Nova felt exhausted and out of breath, she didn't understand why. Sarah noticed and bent down beside her, Asuka grabbed her arm and dragged her away from Nova.
"You are done here", Asuka said to her.
"Not by a long shot. I promised my Alpha that I would take care of her and I am, but you are more than welcome to leave", Sarah said.
Asuka smirked, before walking passed her and placing her hand on Nova's shoulder again. Sarah noticed Nova tilt her head a bit. Sarah turned towards the cage after her Alpha had just finished beating the last wolf before Bray.
Roman approached the fence and huffed. Sweat dripping off his body, his hair was wet, and his canines were out.
"Get in here. Now", Roman growled at Bray.
Bray laughed before he stood and AJ looked at him.
"Are you sure you want to do this? I mean, I've never seen any wolf tear into another like he does", AJ said.
He wasn't worried for Bray, hell, he hoped Roman finished him quickly and put everything back in order. Bray ignored him and made his way down to the cage. Once he stood in front of the door, Roman stood across from it.
"Open the damn gate", Roman ordered.
"Not so fast Alpha, oh sorry, you aren't one anymore are you.", Bray said laughed.
Before Roman could move towards the door, Asuka appeared and replaced the collar around Roman's neck. He felt the Hellhound being blocked off again. Roman screamed.
"You fucking cheat", Roman shouted, his hand trying to pull off the collar.
Bray walked in after they opened the door.
"There are no rules in the cage, Roman", Bray said, his face shifting from human to wolf and then back.
Bray rushed Roman and he flew back into the fence. He slid down and landed with a loud thud. Roman could feel the pain up and down his back.
Nova looked at Sarah.
"Why isn't he fighting back?", she asked.
Sarah noticed that the collar was back around her Alpha.
"He ripped the other guys quickly. Why not Bray?", Nova asked worried.
She watched as Bray grabbed Roman by the hair and drag him in front of the section Nova was in. Bray laughed and dropped Roman by his feet. He held his arms up.
"Is this the male you picked as your mate? Weak and pathetic. He can't give you what you need", Bray said.
He turned and looked at all the wolves in the crowd.
"There will no longer be several packs. Only one. Mine", Bray shouted.
The other wolves didn't like this, but they knew Bray was too strong to defeat. AJ stood.
"You can't just claim that title without a fight. There's still me, Alpha Sika, and Alpha Roman", AJ said.
Bray laughed.
"You, I might have some trouble taking, but him", Bray said, pointing at Roman.
Roman was pushing himself up by his elbows. Blood pouring from his mouth. The back of his head was cut open and bleeding.
"Get up, Roman", Nova whispered.
Bray walked over to him and stepped on his back, making Roman collapse again. Dean and Seth flinched, they were itching to get to their Alpha and protect him.
"Stay. I know boys, but with that fence in the way we can't", Alpha Sika said.
Dean's nails were digging into the palms of his hands. Seth was having trouble with his wolf, he wanted to shift. His eyes changing colors. Roman turned his head in the direction of Nova. He could see her through the blood and strands of hair sticking to his face and eyes.
It was getting harder for him to breath.
"I'm sorry", he whispered.
Asuka squeezed her shoulder.
"He's dying. Bray is killing him", Asuka said.
"No", Nova mumbled.
"Save him Nova. You can beat Bray", Asuka said.
Nova looked up at her.
"How? Tell me. Please.", Nova was in tears, begging for her help.
Asuka smiled.
"Let her free. She will handle it for you", Asuka said, cupping Nova's chin in her hand.
"Who?", Nova asked.
"Your Phoenix", Asuka said.
"How? I don't know. Can you help me?", Nova asked.
Those were the words Asuka needed to hear. She ran her fingers over the bracelet on Nova's wrist. It glowed before she could feel something deep down telling her everything was going to be ok.
"No", Dean shouted.
It caused everyone to turn towards the cage. Nova watched as Bray took a hold of Roman's head. He was getting ready to twist it.
"Ask her to help you before its too late", Asuka said.
Nova closed her eyes, causing her tears to fall.
"Please", she whispered to herself.
Bray leaned into Roman's ear.
"I promise not to be too hard on her", he whispered.
Bray looked towards Nova and she was gone. His smile fell. Asuka smirked. He dropped Roman and stood.
"Where is she?", he roared.
"Turn around", Asuka said.
He did and Nova plunged her hand into his chest. He could feel her squeezing his heart. It was hard for him to breath.
"You hurt us. You hurt him.", she said through gritted teeth.
Dean and Seth stood. A few wolves started backing away from their seats. The power coming off Nova was too strong and it terrified them a bit to see Nova with her hand in Bray's chest.
"You are not my master. You can't have me.", the Phoenix said.
Bray lifted his hands and squeezed her wrist. The Phoenix laughed.
"I am so much stronger than you", she said.
She squeezed his heart more and he cried out.
"Tell her to take the collar off of him or I kill you", she said.
"A-Asuka", he said through the pain.
Asuka waved her hand and the collar came off of Roman. He took deep breaths, the Phoenix could feel that his body was healing. Roman brushed his blood filled hair back and sat up.
"Nova. Don't", Roman said.
"Why not? He hurt you. He hurt me. He didn't care, he doesn't care about anyone but himself", she said angry.
"I know my love, but we have rules set in place for this kind of thing. Punishments", Roman explained, his body was still a bit in pain.
"Rules that clearly don't work. A punishment? That's all he gets for everything he did to us. To you", she said.
He could feel the heat coming off her. Her eyes glowing brighter.
"The council will take care of him", Roman said, he went to stand, but something pushed him back down.
"No. They did nothing while we were being raped. They could have helped us and they chose not too. Your pack was attacked and they sat back and again did nothing. Its my turn, I will make sure everyone pays for the wrongs that they did to us. The lies, the backstabbing, and the control stops here", the Phoenix said.
"Listen to me, Nova", Roman said.
"She's not here. She's had too much pain inflicted on her and I refuse to continue to let her go through more. You were suppose to protect us, but you gave up. You were so ready to let him snap your neck and leave us to fend for ourselves. He was right. You are no Alpha, at least not mine", she said.
"You don't mean that", Roman said softly.
"Prove to me that you love us. That you are willing to do whatever you have to do to protect us", she said.
"I will, but let him go", Roman said.
"No", she shouted.
She squeezed Bray's heart again.
"Kill him", she said to Roman.
"Nova", he said.
"I already told you, I am not her.", the Phoenix said.
"What are you going to do then? Kill everyone who goes against you?", Roman asked.
"Exactly. You either fall in line or get the hell out of my way", the Phoenix said.
Roman was trying to fight the hold the Phoenix had on him.
"Get everyone out of here Dean", Roman mindlinked.
"What about you?", Dean asked.
"She won't hurt me", Roman said.
"I am not so sure of that anymore, Alpha", Dean said.
Dean looked at Seth and told him what Roman said.
"But I need you to get as many of our hurt pack members back to our territory. You know where to take them from there and wait for either myself or Roman to come and get you all. She won't find you there", Dean said.
"I won't leave you two behind", Seth said.
"Seth, you need too. If anything happens to Roman or myself, you are next for Alpha. This pack needs an Alpha. Roman and I need you to do this", Dean said serious.
Seth wanted to fight Dean on this, but this was always plan B if the Phoenix ever got out.
"Fine", Seth sighed.
"Protect this pack, Seth", Dean said.
Seth nodded and left Dean's side. Only a few pack members stayed behind to help Dean. The ones who were hurt left with Seth. Dean prayed that Seth got to their territory on time and got to the females to help them to their underground bunkers.
Dean watched as Roman's Hellhound came out again. The Phoenix was instantly attracted to the power that came off him in waves.
"Let him go", the Hellhound demanded.
The Phoenix flinched. She could feel her hand loosening, before she shook her head and squeezed it again. She looked at Roman, hurt. Did he just try to control her? He was no better.
"You are just like the rest of them. You want to control me. Use me", she said.
"No. I would never", the Hellhound said.
"You used a command on me. Me", she said angrier.
"Because this isn't you. You are nothing like him or us. Roman and I have done some horrible things, we just don't want you to regret ever hurting anyone, hummingbird. I promise you, you will get your payback, but not like this", the Hellhound said.
Asuka could feel the Phoenix having a change of heart. She couldn't let her. The Hellhound watched as the bracelet glowed. He looked at Asuka.
"No", he shouted.
"Kill him", Asuka demanded.
"Yes, master", the Phoenix said.
She squeezed Bray's heart, before pulling it out of his chest and then dropping it. Roman turned towards Asuka and roared. His pack members shifted and ran at her. He turned to Nova, but she was gone and so was Asuka. Dean and some other pack members were finishing off Bray's pack. Dean shifted back into his human form to find Sarah. He found her looking for him too. He smiled and went towards her. He stopped when Nova appeared behind her and had her hand wrapped around his mate's throat.
"Nova. Don't", Roman said.
The rest of the pack stopped and watched. Sarah placed her hand against Nova's wrist. She seemed like she was in a trance. She couldn't hear them.
"Its no use. She's controlling her", Shinsuke appeared next to Roman.
The Phoenix smirked.
"You tricky, tricky fox. I could have sworn I felt your life leave your body, brother", the Phoenix said.
"Why don't you come here and say that to my face. Leave the girl be", Shinsuke said.
"Now where is the fun in that", The Phoenix said.
The Phoenix looked at Dean.
"I hope you kissed her goodbye", she said, before sinking her nails into Sarah's throat and blood poured quickly.
Dean roared and ran towards them.
"No healing", she said, before twisting Sarah's neck and disappearing.
Dean slid next to his mate's lifeless body and screamed. Rocking Sarah in his arms and crying.
Seth was close to their territory when he felt it. His entire pack felt it.
"Sarah", he whispered.
"Gamma Rollins, did you feel it? The Beta female, she", his pack member stopped.
"We have to keep going. No time for mourning.", he said.
His pack members nodded and continued on silently. He could feel Dean's sorrow, just like he was sure everyone else could.
A/N: Check out the continuation of this story, called, "Sacrifices", By Debwood-1999