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Thea couldn't hold her serious expression for long as Sinopa responded. She broke into a smile, and even began to laugh, letting the 'puppy' know it had all been a joke. Honestly, she was surprised he hadn't seen it as one; must be a sensitive spot.

Before she could offer a further explanation to Sinopa, he trailed off, obviously having heard something. She heard it to. It seemed to be coming from the left... a distant, but slowly approaching, something. Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion, to both the song and the fact that whoever was singing it simply wasn't there. Still, it seemed strangely familiar, and a feeling of apprehension was rapidly building in her heart. The lights were dimming, and brightening again, marking a path of sorts as the voice grew louder.

Her eyes narrowed, the answer on the tip of her tongue, but not willing to come yet. She knew, oh the information was in there, but it was so improbable it just refused to register. She was drawing a blank.

"Sino... we should get out of here," she said, but that wasn't right. The fear was there again. What she should have said was, 'Sino, you should get out of here.' It was a moot point anyway; the moment she said it, the lights went out, and utter blackness enveloped them. She shrunk back in a very un-angel like way, but got a hold of herself quickly enough, changing it into a weak defensive position. Fear was awful, fear was new, and fear was not helping her right now.

The lights flashed back on, and had she not been an Angel, and born of the light, she might have been temporarily blinded by their sudden brightness. More shocking to her was the person standing in front of her.

No.

Not person.

Demon.

Shock was an understatement. A vision from a long distant past was standing before her, and it was not a pleasant memory. She opened her mouth to say something, but only one word fell from her lips. "Xanatos."

Action was desperately needed, but she was simply stunned. Perhaps by a combination of shock and fear.

"Sera, Sera, Sera~" the daemon said, grinning as he did, saying the name with an almost friendly familiarity. He held his arms out, as if expecting a hug or embrace, though he knew such an event wouldn't occur. "It's been far too long, dear, far, far too long. And to find you here! It must be the work of God, hmm?"

As he spoke, one might have thought he was truly over-joyed at Thea's presence; however, there was a volatile undertone, with a venom that seemed especially prevalent on that ringing last word he said.

"You seem more petite than last time. Did you do something to your hair?" he asked, tilting his head to the side lightly. "Or maybe it's the fact that you seem so... mortal. Trying to blend in... silly, silly Sera. Or are you calling yourself something different nowadays like me? I'd hoped that would catch on. I do so love the old tongue, but sometimes it just gets... well, old!"

He giggled lightly, crossing his arms over his chest as if to control the laughter.



"I'll shred you at once~"

So very mortal. He cut a cord there, and both of them were well aware of it. Old rivals, neither ever able to actually defeat the other, she had diminished in glory -purposefully, she might add- whereas his power and strength hadn't left him. A full fledged demon, Xanatos could have easily killed her when she was just standing there, dumbfounded by his appearance. He always did like to toy with his prey...

"I do seem far more mortal, don't I?" she said, stopping her train of thought right then and there. "Why, not even a second ago I was thinking of all the ways you'd like to kill me, and how helpless I'd be to stop you. Very unprofessional of me."

You couldn't force this kind of honesty from a drunken man. Like the hug, she ignored his request for her new name.

"But you may not," she continued. Was she ordering around a demon? This demon? "I'm in the middle of something. A great... project. I'm afraid I won't allow you to interfere."

She hadn't even noticed the presence of another demon behind her. She had trouble enough with Xanatos. There was no way she honestly believed she was any match for him, but the entire point of Angels was they never, truly, fought alone. Giving up, thinking mortal thoughts, was truly a human thing to do, and she would not cave in to a defeatist attitude. If you think you're going to die before the fighting has even begun, then, well, you're dead already. Thus, as she spoke, she began to gather the energy in her hand, a sword of ice forming slowly; the powers were new, however, and the appearance of the thing might have been, shall we say, less than perfect.

Sinopa wasn't stupid. He feared this 'Xanatos', especially when he looked at him. But submission wasn't an option, he felt. Submission made him feel like he could've been food. That 'scrumptious' didn't help matters.

Well, agression wasn't his favorite choice, but it was better than doing nothing. Scowling, a low rumble of a growl reverberated in his chest. Human-sounding, but still a growl. Of course, this was more just the feeling of being cornered. The man appeared out of nowhere, after all. Running couldn't have been an option if he could do that.

Her eyes hardened, ice cold, daring him to test her, to start the fight that was surely inevitable- and he jeered at her, giggled, and basically ignored her, as if she was hardly a threat anymore. If she was to be honest with herself, that was a rather accurate assessment. Especially now that her abilities were altered. Water had been turned to ice, and she had not had enough time to explore it fully, like she was planning to do when she made the first arrow mark to indicate where they were going. But he didn't know that. For all he knew, she was a veteran at this, like she had been with water... actually, he might be surprised to see this new development. Was that surprise? She couldn't be sure.

"Hey!" Thea said, suddenly defensive of Sinopa. Very, very, defensive, it seemed. She positioned herself between them, pointing her sword at the hellion. "Stop leering at him. He's mine," she caught herself there, "I mean, he's my friend, uh, acquaintance... and it's not carnal! I will never be carnal. Get your mind out of the gutter." One would think by her stammering she was hiding her true feelings for the man. It was kind of like she was talking to herself. This outburst was followed by a look of confusion, as she wondered at the words that had just come out of her mouth. Did she really just say that?

........Wait. What?!

It took a moment for Sinopa's mind to wrap around what was actually being implied. And him being food was sooooo not what was being implied, he had a feeling. Of course, with them fighting over him, he felt horrified, but at the same time...he felt the tiniest bit flattered that something that 'fell' and something that apparently hadn't were fighting over his 'body' apparently. Or...something.

Hell, as scared as he was, the shapeshifter was EXTREMELY confused with what was going on. Confused enough to stop the growl and just stare, cocking his head to the side like any animal would. Just what the hell was going on in this place, what the hell was that 'Xanatos', what was Thea, and why was he trapped in the middle of it all?