Carefully and slowly, Artemis could feel the snake uncoiling from around his body. He knew that the snake was ready to strike, and smiled at the sight of his rearward facing teeth. He lacked venom, but it was unneeded at the moment. Artemis would simply have to do without hearing the screams of a venom-filled body decaying slowly and painfully. Had he still had Eros in his grasp, he'd have coiled him like a whip. Had he actually been in possession of a whip, he'd have snapped it to show power. It was a trick he had learned long ago during his time in Spain.

"Eros." Was the only word that left his mouth before he moved out from the window sill and further into the room. His body did not move, as if he simple disappeared from the window, and reappeared only a few feet forward on the ground. He lunged at the kidnapper, his hand going for the hand with the knife. He grabbed onto the attacker's hand, pulling it away from his master before digging his thumb into his wrist, ready to rip out the tendons at any moment. With gloves on, the task was more difficult than it should have been, but Artemis made it work nonetheless. 

Hopefully, if Eros managed to coil around the attacker like he had hoped, then he wouldn't have anywhere to move, and would be at the mercy of Artemis. His thumb dug deeper into his wrist, a small smile of pleasure curling on the edge of Artemis' lips. With his free hand, he yanked the knife out of the presumed damaged hand and held it in a backhanded fashion, ready to launch it into the wrist that he had just damaged. The blade of the knife dangled above, and the wicked smile Artemis had only became wider as he looked at the attacker, thrusting his hand forward and stabbing the wrist just as his thumb moved out of the way.