…The Iron King…
/Warning/: This chapter contains, cursing, sadness, a little bit of violence, feelings, fluff; And Steve being a BAMF… And who knows what! All reviews are appreciated.
P.S: This is an Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamic story, it's also a Medieval story with Viking Tony ^o^
P.P.S: So a lot of you dear readers asked that I put the translation beside the words in hope of being able to follow the plot closely without interruption… Buuut I got a better idea I hope that you will like. Considering that this story is going to take a place in Iceland and everyone other than the servants working in the Hydra palace knew Icelandic, I made an easy solution.
When you see the character talks like this: "Talking" that meant they are Vikings and are talking in Icelandic, the Vikings know the Hydra kingdom's language which is English in this case.
When you see the character talks like this: "Talking" it meant they are the servants from the Hydra kingdom and they are talking in English, which meant that the Vikings who know English will understand them.
I hope I was able to help by doing this
Chapter 2
To say the last Steven was not pleased at all when he was dragged by the Iron King toward the ships like he was some type of cattle, but Steven had to hold his head high, he knows that everyone was depending on him; his son was depending on him! The poor babe was still shaking in his arms hiding his head in Steven's neck while giving small gasps of fear as he held into his whines afraid that someone will turn to them and hurt them if they heard him, and Gods, Steven can't fault his child for thinking like this, not with meeting his people like that.
Steven continued to glare at the king, hoping that he will burn with the power of his harsh look, but the king was uncaring, he just dragged Steven like he was a lamb lead for slaughter when the boats came in sight, Steven's eyes widen a little at the sight of them, it has been years upon years since he last saw a boat made by his people's hands, and it brought longing, an emotion he felt for more than a decade now.
"After you princess…" The king mocked Steven as he drags him and pushes him toward the bridge connecting the ship to the port, which nearly made him stumble and fall in the water, that caused the blond to give the king a harsh look while throwing a curse or two at the man, which only got him a smirk and raised eyebrow from the said man, but Steven didn't care, he held his head high and tightened his grip on his child as he walked on the bridge to board the ship, ignoring the man behind him as best as he can, especially when the man starts commenting to Steven to move fast.
When Steven's feet touched the deck of the ship, his hand was taken roughly once again as he was dragged to where the king wanted him, and Gods how it made Steven's blood boil, and his glare intensifies hoping that the king will feel uncomfortable and let him go. "My queen!" The shouting of the servants as they called for him, telling him that they were alive, made something tight in Steven's chest loose and for relief to take hold of him.
The king though only raise an eyebrow at that and scoffed, nodding his head to the guard responsible for watching the prisoner, ordering him to open the cell in the farthest place from the servants', and all but throw Steven inside as he closed the cell's door, which made the Omega glared at him harshly, hoping that the man will drop dead any moment now.
His action only made the Alpha smirk at him before leaving the cells, leaving Steven and the servants alone, the Omega relax a little when the Alpha was out of his sight, and he looked at his left bruised hand with a scoff, another mark an Alpha leaves, so Steven didn't pay that much attention to it, he just put his left hand on his babe's back and start rubbing it gently while cooing to the baby, it took a while for James to calm down, but when he did, Steven relaxes even more at that and purred gently, which made the pup snuggled into him and give a broken purring sound.
"Is everyone here? The children?" Steven asked as he walked next to the bars looking at the cells that the servants were thrown into, trying to see his friends' faces hoping that they are fine, that they weren't hurt bad, now Steven can only hope to master a good enough plan to be able to free his people from slavery… it made him shiver at the dark fate that is going to wait for them if Steven's plan didn't work… he wondered if the Iron King will be easy to seduce, because other than his body, Steven has nothing to offer to the man.
"We are all here my queen, the children are here." Margaret said in a shaky voice as she leans away a little to show Steven Angela and young Philips as they were huddling next to their family members tightly. "Old Philips is fine too, the bleeding stopped and Morita was able to bandage his head." Margaret said which made Steven let out a relieved breath at that and held his son tightly when the young Alpha turns his head to see where Margaret's voice was coming from.
"M-Margaret… are you OK?" James asked, breath hitching as he saw the woman giving him a small smile and a nod, which made the young boy sniff and nod his head returning to his hidden place that was his mother's neck shivering now and then, relaxing when his mother starts running his hand through his hair and pounced him a little.
The sound of the cellar's door opening made Steven tense as he held his son tightly, he saw Margaret and the rest of his friends back away from the bars, and Steven did too, cooing to James so he will be able to calm the small pup down, Steven's eyes though, they never left the cell's door, waiting to see who came here. The sound of footsteps walking the step of the stairs made Steven roll his eyes as much as it gritted on his nerves, the Omega glared harshly when he finally saw the person who walked down the stairs, it was the same Alpha woman with the red hair that nearly chopped Johann's head… it was a pity she didn't, now he wouldn't see the son of whore dying in front of him.
The Alpha tilted her head and gaze at him up and down, taking his scowl and his protective stand with the child in his arms and the Omega wondered to himself if she was a spy for the king, which with Steven's luck, she definitely was. "Are you done staring like a creep?" Steven finally asked after five minutes of Steven glaring at the woman and her looking at him coldly, and it made Steven's hackle rise, how the woman kept looking like no one's business.
"I am done now." She said and it made Steven's fume that the woman had the gut to give him a smirk as she gazed at the child who turned his head to stare at her. "What is the youngster's name?" Her question was answered by a glare from the Omega, which only caused her to shrug and smile sharply at him, but Steven took victory in the way the woman's eyes were hardened with annoyance.
"Listen closely to me, Alpha." Steven said which made the woman raise her brow but other than that her face turned emotionless as she gazed at the Omega who was glaring at her. "I do not care why you are here, or the kind of information your king sent you to get, but know this, Widow." Steven spate the name he heard the Alpha call the woman with and he can see how her eyes widen a little at that, to anyone but a trained eye, the woman's face would have been the same, but not Steven, never Steven, because if there was one thing known, everyone loved to underestimate him, which usually ended by their death. "If you and your people, especially that king of yours hurt a hair of anyone under my protection… you all will regret it." Steven let his threat hang, and he can see how the Alpha scuff at his words, but the caution in her eyes, made the Omega smirk mockingly and sat on the floor, his relaxed body, making the woman narrow her eyes, but what really made her rush out of the cellar was the murderous eyes the Omega was gazing at her with…
Steven hoped she will deliver the threat…
Nattalegg walked from the cellar to the deck, mind going overload at what she saw and heard from the Omega, trying to make a head or tail of what she witnessed, humming to herself as she saw her fellow brothers and sisters loading their ships with gold and goods they took from the Hydra kingdom before burning it to the ground, taking a dark pleasure when she saw the smoke that resulted from the burning castle rising to the sky.
To say the truth, the king had not sent Nattalegg to get the information she wanted from the Omega, nor she was instructed to torture him and get what they wanted… but she was simply… intrigued… she was intrigued by an Omega who stood with his head held high and gazed at death's face with a glare rivaling even his. She was intrigued by how a single Omega was able to change their king's mind when in fact the king was known to be the most stubborn man to live. And she was intrigued about whom the Omega actually was because not one of her spies told her that the Hydra king was mated or had a child… the Omega was a blank page, and she wondered where his place in all of this was.
When they invaded the Hydra kingdom, they were all instructed to burn the kingdom to the ground, take no survivors, the king had said with dark eyes full of hate and revenge mirrored by every one of them, and they did, they killed everyone in the capital, leaving no old, young, and babes, all were mercilessly slaughtered… and this was not the first time either, they destroyed a lot of allies that stood with the Hydra kingdom, and all of the order was the same, no survivors, no hostages, no slaves, only gold and riches.
Their king ruled with an Iron fist, just like his namesake, the thing that he hated more than the Hydra king himself were rapists, those who take their pleasures without the other party consenting to it, unlike other tribes of their people, their king kill rapists… their first and second raid on the southern lands, they were immature, they killed, they raid and they won… and they were elated, but all of that vanished when their king saw one of their people forcing himself on an Omega, a young one by everyone's standard, still had that baby's fat to his face and still didn't have his first heat… the king went mad after that, made sure to kill the traitor before their eyes, and hang his head from a spear, a reminder for all of them about what he will do if anyone dared to do this again… the Omega, after screaming at them for being monsters, barbarians, beasts, killed himself… everyone still remembers the youngster's face, and Nattalegg was sure that the boy's words were what made everyone despise forcing themselves on others… and it was strange for Nattalegg, to see that she learned this lesson from a child she was supposed to have no sympathy for, but life gave you harsh lessons wither you liked it or not…
But she wondered why the king became soft this sudden as to take the Omega and his people as their slaves when the Alpha himself hates the idea of strangers in his village… a stolen relic… if the Omega was one of their people than Nattalegg would understand why the king wanted to retrieve what was stolen from them, be it an Omega from their people or gold, but if that was true then the king would have ordered her to get the information from the Omega, to know from where he was, to know if he was a traitor or a prize, to know what his end goals were, but the king didn't do that, he just took the Omega and throw him into the cell, by himself! She knows that he at least gave the guard a heart failure when he saw the king walk to the cellar and throw the Omega inside with the rest of the servants.
Nattalegg wonders if the reason for the king's decision was the small child, she has to admit that yes, the youngster reminds her a little bit of Petrus, he has the same blue eyes and hair, but he was pale… too pale to be healthy, just like his mother, and just like the rest of the servants, which informed her that all of them never step a foot outside of the palace, that they were imprisoned there with a no way out… she can understand why the king will soften a little when those teary blue eyes looked at him, especially when it had been a year since they have last been in the village… Petrus was supposed to be six by now, and she knows that the king's heart shrivels at the thought that he missed another important day of his son's life, maybe the youngster was the reason for the king's strangest decision.
She can understand if the king wanted to take the Omega and his child with them, considering that they were one of their people, but the servants? That was strange, but the strangest thing she saw was that the servants never cried for their lives, but for the queen and the child, it made Nattalegg wonders if the Omega was an enchantress, who made the king fall in love with him, but she shook that thought away, if the Omega was such a thing, then Loki would have killed him on the spot, the Alpha with the green eyes didn't tell her anything suspicious about the Omega other than him knowing their tongue.
Though what really made her blood freeze was the runes on the Omega's bicep, runes that the last time they were seen on anyone was decades ago… runes merging together to form the word 'lífið'… life… an Omega that will give life to everything they touched, and Omega that was blessed by the Goddess Frigga herself, an Omega she knew that if he was brought to their village, it meant that they will be regarded as the superior in their homeland… an Omega that if their king mated… will bring power and life to them… Loki informed her that his village deep so deep into the northern mountains, when it snows nine months out of twelve, and the rest of the months are freezing coldness are the homeland of the Omegas with the same runes as that Omega, Asgard, a village that was named after the place their Gods and Goddesses lives in, village that no one knows its place, so modern and strange it said that no sane person ever went to it and return with his mind intact, and those who were born in it were the strongest of all, a place that was said to be the real Asgard, and that mating an Omega from them meaning the blessing of the Gods will be theirs… it made Nattalegg narrow her eyes at the thought of the Omega being from Loki's homeland, and if he was how did Johann's sticky hands fell on one?
"What are you thinking about, Nattalegg?" Klint's voice made the Alpha smile to herself and look at the Omega who was sitting on one of the barrels, cleaning his bow, she couldn't help her heart from warming up at the sight of her Omega and his butchered beard, no matter how much Nattalegg argue with him that Omegas can't grow a facial hair, the Omega was as stubborn as a rock, which was the reason she had to hold her laughter in every time she saw the Omega and his sorry excuse of a facial hair.
"The Omega and his pup…" Nattalegg said which made blond Omega purse his lips and stop cleaning his bow, looking at the Alpha with the red hair, a while of silence passed between the two of them with the two gazing at each other's eyes having a silent conversation before Klint sighed to himself.
"People are talking, about the Omega who changed the king's mind… Loki and Thor are angry, furious, that an Omega who carried runes like that was in Johann's hands, and had his pup too." Klint said in a low voice, his words only meant for Nattalegg's ears, and those words made Nattalegg frown and turned her head when she heard Thor's loud voice, taking in the blooded Thor and Loki, who were glaring at all of those who dared to look at them… it seems that they took their revenge from Johann.
"What about the king?" Nattalegg asked which made the Omega sighed at that and pointed to the ship's wheel, the woman turned her head to see the king behind the wheel, sitting the course for them to return home, glaring at everyone who dared to gaze his way, scaring everyone within ten feet of him, and that was fate if Nattalegg saw any, it made her really wonder…
Who was that Omega?
The boats traveled for four days without stopping, in that time Steven was still in the cellar with his friends, and it made him angry that no one had shown up since that redheaded Alpha, it was like they were all forgotten, but on the other hand, they were giving their meals daily twice a day, which was a miracle considering that they were held as slaves to be traded later for nasty owners who will treat them like they were the scum that walked on earth.
The footsteps coming down the stairs made Steven blink with annoyance, as he grumbled to himself glaring at the fucking dress he was forced into, his expression though, soften a little when his eyes fell on his babe sleeping happily in Steven's lap, being covered by a thin blanket, which caused the Omega to sigh and cover the boy before the blanket fall, thanking the Gods that it was the last month of summer which meant that the weather was still agreeable with them.
"So you are awake, princess." The voice of the king made Steven growl at that and sent the king a nasty glare hoping that the man will vanish from his sight, but the man did nothing but smirk at him, throwing something through the bars, making Steven's eyes fall toward the fabric before the returned to the king. "I advise you to change into this if you do not want to be jumped while wearing that… thing." The king said a sneer on his face as he gazed at the clothes Steven worn, which made the Omega scuff and look at the Alpha with dark eyes.
"What is your goal, Iron King?" Steven hissed as he stood up after he laid his son on the ground and walked toward the bars, glaring at the Alpha hating that the man was taller than him by a few inches. "What do you want? I already told you I will not allow for my people to be turned into slaves." Steven hissed hoping that the useless Alpha will say what he wanted and be done with, his words though made the Alpha give a harsh laugh which made the Omega growl at him especially when his son whine behind him.
"You talk like you have the right to decide your fate." The king said as his eyes gazed at the Omega with an amused look in them which made the Omega growl and hiss at the Alpha, causing the Alpha to smirks darkly. "You amuse me Omega, especially with the way you think, what will you even do when you are behind the bars?" The king asked as he took a step toward the Omega, a laugh leaving him when the Omega snarled and thrust his hand through the bars hoping to catch the Alpha and choke him to death but the man was fast to avoid the raging Omega.
"You are not the first king I plot his death!" Snarled the Omega as he hissed at the man, causing him to pause and look at the growling Omega, who looked like a chained beast waiting for someone to slip before taking the chance and slaughter them all. "If you have not come four days ago it would have been me who killed the Hydra king, so do not take pleasure in a stolen victory, I thought you were better than that." The Omega mocked which made the Alpha growl and stalk toward the Omega, getting enraged when the Omega neither backed away nor flinched when he approached.
"You think you can order me around when you have nothing to trade to save your people, who are you fooling, my queen?" The Alpha said mockingly which made the Omega grip the bars tightly, nearly throwing himself at the Alpha once again to catch the foolish king and kill him this second.
"Do not think highly of yourself, foolish king." The Omega hissed which made the Alpha scowl at that and take a threatening step forward which did nothing but make the Omega glare harder at them. "Me for their freedom, all of them, old, young, and babes." Steven said which made the Alpha pause and raise his brow at that looking at the Omega like he was looking at a strange being, not from their world.
"You are giving up your freedom, for them?" The king asked slowly like he could not believe what his ears were hearing, and maybe he did not, after all, one of his people, was protecting the Hydra's, it made the king rage at that. "You are giving your freedom, for people who always call us barbarians, who attacked our people, killed our men and woman, raped our Omegas, and tortured our children before killing them, them! Hydra's servants?" The king said loudly, nearly shouting, which made the people behind him jump and back away from the bars, even the guard flee, fearing that he will be killed if he stayed and the king spotted him.
The Omega looked at the Alpha harshly, not fearing what the Alpha will throw at him next, after all, he was used to people like this, arrogant kings who think they can rule the world and bend everything to their will. "They would have never served a tyrant willingly, they too, suffered from their family being killed and raped and were forced to work under the same people who did the unspeakable to them daily, I am offering you a deal, I will become your slave in exchange for their freedom… I know that you realize how much value I hold." Those words made the king seethe in rage and he pulled the Omega's left arm through the bars harshly, making the Omega's head hit the bars, an action that gained him curses and threats from the prisoners behind him and a glare from the said Omega, but the king didn't care, the Omega's words rub him the wrong way.
The Alpha looked at the runes decorating the Omega's bicep, rubbing them harshly trying to see if the Omega engraved them himself to pass as one of them, but the mark was real, that much the Alpha can say, and it was old… too old, maybe a decade and a half since the Omega was marked with those runes. "How did you gain these runes?" The Alpha finally asked letting the Omega's arm go, which made the Omega pull his arm away from the Alpha's grip and glared at him.
"I saved someone's life, and gained them in the process." The Omega said shortly, which made the Alpha scowl at the answer but he ended up crossing his arms and looking at the Omega for a long time before he tilted his head to the side as if thinking hard about something, the Omega's heart pounded in his chest, waiting for the Alpha's final words, praying for Frigga and Loki that they will listen to him and help him save the innocent lives of his friends.
"He must be an important someone." The king ended up saying after a while of silence, looking at the Omega up and down before a dark smile took over his face. "Your freedom for theirs, Aye? Fine I will take your deal; for your sake, I hope your son knows how to clean well." The Alpha said which got him a snarl from the Omega.
"That was not the deal!" The Omega snarled and hissed which made the Alpha give a dark look as he leaned toward the Omega making the Omega growl at him and hiss, hoping that the Alpha will drop dead and relieve Steven from the headache that took over him.
"I make the rules here, little Omega, I can choose to turn your people into slaves, you know I am sure that the brunette Beta woman will make a good living as a whore, the small girl can follow her footsteps too, the men will make a good addition to work in the fields, from dawn to dusk nonstop, the Omegas… I am sure some of my people will love to have someone who will warm their beds… it is an easy choice, do not make it hard on yourself, you and your son coming to work with me as my slaves, and I promise you that no harm shall befall your people, I will even provide a house and jobs for them they will be able to live from… or you can choose your and your son's freedom, you can finally return to your village, see your loved ones and enjoy the rest of your life in peace, I will even give you half of the gold we took from the Hydra kingdom… you can finally be free." The Alpha said gently, trying to make the Omega see reason here, trying to save him from a life of being forced to slave himself and his son just so he can save a few of Johann's slaves, promising half of the Hydra's kingdom treasure to the Omega was a little overboard, but the Alpha was going to think of it as a compromise for the Omega for staying with Johann's for years and being forced to have his pup… The Alpha nearly smirks in pleasure when he saw the doubt painting the Omega's eyes, and he knows that if he offered anyone this deal, they will take it without looking back, after all, no one was foolish to be forced to pay for crimes that weren't his.
Steven bite the inside of his cheek as he heard the Alpha's words, as much as he hated himself for thinking about the deal for even a second, a part of him couldn't stop a traitorous thought from entering his head, he could finally return home, he could finally see his village after years, he could finally see him! And he will finally raise his son without a fear, enjoying their life with no Alpha to order them around. Steven pursed his lips and turns his back to the Alpha, walking toward the small pup that was awake and looking at the exchange that happened between the Alpha and the Omega clutching the blanket tightly in his small arms. "What do you think, James?" The Omega smiled a little at the pup, saying his words loudly as he looked at the Alpha with a glare in his eyes.
"I know how to clean well, Mama, Margaret taught me how." The pup peeped out which made the Alpha's eyes widen with shock and for his jaw to fall a little, then anger clouded his eyes as he looked at the Omega's smug smirk, a growl left the Alpha and he nearly screamed at the foolish Omega and his pup who just wasted the chance of a lifetime in happiness for lowly slaves.
"Fine!" The Alpha snarled as he hit the bars with his fists making a loud bang that made everyone jump, everyone but the Omega who was glaring harshly at the Alpha. "You got what you are after foolish Omega! Your people are granted their freedom, the only thing you shall worry about from now on is your ability to cook and clean, and hope that your son is as good as he claimed." The Alpha hissed as he turned away from the Omega, snarling at the servants making them jump in fear before he stalks toward the stairs, climbing them fast hoping that some fresh air will calm his fried nerves.
The king's eyes narrowed when he saw that Loki and Nattalegg were waiting for him near the cellar's door, an amused smile taking over Loki's face, while Nattalegg's eyes were wide with disbelieve. "Asgardian protects their people, no matter who they are, you shouldn't have made the Omega into a slave my king… I hope you enjoy burned food for the rest of his stay." Loki said with laughter in his voice, which made the king snarl at the Alpha and push him out of his way, continuing his plan of going to the deck and calming himself before returning to the Omega and kill him for his foolish decision.
The king was still cursing even when they reached the land…
"What did he want, my queen?" Margaret asked as she leaned on the bars gazing around the place like a frightened dear inspecting the place for any predators, which made Steven's heart give a small pang at the fear he saw in Margaret's eyes, Margaret who did not fear the Hydra king himself was left shivering by the sight of the Iron king alone.
"It is alright Margaret everything is fine, I told you I will handle them, now you are free." Steven said with a smile, which made everyone's eyes widen like they could not believe what their ears were hearing. "I talk with the king and we came to an agreement, you are going to be provided with housing as well as jobs to help you gain a living, everything is going to be fine do not worry." Steven could hear a sob or two at the news, a lot of them were smiling happily at each other with tears in their eyes, and it made Steven happy to see his friends happy.
"What about you and Prince James, my queen?" An old voice said, making Steven turn to old Philips as the man leaned on the bars looking at him, his head bandaged informed Steven that the hit he gained from Johann was harder than it looked, the old man's question made Steven pause at those words... what is he to say?
"We came to an agreement…" Steven left it at that which made everyone quiet down and look at the queen, the happy mood they felt vanish in a blink of an eye as they looked at the queen who refused to look at anyone. "A trade, I work for the king and you gain your freedom." Steven finally broke and said when he saw Margaret glaring at him with tears in her eyes daring him to lie to her.
"Why would you do that?" Margaret screamed as she looked at the Omega, his eyes wide and wild refusing to believe that the Omega sold himself to the Iron King to gain their freedom, was it not enough? The queen has been under Johann's thumb for over a decade, and now he treaded that prison for another? Another that not one of them knew about! "Call him back! Call him back and cancel the agreement! We will work for him, you run away from here to your home my queen!" Margaret's words were mirrored by many, which made happiness bloom in Steven's heart as he looked at them with a happy yet sad look.
"I won't." Steven ended up saying which got an enraged scream from Margaret, but the Omega didn't give it a mind, he just stood up and went deeper into the cell raising the fabric the Iron King left for him a relieved smile twitched on his lips when he saw that they were pants and tonic with leather shoes, he then wore the pants under the dress, grumbling to himself when the dress got in his way, which Steven ended up ripping it to be able to wear the pants without some frilly fabric getting in his way. "My people's way are harsh, none of you would survive a month in their land, the most you can hope for if the king turned you to slaves is having an understanding master who would not lash you for not knowing our tongue." Steven said finishing with wearing his pants and start ripping the top part of his dress, lips twitching up when he saw James's face flushed as he looked away from his mother, hiding behind the blanket, it was the first time his babe saw him in anything but a dress.
"E-even so! We cannot make you do this! And will you stop for a minute and look at me!" Margaret squeaked at Steven, which made Steve get rid of the top of the dress and look at Margaret only wearing his pants and pendant which made everyone squeak in embarrassment as they turn around to give him privacy, only Margaret who spent that time looking at him, having looked at Steven while he was naked numerous of times.
"Margaret." Steven said harshly as he wore his tonic, looking at the woman with a look that told her to stop in her wake, which made the Beta's lips wobble a little at that, but Steven's face was tired, so tired it made her stop. "You will be killed, all of you, just for being forced to work with the Hydra's king, but me… I have a chance they were my people before that." that got a sniff from Margaret as the woman let out a sob.
"What about Prince James?" Margaret finally manage to gather herself to say, and Steven's heart hurts at the idea that his babe was forced into the life of servitude, but looking at his babe, the small Alpha just gave Steven a smile, and the Omega couldn't help but mirror that beautiful smile… his baby was so grown-up for his age…
He hoped he didn't sign his baby's death…
So what do you think?
Finally, the second chapter is here!
And yup, Tony is an asshole in this one… poor Steve!
By the way, old Philips is Chester Philips, while younger Philips is Phil Coulson.
And yes, Tony is tall in this one, he is 6'6 while Steve is 6'3...
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