Vicki edged around to where Henry crouched in waiting. Mike was right behind her hissing to stop but she ignored him.

"I told you to stay close and wait," Henry growled.

"Hmm..when has she ever listened to anyone?" Mike told Henry.

"She is with child, she needs to think of someone else for a change," Henry told Mike.

"Fuck you both, I answer to no one," Vicki hissed at them.

"Vicki, you're carrying my child, our child, I do have a say so," Henry gritted his teeth and furrowed his brow. His eyes were onyx and Vicki wasn't sure if it was the situation or his anger with here but she really didn't give a shit.

"Good luck with this conversation," Mike muttered and made his way a little further toward Justin and Jessica. Zeus and Aphrodite were on the other side of the clearing lying in wait for an opportunity to attack.

"Henry, this is no time to dick up, let's worry about those two out there," Vicki pointed. Henry growled low in throat but turned his attention back to the task at hand. He decided the quicker this was over the quicker he could get Vicki to safety.

Typhon was in mid sentence when he stopped and his yellow eyes turned toward the wooded area around the circle, "Someone is here," he hissed.

"Shit.." Vicki muttered, "he knows we are here."

"Show yourselves, prepare to die," Typhon bellowed throughout the dark night, his voice resonated and boomed into the night air.

Vicki stood and Henry was in front of her, "No Vicki, please." His eyes were pleading. Vicki remembered how he looked the night he told her he'd had a son and this was the same pain filled look.

"Henry," she said softly, "trust me?"

"That's an open question," he teased.

"Trust me, follow my lead," she walked around him and went into the clearing with her hands in the air.

"I'm unarmed, please don't shoot or…whatever," Vicki shrugged realizing they didn't need weapons. She decided playing dumb would be a good thing right about now. Distracting the god and goddesses so that the others could close in was her goal, she just hoped it worked.

"Who are you?" Typhon asked suspiciously.

"My name is Vicki Nelson, this girl," she pointed to Jessica, "is a runaway. She's been reported missing and I was hired to find her." That was a lie and Vicki prayed hard they didn't have the ability to sense lying like Henry did.

"She's no longer missing, we have her, now go away, we wish you no harm," Typhon ordered. Vicki was at the center of the circle with them.

"What is she doing?" Aphrodite asked her father.

"I believe she is creating a diversion, smart girl," Zeus smiled.

"That's kinda gonna be a problem. See," Vicki stepped closer to Typhon, she could actually feel the heat eminating from his body, "I've promised this girl's parents I'd get her home safe and sound so I got to take her with me." Vicki moved toward Jessica and Justin. Typhon let out a light warning growl and the girls giggled.

"You two think he's tough huh?" Vicki addressed the goddesses.

"Well, duh," Erato rolled her eyes, "he is."

"Uh huh, well, I gotta go. I'm pregnant, tired and a little psychotic these days," Vicki smiled and tilted her head. She was closer to the teens but Typhon stepped between them before Vicki could reach them.

"I'm giving you one chance to leave, then, I shall have to kill you too. We must have this sacrifice by midnight, run along now," Typhon tried shooing her away.

Vicki threw her head back, put her hand on her stomach and laughed, "You are a funny one," she finally said after laughing for a bit.

"I'm not trying to be funny," Typhon hissed in her face. Vicki took a stance and met him eye to eye.

"Me either, let them go or bad things will occur," she shot back.

It was Typhon's turn to laugh, "You have no idea who you are dealing with. Take her," Typhon ordered. At that moment, Henry shot into the clearing with Mike close behind. Zeus and Aphrodite were there as well.

"Typhon, this is over," Zeus stood in front of the lesser god and told him he needed to leave.

"No, I will have my sacrifices, I will be fully powered and kill all of you," Typhon spat out.

"It won't happen," Henry growled. Typhon made a move toward Vicki and Henry was on him in a flash. Ate and Erato started to back away only to bump into Zeus and Aphrodite.

"Surprised?" Aphrodite asked.

"You are in so much trouble," she spat out at her sister and cousin.

"But daddy," Erato began to whine.

"We are leaving and I'm stripping your powers when we get home," both girls began to pout, "and the more you pout, the longer they stay gone."

Henry turned his full attention to the angry god while Mike freed the teenagers.

"Run, find the cars, get in and lock the doors," Mike ordered. Justin took Jessica's hand and they did as they were told.

Mike turned back to the vampire and the god.

"You are nothing to me," the god hissed and lashed out at Henry. Henry dodged but the swipe hit Vicki in the face. Her head swung to the side and blood spurted from her mouth.

"Vicki!" Mike yelled. He rushed to her aid, Henry vamped out and attacked Typhon. Although Typhon was a god, he was not immune to a vampire's attack.

Henry growled and sank his fangs into Typhon's throat. He jerked his head back and ripped the flesh away. Blood poured from the gaping wound and Typhon gurgled, his hands went to his throat and he clawed but did nothing to help the situation. Henry drank from Typhon until he felt the lesser god begin to weaken and go limp. Dropping his body with a thud, Henry stared at Mike holding Vicki in his arms, unconscious and bleeding. The god's blood dripped from his open mouth and his fangs glistened with the bright red liquid.

"How is she?" Henry asked. He could hear her heart beating but barely, it was slow and methodical.

Mike brushed her hair away from the bruise that had begun to form on her cheek, "She's fine, she'll be fine. She's just out cold."

Henry looked down at the dead god and felt no remorse for what he'd done.

"Please be okay," Henry prayed not only for Vicki but for their unborn child.

Time would tell….