Sin ran at him, but Kessar slammed him down without even touching him. He did the same as Xypher tried to attack. "I have the Tablet of Destiny and you have no powers."
"Bullshit," Xypher snarled. "I stole it from you." He pulled a medallion from his pocket.
Kessar laughed as he held his arm up to show a small, identical medallion hanging from his wrist. "Do you really think I'd be so stupid? Had you really taken it, I would have chased you straight to the halls of Olympus to reclaim it. As I said, you have no powers now."
Xirena scoffed. "I got mine."
"And the Simi has hers."
But before they could even move toward him, Kessar stepped back and sealed them into the room. The sound of scraping stone echoed around them and slammed shut with a resounding crash. Kat ran at the door, but it was a solid slab of stone in the way that would take an elephant to move.
And it wasn't budging. Damn it!
Kat let out a disgusted breath. "I can't believe this. We're trapped in here, with the Dimme, while the lock is on the other side." She turned toward Sin. "How long till our powers are back?"
Sin looked as ill as she felt. "A few hours according to last time."
"Sweet," she said sarcastically, "and we have how long till the bitches awake?"
"Less than two."
She mimicked Mr. Rogers's voice. "Can you say screwed, boys and girls? Yes, I thought you could."
Sin ignored her as he went to Zakar's side. A muscle worked in his jaw as he pulled his brother to him and held him quietly in the darkness.
Kat wanted to cry for him. Her heart heavy, she moved to stand by his side and gently rubbed his shoulders. "I'm so sorry, Sin. I didn't know it'd turn out this way."
"I know."
But it didn't change anything. Zakar was still dead and they were trapped. Kat sank to her knees to hold him while he held his brother.
"Akra-Kat?"
She turned at Simi's call. "Yes, sweetie?"
"The Simi is going to get akri to come and make it better."
How she wished it were that easy. But her father was as trapped as they were. "I've already tried that."
Kish studied Simi for a minute. "Why don't we send the demons out to get the Rod and bring it back to us?"
"They can't stand alone against the number of demons outside," Xypher said. "They're two against thousands. It would be a slaughter."
"I'm going to get akri." Simi vanished.
Sin didn't speak a word at all. He just held his brother and looked as if his heart had been ripped out, too.
"I don't understand your moodiness."
Ash rolled his eyes as he stood in front of Artemis's settee with her glaring at him. "I'm not moody, Artie. I'm usually pissed whenever you're around. This is nothing new to you."
Before she could respond, Simi appeared.
Artemis curled her lip. "Oh get that out of my temple before it wets the rug."
"You don't have rugs," Ash reminded her, unamused by her attack on Simi.
"The floor then."