Kira slipped from her hiding spot, staying low as she crept closer.
Those firing on Odin and the rest paused, turning to see what happened.
The reaper was no different.
Taking advantage of Graydon's distraction, Kira sliced the tendons in the reaper's ankles. He fell forward, crying out in pain. Before he could figure out what had happened, Kira was there. Her sword cutting across his throat, leaving him to choke on his own blood.
"Hello, there," Kira crooned with a smile when the Tsavitee glanced at her.
She was moving before they could recover, slaughtering them before they could bring their weapons to bear.
A shot sounded, a second before the last Tsavitee could be dealt with.
It dropped to the ground, dead.
Kira nudged it. That was a pretty decent shot. Unnecessary but appreciated nonetheless.
She waved in Brie's direction as a thank you, knowing the other woman probably still had her scope trained on her.
Graydon glided out of the trees, sending her a nod. "That's all of them."
A shot impacted the tree next to Graydon. He stopped, glancing from the hole to Odin's companions.
"I suggest they don't do that again," Graydon warned.
Hearing the unspoken threat in his voice, Kira hurried to stop the humans from doing anything stupid. "Hey, Odin. It's me. I saw you were in a spot of trouble and figured you could use the assist."
"Kira?”
There was a commotion on Odin's side.
"Wait," a human snapped. "Don't go out there. It could be a trap."
"The moment the Tsavitee are able to reliably impersonate the Phoenix is the day you can kiss the future of your race goodbye," Odin said, slapping the person's hand away.
Sensing the danger had passed, Kira stepped out of the cover of the trees.
"About time you showed up," Odin growled.
Before either of the humans could stop him, the Sye strode toward Kira. To her relief, he was carrying the J1N.
"You brought him."
"Of course, I did," Odin said, seeming offended.
"Does he work?"
Odin lifted his hand and let go of the J1N. "You tell me."
The J1N remained floating, its 'eye' pointed at Kira.
"Where have you been, Nixxy?" the drone asked. "We've been looking all over for you."
Kira released the breath she'd been unconsciously holding and nodded. "Good."
That would do.
Odin looked back as the humans crawled out from behind their natural barricade, the earring at her ear glinting. The humans, a man and a woman, both dressed in clothes meant to blend with the snow, made their way cautiously toward them.
