"Thank you for calling Santana." Aphrodite gently touched Santana's cheek before pulling her in for a hug.
"I didn't know what else to do." Santana admitted, releasing the goddess Santana lead her to the living room. "She's not powering down but she's not attacking either."
Still in her armor Quinn sat at attention, taking in her surroundings, her fire rimmed black eyes cautiously watching Brittany as the blonde brought her a tumbler of nectar. "Please sit."
Saddened by the hollowness of the love goddess's voice Brittany did as requested, "You should try and get some sleep Quinn."
"I can't protect her if I'm asleep." Quinn shook her head.
"Quinnie." even in simple jeans and a sweater the love goddess was a beauty, the ancient works around their living room hardly captured her beauty.
"Mommy?"
"Aphrodite." Brittany's mouth dropped opened.
"Hi baby, is this the girl Brittany you've been telling me about?" reaching out for Brittany she offered "Judy Fabray." when Brittany took her hand Judy heard a low growl, the snarl from next to Brittany was hard to miss as was Quinn tugging Brittany's hand out of her mother's hand "Easy Quinnie, I'm just saying hi."
"See." Santana whispered.
"Please drink this Quinn." Brittany picked up the glass she'd put on the coaster.
Stepping back to join Santana she watched her daughter take a drink from the glass Brittany was holding to her lips. "What started this?"
"Lyssa was sent after me, we don't know who by." Santana explained. "We thought Brittany's mom but she says she didn't do it, B'sst is trying to find out who and why." Santana gestured for Judy to follow her to the kitchen, Ares and Maribel were already waiting.
"Santana?" Quinn perked up.
"Right here Quinn." Santana quickly stepped back into Quinn's line of sight, Quinn relaxed a little. "This whole no pupil thing is creepy enough but no whites to the eyes, it's downright unnerving." Santana hissed to the trio of old gods.
"So the little flames around the edges of her eyes doesn't bother you?" Judy asked wryly.
"Oddly enough, no they do not." Santana admitted.
"Santana?"
"Talk amongst yourselves." Santana gestured between them before scurrying out of the kitchen and answering Quinn. "I'm here honey."
"Do you want something to eat Quinn?" Brittany asked as Santana took the spot on the couch on the other side of Quinn.
"Bacon?" Santana suggested hoping for any kind of reaction, when Quinn's lip quirked Santana started to stand only to have Quinn take her hand and tug her back down.
"You need to stay where I can keep an eye on you, I can't let you out of my sight." Quinn shook her head "Bad things happen when I can't see you."
"You need to eat honey, you haven't eaten since lunch and it's nearly midnight, come with me into the kitchen, I'll make us BLTs and home fries." Santana offered brushing a piece of Quinn's hair behind her ear. "Come with me into the kitchen."
"Bretaña."
"Brittany will come too." standing up Santana took Brittany's hand tugging her to her feet before offering her free hand to Quinn "Come on honey." Taking Santana's hand Quinn let her pull her to the kitchen, stopping at the sight of the trio in the kitchen Quinn growled pulling her sword. "Shit, shit, shit." Clamping her hand onto Quinn's wrist Santana murmured "It's just our moms and dad, they're not going to hurt me."
"Quinnie." Judy murmured.
"It's alright Quinn, no one's going to hurt Santana." Maribel assured the now agitated blonde.
"I've never seen her so on edge." Judy whispered.
"I have." Ares admitted earning teeth baring growl from Quinn. "Easy Quinn." Ares held up his hands in surrender.
"How about we make BLTs now and discuss it later?" Santana offered finally getting Quinn to sheath her flaming sword. "Siéntate por favor cariño." Santana gestured to the barstool she pulled out, pulling out the chair next to it Quinn looked at Brittany, giving Quinn a soft smile Brittany sat down. Santana mouthed 'Thank you.' over the top of Quinn's head at her getting a nod in return. "Okay we're all settled," kissing the top of Quinn's head Santana went to the fridge grabbing out the bacon. "let's get these sandwiches started."
When Judy reached for the butcher block Quinn snarled reaching for her sword, "Quinnie I'm just helping Santana with your sandwich." Judy held up her hands showing her daughter she had no weapons.
"Maybe I should help." Brittany slowly stood, she could feel Quinn watching her, though the creepy eyes made it difficult to tell, slowly moving to the other side of the counter with Santana "I'll cut the tomatoes, because I know I will burn the bacon."
"How about I give you the knife." Santana said softly, taking the knife from the cutting block she handed it to Brittany waiting for Quinn to say or do anything before she stepped away. "Okay so Britt and I with cutlery doesn't seem to bother her, it's just other people." Santana murmured.
"You saw her like this before," Maribel spoke to Ares while keeping her eye on the ever vigilante Quinn, they actually both had "how long did it take to power down?"
"Power down?" Brittany asked cutting the tomato.
"Quinn's using a lot of power to stay like this, it's a war god trick that not all of us can do." Santana explained "Last time I saw Quinn like this was when she found me."
"It took her all day to power down from that, she was so angry." Ares shook his head "The only thing that calmed her down was that the ambrosia and other stuff began to work and Santana was starting to heal, she was so tired she passed out."
"What happens if she doesn't power down?" Brittany whispered.
"Last time she almost died." Ares sighed.
Santana's attention snapped to Ares, "She was by my side the whole time, I saw her power down. She passed out on me, she was fine, slightly bitey but fine." Santana remembered Quinn had bitten the demi-god that had been attending them when the woman reached for Santana.
"It was after that." Ares mumbled.
"There was no after, it only happened once."
"No Santana it happened twice." Ares said quietly, Santana narrowed her eyes.
"I don't..." Santana shook her head.
"How about you four take this conversation into the dining room?" Judy suggested "I assure you Maribel and I can handle making the food."
Confused Santana reached her hands for Brittany and Quinn, both blondes taking the hand offered "We're just going in here." Santana murmured to Quinn then spoke over her shoulder "And someone's going to fill me in."
"It was when Calliope's sons..."
"No." Quinn spun on Ares quickly drawing her sword that instantly became engulfed in flames, keeping Santana and Brittany behind her Quinn shook her head at Ares pleading "No."
"That's more." Brittany could feel Quinn's energy increase as Quinn corralled Santana and herself in one of the corners of the dining room.
"You need to calm down honey." Santana reached for Quinn she could feel the energy crackling around Quinn.
"He needs to go." Quinn growled at Ares.
"She needs to know..."
"Nothing!" Quinn lunged forward.
"You're pissing her off worse!" Santana yelled at him as she took a hold of Quinn's armor covered right bicep "Por favor, cariño, tienes que apagarlo." when Quinn didn't budge Santana gave in "Daddy, later. Not now," Santana shook her head "go help moms with food, Britt and I will stay with her."
"When this is over we need to talk..."
"It's never over." Quinn hissed at Ares before snapping "They never fucking leave her alone!"
"Kitchen." Santana ordered him, hands up he backed away from the girls. "Okay honey let's put the sword away, we're safe here." Santana tugged at Quinn's arm "Espada abajo por favor," Santana pulled away when Quinn growled.
"Get out!" pulled off her feet and slung back into Brittany Santana quickly straightened back up and turned around to see who Quinn was screaming at.
Straight human form B'sst stood in front of the trio.
"How the fuck did you get in?" Santana demanded.