a gun in his hand. Raker waved the gun motioning him toward the counter that Jen usually sat at. She wasn’t there and he had no idea where she, Doc, or Hades were. “So it seems the little mouse who worked for me tried to feed me to the lions, but now I have three more gods to add to my list. One is a pregnant female. Very stupid to send a pregnant female and her mate. Once we had her, we had him with no trouble,” Raker said with an evil chuckle. “So where is the little mouse? Did she scurry away home? I’ll find her with no trouble. She doesn’t have the money to hide.” “Where is Hades and his mate?” “What do you care? You’ll be with them soon enough. I’m just going to use you to lure the mouse back to the house,” he said this time laughing maniacally. It was just like the movies in that regard. Ros had to keep him talking and distracted for Jen’s sake. “What do you want with her? She’s not a god.” Raker looked at his with what seemed to be sympathy. “Your kind is suppose to be so smart, but either none of you are or I got the dummies here. She’s bred to a god.” “You got a god to breed her?” “You brainless fool. This is a fertility clinic! We artificially inseminate women here. We gave her a god cocktail. It contains only the smallest amount of seed from every god we made. Your seed is so aggressive if one is a match, the women get pregnant. We have a test now that tells us if the woman might be a match. So far it’s been ninety percent accurate,” Raker bragged. He seemed disappointed that Ros wasn’t more impressed. “What’s that look ion your face?” “Good night,” Ros said as he watched a vase come down hard on the back of Raker’s head. He dropped like a ton of bricks. Ros rushed forward but not to check on Raker, no, he hurried to pull Jen into his arms because she looked ready to fall down herself. He helped her over to a chair so she could sit while he picked up Raker’s gun and restrained him. “I have to go find Doc and Hades before they get hurt.” He looked at her and she nodded. He saw the strength in her gaze. “I’ll be back as soon as I can.” He hurried to the elevator. He went to the second floor hoping no one would watch the elevator. He pulled out the dart gun just in case he wasn’t that lucky. The door opened, no one was there. He breathed in deeply. This floor was deserted and only faint lingering smells remained. He went back to the elevator and wen up to the top floor. The only higher button was the roof. The elevator stopped and the door opened. He stepped out not seeing anyone. He started down the hall and heard a voice. Someone had heard the elevator open. “Hey boss, hurry up. We haven’t had lunch yet.” Damn, there was more than one of them. He took in a deep breath smelling Hades, Doc, and two humans. He thought about how best to handle things. He could hide out of sight and hope one would come looking for their boss so he could take out one at a time. He could also use his superhuman speed to take them both out. His third choice was to call for back up and hope no one else would come here before back up came. He decided to call for back up, but then proceed on his own. He spoke in a whisper on his radio and told them what the situation was. He turned off his radio before they could order him to stand down and wait. He slipped closer to the room where he could see and hear the two men talking. “What do you think is keeping the boss?” “You probably imagined you heard the elevator. Your stomach is playing tricks on you,” the blond guy said laughing. “Shut up asshole. You probably had breakfast. Raker rushed me in before I could eat. He said I was late yesterday letting Gordy off so I had to let him go early today. I wasn’t fucking late, that damn Gordy.” Ros decided to use their inattention and he shot the one that wasn’t talking in his leg. He started to slide down right away. The other guy finally