"Zakar!" Sin snapped, trying to make him understand. "It's Sin."
Zakar lunged at Sin and wrapped his arms about him before tackling him to the floor.
Kat wanted to help but wasn't sure what would be the best course of action. More than that, she didn't want to hurt Zakar any more.
By Sin's face as he tried to keep his brother from hitting him, she could tell he felt the same way.
"Can we eat him?" Xirena asked.
"No," Simi said quickly. "Eating people is wrong..." She made a face. "The Simi sounds like akri now. But akri's right. Besides, it would make akra Kitty-Kat mad."
Suddenly bright light filled the cavern. Sin and Kat froze as they realized they were no longer alone with Zakar.
"Well, well, looks like more food has arrived."
Kat turned at the growling tone that was similar to Kessar's voice. The demon looked a lot like him, but his hair was darker and his eyes were coal black. If that weren't enough to warm her day, there were six more demons behind him. Five men and one female.
"How cute," the female said as she came around the men to stand in the front. "The blood slave has friends."
Before Kat could even blink, the demons vanished only to reappear directly in front of each of them.
Except for Sin. The leader and two of the male demons surrounded him.
She tried to watch Simi and Xirena as their wings came out of their backs and they attacked the demons in front of them, but her vision was blocked by the female in front of her. Gah, in demon form, the gallu were really an unattractive race. The female's eyes were sharp and beady, and her lower jaw was distorted by the double row of fangs. Curling up with one of the gallu would be like getting close to Stephen Sommers's Mummy after only two kills.
Ew...
The female tilted her head and smiled, showing off her fangs. "How wonderful. An Atlantean to eat."
Kat snorted. "How wonderful. A bitch to declaw."
The female ran at Kat, who quickly sidestepped, grabbed her arm, and slammed her into the cavern wall. That really had to hurt. Good. It was almost enough to make Kat smile.
Shrieking, the female gallu turned back to face her. Kat kicked her back and slugged her hard. She then stabbed the gallu straight in the heart and waited for her to explode.
She didn't.
"Between the eyes," Sin snarled at her. "You can't take them out like a Daimon."
Duh, how could she have forgotten that so soon? So much for her training.
The demon lunged at the same time Kat recovered her dagger and shoved it straight between the demon's eyes. The demon let out a piercing sound before she exploded all over Kat.
Ugh, gross... Give her a Daimon any day over one of these. At least Daimons didn't smell when they exploded.
Disgusted, Kat shook it off and turned to see Simi and Xirena "eating" their gallu demons. Oh yeah, she'd never order pizza again after seeing that.
Note to self. In the future tell Simi to bring a bib along with the barbecue sauce.
Trying not to watch them as they feasted on body parts she could no longer even identify, Kat went to help Zakar, who was blindly stabbing at the demon who was tormenting him like a cat with a stray ball. Sin had two of his attackers dead at his feet and was working on the third as she ran across the room.
Zakar narrowly missed her with his slash.
The demon laughed. "That's right, slave. Kill your rescuer." The demon came at her, but she twisted in his arms and lifted him up. Instead of her crashing into Zakar as the demon intended, it was the demon who did. Zakar slashed the demon's throat. He screamed out.
Kat caught Zakar's wrist and pulled the knife from his hand before she used it to finish off the demon. She'd just killed him when Zakar grabbed her from behind and sank his teeth into her shoulder. Yelping, she barely caught herself before she struck him.
Suddenly Sin was there, pulling him away. Zakar fought like a man possessed by unreasoning fury. He grabbed handfuls of Sin's hair and pulled with all his strength.