Reversion (BL) - Chapter 7

With the antidote for the Reversion under development, for more than a month since then, Omega was semi-forcibly mapped out. He was not allowed to contact his family, not allowed to go too far from home, nor allowed to attend the regular Omegas’ gathering. His communication devices were all monitored by his husband’s team, all the texts sent had to be reviewed first. He did not know if other Omegas were being treated the same by their husband or not. Still, he indeed noticed his Alpha was busier than usual. Omega did not get a chance to ask what was going on out there because Alpha only went home once a week.

No, honestly, it was useless to ask. Omega knew he was in no position to raise any questions to his Alpha. Since, firstly, Alpha would not answer his question truthfully. Secondly, Alpha would only look at him with a cold stare and meaningless smile, then silently order him to go away.

Shortly, one special event happened on the night of the fifth week, which changed everything.

It was a hot day out; Omega was reading at home. As his physical body was trapped indoors, he had to make sure his brain and soul were still functioning. He kept reading as much as possible. Even with the AC blowing heavily into the house, for some unknown reason, he still sweated like a pig.

When he was wiping his sweat and concentrating on reading, the phone suddenly rang.

Omega was a little surprised about the unexpected phone call. He wondered, “who’s calling?”

He put down his book, and answered the phone; there were more layers of sweat seeping out of his back.

“Hello,” he asked carefully, “who is this?”

“Hello! Would you please come over right now?!” The unknown caller shouted at the top of his lungs. It sounded like there was a massive crowd of people on the other side of the phone. Through the telephone, Omega could hear a scream and a low but deep howl. The unknown caller shouted out again, almost shattering Omega’s eardrums, “the car is on its way to pick you up from the house! Your husband is in heat right now! We need you…here! Please!… GET MORE PEOPLE HERE! USE THE HIGH-PRESSURE WATER GUN! DON’T WORRY ABOUT HIS STATUS! Would you please come over here to where he is right now? Make sure to bring some of your clothes, please!”

The phone was hung up in a hurry, similar to a thunderstorm, coming and quickly going. Omega was frozen for a second.

“Alpha is in heat? Right now?!”

He finally understood why he had been sweating the whole day. First, he thought it was because it was too humid outside; however, to his surprise, it was caused by his partner being in a horrible rut period.

A sharp shattering noise sounded from downstairs, followed by busy footsteps then urgent knocks on the door. Omega doubted whether the truth of Alpha was in heat or not. However, with the fragment of Alpha’s pheromones in the car – Omega was sure Alpha was indeed in heat.

Omega gathered a few of his daily clothes, then opened the door. Outside, there was a team of heavily armed Betas. No one would dare to let other Alphas pick up the crazy Alpha’s partner at this particular time. For once Omega had other Alphas’ pheromones, there would be some unpredictable damage caused by Omega’s in-heat partner.

“Get in the car ASAP!” One of the male Beta in the charge with sunglasses was covered with sweat on his forehead, “we will ensure your safety!”

Omega also tensed up and nodded, “Yes, please!”

When he got in the car, another Beta, who was a medical expert, immediately started counselling regarding his Alpha’s current situation. Beta kept talking about his Alpha’s high-profile position among the current regime and how vital he was to the nation. Omega did not need to listen to figure out why the government sent this team to him.

He was annoyed with the headache from his Alpha’s heat non-stop intruding on him. He said impatiently, “By saying all of that, are you or everyone worried that I will tell him to go kill himself?”

Beta went quiet; his expression turned a little sarcastic suddenly. Omega interrupted before Beta went on, “Stop bugging me again. I need to save some energy before seeing my husband.”

Presently, they arrived at the office. Omega was wrapped by Alpha’s potent pheromones rapidly like a storm. Everyone in the building appeared to be in a state of panic; they quickly cleared out open space for Omega to pass. Omega could hear the mad but also sad howling of Alpha. Omega’s heart was clenched at once when he found where Alpha was.

Alpha was held back by a high-pressure water gun and pinned to the ground by a crowd of people.

Alpha was surrounded by several government personnel, males and females, Alphas and Betas. Although their faces were full of fear, they were still whispering and gossiping about his Alpha, who looked like the beast in a cage.

Omega’s heart contracted spasmodically as if he had been stabbed by a hot knife.

“STOP!” Omega’s voice trembled, “STOP! I TOLD YOU TO STOP!”

He pushed one of the high-pressure water guns away, then rushed up to his Alpha. Other people turned off the water guns after seeing him running over. He saw his Alpha knelt in the cold water with bruised lips. He quickly held Alpha in his arm with tears rolling down his face unconsciously.

“Honey…. ah…honey….,” Alpha cried, his voice shaking, “I… I need you… I need you here….”

Alpha cried his heart out as if he had suffered all the grievances from the whole world. Omega released pheromones to comfort Alpha; Alpha sobbed and then all of a sudden howled out, “You weren’t here! Where did you go?! Where!? You were gone! You dumped me! You… you dumped me! Why?… Why honey… Why?… Don’t leave me alone… never….”

Touching Alpha’s face, Omega held Alpha as tight as he could. Wounds and bruises were all over Alpha’s body. He breathed heavily like an injured animal. Alpha endorsed the pain, reached his arms around Omega, put his face in Omega’s cloth, and inhaled deeply. Alpha tried to find a peaceful small world where only he and his Omega could be. Omega whispered to his ear, “here I am. I am here. I am right here. All is well, all… is well….”

Alpha cried aloud like a baby, “they, those people… used water to hurt me. It hurts! It hurts!!!!!! They didn’t let me stand up, I wanted to find you, but… they did not allow me to… I am sad; I am so sad. I almost died, I… am… so… sad….”

Omega cried a little with him and said, “there, there, you are fine, right? You are fine. I am here. I came to find you. Calm down, alright? If you are relaxed, they won’t hurt you, alright?”

Noticing Omega’s tears, Alpha raised his chin, kissed the tears. Their tears melt into one, “don’t cry, honey. don’t… cry….”

Omega wrapped his arms around Alpha’s head. Another Beta medical expert tried to step in but could only shoot from a distance, “Mr. Alpha had just injured a dozen people. Unfortunately, we had no choice but to use the water guns to command him. Please forgive us, please. We are truly sorry.”

Omega shook his head at the Beta and clutched his Alpha. He questioned himself why he was uncontrollable in tears. Was it because his Alpha was injured and in pain? No, not only that. He was hurt by others’ whispers and criticism towards Alpha. He did not understand why a vulnerable creature had to be censured and discriminated against by something that happened they could not control.

“Shall we go home?” Omega kissed Alpha’s cold side face, “let’s go home, alright?”

Alpha whimpered and sobbed, “Can I sleep in your bed? Can I use your blanket? Can I… can we cuddle…? Don’t leave me alone… can you please don’t leave me alone…”

“Yes.”

“You won’t leave me for a lifetime… your whole life….”

“Well… okay…”

The two of them were soaked. They held each other step into the car then went home.

Alpha was heavily wounded, as a result, the six-day rut period, Omega only allowed the sex for once. He spent the rest of the time taking care of Alpha, making him hot ginger soup, changing the gauze for the wounds – the second rut period went by peacefully.

On the seventh day’s early morning, Alpha felt incredible after waking up.

He could not believe there was a stupid person like his Omega. What did his Omega really want from him?

Alpha knew it would be troublesome to figure out if he did not ask straight. Hence he ordered the servant to get Omega, who left his room earlier in the morning, to come over.

“So, tell me,” Alpha dropped the question, “what do you really want? You could even kill me if you want during my second rut period. I could think up more than ten ways to take my life for you. But you did not do anything. Why? What do you really want?”

Omega’s face was still pale. He was quiet for almost a minute, then replied gently, “I made you more hot ginger soup.”

“…what?”

“I know you don’t really like the taste of ginger soup,” Omega said, “but you still had a lot of it when you were in heat.”

Alpha stared at Omega for a moment, then smiled weirdly, “are you trying to fool me around?”

“No… I…”

“Stop arguing with me,” Alpha gazed at Omega with his usual cold eyes. “To be honest, I can’t believe your family can raise such a naive person. You are clear about what our marriage brings to you and your family – money, power, status, etc. But, of course, I appreciate your help when I was in the heat. Simply, for this, I should give you something back.”

Omega remained silent and looked at Alpha.

Alpha continued, “Give me a price. I would like to hear about it.”

“… I helped you because I know what it feels like,” Omega said in a cracked voice.

Alpha did not interrupt. He lit up a cigar, and then raised his eyebrows.

“I will be honest, for God’s sake, it was heartbreaking to watch you, Sir, struggling under the water guns.” Omega said with a short breath, “I saw myself under the same circumstance. I saw my old self while seeing you suffer. I knew what it is like to lose control and to be vulnerable involuntarily. I was there. I was watched by other people oddly. I know what it feels like to be discriminated against by the world. I hear you; I know what it is like, mentally and physically.”

“You are just feeling sorry for me, aren’t you?!” anger rose from Alpha’s chest; there was a fire in his eyes, “your sympathy is cheap and means nothing to me! If I were you, I would just do it, kill….”

“But I am not you!” Then, with his chin up, Omega sharply glared at Alpha for the first time ever, “And I know what it feels like to lose freedom, to have no dignity, to lose all your control of feelings. Because I know, so I cannot do such a nasty thing as you!!!!!!”

Alpha looked momentarily shocked and remained still.

“I know wolves are born to eat meat, sheep are born to eat grass, I know the power play!” Omega’s eyes were shining with tears. Nevertheless, he stared at his husband hard as there was a sparkle inside, “I know Alphas are born to lead, to control, and Omegas are born to be lead and control. That’s why I hate my nature! I hate that I am an Omega! I hate that I do not have the gene to fight!!! I hate that my nature is cowardly and weak! I hate my sympathy! I hate that I cannot be a heartless person like you!!!!!!!!” Omega yelled out the last sentence with anger.

“If only I were heartless like you….” Omega’s tears rolled down, “…if only I were heartless as you are, I could enjoy seeing you rolling all over on the floor when you were in heat. I could enjoy more watching you crying and begging for sex as what you did to me.”

“…” Alpha did not speak. Instead, he sat in the chair and took his time to analyze what he just overheard. His Omega, perhaps, displayed his true self in front of him.