Kat was completely appalled, but she was also determined. "I need his help."
Artemis waved her hand. "Leave the humans alone and don't worry about them. We can always make more." And with that, she turned and left.
Kat stood there with her mouth hanging open. She couldn't believe that was all her mother had to say. We can always make more.
Why was she even surprised? What, honestly, had she expected? It wasn't like her mother was going to suddenly wake up and be Mother Teresa.
Disgusted, Kat flashed herself back to Sin's penthouse. He gave her an expectant look.
She held her hand up to stop him from speaking. "Don't even ask."
"Typical Artemis response?"
"I said don't ask." Her heart heavy, she walked over to the weapons he'd laid out on his bed and picked up a small crossbow which at the moment, she'd have liked to shoot into her mother's evil heart.
She'd no more lifted it, than a bright flash illuminated the room. She turned, ready to fire at the source of it.
Until she saw Deimos... and fifteen other members of the Dolophoni.
She couldn't have been more stunned to find her grandmother there.
Sin stepped back, his face suspicious. "What is this?"
"Back up," Deimos said sincerely. He pinned Kat with that dark, deadly stare of his. "I heard what you said to Artemis... and her response. We're not all so cold."
One of the females smiled. "Besides, fighting is what we do best."
Sin considered it for a second before he held his hand out to Deimos. "Welcome to the battle."
Deimos inclined his head before he shook Sin's hand. "For the record, this doesn't mean I like you."
"Ditto."
As Sin started for Kat's map to show them the layout of the cavern, D'Alerian, M'Adoc and M'Ordant appeared.
Kat was even more stunned than she'd been with Deimos.
"You have room for three more?" M'Adoc asked Sin.
"Sure," Sin said. "We can always use more fuel for the pyre."
Kish snorted. "For the record, I don't burn well."
Xirena ruffled his hair. "Trust me, human, all of you burn well."
"That's right," Simi added. "The Simi can ignite most folks and fry them up extra crispy."
Kish sighed. "Lovely."
Ignoring their exchange, Sin ran over the plans with everyone. "The good news is, they haven't had time to round up as many humans to sacrifice. I'm hoping that whatever they did to speed up the clock, they didn't know about."
Damien grimaced. "What if they did it on purpose?"
"Let's be positive, shall we?" Kat said in the voice of a kindergarten teacher, "Let's pretend that we're all going to survive this."
Kish grinned. "I'm with Kat. I like her plan. A lot."
After glaring at him. Sin clapped his hands to get everyone's attention. "All right, kids. We're going to a party where they don't like us very much. Everyone know what they're doing?"