Protect
By: AndiKaneUnderwood
AUs: Alpha/Beta/Omega, Royalty, Powers
Protect. That was all Lynette Snart knew, all she'd been trained for.
Protect Lisa. Protect the throne. Protect the prince.
Lynette had been trained since birth to protect the crowned King and his son, Raymond.
She'd been training to protect since she was born.
Protect was all she knew. All she'd ever been.
And when she was picked alongside Carter Hall and Jax Jackson to go on a mission with the Prince, her own instinct to protect was soon to be sated.
LoT~LoT~LoT
Lynette couldn't believe her luck!
She and her two good friends, Carter and Jax, had been handpicked by King Oliver himself for a mission to protect the Prince.
Everyone knew that only the best where chosen for King's precious children.
The princess (who'd have rather been a knight) Sara was coming with them as well, but only for added protection (because the princess was perfectly capable of taking care of herself. The prince would need some help).
They'd be traveling to the nearby kingdom of Central to solidify a truce with King Barry. Why the prince was going was anyone's guess, but Lynette had a few speculations.
Like the fact that there wasn't a Bond Mark on the Prince's neck and he was now 18, of marrying age, and the King's son Wallace was Alpha and 19 and the Prince's scent told Lynette that he was Omega.
It almost made Lynette sick to think of the prince being in a marriage when he knew nothing about Prince Wallace, but it wasn't her place to speak out.
They headed out at first light on the fourteenth of March to get to the kingdom within the two week period they were provided with.
Lynette road next to the Prince while Jax and Carter road in front. Sara and her maidservant, Amaya, road behind.
The prince was deathly silent and still and Lynette would've almost believe they were traveling with a corpse had he not been breathing.
Jax and Carter talked excitedly to each other up a head, as did Sara and Amaya, but Lynette stayed silent.
They traveled like this for three days.
On the fourth day, they entered bandit territory and needed to be extremely careful.
Protect. Protect!
Unfortunately, luck didn't seem to be on their side, because twenty minutes into bandit territories, they were ambushed.
"Protect the Prince!" Sara shouted, immediately taking charge of the small group. "Lady Lynette!" She yelled, looking at her with fiery eyes.
Lynette nodded, taking the reins of her horse and snapping them. "This way, Your Highness." She said, and the Prince snapped the reins and followed her.
Lynette's heart beat in time with the horse's hoofs.
Protect! Protect! Protect!
LoT~LoT~LoT
They weren't attacked again, so Lynette took that as a good sign.
They hid out in a cave for a while before Lynette deemed it safe enough to go on.
After a while, the Prince finally spoke up. "Where is my sister?" He asked quietly.
Lynette turned, surprised. "Well, I almost thought you weren't able to speak." She teased lightly. "Your sister and the rest of the guards will catch up when we get to the kingdom of Central. Right now, it's my job to get you there unharmed." Lynette replied, slowing the horse as they reached the river.
"We'll camp here for the night." Lynette decided slipping off her horse.
The Prince tried to get off as well, but only succeeded in getting his foot tangled in the straps and falling on the ground. "Ah!" He hit his head. "Ow."
Lynette chuckled. "Have you never ridden a horse before?" She asked as she got the Prince's foot unstuck and helped him off the ground.
"First time for everything?" The Prince replied, voice sounding questioning.
"First ti-." Lynette cut off. "Are you telling me this is the first time you've ridden a horse?"
"It's the first time I've been out of my room." The Prince replied, dusting off his pants.
Lynette looked at him with surprise written all over her face. "Outside your room... Oh, my dear God." She put her face in her hands.
"Is... Is that a problem?" The Prince asked and he was just so innocent and awkward Lynette didn't know what to do. "Lady Lynette?" He asked.
"No! No, it's just..." Lynette sighed. "Just call me Lynn, yeah?"
"Lynn... Okay and you can call me Ray." The Prince replied, giving Lynette a smile she wasn't worthy of.
"Your Highness-" Lynette started, but was cut off by the Prince.
"Ray." The look in his eyes was stubborn and determined.
"I-" Lynette sighed and nodded. "Ray." She said.
Ray grinned and Lynette smiled a small smile back.
Protect. Protect. Protect.
LoT~LoT~LoT
(One week later)
"So, what's it like? Training as a knight?" Ray asked.
Lynn got the feeling that even if he'd wanted to, Ray would never have been able to go through any sort of defense training.
King Oliver's misguided views on Omegas didn't stop at his son.
The entire royal court believed that Omegas where only good for breeding, which was another reason Lynn suspected Ray was getting married off. Omegas where supposedly too delicate for matters of the court and ruling the kingdom. Omegas where supposed to be pregnant and securing the royal heirs, not dealing with politics and the royal affairs, which was probably the reason King Oliver had left Ray locked in his own room.
Lynn highly doubted that King Oliver would let Ray go through any sort of training to defend himself. Why would the Prince need to defend himself when he had knights and such to do so for him?
"I could show you, but I don't think your father would approve." Lynn replied, swinging her sword through dense bushes to clear the path.
Ray sighed. "That's what I hear. He rarely approves of anything. I'm lucky he let me do things like read a book or train my power-" Ray cut off, slapping a hand over his mouth.
"Train your what?" Lynn asked. "What power?" She questioned.
"I-I shouldn't." Ray stammered, looking down and folding his hands.
"Ray, if I'm going to protect you, then I need to know what I'm dealing with. I need to know anything and everything of even the slightest important." Lynn told the Prince.
"Power. I can... If I concentrate hard enough I can control the Earth." Ray lifted a hand and his eyes glowed briefly, lighting up a stunning golden brown.
The Earth beneath Lynn's feet shifted and a huge slab of dirt and grass lifted from the ground with Lynette still standing on it.
It hovered a few miles above the ground and then sealed itself back into the ground.
"Well, it's certainly effective. I like mine better though, Raymond."
Ray looked at Lynn with such surprise, Lynn almost keeled over laughing.
"Here, I'll show you." And with that, Lynn drew in a breath and blew out in the direction Ray stood in.
Snowflakes blew over Ray's face and frost developed in his hair and a huge smile spread over Ray's face. "Cool!" He cried, shaking the frost and snow from his hair.
Protect. Protect. Protect.
Lynn smiled back and sighed. "I'll teach you to fight if you want me to, but when you get back home, I doubt you'll ever use it."
Ray's eyes lit up. "Show me?"
Lynn nodded. "You got it, Ray."
Protect! Protect! Protect
LoT~LoT~LoT
(Two days later)
Swords clashed and spun as they danced through the air.
"Push harder." Snapped Lynn as she ducked another strike.
Ray grunted as he swung again, getting faster and better with every strike.
Lynn was impressed with the speed he learned, Ray picked up everything she threw at him with efficiency and learned all the moves in seconds.
Protect. Protect. Protect
"Not bad, Raymond." Lynn smiled, "You sure you haven't been taught?" She teased.
"No." Ray replied with a breathless grin, leaning just a bit on the sword.
Protect! Protect!
"It's part of my power. I pick up things to learn and go through them fast and it all just kind of sticks in my brain." Ray sighed, looking at Lynn with a look of adoration.
Lynn laughed.
It was all cut short when Ray cried out, clutching his stomach and doubling over in pain.
Lynn rushed forward, catching the Prince as he fell. "Ray?" She asked.
"S-Sorry. I-It's too soon. Not s-supposed to happen until we got b-back." Ray gasped, panting and shivering and crying out and hurting.
"What?" Lynn asked. "You're going into Heat?"
Ray groaned in response and Lynn knew she needed to find shelter and fast.
Protect! Protect! Protect!
"I'm gonna pick you up, Raymond, okay?" Lynn asked and she had to try very hard to ignore the smell of sugar, oils, and earth.
"Okay." Ray replied and let Lynn pick him up to get him somewhere safe.
Protect. Protect. Protect.
LoT~LoT~LoT
They were lucky there was a cave nearby. And that they were outside bandit territory.
Protect.
Instinct screamed at Lynette to get the Omega somewhere safe. To protect. To breed. She had to squash down the last one.
Protect!
The last thing she needed was to be beheaded for bedding the Prince when he was vulnerable.
Ray slipped into postHeat about an hour after they made it to the cave.
He pleaded and begged for an Alpha until Lynette thought about gagging him to shut him up, but she didn't. Mostly because of what happened next.
Protect! Protect! Protect
"Please." Ray breathed. "Please." He begged, writhing on the ground in a way that shouldn't have been seductive, but somehow was.
"Shh! Hush, Raymond. I can't take care of you, okay?" She snapped.
Ray's pure black eyes locked onto Lyn. His voice was just a whisper and he spoke. "Lynette." He whispered.
Lynette turned and stared, looking into Ray's eyes for the slightest sliver of tawny-caramel brown. There was none. "Ray?"
"Lynette." Ray repeated and the same brilliant smile crossed his lips.
Like he'd just figured out a new move. Like he'd just gotten the answer to the biggest problem he'd ever faced.
Lynette found herself smiling back and later as she lay against him, curling around him as he slept, she knew.
LoT~LoT~LoT
(Five days later)
Ray finally came out of Heat about four hours into the fifth day. It was so amazing to see the eyes of an Omega coming out of Heat.
The pupils didn't shrink as previously thought. No, the excess black faded from the eyes in a show of black ink. It drained back into the pupil slowly, revealing the Omega's true eye color beneath and it was truly amazing to watch.
Ray groaned softly as he came back to himself. "What happened?" He asked, looking around.
"You went into Heat. Don't worry, I didn't penetrate you, I just sat with you and we cuddled some." Lynn replied, sitting down next to him.
"I think... I think I said your name." Ray said, looking at Lynn with wide tawny-caramel eyes.
"Yeah, you also knew that I was a trained knight and I had a sister named Lisa Snart. Which I never told you, but it tells me all I need to know." Lynn stood, holding out her hand to the Prince.
Ray hesitantly took the hand. "I don't understand. What does that mean?"
"You never came across anything about your designation when you where learning?" Lynn asked with a raised eyebrow.
Ray shook his head.
"It means that you're my SoulMate and I'm yours. It means that you're my Omega. It means that I get to protect you." Lynn smiled and pulled the young Prince into a tight hug.
As Ray hugged Lynn back, she felt the steady thrumming of her heart beating against Ray's and it pulsed to the words that whispered in her head.
Protect. Protect. Protect.
