Phobos and the others waited in the woods around The Holt Center in northern Minnesota. They had split into three groups all set to attack the compounds defenses simultaneously.

Skoll maybe be many things, but a strong military leader, he was not. The center had many weaknesses, allowing the New Orleans group to take full advantage.

Phobos was tense and pacing in circles. He didn't want to wait. Even though he knew that he needed to keep his battle control, the thought of Skoll raping Stephanie while they waited kept running through his mind.

Deimos had gotten so tired of trying to rein him back that he finally trapped Phobos in a shield to keep him put until they were ready.

Phobos was seriously going to kill his brother if Stef was hurt. "You are dead to me." He growled.

Deimos shrugged. "So you have already told me."

But then the alarms on their phones all went off on vibrate. Deimos dropped the shield. "Have at them brother."

Skoll smiled as he looked down at Stef. Even with the ridiculous wedding dress, she was far prettier than he remembered. Not that it would have made a difference. Her only purpose was to get pregnant so that he could kill the Greek sun god and moon goddess. Still, it sure does make the idea of getting her pregnant far more enjoyable.

This whole marriage idea was Lucy's it was an absolute joke.

The moment that he realized that Jessica was an Olympian demigod, all of his plans fell into place. But, with Lucy in his bed, he had to find a way to manipulate her into willingly giving her daughter to him.

Alright, he could have just taken her regardless of Lucy's feelings on the matter, just as he will do with Jessica. But why ruin the fun they had if it wasn't necessary? Besides, Lucy was a very creative person, it was why the Greek Skoti were so drawn to her. And the more she felt appreciative toward him, the more creative she was in bed. So, why not let her think that he honored her by raping her daughter? Human women could be so gullible.

"How lucid are you now?" He asked as he ran a finger along the side of Stef's face.

Stef managed to jerk her head just a little. The hate in her eyes spoke volumes. But, her speech was still slurred as she told him to go to hell. Good. Very good. Just under enough that she can't fight much, yet lucid enough to show him a little spit fire. He might really enjoy breaking in this new toy.

It was a shame that her powers had been unlocked already. But from what he could tell, she was not fully accepted into the pantheon. Another day or so, and everything would have fallen apart. As it was, the drugs would keep her from being able to use her powers. Then maybe he would put on a charm to bind her powers. He weighed out his options as he ran his gaze and fingers to her cleavage.

Stef's skin crawled as Kol ogled her. His touch left her ice cold. She finally saw the difference between the way Phobos looked at her the first day they met and all of the other men that used her for sex. She had forgotten just how cold it was. They didn't see her, they looked at her like an object. Nothing more. Phobos, he had always seen her. He looked at her body with appreciation. He made her feel beautiful. She was not a tool for his pleasure. His thoughts were about how he would give her pleasure. Something to be shared together.

She was such an idiot. Until she had gotten to know Phobos, she had never known that difference. She had never known that a man could be both hungry for a woman and respect her for the person she was in her mind and heart. Stef had only ever seen one or the other. Only ever experienced one. Never the other.

She closed her eyes. She refused to let Kol drag her back to who she was before. She wouldn't be the scared little girl who complacently allowed men to use her body anymore. She climbed out by blood, sweat and many tears. Now, she knew that she was capable of so much more. And Phobos made her feel like she was worth so much more.

There was a knock at the door. Someone nervously spoke to Kol in a language that she did not understand.

"Stay here and watch her." Skoll roared as two men entered the room with Lucy right behind.

Lucy panicked. "Is she not pretty enough?"

Skoll didn't answer the stupid woman as he stormed out.

Lucy slapped Stef again. But, Stef started to laugh. "It's the end of the world as you know it. And I feel fine…"

The only thing that she knew that would piss Kol off so much at that moment was Phobos.

The compounds defenses held up a little better than the rescue group expected, but not by much. All it succeeded in doing was to give time for the Ice Giants to be alerted to their presence. They seemed to be popping in all over the place. What, were they coming over from their home world of Jotunheim, directly?

Each team moved building by building through the compound in a pre-planned path. Their top priority was to find Stef. Next, kill Skoll. Finally, save as many humans as possible and send them to Jenna. The Ice Giants were just obstacles. Kill as needed, don't worry about the rest.

Phobos was on a rampage, breaking doors to find Stef. By the time he made it to the third building, there was still no word from anyone else about her. Acheron, Jericho, Zarek and Fury were engaged with Skoll. But, where was Stef?

Then he heard it. Her voice. She stumbled over the words of a song as she laughed and sang. It came from upstairs.

That's it baby, help me find you.

But, damn it. There were dozens of the Nordic giants in the way. Styxx, Deimos and Vane were right behind him as Phobos plowed into the mass of demons.

Phobos was stabbed in the leg before he reached the door where he heard Stef's drowsy voice.

The door splintered as Phobos broke through it. Two more Ice Giants ran toward him, but Deimos and Styxx grabbed them up and threw them into the hall to fight with the rest of them. Phobos didn't pay attention to the fighting as he rushed over to Stef.

She was sprawled out on a bed in a wedding dress. Her hair back to its natural black. And her eyes were closed while she continued to sing like she was drunk.

"Baby?" Phobos's voice was shaky. "What's wrong with you?" He cupped her face and she stopped singing. Her eyes opened and she smiled so widely, she looked like a little girl.

"There you are. I knew you would come."

The fighting in the hall had stopped as another of the teams had joined them. Everyone started to file into the room.

"What did they do to you?" Phobos almost choked. He tried to pick her up but she was so limp that he lost his grip.

Styxx moved forward. "She has been drugged. I think that I can help." He conjured something that he poured into her mouth.

At that, a woman who had been cowering in the corner of the room where no one had notice, jumped up to fight them off of Stef. Vane grabbed a hold of her.

"You can't. She must become Kol's bride. She must fulfill the prophesy. She is his."

Phobos came unglued and started toward the woman, but Stef reached out to hold his arm.

She was starting to regain use of her body. Her head stopped spinning. "Don't she is my mother. I don't want her hurt. Just, erase her memories of me. All of them. Please."

"Are you sure that you want them all gone?"

"She agreed to let a man marry me at the age of 13, knowing that he would abuse and rape me every night. Kol enjoys hurting women too much. The only one he didn't hurt was my mother. But, she willingly gave me to him because her mind twisted her memories into a story of Zeth being a demon who raped her. Fucking irony." Stef paused as her head spun a little once again. "She has hated me and my father for all of my life. There is no good that can come from those memories or feelings."

Zeth had walked into the room just as Stef spoke those words. He looked from Stef to Lucy. The pain of hearing the truth ripped him apart. "You truly thought that I raped you? And you took that out on your daughter? Allowed her to be raped in return? What kind of a woman are you?" He screamed at Lucy.

Lucy was terrified as she looked back and forth between father and daughter. "You are all demons. Kol, please help me!" She broke down into sobs.

Vane couldn't take any more of it and put her into a sleep. "Anyone else have a headache?"

"Yeah. That's why I hate this world so much." Savitar said as he walked over to Lucy to flash her to Jenna's memory wipe staging area. "No offence Stef… wait, I don't care if you take offense. Your mom is a bitch."

"None taken." Then she pulled Phobos down for one very hot kiss. When she pulled back. "First major wedding decision baby, no fucking white dress."

Phobos laughed. "Anything you want as long as you are there to marry me." Then he used his powers to change her clothes into her jeans and black t-shirt.

"So, what about Kol?" Stef asked as she stood up and walked into Phobos's arms. He had a harness of various knives and such around him, so it was not as comfortable as other hugs. But, she was not about to let go of him again.

Before anyone else could move or say another word, Kol popped into the middle of the room in wolf form and lunged at Phobos and Stef.