"Thank you." Sam turned to Nick. "Where's Ash?"
Nick curled his lip. "He's not welcome here and I refuse to have him in my home."
Dev looked at him like he was crazy. "Is that good idea given what we're facing?"
"My vote is double hell no," Ethon said, swinging his sword around. "But I think we can handle them."
Sam gave Captain Suicide a droll stare. "How did you die again? Oh wait, I know this. 'I can take 'em. I don't need to wait for reinforcements. I can do it myself.' How'd that work out for you again?"
Ethon glared at her. "It wasn't that cut and dry and I would have won had my best friend not stabbed me in the back. Literally."
Nick growled at them. "They're breaking through. You guys might want to get your heads out of your asses and pay attention for this."
The sound of glass shattering echoed through the house an instant before it began crawling with demons.
Lazaros manifested in the center of the room. Ten feet tall and in the form of a twisted one legged serpent, he faced them. "Give me Samia and I'll leave the rest of you in peace."
"Why do you want her?" Nick asked.
"She killed my brother."
Sam frowned as she searched her memory. "I've never killed a demon."
"Liar!" Lazaros snarled. "Your sister sold her soul to him to kill you and your family so that she could be queen in your place. When you became a Dark-Hunter, you hunted him down and killed him."
Frowning in confusion, she shook her head. "No, I didn't. I killed a Daimon."
"You killed an empusa, you moron. And I would have killed you then but I was told you were dead and then I was captured before I could confirm it." He narrowed a blood red stare on her. "Tonight my brother will finally be avenged and I will bathe in your blood." He lunged for her throat.
Dev caught him and drove him back.
The other demons attacked en masse. They swooped in like a dark cloud that wanted to consume them. Sam put her back to Dev's as they fought with everything they had.
She cut the head off one, then drove another to Ethon who quickly dispatched him.
Lazaros whipped his tail, catching her across the back. It felt like a razor slicing through her flesh and it brought out agonizing memories of his brother killing her and her family.
Cursing, Sam stumbled.
Dev caught her and the memories instantly faded so that she had total clarity again. He blasted a shot with his powers straight at Lazaros who absorbed it and sent it back to him. It knocked Dev flying.
Sam caught herself, then gasped as she saw Dev bleeding on the floor. Her powers drained out of her immediately.
Please don't die. Please don't die...
Running to him, she saw that his eye and nose were cut. He had a gash in his side. But he was alive. Bloodied, but alive. Relief swept through her.
He moved to stand.
Over and over, she saw the premonition images of him lying dead in this room. Normally she took power from such things as her rage went through her like the Hulk, but right now...
Her fears paralyzed her. She couldn't lose him.
Dev saw Sam's eyes turn green and his breath was sucked out of his body as his fear mounted. She was human which meant she could die.
Terrified for her, he flipped to his feet and put himself between her and Lazaros. There was no way he was going to let her go down.
Not tonight.