Home once again. The Merovingian slammed the door and turned to the Twins.

"Alright, now that we're home, who was it that did that to my car?" the Mero glared. Two pointed to One and smiled. One frowned.

"You helped me! It's partly your fault too!" One shouted while pushing Two's hand away.

"Is not!" Two shouted back.

"Here, here. Stop that." The Mero snatched One's arm and picked him up. "You're coming with me."

"No!" One fought to get loose from the Mero's hands.

"Yes you are."

"It's not fair!" One sniveled.

"Daddy, can I watch you punish him?" Two grinned while looking up at the Mero. Before the Mero could answer, One shouted to Two.

"You were the one who hot-wired the car."

The Mero stopped walking and turned to Two. Two's smiled dropped and he slowly looked at the Mero.

"Shut up, One." Two whispered under his breath.

"Is it true?" The Mero calmly asked. Two nodded. "Come on." The Mero grabbed Two's arm and dragged him along. They didn't go far, for Persephone came running up to them. She hugged and kissed Mero, then turned to One.

"Mero, what's going on here? Why has One been crying?"

"You don't want to know, trust me." The Mero sighed.

"How were my angels tonight?" Perse asked while bending down to kiss Two on the cheek.

"Go out in the garage and take a look, then come back in here and ask that question again." The Mero grumbled. Perse looked at him questioningly.

"Let me have One." Perse reached to take her baby.

"You leave him right where he is. I've had about all I can take from these two."

One's lip began to quiver a little then he reached for Perse.

"Mummy!"

"My darling!" Perse nuzzled One's nose with her own.

"Will you stop it? You're spoiling these two to no end."

Perse drew back and frowned before walking away toward the garage door. When she had disappeared, the Mero continued walking, the Twins protesting all the way.

"Mero, the car! Are you ok?" the words of Perse soon came from behind them. The Mero turned.

"I'm fine. Sad I can't say the same about the car."

"What happened?" Perse walked up to her husband.

"Your little 'angels' hijacked a parked car and rammed it into the back of me, that's what happened."

Perse looked at One then at Two.

"You wouldn't believe what all else happened."

"There's more?"

"Yes!" the Mero placed One on the floor next to Two. "You two go to your room. I'll be there in a few minutes." He glared. After the two scampered off, he told Persephone what all had happened.

"Now I'm off to punish them." The Mero said after finishing his story.

"Don't be hard on them." Perse touched the Mero's shoulder. He didn't pay any attention to her and continued walking.

The Merovingian violently jiggled the doorknob to the Twins' room.

"Open up this door right now!" he shouted. The knob clicked. He tried again, this time entering into the room and closing the door behind him. The Twins backed up against one of the beds and whimpered.

"Well, what do you have to say for all the trouble you caused?"

"You never let us do ANYTHING, Daddy!" said Two, before sniffing back a tear.

"That's because you'd blow up the house if I did."

The Twins and the Merovingian stared silently at each other for a few minutes.

"We're so mad we could, " Both Twins said in unison, before pulling out their machine guns and pointing them at the Mero.

"Now don't be pointing those machine guns at me or I'll do worse than grounding you or taking your phasing power away!" The Mero said, shoving the guns away from him. Both twins let their guns fall to the floor then burst out crying. The Mero waited until both of them slowed their bawling, and then he picked up each one and placed them side by side onto the bed.

"Look at me." He said, putting his hand under Two's chin and lifting it up. The twin's pale face was now red and tearstained. "I don't mind you two destroying things. That's what I created you to do."

"Then why do you get after us when we do something bad?" One sniffed.

"Because I don't want you using your destructive powers on me and my house! You've got to learn to control your destroying urges."

The Twins looked down in silence. The Mero sighed.

"This time I'll go easy on the punishment, although I know I shouldn't."

The Twins looked up.

"What's our punishment going to be?" Two softly asked.

"You're going to go straight to bed without any supper."

The Twins didn't say a word but continued to listen to the Mero.

"The next time something like this happens, you two are going to see what my temper can do. Understand?"

The Twins nodded. The Mero turned and opened the door where Persephone was standing out in the hall, listening to the conversation.

"You may put them to bed now." The Mero said, before disappearing down the hall.