The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[HAWI]

"Hello Atticus, it's been a while," the Savasci Knights greeted as they stared at the three shadow warlocks they had transferred out of Sicario and into a place that not even Elodie Kane knew of.

It was a precautionary measure, probably because Hawi already knew that she would be leaving her best friend behind and didn't want to worry her. It was also a safety measure for Elodie to focus on the rock alone.

"Well, aren't you four darlings of the dark knight," Nikolai said grumpily when Malika kicked him in the chin, forcing the man to try and lift his head from the ground where he was tied up like a rag doll.

Despite the fact that the Savasci Knights hadn't tortured them for seven months, the brothers looked like shit. They had been slowly getting tortured by the protector's magic, and given the spite Malika had for them, it had been a lot.

The two older brothers looked broken, almost like they had given up all rationality and were slowly resolving to their fate. It was a cruel one nonetheless and the fact that they were bleeding slowly was fun.

"And here I was thinking you forgot your manners. How about we greet sweet little Kurt then, huh? He's had a relaxing seven months here. Look at how relaxed he is. He looks healthy almost like he is loved.

"The smile on his face has to mean something right? 0erhaos it is time for me to wipe that off, yeah?" Hawi said as she looked at the autistic little boy who was running around.

The kid had been through hell in the hands of Hawi, but then it was nothing personal, especially with Malika watching him like a prey. Malika had ripped the kid to pieces more than once and with the glare on her face, Nikolai knew.

He knew Malika was more than ready to do it again, which was a reality he had learned from his older brother months ago. He had been horrified by that particular reality, but knowing the mad women, Nik was sure they would do it again.

Nik had always imagined that it was just the seven of them, he never imagined they would have a human brother. And honestly, that got him protective of little Kurt, the kid who deserved all the love in the world.

But then Hawi had deserved to be loved too and the Shadow warlocks had fucked that up for her, because they were scared of Hawi, hadn't they? They had ruined her life more than once, so this meant nothing, right?

"No, please don't. Let him live and if possible, let him leave. He's just a human boy, a kid who has no understanding go what life looks like. Please, Malika, let him live," Nik said as he looked at the protector who was ready to follow whatever order Hawi gave.

"Aww, don't tell me you're getting emotional and we haven't even started yet, Nikolai. Your brother here did the most stupid of things and made her immortal; now unless you give me a way to kill Jeremiah, I will kill Atticus.

"Of course, I will still kill Kurt and your four brothers, but then that doesn't matter at the moment. I can always go after them at a later time. So, what will it take to get Jeremiah Warner weak?" Hawi asked, her voice calm like she wasn't even threatening the man.

She had endured a lot over the years and she wasn't about to let these brothers get one over her again. She knew that she was tasked with killing Hawi, and while that was not supposed to be threatening seeing how powerful Hawi was, it was annoying.

That little fact there made Hawi feel like she already had a lot of shit in her mind to deal with and Jeremiah Warner being an addition was a grand waste of her time, and frankly, she hated it with all of her.

"What the fuck does that have to do with anything?" Nik asked as he looked at the women before him. He could already feel the pain of losing a brother and given Atticus's state, Hawi just had to push a little and the warlock would be dead.

Over the months, Atticus' spine had begun to rot, and the punctured trachea he had was filled with bugs. He looked like a zombie and just a little more and he would be the ultimate horror for everyone living and dead.

He was weak and wasn't even conscious up to this point. He lived because he could breathe and other than that, there was nothing that was keeping the Russel brother alive. He had long lost hope in life and was only surviving.

Atticus had lost in the worst of ways, but then it seemed like he wasn't done losing yet, because the universe was once again staring at him with angry eyes in the form of Awuor Hawi.

He had fucked up, and he knew it, but then what else could he do? He was just a man on a mission, one that had somehow ended up with the best and brightest of Greyson dead, a price had been paying for months on months.

"Alright then. I guess Kurt will give you a little motivation," Rukiya said as she walked over to where Kurt was playing. He looked so happy and so innocent that it was almost heart-wrenching that he had been trapped in this cycle of horrors.

But then each to their fates, right?

When Ruru reached the boy, his little smile instantly fell while Rukiya's smile brightened. She had promised herself that she wouldn't come with her humanity to this mission and she was determined to keep it so.

Children were sacred, but this one happened to be the only motivation they had to get the answers to the bottom-barrel lot that they were stuck with. Maybe this would be the best bargaining chip that they had at the moment, right?

"Wa… pl–" Atticus struggled to spell out as he looked between his brothers. He had known that this wouldn't be easy and he couldn't let Nik sacrifice Kurt for his sake. They would be able to reunite with their families or so Atticus had hoped.

It didn't matter that it would take a while but then hair wasn't exactly in a rush to help them cross over to the afterlife, no? After all, she had a lot of things planned for the Russels and she wouldn't stop.

"Are you trying to say something to Atticus? I can't hear you," Mbali mocked before she began stuttering like the man with a punctured voice box. It was pure torture for Atticus to even spell out a word, and yet that didn't seem to make the crazies relax.

If anything, it seemed to excite them even more., which wasn't going to end well for the brothers.

"Please, I don't know what my brother did for Her, but I can reverse it. I can find a way to make Jeremiah Warner stop. I can fix it, just please not my little brother, please," Nik said hopefully.

He wasn't sure what he was pleading for, but he had been wishing for a younger sibling over the yards and now that they had done, he couldn't lose him. He hadn't even known what the kid liked and didn't like.

That would hurt so bad.

"Alright, you have three hours," Malika said and Nik nodded, only for Mbali to blast Atticus into un-piece able shreds, earning a scream from Nik.