It took awhile, but all the ruckus and noise finally brought the Merovingian to attention. With a sigh, he got up from his desk and walked toward the door. At first he was hesitant about seeing to the noise going on out in the halls, knowing good and well the weirdness that can go on around the chateau at times. He had almost given up years ago when it came to seeing what the noise was that went on in the halls. However, this time he couldn't help but see about it. It sounded like every resident in the chateau had stampeded down the hall at remarkable speed, not just a couple of people.

"What is going on out here?" The Merovingian came out from his office only to see exiles, maids, and butlers run past him without even stopping to answer his question. In frustration, the Mero reached out and snatched a snazzy looking white haired guy by the arm and jerked him back. The guy's pale face showed no sign of past emotion, but it did show fear.

"Flood, what on earth is all zis madness about?"

"The unicorn! The new exile! It has escaped! It is loose in the chateau! Run, run before you are killed!" Flood frantically got out before releasing his arm from the Merovingian's hold and continued on running.

The Merovingian puzzled over Flood's words then turned to go down the hall in the direction everyone had been running from. He ran a little ways down, and then stopped. The black beast was madly running in his direction while ramming its horn into the walls and anything else that stood in its path, whether if it was person or object. Its eyes glowed with fury and it snorted and stampeded with rage. An accent table with candlesticks stood to one side of the hall, between the Mero and the unicorn exile, but as soon as that ruby red horn hit it, it was reduced to nothing but splinters and wax bits. That told the Mero he should run, and run fast! For the first time in his life, he actually felt afraid and he wasn't ashamed to admit it.

The Merovingian turned and took off running as fast as his legs would carry him. If anyone wanted to know how fast an old program like the Merovingian could run, this was a grand opportunity to find out. There was no hope of calming the exile down and stopping him so the best thing to do was to run. Unknown to the Mero, Flood had decided to return to where the Merovingian was, but seeing his Master running for his life and the demon beast behind him, he turned around to run in the opposite way again. The Mero didn't see Flood and slammed into him, causing both men to fall to the floor.

"What are you doing back here?" The Merovingian said hoarsely, while trying to untangle his arms from Flood's.

"I came back to make sure you were ok, sir!"

"Oh, get off me you fool, before you get us both killed!" The Merovingian crawled across Flood and staggered as he pulled himself up. The snorting of the unicorn down the hall pushed him to go faster. What happened next was hard to put into words. The unicorn bounded into the air and nearly succeeded in gashing a hole in the ceiling. Flood covered his head with his arms and rolled into a ball while half expecting the creature to land on him and crush him through the floor. The massive beast, however, landed on the other side of Flood and started after the Merovingian again.

The unicorn chased the Merovingian through almost every hall in the chateau. Finally, after losing the beast in some corridors, the Mero ran into a room and slammed the door. Turning, he was met face to face with a couple of shocked Twins who were seated comfortably in two plush chairs. Two blinked then slowly turned to One, who secretly squirmed in his seat.

"That beast is loose in the chateau!" The Mero quickly said, half out of breath and half out of anger. "Do you two happen to know how it happened?"

For a few minutes the Twins remained silent, not really knowing what to do or how to answer. One cleared his throat, finally.

"What beast are you talking about?" he said as calmly as possible. He was sure his voice squeaked.

"The unicorn!" The Mero raised his voice.

"He is loose?" Two gasped, trying to sound surprised at the news. "How did it get loose?"

The Mero stepped toward the Twins. "That's what I would like to know."

"Why are you looking at us?" One side smiled.

"We didn't do anything." Two added.

"I don't like the way you say that." The Mero peered at the two brothers.

One and Two's eyebrows rose. Two could tell that One was nervous, and he didn't blame him. He was nervous too. Sweat started to form on the Twins' foreheads. All of a sudden it felt a little too uncomfortable and hot in the room.

"Why do I have this feeling that you aren't telling me everything?"

"Well… I… that is… we…" Two stuttered, and then swallowed.

Much to Two's relief, he was saved by a maidservant coming into the room.

"Pardon me, but the unicorn has escaped!" the small woman announced.

"What do you mean it's escaped?" The Mero turned his full attention to the maid.

"Just what I said, sir, the unicorn has escaped. In such an awful fit of rage, the thin' up and bolted through the door, or what's left of the door anyway. Nothin' left of it but splinters and the doorknob. You should see the mess it made of the chateau, sir. Looks like a tornado went through the place."

"That means the creature is loose in the Matrix." The Mero mused. "That thing cannot be seen by the humans!"

"Huh?" One asked, puzzled. "Aren't you glad the thing is gone?"

The Mero turned his hard gaze at the Twins again. "Don't you understand? The thing is loose in the Matrix, for goodness sake! When it comes to unicorns, the humans believe they are mythical creatures; something that does not exist! If just one human sees that exiled program, they're going to start wondering what's going on."

"But we go out there and you don't get upset. Ghosts and vampires are mythical too."

"It's different with you and the other exiles. People claim to see ghosts and vampires everyday, but no one pays them any attention. It's old news. They merely shrug them off as being loony or half drunk. Only the real serious ghost hunters believe in such things and they're usually not paid much attention. How many people do you know of who claim to see unicorns?"

The Twins exchanged glances. The Merovingian had a point.

"And unlike ghosts or vampires, he's not going to lurk in dark places and disappear into walls or coffins when the sun comes up. We're talking about an exile that's got the mind of a wild beast. In the rage he's in, he's liable to go into town and start tearing everything to pieces in broad view of every human there is. You better know that's going to get the attention of the humans." The Mero turned back to the maid. "I can just see the news headlines now, 'Huge black unicorn spears car. Causes confusion and chaos in zis downtown area. People baffled as to where it came from or how it's come to exist, making it zis greatest phenomenon in history. Scientists begin investigation.'."

"We've got to get it back." The maid said under her breath.

"You'd better know it."

The Merovingian turned to the Twins again and pointed. "And you two will go after it."

"What!" both Twins said together in alarm while getting up from their chairs.

"You may leave and go about your business." The Mero dismissed the maid, who nodded her head and quickly made her way out of the room.

"Master!" One started.

"Silence!" The Mero shouted, his eyes starting to burn with anger. "You two will go after the unicorn and I will hear no protesting. Do whatever you must to see that he returns to my chateau, but I want zis creature alive. Is that clear?"

The Twins lowered their raised hands and sighed gloomily. "Yes, Master."

"Good."

After the Merovingian left the room, the Twins looked at each other. Somehow they had the feeling that the Mero knew that they had released the unicorn, and he had assigned them finding it as a punishment. How he knew, they couldn't answer and they weren't about to ask questions. They didn't want to confess that they had done it just yet because they weren't sure the Mero knew or not. They sighed again as they continued to stand in the middle of the room. How in the Matrix were they going to find a unicorn? The thing could be anywhere by now! And that 'anywhere' was a big place. When they did find it, how were they supposed to get it back to the chateau? The thing was wild and insane! It would just as soon kill them both as look at them.

"So what do we do now?" Two asked in bewilderment.

"We go find the blasted thing. What else?" One sighed.

After getting up enough gumption, the Twins made their way down the hall and stopped in front of a small wardrobe. One unlocked and unlatched the lock on it and threw open the doors. While reaching for a gun, he took down a box and made his way toward a table that stood a few feet away.

"What are you doing!" Two looked rather puzzlingly at One.

"The Master wants it back alive, so that's what we're going to do." He placed the gun on the table.

Two pointed to the gun. "You aren't going to get it back alive with that!"

"Oh, no?" One opened up the box he held and took out one of the small darts and held it in front of Two's face. "Ever been shot with one of these?"

Two shook his head as he eyed the dart.

"It's a tranquilizer dart, Two, and this is a tranquilizer gun. One shot and it's off to dreamland for whoever is unfortunate enough to be in its target."

One placed several of the darts in the gun and closed it back up, sending a clicking sound through the halls.

"Totally harmless. Maybe a little stinging when the dart pierces the skin, but I guarantee that when they wake up, they won't remember what hit them."

"Ok, then. When that thing is asleep, how do you expect us to get it back to the chateau? That's quite a few pounds of animal there."

"We'll figure out a way. If we have to, we'll drag it back ourselves, using nothing but a rope and our car." One closed the box up again and set it off to the side and placed the gun back down. "Want a gun to defend yourself with?"

Two nodded before walking to the gun wardrobe and taking down a gun identical to One's.

A few minutes later, the Twins were cruising along in there Escalade, trying to find any traces of where the unicorn might have gone. It was a place just outside the city, where few houses were and mostly farm lands and grassy fields where noticeable as far as the eyes could see. Twin One had thought maybe the unicorn would end up in this place first, since after all it was a grazing animal.

"Why are we out here in this wilderness?" Two grumbled while looking out of the window.

"It's a grassy land. I thought maybe the unicorn would be here looking for food. After all it's a grazing beast similar to a horse." One slowed the car a little. "Do you see anything?"

"As in what?"

"Oh, I dunno. Broken branches, torn up ground, screaming people running for their lives with a big black unicorn running behind."

"Very funny." Two smirked.

"Get out of the car." One said, stopping the Escalade completely and taking the keys out. "We can find it faster if we go out into the fields beyond places we can't reach in a car."

"Are you kidding!" Two gasped. "I'm not going out there. Who knows what's all out there!"

"Fine." One opened up the door, grabbed his gun, and jumped out. "You can stay here if you want."

Two watched as One walked around the Escalade's front and off into the field beside the road and disappeared over a small hill.