“Apparently.”
“Is that a bad thing?” he asked.
Sage rolled her shoulders. “I won’t know until my next seeing. Then again, it doesn’t seem too accurate and trustworthy, given what you’ve told me.”
They were interrupted by the arrival of Pisces, who staggered into the Stardust Room bleeding from several gashes.
Aries rushed over to keep him upright. “What happened to you?”
“Monsters,” he exclaimed. “I was just finishing up examining the scene of a gruesome murder that had the Parisian cops baffled when they spilled out of the catacombs.”
“Three-eyed, four-armed with tails?” Aries asked as he leaned Pisces against the wall and fetched his jar of dust.
“Yeah. How did you know?”
“They were at the hockey game I attended.”
“What hockey game? I thought the season was over but for the Stanley Cup.”
“About that game, it ended in a tie.”
“You were there?” Pisces seemed impressed until he glanced at Grayson on the table. “Hold on a second. Don’t tell me those monsters attacked a stadium full of people?”
“Massacred would be more apt. Me and the new Libra over there killed about seven or eight between us, but more were still emerging when I left. But that’s not the worst of it. Some of them were armed.”
Pisces uttered a low whistle. “Holy fuck. Monsters with guns.”
“Aliens, actually. Pretty sure we’re seeing the result of those asteroid chunks hitting Earth.” Because Paris had been another location hit by a meteor, a small chunk that bounced into the Seine.
“How is that possible? They should be dead. We destroyed their ship.”
“Apparently some of them managed to survive in the debris that later crashed to the planet.”
“No way.” Pisces shook his head. “None of those pieces were big enough to carry what I fought. Not one, let alone the four I ran into.”
“Agreed, and yet you can’t deny these things aren’t native to Earth. The weapon they used hasn’t yet been developed.” Aries would know, since they kept an eye on all military and even private technology.
“Well, fuck.” Pisces grimaced as Aries shook some Stardust on his wounds. “You think they’re behind all the unexplained killings and disappearances?”
“Probably.”
“Well, at least I managed to kill the ones in Paris.” Pisces winced as Aries smeared some dust on the deep gash across hismidsection. To distract himself, Pisces jerked his head in the direction of the bed holding the still-unconscious man. “Is that seriously the new Libra?”
“Yup.”
“Didn’t he just quit like a day or so ago?”
“The Astraeus wasted no time replacing him. Although, according to Sage, this guy is not the one she originally saw in her vision.”
“Wait, what?” Pisces frowned. “How the fuck does that happen?”
“Fuck if I know.” Aries shrugged. “Anyhow, he seems decent enough. Hockey player, so he’s already pretty fit. Brave, too. You should have seen him use his skates as weapons.”
“No way,” Pisces breathed. “That’s cool as shit. What’s he think about the Zodiac thing?”
“No idea; he hasn’t woken yet.”
Another warrior staggered into the room. Aquarius, who had one eye shut by a swollen cut on his forehead, and he held his left arm.
