Chapter 46: Forever divided

A day after Tristan and Elizabeth had been kidnapped by Zander and Esta, who had tried and thankfully failed to kill the other kids, and everything was in chaos. Cortona was particularly distressed and Alex was coming up with ways to kill his 'brothers.' Ikora and Ana were doing their best to try and calm the Serpent Sin down and were met with little success.

However, they would all find themselves absolutely horrified by what appeared at the Tower's door. In a Hive covered box, laid the cleaved and butchered body of Tristan.

"No…" Ikora breathed, eyes wide.

"Those… THOSE SONS OF BITCHES!" Alex roared murderously, his Wrath pouring out of his body.

Cortona couldn't stop herself from crying hysterically as she fell to her knees and wailed in despair at the loss of her son. Everyone else felt those same emotions: anger, sadness, grief. All of it was covering them.

Though it would seem that the Traveler had something different planned for the son of the Sin of Wrath... As emotions ran high among everyone, Lark suddenly appeared, getting their attention.

"Lark, now isn't exactly a great time." Snake told Tevis' old partner. Lark did a scan of Tristan's remains before he turned to the Sin of Wrath's Ghost.

"Let me fix that, then." He said before he sent out a pulse of light on Tristan's remains. In a cascade of light, the boy was healed and he was dressed in a beginner's Hunter Armor. And with a slight jolt, the newly raised kid shot up as his eyes opened and he started gasping for breath.

"TRISTAN!" Cortona exclaimed in joy and relief as she launched forward and pulled her son close. Though due to her trajectory…

*SMOOCH!*

She accidentally wound up kissing him on the lips. This caused Natasha's face to contort in jealousy at the fact that Tristan's first kiss was stolen from her. Cortona and Tristan froze before they leapt back from each other.

"I'm so sorry that happened!" The Serpent Sin exclaimed as she tried to become a turtle.

"I-it's okay!" The boy replied with a massive blush, wondering why he wanted to do that with his own mom again. Shaking his head to clear his thoughts, he turned to his dad, who had managed to calm down after seeing his son revived. "How long was I dead?" He asked.

"A day. Oryx cut your corpse up and sent it here." The Dragon Sin replied. Tristan scowled at that.

"Dad?" He began.

"Yes?" Alex replied.

"Zander and Esta are dead to me." The silver skinned boy declared, getting a nod in return.

"Yeah, they're pretty much dead to me, too." The Exo agreed. Tristan then sighed. He managed to get a glimpse of what Oryx's two daughters were doing to his sister, and he was more than certain that his parents were going to be out for Hive blood.

"I managed to get a glimpse of what Ory's two bitches for daughters were doing to Elizabeth. Those shits were corrupting her, turning her into a slave of the dark." He said. This was met with Alex's Wrath pouring from his body again.

"So they think they can piss me off and live, do they? News flash: They won't live anymore when I'm done with them." He growled.

(Elsewhere)

Ir Anuk and Ir Halak stopped their spells and looked down at Elizabeth. She was now a dull grey color and her hair blazed with green and black hive fire, her figure was now almost identical to Cortona's but her breasts were a full size larger, clocking in at around an F-cup. Lastly her attire was barely attire at all, black flames were the only covering her nipples received and draped around her waist was a simple hive witch loincloth. And lastly she had a chained collar around her neck that had Hive runes all over it.

[You are now Elizabeth, consort of the Hive. Your purpose is to serve the Hive and increase our numbers with your body.] Ir Anuk told her.

"Yes, mistress." The corrupted girl replied, her voice broken. A Hive Knight with glowing white chitin then came in.

[This is your new mate and master, Koroth. Brother of the Fist of Crota. Now, do your duty and submit to him.] Ir Halak ordered. Elizabeth did as ordered and submitted to him.

Koroth smiled as he stroked her hair. [Come, let me teach you to be a mother of a Hive brood.] He told her, taking her by her collar and leading her to a brooding chamber.

(Elsewhere)

In the Infinite Forest on Mercury, Osiris and his Ghost, Sagira, had just stumbled upon a simulation of what fate befell Elizabeth. Needless to say, they were disgusted.

"It's almost like the Hive WANT the Dragon Sin to commit genocide upon their race." The exiled Warlock spat.

"Yeah, no shit. When Alex gets his hands on them, their fate is fucking sealed." Sagira said in agreement. "Come on, let's scope out futures involving Koroth's demise." She beckoned..

"That would be satisfying, yes." Osiris nodded.

(Elsewhere)

Koroth smiled as Elizabeth knelt before him, her bosom exposed for him to see as she stroked and slowly sucked on his Hive chitin covered member. The Knight stroked her hair as she pleasured him, letting out a guttural growl of pleasure.

[That's right my little slave. Show me that you submit. Tell me your new reason for existing.] He growled as she pulled back, her face having an Ahegao expression on it.

"I live to serve the Hive until my death." She replied before going back to sucking on his member. The Hive general let out a growl as she continued to suck him off, and resolved so savor this.

He'd soon learn that this wouldn't last forever.

(Meanwhile)

Not long after Tristan was revived, Alex had been hailed by Zander and Esta, telling him to meet them in a section of Earth known as the European Dead Zone. Alex had taken some time to get ready for what he knew for a fact was a fight, and wanted to make sure he could make them hurt. After he was ready, he began his flight to the European Dead Zone.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Snake asked as he looked over the Infinity Chip Alex had him integrate into his systems.

"They made their choice. Time for them to be made aware of the consequences." The Exo declared firmly.

As soon as they landed, Alex soon saw both his brothers waiting for him. Esta in particular had a smirk on his face.

"Well, look who decided to show up." He taunted, but Alex didn't rise to it.

"Let me guess: You want a fight, is that it?" The Dragon Sin questioned.

"You could say that." Esta nodded.

"We also wanted to tell you something that would truly destroy your spirit." Zander added. "Your daughter has now become the consort to one of his majesty Oryx's generals. In two days time, she will be bred. And if you wish to try and save her, know this: the only way to erase her corruption is through death."

He waited for Alex to explode in rage, but to his great surprise, all he did was clap his hands together and take a deep breath. He honestly expected him to be furious by now.

'He must be using every ounce of self control to avoid that…' He mused in his head.

"Is all of this over me leaving? Do you still hate me for it?" The Dragon Sin questioned calmly, though his tone suggested he was actually furious.

"We don't hate you for leaving. We hate the reason you left." Esta corrected.

"Then you have failed to show that. Also, if you really still consider me family, you would have left Tristan and Elizabeth alone and focused solely on me. You never did that." Alex said in calm rage.

"One cannot simply defy the will of the Taken King, brother. It's not so easy." Zander told him.

"Are you sure about that?" Alex asked before shaking his head with a sigh. "It doesn't matter. All of us have made our beds and now we will lie in them. This exchange is over."He decided before whipping out Lucky No. 7 and firing a shot at Esta.

"Rebellion." The second brother said as he summoned several blades made of darkness before sending them flying at Alex in a saucer spinning motion. "Deadly Saucer!" He shouted.

The Dragon Sin nimbly dodged the attack and fired a shot into his brother's leg as he did so, but Esta wasn't even phased. Growling he threw a smoke grenade at him to blind him, and managed to pull it off.

"Gah!" The second brother got out before Alex dashed forward and landed a combo with Lostvayne and sent him crashing into a wall with a grunt. "Well… I was going to say something about you being rusty, but I don't really think that applies." He commented as he got out of the well he was embedded in.

Alex said nothing in response as he reloaded his hand cannon. Esta charged at him with a dagger and got into a dagger fight with Alex. The two fought like this for ten minutes before the Dragon Sin lept back and threw a vortex grenade at his brother, only for him to leap out of its range.

Though as he gets to figuring their moves out, the Exo holstered his gun and drew out Lostvayne. Crouching down, he lunged at Zander as their blades clashed, Esta brought out his own sword, which was the same size as Lostvayne but had a purple blade and was wavy.

The three brothers kept striking each other in a three way struggle, until Zander cut off Alex's right arm, which he brought back to him with his Darkness only to lose both of them as Esta sliced them off and kicked him away. Alex called his arms back to him as he charged forward, Lostvayne clutched in his mouth tightly.

"Even you know you can't go on like this." Zander said as he and Esta stalked toward him. Suddenly, without warning, Alex used his Darkness to sheath Lostvayne and activated his super, with Snake using the Infinity Chip to make it last longer. Ignoring the pain in his arms, he charged forward.

"Revenge COUNTER!" He yelled as he summoned all the power from the damage he sustained into his weapon before he charged at the two and swung his scythe… Only for Esta to stop it with one hand. The resulting explosion and shockwaves destroyed the surrounding areas and created a crater around them. And the brothers were unharmed.

"Did you really think that would work?" He asked as the scythe dissipated. Sighing, the man kicked his brother in the stomach and sent him tumbling to the ground. "You know that no one can harm me with physical attacks that I can react to. And that anyone with hate in their hearts will not be able to harm me. Or I them if it was reversed" he continued. "You see, the reason I can harm you is because I don't hate you, brother. I love you."

Alex didn't even answer, opting to just glare at him in silence. Esta sighed again as he held his arm out. "Rebellion." He said as seven darkness blades appeared and he slowly started stabbing his brother over and over again with them. Alex demonstrated his willpower when he refused to give Esta the satisfaction of hearing him scream in pain. Eventually, his optics went dark, signifying his death.

Esta sighed once again at the fact that Alex had been silent the whole time. Before he and Esta could leave, though, another ship suddenly appeared, and Vulcan appeared. Seeing his friend and Captain on the ground, still and unmoving, he looked to Zander and Esta.

ThermalsniperN7: Okay… Looks like Oryx killing Tristan backfired completely. And it looks like Elizabeth's corruption is complete… Koroth is not gonna feel lucky in a while. Hell, even Osiris and Sagira think so!

Dragon Emperor0: But in a way, Oryx definitely knew what he was doing. Making your enemy's daughter into stock for breeding your army? That's the perfect insult.

ThermalsniperN7: Yeah, but let's look back at all the people who decided to piss Alex off by harming his family in such a way… Yeah. It might be the perfect insult, but it's also the perfect true death warrant. Literally everyone who's pissed off Alex is DEAD.

Dragon Emperor0: And so will Esta and Zander in a few minutes… Escanor vs Estarossa flashbacks, anyone?

ThermalsniperN7: That's gonna leave the EDZ in an even more ruined state than it already is. Also… Can we take a moment to laugh at Cortona accidentally smooching Tristan? That was kinda funny.

Dragon Emperor0: … Is it incest if it's robots?

ThermalsniperN7: No idea, but I hope not. There's a ton of opportunities in that field.

Dragon Emperor0: Tons of Cortona x Tristan, Alex x Elizabeth, Elizabeth x Tristan and Futa Elizabeth x Tristan, Cortona and Alex lemons… Ohhh yeah.

ThermalsniperN7: Oh man, that is hot. Anyway, see you guys when Vulcan fights Zander and Esta!