The Rejected Alpha's Vengeance

[GREYSON]

"I hate you. I hate you so much and I pray you never forget just how much I do," Mbali said as she looked at her sister. Malika was laying on the end, her skin was slowly turning white and that pissed Mbali off even more.

Growing up alone, Mbali had heard of the greatest protector of the realm. She had always hoped to interact with her, even though most of the people who told her about Protector Malika had warned her against even mentioning the woman's name.

There were horror tales of the greatest protect alive and they were stories that scared many.

However, Mbali had never once been scared. If anything, he always strained harder, in the hope that one day, someday, maybe the universe would bring them together.

"I was excited, you know… When I realized you were the one assigned to protect Awuor. I was happy, because you are the best protector. I was glad because finally someone would take care of my friend in a way that even I couldn't.

"I was glad she wasn't alone and that she had you, the greatest of them all. Don't get me wrong though, I still am glad that you're her protector. It doesn't make me hate you any less. I don't know what Hudhayfah wants me to say to you, but you need to stop acting like a child and wake up.

"You are the only one drained of all this, don't be selfish and save the lives of everyone. You made them believe you would always show up, but here you are, lying on the bed like yours is just another body. Wake the fuck up Malika…

"Hawi needs you. You need to survive for Hawi. You need to live to keep your promise to Hawi," Mbali said as she shook her sister, but instead, she felt her energy grow stronger and her sister fade away even more.

It was not what she had been expecting and it pissed her off even more.

What the fuck was the meaning of this?

"You're still fading away, leaving your assignments you selfish idiot. Do you know how much Hawi has suffered while living in the shadows? You can't do that to her. You can break my heart but you can't break Hawi's heart, Malika.

"Don't be selfish when it comes to her. You promised to make the world a better place for her. You promised to see her smile more often. You promised to help her heal before she stepped up.

"If you leave… If you leave before she's a little happier, everything will come down. Her world will fall apart and the realm wouldn't be worth protecting anymore. She would ruin us all.

"You promised you wouldn't let her give in to her darkest self, but if you leave, not even Rukiya can help her out of the darkness, Malika. Come on," Mbali insisted but there was no response.

If anything, the room began growing colder, almost like life was fading. Well, it really was but a part of Mbali hoped that her sister wouldn't leave like this. She wanted Malaika to keep her promise to Hawi. Hawi has suffered enough times.

"Even after reminding you of your duty you still choose to be this selfish? Wow, you're something else, Malika. Who knew you could be this insane? Gosh what a protector you must be," Mbali complained as she got up to space.

Her sister was trying her patience in the worst of ways, you would think that it was easier, but no, the woman was just fading, like this meant nothing to them.

"Fine if you want to fade away, I could as well get my answers, right? You can give me the answers before you die. Now that it seems like you want to die so badly… wake up then. Wake up and tell me why you left.

"Tell me why I didn't know anything about you. Tell me why every crazy insane person out there already knows that you're my sister and I didn't know squat. Come on then. Tell me…

"Make me understand where you were when I was left alone in our home, when Papa and mama decided to take their lives and I had to watch. Tell me why it was so easy for you to leave. What was so wrong about the family?

"What was it that got you turning your back on your family? And why was it easy for papa to leave instead of helping me understand?" Mbali asked, her rage making her hands shake.

She wanted to strangle her sister and help her die, but first she needed answers. It was obvious that Maika wasn't going to wake up because of hawi, she had tried that and her sister was a little shit who only loved herself.

So, she was done bothering with the duty and shit. If Malika wanted to leave then she could as well give her the answers, right?

"Y'know many people said our family was broken because of me. They blamed me for the death of our parents. They despised me because I was a Jabali. They were scared that I would infect them. I was isolated without knowing what the fuck I did.

"Everyone stared at me in the distance like I was just another kid they needed to keep away from humanity. I had to fucking grow up in the caves, blaming myself for what happened while you were out there protecting others.

"Why didn't you come for me? If… if you were my sister, why didn't you show up for me? You say you kept me safe, but how could you keep me safe when I didn't even know what was coming for me?

"Everyone… I had to deal with the ridicule from everyone. I had to run away because there wasn't even a home to stay in. Our pack members abandoned me. They just woke up and left. I had to bury our parents alone.

"I… I was… I was five! Five years old and I had to struggle to dig two graves for our parents. I couldn't just leave them there in the end you know? They were heavy, my magic was not even enough to move them.

"I had to pull them one by one from the bed to the graves. So, if you think I won't dig a grave for you, then you're wrong. I am grown and I have bruised more people than I can count on my bare hands.

"If you want to die then I can help you out of it. Everyone talks about the repercussions of your death. No one cares about my pain, about what I had to endure. You don't get to come into my life like that and leave me again.

"If you want to die so bad, then I might as well burn you. I am not going to dig a grave for a stranger. I don't know you as my sister. If you want to be buried as the protector, then let Hudhayfah know, because otherwise, I will burn you and all of this here.

"I don't care if I have to die while at it. I have nothing left to live for anyway," Mbali said angrily as she cast a fire spell on her hand, ready to blast her sister and the damned protectors into hell.

She had grown up in a kind of hell but here she was, giving them a hint of what hell was like. She was even kind to them. At least they knew what her hopelessly broken life had been like, right? So they would have hints of what to do.

"Fucking say something!" Mbali cried out frustratedly. She was going to bury her sister, but she needed Malika to stop her. She couldn't live with herself if she killed her sister. And she couldn't endure it if Malika died on her own either.

"Stop me, dammit… please, Malaika. Wake up and stop me, please… What was so wrong with me?" Mbali pleaded frustratedly as she looked at the fire in her hands.

There was still no change in her sister.

"I hoped I would never have to dig another grave, but it looks like I should start digging again," Mbali sniffled, as she forced herself to create a portal to where she had dug a grave for her parents. Her sister deserved to be home with their parents anyway, right?

She was still struggling with reality and even as the portal stared at her, Mbali wished that she didn't have to do this. The last time she had buried a person, her heart had been shattered to endless pieces. She hadn't been able to recover.

She had grown cruel and pushed everyone away because then she wouldn't have to feel any pain. Her anger and abandonment had gotten her into a scary monster that people were scared of. At the end of the day, she was just a little girl who had no one.

"Oh, my sweet Lili, no one is worth your tears, baby, no one," a faint voice said and Mbali was certain she was hallucinating.

Over the years there was only one woman who called her Lili; the woman who took her in and cared for her. She was still guarding the Jabali graves though, so it made sense that Mbali would hear her at the moment with the portal open.

"I'm so sorry Nana… I… I didn't know I'd come home just to dig another grave," Mbali apologized defeatedly before adding, "Please forgive me."

"It's okay, my sweet Lili… You don't have to dig another grave, little sister."

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