The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[HAWI]

"You talk like we are going to die, Alpha Awuor," Sherry said and Mbali let out a light chuckle. She couldn't believe that even in all of this they could still find a way to laugh and make the situation lighter.

But this was who they were. A people who did what they had to do no matter what the situation was, and that had made their interactions warm and integrated.

It didn't matter that they were about to face the worst enemies, what mattered was they would fight until the very end. And if they lost their lives in the process, then they could only hope that their fight hadn't been in vain, right?

"Well, the next time we'll be coming to Greyson will be when we win the great war, and that is a long time in the fruit, Sherry. I am just telling what lies ahead of us. Besides, we are going to go fight just the five of us.

"It might get messy and terrifying. Anyway, if we win, I will come for the shirt you have been keeping for me since the first time I set foot into Greyson with banana leaves around my waist like the barbarian I was at the time.

"I will let you clothe me then. And feed me like you always wanted, yeah?" Hawi said and Rukiya wiped a stray tear from her eyes while Sherry stood there in shock. She had never thought that such a day would come.

Hawi had always been against anyone doing anything for her or even staying beside her in any situation. For years they had seen the girl push everyone away including the woman she was now madly in love with.

Life hadn't been all rosy for them but the fact that Hawi was actually looking forward to coming home and even making it to Greyson for Sherry's sake was heartwarming to say the least.

Perhaps there was hope after all, right?

"That is a sweet thing to say, Hawi. I will keep that in mind. Hopefully, when you come, I will still be alive," Sherry said and the room instantly went silent as they stared at the woman like she had spoken the forbidden words.

"Oh, look at your faces. You think you are the only one who can make bad jokes all the time, huh? Gotcha!" Sherry said excitedly as she watched the horror drain for the faces of the Savasci Knights.

She had seen them take on things that were hard to deal with and she had been there with them through and through. It was also obvious that she had picked up some habits in the process. Habits that clearly the Knights didn't wish for her to take on.

"Of all the things you could have adapted from us, you had to choose terrible humor and insane smackdowns?" Rukiya asked as she looked at her personal chef. This woman had cooked for her since birth and she loved her with everything.

Hudhayfah, who had been feeling fond for a whale, did not let out a snicker as he looked at the kids, flustered by Sherry's statement. They looked like there were a lot of things that could happen in between but then what could they do at the moment?

"Fucking hell. You will not die," Malika said as she cast a protection spell on Sherry, which made the woman stare at them softly.

She knew of the protection spell by these crazies and Sherry knew that that was something that was cast only on the people they considered important. It wasn't daily that she had seen or experienced this.

However, the fact that the crazies were willing to let her into their little circle of misfits, meant a lot to Sherry. It made her feel like the world wasn't just a terrible place like they had grown up in.

It made her feel special and hopeful that there were people who actually cared about what happened to her. She was loved and she would never forget that.

"Oh shit, you made Malika go against her one-woman protocol," Hawi said excitedly and Sherry looked at her like she did not understand a thing about what this was. Well, she couldn't be blamed, these psychos were always on different levels.

"What does that mean?" Sherry asked.

"It means that Malika protected you like her sister. Though, unlike her sister's body, the spell she cast on you is the unified spell that keeps this team alive until eternity," Rukiya said and Sherry began tearing up. Oh, she was a soft one at heart.

"Thank you," Sherry said and Malika just stared at the woman softly, like she had earned the lifeline spell. It was impressive really what could happen along the way and no matter how they wanted to put it, they had to accept the fact that this was special.

"No, thank you. You both took care of Rukiya, even with the risks that were involved. You kept her safe and that way you made my mission a little lighter. So, thank you, Sherry and I hope you get everything you seek in life," Malika said and the team oohed.

They had never seen Malika Jabali get sentimental and yet here she was getting sentimental with someone who wasn't her sister. Maybe she had also learned a thing or two from the team of crazies that was here, right?

"This is beautiful, call for a photo," Elodie said and they looked at her like she was speaking Greek when in reality there wasn't much to decipher there. Surely they didn't think they would be keeping memories on their minds alone, right?

"What?" Mbali asked incredulously as she looked at Elodie, as if the woman needed to explain more.

"Goddamn. I know we are all used to magic, but surely we can't all be primitive enough to have high tech in the pack and still forget about the existence of phones and cameras… or you were hoping we would use a shared mind link to keep the memories safe?" Elodie asked.

"Well, that sounds better."

"If you put it like that it makes it awesome."

"Who the fuck even gave you such ideas."

"Will you all just fucking shut up and put your asses on that line over there? We don't have enough time and with how you are acting, we might never get another moment to capture this memory, alright?" Elodie said as she set up the phone on the alpha's desk.

She then walked towards the bunch of misfits that were standing sheepishly and made them pose for the photo. Thankfully, there was a timer on the phone, before the phone started capturing the moments.

Hawi counted a total of seventy-five clicks of them standing like goats who didn't know the first thing about presentation and shit. They looked primitive as fuck but maybe they could use the excuse of immortality to make it through this, right?

"Alright, everyone. The photoshoot is done and you can go back to being people from the Middle Ages where they didn't know squat about tech, yeah? I hope you have a nice life," Elodie said, intentionally causing them to be stiff as hell.

"Was that a compliment or an insult?" the misfits asked as they went back to their seats, as they waited for the day to begin.

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