Dying Roses and Shattered Egos
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The unconscious Omega's breathing slowed as her panicked family struggled to hold back tears.
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Voices struggled to be heard, to have her show some sign of life.
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One voice rose above the rest, begging and pleading for her to be okay.
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A flicker of remembrance, one slight memory, was all it took for her to wish she was conscious again. To take her revenge.
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Her brother, Alfred, sat by her side, eyes never leaving the purple mark on her face. The mark of utter betrayal from her Alpha.
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The scar that she would have until she awakened.
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- (Flashback, Two hours ago) -
Aubry sat in her apartment, waiting patiently for her Alpha to return home. Fidel, Her Alpha of two years now, had been gone for two months on a business trip. As much as it had hurt for her to let him leave, knowing he was coming back today was a huge comfort that steeled her anxiety. Every Omega hated when their Alpha had to leave, in extreme cases, Some Omegas had almost died from the anxiety. A loud crash jolted the Haitian Omega out of her thoughts. A Cuban Alpha stepped through the door, dragging a small Columbian Omega with him.
"Bonjour Fidel…" Aubry's voice trailed off, seeing the unfamiliar Omega that stood with him. The Cuban sent her a swift nod to show he had heard her and acknowledged her presence.
"Hola amour." The Columbian flinched as if she had been slapped. Fidel stroked her cheek lovingly to comfort her. Aubry stared at the pair, wondering if she should leave. At the last moment, Fidel grabbed her arm and pulled her over to where the other Omega stood.
"Now Aubry, I want you to meet Pilar. She's my other Omega." Fidel smirked at his first's shocked and betrayed expression. "Now now, I'm not the only Alpha with more than one Omega. It's perfectly normal where I'm from." The disgusted look never dropped from Aubry's normally gentle face. Fidel bit back a snarl. Who was she to tell him what he could and could not do?! She was nothing but a useless, stupid Omega! The more he thought about it, the more enraged he got. Finally, he decided to teacher his useless, lame excuse for an Omega a much needed lesson. He raised his hand and waited for it to connect. The noise ricocheted through the room and down the hallway. An Alpha, about thirty paces away from the door, heard the noise and burst into the darkened room.
"What the-?!" He broke off at the sight of a familiar figure lying on the floor. Wide, seemingly shattered green eyes stared up at the American. "Aubry?! What?! Why are you on the floor?!" The blue eyed teen's voice held nothing but concern for the girl.
"A-Al… B-behind you." The Haitian managed to choke out a warning to her stepbrother. Alfred turned and was greeted by the Cuban's fist.
"Let me finish my lesson!" He snarled, pupils dilating to an oddly demonic point. "She deserves this! I should have abandoned her two years ago!" Alfred stares at his best friend in shock.
"Fidel… You told me you loved her! That you always would and I had nothing to fear when you took her for your mate. Well tell me bro, is this how your family treats all their Omegas? Because if it is, I don't want Aubry anywhere near you. Heck, I don't want anyone in my family near you." The venom in Alfred's voice caused Fidel to be taken aback. This wasn't expected. No one was supposed to interfere with this. Fidel had expected the building to be empty as it usually was when he did this. Alfred also wasn't supposed to be in town to visit until Thursday. That would have given Aubry at least two days to conceal the bruises and Fidel a chance to hide the blood stains that were always present when he lost his temper like this.
"Fine. But you only have yourself to blame, amigo, when she dies of abandonment." Fidel's voice was unruffled and he tried to control his splitting heartache when his friend responded.
"That's a risk I'm willing to take." Alfred picked up his sister's limp body, bridal style, and called the cops. The officer who came had obviously dealt with situations like this before. He ordered Alfred to call their parents and rush his stepsister to the hospital. The last thing Aubry could see was Fidel's bloody figure being shoved into a police car by two very upset Betas.
====================== (End of Flashback) ===============================================
Four Months Later
"Alfred! Get up or you'll be late! For the third time this week!" Arthur Kirkland rolled his eyes when the teen did nothing but throw his alarm clock at the wall. 'Bloody idiot… He always takes too long to get up. Just like Francis…' Arthur thought to himself. He sighed when the blonde haired teen still refused to make an appearance. He turned to his other son, Matthew, for help. "Matthew, love, could you go wake your pig headed brother?" Matthew nodded, grabbing his hockey stick before heading upstairs. "Alfred Fairfax Jones, Get down here before Matthew has to use that hockey stick I saw him grab!"
"NOOOOOOO!" Alfred screamed in fear at the very thought of his brother's hockey stick. Matthew may have looked weak but he certainly wasn't, Alfred had enough bruises to attest to that. "I'm up, I'm up! Sheesh…" Arthur stifled a laugh at his oldest son's irritated response. The teen had started losing more and more sleep since… since the accident with Aubry.
"Geez Dad, did you really need to send Mattie up?!" Alfred groaned, straightening his 'God Bless America' t-shirt. Matthew followed, looking sheepish.
"Yes, now hurry up and eat before you have to leave." Alfred looked as if he was going to be sick.
"Did you cook this time?!" Arthur glared at his son.
"Of course not you idiot, Matthew did." Alfred seemed to relax.
"Okay… Thanks dude." He nodded at his brother. Matthew didn't respond, he was already out the door.
"Where's he going?!" Arthur bit back a sarcastic retort. Francis was always better at raising the children then he was, but Francis hadn't left the hospital since he had first found out about the incident. The incident that claimed four months of their little girl's life… so far anyways. Who knew how much longer she'd be in that coma.
"Alfred, your brother is going to school with his Alpha. You've been ignoring everything for quite a while. During that time, Matthew has become quite good friends with Gilbert." Alfred stared at his father in shock.
"Mattie got an Alpha?! And one of my best friends no less!?" Arthur sighed. Clearly his son was hearing impaired.
"Yes you idiot. Now hurry up and go to school!" Alfred opened his mouth as if to protest. "And yes, I will get you from school if anything changes. Now go!" Alfred rolled his eyes but walked out of the door willingly. As the door slammed shut behind him, Arthur broke down. He finally let every emotion he had kept hidden from his sons out, sinking to his knees and sobbing.
"I don't deserve such amazing boys…"