Hi everyone! I hope you all enjoy this chapter =) Warning: Story contains, boyxboy, scenes of violence, character death, mentions of past abuse and the ratings may be turned up at a later time.

Carter barely had time to react as the words bellowed through the air: "Ha-di"
He quickly caught onto the programme. "Ha-wi!"

Both the hound and the cloaked figure went screaming back through the air as they smashed through the nearby concrete walls, the hieroglyphs for 'destroy' and 'strike' still blazed, even as both of the two groaned in their own way, to try and get back up. "Fah." The figure weakly made out.

Carter panted slightly, for all that training, using words of power still felt exhausting to him. Combat magic took up a lot of energy, and without Horus in his head to channel, it wasn't as though he could use every bit of it that he wanted at will-

"Look out!"

Sirena threw himself in front of Carter as the dagger buried itself into the back of his shoulder. The others which had been hidden by an invisibility spell only became visible once they had been buried in various parts of Sirena. Two stuck out his wrists, some in his arms, a couple had left slices on his cheeks and as such.

Blood splattered across the wall and Carter's face.

He gasped out loud and let his eyes go wide while Sadie swore loudly and skidded down the wet floor of the corridor, coming to a stop in front of her brother and the boy. Grabbing his shoulder he screamed out and she winced, whispering, "Sorry!" Before she eased him down to Carter who was on his knees now, staring at the black handle dagger with the horrific symbol burned into it.
"Kyle! Hold them off!"

Carter watched as Kyle was thrown, flying backwards and landed in a crouch in the hallway. His two hands gripped his shinning daggers tightly as they shined in the dark light. He was wearing tight black leather jeans with a chain belt which hung lopsided down his right leg. He wore a skin tight white; Little monster- Lady gaga shirt under his black leather jacket, his eyes shined brilliantly with a hunger as he ran his tongue over the sharp of his teeth. "Well, believe it or not! I WAS JUST DOING THAT!" He hissed harshly and flipped backwards as the black hound leapt viciously over his head, scratching it's claws in the air, just missing Kyle's face.

He skidded on the spot, spinning slightly and moving himself lower to the floor, before glaring the hound down. "Man. I hate dogs." He hissed.

Carter turned his attention back to Sirena who had beads of sweat forming on his brow as Sadie prepared to rip the dagger out of his back. "Brother dear? Maybe a bit of help here!" She stated with a glare, but tried to keep her tone calming and steady for Sirena. "You know? Maybe actually put those blushing magician skills to use." She supplied.

Sirena gasped as Carter curled his fingers around the dagger. "Hey. You helped me." He smiled gently. "Now let me help you-" He stared across the fear which was exploding through those beautiful bejewelled eyes. "I promise. Everything will be okay." He tried to assure the sweet boy over and over. "Ha-tep" He whispered softly, watching as the eye of Horus blazed in front of the face of Sirena.

A sharp pull of pain echoed inside of him as he used his own reservoir of magic to let it roam through Sirena. The boy's face went blank as a sigh escaped out of him. His eyes closed slowly as it seemed like for a second, all worries, cares and thoughts were dissolving from his mind... well that's actually what was happening. But the strange thing was. Sirena seemed almost a bit shocked by it, as though he had never experienced a time without such a feeling.

Carter would have to worry about that later.

Right now he had to make sure the boy was okay.

Kyle however was moving as fast as his body allowed him. His entire amount of will went between clashing blades between this creepy hooded figure, and then making sure that the over grown puppy didn't get any where near the cane siblings and that 'poor' little damsel who had taken a dagger for Carter. "So the Kane's are relying on the idea of a small boy to fight for them." The figure sneered beneath their hooded and kicked out, making Kyle going into his flips once more to try and create space.

He pulled himself back, and in his back flip brought his foot down on the hound's nose which was probably the size of both his feet. The thing seemed to be growing bigger and bigger by the second, it whimpered for a second in response from pain but soon quickly began to snarl viciously in a growing irate state. "Sadie?!" Kyle shouted. "I don't remember there ever being a tale in Egyptian history about a fucking black dog which is the size of this one!"

Kyle knew about various magic by now. Sadie was his initial tutor, but not his teacher. She basically was catching him up on the various recent history, how to read Hieroglyphs, which types of magic there were. All that type of stuff.

Part of which was that, staff's could be used to change into animals. Animal charming, he thought it was called? Something like that. But this was ridiculous! This couldn't be right! Because any other form of summoning wolf which he had seen was impossible! Or at least would be stopped by a Ha-di spell!

Kyle hadn't seen many things which could handle one of Sadie's spells like that.

But he knew how to deal with one of the two things.

His gaze narrowed on the dog as he imagined his entire will of protection. His desire of protection. His need to protect the one person in that room, who meant the most importance to him above all else he had met so far. He channelled it through his hatred for this would and grinned from ear to ear. "Sa-mir." He snarled and watched the over grown puppy flinch back violently as though it had suddenly been put under a violent wave of electric shocks. It writhed in horror and agony, similarly how Kyle felt a backlash of effects hit him roughly too.

His head suddenly throbbed and his muscles burned with an exhausting ache. There would be no telling just how long that spell would last on the dog. "H-He's hurting it!" The little brat in Carter's arms cried out and Kyle turned his head slightly.
"Next time I'll let it bite your face off!" He hissed, turning his gaze back to the figure who now smirked, seeing how Kyle was taking long and deep breaths. His body slopped slightly to the side. That spell had been completely necessary, risky, but necessary.

The figure laughed coldly as it rested one hand on it's hip and the other gripped tightly around a new knife which had glistened to life in their palm. "Relying on the idea of a little boy." They sneered again.
"On the contrary." Kyle smirked, flipping his daggers so that they were point down. "They're relying on the fact that they know I will win!"

Sadie worked quickly, pulling various salves out of her bag as she looked over the various bleeding cuts which poured now. She was applying the salves as they should be, but still the blood was weakly managing to poke through. This would have been so much more easier if Jas had been here! She knew how to heal, she was a natural apothecary. Sadie was better at making things go boom! She was not a good bed side doctor!

Carter kept his eyes on the wolf which was now entranced under the line of Kyle's vicious spell. He knew combat magic was exhausting. The fact that Kyle was managing to pull this off was rather amazing to him. Yes, sure the boy was strong. But to manage to cripple that thing and paralyse it in pain as it continued to writhe. That took a strong will and need for that type of power. But even so, Kyle was completely right. There wasn't normally a story or something to go by when it came to a giant over grown dog which had skin like steel. Kyle's weapons had simply jabbed the surface and just let piles of dust pour out before it reformed back onto the growling dog.

Suddenly Carter thought back to their good friends who Carter had met while fighting the son of Sobek and Sadie with Serapis.

"Sadie, you don't think that-"
"Carter, right now, I'm trying to save your boyfriend from bleeding out." She snapped. Her hands were skirting over the wound, trying to cure what ever poison had been on the end of those daggers. "KYLE! YOU CAN'T LET HIM TOUCH YOU!"
"Don't worry!" He called back. "He's not my type!"
"We're not playing games!"

Kyle grinned to himself as his daggers clashed in blurs with his opponents. "A poison user? Coward." He hissed.

As his daggers formed an 'X' between both of them, the boy leaned his face forward. "We've been waiting to see how long it would take the rest of you weasels to come out of hiding. Honestly. Do you honestly think that me and his sister would let him go off by himself without a guard nearby? You've been stalking him for weeks now." He pursed his lips leaning forward slowly, almost teasing with a kiss. "Honestly, I must tell you, there are much lovelier subjects out there for you to spend your time on. I'm one of them."

The figure screamed as Kyle kicked them between the legs.

"Well that answer it! It's a guy!" Kyle smirked but the figure quickly regained themselves, stepping back quickly.
"You fool, you think that this is all some toying game for us to play!"
"I think I'm going to enjoy cleaning you off my daggers." Kyle grinned slowly moving forward.

The figure looked between their chances now. They had lost their element of surprise and now lost their back up with the hell hound. Honestly. Don't rely on a Greek to do an Egyptians job! He wasn't sure what to do! If they stayed and fought, then this brat would kill him! The idea was to take on, one Kane in surprise, slit their throat and get out. Not take on two Kanes and one of their initiate brats! Especially one who knew how to use such magic that could cripple a Greek hell hound! His master would kill him if he turned and ran back to him now!

If he left. He was dead.

If he stayed. He was dead.

He curled his hands into fists. He had probably enough energy for two more spells. Two small effect spells... he couldn't cloak himself, it would barely last long enough to get out the building without being found.

"Now, do you have a last wish." Kyle smirked, flipping both daggers in his palms as he spit blood out of his mouth where the creep had punched him.

The figure snarled and stared at his feet.

"Any last words?" Kyle teased.
"KYLE NO!" Carter bellowed.
"SHUT UP!" He roared back. "THIS IS MY GAME! I'LL FINISH IT THE WAY I WANT!"
"Oh yeah, I have a two." He whispered quietly.

By the time Kyle stared across his shoulder to see the look of shock on Carter's face, the boy only managed to see the glint of the dagger as it sailed past. "FAH!" He bellowed, watching the way that the multitudes of daggers came into view. Each pointed towards Carter's, Sadie's and the little brat's necks. Each dagger pointed and ready further to kill.

He turned quickly and sprinted back to grab them. He had no magic left to deflect them. Sadie was too busy using the salve. Carter was drained from training by himself and using his own combat magic in practise. DAMN IT! His thoughts screamed in his head. Out the corner of his eye he could already see that the figure was turning away. "I'm not finished with you yet!"
"But I'm done with you." The hidden boy smirked. "I-ei "

The Glyph for 'Come' glowed in the air above Kyle just as he watched the weapons suddenly flipped back and stabbed into him, knocking him to the ground.

The boy's skin steamed violently as he panted for breath. O-One last one! The fleeing figure turned back towards the hound who had accompanied him to this attack. It was still lay on it's back, just regaining it's senses as the last shocks of the pain spell seemed to linger in the air. "Fah!" The figure barked one last time before fleeing out the room.
"Carter go after him! I have these two-"

Sadie's words died in her throat as she turned to see the large irate hell hound which had now tightened itself to full, furious height. "Oh." She nodded slowly then found herself frowning deeply. "Yeah. Of course!" She shouted as she had just finished putting the salve over the first boy's wounds. "Just! Bleeding right too!" She stood. She began to walk back and forth between Kyle and the monster. "Typical! A bleeding dog! Of course they're starting to use Greek's! Well you know what! You puppy!"

Carter watched his sister pace back and forth in front of it. "And you know what Snoopy!"

Carter could swear that for a moment the hell hound looked at him as though to say: Snoopy? Can you believe this girl?

Yeah. That tended to be the effect Sadie left on everything. Not just people. But monsters too.

"I'm not doing this again! I've only just got Setne out my head! You will not do this to me again! You can go back to Annabeth and Percy and tell them-HA-DI!" She screamed but the hell hound just crushed the glyph beneath it's paw.

The ground cracked as it's paw rose slightly then crushed back down where the glyph had been and left a large soot cloud from it's explosion behind.

Sadie's eyes didn't move from it as the monster remained still for a moment. "Ah." She said quietly and simply, before letting her gaze raise back up slowly to the monster's. "Well... Certainly didn't expect that to happen."
"What made you think it would work if it didn't work the first time." Kyle moaned.
"HUFF!" The hound nodded in agreement.

Sadie slowly turned back to Carter. "Uh... I think we may be in a bit of trouble." She smiled nervously.
"ROOOAAR."

Kyle threw himself to his feet and pulled a dagger free out his arm as he looked the hound square in the eye. "Come on then you piece of shit!" He shouted. He still had his one person to protect here. He wouldn't let any harm come to them!
"Kyle!" Both siblings called out.
"Enough!"

Both watched as Sirena threw himself in front of Kyle with wide arms. Carter shouted out and Sadie screamed out for Kyle, trying to knock the boys out the way. "Stop!" The boy shouted out.

Carter waited for the sound of Sirena to scream.

A minute passed and still nothing.

Slowly his eyes began to open, and what he saw before him made his jaw go slack.

Sirena was stood there with the hell hound frozen in tracks before him. One of his hands on it's snout, while the other was pointed towards the group of magicians as his and the monster's eyes were connected. Kyle seemed almost frozen in place as his body refused to move one muscle at all. Not one bead of sweat fell, not one movement of his eyes flickered to be revealed.

But more startling was the fact, Sirena had actually stopped the hell hound! It seemed almost as though both were hypnotised. Like something was passing between them which the other's couldn't see. Sirena wasn't moving and the Hell hound had dug it's claws into the ground to stop itself from crashing into dripped from his cheeks but the hell hound just lapped it up with his tongue.

This is crazy.Carter watched the hell hound lower it's head as Sirena almost seemed to radiate an glowing aura. A collar wound around the hell hound's thick neck and glowed brightly,but still Sirena stood as though he couldn't see any of it, like he was submerged in the back of his mind. But Carter partly understood what was going on... at least in his subconscious a memory was surging to the surface.

Carter watched the way the boy's touch was so lightly soft on the hell hound. Earlier when Sirena had fallen on him... the boy had a similar effect on him.

So that's why when Sadie began to walk forward, he grabbed out for her hand quickly.

Immediately she had a glare ready for him, but the instant she saw the way his eyes were pleading and staring back towards the hell hound, she didn't know what to do.

Never before had they ever come across something like this. No monsters ever stopped until they had torn apart their prey, Demigod or Magician didn't matter. Monsters were monsters and they were the prey. Never before had this happened!

This was just impossible.

Slowly Sirena's gaze seemed to become increasingly sad but he kept his hand against the hell hound's maw as though he was petting a small puppy, not a full grown hell hound which could have torn him to pieces and snapped him in half with a swipe of it's paw. It was just not right to watch! To see such a beast begin to whimper as it stared Sirena down with curious eyes. Even it seemed to wonder; what the hell did I stop for? Who's this pipsqueak in my way? I wonder what he tastes like? It slowly began to growl quietly till Sirena's eyes snapped up and moved even deeper.
"What in the name of Osiris?" Kyle whispered horrified. "You stopped me from killing it!"
"I couldn't let you hurt it." Sirena whispered softly, staring into the eyes of the hell hound which now widened.

Carter didn't know if a hell hound could feel surprise! Then again, with everything else in this weird world of theirs, it didn't seem that mad really.

The hounds eyes moved to the poisoned daggers which had been pointed at it from Kyle.

The blonde boy however just stared at Sirena with a growing inferno hatred. "You stupid fool!" He snarled.

"What just happened?" Sirena whispered, watching the way that the hound lent forward and licked blood clear off his face.
"You should be a chew toy right now, if not a pile of limbs on the floor! You stupid moron!"
"This is all just... madness."

Before he knew what was happening, all four watched as the enormous hell hound began to shrink. The collar around it's thick neck seemed to be glowing ever so brighter and brighter. "Kyle?" Carter asked and watched how the hell hound seemed to be turning into a mass of glowing and melting shadows.
"It's not me." The blond admitted with a hiss as Sadie began to tend to his wounds.

In the place of the hell hound, a small form just gave a small bark, Sirena took that as que to turn and sprint away as fast as he could.

The small cub looked between the three magicians with distaste and gave the deep growl threat which it's adult self had but a few minutes before, then it turned and went after the boy, speeding through the shadows to catch up.

That left Kyle, Carter and Sadie to look between each other. "What."
"The."
"Hell." Carter finished, staring longingly after the direction which Sirena had took off in.