to the Twins?"

"Nothing of your concern. I'm just going to have a little talk with them, that's all. Now go!" The Mero watched as Persephone walked down the hall and disappeared.

After a long wait at the dinning room table, Perse began to wonder. What was taking the Merovingian so long? And what was he doing to the Twins? He'd never been late for breakfast before. She started to get up from her chair, but sat back down when the Mero came through the door, the Twins entering behind him. Her husband was clean and his hair straight. The Twins slowly and silently walked to their places at the table and hopped up in their chairs. This time they were seated opposite from Persephone so that she could keep an eye on their manners.

"What took you so long?" Perse asked as the Mero sat down in his chair.

"I had to clean myself up and take the curlers out of my hair."

Persephone almost laughed. She turned to the Twins who were, surprisingly, sitting quietly for once. One picked up a spoon and poked at the stuff in the bowl setting in front of him. Two looked like he had been crying.

"Mero, what did you do to them? They're so quiet." Perse whispered.

"As I said before, I had a little talk with them." The Mero sighed as he glanced at the two.

"Did you give them their phasing abilities back?"

"No. And they aren't getting them back either until they start acting a little better."

One continued to poke at the glob of goo in his bowl.

"What is this?" he finally asked, looking up at the Mero.

"Tasty wheat." The Mero answered.

Two took his spoon and tasted it then winced.

"Eeew! I don't like it."

"Tastes nasty." One added after tasting it too.

"Eat it whether if it tastes nasty or not." The Mero snapped.

One scooped up a spoonful of the messy stuff and threw it into the Mero's face. The glob slid down and tumbled down the front of his robe before landing in his lap.

"I don't like it!" One said.

The Mero sighed and sat for a few minutes, tapping his fingers on the table.

"One, you shouldn't have done that." Two nervously whispered to his brother.

"One, go up to your room. I'll be up there in a minute." The Mero forced himself to talk normal.

One frowned and slumped down in his chair.

"Go on."

One slowly got up and walked out of the room. The Mero turned and glared at Two.

"I like it now. Tastes good." Two quickly picked up his spoon and started stuffing his mouth with the tasty wheat. The Mero wiped his face and clothes with his napkin before getting up and walking out of the room too. Two slowed his eating and turned to Perse.

"Can I have my phasing back?" he timidly asked.

"If Mero says no, then no." Perse softly answered. Two frowned. "I'm sorry, sweetie, but that's the way it's got to be. The Mero's right, you two have been causing an awful lot of trouble around here lately."

"We told him we were sorry." Two frowned more.

"Did you mean it?"

"Yes!"

"Are you not going to cause anymore trouble?"

Two shrugged.

"Well, finish your breakfast. I'm going to have to go to town for awhile today. I want you and your brother to be good for the Mero while I'm gone, ok?"

Two smiled and nodded.

"Maybe when I get back there'll be a surprise for the both of you."

Persephone got up and walked out of the room, only to meet up with the Merovingian coming down the hall toward the dinning room.

"You left him alone?" the Mero's eyes widened.

"Don't worry, they won't be any trouble while I'm gone." Perse smiled.

"Gone?! Where? Where are you going?" The Mero tried keeping calm.

"To town. I've got to run there today to pick up some things."

"You mean to tell me you're leaving me here alone with those Twins?!"

"Sure. They won't be any trouble. Besides they're yours anyway, remember? You can go train them or whatever you wanted to do. If you have any trouble you can always call Cain and Abel to help."

Persephone kissed the Mero's cheek.

"Bye, honey. I'll be back this afternoon."

The Mero leaned against the hall wall as Persephone walked off. After getting his sense back he walked into the dinning room where Two was still seated at the table. Two stared as the Mero seated himself at the table and looked over at him.

"So I understand I'm to baby-sit you two today." The Mero cleared his throat and shakily grabbed his napkin. Two only stared.

"Where's One?" Two softly asked.

"He's up in his room. He's going to stay there for awhile until he learns a few things."

Two looked down at the table.