The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[HAWI]

"Have you guys had breakfast?" Rukiya asked as she looked at Sherry and Hudhayfah who were about to leave. She wasn't ready for that particular phase of her life and they understood her.

They had been all she had when growing up and the fact that there was a chance she wouldn't see them for a really long time was breaking her heart even more. She wanted to tell them to stay, but her people needed them.

With Hudhayfah and Sherry, Rukiya was certain that her people would be in the best of hands, and with the collaboration with Sicario and the other packs they would make this system work.

But even that didn't make the fact that she was going to be alone without them any better. After all, she was always going to be a child to them and they were always going to be the greatest guardians she had ever had.

"You have to let us go, kid. You will be fine, you know that, right? You have your mate, and four warriors who will do everything to restore balance and make sure everything is alright. We will see you soon.

"Besides, if you miss us, you can always tell Malika to use the magical mirror for us to communicate. Protectors always have those to make sure the white wolf gets to interact with her people even if she is away from home.

"You have to have faith, kid, you must have faith and come back to us. We will be waiting for you. Greyson will be waiting for your triumphant return," Hudhayfah said softly as he hugged the girl who was not ready to let them go.

This was understandable and he didn't blame her. Sherry pulled Ruru close, before the other gout misfits joined the hug. Soon enough it was one big hug that reminded them that they had to come back home to each other. They were all they had.

"Yes, I'll do that for you, Rukiya. Don't worry, you won't miss them for too long. They will always be there with you, heart and soul even if they will be in Greyson," Malika said, surprising Mbali again.

Jabali had known her sister to be a ruthless heartless creature that knew nothing of emotions and how the social constructs worked, but then in the time since she had seen Malika, she had learned that the woman had humanity, and her sister.

That had been a lot for her to handle but she was always going to be grateful for that chance.

So, she understood Rukiya. She really did, because if Mbali was being honest, she had gotten so used to Malika being around that she didn't know what she would do if her sister left her again.

She wasn't sure she could survive the heartache or the emotions that came with missing her sister. That would be a lot for her, and she could only hope that there wouldn't come a day when Malika would leave, because Mbali wouldn't be able to take it.

"Goodness, this is getting sappy. Come on guys, it's not like we are ever going to die and leave you not forever. Goodbyes may be sad, but we need to look forward to the ultimate reunion, don't you think?" Sherry said and they all let out soft laughs.

She was right though. They had all lost people that were important to them and it was understandable that Rukiya was scared. They couldn't blame her, but then they couldn't keep stalling this any further.

"See you soon, both of you. And please tell people that we are working on making our home better. We will be reunited soon," Rukiya said as they broke free from the hug and Hudhayfah created a portal for him and Sherry to go through.

"Yes… this is only see you later, kid. Be well, all of you," Sherry said as they went through the portal, leaving the five warriors staring at the empty space the whaler and the chef had left. Oh, this was going to be a lot of work for them.

"Anyone else feeling like shit?" Malika asked a few minutes later when the silence had gotten so loud they could see the blood in their ears. This wasn't how they had planned for this, but then life itself wasn't exactly as simple, right?

"I feel like punching things." Continue your adventure with empire

"I wanna smack someone's face into the wall."

"Let's go for a run."

"Let's go kill Atticus."

"We haven't released the leaders from the operations building."

The suggestions were all good, but the last one got the warriors staring at each other like deer caught in headlights. They had been too busy with their lives to remember the fifty-six leaders who were opened in the building.

The fact that no Sicario employee was in that building made it even worse because they were probably thinking that Has had called them to smack their faces into the wall. This wasn't going to be well, but then it wasn't like it was intentional, right?

After all, they had partied the entire night till morning, and had just woken up, right?

"Oh shit… oh fucking shit. We need to get there and free them," Rukiya said with a laugh as she raised how ridiculous they had all gotten. Pain was not something for the faint of hearts and they were slowly learning that in the hardest of ways.

This wouldn't be easy for them and they were starting to see the side effect of losing too much, they had gotten so overprotective and had forgotten about their guests who were probably hungry and anxious as hell.

"Alright, let's get them out of there," Hawi said as she led the way to the door, only for Elodie to stand in front of her and stop her from making another step. It was insanely relatable how they were determined to fix shit and were failing spectacularly at it.

"You're in your pajamas, sister. And we all look like shit. I doubt you want them wondering whether we have finally gone crazy, yeah?" Elodie said and they looked at each other the realization dawning on them.

They looked like they had been in a bullfight and the bull had won. Their hairs were tangled; they looked like they had been fighting with chicken. They were worse than drunk addicts on the street and the longer they thought about it the more slumped they were.

"I'll cast a spell to make us look way better, in front of everyone. We don't need to change, just make sure you keep in mind that when we step out of here we will be warriors and not sleep junkies, alright?" Malika said and Mbali snorted.

Her sister was a piece of work, but then her suggestion was way better than what they all had in mind.

After all, there was a chase that Hawi and Ruru would go to change and show up ten hours later in the same clothes, not to mention Elodie and Malika, and then she would be the only one ready.

"Great. That's better. I feel like sleeping more, but hey let's deal with them then come back," Hawi said and they all nodded in agreement, before they stepped out, in their pajamas.

There were gasps when the warriors stopped outside and for a moment they wondered whether the camouflage had worked. But then when they heard the whispers of how hot and powerful they looked, they relaxed.

"Told you it would work."